I Am the President of the University

Handong Province, Jinling City.

Xinjiekou Pedestrian Street, Apple mobile phone flagship store.

Duan Jiang is a doctoral student at Southeast University. Today he took a half-day off from his supervisor to buy a mobile phone. The reason is that his girlfriend’s birthday is coming soon and she plans to buy it as a birthday gift for her.

"I'm really speechless. What's so good about an Apple phone? I might as well buy Huaxing!" Duan Jiang muttered as he walked into the store.

In the past, there was no choice. There were only two major brands of high-end flagship phones: Apple and Samsung. But now ov is doing well, especially Huaxing's mate series and p series.

But many girls love to use Apple phones, and I don’t know why.

He could understand that it was for playing games. There was nothing wrong with playing games on an Apple phone, but his girlfriend didn't play games much either.

Although it was after 7 pm, there were not many customers in the store, only three or two people.

A female shopping guide watched Duan Jiang enter and greeted him enthusiastically.

"Hello, sir, do you want to buy a mobile phone? You can check out the Apple 12, which was just launched a while ago. There is also a photonic screen version, and its performance is nothing to say."

"Does Apple also have a photon screen version?" Duan Jiang said unexpectedly.

He really doesn’t pay much attention to Apple. He only knows that the production capacity of photonic screens is limited and domestic brands are given priority. In particular, the new mate45 series of phones released by Huaxing at the end of last year are equipped with photonic screen versions and have received rave reviews.

As for Apple, it seems that it has reached a cooperation with Guanghua later, but it is only late January, so it has been launched so soon?

"Yes, and the goods were transferred over a few days ago. They have been very popular recently and are almost sold out." The female shopping guide answered patiently.

"Then let's take a look at some models of the 12 series. Well, I want the photon screen version."

Duan Jiang chose the photon screen version without even thinking about it. As an owner of a Huaxing photon screen mate45, he knows how powerful the photon screen is.

"Okay, please come this way."

Under the enthusiasm of the female shopping guide, Duan Jiang tried it out and finally bought an Apple 12promax photon screen version of the mobile phone. After paying the money, Duan Jiang took the gift bag.

Duan Jiang, who had just turned around to leave, heard a sound in his ears, which made him pause and move his eyes to the TV hanging on the wall in front of him on the left.

"Today, Guanghua University, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, Baodao Executive Yuan, and TSMC held talks in Ludao and finally signed a cooperation letter. It is expected to invest US$100 billion to build a factory in Ludao and Guanghua University will OEM optical cores. This time The main leaders present were..."

It’s not unusual to see something going on in an Apple mobile phone store, but what’s strange is that the news network is still playing. Maybe the owner of this store prefers to pay attention to current affairs and politics...

Anyway, Duan Jiang was dumbfounded.

Guanghua actually wants to cooperate with TSMC?

And with this investment scale, if he was not blind or deaf, would he remember that the host said it was US$100 billion? !

This is not a small amount, and it was also featured on Xinwen Network, which is really dazzling.

The news about the cooperation between Guanghua University and TSMC lasted for 1 minute and 40 seconds, and finally jumped to an agricultural news. \b

Duan Jiang hurriedly left the store and rushed back to school.

While on the road, he was still recalling the news he heard at the mobile phone store, and then checked it out.

Guanghua really cooperates with TSMC!

And it’s news just announced by major officials.

Don't just look at cooperation with TSMC, it has a lot of impact.

For example, on the optical core...

When he returned to his dormitory, Duan Jiang logged into the Little Woodworm Forum.

There were no posts about the cooperation between TSMC and Guanghua in the chat section of the forum, so Duan Jiang couldn't help but posted one first.

【Shock! Guanghua University has just reached a cooperation with TSMC and will invest in building a factory in Ludao. Has optical core technology been conquered? 】

As soon as the post was posted, there were thirty or forty replies in less than 10 minutes.

"Hell, is it true? Isn't TSMC going to invest and build factories in the United States? Why did it change its mind?"

"Awesome, with a total investment of US$100 billion, TSMC is really rich!"

"Guanghua cooperates with TSMC? Doesn't that mean that the production capacity problem will be solved? But I am more curious, does this mean that the launch of optical cores is not far away?"

"Guanghua is too powerful. It launched photonic screens last year and optical cores this year. Among all scientific research institutions in the world, only Guanghua University is so powerful!"

"It was all on the news network, and Director Liu of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council attended the signing ceremony. It seems that the official is also involved in this matter, but this is an investment of hundreds of billions of dollars..."

