Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 586 American Collaborator

As an experienced person, Lu Ding could see the difficulty and seriousness of this matter at a glance.

He said: "It will definitely cost a lot of money to sell the color TV to Mexico, and then enter the American market through smuggling channels, and many of the funds have not been able to go through the formal procedures. Once the trump card shareholders make trouble, they will be detained at any time. A big hat for misappropriating funds."

Lu Yiming assured, "I have no mutual interest with Li Donglai, so even if something happens to him, I won't be implicated."

Only then did Lu Ding feel relieved, but he felt puzzled again: "Why are you so concerned about such a useless thing?"

Lu Yiming laughed and said: "In business, sometimes favors are more valuable than benefits. I am optimistic about the development of Ace, and maybe we can cooperate with Jianlai Technology in the future... Isn't this an opportunity to make money?"

For Lu Yiming's growth, Lu Ding can be said to have a deep feeling.He said to Lu Yiming with a look of relief: "It seems that you have really grown up. You have considered things so thoroughly and in such a long-term way. I am really relieved."

Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Father, you see what you said. When did I do something that made you worry?"

When Lu Ding heard this, he couldn't sit still for a while, and immediately said: "You brat, do you have the nerve to say that? Didn't I find connections to get you in because you didn't get into junior high school? Which semester? I am not allowed to bring two bottles of antihypertensive drugs to the parent meeting..."

Lu Yiming blushed when he heard it, and argued: "That's all in the past, don't you know that you should look at him with admiration for three days?"

Ning Xuehua put the food on the table and shouted: "What are you two talking about? Why don't you hurry up and wash your hands and eat?"

"Oh, here we come."

Lu Yiming took the opportunity and ran away.

After eating, Lu Yiming began to carefully study the matter of selling TV sets.Now that he has promised to help Trump, Lu Yiming will not break his promise.In the final analysis, this kind of thing still needs to take some risks. After all, you are doing business with a group of lunatics who have no moral bottom line, so you must do a good job in planning.

Lu Yiming knew very well that to open up the smuggling channel from Mexico to the United States, the Mexicans were not the key. The real point was to find a ruthless person in the United States who could cover him.In this way, even if something happens in the future, it will be easier to get out.

After a little calculation in his mind, he thought of a suitable candidate.

He picked up the phone and called Epstein: "Man, are you interested in doing a big deal?"

When Epstein heard that there was a big deal, he immediately said excitedly, "Of course I'm interested."

Lu Yiming smiled slightly.Epstein's reaction was exactly as he expected.

"It's good if you're interested. I'm going to visit the United States in a few days. We'll meet and talk about it then."

This kind of thing can't be discussed on the phone, after all, Lu Yiming's impression of the American school is too deep.Who knows if these guys would monitor ordinary people besides those dignitaries?

After all, comparing the "politicians" of the United States to Satan, who has to move overnight, Lu Yiming does not believe in their integrity.

"I'll be waiting for you anytime, my boy."

When Epstein heard that Lu Yiming was coming to the United States to talk face to face, he didn't know that Lu Yiming was concerned about the XX family. Instead, he thought it was a very big deal, and his excitement was beyond words.

"Okay, I'll call you when I get to America."

"I'll pick you up at the airport myself."

"You are really polite."

"of course."

"Then it's time to meet and chat."

"Ok."

"Bye."

"Goodbye."

After the phone call with Epstein, Lu Yiming thought about it and felt that it might take some time to complete this matter, so he called Shi Qingxue and said, "Xiaoxue, I'm going to the United States for a while. Going back to school for class, let me tell you first, I will call the teacher to ask for leave later."

When Shi Qingxue learned that Lu Yiming was going to the United States again, and hearing this tone, she estimated that Lu Yiming would have to stay for a while, thinking that she would not be able to see Lu Yiming for so long, she was very unhappy.But she still said: "Then you be careful, pay attention to safety."

Lu Yiming said affectionately: "I will pay attention. Remember to miss me. Come and give me a kiss."

Shi Qingxue blushed slightly, and couldn't help but look around guiltily, as if the phone was on speakerphone.

After finding no one around, she pursed her lips and snorted softly into the phone: "Tch, who wants to kiss you?"

Lu Yiming pretended, "Come on, give me a kiss."

Shi Qingxue resolutely refused: "No."

Lu Yiming urged, "Kiss me, hurry up."

Shi Qingxue thought Lu Yiming was upset, curled her lips, and said, "Mua~ Is it okay? Hmph, elementary school students are not as naive as you."

Lu Yiming immediately put on a tricky smile and said, "Haha, this may be childish for elementary school students, but it's just right for adults."

Shi Qingxue was speechless immediately: "Okay, okay, hurry up and do your job. Be careful on the road, go early and return early. Don't go outside to hook up with dubious women."

Lu Yiming immediately called Qu: "Since when have I hooked up with a dubious woman?"

Shi Qingxue snorted and said in a drawn out tone, "Who knows?"

