Rebirth 1984: Starting from the development of Hanka

Chapter 98 Some Ideas
In my previous life, there were "Vanke" and "Wanda" among the domestic real estate giants, and my real estate company was called Wanjiang.

Lu Mao really didn't know what the name "Wanjiang" meant, but he felt that the name was catchy and had a good meaning.

Wanjiang Wanjiang, Wanshou Boundless.

People who live in Wanjiang's house have a long life and a long life.

……

A few days later, Lu Maoshi went to RB with a mission.

It is hard to imagine how much Zhao Ye can earn when harvesting Tokyo real estate in the future.

Now, Wujiang Microelectronics has solved the problem of photoresist, so the expansion plan of the fab can proceed smoothly.

However, Wujiang Microelectronics has backward technology in the optical field, so it will take a long time to develop the next-generation lithography machine.

Zhao Ye aimed at the optical giant Zeiss and the previous lithography machine giant ASML.

At present, Zeiss is divided into two parts, West Zeiss in West Germany and East Zeiss in East Germany.

During this period, most of the low-end camera lens and movie camera lens business of Zeiss has long been lost to RB people.

In the field of lithography machines, Zeiss lens quality problems have caused hundreds of lithography machines delivered by GCA in the United States to receive widespread complaints from customers, and the number of G-line lenses replaced by customers is so large that they can be loaded in trucks. The reputation of GCA and Zeiss was thus devastated.At this time, the optical components of Zeiss were no longer comparable to the high-quality lenses of Nikon and Canon.

In addition, Zeiss has always insisted that craftsmen polish the lens by hand. This group of people has a golden title "Gold Finger" in Zeiss, but this is outdated. The human eye is obviously incomparable with high-precision instruments, and skilled craftsmen cannot. Guaranteed to be as stable as a machine, so Zeiss' traditional classic gameplay dominated by "golden fingers" is equivalent to putting on shackles for himself.Manually polishing the lens brings two problems. The quality of the lens is not reliable (GCA suffers from this), and the production is still very limited.Zeiss's method of polishing lenses with "golden fingers" can no longer adapt to the changes of the times.

At this time, Zeiss could not compete with RB Nikon, and Zeiss' financial situation became very bad, and it was already standing on the edge of a cliff.

Many people think that Zeiss has achieved ASML by carefully polishing the lens with craftsmen.

In fact, it is quite the opposite.

Without ASML, Zeiss probably wouldn't have survived the late 80s and 90s.

It was the rise of ASML that forcibly injected N waves of blood into Zeiss, allowing Zeiss to launch a robotic automatic polishing system, no longer completely dependent on "gold finger" craftsmen, and then developed into a real industry leader.

However, before Zeiss can be dealt with, ASML must be killed first.

It is not difficult to kill ASML, because since the establishment of ASML, a total of few lithography machines have not been sold, and the current loss is serious.

Last year, ASML lost more than 1000 million U.S. dollars. Zeiss’ swindle not only pulled the American GCA company off the throne of lithography machines, but now it is shaming ASML.Half of the Zeiss lenses are substandard, and the other half are still out of stock.

The founder of ASML, Del Prado, couldn't stand it anymore. From time to time, he and the current CEO of ASML, Jate Smit, yelled at each other in the corridor.Because Jate Smit asked Del Prado to invest more.

Historically, Del Prado contacted RB's Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Sumitomo Group to negotiate acquisitions in 1986, but failed.

In this life, think about it as well.

Unable to find anyone to buy ASML, Del Prado had no choice but to hold on. After all, he had to finish his appointment with tears in his eyes.Just like Tencent Ma Huateng, during the cold winter of the Internet in 2000, he sold QQ at low prices everywhere, but no one wanted to buy it.

Unexpectedly, in 1987, AMD placed an order for 25 ASML PAS2500 lithography machines, which made ASML finally survive.Immediately afterwards, TSMC was established. Because TSMC has Philips' investment, so the rich water does not flow to outsiders. TSMC bought dozens of ASML lithography machines.

Zhao Ye is very clear about the history of ASML.

Right now, just wait for Del Prado's negotiations with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Sumitomo Group to collapse, and then he will come forward to acquire ASML.

During this period, ASML had only two shareholders, one was Del Prado, which accounted for 50% of the shares; the other was Philips, which accounted for 50% of the shares.

Del Prado couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to sell ASML.

Philips, on the other hand, does not attach importance to ASML at all.

If Wujiang Microelectronics wants to acquire ASML, as long as the money is in place, there will be no obstacles at all.

Even Del Prado and Philips can't wait to get rid of the burden of ASML as soon as possible.

At this time, ASML's valuation was only 3000 to [-] million US dollars, which was not considered a big company.It is almost unknown in the lithography machine market.

On the contrary, Zeiss is still famous during this period, and the West Zeiss company alone has more than 1 employees.

It is easy to acquire ASML, but it is very difficult to acquire Zeiss.

However, in the mid-to-late 80s, Zeiss was on the verge of bankruptcy, and this might be the only chance.

No matter what, Zhao Ye had to give it a try.

Winning Zeiss, China's optical system will be able to develop by leaps and bounds.

In the office, Zhao Ye explained to Rex Eden: "Always pay attention to the movements of ASML's boss Del Prado. In the near future, he may contact RB's Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Sumitomo Group to discuss the acquisition of ASML. I need time." Understand the progress of their negotiations. Once Del Prado's negotiations fail, you will then come forward and acquire ASML in the name of Alphabet!"

ASML's technology is very important to Wujiang Microelectronics.Of course, this is not the key point. The key point is that as long as ASML is acquired, a competitor can be eliminated.

After Rex Aiden left, Zhao Ye suddenly frowned and murmured, "Will it really be best for Wujiang Microelectronics to eliminate ASML? It seems unlikely..."

"Behind the success of ASML is the support of Western countries, especially the United States."

"If Wujiang Microelectronics acquires ASML, Western countries will never support Wujiang Microelectronics. If they have no choice, they will only support RB. This will actually make Canon and Nikon stronger!"

"It seems that ASML still needs to continue to exist. Wujiang Microelectronics can invest in it, but it requires some technology from the other party. In this way, the benefits can be maximized!"

"Even if ASML rises, Wujiang, as an investor, can still make a lot of money, and at the same time have a certain right to speak."

"It's just that if ASML doesn't die, the idea of ​​acquiring Zeiss will most likely fail in the end. In addition, Zeiss is the pride of Germany, and the German authorities may not easily agree to sell Zeiss to a Chinese company. At most, I can survive Zeiss' life and death. At the moment, take advantage of the fire and buy some patented technologies in optical systems.”

Zhao Ye couldn't help sighing, it's too difficult, he can acquire ASML, but he can't do it, the rise of China's lithography machines depends on himself.

(End of this chapter)