Last year-end, Ding Yue had Tong Yihang, Liu Tiefei, and Luo Peng form the strongest phototechnology manufacturing and production training team, aiming to officially start producing photolithography equipnt this year.
But photolithography equipnt is not so easy to manufacture.
Even though Mist City Arts and Science University had already mastered the technology, it was not easy to nurture another batch of skilled personnel.
Luckily, with the strong capabilities of Tong Yihang, Liu Tiefei, and Luo Peng, they indeed fulfilled the "military order" they made to Principal Ding before the year-end, and the first team of technicians able to manufacture photolithography equipnt had been trained.
Ding Yue had put An Yujia in charge of finding a place in the High-tech zone early on to set up a black tech factory area, and had already prepared the corresponding equipnt and materials.
Now.
The team, equipnt, materials, and funds were all in place.
Starting from the 3rd of January, the photolithography technology team from Mist City Arts and Science University had already started to move into the black tech factory to begin researching and producing 5-nanoter process photolithography machines, etching machines, and other equipnt.
According to the previous plan, it would be possible to produce several photolithography and etching machines within a month. Since this was just the beginning, Ding Yue knew that the first few months might be slower, which was understandable.
But no matter, once the core equipnt such as the photolithography and etching machines for manufacturing chips were available, both Feiyue Group and Guoxing Technology Group would be able to produce 5-nanoter chips.
With the 5-nanoter chips, major dostic electronic device manufacturers welcod a true spring. Hence, netizens said that dostic mobile phone and computer manufacturers had another chance to rise, thanks to Mist City Arts and Science University and Feiyue Group.
In fact, dostic electronics manufacturers were truly grateful to Mist City Arts and Science University for developing hogrown photolithography machines, heralding the arrival of the dostic chip era.
However, these dostic electronics manufacturers also quietly wondered if the chips manufactured by Feiyue Group and Guoxing Technology Group would be priced higher?
Or if the price would be comparable to foreign chips?
If that were the case, the dostic electronics manufacturers would not be happy because it ant their costs would not be lowered or might even increase.
Capital obviously did not want to see this happen. Even dostic corporate groups were primarily profit-driven!
If Ding Yue knew these dostic companies’ thoughts, he would probably feel quite disheartened.
Because these dostic electronics companies were all too cynical, Ding Yue never intended to monopolize the dostic chip market from the start, or he wouldn’t have agreed to give almost half of the photolithography machine’s annual production to Guoxing Technology Group.
Furthermore, in terms of pricing for the photolithography machines and chips, Ding Yue had discussions with Guoxing Technology, and he ultimately did not choose substantial profits. Instead, he chose to elevate the Chinese brand and the rise of dostic electronic brands, aning the price of dostic chips would undoubtedly not be too high.
Ding Yue made this decision not because he didn’t want to make money, but because the R&D funds spent by Mist City Arts and Science University on the developnt of photolithography machine technology were not as high as normal R&D, as he used a lot of black tech and applied BUFF effects to teachers and students, saving a lot on developnt costs. As such, there was no need to pursue high profits. Even normal profits would be very lucrative for Ding Yue.
That’s the advantage of having a system!
At the end of January, Ding Yue inspected the black tech factory responsible for manufacturing photolithography machines and etching machines, overseen by An Yujia. With just two or three days left, he had basically finished all the work at hand and was also preparing for the New Year.
On the last working day before the Spring Festival, Ding Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief after Secretary Wen Ruohan reported on all the work.
"Phew."
Ding Yue let out a long breath of relief, stretched lazily, and then sank back into a laid-back posture in his office chair.
"Principal Ding, can we celebrate the New Year after today’s work is done?" Secretary Wen Ruohan asked expectantly.
"Yes, are you sure you are not going back for the New Year this year?"
Ding Yue nodded with a smile and asked Secretary Wen Ruohan.
In previous years, Wen Ruohan would go back ho to spend New Year with her family, but this year she chose to stay at Mist City Arts and Science University and experience the festival at the school.
"Yep."
Wen Ruohan nodded confidently: "I won’t go back this year. After all, every year I go ho for the holidays, my parents complain that I don’t do anything around the house."
"Hahaha, isn’t that just the way with young people? My parents used to say the sa about ," Ding Yue laughed heartily.
It seems that the parents of every young person are all the sa.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Just as Ding Yue finally had so free ti to chat with his secretary Wen Ruohan and take a break, the office door was suddenly knocked on urgently.
"Who is it?"
Wen Ruohan was quite puzzled, imdiately turned around, and went to the office door. At the doorway stood a departnt head who wasn’t very familiar, the head of the Biology Departnt, which Wen Ruohan knew, but not well.
Because the departnt head of the Biology Departnt seldom visited Principal Ding’s office.
"Director Yang?"
Wen Ruohan asked: "Are you looking for Principal Ding?"
"Yes, is Principal Ding in?"
Director Yang Xuejin imdiately nodded and then asked.
"I am here."
From inside the office, Ding Yue’s voice followed: "Director Yang, please co in. What do you need for?"
"As New Year’s is upon us, and yet here I am, troubling Principal Ding."
Director Yang Xuejin said sowhat apologetically.
"No worries, we haven’t gone on holiday yet, is there sothing work-related? Or is it sothing else?" Ding Yue asked quite calmly.
Director Yang Xuejin was the head of the Biology Departnt at Mist City Arts and Science University. As for the Biology Departnt, it was responsible for teaching in the field of biology and, of course, included a portion of biodical science, thus it was hard to separate the Biology Departnt from the dical School.
"Principal Ding, on behalf of the students and teachers of our Biology Departnt laboratory, I earnestly request research funding!"
Director Yang Xuejin was very direct.
"Research funding?"
Upon hearing this, Ding Yue frowned slightly and asked: "Director Yang, isn’t the annual research funding for each departnt ample? Do you have a shortfall?"
Each year, the research funding that Ding Yue allocated to each departnt was quite generous, hence there were seldom any situations where soone would co to him for financial aid.
Since Professor Yang Xuejin had co, there must be a reason.
Ding Yue was not adverse to listening.
"Principal Ding, our Biology Departnt’s annual research funding is indeed ample, but... in these past few months, we have made a very important technological breakthrough."
Professor Yang Xuejin said excitedly.
"A very important technological breakthrough? Which technology?" Upon hearing this, Ding Yue’s eyes imdiately lit up.
"Neuron sensing technology. This technology was also developed by a group of students and several teachers before, but there hadn’t been any results. However, recently there has been so progress, only we need more funding to update the research equipnt and environnt."
Professor Yang Xuejin imdiately replied.
"What did you say?"
Upon hearing this, Ding Yue tensed up instantly, his heart sowhat excited as he asked: "Are you sure it’s neuron sensing technology?"
"Yes."
Professor Yang Xuejin nodded very affirmatively and said: "Do you know about this, Principal Ding?"
"Who wouldn’t know about neuron sensing technology? Perhaps many of the world’s biotech companies are developing it now; this technology is also the future." Ding Yue nodded and said: "I never imagined, never imagined that our Biology Departnt would actually be researching this..."
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