Rebirth 1984: Starting from the development of Hanka

Chapter 137 Take down the future giant!
The next day, in the morning.

Tiangong Technology Co., Ltd.

Zhao Ye looked at the top management of Tiangong Technology Company and gave instructions: "Germany's precision processing technology is the most powerful in the world. We can't buy advanced technology. Could it be that we can't find skilled talents?"

"Don't care about money, dig German precision machining talents for me!!!"

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

Currently, Germany is divided into West Germany and East Germany.

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

If these domestic scientific researchers work hard, the development of program-controlled machine tools is not impossible, but it will take a long time.

The German precision machining talents are recruited, 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 undesirable to work behind closed doors.

After Zhao Ye explained these things, he left.

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

……

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

First of all, it is natural to develop the CD-ROM drive. The speed of the first-generation CD-ROM drive provided by Philips is too slow, only 150KB/S, which can only be regarded as a unit of measurement. Therefore, this standard also established the unique name of the CD-ROM drive, which is several times faster.

CD games need at least four times the drive to meet the requirements.

In this regard, there is a lot of information on the Internet in the previous life. If it is not limited to hardware conditions, Zhao Ye can also develop a higher multiple optical drive.However, the 4x optical drive is enough for now, and the speed can be increased in the future.What's more, if the product is updated, it can be sold one more time.Doing so is a beautiful character that every qualified capitalist should possess.

Therefore, some products are not as advanced as necessary.

The other is to develop new CD formats based on the CD standard, such as VCD, CD-R, and so on.

VCD was a huge hit in China in the previous life, and most Chinese people know about it.

In fact, it adopts the CD-ROM XA format to store video and audio data in the full-motion MPEG-1 format, which can be played directly on the VCD Player.

CD-ROM XA is an extension of the framework of the CD-ROM specification. It slightly modifies the storage format of the CD so that it can store audio and video data.Originally formulated by Philips, Sony, and Microsoft in 1989 as a supplement to the Yellow Book (CD-ROM).

Obviously, it is only 1987, and Wujiang Group is fortunate to be able to step in.

Why does Wujiang Group spend huge sums of money to purchase CD patent licenses? Not only to develop CD home game consoles, but also to participate in the formulation of CD standards and take the lead in developing CD-ROM XA.

In addition, Wujiang Group still needs to do a lot of things, such as MPEG-1, which is a lossy video and audio compression standard. 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 view, the MPEG-1 video compression algorithm is very simple.

He also has a more powerful video compression algorithm, but it is completely unnecessary to use it.

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

Now, 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. It doesn't matter whether you admit it or not, as long as the market admits it.

In the previous life, the VCD appeared a little late, let alone the DVD, and even PCs had begun to be popularized. At that time, who would watch VCDs and watch movies on the computer?
the following few days,

Zhao Ye often appears at the CD Research Institute, and he is in class again. From 10:11 to 11:12 in the morning, he will talk about the development of high-speed optical drives, and from 2:[-] to [-]:[-], he will talk about the development of CD-ROM XA. Loongson Design Company continues 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 work, Zhao Ye himself enjoyed it.

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Japan.

Del Prado was in a terrible mood at the moment.

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

"Mr. Del Prado, you are wasting your efforts in vain. No one in Japan will buy ASML! In the lithography machine market, Nikon almost occupies a dominant position. Which company can compete with it? If someone acquires ASML, then He must be a super fool!!!" Mitsubishi Group executive Matsushima Kusaka said sarcastically.

Del Prado was walking on the street, recalling Matsushima Kusaka's words, he couldn't help but think of Wujiang Group and the man behind the scenes of 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, no one will buy ASML.

Half an hour later, Del Prado returned to the hotel. He thought about it, and seemed to have finally figured out something. Then he opened the drawer, found the business card left by Rex Eden, and followed the phone number written on the card. , dialed the past.

Soon, the call was connected.

Rex Aiden's hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone: "Mr. Prado, hello, what can you do if you call me?"

"Mr. Aiden, okay, I've figured it out and accepted your company's terms."

"Wait, Mr. Prado, the situation is different now. My boss has given me new instructions, asking me to buy shares directly from you instead of investing directly. So, Mr. Prado, you are relieved , you can finally get out of the sea of ​​suffering, get a sum of money, travel to your heart's content to taste the delicacies of various places, or fill in the shortfall of your other company..."

Del Prado was stunned when he heard the words, and immediately thought that Philips, another major shareholder of ASML, didn't care about ASML's development at all. Why did he work hard to maintain ASML?I originally planned to sell ASML. Since Wujiang Group intends to take over the shares in my hand, it would be great.

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

Rex Eden replied: "$900 million!"

After hearing the quotation, Del Prado was silent for a while, and finally gritted his teeth: "Wujiang Group bid at least 1000 million US dollars, otherwise I would rather not sell the shares of ASML!!!"

Rex Eden said with a smile at this time: "Okay, Mr. Prado, the transaction is 1000 million US dollars! 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 will be there on time!" Del Prado nodded with a heavy heart.

Rex Eden said: "Okay, see you tomorrow then!"

"see you tomorrow!!"

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

Since then, Wujiang Group has mastered 50% of the shares of ASML.

Philips did not pay much attention to ASML, so Wujiang Group directly took over the management of ASML.

At this time, ASML was just an inconspicuous small company. It can be said that it was silent. Western countries led by the United States had not yet started to support ASML.In addition to its own hard work, the rise of ASML is also closely related to TSMC.

You know, Philips is the major shareholder of TSMC. Although Philips didn't pay much attention to ASML at the beginning, "the fat water doesn't flow to outsiders' fields". Philips is also the major shareholder of ASML, holding 50% of the shares. So, When TSMC purchased a lithography machine, it directly bought an ASML lithography machine.

TSMC's business model (wafer foundry) is of course very successful, so ASML has benefited a lot, and it has also taken off. Since then, ASML has entered the field of vision of Americans.

Nowadays, since Wujiang Group now holds 50% of the shares of ASML, the United States may not continue to support ASML in the future. If the United States does not support ASML, it may support Japan's Nikon and Canon.

Zhao Ye felt that Japanese companies were more difficult to deal with.

ASML is indeed a bit like an assembly plant, but Japanese companies can produce many key equipment by themselves.

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

At first, Zhao Ye didn't plan to buy ASML, but invested in ASML to make a lot of money, but later he figured out one thing, as long as he buys ASML now, he can control ASML management rights, and then be able to control the Zeiss company.

Zeiss is now relying on blood transfusions from ASML to save lives.

If Zhao Ye let ASML release the word, he doesn't intend to continue to cooperate with Zeiss Company, what do you think will happen to Zeiss Company?

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

If Wujiang Group can take the opportunity to acquire Zeiss, it will be perfect.

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

"Boss, we have acquired all the ASML shares held by Del Prado." Rex Eden reported the situation to Zhao Ye immediately.

Zhao Ye was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said in a deep voice, "Immediately take over ASML, and then launch the Liesi plan!!!"

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

The acquisition of ASML is just an appetizer, and the pursuit of the company's plan is the Zeiss company.

This is an optical giant with a history of more than 100 years. If it can lead the acquisition of such a company, Rex Eden's name will surely resound all over the world!
PS: I will be busy during the day today, and I don’t have time to type, so I will stay up late to write a chapter, and everyone will vote to encourage it~
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