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Chapter 1367 Copy it for me! Copy it completely for me (First update, please subscribe)
(NBC stands for North Borneo Company)

No one knows what this minor operation at the Baikonur Cosmodrome means.

No one even knows - because it is a secret in itself.

On this day, a plane flying from the Baikonur Cosmodrome arrived in Moscow. Soon, an officer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs got off the plane carrying a refrigerated box and got into an ambulance that had been waiting for a long time.

In that refrigerator was a frozen tissue sample - the polyp that had been cut from Korolev's body.

As a national treasure-level scientist, his physical condition naturally attracted great attention, so tissue samples were sent to the Ministry of Health in Moscow for examination.

Such treatment is not only not enjoyed by other scientists, but even high-level officials may not be able to enjoy it.

Alexander Shokin, the first deputy chairman of the State Radioelectronics Committee, does not enjoy such treatment. Even when seeing a doctor in a Moscow hospital, he has to queue up because the special outpatient clinics have been cancelled.

However, for Shokin, he had never thought about this problem at all. At this time, Shokin was completely immersed in his great cause - the construction of Zelenograd!
It is a satellite city of Moscow, a science city.

During the annual review of construction projects in Moscow last year, Shokin saw a report that the construction of a satellite city originally planned to be a textile center was seriously unbalanced, and an idea immediately emerged in his mind - he hoped to persuade Khrushchev to build a new scientific city with the semiconductor industry as its focus.

To implement this plan, Shokin managed to arrange for Khrushchev to visit the Second Special Design Bureau of the Electronic Industry in Petrograd, which was the Soviet Institute of Advanced Electronic Technology. The design bureau spent weeks preparing for this visit in order to impress him.

Finally, under Shokin's careful planning, Khrushchev came. Shokin also performed his duty perfectly - to promote the upcoming top-level microelectronics center to Khrushchev. The researchers showed Khrushchev the first Soviet microcomputer with an original architecture that could print his name. It was a copy of Wang An 100, which appeared one year later than Wang An 100 and only a few were produced.

During the visit, Shokin personally put a miniature radio receiver into Khrushchev's ear. Although it only picked up two local stations, its size was much smaller than that of a tube radio.

Faced with this radio that was only the size of a candy, Khrushchev was naturally ecstatic. He asked a lot of questions and was as happy as a child - he had seen this thing on NBC, and NBC made a lot of money by exporting such radios.

Soon, Shokin handed him the plan to build a science city in Zelenograd and introduced it to him.

Khrushchev was immediately fascinated by this grand project. He also gave Shokin a hug and promised his full support. A few months later, the Kremlin approved the plan to build a semiconductor city on the outskirts of Moscow.

So Zelenograd went from a textile town to a science town. The city means "green city" in Russian - but in fact, it was designed to be a scientific paradise. Shokin wanted it to be a perfect scientific settlement, with research laboratories and production facilities, as well as schools, daycares, cinemas, libraries and hospitals - everything a semiconductor engineer needs. Close to the city center is a university, the Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology.

At this time, in Zelenograd's research laboratory,

Shokin summoned the city's governor, also his student, Fedor Lukin, and a group of other engineers to his laboratory.

Then, pointing to a microprocessor under the microscope, he said:
"Do you know what this is?"

Facing Shokin's question, Fedor and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. Fedor said:

"Athlon processor manufactured by NBC International Electronics."

Of course he knew about it. Over the past few weeks, in the lab, researchers had been polishing the processor from International Electronics and observing its circuit structure under a microscope.

"No, it's sand!"

Xiao Jin said excitedly:

"A piece of sand worth 13000 rubles, or 12832 grams of gold! How much does it weigh? Just a few dozen grams, but for these few dozen grams, we need to use 12832 grams of gold to buy it. Even so, they are unwilling to sell it to us openly!"

Of course, what Xiao Jin said was a bit extreme. This is definitely not sand, but science! It is technology!
It's black technology!

“Why should we spend so much gold to buy these from them?”

Looking around at the people around him, Xiao Jin said:

"Because we don't have it, because we need it! Because we can't make it."

As he spoke, he placed it under his microscope and carefully observed the processor through the lens.

