Chapter 670: Next Step: Moving Mountains! Marching towards the Alpha Prototype! The First Batch of 4217 Students!
A midsummer afternoon in Zizhu Electronics Port.
The original Amethyst semiconductor production base has undergone earth-shaking changes at this moment. With the continuous expansion of the optical research and development center, the original floor area of 20,000 square meters has been increased to 120,000 square meters.
Of this, only 30,000 square meters belong to the wafer manufacturing area of the Fab plant, as well as supporting areas such as the power workshop, chemical storage room, waste gas and wastewater treatment, and air-conditioning system.
The remaining 90,000 square meters are divided into three layers according to function. The outermost layer is a buffer zone of approximately 20,000 square meters, which includes an employee training center, material storage and simulation testing area.
It is jointly guarded by Fengshuan Security and the Anguo Association, forming the first line of defense.
The middle floor is a 20,000-square-meter clean area, which is also the main battlefield of the R&D center. It is finely divided into optical system R&D area, mechanical structure testing area and software algorithm laboratory.
The innermost layer is the core laboratory covering an area of 50,000 square meters. It is located in the center of the entire area and consists of eight independent "nano-level darkrooms".
The walls of the darkroom are equipped with a copper mesh shielding layer to prevent electromagnetic interference. The indoor temperature fluctuation is strictly controlled within 0.1 degrees Celsius, and the vibration amplitude is also precisely controlled below 5 nanometers.
This is a key site for EUV system integration and testing. The electronic screen at the entrance of the laboratory will display the indoor cleanliness, temperature, humidity and vibration data in real time, and it is clearly stipulated that unauthorized personnel are strictly prohibited from entering.
There are more than 1,300 scientific researchers in the R&D center, with an average age of 37. More than 90% have a doctorate or above, covering 12 disciplines including optical engineering, mechanical design, vacuum physics, and software engineering.
Therefore, Xingyuan Technology's branch in Shanghai is a chip manufacturing plant on the surface, but in fact it is a world-leading EUV lithography machine research and development base.
After entering the laboratory, Chen Yansen first had in-depth communication with Lin Nan, Wang Xiangchao, Zhang Yanjie and others to learn about the current research and development progress in detail.
After confirming that the work on the vacuum and clean environment design system was progressing steadily, he immediately convened several engineering doctors and academicians in the field of micro-nano optics to jointly deploy the research and development tasks of the overlay and focusing precision measurement system.
In terms of academic qualifications, he is the only undergraduate graduate in the team.
But when it comes to the right to speak, a group of technical experts over 50 years old always like to surround him and call him "Teacher Chen".
Everyone knows that without Chen Yansen, they cannot even determine the direction of the next technological node.
Just like the last time Chen Yansen went to Yanjing for a meeting unexpectedly, the research and development progress immediately came to a standstill.
At that time, a group of academicians looked at each other in bewilderment, and then they finally realized that at best they could only perform tasks such as executing operations, performance testing, and parameter recording.
If you make hasty decisions on key issues, you will only make things worse.
After realizing this, they simply lowered their status and "returned to their youth", following Chen Yansen all day long, as if they had suddenly returned to the time twenty or thirty years ago when they were humbly learning from their teacher.
For Chen Yansen, his current primary goal is to complete the development of each subsystem as quickly as possible, and then integrate and debug them after all subsystems are ready, and then launch the first Alpha prototype, which is the internal test machine.
But at present, there are still many "mountains" standing in front of him that need to be overcome, such as overlay accuracy measurement, leveling and focusing, ultra-clean environment maintenance, extreme vacuum environment system, and defect detection of masks and wafers.
Just as Chen Yansen was busy improving the algorithm of the overlay accuracy measurement system, the truth about Rainbow Kindergarten finally surfaced.
As soon as the news came out, the entire Internet was in an uproar.
Who would have thought that the kindergarten teachers who are supposed to take good care of the children and act as guardians would become the perpetrators.
After the incident was exposed, the inspection office and the education association quickly formed a special task force, immediately requiring the kindergarten to suspend operations and rectify the situation, and at the same time arrested the teacher involved.
"I just scared them with the needle. I know I was wrong. Woo woo woo..."
Facing the camera of the reporter, the teacher tearfully defended himself.
"You don't know you're wrong, you're just scared!"
"Madame Rong?"
