From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

"Idiot." The Secretary of State said, "The Fields Medal will be awarded in Russia next year. You are doing it in Russia, because you want to get this bear involved?"

This person's face turned blue after being scolded, but he didn't know how to refute it. If they got involved with that furry bear, they would definitely be in trouble, because that furry bear might really dare to do something, not to mention, in Russia In the territory, it is still a question of whether they can do it. After all, their people may not be able to enter Russia yet.

The President looked at the Secretary of State: "Looking at you, there should be something to do?"

The Secretary of State nodded and said: "Continue to increase our sanctions on semiconductors, such as sanctions on quasi-laser emitters. The light source system of the lithography machine must have this component. Once we impose sanctions on it, they will only Can continue to develop this technology, if this Lin Xiao really develops it, we will continue to sanction several other key technologies."

"Researching these basic technologies, even if I admit that Lin Xiao is very powerful, can he really develop all of them? Unless he finds another way, otherwise, it will take a long time for him to develop them. Years, there is no need to think about it, there are more than [-] parts in the lithography machine, and among the key parts, we can control many of them."

"Let him retreat in the face of difficulties and study the theory honestly, at least he can make some contributions."

Hearing the Secretary of State's plan, the others nodded after thinking about it.

It is of course the best way to make Lin Xiao retreat in the face of difficulties. Although they may not all have read Sun Tzu's Art of War, they all understand the principle of defeating others without fighting.

"Then it's decided." The president nodded, then looked at the FBI director next to him, and said, "By the way, that damned spy, are you still watching?"

"Yes, we've been keeping an eye on him lately to see when that 'star-bookstore' will contact him again."

"Then there is no need to monitor. If you can't solve this Lin Xiao, then deal with this spy first. I don't want him to live well."

"It's… okay."

Seeing the president's angry gaze, the FBI director obviously planned to vent his anger on someone. Knowing that he couldn't stop him, he nodded, knowing in his heart that it was a pity that he lost a potentially very valuable big fish.

However, they have been observing the spy named Philip Meng for several months, and they have not seen him contact him online. There is a high probability that he is the kind of spy who will not act unless he gets a mission. Since his boss asked him to, Then get rid of it.

……

A few days later.

Philip Meng, who worked at the FBI headquarters in Washington, was off duty as usual.

The mission a few months ago had been successful, and he knew who his intelligence was protecting, which made him feel worthwhile taking the risk.

And there were no accidents in these few months, which gradually calmed down his previous fear.

It's probably over.

"Philip, are you off work?"

Seeing him leaving with a briefcase, his friend greeted him with a smile.

"Ah."

Philip Meng responded with a smile, "Are you still working overtime?"

"Oh, there is no way, I have to work overtime today." My friend spread his hands helplessly, and then said with a smile: "Next time when you are free, take your family and let's go to Yellowstone Park. My son has always wanted Go over there and play."

"No problem at all."

Philip Munby said OK.

Then the two stopped chatting, and Philip Meng got into his car and drove back to his home.

However, when he just opened the door and entered the house, two people suddenly appeared from both sides of the door and directly pressed him to the ground.

He was startled, and when he was about to resist, he felt a cold thing pressing against his head.

gun!

For a moment, he gave up his resistance.

Just when he thought that the other party was someone who came to seek revenge, he noticed footsteps coming in front of him. A man in a suit and leather shoes, and someone he knew, walked in front of him.

His superior, Joyce Neville.

Joyce Neville said coldly: "Philip Meng, you betrayed the motherland and leaked state secrets. According to the "National Security Law" and "Espionage Law", you have committed espionage and were officially arrested by us. Now you have The right to remain silent, but everything you say will become evidence in court."

Philip Meng was also handcuffed at this time, and the two people next to him restrained him so that he could only kneel on the ground, but he could also look up at Joyce Neville in front of him.

He smiled wryly, and the FBI came to arrest him, especially since he had indeed been a spy, so it was conceivable that they had enough evidence.

Then, he lowered his head and said in a low voice, "I have nothing to say."

Joyce Neville snorted coldly and said, "Meng, you have worked under me for five years. I was very satisfied with you at first, but now... I am really disappointed."

Then he probably couldn't help it, and kicked Philip Meng on the shoulder hard.

The kick was so strong that Philip Meng fell directly to the ground.

But at this moment, a child's voice came, "Dad! Don't kick my dad!"

Regardless of the pain in his shoulder, Philip Meng struggled to raise his head, and saw his seven-year-old daughter running towards him.

"Ellie!" he yelled hastily.

Ellie stood in front of her father, as if she wanted to protect him, and then looked at Joyce Neville in front of her with hatred.

Seeing this scene, any individual will be touched by it.

Joyce Neville shook his head and said, "Meng, take a look at your daughter. I hope you can reflect on yourself in prison."

"take away."

Chapter 245 Sanctions?Then get an X-lithography machine!

[The FBI was dispatched suddenly and captured the undercover agent who had been lurking for ten years. 】

[The FBI caught an undercover agent, suspected to be from Huaguo? 】

[Recently, the FBI caught an undercover agent and committed suicide in fear of crime the night before the trial]

[Undercover suicide?Or another reason! 】

……

A piece of related news began to compete for various headlines.

This kind of news has to attract people's attention, undercover?

And the undercover committed suicide in fear of crime?

For such news, everyone who saw it was shocked.

