Reborn in the red age

Li Qingfeng's plan for the international students was effective. Twenty-four of the twenty-six people eventually chose to return to China and join Huaxin.

In order to avoid any further complications, Li Qingfeng forcibly stopped their work. Without waiting for the company's orders to be completed, he began to dismantle the production line and directly packed up the 24 people and their families and sent them back to China.

Seeing these people coming to the airport with their families and luggage, Qingfeng Li finally felt relieved.

He turned to He Guangqin who was accompanying them back to China and said, "Guangqin, these people must be settled well. Cars and houses must be provided as soon as possible after landing, and their spouses must also have jobs in place. They can choose their own companies. If they want to start a business, our company can also provide help."

"Teacher Li, leave it to me. I have already contacted Huaxin. Huaxin has already done the reception work. The real estate and vehicles are ready. They will be provided as soon as they land. If they are not satisfied with the prepared things, they can change them at any time."

He Guangqin knew how much Li Qingfeng valued these engineers and did not dare to neglect them in the slightest. After receiving the news that he was leading a team back to China, he immediately contacted the country and arranged for them to purchase real estate and vehicles and prepare for the reception.

"I'm not too worried about the material aspect. I'm worried that their families won't be able to adapt to the domestic environment after returning home, and will clamor to come back to America after returning."

"Don't worry about this. After returning home, I will arrange a special team to visit these families regularly to ask about their living conditions. If there is any dissatisfaction, I will find a way to solve it immediately."

Li Qingfeng nodded slightly. He still believed in the work ability of He Guangqin as a secretary. Without giving too many instructions, he stepped forward and shook hands with everyone waiting to board the plane one by one.

With his hands behind his back, he watched the plane on the runway in the distance slowly rise away from the ground. Li Qingfeng sighed slightly. He had done everything he could. How much he could keep was up to fate.
After instructing Sun Kangmei, who stayed in America, to cooperate with the relocation of the little mixed-blood, and to deal with the assets of these 24 people in America at a good price, Li Qingfeng got on the car heading to the American branch.

When he arrived at the company, Qingfeng Li knocked on the corner of the table, waking up Dong Yifen who was slacking off.

After seeing clearly who the person was, Dong Yifen quickly put away her game console and smiled awkwardly at Li Qingfeng.

Ignoring Dong Yifen who was playing games at work, Qingfeng Li pointed to the meeting room and asked, "How long have you been talking in there?"

"It's been an entire afternoon, and apart from ordering some coffee, no one has come out yet," Dong Yifen said in a low voice.

Qingfeng Li nodded in understanding, and had no intention of going in to disturb them. He gently poked Dong Yifen's forehead with his index finger and said angrily, "I arranged for you and Wu Simin to participate in the negotiation with Citibank together. Wu Simin is in the meeting inside, but you are just guarding the gate outside."

"That's not my fault. I work in the software industry and I really couldn't understand what they talked about in the meeting," Dong Yifen said aggrievedly.

"If you don't understand, can't you learn? What's the point of having your brain? Wu Simin is also a technical person, how can he understand?"

"How can I have time? I am different from Simin. I have to take care of my son when I get home at night. She is alone and has plenty of time to learn new things."

Li Qingfeng pinched his brows, feeling defeated by Dong Yifen who was always right. This student was useless and there was no need to train him anymore. He could just muddle through in the company in the future.

Li Qingfeng pointed at the other party with his finger, stood at the door of the conference room, listened to the negotiation content inside, and then turned back to the office.

The interests involved in online payment projects are complicated and the negotiations between the two parties are very difficult. The discussion of each clause is very intense, and both parties are working hard to fight for their own interests for the companies they represent.

The negotiations were progressing too slowly. The two sides argued all day and still failed to agree on the proportion of the handling fee.

For recharges in online wallets, all fees are borne by Lemon Company, and customers are not charged a penny.

As the representative of Lemon Company, it is natural to reduce the handling fee ratio as much as possible to reduce the company's operating costs.

The representatives of Citibank remained unmoved and insisted on charging the fee rate they requested, and the two sides were in a stalemate for a while.

