120: You want to touch my waist again.

"Team Leader Long, any feedback from the contact with Xian Jiaotong University?" Li Xiuwu asked him.

This was the real reason Li Xiuwu had come in person.

He had previously thought that after the 12-inch Lithography Machine was shipped back, they would research it within his own company.

Later, he realized he didn't have any Lithography Machine researchers; he couldn't just train them himself. If he recruited and trained them from scratch, it would be too late.

Li Xiuwu remembered that the initial reason Panda Core came to Xian was to cooperate with Xian Jiaotong University.

The development of the Lithography Machine could also be done in cooperation with Xian Jiaotong University. At worst, those involved in the research could also hold positions in Li Xiuwu's company and receive an extra salary.

In the process of cooperatively researching this Lithography Machine, they could cultivate their own people and accumulate talent.

"Xian Jiaotong University is very willing to cooperate with us. They are already screening the first batch of cooperative talents to intern at our company." Long Xiangdong personally went to Xian Jiaotong University to handle this matter.

"Hmm, once the interns arrive, process their onboarding. Don't skimp on their salaries. Try to retain the promising ones."

Only with a continuous influx of talent can there be greater development. Li Xiuwu attached great importance to this, which was also the main reason he chose Xian as the company's location.

"Okay." Long Xiangdong nodded. He naturally understood the importance of talent; the company currently had too few people.

"Do you know any talent in the field of Lithography Machines?" Li Xiuwu shifted the topic to Lithography Machines.

Long Xiangdong was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head.

"Currently, our domestically produced Lithography Machines in China can only achieve an 800-nanometer process. The gap with the international level is too large." Long Xiangdong stated the current technological disparity.

It's worth noting that internationally, they have already entered the 65-nanometer field. The gap is imaginable.

It could be said that domestic Lithography Machine research and development are still in the stage of going from 0 to 1.

Long Xiangdong thought for a moment and said, "Domestic microelectronics companies can assemble 130-nanometer Lithography Machines, but the components heavily rely on overseas imports, and the process of obtaining overseas components is also very strict." He shook his head; the situation with Lithography Machines was too despairing.

Li Xiuwu nodded. How could it not be despairing? The microelectronics industry had only developed for a few years.

Suddenly, Long Xiangdong looked up: "I heard from a former colleague that there's a comrade named Wu Qiang. He was a Lithography Machine researcher at IBM in the United States and participated in the research of 65-nanometer dry Lithography Machines."

"He has now returned to China and holds important positions at three companies: Microelectronics Company, SMIC, and Huahong, helping with domestic Lithography Machine research."

Long Xiangdong's words made Li Xiuwu's eyes light up, but then he frowned.

He held important positions at three companies, meaning he was involved in the Lithography Machine plans of all three.

Li Xiuwu secretly shook his head. What he lacked now was not a researcher who had participated in 65-nanometer Lithography Machine research, but a group of talents who could reverse-engineer components by disassembling Lithography Machines.

This required highly unified thinking.

Once this Wu Qiang was invited to participate, the other three companies might find out.

He still chose the more conservative approach.

"Professor Qiu Lianhai from Xian Jiaotong University is also researching Lithography Machine topics. I remember that some components of the current domestically produced 800-nanometer Lithography Machine come from Qiu Lianhai's Team."

Li Xiuwu mentioned a team from Xian Jiaotong University.

"That's true, but Qiu Lianhai's Team has relatively limited funding. The research funds at Xian Jiaotong University are tilted toward military projects." Long Xiangdong said.

After saying this, he added: "In terms of civilian technology, Tsinghua and Peking Universities have more research teams."

"Hmm." Li Xiuwu nodded.

"Help me contact Qiu Lianhai's Team and arrange a time to meet."

Li Xiuwu also knew that Tsinghua and Peking Universities had more teams in civilian technology, but he didn't dare to gamble.

Even with the Loyalty Aura, what if someone was determined to go breathe the sweet air? Who could stand that?

It was better to start with Xian Jiaotong University. At least their goals didn't conflict; both wanted domestic technology to make breakthroughs.

After the reverse-engineering team was formed, they could absorb talent from universities like Tsinghua and Peking.

The two discussed the research lab matters for a long time, establishing some development guidelines.

Liu Yifei was sitting in front of a computer, with several researchers explaining chip design concepts to her.

The researchers spoke enthusiastically, sharing various ideas and the principles behind them. As they talked, they began to discuss and argue about the shortcomings and flaws in each other's ideas.

Liu Yifei listened with a blank expression, completely unaware of what they were saying.

At first, she was quite interested, wanting to see how high-tech chips were developed. But as they talked, she became completely confused.

And these researchers had already ignored her and started discussing and arguing among themselves.

"Li Xiuwu." She saw Li Xiuwu come out, her eyes lighting up as she stood up.

"What's going on?" Li Xiuwu saw several people arguing in front of Liu Yifei and walked over.

"Boss." The several people stopped arguing and greeted Li Xiuwu.

"We were explaining chip design to the boss's wife."

"Really? Can you understand it?" Li Xiuwu smiled and looked at Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei blushed at the words "boss's wife" and subtly glared at Li Xiuwu.

"You guys go ahead. I won't disturb your work." She said to the several people and then came to Li Xiuwu's side.

"Goodbye, boss. Goodbye, boss's wife." Several straightforward guys waved.

"Work hard. I'll give you red envelopes for the New Year." Li Xiuwu smiled and waved to the several people.

Liu Yifei noticed the researchers' gazes. Embarrassed and annoyed, she reached out to pinch Li Xiuwu but was caught by his hand.

"Let go of me." Liu Yifei struggled.

"No, you want to touch my waist and take advantage of me again." Li Xiuwu said righteously.

"Who wants to take advantage of you?" Liu Yifei wanted to hit Li Xiuwu but was afraid of attracting everyone's attention. She was pulled by Li Xiuwu's hand and walked out of Panda Core.

"Where are we going?"

"To stay at a hotel. I'll be here for a few days to handle some matters."

"Oh." She looked up at Li Xiuwu, opened her mouth, but the words didn't come out. Instead, she talked about what had just happened.

"I just gave those researchers autographs." Liu Yifei said with a smile on her face, clearly very happy.

Those researchers were quite interesting, different from others, and spoke in a fun way.

"Researchers are the same as everyone else; they're just used to being in the lab, so they might speak more directly." Li Xiuwu explained for those researchers.

"Mhm, mhm." Liu Yifei nodded: "They speak very directly, without any concealment."

Pan Lei drove the car to the booked hotel.

The hotel staff led the two upstairs.

"Just one room?" Liu Yifei looked at the room; it was a penthouse suite.

"It's a suite. Don't worry, I'll let you stay in a separate room. I won't bully you." Li Xiuwu looked at her with a teasing smile.

"Hmph! You wouldn't dare. I've trained too." Liu Yifei wrinkled her nose and glared at him fiercely.

Liu Yifei took off her shoes, sat on the sofa to rest, took out her phone, and called her mother to report that she was safe.

"Mom, we've arrived in Xian. We're at the hotel now."

"Li Xiuwu, can I tell Mom about the company matters?" She was sharing the situation in Xian when she suddenly remembered the company matters and turned to ask Li Xiuwu.

"Whatever."