The passionate years starting from the college entrance examination

Chapter 229, Confidence and Rejection (please vote)

"So, Guohua, what do you think?"

Hearing Qiu Zongyue's words, Chen Guohua rolled his eyes.

"How can I watch it? Of course I have to sit down and watch it. It would be very tiring if I stand up and watch it."

The former frowned immediately and said:

"After all, it's half a million calculators, why not lower the price?"

Qiu Zongyue's worries are not without reason.

From the beginning, Clay Company signed a contract for 50,000 units, and now President Raymond has personally come to Hong Kong Island to order 200,000 calculators, which means that China Resources has exported more than 700,000 units.

Cray has 250,000 units, Sony and Fuji each have 40,000 units, Toshiba has 70,000 units, Howard and Coverdale have 50,000 units, IBM has 200,000 units, and Stellar has 200,000 units. Fifty thousand units from Walker.

Including the few thousand units initially used to participate in the Hong Kong Island Trade Show, the total number is more than 700,000 units.

In other words, there are already so many Huayue calculators sold around the world. If the price is not lowered, won't IBM lose money?

After all, the entire calculator market has been able to develop to more than 700,000 units, which is far beyond expectations.

Before, Qiu Zongyue and Liu Guanzhong also imagined that they could sell millions of calculators.

Then the foreign exchange income on the mainland will be close to 900 million US dollars.

But when the dream was infinitely close, Qiu Zongyue and the others began to worry about gains and losses.

Therefore, after seeing Chen Guohua's attitude, Qiu Zongyue was somewhat worried.

Perhaps in his opinion, the benefits obtained are more real than the illusory future.

IBM wants to sign a super order of 500,000 units. Given the current market conditions, price reduction is inevitable.

After hearing Qiu Zongyue's words, Chen Guohua put away his smile and said seriously:

"Leader, have you ever thought about why we have to lower prices?"

"There are no products on the market today that can compete with us. Why should we take the initiative to lower prices?"

"As for whether so many people buy calculators, does this have much to do with us?"

"In addition, have you ever thought about, leader, if the market potential has been exhausted, why would Raymond from Cray and Patrick from IBM continue to cooperate with us and order so many goods at once? ?”

"Are these capitalists fools?"

Obviously, these capitalists are not fools.

If they are not fools, why do they continue to order such large quantities of calculators?

Naturally, we already know the current market potential, and there is still the possibility of further digging.

Whether it is Chen Guohua or Qiu Zongyue, in terms of understanding of the North American market, they are definitely not as good as Raymond, let alone Watson.

Especially Watson, who has been deeply involved in the North American market for so many years, and has a much deeper understanding of the entire market than Chen Guohua and others.

"Perhaps, leader, you haven't carefully read IBM's business strategies and plans, right?"

"They produced a thousand 305 computers at the beginning of this year. Do you know how they made money?"

"They are not selling computers, but leasing them directly to those companies for US$3,500 per month. For 1,000 computers, that is US$3.5 million."

"The monthly rent is 3.5 million US dollars, which is 42 million US dollars a year. It is much more cost-effective than simply selling computers."

"So, instead of worrying about IBM, I would rather you worry more about our Yao Ling Zero factory."

After listening to Chen Guohua's words, Qiu Zongyue took a deep breath.

In fact, he did forget about it.

Because after he received the telegram from Liu Guanzhong, he was thinking about this issue immediately.

He was not thinking about this issue from the perspective of IBM, but was thinking about a problem.

That is, if the Huayue calculator fails to sell, will it affect the follow-up Yao Ling Zero factory?

After all, the number of workers in Yao Ling Ling Factory now exceeds 2,000, and it can be said to be the fastest and most rapidly developing factory in the mainland.

What should these two thousand workers do if something unexpected happens?

Raise them in white?

Or layoffs?

Now after listening to Chen Guohua's words, Qiu Zongyue suddenly became enlightened.

In this case, don't worry.

Just take your time, take your time, there's no rush anyway.

The current orders on hand are enough to keep the Yao Ling Zero factory busy until February or March next year.

As for what should be done after February or March next year?

The boat will naturally be straight when it reaches the bridge, and we will just have to think of a solution then.

