Material Empire

Renuf slept until noon the next day before waking up dazed. He glanced out of the window through the porthole, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly called to his subordinates: "Oberhardt, Asain, wake up, wake up!"

Oberhardt and Asain were dreaming of eating a sandwich, and the saliva from the corners of their mouths flowed down the pillow. Hearing Renuf's shout, the two opened their eyes slightly, and asked angrily, "What's the matter?"

"How long did we sleep?" Renuf asked.

"Who knows, do we have to go to the committee to go to work today?" Oberhardt said, "I really hope the committee can give us a helicopter, so we don't have to stay on this damn Chinese cargo ship .”

Renouf ignored Oberhardt's complaints. He looked up at the watch on his wrist and said, "We slept for 18 hours. Did either of you wake up during this time?"

"18 hours?" Asain rubbed his eyes and said, "That was really a perfect sleep. It seems that Chinese noodles have a hypnotic effect. Mr. Renouf, just tell me if you have anything to do. Get some sleep."

Renouf shouted: "Asshole, the committee sent us here not to let us sleep on the boat. Our task is to monitor whether the Chinese have shipped the equipment back to China. Get up and see if it is a Chinese port outside. !"

Oberhardt and Asain reluctantly got up from the bed, lingeringly out of the cabin, and went to the deck to see that there was no Chinese port, as far as the eye could see, there was a vast sea. Not even a boat in sight. Oberhardt turned his head and said to Renuf who was also standing outside: "Mr. Renuf, it seems that you also slept well, and you can actually dream of the Chinese port."

"I suspect that when they fell asleep for us, they docked at a certain port and unloaded the equipment." Renuf said. He is indeed a hardcore European chauvinist, even if he falls asleep, his sensitive intuition will not be affected, but he did not expect that Xiao Weihao and Wang Zheyi would use the method of direct transfer by sea.

The three of them walked to the cargo hold and looked up, the pile of containers was still in place. Oberhardt stepped forward and took a look at the felt cloth, shook his head and said, "Head, these things are all there, so don't worry."

"Didn't they replace the container at a certain port last night?" Renuf asked.

Asain stretched his waist and said: "Mr. Renouf, you'd better go and look at the chart. This place is in the middle of the ocean. You can't even find a small island within 1,000 nautical miles. You let the Chinese Where can I find the port? This is a ship, not an airplane."

"That's it..." Renuf was relieved. When he was in middle school, his geography class was taught by his physical education teacher, and he had no concept of location. Hearing what Asain said, he also began to realize that he had to drive to a certain port to unload in one night, and then drive back to the ocean. In the middle, it seems like an unlikely thing.

He stepped forward, lifted the felt cloth like Oberhardt did and carefully inspected the pile of containers, but he couldn't find any flaws in the end. During the days when the equipment was packed, due to Wang Zheyi's interruption, he had no chance to get close to the scene, so he had no way of knowing the details of these containers. Even if the replaced containers were different from the previous ones, he couldn't tell.

"Oberhardt, I think we need to put a mark on the container, in case the Chinese want to exchange these containers, we can find out in time." Renouf became a little vigilant, but he didn't know that the principle of repairing the past is useless here. Yes, because the sheep that Qin Hai wanted had already been caught by wolves and flew away.

In the following journey, Wang Zheyi continued to make things difficult for Renufu and others. The meals on the boat are still according to Chinese tastes, without any consideration for Renuf’s mood. Only when they are really hungry, the chef will make noodles for them with a smile on his face. They hang their lives. Such a lifestyle of starving for a few days and then eating a full meal is really not healthy. After more than 20 days of travel, the stomachs of Renouf and others were completely destroyed.

When the ship arrived in Peru, a large flatbed truck that had been agreed was waiting on the pier to load the containers one by one, transport them to the factory, and then unpack and assemble them. What was contained in the container was a batch of old equipment that Qin Hai had collected from unknown sources. The appearance had been processed, and it was quite similar to the original batch of equipment from Nice Company. Renouf and the others were not familiar with semiconductor equipment, so when they saw that it was dismantled from a container, they preconceived and recognized it.

The installation of the equipment is not complicated. After the equipment is installed in place, Renouf and others take out the beacons from their suitcases and install them one by one in the fixed position of the equipment. With these beacons, if these devices try to move, they will be spotted immediately. In order to dismantle these beacons, only violent means can be used, which will also trigger the signal.

Wang Zheyi looked at Renuf and the others jumping up and down, with a mocking smile on his mouth, and said: "If you old Europe can use these cleverness in the right way, you don't have to worry about being threatened by China. Rely on blocking technology to maintain your advantage , will be left behind sooner or later.”

