ASML lifted the sales ban and issued a call for peace. Samsin asked for a ceasefire. Treasure Island's media outlets continued to amuse themselves with merriment. This overseas news was reported back to the mainland within a couple of days.
Zhongxin International and its subsidiary, Shangwei Microelectronics, agreed to the ASML's call for peace after careful consideration. The two sides would cooperate to solve the problem of the patent dispute. After all, Zhongxin could never abandon the overseas market that was worth hundreds of billions a year simply because of some 10-odd EUV photolithography machines that only had a total value of several billion.
