Reborn in the red age

"Money, what did you say?"

The white colleague next to Qian Xiaotao heard Qian Xiaotao's exclamation, looked at him curiously, and asked in a low voice what happened.

"It's okay, it's okay. It's just that I saw the chairman of Lemon Company for the first time and I was a little shocked."

The host had just clearly introduced Li Qingfeng's identity. As an American who had already obtained a green card, how could Qian Xiaotao not know what the three words "Li Qingfeng" stood for? How could he not dare to mention the little story between himself and Li Qingfeng to his colleagues? He just found an excuse to get away with it.

Looking at Li Qingfeng on the stage, Qian Xiaotao's mind raced, wondering whether he should wait until the meeting was over to go over and apologize to him, to show that he was married and no longer had any feelings for Hu Jiabao.

Li Qingfeng on the stage was completely unaware of Qian Xiaotao's mental activities. He took the prepared script and slowly began to read:
“It is a great honor to be here and to be with you at this very significant “Capital 1993 Multinational Corporations and China” conference.”

"In 1978, the spring breeze of reform and opening up blew. In just fifteen years, China has undergone earth-shaking changes. This ancient and vibrant land is radiating unprecedented vitality."

"From a market perspective, China has a huge population base. Whether it is daily necessities or high-tech industries, there is a vast market space waiting for you to explore."

"At the same time, the Chinese government will also provide foreign-funded enterprises with a series of preferential policies including tax reductions and exemptions, aiming to create a good investment environment for foreign capital and protect the legitimate rights and interests of foreign-funded enterprises."

Li Qingfeng paused slightly when he came to this point while reading from the script, raised his head and looked at the dense crowd of Western faces below, feeling that in the next twenty years, the domestic market would become the world of foreign capital.

After a brief pause, Qingfeng Li immediately reacted and concluded his speech:

"I sincerely hope that all the representatives of multinational companies present here can seize the opportunities of this era, focus their attention on China, and jointly create wealth in this land full of vitality and hope, and contribute to the development of the global economy."

After saying the last sentence, Qingfeng Li bowed and thanked the audience. Amid warm applause, he slowly walked down the stairs and returned to his seat.

After coming down from the stage, the following meetings had nothing to do with Li Qingfeng. Whether it was inviting companies to attend the meeting or speaking for the meeting, Li Qingfeng had completed his task.

Li Qingfeng started to play badly. No matter what was discussed in the meeting, Li Qingfeng kept his mouth shut and had no intention of expressing his opinion at all.

"Teacher Li, the foreign investment incentives are quite high. Corporate income tax, value-added tax, consumption tax, and many import and export taxes are exempted."

He Guangqin, who was listening attentively, whispered to Li Qingfeng during the break about some outrageous preferential policies at the meeting.

Li Qingfeng was still resting with his eyes closed. Without even raising his eyelids, he said, "Of course the tax reduction and exemption benefits must be big. If the benefits are not big, who would be willing to invest here?"

After all, it involves investment of real money, and it cannot be obtained by just raising one's hand.

These capitalists are all shrewd people. Without tangible benefits, not a single gold coin can leave their pockets.

"There are too many problems. Isn't this just giving away money? If we can turn Mercedes-Benz into a foreign-funded enterprise, we can save a lot of money every year according to this tax reduction policy."

"If it was foreign capital, there would be no Feichi." Li Qingfeng opened his eyes and looked at He Guangqin: "By the way, wasn't it announced this morning that the financial industry would be opened up, allowing foreign banks to enter the country with restrictions?"

“Yes, but the specific details have not been announced yet.”

"I remember I have a domestic banking license in my name. What was it called?"

"Aurora Commercial Bank is a policy bank and cannot accept deposits from the public. It can only provide corporate accounts and financial services to enterprises."

Li Qingfeng nodded. When he applied to the higher-ups, he had stated that he would not be raising deposits from the public. Naturally, they would not grant him the authority to raise deposits from the public.

"Find a few people to run Aurora Commercial Bank and open a branch in Hong Kong. Also, find some prosperous locations in major cities in China and buy some real estate to use as our bank's business hall."

