Chapter 299: The Dunkirk Evacuation in the 21st Century
The old man's defense was a little broken, and after all his efforts, he failed to contain the Chinese old man. Instead, the Chinese old man caught up with him.

For key technological breakthroughs such as topological semimetals, Silicon Valley companies have obtained many samples, but the progress has been almost zero.

At least there is a paper that provides a feasible solution for room-temperature superconductivity. Although that solution is quite ridiculous, it is still a solution.

As for topological semimetals, there is absolutely no solution. We have to rely on reverse engineering from samples, but modern technology is not that easy to reverse engineer.

If any link in the process is missed, the results will be very different.

However, all the patents related to the new photoresist of Dow Chemical and Sumitomo Chemical have been registered. The patent wall is not only their protection, but also a weapon for competitors to reverse crack it.

The traditional craftsmanship has been caught up by the Chinese at an unimaginable speed, and the pits dug by the new technology can be climbed out of in just two or three moves.

The old man really doesn’t know what to do to curb the development of Dongda in the chip industry.

He even suspected whether there were people from the University of Tokyo among these White House officials.

Of course, maybe these officials thought he was from the University of Tokyo.

This is the result when a dynasty is at its end and even basic trust cannot be guaranteed.

The old man thought to himself that he was being equated with the previous old man who was still lying in the ward and was no different from a vegetable. He both got zero points in the confrontation with the University of Tokyo.

This is the case with the most promising chips, let alone other aspects.

"I need to know what other methods we have to curb Dongda's development in the chip industry!"

After the old man finished speaking, there was silence.

After an unspeakable silence, the White House Secretary-General whispered, "There is no way."

Although his voice was very low, it was still clearly heard by everyone.

This is the illusion brought about by the extreme gap. It is so quiet that even the slightest sound can be deafening.

"I think we should make a tactical peace with the University of Tokyo on the chip industry."

Tactical peace?
When the keyboard politicians at the University of Tokyo open the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg, which are relatively objective and fair media, they wonder if they have come to the wrong place.

The objective public should look at who to compare with. If you compare the Washington Post with the Washington Times, you will think that the Washington Post is too objective. Is it still an American media?

The latter is a media founded by an American Korean xiejiao leader, and has never stopped focusing on black Lao Chinese.

When you see news from the Washington Times reposted by Chinese self-media, you just need to subconsciously click on the × without spending even a second on it, unless you are a special fan of it.

《The chip field needs international cooperation》

Washington's decision is an assault on the modern business spirit

The world can accommodate both East University and West University

The old Chinese keyboard politicians were dumbfounded. They even felt that this should not be seen in the American media, but in the media of the University of the East, and it should be seen in the official tone.

"Washington's actions are a serious violation of the modern business spirit and a serious violation of the open and inclusive global economic environment created by America."

Not long after, Xiaomi found the top federal law firm, Covington & Burling LLP, the same law firm that sued American in 21. It sued the federal government for violating the Western University Constitution and demanded that the federal government repeal a series of laws surrounding semiconductors.

In a sense, this was a public and forceful slap in the face of the White House.

But there is no way.

You should know that Tokyo imports 3500 billion US dollars worth of chips every year. Even though this number has been declining in recent years, it is still 2000 billion US dollars.

If all the raw materials, equipment, patents, etc. in the upstream and downstream of the chip industry are taken into account, the figure will be close to 500 billion US dollars.

If we take the consumer electronics market into account, it becomes even more difficult to estimate.

Such a large market is being handed over to Chinese companies, and it is a market that they will never get back. They are willing to even shoot a bullet in the face from the White House, let alone a slap in the face, in exchange for this market.

When Xida discovered that it had misjudged its strategy, it was flexible enough and its tactics were smart enough.

First, let the media spread the word and severely criticize the behavior of Xida, and by the way, promote the idea that Dongda and Xida should cooperate.

Then they found Xiaomi, a Chinese company with successful experience in suing the Americas, to sue the American government, requesting that the relevant laws be declared unconstitutional and then directly repealed.

