Chapter 746 Family Heirloom

On the morning of September 21, 1999, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred in Jiji, Nantou County, Taiwan Province, with a focal depth of about 10 kilometers. The worst-hit area was in the Sun Moon Lake area.

There are many active faults in the area. At first, the Shuangdong fault was active, and at the same time, the adjacent Chelungpu fault was affected by large-scale sliding, resulting in catastrophic damage to Fengyuan, Nantou and other cities and counties along the fault. Most of the areas were razed to the ground. More than 2,300 people died in the entire disaster area, nearly 9,000 people were injured, nearly 10,000 buildings of various types collapsed, and more than 7,000 buildings were seriously damaged. The affected population was 2.5 million, more than one-tenth of the population of Taiwan Island, more than 300,000 victims, and property losses were nearly 10 billion US dollars.

A huge earthquake that shook the earth not only destroyed countless families, but also changed the topography of the fault.

The Shigang Dam intercepts the Dajia River and is one of the main drinking water sources in Taichung County. During the earthquake, the three-span spillway in the northern section collapsed due to the action of the fault, and the water storage function was completely lost, and the bottom bed of the upstream reservoir was exposed to the surface.

The earthquake caused countless houses to collapse. Some houses were squeezed together like sardines, some were stacked like building blocks, some were pushed like dominoes, and some collapsed on the streets.

Many sections of the road were covered with a large amount of soil and rocks. Among them, a team of the Eagle Mountaineering Team of the Taiwan Mountaineering Association was buried alive by the sliding soil and rocks on the Qingshan section of the mountain. A total of 15 team members died.

Shortly before the earthquake, there was a rumbling sound on the ground. Before they could react, the earth began to shake. Residents fled their houses in a panic. They saw the buildings on the roadside falling down one after another like dominoes. The scene was shocking.

Taipei was also deeply affected. Not long before the incident, there was a brief power outage for about half a minute, and the power was restored immediately, but then it was cut off again, followed by a period of ups and downs, and then aftershocks continued. The China Broadcasting Corporation reported that the Dongxing Building in Taipei caught fire shortly after the earthquake. At that time, people in the north had not yet understood the disaster in the central part, but only guessed that the earthquake was serious.

Five days later, Lee Teng-hui issued an emergency order, which was ratified by the Legislative Yuan three days later to reduce administrative procedures and increase disaster relief. Soon, rescue teams from various countries arrived in Taiwan to assist in disaster relief.

Disaster relief and fundraising operations were in full swing in various places, but some people still believed that the authorities' response capabilities needed to be strengthened, including the unfortunate incident in which the helicopter of Taiwan leader Lee Teng-hui accidentally blew down a tree during landing, crushing a little girl to death.

After this earthquake. It also made Taiwanese people understand the power of earthquakes, and began to think deeply about the importance of earthquake prevention, and began to review earthquake prevention measures in buildings or other places.

Among semiconductor production equipment, the most sophisticated is the stepper lithography machine. After the earthquake, its position was dislocated and urgently needed to be readjusted before it could be used, which directly affected production for more than half a month.

During the earthquake,

some quartz tubes of the processing furnaces of manufacturers such as UMC were broken, and they also needed to be fully replaced, which also caused a major impact on production.

However, since the Hsinchu Industrial Park is relatively stable in terms of geological structure and is far away from the epicenter in central Taiwan, the 9.21 earthquake caused little damage to the factory buildings and production equipment in the park, and TSMC's factory buildings and equipment were basically undamaged.

The most affected company was Winbond Electronics, the third largest semiconductor manufacturer in Taiwan. In addition to the quartz tube rupture, some of its water and gas supply pipelines had leakage problems. But overall, all semiconductor manufacturers have restored their full production capacity in about two weeks.

The impact of this earthquake was very large. It caused TSMC and UMC Group's output in September to drop by 13 percentage points from the historical high in August. Under the situation of rising global dRam prices, Winbond Electronics, which mainly produces dRam, and other smaller semiconductor manufacturers, had sales in September that were the same as in August or slightly increased.

After the Taiwan earthquake, global semiconductor prices rose significantly. Driven by profit, all semiconductor manufacturers that have recovered from the impact of the earthquake are working overtime at full capacity. As the world dRam price has risen sharply, all Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturers that mainly produce dRam have gained rich profits.

However, most of them are short-term speculation. A major earthquake in Taiwan has had a great impact on the world's information industry, but it is not decisive. In addition to Taiwan, IBM in the United States, Nan'an in South Korea, Oki Electric and Epson in Japan, and Chartered in Singapore all have strong semiconductor commission processing capabilities. In addition, due to the global semiconductor production downturn in recent years, they have idled a large part of their production equipment. They can completely replace Taiwanese manufacturers for production.

For example, after the 9.21 earthquake, Korean manufacturers received a large number of commissioned production orders for memory chips.

