Chapter 1631 What technology have I not seen?

"Cough cough..."

Zhang Runing cleared his throat, his tone carrying a hint of mystery:

"In short, the specific technical details involve highly confidential material science breakthroughs, so I really can't say much here... Once everyone arrives at Shanghai Microelectronics and sees the real thing with their own eyes, all doubts will naturally be resolved."

The thoughts of the people at the scene were still relatively simple.

Since the team leader has said so, it must be for confidentiality reasons, so I can't ask more questions.

But the thoughts in my head are not so easy to change——

We are professionals in photolithography. What technology have we not seen?

Therefore, I didn’t know what to say for a moment.

The conference room fell silent again.

But this time the silence was no longer the depressing and confusing one before.

Instead, it was a mixture of shock, curiosity, and a sense of uneasiness about uncovering a shocking secret.

Simply put, morale is high!

Seeing this, Zhang Runing knew that the time had come.

"Okay, since there are no other questions, let's start selecting personnel now..."

After hearing these words, Fan Hongjie finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the huge rock that had been weighing on his heart for months had finally been removed.

He stood up at the speed of light as if there was a spring under his butt, and gave his seat to Zhang Runing next to him.

With a wry smile on his face:

"Team leader, you don't know, I've been in this position for a long time, and I've been sitting on pins and needles!"

As he spoke, he smoothed a few strands of hair on his forehead:

"If you had known this would happen, you should have taken me away with you, so that I wouldn't have to fumble around here... I'm almost losing all my hair!"

Although these words were said in a half-joking tone, they concealed a subtle hint of "grievance", and also expressed the thoughts of many people present.

We are all core members of Changguang and have been comrades-in-arms for many years.

As a result, Team Leader Zhang went off to work on a earth-shaking "secret project" and enjoyed a good life.

But they are left in the "cold palace", suffering over old projects with slow progress and uncertain future.

This psychological gap is indeed quite big.

Zhang Runing heard the hint of "falling out of favor" in Fan Hongjie's words, and saw similar emotions in the eyes of others.

His expression became serious, and he glanced at the people in front of him:

"Every one of you here has been rigorously vetted by the organization, and your abilities and positions are absolutely reliable!" He emphasized, "But precisely because you are all backbones, we cannot transfer all of you away!"

Then he pointed at Fan Hongjie and said, "Especially you, Old Fan!"

"If you and I, the team leader and deputy team leader, disappeared with the entire core team, wouldn't the outside world be able to tell at a glance that changes have occurred within our project? What's the point of keeping it secret?"

This explanation is very reasonable and easy for everyone to accept.

Everyone's expressions looked much better.

Zhang Runing also paused for a moment, then turned around with a sincere apology:

"But no matter what, our comrades have indeed been wronged during this period!"

"I know you have been under tremendous pressure and have made great efforts."

"Your perseverance is the most important support for this national strategic mission!"

"I, Zhang Runing, promise everyone here!"

His voice suddenly rose:

"In the future, the credit book of the 1800 lithography machine will definitely include the names of you 'heroes who stayed behind'!"

"..."

In an instant, the atmosphere in the conference room was completely ignited.

The long-suppressed fighting spirit and curiosity surged out, and many people volunteered to go to Shanghai to witness the "cognition-subverting" new lithography system with their own eyes!

……

three days later.

Shanghai Microelectronics Equipment Group (SMEE) R&D and assembly center.

The huge factory building glowed with a cold metallic light under the winter sun. A large tractor truck with its cargo box open was parked in front of the dedicated unloading port.

But it was empty inside, obviously the unloading had been completed.

Shou Rongchang, the head of the assembly center, had been waiting here with several core technical personnel.

Seeing Zhang Runing and Li Yabo and their group getting out of the car and walking towards them, he immediately went to greet them.

With an irrepressible look of anticipation on his face:

"Researcher Zhang! Professor Li!" Shou Rongchang shook their hands enthusiastically. "Thank you for your hard work along the way. Welcome!"

Then he looked a little further away:

"Comrades from Changguang, thank you for your hard work!"

Zhang Runing and Shou Rongchang were old acquaintances, and he smiled and responded: "Director Shou, you are too polite. We are here on orders, and we have no choice but to do our duty..."

"..."

After a brief greeting, the former looked around and his eyes fell on the empty truck:

"It looks like everything is in place?"

"It has arrived a long time ago!" Shou Rongchang nodded repeatedly, speaking a little faster. "It arrived by special plane yesterday afternoon. It was unloaded and the initial environment was stabilized at the ultra-clean loading and unloading station early this morning. Now we are waiting for you 'family members' to preside over the technical docking and the subsequent whole machine integration!"

He turned sideways and made a gesture of invitation:

"Come on, let's go in first and change our clothes. The things are inside."

On the way, perhaps to avoid a dull moment, or perhaps out of pure curiosity, Shou Rongchang looked back at the crowd behind him, then approached Li Yabo with some doubts:

"Professor Li, the person in charge of the Torch Laboratory... I remember it should be Academician Chang Haonan. Didn't he come with us?"

"Teacher... he has other things to do these two days." Li Yabo glanced at the date on the perpetual calendar at the door, "He will come over when we officially start the assembly process in a few days."

……

The group put on the highest level of dust-free clothing, underwent strict air shower dust removal, and entered the core optical assembly workshop.

The temperature and humidity in the workshop are constant, and the cleanliness reaches an incredible level.

As soon as they walked into the airtight door, their eyes were attracted by an exquisite square container with a cold metallic glow in the center of the workshop.

The container is silver-gray in color and has no markings on the surface.

Just a few small status lights.

It stands quietly on a dedicated supporting platform, like a star waiting to be unveiled.

At this time, there were several other people standing next to the container, also wearing dust-free suits.

Shou Rongchang immediately introduced:

"Researcher Zhang, Professor Li, these are the technical representatives of Huaxin International responsible for the connection."

"They will follow up our assembly and debugging process throughout the process, so that once the equipment is delivered, we can organize the 7nm chip production line in the shortest time possible!"

The leader turned around.

Although I couldn't see his face clearly through the mask, I could feel that he was a middle-aged man with a calm personality.

After hearing Zhang Runing's name, he immediately extended his hand and introduced himself before Shou Rongchang:

"My name is Huang Wei, and I'm currently in charge of the Tianjin Haihe Base."

Zhang Runing held Huang Wei's hand and said briefly:

"Zhang Runing, Changguang Group, responsible for the objective lens system."

There is a layer of relationship between Changguang Group and Huaxin International, but the two have attended several industry conferences together before, so they can be considered acquaintances.

But the situation is special, and now is obviously not a good time to reminisce.

Shou Rongchang signaled to the staff next to him to hand over a thick handover document.

Zhang Runing took it, quickly turned to the signature page, and solemnly signed his name.

The rustling sound of the pen tip scratching across the paper was particularly clear in the extremely quiet dust-free workshop.

This marks that this core module, which carries countless expectations, has officially been handed over from the R&D party to the integrator.

The administrative process is complete.

Technical handover officially begins!