"Um, Mr. Li, at present, Aurora Bank is still an empty shell, with only a business license and permit, and not even a single employee. What business do we do by setting up business offices across the country?"

“I haven’t decided what business to start yet. Let’s open the bank first and then decide what business to start.”

After hearing Li Qingfeng's shocking words, He Guangqin was completely dumbfounded.

Open the bank first and then think about what business to do. Is that human logic?
If Li Qingfeng didn't pay him, He Guangqin would have wanted to beat him up.

After opening his mouth several times, He Guangqin swallowed what he wanted to say and asked about the bank clerk.

Li Qingfeng waved his hand and continued to say in a shocking tone: "If you need any employees, just find a security guard to guard the bank door first. We can talk about the employees after we decide what business to do."

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Li Qingfeng was not talking nonsense at all. His plan now was to buy the land now and promote the bank's brand so that the people would know about the existence of such a bank.

As for what the bank will be used for in the future, Qingfeng Li already had a plan, but he hadn't really figured out what to use it for now.

Giving loans to enterprises is tantamount to seeking death. Given the intelligence of Chinese people, as long as you dare to lend money, they will have ten thousand ways to use worthless assets to borrow large sums of money from Aurora Bank. Especially those state-owned enterprises that cannot even pay their salaries are like dead pigs that are not afraid of boiling water.

If you dare to open a bank, I will dare to borrow money from you. It would be best if you are willing to lend me money. If you don’t lend me money, don’t blame me for causing trouble for you.

The only result of making a loan is a mess and bad debts everywhere.

The three-day meeting was very successful. Many companies, tempted by favorable tax policies, showed great interest in investing in China.

Nokia representative Ralph said on the spot that Nokia is interested in establishing a joint venture in China to achieve localized production of mobile communication equipment and mobile phone manufacturing.

The other representatives who had little power also stated that they would fully convey the content of the meeting to the board of directors after returning to their respective countries.

After the meeting, Li Qingfeng and Larfu also agreed to jointly develop the GSM mobile phone operating system business, and signed a cooperation agreement in the Lemon Company's office in Sijiucheng. "Mr. Li, Huaxin's equipment is very backward. I can hardly imagine that this is a company invested by Lemon Company. The 1.5 micron process technology, oh my god, I don't know how long it has been abandoned by mainstream companies."

After the meeting, Leon, former Intel vice president and current president, proposed to inspect Huaxin's production workshop.

In response to the ally's request, Li Qingfeng said that there was no objection, as he had not secretly developed the CPU and there was nothing to hide.

After the inspection, Leon appeared in Huaxin's office and bluntly mocked Huaxin's backwardness.

Facing Leon who was mocking Huaxin unscrupulously, Qingfeng Li was unhappy in his heart, but he shrugged his shoulders pretending to be indifferent: "There is no way, China's chip production capabilities are still very backward, and naturally cannot reach the international advanced level."

"Wow, 1985 microns. The 386 chip that our company launched in was manufactured using this process technology. The Pentium chip that was launched this year has reached the level of microns."

"OK, Intel is really awesome, but Huaxin is far behind"

Qingfeng Li sarcastically echoed the old man's words. His next words immediately made Leon's expression awkward:
"You have seen everything about Leon Huaxin. It is obvious that Huaxin does not have the ability to design and produce CPUs, nor does it have any plans to produce CPUs. Huaxin's research and development direction is communication chips. Can you rest assured now?"

"Ahem, uh, Li, you misunderstood." Leon's smile disappeared, he coughed slightly, and then said sincerely: "The main reason I came to China this time is that I am very interested in the Chinese market. The visit to Huaxin was just a by-product after the meeting. I didn't doubt that Lemon Company wanted to betray our alliance."

"I was just joking, Leon, why are you taking it so seriously?"

"Haha, isn't this because they are worried about causing misunderstandings among the world's most important allies?"

Giving the old man a half-smile, Qingfeng Li did not pursue the topic.

After all, the two sides are still the most important allies, so there is no need to bring the problem to the surface.

Li Qingfeng pulled Leon to ask for benefits: "Leon, you have also seen that our Huaxin's research and development in the field of communication chips is relatively weak. As far as I know, you Intel have done some research on communication chips and have achieved some results. Can you transfer the research and development results to Huaxin?"

