Rebirth of Hong Kong's tycoons, shorting Eagle Sauce

August 30, 2001.

Schmidt was so excited that he wanted to take off his clothes and run around the street.

But in order to vent his frustration, he immediately conveyed the good news to ASML's shareholders.

"What, it has been successfully developed, and the wavelength of the F2 laser can be stably 157 nanometers?"

Although it only increased the wavelength by 25%, it is undoubtedly a major breakthrough for the 193-nanometer deep ultraviolet light!

Kembauer felt light and airy. Such a big breakthrough will undoubtedly be a good medicine for ASML's stock price.

It was also a timely rain for Kembauer.

He never expected that technology and Internet stocks would fall for more than a year. Every time they fell sharply, all he could do was to further cover his position.

He invested all the 2 billion euros borrowed from Ahben in the financial market.

In recent months, he felt a little bit tired to repay the loan.

As the largest individual shareholder of ASML, he almost cried when he heard the good news.

Since investing in ASML, he has never been so happy as today.

Perhaps only ASML shareholders can understand his mood at this moment.

"Smit, hold a press conference immediately. We need to make this good news public."

Smit had no reason to refuse. He had been waiting for this day for a long time. He wanted to let Cayman Capital, which had abandoned him, see who was the winner with the last laugh.

In the past two years, the media has been touting that Cayman Capital's sale of ASML was a wise choice.

Although he knew that it was the media that was hyping the topic, he was still very unconvinced.

He wanted everyone in the world to know that ASML, led by him, was not a fake.

Robert was short-sighted. Selling ASML was the most unwise investment decision he had made in his life.

With this idea in mind, he organized a grand press conference.

Even Robert received an invitation to attend the conference.

"Boss, you tell me whether I should go or not."

In Robert's opinion, knowing that it is humiliating, but still sticking his face forward, I am afraid he has a tendency to be masochistic.

"Go, of course I will go, but you are going to mess things up!"

"Why, do you say that?"

Robert was very puzzled. He wanted to mess things up, but he couldn't find any flaws in the other party, unless...

Sure enough, Wang Lei said calmly:

"Engineer Lin of Peninsula Technology has already developed the immersion type. Through the refraction of water, the 193-nanometer deep ultraviolet light can be turned into 134-nanometer light."

It is shorter than the 157-nanometer of F2 laser, and there is no need to make too many changes to the original machine, which is low input and high output.

"I originally planned to announce the new generation of immersion lithography machines to the public after they were put into production, but I didn't expect Schmidt to jump out and seek death."

"Don't worry about going to the meeting. I guarantee that Schmidt will cry on the spot."

Thinking of this, he immediately called several semiconductor manufacturers in Sakura Country, as well as Samsung and Daewoo Group in Han Country.

Lee Kun-hee, who received the call, complained:

"You still remember to call me. When will you bring Duoyu back to visit me?"

"Father-in-law, I have too many things to do, and Duoyu's studies are also heavy. This time I contacted you to tell you a good news."

Lee Kun-hee was still sulking. Although he had a grandson named Zhihao, he still loved his grandson more.

"What good news? Fuzhen is pregnant again?"

"Khan, no, it's that Peninsula Technology has made a major breakthrough in light sources, which can refract light sources into 134 nanometers of light!"

Hearing this, Lee Kun-hee was also overjoyed and said three good things in a row.

Now they are the most loyal allies of the Wang family. It can be said that they rise and fall together, especially Samsung Electronics' semiconductor business, which is particularly dependent on Peninsula's lithography technology.

If Peninsula first makes a lithography machine with higher technical content, Samsung Electronics will be the biggest beneficiary.

After hanging up the phone, Lee Kun-hee's face was full of smiles, and he kept saying good:

"Good, good, I really made the right bet. Marrying the Wang family is my wisest decision."

Lee Jae-young outside the office didn't know what Lee Kun-hee was happy about, and walked into the president's office with disdain.

"Dad, what are you so happy about?"

"Peninsula Technology has made a major breakthrough in light sources. You and I will rush to Hong Kong City overnight to attend their press conference!"

Li Zairong's heart skipped a beat. He said in surprise:

"What a coincidence. I received an invitation from ASML. President Schmidt said that they also made a major breakthrough in light sources."

Li Jianxi knew that Li Zairong had always been unhappy with Wang Lei, so he asked:

"What do you mean?"

Li Zairong looked down on Peninsula Technology. A companyWhat kind of technological breakthrough can a small company (not listed) in Gangcheng have? He expressed his thoughts:

"Dad, we can't offend both sides. Otherwise, you rush to Gangcheng and I fly to ASML. We bet on both sides. This is the long-term plan for the development of the family."

He said this, and Lee Kun-hee nodded with satisfaction, and felt that his son was very thoughtful:

"You are right, we can't offend both sides, and eggs can't be put in one basket."

But he didn't say a word. He hoped that his son would go to Gangcheng to attend the press conference of Peninsula. If he could get closer to Wang Lei in Rong, he could consider retirement.

He knew that Li Zairong had his own ideas, and such things could not be forced.

The semiconductor manufacturers in Sakura Country who received the invitation almost cried with joy.

The speed of their decline was too fast. In the 1980s, Sakura Country accounted for 6 of the top ten semiconductor manufacturers in the world in terms of revenue. NEC, Toshiba, and Hitachi have always been in the top three.

After being jointly sanctioned by the United States, they were surpassed by Intel, Motorola and other manufacturers in the 1990s, but there were still four companies in the top ten.

But by 2000, Hitachi disappeared from the top ten list, and NEC began to fall behind rapidly, with only Toshiba barely occupying the top three positions.

They knew their own situation well. If there were no major breakthroughs, Toshiba would not even be able to keep its third place.

Now they heard that their ally Peninsula Technology had made a major breakthrough in light sources, and the new generation of lithography machines were about to be put into production. How could they not cry with joy?

They were much more active than Samsung, and they wanted to fly to Hong Kong City immediately to watch the live demonstration of Peninsula.

And Jin Zhongxuan and Park Zhixuan also came to Hong Kong City one after another.

Wang Lei also invited Representative Xiao and a group of entrepreneurial bosses under Sanshi Technology.

For a while, the Hong Kong Peninsula Technology City became very lively.

The Hong Kong government sent elite troops to maintain law and order.

The four richest men couldn't help but wonder what breakthrough Peninsula Technology had made to create such a big fuss.