Western Union of the Continents.

Kingdom of the Netherlands, Enderhofen.

It is home to Bluestar's most famous integrated manufacturer of lithography machines, ASML.

"Max, you immediately start a relationship and investigate this matter."

"Yes, Mr. President."

"As soon as possible."

Peter Wennink hung up the phone and grabbed it again: "Jenny, notify the heads of the departments to have a meeting." ”

"Okay."

In the conference room, more than a dozen senior executives of ASML were looking at the documents with solemn expressions.

They didn't expect SMIC to actually order it, and the price was 240 million US dollars a piece, which is twice the price of ASML's top lithography machine.

Highlander Fan, the chief technology officer, put down the papers, sorted out his thoughts, and asked everyone, "Is there any detailed information about this Shenguang instrument?"

West John, vice president of procurement and international affairs, shook his head and replied, "No." ”

"I've asked Max from Huaguo's Shanghai branch to investigate." Peter Wennink spoke.

"How did they do such an old antique as an X-ray lithography machine?" Highlander Van was puzzled.

Peter Wennink knocked on the table: "Now it's time to investigate the details of the other side, and our global strategy needs to be adjusted." ”

As soon as everyone heard it, they could already roughly guess Peter Wennink's plan, which is also a common trick in Western countries.

As long as Huaguo makes breakthroughs in related fields, they will reduce prices and suppress them, making it difficult for Huaguo enterprises to obtain profits.

However, Vice President West John stopped talking, and there seemed to be something difficult to say.

"John, what's your problem?"

"Mr. President, if the price is reduced and promoted, our R&D expenses ......"

Peter Wennink waved his hand, and he said fiercely: "Even if we reduce profits, we can't let each other rise." ”

A group of ASML executives know the seriousness of the matter, once Shenguang Instrument forms a virtuous circle, then ASML's industrial layout for more than ten years will be broken by Shenguang Instrument.

"Also, John."

"Mr. President, please command."

"You contact all our partners immediately, and we have to face this together."

Peter Wennink must drag these partners into the water and boycott the Divine Light Instruments in its entirety.

"I'll do it right away."

International long-distance telephone calls are rapidly communicating all over the world, and the upstream and downstream enterprises in the chip manufacturing industry are like facing great enemies.

ASML represents the lithography machine industry, and also uses photoresists and silicon wafers from Shin-Etsu Chemical, and chemicals from Mi Guo Applied Company.

The leading chip manufacturing companies TSMC, Sanxin Electronics, and Intel have all received calls from ASML.

Obviously, Shenguang Instrument has hit the seven inches of the Western chip industry at this time.

The lithography machine and photoresist have been conquered by Huaguo, which is very likely to cause a major reshuffle in the chip industry.

They thought of the industries that had been captured by the Great Demon King, and a tremor from the depths of their souls came out involuntarily.

Is the chip industry going to repeat the mistakes of the past?

It is clear that these Western forces are not going to sit idly by.

On February 26, ASML announced a price reduction for extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, from the previous $120 million to $100 million.

It also announced the expansion of production capacity, and plans to expand the production capacity of extreme ultraviolet lithography machines to 10 units this year and 15 units next year.

In addition, silicon wafer manufacturers Shin-Etsu Chemical, LG Chem and other companies collectively prohibit the sale of 12-inch silicon wafers to Chinese enterprises.

The high-end chemicals required for various chip manufacturing have also been banned or restricted.

And the Western media also began to spread rumors en masse.

[Huaguo Lithography Company steals ASML technology.] ］——BBC

[X-ray lithography machine – a dangerous technology that works in a high-radiation environment for a long time and is at great risk of cancer.] —The New York Times

[Genius?] Lunatic? The madness of a would-be Fields Medalist. ] - Madrid Express

[Boycott X-ray lithography machines, for the life and health of workers.] —The Mirror

[Be vigilant against the rise of China's chip industry and protect our enterprises.] ］——NNC

Many domestic media and online self-media have also taken the initiative or passive to bring the rhythm, and many netizens have also followed the crowd.

The three terms X-ray lithography machine, Shenguang instrument, and Huang Mingzhe have become hot search terms recently.

However, there are still a lot of rational netizens, and many official media have also joined the debate in a timely manner.

As Huang Mingzhe's base camp on the Internet, the strength of Siwang at this time should not be underestimated, and for more than two years, Siwei.com has 120 million users with its steady development.

Among domestic Internet companies, Siwei.com has always been a very maverick website, with a unique real-name system, network information management, style and user composition.

As the largest popular science website in China, there is very little soil for rumors to survive here, after all, the Creeper Alliance and the Truth Society have always been entrenched in the scientific home of the Thinking Society.

Once the rumors are spread and the impact is bad, the court summons of the dream company falls from the sky in minutes.

It is this scientific and rigorous style that makes Thinking.com a pure land for the domestic Internet, and Internet trolls, trolls, and public intellectuals dare not talk nonsense here.

Anyway, in the past two years, Dream Company has sent hundreds of court summons to relevant individuals or companies, many of which have been sent to squat.

The legal department of Dream Company is jokingly called, either in a lawsuit or on the way to a lawsuit.

When the Creeper Alliance and the Truth Society saw that their boss was rumored, they picked up the keyboard one after another, turned into keyboard warriors, and angrily attacked the self-media and the big V around the neck who spread rumors.

was so scared that the bib himself banned some self-media and big V accounts with bad influence, otherwise the dream company would be ruthless, and the bib would also be affected by the pond fish.

……

Huang Mingzhe looked at the messy network, shook his head involuntarily, turned his head and instructed Zhang Hanqing:

"Han Qing, you take the time to make a promotional video about the X-ray lithography machine."

"No problem."

"For the details of the X-ray lithography machine, I will let Zhiyuan cooperate with you."

"Give me a week."

"Yes."

The fantasy company is constantly refuting rumors and cleaning up those who spread rumors.

The domestic Unisplendour Company, Huada Semiconductor, and Yangtze River Storage are still inspecting lithography machines at Shenguang Instruments.

Although foreign countries are spreading rumors about Shenguang Instruments, those domestic companies are not stupid, and this kind of trick is okay to deceive the people.

Judging from the reaction of ASML and the foreign chip industry, it can only show one problem - they are afraid.

March 3rd.

On the official website, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced a part of the test report on the Shenguang 1X-ray lithography machine, which is obviously the official platform.

The promotional film "Industrial Flower" of Dream Company was launched on the same day.

This short film, which is only 26 minutes, uses the top special effects of Dream Company, and portrays Shenguang Instruments and Huang Mingzhe as pioneers who overcome obstacles.

magnified the difficulties, and added some ups and downs of the plot, and popularized the situation of X-ray lithography machines.

For example, the problem of X-ray radiation, which many people are concerned about, is clearly tested here for comparison.

Of course, the material research institute in the research and development process of Shenguang Instrument, this key factor, has been stolen from the concept.

As soon as the promotional video came out, it immediately ignited a viewing craze on the Internet, and one day after its launch, "The Flower of Industry" has been played as many as 24 million times.

As for the situation abroad, Huang Mingzhe has no choice, after all, the Western media is a group of typical double-standard dogs.

The domestic media can't be blamed for the high ground of public opinion over there, because they have been restricted or even blocked, and they have not spoken at all.