The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 210 I have the strength to suffer, but you are the one who suffers

"Are you tired today?" Li Mu was slightly happy when he saw her reaction. He moved away from her seat while talking and smiling.

Wang Ya shook her head and was about to speak when she found Li Mu approaching her. Her body suddenly tensed up: "No, no, I'm not tired!"

"Then let's talk for a while before going to bed?" Seeing how nervous she was, Li Mu became nervous too.

Although the two had confirmed their relationship a long time ago, in this day and age, holding hands is considered a very intimate act in front of others, and there is no way they could even think about taking a step further.

Wang Ya nodded, stood up and said, "Okay, I'll go make you something to eat first. You usually eat so much, you must not be full today."

"The leaders told me today that they have to take good care of you."

"If you don't eat enough, your body will fail."

Li Mu's face darkened after hearing this. What do you mean by poor health? He is in good health, okay?

He said in a low voice: "Don't bother, just eat the cakes that grandma and the others brought."

"It's not good for you to do this. You must eat enough to have strength." After saying this, Wang Ya ignored Li Mu, went to the kitchen, turned on the coal stove and started heating up the rice.

Seeing her serious look, Li Mu had to give up for the time being.

You can't tell Wang Ya that he wants to eat her more now.

……

After steaming the food, Wang Ya took her toiletries to the bathroom to take a shower.

Listening to the sound of water rushing inside, he couldn't help but let his imagination run wild.

Not long after, Wang Ya came out after washing. There were small water droplets on her black hair. Her already fair face looked even more tender, with a charming blush.

"I, I'm going to bed first." After she said that, she fled back to the bedroom.

Li Mu: "The meal is ready, let's eat!"

He quickly finished the midnight snack made by Wang Ya by inhaling it like a storm.

Take another five minutes to wash up.

In less than ten minutes, Li Mu stood in front of the bedroom door.

Pushing open the half-open door, his eyes fell on Wang Ya, who was hiding herself in the quilt on the bed, and he smiled slightly in his heart:
"I have the strength to be unlucky but it's you!"

……

The next day, morning.

Li Mu slept in, which was rare. When he got up and saw Wang Ya was still sleeping, he went to the kitchen to make some breakfast.

After finishing, I was about to call her to eat.

Before he reached the bedroom door, he saw Wang Ya limping out. When she met his gaze, her face blushed slightly.

"Let's have breakfast first. Take a day off today. I'll go to the school to ask for leave for you." Li Mu walked up to her, took her hand, and led her to sit at the table.

Wang Ya did not struggle this time. Instead, she leaned against him lovingly and said in a voice as soft as a mosquito: "Okay~"

……

After a long period of tenderness at home, Li Mu left.

Marriage is marriage, but research must continue.

The problem of mass production of distributed projection lithography machines has been solved, but there are still many subsequent problems that need to be solved.

I arrived at the Semiconductor Research Institute and went in, greeting everyone along the way.

As soon as I arrived downstairs of the experimental building, I suddenly saw a familiar figure talking to Wang Shoujue and Wu Youxiang.

Seeing the other person's appearance clearly, Li Mu asked in surprise: "Mr. Deng?"

Hearing the voice, County Deng turned around, was stunned for a moment, and then said embarrassedly: "Advisor Li, long time no see, congratulations on your marriage."

"Look, I haven't prepared any gifts yet. I'll make it up to you later."

He is in the northwest and works in a top-secret unit, so naturally he is not very well-informed about news from the outside world.

"What gift do you want? Your blessing is enough." Li Mu smiled and asked, "By the way, are you here to use the supercomputer?"

"Yes, this time I have brought a month's worth of tasks. I believe that with the help of Chaocai, we can complete it soon!" County Magistrate Deng blinked at Li Mu, and the two smiled knowingly.

Wang Shoujue and Wu Youxiang, who were standing by, knew that the information was confidential and did not ask much. They just joked that Li Mu had just gotten married and yet he left his bride behind to do research.

……

Deng Xian arrived in the early morning. While the four of them were talking, the computing task he brought was completed with the huge computing power of the supercomputer.

Without even having time to eat a meal, he hurriedly took a car to the airport again and returned to the northwest.

