Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 523 I'm Not What You Think

In the afternoon of the next day, Guo Guangchang called Lu Yiming when he learned that Lu Yiming had already attended school.

"Brother Lu, welcome back to China safely. How is it? Isn't the assassination of the United States exciting?"

Knowing that Guo Guangchang didn't mean anything malicious, but just wanted to tease himself, Lu Yiming smiled and replied: "It's exciting, it's too exciting, and I will play in the future."

Guo Guangchang couldn't help teasing when he heard the words: "Student Lu is indeed a young man, and his fighting spirit is high."

Afterwards, the two chatted for a while, and Guo Guangchang talked about a major event in Zhonghai recently, and said with emotion: "I just got the news that Wei Dong sold all his assets in the country, and he is now hiding in the United States and won't come back." gone."

Lu Yiming knew that Wei Dong had gone to the United States, but he didn't know what Wei Dong was doing in the United States. Hearing what Guo Guangchang said, he was immediately surprised: "Good guy, how big is it? There's no news about it."

Guo Guangchang complained: "The investors behind Wei Dong are not very well-known, mainly because their sources of funds are problematic. Who dares to report this? If they are stabbed out, they will not be killed?"

"Is it the country's money?"

Guo Guangchang sighed, and his tone was quite heavy: "Isn't it? I heard that Wei Dong lost more than one billion in the U.S. stock market. If he returns to China, he will have no way to explain it. So he just gave up and didn't come back. I guess he will never come back. You can't even wash away the stigma on your body, and don't even think about returning to your roots."

Hearing what Guo Guangchang said, Lu Yiming was not very embarrassed, and said: "I never thought that Wei Dong, who was a man of the sea not long ago, would end up in such a fate now."

Later, Lu Yiming mentioned the meeting with Wei Dong in New York: "To be honest, when I was in America a few days ago, he also approached me and asked me to help him tide over the difficulties."

Guo Guangchang was startled when he heard this, and asked, "You didn't lend him the money, did you?"

"Just a few days ago, he frantically called us to borrow money, with snot and tears, and how pitiful he was. But as far as I know, he didn't seem to get much money."

Lu Yiming said: "Of course I don't, and I'm not familiar with him. He said he would take the shares of the Yongjin Department as collateral, but I don't know anything about the internal situation of the Yongjin Department. How dare I take it over?"

Hearing what Lu Yiming said, Guo Guangchang breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Fortunately, Junior Brother Lu, you didn't agree. Behind the Yongjin Department, there are many shareholders with a lot of background. Wei Dong said he would mortgage the shares to you. Impossible to agree, when the time comes, your money will be in vain. We are all because we have seen through this, so we are not fooled by him at all."

Hearing Guo Guangchang's explanation of the real situation, Lu Yiming was also very thankful and said, "Fortunately, I wasn't greedy at the time, otherwise I might really have fallen into the pit."

Guo Guangchang also sighed unceasingly: "Now Yongjin Department has been drained of cash flow by Wei Dong, and all the assets that can be sold have been sold. The internal affairs have become a mess. The new shareholders and the old shareholders are not convinced by the other. I don't know what will happen in the future. What's going on?"

In today's Zhonghai, because of Wei Dong's departure, it can be said that one stone caused a thousand waves, and I don't know how many people were involved.

Fortunately, Lu Yiming didn't fall into the pit, so instead he was able to stand outside the pit and watch the show.

Regarding Wei Dong's fate, Lu Yiming also felt that the fate was wonderful. Although Wei Dong's loss of money seemed to be caused by him, at least this time, he went abroad and did not have to be forced to jump off the building. It can be said that he escaped death.

Although the reputation of absconding in fear of crime is not good, it is better to live than to die, and I don't know if I am saving a life?
After chatting with Wei Dong, Lu Yiming changed the subject and said, "Senior, please do me a favor."

Guo Guangchang straightened his face and said, "What's the matter?"

Lu Yiming immediately said his request: "I would like to trouble you to introduce someone to me, do you know Cao Guowei from Zha Lang?"

