Reborn in the red age

"Mr. Ozawa, your current position is too risky and you need to pay your margin. If the stock price reaches our warning line, we will force your account to close."

"No, you can't do this. Please give me some time. I have two properties under my name. I will sell them as soon as possible."

“We base our decision on the funds in the margin account.”

Having said that, the person from the securities company hung up the phone without giving Ozawa Jiro a chance to speak again.

Hearing the busy tone in the microphone, Jiro Ozawa angrily smashed the microphone in his hand to pieces.

"Ah, ah, ah, baka, baka, they are all a bunch of bastards"

After venting his anger, Jiro Ozawa grabbed his hair in annoyance as he looked at the messy office in front of him.

The two properties under his name had already been mortgaged and invested in the stock market when the stock market was at its craziest. Real estate in Yokohama is not as valuable as that in Tokyo. Even if he sells the properties now, Jiro Ozawa will not get much money.

"Comrade, we are family. I grew up in China and received Chinese education. I have deep feelings for the Northeast. In my heart, I have long considered myself a Chinese."

When Jiro Ozawa saw Qingfeng Li again, his face was filled with a smile as if he had seen a relative. He enthusiastically stepped forward and held Qingfeng's hand, shaking it continuously.

Li Qingfeng felt disgusted after hearing these words, and had a clearer understanding of Ozawa Jiro's shamelessness.

Pushing away Jiro Ozawa's hand, Qingfeng Li said with a fake smile: "Director Ozawa, I know your feelings towards the Northeast. I told you last time that business is business, don't bring up feelings."

"Yes, yes, business is business, Boss Li is right." Jiro Ozawa's expression froze and he nodded repeatedly in embarrassment.

In the same conference room as last time, after both parties sat down, Li Qingfeng spoke first: "Director Xiaoze, I still say the same thing, 30 million US dollars for all the equipment in your factory"

"30 million is simply impossible, Boss Li. You don't know that all Japanese companies have reached a consensus that the production equipment you need in China will be doubled. If I sell the equipment to you for 30 million, it will be against the rules. How can I survive in Japan in the future?"

Jiro Ozawa's attitude was much better this time. At least he didn't look like he had Li Qingfeng and the others in his grasp as he did last time.

Li Qingfeng was not angry at what Ozawa Jiro said. This was an old tradition for many years and he was used to it.

The international community has spared no effort in its blockade of China's high-tech sector. Not only do they not sell the most advanced technology and equipment to China, even the backward equipment that can be sold is still sold at a sky-high price.

Li Qingfeng looked at Ozawa Jiro with a smile: "As far as I know, if the stocks you hold drop another five points, you will go bankrupt."

The implication is obvious, that is, you are about to go to the rooftop, so why think so much?

You could say that Jiro Ozawa was shameless, but you couldn't say he was stupid. Of course he understood what Qingfeng Li meant.

After thinking for a long time with a gloomy face, Ozawa Jiro gritted his teeth and said, "30 million is not enough. 50 million. For 50 million, I can sell you the whole set of equipment in the factory."

"Thirty-one million"

"Huh? I lower the price by 10 million, and you raise it by 1 million? That's not how you negotiate business, right?"

Li Qingfeng shrugged and said indifferently: "Anyway, I won't go to the rooftop, so I'll raise the salary a little bit and slowly negotiate with you. It won't be a problem if I wait for a year or two."

Facing Li Qingfeng's control, Jiro Ozawa gnashed his teeth in hatred. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and said, "Forty million, if it's okay, just say it. If not, please go back."

"Farewell"

Li Qingfeng didn't waste any words. He just stood up and asked Sun Kangmei and others to leave.

Before Li Qingfeng and the others could leave the room, Jiro Ozawa's gnashing voice rang out behind them: "Tell me a number. Thirty million or one million is not acceptable. I can't sell it to you at that price."

"What about 31,010,000?"

“You can leave now.”

"Just kidding, let's talk."

Sitting back on the stool, Qingfeng Li continued to haggle over the price with Jiro Ozawa.

After half an hour of heated debate, the deal was finally concluded at a price of 35.88 million.

Li Qingfeng was very satisfied with this price. Although it was still much more expensive than purchasing from Japan, it was better than 60 million, right?
After the price was agreed upon, Li Qingfeng called Academician Wang and others who were still negotiating with NEC, informing them of the news and asking them to stop wasting time with NEC and come to Yokohama as soon as possible to inspect the equipment.

