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"Mr. Jiang, I heard that ASML sued Nanshan Equipment."

"Do you need me to say hello to the court?"

As the person in charge in Shenzhen, Liu Tianwu is so concerned about the movements of the BMW Group, so there must be someone who will take the initiative to report various information to him.

ASML had just gone to court and he received the relevant report on the same day.

He had originally been thinking about waiting and watching for two days to see if Nanshan Equipment or Jiang Hui would take any other action.

But he couldn't wait for the other party to come to him, so he couldn't help but call Jiang Hui.

If the Automobile Industry Park is the pillar of Shenzhen's economy, then the Industrial Equipment Park is the cornerstone for the development of enterprises in the entire Pearl River Delta.

Among them, Nanshan equipment is the ballast stone. Many enterprises in the Pearl River Delta purchase their equipment from Nanshan equipment.

So Liu Tianwu definitely could not bear to see Nanshan’s equipment affected.

"Leader, don't worry, ASML is just making a fuss and slandering us without any evidence."

"Even if they fight this lawsuit normally, they won't win."

Jiang Hui wasn't exaggerating.

Although strictly speaking, the lithography machines produced by Nanshan Equipment may have infringed ASML's patents in some places.

Even if it does not involve patents, some structures are also based on other people's plans.

But for things like this, you have to provide evidence.

In the absence of evidence, relying solely on subjective conjecture will not work.

This time, ASML itself probably didn't think about winning the lawsuit.

Instead, I want to achieve some other goals through this action.

Jiang Hui saw this point quite clearly.

"It's good to win. The lithography machine is the core equipment of the semiconductor industry. It has different meanings for Nanshan Equipment, Shenzhen City, and the whole of China."

"We certainly cannot let ASML's incident affect the production and technological improvement of lithography machines."

"If there's anything you need my assistance with, you can always ask."

Both publicly and privately, Liu Tianwu supports Nanshan Equipment.

ASML, which doesn't even have an office in China, wants to win the lawsuit in Shenzhen. Isn't that just dreaming?

Although Jiang Hui refused Liu Tianwu's request to go to the court to report the incident, Liu Tianwu certainly would not just do nothing.

In this lawsuit, Nanshan Equipment not only wants to win, but also wants to win simply and quickly!
……

"Mr. Zhang, ASML has officially taken Nanshan Equipment to court."

"This news has also begun to be reported in some European media."

"I plan to proactively contact some media outlets and ask them to publicize this matter as widely as possible."

Zeng Fanchen has been paying close attention to the developments of Lingnan Semiconductor and Nanshan Equipment.

It was he who personally approached ASML to discuss this matter.

He felt that he would not be able to sleep well if he did not defeat Lingnan Semiconductor, his main competitor.

"Do you think ASML can win this time?"

“Will Nanshan Equipment seek an out-of-court settlement?”

Zhang Zhong is also very concerned about the outcome of this case.

To some extent, the ambitious Lingnan Semiconductor is likely to be TSMC's biggest competitor.

Especially their identity as Hongcheng Capital is even more similar to TSMC.

In his view, Nanshan Equipment was aiding and abetting the evil.

"It may not be easy for ASML to win, after all, Nanshan Equipment has too much influence in Shenzhen."

“I highly doubt the courts there will favor Nanshan Equipment.”

"As for the out-of-court settlement, what I heard from ASML was that Nanshan Equipment ignored their contact at all."

"ASML originally issued a warning letter and was preparing to communicate with Nanshan Equipment to discuss a solution."

"But I didn't get a response, so I took the case directly to court."

Zeng Fanchen has been in communication with ASML during this period.

TSMC has already determined its future development strategy and plans to strengthen its cooperation with ASML.

He is naturally very positive about things that are beneficial to both parties.

"If ASML has no chance of winning the lawsuit, then we really need to do some publicity work in advance."

"It would be best if we could put some pressure on Nanshan Equipment and the local courts as well."

