"China should give up its investment in lithography machine technology, abide by the requirements of the Wassenaar Agreement, and at least maintain a gap of two or more generations with the international mainstream technology. ”

With the official coming forward, the Americans are at least willing to sit down and talk. In order to solve the problem of Lu Yinglong's prosecution, the Chinese foreign affairs department finally sent a special envoy after a difficult combing.

To be honest, this process of carding is not easy. Twenty years from now, you can jokingly shout "The biggest cent is my rabbit!", but twenty years ago, I am afraid that I would not have laughed.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, although something happened, the forces to the right were almost unstoppable in this era. Isn't the purpose of the reopening actually to envy the good life that other Americans live?

People who believe that Americans are civilized and the American system is advanced will not be less than those in all walks of life.

So since it was the Americans who caught Lu Yinglong with their own hands, is it appropriate for us to make such a big move for such a person? Is it appropriate for Xinke, a private company, to rise to such a height when something happens?

Lu Yinglong was arrested, so let the Americans interrogate. If he is innocent, why not let him be tried to prove his innocence?

In fact, such arguments are not uncommon. Just for the sake of unifying the understanding, even if Secretary Qing went to personally grasp this matter, it would take a lot of effort. Don't think that he can do whatever he wants if he is the big secretary, in fact, in such a situation, it is difficult to break the inherent ideological system of people, otherwise why is it so important to emancipate the mind.

Of course, justice is at ease in people's hearts. After all, there are still a few people who are brainless, as long as Lu Yinglong looks at this matter without prejudice, it is actually clear who is right and who is wrong. Taking a step back and having a happy funeral is said to be a good thing, and that is to educate this part of the ideologically neutral people.

In fact, since the 80s and 90s, has there been nothing between China and the United States that has been able to educate the masses? Not only that, but there are quite a few. But Americans will still pull a fig leaf after all, at least take out a tube of laundry detergent, right?

However, it is also Hu Wenhai who has really narrowed the road, and Xinke has developed to the present, and has cast a desperate patent barrier in the past ten years. Unless the Americans can find another way to make a technological leap forward, there is no way to get a new technology by normal means.

Americans are now just trying to pull a fig leaf, and they find that they can only make a bikini at most, and they can't cover anything. There was no way, so it had to be just it.

As soon as Lu Yinglong's incident came out, it was obvious that some passers-by who were originally ideologically turned black. Those who used to think that the relationship between us and the Americans was just normal state-to-state relations have finally realized that cooperation and confrontation between China and the United States will be a long-term and continuous work. Cooperation is mainstream, but confrontation is definitely not absent. Of course, even if a trade war starts, in fact, cooperation is the mainstream, and if cooperation is not the mainstream, then the Iron Curtain will rise in the Pacific. It's just that when this incident came out, these people finally realized that Americans are not saviors, and the so-called spirit of the legal system is just a tool that can be used and thrown away if it can't. As long as there are enough benefits, seemingly solid rules are not worth mentioning.

It is precisely because of such a process that Secretary Qing finally completed this matter, promoted the communication work in some aspects, and allowed the two parties to sit down and solve the incident.

However, the idea of our internal unification is actually only the first step in the long march of 10,000 miles, and no one expected that after the prelude was really kicked off, the faces of the Americans would be so shocking.

With more cooperation, Xinke finally found a channel where the two sides could sit down and talk. With the endorsement of these aspects, Xinke sent a vice president named Zhang Jinping to the United States as quickly as possible.

As soon as Zhang Jinping got off the plane, he hurriedly began to meet with the US Secretary of Commerce. However, what is surprising is that Ronald Brown (the secretary of commerce has a good name, with Brown in his name, and he died in a plane crash in 1996, which is so high that he doesn't know where to go) didn't even answer a phone call, but sent an assistant secretary to negotiate with him.

But this is already a treatment that people can't refuse, after all, time waits for no one. If Lu Yinglong goes to court and pronounces the verdict, I'm afraid that even the gods won't want to get him back from the United States.

Zhang Jinping also didn't care about the issue of treatment, so he sat down with Assistant Secretary William Daley. And the first sentence thrown out by the Americans was-

"China should give up its investment in lithography machine technology, abide by the requirements of the Wassenaar Agreement, and at least maintain a gap of two or more generations with the international mainstream technology. ”

"As for the patents related to immersive lithography machines, according to the relevant provisions of the US antitrust law, multiple US companies should be selected for authorization. ”

"Actually, Applied Materials, IBM and Motorola are all interested in coming up with a number for licensing fees that people can't refuse. ”

Although only ASML and Nikon are left among the lithography machine manufacturers, it is impossible for these two companies to have completely independent technical systems. In fact, the technology in their hands is also licensed from other companies. As the birthplace of lithography machine technology, the United States holds a large number of lithography machine patents. Like Applied Materials and IBM, they are both upstream companies of ASML and Nikon.

