The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 104 The sun at nine in the morning!
"Okay, okay, we believe you." Wu Youxiang and Wang Shoujue smiled at the same time.

After saying that, they asked Li Mu to wait aside for the arrival of their superiors.

When he sat in the chair and took a deep breath to adjust his state, Xu Qing pulled Wang Ya closer curiously and asked, "Li Mu, when the two directors spoke to you just now, did they tell you who would come today?"

Because of the need to maintain strict confidentiality, although they knew that an important person would visit the Institute of Semiconductors today, they had no idea who it was.

Li Mu raised his head, but before he could say anything, Liu Ze and Wang Yang came over as if they had smelled something, with curiosity on their faces.

Looking at the four people's inquiring eyes, Li Mu thought about it and said that there was no problem at this moment.

He said, "I do know that the superior leader is coming."

"What!" The four of them showed shocked expressions on their faces and their eyes widened.

"Really, really, really?" Liu Ze was shaking with excitement, and Wang Yang was stunned on the spot, unable to speak.

"Are you saying that the superior leader is coming? Really?" Xu Qing lowered his voice, fearing that others would hear him.

Even Wang Ya covered her mouth in surprise and asked curiously, "Why did they only tell you that the superior leader was coming?"

"Well..." Li Mu smiled embarrassedly, "It's from the Semiconductor Research Institute. They asked me to be in charge of accompanying the superiors and giving explanations."

"Explain it to your superiors!" Xu Qing opened his mouth in surprise, then showed an envious expression.

Liu Ze and Wang Yang also looked at Li Mu with envy.

"This is what you deserve, and no one is more suitable than you." Wang Ya was also very surprised, but soon she smiled with realization.

After hearing her words, Xu Qing and the other two thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case.

During the entire chip development process, although Li Mu did not stay in the laboratory all day, he was undoubtedly the core.

Without his theories and designs, there would not have been such a clear direction.

"It's just luck." Li Mu smiled modestly, and then said cautiously: "By the way, you guys just keep this to yourself, don't tell anyone else."

Li Mu revealed the information to Wang Ya, Xu Qing and others because he was more familiar with them, but he was not so confident about others.

……

After the four people left, Li Mu had almost finished his psychological preparation, and since he had nothing to do, he went to help set up the stage.

When he first went there, the people at the Semiconductor Research Institute were reluctant to let him help, fearing that he would not be able to move the objects and get hurt.

But they soon saw Li Mu hanging two chairs with one hand and moving very quickly, so they felt relieved.

He ran a few times and found that there was still a lack of a table on the platform, so he went to the laboratory and carried out a heavy solid wooden table.

Because he wanted to test how strong he was, Li Mu didn't ask anyone for help and walked out by himself carrying the solid wooden table.

Wu Youxiang and Wang Shoujue were so frightened that they were afraid that something might happen to Li Mu.

They hurried over and were relieved to find that Li Mu was handling the situation with ease, but they were still surprised for a while.

……

The distance from the laboratory to the small playground is quite long, and when I finally put down the table, it was inevitably a bit shaky.

Just when he was a little unsteady, a hand firmly supported the solid wood table on his back.

"Thank you." Although Li Mu didn't think it was necessary, he still said thank you.

He put the table down steadily, and before he could look up, he heard a genuine Xiangnan accent: "Little comrade, you're welcome."

It was as if an electric current suddenly passed through his body. Li Mu froze in place. With a bit of anticipation and trepidation, he turned his head:
"Superior leaders!"

Looking at the old man in front of him, who was wearing a gray Zhongshan suit and had a dignified yet kind look, his heart was filled with disgust at the surging waves, like a raging sea.

All the psychological preparations were destroyed at this moment, leaving only uncontrollable excitement.

The superior was not surprised to see Li Mu's expression. He smiled and asked, "It's me. Are you Li Mu?"

"Yes, I am Li Mu." Looking at the big leader in front of him, Li Mu responded loudly.

The superior smiled, but before he could say anything, the people from the Semiconductor Research Institute who had already noticed him, as well as the professors from the Beijing Institute of Technology who came from all over the country, also noticed him.

Someone shouted, "The leader is here!"

