"This old guy, how come I didn't realize he was so cunning!" Boss Jia muttered when he heard Ni Guangnan's way of shifting the blame.
Boss Jia actually blamed Academician Ni wrongly. He wasn't trying to shift the blame, but he really didn't know what would happen in the future.
Anything that spoke from the perspective of the future was a hooligan. There was no need to argue about the dry and wet technology in the future, but in 1995, no expert dared to say which was the future of the lithography machine.
However, most of the experts still preferred the dry type. The reason was very simple. The dry type had been verified by decades of history, and countless technologies had been accumulated there. Many engineers had learned about the dry type lithography machine when they started studying in school.
On the contrary, the wet technology, which was the infiltration imaging technology, was only an idea in Lin Benjian's mind so far. There wasn't even a decent system experiment. Although the infiltration imaging technology sounded very promising, who would dare to start research on it?
One had to know that once the research began, billions of dollars would be invested. If there were no results, then all the money would be wasted.
It was precisely because of this that Ni Guangnan shut his mouth. He really couldn't make a decision. If he was wrong and Boss Jia lost a few billion USD, wouldn't he die of guilt immediately?
"Teacher!" Boss Jia pondered and then asked, "Do you think the infiltration method is feasible?"
Boss Jia never paid attention to the lithography machine in his previous life. At most, he watched the battle between Huawei and the lithography machine. He didn't have any understanding of the principles of the lithography machine, so he didn't know how the lithography machine chose the infiltration method.
In other words, Boss Jia didn't have any advantage in this problem. He had to rely on his own ability to make a judgment.
"It's hard to say …" Ni Guangnan smiled bitterly.
"It's hard to say. You think it's possible, but you're not sure, right?" Boss Jia asked.
"Yes!"
"Then teacher, tell me, what are the chances of success?" Boss Jia asked again.
"About 40% … No, about 30%!" Ni Guangnan pondered for a full 5 minutes before saying this.
"In that case …" Boss Jia fell silent. Boss Jia suddenly realized that without the advantage of being a transmigrator, it was actually very difficult to make a decision. With a 30% chance of success, it didn't seem difficult to make the right decision with such a small chance.
"Teacher …" After fifteen minutes of silence, Boss Jia spoke again. During this time, Ni Guangnan didn't say a word.
"Teacher, how long will it take for us to catch up to companies like AMSL in the dry method? How many restrictions are there in terms of patents? "Boss Jia asked.
"With what I'm doing now, we'll be able to catch up in at least 10 years and at least 20 years. It's just that in terms of patents …" Ni Guangnan didn't say anything. Boss Jia knew very well that the obstacles in terms of patents were as huge as mountains and seas.
"At least 10 years and at least 20 years. Teacher, even if we use the fastest speed, we'll be 76 years old by then! If we're unlucky, you'll be 86 years old! "
"What's wrong? Do you think I'm too old? "
"No, teacher. I'm just thinking that you don't want to be 76 years old and still be catching up to others, do you?"
"What do you mean?"
"Teacher, no matter how hard we try to catch up, we'll just be following the path that others have already taken. There are signs and stones on the road. Even if we catch up to them, we'll still have to carry those pictures and stones. It's too difficult for us!"
"Teacher, when a group of people is racing on the track and the last person is already a quarter of the distance between them and the first group, what's the easiest way to catch up to them?"
"You want to leave the track?" Ni Guangnan understood what his disciple meant.
"That's right. Since it's so difficult to catch up to them, then we won't. We'll leave the track directly. No matter what curve it is, we'll just run towards the other end of the track. This immersion method is the way to break through the track! "Boss Jia's tone became firm.
"Now, everyone is stuck at the 70nm level. Even if we catch up to them in the future, we'll still be stuck at the 70nm level. This is the unavoidable predicament of the dry method."
"But if we study the immersion method, it'll be like starting from scratch. As long as we can break through this predicament, we can start from the 50nm level. By then, those guys might still be stuck at the 70nm level. This way, we'll be able to overtake them at the curve and leave them in the dust." Boss Jia became more and more excited as he spoke.
"Yapeng, you have to think clearly. If the immersion method proves to be unworkable in the end, then all the time and investment will be wasted!" Ni Guangnan said.
"Then we'll do both!" Boss Jia said. "We'll continue to study the traditional method and not relax. On the other hand, we'll start the research on the immersion method. With one red star, we'll be prepared for both. As long as we can break through with either method, we'll be the winner."
"But if we do that, in terms of funding …"
"Don't worry about funding. I have the money. Recently, I've made a lot of money from the movies and games. I'll transfer 500 million USD to you immediately. Let the research center assign a group of the most elite, most motivated, and the youngest team to tackle the immersion method!" Boss Jia said.
"The youngest … Aren't you going to ask for the most experienced people?"
"Since we're going to take a shortcut and break through, it's better to leave it to the young people who have no experience but are full of drive. This kind of thing, if it's done by the old people, it might spoil things."
"But we can let the experienced old people take on the supporting roles. They can give guidance to the young people and use their experience. But we can't let them hinder this research!" Boss Jia said firmly.
"Okay, I'll arrange it. But let me say this first. If we fail, I won't be responsible for the billions of USD loss!" Ni Guangnan laughed.
"It's okay. It's just a few billion USD. Even if it's a loss, the Daqian can bear it! But the Daqian can't bear the loss of time! "Boss Jia's words were the reason why Jia Yapeng finally made up his mind.
Just like what Boss Jia said, the loss of billions of USD was terrible, but the Daqian can still bear it. At most, they can ask Baidu Real Estate to sell a few commercial CBDs.
But if they were to save money today, it would lead to a loss in the next ten years. No amount of money could buy it back.
"Oh yes, teacher. Do you know the engineer named Lin Benjian? Is he important to our research? "Boss Jia suddenly asked.
"Lin Benjian. I've heard of him. He has always been doing wet imaging. He has a lot of experience. If he can join us, it's definitely not a problem … but this Lin Benjian is from Wanwan, and I heard that his ZZ tendencies are particularly bad. I'm afraid that if you poach him, our research institute …" Ni Guangnan said with some concern.
"Okay, teacher. I understand. There won't be a problem!" Boss Jia smiled slightly.
"Lin Benjian, I'll give you a chance to decide your own fate!" Boss Jia's face had a trace of ruthlessness.
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