After receiving Chen Yu's arrangement, Li Biqing actually wasn't very optimistic about this business.
The photolithography machine was not only complex, but the scale of the investment was also very large.
However, this wasn't the most important thing.
The most important thing was that even if you invested in photolithography machine production companies in Europe, America, and Japan, you might not be able to control them.
Even if you controlled them, it didn't mean that these companies could customize photolithography machines for Huanyu Technologies.
There was an agreement involved. This agreement was called the "Varshengna Agreement".
Since we're talking about the Varshengna Agreement, we have to mention a previous organization, the Paris Coordinating Committee, or Batumi for short.
The so-called Batumi was actually a product of the Cold War after World War II.
At that time, the United States and the Soviet Union were fighting for hegemony. Under the proposal of the United States, the alliance represented by the United States imposed an embargo on a series of high-end products in order to prevent the Soviet Union and its allies from developing high-end equipment and weapons. Because of this ban, when China was researching the atomic bomb, they couldn't even buy a computer. Later, they had to rely on hand-cranked computers to complete the research.
Not everyone had a hand-cranked computer. At that time, it was normal for scientists to have an abacus.
Therefore, a lot of the data of the atomic bomb was calculated. This wasn't a bluff.
Later, although Batumi was disbanded, they came up with a more strict "Varshengna Agreement". Whether it was for military or commercial use, the embargoed list was set more strictly. Although in general, the countries in the agreement could voluntarily control according to their own needs, in fact, they were still controlled by the United States.
It was also because of this agreement that it greatly affected the development of the domestic chip industry.
For example, Center International.
Why couldn't Center International compare to TSMC?
In addition to the difference in technology, the bigger reason was the equipment.
For example, the photolithography machine.
A few months ago, the photolithography machine ordered by Center International was produced in 1998.
You can imagine.
Even if Center International had such technology, without the corresponding photolithography machine, they couldn't produce high-end chips.
Fortunately, it was the era of functional computers, and the demand for high-end chips was not high.
If they entered the era of smartphones, the advantages of Europe and the United States were simply unparalleled.
But even so, the smartphone era was slowly emerging.
For example, in Nokia's high-end computers, they had already used high-end chips and had also launched smartphones.
Although this type of smartphone was different from the smartphones in his previous life, many of the world's most powerful mobile phone manufacturers had already gone in this direction. After that, in his previous life, in 2007, the iPhone was launched and it caused a sensation all over the world.
Of course, Chen Yu had already thought of Li Biqing's idea.
It wasn't that he didn't know about the Wasengna Agreement. It wasn't that he didn't know about the restrictions placed on him by the West.
However, not all agreements in this world could be kept.
Although the United States was the leader of each country, each country still considered their own interests first.
In the past, they had always abided by such an agreement, but the benefits they enjoyed were not big enough.
As long as it reached a certain extent, then such an agreement was not without loopholes.
In fact, in his previous life, there were many areas where the Varshengna Agreement was not so unbreakable.
Europe, America, and Japan were definitely not united.
This was actually the same as Chen Yu's plan to get his friends into the US.
He wanted to bind these assets to himself and let them become a community of interests with him.
They were making money, and so were they.
If he was done for, they would also be done for.
In addition, TSMC was doing the same.
Why was TSMC so powerful? In fact, they were also tied to ASML in the Netherlands.
If TSMC was doing well, ASML would also be doing well.
If TSMC was done for, ASML would not have an easy time either.
"Boss Chen, what did you say?"
Seeing Chen Yu mumbling to himself, Zou Tao asked.
"Varshengna Agreement."
"Varshengna Agreement?"
"Oh, I'm talking about our game."
Of course, the Varshengna Agreement had nothing to do with online games.
After clearing his mind, Chen Yu returned to the game.
"Zou Tao, how many concurrent players are we breaking now?"
"Boss Chen, we'll break 600,000 tomorrow."
"That's not enough."
Chen Yu shook his head.
"That's not enough."
Zou Tao was a bit depressed. "Boss Chen, our game has only been out for a while, and 600,000 concurrent players has already broken all the previous records."
"You can't say that. In the past, we used to charge for our games, and we could break 500,000 concurrent players a month. It's a free-to-play game. No matter what, we have to break the one million mark. "
"Boss Chen, I …"
Zou Tao wanted to bang his head against the wall.
In Chen Yu's eyes, this game could easily break 1 million concurrent players.
But that was also true.
Only Huanyu Technologies could do that.
If it were other companies, they would celebrate 100,000 concurrent players, let alone 1 million concurrent players.
"Why, Zou Tao, you can't do it?"
"This …"
Zou Tao felt a lot of pressure, but he still said, "Boss Chen, although the online game market is constantly growing, the strength of the game companies is also rapidly increasing. Although our game is not bad, it will take a lot of time to attract players from other game companies. "
"How troublesome is it to attract players from other games? If you have the time, why don't you open up a new battlefield?"
"A new battlefield?"
Zou Tao asked in confusion, "What new battlefield?"
"Fifth or sixth-tier city market."
Chen Yu said, "Actually, it's also a sinking market."
This market was the same as Chen Yu's model of selling mobile phones.
Previously, the mobile phones were sold to the main labor force in society. They were also the main group of people who earned money in society.
These people had high incomes, high spending, and the ability to spend money.
Therefore, they would not feel that a mobile phone costing more than 1,000 yuan was too expensive, and they would not be unable to afford it.
However, this market was actually not big.
Could it be that other than the main labor force, there was no demand for mobile phones?
For example, stay-at-home wives, parents, and students.
To be honest, these groups were the most important groups in society.
Although they did not have much money, they also had the demand for mobile phones.
It was the same for online games now.
In the past, all the game companies, including Huanyu Technologies, paid the most attention to the first and second-tier markets.
Later, they gradually shifted the market to the third and fourth-tier markets.
However, the third and fourth-tier markets had reached a bottleneck now.
The ones with the real potential were the fifth and sixth-tier markets, which were the so-called small towns and rural markets.
Chen Yu continued to explain, "Currently, the Internet in our country is developing very quickly. Internet cafes have appeared one after another in various towns and cities. This has given a large number of rural residents the opportunity to access the Internet. The most important thing for them to access the Internet is to play games. "
In fact, this could also be seen from the urbanization.
Currently, the urban population in China was only about 40%, and this was still an exaggeration. There was also more than 50% of the rural population.
This group of people had not been valued by others before, but the base number was actually very large.
As long as the rural population was excavated, the potential that could be unleashed would be incomparably terrifying.
"Boss Chen, I'll go to the site tomorrow to inspect."
"Why tomorrow? Go in the afternoon."
"Yes."
Zou Tao was not a stupid person. Chen Yu only gave him a hint, and he instantly understood.
If the rural market was developed, then they would not have to risk their lives with other game companies in Expedition.
As long as the rural market was developed, Expedition would definitely be able to produce countless players.
And with a large number of players entering, it would also stimulate the players of other game companies.
This was the so-called siphoning effect.
At the same time, the more online players a game had, the more attractive it would be to other players.
Even if you did not do any promotion or advertising at this time, a group of players who were playing other games would run over to play your game.
"Okay, you can go. In a month's time, I hope to see Expedition surpass one million online players."
After giving the order to Zou Tao, Chen Yu left.
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