The Eve of the Storm! (Revised)

After Levi left, Cao Feiyu went to Gao Yuan's office. Looking at the ranking list on the wall, he frowned slightly and said, "Putting this thing on the wall, aren't you afraid it will ruin your mood?"

Gao Yuan replied, "Don't worry, my mood isn't that fragile."

"Regardless, what happened has happened. What we should consider is how to solve the problem, not how to solve the person who raised the problem."

"Speaking of East Asian Confucian culture, we are an agricultural people who believe in returning to one's roots. We are different from the descendants of Western nomadic peoples. If the conditions were similar, I believe scientists would prefer to stay in their hometown, by their parents' side."

"There's no need to talk about having too many people or societal involution. If there's such a large-scale brain drain, there must be internal problems."

Cao Feiyu nodded repeatedly, fully agreeing with Gao Yuan's view. He asked about Levi's purpose, and Gao Yuan told him everything without reservation.

After listening, Cao Feiyu gave a wry smile. "Levi was right. You're like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. Even though X Fiber is getting global attention, how many papers can you write by yourself? Three? Five? Ten? Can a few papers break the Western academic monopoly?"

Gao Yuan said, "Of course I know what you're saying, but this isn't a simple issue. It's about attitude. As everyone knows, Huawei is facing very severe sanctions. However, behind the chip manufacturing blockade and the prohibition of EDA tools, companies like AMD, Intel, Microsoft, and Texas Instruments are still approved to supply Huawei. Why is that? Didn't they agree to the blockade?"

Cao Feiyu shook his head gently, indicating he didn't know the reason.

Gao Yuan continued, "Because North America is very smart and cunning. They want to block technology itself, not the products made with technology."

"Even if Huawei can buy CPUs and hard drives and build laptops, so what? A Huawei that develops its own processors is the real threat to North America. A Huawei that assembles computers is at best a second Lenovo, posing no threat and can be replaced at any time."

"Therefore, the essence of the trade war is actually a tech war. There is only one path before us, and that is to break free from the North American-dominated technological system and start anew."

Cao Feiyu looked enlightened after hearing Gao Yuan's words. "No wonder you're creating a brand new website. So you want to plant a seed and hope it sprouts and grows into a forest someday."

"The idea is good, but with our limited resources, it's probably not enough."

Gao Yuan shrugged helplessly. "What can I do? I can't hold a knife to someone's throat and force them to submit their papers to us. We can only take it one step at a time. When Xu Qingzhou and the others get back, I'll squeeze them a bit to contribute a few papers."

Cao Feiyu held his forehead. Gao Yuan undoubtedly had lofty ideals, but reality was bleak. Western academic journals only published the best papers. Gao Yuan, on the other hand, was looking for people to contribute, so that the website wouldn't look pathetic with too little content when it launched.

"Are the servers ready?" Gao Yuan asked.

Cao Feiyu replied, "I've asked the technical department to rent a few cloud servers. The traffic shouldn't be too overwhelming then, right?"

Gao Yuan thought for a moment. "It's not some celebrity gossip, so there shouldn't be too much traffic. I estimate only people in the chemical materials circle will visit."

Cao Feiyu nodded. "Then I know what to expect. Don't worry."

Fort Belvoir, Virginia, North American Army Materiel Command, or AMC.

Three days after meeting Gao Yuan, Levi had already returned to North America.

Although X Fiber was making waves in the chemical fiber industry, Gao Yuan and Kunlun Company's capabilities were clearly not enough to alarm higher authorities. The mysterious important figure behind Levi was actually the head of the Army Materiel Command, Breville.

Breville was responsible for the research and procurement of North American Army equipment, and Kunlun Company's Silver Frost bulletproof fiber had directly impacted his interests.

After a short wait, Levi was invited into the office and met with Minister Breville, to whom he reported the results of his trip to Huaxia.

