The next day, in the morning.

Tiangong Technology Company.

Zhao Ye looked at the senior management of Tiangong Technology Company and opened his mouth to instruct: "Germany's precision machining technology is the most powerful in the world, and we can't buy advanced technology, can't we dig up talents who are proficient in technology?" ”

"Don't care about money, give me a !! to dig German precision machining talents"

Zhao Ye is arrogant, regards money as dung, and attaches great importance to talents beyond everyone's imagination.

At present, Germany is divided into West Germany and East Germany.

The split is good, it is conducive to Tiangong Technology Company to poach people.

If these domestic researchers work hard, the program-controlled machine tool is not not developed, but it takes a long time.

German precision machining talents are poached, and they have their own technology, which can greatly improve the scientific research level of Tiangong Technology Company in a short period of time.

Therefore, it is necessary to work behind closed doors.

After Zhao Ye explained these things, he left.

Precision machining is not his strong point, let the professionals do it themselves, he will work hard to make money, provide sufficient ammunition for Tiangong Technology, and desperately dig German engineers.

……

Returning to the group company, Zhao Ye announced the establishment of a CD research institute to further develop CD.

The first generation of optical drives provided by Philips is too slow, only 150KB/s, which can only be used as a unit of measurement, so this standard has also laid the unique name of several times the speed optical drive.

CD games require at least a quadruple disc drive to be sufficient.

In this regard, there is a lot of information on the Internet in his previous life, if it is not limited to hardware conditions, Zhao Ye can also develop a higher multiplier optical drive. However, the 4x optical drive is enough for now, and you can speed it up later. Moreover, the product is updated, and it can be sold one more time. Doing so is a good character that every qualified capitalist should have.

Therefore, some products are not necessarily as advanced as they are developed.

The other is to develop new CD formats based on CD standards, such as VCD, CD-R, etc.

VCD, a mess of fire in China in the previous life, most Chinese people know it.

It is actually a disc that uses CD-ROM XA format to store audio and video data in full-motion MPEG-1 format, which can be played directly on VCD Player.

CD-ROM XA is an architectural extension of the CD-ROM specification, which makes minor modifications to the CD storage format to allow it to store audio and video data. It was originally developed in 1989 by Philips, Sony, and Microsoft as a supplement to the Yellow Book (CD-ROM).

Obviously, it's only 1987, and the Borderless Group is fortunate enough to get a foot in.

Why did Wujiang Group spend a huge amount of money to buy CD patent licensing, not just to develop CD home game consoles, but also to participate in the formulation of CD standards and take the lead in the development of CD-ROM XA.

In addition, there are many things that Wujiang needs to do, such as MPEG-1, which is the standard for lossy compression of video and audio, and it was not until 1990 that the video compression algorithm was completed. At the end of 1992, MPEG-1 was officially approved as an international standard.

In Zhao Ye's opinion, the MPEG-1 video compression algorithm is very simple.

He has a more powerful video compression algorithm, but there is no need to use it at all.

However, each compression algorithm has its own characteristics, and even MPEG-1 technology was the mainstream technology in the DVR digital video recorder market in previous lives.

Nowadays, as long as Wujiang Group develops VCD technology and leads the world, it doesn't matter if the Yankees don't admit it, VCD is popular all over the world, whether you admit it or not, the market recognizes it.

The VCD in the previous life appeared a little late, DVD is about to appear and not to mention, even the PC has begun to be popularized, at that time, who still goes to watch VCD, is it not cool to watch movies on the computer?

Over the next few days,

Zhao Ye often appears in the CD Research Institute, he is in class again, from 10 o'clock in the morning to 11 o'clock to talk about the development of high-power optical drives, from 11 o'clock to 12 o'clock to talk about the development of CD-ROM XA, and at 2 o'clock in the afternoon to go to Loongson Design Company to continue to engage in the development of EDA chip design software.

In the evening, I went home alone to write the MPEG-1 video compression format.

Although it was hard, Zhao Ye himself enjoyed it.

……

Japan.

Del Prado was in a terrible mood at the moment.

He contacted several Japanese companies to sell ASML, but the results were unsatisfactory, and no one was willing to buy ASML.

"Mr. del Prado, you are wasting your efforts, no one in Japan will buy ASML! In the lithography machine market, Nikon almost dominates, which company can compete with it? If someone buys ASML, he must be a big fool!! Mitsubishi Group executive Matsushima Hisaka said with a sarcastic face.

Del Prado walked down the street, recalling the words of Matsushima Sunset, and couldn't help but think of the Borderless Group and the person at the helm behind this huge business empire, a legendary figure - Zhao Ye!

