"Huang Sang, our board of directors has already met and discussed that as long as you are willing to sell all your patents to us, then we are willing to accept your offer of 8 million US dollars and sell you 10 200nm lithography machines, and it will be done immediately

Ship it!" That afternoon, Kimura Makoto said immediately after seeing Huang He.

This morning, Makoto Kimura and the board of directors held an emergency meeting and decided to agree to a price of US$8 million per unit in order to obtain more than 100 patents held by Huang He.

Nikon agreed very readily, so it seems that it will make tens of millions of dollars less in this way. But with these patents in hand, Nikon can strangle ASML to death. At this time, Nikon will go at full speed.

If we start the research and development of immersion lithography machines, we will definitely be able to come up with immersion lithography machines ahead of ASML in the future. In this way, Nikon will dominate the entire lithography machine industry in the future.

A mere loss of tens of millions of dollars would have such an effect, it’s worth it!

In fact, the cost of a piece of Nikon equipment is only about 5 million US dollars. At a price of 8 million US dollars, it can still earn 3 million US dollars. Do you think Nikon really lost money?

After hearing this result, Huang He finally showed a smile on his face and said, "Mr. Kimura, your attitude makes me very happy, but this 200 nanometer lithography machine will probably be outdated in less than 2 years. This is just an emergency."

I hope Jiangnan can still have some convenience when purchasing immersion lithography machines in the future. After all, these technologies are also produced by Jiangnan Group!"

"This..." Kimura Makoto hesitated, "Huang Sang, although I am very happy to sell you our first batch of immersion lithography machines, but according to the constraints of the agreement, I cannot sell the most advanced lithography equipment.

It’s for you, otherwise it will be a violation of the agreement, and the United States will impose sanctions on us.”

"Don't worry, I've already considered this!" Huang He smiled slightly, "You don't need to sell to me directly. In the future, I will set up a chip manufacturer in Southeast Asia, and I will purchase from you through that manufacturer.

Yes, nominally this manufacturer will not have any relationship with our Jiangnan Group, we will only purchase chips from this manufacturer, so we don’t have to worry about any violation of the Paris Agreement!"

"Even if something leaks out in the future, it will just be you who are kept in the dark by me!" Huang He said with a smile.

"Well..." Makoto Kimura was still hesitant. Although Huang He's routine could avoid the sanctions of the Paris Agreement, it would not be easy for them if the Americans were serious about it.

"Don't worry, the United States is a free country. As long as we can't find any fault with the law, the United States must be free. Don't you believe in the integrity of the United States?" Huang He asked with a smile.

"Okay!" Hearing Huang's words, Makoto Kimura nodded involuntarily. After all, the world's order was designed by Americans, and it is impossible for Americans to take the lead in violating the trade order they designed.

In the next three days, Huang He was negotiating cooperation with Makoto Kimura. In the end, the two parties decided that Nikon would sell 10 photolithography machines to Jiangnan Group at a price of US$8 million each within three months.

Complete delivery.

At the same time, Jiangnan packaged and sold more than 100 patents in its hands to Nikon Group for US$10 million.

This was an agreement signed by both parties in name, but secretly, Huang He also signed a secret agreement with Makoto Kimura, which was that Nikon guaranteed to sell the first batch of immersion lithography machines to a foreign-funded enterprise designated by Huang He. At the same time,

In the future, Nikon and Jiangnan Group will maintain close cooperation and exchange information.

Of course, this is a secret agreement, which is actually not binding. After all, it is impossible to expose this agreement. Whether it is abided by or not depends entirely on the credibility of each party.

However, in terms of credit, the Japanese are at least more reliable than the Americans, and even if credit is put aside, it is impossible for Kimura Makoto to offend a future major customer like Jiangnan Group, so Huang He is not worried about this secret agreement at all.

Are there any implementation issues?

Moreover, when Huang He revealed that he had encountered some difficulties in chip research and development, Kimura Makoto also said very generously that when technicians debug the lithography machine, they will arrange for several chip experts to go there. As for this aspect

It is unclear what the experts were doing when they went to Jiangnan, but they certainly did not leave nothing behind.

In this way, Huang He's mission in Japan was considered a complete success. Unfortunately, Huang He did not have time to stay in Japan for any longer. As soon as the contract was signed, he immediately returned to China with Hu Jing.

"Chairman, I am a little reluctant to sell these patents that we have worked so hard to develop to the Japanese like this..." Hu Jing said with some reluctance on the plane back.

"It's useless to be unwilling. Who told us that it is impossible for us to have the technology to develop an immersion lithography machine at present?" Huang He sighed and said, "If we can develop such a lithography machine ourselves, then I will definitely

It is impossible to transfer these patents."

"But why don't we cooperate with ASML?" Hu Jing asked in confusion. "Although ASML had problems with our attitude before, they are a Dutch company after all, which is much better than cooperating with Japanese companies! I

I think if we throw out these patents, ASML will immediately change its attitude and beg to cooperate with us!"

