41: Your lithography machine is so small, it's obviously a scam!

He let Lu Feng unveil the Lithography Machine.

This was something Ji Zhengkang insisted on.

As a scientific researcher,

he could stand in front and temporarily accept everyone's admiration and congratulations on Lu Feng's behalf.

But at this moment, his sense of morality and mission

would not allow him to take away this moment that belonged to Lu Feng.

Because this was something Lu Feng had invented.

It was the result of many of his sleepless nights.

It was like his own child.

So at this moment, Ji Zhengkang let Lu Feng take the circular stage in the center as his assistant.

A beam of light hit Lu Feng.

Everyone's attention was actually on the object covered by the red silk.

Not many people noticed Lu Feng.

Lu Feng walked up.

Slowly but gently, he lifted the red silk.

Revealing a machine inside that looked somewhat square, yet also somewhat circular.

This thing looked different from any other Lithography Machine seen in the world.

Because it combined multiple geometric shapes.

It seemed irregular, yet it contained a certain mysterious rhythm.

It didn't look out of place at all.

It even had an indescribable beauty brought by technology.

“This...” The male reporter from the USA reacted immediately.

This couldn't be a Lithography Machine!

Because if it were made like this, its structural principles would be completely different from any other Lithography Machine in the world!!

Unless this thing could be started directly on-site,

he would never believe such a structure could produce a 5nm chip.

Before this reporter came,

he had also looked up information regarding Lithography Machines.

While instructing the cameraman to hurry up and film the machine,

he immediately connected with the host in the USA studio far away.

“Hello, host.”

“Behind me right now is the protagonist of Dragon Country's press conference.”

“As everyone can see,”

“this is the Lithography Machine that Dragon Country has been secretly researching.”

“But this thing is completely different from the Lithography Machines we are familiar with.”

The Female Host, who had been waiting on the other side for a long time,

very professionally picked up the topic.

She knew what the reporter meant.

So she looked at Professor Smith from Netherlands on the screen.

Professor Smith's face had recovered from the initial shock of seeing the fighter jet.

At this moment, his face was filled only with doubt.

And deep confusion.

The Female Host asked,

“Professor Smith, based on your professional knowledge,”

“is this machine a 5nm Lithography Machine?”

Smith leaned his face closer to the camera.

He seemed to be carefully examining the real-time information sent back from the distant Dragon Country.

“If we're just talking about changes to the exterior,”

“it is possible.”

“For example, if they intentionally designed a shape different from our current machines.”

“That is indeed possible!”

The Female Host asked,

“Are you saying they intentionally made the exterior different from international Lithography Machines”

“to mislead everyone, so that others in the world won't know the methods they used to steal information?”

“Yes...” Smith said.

However, the doubt on his face still hadn't cleared.

“But I still feel like something is wrong.”

“Oh?” the Female Host asked.

“What aspect is wrong?”

“The size!” Smith uttered two words.

“The size is wrong!”

Smith leaned his face even closer to the screen.

Then he took a deep breath.

He said with absolute certainty,

“Yes!”

“The size is wrong!”

“This machine is a fake!”

“Oh??” The Female Host became even more curious.

She first made an exaggerated expression toward the camera.

“I didn't expect things to take such an unexpected turn.”

“Professor Smith actually says this Lithography Machine is a fake.”

“So Professor Smith, what is your basis for this?”

“After all, you've only seen the machine on television.”

“You aren't there on-site.”

Smith pointed his finger at the screen.

Then he said with absolute certainty,

“Look at that young man standing next to the Lithography Machine.”

“If he is 1.8 meters tall,”

“then it means this machine is only three times the size of that young man.”

“Such a machine cannot possibly produce chips below 14 nanometers.”

“The EUV Lithography Machine our team is currently working on”

“has optical cables inside that are 2 kilometers long.”

“Not to mention the complex components inside, numbering as many as 100,000!”

He paused.

Professor Smith continued,

“Our EUV Lithography Machine is as big as a small bus.”

As he spoke, he pointed at the television.

“Look at this machine.”

“How is it possible!”

“Alright!” the Female Host smiled.

“Thank you, Professor Smith, for sharing your knowledge.”

“Now, let's return to the press conference site.”

The camera began to switch... back to the press conference site.

Elder Ji was heard saying,

“Everyone is very curious about what level our Lithography Machine has reached.”

“How about this.”

“I'd like everyone present to take a guess.”

“This machine—how many nanometer chips can it manufacture?”

Many people at the scene began to shout.

“14 nanometers!”

“Incorrect!” Elder Ji shook his head.

“10 nanometers!”

“Incorrect!”

“7 nanometers!” someone shouted loudly, feeling a bit bold after saying it.

“Also incorrect!” Elder Ji continued to deny it.

Many foreign reporters who had received inside information looked at each other.

They thought to themselves, isn't the result already known?

So a foreign reporter shouted loudly,

“Stop being so secretive.”

“We all know what your Lithography Machine is!”

“Oh?” Elder Ji looked at that reporter.

“Then what do you say it is?”

“5 nanometers!”

After the foreign reporter finished speaking, he looked at Elder Ji triumphantly.

Elder Ji also shook his head.

“No!”

At this, everyone was stunned.

The male reporter from the USA had a face full of bewilderment.

“It's not 5 nanometers!!!”

“It's actually not 5 nanometers!”

“Then what is it??”

Elder Ji said with an excited yet serious and earnest expression,

“This machine that looks very compact,”

“the chips its process can manufacture are...”

Elder Ji intentionally paused for a moment.

Then he said loudly,

“1 nanometer!”

As the words fell,

the entire venue of fifty thousand people fell silent!

It was terrifyingly quiet!

One could hear a pin drop!!!

Fifty thousand people simultaneously seemed to have been put under a freezing spell.

They all stood frozen in place without moving.

Their mouths hung open as they looked at Elder Ji.

Their gazes began to shift continuously between Elder Ji and that machine.

Elder Ji was very satisfied with everyone's performance.

“Alright! I know everyone might not believe it.”

“Therefore!”

“Next, due to my physical inconvenience,”

“I will let my assistant, Lu Feng, demonstrate this machine for everyone.”

“And he will show everyone the first 1nm chip manufactured by our machine.”

After speaking, Elder Ji prepared to leave the stage.

When he was halfway off,

Elder Ji suddenly stopped.

As if he had suddenly remembered something.

“There's one more thing!”

“And that is, our 1nm chip was also designed by ourselves.”

“But that should be a given, shouldn't it?”

Elder Ji had a proud smile on his face.

“After all!!”

“No one else in the entire world!”

“No other country!!”

“Can build a 1nm chip!”