Chapter 217: Charisma of a Leader

At that moment, Su Hao's figure rose infinitely high in Lisa Su's eyes, like a god of wealth who held the reins of power.
"Then, I entrust AMC to you from now on, Ms. Lisa."
"Yes! Rest assured! I will do everything in my power to lead AMC back to its peak!"
Lisa Su stood up excitedly and shook hands firmly with Su Hao.
The instant she grasped Su Hao's hand, Su Hao clearly saw the already dazzling halo behind her intensify with a "boom!"
On the plane back to headquarters, Lisa Su repeatedly examined the document Su Hao had given her, growing increasingly astonished with each reading.
Precise! Ruthless!
It was simply divine skill!
Every project he selected precisely hit the nail on the head regarding the future lifeline of the industry.
Was he really just a financial investor?
This vision, this intuition, was clearly the work of a veteran monster who had been immersed in the semiconductor industry for decades!
When the tech world was initially stunned to hear that Fang Huan Investment, a seemingly unrelated financial company, had suddenly announced its acquisition of AMC, the entire industry was dumbfounded.
Why would a company that operates in the financial world acquire a dying hardware company?
This crossover was simply too outrageous. What was the motive?
Only after meeting Su Hao in person today did all of Lisa Su's doubts dissipate.
Just look at the projects he casually selected—
"Research and development of next-generation graphics card and CPU core architecture," "Deep technical cooperation with other tech giants"...
Each one precisely hit AMC's Achilles' heel and its future lifeline.
Especially the "technical cooperation" item, which he circled three times in red, clearly placed it as the highest priority.
She had heard that Fang Huan Investment had close ties with Jiang Jin Group.
Could it be that the target of this cooperation was Jiang Jin Group?
If they could get their technical support... then AMC's future would be incredibly bright!
“Not to mention, a billion US dollars at once…”
What potential did this young man see in her, or in AMC, that would drive him to spend so recklessly?
“The only slightly troublesome thing is this list.”
That “death list” marked with red crosses was Su Hao’s unquestionable order.
The problem was, several people on this list were key figures within AMC, a network of factions and deeply entrenched relationships. Moving one could trigger a whole host of troubles.
But Lisa Su couldn’t muster the slightest thought of objection.
The young man named Su Hao appeared gentle and harmless on the surface.
But every word he spoke, every glance, exuded an aura of “those who obey me prosper, those who defy me perish.”
It was an aura born of absolute confidence, seemingly possessing a magical power that made his words law.
It instinctively inspired awe, preventing anyone from harboring the slightest thought of disobedience.
This must be what they call "the charisma of a leader."
"Looks like I'll be incredibly busy as soon as I get back."
She'll be wielding the scalpel to lay off people, and simultaneously pushing projects forward at breakneck speed.
But Lisa Sophie didn't feel pressured; instead, she felt a long-dormant surge of passion coursing through her.
This might be the most exciting and tumultuous period of her tenure at AMC!
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"What?! Everyone's been laid off?"
At Viinta headquarters, CEO Jason Huang slammed his hand on the conference table, making his water glass vibrate.
"Are you kidding me? Every single person we've planted in AMC has been swept out?"
"Yes, boss. Just yesterday, everyone received their termination notices at the same time."
Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.
Planting corporate spies in competitor companies is standard practice in the industry.
But now, these spies, painstakingly planted, have been uprooted and completely eradicated in a single day!
"Where did the information leak from?! Damn it, how could they have pinpointed all our people so precisely?"
This is utterly illogical!
Unless there's an inside job, such targeted elimination is absolutely impossible.
Jason Huang berated the executives, but he knew that no matter how much he investigated, he wouldn't get any real answers.
"Put that aside for now...that shipment! Our raw materials! When will things get back to normal?
If they can't get there, what are we going to use to make graphics cards? Air?!"
The situation at AMC had already infuriated him, and now this critical logistical problem was adding fuel to the fire.
"Boss...the situation is terrible. Our logistics partner, Maersk Line, has completely crashed.
They've suffered a massive cyberattack; all their cargo ships are immobilized."
Everything was ready except for one crucial element.
Once the raw materials reached TSMC via Maersk Line's ships, everything would be fine.
But right at this critical juncture, an unprecedented massive cyberattack swept the globe.
And Maersk Line, unfortunately, was the unfortunate victim of this attack.
“Then tell them to fix it quickly! The system's down, but the people aren't, right?” Jason Huang roared.
“The problem is… without the electronic systems restored, they have no idea which container belongs to whom or where it's going.
Right now, the entire port is like a giant, scrambled Rubik's Cube; nobody knows how to put it back together.”
In modern society, everything is interconnected.
Once the central system is hacked, even the simplest things come to an instant halt.
“Then make them pay the hackers! I heard that if you pay the ransom in Bitcoin, they'll unlock it, right?”
“Yes… Maersk is in a panic and has already paid the ransom as demanded.
But the problem is… the money's been paid, but they haven't unlocked it; they've simply disappeared.”
Good heavens, this time, ransomware combined with online fraud has dealt Maersk a severe blow.
In fact, there are countless ransomware viruses in the world, but this is the first time such a large-scale, coordinated attack has been launched globally at the same time.
Once infected with the WannaCry virus, there is virtually no cure.
The reason is simple—its core tools were developed by the US National Security Agency (NSA).
"Have those idiots at the NSA lost their minds? How could they let a cyber weapon of this caliber leak out!"