Although Zhou Ming and Caitlin had been extremely careful, the news of quietly taking over the photolithography technology was still known to wealthy families such as Piero and Freeman. "Sure enough, haha! No matter how careful that guy Zhou Ming is, as long as he is on our territory, we have 10,000 ways to get information about him!" Freeman said excitedly. To judge others by oneself, regardless of Piero Freeman or Tisman, these Yang Kai giants did not think that Zhou Ming would be so kind to help them win this capital war. From the beginning to the end, they believed that Zhou Ming must have something else. plan, so they have been keeping an eye on Zhou Ming through various channels. From installing bugs, to monitoring phone calls, intercepting radio signals, etc., they did everything possible, and even sought cooperation from the intelligence department. ¡°It was one of their plots to arrange for Zhou Ming to live in Georgetown. However, due to the existence of the King of Soldiers Zhang Lin, and even Han Zhen from time to time sending people to help them conduct anti-monitoring training, etc., their theft work has not made much progress. But the less information they could find, the more they felt there must be something sinister, so they intensified their work. It was not until recently that they hired professional intelligence personnel to screen the monitoring signals they had been listening to that they finally determined Zhou Ming's intentions. Of course, they were also very cautious. As soon as the conclusion came out, Boya asked them if this was Zhou Ming's deliberate attempt to mislead them. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? did not do anything and the intelligence officials were very angry about this conjecture, thinking it was an insult to their profession. He said that they did not draw the conclusion based on a certain piece of information, but based on all the information they intercepted. It is true that the other party interfered with noise or current in many aspects, but by extracting the keywords, dozens of intelligence It took technicians more than a week of analysis to finally arrive at the results. I see. Bo Ya and Piero were relieved. It¡¯s no wonder they are so cautious. They have been tricked by Zhou Ming so many times that they always feel that regardless of any news, Zhou Ming has to consider whether there are any pitfalls waiting for them to jump. But now it seems that their overall strength is superior. And Piero and the others were not surprised that Zhou Ming wanted photolithography technology. After all, Zhou Ming had tried every means to secretly buy a photolithography machine from AWSL, and finally found an ingenious method of paying for it through the stock market, which was very surprising. Their memories are fresh. "It seems that bastard Zhou Ming is also planning to enter the semiconductor industry." "What allows us to establish an absolute advantage over Europe in the information and communication industry is simply a scam, a liar!" "We must never let him succeed!" Since we have decided to To establish an absolute monopoly in the information communications and semiconductor industries, how could people like Piero not supplement relevant industry knowledge? How could they not understand that the core of the semiconductor industry is photolithography technology? They then discussed the situation in Europe. It was obvious that Zhou Ming used his connections in Harusburg to establish contact with the lithography industry and even invest or acquire it without disturbing his own side. It's just that AWSL is Europe's benchmark in the lithography industry, and it can be said to be in the spotlight. Especially now that it is also laying out the semiconductor industry chain, especially for AWL, which has a board of directors. It can be said that even with Caitlin's intelligence There is no way to hide the influence of the Harusburg family from themselves. Therefore, they can only settle for the next step and complete an alternative entry by contacting upstream supply companies. "To be honest, if they were just seeking to control AWSL, then I wouldn't be that worried. But now that he wants to control upstream supply companies such as Rice and Coman, this is enough to prove his ambition!" If he only seeks to control AWSL, It's okay to buy a photolithography machine conveniently, but if you want to break the technological monopoly of photolithography, that's another matter that is never allowed. "It seems that we need to declare our existence to these rats walking in the dark." Finally Piero and the others made a decision. The very next day, a senator in charge of the semiconductor industry made an emergency trip to Eindhoven and visited AWSL by name. The senator told all the accompanying media that AWSL's lithography machines were the crown jewel of the semiconductor industry. The pearl in the world is the pride of a free country. He will personally invest 100 million to fund the future development of AWSL. After his trip to Eindhoven, the senator also visited companies such as Rice and Komen, saying that as suppliers of photolithography machine parts, he would promise to fund these companies. At the same time, he requires these companies to demonstrate their independence and must not submit to capital or anypractices of political entities. Seeing this news, Zhou Ming immediately understood that his plan to take over European semiconductor technology was exposed. As if to prove it, the very next day, news came from Caitlin that companies such as AWSL and Lescorman had rejected investment requests from their own investment banks. Caitlin reminded Zhou Ming whether his phone was being monitored. Zhou Ming reluctantly said that as long as he was still here, this was inevitable: "I have tried my best to take measures." However, Zhou Ming reminded Caitlin not to be so discouraged. Because it is far from the time yet, you can still keep in touch with these related companies, or at least always pay attention to the status of these companies. Caitlin immediately realized the implication of Zhou Ming: "You mean they might not fulfill their promise?" Zhou Ming said bluntly: "They will definitely not fulfill their promise, at least not now." As a reborn person, Zhou Ming But I know the tricks of these gay guys very well, which is simply taking lip service but not telling the truth to the extreme. ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Subsiding, are a very impressive boast, but if you really check and see if they have been implemented on the ground, you can hardly find a few. "But this is normal. After all, capitalists are profitless and can't afford to be early. If you want them to send money, you might as well kill them. ¡°Anyway, take it slow, keep in touch first, and see if there are any other alternative companies.¡± Zhou Ming said. Zhou Ming is already choosing an alternative. Although what Zhou Ming wants most is to get the technology of AWSL or Rice and Coman, if it doesn't work here, then it's not impossible to settle for the second best. After all, the country now needs the technology first. The problem that is solved is whether it exists or not. Whether it is good or not can be left behind. Just like now, before a large number of copycat phones became popular in China, companies such as Noah and Moto casually priced their mobile phones at 5,000 or 6,000 yuan. Once the rise of copycat phones hit the market, in just half a year, the price would fall within 1,000 yuan. Therefore, Zhou Ming also has the same attitude towards semiconductors now. In addition to keeping Caitlin in contact with her in Europe, Zhou Ming also made a special trip to Texas. On the one hand, the war with Iran has made huge profits. As an investor, Zhou Ming needs to participate in infrared distribution. On the other hand, he needs to take a look at Texas Instruments. Texas Instruments was originally founded as Earth Property Company. There is no doubt that this name is quite confusing. Until later, the company continued to cooperate with the Aeronautics Administration and helped the Aerospace Administration solve many problems related to integrated circuits and digital signal processors. , people knew that he was a semiconductor company. Later, when the moon landing plan was made public, the company changed its name to Texas Instruments. Many people know that the island country¡¯s semiconductor industry was once quite developed, but in fact, even at the peak of the island country¡¯s semiconductor industry, it was still a younger brother to Texas Instruments. Speaking of how powerful Texas Instruments is, let¡¯s just say that the three top chip manufacturers in the world today, Fujian-Taiwan Collective Circuit Company, Sansang of Xiba, and Gaoxun of California, are all technology companies spun out of Texas Instruments. ??Among them, Fujian and Taiwan Circuits and Gaoxun were simply founded by senior officials who left Texas Instruments. As for Sansang, they are still companies from Xiba on the surface, but in fact the cores are all Texas Instruments technology. Therefore, since Zhou Ming wants to lay out the semiconductor industry, he has to take a look at the famous Texas Instruments. The meeting of the War Investment Board of Directors was unremarkable. Although Zhou Ming did not make any important contributions to Texas, Zhou Ming still received his own dividends based only on the shares in his hands. After getting the money, Zhou Ming immediately rushed to Dallas. Zhou Ming came prepared. When he arrived in Dallas, Zhou Ming immediately made appointments with two senior engineers at Texas Instruments, Wang Rujun and Wang Zhongmin. These two are known as the twin kings of Texas Instruments. They are both masters of chip manufacturing technology, and it is not just the technology in their hands, but more importantly, the technical team behind them, which can support them no matter where they go. From the countertop. However, Ambassador Han Zhen warned Zhou Ming not to have much confidence in the pair of kings: they do not regard themselves as Chinese. With just this sentence, I can express my sadness and helplessness. But Zhou Ming still wanted to try. The first person Zhou Ming made an appointment with was Wang Rujun, a middle-aged man with a Chinese character face and a serious expression. He originally thought that Zhou Ming was his investor, so he came to see Zhou Ming in a hurry, but then he found out that Zhou Ming actually wanted him to return to China to build a chip foundry or a lithography machine factory, which made him furious. "This kid, are you insulting me? I am a senior engineer who graduated from Columbus University. I have helped Texas Instruments build more than20 wafer fabs, my current annual salary is half a million US dollars, you actually asked me to give up my career here and go back to China? " "It's not that I'm unpatriotic. With all due respect, do you think that chips are really made of silicon? Are you really going to let me turn Chinese sand into chips? That is simply fantastic! " "Don't tell me any conditions again. I can tell you responsibly that I will not return to China, never! "With these categorical words, Wang Rujun stood up and left angrily. Zhou Ming could only sigh helplessly and had no good solution