Chapter 746: Family Heirloom

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In the early morning of September 21, 1999. A 7.6-magnitude earthquake occurred in Jiji, Nantou County, Taiwan Province, with an epicenter depth of about 10 kilometers, and the hardest hit area was in the Sun Moon Lake area.

There are many active faults in this area, starting with the activity of the Shuangdong Fault, and at the same time affecting the large-scale sliding of the adjacent Chelangpu Fault, resulting in catastrophic destruction in Fengyuan, Nantou and other cities, counties, villages and towns along the fault, and most of the sections were razed to the ground. More than 2,300 people were killed, nearly 9,000 were injured, nearly 10,000 buildings of various kinds collapsed, more than 7,000 buildings were seriously damaged, 2.5 million people were affected, more than one-tenth of the population of Taiwan Island, more than 300,000 people were affected, and nearly $10 billion in property was damaged.

A devastating earthquake not only destroyed countless homes, but also changed the landscape of the fault area.

Shigang Dam intercepts Dajia Creek, which is one of the main sources of drinking water in Taichung County, and the three-span floodway in the northern section of the earthquake was broken and collapsed, and the water storage function was completely lost, and the bottom bed of the upstream reservoir was exposed.

The earthquake caused countless houses to collapse, some like sardines pushing into a mass that was unbearable to see, some like stacked blocks, some like dominoes, and some collapsing on the streets.

Many sections of the road were covered with a large amount of soil and rocks, among which a team of the Flying Eagle Mountaineering Team of the Taiwan Mountain Association was buried alive by sliding soil and rocks on the Qingshan section of the mountain. A total of 15 members of the team were killed.

Shortly before the earthquake, there was a loud rumbling sound in the earth, and before it could react, the earth began to shake, and the residents fled from their houses in a hurry, only to see the buildings on the side of the road falling down one after another like dominoes.

Taipei was also deeply affected, shortly before the incident, there was a brief power outage for about half a minute, and the power was restored immediately, but then there was a power outage, followed by a wave of shaking up and down, and then aftershocks continued, and the China Broadcasting Corporation reported a fire in the Dongxing building in Taipei shortly after the earthquake.

Five days later, Lee Teng-hui issued an emergency order, which was retroactively approved by the Legislative Yuan three days later in order to reduce administrative procedures and speed up disaster relief.

Disaster relief and fund-raising operations are in full swing in various places, but some people still believe that the authorities' ability to respond needs to be strengthened, and there has even been an unfortunate incident in which the helicopter of Taiwan leader Lee Teng-hui accidentally blew down a tree and crushed a little girl to death while landing.

After this earthquake. It also made Taiwanese people understand the power of earthquakes, and began to think deeply about the importance of earthquake prevention, and began to review earthquake prevention measures in buildings and other places.

Among the semiconductor production equipment, the most sophisticated is the step-by-step lithography machine. After the earthquake, its location was dislocated and it needed to be readjusted urgently before it could be used, which directly affected the production for more than half a month.

During the earthquake, some quartz tubes in the treatment furnaces of UMC and other manufacturers ruptured and needed to be completely replaced, which also had a significant impact on production.

However, due to the relatively stable geological structure of Hsinchu Industrial Park and the distance from the epicenter area of central Taiwan, the 9.21 earthquake caused little damage to the plant and production equipment in the park, and the plant and equipment of TSMC were basically not damaged.

Worst affected is Winbond Electronics, Taiwan's third-largest semiconductor manufacturer, which has leaked some of its water and gas supply lines, in addition to a ruptured quartz pipe. Overall, however, all semiconductor manufacturers were able to restore full production capacity in about two weeks.

The impact of the earthquake was significant, as TSMC and UMC's September output fell by 13 percentage points from the highest in August, and smaller semiconductor manufacturers such as Winbond, which is dominated by DRAM, saw sales in September be the same or slightly higher than in August amid the high global DRAM prices.

After the earthquake in Taiwan, the global semiconductor price rose significantly. Driven by profits, all semiconductor manufacturers recovering from the impact of the earthquake are working overtime at full capacity. Due to the sharp rise in the price of DRAM in the world, all Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturers, which mainly produce DRAM, have reaped huge benefits.

However, the power of short-term speculation is the majority, and a major earthquake in Taiwan has had a great impact on the world's information industry, but it is not decisive. In addition to Taiwan, IBM in the United States, Nanan in South Korea, Oki Electric and Epson in Japan, and licensed companies in Singapore all have strong semiconductor processing capabilities, and due to the global semiconductor production recession in recent years, they have idle a large part of their production equipment, and they can completely replace Taiwanese manufacturers for production.

For example, after the 9.21 earthquake, South Korean manufacturers received a large number of orders for the production of memory chips.

Fan Wuxi thought of these things, and couldn't help patting his head, such an important thing as the heart path was almost completely forgotten, can you imagine what the passage of time can make a person become?

