Lu Feng thought for a while and wrote on the back of the folder that he agreed with Zhu Lidong's suggestion to use the technology first and try to win over Sharp as soon as possible. He decided not to make a move on the contract signed by both parties for the time being, as cooperation would be a win-win situation.
If this matter continues to stagnate, and they eventually demand that Hurricane Semiconductor pay damages for patent infringement, we will make them pay liquidated damages and return all patent fees, interest, and other expenses paid in the first place.
There's a lot of bad news, but also some good news: the water and electricity upgrades at the Tianjin plant are nearing completion, allowing for full-capacity production! Several core products, including processors, storage, hard drives, and communication chips, have undergone iterations and are now in the small-scale mass production testing phase.
Mass production is expected by the end of the year to prepare for national centralized procurement next year. A cooperation agreement has been reached with Huawei's integrated circuit design center to cooperate in multiple areas, including wireless and fixed networks. Meanwhile, the R&D center in Sweden is expected to be upgraded next year.
Nokia's rise in the global mobile phone market has led them to focus on mobile phone research and development, and they hope to increase their R&D investment next year. Hurricane Semiconductor has two options: one is to increase investment as well, and the other is to gradually relinquish control of the Ruixin R&D Center to Nokia.
Lu Feng knew that they had their eyes on this R&D center and wanted to use money to squeeze Hurricane Semiconductor out. Naturally, Lu Feng could not agree to such a thing, so he wrote down that whatever they offered, they would offer the same amount!
There were more than a dozen folders, the contents of which were rather messy. Lu Feng kept yawning while drinking coffee. As he flipped through them, he came across a resignation letter. When he opened it, he was surprised to find that it was Du Guoying's resignation letter.
He said that after arriving in Hong Kong, he couldn't find his core job. He mainly did some auxiliary work for Zhu Lidong and Liu Cheng. The mobile phone business was basically gone. He wanted to resign and return to the mainland to start his own business. He was very grateful to President Lu for his promotion and training over the past few years.
Lu Feng frowned as he looked at the resignation letter. It was telling him to return to the mainland, and given the timeline, it was obvious he was going to work for BackJoy.
Lu Feng checked the time; it was already eight in the morning. As he got up to go to the restaurant for breakfast, he took out his phone to call Du Guoying. This man had to stay. He was going to invest in the mainland next year and establish a mobile phone brand. In terms of marketing, no one in the company could compare to him.
Lu Feng made several calls but no one answered. After finishing his meal, he made five or six more calls in a row, and finally Du Guoying answered the phone at nine o'clock in the morning.
"Who is this?" came the sleepy voice on the other end of the phone.
"It's me, Lu Feng! I've read your resignation letter, and I won't approve it. I understand your complaints. But if you can't even sit still for this long, how can you expect to achieve anything great?"
Lu Feng said somewhat seriously, "Your current job isn't busy, isn't this a perfect opportunity for self-improvement? I wish I could be as relaxed as you, but I'm so busy I don't even have time to sleep. Originally, I didn't think it was necessary to talk to you executives."
"It seems I have to talk to you now. We're not going to be a semiconductor company holed up in Hong Kong, but a large conglomerate. The way we've developed is a temporary measure, a last resort! I originally planned to leave you idle for a year or two before sending you back to the mainland."
"Since you're so afraid of being idle, I'll give you a task. I'll transfer a team from the group headquarters back to the mainland. I'll give you a budget of six million RMB to set up a mobile phone project team. In the mainland, they will be responsible for a series of researches on mobile phone and communication suppliers, market research, brands, partners, and so on!"
"Let's tentatively call the project Jiatong. By the time I go back next year, I hope you'll have a complete understanding of the situation. What do you think of this task?"
Upon hearing that he was in charge of such a large project, the person on the other end of the phone immediately perked up, sat up, and asked, "Mr. Lu, are you really planning to invest in building a factory in the mainland next year?"
"Do you think I'm joking with you?" Lu Feng retorted.
Du Guoying knows the current situation of the company. What investments will he make next year? Where will the money come from?
If it were someone else, he would really have to ask about the funding issue, but with Lu Feng, money didn't seem to be a big problem.
"Okay, I'll go ahead and set up the project team today. By the way, you need to tell President Wei about this, otherwise I won't be able to mobilize any resources!" Du Guoying said helplessly.
I'll call her in a bit!
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