Chapter 1777

When Fidel arrived in Shanghai from Los Angeles after more than ten hours of flight, he was fascinated by the night view of the city. This place was once known as the 'Paris of the East', but now Paris pales in comparison.

When I walked out of the airport, someone came to pick me up. A fat man stepped forward and hugged Fidel, "Ah..., my dear friend, I'm so happy to see you. It's been a long time since I met someone I could talk to."

The fat man's name is Chuck, and he was a former CIA employee. He has done many jobs and has a wide network and channels. He has engaged in some prohibited smuggling activities in Modu these years. The reason why Fidel contacted him was to use his network.

The two got into the car, and Fidel greeted them with "how are you doing?" Chuck waved his hand, shook his head and said unhappily, "It's terrible, it's really terrible."

"I thought you were having a good life." Fidel only pretended to be a friend, and chuckled lightly.

But Chuck started the car and went on the road, and at the same time said seriously: "Fidel, I'm serious. My condition is terrible. Now I can only dance and dance in nightclubs with girls in my arms every day, or brag everywhere with nothing to do. But I have Haven't had a big business in over a year.

Now I can only smuggle some prohibited goods for Beibang, or find a way to get some good things for the Persians in the Middle East. But these companies are all poor ghosts, and they can't make me make a lot of money. Oh yes, even the Persians have stopped looking for me lately, which makes me very upset. "

There is a blockade in this world, and there are people who smuggle for high profits. Chuck stayed in Shanghai to find a way to resell non-sale items from Europe, America, Japan and other countries to rabbits. But his business has plummeted in the last year because his biggest client abandoned him.

"I used to try to bring a few kilograms of high-grade carbon fiber to the Rabbit Government every month, but they stopped buying from me two years ago." Chuck complained paragraph by paragraph when he started the conversation.

"I bet you provided carbon fiber for the satellites launched by Rabbit, and you helped them a lot. The CIA should really send you to jail," Fidel teased.

"Yes, that's right." Chuck laughed a few times and cursed bitterly: "I don't know what happened, the rabbit opened up a channel to buy directly from the foot basin 'Toray' company. And 'Teijin' The same is true for companies. They buy hundreds of kilograms or even tons every time.

I did a secret investigation. In order to cover up the fact that the company's performance increased last year, "Toray" even killed two financial personnel who tried to report the matter. And in order to whiten the income, their top management also tried to launder money. Those bastards took my profit. "

Chuck patted the steering wheel in hatred, and Fidel asked back, "No one reported this?"

"have,

But they are all dead. Rabbit's national security is protecting this smuggling line, and one of my subordinates was hacked to death on the streets of Tokyo because of investigating this matter. The police in the foot basin said that he died in a gang dispute, and I was so frightened that I ran away from the foot basin.

There must be a big secret hidden here, but I dare not investigate any further. If I mess around again, I'll be hunted down too.

And the funny thing about this is that past lockdowns forced Rabbit to develop his own carbon fiber. But now that you can easily buy high-grade carbon fiber from the foot basin, the rabbit actually slows down the technological development of the domestic carbon fiber industry. "

Chuck was smiling wryly, but Fidel felt that the penetration of the rabbit into the foot basin was getting deeper and deeper. He continued to ask: "Is there anything else? It's rather strange."

Chuck shrugged and sneered, "Strange? There are so many strange things. I have a lot of stories in my stomach. For example, the rabbit recently created a smart doctor, and there happened to be something related to it.

The best lithography machine in the world is made by ASML in the Netherlands. Because of the restrictions of the Wassenaar Agreement, Rabbit could not purchase the latest lithography machine to manufacture chips. "

Fidel naturally understands the Wassenaar Agreement. This is the continuation of the Batumi agreement, which is a targeted technical barrier. As long as it is something that the rabbit urgently needs, the signatory countries of the Wassenaar Agreement will not sell it. And the more the enemy does not sell, the more the rabbit wants to buy.

In terms of lithography machines, Rabbit’s solution is to cooperate with IMEC, a Belgian microelectronics research institution, to purchase the ASML lithography machines they have used for five years, which complies with the provisions of the Wassenaar agreement. But in five years, it is two or three generations behind in the semiconductor field.

"Do you know? This business is very easy to do. The Belgians are so happy. They can easily make a lot of money from it. But since last year, Rabbit's chip manufacturers stopped buying second-hand products from the Belgians."

This kind of story is very interesting, and Fidel listened to it very engrossed. The moment Chuck paused, he asked back: "Has the rabbit's technology made a breakthrough?"

Every time the rabbit's technology breaks through a little bit, the Wassenaar protocol is slightly changed. For example, on the lithography machine, when Modu Optoelectronics produced a 180-nanometer process, the Wassenaar protocol was stuck at 90 nanometers. Get it at ninety nanometers, it's stuck at sixty nanometers.

But this time..., Chuck shook his head and said: "It's not as simple as a technological breakthrough, it's a leap. The Belgians originally thought that the rabbit had a technological breakthrough, and wanted to lower the blockade standard and sell the old machines.

But Rabbit directly stated that they don't want anything, not even the latest ten-nanometer lithography machine. The Belgians lost all the goods in their hands, and they furiously asked the Wassenaar Committee to investigate the matter, wanting to know who was behind the scenes to provide the rabbit with equipment, causing them to lose money.

But the result of the investigation is that no one sold it. Nobody knows what happened? The Belgians would not sell the lithography machine in their hands at a lower price, and the rabbit would not negotiate at all, just one sentence-don't.

But Rabbit announced at this time to skip the current mainstream 14nm, 10nm or even 5nm, and go directly to the 3nm lithography process. They claim that a new fab is under construction and is said to be ready for production in two years. "

Fidel has been in trouble for the past two years, but he didn't pay attention to the news about the lithography machine. But he also knows that semiconductor is one of the few rabbits that is not in the first-class industry, and the lithography machine technology is more than ten years behind the world's advanced level.

Among Rabbit's annual imports, mid-to-high-end chips are the largest part. If this thing is also caught up or even surpassed by the rabbit, it will be a lot of fun. The geopolitical landscape is about to be reshuffled.

Every country in the world is like a rabbit who can do everything. In fact, the only one who can do everything is the rabbit family.

Some countries and regions rely on a certain industry to support their citizens. For example, the booger country relies on shipping to drive finance, for example, South Korea relies on semiconductors and shipbuilding powers, for example, a certain island in the southeast relies on semiconductors and..., cheating industries to dawdle.

If Rabbit opens up the industrial chain of chip manufacturing, it will not be a matter of occupying the domestic market, but will inevitably dump it on a large scale. There is no way to mix many countries and regions - still want to be a little lucky? To hell!

He had just arrived in Shanghai, and all the investigations had not even begun, and he was given a slap in the face. Fidel realized that the situation Chuck described was extremely serious, "Is this news reliable?"

Chuck shook his head and said: "There are all kinds of unconfirmed news here on the rabbit side. No one knows whether they have really made a leap in chip manufacturing technology. The new fab has not even revealed the specific location. .

However, it is true that second-hand lithography machines in Belgium can no longer be sold. This situation even involves ASML in the Netherlands, and all countries in the entire semiconductor industry are worried. "

Chuck said that it could not be confirmed, but there was already a lot of circumstantial evidence. Fidel did not expect to face such a bad situation as soon as he landed. It seems that there are still many 'surprises' waiting for him.

God, why did you create hawk sauce and still keep rabbits to mess with?