In Huaguo, there are many people discussing it on the Internet, and they don't know whether this undercover agent is really theirs.

After all, these are just news from abroad, and no one knows the details.

Compared with this political matter, people in the semiconductor industry pay more attention to another piece of news.

Foreign sanctions technology has added a few more, one, quasi-laser emitters.

This thing is a very necessary part of the light source of the lithography machine.

It mainly uses carbon dioxide lasers to emit extremely high-energy lasers, outputting laser beams with an average power of more than 30kW, and the pulse peak value can reach several megawatts. Make it emit extreme ultraviolet light with a wavelength of 13.5nm.

To achieve such a high power on a carbon dioxide laser, ordinary technology is completely unfeasible, and Huaguo's current carbon dioxide laser cannot meet this requirement in terms of power, but what needs to be known is that this power will ultimately affect the The actual power of the EUV light source.

If the EUV light source does not have enough power, it will have a great impact on them.

In addition, the more important sensors in several other EUV light sources have also been sanctioned.

In this way, if they want to develop a lithography machine, they must first achieve breakthroughs in these areas, otherwise the light source will not be available, and everything will be useless.

All of a sudden, Huaguo's semiconductor industry once again set off a wave of bad-mouthing voices.

How long would it take them if they continued to do it one by one?

At that time, foreign countries may have found a technology that can break through the existing lithography machines.

In addition to these things related to lithography machine technology, foreign countries have imposed sanctions on the photomask, one of the raw materials. The photomask is also very important in the lithography process. Only through the mask , extreme ultraviolet light can achieve direct lithography.

Currently, mainstream masks are made of quartz, and this time the main sanctioned item is this quartz material, and the production process of this quartz material is very difficult, and the country has always needed to import foreign ones.

And now they can't buy quartz materials, which means that all domestic mask manufacturers are directly scrapped.

After these few tricks, the domestic semiconductor industry chain was once again hit hard.

……

"Damn it, those foreign devils must have come up with bad things after seeing us come up with top-level mirror polishing technology. They are really shameless!"

Dingguang Research Institute, in Lin Xiao's office, Luo Ming said indignantly.

But Lin Xiao just sat quietly at his desk, thinking about the problem.

But Luo Ming was still angry, and continued: "They also arrested an undercover agent, claiming to be one of our people, and then publicized that he hanged himself in the prison? It was obviously just to demonstrate to us again! Could there be a rope in the prison to let us go?" Did someone hang himself?"

"Bah, disgusting!"

But hearing what Luo Ming said, Lin Xiao frowned: "Undercover? Hanged himself?"

"Yeah, the news from abroad has all come back, it's simply too hateful!"

Luo Ming said angrily.

But Lin Xiao suddenly stood up.

Undercover?

Then it happened to be discovered at this time node?

He has a good memory and a strong association ability. He immediately thought of the Wolf Prize.

Didn't someone from Guoan tell him that he received the information and asked him not to accept the award?

At that time, he also thought about where the information came from, but he didn't think too much. Thinking about it now, is it because there are such undercover agents who sent the news for them?

He couldn't help breathing quickly. If the undercover agent was really one of them, it was really because of him that he was discovered.

Then he...

Next to him, Luo Ming saw that Lin Xiao was not in a hurry when he heard that he was sanctioned, but when he mentioned the undercover incident, he became like this, and he couldn't help wondering: "Professor Lin, what's wrong? "

Lin Xiao waved his hands and said in a deep voice, "I need to make a call, please."

Luo Ming knew that Lin Xiao wanted to avoid it, so he nodded, "Okay, you can call, if there is anything, just tell me."

"Ah."

Lin Xiao nodded. After watching Luo Ming leave, he took out his mobile phone, thought for a while, and finally found the number of the national security officer who called him back then. Although it had been several months, he still remembered the call When did you call him? I found it after looking through the address book.

Then, he dialed.

After a while, the call was connected, and the other party's voice was obviously a little surprised: "Is it Professor Lin?"

"It's me, are you a comrade of Guoan?"

"Yes, what's the matter with you calling?"

"Is the undercover caught in the news the one who helped me?"

Lin Xiao asked, feeling very nervous.

"Uh...you don't have to think too much about this, we won't send spies abroad."

The national security staff gave a very official answer.

Lin Xiao didn't give up, and still asked: "I know, but I just want to confirm whether he is someone who helped me, and there will be no secrets involved. Of course, it is impossible for me to disclose such secrets."

Hearing what Lin Xiao said, the staff member was dumb for a moment, and then said: "Professor Lin, please wait a moment, I will ask my leader, and I will call you back later."

"Okay, sorry to bother you."

Lin Xiao said.

Then hung up the phone, and he began to wait.

While waiting, he could only hope in his heart that the other party gave him a negative answer, but he thought too much.

It's just that there is always a feeling of uneasiness in his heart, which makes him think that it is very necessary for him to confirm this matter.

In this way, time passed quickly, and finally, his cell phone rang again.

He quickly connected and asked, "How is it?"

The other party said: "Professor Lin, I can only tell you one thing. The person who helped you at the beginning did hang himself in prison and died recently. But I'm sorry, I can't tell you whether he is the person in the news."

Lin Xiao fell silent.

The other party did not acknowledge the connection between the two, but it was not convenient to disclose it for the sake of confidentiality.

But obviously, the other party has hinted.

He hanged himself in prison and died recently. Besides this person, who else could he be?