Reborn in the red age

Mou Qi loved to brag, and Li Fuqiang was also a little vain, so during the lunch they chatted very happily, as if they had known each other for a long time.

After lunch, Li Fuqiang saw Mou Qizhong off. He looked at the back of the car going away, turned to look at Li Qingfeng and asked, "Why did Mou Qizhong come to see you?"

"Let's discuss a cooperation, what else could it be?" Li Qingfeng shrugged and said casually.

Thinking of Mou Qizhong's deeds in the newspaper, Li Fuqiang said strangely: "Isn't he looking for you to cooperate in blowing up the Himalayas?"

"That's not the case. He won't come to me for a project that's obviously a gimmick."

Li Fuqiang nodded. Before he could speak, Li Qingfeng's voice continued:

"He came here mainly to discuss cooperation on satellite launches. I am very optimistic about this project and plan to work with him on it."

"Launching a satellite, this, this, um."

When Li Fuqiang heard about the project, his first reaction was that it was complete nonsense.

I was just about to tell Mou Qizhong that his project was unreliable. A large project like launching a satellite was not something a private enterprise could get involved in.

But after calming down, I felt that this project was not so ridiculous.

After all, compared with projects like developing Manzhouli and blasting open the Himalayas, launching a satellite doesn't seem like a big project.

Thinking of Mou Qizhong's successful case of exchanging canned food for airplanes, Li Fuqiang asked worriedly: "Can this satellite launch be successful? Can the country really allow private individuals to launch satellites?"

Glancing at Li's father, Li Qingfeng sighed in his heart that although Lao Mou's bragging had offended all the leaders, his influence among the people was still great.

A person's reputation is like a tree's shadow. If someone else had proposed this plan, Li Fuqiang would definitely have thought it was nonsense.

But when Mou Qizhong proposed it, although Li Fuqiang felt it was unreliable, he did not completely deny it.

After thinking for a while, Qingfeng Li nodded and said, "If we don't launch it in China, there will be no problem launching it in Moscow in the north. If the satellite doesn't explode in mid-air, this project can indeed succeed."

"Sigh~"

After receiving Li Qingfeng's affirmative answer, Li Fuqiang's slightly cloudy eyes rolled around, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Li Qingfeng didn't care about Li's father's strange behavior. After asking the finance department to transfer the money to Mou Qizhong, he drove Li's father home.

That night, when Li Qingfeng was playing games in the study, Li Fuqiang walked in with a serious face.

"Third brother, Dad wants to tell you something"

After looking at his serious-looking father, Qingfeng Li paused the game and said with a smile, "Dad, if you have something to say, just tell me. Why are you being so formal?"

"I thought about it today," Li Fuqiang said, clearing his throat, "Aren't you going to launch a satellite with that Mou Qizhong? If we do business together, do we have to have one person from each side?"

"Well, do you have any ideas?"

"Here's what I think. Mou Qizhong has nothing to do every day at the satellite launch company he founded, so he will definitely go there. You definitely don't have time to go."

At this point, Li Fuqiang paused, glanced at Li Qingfeng's expression, and said worriedly: "If we send someone over randomly, the status won't be equal. Do you think the dominance of the company will fall into Mou Qizhong's hands?"

After Li Fuqiang finished speaking, Li Qingfeng finally understood what the old man meant by what he said.

This is not a worry that Mou Qizhong will seize the initiative, but an old problem that has come back. He thinks that the satellite launch project will definitely cause a sensation across the country. He wants to put his name on the project and show his face in front of the people of the whole country after the project is successful.

After understanding what Father Li meant, Li Qingfeng smiled and said, "Okay, I understand what you mean. You want to take up the position at that satellite company, right?"

"Ahem." Li Fuqiang cleared his throat and said righteously, "I don't have to take up the post. I'm so old now, I should have retired a long time ago. It's good for me to stay at home and enjoy my grandchildren."

"I think it's mainly because my family has invested half of the money in this project. We can't be insignificant in such an important project, right? I can also help to check it out if I go there."

