The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 139: Xia Kingdom cannot be insulted lightly!
After leaving the recruitment place, Li Mu returned home.

Not long after we sat down, someone from the Foreign Trade Committee came to visit us.

Xu Jianxin smiled and said:
"We've received news from Hong Kong that the market for tape recorders in Continent O is very hot, and the first batch of goods is about to run out, so they're urging us to send out the second batch."

"There are also program-controlled digital switches. RCA Radio Company in the M Empire is willing to pay $100 million to buy the exclusive sales rights, and has placed a large order for 10 units!"

"The income from these two things, converted into M dollars, adds up to at least nearly 500 million dollars! 500 million dollars!"

"All these achievements are due to you!"

"I've only done my humble part. Without the efforts of the Foreign Trade Commission and the First Ministry of Machine Building, it would have been impossible to achieve such success." Li Mu said with a smile.

In fact, he doesn't care much about merit.

His purpose of making these inventions was initially just to earn foreign exchange for the country.

But now, seeing so many people having a better life because of him, he feels sincerely happy.

"Haha, modest, modest." Xu Jianxin laughed twice and said, "By the way, the air fryer allowance has arrived again. Go and have a look when you have time."

"As for the Rubik's Cube, tape recorder, and program-controlled digital switchboard, the higher-ups have also decided to give you a special allowance of 1 cents for every one you sell."

"Now, you are going to become a wealthy man!"

Hearing this, Li Mu shook his head and smiled, saying, "What kind of rich man is this? Things that you can't bring with you when you are born and can't take with you when you die are useless if you keep them in your hands."

"Haha, you're right. You're worthy of being a scientist. Your realm is so high!" Xu Jianxin gave a thumbs up.

Some people just talk about it, but Li Mu really does it.

He knew very well that the teaching buildings of Beijing Institute of Technology had been mostly built and might be completed by autumn.

After saying this, Xu Jianxin left quickly.

Li Mu went to the bank and checked his deposit. Wow, it was 15782 yuan!
"It should be the profit after the air fryers were fully rolled out in Continent O. The revenue will definitely decrease in the future, but it is enough." He sighed.

After thinking about it, he called the school 14000.

With so much money, I don’t know if I can build a library.

……

In the next few days, Li Mu returned to school and continued to be busy with his research on high-temperature resistant materials, occasionally visiting the Semiconductor Research Institute.

During this time, Qian Shuyan and Professor Wang came to his dormitory to visit him once. When they heard his proposal to build a library, they were a little amused.

In this regard, Li Mu drank the tea that Guan Jianmin brought for them and said quietly, "President, in fact, many of our industrial majors in Beijing Institute of Technology are no less than those of Wudaokou Institute of Technology, but we don't have as many libraries as they do. Are you willing to be inferior to them?"

Qian Shuyan and Professor Wang: "Repair, we must repair it!"

……

After successfully convincing the two of them to build a library, Li Mu rode his bicycle to the Semiconductor Research Institute.

As soon as he arrived, he saw Wang Shoujue who had been waiting at the door.

However, the latter's expression was clearly not right.

"What's wrong?" Li Mu asked curiously.

There haven't been any difficulties in the institute recently.

Wang Shoujue took a deep breath and said, "I have something to tell you."

"What's the matter? Why is it so serious?" Li Mu's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that he acted too seriously and his superiors wanted to transfer him to the northwest?

Although it is great to contribute to the country, he is not ready to live in anonymity for the rest of his life!

Wang Shoujue looked at his expression and said with a wry smile, "You should have guessed that the higher-ups want to mass-produce integrated circuit computers regardless of cost."

"What!" Li Mu shouted in surprise, even more surprised than asking him to go to the northwest.

He said hurriedly: "We can't do that. Integrated circuit computers still have a lot of room for improvement. If we produce them now, they will be eliminated soon."

"It's okay to produce some appropriately, but mass production is a waste of national resources!"

"Director Wang, you should know this. How can we allow them to mass produce it?"

"I know." Wang Shoujue put his hands on Li Mu's shoulders to calm him down. He shook his head helplessly and said, "But this is the decision of our superiors. Director Wu also nodded in agreement."

"We have already started building a factory outside Kyoto and it will start production soon."

"All we can do is to improve the performance of integrated circuit computers as much as possible within this time."