"I'm against it!" Zhang Jinping stood up and slapped the table in a daze before he could catch his breath: "Not to mention that there is no such provision in the US patent law, and China is not a signatory to the Wassenaar Agreement, not to mention that this is an export control agreement, and our lithography machine technology is developed by ourselves! Whether it is the Wassenaar Agreement or the US patent law, it cannot control the internal research and development plan Chinese of our ST Group at all!"

William Daly was there, and said expressionlessly: "We have reason to believe that the immersive lithography technology and related patents were stolen from scientific research laboratories in the United States by ST Group using commercial espionage. ”

"You slander, what evidence do you have that our technology was stolen from you?"

"According to the regulations, I can't show you evidence. But we have reason to believe that this is the case. ”

Zhang Jinping couldn't help but take a deep breath, stared at his eyes and sat back down. He has realized that this is not a place to be reasonable, and the biggest scoundrel on earth is unreasonable, and morality is a fart.

When the water is clear, there are no fish, and if people are cheap, they are invincible, and the overlord of the earth is a hooligan, and it is useless to find respect.

In this case, what can be done if you are angry? Zhang Jinping quickly realized that anger does not solve the problem, but affects his judgment.

"ST is a commercial enterprise and we need to survive. Immersive lithography technology, we can license to American companies, but only allow us to import lithography machines that are two generations behind, which is absolutely unacceptable. ”

"Quite simply, two generations of technology behind is enough to make our products uncompetitive. If you want to get immersive technology, you've got to give us something, right? Even if it's an unequal deal, we don't want to make a profit, but at least we can't lose money. ”

William Daly shrugged his shoulders and said innocently: "Don't think we are so bad, we get the patent, you get acquitted, this kind of deal seems to me to be very fair." ”

"Mr. Lu Yinglong is very important, but he is not worth hundreds of billions of dollars!"

Xinke is a wholly-owned enterprise of the Hu family, and no one knows how much money Xinke has, but no matter how conservatively estimated, the assets of Warren Buffett, the world's second richest man, will not exceed one-tenth of Xinke's market value.

That's right, back in 1993 ST launched a full-fledged EOS graphics operating system, which was not only free but also open source. In this way, Microsoft can be said to be beaten to a half-body at one time, and the richest man in Bill's gate flew away with wings.

Due to the financial turmoil in Southeast Asia caused in advance, Buffett's personal assets are estimated to have exceeded $20 billion, and he is the second richest person on the planet today.

In any case, the market value of Xinke today will not be less than 200 billion yuan, and the Mitsubishi consortium, which topped the list of the world's top 500 companies in 1995, is only 170 billion US dollars.

In fact, according to different calculation methods, the outside world estimates the wealth of the Hu family from between 250 billion and 500 billion, and Hu Wenhai, Japan's top consortium, can fight three at a time!

However, the more such a behemoth business empire, if the foundation is unstable, the greater the loss. Lithography machine technology is one of the foundations of today's new technology, two generations behind the lithography machine, the most conservative estimate of new technology loss will not be less than 100 billion US dollars.

It's not about how much money you can make, it's the future of the whole group that is being sold, and no one in the world is worth that price.

Even if it was Hu Wenhai, it was impossible for him to let Xinke, who already had self-awareness, sell such huge interests.

William Daly shook his fingers and said meaningfully: "What we offer is a fair deal, Mr. Lu's innocence is not just his business, it also means that Xinke himself is innocent - do you understand?"

"Actually, we don't necessarily have to fight, so why can't we cooperate?" William Daly smiled confidently: "Xinke's products have now been completely excluded from the American market, and I think you will soon lose the European market." Once the situation develops to such a point, we can imagine how bad things will be for Xinke. But if ST is willing to work with us, then the world market will be open to you. This will do no harm to New Cburry, and it can even bring you more wealth!"

Zhang Jinping was a little vigilant, looked at his eyes, and asked noncommittally: "Cooperation?

"A century of cooperation!"

William Daley said with high spirits: "The company with the largest market capitalization in this century will be listed on the US stock market! Believe me, with the capital of the ST Group, the wealth owned by the Hu family will increase tenfold!"

"As long as you are willing to accept Wall Street's investment, Hu Wenhai will be safer in the United States than Clinton in the White House!"