Renufu was already numb to Wang Zheyi's sarcastic remarks. Instead of answering Wang Zheyi's words, he asked instead: "Ms. Wang, why is your factory so deserted? I can't seem to see the workers who are ready to start working."

"It's very simple. Our factory hasn't been built yet, so how can we use any workers?" Wang Zheyi said.

"Then when can you start production?" Renuf asked again.

"God knows." Wang Zheyi replied bluntly, "We still need to continue to purchase other auxiliary equipment. I heard that some officials in the European Union are not doing business and are just making trouble for enterprises, so we don't know when we will be able to purchase all these equipment. Woolen cloth."

"We didn't cause trouble for you, we just implemented normal supervision procedures!" Renuf said angrily.

"We very much welcome Mr. Renuf to implement these supervision procedures, and hope to have a pleasant sea journey with Mr. Renuf next time." Wang Zheyi said with a smile.

Renufu's face suddenly turned black, this is not a pleasant journey, this is clearly a journey to purgatory, okay? If Renouf had to choose, even if he was killed, he would not want to do it again.

It is naturally impossible for the factory of Peru Yihai Company to start work. However, in the name of this factory, the Nice company in the UK purchased some equipment from time to time, and sent them to Peru by sea or air. Although the European Trade Commission knew that these equipments involved the sensitive scope stipulated in the Batumi Agreement and the subsequent Wassenaar Agreement, because Peru was not the destination country restricted by these agreements, it was inconvenient to block them.

After doing things like sending people to escort long distances once, the EU Trade Commission does not plan to do it again, because the boat tickets charged by the Chinese are too expensive, and Renuf, who is experienced, also uses various An excuse to refuse such a job. The final result is that the European Union signed agreements with Nice Company and Yihai Company not to transfer the equipment, which is better than nothing.

In fact, the Wassenaar Agreement, which is a replacement for the Batumi Agreement, has faced explicit or implicit resistance from the EU countries from the very beginning. Except for some people like Renouf who have a Cold War mentality, most EU officials and Entrepreneurs hold a disapproving attitude towards containing China. Everyone is using various methods to circumvent the constraints of the Wassenaar Agreement. The European Trade Commission is not responsible for these practices, and can only turn a blind eye. It is enough to give the Americans an explanation.

When Renouf and others were putting beacons on the waste equipment in vain, the freighter Yunhai, which was fully loaded with the key equipment of Nice Company, had already traveled across the ocean and arrived at Pujiang Port. Standing on the pier waiting for this batch of equipment were Qin Hai, Professor Yue Kun from Anhe University of Technology, and Tang Rongmin, Dean of the School of Physics at Capital University.

"It's finally done, Professor Tang, the mass production of IGBTs is up to you and other professors."

Qin Hai watched the containers being unloaded from the ship one by one, and his heart sank. He turned his head and said to Tang Rongmin with a smile.

"President Qin, don't worry, with these devices, we will be able to produce high-power IGBT products within half a year." Tang Rongmin said, patting his chest.

The semiconductor research of the Department of Physics of Capital University has always been in a leading position in China. In recent years, Qin Hai has invested a lot of money in Tang Rongmin and the others. Many researches on semiconductor materials and processes have already accumulated rich accumulation, but they are limited by the equipment. Some technologies are difficult to implement due to the constraints of the aspect. This time, when he heard that Qin Hai had brought back a batch of advanced equipment from England, Tang Rongmin's heart was already itching.

"Professor Yue, I will trouble you in copying and improving these devices." Qin Hai cupped his hands to Yue Kun again.

Yue Kun nodded: "I can assure you about the mechanical issues. However, this is semiconductor manufacturing equipment after all, and I still need some advice from Dean Tang."

"Work together, work together." Tang Rongmin replied with a smile, "To break the blockade imposed on us by foreign countries, we can only rely on our collective wisdom and efforts."

"Qingfeng Company will fully cooperate with the research of equipment. For specific matters, you can directly contact Factory Manager Ning and the others. I am a technical school student, and I can't handle these high-tech things." Qin Hai pretended to be modest .

"Haha, you are a technical school student, but you have shocked the professors in one of our colleges. Your idea of ​​increasing the lateral spacing of PNP tubes and increasing the carrier concentration near the surface layer can be said to be a revolution in IGBT technology. A breakthrough. Our teachers in the Semiconductor Center all said that it would be a waste of talent if you don’t come to our college as a part-time professor.” Tang Rongmin said exaggeratedly.