"Li, as you know, Intel is an important player in the field of chip technology. Although the Pentium processor is our key product, we are also continuously exploring and advancing technology research and development in other fields, including communication chips."

Looking at Leon's embarrassed face, Li Qingfeng complained in his heart, who said that foreigners are always straightforward? How come this old guy is so good at using the trick of politely refusing?
You are still exploring, but forget it. You, Intel, make a lot of money from computer CPUs, so why would you care about small things like communication chips?

Not to mention that the sales of mobile devices have not picked up yet. Even after the sales of mobile phones started to pick up in 2000, you didn't take it seriously and were still slowly squeezing out the toothpaste on the CPU.

"Oh? Has Intel released any communication chip products recently?"

"This is our Intel's internal secret, Li, you know, even if we are allies, it is not convenient for me to disclose it to you."

Facing Leon, who was very careful with his words, Qingfeng Li shrugged his shoulders, too lazy to continue playing Tai Chi with him, and went straight to the point: "Our company can pay a high price for your research and development results. Please send us the technical parameters and quotation."

"Oh, Shit, Li, we are allies. For the sake of alliance, some non-essential technology patents can be transferred. Your behavior only makes me feel that the alliance between us is so weak."

As he spoke, a glimmer of light appeared in the corners of Leon's eyes. Just when the stunned Li Qingfeng wanted to say something, Leon touched his nose and said seriously: "Li, I will send the technical parameters and quotations to your email when I get back. Please remember to check it."

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This old guy is a bit shameless
Within a month after Leon returned to America, he sent their research and development success on communication chips and the quotation to the mailbox at the headquarters.

After research by Huaxin's engineers, it was found that the technical data sent by Intel is indeed of high value and is the technology that Huaxin needs.

With the intention of encouraging Huaxin to stick to its development of communication chips, Intel's quoted price was not high.

Seeing that the price was not high, Li Qingfeng simply bought Intel's patent on digital analog communication chips privately, then authorized it to Huaxin for use and charged Huaxin patent fees.

After all, Huaxin doesn't belong to him alone. It has state-owned shares. Li Qingfeng won't be a sucker.

In the months after the meeting, foreign investment representatives came and went, expressing their willingness to invest in the country to the relevant departments. After many rounds of negotiations, they signed one investment contract after another.

From the end of the meeting to the end of the year, more than 100,000 contracts were signed between China and foreign capital, with an investment amount of more than 170 billion US dollars, three times that of last year.

The amount of foreign direct investment attracted by China this year has surpassed that of the United States, the world's current number one country, and ranks first in the world.

Looking at the data published in the newspaper, Li Qingfeng was secretly shocked. He thought that he had flapped his little butterfly too hard. As a result, the investment amount this year was more than 60 billion US dollars more than that of future generations.

The meeting went very smoothly, but it was not a good thing for Li Qingfeng.

After the foreign investment promotion conference in September, various parts of the country began to carry out large-scale investment promotion activities. Foreign capital was out of reach, so Li Qingfeng, the pseudo foreign capital, was naturally the main target of various places.

The staff from his hometown office in Sijiucheng would come to Li Qingfeng's house every now and then with fruits, trying to play the emotional card with him and persuade him to return to his hometown to invest, which made Li Qingfeng very annoyed.

As the year draws to a close, on the plane to Shanghai, Hu Jiabao frowned and looked at Li Qingfeng: "Qingfeng, are you sure you won't go home this year?"

"No, just take the two children back with you. I'm too lazy to meet with the leaders in my hometown," Li Qingfeng waved his hand and said helplessly.

"Okay, then be careful in America. It's a mess over there. Remember to bring a bodyguard with you when you go out."

"Don't worry, I value my life very much."

After Li Qingfeng stayed with Hu Jiabao at her mother's house for a few days, he said goodbye to his wife and children and boarded a plane to the Special Administrative Region.

The digital switchboard at Lao Ren's place has been successfully developed. Li Qingfeng plans to visit the Special Administrative Region before going to Hong Kong. (End of this chapter)