Chapter 341 Demolition
Although Zhou Shuo took it with him, he did not dare to show it. After all, Nikon still took a large order of over 100 million US dollars on the surface, and may also get a large order of China 909 Project Huahong in the future. At least from this year's data, the revenue in the first quarter will definitely be much better. The company's stocks will rise by a large amount due to this rare positive.
Of course, only a very small number of people know that this business will definitely have a great impact on Nikon's business in the long run.
But Nikon has never been able to swallow this kind of silence. Who is full and risking offending the major shareholder to spread such a scandal?
Tsuruda had no choice but to raise his glass and drank all the wine in the glass with a bitter smile. A hot feeling flowed down his throat and into his stomach, causing him to tremble in an instant.
Japanese people usually drink bland sake, so where have they eaten this? They quickly picked up a few sips of the dishes, and finally suppressed the alcohol.
Zhou Shuo laughed and filled him with another cup, but did not persuade him to drink it, but only looked at him with his eyes. He wanted to tell me when this nuclear bomb was the most powerful? Of course, when it was placed on the launcher, this hand immediately made Tsuruta feel much more honest. He was afraid that he would say something wrong, so he asked Zhou Shuo to seize the opportunity to give him another cup?
Of course, after three rounds of dishes and five flavors, Zhou Shuo could not really offend Hetian. After everyone started to drink with glasses at the table, the atmosphere gradually became harmonious.
After dinner, Zhou Shuo looked at the time and asked Hetian: "Hetian specializes in it, it's getting late today. You are also having a hard journey, otherwise we will start negotiations tomorrow?"
Hetian wiped his mouth and pondered for a moment and said, "I heard that Fanhan Group has modified a 0.35-process lithography machine based on Nikon's 0.5-micron lithography machine. If it is convenient, I want to see it with my own eyes."
Before Zhou Shuo could react, Kong Yuzhang gave a thumbs up and nodded, saying, "Turoda Specialist is worthy of being the leader of a large Japanese company. This enthusiasm for work is really admirable!"
Kong Yuzhang turned his head to look at Zhou Shuo, and asked domineeringly: "How is Mr. Zhou? Mr. Hetian is a guest from afar. You can't not satisfy these requirements, right?"
From his perspective, the earlier the cooperation between Nikon and Huajing, the better. When you see the technology earlier, the Japanese can make up their minds earlier. Kong Yuzhang must strongly support this requirement. As for whether the Fanhan Group suffers or takes advantage of the cooperation, he doesn't care much. As long as the joint venture is established, no matter who should pay the money, no matter who should pay.
However, from Zhou Shuo's perspective, he doesn't want to open his card too early. It's not that he is afraid that the Japanese will learn it after taking a look, but at least they have to wait until they show some sincerity before they can serve the dishes on the table. The battle for the negotiations is just an initiative, and if you are too good at it, you will inevitably fall at a disadvantage. Faced with Kong Yuzhang's obvious sluggishness, it really makes people feel nervous.
"That's right." Zhou Shuo said with a smile: "We did transform a Nikon lithography machine, but Hetian specialist should know that the 0.5 micron lithography machine was transformed into a 0.35 micron process, and the performance gap was very large due to the bottleneck problems of other subsystems. So we have been doing various improvement tests on this lithography machine, and it is probably not convenient to visit now."
"Haha. Isn't that just right?" Kong Yuzhang smiled disconcerted: "Nikon is one of the best experts in the field of lithography machines, and the 0.35 micron technology has the ability to mass production. If Tsuruda specializes in visiting, maybe he can still be guided by some or two."
"Mr. Tsuruta. What do you think? Our Chinese technology is definitely not comparable to Nikon. It is more or less. Please support me." Kong Yuzhang looked at Tsuruta with a smile and asked.
"Oh. This is no problem!" Tsuruda nodded suddenly and said with a smile: "Our Nikon technology is the best in the world. Please rest assured that Kongsan."
Tsuruda's words are correct. Nikon lithography machine cannot be said to be the best, and Asmay really dares not say that he must be stronger. But Zhou Shuo sneered at his words. If Shiraishi Morina said this, it would be three-point credible. But Tsuruda would be funny. Do you know where the door of the lithography machine is opened?
"This, the lithography machine we transformed uses a lot of unique technology." Zhou Shuo's face gradually sank.
To be honest, during the meal, he felt that Kong Yuzhang's position was a bit strange. Thinking that it might be the foreign aura on Hetian and his self-consciousness as the master, he made him somewhat biased in his attitude towards Hetian. But now that he has entered the substantive content stage, his performance is unreasonable. To be lighter, his position is not firm, and to be heavy, he is turning his elbow out. Seeing that his parents' officials were going to make decisions for others, Zhou Shuo had to go into battle bare-handedly.