After two days of inspection, and after confirming that there were no problems with the production line, Li Qingfeng officially signed the contract with Jiro Ozawa.

After the bank paid off the factory's mortgage and transferred the remaining money to Jiro Ozawa's personal account, Academician Wang and his colleagues began to organize the factory to dismantle its production lines and equipment.

On the same day that Jiro Ozawa received the money, he invested it in the securities market, calling it covering a position.

Looking at the disappearing figure, Qingfeng Li shrugged and said meaningfully, "It seems that the extra millions I spent will eventually return to my account in other ways."

Chip production lines are extremely complex, and neither installation nor dismantling can be completed in a short period of time.

After completing the two most important tasks in Japan, Li Qingfeng, who had been eager to return home, left Ni Guangnan and others to watch the Japanese workers dismantle the equipment. Li Qingfeng and a group of old men including Academician Wang bought tickets back to China and prepared to go home.

"Ms. Keiko, it's been just over two months since we last met, and you seem a lot more haggard than before." Li Qingfeng stood in the lobby of the Empire Hotel, looking at Kudo Keiko, who had made a bet with him, and said with a playful look on his face.

With everyone in Japan investing in stocks, Kudo Keiko is no exception.

The stock market plummeted during this period, and Kudo Keiko suffered considerable losses, and her wallet was seriously shrunk.

Seeing Li Qingfeng appear in front of her, the bet made more than two months ago came to mind. Kudo Keiko said unnaturally: "It turns out to be Mr. Li. Are you going to stay in our hotel?"

"No, I'm going back to my country soon. I came here specially to see you today and remind you not to forget the agreement we made," Li Qingfeng raised his eyebrows and said meaningfully.

"Don't worry, I won't forget. Please prepare five million." "I think you will help me make a movie for free. Don't worry, I will arrange professional directors and actors for you, and you will definitely be satisfied." After saying that, Li Qingfeng didn't wait for the other party to reply. He laughed and left.

After coming out of the Empire Hotel, Li Qingfeng started shopping with his translator. He bought a lot of clothes, bags, cosmetics, toys, comics, and game consoles.

Based on what Qingfeng Li knew about Chuyi, she hadn't been home for nearly three months. If the gifts he brought back couldn't make Chuyi happy, this girl would ignore him for the next few days.

After joining up with the inspection team that was also making a large purchase, the group boarded a plane, ended their trip to Japan, and started their journey back home.

Standing at the exit of Sijiucheng Airport, looking at Sun Qian standing with the people from Huaxin, Li Qingfeng asked curiously, "Hey, Sun Qian, why are you here to pick me up? Where are your sister-in-law and Hongmei?"

"Hongmei and sister-in-law are making noodles at home, and Chuyi is in school. They are too busy to pick you up, so I have to come." Sun Qian took the initiative to take the suitcase from Li Qingfeng's hand, and explained the reason with a smile.

"What kind of noodles are you making? It must be Hongmei's idea, right?"

"Of course, this isn't popular in the South."

"Let's go, let's go home quickly. I haven't seen Chuyi for three months. I really miss my daughter."

After bidding farewell to everyone in the inspection team, Li Qingfeng got into the Passat driven by Sun Qian and headed home alone.

It really is true that there is no place like home. After spending such a long time in bustling Tokyo, Li Qingfeng did not feel uncomfortable at all when he returned to the somewhat backward old city. He looked at the streets with interest, which had not changed at all.

After looking for a while, Qingfeng Li retracted his gaze and turned to ask Sun Qian: "I heard Jiabao tell me that you and Hongmei brought Dabao to Sijiu City. Dabao is four years old this year. Have you found a kindergarten?"

"We've found it. My sister-in-law helped us find it. It's the kindergarten affiliated with your school. We're busy with work, so we'll have to trouble you and sister-in-law to take care of Dabao in the future," Sun Qian said with a smile.

"What's the problem? He's my nephew, how can I ignore him?" Li Qingfeng waved his hand and asked about their business: "I heard from your sister-in-law that you two are not planning to open a store in Zhongguancun anymore, and are planning to move to another place to teach computer science. What's going on? There's not enough space over there?"

"That's not the case. The main reason is that some of the people in Zhongguancun are scoundrels. Seeing that we do a good job in training, they stopped buying electronic products and started to follow our example by offering computer training. The tuition is cheaper than ours, and they even come to our store to solicit customers." When Sun Qian mentioned Zhongguancun, he was full of anger and complained to Li Qingfeng about the shamelessness of those merchants.

