Confessions of a Salesman

Chapter 1756 The Rise of Lu Ping

Her car was a Hongqi H7. The driver saw us coming and drove us.

I hesitated and said, "Why don't I drive the boss's car, I don't know how much it will cost to park here for a day!"

Lu Ping took my car keys, stuffed me into the car and said, "You don't need to worry about this, come on, come with me to the office first!"

I thought Lu Ping was doing badly during my absence, but from the moment I got in her car, I found that not only was she doing well, but she seemed to be even better than before I left.

The car parked at the entrance of a villa in Wanchai Sha. The security guards in the community saw that it was our car and immediately opened the door with salute.

The driver opened the window sensibly and handed the security guard a cigarette. The security guard took the cigarette respectfully and saluted again!

The car entered the community, walked straight inside, and came to the innermost big iron gate with a fence. The driver skillfully pressed the switch, the big iron gate opened automatically, the car drove a tree-lined path, and the door behind the car closed automatically .

After walking through the tree-lined path, a small building resembling the White House suddenly opened up. There was a fountain in front of the door. The car bypassed the fountain and stopped in front of the door. A man and a woman stood at the door. The men were in suits. The woman wore golden eyes, a black overalls, and was holding a tablet in her hand.

After the car stopped, my natural reaction was to open the door and get out of the car, but Lu Ping held me by the hand and waited for the driver to open the door for me. How come you still have this bad habit?"

Lu Ping said solemnly: "This is the rule. If you don't teach them this rule, they will never learn it!"

I thought about it and thought it made sense, so I nodded slightly.

Lu Ping and I got out of the car, and the woman standing at the door couldn't wait to say: "Mr. Lu, you have a very important video conference at 9 o'clock this morning, and it's already 8:50! In addition..."

Lu Ping waved her hand and said, "Today's schedule is all cancelled, our big boss is back!"

The woman was taken aback, and turned to look at me suspiciously. I smiled thoughtfully, and then asked, "Your big boss is coming? Is that me?"

Lu Ping rolled my eyes at me and said, "It's you! Let's go and see our new company!"

I smashed my mouth and wanted to say something, but I still didn't say it.

The man on the side reacted immediately, and said to me: "Mr. Chen, hello, I am Chen Qiao, Mr. Lu's personal assistant! From now on, please take care of me!"

I said, "Hello!"

Entering the door, it looks like a five-star hotel lobby, with a front desk and a reception. In the center of the lobby, there is a huge display screen, which is broadcasting this morning's financial news.

After getting on the elevator, the woman emphasized again: "Mr. Lu, the morning meeting is with several CEOs of investment companies in Shanghai, Tianjin, Chengdu, and Wuhan. They made an appointment with you 3 weeks in advance. You have already pushed it twice before." Well, why don't you participate in it today!"

Lu Ping looked at her a little angrily and said, "Lily, how much did the bosses do to you? Are you going to put me on stage today?"

I didn't expect Lily to answer directly: "A gift box of Shiseido's cosmetics!"

Not only was Lu Ping not angry after hearing this, but she smiled and said, "That's quite worth it, come in, Mr. Chen and I will go to the third floor!"

Lily was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay!"

The elevator is on the third floor, and when we get out of the elevator, the interior is decorated like a large flat, with a sofa, TV, bar, and an open kitchen.

Lily and Chen Qiao didn't come out, they stood in the elevator, closed the elevator door, and went down.

Lu Ping found the remote control on the coffee table and turned on the TV. The signal had already been cast on it. Several people split the screen in front of the camera, waiting for Lu Ping to appear.

Lu Ping clicked on the camera, and several people on the screen immediately sat upright and greeted Lu Ping in unison.

Lu Ping just nodded slightly and said, "Let's get started!"

I guess the people on the other side of the screen saw me sitting behind Lu Ping and were very surprised, but they didn't dare to show it.

An old man wearing glasses in the uppermost corner spoke first: "Mr. Lu, it's been a week since the second phase of venture capital funds we agreed on before, and the money hasn't arrived yet. I'm out of ammunition here." Absolutely, the project is about to stop!"

