For Wang Ye, United Airlines was nothing more than a task that he was coerced into.
He held no hopes of making any money from the company. Making less of a loss would already be considered a profit!
The reason he agreed to take charge of the company was to gain some political capital and expand his network.
Instead, the automobile and chip industries, which were capable of earning big money, were the ones that Wang Ye intended to operate in the long term.
After all, Russia is one of the members of the Warsaw Agreement. Plus, during that time, the developed countries in Europe and America had not imposed any blockades or sanctions on Russia, so purchasing advanced lithography machines was easy. All it took was money.
ASML Company would love to sell more lithography machines. In addition, there were two other companies, Nikon and Canon, that also sold lithography machines. ASML only accounted for sixty percent of the market share at the time.
