In the Beijing, in the office of the Secretariat of the Response Office, Wang Weilong and Feng Xiaochen sat on two sofas. Wang Weilong looked sad, but Feng Xiaochen looked calm and composed.

"Xiaochen, this time it's troublesome. Map issued an order saying that we, Luo Ye, are suspected of endangering the security of the United States and are going to impose sanctions on us. The control chips used on several of our main products are restricted from supplying, which is equivalent to jamming our necks."

Wang Weilong, whose hair is more than half white, said in a whisper. He has been retired for several years. This time, he was invited by Luo Ye's current leadership team to go out to the capital to ask Feng Xiaochen for help. The current leader in Luo Ye thought that Wang Weilong had a close personal relationship with Feng Xiaochen, so he came to find Feng Xiaochen, which was much better than Luo Ye's request for help from the response office through formal channels.

"Old Wang, don't worry, have a little tea first." Feng Xiaochen laughed and signaled to Wang Weilong, "My tea is the top-notch dragon heart that Ruan Phucen has obtained through what relationship. It is said that the annual output does not exceed 100 kilograms."

Wang Weilong laughed helplessly. He picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip, and nodded and praised. He and Feng Xiaochen had more than 30 years of friendship and were very familiar with each other. Feng Xiaochen's performance shows that he has known about Luo Ye for a long time, and it is very likely that he has already had the means to deal with it.

Feng Xiaochen also took a sip of tea and said, "Chen Yu and Lin Chong were also included in the sanctions list, and the reasons are also ridiculous. In fact, sanctions on Luo Ye are just a means of Map. In Go, this is called a test. He wants to convey a threat message to us in this way. If we are scared by him and beg for mercy, he will give all kinds of harsh conditions, cut our wool, and even make us unable to recover from now on."

"I think it's the same." Wang Weilong said, "But now it's not a question of whether we are afraid or not, but we are indeed inseparable from American chips. Map's move is still very vicious and hits our key point in an instant."

"This is also impossible. The larger the scale of our industry, the deeper the degree to which it integrates into the international supply chain, and it is normal to be stuck in others." Feng Xiaochen said.

Wang Weilong smiled and said, "When it comes to this, I remember the debate between you and Gao Lei about that international cooperation. At that time, Gao Lei's opinion was that our country should participate in the entire international industrial chain and act as one of the links. If we really do this, the one who is now stuck is not us, Luo Ye, but the entire country."

"After the tide receding, I knew who was swimming naked." Feng Xiaochen said lightly, "In those days, Gao Lei's view had some truths. After all, our national strength was very weak at that time. Joining the international industrial chain was to help others work, and they would not be stuck. But if we develop and start to steal other people's business, would they still treat us like that? The older generation gritted their teeth and wanted to create a complete industrial chain, which is to consider that China is a big country and will sooner or later compete with Western powers for the market. Gao Lei's theory would be fine if it was used by small countries such as Singapore and South Korea. How could a great country have ambitions that would be understood by a corrupt scholar like him."

"This is what I admire Xiaochen." Wang Weilong raised a thumbs up to Feng Xiaochen, expressed his appreciation, and said: "As early as 30 years ago, you could see the world today. The things you are doing in reinstalling today seem to be far-sighted, which makes me, the big brother, feel ashamed."

Feng Xiaochen waved his hand and smiled, "Old Wang, what are you saying? They are all Minister Meng, Director Luo and others have a far-sighted vision. I am just a errand and choreographer. By the way, let's talk about Luo Ye's affairs. What are you planning now?"

Wang Weilong also put away his expression just now and said seriously: "We have considered it. The simplest situation is of course the country can come forward and ask the United States to lift the ban so that our production can continue to carry out normally."

Feng Xiaochen shook his head and said, "This is not the best solution. Since Map does this, it will not change easily. If we want him to lift the ban, he will definitely propose various exchange conditions, such as allowing us to open up a certain aspect of the market, or even asking you Luo Ye to withdraw from international competition in certain fields. Do you think we can accept it?"

"That's definitely unacceptable." Wang Weilong said without hesitation.

It is not a secret that Maip inspected Haifei Company. Based on this incident, looking at Maip's measures to sanction Luoye and other companies, the leaders of each company are clear that Maip's purpose is to help Haifei Company regain the international market. If Luoye and other companies choose to negotiate with the United States to restore chip supply, the other party's condition would definitely be to let them give the market to Haifei Company.