Lu Ping said calmly: "Mr. Hao, how long did you promise me for the first phase of the return period? Now? Although the money has arrived, I am a little worried about your integrity! When you ask for money, who do you rush for?" I am in a hurry, but what about when the funds come back? I keep saying that I have the money, and I can’t spend it. It’s just a matter of the second phase of capital increase. I will ask the Cheng Control Department to make a plan again, and let’s discuss it later!”

Mr. Hao said in embarrassment: "But Mr. Lu, we signed in before..."

Lu Ping waved her hand and said, "I told you, I'll talk about it when the time comes. The next one will be Boss Lin!"

A middle-aged lady said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Lu, good morning, the subway project of Chengdu Line 30 has been temporarily stranded due to environmental protection issues. I have negotiated with the leaders of the Chengdu City Investment Development Department. They do not agree to pay compensation. I The judicial process has already begun!"

Lu Ping said with some displeasure: "Who agreed with you to do this? The matter is in a stalemate, which is not good for everyone. I told you earlier that the environmental protection problem in Sichuan is very serious this year. The central inspection team has come down several times. I have warned you countless times, but you don’t pay attention to it. Now that something goes wrong, it’s all the fault of Chengtou. It’s me, and I don’t want to. What kind of problem can the lawsuit solve? Can I get back the investment money? Are you still afraid that you will go to court? If you win, don’t even think about touching projects in Sichuan in the future. You may not be able to get the money back. The enforcement court will take at least a year and a half! If you lose, you will get one point If you don’t even get the money back, can you bear the responsibility?”

Mr. Lin said with some grievances: "We will win this lawsuit. It is their own unfavorable supervision that caused the project to be stranded and caused huge losses to our company!"

Lu Ping said impatiently: "The urban planning map has come out, and half of the subway can be built before it disappears? The grounding is only temporary, can we still make money back? Take a long view, go to the environmental protection team to do it." Do the work and see where the problem is? If there is a problem, just sit down and solve it, don't think about litigation! Next!"

Seeing Lu Ping handle the problem with ease, these bosses seem to be afraid of her, and they can tell that Lu Ping has the authority they feel!
After the meeting was over, Lu Ping said with a smile: "These people now are all highly educated and low-level. It's really not as good as we were back then, when one person supervised several projects at the same time and solved everything by himself. How is it now?" , no matter what, always ask the superiors, 800 questions a day, when I am a hundred thousand why?"

I asked curiously: "Then what are you doing now? Investing in companies?"

Lu Ping turned on the screen again, and clicked on a webpage, which displayed the top ten behind-the-scenes venture capital companies in China. Lu Ping clicked on the third investment company, "Feifan", and the company's resume was written on the webpage.

Lu Ping said proudly, "Ranked third, an investment company with a market capitalization of more than 3000 billion yuan, am I doing okay?"

I was very surprised and said: "This is too good, how did you do it so big? This business was Mr. Ma's strong point before, and now he has learned it?"

Lu Ping shook her head and said, "What he's doing is illegal fundraising, can it be the same as mine? Our group company is now a subsidiary company in 27 provinces, and all kinds of businesses are real holding companies. We don't play with anyone. Yes! This is your company, and you are now a billionaire!"

I sighed and said, "That's your company, not mine! I'm already a billionaire! I just don't know, is the money still mine?"

Then he sighed: "Life is full of ups and downs. I was at Dongguan Station yesterday. I couldn't get on the bus for 2 yuan, and I was arguing with the driver! Now, it's not a problem to buy a bus group! Then I have something, just Can't figure it out? My family? My parents?"

Lu Ping hurriedly explained: "You know your parents are my parents, and I will definitely not let them be wronged! But they don't want me to help, thinking that something happened to you, the money is gone, and you owe a lot of debt, He deliberately distanced himself from all of us, and didn't want us to help, for fear of hurting us!"

I groaned and asked: "Didn't Yaoyang come back early? What about others?"

Seeing that I was a little anxious, Lu Ping comforted me and said, "Sit down first, and I'll talk to you slowly!"

I don't think things are that simple. I've been away for so long, what happened to make this situation like this?
Lu Ping first took out a court judgment notice, and then said to me: "You should read it first!"