He looked at Tsuruta's face and said solemnly: "If Tsuruta wants to visit our lithography machine, he must sign a confidentiality agreement and promises that Nikon will not use these technologies on its own products."
The translator over there was translating Zhou Shuo's words to Hetian, but Kong Yuzhang appeared again. He knocked on the table and said dissatisfiedly: "Mr. Zhou's request is a big deal. What if Nikon was already studying the 'unique' technology you used? Can't continue to study or use it after visiting it?"
Kong Yuzhang snorted and said lightly: "Attracting investment is the established policy for our country's development. It would be a bit unsincere for you to make things difficult for foreign guests like this?"
Zhou Shuo frowned and became more confused about his purpose. If Kong Yuzhang had not been the real and honest Mayor of Wuxi, he would have thought it was Hetian who had found him.
"Mayor Kong, we Huajing is sincere in cooperation with Nikon. But which party is the main part of this cooperation needs to be negotiated. The lithography machine of Fanhan Group can be shown to Mr. Tsuruta, but when does it still need to be determined. It is OK if you don't want to sign a confidentiality contract, but can Nikon agree to let us visit the 0.35 micron lithography machine on par?"
"This is impossible." Tsuruda shook his head and said, "It's not that we don't want it, but that our government requires Nikon not to open up this level of technology to mainland China."
Tsuruda's words were a bit ambiguous and insincere. The issue of the negotiations between the two sides was to cooperate in the development of a lithography machine with a 0.25 micron process. If the Japanese government explicitly prohibits the leakage of technology, then how can we cooperate? It can only be said that the Ministry of Industry and Industry is a Xiaoer Hei New Year, and it is worse than that of a year. These Japanese government regulations are often followed when it is useful, and when it is useless, it becomes straw paper.
Zhou Shuo spread his hands, looked at Kong Yuzhang and said, "Mayor Kong, you see, there is nothing you can do about it."
Kong Yuzhang couldn't help but complain that he was really Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror - both sides were not human. Hetian was really not an ordinary second. Even if you really couldn't let the Chinese side see it, you could always be silent. Without his words, maybe Zhou Shuo would have forced him to submit.
After all, Zhou Shuo is in Wuxi, or even in the south, and his strength is too weak. He has no local relationships and no aid at the top, so it should not be too easy to be taken over by others. Kong Yuzhang just wants to invest as soon as possible. As for protecting the interests of Fanhan Group, it is not the focus of his concern.
"Since you cannot visit the lithography machine of Fanhan Group, what are the requirements for Mr. Hetian next?" Kong Yuzhang turned to look at Hetian and said in a sensible manner: "No matter what the requirements are, as long as we can achieve them, our Wuxi Municipal Government will do our best to meet them."
Kong Yuzhang deliberately aggravated his voice on the word "any", of course what he said was quite painful. But when the Japanese saw that the first request made by Tsuruma was rejected by Zhou Shuo, what if the Japanese went back in anger? Of course, this is unlikely, but it is not certain that the project originally settled in Wuxi would really grow wings and fly. He couldn't help but complain that Zhou Shuo didn't cooperate, but I had to wipe my butt.
Zhou Shuo looked at Hetian, followed Kong Yuzhang and nodded faintly and said, "Yes, Mr. Hetian has any other requirements, although it can be mentioned. In fact, our Huajing also introduced a 0.5 micron lithography machine in Asmay and tried to transform immersive lithography technology on it. You know, Asmay's subsystems have relatively abundant performance, so we have not done much transformation. If you really want to visit, we can arrange for you to visit Asmay's 0.35 micron lithography machine first..."
"Huajing also introduced ASMA's technology?" Tsuruda's heart was filled with huge waves. This was different from the script that was agreed upon! If Fanhan Group turned to ASMA, it would be unimaginable for Nikon! Unlike Nikon, Asma is the son of Europe and the United States, and Nikon is completely out of the way to get immersive lithography technology!
"Oh, actually I'm just asking, Mayor Kong is not too embarrassed by Mr. Zhou." Hetian wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned his head and peeked at Zhou Shuo, and said with insincerely: "It is a legitimate requirement in the shopping mall to propose mutually equal visit conditions. We, Nikon, do not want to visit the technology of Fanhan Group for free. In short, the specific issues should be left for subsequent negotiations."
"Hey?" Kong Yuzhang looked at Hetian blankly. Did the Japanese take the wrong medicine or get the wrong speech? Why not only did they not put pressure on Zhou Shuo, but they just dismantled my platform!
Chapter completed!