This was a sleepless night for many. Su Yourong held a comeback party, and those who attended were basically people who wanted to return to the entertainment industry.
As for those who cannot bear to see the sun rise, those who are emigrating, and those who cannot leave, they are as if they have lost their parents tonight.
Everyone raised their glasses in celebration, and Lu Feng drank quite a bit as well. As the karaoke machine was turned on, Lu Feng took the microphone and sang "My Chinese Heart".
The drinking continued until after 3 a.m. Lu Feng vomited several times during the night. He called Zhang Fengxia, who told him that she was also celebrating in Chinatown and had brought Miaomiao along. She advised Lu Feng to drink less.
After hanging up, I called Jiang Xiaoyan. She and Duoduo had just gotten home. The school had organized an event today, and after 10 o'clock there was an event for entrepreneurs organized by the Shenzhen Municipal Government. She had also received an invitation.
Noisy, lively, chaotic.
This felt more like a celebration than a catharsis. The past few years have been too depressing. Since 1995, a series of events have occurred, and it seems there has never been any good news. Now the economy is sluggish, and there are wave after wave of layoffs. Even the New Year seems to have lost its flavor.
This celebration was like a powerful release of pent-up anger; these foreigners are nothing special after all!
At four o'clock in the morning, the party ended, and Lu Feng and Su Yourong drove to the seaside. Under the night sky, the azure blue turned into darkness, and the sea breeze was gentle, a natural gift of enjoyment in this hot summer.
Lu Feng lit a cigarette; his stomach was still a little upset.
"Congratulations! You can now freely enter and leave the mainland, and you're no longer a wanted criminal. In fact, if you go back to invest now, it will be prestigious Hong Kong capital," Lu Feng said, smoking a cigarette.
“Yes, I’ve been cleaned up!” Su Yourong took the cigarette case from Lu Feng, took out a cigarette, lit it, and said, “It’s quite a sight to see a woman from a southwestern province like me transformed into a stylish Hong Konger. Your rendition of ‘My Chinese Heart’ tonight was quite good.”
Lu Feng took a drag of his cigarette and said, "Actually, while I was singing, I was thinking, when will we have our own chips? I've always wanted to catch up in some areas of semiconductors and integrate into the global industrial chain. That would be more stable and the fastest way."
“Take it slow, where there’s a will, there’s a way!” Su Yourong said, smoking a cigarette. “Are you planning to only let Hurricane do semiconductors? Jiafeng’s comprehensive development is actually quite good.”
“Hurricane will never be a company in a single industry.” Lu Feng didn’t continue.
Lu Feng may not have the mindset and energy to build a company from scratch. On the other hand, the mainland's business is about to enter a mature period, municipal-led private investment is about to reach its peak, and internet companies will emerge.
Hurricane's future will certainly be a large, diversified enterprise, and more certainly, an investment company.
A faint light appeared at the edge of the sea, and the darkness was about to be dispelled. Lu Feng took a deep drag on his cigarette, threw the butt aside, and stood up to go back.
The celebration was over, but life went on, and Lu Feng knew that something even more ferocious might be happening.
In a conference room at Goldman Sachs headquarters on Wall Street in New York, Watanabe and a few others sat with grim expressions. The director of the Global Strategy Office for Advanced Technology stared at them with a serious look.
The documents in front of me were scattered, and the atmosphere was so heavy that it was hard to breathe.
"What are you doing in the Asia region? Hurricane Capital partnered with Sharp at this time, and you didn't know?" The director looked at Watanabe Shido and asked, "What exactly is your job? Eating, drinking, gambling, and drugs?"
Watanabe Shi forced a smile and said, "This was our mistake. The dismantling of Jiafeng Group made us lower our guard, and we focused all our attention on Sony, Rohm, and Toshiba, while actively pushing forward our plans for Samsung and TSMC!"
"Do you know that this was achieved through the mediation of Rohm? Back then, Lu Feng bought the Ruixin R&D Center from Rohm, giving them a foundation. Now they've completed a patent crossover with Sharp. What's next?" the director said angrily. "Is it going to involve comprehensive cooperation with companies like Rohm, Toshiba, and Sony?"
"It was my dereliction of duty!" Watanabe Shi stood up and bowed deeply.
“If Lu Feng survives the attack, you’re fired. I’ve read your previous report and I basically agree. We will give Samsung and TSMC more support to dominate the Asian market!” The director stood up and said, “Keep a close eye on them and don’t let them make any further progress behind the scenes.”
Watanabe Shi remained hunched over until the director left, at which point he stood up and hurriedly called a meeting with his team. Less than ten minutes after venting his frustrations on his subordinates, he took it all out on them.
The meeting lasted for more than two hours and finally determined two strategies: to besiege Sharp by targeting them with the Wassenaar Arrangement and demanding that they abandon their cooperation with Hurricane Semiconductor, and to attack from within by organizing highly educated people to come to the United States for exchanges and learning.
At the same time, we should spread the word about Lu Feng, this traitor and lackey, to these people. Under internal and external pressure, this cooperation is destined to be short-lived.
On Tuesday, July 1, 1997, the Hang Seng Index futures market opened with some unusual activity. The previously stable trend began to decline, short contracts were continuously opened, and the Hong Kong dollar currency futures market began to fall, dropping by 0.315 percent in just one morning.
The Hang Seng Index fell by 0.2 percent, with 374 companies declining, 181 companies rising, and 40 companies remaining unchanged.
That year, there were fewer than 600 listed companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with a total market capitalization of HK$3.5 trillion. The Hang Seng Index had soared to over 16,000 points. Compared with the mainland stock market, this was already a behemoth of a financial market.
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