After a day of talks without any results, Fang Wanzhen ended the meeting and arranged for Wu Simin to take the representatives of Citibank to dinner. She then went to the office to report the results of today's negotiations to Li Qingfeng.

Coming to the office, Fang Wanzhen looked at Li Qingfeng who was playing games with a trace of fatigue and helplessness on her face: "Chairman, today's negotiations did not go smoothly. Citibank refused to give in on the fee ratio. We were deadlocked and did not achieve any substantial results all day."

Li Qingfeng didn't stop playing games. This result was not unexpected. The transfer fee was also a considerable profit for the bank at that time, so he couldn't give it up easily.

After a round of the game, Qingfeng Li turned his chair and asked, "How much do they want?"

"For transfers within $50, a flat fee of $1 will be charged for each transfer within the same bank, and $2 will be charged for each transfer between different banks."

After thinking for a while, Qingfeng Li said, "Okay, promise them that we can accept this handling fee."

Fang Wanzhen was slightly stunned. She obviously didn't expect Li Qingfeng to agree to Citibank's request so easily.

"Chairman, the fee is not low. We can definitely try to get more of it."

"No, the initiative is in the hands of the bank now. In the next two or three years, our transaction amount will not be particularly large, and the bank will not reduce the proportion for us. When our transaction scale increases, we will talk to the bank again."

“What if they still don’t agree once the trading volume increases?”

"Then we will spread the word that we want to acquire a small bank and become the bank that handles online payments. When Citi gets wind of this, it will naturally lower the fee ratio."

Fang Wanzhen thought about it and nodded in understanding. Indeed, as long as the online wallet could be established, the initiative would be in the hands of Lemon Company, which would have the right to set prices.

With Li Qingfeng's permission, Fang Wanzhen agreed on the spot to the handling fee ratio proposed by the Citibank representative during the negotiations the next day.

The representative of Citibank, who was prepared for a protracted war, was stunned. He didn't understand what was wrong with this woman. Hadn't she been firm and refused to compromise yesterday?

Although it couldn't be figured out, the benefits gained were real. Citibank was too lazy to think about the reasons behind it and continued to push forward the next clause.

After resolving the most contentious issue between the two parties, the subsequent negotiations progressed much faster.

It took a month to finalize all the contract details, and the two parties formally signed a cooperation agreement, marking a key step for Lemon's online wallet project. After signing the cooperation agreement, Lemon sent a development team to Citibank's headquarters to work with Citibank's technical team to develop a database to ensure the stable operation of the online wallet.

At the same time as the cooperation with Citi was completed, the chip company also delivered all the orders in hand, and under the leadership of Little Mixed, the relocation of the production line officially began.

After finishing the two most important things during this trip to America, Qingfeng Li did not plan to stay in America any longer and prepared to return to Hong Kong with Fang Wanzhen and the others.

Before leaving, Qingfeng Li called Wu Simin to his office and personally made a cup of tea for her: "Try it. This is Longjing tea from West Lake. I brought it back from China. You haven't had it for a long time, right? See if it tastes like home."

Wu Simin picked up the teacup and took a sip, then said with a smile: "Well, teacher, I don't lack domestic products. I have been reporting to the headquarters every year since last year, and I have been there twice."

"is it?"

Hearing Wu Simin's words, Li Qingfeng was stunned and looked at the work badge on his chest in surprise.

You wouldn't know until you see it. I didn't expect that in just a few years, Wu Simin was promoted from middle-level management to senior management in the branch company and was even qualified to report to the headquarters.

It is really hard to believe that I have been in America for more than a month and I don’t even know what position my direct student holds.

Li Qingfeng touched his nose and laughed awkwardly: "Now I am an executive of a subsidiary, which is good, very good. I am young and promising, much better than Dong Yifen who has no ambition at all."

"Teacher, do you have something to say to me when you asked me to come to your office?" Wu Simin smiled and did not respond to Qingfeng Li's question. Instead, she asked about the business.

Li Qingfeng coughed lightly, straightened his expression and said, "It's like this, I want to transfer you to the headquarters, and I called you here today to ask for your opinion."

"I go to headquarters? What to do?"

"Nominally, he is my assistant, and his rank is considered a horizontal transfer."

