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Morning, eight o'clock, original room.

The three-bedroom suite has been converted into Liu Wei's living room, and also serves as part of the restaurant.

Breakfast has been prepared, and it is all the food that several people are used to eating in the capital, including fried dough sticks, steamed buns, soy milk and boiled eggs. Of course, the hotel does not provide these. The accompanying staff borrowed the hotel's kitchen to make them themselves.

This was also communicated before coming here. Basically, all meal issues during this trip will be solved by the accompanying chef.

Foreigners may interpret this as money to burn, but in Liu Wei’s opinion, these are the basic requirements in the safety manual for this trip. Of course, it can also be understood as someone who has money to burn. The people accompanying him this time are all chefs with extremely exquisite skills, so the wages are naturally very high.

As for the supplies, I brought a batch myself, and other supplies were purchased locally by the accompanying security personnel with the cooperation of the military attaches arranged by the embassy. As Liu Wei said, the safety and security work has been designed with redundancy, and even six sets of emergency evacuation records for emergencies have been made.

Ning Wei did not refuse these arrangements that were so complicated that they even affected the fun of the trip. The main reason was that he was not alone this time, and classmate Jiang was there.

He still feels a little bit frustrated. Even though he has worked very hard, there will always be people in this world who are biased against him.

"By the way, Edwin George stayed here specifically to discuss the next experiment with you yesterday?" Liu Wei asked.

Liu Wei is mainly responsible for Ning Wei's external communication schedule, including when to go to CERN to host the experiment and meet with the scientists involved in the experiment. In addition to verbally informing him, the other party will definitely send a formal letter to Liu Wei. Then Liu Wei communicates with the other party about the official itinerary. Liu Wei is not a talkative and curious person, so this question comes with a mission...

His family still takes him very seriously. Perhaps he is afraid that during his private meeting with Edwin George, the director of CERN will brainwash him?

"No, those are just a few words. As long as it is the AMS project that CERN cooperates with NASA, they hope to use our March data analysis system to serve them, but they are not worried about data security. Their reasons are also very good. , AMS is not only a project of CERN and NASA, but also a project of the whole world, carrying the expectations of scientists around the world for breakthroughs in basic physics, and even having an impact on the improvement of global basic science."

Ning Wei answered nonchalantly.

Of course, these are not Edwin George's original words, but that's probably what they meant.

"AMS? U.S. Customs anti-terrorism manifest?" The abbreviation of professional vocabulary confused Liu Wei, who did not know the specific scientific research plan.

"Um...customs counter-terrorism manifest? What the hell is this?" Ning Wei was confused by this term...

"Automated Manifest System."

"Anthracene, I'm talking about Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, which translated should be Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Project or Space Magnetic Spectrometer Project"

After Ning Wei finished explaining, the two looked at each other. Liu Wei shrugged and said, "Why don't we use English abbreviations when chatting with each other in the future?"

Ning Wei nodded in agreement and agreed: "Well, that's right. Chatting like this always feels a bit unserious."

"Well, why don't you two eat first? The buns are almost cold and eating them is not good for your stomach. Ningwei, mom told me that I have to supervise you to eat well when you are outside." Student Jiang next to him He pointed at the sumptuous breakfast on the dining table and urged.

"Haha, okay, let's eat first!"

…

After dinner, Ning Wei couldn't sit still and took Jiang classmate to officially start their trip to Switzerland. Although work is the most important thing when coming to Switzerland this time, for Ning Wei, it is equally important to relax and travel with Jiang.

Especially Switzerland.

This country with a particularly developed tertiary industry, especially the financial industry, has an exquisite beauty.

Even if you just wander around the town, you can experience a completely different scenery from China.

Of course, to put it bluntly, this exquisite beauty is based on the country's extreme wealth, which can be reflected in people's living conditions. It is very close to CERN, but there are almost no hurried pedestrians on the road. There are many people leisurely drinking coffee, eating snacks and enjoying the smell of mud and grass in the early morning air in the chic little cafe. The fragrance of...