Lu Yiming felt a little guilty for no reason, and said, "Okay, I'll come back as soon as possible. That's it, bye."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yiming packed his things, called Li Yiwen, and took the "Yiming" to America.

On the plane, after listening to Lu Yiming's overall plan, Li Yiwen suddenly felt his scalp tingle.

"I said, are you so courageous now? Are you starting to smuggle? Don't ordinary business stimulate you anymore?"

Lu Yiming quickly argued, "Don't talk nonsense, I'm a legitimate businessman, how could I be involved in smuggling?"

Li Yiwen thought about it, and immediately realized that Lu Yiming didn't participate in this entire industrial chain, and he couldn't make any money at all, so it really didn't count as smuggling.

So he became even more frustrated: "I said you are taking such a big risk, and you still can't make a penny. What are you planning?"

"Tu-160."

Lu Yiming made a joke, and then said: "Don't spend money all day, it's tacky."

Li Yiwen said bluntly: "You are almost done, how can I not know you? You are thinking about how to make money even in your dreams, and you have the nerve to call me tacky? Tell me, what the hell are you planning this time?"

Of course, Lu Yiming would not hide Li Yiwen's right-hand man. He lowered his voice and said, "Cousin is really thoughtful, I can't hide it from you. Well, let me tell you the truth. I don't care about the construction of this smuggling channel." I will directly participate in it, and I will not receive benefits from it, and even on the contrary, I hope to use this channel to get out some equipment that the United States has banned from selling to our country."

Li Yiwen almost jumped when he heard this: "Are you crazy?"

Smuggling prohibited items, this shit seems more outrageous than smuggling, right?

Lu Yiming spread his arms and said helplessly: "If you are not crazy, you can't survive in the semiconductor industry. What's more, I'm just a matchmaker. When the profit transmission chain is established, I can sit back and enjoy the benefits. Anyway, I'm not the one who takes the risk."

In fact, it was not only after the start of the trade war that high-tech equipment such as lithography machines were banned from sale. Since that day in the late 40s, the embargo of many things has actually begun.For example, high-performance computers and related components, high-end precision machine tools and so on.It can be said that since that day, the country has come step by step in this way.

Although listening to Lu Yiming's words was very easy, Li Yiwen still felt uneasy: "That's not okay, you have to know that this is the United States! When did the United States reason with others? It doesn't matter whether it has anything to do with you or not." , the US government has to say."

Lu Yiming said disapprovingly: "Let's get down to business, are there no poor people in the United States? You have to know that most of the bills in the United States are bullshit, which is unreasonable in itself. I just let the entire market become freer. "

For money, Toshiba dared to sell high-precision machine tools to Mao Zi.

In this world, there will never be a shortage of people who take risks for money.

What's more, the person Lu Yiming is going to cheat this time is Epstein, so there is no problem.

Li Yiwen asked: "Okay, I won't tell you this, but Epstein is not an idiot to create the current foundation, and he can still be fooled by you?"

Lu Yiming said mysteriously: "It's not a matter of being fooled or not at all."

Compared with other absurd things that Epstein has done, such a small matter as smuggling a few instruments and equipment on the banned list is not worth mentioning at all.

The plane landed in the United States, and Epstein personally came to the airport to greet him.As soon as we met, Epstein gave Lu Yiming a big hug.

"My dear friend, welcome to America."

Apparently, Epstein was very enthusiastic about Lu Yiming, a "money boy" from the East.After all, who in this world would have a grudge against money?

"Dear friend, I miss you to death."

Lu Yiming also responded.

"This is my assistant Mr. Li Yiwen, I believe you are familiar with it?"

"Of course. Hello."

"Hello."

Epstein invited Lu Yiming into an extended Lincoln, while Li Yiwen and Zhao Tiezhu followed in other vehicles.

"What do you want to drink? I have a single malt Scotch whiskey here, and this, Louis XIII."

Lu Yiming said, "Is there Pepsi? I'll just drink that."

I'm really not used to drinking foreign wine or something.

Epstein didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "He's a billionaire anyway, but you can't drink a can of Coke for a dollar?"

Lu Yiming asked, "Then how many dollars do you have for Coke?"

Epstein looked helpless, and was obviously stopped by Lu Yiming: "My family has Coca-Cola's [-]th anniversary commemorative aluminum cans, which cost $[-] a bottle. Do you want to drink it?"

Lu Yiming said, "Okay."

"The Coca-Cola Company was founded in [-]," Epstein said.

Lu Yiming made some calculations in his mind.

Isn't this Coke 50 years old?

"Forget it, I'm afraid of being poisoned."

Seeing Lu Yiming's depressed expression, Epstein burst out laughing like a child who succeeded in pranking.

He poured a glass of malt whiskey for Lu Yiming involuntarily, and said, "Come on, try it, this wine costs 3 dollars a bottle."

"Sure enough, capitalism tends to corrupt people."