Hong Kong Island, inside the Peninsula Hotel, Patrick's face was extremely gloomy.

Just now, he also saw Raymond.

This person is the president of Cray Company, and it is impossible for Patrick not to know who the other person is.

To describe it in one sentence, it’s a road between enemies.

Therefore, he quickly left the hotel, took the ferry and went straight to the Central Pier on the other side.

After getting off the dock, Patrick rushed to China Resources Company without stopping.

When he looked back, he found that Raymond had not followed, and the ominous feeling in his heart became even stronger.

After arriving at China Resources Company, Patrick soon heard two pieces of bad news.

The first one is that after Raymond left, he signed an order for 200,000 calculators with China Resources.

Another piece of news was the reply from the capital, which said there would be no price reduction.

"Why don't you lower the price?" Patrick's face became even uglier.

If eyes could cut people, Liu Guanzhong would have been cut to pieces by Patrick's ghastly and terrifying eyes at this time.

Just because of 500,000 calculators, China Resources didn't lower the price?

That is to say, Patrick can still keep his composure, otherwise, he would have started to curse people by now.

What a bully!

Not only did they not lower the price, but Raymond, that bastard, signed the contract in advance.

Fake!

Thinking of this, Patrick went crazy.

But now he was in Liu Guanzhong's office and had to endure it. Otherwise, if Liu Guanzhong got angry and chased people away, he would suffer even more.

Regarding the blacklist threat from China Resources, Patrick, who has been in Hong Kong Island for more than two years, is very clear about it.

"There is no reason. The current response from Beijing is not to lower the price."

Liu Guanzhong shook his head and continued:

"Does your company need to go back to discuss it, or should we place an order now?"

This is driving people away!

Good guy, Patrick's face suddenly became even uglier.

"Mr. Liu, I will come back to you tomorrow. I hope you can inform us before signing the contract next time, okay?"

"I'm sorry, I can't guarantee this for you, because not every company is willing to leak their own information."

"Okay, I understand, thank you."

Patrick, whose back teeth were broken, tried to calm down.

After turning around and leaving, his entire expression instantly became extremely ferocious.

Deceiving too much!

Fake!

Patrick, furious, quickly returned to the Peninsula Hotel. He needed to notify North America immediately.

In Armonk, New York, North America, little Watson soon learned about this.

He also said something stupid in an instant.

Damn that shit!

This Cray Company is so disgusting!

Not only did they grab orders from IBM in the computer market, they also grabbed the Huayue calculator that IBM was eyeing.

Asshole!

At this time, little Watson was already furious.

What a shame!

After venting his anger, Watson came to the technical department and brought Winkelmann out.

"Winkelmann, tell me, when will you be able to conquer the lithography machine technology? When will you be able to come up with equipment like the Huayue calculator?"

The latter looked confused. Looking at Watson, whose pupils were bloodshot and almost crazy, Winkelmann was surprisingly lifeless.

Instead, he took a deep breath and said truthfully:

"Watson, you have to know that we are still conducting technology research and development. The photolithography machine technology is not that easy to break through. We have not yet found the light source that can help us complete the engraving of transistors, the optical instruments and equipment that can expose it, etc."

"So if you want to ask me when I can develop a photolithography machine, I'm sorry, but I can't answer your question."

After hearing Winkelmann's words, Watson slowly calmed down.

After a while, he let go of the other party, and then stood aside, breathing heavily, but did not speak.

At this time, no one in the technical department said anything.

Winkelmann suddenly spoke:

"I know Watson you want us to take out the lithography machine right away, but I'm sorry, we can't do it now."

"If possible, I have an immature suggestion, which is to cooperate with Fairchild Semiconductor."

Fairchild Semiconductor has been on a roll in the past few months, both vertically and horizontally.

According to industry insiders, their company is likely to have developed most of the technologies for photolithography machines.

When Watson heard this, he glanced at Winkelmann silently, then turned and left the technical department without saying a word.

Regarding the latter suggestion, Watson Jr. listened.

Now, for him, Fairchild Semiconductor may be a more suitable choice, right?

As we all know, the chip technology sold by China Resources Corporation is now leading the world.

Needless to say, it is definitely impossible for IBM to provide chips with two thousand or more transistors.

