Reborn in the red age

After Li Qingfeng and Secretary Qian finalized the issue of the new company's corporate share, their subordinates quickly took over and entered into in-depth discussions.

Fang Wanzhen in Hong Kong and the mixed-race girl in America sent delegations to the city by plane.

Both sides sent inspection teams, but their responsibilities were different: one was responsible for subsequent in-depth cooperation, and the other was responsible for technology.

The team from Hong Kong was led by Fang Wanzhen herself. On the American side, due to various reasons, the little mixed-blood was not convenient to appear on the plane to this side, so the team had to be led by Sun Kangmei, the head of the technical department.

"Anti-American, you haven't been back to China for many years, right?"

At the Capital Airport, Li Qingfeng came in person to greet the delegation members and warmly hugged and shook hands with the team leader Sun Kangmei.

Looking at the environment of the Capital Airport, Sun Kangmei's face was full of emotion: "Yes, I went abroad in 1980. Counting the time, I haven't been back for almost ten years. The country has changed a lot in the past ten years."

Sun Kangmei was an international student in the same class as Li Qingfeng. Calculating the time, it would be ten years in a few months.

"This is just the airport. The city is developing even faster. You will be shocked when you see it later."

"Really? I've been reading letters from my classmates in China, saying that China is developing very fast. I'm going to take a closer look later."

After a brief chat at the airport, Li Qingfeng and the members of the inspection team got on the bus and headed towards the city.

On the way, Li Qingfeng did not mention work, but talked with the delegation members about the situation in the United States and the current changes in the country.

These people were all college students sponsored by Li Qingfeng to study abroad. A lot of effort was put into training these people.

The reason why we spend a huge amount of money to train these people is not to let them stay in America to serve the local capitalists. According to the plan, all of them will return to their home country for development in the end.

After so many years, Qingfeng Li wanted to understand the inner thoughts of these people, so that they would not be dazzled by the glamorous capitalist world of America. It would be a big joke if they were unwilling to come back when they needed to return to China to work in a few years.

After chatting, these people still showed their love for the motherland on their faces, but outsiders had no way of knowing what they were thinking in their hearts.

Li Qingfeng could only choose to believe them and hope that they would not let him down in the end.

"Your accommodation has been arranged. For the sake of confidentiality, you cannot live in a hotel with the people from Lemon Company. This is the family quarters of Peking University. There are several buildings inside that are our dormitories. The conditions are not bad, not worse than a hotel. I have asked someone to clean up the vacant rooms. You will live here for the time being."

Standing downstairs in the family quarters, Li Qingfeng began to explain to the members of the inspection team.

Looking at the apartment building in front of him where every window had an air conditioner, Sun Kangmei said with a smile: "I can see that every room has an air conditioner."

"Come on, let's go in. All the single researchers in the institute live in this building. You can visit each other and get to know each other and communicate with each other." Li Qingfeng walked in front with a smile, and asked the dormitory manager who had been waiting for a long time to lead everyone upstairs.

This building is a standard apartment building. All the apartments are one-bedroom and one-living room with an area of ​​40 square meters. There are 18 households on each floor. It is fully equipped with all kinds of household appliances such as air conditioners and refrigerators, and you can move in directly.

Many people in the school envied the three dormitory buildings built by Lemon Company. In order to live in these three dormitory buildings, many teachers in the school found the heads of the two research institutes and took the initiative to recommend themselves, wanting to work in the institutes.

After everyone checked in, Li Qingfeng did not arrange any activities. The long-distance flight of more than ten hours was not comfortable, and there were inspections in two places, so everyone needed to rest and adjust.

After asking them to have a good rest, Li Qingfeng left the dormitory and went to Kunlun Hotel to learn about Fang Wanzhen's negotiations with the Ministry of Commerce today.

"Mr. Li, those people are too much. I told us to use the money in the Hong Kong branch to inject capital into the joint venture, but they didn't allow it. They said they already had an arrangement for the money and asked us to transfer another sum of money."

Fang Wanzhen, who was very angry after the meeting, started to complain to Qingfeng Li as soon as she saw him.

Hearing Fang Wanzhen's complaints, Qingfeng Li couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Wow, it has only been a short time since the money was deposited, but the use of the money has already been arranged. When it comes to spending money, the efficiency is really fast!
Li Qingfeng waved his hand and said indifferently: "It's okay. The money was originally lent to them for two years. At that time, it was agreed that the money would be kept in the bank account and we would not use it."