After the lawsuit was initiated, these laws were repealed through the court and it was pretended that nothing had happened.

Finally, the global media machine was activated to publicize how great Xi’an University is, how strong its spirit of contract is, and how much it respects the law.

It seems like a loss, but in fact it is a win.

After a series of operations, the old Chinese man was stunned.

"A funeral as happy as the Dunkirk evacuation

Recently, too many self-media have been talking about the series of dazzling operations of American. Not to mention that the United States first wooed Japan to stop cooperating with Dongda's topological semi-metallic chips, and then made its own chip industry sign a very unreasonable supply agreement with Chinese companies.

I won’t talk about these because there are too many self-media discussing this issue, and I hope to talk about something different.

From the time Xiaomi announced it was suing the federal government, to the time it formally filed the lawsuit, and then to the time it was successful, Lei Jun took credit for it on Weibo, and Xiaomi's KOLs all expressed their excitement on Weibo, claiming that Xiaomi had done something that no other company could do.

From a conspiracy theory perspective, this is completely a self-directed and self-acted show by the Americans, and Xiaomi is simply playing the role of a bottle opener in this self-directed and self-acted show.

It doesn't matter who opens the bottle, what matters is that the bottle must be opened. If Xiaomi doesn't come, OPPO or VIVO will play this role. Xiaomi is chosen because it has played a similar role before. It has sued for being blacklisted before, so it is easy to do it again.

In addition, Xiaomi itself is also happy to do this. What a great news value. The Chinese people suspect that this is a self-directed and self-acted drama, and the remaining 99% of consumers buy into this propaganda. In the future, it may even enjoy a super-national status like Huawei.

After all, as long as you say on the simplified Chinese Internet that this was a self-directed and self-acted performance by the Americans, and that the Americans' advantage in the semiconductor field is no longer sufficient for them to use the same methods as before to deal with China, you will be labeled a pink hat.

I see a lot of self-media bragging about how law-abiding Americans are, how foreign companies can defeat the White House through laws and change the White House's strategy, and that the reason why the United States has been strong for so many years is because of its business spirit.

Remarks like these are not only everywhere on the simplified Chinese Internet, but the American media also use the same rhetoric to publicize them.

So much so that I see the history of the 20th century being repeated in the 21st century.

I don’t know if you readers have heard of the Dunkirk evacuation, the German attack on western European countries. At that time, England, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg had a total of 147 divisions and more than 300 million troops, which was comparable to the strength of Germany.

The British and French allied forces declared war on Germany but did not fight. They hid behind the Maginot Line, thinking they could sit back and wait for the outcome. As a result, Germany bypassed the Maginot Line and attacked the French mainland.

The British and French forces did not put up any decent resistance and retreated directly. The Germans pressed forward towards Dunkirk from the west, south and east. The nearest German tank was only 10 miles away from the port. However, on May 1940, 5, the German army received an order from Mao Zedong himself to stop advancing, which gave the British and French forces a glimmer of hope. This is the history of the Dunkirk evacuation.

Germany called on its teammates Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg to come to the rescue, but the two brothers just stayed in their defense and refused to come out. After Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg were wiped out, the two brothers saw that the situation was not right and started to run away, leaving no land or anything behind.

All heavy equipment was left to Germany.

The two brothers boasted about this matter over and over again, turning it into a great victory.

The problem is that you come up with a theory that "if the land is lost, both the land and the people will lose. If the land is lost but the people are still there, both the land and the people will gain." In the end, you have nothing but bragging about how smart you are, how fast you run, and how successful you are in escaping.

If you read that period of history carefully, you will feel that these two brothers are birds of a feather. The story of France's surrender has been played to this day, and the British Empire is not much better.

Speaking of the Americans’ amazing operation, isn’t this the Dunkirk evacuation?
You see, under the leadership of the God of Light, 3nm has been conquered and the Butterfly chip is about to be launched. Not only will your own market share collapse, but your allies will also be dragged into the pit with you. Then suddenly you say, I don’t want to play anymore, I was just joking.

