Simulation: Great Power Technology

August 8, 10 am.

After the final acceptance, the on-site staff confirmed that the Miyagi No. 1 temporary highway can be put into use.

Without celebrating or cutting the ribbon, hundreds of heavy-duty vehicles, which had long since reached the small county town via the provincial highway, roared onto the highway and headed for their final destination.

Masayama Hydropower Station in Miyagi Prefecture.

There, they will spend half a month building an advanced wafer processing factory through modular construction.

People in charge of road construction have already driven their vehicles into the wasteland outside the roadbed. Everyone watched these behemoths of several meters or even more than ten meters meandering forward, and their hearts were full of shock and emotion.

"Damn it....What is the purpose of such a big machine?"

"It looks like it was used for bridge construction. Did you see that prefabricated panel? That should be the bridge deck, right?"

"What nonsense, how can the prefabricated panels of the bridge deck be so thin? This should be a modular house. It is estimated that the factory will be built quickly on the mountain, but I don't know what it is used for."

"Hey, didn't you say before that gold mines were discovered on the mountain over the reservoir? Wouldn't it be true?"

"It would be great if it was true. If there is really a gold mine, then my county is really going to make a fortune..."

In the crowd, a member of the intelligence team smiled and listened to the discussion, and did not step forward to stop it.

These people worked day and night for two days, and finally completed with amazing efficiency what no other country in the world could accomplish. Whether it was their will or their dedication regardless of their future, he was deeply impressed. admiration.

At this moment, after their task was completed, facing this shocking scene, their discussion was just out of extremely simple yearning and joy, and there was really no need to remind them to pay attention to confidentiality.

It's just that everyone present may not know that although the road they paved does not lead to a gold mine, it leads to a future that is more precious than a gold mine.

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Joint Command.

Chen Hao has received the news that the Miyagi Temporary Highway has been accepted and started to use. The heavy machinery has entered the site, and the follow-up construction work will be carried out step by step according to the established strategy. The strategy of "starting from road construction" proposed by Ye Zhou has been proved. It's effective.

But now, in Ye Zhou's view, they are facing another problem.

The material of the top lens required by the lithography machine cannot be produced in China.

According to Ye Zhou's drawings, the lithography machine needs 24 lenses with an euv absorption rate of less than 5%. The core of these lenses is special glass, and the production process of special glass that can meet the requirements is all in the hands of foreign companies.

This process is mentioned in Ye Zhou's manufacturing document, but it is not a simple matter to complete the production and manufacturing in a short time.

From material ratio, to production, to grinding, to inspection, every step requires long-term accumulation of experience.

The most typical example is that the grinding error of a lens in the hands of craftsmen with 20 years of experience and the hands of newcomers with 2 years of experience will even reach more than 60%.

This is not something that can be solved by mere documentation, but must depend on time.

At the meeting, Ye Zhou raised this question.

"The lens is a key component of the lithography machine. After getting the drawings for so long, why haven't you prepared it until now that the lens is unqualified?"

An old man in the conference room raised his hand and then answered:

"The current glass manufacturing process in China is indeed backward, especially this kind of high-precision lens. Not only can we not be able to produce it, it is even difficult to detect."

"Actually, after the chip project was launched, we immediately started to look for suitable lenses in China, and we also initially identified several manufacturers and collected samples."

"However, because the detection technology is not advanced enough, we only found out that the samples provided by these manufacturers were unqualified after we received the report yesterday."

"But we still have time anyway. The production of the lithography machine has not yet entered the final stage, and other components are still in production. In 10 days, we will definitely be able to find a qualified lens."

After listening to the old man's words, Ye Zhou sighed.

This is indeed a real problem. The backwardness of material technology restricts the development of many technologies in China. To change this situation, he cannot do it with just a few words.

"So, it's impossible to rebuild the factory and put it into production now. It's too late. Can you get the lens from overseas channels?"

"This road is already going, but... I guess it will take some time and it will be difficult."

Difficult, that means at least there is a chance.

After several topics were discussed, Ye Zhou walked outside the door a little disappointed, and after a few minutes, Chen Hao followed in his footsteps.

"What, feel depressed?"

Chen Hao asked.

"No, the road was repaired, and everyone already felt that victory was in sight. Now that something like this happens, no one will feel that it doesn't matter."

Chen Hao nodded and continued to comfort:

"The process of exploration is like this. We started from scratch, and every step is to overcome obstacles. The problem is not only this one, but will continue to emerge, but we can think of solutions for every problem."

"For example, about the lens, I just read the document and found a very interesting thing. Do you know what it is?"

After listening to Chen Hao's words, Ye Zhou asked with some doubts:

"What is it?"

"I found that the lens you listed in the document actually has a lot of rare earth elements in its composition, right?"

"Yes, the manufacture of high-end lenses originally relied on the rare earth industry. This is something interesting... Isn't this common sense?"

Chen Hao shook his head and continued:

"It's common sense to you, not to me or most people who don't know much about the industry. Let's summarize, lithography machines need lenses, and lenses need rare earths, right?"

"Yup!"

Ye Zhou couldn't understand what Chen Hao meant.

What are you selling at this time?

Seeing the anxious look on Ye Zhou's face, Chen Hao smiled and said:

"Look, this is a problem of poor information. We didn't know that the domestic lens could not meet the requirements, so we wasted time; I didn't know that the lens was related to rare earth, so I couldn't think of a solution just now."

"But now, I know how to solve this problem."

"And I can tell you that as long as there are rare earth-related issues, even if only a trivial connection, we can solve them 100%."

Ye Zhou was stunned.

This is a bit too big to say.

He does know the international monopoly of the domestic rare earth industry, but this does not mean that they can control the downstream industry, especially the lens, which already belongs to the downstream downstream industry.

There are rare earths, but no lens can be made, what's the use?

Chen Hao seemed to have seen through Ye Zhou's thoughts a long time ago. He took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, took a deep breath, and after exhaling the smoke, he asked:

"Do you know the night march plan?"