Chapter 186 The big one is coming
“They have been working at TSMC for so long, you can threaten them with prosecution on the grounds that they involve a lot of trade secrets, don’t act rashly.
I We will also ask the relevant parties to cooperate with you. Their homes are still in 4v, their family and friends are still here, and they cannot stay in China forever.
The Legislative Yuan will cooperate with us in introducing a bill on cutting-edge industries. This bill will hinder them from joining China’s semiconductor companies at the visa level.”
In order to get all the best parts of TSMC as much as possible, and at the same time prevent TSMC’s senior engineers from going to the mainland to speed up China’s development. Semiconductor industry progress.
The Federation began to take all possible measures.
Tricks like this that were not used before are now being used.
In the game between the two parties, there are such contradictions. The huge system is both a help and a burden to the federation.
Some people have seen that maintaining this huge system requires paying too many costs. Various organizations, bases around the world, various types of funding, etc., are all huge burdens.
Some people want to cut off these burdens one by one. The federation only needs to focus on its own interests. Why should it bear so many obligations that do not belong to them?
However, this is also a huge help, which means that there are too many tools in the federal tool library that can be used, and you can be very uncomfortable with just one move.
Why does the federation deal with the EU overtly or covertly? The EU at least has a wall-riding attitude on key issues. This is all because of the huge help the Marshall Plan had in the reconstruction of the entire Europe.
Of course, for China, which is determined to catch up, they can stay within this established set of rules to make as much profit for themselves as possible, and even cut off part of the boss's taxes.
This is a bit like the vassal towns in the late Ming Dynasty relying on the Ming Dynasty's governance system to support their own private armies.
But if you want to win the final victory, you still have to enter the customs. Failure to enter the customs will ultimately be a border danger.
In the end, with the help of 4v, those who firmly chose to go to the mainland were the minority among the minority, accounting for less than 20%.
Then some choose to change jobs to semiconductor companies on the island such as UMC, Yaohua, and Winbond.
Most people still choose to go to America, even if the future is uncertain and their fate is unpredictable.
“We can still maintain such a complete team, can’t we?
This is all the result of Ursula, isn’t it?” Peter Bonfi, another director of TSMC, Former CEO of England Telecom.
TSMC’s board of directors includes foreign faces from various European and American capitals, so it represents global interests, not 4v interests.
In addition to 4v local capital, other capitals have long wanted to move TSMC away.
For them, moving to the federation has no other disadvantages except that operating costs will increase, and stability will increase significantly.
Compared with stability, operating costs are negligible.
Peter felt the conflict between Qin Yongpei and Ursula in several executive meetings, so he came as a lobbyist to try to ease the relationship between the two.
Qin Yongpei was depressed because in his opinion, this disrespectful and coercive approach to engineers was not in line with TSMC’s tradition at all. “Ursula’s behavior is a very short-sighted behavior.
He What it brings is temporary stability, but what it destroys is TSMC’s traditional culture of preferential treatment of engineers. Even in the era of competition with Samsung and Intel, we would not treat engineers like this.”
Peter was confused: "Really? Why is Liang's matter different from what you said?"
He was referring to Liang Mengsong being chased and bitten by TSMC.
"That was a high-level struggle, not just for engineers. In a sense, he failed to take sides.
You know that at TSMC, this kind of failure is fatal.
Peter's behavior is against everyone. Engineers, he deprived them of their freedom, accompanied by threats and intimidation.
This is not a good sign. "
Peter doesn't care. In his opinion, the essence of TSMC is profit and dividends. , Keep the stock price rising, what will happen to the engineers below? It's not important.
Wall Street expressed a pessimistic attitude towards the relocation of all TSMC's advanced manufacturing processes to America's home base, but the stock price fell slightly, not exceeding 5%.
In the face of China’s 1nm, this advanced process is not so advanced. This is what troubles Peter the most. In his opinion, the rapid development of China's semiconductor industry is TSMC's biggest crisis.
“There have been so many turmoils in TSMC’s history. Ours should be the biggest this time. However, the entire engineer team has the highest integrity. This is Ursula’s credit.