Cao Guowei studied journalism at Furi University as an undergraduate. After graduation, he worked as a financial reporter for Zhonghai TV for a year before going to the United States to study. He obtained a master's degree and worked in Silicon Valley.

Obviously, Lu Yiming wanted to get to know Cao Guowei, a new senior, through Guo Guangchang, an old senior.

For such a trivial matter, Guo Guangchang would naturally not refuse, and said, "Him? All right, I'll help you arrange it right away."

Seeing that Lu Yiming is getting more and more powerful now, Guo Guangchang is naturally more and more concerned about this junior. Recently, he was still thinking about how to improve his relationship with Lu Yiming. When he suddenly received this request from Lu Yiming, he suddenly felt There is a feeling of "you can't find a place if you break through the iron shoes, and you can get it without any effort".

On the third day, Guo Guangchang invited Cao Guowei to Zhonghai and agreed to have lunch at China World Trade Center.

In the box, Guo Guangchang saw Cao Guowei, and immediately shook hands enthusiastically: "Senior Cao, long time no see, I miss you very much. You, if I didn't make this call, I wouldn't know that you happened to be on a business trip in Guangdong Province. You came to Guangdong Province You don’t even call me, isn’t that too extravagant?”

Facing the junior Guo Guangchang, Cao Guowei also seemed very peaceful, and said with a smile, "Junior Guo has a lot of affairs going on every day, so I dare not come here to disturb me, right? Oh, by the way, first of all, congratulations to Fosun Group for successfully developing a new business in the medical field. "

Guo Guangchang said modestly: "Where, I am just making a fuss. Senior Cao, you are the dragon and phoenix among the people. You have single-handedly led Zhalang to go public on NASDAQ. You have already become famous in the investment circle. You must have a bright future in the future." .”

The two flattered each other, Guo Guangchang got back to business, and said, "Senior Cao, please come here today. Besides we haven't seen each other for so many years, I plan to introduce a new friend to you."

When Cao Guowei heard this, he smiled and said, "Really? You know, I like making friends the most. I don't know which business tycoon is able to work for Guo Xuedi to introduce himself."

Although in terms of age, Cao Guowei is two years older than Guo Guangchang, and he graduated two years earlier than Guo Guangchang, but in terms of personal achievements, Guo Guangchang is now a billionaire, chairman of the group, owns his own business and company, The contacts and resources in his hands are not comparable to Cao Guowei.

Therefore, when Cao Guowei faced Guo Guangchang, he was subconsciously a head shorter.After all, in the business field, it has always been about achievement, not age.

Guo Guangchang did not show off in front of Cao Guowei, but smiled and said: "The person I want to introduce to you is probably familiar to you, and speaking of identity, he is still our junior. Students at the University of Japan."

Cao Guowei was very surprised and said, "Really? Then I really have to see you."

"Well, here he is."

Said that Cao Cao and Cao Cao would be there, seeing Lu Yiming coming in, Guo Guangchang said with a smile: "Your brother came on time."

Cao Guowei looked back, his face paled in shock, and he blurted out, "The richest man in Lu?"

He never expected that the junior Guo Guangchang said he would introduce to him was actually Lu Yiming, the youngest richest man in the mainland who was in the limelight.

Lu Yiming had a gentle smile on his face, and his tone was very easy-going: "Senior Cao was joking, the richest man is not the richest man, it's just a false name."

Relying on his alumni status, Lu Yiming quickly managed to close the distance with Cao Guowei, chatting about various topics.

The person in front of him is a great talent, especially in the field of capital operation, he can be said to be the soul of Zha Lang.

In the original history, Cao Guowei began to take charge of Zhalang from [-]. After taking office, he immediately carried out drastic reforms to the company, and later created Zhalang Weibo, a phenomenal product. , Standing out from the competition of countless peers, killing the Quartet.

It has to be said that Cao Guowei's ability is beyond doubt.

If it wasn't for Zha Lang's innate limitations as a portal website that made it difficult for him to pursue his aspirations, maybe he would be able to shine even more dazzlingly if he changed to a different platform.

When Lu Yiming secretly looked at Cao Guowei, Cao Guowei was very disturbed.