When he said this, Father Li's expression was so sincere. If Li Qingfeng hadn't known about the changes in Father Li's personality over the years, he might have really believed it.

After thinking about it, Li Qingfeng did not reject Li's father's self-recommendation and said that he would discuss it with Mou Qizhong tomorrow. If Mou Qizhong had no objection, Li's father would go to the satellite company as a representative to take up the position.

When Li Fuqiang heard this, he showed joy on his face, but he still tried to restrain himself and pretended to be calm and said: "I am considering your interests, not for the sake of showing off."

"Understood, understood." Looking at his father who was trying hard to suppress his smile, Qingfeng Li smiled secretly in his heart, but he did not point it out. Instead, he said, "Dad, I told you in advance that you are just going to hold a position there and not get involved in the company's management. When the satellite is launched, you can just go along and take some photos."

"Okay, okay, don't worry, I won't get involved."

With Li Qingfeng's nod, Li Fuqiang no longer mentioned anything about worrying about Mou Qizhong taking the lead. He happily stood up and left the study.

After the door was closed again, Li Qingfeng smiled and shook his head, and started a new round of passionate fighting.

During the couple's chat before going to bed at night, Li Qingfeng told Hu Jiabao what happened today as a joke.

"My dad really refuses to admit that he's old."

Hu Jiabao didn't know how to comment on his father-in-law's temper for a moment. He was silent for a long time before he said this.

"You know Dad's character. He is a bit vain, but he doesn't have any bad intentions. Just let him take up a job to satisfy his cravings. As long as it doesn't affect the project, it's fine."

After briefly chatting with Li's father, Hu Jiabao changed the topic to the satellite launch project: "Is this satellite launch really reliable? Investing tens of millions to launch a satellite, can the cost be recovered only through rental?"

"You don't understand this. The rental of a live broadcast satellite is still very high. It costs about 5 million US dollars to rent it to a TV station for a year. A satellite can be used for at least 20 years. If it is rented for 15 years, the rental can be 75 million US dollars."

"Hiss, the profit is so high. If we launch ten satellites, wouldn't the annual rent be 50 million US dollars?"

Li Qingfeng looked at Hu Jiabao speechlessly: "Sister, not every satellite can be launched successfully. If it explodes in mid-air, it would be like spending more than 20 million US dollars to watch a big fireworks display."

"The risk of this project is quite high, so don't lose money in the end."

"It's just compensation, it's just over 10 million US dollars, small amount of money."

Li Qingfeng never considered the issue of losing money. For Li Qingfeng, the profit of the satellite project was not important, as long as the satellite could be launched.

This thing is just Li Qingfeng's ticket to enter the aerospace industry. With this project, Li Qingfeng can go to Harbin Institute of Technology or Beihang University to negotiate with the school, and enter the aviation field under the name of school-enterprise cooperation to prepare for the future Starlink project.

There are too many restrictions on private enterprises in China. If they did not take advantage of the relaxed environment in the 2015s when economic development was the primary goal to enter the aerospace field, they would have to wait until when the environment changed and they would have had the opportunity to enter this field.

Early the next morning, after Li Qingfeng had just finished his breakfast, he picked up his briefcase and went out at the urging of his father to discuss the satellite company's project with Mou Qizhong.

After receiving Li Qingfeng's call, Mou Qizhong, who also arrived early with his team, said with a smile: "Brother, it seems that you are completely committed to the satellite project, otherwise you wouldn't have asked me to come so early."

"Of course you have to pay attention to a project that requires money. Otherwise, what if you run away after receiving the money?" Li Qingfeng joked.

Mou Qizhong waved his hand and said proudly: "It's only 15 million US dollars. I won't run away with such a small amount of money."

Li Qingfeng curled his lips and thought to himself, you are still pretending in front of me.

Fifteen million is a small amount of money. How much money do you have in Nan De now?

With the way you've been doing things, I estimate that half of the 100 million yuan you earned from exchanging canned food for airplanes has been wasted.

After launching this satellite, there probably won’t be much of that money left.

Representatives from both teams sat down and had in-depth negotiations on the satellite company’s internal structure, staffing and other aspects.