Of course, Winkelmann did remind him just now.

Money may not be the most powerful, but it can also solve most problems.

The reason why the problem has not been solved is because the money is not available.

Fairchild Semiconductor is the most suitable partner besides China Resources.

After all, China Resources is a company on Hong Kong Island, not an ant on the same line as IBM.

On the other hand, if a laboratory like Fairchild Semiconductor waves money, it can definitely take over the opponent, right?

However, Watson Jr. personally came to Charleston Road in Silicon Valley Lookout Mountain and interviewed Noyce and the others, but was rejected.

Yes, they did not inform their parent company, Fairchild Photographic Equipment Company, about this and directly rejected Watson's proposal.

Noyce and the others know very well that at this juncture, even if they want to sell Fairchild Semiconductor, they should only complete the research and development of photolithography machine technology before they can maximize their profits.

Otherwise, they will definitely be sold half-sold and half-given.

The lithography machine technology has reached a critical moment, and they are preparing to use particle beam technology such as electron beams for lithography.

In order to solve the problem of contamination caused by multiple contacts between the mask and the photoresist and the wear and tear of the mask after contact with the silicon wafer, Noyce and others proposed a method of proximity lithography.

This method is between the shielding lithography machine and the projection lithography machine, but it is obvious that the proximity lithography machine is worse than the former, but not as good as the projection lithography machine.

In the opinion of Noyce and the other eight rebels, this method can definitely produce a chip with more than 2,000 transistors built in.

Based on this, how could they sell Fairchild Semiconductor at this time?

No matter how much money Little Watson gave, it would still be impossible.

And this so-called more money is also based on the actual value of Fairchild Semiconductor at this moment. A premium of 20% is considered a high price.

But what can 20% do?

If the lithography machine comes out, then there is no need for the other party to pay a 20% premium. Fairchild Semiconductor's own value can soar by twice or even more.

In short, it is impossible to sell cheaply.

As a result, Watson Jr. could only return disappointed.

On Hong Kong Island, Patrick waited for several days and finally received a reply from Watson.

Only this time, Watson came to Hong Kong Island in person.

"BOSS, why did you come here in person?"

When he saw little Watson, Patrick's heart skipped a beat and he asked in shock.

Good guy, this is the second generation of rich people, a rich man worth more than one billion US dollars.

You actually came here in person for such a trivial matter?

"Humph!"

Little Watson snorted coldly and did not respond to Patrick's words.

Instead, he asked the latter to quickly lead the way. He wanted to meet Liu Guanzhong in person.

In the conference room at the headquarters of China Resources Corporation, Liu Guanzhong did not expect that he would be able to meet influential figures in North American newspapers.

It's a pity that this is Hong Kong Island, and almost no one here knows Watson.

Even among media reporters, few of them know Watson, right?

"Mr. Liu, I came here in person to make it clear that IBM attaches great importance to this cooperation."

After the simple courtesy, Watson went straight to the point and said straight to the point:

"I want to establish a stronger cooperative relationship with China Resources. In addition to the order of 500,000 Huayue calculators we mentioned before, we also hope to obtain your company's latest chip order. The price will be determined by you."

After hearing what the other party said, Liu Guanzhong showed a strange expression:

"I don't know what Watson's latest chip you are talking about is? The chip our company is currently selling is a chip with 500 transistors built in."

When little Watson heard this, he couldn't help but feel a small flame of anger rising in his heart:

God, why are these Easterners so thick-skinned?

He obviously has the chip manufacturing technology of two thousand transistors in his hands, and has even broken through to the chip technology of five thousand or ten thousand transistors.

Why are you still holding it in your hands and refusing to share it?

As a human being, can you stop being such a cliché?

"Mr. Liu, I heard that your China Resources company was able to manufacture a chip with two thousand transistors as early as half a year ago, or even earlier."

"Nonsense!"

When Liu Guanzhong heard this, he immediately stood up with an angry look on his face:

"Which bastard is spreading rumors? We don't have such technology at all. If we did, we would have used it long ago."

Seeing his murderous look, little Watson almost believed the other person's lies.

You know, this was the information told to him personally by Lundberg from the intelligence agency in North America.

