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The angry old man would never have thought that his opponent, who was thousands of miles away and completely opposite to him, had the same emotions as him.

Jeffrey, standing in front of him, felt a deep sorrow, wondering where the empire would go.

At critical moments in history, decision makers who are believed to be wise, intelligent and have sufficient sources of information are often swept away by history and make unwise decisions, which may very likely destroy the country's advantages.

He has the power to wage war without authorization from Congress, which is one of his most important powers.

As for whether the Empire will execute it, that goes without saying. The military-industrial complex can't wait to fill their huge appetite with flesh and blood.

There are countless people from the Donkey Party and the Elephant Party waiting to make a fortune from this war. The history of Afghanistan is not far away from us, and many people have made a fortune from this.

Jeffrey felt that he was the only one in the court who cared about the country, and everyone else was just thinking about their own interests.

If he had the good fortune to read Chinese history, he would certainly connect this with the factional struggles in the Ming Dynasty.

Jeffrey clearly remembers October 2001, 10, when the White House made the decision to attack. Just like today, he was just a partner in a business information company in the Washington area, far less powerful and prestigious than he is now.

杰弗里在2020年大选胜利随着驴党入驻白宫后，他名下的家族基金会总资产从19年的0膨胀到了20年的150万美元左右。

Jeffrey even thought that the decision made today was far more reckless and hasty than the one in 01. It was entirely because the other side was facing a huge deficit in the election and made a desperate decision in order to win the election.

After all, they prepared for half a year. Although the decision was made by a small group in the White House, they also listened to the opinions of various parties and formulated a detailed attack plan before going to war.

Yes, for the owner of the White House, the crumbling empire's ruling system is acceptable, but the current election situation is even worse than the empire's rule. The poll data in various swing states are far behind his competitors, which is even more unacceptable to him.

Die-hard Democratic media outlets like Fox have been mocking the current White House, and especially its occupant, in their own news programs and political talk shows, repeatedly lashing out at his glorious record of failure after failure during his tenure.

His competitors have been attacking him in various ways at election rallies across the country, and even the media on the Democratic Party's side cannot speak for him at this point in time.

Suddenly, the party is the enemy of the whole world and has almost no chance of winning the election. It is very likely to lose all the swing states, even those that are traditionally leaning towards the Donald Party.

The election is bad, the enemy is mocking, the empire is crumbling, and the opponent refuses to compromise.

As their competitors broke through in the chip field and U.S. stocks plummeted, they once again dealt a blow to America in the capital market, and this time they did it in coordination with Russia.

Several rivals simultaneously sold off U.S. debt in large quantities.

The selling of U.S. bonds has had an extremely adverse impact on the market. The Federal Reserve dares not release more money to boost the U.S. stock market. If they do so, it will cause uncontrollable inflation.

The opponent's unwillingness to compromise became an important factor in the White House's decision. War can solve most problems, provided that it is won.

As for inflation, the national debt will soar again and the national debt will explode, which are all subsequent issues.

As for the opponent's unwillingness to pay, who will pay for the special government bonds to be issued to launch the war? Naturally, it will be the two sons of Japan and Goryeo.

Jeffrey could only be thankful that the old man had not gone completely crazy, that the war had been chosen to take place in the Middle East rather than in East China, and that the situation could still be controlled.

"Damn Chinese, they've put the empire in a dilemma." Jeffrey complained in his heart.

Being here, he has a much deeper understanding of China than the outside world imagines.

Being able to stand on the shore and not leave the field is the privilege of the advantaged party. The disadvantaged party cannot avoid leaving the field even if they want to. During S2, America watched the big business on the shore and did not leave the field in person until after Pearl Island.

The later you end up, the more advantages you have. Even in Japan's Warring States Period, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had been hiding, finally won.

At present, no one wants to get involved in the war. Those who want to get involved are all gamblers. Not getting involved is a huge advantage. Only small countries are dragged into the meat grinder of war.

Jeffrey was unwilling and unable to watch his opponent standing on the shore. He believed that he had to drag his opponent into the water no matter what.

Where to drag the opponent into the water, naturally it is the southeast, let the Japanese kangaroo and the three Korean brothers go up, and watch from the stage. Once it starts, the opponent can be isolated from the world trade system like the big Mao.

Once you are isolated, no matter how much breakthroughs you make in chip technology, it will be useless because you won’t be able to sell your products.

Jeffrey's strategy is to create a vacuum environment and put the opponent into this vacuum environment.

The only question is whether the White House administration, which has less than a year left, has the ability to push Kojima, Neon, and Korea into the water.

Jeffrey was a little too confident as to whether these people were willing to fight for the interests of the empire.

