Zhu Lidong had vented most of his resentment at this moment. He originally wanted to question Lu Feng, but now he felt that Lu Feng had a hard time.
"So we need to speed up R&D. As for the market, you just need to maintain it. We have enough funds now, and after the New Year, I'm going to expand into overseas markets. After all, we've taken their money, so we need to show them high growth." Lu Feng patted Zhu Lidong on the shoulder and sighed, "That's just how it is in China. Everyone's poor. How much money can you make from poor people? Besides, our company's marketing department doesn't pay low salaries!"
Zhu Lidong nodded and said, "But everything is afraid of comparison. Once there is a comparison, some people below will feel uncomfortable."
“You’ll need to mediate this. Starting next year, have the HR and finance departments hide salaries and not allow anyone to inquire about each other’s salaries. This year has been very difficult for us, and the next two years will be even more difficult.” Lu Feng looked at Zhu Lidong with a sigh and said, “The last leg of a journey is often the hardest, so we have to hold on. I don’t plan to expand into the domestic market, including the electronics mall.”
“If we do it, it'll just be doing someone else a favor, right?” Zhu Lidong looked up at Lu Feng and said.
"Until the very last moment, no one knows who will be wearing this wedding dress. What we need to do now is to focus on making the wedding dress well, not to overthink, and certainly not to slack off."
"I understand!" Zhu Lidong stood up and said, "Then you go ahead with your work, I'll have a meeting with them later."
After Zhu Lidong left, Lu Feng leaned against his desk without saying a word. After a long while, he returned to his seat. He had originally intended to organize his speech for the board meeting, but after a pause, he picked up a stack of letters from the side and wrote: "Compared with the advantages of developed countries in the development of core integrated circuit semiconductors, we should pay attention to the 'nuclear weapons' of the 21st century."
Lu Feng's letter, exceeding ten thousand words, elaborated on the significant technological advantages and irreplaceable nature of integrated circuits, hoping the country would pay attention to this area, invest in subsidies, and prioritize talent cultivation and industry support.
After finishing writing it, I read it through to make sure there were no problems. Then I made several copies and mailed them to important organizations such as Jin Tingting's father, the Science and Technology Commission (the predecessor of the Ministry of Science and Technology), the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
By evening, John had already arrived at the restaurant for dinner. He had been there all day and was adjusting to the time difference. He had expected Lu Feng to treat him to a meal, but he hadn't seen a single person yet.
They were all accommodated at the Carlton Hotel, and everything was arranged very well. Wei Yandan had visited a few times, but she hadn't been able to see Lu Feng.
"Go ask President Wei when President Lu will meet with us." John instructed his assistant and then started eating. After all, they had invested 3.5 billion yuan. It was a bit unreasonable that Lu Feng didn't even come to receive them, given how much money they had spent.
After receiving the call, Wei Yandan was quite troubled. She told Lu Feng about it, but Lu Feng still said he didn't have time to go and simply declined.
The letter had already been mailed. Lu Feng ate a quick bite of dinner, sat down and smoked a cigarette. Outside, the city lights were already on. In the big city, there was no sign of the New Year. However, in the towns and villages, various markets and trade fairs had already begun.
Lu Feng pondered this over and over, realizing that if no one pushed for it, his letters would probably not receive much attention. The highest-ranking person he could contact right now was Huang Youwei.
After thinking it over, I decided to give him a call.
When the call was made, Huang Youwei, who hadn't yet left work, answered the phone, saying, "Who is this?"
"Mr. Huang, it's me. Happy New Year! I'm sending you my greetings in advance," Lu Feng said with a smile.
Huang Youwei was very familiar with Lu Feng's voice, so there was no need for him to introduce himself. After thinking for a moment, he figured that nothing much had happened recently, and asked, "Okay, Happy New Year to you too."
"Today, I wrote a few letters to some organizations. The domestic integrated circuit market is really too weak right now, and the government isn't providing subsidies. This can't go on. In the future, competition between major powers will definitely be based on technology, and I think we must pay attention to this aspect," Lu Feng said into the phone.
"Didn't you just get funding? What? Trying to squeeze out some subsidies?" Huang Youwei said irritably, "Every industry is different, who doesn't want subsidies?"
"No, I just want to tell you something. Currently, we produce 90% of the TV chips in China. Let's not talk about anything else, just take remote controls, the picture preview on high-end TVs, the large and small windows. These things are very simple, right? Why didn't we have them a few years ago? It's because TVs back then didn't have integrated circuits or algorithms. They would just compile whatever signal they received."
“We’ve already made a lot of money from these integrated circuits alone. If we want to develop high-end manufacturing, we can’t do without the core processors, memory, and algorithms of the future. If we don’t have them ourselves, just think how expensive they would be.” Lu Feng said into the phone, “It’s like cars. What are the prices of cars abroad, and what are the prices in China?”
Huang Youwei didn't understand these things; he didn't even know what an integrated circuit was. But Huang Youwei knew that Lu Feng did, and that industrial upgrading would eventually lead to aligning with developed countries.
"So what do you mean? If you want some subsidies, I can't do that for you. You'll have to communicate with the local municipal government. I remember they gave you subsidies before, right?" Huang Youwei suddenly remembered that he had read in the newspaper that there were subsidies for electronics companies.
“We have received subsidies, but I hope you can push my letter forward and get the higher-ups to pay attention to it. It’s not about whether I received subsidies or not; I hope the country will take it seriously. What is the significance of my individual contribution?”
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