Global monopoly of technology

Pengcheng, Tengxun headquarters.

"Instant messaging has come to the next frontier, and the user base of mobile Internet is exploding. The layout here will determine our company's position in the social field, whether to continue to consolidate, open up or exit."

Tengxun's internal executive meeting is underway, and Xiao Ma speaks with a serious expression.

The sense of crisis is always around for the heads of these big companies. The rapid changes of the times make them very anxious, even if they are already in the top ranks, because they are afraid of missing opportunities and losing all they have gained today. achievement.

The portals were so powerful that they were finally replaced by search engines. The favorites to be taken out by bigwigs are the decline of Yahoo and the rise of Google.

Xu Chenghua, who attended the meeting, took out a document and said: "The name'WeChat' has been preemptively registered."

Xiao Ma immediately looked at him: "Squatting?"

Xu Chenghua nodded and said affirmatively: "And it is Bluestar Technology."

An executive at the meeting was stunned: "No, there is such a coincidence? Is the news leaked?"

Xu Chenghua shook his head: "No, because the registration time is earlier than our internal negotiation."

An executive said: "That's a coincidence. The start is really fast. It is certain that Bluestar Technology has begun to quietly make a new layout, and the reaction speed is much faster than us. Will it be creating a new social network? product?"

Everyone looked at each other, it is obvious that this is very possible, and even highly consistent with the strategy that Tengxun is about to launch.

This is not good news.

Teng Xun has long been aware of the crisis. Xiao Ma has asked Zhang Xiaolong and others to secretly develop a product, and it is carried out by multiple teams at the same time. Whoever comes up with the solution first will go online. This product is based on the main product. Social products for the mobile Internet.

"I've been squashed, so I can only change it to a new one. Let's call it'WeChat'." Little Ma, who was silent, said suddenly.

So, a new social product under the banner of Tengxun was decided.

And it's obvious that, even if it's not afraid of its powerful competitor, Bluestar Technology, it almost came to the name "WeChat".

Teng Xun's executive meeting soon ended and established the company's new strategy.

In the era of the strong and strong, Bluestar Technology is the super hegemon in the social field so far, and the number one player in this field to expand to the world. The advantages are self-evident.

There are also technical advantages. Tengxun’s "WeChat" will be launched by the end of the year at the earliest. Xiaomi's "MiChat" is similar, but Bluestar's "WeChat" will be available during the first half of the year.

It has a huge user base, and it is launched almost half a year earlier than its competitors, which is already a very good lead.

Not to mention Luo Sheng's foresight, this is the biggest disadvantage of competitors.

The field of instant messaging is about to enter a new round of melee. Who can stand out in the mobile Internet era? With the current situation, it can only be said that there is a chance. This time the main battlefield is no longer the PC Internet, but the mobile Internet.

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On Wednesday, the special plane of Peter Winnick, the head of the Dutch technology company ASML, landed at the Shanghai International Airport. He stayed in the hotel and took a rest for the night to reverse the jet lag. The next day he went to Sioux City to meet Luo Sheng.

The next day, at the Science and Technology Complex, Peter Winnick came here to meet Luo Sheng.

In the morning, the two sides met in the large living room. Qin Weimu was present, and Liu Yixuan, who was in charge of Xiuxin Electronics, was also present.

"Mr. Winnick, the negotiation was completed in November last year, and the contract has been initialed. The 45-nanometer lithography machine will be delivered to Xiongxin Electronics in January this year. This has been delayed until February. What do you mean?" Luo Sheng straightforwardly expressed his dissatisfaction.

Peter Winnick hesitated for a moment and said: "I'm really sorry, Mr. Luo, this is also the purpose of my trip. In my speech on ASML's annual results announcement, I said that 45-nanometer lithography equipment will be delivered, but The Dutch authorities are currently withholding the license to export the lithography equipment to China. This happened under pressure from the Americans. The North American authorities claimed that this was a strategic product. At the same time, the Americans were also worried about competition from China. Delivery may lead to theft of technology."

In other words, this is not my pot.

"Don't come to this set. The previous negotiation has been very clear. Through the FinFET patent exchange, if you regret it, then I have to say sorry, I can only take back all the FinFET patented technology." Luo Sheng glanced at the other party faintly. , Added: "Semiconductor chips cannot circumvent Moore's Law. The patent system that circumvents me only exists in theory, but I can replicate it with the lithography machine."

When he heard the last sentence, Peter Winnick smiled and said confidently: "No, no, Mr. Luo, I can clearly point out that high-end lithography equipment can never be copied. If I am right, your country There have been attempts to copy the lithography machine, but it has still not been successful. You can try to copy the parts and then assemble them, but without the guidance of our system engineers and software experts, the machine will not work."

Peter Winnick seemed a little proud, and he was very happy to explain further why he was not afraid at all, saying:

"Mr. Luo, we are a system integrator. We integrate the technologies of hundreds of companies to serve our customers. The lithography machine is composed of 80,000 parts, many of which are very complex. Take Zeiss as an example, We produce lenses, various mirrors and other optical components for us. No company in the world can imitate them. In addition, our machines are fully equipped with sensors. Once abnormal conditions are detected, the headquarters will sound an alarm."

Having said this, Peter Winnick has become more and more inflated: "Maybe you have good regulations, but you can never carry out this kind of operation in secret. Many experts must be involved. If they succeed, they will bring a lot to the market. The chips from the source cannot be traced and finally exposed. We have been following the market dynamics for a long time, and of course we will also be familiar with the intellectual property laws of each country where our products are exported."

Luo Sheng said immediately: "You seem to have forgotten one thing, Mr. Winnick, the future manufacturing industry is an era of overcapacity. Whoever has the potential for consumption has the right to bargain. And where you stand now is the world's largest chip consumption. The market, at the level of hundreds of billions of dollars, has accounted for more than 50% of the global chip consumer market, and it will increase further in the future. Since you are familiar with the intellectual property laws of each country, there is no need for me to explain the laws of our country for you personally."

Winnick’s smile disappeared, but he was relieved soon, and smiled: "Mr. Luo, you can rest assured that ASML treats global customers equally, but according to the Wassenaar agreement, ASML needs to obtain high-end lithography machines for export to China. Export license from the Dutch authorities."

The implication is that we actually want to sell ASML, but we can't help it.

However, Winnick’s attitude was suddenly euphemistic, and he did not dare to say too deadly. A key reason was that the person with whom he was negotiating was Luo Sheng, the most representative science and technology university in China and even today. Ka, his technology companies have created many world-leading technologies.

For example, Swords Global's Nebula Star-Cloud, the number one player in the global cloud computing field, and the FinFET patent barriers that were constructed were beyond the expectations of the semiconductor industry, making SIA caught off guard.

In fact, until now, semiconductor companies in Europe and the United States, led by Intel, can develop FinFET-related technologies on their own, but if they ignore the patent law, the impact on intellectual property rights is incalculable.

Intellectual property rights are the rules of the game formulated by the Europeans and Americans, and they are the biggest beneficiaries. They will never hurt them. The resistance is unimaginable.

In the end, Luo Sheng exerted an extremely strong reverse pressure: "Mr. Winnick, I don’t care about the cause of the fire in your plant or the reason why the Dutch authorities did not permit it. I don’t care. Goods, then I will definitely withdraw my patent and develop my own lithography machine at the same time. You can give it a try for at most three years."

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