This sound was like turning on a switch.

Everyone's eyes were focused on the old man in front of Li Mu:

"lead!"

“He’s really a leader!”

……

Seeing that he was discovered, the superior had to pause the conversation with Li Mu and go talk to the people present.

Li Mu has seen many TV shows and movies about people's love for their superiors.

But now that I am there, I realize that feeling is something that cannot be acted out.

The senior leader greeted everyone warmly along the way and walked onto the stage.

The moment he picked up the microphone, the cheers and shouts gradually subsided, and every pair of eyes was fixed on this great being.

……

Li Mu didn't hear clearly what his superior was saying.

He was completely confused, even more confused than the time he met Leader Yuan.

It wasn't until the cheers rang out again and the crowd surrounded their superiors and came to him that he came to his senses.

Li Mu quickly stood in front of the queue and said, "Leader, please come this way."

"Okay, today you have to tell me in detail how you made this high-tech chip." The superior said with a smile.

Li Mu tried his best to suppress his excitement and walked into the laboratory building with his superiors and others.

As he walked, he explained to his superiors:

"This is where the wafers are prepared. The production of integrated circuits starts here. First, single crystal silicon is extracted from the sand, and then it is refined into silicon ingots of appropriate diameter..."

"This is the photolithography laboratory. Due to insufficient technology, we can only temporarily use this 'earth photolithography machine'..."

……

Although the superiors didn't know much about chips, they listened very carefully.

After hearing Li Mu talk about the difficulties faced by the Semiconductor Research Institute and the experts and professors during the experiment, he lit a cigarette and sighed:

“It’s not easy, but thanks to the hard work of scholars like you, our country is full of hope.”

"Xiao Li, I don't understand high technology. Can you tell me about this chip and where it can be used?"

Upon hearing this, Li Mu said:
"Leader, the application areas of chips are quite broad, covering many important fields such as the defense industry and basic industry."

"Of course, I personally think the most important area is still its application in computers."

"In the past, computers went through two stages: vacuum tubes and transistors. Although computing power has improved, it has actually reached its limit."

"The only way to continue to improve computing power is to continuously increase the number and expand the size, but this requires huge financial investment." "However, the improvement of integrated circuits is completely different. It always increases the number of transistors on a limited chip. While the computing power is improved, the cost increase is much lower than that of vacuum tube computers, but the computing power improvement is not worse than that of vacuum tube computers, and it may even be higher!"

"With the same computing power, a tube computer with millions of computing power may be as large as a three-story building."

"But an integrated circuit computer, if it is integrated enough, may only be the size of a radio."

"The biggest role of computers is to greatly increase the speed of scientific and technological research and development. For a country like ours that needs to catch up with OM technology in all aspects, its importance is self-evident!"

As the superior leader listened to Li Mu's story, his eyes lit up slightly and his expression became more serious.

"This integrated circuit computer is very important. When can it be developed?" The superior leader thought for a moment and pondered.

The improvement of science and technology means the improvement of national defense strength!
The Xia Kingdom is in great need of improving its military strength.

Emperor M and Big Brother hold the big mushroom in their hands like a sword of Damocles. You can never predict when it will fall on the heads of the people of Xia.

Thinking of this, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

Noticing his superior's slightly frowned brow, Li Mu suddenly became excited and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely make an integrated circuit computer in at most one year!"

"Can it be done in one year?" the superior asked in surprise.

He had never heard of integrated circuit computers, and he was probably not even familiar with Emperor M and Big Brother.

If they want to study, they can only explore on their own, which is not an easy process.

After Li Mu said this, he felt a little regretful. This was too much boast!
But looking at the gray-haired old man in front of him, and thinking that his superiors had never seen the country prosper and become strong in their entire lives, he suddenly made up his mind:
"Please believe me, it will be done in a year at most."

The superior looked at Li Mu's resounding words and laughed, "Okay, you are ambitious. I will wait for a year and then ask you to introduce me to someone!"

Li Mu nodded heavily!

Guo Mo, the president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, looked at the two of them from behind and couldn't help but smile:
"Leader, if Li Mu can really develop an integrated circuit computer, then our country will have a genius like Edison + Tesla."

