However, the investment and acquisition of Les went very poorly, and even the help of the Hanover royal family was not of much help. After all, Rice is a private company, and it also possesses top technologies in optics and precision instruments. Looking around the world, it is difficult to find several substitutes, so he does not have to worry about financing problems at all. In addition, Rice Company itself is also the pride of the local area. There is no one behind the scenes, so even the Hanoverian royal family has nothing to do. In addition, it is more important, and Katelin does not want to do too much. He is worried that Yang Jizao's attention can only be caught. In the end, he can only be negotiated slowly. He cannot give Les a real pressure. Of course, it has no effect. "However, it is not that there is no progress at all. At least Carl made it clear that he can avoid the sanctions agreement and help China produce customized lenses on the premise of sufficient productivity." Zhou Ming was helpless. This was the best result. At least it solved the problem of top Lens problem. "This is the only way to go first, and next is Igor Company. As far as I know, whether it is the chip production workshop or the chip water, ultra-purification equipment is inevitable." Zhou Ming said. "I know, Aunt Louise is having a dinner this weekend, and I have invited the head of Igor's company." Caitlin replied, saying that she had already prepared. Phew! Zhou Ming breathed a sigh of relief, and then hesitated for a moment: "Thank you for your hard work, you have to be responsible for everything in Europe." Caitlin smiled and said: "There is no way, who made me choose such a husband? ?¡± Zhou Ming looked around, then whispered a few words of love between husband and wife to Caitlin, then hung up the phone, and then took out twenty dollars to thank the owner of the cafe. Yes, Zhou Ming knew very well that his communications were being monitored. Although there were shielding techniques provided by Han Zhen and Zhang Lin, judging from various circumstances, it was obvious that the other party had hired professional intelligence experts. You must know that Zhou Ming was a pervert who could even piece together scraps of paper from a paper shredder. Zhou Ming could only change his mind and go outside to borrow a phone to make a call. You can find the signals of my mobile phone and landline. If I randomly find one outside, you can¡¯t still monitor it. Zhou Ming is not afraid that the other party will know. Zhou Ming even hopes that the other party will quickly make a judgment that the calls on his mobile phone and landline are useless messages, so that he can use his mobile phone again. After all, Zhou Ming himself does not want to go out and look for it. Telephone. Piero and the others did observe this situation immediately. Piero and the others were so angry that they beat their chests, but there was nothing they could do. After all, even if the resources of the entire federation were mobilized, it would be impossible to monitor every line. Capital is always the most realistic. Now that Zhou Ming has an effective response strategy, Piero decisively dismissed the intelligence experts he hired with high salaries, and angrily accused them of doing nothing. ¡ ¡ While Caitlin continued to follow the path of self-developed lithography machines in Europe, good news soon came from China. They have already mastered the related technologies of mobile phones at Aurora Laboratory, especially the technical staff of Kashiwadao and Jiejie High-tech companies, and have even begun to apply for their own related patents. Zhou Ming praised: "This is a good thing. After all, transitional products like copycat phones cannot exist for a long time. We still have to have our own brand." Du Peng told Zhou Ming that he also knew, and now he is rushing to the scene with a large number of technicians. Aurora Laboratory research and development, the family has begun to pay attention to the information and communication industry, and will now give tax and policy preferences to mobile phone brands with technological innovation. "Originally, I thought I would prepare at least tens of millions of funds to invest, but I didn't expect that people are now listed on the exchange themselves. They were also worried that if I injected too much capital, I would occupy the magpie's nest and seize control of the company." Du Peng said It's a bit dumbfounding to remember this. Zhou Ming smiled happily: "This is a good thing. It proves that we are on the track of healthy development." Zhou Ming finally asked about the situation at Wang Rujun. Du Peng told Zhou Ming that the top 20 universities in the country would take the lead. Universities have gathered to participate in research on immersion lithography machines, but there has been little progress yet. Zhou Ming is not in a hurry, saying that this is also a top topic in the field of microelectronics in the world. It requires the accumulation of technology and a bit of luck. There is no rush. Just take your time. Compared to Bai Dao and Jiejie Gao, who were more relaxed, Ren Lujun was still very nervous. He told Zhou Ming that his technicians had thoroughly understood 2G communication technology, but he believed that it was already something that was obviously outdated. ¡°As far as I know, 3G base stations are already being laid out here, and my technical supervisor has also seen theoretical research on 4G technology. We are already too far behind in this regard!