At the end, you have to find a bunch of cheerleaders to praise how humorous and generous you are, and how sophisticated the joke is.

This is no different from the Dunkirk evacuation, both are self-righteous performances. Do you really think this trick can make the Chinese stop attacking you?
We'll see. Maybe a few companies will waver. But from a macro perspective, the split of the world's semiconductor industry chain into two camps is inevitable.

Washington's actions are nothing more than digging its own grave and giving China more bargaining chips.

I have seen the Anglo-Frenchization of the United States. However, in the last century, no matter how ugly the Dunkirk evacuation of the British and French brothers was, the Americans came to rescue them in the end. After the Americans’ Dunkirk evacuation in this century, who will come to rescue you?
You can't expect Neon, Goryeo and Wanwan to save you, right?"

This WeChat public account article has been widely circulated in the circle of friends. There is one mistake in it, that is, the proportion of elderly Chinese who see this as a conspiracy is far less than one percent.

Thanks to the popularity of self-media, a large number of self-media have widely disseminated this view. This is a play directed and acted by the Americans themselves, so it is naturally recognized by the rabbits. Therefore, the popularity of this view can even reach 30%.

"Even if the situation changes, I think we should still walk on two legs and take the initiative in chips into our own hands.

Now Yuanguang has mastered the 3nm process and there are no longer any shackles in this regard.

Butterflies are the best bargaining chips in the game between us and the White House. If there are no butterflies this time, will we have any bargaining chips?
This time there are butterflies, what about next time? "

The self-media who write public accounts can see the Americans’ calculations, how can Lei Jun not see it?

Of course not.

Lei Jun could not only see through the Americans' calculations, he could also sense the possible attacks that Xiaomi might suffer in public opinion after doing this.

Taking one step and planning the next three steps ahead are basic qualities.

Cooperating with the Americans in this drama will definitely have more positive impact than negative impact abroad, especially in the vast Asian, African and Latin American countries. Everyone must think that Xiaomi is awesome for being able to sue and successfully file a lawsuit.

Including in Europe, it is also a positive marketing event that can break the circle.

Among the older Chinese, this will further aggravate the polarization of Xiaomi's reputation. Mi haters will hate Xiaomi even more, while Mi fans and ordinary consumers will not care.

These are the impacts among the consumer groups, but they are not enough to make Lei Jun determined to take the blame.

What made him determined was to use this incident to promote the establishment of a third-party chip design company and make OPPO hand over the butterfly in its hand as the starting asset of the third-party chip design company.

It's a very simple logic. When Qualcomm sells it to you and doesn't let you sell it outside, Butterfly is the only option. It is very difficult to force OPPO to make concessions in this way, and even if it can be done, it will cost a lot of money.

Now, flagship phones equipped with Qualcomm's 2nm chips can be sold freely, so Butterfly's 3nm is not so advanced. After losing its uniqueness, the possibility of OPPO making concessions has greatly increased.

The biggest obstacle is the emotional level. The butterfly that finally flies across the ocean does not belong to you.

However, Lei Jun is very confident that mature entrepreneurs can put aside emotional factors and make the right decisions.

There is not a single irrational Chinese smartphone manufacturer that has survived to this day.

"The situation is changing too fast now. What counted in the last second doesn't count in this second.

I agree with Mr. Lei's proposal that each company conducts its own research, which is a huge waste of resources and also increases costs out of thin air.

Beyond marketing gimmicks, the benefits are limited.

We should pool our resources to establish a third-party chip design company and take charge of the design of high-end chips.

We also need to set certain standards. We cannot pursue price/performance without restraint, and we cannot lower the price of high-end chips to 3000 yuan, or even 2000 yuan." Honor executives are most afraid of Xiaomi doing this.

By then, the mid-range Redmi models will be loaded with chips, which will bring down the entire high-end chip market.

(End of this chapter)