"Well, the problem is that the company doesn't have much cash now. For the time being, our company can't raise the funds to inject capital into the joint venture," Fang Wanzhen spread her hands and said helplessly.

"Huh? What's going on? Isn't there $200 million in that account? Our initial investment in the chip company is also $200 million. Can't we just transfer the money directly to that account?"

“They said that the money you promised was for local investment, not for injection into the joint venture, and that we should use it for its intended purpose and not divert the agreed local investment.”

"Ah? Fuck you!"

I am convinced. Li Qingfeng is really convinced. It is really hard to cope with one set after another.

The headquarters is out of money now. It can neither withdraw funds from the Japanese market nor transfer operating funds from local branches. In desperation, Li Qingfeng had to discuss with Secretary Qian that the funds could not be in place for the time being, and promised to deposit the funds before the end of the year.

Secretary Qian was shocked when he got the news. Wasn't it said that Lemon Company was very rich, with assets of hundreds of billions, more than its foreign exchange reserves? How the hell could it not even come up with 200 million?
Secretary Qian looked at Li Qingfeng with a strange expression, suspiciously: "You are not trying to fool me, are you? Your company is so rich, how can you not come up with a mere 200 million?"

"A mere 200 million? Do you want to hear what you are talking about?" Li Qingfeng looked at Secretary Qian with the same strange expression.

"cough cough"

Secretary Qian coughed awkwardly to cover up his mistake, and then continued, "This shouldn't be the case. Your company is engaged in software and electronic games, which are high-profit businesses with no capital investment. The annual turnover is more than 10 or 20 billion. Can't you come up with 200 million?"

"Look at what you said, what do you mean by profiteering without cost? Isn't R&D cost money? Isn't floppy disk packaging money? Isn't marketing cost money? Agents don't want profit?" Li Qingfeng quickly defended his company, proving that he was not doing profitless business. "Come on, you kid, you are not telling the truth. You sell a piece of software for twenty or thirty dollars, and the cost of the crappy packaging box is included. The packaging boxes you purchased in Pengcheng are only twenty cents each, and you still call it great unity."

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Facing Secretary Qian's contemptuous look, Li Qingfeng shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands and said, "Okay, I have money, but most of it is currently in Japan and cannot be withdrawn for the time being."

When the word "Japan" was mentioned, Secretary Qian's expression became more serious.

Secretary Qian looked Qingfeng up and down for a few times, until he almost saw Qingfeng's hair, he spoke: "Boy, if you lend us a billion dollars interest-free loan, I will tell you a top-secret news about Japan's economy. It will definitely be worth it for you."

"Top secret information about Japan's economy? Economic? Still top secret? Where did the information come from?" Li Qingfeng asked curiously.

"I can't tell you the specific source of the news, but I can say that this news is from the Ministry of Finance, the Japanese department responsible for the economy."

Secretary Qian lit a cigarette, looked like he had Li Qingfeng in his grasp, leaned back on the sofa, and continued to tempt him, "Just think about it, if you knew the top-secret information about Japan's economy in advance, you would definitely be able to make a fortune from it. I'm just letting you borrow 1 billion yuan interest-free. Boy, you're going to make a fortune."

Without answering Secretary Qian's words, Li Qingfeng also lit a cigarette and fell into thought.

After a long while, Qingfeng Li looked at Secretary Qian strangely: "You mean, the Ministry of Finance is going to collect statistics on Japan's economy and then stop providing funds to real estate?"

Secretary Qian, who had just looked like he had Li Qingfeng in his grasp, heard what Li Qingfeng said and his hand holding the cigarette trembled, and the ash fell directly onto the sofa.

Seeing Secretary Qian's shocked expression, Li Qingfeng smiled. It seemed that the so-called top-secret information Secretary Qian mentioned was the statistical plan that the Ministry of Finance was about to launch.

"This is the latest information from Japan. It's still a secret even in Japan. How did you know about it?" Secretary Qian frowned and looked at Li Qingfeng solemnly.

Li Qingfeng spread his hands and said casually: "Simple, just a guess. Haven't you noticed that some foreign investment companies in the Japanese market have begun to cash out and leave slowly?"

