The man with glasses is the president of Hitachi's "Wako" Technology Manufacturing Co., Ltd., named Yanagisawa Taiga.

And the short and fat man in front of him is Harushi Yokoyama, the head of Hitachi Commercial Research Institute.

Hearing Yanagisawa Taiga's words, a hint of ridicule flashed on Yokoyama Haru's face.

Yanagisawa Taiga said casually: "I'm just reminding you that some things are not as simple as you think, but they are not as complicated as you think. ”

Yokoyama Haruto hesitated again and said, "Then, what the president means ......"

Yanagisawa Taihe lit a cigarette, hugged his chest with his left hand, and held the elbow of his right hand and said slowly: "I tried to convince those old guys above to get the core secrets of that company at all costs.

But one by one, they all took my words as wind on their ears, and thought that things were far from the worst. ”

Haru Yokoyama was silent.

That company's R&D capabilities are really too strong, especially in the field of core algorithms, which is simply devastating and invincible, and software companies such as Adobe, oracle, Cisco, and Microsoft are losing ground in the Chinese market.

In addition, the sales of robot control systems from companies such as Nipponfak, Yaskawa, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and NACHI have been declining since the first half of 2021.

Including Hitachi has also been greatly affected.

These facts are both surprising and incredible.

"We're running out of opportunities, but no matter what, we always have to do it.

There is still hope for doing it, but if we don't do it, we can only watch our market being eaten away step by step. ”

Yokoyama Harushi vaguely understood what Yanagisawa Taihe meant, and muttered: "Their technical protection is very tight, and our people can't get close to the core area at all. ”

"Nothing in this world is absolute!"

Yanagisawa Taihe said a word and said, "I received news that the Security Bureau has been closely watching this company, and it has already begun to lay out, and Yokoyama-kun can join forces with them." ”

Haru Yokoyama had a look of surprise on his face.

The full name of the "Security Bureau" is the [Japan Benzene National Security Bureau], and it is the highest intelligence agency of Japan Benzene, and their reconnaissance and infiltration capabilities are far from being comparable to that of a single Hitachi commercial investigation office.

If you can get the support of the Security Bureau, then the probability of obtaining the core secrets will be greatly increased.

And as the person in charge, he will naturally be indispensable to his benefits at that time.

It's just that when did the president get on the line of the Security Bureau?

Yokoyama Haru involuntarily bowed down again, and said in a more humble tone: "Yes, please rest assured, I will definitely redouble my efforts." ”

"Well, in four or five months there is the day of the president election, Yokoyama-kun has a candidate to support......

……

The local time of the United States was 7 p.m. on the 3rd.

At a time when Japanese benzene technology companies are worried about the rise of Xinghai, rice companies are also not much better.

When a company's sales stop growing, it often means that a cold winter is coming, and when sales start to regress, it is not just a cold winter, but a crisis.

Now, all high-tech enterprises with business in China have been affected by the rise of Xinghai Technology.

Among them, Oracle, Adobe, Cisco, Microsoft, the four major software companies were the most affected, and sales almost fell off a cliff.

At this time, in the "8 Spruce Street" building in the center of New York, a number of entrepreneurs, investors and politicians gathered.

8 Spruce Street, also known as the "Bickman Building" and "New York Gehry", is the tallest all-residential building in New York City and the Western Hemisphere, with 76 floors.

And these political and business people of the United States are all on the 74th floor of the building, sitting or standing in the huge banquet hall in twos and threes, everyone is holding whiskey and red wine, sipping cigars, whispering, talking to each other, and there are laughter from time to time.

In the southeast corner of the ballroom, there is a row of tables with white cloths on them, on which are placed countless delicacies, such as abalone, dragon, king crab, top foie gras caviar, chilled bluefin tuna, etc., which is enough to make the mouths of gourmets drool at the sight.

However, no one came to pick it up, and even passers-by didn't even look at these top ingredients.

Soon, a wooden door carved with intricate patterns on the side of the ballroom was pushed open from the outside.

The people in the banquet hall looked over one after another.

When they saw the people who walked in, they all stopped talking and had a gentlemanly smile on their faces.

The man who came in from the outside was Bill, the former richest man in the world, and he was also the president of the United Business Association of the United States.

Bill, who had come in, greeted the men and women in the banquet hall all the way, and soon came to the stage in front of him.

After a few brief remarks, Bill came down from the stage and laughed with the guests.

The atmosphere seemed very harmonious.

Half an hour later, Bill left the venue through the small door on the side of the ballroom, and after passing through a long passage, he entered another luxuriously decorated room.

There were not many people in the room, only a dozen people, aged about 40~70 years old.

These people are the actual controllers of the Mi Guo consortium, and they are also the behind-the-scenes bosses of many technology companies in the United States.

Bill immediately lowered his shoulders when he arrived, and the perfunctory smile on his face had long since disappeared, replaced by a look of disgust.

He cursed in his mouth: "Those damn vampires out there, they don't know anything but profits, I can't wait to shoot them in the face!"

A "young man" in his 40s on Bill's left took a sip of the thick cigar in his hand and teased: "Poor Bill, I have endured torture for decades, but I didn't expect to continue to appear in front of everyone with this hypocritical face after retirement."

If I were Bill, I think I'd be devastated. Haha......"

The young man's name is long, but he is generally called "Little Morgan".

The people in the room burst out laughing when they heard this.

Another old Mediterranean man continued: "They are the ones who should have collapsed." If they knew that the world's first philanthropic was actually a stingy Grande behind the scenes, they would be very uncomfortable. ”

The Mediterranean man also has a resounding name: DuPont.

"No, no, no, I don't think it's that simple. They should know in their hearts that all this is just business, and nothing is eternal. ”

"Hahaha......"

Bill, who was ridiculed by everyone, didn't care, and found a random seat in the room to sit down.

Soon, a man in his 50s with a sturdy hook-nosed body said slowly: "I called you here today because, according to intelligence, Xinghai Technology has broken through the preparation process of 14nm lithography machine, including the preparation process of extreme ultraviolet laser and lens.

At present, we are making every effort to tackle the 10nm preparation process, and if nothing else, we will almost be able to achieve a mass production plant for 10nm lithography by the end of this year. ”

After a pause, the hook-nosed man followed: "In addition to lithography machines, they have made breakthrough technological progress in the semiconductor industry chain such as microspheres, photoresists, and high-end capacitors and resistors. ”

Hearing the hook-nosed man's words, the atmosphere in the air became solemn.

No one doubted the words of the hook-nosed man, because he was the current director of the prestigious NSA, Max Walter.

It's just that the news was terrible for everyone on the scene.

After everyone digested the news he brought, he said: "What I want to tell you is that the technical blockade is no longer meaningful;

And to be honest, the security level of our intelligent firewall is one level worse than that of the other party, and once faced with the attack of a large-scale intelligent virus, the consequences are unimaginable.

The Ministry of Commerce is currently negotiating to reach a cooperation agreement with the other side in certain areas.

What do you think?"

The reason why Walter asked everyone present was because these people almost represented the political and economic interests of the top level of the country, and their opinions could directly influence the decision of the Ministry of Commerce.

There was silence in the room for a moment.

Someone suggested, "Is there no other way?"

Walter was silent for a moment and said, "The success rate of commercial espionage is just too slim. ”

"Let's give it a try......"

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