Traversing the courtyard

Chapter 357
Yi Weidong asked, "When is the appointment?"

"I made an appointment to have afternoon tea together today."

"Then let's meet today to see what tricks these big-nosed foreigners want to play."

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Yi Weidong took Ruan Tao to the private room of the tea restaurant next to HSBC Bank. When Yi Weidong came in, he saw that the people who had seen HSBC and the five foreign firms last time were there. Weidong was very nervous, now Xiangjiang is dominated by these people.

Many people think that Hong Kong is the governor with the greatest power, but it is not. The four major power organizations in Hong Kong are the Jockey Club, Jardine, HSBC and the Governor of Hong Kong. , not to mention that many of them are directors of the Jockey Club.

Soon a waiter brought black tea and snacks, and the three-tiered silver trays contained sandwiches, English muffins, cheesecakes and fruit tarts from bottom to top.The order of eating is generally from bottom to top, from salty to sweet.This is the same order from main course to dessert in a main meal.

The chats of the big-nosed foreigners all started with the weather, simply chatting about the coming typhoon, turning to Xiangjiang's current bad economy, and then affirming Yi Weidong's invention of the ballpoint pen.

Yi Weidong dismantled the tricks and dealt with every word carefully.

After chatting for a while, John Bao turned to the topic and said, "Mr. Yi, in a Chinese saying, there are many friends and many paths. What do you think?"

Yi Weidong knew that the main event was coming, and this group of foreigners should have coordinated the appointment of him today, and now he was going to talk to him about investing in shares.

Said: "You can't do business without friends, and I also hope to be friends with you seniors, and we can work together to make a fortune."

Niu Bijian, the chairman of Jardine, said: "No, no, Mr. Yi, we are not cooperating, but intend to buy all the patents of your ballpoint pen."

Yi Weidong thought it was about buying shares, but he didn't expect that he wanted to buy all the patents of the ballpoint pen directly. He wanted to take all the future profits to himself!
Wouldn't it be like giving him three melons and two dates to send him away?
This eating appearance is too ugly. I thought that the chairman of the five major foreign firms and the vice chairman of HSBC, John Bao and Sir Daban Sang, all valued Yi Weidong. Now it seems that this is a kind of pressure on Yi Weidong. In Xiangjiang, these people belonged to the world. If Yi Weidong didn't follow, he wouldn't be able to get along in the future.

Holding back his breath, Yi Weidong asked, "I wonder how much you can contribute?"

It would be fine if Qian Duoyi Weidong sold it. This is not a core patent, as long as he retains the ownership in the mainland area.It doesn't matter if you don't want it in the European and American world.But how can these foreigners be kind?
Sir Sang said with a smile: "The five foreign firms and HSBC decided to jointly buy all the patents of the ballpoint pen with [-] million Hong Kong dollars."

"What? Three hundred million Hong Kong dollars? Three hundred million U.S. dollars is about the same."

I didn't expect this group of people to be so shameless. They only paid [-] million Hong Kong dollars to buy the patent of the ballpoint pen.

Peter Wei, the chairman of Yingzhijie Foreign Trade Co., frowned and said, "You are crazy about money. If you pay [-] million U.S. dollars, our payment of [-] million Hong Kong dollars is already high."

Among this group of people, Yingzhijie is the smallest in size, and it is not unreasonable to argue with the four major foreign firms in the future. The four foreign firms all seize the dividends of real estate, and only Yingzhijie International Co., Ltd. has not achieved timely development. Now Yingzhijie is only slightly weaker.

Yi Weidong smiled and said, "I'm just saying [-] million dollars. If you're willing to pay me, I'm not willing to sell it!"

Yi Weidong's words made everyone look angry, why don't you plan to sell us even if we pay [-] million US dollars?
Niu Bijian, the chairman of Jardine Matheson, said: "Don't think that you have to make an inch when we come to discuss with you. You should know that your Qiuyu company in Xiangjiang can't keep going, you can't produce a single ballpoint pen, and you will go bankrupt. collapse."

Yi Weidong picked up a bear biscuit on the tray, ate it, drank some black tea, and said, "It tastes really good, but it's a pity that we won't be able to eat it in the future."

At this price, Yi Weidong would rather the company go bankrupt than take advantage of this group of foreigners. At worst, he would start all over again. Anyway, he couldn't just rush in with dozens of people and suddenly Yi Weidong and Ruan Tao. There's nothing to be afraid of.

Seeing that the situation was tense, Ruan Tao moved some positions towards Yi Weidong, and couldn't help holding Yi Weidong's hand. , all of you who are present here just need to say one word, and my Autumn Rain Company will not be able to continue, but so what? The patent is still mine, as long as I don’t sign it, you will not be able to get the patent.”

