But Berry never thought that Chen Xia was not going to become a chip giant.
All he needs to do is become a monopolist in the medical chip industry. This goal is not too ambitious, the investment amount will not be too large, and it is relatively easy to achieve.
As for if one day Four Seasons Group really masters the technology of lithography machines or wafer production lines, it will definitely have to cooperate with the country.
Unless the Four Seasons Group can become a chaebol like Samsung in South Korea, it can be above the government.
But in China, such a possibility obviously does not exist. Four Seasons Group also has to play within the rules of the game and does not want to become a victim of politics.
Why do advanced technology companies in developed countries, not just mainland China, have to be regulated by the COCOM and the government? Do they need government approval to sell their products?
Market economy, free trade, shouldn’t it be that you can sell to whoever you want, and it has nothing to do with your government?
Therefore, there is no absolute freedom in this world. Chen Xia and Four Seasons Group will definitely be supervised by the government in the future, and this cannot be avoided just because the boss has a "turtle spirit".
The business negotiations between Four Seasons Group and ASML were very pleasant. One party was willing to buy, while the other was eager to sell, so each got what it needed.
That night, Chen Xia made an appointment with Berry to go to the bar together and see how the "electric motors" in Henan danced.
Berry left with a check for $5 million in his pocket.
Chen Xia also received a promise that Berry would help Four Seasons Group obtain the most advanced lithography machines in the future.
A few days later, Four Seasons Group signed a contract with ASML to purchase five lithography machines with a total contract price of US$400 million.
At the same time, with Berry's help and guidance, Four Seasons Group quickly purchased all the equipment needed for the wafer production line, including single crystal furnaces, vapor phase epitaxial furnaces, oxidation furnaces, magnetron sputtering tables, ion implanters, wafer dicing machines, wafer thinning machines, etc.
It took a total of 5 wafer production lines, and this one alone cost Chen Xia more than 2 billion US dollars.
Once it is actually put into production, a huge amount of money will be needed, such as a sterile workshop. This kind of factory building with high technical content is very expensive to build in this era.
Once everything is done, it will definitely cost more than 2.3 billion US dollars, which is almost all of Chen Xia’s patent fees and group profits in a year, and it may not be enough.
Chen Xia was already preparing to apply for a bank loan using these wafer production lines as collateral. Even if he was rich, it would be a bit too much for him.
The chip industry is really like a money-eating beast.
The wafer production line was completed, and it was the most advanced in the world, which made Zhang Lianchang very excited. The former semiconductor professor of Huaqing University immediately returned to China as quickly as possible.
It was about confirming the chip engineer who had already been contacted.
In fact, Chen Xia knew that he would definitely be eager to report to the relevant departments, and Chen Xia could also imagine that the engineers invited at that time would definitely be mainly professors and experts from the mainland.
Chen Xia didn't mind that he had his own little thoughts, after all, his starting point was good.
But Chen Xia had already "stole" a lithography machine and gave it to the relevant department, but there has been no movement to this day, which made Chen Xia have reservations about their attitude.
So he obviously won't hand over the entire project to mainland experts. Would that lead to the master starving his apprentice to death?
Anyway, there are headhunting companies everywhere these days, especially in Silicon Valley. As long as Chen Xia is willing to pay, even double or triple the salary, what kind of talent can't he recruit?
He is not worried about recruiting engineers, as ASML will also help provide initial technical support.
Chen Xia didn't spend the $5 million in vain. What he wanted was for Berry to think carefully and provide him with attentive service.
At this time, Chen Xia and Chen Chun were traveling in Henan together.
Chen Chun is a workaholic and has almost no time to travel. Chen Xia doesn't want her elder sister to die from overwork early. It would be so sad if a person lived like a working machine.
The fate of this future great academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering has been completely changed by Chen Xia.
If it were his previous life, 34-year-old Chen Chun should still be working as an infectious disease doctor in the Provincial First Hospital, slowly figuring his way forward on his own and embarking on the path of becoming an academician.
However, there is one major disadvantage of traveling with my elder sister.
What is Henan famous for? Any man will immediately think of the word "red light district".
I heard that the red-light district in Henan has developed to such an extent that it can issue invoices for Chinese tourists. Yes, when soliciting business, they shouted loudly:
"Boss, we can issue invoices, come and play!"
When Chen Xia cautiously suggested that he wanted to go to the famous red-light district to see it for himself, he saw that Chen Chun had a half-smile on his face and was looking at him with his eyes narrowed.
Chen Xia feels guilty:
"Sister, please don't look at me like that. I'm just curious. I just want to see what the Eight Great Hutongs in foreign countries look like. I really don't have any other thoughts."
Chen Chun snorted:
"Chen Lao Er, if your brother-in-law said this, I might really believe it. I don't think he would have the guts to do it. But when you say this, I really don't believe it. Everyone knows that you are braver than anyone else and there is nothing you can't do.
I heard that AIDS is very prevalent overseas. Do you want to get infected and bring it back to China? If so, you will bring shame to our Chen family. Be careful, I will strangle you to death with my own hands!
When Chen Xia heard this, he felt a chill on his neck and was at a loss for words.
Obviously, the eldest sister is not as easy to deceive as my wife. So, as the saying goes, a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent. Why was she born so smart...
When Chen Xia was traveling abroad, domestic semiconductor experts were all very excited.
Zhang Lianchang flew directly from Hong Kong to the mainland, and then invited his former colleagues and peers to get together.
In a private room of a small restaurant in the capital:
"What? Your Four Seasons company has already purchased five 0.35mm wafer production lines? Planning to manufacture chips yourself?"
The speaker is Professor Ping Heguang from Huaqing University.
As an industry expert, he understood too well the significance of 0.35 microns. You have to know that China's most advanced technology at that time could only produce 1-micron chips.
The gap is several generations, and we are lagging behind in all aspects.
Moreover, with the embargo imposed by the COCOM after that incident, mainland China will no longer be able to buy such top-level lithography machines and wafer production lines.
I guess even if they can buy it, they may not be interested in buying it. They will use the money to buy computer parts and build Lenovo computers.
Zhang Lianchang said proudly:
"How could this be false? I personally accompanied the boss to Henan to negotiate the deal. We've already signed the contract, and we're just waiting for the factory to be built and the machines to be delivered."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present gasped.
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