"Assistant? In name only?"

Wu Simin, who originally did not want to return to China because of her childhood experiences, was about to raise objections on the spot.

Seeing that Wu Simin was about to object, Li Qingfeng quickly interrupted Wu Simin and said, "It's like this. Although you are nominally my assistant, I don't go to the company very often. My usual job is to follow Mr. Fang and handle the company's daily affairs."

Although Wu Simin was in the American branch, he had some understanding of the affairs at the headquarters and knew that Fang Wanzhen would retire in the next two years.

Now that Li Qingfeng has transferred himself there, the meaning is self-evident.

After hesitating for a moment, Wu Simin refused and said, "Teacher, I'm sorry to disappoint you, this burden is too heavy, I don't have the qualifications or ability to take it on."

"What do you mean the burden is too heavy? You think too much. I'm not asking you to take over Mr. Fang's position." Li Qingfeng waved his hand and made his intention clear: "You will learn from Mr. Fang for two years. After Mr. Fang retires, I will find you a good position at the headquarters to contain Mr. Fang's successor and prevent the next general manager from doing anything that would harm the company."

"Doesn't the company have a supervisory department?"

"Alas," Qingfeng Li sighed deeply, "Who knows if there will be any problems with the Supervision Department?"

As he spoke, Qingfeng Li patted Wu Simin on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Since I don't go to the headquarters very often, there aren't many people I can trust there. Among all the people in the company, you students are the only ones I can fully trust. If you weren't at the headquarters, I'd be worried."

Things have come to this point, and even trust has been brought into the question. Even if Wu Simin is reluctant to return to China, she can only grit her teeth and agree.

I kept comforting myself in my heart that I was going to Hong Kong, not to the mainland.

Seeing Wu Simin agree, Li Qingfeng was overjoyed: "Okay, I knew you wouldn't let the teacher down. From now on, deal with the work on hand. Your transfer order will come at any time. In addition, I won't let you go alone. Liu Guangmin, Yu Zheng and others will also be transferred to the headquarters one after another."

"Okay, teacher. I'll go back to work first. I have a project that I haven't finished yet." Wu Simin said goodbye to Li Qingfeng with a complicated expression.

Watching Wu Simin walk out of the office, Qingfeng Li whistled in a good mood.

Li Qingfeng was not lying when he said that just now. The company headquarters indeed lacked trusted personnel to restrain the general manager's behavior. Fang Wanzhen, the general manager, was trustworthy, but that did not mean that the successor was trustworthy.

Li Qingfeng is not at the headquarters all year round, and the daily management of the company is handled by the general manager, who is the de facto boss.

Once power is not supervised, who knows what will happen next? With Wu Simin and other direct students at the headquarters as supervisors of power, Li Qingfeng will feel a little more at ease.

After wandering around America for a few more days and making sure that the three major events of game promotion, cooperation with Citibank, and relocation of the chip production line were all progressing smoothly, Li Qingfeng was satisfied and boarded the plane to Hong Kong with Fang Wanzhen and the others.

Private jets are not cheap cabbages. You can't buy one today and have it arrive tomorrow, no matter how rich you are.

Even if the aircraft factory has stock, it will take about half a year from signing the contract to delivering the aircraft if everything goes well.

If it is custom-made, you may have to wait for two or three years before it is delivered.

After a bumpy ride back to Hong Kong, Li Qingfeng and Fang Wanzhen discussed and signed several transfer orders at the headquarters. In addition to transferring Wu Simin, Yu Zheng, and Liu Guangmin, three capable men, to important positions at the headquarters,
Li Qingfeng also transferred some familiar employees from the Sijiucheng Office.

After completing the personnel arrangements, Qingfeng Li did not stay in Hong Kong for too long. His stay in Hong Kong was quite long, almost half a year.

I haven't seen my wife and children for such a long time, and I really miss them.

After meeting up with Sun Aidang and Wang Hu, who had hurried over from the mainland, Li Qingfeng boarded a special car and headed straight to the port to pass through customs. After meeting Hua Wei's old man, he flew back to Sijiu City from the Special Zone Airport. (End of this chapter)