And because of this news, Watson Jr. also spent half a million US dollars.

Haha, half a million US dollars can do a lot of things.

In addition, Little Watson had previously contacted killers like Sauron to go to the mainland to find photolithography machines and other related technical information.

The result was nothing.

Little Watson is certain of one thing, that is, the area in the mainland is definitely a restricted area for many external forces.

From the way Lundberg's expression changed slightly when he talked about the mainland, we knew that this matter was not simple.

Since a few years ago, China Resources has been the first to sell extremely small transistors, and then chips.

The transistor and chip product war in the semiconductor industry can be said to be promoted by China Resources.

You must know that before this, there were at best some minor frictions within North America.

But as the size of transistors becomes smaller and smaller, computer performance is improved and the size of computers is also made smaller and smaller.

The culprit is China Resources Corporation.

Whether it is Watson Jr. or the consensus within other computer and semiconductor industries, China Resources is the leader in the semiconductor industry.

Now Liu Guanzhong actually says that China Resources has never produced a chip with two thousand transistors built in. Who are you kidding?

Taking a deep breath, Watson looked at Liu Guanzhong seriously and said:

"Mr. Liu, I don't know who is spreading the rumor or what else."

"But as China Resources is currently the leader in the world's semiconductor industry, I hope that IBM, our company, can cooperate with you and give us priority when you release your latest products."

Little Watson came to Hong Kong Island in person because he wanted to obtain the priority right to cooperate with China Resources Company.

Instead of being fooled by Liu Guanzhong.

"Watson, I suggest you stop listening to those deceptive words in the future to avoid being misled."

With a cold snort, Liu Guanzhong explained the matter again, and then continued:

"We at China Resources welcome all companies or individuals who are friendly to us to cooperate with us. Naturally, we feel the goodwill of IBM. If we have the latest products, we will definitely notify you as soon as possible."

A very official statement did not satisfy little Watson.

"Mr. Liu, can you tell your superiors what I mean?"

"no problem!"

Liu Guanzhong smiled happily but was not angry.

Of course Liu Guanzhong knew that the other party didn't trust him, and he had nothing to be angry about.

So in the capital, Qiu Zongyue soon learned about this.

Lao Qiu frowned immediately, stared at the telegram and pondered for a long time, and finally had to sigh and go to find Chen Guohua.

Of course it's not that he doesn't know how to deal with it, but it must be admitted that he is indeed not as good as Chen Guohua in terms of overall view and economic foresight.

So many times before, I have asked Chen Guohua for his opinion, and this time, of course, it will be no exception.

In the office of Zhenhua Research Institute, Chen Guohua looked at the leader and said:

"Leader, this matter is actually very simple. Just agree to the other party." "I guess it won't be long before North America will find out how difficult the photolithography machine is and how high the cost of chip manufacturing will be."

Regarding Chen Guohua's optimism, Qiu Zongyue expressed concerns:

"Are you sure they really can't develop a better lithography machine?"

Chen Guohua shook his head and said:

"Leadership, without lasers, it is impossible for them to shake the projection lithography machine, nor to reduce the chip manufacturing technology."

"And now we not only have projection lithography machines, but also advanced excimer lasers. What can they do to catch up with us?"

When he said this, Chen Guohua showed great confidence.

Even if they know the lithography machine and the laser, is that a technology that can break through if they want to?

In the original history of time and space, in 1965, researchers at Bell Labs invented the laser and applied it to lithography machine technology.

At this point, laser lithography technology was officially born, becoming a milestone that changed the development history of lithography machines.

But in this time and space, Fairchild Semiconductor and other related companies did not go to Bell Labs at all.

In this case, Bell Labs will not conduct technology research and development in this area.

You know, Bell Labs is a unit full of talents, and it is the unit that has produced the most Nobel Prizes.

If this laboratory joins in, then Chen Guohua may be worried.

But they didn't, so Chen Guohua had nothing to worry about.

At most, Fairy Semiconductor Corporation is upgraded to the shielded light carvings, but the projection light carvings?

Haha, don’t even think about it.

Chen Guohua had previously learned from the information collected by China Resources that Fairchild Semiconductor had found many optical instrument companies.