¡± I can only say that anyJun Jun deserves to be Ren Lu Jun, and Xia Wei, who focuses on technology, is the leader. When companies like Baidao and Jiejiegao are complacent about having a thorough understanding of mobile phone technology and being able to produce mainstream mobile phones in the world, Ren Lujun is still not satisfied with the status quo. He wants to look to the future. Ren Lujun also bluntly said that he has invested a large amount of research and development funds in order to catch up with these technologies. "You don't even know that I don't dare to leave the office and the factory easily now. Every day there are people blocking the door of the factory asking me to pay back the money. How do you think I have the money to pay back now!" Ren Lujun also lamented that he did not dare to go public: "As far as my company's financial report is concerned, if I were to go public, which shareholder would tolerate me spending money on R&D like this? Mr. Zhou Ming, you might not believe it. I have spent 5 billion in R&D funds in the past few months, but I haven¡¯t made so much money in the past few months!¡± ¡°Hahaha! Then Director Ren, do you want to sell me some more shares?¡± Zhou Ming deliberately teased. Ren Lujun coughed twice: "Boss Zhou Ming, you are already Xiawei's largest shareholder. Leave some way for our technical executives to survive. Don't you value R&D the most?" Zhou Ming laughed even louder. : "Look at you, Director Ren, you need to expand your structure a little bit!" Of course Zhou Ming just said that, and he didn't really mean to continue to acquire Xia Wei's shares. After all, Zhou Ming didn't want to ruin this rare company that truly mastered technology. enterprise. Finally, Zhou Ming expressed his hope to hear the news about Xia Wei¡¯s mastery of 3G and breakthrough 4G technology as soon as possible before hanging up the phone. ¡ Compared to Zhou Ming and Du Peng who were happy to be appointed as Lu Jun, there were people on Liben¡¯s side who were very sad. Masao Yamamoto is the president of Likang. He has been very anxious recently because not only Wang Zhongmin in Fujian and Taiwan is jointly betting with AWSL to develop extreme ultraviolet immersion lithography machines, but China is also simultaneously conducting research on immersion lithography machines. "Baga! These bastards, only X scanners are the future of lithography technology. Adding water to the lithography machine to work is absolutely impossible!" Masao Yamamoto angrily scolded them and even cursed them. The research and development failed. This is incompetent rage, and even more panic, because since Wang Rujun and Wang Zhongmin successively determined the research and development direction of immersion lithography machines, the sales of Likang's lithography machines have plummeted. You must know that Likang was the absolute king of the lithography industry before this. Otherwise, Likang was the absolute king of the lithography industry. Texas Instruments doesn¡¯t lobby every day to sanction Licon. But now, as Wang Rujun and Wang Zhongmin bet on immersion lithography machines, Likang suddenly lost two major markets. At the same time, Xiba saw that the wind was going in the wrong direction, and immediately temporarily suspended the contract for Likang lithography machines. Originally, because of the sanctions, Likang¡¯s sales focus was on China. However, this time, the market was not cut in half, but was completely wiped out from the neck down. ¡°This is just a development that has such an impact, but if it is successfully developed in the future Masao Yamamoto can¡¯t imagine it, so he can only choose to put pressure on the three parties separately. "Baga! I warn you to give up the development of immersion lithography machines, otherwise we at Licon have the right to suspend the service of all lithography machines at any time. By then, all the lithography machines you are using will become a pile of scrap metal!" " In fact, immersion lithography technology is only theoretical. The refraction of light in water is unpredictable, so this immersion lithography machine is destined to be impossible to succeed! On the contrary, our Likang lithography machine has a good reputation around the world. The operation has always been very stable, which is trustworthy! " "And now we at Likang are preparing to launch a set of discounts for old customers. Not only do the photolithography machines enjoy preferential prices, but also the follow-up technical services can also enjoy huge benefits. Discount! "As the president of Likang, Masao Yamamoto still has two skills, and he is very skilled in this method of coercion and inducement. Xiba hesitated at that time and chose to continue to perform the contract, but in terms of the intensity of the discount, it needed to bargain with Likang. This gave Masao Yamamoto a sense of hope. He immediately asked the public relations department to send a message saying that the cooperation with Xiba would continue, and Likang's price reduction would definitely satisfy his customers. At the same time, Masao Yamamoto once again called the remaining customers on both sides, telling them that Sansan Company in Nishiba is also a leader in the semiconductor industry, and their continued performance of the contract can already explain the problem to some extent. "The immersion method will not work. Only by continuing to dig deeper on the basis of the X scanner, this is the right way to solve the current limitations of photolithography!" However, Wang Rujun and Wang Zhongmin are very determined, and they will not give up easily, especially It is in the direction of research and development. Therefore, in the face of Masao Yamamoto, whether it was through coercion or inducement, or by dragging Sansang out to do itAdvertising will not make them give up. But Wang Rujun and Wang Zhongmin did not respond, but Xiba became anxious first. "Damn it, they are cheating, we didn't do this!" Sansan announced that it was only continuing to negotiate with Likang, and claimed that if Likang could not solve the physical limit of photolithography in the future, Sansang would still give up using it. Likang's photolithography machine. Yamamoto Masao didn¡¯t care what Sansang said, he just seized on the fact that they continued to perform the contract and pursued them fiercely. But just when Yamamoto Masao was having fun and was having fun, suddenly a piece of news came out that shocked everyone: AWSL immersion lithography machine was successfully developed!