There's a black hole inside me

October 10th.

Another news came from overseas.

It was still the news made by Esmet.

Lift the ban on the sale of photolithography machines.

The company's full range of photolithography machine products are all allowed to be sold to China.

Including the most advanced 3800i EUV lithography machine.

And the price of each unit has been reduced from 150 million knives to 110 million knives, a price reduction of 26%.

Once this news is announced, its destructive and deterrent power is much stronger than a country's verbal sanctions.

Not only was there no joy and excitement in China's science and technology circle, but it felt a deep chill that penetrated into the bones.

Because this is the truly lethal killing move!

"The yellow mouth and tail needle - poisonous."

"Don't be fooled! This is a numbing tactic like boiling a frog in warm water. It is the enemy's last resort. You must stay awake and never fall into the trap."

"EsMed's EUV has a profit margin as high as 44%. Now it has directly cut the price by 26%, leaving only a dozen percent profit. It seems that it is planning to fight to the death and use a lower profit margin in exchange for the benefit of the entire China. China’s monopoly on the photolithography machine market will only last for a few years, and it will still have the last laugh.”

"We all know that this is a bright poisonous fruit, a sugar-coated cannonball, and an open scheme that reaches the level of conspiracy. But I bet that there are still Chinese companies willing to eat this poisonous fruit. 110 million The price of the knife is so good, it is only one-third of the price of the Tyrannosaurus EUV, and it will be available soon. Why not place an order quickly? "

"How long did it take to break the blockade? Haven't we learned enough lessons from history? How can such a simple trick be used again and again? Wasn't the previous fall painful enough?"

"Haha, no matter how much you say, it's useless. In the past two years, more than 20 chip foundries have been built in various parts of China. The number has been seriously surplus, and they are all in desperate need of high-end lithography machines. Now there are cheap and easy-to-use lithography machines to buy. , why not import from abroad?”

"The only lesson we have learned from history is that we have not learned any lessons! A new round of vicious cycle has begun again. First, imported lithography machines squeezed the market, then domestic chip production capacity expanded wildly, high-end chips became cabbage, and then chips After several years of involution competition and price wars among foundries, only a few companies survived. However, they were all large but not strong, with meager profits and no funds for R\u0026D. The technological gap with foreign countries may have increased. Stretched."

"Fuck! How can we get out of this damn cycle! Why do we have to compete so fiercely within ourselves?"

"There's nothing we can do about it. We have a lot of people, and there are a lot of people working in promising industries."

"I……"

The atmosphere of the discussion began to become heavy and pessimistic, and a thick layer of gloom enveloped the situation.

…

Modu Microelectronics Company.

The company's CEO Wang Hongsheng was about to cry.

Esmet announced that it would lift the ban and allow the sale of EUV to China. This news was like a bolt from the blue, hitting him on the head.

It also hit the company's stock.

That day, the company's stock price fell to the limit instantly, and countless investors sold off.

The reason is simple, everyone knows it - Modu Microelectronics is bound to die.

Modu Microelectronics, which has finally conquered the 28nm lithography machine technology in the past two years, is no match for EsMed in terms of technology. It has no advantage in product prices, let alone high-end EUV, and it has a trump card.

As soon as ASMED relaxed the ban on sales, it was the first to bear the brunt.

Under normal market competition, Modu Microelectronics is as fragile as a piece of paper. With a market value of more than 30 billion, it will soon become a junk stock.

Help!

Gotta grab a life-saving straw!

In other words, you must hold on to a thigh that you can rely on.

Wang Hongsheng went to Hangzhou that day.

…

Black Hole Technologies.

In the conference room.

Seeing the group of people from Modu Microelectronics sitting opposite with pleading expressions on their faces, Wei Ming felt a headache.

"Mr. Wang, don't be anxious. Things haven't reached that point yet. There's no point in panicking." Qi Xiong reassured them.

"It's a matter of life and death, don't panic!"

