The weather in Tokyo today is cloudless and clear, and the gentle breeze caresses people's faces like a girl's veil. This article was written by...... In the bustling area of the world's top city, Nikon's headquarters is constantly being rushed into.

Compared to the sunny weather, the faces of these real Nikon bigwigs were cloudy. They walked in a hurry, not even nodding to each other, just walking their own ways. The low air pressure made everyone who entered Nikon uncomfortable, so much so that there was not a single person left in the entire hall except for these big names.

In the large conference room on the top floor of Nikon's headquarters, President Kimura stood up for a rare moment as the attendees gradually arrived.

This was the first time he had presided over a meeting since he became president. He didn't fake the other people's hands, and slapped the table hard, focusing everyone's eyes on himself.

"I think everyone should know the specific situation, and now it can be said that it is the biggest crisis that Nikon has faced in the last ten years." President Kimura said, "The lithography machine business is an industry that Nikon is proud of, and it is a product that represents Nikon's highest level of technology, and it is an integral part of the group's strategy. ”

He looked around at these shareholders members who rarely expired, and said slowly: "However, due to our mistakes, the current lithography machine production is likely to face huge losses, and even drag our entire Nikon into bankruptcy." I am convening you here today to ask you to come up with an idea. Let's see if we can get through this crisis. ”

As President Kimura finished speaking, one of the shareholder representatives below raised his hand and asked, "President Kimura, I would like to ask why we signed such an inappropriate contract with INTE1 in the first place?" With a penalty of $500 million per month, I'm afraid that as long as you are not blind, you can see that there is a problem, right? We put Nikon, a century-old company, into your hands, so we repay our trust? ”

"This ...... It was a mistake on the part of our Board of Directors and the entire management of the company, and I am very sorry for that. Kimura didn't plead, just bowed deeply to the end. In Japanese culture, there is a lot of emphasis on the consequential theory of success and defeat, and failure is failure, and then find the interface and reason at this time. will only be regarded as a coward who does not dare to take responsibility.

However, no one will know. At that time, everyone had already been confused by the bright future of dominating the global lithography machine market, and they didn't care about this little uncertainty at all.

At that time, INTE1 did not pay attention to the high liquidated damages proposed by INTE1. Jasmine Shiraishi, as a direct party, raised her concerns to Tsuruda. inte1 explained that this was insurance for Nikon to be able to maintain its attention after monopolizing the market.

Tsuruta and a group of executives while reviewing the contract. It was even satisfied with such an explanation. Anyway, even if there is a risk of default. The executives, who were already old in the mall, would never believe that INTE1 would dare to ask Nikon, which had a monopoly on the supply of lithography machines, for this payment.

Except for laughing at a few words in private about inte1's ignorance of current affairs and naïve belief in the validity of the contract, no one even raised the suspicion that this was a trap.

I can only say one word. Sharp and dizzy. In that state, the entire upper echelons of Nikon were already dizzy, completely lost in the beautiful illusion of the future. Even if Zhou Shuo stood up and raised this question, it would only be regarded as wanting to make more benefits in the contract.

To put it bluntly, the Japanese did not imagine the current situation at all, because they did not believe that Zhou Shuo could continue to have other technologies beyond the O.25 micron process after losing the advantages of immersive lithography technology.

"If it's just sorry, it's useful, so what's the use of the Metropolitan Police Department!" Another young-looking shareholder representative stood up, slapped the table and shouted, "Nikon's current top management and board of directors must apologize for the current situation!" Blame for resignation, deprivation of equity, or even recovery of losses, don't think about getting away with it so lightly! ”

"Yes, we must be deeply reflective!" President Kimura still bowed deeply, knowing that he could still sit in the president's position purely because he needed someone to come up with an idea.

Regardless of whether or not this crisis can be successfully overcome, I, the president of Nikon Corporation, must have come to an end. It can even be said that his entire life in the mall has ended early.

"What about Tsuruda? Where is this bastard Tsuruda? The shareholder representatives shouted one after another, shouting indignantly: "Let the main responsible person Tsuruta come out to make amends for us, I want him to regret doing such a thing in his next life!" ”

Faced with the danger of losing Nikon, it can be said that it is no surprise that these large and small shareholders are in the same situation. You must know that many people present even want to take Nikon's shares as heirlooms. No matter how unfilial and stubborn the descendants of future generations are, they can live a first-class life by relying on annual dividends.

