20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3682 Su Bo and Nan Li's Eyesight
After the dinner, Xiao Yangming did not return to Feldhofen. He has his own house in Amsterdam, and his wife works at Philips. In his words, he had recently been transferred from the R&D position of the PAS5500 derivative model, and had more free time, so he took a few days off to come back and rest.

Zhao Chang'an estimated that ASML would likely not renew his contract, so he transferred him from this technical position in advance, allowing him to rest for more than half a year.

As a researcher working on cutting-edge high-tech projects that are constantly evolving, once you are separated from the project for six months, you are basically considered to have become useless in the project.

Moreover, the six-month technological gap will definitely have a significant negative impact on his future career in another similar lithography machine R&D company.

This made Zhao Chang'an secretly remind himself that this company was probably very powerful and definitely not as harmless as some people thought.

If they were truly so docile and innocent, they would never have been able to dominate this field for decades, crushing their old rivals one by one and relentlessly using all means to stifle emerging forces.

After Xiao Yangming left, Ye Yiyi also took her leave and went to her room. Zhao Chang'an invited everyone from the company to his room to discuss matters.

For this reason, he specially upgraded his room today and requested a luxury suite.

The group went to his room and held a meeting in the living room.

Aside from Zhao Chang'an and Su Bo, the other five women are Fan Chufei, Nan Li, Qi Xuan'er, Wang Yu, and Yang Yixin, making it a case of female dominance over male dominance.

Fan Chufei, Qi Xuan'er, and Yang Yixin are all stunning beauties on their own. Nan Li and Wang Yu are of average appearance, but in the field of microelectronics and semiconductors, they can be considered as saintly figures of their respective sects.

"The purpose of bringing you here is not to ask you to have superb negotiation skills and abilities, but to reach an agreement. For this goal, as long as the other party's demands are not too unreasonable, it will not be a problem."

Zhao Chang'an first set the tone for tomorrow's negotiations.

"Mr. Zhao, you've surrendered before the battle even begins. If that's the case, why don't you talk to them yourself and just say what they say and I'll do it? Why make such a big fuss and send us all over here?"

Qi Xuan'er was very dissatisfied with Zhao Chang'an's words. She had come here to cause trouble for Zhao Chang'an, and she spoke in a very fiery manner.

Although the others remained silent, their expressions revealed that they were siding with Qi Xuan'er.

Even though Yang Yixin had a close relationship with Zhao Chang'an, she was not blinded by love and had her own judgment and values.

Is this what you call negotiation? It's surrender, surrendering without firing a single shot!
It's truly a case of 'Zhao Si being charming and Zhu Wu being wild, like butterflies fluttering about.'

"We brought you here so that when we raise the white flag, we can do it more elegantly and gracefully."

Zhao Chang'an's joke made Qi Xuan'er glare at him, Fan Chufei frowned, Wang Yu was puzzled, and Yang Yixin couldn't help but laugh, even though she knew it was inappropriate to laugh out loud at this time and in this situation.

Only Su Bo and Nan Li showed a helpless sadness on their faces.

“If that’s the case, I will refuse to participate in this negotiation.”

Qi Xuan'er clearly stated her point of view.

"I never planned for you to participate in the first place!"

Zhao Chang'an thought to himself that Qi Xuan'er wasn't even among the five people negotiating this time. This included the thin, willow-like Lin Daiyu, Fan Chufei, who sat there with furrowed brows.

It's said that women from Chu have slender waists, and it's true.

“We’ll all go to the visit tomorrow, but Su Bo will be in charge of the negotiations, with Nan Li and Wang Yu assisting.”

Seeing Su Bo looking at him in surprise, Zhao Chang'an had no choice. There was no negotiation without a large group of people. Originally, he and Yang Yixin were also going to participate, but they couldn't exclude Qi Xuan'er and Fan Chufei from the discussion.

Qi Xuan'er is a bit stronger. Fan Chufei is Fan Fanghong's younger sister. Fan Fanghong is a woman who is inherently difficult to deal with. Moreover, the power of the Fan family is definitely greater than that of the Qi family and Lou family at their peak, including the Bian family.

In other words, the Shen family can easily outmaneuver the Fan family.

As a complete lecher, Zhao Chang'an was also tempted by the beauty of Qi Xuan'er and Fan Chufei. However, he only secretly thought about Fan Chufei.

Before, Zhao Chang'an didn't think much of this tomboy, but after that night, he discovered the softness beneath the tomboy's clothes, and now he finds him more and more attractive. If he grew his hair long, he would definitely be a beauty.

"Then why did you call me to a meeting with the concubine?"

Qi Xuan'er only said she wouldn't participate in the negotiations, but in her heart she was still eager to try.

As the world's second-largest lithography machine manufacturer, ASML excites her at the thought of engaging in heated, uncompromising negotiations with them.

Now, however, Zhao Chang'an has poured water on him.

"I'm calling you to this meeting because I have high hopes for you, including for the negotiations to come. We'll get together every noon and evening to review the proceedings. Xuan'er, let me tell you, sometimes you shouldn't be fixated on the gains or losses of a single city or place. You need to have a broad vision and a long-term perspective."

Zhao Chang'an didn't give Qi Xuan'er a chance to answer, and asked Su Bo and Nan Li with a smile, "What do you two think?"

“If you’re not afraid of losing money and spending more, Mr. Zhao, I think it’s absolutely worth it to take a little loss, or even a lot of loss, as long as you can hold ASML shares.”

As the head of semiconductor integration R&D in Jiangcheng, Su Bo naturally knows how difficult it is to manufacture a lithography machine, and he also knows how difficult it is for ASML, Nikon, and Canon to break through to 157nm DUV.

It's like a battle about to begin, and the enemy is already charging this way, while you're still haggling with the unscrupulous gun dealer, saying the price is too high and needs to be lowered.

Although the unscrupulous merchant certainly wants to make this deal with you, if it doesn't work out, it's just a matter of losing a lot of money for the merchant, but for his team, it's a matter of survival or death.

To describe the collaboration with ASML as such might seem exaggerated to outsiders, but as a senior expert in the microelectronics industry, Su Bo believes it is not an exaggeration at all.

"I think so too. To be honest, when I first heard that you wanted to invest in ASML, Mr. Zhao, I thought I misheard. I really couldn't understand why ASML would dare to accept your investment. Its main customers are Intel, AMD, IBM, and TSMC. Unless it really doesn't want these markets anymore, it would face difficulties from the US, with various strict reviews and sanctions. So, according to normal behavior, ASML would never agree to invite 1nm North America to participate in investment negotiations."

Nanli looked at Zhao Chang'an with admiration: "Only now do I understand your visionary thinking in creating OneNanometer North America."

Zhao Chang'an was pleased with what Su Bo and Nan Li said. At least these two hadn't become dull-witted and slow-witted after spending a few years in the country.

As for Wang Yu, in this respect, she is far inferior to these two true technical elites.