424: Chapter 424 Technical Fishing, the More Experts

After Wilson, another 11 people were interviewed.

Some worked in artificial intelligence, some in quantum computing, and others in new materials, but the biomedical field was also well-represented.

In short, they were all Shen Fei, and they were all top-tier talents desperately needed by China.

After finishing the interviews, Professor Zhou also realized that there was definitely something fishy going on.

After all, it was certainly not normal for this batch of top-tier talents to suddenly take an interest in being special invited review experts for the Transsion Future Foundation.

But he let out a long sigh.

After all, the other side had presented them with a difficult problem; they were betting that these people would definitely satisfy them.

After a group discussion, all 12 individuals were hired as special invited online review experts for the Transsion Future Foundation, and like the other recruited experts, they were granted Level A access.

That afternoon, Wang Hua sent them their invitation certificates.

...

Across the ocean, Bob's infiltration plan was taken over by the CIA.

The new leaders in charge were Morrell and Krill.

"Over 30 experts have submitted applications based on our suggestions.

Among them, 28 have completed the preliminary qualification review, 15 have completed the online interview, and 12 have already been officially hired as experts," the agent responsible for executing the mission replied.

Morrell and Krill looked at each other and nodded in unison:

"Good, send it over to Obama.

No need to emphasize how hard we've worked; just write at the bottom that the first step of the Centennial Infiltration Plan has succeeded.

At the same time, apply for an award for Bob!"

After all, the two of them had swooped in to take the credit, so they had to provide some benefits.

After the agent left, Morrell picked up the briefing again.

It was a long time before he put it down, a satisfied smile appearing on the corners of his mouth.

"They really couldn't refuse!"

"Morrell, don't be careless!

The people at Transsion aren't fools; they must know our goal, so they definitely have some tricks up their sleeves regarding these experts.

We must be cautious, otherwise, there might be problems later on.

At that point, this won't be a sweet pastry, but a big bomb."

"Krill, you are still too cautious.

Although Transsion is powerful, that is China, and the roots of these experts and professors are all in the United States.

Even if they want to go to China for research, they have to consider their families."

He raised his hand again, and then kept shouting: Bang!

After all, this is the free United States; it's quite normal for some accidents to happen.

"No, I'm still worried!"

Morrell stood up.

He knew what the other person was worried about, but now they needed to be happy.

Because they had completed the first step of the infiltration plan in less than a week, a full two months faster than expected.

And the United States needed victories for motivation.

Watching his deputy still deep in thought, Morrell walked over to him and patted him on the shoulder.

"Don't worry.

Even if they want to poach people, it will take time.

These experts also need to be observed; they aren't easy people to deal with.

So, we just need to prepare risk control plans and provide good protection for their families."

Krill instantly understood what he meant.

It was called protection, but in reality, it was imprisonment, using their families to...

But these professors were still working for them, yet they were...

"Let's hold off on the 'protection' for a while, shall we?

They haven't started working yet; there's no need for us to be so ruthless."

Morrell originally wanted to object—after all, they were just a bunch of professors—but seeing his partner's expression, he thought about it.

These professors also had many students...

Better not offend them too harshly for now!

So, he finally nodded.

He even steered the topic to the United States National Foundation.

"Currently, our management team is composed entirely of top-tier professional investors transferred from Wall Street.

Furthermore, the initial investments have already been selected: three quantum computing startups from Silicon Valley, and two next-generation semiconductor material projects from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

These are all projects that the Transsion Future Foundation is focusing on; we must stay ahead of them."

The two looked at each other again, their eyes sharing a common answer: all actions needed to be faster.

They had to sign all the best projects before Transsion made its first investment; otherwise, their centennial plan would just be a joke.

But if they succeeded, the new foundation would become an ATM that had assets but couldn't invest in any good projects, and Shen Fei's myth in China would completely disappear.

Without this golden armor, they could easily destroy Transsion.

...

December 23rd.

Wilson had just finished an online meeting; it was about a semiconductor material project at Tsinghua-Peking University and Zhejiang University.

The whole process was so fast that he was a bit unaccustomed to it!

The various professors only evaluated the relevant patents and conducted background checks on the team leaders... and in the end, they approved the funding.

The total investment was 500 million Chinese Yuan, released in stages, with the first batch of funding being 20 million.

This speed was truly unbearable for him, because in the United States, at Intel, even if he applied for funding, it would take up to 6 months, and it also required a series of politically correct terms.

The key was that even then, the project might not be approved.

He had spent 12 years at the Intel Central Research Institute and had never seen such a pure and efficient research funding mechanism.

The little flame in his heart was starting to burn.

Just as he was thinking, he was suddenly assigned a new project.

It was a basic research project on defect detection for extreme ultraviolet Lithography Machine photomasks.

This was his specialty, so he drank a few sips of coffee and started getting busy again.

While downloading the attachments, he unexpectedly discovered that in addition to the materials submitted by the applicant, there was also an internal technical verification report from the Transsion Semiconductor Research Institute and high-definition scanning electron microscope images of the prototype sample.

This was originally prepared by the foundation to help review experts better judge the feasibility of the project, but these materials instantly piqued his interest.

That reference material was about 7nm pre-R&D.

Looking at some of the technical R&D content on it, he was completely shocked.

How much stuff is Transsion hiding?

In the entire industry, apart from Intel and Transsion having 14nm, everyone else was still stuck at 20nm, yet they actually had 7nm here.

You have to know that although he had studied some patents for extreme ultraviolet light, those were just patents, and there was still a long way to go before mass production.

But just when he was engrossed in reading the technical literature, he discovered that this technical data was not complete...

It was just a crippled version.

The desire in his heart began to burn once again, but now he was not thinking about how to join Transsion, but how to move his family over.

How to move his family back under the surveillance of those people, and then find an excuse for himself to go over!