Hearing his words, Qian Shuyan, Wang Shoujue, Huang Xinhua and others behind him couldn't help but nod their heads frequently.

Looking at the achievements Li Mu has made along the way, he is not inferior to those of foreign scientists who have left their names in history.

……

After the explanation, there will be a cultural performance.

On the stage, a cultural troupe wearing green military uniforms performed the show.

However, the superior leader only showed up at the beginning and soon said goodbye to everyone due to busy work.

Amidst the reluctant gazes of the crowd, the superior leader left the Semiconductor Research Institute.

Li Mu's eyes followed the figure until he disappeared from his sight, then he gradually withdrew his gaze.

But just when he was thinking about how to fill the big hole that the integrated circuit computer had dug for himself, Wang Shoujue suddenly came over, patted him on the shoulder, and called him to the corner.

"Your superior wants to see you alone." Wang Shoujue said directly.

Li Mu was surprised and said, "Meet me alone!"

"Yes, follow me." Wang Shoujue nodded, then took Li Mu into the research institute and came to his office.

Looking at the half-open door, Li Mu swallowed secretly.

"Go in." Wang Shoujue did not follow him in, but stopped not far from the door.

Li Mu nodded, walked forward nervously and knocked on the door.

"Come in." The voice of the superior came from inside the door.

Li Mu pushed the door open upon hearing the sound, and saw his superior holding a brush and writing in a flamboyant style on a piece of white rice paper.

The signature is the name and seal of the superior leader!
He couldn't help but walk forward to take a closer look: "The sun at nine in the morning."

"How's my handwriting?" the superior joked.

Li Mu blurted out: "Okay!"

This is the calligraphy of my superior leader, and its value is immeasurable at any time.

"Haha, as long as you think it's good, I'm worried that if I give it to you, you might dislike it!" said the superior with a smile.

"Give it to me?" Li Mu was confused.

The superior leader said with emotion: "It's for you. I know that you, a student, have worked very hard to do research. The country is not rich now and can't give you much material support. I can only represent the people of the country and give you a piece of calligraphy to support you spiritually!"

"I, I don't deserve it." Facing the gaze of his superior, Li Mu felt ashamed again.

The superior laughed and said, "Why not? You are young, you have ideas, you are motivated, and you are young. Aren't you the sun at nine in the morning?"

"I'm so happy that I can't even express it. How could I not want it?" Li Mu said quickly.

After he finished speaking, he hesitated for a moment before speaking again: "Leader, I, I have a request, but I don't know if I should say it!"

The superior laughed and said, "Speak, there is nothing you can't say!"

"I want to take a photo with you, is that okay with you?"

"Just this? Nothing else?" The superior was a little surprised.

"No! I just want to take a picture with you!"

The superior smiled and shook his head: "Taking a photo is nothing. Take as many photos as you want today! Take photos wherever you want. I will fully cooperate!"

……

In the end, Li Mu did not really take random photos as his superiors promised. He was already satisfied after taking just one photo!
The superior leader was busy with other affairs and left soon.

Li Mu held the words and photos, and still had a sense of unreality as if he was falling into a cloud.

Today he not only met his superior, talked to him, took photos with him, but also received a piece of calligraphy.

If this achievement was put on his previous short video platform, the number of views would probably easily exceed 10 billion.

"No, I have to go home quickly and keep these two things well." After being happy, Li Mu quickly remembered that such important things must not be left casually in the dormitory.

So he immediately rode his bike back home.

……

At the gate of the slum.

Uncle Zhong was lying on a bamboo chair, basking in the sun leisurely.

When he was half asleep, he suddenly heard the sound of a bicycle braking suddenly, followed by a gust of wind passing by him.

"Who?" Uncle Zhong sat up vigilantly, but could only see a back from a distance.

He looked at the bicycle parked at the door again and recognized that it was the one Li Mu often rode.

But perhaps because he was too anxious, he didn't even put down the bicycle's kickstand and just leaned it against the stone lion at the door.

"Did something happen?" Uncle Zhong went over to help park the bicycle, then followed in worriedly.

(End of this chapter)