In my previous life, there were domestic real estate giants called "Vanke" and "Wanda", and my real estate company was called Wanjiang, there was nothing wrong with it......

Lu Mao really didn't know what the meaning of the name "Wanjiang" was, but he felt that the name was catchy and the meaning was good.

Thousands of frontiers, longevity without borders.

People who live in Wanjiang houses have a long and long life.

……

A few days later, Lu Maoshi went to RB with the mission.

It's hard to imagine how much Zhao Ye will be able to earn when harvesting real estate in Tokyo in the future.

Now, Boundless Microelectronics has solved the photoresist problem, so that the fab's expansion plan can go smoothly.

However, the technology of Wujiang Microelectronics is backward in the field of optics, so it takes a long time to develop the next generation of lithography machines.

Zhao Ye aimed at the optical giant Zeiss and the lithography machine giant ASML in his previous life.

At present, ZEISS is divided into two, the one located in West Germany is called West ZEISS, and the one located in East Germany is called East ZEISS.

During this period, most of Zeiss's low-end camera lens and cinema camera lens business had long been lost to RB people.

In the field of lithography machines, the quality problems of Zeiss lenses have led to hundreds of lithography machines delivered by GCA in the United States, which have been complained by customers in a large area, and many G-line lenses have been replaced by customers to be loaded with trucks. The reputations of GCA and Zeiss were devastated. At this time, Zeiss's optics could no longer compete with the high-quality lenses of Nikon and Canon.

In addition, Zeiss has always insisted on hand-polishing lenses by craftsmen, and this group of people has a glittering title "Goldfinger" in Zeiss, but this is outdated, and the human eye obviously cannot be compared with high-precision instruments, and no matter how skilled craftsmen are, they cannot guarantee the same stability as the machine, so Zeiss uses the traditional classic gameplay dominated by "Goldfinger" is equivalent to putting shackles on itself. Manually polished lenses pose two problems: unreliable lens quality (GCA suffers from this) and limited production volumes. Zeiss relies on the "gold finger" polishing lens to play, which can no longer adapt to the changes of the times.

At this time, Zeiss could not compete with RB Nikon, and Zeiss's financial situation became very bad, and it was already standing on the edge of the cliff.

Many people think that Zeiss has achieved ASML by carefully polishing lenses by craftsmen.

In fact, quite the opposite.

Without ASML, ZEISS would probably not have survived the late '80s and '90s.

It was the rise of ASML that forcibly infused Zeiss with N waves of blood, so that Zeiss launched the robot automatic polishing system, no longer completely dependent on the "golden finger" craftsman, and then developed into a real industry leader.

However, before you can get Zeiss, you have to kill ASML first.

It is not difficult to kill ASML, because since ASML was founded, it has not sold a few lithography machines in total, and it is currently losing money.

Last year, ASML lost more than 10 million US dollars, and Zeiss not only pulled the American GCA company off the throne of lithography machines, but now it is pitting ASML again. Half of Zeiss' lenses are not up to standard, and the other half are still out of stock.

ASML founder Del Prado was a little overwhelmed, and from time to time he and the current CEO of ASML, Jat Smidt, roared at each other in the hallway. Because Jat Smit asked del Prado for additional investment.

Historically, Del Prado contacted RB's Mitsui & Co. and Sumitomo Group to negotiate acquisitions, but to no avail.

In this life, I want to think about it.

Unable to find anyone to buy ASML, del Prado had to hold on, after all, the cannon he had made an appointment with tears in his eyes had to be finished. Just like Tencent's Ma Huateng, during the Internet winter in 2000, he sold QQ at low prices everywhere, but no one wanted to buy it.

Unexpectedly, in 1987, AMD placed an order for 25 ASML PAS2500 lithography machines, so that ASML finally survived. Immediately afterwards, TSMC was established, because TSMC had Philips' investment, so the fertilizer water did not flow into the fields of outsiders, and TSMC bought dozens of ASML lithography machines.

Zhao Ye is very clear about this history of ASML.

For now, just wait for Del Prado to negotiate with Mitsui & Co. and Sumitomo Group, and then come forward and buy ASML on his own.

At this time, ASML had only two shareholders, one was del Prado, with 50% of the shares; The other is Philips, which has a 50% stake.

Del Prado couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to sell Asmarck.

Philips, on the other hand, does not pay attention to ASML at all.

If Boundless Microelectronics wants to buy ASML, as long as the money is in place, there is no obstacle at all.

Even, Del Prado and Philips wished they could get rid of the burden of ASML as soon as possible.

At this time, ASML was valued at two or three hundred million US dollars, which was not a large company. In the lithography machine market is almost unknown.

On the contrary, Zeiss was still famous during this period, with more than 10,000 employees in West Zeiss alone.

Buying ASML was easy, but it was difficult to acquire ZEISS.

However, in the mid-to-late 80s, when ZEISS was on the verge of bankruptcy, this was perhaps the only chance.

No matter what, Zhao Ye has to give it a try.

With the acquisition of Zeiss, China's optical system can be developed by leaps and bounds.

In the office, Zhao Ye explained to Rex Aiden: "Always pay attention to the movements of ASML's boss Del Prado, in the near future, he may contact RB's Mitsui & Co. and Sumitomo Group to discuss the acquisition of ASML, and I need to keep abreast of their negotiation progress." Once del Prado fails, you then come forward and buy ASML under the name of Alphabet! ”

ASML's technology is very important to Boundless Microelectronics. Of course, this is not the point, the point is that as long as you buy ASML, you can eliminate a competitor.

After Rex Aiden left, Zhao Ye suddenly frowned and muttered, "Is it really the best thing to eliminate ASML for Boundless Microelectronics?" It doesn't seem to be ......."

"Behind the success of ASML is the support of Western countries, especially the United States."

"If Borderless Microelectronics acquires ASML, Western countries will never support Borderless Microelectronics, and in the absence of a choice, they will only support RB, which will make Canon and Nikon stronger!"

"It seems that it is still necessary for ASML to continue to exist, and Wujiang Microelectronics can invest in it, but ask for some technology from the other party, so that the benefits can be maximized!"

"Even if ASML rises, Wujiang, as an investor, can make a lot of money, and at the same time has a certain right to speak."

"It's just that if ASML doesn't die, the idea of acquiring Zeiss will most likely fall through in the end. In addition, ZEISS is the pride of Germany, and the German authorities will probably not easily agree to sell ZEISS to a Chinese company. At most, when Zeiss is alive and dead, he can take advantage of the fire to buy some patented technology in optical systems. ”

Zhao Ye couldn't help sighing, it's too difficult, you can buy ASML, but you can't do it, the rise of China's lithography machine has to rely on yourself.