The floors at the back are starting to tilt. Some people think that Guangxin should be conquered this year or next year at the latest. Others are still not optimistic about Guanghua University and think it will take three to five years.

The discussion on the Xiaomu Chong Forum is just the tip of the iceberg. The cooperation between Guanghua and TSMC is being discussed in many places across the Internet.

…

Baodao, Hsinchu City.

In the TSMC building.

Two employees came out yawning.

“I’ve been working a lot of overtime lately, it’s really annoying!” the tall employee complained.

Another employee with a middle-parted head lowered his head and played with his mobile phone and replied in agreement: "I hate working overtime the most!"

As if he thought of something interesting, the tall man patted his colleague on the shoulder, winked and said, "By the way, have you noticed that there have been a lot of resignations in our company recently?"

"It's normal to resign..." Zhongliu hesitated and said.

"No, no, no, there is something strange about this resignation." The tall man shook his head.

"What's weird?"

"It is said that those who resigned this time were persuaded by Dr. Guan Yi in tandem. And do you know where your next job will be?"

"I don't know? And why did Dr. Guan do this?" Faced with the tall man's deliberate showoff, he was not annoyed, but he just didn't understand it.

Although TSMC works a lot of overtime and has a large workload, the salary package is one of the best in Baodao, and it is much higher than the monthly salary of civil servants!

"Let's go home, here we go over there." The tall man pursed his lips towards the west.

"Mainland? Is it SMIC?" As if he noticed something, Zhong Fen added, "It can't be Guanghua University in Ludao, right? I remember Dr. Liang Yiqing is there now."

"Yes, it's the Guanghua who went to Ludao." Speaking of Guanghua, the tall man curled his lips with a look of disdain.

"If you ask me, they might as well go to SMIC. At least they have made something there. Why go to Ludao? Do you really think that optical cores are just street goods and can be made casually?"

"Anyway, I don't believe that the mainland can conquer this technology. It must be selling a concept. In the end, it will drag on for a few years and everyone will forget about it."

Zhongfen scratched his head with a wry smile on his face.

This colleague and good friend is fine on weekdays, but the conversation easily breaks down when it comes to issues in the Mainland.

But it is also a very normal phenomenon. Many young people in Baodao now have no sense of belonging or identification with the mainland.

Zhongfen pondered for a moment and said half-jokingly: "I think your words are too subjective. I am quite optimistic about optical cores. Maybe in the future, TSMC will cooperate with each other and do OEM work for optical cores." indefinite."

"Let us, TSMC, manufacture for each other?"

The tall man suddenly burst into laughter, and then laughed with his hands in his hands, "It's so funny. We at TSMC are not the ones who can find us for OEM. As for the chip manufacturing technology in the Mainland, I'm not telling you that they can't even produce 7nm chips." I don’t know how many years it will take to mass-produce it, but it’s so funny!”

Just as he walked to the edge of the pond, the tall man pointed at the pond and said confidently: "If TSMC were to contract manufacturing for the other party, I would drink all the water in the pond in front of me!"

"Uh." Zhong Fen twitched the corner of his mouth, just wanting to quickly change the topic.

Don't think the tall man's words are stupid, reality is always more absurd than fiction.

For example, even though the mainland's economy has been booming for many years, there are still many frogs in the well in Baodao who still think that people on the other side still can't afford tea eggs, so they eat with Fuling pickled mustard (some Baodao people pronounce it pei).

Don't think it's incredible, but some stubborn Baodao people do think so.

But at this time, the sound coming from the radio on the table in the canteen in front made both of them a little embarrassed.

"Breaking news! Today, Vice President Xie of the Executive Yuan, former TSMC Chairman Zhang Zhongmou, and TSMC's current Chairman Liu Deyin attended the signing ceremony in Ludao, Hu Province. Chairman Liu announced that he will conduct in-depth cooperation with Guanghua Integrated Circuit Company to undertake the production of optical cores. Part of the production plan, which means that the research and development of optical cores has made certain progress..."

There were several old people sitting in front of the canteen, and they immediately started a heated discussion after hearing this text message.

"Isn't TSMC going to cooperate with the United States? Why did it go there to invest and build factories in the mainland? Wouldn't this offend the Americans?"

"If you offend me, offend me. The Mainland and Treasure Island are one. Why do two brothers and one family have to talk to each other? Isn't the university on Ludao very powerful? Come up with some kind of photon screen. I heard that if this optical core is made When it comes out, it is simply the dragon-slaying sword of the chip industry, and it is completely invincible!”

"Is it really that powerful? It's better to cooperate with the mainland. TSMC cannot go bankrupt. It will have a great impact on the treasure island!"

