Chapter 256 Listed on NASDAQ
PS: Changed the name of QQ to ICQ, otherwise it will be reviewed if it is written a little more sensitively.
Many things of the Wujiang Group will be amplified and studied by Europe and the United States, and the "My Neighborhood" in the ICQ instant chat software has been used by many European and American users to make colors, which will give State M an excuse to deal with the Wujiang Group and ask the ICQ software to be taken off the shelves.
This possibility is not impossible, but extremely probable.
Zhao Ye thinks that if he is an official of the authorities of country M, then he will definitely make a fuss about ICQ's "near me", which will not only remove ICQ, but also take the opportunity to smear Wujiang Group and make its reputation fall.
For ICQ, "My Neighborhood" is dispensable, and it will not affect the increase of users and user stickiness.
ICQ already has a large number of users, and it is difficult for its precipitated social relationships to be replaced by another social software, and the possibility of user churn and migration is low.
ICQ bans "near me", and the most likely is to create a competitor similar to "momo".
But can "momo" threaten the position of the ICQ?
In fact, when "momo" is positioned as a color social software, its own user group has been limited, and it is impossible for it to be liked by the public, after all, many people still have to be faced. It's okay to download it secretly and find some excitement, but at work or in life, people don't use "momo".
At this time, after ICQ's "My Nearby" function was deleted, it immediately caused dissatisfaction among many European and American users.
"Why delete 'my neighborhood', this function is very good, I can use this function to pick up girls every day!"
"ICQ, I advise you to restore 'My Neighborhood', or we will boycott ICQ!"
"I passed 'my neighborhood' and hunted 15 people!"
"I passed 'my neighborhood', and only hunted 2 people, ashamed~"
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Quite a few, and the whole network is not all against the ICQ.
Many people said that ICQ's deletion of "near me" is a good thing, making ICQ more pure and returning to the essence of live chat.
"I support ICQ in removing 'My Neighborhood', otherwise, the ICQ chat platform may become a miasma and become a concentration camp for perverts! If that's the case, then I'll choose a more pure chat app and persuade my friends and family to join another chat app to keep the damn perverts on the ICQ platform! ”
"I'm a parent and I'm worried that my daughter will be cheated by bad men by using 'My Neighborhood' to add friends!"
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On the Internet, people are talking about ICQ, which has led to a surge in the popularity of ICQ.
People who didn't know about ICQ before were interested in ICQ after hearing about it, and then registered as ICQ users.
For a time, the number of users of ICQ surged.
As for those who say they want to boycott ICQ, they are still using ICQ.
It's so fragrant!
Of course, some people found a business opportunity in it, and thought, ICQ deleted "My Neighborhood", so if I develop a live chat software with the "My Neighborhood" function, wouldn't it be a big hit?
After logging in to the live chat app, the user can roughly determine where he is based on the IP address, so it is not difficult to implement the "near me" function.
Seeing that ICQ was still developing smoothly, Lu Cangran couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly reported to Zhao Ye to react to the situation.
Zhao Ye was not surprised by this, smiled faintly, and sent an email back to Lu Cangran, asking them to work hard to promote instant chat software in countries around the world, and every once in a while, they would update ICQ to add richer functions.
At present, the main task of ICQ is to seize the market, and as for the liquidation, it can be said later.
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On September 6, the Dutch lithography company ASML was listed on the NASDAQ.
There are relatively few ordinary people who pay attention to this news, and many people don't know what a lithography machine is.
Before ASML's IPO, Zhao Ye had already asked people to disperse ASML's shares held by Wujiang Microelectronics to multiple companies, and on the bright side, ASML's largest shareholder was already Philips. However, as far as Zhao Ye knows, Philips is not very optimistic about the development of ASML, and there is a high probability that it will sell its shares after ASML is listed.
In addition, before the IPO, ASML conducted a round of pre-IPO financing, allowing a number of M state-owned companies to obtain ASML's original shares in order to obtain the support of country M.
After ASML's IPO, Borderless has disappeared from the list of top 10 shareholders on the surface.
However, in reality, Wujiang Group still holds 49% of ASML's shares!
With just a few acquisitions from the stock market, the shareholding can exceed 50%.
However, Zhao Ye does not intend to reveal the fact that Wujiang Group controls ASML behind it.
The most important thing is to make a fortune in a muffled voice.
With the support of country M, ASML will definitely develop very smoothly in the future.
It is not difficult to imagine that when country M is lagging behind China in the field of lithography machines, it will find a way to support a company, and basically can only choose between ASML in the Netherlands and Canon and Nikon in Japan.
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At this time, the capital community was very optimistic about ASML and bought ASML shares one after another.
"Wise leadership, ASML's share price skyrocketed as soon as it was listed, and now it has risen by 18.2%!" A trader of an institution in country M said happily.