They probably want to break through the accuracy and stability of the photolithography machine.

However, they definitely couldn't think of a scanning electron microscope in a short time. Even if they did, it would probably be the prototype of this thing.

Without alignment technology such as scanning electron microscopy, it would be impossible to improve the progress and stability of the lithography machine, and it would be impossible to reduce the cost of chip manufacturing.

Seeing how confident Chen Guohua was, Qiu Zongyue nodded and said:

"Now that you've decided, let's do this."

"By the way, are you ready for the video call test at three o'clock this afternoon?"

The morning before yesterday, after finishing the short video call test of one or two hundred meters in the laboratory, it was said that the test would be carried out the next day.

At that time, Qiu Zongyue wanted to help, but Chen Guohua did not want to mobilize troops and mobilize people like this.

What's more, after the afternoon, Qiu Zongyue brought the latest news from above.

That’s why the higher-ups also want to take a look at this technology.

Therefore, in order to prepare, time moved forward.

There is no other way, if the higher-ups want to come and take a look, then Chen Guohua must be fully prepared.

You have to put your best foot forward and make sure nothing goes wrong.

Although Chen Guohua feels that the technology has been optimized to a very good level, he is not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.

It's better to play it safe.

"Well, no problem." Chen Guohua said thoughtfully.

"Okay, that's no problem. See you in the afternoon."

Qiu Zongyue left, and he still needed to go back and do his own business.

At 2:30 in the afternoon, Lu Zijing, Shi Zhiqing and others followed Chen Guohua and came back from outside.

After lunch, they conducted route inspections in batches to ensure that the test at 3 p.m. could be passed smoothly.

Chen Guohua's attitude towards scientific research is to be as rigorous as possible, and he must ensure that he scores 100 points every time, rather than 98 or 99 points.

Regarding this point, whether it is Yao Shiqiong, Wan Qingxuan, or other researchers at Zhenhua Research Institute, they all agree with this sentence.

Qiu Zongyue was already waiting at the door of the office. When he saw Chen Guohua and the others coming back, he stepped forward and said:

"The leaders will arrive in twenty-five minutes, Guohua, are you sure there is no problem?"

Even Qiu Zongyue was so nervous, which shows how important this test is.

"Do not worry!"

"That's good, you go ahead and do your work."

Chen Guohua nodded and led everyone back to the laboratory.

Time passed minute by minute, and soon it was two fifty-five.

Ma Mingwei, Yin Menglun, Yan Shouchun, Long Kanghou and others were all prepared.

In addition to them, Qiu Zongyue also brought several security personnel.

It can almost be said that the entire Zhenhua Research Institute has to identify the gender of a fly before it can fly in.

Of course, it's November now, and even though it's not snowing today, the temperature is already in the low teens.

The weather in Beijing is like this, there is nothing we can do!

Three cars arrived at the door of Zhenhua Research Institute.

The leader arrived, and after greetings, the test officially began.

They are all very interested in the video calling technology proposed by Chen Guohua.

Xue Jinquan, Zhang Jichuan, Gu Xiaofeng, Lu Zijing, Zhao Jusheng and others were all very excited and their faces flushed.

I'm really happy.

But no matter how happy you are, it is only right to do the work in front of you seriously.

The technical test was carried out the day before yesterday. Now if we try it again, there is no big problem.

In the surprised eyes of the leaders, the computer started up and then entered a desktop.

As the keynote speaker, Chen Guohua gave technical explanations to the leaders while controlling the mouse to demonstrate.

Qiu Zongyue was not standing behind Chen Guohua, but on the opposite side.

No way, there are too many people curious about video calling technology.

"I didn't expect that computers could be designed like this? A small mouse can actually have such control capabilities?"

They were all very interested, with shock on their faces.

The display screen and the background image of the Forbidden City also shocked everyone.

But what everyone is more curious about is the mouse.

"Leader, why don't you give it a try? This is very easy to control."

Chen Guohua demonstrated it in person, and the leader started to use it himself with a smile.

It is indeed very interesting. When you control the mouse, the arrows on the monitor screen will move. This feeling is very wonderful.

After they all experienced it, they were amazed and then started the video call test.

