Lu Feng isn't in a hurry to invest in the internet sector. Most internet companies these days don't survive more than two years, and over 90% of them are unprofitable. They lack a clear direction and are just like headless flies, bumping around aimlessly.
After chatting about the internet for a while, it was almost 11 o'clock. Zhang Fengxia pulled Jiang Xiaoyan upstairs to rest. Duoduo had to go to early morning self-study tomorrow, so she had already gone to sleep. Miaomiao had also been picked up by the childcare worker.
The empty living room was now empty except for Lu Feng. He yawned, stood up, and walked towards the room, muttering, "Who said my wife is so great?"
After staying at home for a few days, Lu Feng focused his attention on investigating the mobile phone terminal market. It was still about the sale of components. The profit from selling complete mobile phones was not much; the most profitable part was the sale of accessories.
With Lu Feng transferring 250 million yuan to Jiang Xiaoyan's personal account, Huasha's problems were finally resolved. With the change of ownership and Zhang Fengxia helping her to change the management model, the company finally stabilized.
That year, the rains in the south were particularly frequent. It rained every few days after March. Lu Feng saw in some media that experts had repeatedly mentioned the El Niño effect in their warnings about extreme weather.
Lu Feng held a special meeting with major companies, requiring them to make preparations for flood prevention and ensure that important assets would not be damaged. At the meeting, Lu Feng repeatedly emphasized that this matter should be treated as a top priority, and that major companies should allocate some funds to purchase flood prevention materials.
Countries are aware of heavy rainfall, and meteorological departments have contingency plans for extreme weather. However, knowing that there will be heavy rainfall does not mean that disasters can be avoided. No one knows exactly how heavy the rainfall will be or how long it will last. Moreover, infrastructure projects such as river channels, urban drainage, and flood control cannot be completed in just a few months.
Lu Feng was worried that his subordinates might not be taking things seriously, so he made a special trip to the Tianjin factory to inspect the internal flood control facilities. He also reported the potential for disaster to his superiors. When he passed through Hunan and Hubei, he also spoke with the local leaders, who said that they had started preparations a month ago.
Flood control is a systematic project, and it is not something that laymen can dictate. Lu Feng did not dare to offer many opinions. He simply called Gao Zhiwei and asked him to produce more emergency food such as instant noodles and bottled water. He would buy them all if no disaster occurred.
In early April, Hurricane Semiconductor delivered its first batch of 17,000 computers procured through the national centralized procurement program, and also delivered its first batch of AMD six-inch wafers. Hurricane Semiconductor achieved a turnaround from loss to profit in the first quarter.
At the same time, the eight-inch wafer officially left the experimental stage and entered trial production. Lu Feng and Liu Cheng had a short meeting by phone. By the end of 1998, the eight-inch wafer would be mass-produced.
Giti mobile phones are still in the research and development stage. Compared with Jiaxun mobile phones' candybar phones, Giti's first mobile phone will adopt a flip phone design. Due to the decline in raw material prices, there are more domestic supporting enterprises, and the price will drop from the original four or five thousand yuan to around two thousand yuan.
This also aligns with Lu Feng's expectation that the average mobile phone consumer group would pay three to five months' salary. This year, Hurricane Capital's total R&D expenses are approximately one hundred million US dollars. According to Su Yourong's previous plan, this shortfall would be Lu Feng's fatal flaw.
Even after the new year, Lu Feng couldn't find a good place to raise the money, so he could only lend his personal funds to the company at an annualized rate of 13%, which was indeed a bit high, but it was good to have funds to tide him over.
Entering April, Hurricane Semiconductor's second-generation products were all mature, and a series of products such as mobile communication chips, storage, mobile phone screens, and motherboards were launched one after another. The OEM model was restarted, and Zhu Lidong gave speeches everywhere and held various entrepreneur forums to persuade entrepreneurs to start businesses in the electronics industry.
If these rich people don't start their own businesses, who will buy all the products Hurricane Semiconductor produces?
Hurricane Semiconductor's products have officially taken over Huaqiangbei. Compared to TSMC in the previous era, they have met a competitor this time. Hurricane's products are cheaper, and the price is even lower in mobile phone assembly. A large number of assembled machines were produced and then sold to the northern market.
During this period, Lu Feng also went abroad twice, visiting the Ruixin R&D Center in Sweden, which became an important technical support for Giti Mobile.
He also made a trip to Japan, mainly to discuss matters with Rohm Semiconductor. This company is an old acquaintance of Lu Feng's. Both parties are willing to establish a research and development center in Japan, mainly focusing on ICs, optical components, modules, etc. The cooperation model is still that Hurricane Capital provides the main funding, while they provide personnel, and both parties learn from and explore each other.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Capital was to help them open up the mainland market, and the two parties signed a letter of intent. However, due to funding issues, it is unlikely that this will happen within a year.
This trip to Japan was very fruitful. It mainly confirmed that Lu Feng's status as a fugitive on the international stage had been largely eliminated after the last mutual visit. At the same time, during discussions with several semiconductor companies, everyone expressed their resentment towards Watanabe Shi.
According to them, this person is a complete traitor to Japan. Compared with the suppression of companies in Japan, the crackdown on Lu Feng was actually quite lenient. Many companies were required to relocate to Silicon Valley and hand over some core data.
When it comes to turning against his own people, Watanabe Shi can be said to leave no room for compromise.
During private meetings, several businessmen openly or covertly expressed their desire to kill this person. Lu Feng also chimed in, saying that he had connections in Thailand, but it was all just talk.
Back in China, the south had already entered the flood season, and the first rainfall was about to arrive. Lu Feng inspected the company for the second time. He knew what was going to happen next, but he was powerless to stop it.
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