"Haha, of course! Now the major heads are optimistic about ASML, and ASML's stock price will continue to skyrocket! First of all, there are only ASML, Nikon, and Canon on on the market, and the dawning lithography machine of Boundless Microelectronics is outdated; Secondly, the shareholders behind ASML are both Wujiang Microelectronics and Philips, and Philips is a shareholder of TSMC, in other words, ASML can get the support of the two chip foundry giants, Wujiang Microelectronics and TSMC! ”
As soon as the words fell, an employee rushed into the office hall with a quick face and couldn't help but shout to everyone: "Good news! Wujiang Microelectronics Co., Ltd. has just announced that it will purchase 66 lithography machines from ASML! ”
As soon as the news came out, the manager of the institution was slightly stunned, his face was shocked, and he immediately shouted excitedly to his subordinates: "Why are you stunned, hurry up and buy ASML!!! ”
When everyone heard this, they reacted and hurriedly bought ASML's shares.
Institutions will always be informed faster than retail investors.
When institutions began to buy ASML, retail investors were still confused, and some shareholders couldn't help but sell their stocks when they saw ASML's buy order at a very high price.
When the news of the large number of ASML lithography machines by Boundless Microelectronics spread, it regretted it.
At this time, both institutions and retail investors believe that Wujiang Microelectronics seems to have given up on independent research and development of lithography machines, but chose to purchase ASML's lithography machines, and ASML's development potential has soared all of a sudden.
Most Chinese companies pursue the idea of "making is better than buying", coupled with the fact that the development of lithography machines is indeed very difficult, and Wujiang Microelectronics is also one of the shareholders of ASML, so it is normal for Wujiang Microelectronics to give up the independent research and development of lithography machines, and then stop losses in time.
Shanghai.
The headquarters of Wujiang Microelectronics.
Zhao Ye, Zhang Rujing and others watched ASML's stock price skyrocket, and their faces showed a look of pleasure.
"Zhao Dong, it seems that the outside world thinks that Wujiang Microelectronics has given up the research and development of the dawning lithography machine, which has caused ASML's stock price to skyrocket!" After Zhang Rujing finished speaking, she laughed.
As everyone knows, the dawning lithography machine company under Wujiang Microelectronics has developed an immersion lithography machine.
At present, Wujiang Microelectronics has established 10 large-scale 8-inch wafer fabs, and all lithography machines in these 10 large-scale 8-inch wafer fabs will use Sugon immersion lithography machines.
The original 6-inch wafer fab purchased some immersion lithography machines, and some used ASML lithography machines and Dawning lithography machines.
Not all chips have to be the most advanced, and backward chips still have a market.
Zhao Ye smiled faintly, his plan was very successful, ASML's stock price skyrocketed, and at the same time, it also made people misunderstand that Wujiang Microelectronics Company gave up the research and development of its own brand lithography machine.
"At present, many semiconductor equipment manufacturers or wafer fabs around the world have invested heavily in the dry 157nm lithography machine route. And our first-generation immersion technology has broken through 45nm and is moving towards 40nm...... The technical advantage we have is so obvious! ”
After a pause, Zhao Ye said, "It is expected that after the release of Loongson's new chip, the industry will soon find clues, and ASML's stock price will plummet at that time. Wait for ASML's stock price to fall to the bottom, and then buy the bottom at a low price. ”
When Zhang Rujing heard this, she couldn't help nodding her head to show that she understood.
Zhao Ye then advised: "The breakthrough in the chip manufacturing process, the most impactful place is actually in the chip foundry market, at that time, global orders will flock to Wujiang Microelectronics, TSMC, Intel and other companies will definitely be hit hard, this will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Wujiang Microelectronics Company, we must grasp it well, and monopolize the global chip foundry market in one fell swoop!! ”
Zhao Ye estimates that Wujiang Microelectronics can at least occupy more than 75% of the chip manufacturing market share.
TSMC's lack of heritage is likely to collapse as a result.
Intel has its own business to support it, but it has been able to persevere.
ASML is likely to gain strong support from country M after the stock price crash.
Country M will never sit idly by and watch the Wujiang Group far surpass Country M in the field of semiconductors.
At this time, the 8-inch wafer factory of Wujiang Microelectronics was already in full swing to produce chips.
Among these chips, in addition to various consumer-grade chips, there are also a large number of aerospace chips, automotive chips, industrial chips, and military chips, covering most of the chip product types.
The ambition is huge, you can see it!
However, only Loongson Design Company can develop these chips in China, and if Loongson Design Company does not do it, it will only cheapen foreign companies.
Perhaps the chips designed by Loongson Design Company may not be more exquisite than those foreign chips, but with advanced chip manufacturing process, it is enough to ensure that the performance of the chip is extremely strong, which will give Loongson Design Company's chip products a great competitive advantage.
At present, after more than ten years of development, the scale of scientific research personnel has exceeded 25,000 people, and 40% of the members are actually from other countries.
Enterprises in Western countries can use Chinese, and Chinese companies can also use talents from Western countries.
Moreover, Loongson Design Company has a talent training plan every year, and there will be more talents engaged in chip design in China in the future.
In the field of chip design, China will no longer lag behind, but will lead the way!
(End of chapter)