"You are wrong!" Huang He shook his head. "ASML is already cooperating with TSMC, and now TSMC is the largest chip manufacturer in the world, so ASML's first batch of immersion lithography machines must be sold to

For TSMC, even if we provide patents, when it comes time to actually deliver the goods, they will give priority to TSMC."

"Why?"

"Just because TSMC is a dog of the United States, we are not!" Huang He said lightly, "In this way, we have given the patent, but still can't get the latest equipment. Wouldn't that be the most stupid person in the world?"

"In addition, if we also support ASML, then ASML will definitely dominate the market. One person will control the supply of all immersion lithography machines. At that time, we will decide what price he wants to sell for.

No matter how much money you have to pay, do you still think it is a good thing for the company?"

"I understand, but I feel unhappy when I see little Japan benefiting!" Hu Jing sighed.

"It's okay. Little Japan may benefit this time, but they won't get much benefit, because the United States is very determined to suppress the Japanese semiconductor industry. Nikon gave priority to the immersion lithography machine, but it will

If the United States gets more powerful suppression, their life will not be easy!"

"So at that time, they need us as a customer even more. Americans don't buy their equipment, and they don't let their dogs buy Nikon equipment. Then Nikon can only sell these equipment to us, and they don't dare to

Sell ​​high or he will lose the few customers he has."

"So, we need to muddy the waters. The more manufacturers selling lithography machines in the world, the more intense the competition will be, and the more opportunities and technologies we will be able to obtain in the future. When we have the technical strength, we can get

When our own lithography machine comes out, it will be a different world!" Huang He smiled slightly, and Hu Jing on the side finally understood the talent and strategy in Huang He's heart, with a look of admiration on her face.

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"Everyone, prepare to pressurize the container and increase it to 5,000 units!" In a fully enclosed, dust-free laboratory, a group of people wearing dustproof suits were nervously operating the equipment.

In the center of this laboratory, there is another container that is protected by layers of isolation. This container is connected by countless pipelines. The whole scene is like a science fiction novel.

Well, this is indeed one of the most sci-fi places in the world, and it is also a world-class materials laboratory that Boss Huang has devoted all his efforts to build.

Unfortunately, because there is not enough money, this laboratory is not yet the top laboratory, but it is definitely the top laboratory in the country.

"Director, the container is still stable and can continue to be pressurized!"

"Great, 1,000 more units!"

"Still stable."

"Continue to increase the pressure, this time directly increase it to 8,000 units!"

"No, there are some changes in the container. I'm afraid it won't be able to support it."

"Increase it directly to ten thousand!"

"Director, this is too dangerous. The equipment is at risk of destruction."

"But the previous 8,000 units of pressure resulted in incomplete fusion. I have a feeling that as long as we continue to pressurize, we can get a gift from the Jade Emperor!" The director licked his lips and said, "No matter what, you continue to pressurize.

If it breaks, just buy another one!"

"Yes!" the experimenters said helplessly, and then continued to pressurize it as required.

As a result, when the pressure gauge reached about 11,200, the entire container suddenly jumped violently. Although the director made a prompt decision and issued an order to stop pressurization, it was too late. The entire container exploded directly, and the huge bombardment hit the

The high-strength glass on the periphery of the laboratory container caused the entire glass to explode in an instant.

Then all these fragments hit the second layer of glass, and they all exploded again.

In this way, the originally designed five layers of glass were exploded layer by layer, and finally the outermost layer of glass was smashed. Several nearby experimenters screamed on the spot, and their bodies were covered with glass fragments.

The exploded container directly hit the wall of the laboratory. Fortunately, the inside of the wall was protected by alloy armor, so the wall was fine. However, a dent was also made, and a nearby piece of equipment was also damaged.

It was smashed.

"What's going on? What happened?" Other staff outside the laboratory quickly rushed in, and then saw the tragic situation inside the laboratory.

There were originally 6 staff members in the laboratory, and now 4 of them were all covered in blood and lying on the ground, with various glass fragments stuck in their bodies. If they hadn't been wearing protective clothing, the impact would have been consumed by five layers of defense measures.

It's so bad that their bodies will even be directly pierced.

"Save people! Save people quickly!" The staff who rushed in immediately rescued the injured experimenters. The only two uninjured people in the laboratory slowly stood up.

"Director, let's go first, it's too dangerous here!" A person said in fear, but the director suddenly ignored him and rushed directly to the core area of ​​the explosion, passing through the layers of broken glass.

Then at the very center, where the container was originally placed, I began to search hard for something.

"Director, it's too dangerous. If the chief engineer knows that something happened to you, our future in Jiangnan will be gone!" Several staff members said nervously.

"I found it, I found it!" Suddenly, the director took off his gloves, and then carefully picked up a small black fragment from the ground, about the size of a fingernail.

This is a bright, black glass-like crystal.
Chapter completed!