Li Mu sent the person to the door, and then went to the supercomputer room with Wu Youxiang and Wang Shoujue to take a look.

There was a long queue at the door, all of them were people holding data and coming to calculate, airplanes, D bombs, submarines... covering all aspects of the national defense industry.

He asked a few questions. Although they could not tell the specific content of the research, it did not stop them from talking about the improvement in the research speed.

The speed improvement brought by supercomputers to Xiaguo’s scientific research is almost revolutionary, and many key projects are now expected to be completed in the short term.

Of course, they would definitely not tell us what the specific key projects were, and only told Li Mu and others to pay attention to the newspapers.

……

After staying in the supercomputer room for a while, Li Mu and the other two came out, called Huang Kun and Wu Xi, and then went to Wu Youxiang's office.

In the small room, the coal stove emitted heat, making people feel as if it was a little hotter than in summer.

Wu Youxiang asked a few people to sit down first, then he picked up the kettle on the coal stove and made tea for everyone one by one.

"Good tea!" Li Mu picked up the teacup, took a sip, and praised softly.

Seeing that he liked it, Wu Youxiang smiled and said, "If you think it tastes good, take some away later."

"I feel embarrassed to take your tea leaves every time I come here." Li Mu rubbed his hands and said, "But since you said so, I can't refuse."

As soon as he tasted the tea, he knew it was the top-quality Biluochun, but he didn't know where Wu Youxiang got it from.

This made everyone in the room burst into laughter.

Wu Youxiang couldn't help laughing and said, "Just take it with confidence. I know you like to drink tea, so I found it specially for you."

Now, everyone in the leadership circle knows that Li Mu loves to drink tea. Which leader doesn’t have a few packs of tea in his small cabinet?

"Well, let's get down to business." Li Mu coughed lightly, and then said: "Now the mass production of distributed projection lithography machines has been successful, I think our next research direction should focus on developing application products for the semiconductor industry."

"My idea is to focus on the continued development of games, especially video games."

"Video game?" Wang Shoujue couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when he heard this new term.

Everyone in the room also showed puzzled expressions. In China, even black and white TVs are not yet popular, so it is normal not to know this.

Li Mu explained: "It means transferring the games on the handheld game console to the TV."

"But since we already have handheld game consoles, why are we still making this TV game?" Huang Kun asked curiously.

Li Mu said:
"There are still differences between handheld and TV games. The first is the difference in experience. The TV screen is larger and clearer, which can provide players with a better experience."

"Secondly, TV game consoles have larger storage capacity, can carry a wider variety of games, and can be played by multiple people..."

……

He first introduced the benefits of video game consoles to everyone in detail.

At a time when computers are still very expensive and personal computers are not yet popular, making computer games is definitely a dead end.

But playing TV games is a very good buffer and preparation.

The size of a handheld game console is limited, and even if it is filled to capacity, it cannot hold very large games.

Having the best equipment but no games of sufficient quality cannot support the development of the gaming industry.

Wang Shoujue nodded slightly and was the first to express his opinion: "I agree with Li Mu's idea. Handheld game consoles are gradually being rolled out overseas, and the sales are very good."

"This is enough to prove that the game market not only exists, but also has huge potential."

"This is a big cake. We have already seized the first opportunity, so we can't be timid."

"We agree too, Consultant Li. We'll do whatever you say." Huang Kun and Wu Xi looked at each other and smiled.

Seeing that the three of them agreed, Wu Youxiang smiled and shook his head, saying, "Okay, I agree too, but we still have to report this to the Chinese Academy of Sciences first."

That being said, everyone knew that the higher-ups would basically nod their heads at whatever Li Mu wanted to research, which was almost the same as direct agreement.

"Okay, then let's work together to make Xiaguo's gaming industry the strongest in the world!" Li Mu said with a smile.

……

After a small meeting in the office, everyone quickly took action.

Wu is expected to go to the Chinese Academy of Sciences to report to Guo Mo, and as expected, he gets permission directly.

Wang Shoujue, Huang Kun and Wu Xi gathered people for a meeting in the conference room, established a TV game console development team, and drew up a preliminary research plan.

The focus of the Semiconductor Institute will be on this research in the future.

It took most of the day to set up the team.