"Otherwise, it will be a waste of all our time."

Zhang Zhong said very unwillingly.

His goal is to destroy Nanshan Equipment and Lingnan Semiconductor.

But there seems to be no possibility of success in this goal.

"I'll see if I can contact some media outlets on the mainland with conscience to see if anyone is willing to stand on ASML's side."

“This way of publicity will have a better effect.”

Zeng Fanchen expressed his thoughts.

Zhang Zhong naturally had no objection to this.

"Well, I'll do as you say."

"Then you should also find an opportunity to report this information to Intel, so that Intel can also realize that there are certain risks in cooperating with Lingnan Semiconductor."

Regardless of whether it works or not, TSMC will definitely actively do it as long as it can disgust its competitors.

Soon, Intel received information from various sources.

"Grove, TSMC and ASML have shared with us some of the latest information about Lingnan Semiconductor and Nanshan Equipment."

"The case between ASML and Nanshan Equipment will be officially heard next week."

Otellini is Intel's chief technology officer.

When he went to Lingnan Semiconductor to audit the factory, he went there in person.

Now that some patent disputes have arisen, he must have heard the relevant news.

President Grove also wanted to hear Otellini's opinion.

"What do you think about this matter?"

“Did Nanshan Equipment really infringe ASML’s patents?”

“How much impact will it have on the development of Lingnan semiconductors?”

Grove has heard a lot of news related to Lingnan Semiconductor recently, and he wants to take this opportunity to clarify the situation.

Otherwise, the CFO would have proposed to him some time ago to expand the chip foundry business.

Part of the orders will be given to Lingnan Semiconductor.

If some bad news comes out in a short period of time, he would be quite worried.

"From the current situation, the fact that Nanshan Equipment infringed ASML's patents is just ASML's one-sided statement."

"They did not provide any direct evidence to prove this. ASML has not even seen the lithography machines produced by Nanshan Equipment."

"So it may not be easy for ASML to win this case." "As for whether Nanshan Equipment really infringed ASML's patents, I think there may be some references, but the extent of the references can only be figured out after a detailed investigation."

"As a sister company of Lingnan Semiconductor, Nanshan Equipment has now started to produce lithography machines, which shows that the shareholders behind Lingnan Semiconductor attach great importance to the development of the semiconductor industry."

"They are willing to invest a lot of R&D expenses to develop highly difficult equipment such as lithography machines."

"From a side perspective, Lingnan Semiconductor also wants to further improve its cost competitiveness."

"After all, if these key devices can be produced by ourselves, the production cost of chip foundry will definitely be lower."

“This is actually not a bad thing for us.”

"Of course, whether it will be good or bad in the end depends on the subsequent development of Lingnan Semiconductor and Nanshan Equipment."

"If Nanshan Equipment cannot further improve its technology in the field of lithography machines, and now it has offended ASML, the future of Lingnan Semiconductor will be bleak."

"On the contrary, if Nanshan Equipment can continue to improve the level of its lithography equipment, Lingnan Semiconductor will be able to keep up with the development pace of TSMC."

"Then Lingnan Semiconductor's strength will inevitably be further enhanced in the future, and perhaps it will become the world's largest chip foundry company in the future."

Otellini analyzed the matter from a relatively objective perspective.

Anyway, no matter which party it is, it is just an affiliate of Intel and the degree of closeness is relatively limited.

"In that case, let's continue to follow up on the situation."

"Let's not make any comments for now."

Grove is not stupid. TSMC and ASML were so proactive in reporting the problems of Nanshan Equipment and Lingnan Semiconductor, and it was obvious that they had ulterior motives.

He didn't want to be a knife in the hands of others.

If Intel really wants to deal with Lingnan Semiconductor, it is also out of its own interests.

And not because of being instigated by others.

To some extent, TSMC has backfired this time.

……

The case between ASML and Nanshan Equipment officially opened today.