But then again, this is probably the unique personality of the small town. For individual human beings, there is actually no contradiction between pursuing a better life and living a quiet life. It is nothing more than a matter of choice, not right or wrong. Of course, the premise is that this choice can be provided.

Of course, these things don't really matter. The biggest gain for him and Jiang is probably that in one morning, there are many more photos on the phone, of people and scenery.

A meal was arranged for lunch, and it was not easy to recommend.

After all, ASML's CEO came to Switzerland from the Netherlands just hoping to have a meal with Ning Wei. This person's land deserves this respect.

And Ning Wei was actually very curious about what Mr. Peter wanted to talk to him about.

In addition, the time was arranged very well. I was hungry after shopping all morning.

The dinner was arranged in the restaurant of the hotel. It was a very private atmosphere. Only three people attended, Ning Wei, Jiang and ASML’s CEO Wen Peter.

In fact, Jiang didn't really want to participate in this kind of dinner that would definitely be semi-official. According to the general etiquette, if you want to bring a female companion, the other party will also bring a female companion. If you don't do this, you obviously still hope to be with Ning Wei. Meet alone. But Ning Wei obviously doesn't care about these rules. It's not easy for him to go out for the first time, so of course he should follow his own wishes.

The plane has to fly, so how can we eat separately on our days off? Of course, the biggest reason for making this choice is probably that Ning Wei has been thinking about it all morning and has not thought of anything that needs to be asked of ASML. For example, whether it is the March Award Ceremony or the Olympic Games that just ended recently, Ning Wei I didn't even send an invitation letter to the company's management.

The main reason is that this company's business is too single and can only produce photolithography machines.

In the semiconductor era dominated by silicon, specializing in this alone is enough to make this company one of the greatest technology companies in the world's semiconductor market. Of course, now it can actually be described as the greatest, but it needs to be added with a prefix - in history.

…

"Mr. Peter, today's lunch is a well-known cuisine in southern China, which is known for its light style. Especially this steamed fish, it is very delicious." At the dinner table, Ning Wei still showed a very gentlemanly demeanor and spared no effort. He recommended delicacies from Chinese chefs to Wen Peter.

Yes, I chose Chinese food for this meal, but Western-style tableware was specially prepared for the CEO of ASML across from me.

"Well, it's indeed delicious." After taking a bite of the fish that Ning Wei highly recommended, Wen Peter picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth before giving a thumbs up to Ning Wei's pen.

"This kind of cuisine eats the authentic taste of the ingredients. In fact, there are many other cuisines in China. If you have the opportunity to go to China, I will treat you to Sichuan cuisine. It is also fish, but it has a completely different taste. Trust me , you will definitely like it." Ning Weiye said enthusiastically.

"Maybe there will be a chance recently." After hearing Ning Wei's words, Wen Peter put down the tableware and said with deep meaning.

Ning Wei asked with interest: "Oh? Mr. Peter is planning to go to China soon?"

"I do have such an idea. In fact, I made a special trip to Switzerland this time just to meet you. Academician Ning, after a unanimous decision by our company's board of directors, we hope to hire you as the company's chief scientist and chief engineer, responsible for overseeing the company's products. Various matters related to cutting-edge research on transformation." Probably because he felt that the preliminary atmosphere had been prepared, Wen Peter seriously stated the purpose of his meeting with Ning Wei this time.

Ning Wei subconsciously turned his head and looked at classmate Jiang beside him, and classmate Jiang also looked at Ning Wei blankly. Apparently neither of them expected to hear such words from the CEO of ASML.

Perhaps it was the expressions on the two people's faces that made Peter Wen feel that he might not have spoken clearly, so he quickly added: "That's it, Dr. Ning, actually we don't want you to work at our headquarters; our idea is to After successfully hiring you as our chief scientist, ASML will invest in building the world's largest R\u0026D center in China to research and promote the upgrading and improvement of the next generation semiconductor chip manufacturing process."

