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At this moment, refreshments were brought in one after another.

Su Cheng ladled a bowl of dry-fried beef noodles into his small bowl, took a few bites, and found the taste to be quite authentic, estimating that the head chefs were all from Guangdong Province.

After the waiter left the private room and closed the door, Su Cheng continued, "I heard that Mr. Zhang is not having a good time at Texas Instruments these days?"

"It must have been Brother Yang Chaoye who told you? That's right, I entered the semiconductor industry at the age of 24, and joined Texas Instruments at 27. At Texas Instruments, I successively served as General Manager of the Integrated Circuit Department, Vice President of Texas Instruments, and Senior Vice President. Since the age of 6, it can be said that besides the Chairman and President, I was the number three person at Texas Instruments.

Texas Instruments has 60,000 employees worldwide, and I was responsible for managing half of them!

Unfortunately, all of this is ultimately useless.

I have a very deep understanding of the semiconductor industry, so I know that this industry will definitely be one of the most important industries in the field of technology in the future. Therefore, I have always hoped that the company will increase its investment in the semiconductor industry.

However, because our company's President, Mr. Xia Bo, values consumer electronics products more, he invested the company's funds in this area, while investment in the semiconductor industry has been decreasing year by year. Although I object, it is of no use at all. At Texas Instruments, I am ultimately only the number three person and cannot decide the company's investment direction. The board of directors will always support Mr. Xia Bo's side.

Although I have always refused to compromise, I bring up this matter every time I attend a meeting, even in different occasions inside and outside the company, but the result is always opposition. If I hadn't made great contributions to Texas Instruments, I guess they would have kicked me out of the company long ago!"

Speaking of this matter, Zhang Zhongmou began to pour out his grievances in the private room like a resentful woman.

"I very much agree with Mr. Zhang's words. Semiconductors will definitely be one of the most important industries in the future. As long as it is an electronic product, it will involve semiconductors, and even the automotive industry, medical equipment, etc., will be closely related to semiconductors in the future. It can be said that semiconductors will be at the top of the technology industry chain in the future, the core of the core," Su Cheng said with great agreement.

"I didn't expect Mr. Su to have such a visionary perspective at such a young age. No wonder you have achieved such a great career at this age. You are truly a rising star!" Zhang Zhongmou said, looking at Su Cheng in surprise.

"I intend to open a semiconductor company, and we already have many leading semiconductor technologies. I wonder if Mr. Zhang is interested in leaving Texas Instruments and joining me to build a world-class semiconductor company?" Su Cheng directly revealed his intentions.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Su, your invitation is too sudden. Although I am not happy in the senior management of Texas Instruments, I am at least the number three person at Texas Instruments. As a world-class company, what reason do you think I have to give it up and choose to go to a start-up company?" Zhang Zhongmou directly refused.

Su Cheng knew that it was impossible to win him over with just one sentence, and continued, "Mr. Zhang, you should be very clear about the culture of discrimination here in America, right? Do you think you can go further in your career at Texas Instruments?"

If Su Cheng hadn't had the idea of recruiting Zhang Zhongmou, according to historical developments, Zhang Zhongmou would have stayed at Texas Instruments until 1983, and only left Texas Instruments when he saw no hope.

This shows how deep his feelings were for the company he had worked for for half his life.

"That's right, Zhongmou, I worked at IBM for even longer than you, but what was the result? In the end, I was still forced out. Here in America, those foreigners are born to look down on us Chinese. The company's board of directors will never allow us Chinese to rise to management positions. Vice President is basically the end. These are not the most important things. The most important thing is that when you have disagreements with the company and cannot get support, that is the most uncomfortable thing for me. So, I advise you to think carefully!" Yang Chaoye said with a smile after pouring tea for the two of them.

Yang Chaoye had been through it all and naturally knew what Zhang Zhongmou was thinking.

Because when he was at IBM, he had also fantasized that one day he would be able to ascend to the position of CEO of IBM.

However, until his hair turned white and he had passed his sixtieth birthday, he still hadn't gotten what he wanted.

Yang Chaoye believed that his contributions were no less than those of the current president, and his talent was no worse than his, but Yang Chaoye was ultimately let down.

Therefore, he didn't want Zhang Zhongmou to continue down his old path, only to find out in the end that he was not only not valued, but also that the development strategies he proposed were ignored.

Such an ending was the most uncomfortable.

Zhang Zhongmou took a sip of tea, remained silent for a long time, and then continued, "I am very clear about what you said, but in the end, there is still a fluke in my heart. What if it works out? I have worked here for most of my life, and I treat Texas Instruments as my home, just to make it better, but unfortunately, I can't make the decisions after all, so I try my best to change all of this, hoping that it can become better."

"It doesn't matter whether you are the head of a family, but when you are squeezed out in this big family, when all your efforts are not recognized, I think it is time to leave this big family and start your own business," Yang Chaoye said earnestly.

Zhang Zhongmou stopped talking, picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup, drank it down, continued to pour, continued to drink…

Every time he thought about these things, he felt very upset.

Currently, the lithography machines used internationally are basically step-and-repeat projection lithography machines, and the minimum linewidth of integrated circuit patterns reaches 0.5μm, which can be said to be very restrictive to the development of the chip industry.

If the lithography machine goes a step further, then semiconductor companies will be able to design more advanced chips, and more integrated circuits can be engraved on a small chip, and the performance will undergo earth-shattering changes.

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Su Cheng has more advanced lithography machine technology, but now is not the time to take it out, it should be done step by step.

Therefore, taking out the step-and-scan projection lithography machine that appeared in the 1980s is the best choice.

"Mr. Su, where did you get this information? As far as I know, those international lithography machine companies are all researching in this area, especially SVGL, which is said to have made good progress, but it will take a long time before it can be developed?" Zhang Zhongmou asked in surprise.

As a big shot in the semiconductor industry, he naturally knew what a step-and-scan projection lithography machine represented.

Therefore, Zhang Zhongmou was a little uneasy.

Since Oracle computers can be developed, he did not suspect that Su Cheng would lie.