Then I saw Chen Guohua click on an application, and a screen quickly appeared.

On the opposite side, Xue Yajun, Lin Zhiwu, Yao Shiqiong and others appeared in the picture.

"Good leadership!"

After seeing the picture displayed, they all saluted with great respect.

The picture is transmitted in real time, and they were still chatting a second ago: Why haven't Chen Guohua and the others carried out testing yet?

The next moment, I saw the leader.

"Hello, can you hear me?"

The leader was surprised and then waved his hand.

This is really surprising.

We are more than 30 kilometers apart, can we really make long-distance video calls?

In the display screen, Yao Shiqiong and the others greeted and gave real-time feedback.

Picture transmission and audio transmission are performed simultaneously without any lagging.

Because of this, it quickly became clear to everyone.

At this moment, Yao Shiqiong and the others were suddenly alarmed. After a moment of confusion, another leader appeared on the screen.

Surprisingly, one of the leaders went to Yao Ling Zero Factory and participated in this test.

When Chen Guohua saw this scene, he couldn't help but laugh.

It was obvious that this was the leader's idea.

Chen Guohua didn't bother to guess what the specific intention was. Anyway, he was not afraid of these surprise inspections.

What's more, he arranged for Yao Shiqiong and others to go to Yao Lingling Factory. Even if they encounter technical problems, they can solve the problem in a short time.

As for the appearance of this leader, it can only be said to be a small surprise.

You know, the leader in the video call on the monitor set off only ten minutes earlier than them.

Everyone knows where the Yao Ling Zero Factory is.

Because of this, when the leader appeared in the picture, everyone was even more shocked.

This shows that the technology Chen Guohua came up with is far beyond their imagination.

It's not that he doesn't believe Chen Guohua, it's not that Qiu Zongyue suggested this, so there was such a little surprise.

This test has reached this point in time, and there is nothing to worry about later.

However, testing will continue.

But the focus has shifted to other aspects, so I asked a question:

"Comrade Xiao Chen, you told Lao Qiu before that you want to lead a line to the northwest. How much will it cost? How long will it take to complete it?"

Wiring is not that simple. In addition to manufacturing the corresponding optical cables and other related equipment, technical debugging is also required.

And the distance from the capital to the northwest is several thousand kilometers. How can it be that simple?

"Leader, this specifically depends on the manufacturing process of our factory. If the manufacturing level can meet certain requirements, then the cost per kilometer should be maintained at 27,000 to 36,000 yuan."

hiss!

After hearing Chen Guohua's words, all the leaders suddenly took a breath of cold air.

The cost per kilometer has reached such a figure. Even if we take the middle number, it is about 32,000.

Such a cost means that one thousand kilometers is 32 million yuan.

The total length from the capital to Lop Nur in the northwest is more than 3,400 kilometers, which means the overall construction cost exceeds 100 million.

Spend 100 million yuan, just to pull a string and see how the devil is released?

What a luxury!

So, to make or not to make?

None of the leaders continued on the topic, and it was clear that now was not the time to discuss it.

Chen Guohua also wisely stopped talking. Anyway, he just listened to the leader and answered whatever the leader asked.

In addition to these non-technical issues, there are also some technical common sense issues.

More technical issues are not suitable to be discussed with leaders.

At 4:30 in the afternoon, the leaders left Zhenhua Research Institute.

They were able to stay in the institute for an hour, which was beyond Chen Guohua's expectation.

Even Qiu Zongyue was also very surprised.

But whether to talk or not, this time, the leaders asked a lot of questions.

Not only did I participate in the testing of video calls, I also visited many other scientific research products, laboratories, etc.

For example, drones, lithography machines, excimer lasers, etc.

These are the top technologies within Zhenhua Research Institute.

In fact, the drone is not yet completed. It cannot take off smoothly. It will be crooked, which means that the balance control system is slightly poor.

It requires technical fine-tuning and testing.

After all the leaders left, Chen Guohua was not idle and called everyone to start a meeting.

From the current point of view, the video call technology has been verified and there will be no major problems.

But the question now is whether the higher-ups will use him to bring about the plan to reach the Northwest.

In Chen Guohua's view, this must be a very worthwhile thing.