"In that case, we'll just have to increase the budget," Breville said with some heartache. "I will notify the Army Equipment Laboratory to speed up the research and development of the third-generation bulletproof fiber. Once successful, we will equip the entire army. In short, we absolutely cannot lose to those Huaxia people."

Often, scientific research is solved by throwing money at it. Countries are all researching third-generation bulletproof fibers and have established a route of performance enhancement based on PE fiber as the base material.

The current progress of the Army Equipment Laboratory is about seventy percent. Under normal circumstances, it would take at least a few more years for it to be officially unveiled.

However, due to Huaxia's sudden upgrade and the emergence of personal protective equipment based on Silver Frost bulletproof fiber, the North American military had to catch up quickly.

Breville thought for a moment. "You mentioned earlier that Gao Yuan plans to publish papers on X Fiber on his own website, and entirely in Chinese? Could this pose a threat to us?"

Levi smiled and shook his head gently. "On the flight back, I thought for a long time. Although X Fiber is excellent, Gao Yuan, by himself, wants to challenge the existing academic system worldwide? It's undoubtedly a huge folly. I'm afraid even his own countrymen won't agree, and he'll end up becoming a laughingstock to the world."

Breville was slightly taken aback, then understood Levi's meaning and shrugged. "Yes, even his own countrymen write papers in English and submit them to our journals, yet Gao Yuan insists on using Chinese. This is indeed foolish. I'm afraid even Huaxia people will laugh at him."

"Why bother? The young man who invented X Fiber seems to be a stubborn fool."

Hahahaha~

Levi and Breville laughed heartily at the same time.

Imperial Capital.

In the conference room, a group of elderly men in military uniforms gradually fell into thought after listening to Han Chang's report.

Gao Yuan and Han Chang had a good relationship, and Han Chang was aware of Levi's visit and Gao Yuan's intention to publish his papers purely in Chinese.

Gao Yuan never expected that in the military, Han Chang wasn't the only one paying attention to his every move. The emergence of Silver Frost bulletproof fiber had already made him quite famous.

"They can't understand Chinese, what does that have to do with me? As long as our own people can understand it," a particularly stern-looking elder asked with a smile. "Did Gao Yuan really say that?"

Han Chang stood behind Ding Songlin and nodded gently. "Yes. Besides that, he said many similar things, all summarizing to one idea: that academic leadership should be held in our own hands. Even if we can't hold it for now, we should at least try to contend for it."

Han Chang was relatively restrained. In fact, Gao Yuan's original words were much more radical, revealing a deep distrust of the existing academic system. Han Chang found it difficult to directly convey these words, but he subtly revealed some of them to the important figures present.

"Let's not be indecisive. One sentence: are we doing it or not!?" a hot-tempered elder frowned. "Are you saying we're not as good as a small boss running a clothing factory?"

Han Chang really wanted to remind this elder that Gao Yuan wasn't running a clothing factory, but was involved in chemical materials, a fundamental difference. However, looking at the sharp eyes around him, he swallowed his words.

Han Chang dared not refute these elders, but there were some things he felt he had to say. It was precisely because of Gao Yuan's words that he and Ding Songlin completely, unconditionally, and wholeheartedly sided with Gao Yuan.

Slightly calming his emotions, Han Chang said gravely, "Actually, Gao Yuan also said this."

"No army can achieve victory by defending the enemy's positions. The more we fight fiercely on the enemy's ground, the more we resist desperately, the more miserably we will lose in the end."

Boom~

Han Chang's words struck like five bolts of lightning, resounding with power, causing all the big shots present to break out in a cold sweat, their backs tingling!

The enemy's position?

For many years, we wrote our papers in English, published our research in Western journals, and even ranked scientists and determined their salaries based on the number of papers published in Western journals...

The position we've been holding onto is the enemy's position!?

Although this chapter wasn't banned, the last paragraph was still censored, so I've modified the wording. The meaning remains the same.

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