1991 Starting from the core

Song Yiping's expression fell into Matsuda Ryo's eyes, and Matsuda Ryo smiled without leaving any trace.

As the vice president of sales of Nikon's lithography machine department, he is naturally well aware of the trends of his international peers - therefore, he is fully aware that Hongxin is developing a lithography machine based on Krf light source. And according to the research and development progress, the time will probably be this year.

According to analysis, Deyuan and SYD have not placed orders for Krf, so they are naturally waiting for Hongxin's Krf lithography machine.

How can this... be done?

Song Yiping's words are correct. Nikon does treat Deyuan as an "old friend". So much so that when WA was first established, Nikon worked overtime to complete Deyuan's orders.

But now, while Deyuan is expanding rapidly, it has been reluctant to continue to choose Nikon... This is a bit unreasonable.

Therefore, after the discussion, Nikon decided that Deyuan must be made aware that Nikon is their most powerful collaborator.

…

Seeing Song Yiping fall into a brief silence, Matsuda Liang reminded: "Song Jun, how are you?"

"Sorry, Mr. Matsuda." Song Yiping breathed out softly, and subconsciously looked at Chu Shiyue. Both of them could see the helplessness in the other's eyes.

As he spoke, his cell phone buzzed suddenly. He shut his mouth, took out his cell phone, glanced at the number, and smiled bitterly when he found that it was Zhang Rujin calling: "Yes... Mr. Zhang is here to urge me again."

Matsuda Ryo laughed and stretched out his hand to help himself.

Since it was Mr. Zhang who called to remind him, Song Yiping didn't want to avoid it and answered the call directly in front of Matsuda Ryo.

On the phone, Zhang Rujin’s laughter came.

"Yiping, have we reached an agreement?"

"No, Dr. Zhang, I'm in Mr. Matsuda's office now." Song Yiping glanced at Matsuda Ryo, wishing he could put the phone directly to Matsuda Ryo's ear right now...

"Haha, don't be anxious. Tell Mr. Matsuda carefully. By the way, I have good news for you."

"What good news?"

"Hongxin's dual-workpiece Krf lithography machine has been officially developed and we have placed an order for ten units. Moreover, according to the news from Canon and ASML, they will also launch Arf lithography machine by the end of the year at the latest. Engraving machine. If Nikon is really too busy, then you can cancel the order on behalf of Deyuan. We can't force others to make things difficult."

…

Listening to Zhang Rujin's good-natured tone on the phone, Song Yiping stood up instantly!

"Dr. Zhang, is it true or not? Is Hongxin really promising?"

"It's true. Both Mr. Su and Mr. Zheng called me. Mr. Su also went to Hongxin's factory to inspect it in person. According to the parameters of the prototype, the efficiency improvement brought by the double workpiece table is at least 4%. More than 10, the limit should be 50%."

"good!"

Song Yiping shouted softly.

…

Matsuda Ryo frowned involuntarily when he saw the anxiety on Song Yiping's face disappear after he hung up the phone.

He didn't understand Chinese, but he recognized the word "Hongxin".

It seems that Deyuan is indeed planning to choose Hongxin for its Krf lithography machine.

Thinking of this, Matsuda Ryo couldn't help but take a deep look at Song Yiping.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the office door, and a secretary quickly walked into the office. Seeing Song Yiping and Chu Shiyue, they were stunned for a moment, then walked to Matsuda Ryo, lowered his head and whispered a few words. After the sentence, he left quickly.

Matsuda Ryo's eyes shrank slightly!

"Mr. Matsuda." Song Yiping crossed his legs and looked at the other party with a smile: "As a long-term partner, we hope that Nikon can take into account our pursuit of manufacturing processes and craftsmanship, which is unmatched by other companies. So... We sincerely hope that Nikon can arrange an order for us as soon as possible."

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after one day.

Nikon Lithography Machine Division Conference Room.

"Dear colleagues, according to the latest news, Hongxin officially mastered the Krf lithography machine technology of dual workpiece stages yesterday."

The speaker was Takano Ippei, president of Nikon’s lithography machine division.

Takano Ippei is 54 years old. He has been responsible for the front line of lithography machine technology from the earliest days of manual assembly. After officially taking charge of Nikon's lithography machine division last year, Nikon quickly completed the development of Arf lithography machines. Research and development, this shows this person's ability to promote technology.

"What is before you is the technical indicators disclosed so far. It is a bit regretful that we have not been able to obtain more information."

Takano Ippei looked at the ministers and vice presidents who were all silent, and frowned deeply.

Frankly speaking, before today, the word Hongxin had never appeared in the meeting - in front of Nikon, mainland Hongxin was a backward company with no technical foundation or strength, and facts have also proved their glory. The engraving machine is a low-end product with the lowest utilization rate among current mainstream lithography machines.

——As a shareholder, Yuanxin does not even purchase one, which is very telling.

Therefore, Nikon has never regarded Hongxin as a rival. Nikon even believes that because of the existence of Hongxin, it can help Nikon squeeze the low-end market of competitors such as Canon and ASML. It is an object that can be exploited - if it were not for Hongxin not opening up financing, otherwise Nikon would even consider investing in Hongxin, and even help it to some extent, so as to better suppress its competitors.

However, today, it became the only topic of the meeting.

The reason is simple. Hongxin has come up with a dual-workpiece lithography machine that can increase efficiency by 50%.

The idea of ​​dual workpiece tables is neither magical nor unfamiliar. Within Nikon, as early as last year, someone proposed whether an additional operating table could be added to the current single workpiece table system in order to achieve optical optimization on one workpiece table. While engraving, another workpiece stage completes the previous process of photolithography.

Moreover, Nikon has also actively invested manpower and material resources in research and development.

But now a year has passed... It cannot be said that there is no progress at all, but Nikon has not found the direction.

So much so that some people have begun to believe that realizing a dual workpiece platform is as difficult as creating a recyclable rocket out of thin air.

But now, Hongxin, or Capital Precision, has given everyone a loud slap in the face.

In the eyes of everyone here, this is... humiliation.

"Could it be fake?"

While everyone was silently looking at the information and the blurry picture, Matsuda Ryo suddenly said: "Could they want to use this method to achieve something..."

"Matsuda-kun, you are in charge of sales. You should know that Deyuan announced the purchase order for Hongxin immediately." Takano Ippei interrupted Matsuda Ryo unceremoniously.

Everyone was silent.

Yes, Deyuan has purchased them. Can there still be a holiday?