I took the verdict, which stated that Zhang Yaoyang was sentenced to 5 years in prison and confiscated 1200 million illegal gains for the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, intentional injury, commercial fraud, organized crime, and combined punishment for several crimes!
Then Lu Ping handed me two court verdicts, A Guo, An Zai and Brother Kui, who were charged with similar crimes. They were sentenced to 3 years, 4 years and 5 years respectively, and Anzi received the heaviest sentence.

I angrily threw the verdict on the ground and said, "What is this? Settling accounts after the fall? When I left, I had nothing to do, and I was charged with so many crimes when I came back? Is this someone playing tricks?"

Lu Ping persuaded: "Calm down first, everything has already happened, listen to me and tell you slowly!"

I sat on the sofa, my mind went blank, and I suddenly asked: "Where are Zijun and Fatty Wu? If you talk about commercial fraud, they probably won't be able to escape!"

Lu Ping shook her head and said, "Fatty Wu is no longer a member of our company. He must be fine. Zijun has always been very cautious in his work. The company's accounts are clear. He was also found out, but he was not found out. What happened, if you work as a worker in the company normally, what can you do?"

I groaned and said, "Then...how did you do it?"

Lu Ping smiled and said, "You're asking me why I'm fine, right? Ask me, I don't know what to do, and I really don't know, and I didn't participate in it. After I came back from Yunnan, I felt that something happened to you sooner or later, so The company has been overdone a long time ago! It’s just that you must keep a low profile now, risk control investment is the safest, as long as you have a good vision, you won’t lose money!”

I hummed and said: "It seems that you have really become a teacher! Yaoyang's case, can they still be saved?"

Lu Ping replied: "I have been appealing, and there is a great chance, but I suspect that some of them are secretly playing tricks. Where did so many reports come from? Over the years, we must have offended many people, but I feel Didn’t you kill all the people who offended us?”

I thought for a while and said, "Looking at it this way, we have to find out who is behind the scenes and see who is dealing with us. That's the best way to rescue them!"

Lu Ping nodded and said, "I'm waiting for you to come back to take charge of the overall situation! We don't need money, so let's do whatever you want?"

Without even thinking about it, I said, "What else can I do? Let them be rescued first, and then they will be useless if they stay in there for 3 to 5 years! They didn't kill and set fires, so they are probably unfounded charges. Someone framed them." !"

Lu Ping hummed and said, "We have the money, but there is a serious shortage of manpower now! You don't even have personal protection around you now!"

I smiled and said, "It's not about committing a crime, it's just trying to find a way to help them reverse the case! You can do a few things for me first!"

Lu Ping approached me and said, "Wait a minute, I'll call someone up!"

I looked at her suspiciously, and Lu Ping picked up the phone on the table: "Chen Qiao, Lily, you two come up!"

I asked puzzledly: "Are they okay? Can they be trusted? Although these things are not illegal, they are our own business. They are just workers, so there is no need to get involved, right?"

Lu Ping said with a smile: "They are different. They have been with me for several years, and they are the most trustworthy people I have cultivated!"

Chen Qiao and Lili stood at the door of the elevator, not daring to go in. Lu Ping waved, "Come in!"

Both of them hesitated for a moment, then took a step and walked out of the elevator.

I looked at the two of them and said without hesitation: "It seems that you are not familiar with each other!"

Lu Ping said with a smile: "No one has come here before, and they are no exception. I usually work below and live here! Personal privacy, you should be careful, what do you think?"

I nodded and said: "You are our only big tree now. You didn't fall down because they don't know how powerful you are. It's always right to keep a low profile and be careful!"

Chen Qiao and Lily stood aside, a little embarrassed, I hurriedly said: "Sit down, let's sit down and talk!"

The two of them didn't dare to move. Looking at Lu Ping, Lu Ping said displeasedly: "Mr. Chen, if I tell you to sit down, you just sit down! Didn't I tell you? Mr. Chen is our big boss, my money, I learned all my skills from him!"

I curled my lips and said: "Don't listen to your Lu Ping nonsense! Lu Ping said that I can treat you as my own, so I will treat you as my own! To be honest, I just came out, and I have a lot of things to deal with right now, and I need to employ people !"

Lili took the lead in expressing her opinion: "Mr. Chen, if there's anything you need, just tell me!"

Chen Qiao seemed a little dull, but began to speak: "I will do my best!"

(End of this chapter)