Li Qingfeng smiled. Sun Qian had been doing business for so long, but he still didn't understand the nature of businessmen.

Isn’t copying and pasting a basic operation for businessmen? Although I am not good at innovation, I can copy.

You have paved the way for me, it would be embarrassing if I didn't follow you and pick up the money.

When I got home, Ma Wenhui and her husband were also there.

Chuyi, who was playing with Zhang Yapeng, saw Li Qingfeng coming back. He immediately threw away the toy in his hand and rushed towards Li Qingfeng with his teeth bared.

Li Qingfeng picked up Chuyi and pinched her chubby face. He smiled and said, "Oh, my precious daughter. I haven't seen you for more than two months. Why are you fat again? Did you eat delicious food at home during the New Year?"

"Well, grandma and grandma feed me delicious food every day, and Chuyi is full." Chuyi hugged Li Qingfeng's neck, buried his head in Li Qingfeng's chest, and smiled as he recounted his experience of going home for the New Year.

He held Chuyi and talked to him for a while, then put Chuyi on the sofa, took out gifts and distributed them to the three children at home, and sent them to play in the living room. Li Qingfeng called Zhang Yapeng to the study to ask about the big brother's affairs.

Li Qingfeng poured a cup of tea for Zhang Yapeng himself and said with a smile, "Yapeng, when did you come back? Is everything going well with Big Brother?"

"I just arrived in Sijiu City a week ago. I can only say that I have accomplished my mission. After sending the 100,000 US dollars, they loosened their offer and said they could use the materials to replace the cash in exchange for a complete set of automobile industry." At this point, Zhang Yapeng paused and added hesitantly: "But the other party has another condition, which I dare not agree to."

"What are the conditions? Tell me."

"The leader from Big Brother wants one million US dollars. After both parties sign the contract, we will help him deposit it anonymously in a Swiss bank."

I thought it was something else, but it turned out to be a bribe. It's only one million, which is child's play compared to such a big project.

Li Qingfeng agreed immediately, saying that he would have someone do it right away and would send the one million to him right away without waiting for the contract to be signed.

Then we talked about the situation on Big Brother's side. Since a series of major changes among Big Brother's younger brothers last year, life in Moscow has become increasingly difficult since the New Year.

After the big brother changed the ruble's fixed exchange rate to a dual exchange rate last year, American capital poured into Moscow. Under the operation of American economic means, the ruble began to depreciate rapidly.

The U.S. dollar has become a sought-after hard currency in Big Brother's eyes. Anyone with some connections is trying to convert their assets into U.S. dollars.

Ordinary people who have no connections can only watch their assets shrink every day. The increasingly tight supply of materials on the market has further exacerbated the rapid depreciation of the ruble.

"Alas, financial freedom, Big Brother has been fooled by America, the ruble is finished, and Big Brother's economy is also finished"

Listening to Zhang Yapeng's story, Li Qingfeng couldn't help sighing. It was really true that things change over time.

Ten years ago, Big Brother was still the most powerful country in the world, and even America had to avoid its edge. Just ten years later, Big Brother is now being played around by America and easily reaping the country's decades of wealth accumulation.

"Indeed, Big Brother has made many stupid moves in recent years. I'm afraid he will suffer serious consequences this time." Zhang Yapeng, who has been in Moscow for three months and is familiar with the situation there, agrees with Li Qingfeng's words.

Li Qingfeng curled his lips and did not mention the disintegration of Big Brother. Instead, he asked about the situation of Mou Qizhong exchanging canned food for airplanes.

"Lao Mou has already negotiated with the aircraft manufacturer in Moscow. One aircraft costs 24 million US dollars, which is about 100 million yuan in national currency. The total price is 400 million, all of which will be paid with materials."

"After this deal is completed, Lao Mou will really become famous in China. With Lao Mou's brain, who knows what earth-shattering big project he will come up with in the future."

Hearing Li Qingfeng's evaluation of Mou Qizhong, Zhang Yapeng chuckled and said with a smile: "Teacher Li, you guessed it right. On the train back, Mou Qizhong told me that he planned to launch a few satellites for fun from Big Brother after the airplane project was completed."

"You don't know, I was so excited on the train, he was really bold."

Looking at Zhang Yapeng who was laughing, Li Qingfeng did not laugh, but nodded seriously: "Launching a satellite is indeed a good project, we can give it a try."

"."(End of this chapter)