There is no international patent agreement yet. Ballpoint pens need to be applied individually by each country. Yi Weidong has already obtained patent certificates from developed countries, and they are all stored in the space. Yi Weidong has this confidence, and no one can tear his face Patents cannot be taken away.

This group of foreigners can cover the sky with one hand in Xiangjiang, but their energy is mediocre outside Xiangjiang. They are not strong enough to ask the patent management departments of other countries to directly transfer the patents of ballpoint pens to them.

If he was so powerful, why would he come here and ask Yi Weidong to sell his patents!

Qi Dezun, chairman of Hutchison International, said: "Mr. Yi, there is no benefit for you to do this, and you will not be able to make money. You can become a rich man if you sell the patent with the money."

After all, I was still persuading Yi Weidong to sell the patent and take the money to leave. If Yi Weidong was 50 or [-] years old, he might have compromised, but now that he has a way out, how could he compromise so directly.

Said: "I don't care, it's fine if you go bankrupt, if it's a big deal, you can go to Wanwan, or if it doesn't work, you can go to the beautiful country or Canada. Give me two months and my ballpoint pen will be sold all over the world again."

It's not decades ago now. It is said that Yi Weidong can enter the prison if he is allowed to enter the prison. Although he is in power, he can send the CEO of a company to prison in this way, and then seize the patents in his hands. Chinese Doesn't the business district want a frying pan?

What would these Chinese merchants think?Do you still dare to do business in Xiangjiang?Wouldn't it be that the family property will be transferred to other places? The riots that just subsided last year have already caused huge damage to Xiangjiang's economy. If the remaining Chinese businesses are driven away, the economic loss will not be the three or two billion yuan.

Yi Weidong also figured out the key point, so he was so confident. He agreed to sell it, but he had a disagreement on the price. As long as he didn't shoot Yi Weidong immediately, he would not be afraid.

Yi Weidong's words made everyone fall into deep thought. Everyone didn't expect Yi Weidong to have such a tough attitude. Aren't Chinese people easily intimidated?So this trick doesn't work?

John Bao asked: "Your price of [-] million US dollars is not realistic at all, and we will not pay so much money."

Each family has a big business, and the five foreign firms really cannot come up with so much cash, and only HSBC can directly come up with cash, but this is not the result that these foreigners want.

Yi Weidong said: "Do you have any misunderstandings about the cost and profitability of ballpoint pens?"

At this point, Yi Weidong has nothing to say about the cost directly, so what if he knows the cost?
Then he said: "Maybe someone among you has asked an expert to analyze the cost of a ballpoint pen. The manufacturing cost of a pen core is only one cent, plus the labor cost of the pen barrel, not even two cents. You can also earn 5 yuan, as long as you sell 2000 million pens, you can earn [-] million, and a fool would sell the patent of the ballpoint pen!"

Yi Weidong has now sold 2000 million ballpoint pens and refills. He spent 5000 million to buy stocks before, and he has received a lot of money recently.

Even if the price continues to be lowered in the future, Yi Weidong will make hundreds of millions of profits every year. He would rather go to the beautiful country than sell the patent.

Bao Yuehan gave the cost estimate of three cents before, and several people still didn’t believe it when he said it. Now Yi Weidong himself said that the cost is less than two cents, and everyone’s heart is hot. Just sell the patent.

Just kidding, no one would sell it.

If it is too expensive, I can’t afford it anymore, and I can’t come up with so much cash at all, so I can’t use my own stocks to exchange it, then the foreign firm is not my own and Yi Wei’s.

Now it is a dilemma. If it is cheap, I will not sell it, and if it is expensive, I can’t afford it.

Yi Weidong finished the black tea in the cup, and said with a smile: "I think you guys should re-negotiate, anyway, I won't sell it if it's cheap, I don't think we can talk about it today, why don't we talk about it another day?"

Right now, it can only be like this, because the interests of the six companies are involved, and it cannot be decided at the moment. It took so long to negotiate and jointly buy the patent one by one, and I don't know when the next time will be.

Foreigners really know how to talk about demeanor. Just now, after extorting money, they shook hands and said goodbye in a blink of an eye, showing enough etiquette.

Ruan Tao got out of the tea restaurant and got into the car before saying, "Oh, I was scared to death, Ah Wei, you are awesome, I didn't expect you to be so brave."

Yi Weidong smiled and said, "It's nothing, some people say I'm a coward!"

"Okay, you're a real man."

Yi Weidong said, "It's good to know."

Ruan Tao rolled her eyes and talked about the business and asked, "Tell me what you think."

Yi Weidong said: "They can't send us to prison, can they?"

Then I went through my own analysis, as long as Yi Weidong didn't send him to prison and came up with the method in an open and honest manner, Yi Weidong had nothing to be afraid of. With the patent in hand, he would just change places and start from scratch.

