99: Chapter 99: How to prove that the chip was manufactured by Huayao?

As soon as these words were spoken,

there was an immediate uproar,

and many people began to discuss it amongst themselves.

The three ministers were also a bit anxious,

and felt that Xue Haixin's words made some sense,

but at this moment,

they were still somewhat biased toward Bai Jingqing.

Cheng Huachang, the Minister of Science and Technology, quickly pointed at Xue Haixin and said, "Young man,

don't talk nonsense!

Do you know that if these words of yours get out,

how much of an impact it will have on Huayao Communications?"

Xue Haixin was not too afraid in the face of one of the ministers' protectiveness,

because the other two ministers had not yet expressed their stance,

which meant they were already wavering.

He pressed his advantage,

continuing his offensive by saying, "Have you all forgotten the Hanxin incident that shocked our Dragon Country's semiconductor industry back then?"

The Hanxin incident

was a very serious

fraud case involving a huge amount of money.

Back then, a professor from a certain university bought foreign chips,

ground off the trademarks on the foreign chips,

then pasted on his own logo,

pretending they were chips he produced himself,

and even used a video playback format

to pretend it was the performance of the processor,

which caused a huge sensation at the time

and greatly boosted the information of the domestic semiconductor industry.

This also won that university professor many honors

and a lot of national support and subsidies.

However, it was later exposed

that this professor was only doing it to defraud fame and national research funds,

which caused the Dragon Country's semiconductor industry to decline once again.

This incident has always been a scar on the Dragon Country's semiconductor industry,

a permanent pain.

And now, looking at Bai Jingqing's performance,

and thinking back to the previous Hanxin incident,

everyone couldn't help but start comparing the two in their minds.

Bai Jingqing's current behavior

was so similar to that university professor from before,

as if it were also purely to defraud national funds.

It had to be said that Xue Haixin was indeed an expert at manipulating emotions.

He continued, "Has this kind of thing happened rarely in our Dragon Country?

I know our Dragon Country wants its own photolithography machines so badly,

and wants to be able to produce its own chips so badly.

But the gap exists,

and we must face the gap squarely,

instead of resorting to fraud and being blinded by a single leaf,

thinking that something like a technological breakthrough just happens as a matter of course.

Only by facing the gap,

and acknowledging the excellence of others,

can we continuously catch up

and truly possess our own semiconductor production processes in the future,

instead of completely plagiarizing foreign ones.

So, although saying these things in front of Little Boss Bai indeed seems a bit inappropriate,

for the healthy and long-term development of our Dragon Country's semiconductor industry,

I've said it anyway,

and I hope everyone won't blame me."

After saying all this,

Xue Haixin sat down straightforwardly.

He simply threw the question out there,

pulling everyone to the opposite side of Bai Jingqing.

How others would question him,

and how Bai Jingqing would respond,

was no longer his problem.

He had now completely become a spectator,

wanting to see whether Bai Jingqing would make a fool of himself

or if he would come up with some other clever move to deal with this wave of offensive.

After hearing Xue Haixin's words,

the three ministers suddenly felt as uncomfortable as if they had eaten a piece of rat dropping,

a feeling even more unpleasant than sitting here eating this meal.

The logic was indeed sound;

if there were really no issues with Huayao's chips,

why wouldn't Bai Jingqing dare to let them visit?

To visit this kind of semiconductor production workshop,

as Xue Haixin said,

one only needs to make a little preparation.

It's not like they hadn't visited Ideal's semiconductor production workshop before.

The three ministers had even specifically notified Bai Jingqing in advance before coming,

telling him to prepare early.

The Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Zhan Ruijie, had a very poor expression at this time;

during the Hanxin incident back then,

he was an eyewitness,

and he had been badly deceived then,

so now he really didn't want to be deceived again.

He then slowly raised his head

and looked at Bai Jingqing beside him.

At this moment, Bai Jingqing was coldly watching the room.

Zhan Ruijie asked, "Little Bai,

so can we go in for a visit now?"

Zhan Ruijie beside him also said, "I don't think what he said is true;

I still believe in Little Bai.

How about this: if it's out of consideration for trade secrets,

then just the three of us laymen will go in and take a look,

and we will certainly keep the trade secrets for you. How about it?"

In Zhan Ruijie's view,

this was already giving Bai Jingqing a very big way out.

As long as Bai Jingqing said yes,

and the few of them went in together,

since these three ministers were complete outsiders anyway,

as long as Bai Jingqing could fool them,

they would believe him.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Bai Jingqing,

and Xue Haixin's gaze was especially playful.

Hmph, kid,

let's see what you do this time!

Bai Jingqing thought for a moment

and slowly shook his head. "No,

this is currently Huayao Communications' greatest secret,

so I still cannot let you see it,

not even the three ministers."

Wasn't this a joke?

Inside were all milk-producing devices,

and there were metal nameplates on the devices,

with instructions written on the nameplates;

as long as someone literate went in

and saw the metal nameplates on them,

they would know this stuff had absolutely nothing to do with producing photolithography machines.

So even if the three ministers, who were laymen, wanted to go in and see,

it wouldn't work.

As soon as these words were spoken,

the expressions of everyone present became interesting.

The three ministers were, of course, completely disappointed.

They hadn't expected Bai Jingqing to refuse even this request,

which meant that what Xue Haixin said was very likely true.

Meanwhile, Xue Haixin's expression became excited once again.

How could he not understand the logic behind it?

Right now, Bai Jingqing was guarding against everyone as if they were thieves,

including even the three ministers,

which proved that there was definitely something wrong inside his semiconductor production workshop!

His chips were definitely not produced by himself!

"I was quite nervous before,

but thinking about it,

how could such a dilapidated place produce such high-performance chips?

I should have thought of it earlier;

this kid is completely a fraud!

He just wants to defraud national funds!"

Xue Haixin muttered to himself.

The expressions of the others varied;

some of them were also a bit disappointed,

thinking the country's semiconductor industry was about to rise,

only to find it was still just a pipe dream.

Some were also somewhat excited,

because they were also competitors of Bai Jingqing's Huayao Communications;

being able to have one less powerful competitor,

they would naturally be very happy.

And others were completely indifferent,

looking like mere onlookers.

Just then,

Bai Jingqing spoke again: "Although I cannot let you all go in,

there is another way

I can make you all believe

that these chips are indeed produced by Huayao ourselves."