novelones Chapter 173 Lobbying Group: We cannot admit defeat!
Chapter 173 Lobbying Group: We cannot admit defeat!
"Sanye-kun, this matter will trouble you!"
"Wang Leisang, please don't say that. We are all doing this for the benefit of the people of Sakura Island. It is we who should thank you."
Mie Yeyasu, who was instilled with some new ideas by Wang Lei, now has a sad look on his face.
"Wang Leisang, I'm going to call the president of the relevant consortium here, and let's convince them together!"
"Sanye-kun, if you do this, they will just wait and see each other. Call the Mitsui people here first. They are the largest and most in need of the new generation of lithography equipment."
Mitsui Shigeyasu nodded and made a powerful statement on the phone. After a while, Saito Kaneishi, the president of the Mitsui Foundation, entered the venue with his head raised.
After seeing Wang Lei, they just snorted coldly, seeming to still be worried about Wang Lei's malicious acquisition of their company.
"Sanye-kun, our semiconductors are struggling after being targeted. Does the Bank of Japan want to support us with a blood transfusion?"
After Wang Lei's lobbying, Sanye Shigeyasu came up with this idea.
The development of the semiconductor industry is inseparable from government support. If Hanguo and Xizhou governments can do it, why can't they do it.
But he needed Saito Kaneshiki to express a more firm attitude.
"Supporting high-tech industries is the policy that our Bank of Japan has always implemented. However, Saito-kun, I think you have lost your fighting spirit. You are no longer the high-spirited person you were ten years ago."
What greeted him was Saito Kaneshi's sneer:
"Fighting spirit? Once the Hiroshima Agreement came out, the yen appreciated and the U.S. dollar depreciated. Who is still willing to buy our stuff? They would rather buy shoddy Korean goods than our products. Are you asking me for fighting spirit?"
This is the pain that Sakurajima's electrical appliance industry is experiencing. The biggest change is that Akihabara, which was originally a center for selling electrical appliances, is now slowly transforming into a two-dimensional holy land.
"Saito-kun, have you forgotten the spirit of our Yamato nation that never admits defeat?"
Seeing the two boys talking about Bushido every day, Wang Lei couldn't help but interrupt:
"Saito-kun, when I come here this time, I bring you a sharp weapon to help Mitsui resist invasion, the epoch-making Keguang equipment.
With it, your production capacity will increase by at least 80%, and you can design more complex integrated circuits on it!
As long as your products are good enough and your products are distributed quickly enough.
Americans and Han people will never want to climb on your heads again! "
This makes sense. Not everyone wants to buy cheap goods. More people actually pay more attention to cost-effectiveness.
Saito Kaneshi couldn't help but sneer:
"Wang Lei, you can make epoch-making lithography equipment just by acquiring a few small semiconductor factories?
We are all in the industry, so don’t be shy about talking, okay? My time is precious. "
Wang Lei was a little helpless after hearing this, so he had to ask his accompanying assistant to turn on the player.
Saito Kaneseki was full of disdain, he wanted to see what tricks the people of the Dragon Kingdom could play.
Mino Shigeyasu couldn't help but beat the drum in his heart. There is no doubt about Wang Lei's ability, but the lithography machine is not a technology that can be learned at a glance. They also spent a lot of energy when they stole the technology.
The promotional advertisement of pas5500 is more like a test display process.
Under the instructor's Japanese explanation and operation demonstration, Saito Kaneshi's expression gradually became solemn.
When he saw the experimenter announcing that Xinkeguang's equipment had effectively improved work efficiency by nearly 80%, he straightened his back and stared intently for fear of missing a key detail.
When he saw that the new equipment was divided into ten modules and assembled by ten groups at the same time, his eyes widened and he looked incredulous.
Especially when pas5500 created a 70nm integrated circuit, I was shocked beyond measure for two days.
"Wang Leisang, can you guarantee that the actual mass-produced machines will also have the above performance?"
"Of course, and after mass production debugging, the performance will be closer to perfect and reliable."
Hearing this, Saito Kanaishi couldn't wait to ask:
"How much does one cost?"
"$1800 million."
Saito Kaneshi's face darkened: "It's so expensive!"
"We will need to invest at least US$5500 billion to rebuild a chip factory with pas30 as the core."
"Wang Leisang, you are our friend, can you make it cheaper?"
Hearing Saito Kaneshi's shameless words, Wang Lei sneered, this guy is thinking nonsense.
As the most advanced lithography machine in the world, it is good without a price increase, and he also wants a discounted price.
Seeing Wang Lei's expression, Sanye Shigeyasu knew that something bad was going to happen, so he hurriedly said:
"Saito-san, for every PAS5500 purchased by the Mitsui Consortium, the Bank of Japan will give you a subsidy of US$500 million. I wonder if you are satisfied with this?"
Saito Kaneishi must be satisfied, but when he thinks about the entire factory having to be upgraded, his heart bleeds:
"Sanye-kun, if the official really wants us not to give up chip research and development, we definitely need to give more support."
"Of course, I have realized the importance of the semiconductor industry, and the Bank of Japan will provide you with more interest-free loans to support your continued research and development."
After receiving the guarantee, Saito Kaneshi smiled and said to Wang Lei:
"Sir, Mitsui hopes to order 30 pas5500 units first. I wonder how long it will take for you to deliver them?"
Wang Lei was shocked when he heard 30 units, but considering that Mitsui's Toshiba, Nec, and Hitachi are the world's top three chip manufacturers, it would be easy for each of them to acquire 10 units.
“How about all deliveries within a year?”
"It takes a little long, but it's within acceptable limits."
After the two parties signed the agreement, Saito asked someone to pay half of the deposit in advance.
US$2 million was received.
"Misano-kun, the next people we need to contact are the Mitsubishi Group and the Fuji Group."
"Should we just skip Sumitomo? Mitsubishi and Fuji are also giants in science and technology equipment. It would not be appropriate to sell the 5500 to them, right?"
"Why is it inappropriate? Only when you realize your shortcomings can you make progress. I am willing to communicate with them. They should be happy."
Mino Shigeyasu couldn't help but respect Wang Lei again, and in turn thought about Wang Lei:
"Sir, aren't you afraid that they will buy your lithography machine back, take it apart, and then... make a copycat set?"
It's not like they haven't done this kind of thing before in their childhood. Their first lithography machine was completely a high imitation of GCA, almost exactly the same.
"Don't be afraid. Today's lithography machine technology has technical barriers. Even if the imitation is successful, they will pay me a patent fee for every lithography machine they produce."
There is another point that Wang Lei did not say.
High imitation also takes time. The two consortiums do not want to lose their chip share, so they must buy more than a dozen units and use them first.
By the time they imitate it, Peninsula Technology may have developed an immersive DUV lithography machine.
So Wang Lei didn't panic at all.
I even wish that all the major lithography machine manufacturers would buy a few of them and make high-quality imitations, and then go to the end of the road of dry method research and development.
The more they invest in the development of dry methods, the harder it will be to turn back.
Even if you tell them that the invasive approach is the truth, they will loudly accuse you of deceiving others.