Everyone knows that the later you get on shore, the better. It's fine to let Japan pay for US debt, and it's also fine to dangle Japan by luring it with the bait of becoming a normal country and asking it to pay for America's military expenses.

But if you don't fight for yourself, and want Japan to fight a regional war for you where the chances of winning are infinitely close to zero, and give the opponent an excuse to attack Japan's homeland, there is a risk of losing Ryukyu, Japan will never do this business. The son will naturally listen to his father's words.

Considering how long this father's term is, a temporary father of less than a year, Neon has to use its old tradition of overthrowing its superiors at this time.

Neon used the Assassin's Biography trick on you and dragged out less than a year.

As for whether the current Prime Minister is willing to sacrifice for Japan, if he is not willing, someone will find a way to make him willing. There will always be someone who will persuade him to die.

America's huge military machine has begun to operate, preparing to give Iran and Gaza a good beating to shock the whole world, while shifting the world's focus from technological breakthroughs to geopolitical conflicts.

At this time, Japan did not know that the White House had already set its sights on itself. Japan's semiconductor industry was ready to move, with Nikon being the most excited.

Nikon was once the absolute leader in the lithography machine market, occupying nearly 80% of the market share at its peak. Later, its market share was taken away bit by bit by ASML, and today Nikon has become an insignificant player in the lithography machine market, even worse than Canon.

It’s a bit of an exaggeration to describe it as others. The experience of going from the eldest to the third is really too painful.

Nikon has never given up its ambition to surpass ASML. Until last year, they launched a new generation of ARF immersion lithography machines.

In order to break through the trend and find areas for differentiated competition, they even go back to optimize backward technologies and try to seize the market by relying on cost.

As we all know, before the Ark chip came out, the most advanced chip process was advanced to 3nm, and the 250nm i-line light source lithography machine technology was considered to be the most backward technology among backward technologies.

However, in order to break the situation, Nikon refurbished the technology from 24 years ago and launched a 250nm process lithography machine, trying to seize the low-end market.

Semiconductors manufactured using Nikon's new lithography machine can cost 2% to 3% less than competitors.

Previously, it was indeed impossible for us to compete with ASML in the high-end market. The gap was too big, to the point where we could not catch up.

Things are different now. With the emergence of topological semimetals, Nikon sees hope. If they can cooperate with Chinese companies and work with China to develop lithography machines specifically for topological semimetals, this will be their opportunity to overtake others.

If ASML can cooperate with TSMC to overtake its competitors, why can't Nikon cooperate with SMIC and Optoelectronics to overtake its competitors?

This is what Nikon executives think.

"Everyone, the opportunity we have been waiting for for twenty years has finally appeared. As long as we can cooperate with Chinese companies and jointly develop lithography equipment specifically for topological semimetals, we can achieve full catch-up with AMSL." Decheng Zhiliang's face was full of Showa.

He is the latest president to take office, having previously served as vice president and executive director.

Nikon Semiconductor Division General Manager Morita Masahiro nodded and said, "We don't have much time left. We still have an advantage over our Chinese counterparts.

Our Chinese counterparts have not yet successfully developed the 28nm lithography machine.

Once they succeed in their research and development and we lose our advantage, it will be too late for us to cooperate with China even if we want to."

Morita has always insisted on developing the Chinese market. It was his idea to refurbish the i-line lithography machine from 24 years ago in order to enter the Chinese market.

In his opinion, only if Chinese semiconductor companies are familiar with Nikon's equipment can they continue to purchase Nikon's equipment in the future.

Since Nikon cannot compete with AMSL in the high-end market, it must at least allow Chinese companies to become familiar with Nikon's low-end equipment first.

Morita went on to say: “According to our internal technicians’ research on topological semimetals, the biggest feature of this new material is that it has many requirements for light sources. During the manufacturing process of sheet raw materials, there is a high probability that there will be different internal pathways, requiring different light sources.

This is Nikon’s strength.”

Nikon is one of the few companies that has a long history of experience in light sources and has dabbled in all kinds of strange and exotic light sources.

During their historically advantageous period, they invested a lot of resources in light source research, and are the only manufacturer that can keep up with ASML in deep ultraviolet light research.

"I also think we should cooperate with China. Even if the lithography machines manufactured in cooperation with China are only bought by Chinese people, the Chinese market is large enough.

More importantly, America may not be able to insist on not purchasing equipment from China, just as America recently announced the issuance of special licenses for perovskite batteries.

So there are only two questions left. One is, will the Chinese be willing to cooperate? The second is, will the Americans agree? "

Even though Neon is definitely a powerful country in the world, it still has to look to America for its blessing.

(End of this chapter)