"The Japanese economy seems to be booming right now. They claim that they can buy the entire America by selling Tokyo alone. But everyone knows that the Japanese economy has reached the edge of a cliff. If it's fast, it will happen this year, if it's slow, it will happen next year. The upper echelons will definitely intervene."

"After all, no one will sit idly by and watch their economy go bankrupt. The upper echelons will definitely not allow this situation to continue and will definitely cut off this hot economy at the root."

Listening to Li Qingfeng's explanation, Secretary Qian nodded with a complicated expression and said with a sigh: "You capitalists are really smart, no wonder you can make a fortune."

Li Qingfeng spread his hands and didn't respond.

"It's okay as long as you know this. The higher-ups wanted me to remind you not to get caught up in the 'bubble' of the investment economy, but it seems that's not necessary." Secretary Qian sighed and continued with the topic they had discussed at the beginning: "You can transfer the money from the joint venture later, just as you said, before the Chinese New Year."

"Okay, thank you Secretary Qian for your leniency. Don't worry, once the funds come out from the market, it's only 200 million US dollars, which is a small amount of money," Li Qingfeng said arrogantly.

Secretary Qian was too lazy to watch Li Qingfeng showing off his wealth, so he waved his hand and told him to get out.

After resolving the funding issue, the remaining negotiations progressed rapidly. Soon, the business license of the joint venture was delivered, and the initial office space was coordinated. Once the staff were in place, work could begin at any time.

Standing on the first floor of the office building where he was helping with coordination, Li Qingfeng looked at it and shook his head. It was so shabby and looked so unremarkable. It didn't look grand at all.

"Hey, Mr. Xu, please remember that I will go to the city in the next few days to ask for approval of a piece of land in Zhongguancun for the construction of an office building," Li Qingfeng said to Xu Yuanming, formerly the general manager of the electronic R&D department of Lemon Company and now the general manager of the joint venture.

Xu Yuanming, with slightly gray hair and dressed in formal clothes in the middle of summer, nodded: "Okay, I'll send someone to do it tomorrow. But, Mr. Li, how high do you plan to build the headquarters building?"

"Didn't Chuan Jianguo say a few years ago that he wanted to build a 150-story skyscraper with a main building over meters high? Our headquarters must also be over meters high to surpass him," Li Qingfeng smacked his lips and said arrogantly.

The other people who were accompanying him looked at each other in confusion. Was Mr. Li drunk?
Chuan Jianguo is a real estate developer. He said he wanted to build the world's tallest building at 500 meters. He has his own goals. Even though the slogan was shouted, several years have passed and there has been no movement.

Do you think it is easy to build a building over 500 meters high? Why would you, a computer and chip expert, get involved in this?
After Xu Yuanming and Fang Wanzhen looked at each other, Xu Yuanming gritted his teeth and persuaded them: "Mr. Li, there is no relevant technology for a building over 500 meters high, and the building materials are not up to standard. It is very difficult to build it. Chuan Jianguo hasn't even started building it yet. Besides, our chip company doesn't have such a demand. A building of 300 to 400 meters is completely enough."

"Are there no technical conditions to build a building over 500 meters high now?" Li Qingfeng asked doubtfully.

"No, I learned about it in detail when Hong Kong built its headquarters. The tallest building in the world is currently 442.3 meters high."

After hearing what Xu Yuanming said, Li Qingfeng felt embarrassed. He came out to brag without understanding the situation. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Old Xu, I was just joking. We are a chip company, why are we joining in the fun? Three or four hundred meters is good enough."

"Yes, yes, there's no need to join in the fun. It's enough for the headquarters building to meet our needs," Xu Yuanming quickly said in cooperation.

Fang Wanzhen, who was standing by, saw that Li Qingfeng had given up the idea of ​​building a 500-meter-high building, so she quickly came forward and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Li, the chip company has just started, and it is a joint venture. If we build a headquarters now, how should the asset of the building be calculated?"

"Isn't this simple?" Li Qingfeng glanced at Fang Wanzhen and said lightly.

"Please give me your advice"

"Doesn't the Hong Kong branch have 200 million yuan of mainland investment funds in its account? Take this money and build a high-rise building in the name of Lemon Company, then rent it to the chip company as its headquarters, collect rent on time every year, and then wait for the chip company to make money and sell it to the chip company at the market price."

At this point, Qingfeng Li paused and added: "Not for 20 years, but for 30 years, the headquarters building will only be rented and not sold. It will be sold to the chip company after 30 years." (End of this chapter)