The North District of Gangcheng is adjacent to Pengcheng, separated by a river.
Driving there from Pengcheng is no more troublesome than driving from Dalangwan, and the time is almost the same.
On the front and rear of the Rolls-Royce Phantom, Zhang Gangcheng's license plate was hung in advance, with the letters "su888" and "a99999" underneath. The rear seats have a massage function, making it not tiring to sit on.
Just like every time he goes to the mainland, no one would suspect Su Yehao of smuggling and lowering his profile to earn those three melons and two dates, especially when going south.
Simply swipe your face for customs clearance procedures and complete the process quickly.
North District in September.
The trees are lush and green, there are some hills in the distance, and there are not many tall buildings visible.
At first glance, it looks a bit like Silicon Valley, with low sky and white clouds. The economic development may not be as good as the city center, but the environment looks much more comfortable than places like Kowloon and Yau Tsim Mong.
When Su Yehao tried to establish a semiconductor industrial park, the plan almost failed due to various reasons.
Yuen Long, North District, and Tai Po all expressed support. In addition, it was more convenient to supply water and electricity from the north, so some money was invested in these three places.
It is cheaper to get land in these places, and even if you build some employee dormitories, it doesn't matter. If you switch to other popular areas, a group of real estate developers have worked hard to reduce supply and maintain high housing prices. They would rather not care about industrial upgrading and development than their own.
Damage to the interests of.
Su Yehao couldn't afford to offend him, he could afford to hide, and he was too lazy to tangle with those short-sighted guys.
Looking back now, I see that I didn't choose the wrong place.
The wafer foundries under Gangcheng Microelectronics Group have been put into operation since July this year. The factories are located in Yuen Long and Tai Po, and the North District is mainly a scientific research center.
If Su Yehao hadn't been short of spare money, he would have planned to build a science and engineering university similar to Stanford.
It's a pity that the landlord's family has no surplus food for the time being, so he can only cooperate with other schools to open more computer majors and train talents in the semiconductor industry.
Because Su Yehao's investment scale is large enough, a group of companies from Singapore and Japan came here specifically to build supporting factories. It is only a few hundred meters away from the Fanling Golf Course with a history of more than 100 years, and several construction sites are under construction.
among.
When he arrived at the unlisted office building of the research center, a front desk lady ran to greet him and said enthusiastically: "Master Su, Dr. Lin just greeted me and asked me to take you to the office to rest for a while."
"What are you busy with, Mr. Lin?" Su Yehao has been here several times, all properties are under his own name, and he seems very relaxed.
The front desk lady with a ponytail and a shirt and skirt shook her head and replied: "I don't know, it seems that someone from the United States has come and has been busy in meetings these two days."
Upon hearing this, Su Yehao immediately guessed that it was someone from the ASML American R&D Center.
From last year to this year, we successively acquired ASML shares, and our shareholding ratio quickly exceeded that of other shareholders. For this reason, we also received a letter from Washington.
In the first half of the year, he took Nangong Tian and Jiang Yu to live in Washington for more than half a month, traveling and doing errands, attending parties and meeting many people. Later, joining ASML became less of a big problem.
After all, not many people really care about ASML. Some of its products are also available in Nikon and Canon in Japan, and they are better than ASML, so its importance is not that high. As long as it promises not to run out of supplies from American semiconductor companies, other problems will not matter.
Easy to say.
This is probably the most money Su Yehao has ever spent on travel. He burned more than 20 million US dollars in more than half a month. He also signed long-term cooperation agreements with several lobbying companies and consulting companies, hired some consultants at high prices, and donated to charity foundations.
Got some money.
Fortunately, the trouble of acquiring ASML has been solved, which in his opinion is a benefit.
Needless to say about ASML, grandma doesn’t care for her uncle, and the management team is busy laying off employees and cutting salaries, hoping to find a big sponsor as a backer.
Even if there were some minor objections, they were settled by a purchase order amounting to more than 280 million US dollars. About 22% of the equity was acquired from the market and shareholders, and the remaining 15% of ASML equity came from targeting it.
Equity increase financing...
After Lin Baojian had a meeting with a group of foreigners, he came to the office to find Su Yehao.
These foreigners all know that ASML has a new owner, and there are people who come here to say hello. Humanity and sophistication are universal. People who only focus on scientific research and don't want to get promoted and get a salary increase are only a minority after all.
now.
Dr. Lin Baojian took off his glasses, pinched his eyebrows, and told:
"There has been great progress in the theoretical part. The reason why I asked you to meet Mr. Su is to talk to you about the problem of testing the prototype. The total cost is likely to be much higher than expected. Many parts can only be developed and customized, and investment
The cost is huge and you need to be mentally prepared.”
Su Yehao knew these things before. The research and demonstration work of EUV lithography machine is more difficult than reaching the sky. After Lin Baojian cooperated with ASML, he changed to re-study adding a layer of water between the lens and the photoresist. After the refraction of the water, the
The wavelength of light changes from 193nm to 132nm.
The progress of this project is easier than getting a thorough understanding of the EUV lithography machine. Through cooperation with Canon, some foundations have been obtained, and now some practical verification work is needed.
I finally see some hope in investing. I don’t expect to achieve success in one go, but it would be nice to make some progress.
In the past six months, more than 100 million US dollars have been burned. Most of the Jinmao Tower has been burned down by Lin Baojian and his team. Even Su Yehao feels a little pressured.
At this time, Su Yehao asked nervously: "How sure is the success of the immersion lithography machine you and ASML are building? How much money do you need to invest?"
"...It's hard to say for the time being. The theoretical part has basically been implemented. Some things have not been implemented in practice. I can't say 100%. I discussed it with ASML. In order to join the EUVLLC organization, they promised to purchase more than 55% of their parts in the United States.
and raw materials. Fortunately, this technology mainly belongs to us, so it’s no problem to make a prototype here, which will probably cost about 80 million US dollars.”
Hearing this number, Su Yehao breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile:
"That's okay. Nikon and Canon have developed 157-nanometer lithography machines, which cost several times the money. We have already saved money here."
Lin Baojian was a little worried at first, but after hearing this, he immediately relaxed and said with a smile:
"The technology is in our hands. If it proves feasible and we can produce a photolithography machine that can be mass-produced, ASML will pay us a patent fee for every product sold in the future. Besides, you are still its major shareholder, making money on both sides. I think.
It will probably be very quick to get the money back. I feel like this time there will be no problem. It will probably take another four to five months to get the final result."
"No problem, I'm still young and can afford to wait."
"..."
Lin Baojian tapped his fingers on the table, hesitated for a moment and added: "Mr. Su, I feel that we have been cheated. The immersion technology can work, but Canon has been guiding us in the direction of extreme ultraviolet light sources before. If we hadn't cooperated in extreme ultraviolet
The project may have yielded results a year ago.”
Su Yehao was shocked.m.biqupai.com
At first I thought it didn't make sense, but then I thought about the immersion technology patent, which I had in hand from the beginning, and Canon had already invested more than US$700 million to improve their photolithography machines.
When he thought of this, his face almost turned green. It was really possible that he was deceived and deliberately led into the pit.
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