Night had just fallen.

The noise outside West Chang'an Street drifted in through the courtyard.

Fang Nian came back to this place last year and stayed there for several days, but he didn't happen to get to the meal time.

After walking around for a while, Miao Wei soon brought Fang Nian into the cafeteria.

Although the name is a canteen, the dining environment is different from a canteen in the popular sense. There are elegant rooms.

"It's a common thing in the family. It's always a matter of grievance, Mr. Fang." Miao sat down first.

Fang Nian glanced at the exquisite four dishes and one soup on the table, and said weakly: "Miao Department, um, is the cafeteria in the department full?"

"Aha?" Miao Wei's hand that picked up the chopsticks paused in mid-air, dumbfounded.

Subconsciously said: "You don't have enough to eat?"

Fang Nian nodded quickly and explained with a serious face: "I came in a hurry, and I didn't have time to take a few bites first. I'm... still growing."

Miao Wei: "You..."

He really wants to say that this thing is specially used to torture me, right?

"Xiao Chen, add a few more vegetables and make the quantity larger."

It's really not just a matter of years.

If it were a serious home-cooked meal with four dishes and one soup, it would certainly be enough for two people to eat. He was not a regular person.

But the four dishes and one soup on this table are really more exquisite than those in a restaurant, and they only amount to three mouthfuls.

Regardless of whether you are aggrieved or not, you can't just go to the cafeteria in such a big department and not even get enough to eat, right?

Fortunately, even though it is a canteen, it is very efficient, and within a few minutes, a few more dishes will be served.

Only then did classmate Fang Nian find the nerve to open up and eat.

It looks quite elegant.

Miao Wei can clearly see that the portions of meals are decreasing.

Even his appetite improved and he felt a little bit fragrant, so he simply didn't speak and kept silent even when he was serious.

"..."

Looking at the almost empty dishes on the dining table, Miao Wei couldn't help but say: "I really envy Mr. Fang, it's a blessing to be able to eat."

He is also fifty-six years old, fourteen years older than Fang Zhengguo, and his body has long been inferior to his prime in all aspects.

Not to mention the quality compared to teenagers like Fang Nian, who was only twenty-eight years old and had undergone "horrendous" training intensity.

After eating and drinking, classmate Fang Nian happily replied: "That's natural, I'm only eighteen."

"..."

The canteen service staff removed the plates and served hot tea.

Miao Wei took two sips of tea, glanced at Fang Nian, and suddenly said meaningfully: "Mr. Fang is very good at picking majors."

Listening to Miao Wei's intriguing words, Fang Nian didn't dare to say anything, but he still had to say: "Miao Bu, frankly speaking, I don't like high hats."

Jian Miaowei blew the tea leaves and drank slowly.

Fang Nian continued: "Some things cannot be taken at face value. I am an ordinary businessman who pursues profits and values ​​profits;

Just like the influence club you mentioned, it was only established this year, and its net profit so far seems to be nearly 10 billion;

To put it more deeply, this money cannot be generated by a few businesses we do, but is rooted in the wealth created by ordinary people."

"It was a little accident that Frontier got involved in the financial industry. In fact, when Frontier was first established, my idea was to do a simple basic technology industry. At most, I would spend more money and have more food in the future. There is nothing surprising about it."

After listening to Fang Nian's words, Miao Wei held the tea cup in both hands and said calmly: "You continue to speak, I will listen to your reasoning."

Fang Qingnian coughed twice and said shyly: "Please give me some advice from the Miao Department."

"Haha..." Miao Wei laughed twice.

Then he straightened his face and said calmly: "I met you twice last month, but why didn't I mention that there is a photolithography machine project plan within Frontier?"

Fang Nian's eyes moved slightly and he said calmly: "You didn't even ask."

"Miaobe, you have eaten more salt than I have eaten rice. Isn't it unusual for Frontier to take the lead in making photolithography machines?"

"Not surprising?" Miao Wei glanced at Fang Nian, "Come on, tell me why it's not surprising!"

That said, Miao Wei actually didn't give Fang Nian a chance to speak.

He went on directly: "I thought you just wanted Luzhou Frontier to be a full-scale semiconductor manufacturer."

"Now you suddenly rush to Changchun and wave your hand to invest one billion US dollars this year. The opening is the extreme ultraviolet and deep ultraviolet lithography machine projects. It is a two-pronged approach. You have to coordinate hundreds of units to work together from beginning to end?"

"Is this the result of me and Principal Ping reminding you to report any important matters in a timely manner?"

Fang Nian: "..."

He was stunned by Miao Wei.

After blinking a few times, Fang Nian tentatively said: "0, isn't the very large scale integrated circuit manufacturing technology and complete set of processes mainly for the commercialization of high-end photolithography machines?

This is something everyone knows, how come..."

Halfway through the words, Fang Nian immediately admitted his mistake: "My, my, my."

Then Fang Nian's thoughts changed and he asked bravely: "Miao Bu, I'm curious, what is the scope of major events?"

"Or, how about we submit a filing to you every time we have a major plan?"

Hearing this, Miao was furious: "Get the hell out of here!"

"Stop teasing me here!"

Fang Nian: "..."

No, don't dare to say anything!

Seeing Fang Nian acting like this, Miao Wei sighed inwardly.

Why does such a thing lead the forefront?

I tinkered with a hammer here and a stick here and there, and came up with so many earth-shattering things.

Basic technology?

That’s called cutting-edge core technology!

It really involves the basic technology that is the foundation of the country's strength!

Even now, when Miao Wei looks back on the development history of Frontier, he is a little confused.

A cutting-edge society builds the foundation of a university, and a cutting-edge academic further narrows the distance with professors and academicians in universities.

A cutting-edge institute drives university alliances.

Several laboratories...

Looking at Fang Nian, Miao Wei said quietly: "High-end lithography machines are very important core industrial products and require a lot of manpower and material resources. Why did you start it so suddenly?"

Hearing this, Fang Nian shrugged and said relaxedly: "The basic technology industry is like this. If you do it according to the rules, it will be better than who can do it;

ASML is such a weird thing, and it doesn’t sell its immersive high-end lithography machines to cutting-edge, so it can’t be choked to death, so it has to figure out its own way.”

As he spoke, Fang Nian came back to his senses and said quickly: "My, Miaobu, please continue."

Seeing this, Miao Wei sighed inwardly again.

Those who study philosophy...just know how to reason!

On the surface, Miao Weiping said: "In addition to the lithography machine project, what other plans have been deployed at the forefront?"

Hearing this, Fang Nian quickly said honestly: "Does the upstream and downstream manufacturing equipment of integrated circuits count? Well... In addition to EUV, Changchun's Yongzhu also does other things part-time."

Seedlings are silent.

Fang Nian had no choice but to report: "Have you entered the self-developed EDA software of the Frontier Institute?"

"Shenlong pure self-developed series?"

"Covering various materials in the semiconductor industry?"

"Server operating system?"

"Self-developed desktop GPU?"

“Artificial Intelligence Computer Vision?”

"5G communication standard?"

"..."

Miao Wei suddenly asked: "4G hasn't even been released yet, but you are already working on 5G at Frontier?"

Fang Nian explained: "Globally, 4G standards have basically matured, and some of the cutting-edge technologies have been mastered. The main focus is still on 5G standard technology reserves, which is not hidden."

With that said, Fang Nian hurriedly said: "That's right. You are busy with work and will not pay attention to such trivial matters. Frontier Academic and Frontier Shengyu Laboratory have jointly applied for thousands of 5G-related patents."
To be continued...