Wang Hongsheng stood up, looked at Wei Ming and said: "Mr. Wei, please acquire us. The two companies will be merged into one. Joining forces in the field of lithography machines, we will definitely be able to defend the domestic lithography machine market and expand EsMed's market." Shut out!”

"No, no, no."

An executive from Black Hole Technology corrected him: "It's a collaboration between the strong and the weak, not a strong one. Please position yourself well and don't have the illusion of being a strong one."

"Mr. Wei!"

Wang Hongsheng became anxious, looked at Wei Ming and said: "You have to be conscientious when doing things. More than one-third of the employees in your company's lithography machine factory were recruited from microelectronics. After the Tyrannosaurus EUV came out, we took the initiative to support it. There are more than 300 technical talents, Mr. Wei, almost all of your company's lithography machine talents were trained with the help of Microelectronics. For this reason, you should not sit idly by and watch this matter, but should give us a hand. "

"Mr. Wei, a drop of kindness is not to be repaid in kind, but you can't just sit back and watch us go bankrupt and take advantage of foreign manufacturers, right?"

"Mr. Wang, Black Hole Technology has no intention of watching indifferently."

Wei Ming finally spoke, thought for a while and said: "Well, there is no need to acquire you. The two companies will form a strategic alliance to share talents and technology. Blackhole Technology is good at high-end lithography machines, so this can be completely handed over to We, your company, have been immersed in the field of mid-to-low-end lithography machines for a long time, and can also manufacture automatic inspection machines, packaging and other equipment... You can continue to work hard in these areas and find the areas you are best at. "

"But photolithography machines are our main business. If this area dies, our company will basically be finished."

"Black Hole Technology can provide you with high-precision parts in the future. As long as it is not a high-end photolithography machine, other fields will strongly support it. Moreover, we are developing 1-nanometer high-precision machine tools. If you are interested, you can send people to join this project. We will provide accommodation." and wages.”

Wei Ming said that the high-end lithography machine business must be in his own hands. He hates homogeneous competition.

"That's...okay!"

Wang Hongsheng nodded. High-end lithography machines are not what his company is best at. Now with the guarantee of Black Hole Technology and the technical support provided by Black Hole Technology, even if he does not make high-end lithography machines, he can use other chip-related equipment. You can also make a lot of money and eat meat and drink soup.

besides!

Wei Ming also announced a murderous new plan, which he called the "Dog Beating Plan."

That is to say, after ASMED lifted the ban on the sale of lithography machines, domestic chip companies that could not withstand the temptation and purchased ASMED's high-end EUV immediately entered the "sanction list" of Black Hole Technology.

From now on, all Tyrannosaurus EUV, high-end machine tools, and other products produced by Black Hole Technology will be prohibited from being sold to these sanctioned companies, and all possibility of cooperation will be cut off.

And it has formed a strategic alliance with Longyao, Blu-ray, Huaxin International, Microelectronics and other companies. If that company wants to be a dog, it will be immediately suppressed and targeted. Talents may be poached and products may be sniped. In the future, Any development will be difficult to achieve under the joint pressure of strategic alliances, and survival will be extremely difficult.

There is only a dead end in the end!

This is Wei Ming's response plan.

"Our country is a free market and cannot stop foreign products from coming in. Then our companies will unite themselves and pool all their technology, talent, and resource advantages to kill those dogs first and kill them before the fierce involution competition comes. Kill them in the cradle! Become a dead dog before you let them be your lackeys.”

"This method is absolutely amazing!"

Wang Hongsheng was so impressed that he kept applauding: "This is the competition between two scientific and technological systems. Those who want to continue to integrate into the Western scientific and technological system will do it to death! Those who want to integrate into our country's independent scientific and technological system should establish alliances and support each other. There is no third way." select."

"Although this method is a bit extreme, perhaps only in this way can we avoid a vicious cycle, reach the high end, and no longer be controlled by others."