章 172: Chapter 112: The Successfully Muddled Waters_2

As Schneider's voice fell silent, the office began to quiet down.

Lunin frowned, seemingly digesting the implications contained in Schneider's recent speech.

If all this were true, it would mean that if Huaxia were to start producing such large-scale equipment, they could rapidly replace ASML's irreplaceable position in the semiconductor industry.

In the short term, the consequence would be that they would lose the Huaxia market forever, especially since Huaxia wouldn't even need their low-end lithography machines anymore.

Looking further ahead, once Huaxia mastered mass production, it would be more than just losing the Huaxia market.

Thus, after a long silence, Lunin asked a very serious question, "Have you done a cost estimate? If this judgment is true, how much would such a piece of equipment approximately cost?"