Great Power Industry: You're a private company building an aircraft carrier?

The faces of everyone present turned grim.

This is a painful lesson.

As everyone knows in later generations, our Eastern lithography machine technology was backward and blocked by the West. In fact, we once possessed world-class lithography machine technology!

In 1977, Professor Xu, a professor in the Department of Precision Instruments at Tsinghua University, who was studying rice cultivation at a farm in Poyang Lake, suddenly received a phone call and returned to the university to lead the research and development of an automatic lithography machine!

Professor Xu abandoned the rice seedlings and returned to the capital, thus beginning a remarkable decade or so...

Without any data, they figured it out themselves; without any lenses, they ground them themselves; without any motors, they wound them themselves! In 1980, Professor Xu's team developed the first projection lithography machine!

By 1985, they had developed a step-by-step projection lithography machine, while ASML, the lithography machine giant that would later become famous, had only just been established.

By 1990, Professor Xu's improved lithography machine had reached the world's top level at that time!

Then... something weird happened!

In 91, the first National Industrial Enterprises Technological Achievements Exhibition was held in the capital. The higher authorities specifically named the step-by-step projection lithography machine developed by the Department of Precision Instruments of Tsinghua University, which also participated in the exhibition!

As a result, numerous foreign lithography machine experts came to the exhibition, climbing up and down to carefully observe the lithography machine, not only looking but also asking questions!

Back then, we were honest people, unaware of the dangers of society. We felt it was an honor for us to be asked questions by foreign experts, so we answered everything we knew.

Our core internal secrets were given to foreigners free of charge. They learned our most advanced lithography technology without paying a single penny in tuition!

Then, these lithography machine experts went back and discussed it: lift the ban on lithography machines in Coordinating Committee and sell them!

Which leader of a domestic electronics factory wouldn't want to take this opportunity to travel abroad? Especially since everything is reimbursed, and they can even bring back Western-style TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, and other gadgets…

So, whoosh... everyone rushed to buy lithography machines from abroad, like those from Tsinghua University? Domestic products are unreliable, it's better to buy than to make them!

The domestically produced lithography machine died just like that, because of a lack of understanding of market economy and intellectual property rights, and was tricked by the West! In his depression, Professor Xu abandoned the research on lithography machines and shifted his focus to optical discs.

Haven't we learned our lesson yet? Now, we actually want foreigners to conduct the evaluation? They'll ask all sorts of questions during the evaluation; will we answer them or not?

"Our main suspicion is that the Loongson-1 chip is fake. Foreign experts are the most professional; they can tell the difference between real and fake!" Liu Zhonglie stopped pretending and laid his cards on the table!

"Liu Zhonglie, we've been colleagues for so many years. Now I only have one question for you: are you an Easterner or a Westerner? Or rather, are your skin yellow but your heart white?"

"Banana people" – a derogatory term known throughout the country – refers to people with yellow skin and white hearts.

Liu Zhonglie's face immediately darkened: "I'm just stating the facts!"

"You Western lackey, what right do you have to point fingers at our Loongson?" Just then, the gatekeeper spoke up: "We've made our own chips, and the whole nation is proud, but you bring foreigners to smear us, spread rumors, and steal secrets. What kind of person are you? A foreign worshipper, and you think you're the boss of L-Think!"

"you!"

"Even a doorman dares to insult him!" Liu Zhonglie was furious.

They originally wanted to outmaneuver Loongson, but unexpectedly, they were outmaneuvered by the company!

Now, both Leader Hu and Dean Zhou realized what was happening and looked at Liu Zhonglie with serious eyes.

Liu Zhonglie panicked.

In recent years, he has been thinking about how to separate L from the Institute of Computing Technology and take over the huge state-owned assets. However, things have to be done step by step. For now, L is still part of the Institute of Computing Technology.

Now that Loongson has its own chips, will the higher-ups replace L with someone else? Removing him from his post would be a piece of cake!

Durant, who had been observing from the sidelines, knew it was time for him to speak.

"Based on Intel's technology, it would take at least five years to develop a completely new chip, which is illogical! So... there must be something wrong!"

"Hmph, how could you Westerners understand the perseverance, hard work, and tireless dedication of us Easterners?"

Mr. Ni thought to himself, "The lines that President Qin prepared for me are really useful!"

"Back then, it took the United States six years to build the atomic bomb, the Soviet Union eight years, and us? We took two years and eight months. Based on your experience, our atomic bomb was fake?"

"When the first artificial Earth satellite was launched, the Soviet Union's weighed 10 kilograms, the United States' 8 kilograms, and ours 173 kilograms! Was the song 'The East Is Red,' which resounded through space, also fake?"

Damn it, you guys think you're so great? Great my ass! Look at us in the East, where are we any worse than you?

"Old Ni, those are all things of the past, and they don't represent the electronics industry. In the electronics industry, it's a fact that we're lagging behind!"

"Don't call me Lao Ni, Liu Zhonglie. You have completely become a lackey of the West. I, Ni*nan, am ashamed to be associated with you!" Lao Ni said with a serious face, "Without my Lenovo Chinese character card back then, would Lenovo be where it is today? You started out with technology, but you have always wanted to make money and be heartless capitalists!"

Liu Zhonglie's heart skipped a beat. This was a trap, a trap he had carefully prepared for himself!

Why bother investigating Loongson Technology? Next, they'll probably investigate themselves!

"Distinguished leaders, I believe that L, as a national enterprise of our country, should not be controlled by such a person. How can someone who doesn't even love his own country and keeps praising the superior performance of foreign products lead L well? In his eyes, domestic products will never be as good as foreign products!"

"No, no, no, I'm telling the truth!"

Liu Zhonglie knew that the only way now was to insist that Loongson had problems and Intel was very powerful. Only in this way could he establish a positive image for his superiors; otherwise…

"Leaders, you see? He's completely unrepentant! If L falls into his hands, will it belong to the Institute of Computing Technology or Intel?"

"Mr. Ni, you need to provide evidence before you speak!" At this moment, Durant's face also darkened. He knew that he had to help Liu Zhonglie. If Liu Zhonglie left Intel, Intel's sales in the East would shrink significantly!

“That’s right, we just don’t believe that Loongson can be developed within a year. What’s wrong with that? Are we not allowed to speak the truth now? If you’re so capable, then bring out a Loongson computer!” Liu Zhonglie’s face was gloomy.

We used to be able to laugh it off, but now it's a fight to the death!

Old Ni rolled his eyes at Liu Zhonglie: "Of course we'll bring it out. The chipset will be available in three months..."

"Hmph, what three months? You're just trying to stall for time!" Liu Zhonglie gritted his teeth. "If you're really so confident, let us examine you now!"

"Of course not. We will not leak our technical secrets to Intel so that they can copy them."

"We at Intel were founded in 1968, and we made our first processor in 1971. Our technology is number one in the world. Why would we need to copy your products?" Durant's tone was condescending. When did it become Intel's turn to copy others?

"That's right, it's useful because... your processors have a serious defect!"