Although ASML's idea was very beautiful, Intel's people were not fools. The purchasing minister of Intel had also been in the industry for more than 20 years before he got to this position. How could he be deceived by ASML's means?
In fact, in the beginning, when the minister heard that other companies wanted to buy this machine, he was still a little anxious. So on the second day, he immediately sent out all the members of his delegation. After a lot of inquiries, he finally figured out the origin of this delegation.
"Minister, after our investigation, we found that this is a delegation from Hua Xia!" The assistant reported.
"What! Hua Xia! " After hearing his assistant's report, the purchasing minister was shocked at first, then his expression suddenly calmed down. He was not in a hurry, his face was not red, and his heart was not beating fast. He even said with a smile on his face, "I think these Hua Xia people are most likely hired by ASML. They deliberately put on a show for us to make us raise the price!"
"I went to Hua Xia a few years ago. They have a company called Lenovo there. They invited me to visit them and discuss the purchase of CPUs. They invited me to stay and eat in the most upscale places in Hua Xia, but in fact, they are similar to our three-star hotels. "
"Even in their most advanced cities, such as Shanghai and Beijing, it's rare to see high-rise buildings. Most of them are small bungalows. A building that's more than 50 meters tall is already considered a landmark building for them!"
"As far as I know, Hua Xia's national US dollar reserves are only more than 10 billion, and all of them are controlled by their country. Those delegations can't wait to break a dollar into two pieces. How can they spend 150 million US dollars to buy a lithography machine? This is impossible!" The minister laughed.
"But minister, what if Hua Xia people really want to do chip technology? Didn't you say that this is one of the most cutting-edge technologies in the future? With a chip, there will be a future? "The assistant asked, puzzled.
"No buts, please use your brain. A chip is not something that can be made with just a lithography machine. In order to make a chip, we need at least 200 million US dollars worth of other supporting equipment. If we want to build a CPU, we need more than 500 million USD of supporting equipment. If we want to expand to the entire computer technology industry, then we, Intel, won't be able to do it alone. We need more than 100 high-tech companies in the United States, and an industry worth tens of billions of USD to assemble a complete computer! "
"What does Hua Xia have now?"
"The three largest computer companies in their country, two of them are joint ventures of the United States. The remaining company, Lenovo, has reached a strategic alliance with our Intel. They originally planned to develop their own chips, but now I heard that they have fired their chief engineer and completely give up their self-development business!"
"So Hua Xia doesn't have the so-called computer industry at all. Even if they really spend 150 million US dollars to buy the lithography machine back, it's at most just a decoration. It takes up space at home. Why would they spend this kind of money?"
"There is no company in Hua Xia that can take out 150 million US dollars. The ones who will spend money to buy it must be the official delegation of Hua Xia."
"But Hua Xia is different from our United States. If our politicians waste taxpayers' money, they just have to leave. After all, our country is free!"
"But Hua Xia is different. If their officials make mistakes, they will be held accountable from top to bottom. If they spend a huge amount of US dollars to buy a useless machine, then this official will even be locked up in prison. He might even be shot!" The minister said.
"Hua Xia is actually so scary!" When the assistant heard the minister's words, he was so scared that his face turned pale. His father was a federal official. His father had wasted a lot of money from the United States. Could it be that he had to be shot?!
"If it were a delegation from another country, I would be a little worried. But since it's Hua Xia, there's no need to worry at all. They must be hired by ASML! "In the end, the minister made a decisive conclusion.
"But minister, there are still some strange things in this. That is, why would ASML invite Hua Xia's delegation to come over as a scapegoat? Don't they know that Hua Xia won't pay for their machine? Wouldn't it be more reliable for them to go directly to the nearby countries like Germany, France, England, and other countries to invite some delegations over? "The assistant asked, puzzled.
"This …" The minister, who was answering smoothly just now, was suddenly a little stumped at this moment.
This was because he could not explain this problem. However, people often had the mentality of an ostrich. So when the assistant pointed out this fatal logic flaw, the minister instinctively ignored it.
"There's nothing to ask about this. Maybe ASML themselves don't know why they invited Hua Xia's delegation over as a scapegoat. Maybe they just happened to pass by!" The minister licked his lips.
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In fact, the Intel ministers were not wrong. ASML themselves did not understand why Hua Xia's delegation came over as a scapegoat. However, it was a new day. ASML still brought the Daqian delegation around the company to show its grandeur.
Ni Guangnan simply slipped into the interior of the factory for a tour, leaving only Boss Jia and a few secretaries and assistants to start the procurement negotiations with ASML.
In fact, the vice president was not willing to talk at first. It seemed that he just wanted to show the Daqian's delegation around the factory today. It was only after Boss Jia repeatedly urged him that the other party had to start the procurement negotiations.
The person in charge of the negotiations with Jia Yapeng was still the vice president. However, what made Boss Jia a little surprised was that his guest brought six or seven assistants and secretaries, but the vice president only had one follower behind him. It made Jia Yapeng feel like he was in his own home ground, and the other party was the guest.
"Mr. President, let's start the negotiations!" Boss Jia said with a smile.
"Okay! No problem! "The president was stunned for a moment, then smiled.
"Okay, then let's ask the other party to give us the detailed price list first, so that we can study the price?" Boss Jia smiled.
"Of course!" The president smiled, then ordered the assistant behind him to get the price list.
As a result, the assistant went for two hours. When he came back, he reported that the printer was broken and could not print the price list. Therefore, the vice president regretfully expressed that he hoped that they could negotiate again tomorrow after the price list was ready.
Boss Jia was completely stunned by what he had done.
On the second day, the price list came out. However, the vice president had something to do at the last minute and could not accompany them because of work matters. Boss Jia proposed to let others negotiate, but ASML said that the president and vice president were not around. No one could negotiate, but they could bring a delegation to Amsterdam.
ASML would treat the delegation to a good time and experience the atmosphere of the Dutch red-light district.
"What the hell is this?" Boss Jia was really dumbfounded. He could not understand this operation at all!
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