He was also helpless.

But once the decision is made from above, the Semiconductor Research Institute has no choice but to execute it.

"No, no, Director Wang, who gave this order? I want to talk to him." Li Mu kept shaking his head.

Even if they work day and night, improving the level of integration cannot be achieved in a day or two, and they will definitely not be able to catch up.

Wang Shoujue sighed and said, "Forget it, it's no use for you to talk to her."

"We have to try." Li Mu said with a firm look.

It would be a shame to waste so much manpower, material and financial resources.

"Okay, this is an order issued personally by President Guo of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. If you have any questions, just go and ask him." Wang Shoujue was silent for a long time and finally said.

……

Without any hesitation, Li Mu went directly to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

When Guo Mo heard that Li Mu was coming, he was very surprised and hurried out to greet him.

This treatment was quite generous, especially since the person who came was a young man, which surprised the staff in the hospital.

"Haha, long time no see. What brings you here?" Guo Mo looked at Li Mu who was approaching and said as he greeted him out the door.

Li Mu said, "Let's go in and talk, Dean Guo."

The serious expression on his face made Guo Mo stunned for a moment, and then the two of them walked into the house.

After making a pot of tea, he asked, "What happened? Don't be anxious. Talk slowly."

Li Mu had already prepared a speech on the way here, and now he spoke directly:

"President Guo, I heard that you are planning to mass-produce integrated circuit computers?"

"I don't think this is feasible. Although the computing power of the current '01 computer' is a huge leap compared to the 103 computer, it is far from reaching the stage of steady growth."

"Give me another month, and his computing power will reach at least 200 million times!"

"Mass production now is a waste of national resources!"

There was a hint of anger in his words, which surprised Guo Mo.

The young man in front of him had never been in such a tense before, except in front of the two leaders.

But after hearing the last sentence, Guo Mo couldn't help but reveal a hint of admiration in his eyes.

He thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry, I'll explain it to you slowly."

"The matter of mass production was decided by our superiors."

"You can't disbelieve the eyes of these two old people, right?"

Hearing the words "two old people", Li Mu was stunned for a moment, and his original indignation suddenly subsided a lot.

Was he really wrong?
Seeing that Li Mu had calmed down a little, Guo Mo continued:
"Economically, there will definitely be some losses if we start mass production now."

"But once these integrated circuit computers are manufactured, they will accelerate the development of our country in various fields."

"Compared to the previous electronic tube computers that cost tens or even hundreds of millions, the cost of an integrated computer is less than 10, which is much lower!"

After hearing his words, Li Mu remained silent. He had indeed not considered this point carefully.

After thinking for a while, he said:
"If we must produce it, I suggest supplying it first to important units that are in urgent need of computer-assisted research."

"The rest will be put on hold until our semiconductor research institute develops a higher performance integrated circuit computer."

"As for those obsolete computers..."

At this point, Li Mu frowned slightly, but suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up slightly, and he continued:

"The discarded computers can be given to colleges and universities across the country to improve their computer talent training capabilities."

"Those that have been eliminated once more can still be sold abroad. With our current technological level, it will take them at least five years to catch up."

"In this way, the value of these computers can be fully utilized!"

Since he could not change the above decision, he could only find another way to minimize the losses from the current mass production of integrated circuit computers.

"What a good idea!" Guo Mo's eyes lit up after hearing this. "This way, the computers we sell to Emperor M are also computers that we have eliminated twice. There will be no problem of technology leakage."

"Moreover, the money from the sales can be used to continue the production and research and development of integrated circuit computers, forming a virtuous cycle!"

"Just like a program-controlled digital switch, if we want to roll it out, it will require a lot of investment."

"But if we sell the ones that have been eliminated several times, we can earn back the cost from countries like Emperor M and Big Infant!"

As he was talking, he contacted the programmable digital switch that he had just sold a few days ago.

"Not bad." Li Mu nodded slightly and said with a smile: "In fact, this method combines industry, schools and scientific research institutions together."

“The three parties leverage their respective strengths to form a powerful advanced system integrating research, development and production!”

Industry-university-research cooperation is a very scientific system in later generations, and it is also a way out that Li Mu found for semiconductors.

Otherwise, without an industry, semiconductors that only focus on technological breakthroughs are doomed to fail.