These large companies in Japan themselves have a very tight circle, and ordinary people can't get involved at all. Being able to take a stake in Nikon naturally has its own special features. In addition, Japan's economy and enterprises are extremely stable, and such a large enterprise with an alliance nature has the capital that will be passed on.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Senior Chef Tsuruta is working on countermeasures, and he will be here soon." President Kimura did his best to maintain order, raised his hand and shouted, "Now is not the time to hold accountable, don't forget every minute here, we may have to pay liquidated damages to inte1 in the future!" ”

President Kimura's words really worked, and every inch of time was not enough to describe the preciousness of Nikon's time. A group of people fell silent and sat around the meeting three times.

Of course, the innermost circle is the major shareholders, some of whom are representatives of banks, consortia, affiliated companies and other parties, all holding a large number of Nikon shares in their hands. Further down the outer circle, there may be ordinary shareholders such as investment funds, shareholder representatives elected by small legal persons, and long-term strategic investors, and in the outermost circle are middle and high-level personnel from Nikon's past allotments. Basically, this lineup can make any decision on the disposal of Nikon's assets, except for the unnecessarily small retail shareholders.

"Alright, let's meet now." President Kimura was relieved to see that everyone below had already sat down.

The door to the rest room behind him clicked and the doorknob was spun open. There was a creak, and the door was pulled open from the inside. Jasmine Shiraishi's face turned pale, and she barely bred up her spirits and walked out.

With her appearance, there was a bit of noise in the conference room, but it didn't cause a storm after all. It wasn't until she sat down in her place that Tsuruta walked out of the lounge in fear.

Tsuruta hadn't rested for a long time, not only did he have a pair of dark circles and heavy eye bags, his head was messy like a grass nest, his face was as pale as wallpaper, and he looked around like a frightened house cat.

"Bastard Tsuruda, you really dare to show your face!" Seeing the appearance of Tsuruta, another shareholder couldn't help but stand up, pointed at him and scolded: "You incompetent waste, a humanoid dung pit that only produces carbon dioxide, a megalomaniac who can achieve nothing, if I were you, you would have already apologized for your crimes!" Asking a woman to come out for you to test your reaction is simply a shame on the face of our big Japanese men! ”

The shouts and curses startled Tsuruda, who was already a frightened bird, and he almost jumped three feet high, and turned his head to hide back in the lounge. It was President Kimura who stood up at this time, showing the urgency of time and the situation, which forced everyone's evil fire down.

"Okay, if you have any good ways to get through this crisis, I hope you can speak freely." President Kimura propped up his aging body and barely managed the situation.

"Now that we have mastered immersive lithography, can we reassemble a production line?" A shareholder representative asked.

President Kimura glanced at Tsuruta sitting beside him, sighed and said, "Tsuruda, you can answer this question." ”

"This, yes!" Tsuruta hesitated, stood up and said, "It will take at least two months to reassemble the production line from now, and we need to prepare at least a billion dollars in liquidated damages during this time." Even so, the more dangerous problem is that the Pan Han Group may cooperate with ASML at any time, and when INTE1 terminates the contract on the grounds of our breach of contract, then this Qiē effort will be in vain. ”

"What about putting pressure on the Chinese government to hand over our production lines?"

"This, if the Pan Han Group does not come up with new technology, our pressure may still succeed." Tsuruta wiped the sweat from his forehead and said nervously: "However, now the Chinese government sees the hope of making a difference in the electronics industry. Delivery. The ministry has also suddenly hardened, and we have cut off our channels of influence over its officials......"

"What about filing a lawsuit in a Chinese or Japanese court? If you complain about the Chinese government's practice of sealing production lines, you simply ask the government to come forward. ”

“……”

Tsuruta looked at the general manager of Hatano, who was already self-conscious in the crowd, sighed and shook his head: "This is not good, because our Nikon lithography machine subsidiary does have zài accounting problems." ”

A shareholder representative stood up angrily, pointed at Tsuruta and shouted, "This can't work, that doesn't work, what should I do?" Is it really to sell our lithography machine production line to the Chinese like this! ”

After he finished saying this, a soft female voice suddenly said: "Actually, this may not be a way to ......" (to be continued......

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