A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

Huh? What's wrong? Are you scared by the sea of ​​exam papers that arrived early?

There's no need to worry about them. Given the current scarcity of computers, they're far from being a luxury that educational institutions can afford to use.

All I can say is that the future looks promising!

However, at the very least, the GB/T-1994 (C language) that Jiangxia exchanged can now be printed out openly!

"Senior brother, do you have any extras? I need one to take back with me."

"Hmm? How is it? Does the machine meet your design requirements?"

"Perfect! Apart from the handwriting being a little faint, there's not much of a problem!"

"Hehe, since there are no problems, then the design has passed inspection. I'll call the foreign trade department right now. They said they want to sell it together with Big Yellow, and they've been urging us several times already!"

Jiang Xia nodded, but then realized something was amiss. He pulled his senior brother from Yunnan and Guizhou, who was about to leave, and said, "Wait a minute, senior brother. How did it pass the inspection? Wasn't it supposed to be a review by an expert review team from the Ministry of Machinery Industry? Didn't they issue a document repeatedly prohibiting the blind acceptance of projects?"

"Aren't you an expert reviewer?"

"I?"

Jiang Xia pointed to his nose, somewhat incredulous.

"Nonsense, where would the Ministry of Machinery find experts to inspect this kind of thing? Anyway, you're the inventor, so if you say it's okay, then it's okay." The senior brother turned around and pulled away the corner of his clothes that Jiang Xia's little hands were grabbing, looking impatient.

"They're gone, they're gone. If you're bored, go find Dr. Lan Ying. It seems like those women have been arguing about membrane integrated circuits and ultra-small assembly circuits for days..."

"Senior Brother, let's put aside Dr. Lan Ying's side for now. Their arguments are nothing more than about the future research path of integrated circuits. But first, let me correct one of your points..."

"This printer isn't my original design; the Bald Eagles probably made a prototype about five years ago..."

"Ha, even if it's made, would we even get to use it? For us, this is number one!"

Hmm, now that you put it that way, it seems like I'm right.

We sold it to France. Will the United States sue us for patent infringement?

Actually, this also shows that Xiao Dai Mao didn't study history well.

The world's first truly usable printer didn't appear until 1964, when the Blue Giant Corporation released the first instruction set compatible computer.

Thinking about patents or anything like that is just overthinking it...

However, Xiao Daimao's somewhat premature concern was written into a memo by the senior brother from Yunnan and Guizhou, and provided to the foreign trade department along with a sample of the printer.

Upon seeing this, the foreign trade department, adhering to the principle of frankness, told the French the truth. This frankness surprised the relevant personnel on the French side.

Hey! You silly rabbit, I didn't even mention that our PVC process was copied from DuPont over there in the bald eagle. Your frankness is making me a little embarrassed...

Yeah! It's good to be a little silly. When making friends, who doesn't want their friends to be a little innocent?

Although this friend, with whom we haven't even established diplomatic relations yet, is as hard as a rock in some ways...

In which aspects?

There are many issues, but the two most pressing points for both sides right now are...

……

At the Swiss Embassy, ​​the French have taken over their communications room.

Well, unfortunately, due to the regulations of COCOM, we currently do not have convenient means of communication with Europe. If we want to make a call, we can only go through the dedicated circuit of the Swiss Embassy via Hong Kong, then transfer in Hong Kong to reach mainland Switzerland, and finally be picked up by Switzerland and taken back to France.

The call transfer process has been underway all day, and it has just been connected.

"You mean, this lion of the East is willing to reject our olive branch in order to firmly support them?"

“Yes, Your Excellency. Besides that, there’s that well-known factor…”

"Hey, the first one is alright, but they're making too much noise. Let them be. All we need to do is get the resources..."

"But, for that well-known reason, this decision might alert the bald eagle, which is really troublesome... Well, let's leave this problem to our emperor to worry about. I'm rather curious about the exchange list you submitted..."

"Mr. Faure, although the technology we provide is not the latest, and the related equipment is still somewhat sensitive, is this transistor computer really worth all this effort?"

Mr. Faure, hearing the minister's somewhat muffled voice, pressed the microphone tightly against his ear.

There's nothing we can do; it's a miracle we even got through at all over such a long distance. We can't ask for too much...

"Your Excellency, I was actually referring to a specific computer-related technology. If we had acquired this technology earlier, our communication today would have been smoother and safer..."

"If possible, I would prefer to take this technology back to China, but unfortunately our Eastern friends insist on selling it as part of a package deal."

"Specifically, please allow me to take an actual prototype back to my country to demonstrate it to you. If you still have doubts about this technology after that, then please, the great October Fire, revoke my right to participate in 'strikes' in the future!"

Yes, that's a very contemporary way of putting it. You know, as a "revolutionary old area," every Frenchman is incredibly enthusiastic about participating in strikes and demonstrations!

"I'm really looking forward to it. Our adults are looking forward to it too."

……

Meanwhile, Lubyanka.

It's safe to say that Lubyanka's minister truly knows a great deal about us.

He had given an agreement that if he delivered the goods a day earlier, he would receive the corresponding wagons of corn according to the advance delivery date. The next day, he received the "big yellow clone" from his friend in the south.

Yes, some of the "Big Yellow Doppelgangers" that were originally allocated according to plan were urgently recalled by the Badge Warriors who rushed over by telephone line just as they were delivered to the field.

Even the few units at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains and deep in the desert were intercepted halfway. A batch of twenty "Big Yellow Doppelgangers" are currently piled up to the brim at the Academy of Sciences of the Big Brother.

"Your Excellency, the computer from our friends in the South has arrived and is currently being installed. Would you like to take a look?"

"A bunch of metal cabinets, what's so interesting about them..."

"Hey, Sergeyev, didn't I tell you to go deal with the Indians' aircraft procurement plan? What are you still doing here?"

For the first time, a look of confusion appeared on Sergeyev's gloomy face: "Minister, I have perfectly fulfilled your instructions. The Indians had no objections to the price we proposed, and I didn't even need to use the 'Ustinov Law' to reach an agreement..."

"Did they pay?"

"No, they want our loan. The loan term is up to 50 years, and the interest rate is higher than the actual selling price. I really don't understand what they're thinking..."

"Forget about them. As long as they continue to push forward with the Non-Aligned Movement, it's to our advantage..."

Sergeyev also wanted to report on the recent small actions of the Indians on the border, but then he thought it best to put this matter aside for now.

"Your Excellency, I strongly suggest you visit our friends in the South and see their transistor computers, and then sincerely apologize to me!"

"Because they are indeed very small in size, and their user experience has far surpassed ours!"

"Okay, sorry." The minister waved his hand dismissively, seemingly busy doing something else.

"I accept it! Although your apology lacks sincerity..."

"Alright, let's set aside these details, Sergeyev. We have a lot more to do. Look at this plan: a border wall! I believe this wall will be far greater than the Great Wall of our friends to the south. How about it, interested in taking a walk over there?"

"If this is an order... however, I must still say, be wary of our friends to the south."

"Okay, okay." The minister continued to wave nonchalantly, "The Cigar Country is also moving closer to us. We'll be very busy in the future, so let's put our starving friends in the south aside for now..."

Sergeyev shook his head helplessly: "Before you leave, Minister, let me remind you that a friend from the south is waiting for your corn at the door. According to the contract you mentioned, our friend from the south delivered all the transistor computers 124 days ahead of schedule."

"You need to pay them for 124 railcars of corn..."

"Sukabr!" The minister looked up. "Friends from the south, are you really that ruthless?"