Fan Wubing thought of these things and couldn't help patting his head. He thought that such an important thing was almost completely forgotten. It is conceivable that the passing of time can make a person what?

But after thinking it through, Fan Wubing felt a little conflicted, not knowing how to deal with the matter. Officially speaking, earthquakes are something that no country in the world can predict with absolute certainty. He certainly couldn't come out and publicly predict that there would be a major earthquake in Taiwan on September 21. If he did that, he would be ridiculed if the earthquake didn't occur. If the earthquake occurred as expected, the problem would be even bigger. It was estimated that the Taiwan military would immediately say that the earthquake was related to the secret weapons experiment of the mainland's military, and the resulting trouble would be enough to give people a headache.

"Why haven't you woke up yet? Have you forgotten what day it is today?" Seeing Fan Wubing sitting there motionless, Shen Ying couldn't help but curiously touched his forehead and found that the temperature was normal. So he urged, "Hurry up, I've made an appointment with someone to shoot the location. Why don't you respond at all? Don't you want to marry me?"

"What's going on!" Fan Wubing shook his head, recovered from his thoughts, and immediately replied playfully, "I've been looking forward to having a bridal chamber with you for a long time, can I do it now?"

As Fan Wubing said this, he pounced on Shen Ying and pressed Shen Ying on the bed, preparing to have a good meal. However, he heard someone coughing behind him. When he looked back, he was only two years old. A girl similar to Shen Ying was standing there, looking at herself with a strange expression.

Fan Wubing suddenly felt very embarrassed. He thought that it was because he had dreamed about the 9.21 earthquake that his eyes and ears had lost their former intelligence. Actually, two little girls had entered the house and he was unaware of it. Ashamed, ashamed.

Fortunately, neither he nor Shen Ying seemed to have left, otherwise it would have been a huge loss.

Shen Ying was also flushed by Fan Wubing. Although she and Fan Wubing had been in contact for several years. But there was nothing inappropriate between the two of them. She had just been pressed down on the bed by Fan Wubing, and she felt that Fan Wubing's extra hard body in the morning had been pushing against her, making her feel weak and helpless. Make an effort.

Since she received her marriage certificate these days, Shen Ying may have had the consciousness to tell Fan Wubing about his good deeds at any time. If he hadn't gone to take wedding photos today and had two of his assistants come with him, , or maybe he agreed to Fan Wubing half-heartedly.

"I'm going to wash my face -" Fan Wubing himself felt a little embarrassed, so he quickly grabbed some clothes and rushed to the bathroom, only to come out after a long time.

"Let's go. I've already made arrangements." Shen Ying watched Fan Wubing finish the soup she brought and began to urge him.

"There's no rush, right?" Although Fan Wubing said this, he still followed Shen Ying very cooperatively into his Bugatti Veyron sports car, while Shen Ying's two assistants got into her car with the driver. Rolls-Royce sedan.

Everyone drove all the way out of the suburbs and arrived at a beautiful location. At this time, the mountain was the best time for shooting. The green scenery was captured by the photographer and used a little bit, and it immediately became a beautiful scene. The picture scroll.

What is even more rare is that the characters in the scroll are unparalleled in the world.

The photographer has already started to set up there. There are no tourists around, and the curtain has been pulled up to cover it up. There are also bodyguards on the outside to guard in case anyone suddenly comes over and disturbs.

Fan Wubing took out a colorless and pure diamond pendant from the Nine Stars Yao Zhongyuan diamond pendant that Wang Rongchang and the others gave him, and hung it on Shen Ying's neck with his own hands, looking at Ruxue's skin. Against the backdrop of the dazzling diamonds, I couldn't help but praise, "It's so beautiful!"

Shen Ying did not expect Fan Wubing's move. No girl is immune to diamond ornaments. She couldn't help but look at the huge diamond ornament, which was obviously the highest grade, with joy. Said, "Did you give this to me just for today?"

Fan Wubing nodded and replied, "Of course, this is my family heirloom!"

Hearing Fan Wubing's answer, Shen Ying's expression was a little weird. She wanted to laugh but couldn't. She held it in for a long time before saying, "If you only have such a family heirloom, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble." People’s dissatisfaction.”

"Why?" Fan Wubing asked curiously, but before Shen Ying could answer, he discovered the problem.

Not only Lin Xiaotong and Ouyang Xiaowei, but also Zi Qi and Tong Xiaoyun appeared in the temporary resting place nearby. It seemed that everyone was trying on various wedding dresses and clothing.

"You? I-" Fan Wubing's eyes widened. I feel a little bit incredible.

"I'm giving you an advantage today. Can you handle taking wedding photos with five brides-to-be at the same time? Moreover, it seems that you have to prepare a few more family heirlooms, otherwise someone might be jealous." Shen Ying teased a little said.

Fan Wubing swallowed and said loudly, "***, what I don't lack most is the family heirloom!"