Netherlands.

A**L Corporate Headquarters.

Gallaher Rodney, CEO of the company.

He was awakened in the middle of the night by a phone call that told him several startling news in quick succession.

What shocked him the most was that Zhongxin International in country Z broke the ban and produced their EUV lithography machine, and used their own lithography machine to produce 5nm chips.

"How is this possible?"

Gallah Rodney was stunned, it's only been a few months since the ban was put on sale, it's impossible!

At the emergency meeting the next day, the company's shareholders and executives were in a mess, completely devoid of the gentlemanly elegance of the past, and no longer had the calm and relaxed they once had.

"It's absolutely impossible! Fake news, it must be fake news! ”

"I also don't believe that it will take at least three years or more for them to build an EUV lithography machine."

"But the truth is not subject to our will, so let's just assume that they do, gentlemen and ladies, what shall we do now?" Gallah Rodney asked, knocking on the table.

"Sue them, sue them for patent infringement immediately! They can't get around the patent barriers, they must have infringed our patents, and they must be sued immediately. One executive said immediately.

"But it takes time to find a lawyer, it takes time to gather evidence, and it takes even more time to fight a lawsuit, at least a year or two before it comes to fruition...... In addition, due to the existence of special provisions of the Patent Law of Country Z, we cannot win against them in Country Z, because we are the first to ban the sale. ”

Gallah Rodney shook his head.

As a supporter of free trade rules, he opposed the ban from the beginning, after all, although the lithography machine is advanced, but the market size is not large, A**L sells only a few dozen lithography machines every year, and the annual revenue is only about 3 billion euros, and with the slowdown of the market increment, the revenue is shrinking year by year, so he cherishes every order.

And very optimistic about the market prospects of country Z, that it is at least the profit growth point of A**L in the next 20 years.

The result?

Everyone was silent, feeling that the problem was very tricky, and feeling extremely unwilling, how could the people of country Z build an EUV lithography machine?

"Ladies and gentlemen, at this point, for our sake, we can only seek peace."

Gallaher Rodney came up with his solution: "One is to immediately announce the lifting of the embargo!" Allow the people of country Z to buy our lithography machines, and at the same time make Zhongxin International stop copying our lithography machines on the condition of 'priority supply', and reach a preliminary settlement. ”

"Second, apply for technical cooperation with business microelectronics, obtain their super-resolution lithography technology, if necessary, we can take out our core technology for exchange, super-resolution lithography machine in the low-end chip foundry is extremely competitive! If we don't master this technology, we will lose all the low-to-mid market...... Once this market is lost, we are equivalent to missing a leg. ”

"In short, we have to cooperate with the people of country Z no matter what, otherwise our market share will shrink rapidly, and even fall to the brink of bankruptcy...... Our good days are coming to an end, and it's a fact that is coming and can't be changed! ”

A dejected executive raised his head and asked, "What if the ban is lifted without authorization, what if the people of country M oppose it?" Many of our core parts come from country M. ”

"M-nationals?"

Gallah Rodney sneered: "We can't smash our jobs for the people of M!" We can rectify country M, can't the people of country Z also make EUV lithography, and then find people from country Z to buy core parts...... Remember that we are Dutch, and we are not obligated to defend the interests of the people of M. ”

That's right!

The executives nodded their heads inwardly, some of them had not paid off their mortgages, some were saving up for a yacht, and some did not want to give up two months of paid leave a year...... They are all adults and must make choices that are in their own interest.

……

Cold Country.

Sanxin company headquarters.

Inside the President's Office.

Li Jianrong was smashing everything in front of him, the table, vase, and tea set were all smashed by him.

His eyes were bloodshot, like a wounded beast, and from time to time he uttered "Ah! Ha! The roar.

There's a reason he's so angry at the moment.

The people of country Z deceived him.

Z people's deception tactics made his Sanxin Group, in less than a year, a net loss of more than 200 billion dollars.

After Sanxin Company launched the "Anti-Cyclical Law War", the fields of memory, storage, panels, semiconductor foundry and other fields were in full swing, and a bloodletting competition has become a wave of super team battles.

And Sanxin is indeed ruthless, and the degree of hideousness and ferocity far exceeds the previous counter-cyclical wars they launched.

It can be said that it is shocking.

Take the same period last year prices as a comparison:

The price of memory chips has now plummeted by 91%.

The price of NAND storage has plummeted by 87%.

The price of the panel has plummeted by 54%.

The standard of semiconductor foundry fees has been reduced by 45%.

These industries with huge gross profits are now all losing money and losing blood.

The huge cash reserves, which were expected to last more than three years, have now been used up by two-thirds in less than a year.

And country Z is still dead! There was not even the slightest sign of collapse.

Sanxin took the lead and couldn't support it.

This situation was not expected by Li Jianrong at all!

It wasn't until Zhongxin International's press conference that he knew about it.

Burst~

His chest was so tight that he almost spurted out a mouthful of blood!

Super-resolution lithography machine, chip manufacturing cost reduced to one-third.

Does this need to be compared?

Is there still a suspense about who wins and who loses?

200 billion dollars, how good is it to keep it for yourself to enjoy slowly? All burned in vain!

After smashing it, Li Jianrong picked up his mobile phone and called:

"Quick! Send people to country Z, truce, we demand an immediate truce, we hope that the market will return to a normal and orderly state. ”

If he doesn't stop fighting, his Sanxin will be lost.

……

Island.

After the news that Zhongxin International has made a number of major breakthroughs.

Public opinion on the island exploded.

Netizens on the island commented:

"Fake news, impossible!"

"The mainland made a 5-nanometer chip? Is it April Fool's Day? ”

"I guess it's our chips."

"It's only eight months to get five nanometers, is this writing science fiction? Fake can't be fake! ”

"If it's really 5 nanometers, then it's a real threat to us."

Someone below mocked: "Do you have enough IQ?" You also believe such obvious fake news, please remember this sentence: in the field of chips, the mainland will never be able to surpass us! ”

……

A certain villa.

Liu Deming's body trembled a little and stood in front of an old man, and he said in a somewhat depressed voice: "Old man, have you heard, have you read the news on the mainland?" ”

"Looked."

The old man closed his eyes slightly: "I watched all the press conference." ”

"That'...... Can you believe it? ”

The old man was silent for a moment and did not answer directly.

He spit out a sentence for a long time: "I never thought that in my lifetime, I could see the Chinese nation standing on top of the world, fortunately, fortunately!" ”

At this moment, the old man has let go of all entanglements of interests, and can only smile with relief.