Global monopoly of technology

When Peter Winnick's special plane flew to China, it was the evening local time. Just after leaving the terminal, he learned the news that the US stock market NASDAQ opened the ASML company's stock plummeted.

The stock price is venting wildly. The plunge is expected by Pete Winnick. With such a huge change in the industry, market investors are obviously pessimistic about the future of ASML.

After Pete Winnick arrived in China, he first checked into the hotel. In the middle of the night, he couldn't help but get up to check the US stock market. The trading day was over.

ASML's stock price plummeted 32.73%, evaporating $29.9 billion that day, and the total market value of after-hours trading was only $61.5 billion.

In just two days, ASML's market value was cut by half. What a tragic word.

Pete Winnick was prepared in his heart. When he saw this trend, he felt shameful to be here at this moment, and he was almost insecure, and his whole person was bad.

Sometimes, people just commit a crime by themselves. Pete Winnick knew that looking at the stock price would be more angry, but he couldn't help but want to self-harm to look for abuse.

...

The next day.

Technology complex building.

"Xiao Na, test the software environment." Luo Sheng is programming and designing the programming power exoskeleton operating system, and at the same time is conducting a high-level video conference inside the Blue Coast.

"Mr. Luo, we received the news that the head of ASML has come to China in a low-key manner. He got off the plane last night and sent someone to the company today to meet you and have a talk."

Yao Jianhong said.

The company’s core executives already knew about this, and one of the managers present at the meeting said happily: "Haha, here the Purple Star lithography machine has just been exposed, and Pete Winnick flew over the next day. This reaction is too real. , Too fast."

Others laughed as soon as they heard it. No matter how they looked at it, ASML's move seemed a little embarrassing.

Another also said: "ASML's market value was cut in two days. Everyone is eager. It is unexpected for me to say that Pete Winnick came here so fast, but it is reasonable to come. ."

Everyone at the meeting nodded their heads again to agree, which was very dark and cool.

ASML also has today.

Luo Sheng couldn't help being stunned for a while. Yao Jianhong only knew about it when he said this. Recently, Yao was dealing with these issues, and he himself was engaged in development.

At this moment, Luo Sheng's brain flashed through various possibilities. His thinking was as agile as before, but for a moment he said with a smile but a smile: "Hehe, you should come, but you shouldn't come too soon and too directly. "

When everyone heard Luo Sheng's words, they couldn't help being curious.

"Mr. Luo, what do you mean..."

Luo Sheng looked at the simulation environment of the power exoskeleton system, and calmly said: "Pete Weinike looks embarrassed when running in such a hurry, but it is also true, but there are some issues that are worth considering. ASML wants to talk about this. Certainly, but whether it can determine the final result is two different things."

Yao Jianhong said concisely: "Mr Luo meant that the role of SIA cannot be ignored."

Luo Sheng nodded and said: "Yes, ASML came to me alone to talk about it for her own humiliation. He no longer has a bargaining chip that I value. He must know this, but he is here, and he is here so soon and so directly. , This is intriguing. Can I doubt that they have conflicts and differences?"

Everyone thoughtfully.

Luo Sheng continued to analyze and said: "Since Pete Weinikemin knows that he is humiliated by coming to me alone, when a person knows that he will be humiliated and bit his head, apart from the imminent crisis, he must have found something feasible. Breakthrough."

An executive at the meeting subconsciously said: "Breakthrough?"

Luo Sheng smiled indifferently, and said slowly: "After thinking about it, I have a high probability of judging that this is a trick to kill people with a knife. I am a tool man. Pete Winnick wants to raise himself in SIA by negotiating with me. Net worth is a helpless move. Normal business competition ASML must go bankrupt within three years."

"Mr. Luo, you mean, ASML is here to disrupt the situation?"

Luo Sheng nodded: "It is very possible that ASML has really opened this hole. It will be difficult for SIA to do it. The internal logic here, as long as you figure out what the SIA is most afraid of in the current situation, it is not difficult to get the result. SIA is afraid of further intensification of internal contradictions. The industry is facing a major reshuffle. The first question that all parties think of is how to seek self-protection and continue to maintain an advantage in the new turmoil. ASML has already begun to take action for this, but in the eyes of SIA He will have a bad head and will definitely stop it."

Makes sense.

Everyone nodded secretly. From the standpoint of SIA, ASML must not betray, and the influence is too bad. Once other international members see that this is the way, the small nine or nine will be flying, and SIA is also afraid of Luo. Sheng and the Côte d’Azur have further added fuel to the fire. For example, Samsung Electronics has already obtained a stable source of profit on the Côte d’Azur, and now it is even more unable to decouple from each other.

Whether it is a loss or a profit, everyone has their own calculations.

"Mr. Luo, do you want to meet and talk with Pete Winnick?"

Hearing this, Luo Sheng vetoed it without hesitation: "No, why does he want to use me as a tool to see him? ASML offends it, and now it's nothing to me."

Everyone was silent for a moment, and Yao Jianhong said immediately: "If you don't see it, isn't this a situation that SIA is happy to comment on? Other manufacturers who are interested in easing the relationship and want to be subdued see our attitude towards ASML, don't they push them to the SIA side? Make them more determined?"