"Is Zhao Ye a super fool?"

Del Prado believes that ASML is still very valuable, otherwise it would not have been bought by anyone.

Half an hour later, del Prado returned to the hotel, he thought about it, seemed to have finally figured it out, then opened the drawer, found the business card left by Rex Aiden, and dialed the phone number written on the card.

Soon, the call was connected.

Rex Aiden's hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone: "Hello, Mr. Prado, I don't know why I am calling?" ”

"Mr. Aiden, hello, I have figured it out and accepted your company's conditions."

"Wait, Monsieur Prado, the situation is different now, my boss has given me new instructions to buy shares directly from you, and not directly invest in them. So, Monsieur Prado, you are relieved, you can finally get out of the sea of misery, get a sum of money, travel to your heart's content, taste the food of various places, or fill the gap of your other company......"

Del Prado was stunned when he heard this, and immediately thought that Philips, another major shareholder of ASML, did not care about the development of ASML at all, and worked hard to maintain ASML, but why bother? He originally planned to sell ASML, and since Wujiang Group had the intention to take over his shares, it would be better.

"No problem, but how much does the Wujiang Group plan to pay for my shares?"

Rex Aiden replied, "$9 million!" ”

After listening to the offer, Del Prado was silent for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Wujiang Group bid at least $10 million, otherwise I would rather not sell ASML shares!! ”

Rex Aiden smiled and said, "Okay, Mr. Prado, $10 million deal!" Please come to the Japanese branch of Wujiang Group at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning to sign the share transfer agreement. ”

"Okay, no problem, I'll be there on time!" Del Prado nodded in response, with a heavy heart.

Rex Aiden said, "Okay, then we'll see you tomorrow!" ”

"See you tomorrow!!"

……

At 10 o'clock in the morning of the next day, Del Prado came to the Japanese branch of Wujiang Group as promised to sign the share transfer agreement of ASML.

Since then, Wujiang Group has owned 50% of ASML's shares.

Philips did not attach any importance to ASML, so Wujiang Group directly took over the management of ASML.

At this time, ASML was still only an inconspicuous small company, so to speak, it was simply silent, and Western countries led by the United States had not yet begun to support ASML. In addition to its own efforts, the rise of ASML is also closely related to TSMC.

You know, Philips is the major shareholder of TSMC, although Philips did not attach importance to ASML at the beginning, but "fertilizer does not flow into the field of outsiders", Philips is also the majority shareholder of ASML, holding 50% of the shares, so when TSMC bought the lithography machine, it directly bought the ASML lithography machine.

TSMC's business model (foundry) was of course very successful, so ASML benefited a lot and took off, and ASML has since entered the American field of vision.

Now, since Wujiang Group now holds a 50% stake in ASML, the United States may not continue to support ASML in the future, and if the United States does not support ASML, then it may support Japan's Nikon and Canon.

Zhao Ye feels that Japanese companies are a little more difficult to deal with.

ASML is indeed a bit of an assembly plant, while Japanese companies are able to produce a lot of their own critical equipment.

Therefore, in the future, when ASML is listed, Wujiang Group will cash out a part of its shares, and finally retain no more than 20% of the shares.

At the beginning, Zhao Ye did not plan to buy ASML, but invested in ASML and made a wave of money, but he later figured out one thing, as long as ASML is acquired now, he can grasp the management of ASML, and then he can control Zeiss.

ZEISS is now relying on blood transfusions from ASML to save its life.

If Zhao Ye lets ASML release the news and doesn't plan to continue to cooperate with Zeiss, what do you think will happen to Zeiss?

At this time, the people of Zeiss were panicked and on the verge of bankruptcy.

If Borderless Group can take the opportunity to acquire ZEISS, it will be perfect.

Even if you can't buy Zeiss, you can buy Zeiss company's patented optical system technology and poach Zeiss engineers.

"Boss, we have acquired all the ASML shares held by del Prado." Rex Aiden reported the situation to Zhao Ye as soon as possible.

When Zhao Ye heard this, he was overjoyed, and said in a deep voice: "Immediately take over ASML Company, and then start the hunting plan!! ”

"Okay, boss!!" Rex Aiden responded excitedly.

The acquisition of ASML is just an appetizer, and the hunting plan is Zeiss.

This is an optical giant with a history of more than 100 years, and if he can lead the acquisition of such a company, Rex Aiden's name will surely resound all over the world!

PS: There will be something to be busy during the day today, and it's too late to code words, so now stay up late to write a chapter, and everyone votes to encourage it~

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