"These Shanghai parents are so patient! Something that happened at the end of June was delayed until August to be exposed. Let her come to Northeast China and try? This beast must be demolished!"
"Children are so young that they don't know how to protect themselves or resist, and adults can't be around them 24 hours a day. It's so scary!"
"I found similar needle marks on my daughter's body. I'm taking her to the hospital for a check-up right now!"
"I almost sent my child to this kindergarten before."
The popularity of this incident continues to rise on platforms such as the three major portals, Douyin, Kuaishou and Toutiao.
Many parents are concerned but also anxious. What should they do if their children encounter this situation?
Children are naturally afraid of teachers. Once they are scolded or beaten, they are often too scared to tell their parents.
But after thinking for a long time, they still couldn't come up with any good ideas.
There are too many blind spots in the surveillance system in a kindergarten, and if an accident happens, the surveillance system will inexplicably break down.
This made the parents very angry!
Someone commented in the comments section: "Why don't you send your child to Orange Kindergarten? I trust Sen Ge's character! Even couriers and food delivery drivers can get high salaries, so kindergarten teachers must be paid even higher. High salaries can only produce high-quality services!"
"Orange Kindergarten? I just saw its promotional video this afternoon. The campus environment and lunch are incredible! Too bad, Orange Kindergarten only has a campus in Shanghai. There's no one in Jinling."
"I got it too. The tuition is 2,000 yuan per month. Excluding winter and summer vacations, it comes to almost 20,000 yuan a year. It's really not cheap."
"2,000 yuan a month is still too much? Did you know there are private kindergartens in Shanghai that charge 800,000 yuan a year?"
"Holy crap! Is this true? My whole family works their butts off for a year and we can't even earn 200,000!"
Some interested parents immediately found the official Douyin account of Orange Kindergarten through search.
There are three videos at the bottom of the homepage. The first one details the tuition standards, facilities and course schedule of Orange Kindergarten.
The second is the internal and external environment of the kindergarten, and the third is the specific conditions of the kitchen, catering area, canteen and meals.
The most important thing is that Orange Kindergarten adopts a full-coverage monitoring layout, and there are no blind spots in the kindergarten.
Parents only need to log in to the "Yunzhou Parent Communication Group" to view the surveillance footage at any time.
The main focus is openness, transparency and a clear conscience!
In addition, the kindergarten has a rule: what the children eat, the kindergarten staff also eat.
Although the monthly fee of 2,000 yuan is not cheap, parents quickly changed their minds after seeing the food standards of Orange Kindergarten.
On the contrary, they feel that paying an extra 400 yuan would be more cost-effective if their children could have two meals a day in the kindergarten.
The next morning.
Li Annan happened to be taking a break, so he took the initiative to accompany Liang Yue to an Orange Kindergarten in Chuansha to complete the registration procedures for Yang Yuting.
"Annan, I'm sorry to bother you!"
Liang Yue expressed her gratitude to Li Annan who was standing beside her.
"Sister Liang, today is my day off anyway, and I don't have much to do staying in the rental house. I actually want to go to the kindergarten and take a look. I usually just pass by it from outside and never go in."
Li Annan spoke with a smile on his face and a relaxed tone.
The working system of Kuapao Canteen is "five days on, two days off". Although one day on the weekend is considered overtime, the company does not require it. If employees want to take two days off, no one will deliberately make things difficult for them.
After hearing this, Liang Yue's heart softened.
"Sister Annan, is kindergarten fun?" Yang Yuting raised her little head and asked with a smile.
Li Annan was stunned when she heard this. She grew up in an orphanage and had never attended kindergarten.
She had only imagined in her dreams: sitting in a bright and clean classroom, listening carefully to the teacher's lecture.
Thinking of this, Li Annan subconsciously clenched the corner of her clothes, and a bitterness flashed across her eyes, but she quickly suppressed the complex emotions in her heart and said in a gentle voice: "Sister has never been to a kindergarten, but I guess the one Yuting is going to must be very fun.
Look, did you see the swing and rainbow slide at the door just now? There are also small tomatoes growing in the yard. When they are ripe, maybe I can pick some for Yuting to eat.
Yang Yuting's eyes lit up instantly, and she clenched Liang Yue's hand with her little fist and shook it: "Mom! I want to pick cherry tomatoes! And play on the slide with the other kids!"
Liang Yue smiled and scratched her daughter's nose: "After you finish registering, Mom will take you to play on the slide."
