As the flood season ended and the floodwaters receded, a post-flood inventory revealed that all companies under Hurricane Capital still suffered tens of millions of dollars in asset losses due to the flood. Two factories were flooded, and warehouses also suffered varying degrees of damage.
After the flood season ended, Lu Feng went to the factory immediately to convene a meeting. He thoroughly reviewed all the factory's direct supervisors, and despite his repeated warnings, problems still arose.
Huasha's multiple factories also suffered severe losses. Jiang Xiaoyan was traveling all over the country when Duoduo, who was on summer vacation, called Lu Feng and said that her mother seemed like she was going to eat people.
In late August, Lu Feng returned to Hong Kong to attend a global semiconductor conference and formally applied to join the Global Semiconductor Industry Association, aiming to introduce Hurricane Semiconductor products to the Hong Kong market.
At the conference, Lu Feng spoke, expressing no concern about the current global semiconductor predicament. He stated that industry expansion, high inventory levels, and price wars would disappear without a trace as development progressed. He also outlined his vision for semiconductor development over the next decade and officially announced to the world that Hurricane Capital would once again venture into the mobile phone industry.
It is anticipated that Hurricane Capital will re-establish an international market department in 1999. They will spare no effort to penetrate the international market, always believing that only by going global can they have a future, and always believing that only products loved by people all over the world are what Hurricane Capital wants to make.
This speech signifies that in just over a year, Lu Feng has completely emerged from the crisis of Jiafeng Group, revitalizing Hurricane Capital in the shortest possible time. With the easing of the international environment, Hurricane Capital is poised for explosive growth.
The afternoon was a closed-door meeting, and all the world's major semiconductor manufacturers were present. Lu Feng held talks with STMicroelectronics and Infineon, hoping to explore more cooperation between the two companies. However, neither of them were particularly interested in Hurricane Semiconductor, and the meeting ended unhappily after half an hour.
The US and Europe are allies in the semiconductor industry. Lu Feng is not very popular in the US except for AMD, but he is quite popular in a number of companies in Japan.
After chatting with the representative of Rohm Semiconductor for a while, Lu Feng learned that Watanabe Shi had started causing trouble again recently. He suggested that all semiconductor and electronics-related companies in Japan should be relocated to the United States. If they wanted to sell products in the United States, they would have to disclose all their core technologies.
After relocating to the United States, a portion of the taxes will need to be paid to the United States.
Soon after, Sharp, Toshiba, and several other companies also gathered around. Toshiba's investigation is still ongoing, and they are still demanding that they be broken up because it involves monopoly issues.
Toshiba was targeted, and they still believe that it was Watanabe Shigeaki who reported them, and they still grit their teeth when they talk about it.
When the topic turned to Toshiba being accused of violating sanctions agreements, Lu Feng remained silent sitting to the side. The Toshiba representative present angrily cursed, "The person who made the accusation is definitely going to be in big trouble!"
"It's really uncomfortable to be constantly bothered by someone like this. You can't guard against a thief for a thousand days if you're a thief yourself," Lu Feng said in a low voice to the group. "Don't you have any ideas?"
The group exchanged glances. The higher-ups had already discussed some things, but it was inconvenient to do them. No one could guarantee whether there were any traitors around them. After all, in this day and age, being a traitor and running off to the United States to live a life of luxury was the dream of many Japanese.
"Mr. Lu, do you have any ideas?"
“We have the idea, but we need support.” Lu Feng looked at the group and said, “Let’s go back and discuss it. Some things need to be done sooner or later, otherwise no one knows what will happen in the future.”
At 4 PM, the conference ended, and Lu Feng returned to his villa. In the evening, he received a call from Sharp's president's assistant, inviting him to Tokyo.
Lu Feng had someone book plane tickets that day, already knowing in his heart that Watanabe Shi was truly going to die this time.
In a conference room at Goldman Sachs headquarters in New York, Watanabe and his entourage sat upright. A few minutes later, a white man in his fifties walked in. After sitting down, he looked at Watanabe and said, "Your opinions on the Japanese semiconductor industry are taken very seriously. You've worked hard these past two years."
"Of course!" Watanabe said with a happy expression.
"The reason I called you all here today is to give you recognition. In the first half of this year, the development of high-tech enterprises in the Asian region was hit hard, especially in the semiconductor field. Japan's global semiconductor market share continued to shrink. The only drawback is that China's Hurricane Semiconductor has developed relatively rapidly."
"Two years ago, Watanabe suggested supporting Samsung and TSMC, which has now become a new force in Asia. We do not want any companies to stand out too much in Asia, so we need to pay more attention to this hurricane semiconductor company in the future."
"You must work hard. I believe that as long as you do well, the higher-ups will see it. In the near future, you won't have to work in NGOs anymore, and getting into the Asian office won't be a big problem."
Watanabe Shi was overjoyed to hear this and quickly expressed his gratitude. If he were to enter the Asian office, he would truly be entering the upper echelons of American society.
The next day, Lu Feng went to Tokyo. After the plane landed, Sharp sent a car to pick him up and take him to the hotel that had been prepared for him. He had lunch at the hotel at noon, and around 2 p.m., a group of more than a dozen people entered the conference room.
“Mr. Lu, we are very interested in the road in Thailand that you mentioned before. If we can make it happen and the risks are within a controllable range, we are willing to spend some money,” the Sharp president said with great sincerity.
“I only have connections, but I’m not good at things like getting in there, networking, carrying tools, and ensuring the safety of people afterwards,” Lu Feng said frankly. “That’s easy, but how to shut those people up afterwards and prevent the incident from escalating requires a lot of thought.”
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