Qin, you should Put aside your prejudices and look at this matter from an objective perspective, and you will find that his approach has achieved very significant results," Peter said.
Qin Yongpei shook his head: "No, this stability is short-lived, and the damage is permanent.
They just can't leave for the time being. Ursula can prevent them from joining SMIC, but she can't stop them from joining Texas Instruments and Intel.
We can all see this future. ”
Seeing that the other party was so stubborn, Peter didn’t say anything more. He was thinking that if TSMC’s decline began because of the departure of engineers, this would be a good thing, and if TSMC’s decline began because of the Chinese semiconductor industry The rise of TSMC is an out-and-out tragedy for them.
After TSMC’s equipment and engineers left 4v for Texas, the federal government approved the export of more advanced “civilian” equipment to 4v. The resolution.
It was impossible for the civilian equipment named Zeus to be sold to 4v in the past. 4v requested the purchase many times, but it was not approved before, but this time it was successfully passed, and it was unanimously approved.
You must know that Zeus was only deployed in Neon before. The nature of this thing is similar to that of the device that caused a violent reaction in Goryeo.
The federal export thing is already very strange. What is even more strange is that the Chinese side actually only sprayed a few words verbally, and the intensity of the spray was very light, and there was no other action.
Even 4v’s fruits and agricultural products are not targeted.
The weird atmosphere surrounding this incident made everyone feel like a storm was coming.
The Federation, 4v and China, these three parties are all very strange.
There is a demon when something is abnormal, and there was a lot of discussion on social media in China. Everyone thought something big was coming.
After Chen Yuanguang saw the news, he thought he might as well do something to give Hua a better chance of winning.
Although he didn't believe that the big one would really come, he couldn't help but still wanted to give some plans.
"Professor Hu, how is the plan I provided you before?" Chen Yuanguang called Hu Xinrui, thinking that as the leader of the superconducting magnetic fluid thruster team, Chen Yuanguang should be trustworthy.
Hu Xinrui's voice came from the other end of the phone: "It's still in the experimental stage, Yuan Guang, your plan is still a bit too complicated. We have demonstrated from a theoretical level that there is no problem. Now we are trying Let’s try it out with a model.”
His voice sounded particularly tired, as if he hadn't slept for days and nights.
Chen Yuanguang knew what the other party was doing, it was just to give Hua Guo more confidence, "Professor Hu, I have recently thought of a better solution." Hu Xinrui's voice was obviously stronger: "Yuanguang , tell me.”
“Superconducting magnetic fluid thrusters are not that easy to handle. If it is just to avoid sonar detection, then I think there is a material that can do it. ”
Hu Xinrui is excited now, because the superconducting magnetic fluid thruster is undoubtedly a very good solution. Once implemented, it will overall improve the strength of the underwater thruster, not just as simple as stealth.
But this is difficult. There are too many problems that need to be overcome in this one-dimensional room-temperature superconductor. Second, the submarine must be completely redesigned. It is not enough to solve the problem of the magnetic fluid propeller. The entire submarine must be redesigned.
I don’t know how long it will take until submarines equipped with superconducting magnetic fluid thrusters are officially put into service.
“What material?” Hu Xinrui asked.
"Come to Mianyang and let's chat on the spot. Then you can test the parameters of the material yourself." Chen Yuanguang said.
"Okay, I'll be there tonight." Hu Xinrui said.
After Chen Yuanguang called Hu Xinrui, he called Director Zhao and told him about the matter. After hearing this, he also said that he would be there tonight.
After Chen Yuanguang finished the phone call, he felt calm, wondering if it was too late.
He was reading Weibo recently, and a large number of bloggers were discussing the relocation of TSMC and the unprecedented federal sale of over-standard civilian equipment to 4v.
The federation's approach stimulated him. The transaction has been completed. Once Zeus civilian equipment reaches 4v, the difficulty will increase significantly in the future.
Because equipment is not just as simple as equipment, it will greatly affect your fighting will. In addition, the Federation seems to want to put 4v on the table and wants China to start. Chen Yuanguang felt very dissatisfied.
In his opinion, peace is so precious, and even if it really needs to be started, it must be done by oneself at the right time, rather than being forced to the table by others.