"So you can still work directly in China. As we all know, ASML has accumulated decades of experience in semiconductor manufacturing. We have the world's most advanced photolithography manufacturing technology, and a large part of these technologies can also be used in On the next generation of semiconductor technology. If we can cooperate, it will represent the birth of the strongest technology alliance in the world. And given the composition of the company's board of directors, you should also know that the board of directors can reach this consensus, which is enough to represent our sincerity."

After hearing this, Ning Wei suddenly felt that the person in front of him was not too whimsical.

At least they don't want him to be stationed in the Netherlands, but they plan to spend a lot of money to build a research and development center in China. In other words, today's meal can be regarded as introducing foreign investment. Thinking about it seriously, Ning Wei found that in all these years, apart from the enthusiastic contributions of foreign friends who proposed to build the future city, he really hadn't contacted any foreign capital. This time it was different. Someone came to him on his own initiative, which also made him feel It seems possible to talk.

So Ning Wei carefully said his words: "Mr. Peter, you may not know that I signed a long-term contract with the school, and I am very happy at the school. Of course, I am very worried about ASML's plans to study in China. I’m still very interested in investing in building a research center.”

Wen Peter smiled politely and said: "Dr. Ning, as far as I know, well-known universities in the world will not refuse professors to take part-time jobs. The same is true for universities in China. In addition, please believe that for inviting you to become We are sincere in the matter of our chief scientist. If the cooperation goes well, we may open a factory in China in the near future to produce next-generation products with international competitiveness."

"Of course, the prerequisite for doing this is that you can become the company's chief scientific officer, so that I can have enough confidence to convince the board of directors to make this investment. At the same time, ASML can become a bridge between China and the world. We also know that you have been there Promote the March Intelligent Platform. Facts have proved that the era of artificial intelligence has arrived. If we can cooperate sincerely, we will definitely be able to push the world's technology forward by leaps and bounds faster. I believe that as a pure scientist, you must also have Such a wish.”

Ning Wei nodded, then pointed to the three dishes and one soup on the table and said: "Okay, Mr. Peter, I can't answer you now, but I promise that I will seriously consider your suggestion. Eat the vegetables first, eat the vegetables .”

…

There was no direct reply to Wen Peter, mainly due to the suggestion made by this person, which put Ning Wei in trouble.

To be honest, ASML's shareholder structure is very complicated. Because of its special business model, only by investing in the company's stocks and becoming a shareholder of the company can you obtain priority supply rights.

Even now, the most advanced semiconductor chips still require extreme ultraviolet lithography machines provided by ASML, and there is no other company in the world. Therefore, ASML’s major shareholders include major global chip manufacturing companies.

Intel, Samsung, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. are all shareholders of this company, but the largest shareholder is Capital International Group, and the second shareholder is Black Rock Group. Both are American capital companies.

Ning Wei could actually understand Asmai's thoughts. After all, the former world leader is definitely not willing to be reduced to an ordinary second-rate semiconductor company in the future, so he wants to embrace new technologies in advance.

The problem is that although Ning Xin was invented by him, he also made the CNMD structure. But the high-precision machine tools used to produce Ningxin are outside the scope of his research. There are specialties in the art industry.

And according to Wen Peter, even if they open a research center in China, they are still trying to promote chip manufacturing technology. In other words, they are trying to get involved in the future Ningxin production equipment market. However, the actual situation is that Ning Wei has never cared about production equipment at all, because it is not the same thing at all.

It's like you can't let a programmer rub a chip out.

Ning Wei believes in this truth. As the CEO of a high-tech company, it is impossible for Wen Peter to not know it. Even if he really does not know it, the think tank of the shareholders behind ASML cannot be so stupid. After all, the division of labor and collaboration in the technological era have already been refined to the point where even if there is only one department within the same industry, there will be technical barriers.

So Ning Wei didn't plan to think about it himself, as if he didn't have a think tank behind him. So after finishing the lunch, Ning Wei used his extraordinary memory to tell Liu Wei exactly what Wen Peter said.

Whether he agrees to serve as chief scientific officer is not his business. Anyway, even if he agrees, he doesn't need to contribute. At most, he can just let March be the support...