In this finger-sized processor, the width of the transistor is only 50 microns, and it contains more than 3000 transistors, which is simply incredible!

But this is the fact. After staring at the microscope for a while, Xiao Jin raised his head, looked at his students and other scientists, and said directly:

"I don't know when you will be able to produce a similar processor, but now..."

Staring at them, Xiao Jin ordered:

"Copy it for me! Copy it completely without any deviation. I'll give you three months. I want to see our own 'Athlon processor'!"

Just like that, with Shokin's order, no matter how reluctant Soviet scientists were, they had to start working - copying NBC's processor. It was on this day that the Soviet microelectronics industry began its "hand-made" journey.

When that butterfly in South America flaps its wings, it doesn't know what's going to happen. But a hurricane in the Pacific does change a lot of things.

As for how strong this hurricane is, I'm afraid only God knows, or rather, time will prove everything.

……

Natalia, wearing spring clothes and carrying a suitcase, walked into the airport. There was no one to see her off, only her.

After entering the customs channel, the customs officer at the customs window took her passport and looked at her and asked.

"Going to study abroad?"

"Yes, an exchange student from Moscow State University."

Natalia replied.

Not everyone in the Soviet Union could apply for a passport. Only those with official permission could get a passport.

In this case, the inquiry before leaving the customs is just a matter of strict enforcement of official duties.

Soon, Natalia got on the plane. The cabin was empty and there were not many passengers. After finding her seat, she was slightly stunned when she saw the passenger next to her.

The passenger next to me was a young NBC man.

Why did you recognize the other person as someone from NBC at first sight?
Because of what he was wearing, his woolen suit was not only exquisitely made but also novel in style, and it was definitely not sold in a Moscow store.

Looking up, Zhou Bicheng's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise. In Russia, beautiful girls are common, but this girl is even more beautiful.

Although he was amazed, he did not disturb the other person, but just sat there reading the magazine in his hand.

Although he didn't strike up a conversation, Natalia took the initiative to strike up a conversation:

"You speak Russian?"

Because he was reading a Russian art magazine.

"Do not."

Shaking his head, Zhou Bicheng said:
"I can only see some pictures. I am a construction engineer and I think the Soviet architectural design style is very unique, so..."

It was only at this time that Zhou Bicheng was surprised:
"I didn't realize you were speaking Russian. And your English was so fluent that I couldn't even detect an accent."

"That's why I went to school here. What about you? Why did you come to Moscow? To travel?"

"I came here to work, building a factory for a car factory."

During the rest of the journey, they talked a lot, and Zhou Bicheng even asked her to teach him Russian. After all, it is always good to have many skills, and learning a foreign language is also a good thing.

Sometimes, the fate between people is very magical, and the two young people met in this way.

More than ten hours later, the Tu-114 aircraft landed at Singapore Airport - this Changan flight also carries out routes along the way including New Delhi and Singapore.

After the plane landed, Vitrov, who was sitting in the back seat, got off the plane. As a KGB intelligence officer, his life was more like Chekhov's stories than like the James Bond movies that have been popular in the past two years.

His KGB job was clerical, his mistress was far from a supermodel, and his wife was more affectionate towards her dog than towards him. Even more, Vitrov’s career and his life were on the rocks. He despised his desk job and felt ignored by his superiors. He hated his wife just as much because she was having an affair with one of his friends.

To relax, he would either go to a small wooden house in a village north of Moscow, which had no electricity and was very primitive, or stay in Moscow and get drunk.

However, now Vitrov's life suddenly became less boring. Now, he got a good foreign position. As a "foreign trade officer", he came to Star City, and according to the order, his task was to set up a trading company here.

According to the "trade" strategy formulated by the bureau, while he kept NBC's high-tech industry secret, he also needed to set up shell companies to purchase high-tech products from NBC. They have always done this. As long as they are willing to transfer a whole batch of integrated circuits to the Soviet Union, it is usually not difficult. After all, that thing is available on the market, and it is very small and very easy to carry.

Just as Vitrov passed through airport customs and entered Star City, ready to start his journey, a butterfly was gently flapping its wings in Southeast Asia...

(End of this chapter)