Ruan Tao thinks about it. This is the truth. Ordinary people forget it. If Yi Weidong is sent to prison, the Chinese business circle will not just let it go. Now all the big Chinese business families know Yi Wei and Qiuyu Company. Going to prison for no reason can't end.

"Well, you are still the best, my big boss."

"It was."

Ruan Tao asked, "Go back to the company next?"

Yi Weidong said, "Go to Wanguotongbao Bank."

Wanguotongbao Bank is also Citibank of the Beautiful Country. Now Yi Weidong's money is in HSBC and Bank of East Asia, which is not safe. He wants to transfer the cash to the Beautiful Country Bank first.

The bank was about to get off work. When Yi Weidong told the lobby manager that he wanted to open an account to save tens of millions, he politely entered the VIP room, sat on a soft sofa and drank coffee. After opening the account, Yi Weidong wrote Check, deposited 3000 million in the account of Citigroup.

If there is another account seizure or something, the money is better in Citibank than in HSBC.

After leaving the bank, Yi Weidong arranged for Ruan Tao to say, "Transfer the money to Qin Xiayue's account as soon as possible. It's really broken. This is the capital of our rise again."

Qin Xiayue also has an account with Citibank in Los Angeles, and her previous living expenses were all in it, but now it is safe to transfer the money there.

Those who originally wanted to buy stocks can only postpone it now.

Ruan Tao also knows that it is time to race against time, and the matter must be done before the foreigners take action. Even if the foundation of Xiangjiang is lost, there is still capital and patents, and it will develop again.

The seven people in the tea restaurant were still arguing endlessly, John Bao's assistant hurried over and whispered a few words in his ear, John Bao said in surprise:

"What did you say? All the 3000 million in Amity Rain's account has been transferred to Citibank?"

The assistant said: "Not only that, I specifically called to ask, and now the money has arrived in a private account in Los Angeles."

Jardine's chairman Niu Bijian said: "This is fast enough. Is it to leave a way out in the beautiful country?"

John Bao said: "The last time the customs checked his 1000 million account, they were afraid that we would check it again!"

Everyone is really speechless, just to scare me, I will transfer the cash away when I go out, 3000 million is not a lot, if I buy a machine factory from scratch to start production, it will be enough, and the distance will be so far away, and my own hands will not be enough. past.

It's not a problem to force a rich man away abruptly. Should we give up buying patents and choose to invest in shares?And a little unwilling!

Yi Weidong didn't have so many worries, he should eat and sleep, but Ah Zhen was not at home and went back to school.

Luo Caijing handed the information to Yi Weidong and said, "I found a real estate agency, and these three are the best. Boss, would you like to order one?"

Yi Weidong took the information and went through it. They were all villas near Causeway Bay, with an area of ​​about 80 square feet and a unit price of more than [-] yuan.

Yi Weidong got up and said, "Of course I have to go and see first."

When I went out, I happened to meet Ruan Tao, and was asked, "What are you doing?"

Yi Weidong smiled and said, "I'll go find Li Fuzhao."

Ruan Tao did not become suspicious. Recently, Yi Weidong and Li Fuzhao did get closer, and they also cooperated to open a talent agency company. Ruan Tao saw Yi Weidong's plan, and it is indeed quite unique. As long as the company's talent pool is large enough , You can attract customers to choose senior talents.

Yi Weidong didn't say much. After they separated, he first went to a real estate agency in Causeway Bay to find an intermediary, and then he was taken to a villa at the foot of the mountain.

The two-and-a-half-story bungalow has a small courtyard at the front and back, but there is no swimming pool. There are other rooms, including two garages. Yi Weidong looked around from the basement to the attic, and did not comment on the hype that the agent said, saying: " to the next place."

The distance between the other two buildings is not too far. After looking at them separately, Yi Weidong was noncommittal. After saying goodbye to the agent, Yi Weidong fell into deep thought. Although he transferred 3000 million, he still had a lot of money in his account. Now he is hesitant. Not all three buildings were bought.

Luo Caijing asked: "Boss, tell me which one to buy, so I can go through the formalities."

Yi Weidong thought for a while and said, "I don't want to choose. I'll buy all three buildings and wait for rewards for the higher-ups in the future."

Luo Caijing asked enviously: "Reward the villa to the high-level?"

Yi Weidong said: "Yes, I will not treat the high-level people who contribute to the company badly."

"Then boss, are there any ordinary employees like us?"

Although Yi Weidong's secretary has an important position, he is not a high-level executive in the company, and he must not have a share in the villa rewarded to the high-level.

Yi Weidong said: "Employees will also be rewarded to ordinary buildings in the future. Do you have to work hard to know in the future?"

Luo Caijing smiled and said, "Don't worry boss, I will work hard."

(End of this chapter)