Lu Yiming muttered something, then took a sip from his wine glass.

"Good wine!"

Epstein was immediately very happy and said, "Come on, cheers."

"cheers."

The two clinked glasses, and Epstein drank the wine in the glass, and then asked impatiently: "Tell me quickly, you came all the way to the United States, do you want to talk to me about some good business to make money? "

Shorting US stocks before gave him a taste of the sweetness, so that now relying on the money he earned from his "serious business" has no way to satisfy his growing greed.

Lu Yiming did not directly answer Epstein's question, but instead asked, "Do you know how much a TV set costs in the United States?"

Epstein was immediately stopped by the question.

Although there is a TV set at home, he doesn't need to buy these things. Naturally, he doesn't understand the market.

"Why do you ask these? If you need a TV, I can send you one at any time."

Lu Yiming smiled slightly and said, "I learned a little bit about it on the way to the United States. The best-selling TVs in the United States are basically produced by Philips and Sony, and the price is generally more than 22924 US dollars, which is a little higher. , It costs thousands of dollars or even tens of thousands of dollars. For example, the FlatPlasmaTV produced by Philips sells for as high as 35 US dollars, while the KV-48XBR3821CRTTV produced by Sony is relatively affordable, and it also sells for [-] US dollars.”

Epstein said with a smile: "It's only [-] to [-] U.S. dollars, which is the price of a few glasses of wine. I don't need to know these things, right? I don't sell TV sets."

Epstein's reaction was completely within Lu Yiming's expectations. There are more and more people who "why not eat minced meat" in modern society.

Lu Yiming smiled slightly and asked, "Then do you know how much a color TV is in Xia Country?"

Epstein frowned slightly and asked, "How much?"

Lu Yiming raised three fingers and said, "It's less than three hundred dollars."

It was also a color TV, but there was such a big price difference, which shocked even Epstein.

Although Epstein has never cared about the lives of the people at the bottom, he still has a concept of the difference between three hundred and twenty thousand dollars.

This is clearly the price of expensive technological products directly at the price of cabbage, and the bottom line of the price has been broken down!

The impact brought by Lu Yiming undoubtedly opened a door to a new world for Epstein. For this reason, he even became short of breath, looked at Lu Yiming eagerly, and asked tentatively: "So you means……"

Since he wanted to cooperate with Epstein, of course Lu Yiming would not hide it.Immediately said: "I can help you find suppliers in Xiaguo, so that these affordable TVs can enter thousands of households in the United States. After all, the people have the right to choose freely, and they deserve an affordable and high-quality TV set." TV set."

Epstein was secretly contemptuous, smuggling is smuggling, and he said so grandly, but his face was full of smiles, and he praised Lu Yiming's words: "You really understand freedom. Yes, the people of the United States have the right to buy a An inexpensive TV."

However, Epstein was a little worried afterwards. After all, he was aware of the trade policies of the United States, so he said to Lu Yiming: "I'm afraid you can't go through regular channels. The TV sets you produce are so cheap that they will definitely be targeted by the Ministry of Commerce." of."

A TV set worth 26 dollars is inconceivable to the people of European and American countries. After all, the per capita salary in the United States in [-] was [-] dollars. A month's salary is only [-]/[-] of theirs.

So they couldn't understand why Xia Guo's products were so cheap.

Lu Yiming looked at Epstein and said in an orderly manner: "So, the goods will first enter Mexico in the name of export, and then enter the North American market through Mexico.

Epstein got it.

Good guy, I dare you to drag him into smuggling together!
There is no doubt that smuggling is illegal.

But in the face of huge money interests, what is the law?

Almost without thinking, Epstein blurted out: "Of course I can do this business."

There are people in the business of beheading, but no one in the business of losing money.

Lu Yiming smiled and said to him: "Over Xia Guo, I will take care of the suppliers and ensure that the products are of high quality and cheap. , the supply channels in the country of Mexico will have to be contributed by you."

Epstein, who runs Happy Island, has been in contact with the country's "agricultural product suppliers" on weekdays. After all, without their supply, how can the "tourists" on Happy Island be truly happy?

So Epstein patted his chest and said: "No problem, I can handle these."

Lu Yiming laughed and said, "It's really a pleasure to do business with you. Then let's talk about the specific details."

When the car arrived at the destination, Lu Yiming and Epstein discussed again in Epstein's villa, finalized some technical details, and the cooperation was ready to start.

After leaving Epstein's villa, Lu Yiming told Li Yiwen the whole story.Li Yiwen was shocked after hearing this: "Isn't it? It's so simple, and the matter is settled?"

Lu Yiming said: "This is the United States. No one will procrastinate when it comes to making money. What's more, compared with serious business, smuggling is huge profits. With Epstein's greedy and shameless personality, how could he bear it?" ?”

After listening to this, Li Yiwen couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Sure enough, the old saying is good: people die for wealth, and birds die for food."

(End of this chapter)