Zhong Fen turned around and saw that the faces of his colleagues beside him were darkened.

As soon as he said the big words, he was slapped in the face.

Seeing this situation, Zhong Fen quickly comforted him: "Jiang Hong, it doesn't matter. I took what you just said as a joke. You really don't need to drink all the water in the pond!"

But after he finished speaking, the tall man's face became more gloomy.

Without saying a word, he ran away.

But that night, it was 22:30 Beijing time.

As soon as U.S. stocks opened, TSMC’s stock price rose.

In less than an hour, it rose 2 points!

American investors are very optimistic about TSMC turning to the mainland to invest and build factories and cooperate with Guanghua.

After all, after the 2020nature China Forum a while ago, investors who pay a little attention to the technology industry know that it is only a matter of time before Guanghua University conquers optical core technology in Ludao, China, on the other side of the ocean.

Therefore, TSMC has made this choice and can take advantage of the optical core trend, which is a major benefit!

What is interesting is that many local semiconductor companies, led by Qualcomm, are plummeting in the US stock market, while some semiconductor companies that have cooperated with Guanghua have also risen a lot following the TSMC storm.

The U.S. semiconductor sector went crazy for a day, and Chen Hao also slept all night.

The next morning.

After eating breakfast in the cafeteria, Chen Hao was petting the cat in the cattery.

"Nobel! Why are you still biting me? Who built the cattery for you?!"

"Hey, Archimedes is still the best, come here and let me masturbate you!"

"Why is Newton in a daze again..."

Chen Hao was squatting and playing with three little kittens, feeling quite happy.

These three kittens can be considered settled in Guanghua. After all, with the care of the principal, they can be said to run rampant on Guanghua's campus.

After playing with the kittens for a while, Chen Hao turned and left.

I'm going to take a look at Optical Core this morning to see how it's progressing.

Ten minutes later.

Optical Core Research Center.

Chen Hao was walking around and was attracted by the movement in a laboratory.

"Professor, this set of experiments still failed to achieve the expected goals. There may be something wrong with the measurements."

"It shouldn't be. The only successful group the day before yesterday was using this amount. Why did problems occur after repeating the test..."

"Professor, do you need some fine-tuning?"

"You can do another set of experiments and see."

"good."

"Professor Chen, did you encounter any problems?"

Professor Chen Ping, who was concentrating on looking at the data in his hand, was startled by the sudden sound in his ear.

His face turned red, and he was about to reprimand this rude "visitor", but when he saw the appearance of the person coming behind him clearly, he smiled awkwardly and said: "Principal, why are you here..."

"It's winter vacation and I don't have anything to deal with, so I came over to see if I need any help here at Optical Core." Chen Hao smiled and then looked around.

"Professor Chen, are you still used to the food and accommodation after arriving at Ludao?"

"It's okay. I'm not picky about food anyway, as long as I can eat enough." Professor Chen Ping said nonchalantly.

In his mind, the only thing worth paying attention to is scientific research. As for food, no matter what you eat, it will be the same when you put it in and out, it's just a different color.

Chen Hao is still very satisfied with Professor Chen Ping, who took the initiative to change jobs from Zhejiang University.

Neither his ability nor his attitude toward scientific research can be faulted, except that his emotional intelligence is slightly low.

"I just heard that you seem to have encountered some problem?" Chen Hao's eyes fell on the data in the other party's hand.

"Yes, a set of experiments was unexpectedly successful the day before yesterday, but over the past two days, more than 30 sets of repeated experiments have not been successful again. It is really a headache!" Professor Chen Ping sighed softly, and saw that Chen Hao was interested. He handed over the data in his hand.

Then Chen Hao read the summarized data, and then went to the experimental bench to look at the failed semi-finished product.

"headmaster."

"Hello, Principal Chen!"

"Dr. Chen."

The researcher weakly greeted Chen Hao, and Chen Hao responded one by one.

Because the consecutive failures in the past two days are also a big blow to the researchers in the laboratory.

The research work of Optical Core is not easy. Even though the more than 300 researchers in the entire center come from top scientific research teams across the country, they encounter challenges and setbacks one after another.

Without the information provided by Chen Hao twice, they would have no idea about Optical Core.

However, seeing Chen Hao's appearance, some researchers' eyes lit up. Maybe the principal could find the problem.

After looking at the failed experiment, Chen Hao frowned slightly.

Then he lowered his head and stared at the data on his hand, and his brain instantly started running at high speed.

One possibility after another was eliminated, and finally...

The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and his eyes were shining.

He poked the data file with his index finger and chuckled.

"finally found you."