Walking out of the meeting room, Li Mu shivered in the cold wind outside. He looked at the time and it was already past 6 o'clock.

Just as I was about to go home, I suddenly saw Guan Jianmin running over and said, "Li Mu, the higher-ups have decided to hold a discussion meeting on the development of the semiconductor industry. They asked me to call you over now."

"Is it so urgent now?" Li Mu was stunned.

After the reference documents on semiconductor industry development were submitted, there has been no movement. Why are they suddenly calling him over so urgently?

Guan Jianmin said helplessly:

"It's now. I guess Dean Guo has reported your intention to start the gaming industry."

“This incident alarmed many leaders, and opinions were divided.”

"Come with me now, the car to pick you up is ready."

"Okay, let's go outside." After hearing this, Li Mu took a step and followed.

But after walking a few steps, he thought of Wang Ya who was still waiting for him at home, and he said, "Send me to the place later, and you go to the special building and tell her that I will be back later and ask her not to wait for me."

It would be difficult to reach a conclusion on such a big matter in just one or two hours. If he didn't tell her in advance, Wang Ya would probably have to wait until very late.

First Ministry of Machine Building, in the large conference room.

Leaders from the National Academy of Sciences, the Foreign Trade Commission and the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building were present, and sitting below were some authoritative experts and professors in the semiconductor and economic circles.

In their hands, they were passing around a document, which turned out to be the reference literature on the development of the semiconductor industry that Li Mu had read.

After reading it, some people praised it highly, while others frowned.

When Li Mu came in, the noise in the conference room quieted down for a moment, and then returned to normal.

He was now sitting in front of several leaders and took a quick look. Leader Qiu, Guo Mo, Dong Huaxing, and Gu Zheng were basically all old acquaintances.

Noticing his gaze, the four of them gave him kind looks.

It seems that this difference of opinion is about the matter, not the person.

Seeing Li Mu arrive, Leader Qiu coughed twice into the microphone, waited for the audience to quiet down, and then said, "Since Consultant Li is here, let's speak out any questions we have."

As soon as he finished speaking, many people raised their hands.

Li Mu walked a few steps to the podium, and when he stood still, Leader Qiu had already called up an expert wearing glasses.

The glasses expert said:
"Advisor Li, you have made indelible contributions to the technological breakthroughs in semiconductors. This is obvious to all."

“But the country’s industrial development policy is not as simple as you think.”

"Your discussion in the first half of the article on the industrial development of semiconductors is quite reasonable, such as computers, communications, medical equipment, energy, aerospace, etc."

"It's just that this great effort to develop the gaming industry lacks practical evidence."

His opinion is quite pertinent.

For people of this generation, it is not easy to accept games, let alone develop them vigorously.

"First of all, I want to say that the gaming industry has a very broad market, as evidenced by the hot sales of handheld game consoles abroad," Li Mu replied.

Dong Huaxing, who was standing by, picked up the microphone and said, "I can prove this to Consultant Li. The cumulative sales of handheld game consoles abroad have exceeded 10 units, and the cumulative orders have reached 50 units. The market potential is currently immeasurable."

"But even though it sells well abroad, it may not be the case in China. There is an old saying in the Xia Dynasty, 'Playthings lead to loss of ambition.' Will the existence of games make people lose their enthusiasm for productive labor?" the eyewear expert continued to ask.

After this question was asked, the whispers below became much weaker and everyone looked at Li Mu, obviously wanting to know the answer as well.

Games are games, after all, just games.

It's okay to make money by selling to foreigners, but it's a bit strange to develop it on your own.

What else can we do besides playing games? Games can’t be eaten. If we spend the time playing games, we might as well do productive labor and contribute to the construction of the country.

Li Mu smiled slightly and said:
"That's what I want to say. With the development of social economy, people's living standards are getting better and better. When their material life is satisfied, they will begin to pursue the satisfaction of spiritual life."

"By then, the domestic game market will naturally emerge, and because of our population advantage, our market will be much larger than any other country."

"Then why not just bring foreign games to China and sell them? Why bother spending so much effort on developing the domestic market?" the eyewear expert continued to ask.

"Because of culture!" Li Mu's four words were powerful.

(End of this chapter)