Of the three people sitting here today, in terms of age, he is the oldest and Lu Yiming is the youngest, but in terms of assets and achievements, the three of them are completely opposite.

Especially Lu Yiming, with his status as the richest man in the country of Xia, and the prospect of returning home with a lot of money from the US stock market, he was under a lot of pressure, and at the same time, his mood was even more complicated. He felt that he had really lived like a dog for most of his life.

At that time, he was already the richest man in the country, and he had achieved great success. Although he was a high-achieving student who had returned from studying abroad, he was still a senior wage earner.

The more talented a person is, the more ambitious he is.

Especially for people like Cao Guowei, if he is really rich and secure, how can he give up his work and life in the United States, give up the solicitation of those Fortune [-] companies, but return to China with a lower salary, exhausted What about being an operating officer in an Internet company that was established less than two years ago?
To put it bluntly, I still long for a bigger stage and chase more brilliant success.

People are not satisfied.

Guo Guangchang opened his mouth and said to Cao Guowei: "To tell you the truth, asking the senior out today is exactly what Junior Lu wanted."

"Oh?"

Cao Guowei asked curiously: "I don't know why the richest man in Lu invited me over?"

Lu Yiming once again showed a gentleman with a gentle smile and said: "Don't worry about things first, let me tell you something. When I returned to China a few days ago, there was a female reporter from your country who spoke with a gun and a stick, hiding smuggled goods."

Cao Guowei was shocked when he heard this, and said indignantly: "There is such a thing? Don't worry, rich man Lu, I will investigate thoroughly after I go back, and I will never tolerate it."

Lu Yiming waved his hand and said with a smile: "Hey, don't always come from the richest man to the richest man. I don't like this kind of false name. Just like Senior Guo, the three of us sitting here are between the senior and the junior. I call you senior, you can call me junior. And this female reporter, although you can check it, but it is not necessary. There is a saying that is good, if the upper beam is not right, the lower beam is crooked, this kind of person can Establishing a foothold in Zha Lang shows that her style is allowed and even condoned by Zha Lang, don't you think so?"

Cao Guowei broke into a cold sweat after "swiping" the ground, and promised in a trembling voice: "Yes, yes, yes."

When the richest man got angry, not to mention bleeding for five steps, that was not something a senior wage earner like him could afford.

The name of a person, the shadow of a tree, Cao Guowei doesn't have the big heart like Wang Zhidong, and he dares to openly confront a billionaire like Lu Yiming.

However, Lu Yiming did not lose his temper as Cao Guowei imagined, but said in a calm tone: "I know Wang Zhidong, and he likes to play this kind of confrontational tricks the most, so I don't like him very much, so I wanted to get him How to kick him out of the game. How about it, Senior Cao, do you have any ideas about the position of CEO of Zha Lang, a company?"

"Ah this..."

This question was too straightforward, and Cao Guowei didn't know how to complain, but after all, as a senior intellectual, he still wanted face, so he said: "Student, I'm not the kind of person you think. "

Lu Yiming said: "You are not doing this for your own selfish desires, but for Zha Lang's future development. Senior Cao, you don't want me to keep an eye on Zha Lang because of Wang Zhidong's affairs, do you?"

Coercion and temptation are nothing more than these two methods.

The point is, Lu Yiming doesn't believe that Cao Guowei has no idea about the position of CEO of Zha Lang. These days, is there anyone who doesn't want to climb up?
It's just that Cao Guowei couldn't bear this face, so Lu Yiming had to give him a step down.

Although Cao Guowei didn't agree on the spot, the hesitation on his face had fallen into Lu Yiming's eyes.

Lu Yiming was not too pushy, but smiled and gave Cao Guowei a business card: "This matter is not urgent. When Senior Cao thinks it through, I will make this call. My promise will be valid at any time."

Cao Guowei took the business card and accepted it with mixed feelings.

Guo Guangchang watched from the side, and felt that the conversation between the two seemed to have come to an end, so he hurriedly said, "Look, it's getting late, why don't we have dinner. Senior Cao, what wine do you want?"

Cao Guowei's mind is full of what Lu Yiming just said, how can he be in the mood to drink?Immediately said: "If you drive today, don't drink."