Compared to being completely unable to produce due to chip restrictions, giving up part of the market to Haifei Company seems to be a smaller loss. But the problem is that if the other party uses one trick, he will have to cut his own losses. The result will inevitably be that the other party will be eager for the future, pressing forward step by step, and in the end, they will lose all the money.

Feng Xiaochen could see this point and Wang Weilong could see it, so he chose a negative answer to Feng Xiaochen's question.

"If the US ban continues to be maintained for more than a year, can Luo Ye withstand it?" Feng Xiaochen asked.

Wang Weilong said: "We still have some chips in stock now, and it is still OK to deal with the current orders, but there is no way to go for the next batch of orders. If the United States insists on refusing to provide us with chips, we can only give up part of the overseas market, and the loss is still very large."

"How about using chips from other sources? For example, are there any chips suitable for you in China?" Feng Xiaochen continued to ask.

Wang Weilong said: "We have considered this solution. The Group's Technology Department is contacting various domestic chip companies and is preparing to use domestic chips to replace imported chips. However, this requires modification of the equipment design, and the performance and quality of domestic chips are slightly inferior to that of American chips. If domestic chips are switched to, our engineering mechanical performance will also be affected."

Speaking of chips, some people mistakenly think that China cannot make chips at all, which is actually a serious misunderstanding. China's semiconductor industry is not as dazzling as other industries, but its scale and level are not bad. China's integrated circuit industry is equivalent to 1/4 of the world, and it covers all industrial links including design, manufacturing, packaging and testing. "Shenwei-Taihu Light" manufactured by domestic CPUs has ranked first among the top 500 supercomputers in the world for several consecutive years. Can you say that China's integrated circuit level is poor?

If we evaluate it according to the dichotomy of only China and "foreign" in the world, the gap between China's integrated circuit industry and "foreign" is indeed very large. But when it comes to comparisons between individual countries, China can't be regarded as a weak country in integrated circuits.

From the user's perspective, if there are two chip products of different grades, when the price factor is not very important, the user will of course consider choosing a more advanced one. As for the control chips used by Luoye, there are similar products in China, but their performance is worse than imported chips and their reliability is insufficient, so Luoye chose imported chips. Now that the imported chips have been interrupted, Luoye will be second-rate, and it is not impossible to use domestic chips to respond to emergency situations.

For example, the most advanced integrated circuit process in the world is 7 nanometers. Only the Dutch ASML is the Dutch ASML, so many people exclaim that as long as the Dutch gets stuck, we can’t make integrated circuits. But in fact, the 90-nanometer lithography machine made by China can achieve mass production of chips, and 65-nanometer to 28-nanometer lithography machine is about to be released. Simply put, if we really don’t provide lithography machines abroad, we can at least use our own strength to create 90-nanometer chips. 90-nanometer chips may not be enough to make the latest generation of mobile phones, but it is more than enough to be used as a control chip for cruise navigation. If you understand this, do you still need to be so anxious?

Hearing Wang Weilong's answer, Feng Xiaochen nodded and said, "Okay, we need to do multiple things in this matter, with only one purpose, which is to break the blackmail of the United States. This trade war is about the endurance of both sides. We have losses, and Americans also have losses. If you can't buy chips, your product production will be affected. If you can't sell American chips, I don't believe they are not in a hurry. It depends on who can withstand it now."

Wang Weilong sighed and said, "If you have to bear it, you will have to bear it. In the 1990s, the country's equipment companies were not having a good life. There were a lot of bankruptcy. We, Luo Ye, also survived it? The current situation, no matter what, is much better than that time. However, the group asked me to come to you, not to get a dead end reply. Does the country have no support policies for enterprises like us that are affected by the trade war?"

"Haha, after talking for a long time, are you here to ask for policies?" Feng Xiaochen laughed. After laughing, he said again: "I just said that I should do a multi-pronged approach, but I haven't finished this yet. First of all, your company needs to find a way to solve the problem by using alternative chips. In addition to domestic chips, chips from Europe, Japan, South Korea and our Baodao can be considered. If the performance of the chips affects the performance of the construction machinery, you can make up for it by reducing prices and other means."

"I understand, I will bring this instruction back." Wang Weilong said.

"Secondly, the leader has given instructions to support companies like you who are affected by the trade war. The Countermeasures Office is currently drafting relevant policies. In the future, it will be injected into you through tax reductions and technical reform funding support to help you digest the losses caused by this."
Chapter completed!