When the three of them walked into the kindergarten hall, the room was packed with people, and the sounds of adults and children playing mixed together, just like entering a vegetable market.
On the left is the passage for children of Senlian Capital employees, where only a few people are waiting.
On the right is the external registration channel, and there are at least a hundred people there.
Seeing this, Liang Yue couldn't help but sigh in her heart. She didn't expect that so many people would sign up.
Yang Yuting was startled by the noisy crowd in front of her. She grabbed the corner of Liang Yue's clothes with her little hand and shrank behind her.
"Sister Liang, let's go to the left." Li Annan pointed to the window on the left and reminded loudly.
"Okay." Liang Yue nodded and pulled Yang Yuting over.
"This Orange Kindergarten is good in every way, except that there are too many children from different backgrounds. What if they lead our daughter astray?"
At this moment, an inappropriate voice suddenly sounded and happened to float into Liang Yue's ears.
There were many parents from other places around, and when they heard this, the smiles on their faces froze instantly, and they all cast unfriendly glances at the middle-aged woman who was speaking.
The woman looked to be in her early forties, with curly hair. She was dressed elegantly, but what she said was far less respectable than the clothes she wore.
"If you don't like it, you can just not enroll your granddaughter in Orange Kindergarten!"
"What granddaughter? This is my daughter! Are you blind?"
"Oh, I'm so sorry! Looking at you like this, I thought you were over sixty. I didn't expect you to be so capable. You really are an old clam with a pearl in its arms!"
A parent nearby said this with a mocking smile on his face, and started arguing with the middle-aged woman on the spot.
Yao Zhen happened to pass by outside the door and hurried in.
At this time, the security personnel had separated the two people who were arguing, but they were still cursing at each other through the human wall.
One spoke the local dialect and the other spoke a foreign dialect, and it seemed like they were talking at cross purposes.
After cursing for a few words, he immediately switched to Mandarin for fear that the other party couldn't hear him.
"Hello, parent! I am Yao Zhen, the principal of Orange Kindergarten. First of all, thank you very much for choosing our kindergarten.
But here, I must emphasize one thing: the world of children is pure and innocent, so please do not pass on wrong ideas to children."
Yao Zhen looked at the other party and said in a serious tone.
"Tsk! Do you really think I'm precious? Nannan, let's go!"
The middle-aged woman looked a little embarrassed. She snorted coldly and started to walk out while dragging her daughter.
Yao Zhen stepped aside.
She doesn't welcome such prejudiced parents who destroy the atmosphere.
Looking at the angry back of the middle-aged woman, Yao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. Then he turned to the other parents in the hall and smiled gently again.
"We are very sorry to let everyone see such an unpleasant scene, and thank you for your understanding. Orange Kindergarten has been adhering to the principles of equality and inclusiveness since its inception.
No matter where the children come from or what their parents do for a living, we will treat them equally and nurture the growth of every child with our heart.
Here, there is no so-called 'high and low', only genuine care for children."
As soon as Yao Zhen finished speaking, warm applause broke out from the crowd.
Seeing this, another local quickly raised his voice and said, "That person just spoke with a pidgin accent, and he doesn't sound like a true Shanghainese. Don't take it to heart, and don't let it affect your mood for registering your child."
Many parents from other places smiled and nodded, and the frustration caused by the middle-aged woman's words gradually dissipated.
In the next few days, the registration site of Orange Kindergarten was crowded and bustling every day.
The registration channel was originally planned to be open for a week, but because there were too many parents who came to register, it ended early in less than three days.
The number of students enrolled in the first batch of Orange Kindergarten was finally confirmed to be 4,217.
The admissions process went extremely smoothly!
On August 11, Orange Technology released a children's smart watch called "Little Genius" on its official Weibo account, which has core functions such as GPS positioning, photo taking, chatting and making calls.
The price is 499 yuan and it will be officially released to the public on August 18.
"Yes! Parents can feel more at ease when their children have camera phones."
"Orange Technology's Little Genius watch is launched at the perfect time!"
“Only 499 yuan? Not expensive at all!”
Netizens were discussing it at once.
After all, these days, even a rag will have its price doubled if it has the word "children" on it.
Zhou Hongyi, who was far away in Yanjing, slapped his head and said, "Why didn't I think of this?"
(End of this chapter)
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