My capital is quite large.

Chapter 169 I can love my country, and I can talk!

Hand over overseas core technology assets worth billions of US dollars, and potentially hundreds of billions of US dollars in the future!

What incredible courage that takes!

However, after listening, the leader gave Li Feng a deep look, then couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle.

"You're a talent in business, but you're still too young when it comes to politics and international maneuvering."

The leader picked up his thermos, took a sip of tea, and pointed out the naiveté in a gentle tone:

"The organization has seen and appreciated your good intentions. However, the country cannot accept these shares, nor can it provide them."

"If you buy it in your private capacity, that's a commercial transaction, and the US will at most use censorship to block you. But if a state-owned enterprise or sovereign wealth fund were to hold 17.5% of the shares in a core US semiconductor company, do you believe that the US Congress would explode tomorrow? Their Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) would immediately pass legislation to reject the deal on national security grounds."

"Capital may have no borders, but core technology is absolutely nationality-dependent in their eyes."

The leader waved his hand: "Keep these shares for yourself. Before they turn against you, find a suitable high point to sell them and cash out. Bring the real money back to China for construction. That's the most practical thing to do."

Upon hearing this, Li Feng suddenly understood.

Indeed, my concern led me astray, and I underestimated the sensitivity of international politics.

Just as Li Feng breathed a sigh of relief and was about to get up and leave...

The leader picked up an internal reference document from the table, seemingly casually flipped through a page, and tossed out a sentence in a nonchalant tone:

"By the way, Xiaofeng, you're now a star entrepreneur in our province, and even the whole country. Every word and action you take is under the watchful eyes of the people."

"It's understandable for young people to be a little promiscuous outside, as long as they don't break the law or violate regulations."

"but……"

The leader's gaze lifted from the documents and landed directly on Li Feng's face, his eyes conveying a profound and authoritative air.

"If any of your girlfriends get pregnant in the future... it's best not to send them out unless absolutely necessary."

"It's great to be born and raised in China."

"A distinguished young entrepreneur from Southeast University, the head of a semiconductor base, whose future children will all hold foreign passports—what a terrible impression that would be! What would the public think of our national enterprises?"

Boom!!!

These few light words, when they reached Li Feng's ears, made his hair stand on end.

Absolutely transparent!

In front of his superiors, he was like a clown behind a one-way mirror, completely exposed!

He thought he had kept his mistress a secret, and that sending a celestial being to Canada to give birth was a completely undetected act.

And the result?!

The boss knows everything! He even knows the women around him and their movements perfectly well!

This is no casual conversation; it is clearly the most severe reprimand and warning from those in power!

"Yes... the leader is right to reprimand me. It was my oversight." Li Feng's voice trembled uncontrollably.

Seeing Li Feng's cautious demeanor, the leader knew the time was right.

He put down the documents, his tone softening and becoming more gentle, like a protective elder comforting his child:

"Alright, don't be too nervous."

"No one is perfect. As long as your general direction is correct, and as long as your heart is with the country and the people, many small things in life can be tolerated."

"You built factories and universities in Xuzhou, creating jobs for tens of thousands of people. Everyone has seen your efforts to give back to your hometown."

"Work hard! Go for it! As long as you're patriotic and dedicated to scientific and technological work, Liangjiang Province will always be your strongest support!"

……

The moment Li Feng stepped out of the compound, a cold autumn wind blew by, and he realized that his underwear was soaked with cold sweat.

Sitting in the back seat of the Rolls-Royce, Li Feng closed his eyes and began to review the situation.

The phrase, "As long as you are patriotic, we can talk about many things," echoed in his mind.

This is a transaction, and also the final price of a get-out-of-jail-free card.

If a person is too rich but has no safe way out to make a corresponding exit, then he is no different from a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered.

If he wants to survive in this country for a long time and maintain his enormous and absurd harem, he must turn himself into a flag!

A patriotic flag that no one dares to touch lightly!

His Huaxin Semiconductor and his Xiaomi phones are his protective charms!

"Since there can only be one such symbol to carry the nation's expectations and the people's sentiments..."

In the original timeline, the old man surnamed Ren took up the banner of resisting technological hegemony a few years later, becoming a national idol and a beacon of national enterprises, and thus gained the protection of the state.

"But in this life, I'm sorry, Elder Ren."

"I, Li Feng, want this position!"

"I have more cash than you, I have an overseas gaming matrix that continuously feeds back into my business, and I have the largest online traffic pool! I can afford to burn that money!"

Li Feng opened his eyes, his gaze now devoid of any hesitation.

"Xinyu!"

"Boss!" Zhang Xinyu immediately straightened up.

"Notify Lei Jun! Notify all core executives of Xiaomi Technology! Come to the Nanjing headquarters for a meeting immediately!"

A few hours later, in the top-secret conference room on the top floor of Haofeng Group.

Lei Jun, who was urgently summoned, almost popped his eyes out when he heard the instructions given by Li Feng.

"Mr. Li...you mean, we're going to start building factories across the entire mobile phone industry chain?!"

Lei Jun's voice trembled. "From screen panels and battery cells to camera modules... we have to invest in building factories for everything ourselves?! Mr. Li, this is turning from an asset-light model to a super asset-heavy one! How much money will this burn?!"

In the internet age, everyone is advocating "light assets, heavy marketing," and Apple has taken contract manufacturing to the extreme.

Li Feng's demand that Xiaomi build its own supply chain and factories is seen by most investors as an incredibly stupid and suicidal act!

"I'll pay whatever it costs!" Li Feng's voice was unquestionable.

"No profit from a single Xiaomi phone sold is allowed to be distributed as dividends! It must be used exclusively for its intended purpose, 100% of which must be invested in the hardware supply chain and chip R&D!"

"I don't need Xiaomi to have impressive financial statements; what I need is for it to support hundreds of thousands of industrial workers in China! I need it to drive the entire upstream and downstream of the manufacturing industry in the Liangjiang region and even the whole country!"