If someone forces you to eat, even if the meal is to your liking, it will be unpleasant. But if you decide the time to eat, even if it is just an ordinary meal, it can give you the feeling of delicacies.
Time is critical.
After receiving the news, China quickly took action. At present, if they can gain an advantage underwater, they may be able to avoid this crisis.
Hua Guo's idea is the same as Chen Yuanguang's, he also wants to choose the time himself, rather than being forced.
China has long been prepared in terms of strength, but its preparations in other aspects are not enough.
In other words, no amount of preparation is too much.
"Yuanguang, I hope you can bring us some surprises this time." Director Zhao knew that the superiors attached great importance to Chen Yuanguang, so he had an excellent attitude towards Chen Yuanguang. If his subordinates saw He must be very surprised that he still has this face.
Chen Yuanguang nodded: "I think you will be satisfied."
Director Zhao said: "I believe you, in terms of materials science, if you say second, no one dares to say first.< br>
I already made some assumptions on the plane. Do you think I am right? "
Chen Yuanguang said: "Oh? Tell me about it? It's rare to see you so elegant.
I thought you had a lot of things going on during this period. "
Chen Yuanguang's words opened up the conversation. Director Zhao quickly said: "Yuanguang, you are really right. We must have a lot of things recently.
Neon, Kangaroo and Asan are all starting to make trouble for us. Neon, Koryo and the federal NGOs in the country have begun to operate at high speed.
During this period, every morning when I arrived at my workplace, I could see the messages sent from below and who had been arrested. Many of these people were professors from well-known universities.
It’s so busy, it feels like they are all starting to move.
There is a sense of crisis.
I hope you can give us some surprises, and also hope that you can alleviate the current situation. We really don’t want to be forced to play a game without a winner at this point in time. "
After Director Zhao finished speaking, he continued: "I guess it is a brand new acoustic material.
The one you used in the high-end car you designed for Xiaomi is called Unbounded, right? The acoustic material is particularly powerful and the sound insulation effect is so strong that some of our special rooms are now made of that material.
I guessed on the way here that you should have developed new acoustic materials along this route, which can be applied to submarines. ”
Chen Yuanguang thought that the other party’s guess was too accurate. Yes, what he wanted to come up with was acoustic materials that could be applied to submarines, which could almost completely eliminate the acoustic characteristics of existing submarines.
< br>"Old Zhao, your guess is too accurate.
Yes, it is a brand new material, and it is a coating. When used directly on the submarine shell, it can reduce the acoustic characteristics of existing submarines by at least 90%.
The Federation's underwater sonar system would be completely blind.
Hugo once said: Staring into the depths of the sea in imagination is like seeing the vast unknown from the most terrifying angle. Submarine is akin to night and dreams. In the eerie silence and darkness, like ghosts and demons, pursue their horrific instincts.
Once it's fully painted, I think it should be an eternal ghost for competitors. "Chen Yuanguang said.
Director Zhao's body became relaxed: "Yuanguang, you have made a great contribution again. It should be able to help us solve 90% of the external difficulties now. "
"Is Professor Hu okay? "Chen Yuanguang asked.
Director Zhao's mind was racing: "Hu Xinrui?
There should be no problem, no, we still have to do another round of investigation.
At this time, don't rush this moment, it's better to be more rigorous. .
If this material is leaked, it is not a joke. Not only does everyone have it, it means that everyone is not that simple.
For small countries, they are often not afraid of wearing bare feet. We really can't bear it, sneakily drive to the sea area near you and fire a missile at you.
Yuan Guang, you may need to wait a few days while we check again and then arrange for you to meet with Professor Hu. ”
Lao Zhao’s investigation lasted for half a month. During this half month, the opinions of all parties around 4v became more intense.
Only Hua should be the most intense. Instead, the country fell into a rare silence.
Washington and Tokyo knew that China was struggling externally and internally, and their sources in China had suffered unprecedented damage.
When Professor Hu appeared in front of Chen Yuanguang again, Chen Yuanguang was surprised to find that the other person looked very good, much better than the last time they met. It seemed that he had taken a good rest for a while.
(End of this chapter)