After all, whether it is a demon king, a hydrogen bomb, or a scientific research project such as missile or satellite launch, if we have this communication optical cable, it will be more convenient to contact the northwest.

It's a pity that Chen Guohua's idea was very beautiful, but it was shelved.

After discussion, for now, the application in this field is not very good.

However, 985 Factory and its brother units still sent many technicians with unfamiliar faces.

These technicians should all be soldiers who have just started working.

"Leader, there will still be a large amount of optical fiber and other related equipment manufactured above, right?"

Looking at Qiu Zongyue, Chen Guohua asked softly.

The former nodded and said:

"Yes, your plan seems good to the higher-ups, but it is too expensive and not suitable for the current actual situation."

"However, such excellent technology should not be put aside and used in the military field."

When Chen Guohua heard this, he immediately understood.

He knew that it would definitely be applied in this aspect first.

Perhaps many people are aware of the problem of troop garrison.

Although video calls brought by optical fiber communication technology cannot solve this problem, it can also shorten the distance and better serve the troops.

The two did not continue chatting on this issue, but talked about drones.

That day, when the leaders came to Zhenhua Research Institute for inspection, they mentioned drones.

They are also very optimistic about the drone product, mainly because it has a wide range of applications in both military and civilian fields.

Now that this issue has been discussed, Chen Guohua is of course very interested and has talked a lot about it.

However, today's drones have not yet completed technical optimization and cannot be properly demonstrated to Qiu Zongyue.

On Hong Kong Island, Watson soon received a reply from the capital.

After learning that China Resources was willing to notify him in advance when it had new products, Watson let out a sigh of relief.

As a qualified businessman, he can make full preparations for his own interests.

Being beaten to the punch a few times by Cray is no surprise.

Being ahead for a while doesn't mean anything, only the one who laughs in the end is the king.

After returning from Hong Kong Island, Watson Jr. immediately contacted Lundberg and wanted to negotiate a big deal with him.

"Mr. Sanders, I would like to ask if you can help us get the most advanced photolithography machine technology from the East?"

In a five-star hotel room on the busiest street in Manhattan, New York, Lundberg heard the other party's question and immediately said proudly:

"Of course, no problem, but what price can you offer?"

Little Watson raised an index finger and said:

"How about ten million dollars?"

hiss!

Lundberg suddenly took a deep breath and cursed in his mind that these son-of-a-bitch capitalists were really rich.

On the surface, he said calmly:

"not enough!"

"Then how much do you think it is?"

Little Watson immediately asked back, which stunned Lundberg.

After thinking for a moment, he said:

"At least 50 million US dollars, and you must get half a deposit in advance. If the task fails, then the deposit will not be refunded."

As soon as these words came out, Watson Jr. shook his head and said:

"This is definitely not possible. According to Mr. Sanders, then my interests cannot be protected, which would be a great loss to me."

Indeed, after taking a deposit of 25 million in advance, and someone directly announced that the mission had failed after a while, wouldn't he just be able to just stare?

Of course, Watson Jr. cannot accept this.

Although IBM has money, it doesn't spend money like this.

Nowadays, forced by Cray, China Resources, etc., Watson can only take risks.

If only Winkelmann and the others were more ambitious, and if Fairchild Semiconductor and the others were willing to compromise, little Watson would not be bullied like this by China Resources, and he would still have to smile.

Let alone come to Lundberg in person now and let the other party kill him.

After some discussions with Lundberg, the two parties finally reached an agreement.

The total amount of the task is 30 million US dollars. This part of the money will be given in three steps. The first step is an initial capital of 5 million.

If the mission fails, Lundberg not only needs to prove that the mission failed, but also needs to return the $2 million deposit.

On the contrary, after the mission is successful, the second step of funding will be 15 million.

After IBM confirms the first half of the lithography machine technology, it will pay the remaining US$10 million.

The general process is like this.

An agreement was reached, and a cooperation agreement that could not be made public was signed.

Both parties were very cautious.

After signing the contract, Watson Jr. returned to Armonk City, waiting for good news from China Resources and Lundberg.

After paying so many benefits, he fully expected a good result.

While he was waiting for the good news, Kennedy also learned the news in Washington, DC.

(End of this chapter)