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After reading the top-secret report in his hand, Old Booth looked up at the newly appointed CIA boss James Woolsey.

"What do you think about this?"

"Mr. Booth," James Woolsey said respectfully:

"Xia Chuan definitely wanted to control the entire chip industry chain when he acquired Carl Zeiss. The Germans knew that, but not only did they not stop him, they actually helped him and separated the optical lenses for Xia Chuan to acquire.

From the German standpoint, Xia Chuan's value cannot be given up no matter from which angle he looks at it.If the first acquisition fails, Xia Chuan will undoubtedly never go to Germany again because there will be nothing that interests him.

So Germany extended an olive branch, split up Carl Zeiss, and tied up Xia Chuan with its best assets.

Our bottom line is that we cannot allow Xia Chuan to touch the chip.We should stop this and let Xia Chuan understand that he can't do anything outside the United States. "

Old Booth was noncommittal, but instead asked a question that was completely off topic: "Who won the bet?"

"Oh, it's the final now, Denmark VS Germany. If there is no overtime, it will be over." Woolsey said solemnly, he was very shocked. Xia Chuan half a month ago, when there was no competition, He dared to conclude that Denmark was the champion and bet $1000 million.

Booth also took a breath and immediately turned on the TV. It was the football news replay screen, accompanied by the commentator's voice:

"Let's review the fairy tale created by the Danish team. In the first group match, due to injuries to several of the England team's generals, Denmark controlled the ball more at their feet when dealing with their opponents, but in the final The score was 0-0.

In Sweden's 1-0 victory over Denmark, 'baby-faced' Brolin, who once played for Parma, made the world remember him.

However, the Danes saw hope in their red-nosed goalkeeper Schmeichel.In the last group match, the Danish team unexpectedly defeated the French team 2-1 and was lucky to qualify.

Breaking through the group of France and England and advancing to the semi-finals is already an upset.

In the semi-finals, Denmark's opponent was the Dutch.At that time people were talking about the Netherlands and Germany meeting in the final.But the Danish team made this idea elusive.

Larsson opened the scoring with a header from Laudrup Jr.'s pass.

However, the young Bergkamp equalized the score.However, in the 33rd minute, Larsson scored twice to maintain the advantage.However, 2 minutes before the end, Rijkaard saved the Dutch team.However, in the cruel penalty shootout, Schmeichel's heroic performance made the Dutch suffer from penalty kick disease!

The Danes are upset again!

First, let’s confirm the two opponents in this final. The German team has reached the European Cup finals many times, while Denmark only participated as a substitute.At 1992:6 on June 26, 20, Jensen accidentally shot and scored from outside the penalty area. This was his second goal in the 32th official international match in which he represented the Danish team.

Schmeichel's heroics continued, with Ruyt and Buchwald's shots being deflected repeatedly.Wilfort's goal in the 78th minute heralded that the Danish fairy tale has become a reality..."

Booth turned off the TV and just knew the result. His time was precious. He picked up the top-secret report and glanced at the section predicting the game again, and then asked:

"How did Xia Chuan do it? If this can be predicted, I am very skeptical."

Woolsey shook his head and said cautiously:

"Xia Chuan has not manipulated anyone. He didn't even make a phone call. Everyone who went to visit him refused to meet him, including reporters. Except for Weizsäcker, the only ones he could meet were people from Carl Zeiss."

After a pause, he added: "What's even weirder is that Xia Chuan doesn't seem to be interested in football. He told Adolf to go watch football, but he didn't go at all. He could have just watched the game and then came back to buy it."

Old Booth sighed: "No, it's because Zuo Shiyun is not interested. If Weizsäcker extends an olive branch, of course he won't go."

After pondering for a while, he finally got back to the topic: "Optical lenses, aren't they a bit far away from chip manufacturing?"

Woolsey quickly said: "It's not far at all, Mr. Booth. The purpose of his acquisition is first to control the entire chip industry chain, and secondly to strangle the necks of the three giants of lithography machines, and then forcefully acquire a lithography machine company. , we can't stop it yet.

Even the most backward ASML, as long as it is in the hands of Xia Chuan, I believe he can overtake the other two companies. Wouldn't this strangle the neck of chip manufacturing?He wants to acquire Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., who dares to object? "

If Xia Chuan were here, he would have to admit that the CIA's countless intelligence analysis experts were not vegetarians and analyzed the truth to the last detail.

Woolsey just reported the final conclusion to Old Booth. He himself was far worse than Gai Ci. He was still unable to come up with a forward-looking strategy for dealing with Xia Chuan and was still in the stage of making quick decisions.

Old Booth frowned and said: "The problem is that they acquired some assets and then formed a new company, and it has been completed. Isn't it too late for you to tell me now? We can't find a reason to stop it. In addition, stop it Don’t you seem too sensitive and making a fuss out of a molehill?”

Woolsey suggested: "Mr. Booth, we don't need to stop it ourselves. We can let Intel acquire ASML."

What an extremely precise strike.

Old Booth frowned and asked, "How do you conclude that Xia Chuan will acquire ASML instead of Sony, Nikon, and Canon, which are more advanced?"

"Mr. Booth, it is impossible for the three companies of Canon to separate the lithography machines and sell them to him separately. Not to mention that the Japanese government will not approve the overall acquisition, and Xia Chuan cannot do it. He has always believed that digital products will definitely eliminate traditional cameras. It's impossible to throw funds there, it's obviously wasted."

Old Booth pondered for a long time and sighed: "Your approach won't work. Intel's partner is Canon. Are you asking them to acquire ASML, which is even more backward? Isn't this money going to waste?"

What's more, ASML is only valuable if it is in the hands of Xia Chuan. No one can surpass Canon if it takes over. In this industry, only the first can survive, so there is no one who can acquire it.Otherwise, would the founder of ASML still have to sell his shares to his employees at a low price and exit the company? "

Woolsey reminded: "If we don't acquire it first, Xia Chuan will really have a chokehold on chip manufacturing."

Old Booth shook his head and said: "With such a passive acquisition, Xia Chuan will be dragged to death. Why can't he let Riben compromise and acquire Sony, Canon, and Nikon? This matter is too difficult, so let's just stop it."

Woolsey was stunned and suddenly realized that Old Booth had no intention of caring about this matter.

He resigned in November and left. How could he fight with such an unfathomable figure like Xia Chuan?Leave the trouble to those who come after you.

Thinking back on Xia Chuan's timing, Woolsey shuddered.

If you step too early, you will fail, if you step too late, you will fail, but you will not fail in the four months from July 7th to November 4th!