245: The Current State of Advanced Electronics

Accompanied by Hong Youli, Tong Mingzhu, and Hong Tongtong, Liu Xiaolin arrived at Jiantuan Electronics Co., Ltd. early the next morning.

Most electronics companies are high-tech enterprises. Common items in life like computers, mobile phones, smart products, and so on, all come from electronics companies. Well-known brands like Apple, Huawei, Longyu, and others, entrust most of their processing tasks to electronics companies.

Work in electronics companies is generally not very strenuous, with no heavy physical labor, and the environment usually has high requirements, such as constant temperature, sterile, static-free, magnetic-free, etc. Therefore, workers in electronics companies must wear work clothes issued by the company and perform assembly line work at designated positions in designated workshops.

It looks clean and easy, but there's a significant downside, which is relatively high radiation.

Cui Zhaocheng first took everyone to the workshop. As he led Liu Xiaolin and the others through rows of assembly lines, he introduced, 'Our Jiantuan Electronics primarily focuses on OEM processing, carrying out processing and production according to the needs of other brand clients, and delivering the required parts to various clients. Our clients are all over the world, such as Apple, Samsung, Nokia, Longyu, etc., covering sixty percent of the components for computers, mobile phones, cameras, and other products produced by these companies. I'm certain that some of the parts in the mobile phone you're holding were produced on our Jiantuan Electronics production lines.'

As Cui Zhaocheng spoke, he was incredibly proud.

'Uncle Cui, our Jiantuan Electronics is your life's work. I will manage it better and better in the future, so please rest assured,' Liu Xiaolin promised.

'Mm-hmm, I'm very relieved. And don't forget, even though I sold the company to you, I'm still the company's consultant. If you do something wrong, I won't be polite,' Cui Zhaocheng said with a face full of smiles.

'Let's go take a look at the park. I want to see the area of the park and if there's any empty land where a new workshop can be installed,' Liu Xiaolin said.

'Let's go, let's go, I'll take you for a walk around the park. Let me tell you, our park is very large. Not to mention one new workshop, even three new workshops would be fine. I was planning to develop a lithography machine back then, and that piece of empty land was prepared for the lithography machine workshop.'

After walking to the outside park, Cui Zhaocheng pointed to a large area of empty land not far away and said.

Liu Xiaolin looked in the direction he was pointing. The area of this empty land was indeed very large, leveled very neatly, and low, fuzzy grass was planted for aesthetics.

If a workshop were to be installed, no major modifications would be needed; it could be installed directly.

'What did you just say? You were planning to develop a lithography machine?' Liu Xiaolin asked curiously.

'Yes, I originally planned to develop a lithography machine, but I have technical experts in other areas; I just lack a math expert, so my lithography machine development plan has been on hold.' Cui Zhaocheng said, shaking his head regretfully, 'It's too difficult to find a good math expert, and many math experts are used to staying in their ivory towers and are unwilling to come out and do something practical for our company.'

'Do you mean our company has already contacted many technical experts?' Liu Xiaolin continued to press.

'Yes, you need to know that producing a lithography machine is a very significant decision. If it's not successful, it could even lead to the company's bankruptcy. So before making this decision, I contacted many technical experts, but ultimately, because there was no suitable math expert, this idea fell through,' Cui Zhaocheng said.

'Uncle Cui, do you know why I wanted to acquire your Jiantuan Electronics? I wanted to develop a lithography machine!' Liu Xiaolin no longer hid it at this moment and directly stated his plan.

This sentence not only shocked Cui Zhaocheng, but even Hong Youli and Tong Mingzhu on the side were stunned.

'How can this young man be so bold?' The couple exchanged glances, both understanding what the other meant.

Liu Xiaolin saw that everyone didn't understand his plan to develop a lithography machine, so he shared the information he had recently seen with them.

'I know you all think I'm too bold. Let me tell you about my thoughts and the information I've found.'

'Why hasn't the lithography machine been developed in Dragon Country? Because its industrial scope is relatively narrow and doesn't attract much attention from many companies. Even though its cost is not large, because there are very few companies producing lithography machines worldwide, it appears very mysterious and gives people a feeling of being extremely unpredictable.'

'Do you know? According to the annual reports of Smith Electronics, a company in Beautiful Country specializing in producing lithography machines, over the past decade, its R&D expenses were only eight hundred million yuan, and this is the R&D expense for ten years. Furthermore, it hasn't sold many products. Even with very ordinary product sales, it still survives well and hasn't gone bankrupt. This fully indicates that the development of lithography machines is not extremely difficult.'

'But, Beautiful Country's Smith Electronics relies on decades of accumulated experience. Rome wasn't built in a day, do you understand?' Hong Youli was still a little worried.

'No, no, no, did you know? Smith Electronics was initially founded by a few technical personnel who returned to start a business. Not long after they were founded, they successfully developed the 80nm lithography machine. This was followed by 65nm. After ten years of development, the 12-nanometer Lithography Machine they developed and produced last year.' Liu Xiaolin spoke clearly and logically.

'The problem is that the 12-nanometer Lithography Machine cannot meet the current needs of electronic products,' Cui Zhaocheng said, shaking his head.

'But didn't you notice the news a few days ago? Smith Electronics has successfully developed the 7nm lithography machine.' Liu Xiaolin said with a smile, 'If we have the design drawings and develop the 7nm lithography machine based on them, there will absolutely be no problem.'

'You mean you already have the design drawings?' Cui Zhaocheng asked in surprise.

'Yes, I already have the design drawings.' Liu Xiaolin looked at everyone and said, 'As long as the workshop is installed and the technical experts are all here, we can start the development!'

'Xiaolin, you truly make me see you in a new light.' Cui Zhaocheng was incredibly excited, 'My dream of many years, you are going to help me realize it. Thank you.'

'This was actually a spur-of-the-moment decision to develop the lithography machine after Tongtong heard that Beautiful Country was sanctioning Longyu Company and got very angry. If anyone needs to be thanked, it's Tongtong. It was she who made me make this decision,' Liu Xiaolin said with a smile.

'I have to thank all four of you. Let's not talk anymore, let's go to my office right away to sign the contract!' Cui Zhaocheng said excitedly.

The few people walked to the General Manager's office, where the secretary was already waiting for them with the contract and various company documents.

'Okay, let's go now,' Liu Xiaolin said.

The few people walked to the General Manager's office, where the secretary was already waiting for them with the contract and various company documents.