The other people in the meeting attached to the meeting. Although it is really cool and refreshing to hang Pete Weinike, it will also make people who are in the wobbly and inherently international partners such as Samsung Electronics, Kiji Denki, and Shin-Etsu Chemical use their feet to vote. Up.

After all, it's really humiliating and thankless, who would do it.

The key is that there are actually 60% of the technical links in the entire semiconductor industry chain that have not been opened up. The outside world does not know, but you can’t lie to yourself. Once the SIA also knows this, the situation may change dramatically again. Will fall into a passive situation.

Luo Sheng smiled and said: "I just said that using me as a tool would prevent me from seeing, and I didn't say that I would not be seen by not using me as a tool."

Everyone was stunned for a while, and for the first time, they felt that if they said it, they didn't say it. However, a product carefully means two completely opposite meanings, and the Chinese culture is extensive and profound.

Luo Sheng continued: "What's more, maybe this is the tool man sent to the door? Don't use it for nothing."

"Boss, you don't want to sell it, what are you going to do with this?"

"Yeah, if you see, what are the conditions?"

Luo Sheng put aside his smile and said, "Pitt Weinick wants to kill someone with a knife. I will also try to follow his strategy and use him as a knife. Who is the tool?"

Yao Jianhong curiously asked: "What do you say?"

Luo Sheng: "I don’t see. ASML still has to find another way out. Then he will definitely find other domestic manufacturers to win customer partners. It just so happens that I can see how many people in China are two or five boys, and take this opportunity to wash the team. At least there must be a little black book to keep in mind."

Everyone was stunned, but could it still have this magical effect?

Yes indeed!

The Zixing lithography machine has been exposed, but it is also waiting to be purchased. There is no doubt that Xiongxin Electronics is the first to give priority to supply. Even so, it will take one or two years, not to mention other manufacturers. Yes, ASML can definitely see the supply problems.

It's so sinister.

Everyone secretly commented on the BOSS. They thought they had guessed the third floor of the BOSS, but they didn't expect the BOSS to be on the fourth floor, but Eluosheng was actually on the fifth floor.

"After talking about the invisible things, let's talk about the problems of seeing." Luo Sheng explained in an orderly way: "We talk more about Pete Winnick, not because of the SIA. This must be clear, but because of what? The European market, The failure of ASML will also affect the interests of the German manufacturing industry. Germany is the core of the Eurozone and has lost the North American market. The European market is the most important developed country market on the Blue Coast."

"Therefore, our interests and the interests of the other party are therefore connected, so we can negotiate, and use this as a condition for negotiation. It will not affect my Côte d’Azur business in the European market. Don’t mess with me. I can let ASML live. , Can continue to live and nourish, and even continue to deepen cooperation, continue to deepen business cooperation with the entire Europe, this can be discussed, others are not discussed, it is not enough to talk about the entire integrated circuit pattern. It is not enough to reshuffle an ASML. Only John of SIA The old man is qualified to come and talk to me."

It turns out that after listening to everyone, they suddenly realized that they also sighed secretly, after all, they still couldn't keep up with the pattern of the big boss.

Even the European business has been taken into consideration by the way. The outside world has never thought about this problem at all, and has focused their attention on North America.

Only then did I remember that Europeans have recently been uncomfortable with foreign technology companies making a lot of money. Silicon Valley technology giants such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft have suffered huge fines from Europe and the United States.

Sooner or later, Côte d’Azur and Bluestar Technology will take the knife. The reason why they did not start is because both companies are investing in Europe on a large scale, contributing tens of thousands of jobs, and both are doing well.

He didn't find a great opportunity to start, but Luo Sheng wouldn't think that these foreigners would really be grateful to Dade. Maybe they were playing "Scientific Pig Raising" and fattening you before killing.

At this time, don't take more chips into your arms, and you won't notify you when the time comes.

The idea of ​​making money with harmony is itself contrary to reality. The so-called making fortune with harmony is based on checks and balances between the two sides. Once the balance is out of balance, it will raise the coffin and make money, so as to destroy the other party and make a fortune.

Predation is their essence.

Luo Sheng added: "By the way, not only is it not visible, but you have to pour some oil. An executive on the Cote d’Azur who did not want to disclose his name brought the news to the media, trying to amplify the news that Pete Winnick came to see him and was shut down... I hope Pete doesn't have a mentality."

Yao Jianhong said happily, "This move is really hurtful, it's killing people."

Luo Sheng smiled and said: "The damage is a bit of damage, but this is part of the plan. We should use ASML as a pot of twice-cooked pork to fry, toss and fry it back and forth, and destroy his confidence. Don't leave him any illusions. Talking about it will be much smoother."

In Luo Sheng's eyes, the value that ASML still exists now is necessary, and only the European business market remains.

...

An hour later, in a room of the newly opened Hilton Hotel in Sioux City.

Pete Winnick's secretary knocked in.

"BOSS, the Blue Coast has replied."

Hearing that, Pete Winnick, who was smoking a muffled cigarette, pinched out his cigarette, immediately looked at the secretary and hurriedly said: "When will we meet? Where is the location?"