Siheyuan: Game of Red Dust

Chapter 91 Good News, the Arrival of the Superior
The next morning, Li Weidong called Minister Wang of the Ministry of Industry to inform him that the lithography machine had been successfully manufactured and tested. Before Li Weidong could finish his call, Minister Wang said, "I'll be there soon," and hung up.

Then Li Weidong called Chief Yang of the Military Department. Just like Minister Wang of the Industry Department, he did not wait for Li Weidong to finish speaking. He just said "wait for me" and hung up the phone.

Li Weidong remained silent while holding the phone. Are all the bigwigs these days so anxious? Then he put the phone down, left the office, and went to the research institute.

The technicians at the institute are working hard to produce semiconductor materials. After all, the leader will be here soon, and they must show him the entire process of using a lithography machine to make chips.

Li Weidong stood by and watched the technicians of the institute make semiconductor materials and then process them into chips through a photolithography machine. Seeing the operation of the technicians of the institute, Li Weidong nodded with satisfaction.

In about 20 minutes or less than half an hour, Minister Wang and the personnel from the Ministry of Industry arrived at the institute. After arriving at the institute, they saw the technicians in the institute making chips in an orderly manner. They came to Li Weidong and said to him:
"How are the chips produced by the Weidong lithography machine? Are they usable? Can they be mass-produced?"

"Minister, we tested it after completing the assembly yesterday and it's ready for production. The yield rate is between 95 and 98 percent," Li Weidong replied.

"Okay, okay, okay! Weidong, can the lithography machine be mass-produced?" Minister Wang asked.

"Yes, all the drawings and materials are in my office. However, if we want to mass-produce lithography machines, it would be best to transfer a group of technicians from the research institute. After all, they have experience and can solve many technical problems." Li Weidong answered truthfully and gave Minister Wang a suggestion at the end.

"Okay, why are you willing to let him go this time? This is not your style at all." Minister Wang joked.

Li Weidong wasn't embarrassed. He scratched his head and said, "Hey, Minister, what you said is true. I'm an honest boy. My principle has always been to follow the instructions of my superiors. There's no such thing as style or no style."

Minister Wang laughed heartily and said, "You're incredibly shameless, kid. I can see that! But you're really good. You know what's important. I haven't even mentioned it yet, and you're already offering it. Are you trying to make me feel indebted to you? What are you planning now? Tell me, what do you want?"

"Minister, we can't wrongly accuse people. I don't have any requirements. As long as the country needs it, my institute can give it anything. The purpose of our institute is "national interests are everything!" We will never let personal interests interfere with national interests." Li Yuedong said with a righteous face.

Minister Wang looked at Li Weidong with a smile:
"Weidong, I understand what kind of person you are. Although you, Li Weidong, will not cause any trouble to my family, but under the premise of not hindering national interests, you, Li Weidong, are almost like a small bandit, wanting everything!

Don't give me these empty words. Do you have any requests? If not, then we can leave."

Li Weidong rubbed his hands and said a little embarrassedly:

"Minister, it's not an unreasonable request. Look at the space in our institute. It's already full. It will definitely not be enough for the next project. I also plan to divide it into several sub-projects, oh, that is, small projects, and study them simultaneously.

Do you think it would be possible to send an engineering team to expand the institute?

Another thing is, you see, the technical personnel in our institute are still living in the dormitory. They are all young men and are about to reach the age of getting married. They can't live in the dormitory after getting married. Do you think you can arrange some housing for our institute?

As for the personnel you transferred away, even if I return them to your Ministry of Industry, you can assign me some college student technicians and I will train them. After all, our project requires a lot of people, and if they are transferred away, it will definitely not be enough.

Besides, if we produce results, won't you be transferred there too? Right? To put it bluntly, isn't our research institute also a place where our Ministry of Industry trains talents? Minister, do you think I'm right?

Minister Wang listened to Li Weidong's words and looked at the institute's site. "Yes," he said, "it is indeed necessary to expand. This is a reasonable request and can be agreed to." Then he thought about the technicians' dormitories and said, "Yes, this is also a reasonable issue and can be agreed to."

Finally, after listening to Li Weidong's words, I felt that the staff's request was also correct and could be approved.

But Minister Wang always felt that something was wrong. After thinking about it, he figured it out.

Well, at first I asked you if you had any requests? You were so righteous, saying that national interests were paramount and you wouldn't interfere with the country. Then you came up with this, then that, and finally that? It seems like everything is your business.

But it's not right for you to refuse to approve it. The requests Li Weidong made are either urgent or must be addressed, so they do need to be approved.

Minister Wang was immediately depressed. Li Weidong scolded him with a lot of righteous words, and he had no way to control Li Weidong.

Minister Wang glanced at Li Yudong unhappily, and ignored him. He turned to the leaders and engineers of the Ministry of Industry behind him and said:

"Let's go and take a look at the chip processing." After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the lithography machine, followed by the leaders and engineers of the Ministry of Industry.

Li Weidong stood there in a daze. What was going on? Was this an agreement or a disagreement?
"Minister, do you agree? Or do you agree?" Li Weidong hurriedly chased after him and shouted loudly.

Minister Wang heard the shouting, but didn't want to pay any attention to this little bastard, and continued to monitor the production of the lithography machine with the people from the Ministry of Industry.

Just as Minister Wang and his colleagues were looking at the lithography machine, Chief Yang from the military also arrived, leading a group of senior military generals, including Zhou Xiaolin's father Zhou Zhennan.

Li Weidong hurried forward and introduced the photolithography machine to Chief Yang and his team, emphasizing the important role of the chips produced by the photolithography machine in military weapons and equipment. He then introduced several types of weapons and equipment that were to be developed, including missiles, radar defense weapons, etc.

Li Weidong painted a big pie for the military. With the praise of many high-level generals, he obtained a large amount of research and development funds and support for weapons research and development talents. He was satisfied and brought Chief Yang and many generals to Minister Wang.

Minister Wang looked at the contented Li Yudong and the group of smiling military leaders. They all knew it was Li Weidong, the little bastard, who had managed to get a lot of things out of these "idiots."

He couldn't help but sigh for the "idiot" Old Yang, then put on a smile again and walked up to shake hands with Chief Yang.

After the two leaders exchanged ideas for a while, they asked Li Weidong to lead the team in watching and introducing the process from semiconductor production to chip production using a lithography machine.

Afterwards, Li Weidong was asked to introduce the role of the lithography machine and the future development of chips.

Then he took his men, took the drawings of the lithography machine from Li Weidong's office, and took them back.

(End of this chapter)