ASML's success is the result of collaboration with numerous companies from the United States, Germany, and others, and it's with the support of the U.S. military that they have achieved their current status.

This is also why a single word from the United States can forbid ASML from selling high-end lithography machines to China.

But no matter how difficult it is, Yi Anguo is determined to challenge this difficulty.

Therefore, Yi Anguo not only invested heavily in his own Microelectronics Company for technology research and development but also invested in companies within the supply chain to accelerate the progress of technology development, even buying shares in these companies.

For instance, domestic optical companies like Guowang Optics and Microelectronics.

Although they can only produce a 90-nanometer node projection lithography exposure system, with continued research, they will eventually advance further.

Moreover, the 90-nanometer node projection lithography exposure system is also used by Huaxing Microelectronics Company.

If advanced lithography machines can't be produced, starting with a 90-nanometer process lithography machine is acceptable, as there is a significant market for it domestically and internationally.

Not all chips require a 60-nanometer, 45-nanometer, or 28-nanometer process lithography machine. In fact, for many ordinary chips, a 90-nanometer process lithography machine is sufficient.

Huaxing Microelectronics Company also needs to survive; it can't just maintain a group of tech research experts solely researching the most cutting-edge lithography machines without producing the most advanced ones. Should production stop if advancements aren't made?

Definitely not. It's about producing while researching, starting with low-end lithography machines, and gradually accumulating experience and enhancing technology.

By producing low-end lithography machines, etching machines, and packaging machines, even a small profit can help offset the losses in R&D funding.

Additionally, they don't have to pay taxes, because the country encourages companies to research new technologies to develop high-tech industries; companies can offset their research expenses against taxes.

In this way, isn't it equivalent to producing those low-end lithography machines and selling them without having to pay taxes?

Furthermore, there are related companies in the light source system, exposure system, optical components, optical lenses, and most of these companies have state capital investment.

To strengthen ties with these companies, Yi Anguo also introduced state capital into Huaxing Microelectronics Company, allowing state capital to hold a 20% stake.

Yi Anguo is very clear that without national support and assistance, it is very challenging and almost impossible for Huaxing Microelectronics Company to succeed on its own.

Bringing in state capital for funding not only resolves many ensuing troublesome issues but also provides additional financial backing.

The current state is no longer what it was right after the opening up; the country's strength has grown significantly, and the treasury is not short of money. The state is still willing to support such significant investments.

After Anjing Video was launched, there wasn't much aggressive promotion, so not many people were watching dramas online.

After all, everyone has their own fixed habits. Watching dramas on that platform is the same; most likely, any show available on one site can also be found on another and watched there too.

During this era, exclusive web dramas on video platforms hadn't started yet, and self-produced online dramas by websites hadn't started either. Moreover, there were constant copyright disputes among various video platforms, and many websites pirated and aired shows without acquiring the rights.

The first domestic web drama, named "Original Color," was produced in 2000 by five university students who independently wrote, directed, and acted in the drama, specifically made for online viewing.

It tells the story of two high school classmates becoming confidants online, and the entire series was shot with a budget of only 2,000 yuan.

Most web dramas of that period were similar personal productions, and due to the underdeveloped internet, lead actors in the dramas rarely became famous or had continuing success.

About ten years after web dramas emerged, around 2010, which coincided with the advent of the 3G era, as internet speed improved and the number of internet users increased, web dramas rapidly developed as an online entertainment pastime.

Some visionary people started to form their own teams, hiring actors, writing scripts, and producing short film-style web dramas.

The most representative were "Men in Trouble," premiered in 2012, and "Unexpectedly," premiered in 2013. The two leads, Da Peng and Bai Ke, became overnight sensations and can be said to be the earliest actors to become popular through web dramas.

Moreover, both have had successful developments later on.

But that's for later. What Yi Anguo needs to do now is to make Zhao Liying the first star to rise to fame because of a web drama.

Who says "Palace Does Not Believe in Tears" isn't a web drama? A web drama, after all, is essentially a TV series broadcast online, simply called a web drama.

It can also be understood as a TV series that premieres online, which is a web drama.

Liying Film Company and Anjing Video first launched a pre-promotion campaign on major websites like Baidu, Tencent, Sina, Sohu, and NetEase, placing ads and links for promotion.

By clicking the link, users can directly download Anjing Video and watch its exclusive drama "Palace Does Not Believe in Tears."

Originally, Yi Anguo planned to air the first six episodes and then require a membership for further viewing, but later decided to first release twelve episodes for free, updating two episodes each day, with updates every evening at 8 PM.

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