However, Jiang Hui will definitely not attend in person.

Lin Qiaosheng is enough as a representative in the past.

As for ASML, it hired a team of lawyers from Hong Kong to fight the lawsuit.

However, ASML has no evidence at all, and all it has is various speculative information.

In the end, it was naturally impossible to win this case.

The judge did not even think of delaying the case and allowing the two parties to negotiate the solution. Instead, he directly ruled that ASML lost the case on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

As for whether there were other reasons why the judge made such a decisive judgment, only he himself knew.

However, the various small moves by ASML and TSMC have not been without any gains.

There was indeed a newspaper with considerable influence in Guangzhou that reported this news.

Some of the writing styles in the book are in favor of ASML, implicitly and implicitly.

After Jiang Hui saw this news, before he could think about whether to deal with this media outlet, Liu Tianwu took action first.

"Boss, I have already informed the relevant departments and requested a meeting with the editor-in-chief and responsible editor of the newspaper."

"This kind of speculative article without any factual basis should not appear at all."

"Nanshan Equipment is a key enterprise supported by Lingnan Province and has made outstanding contributions to the economic development of the Pearl River Delta."

"Their irresponsible reporting has brought negative impact on Nanshan Equipment."

"Then the newspaper will republish an article to publicize Nanshan Equipment's achievements over the years and apologize for yesterday's report."

Yao Yiming personally handles all matters related to the BMW Group.

Liu Tianwu was quite satisfied with this.

My secretary understands my thoughts very well.

"We have no way to directly manage Guangzhou, but it's different in Shenzhen."

"Many new newspapers and magazines have been established in recent years. You must communicate well with the people in the publicity department."

"Any negative news involving the BMW Group and its affiliated companies must be confirmed and reported to the city for confirmation before publication."

"Shenzhen's promising economic development situation cannot be ruined by some unwarranted negative news."

This time, ASML did not produce any convincing evidence, so it lost the lawsuit.

In this case, Liu Tianwu naturally had no burden in supporting Nanshan's equipment development.

It would be a bit troublesome if Nanshan Equipment was caught with a lot of evidence.

But Liu Tianwu will still choose to support Nanshan Equipment.

Over the years, he has had rare opportunities to use his influence to help the BMW Group.

He will definitely seize the opportunity that ASML brings to him.

No matter what Jiang Hui thinks at that time, he will definitely acknowledge this favor.

"I will follow all the media in the province, but I am worried that the media in Hong Kong will say something wrong."

"Especially this time, ASML's legal team came from Hong Kong."

Yao Yiming is still very confident in his influence.

Whether it's because of his personal charm or because of his bullying, he can still do a lot of things in Lingnan Province.

"BMW Technology itself is a Hong Kong-based company. I believe they can handle these problems."

Liu Tianwu didn't particularly worry about the affairs of Hongcheng.

He can't help much in this regard, and there's no point in worrying about it.

……

"Schmidt, just as we expected, Nanshan Equipment won the lawsuit."

With a somewhat grim look on his face, Christophe reported to President Schmidt the case of Nanshan Equipment's infringement of the lithography machine patent.

The result came out so quickly, and it was a bad result at that, which still makes people feel very uncomfortable.

"This is just the beginning. You need to arrange for people to continue collecting relevant evidence."

"We are just testing the waters now. Once we have evidence, we will appeal again."

Schmidt had already anticipated this result, so he was not particularly angry.

But I certainly won't compromise so easily.

Especially when the object of compromise is a Chinese company, it is even more difficult to accept.

"Well, I plan to set up an office in Hong Kong City to be responsible for communicating various matters with Asian customers."

"We will also arrange for someone to go to Shenzhen to collect relevant information. I believe there will be gains."

"It is impossible that Nanshan Equipment has not infringed our patents at all."

Christophe is still very confident in his judgment.

Evidence is evidence, facts are facts.

Even if this fact is only conjectural. (End of this chapter)