Lu Yiming smiled and said, "It just so happens that I am a student and I don't drink alcohol. Today we will replace the bar with tea."

After eating, Cao Guowei left.On the other hand, Guo Guangchang asked Lu Yiming in surprise: "You really want to kick Wang Zhidong out? It's just a little quarrel, there's no need to fight each other, right? Isn't this too young and arrogant?"

Lu Yiming laughed: "Senior Guo, I am only this year. If I am not arrogant, can I be called a young man? If Wang Zhidong wants to blame him, he will blame him for his stinky mouth, which provoked me."

If a young ferocious beast does not show its sharp fangs frequently, it will become a bully existence in the food chain.

Hit a punch to avoid a hundred punches.

Lu Yiming deliberately wanted to vent his anger on Wang Zhidong, to let everyone know that the richest man in the Xia Kingdom should not be humiliated, and if he dared to provoke him, he had to be prepared to pay the price.

At [-]:[-] p.m. on April [-], [-], Zhalang was officially listed on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol SINA.

Full of ambition, Wang Zhidong took Wang Yan, Cao Guowei and other high-level executives of Zhalang Company to the United States to participate in the bell-ringing ceremony.

And Zha Lang, who chose to list under the situation of being surrounded by enemies and ambushing on all sides, soon had to pay the price for this reckless behavior.

The IPO price of Zhalang was set at US$22, but it only rose to US$22 at the opening, and it closed at US$[-] that day, which was only [-]% higher than the issue price. disappointed.

Even the domestic news media are questioning Zha Lang's future potential, and even questioning whether Xia Guo's Internet industry has a future at all.

This result was unexpected by Wang Zhidong. Under the doubts of everyone, he had to hold a press conference immediately after returning to China to explain the situation.

At the press conference, after talking about Zha Lang's philosophy, Wang Zhidong talked about Zha Lang's listing, and said in front of everyone: "Zha Lang has not failed, and Zha Lang will not fail!"

Immediately, a reporter asked: "Now that the facts are in front of us, why does Mr. Wang make such a judgment?"

Wang Zhidong immediately said: "In the original plan, eleven companies in Xiaguo were planning to go public at this time, but later, due to insufficient sales and other reasons, nine companies withdrew, and the listing plan was extended indefinitely. Only Zhalang.com and Another software company has gone public, and there is still an increase. If you don’t have a good physique and enough confidence, you will definitely not dare to go on the market.”

As the founder and CEO of Zhalang, Wang Zhidong certainly cannot admit his failure. The current Zhalang is trying to catch the ducks on the shelves, and it has to do if it can't.

At this time, a reporter below suddenly received a call. After answering the call, the reporter immediately said: "Mr. Wang, the domestic news just came back. On the US stock Nasdaq, the stock of Zha Lang has already been released." It fell below the issue price, what do you think of this matter?"

"what?"

When Wang Zhidong heard the news, he was so angry that he almost fainted.

Another reporter asked, "Does Zha Lang have a future?"

Wang Zhidong turned his head and left.

It fell below the issue price just after it was listed. If there is no future, answer a fart.

If you continue to stand here, are you waiting to be slapped in the face all the time?

Wang Zhidong, who returned to the backstage, immediately called Cao Guowei to scold him.

"Surnamed Cao! How do you do things? After the agreed listing, the future is bright? Now that it has fallen below the issue price, how do you want me to explain to investors?"

Cao Guowei also just heard about this incident. As the chief operating officer, he can be said to be duty bound when something like this happens.

On the contrary, Wang Yan, one of the co-founders, said something fair for Cao Guowei: "Zhidong, I don't know what's going on with the US stock market yet, we'll wait for the exact news to come back."

Waiting and waiting, finally the definite news came.

Zhalang employees who stayed in the United States told Wang Zhidong that the company's U.S. stock market plummeted because of malicious short selling.

And it was none other than Saltwater Fund that shorted Zha Lang.

When Wang Zhidong heard the words "salt water fund", he was so angry that the veins on his forehead almost exploded.

"Lu Yiming! You fucking don't talk about martial arts!"

(End of this chapter)