But after figuring this out, Fan Wuxian's heart is also a little entangled, I don't know how to deal with this matter, earthquakes, in official terms, that is, countries in the world are not completely sure that they can predict, of course, it is impossible for him to jump out and openly predict that there will be a major earthquake in Taiwan on September 21, in that case, if there is no earthquake, he will be laughed at, once the earthquake occurs as scheduled, then the problem will be even greater, It is estimated that Taiwan's military will immediately say that the earthquake is related to the secret weapons experiment of the mainland military, and the trouble involved is enough to make people feel a headache.

"Why haven't you come to your senses yet? Forgot what day it is? Shen Ying couldn't help but touch his forehead with some curiosity when she saw Fan Wuxian sitting still, and found that the temperature was normal. So he urged, "Hurry up, I made an appointment with someone to shoot the location, why didn't you react at all, don't you want to marry me?" ”

"What's the matter!" Fan Wuxi shook his head, recovered from his thoughts, and immediately replied playfully, "I've been looking forward to having a room with you for a long time, can I do it now?" ”

Saying that Fan Wuxian was a hungry wolf, he pressed Shen Ying on the bed, ready to chew it, but he heard someone coughing behind him, and when he looked back, he found that two girls of the same age as Shen Ying were standing there, looking at him with strange expressions.

Fan Wuxi suddenly felt very embarrassed, and his heart was because he dreamed of the 9.21 earthquake just now, so he let his ears and eyes lose their former wisdom, and the two little girls actually entered the house, and they didn't realize anything, ashamed, ashamed.

Fortunately, neither he nor Shen Ying seems to have left*, otherwise it would have been a big loss.

Shen Ying was also flushed by Fan Wuxi, although she had been in contact with Fan Wuxian for several years. But there was nothing out of line between the two of them, and as soon as they were pressed on the bed by Fan Wuxi, they felt that Fan Wuxi's extraordinarily strong doppelganger had been standing up against her in the morning, making her weak and a little unable to exert her strength.

In the past few days, because she has received a marriage certificate, Shen Ying probably has the consciousness to call it a good thing to Fan Wuxian at any time, if she didn't go to take wedding photos today, and her two assistants came over, or she would have agreed to Fan Wuxian half-pushed.

"I'm going to wash my face—" Fan Wuxian himself felt a little embarrassed, and quickly grabbed a piece of clothing and rushed to the bathroom, only to rub it out after a long time.

"Let's go. I've already arranged it. Shen Ying watched Fan Wuxi finish drinking the soup she had brought, and began to urge him.

"There's no hurry, is it?" Although Fan Wuxian said this, he still followed Shen Ying very cooperatively into his Bugatti Veyron sports car, and Shen Ying's two assistants got into her Rolls-Royce car with the driver.

Everyone drove all the way out of the suburbs to a beautiful location, at this time the mountain is the best time to shoot, the verdant scenery, captured by the photographer and used a little, immediately became a beautiful picture.

What's even more rare is that the characters in the picture scroll are even more suave and unparalleled in the world.

The photographer had already started to set up there, there were no tourists around, and the curtain was raised, and there were bodyguards on the periphery to keep watch in case anyone suddenly came to disturb him.

Fan Wuxian took out a colorless and pure diamond pendant from the diamond pendant ornament that Wang Rongchang and the others gave him, and hung it on Shen Ying's neck with his own hands, looking at the snow-like skin reflecting the radiant diamond, he couldn't help but praise, "It's beautiful!" ”

For Fan Wuxi's move, Shen Ying didn't expect it, for diamond jewelry, it is difficult for any girl to be immune, and she couldn't help but look at the huge diamond jewelry that was obviously the highest level, and said to Fan Wuxi, "Is this what you gave me for today?" ”

Fan Wuxian nodded and replied, "Of course, this is my family heirloom!" ”

Hearing Fan Wuxian's answer, Shen Ying's expression was a little strange, she wanted to laugh but couldn't laugh, and she held back for a long time before saying, "If you only have such a family heirloom, I'm afraid it will cause many people to be dissatisfied." ”

"Why?" Fan Wuxian asked with some curiosity, but before Shen Ying could answer, he discovered the problem.

Not only Lin Xiaotong and Ouyang Xiaowei, but also Ziqi and Tong Xiaoyun all appeared in the temporary rest place next to them, and it seemed that everyone was trying on various wedding dresses and outfits.

"You guys? I-" Fan Wuxian's eyes widened. I think it's a little incredible.

"Today is cheap for you, and you can afford to take wedding photos with five brides-to-be at the same time? Moreover, it seems that you need to prepare a few family heirlooms, otherwise someone may be jealous. Shen Ying said a little teasingly.

Fan Wuxi swallowed his saliva and said loudly, "Grandma's, what I don't lack the most is the family heirloom!" ”

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