"I think this method is not only applicable to integrated circuit computers, but also to our future scientific research development direction. It is worth promoting vigorously." Guo Mo stood up happily and said.

Although most of Xia Country's scientific research industries are still lagging behind the world, with the precedent of Li Mu, he believes that in the near future, they will be able to surpass Emperor M and Big Brother in all aspects!
……

After leaving the Chinese Academy of Sciences, although the final result was relatively pleasant, Li Mu couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency in his heart.

He boasted in front of Guo Mo that they were five years ahead of other countries, but this was only the case when Emperor M did not pay attention. Once he paid attention and significantly increased investment, he might be able to catch up within two to three years, or even a year.

Li Mu thought to himself:

"We must find a way to improve the integration of integrated circuit computers as quickly as possible. Otherwise, if we are caught up or even surpassed in the future, our current technological advantages will become meaningless."

"It just so happens that the development of photolithography machines has been stagnant for a long time, so let's start with this."

"Let me see which photolithography machine is more suitable."

While looking at the information in his mind, Li Mu returned to the Semiconductor Research Institute.

……

Entering the 312 laboratory, Wang Shoujue was busy working in front of the computer.

Seeing Li Mu walking back in a hurry, he thought that he had been humiliated by Guo Mo, so he walked over to comfort him.

But before he could open his mouth, Li Mu said, "Director Wang, I have a new idea about the lithography machine. Can you help gather some people and we have a discussion meeting?"

"What...what! You go to the meeting room first, I'll call someone right away." Wang Shoujue was surprised. After he reacted, he immediately walked out of the laboratory to inform Huang Xinhua and others.

After thinking about it, Li Muxian came to the conference room. Under Guan Jianmin's puzzled gaze, he stood in front of the blackboard and pondered for a long time, then wrote down eight words - distributed projection lithography machine.

When Wang Shoujue, Huang Xinhua and other semiconductor researchers and professors walked into the conference room, most of the blackboard was already filled with densely written words.

They did not disturb Li Mu who was immersed in thought, but tiptoed and quietly sat down.

When Guan Jianmin saw this scene for the first time, his eyes were filled with shock.

So many veteran researchers were sitting upright in their seats, watching Li Mu write!
He couldn't help but look at the back.

After finishing the chapter with a heavy stroke on the blackboard, Li Mu turned around and began to introduce:

"The distributed projection lithography machine adopts a step-and-scan exposure method. The exposure system irradiates the mask through an exposure belt, as shown in Figure 1."

"The workbench carrying the mask moves in one direction below, which is equivalent to the exposure system scanning the mask, as shown in Figure 2."

"In sync with the scanning of the mask, the wafer moves in the opposite direction at 1/4 the speed..."

……

Northwest, a base.

In the experimental building, the crackling sounds of the past disappeared without a trace, and instead, long queues formed in front of the doors of each room in the basement.

The researchers entered the room in an orderly manner with the data in hand and calculated the data results using integrated circuit computers.

After a while, all the data in everyone's hands were calculated.

However, they did not leave in a hurry. Instead, they checked the data in their hands over and over again. After confirming several times that it was correct, they put it down in disbelief.

Even though County Magistrate Deng, who was standing at the door of the computer room, had expected this, he could not help but excitedly announce, seeing that no one in the audience raised their hands to say there was a problem:
"The first trial run of the integrated circuit computer was a great success!"

There was a burst of warm applause from below:

"Now we finally don't have to rely on the abacus anymore!"

"How can an abacus be compared to a computer? This thing is 103 times faster than the Model 120!"

“The computing power of 120 million times per second is said to have not yet reached its upper limit. It may reach 200 million times per second or even 300 million times per second in the near future!”

……

Everyone applauded and discussed excitedly.

They are not afraid of the harsh environment and difficult conditions. What they are afraid of is that they will not be able to complete the mission and disappoint the motherland's high hopes for them.

Looking at the excited crowd, Deng Xian said loudly: "Comrades, the country has done its best and provided us with the best conditions and equipment."

"Today's computing task would have taken 10 or 20 days to complete in the past, but that doesn't mean our task is easy."

"We must create our country's first big mushroom at a faster speed, so that those foreigners who look down on us and think we are easy to bully will see that Xia Country cannot be insulted lightly!"

(End of this chapter)