In the evening, the two sang karaoke, had a big meal, and then got a beauty treatment and massage before going home.
“Money is only money when it’s spent. Otherwise, what’s the point of finding such a rich man?” Zhang Fengxia said, sitting on the sofa. “Are you waiting for some vixen to come and steal our money? Just think of yourself as someone who’s been taken advantage of. Doesn’t that make you feel better?”
Zhang Fengxia tried her best to reassure her and ease her mind.
"If you say that, it sounds like you're secretly pleased with yourself. Besides, I'm more carefree than those who are kept. He only comes home a few times a year." Jiang Xiaoyan said self-deprecatingly, "I have money to spend and I don't suffer!"
"Hahahaha!" Zhang Fengxia covered her mouth and laughed, teasingly saying, "I'm afraid you can't wait for him to come back so you can suffer!"
"I don't care at all. We've been together for so many years, what's so new?" Jiang Xiaoyan said, then couldn't help but lower her head and laugh.
Two days passed in a flash, and the news of Hurricane Semiconductor's cooperation with AMD was already common knowledge in the industry. In addition, Lu Feng brought Zhu Lidong back, and Sharp felt that something was wrong. Hurricane seemed to care less about whether it cooperated with them.
The contracts haven't been cancelled yet, and with several countries raising tariffs on high-tech chip products again, their global competitiveness is declining further.
The entire Japanese semiconductor industry understood that the United States wanted to suppress them. This suppression lasted from the 1980s to the early 2000s, causing their global market share to fall below 20 percent, and Silicon Valley to become the world's leading high-tech hub.
No one wants to wait to die, and it's impossible for all of Japan's elites to be fools who blindly fawn over the US. Europe follows the US, and the Asian market has companies like TSMC and Samsung, leaving very little consumer market.
The fact that they can't even cooperate with China, a country with a relatively small consumer market, is a huge blow to them. Meetings are being held one after another, with constant protests to higher authorities. Sharp feels they can't wait any longer and need to get things done first.
As for what kind of trouble Watanabe and his gang might cause later, we'll see. One wrong step can lead to many more.
The next day, Lu Feng received a call from Zhu Lidong with good news.
"Sharp has resumed cooperation with us, and we can continue to use the patents cross-patent. They probably realized that things weren't going well, and they're under pressure this time." Zhu Lidong said excitedly on the phone, "Who would have thought that the key to opening the door to Sharp would actually be on Wall Street."
Lu Feng wasn't too surprised by the news. Japanese companies were facing severe international suppression, not only in semiconductor products but also in talent poaching. How many people did Hurricane Capital poach from Japan in a year? Meanwhile, companies in the US were poaching teams of people one by one.
"I thought it could be suppressed for a long time, but I didn't expect it to stand up again. However, don't think too much about further cooperation. It's already good enough that we got the LCD screen technology patent."
Lu Feng has a fairly good understanding of Japan now. Japan is the world's second largest economy, and its automobiles, semiconductors, communications, materials, and optics are all world-class. The United States and Europe are putting extremely pressure on Japan.
From the late 1980s to the present, Japan's economy has been in a period of stagnation. Not to mention anything else, ASML has surpassed Japan in the field of lithography machines in the past decade.
They are also seeking breakthroughs; otherwise, so much technology wouldn't have flowed into the country. There's no need for gratitude; it's essentially industrial spillover. They export some low-end technology to create a huge market, allowing them to find another export destination outside the US and Europe that can drive their domestic economic growth.
"Now that cooperation has resumed, we don't need to worry about the previous agreements. We just need to keep a small team to communicate regularly, and withdraw everything else."
Lu Feng then inquired about the domestic semiconductor market and instructed Zhu Lidong, "Your task now is to quickly cultivate a market for me. We are currently in Ningbo. We met with General Manager Xu a few days ago. Their sales volume is so large, and they use all imported communication chips from Europe. Try to secure this order!"
Zhu Lidong felt a chill run down his spine as he listened on the other end of the phone. This was the level of their partnership; they were truly unbreakable.
"Mr. Lu, I assure you, we will definitely be able to connect with at least ten mobile phone manufacturers this year!" Zhu Lidong assured him.
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