To put it simply, it is about negotiating who will be the boss of the new company.

There are seven or eight people on Nan De's side, led by his secretary and office director Xia Zongwei, and his sister-in-law.

Lemon Company was represented by its student Yi Xuexue, who started negotiations with Nanfang.

Liu Guangmin and Yu Zheng, who had been working well for him before, have been transferred to Hong Kong to accompany Wu Simin.

Among the few students who are still in Sijiu City, Yi Xuexi is the only one who can perform well. This satellite launch project is not very important. Based on the principle of cultivating direct descendants, Li Qingfeng pulled him out for training.

Xia Zongwei took the lead in speaking out to fight for Nanfang’s rights: “We at Nanfang have extensive experience in business operations. Our colleagues have visited Moscow many times for project activities and are very familiar with the procedures and rules of international cooperation.”

"In this satellite launch project, we in South Germany are fully capable of leading the international cooperation and ensuring smooth communication and coordination with Moscow."

"Moreover, we have already invested a lot of manpower and material resources in market research and project preparation in the early stage. The satellite company should give us more decision-making power and resource allocation."

After so many years of learning, Yi has become quite skilled. Listening to Xia Zongwei's long speech, his facial expression did not change at all. He still had a faint smile on his face and listened attentively.

After waiting for Xia Zongwei to finish speaking, Yi Xuexi smiled and responded slowly: "Director Xia, we understand NanDe's efforts, but cooperation is a two-way thing. We should focus on the overall interests of the project and jointly formulate a fair and reasonable distribution plan, rather than just emphasizing the input and return of one party.

"What's more, our Lemon Company is not bad in business operations. We have a huge amount of successful experience around the world, and we also have unique advantages in resource integration. The decision-making power of this new company must be distributed fairly."

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The two sides argued back and forth, each holding their own views, and the conversation was quite intense. Overall, Lao Mou's sister-in-law Xia Zongwei was in a suppressed state.

In the monitoring room next door, Li Qingfeng, who was watching this scene through the monitoring screen, was very satisfied with Yi Xuexue's well-reasoned response. This kid has been well trained over the years.

Glancing at Old Mou who was listening attentively to the negotiation, Qingfeng Li smiled and said, "Brother Mou, your sister-in-law is pretty good. She has clear ideas and is very eloquent. If you train her for a few more years, a female hero will emerge in your Nan De."

"Thank you for your compliment, brother. Zongwei is indeed a very energetic kid, but he is still a little immature compared to your people. At the negotiation table, it is obvious that your people are more superior." Mou Qizhong laughed and also praised Yi Xuexue.

While the employees over there were engaged in heated arguments, the atmosphere between the two bosses over here was quite harmonious.

After watching it for a while, Li Qingfeng felt it was too noisy. After asking Mou Qizhong for his opinion, he turned off the monitor and the office instantly became quiet.

As for the internal power distribution issue of the satellite company, the people below were more concerned, but Li Qingfeng and Mou Qizhong didn't take it to heart at all.

Li Qingfeng, who was quiet, smiled and said, "Okay, it's finally quiet. Let's talk about the issue of shares, shall we?"

"What's there to discuss? Each company contributes 15 million, and the shares will be half each. There's no need to haggle over every penny," Mou Qizhong said generously, waving his hand.

"How can we have half of each company? If conflicts arise, who will have the final say in the company?"

"Of course we brothers should discuss this together, and we'll listen to whoever has the right opinion."

Li Qingfeng was stunned by what Lao Mou said, and wanted to say: Brother, our relationship has not actually reached this point.

But after opening his mouth, he gave up.

With Lao Mou's rough personality, if he uttered this sentence, the two of them would definitely break up today, and the satellite company's business would be ruined.

After thinking for a while, Li Qingfeng said, "Half and half is definitely not a good idea. How about this, brother, Nan De has contributed more to this project, and I just invested money. It is not appropriate to divide the shares equally. Nan De will take an extra 1% of the shares, accounting for 51% of the total shares."

"How can this be possible? You put me..."

Before Mou Qizhong could finish his words, Li Qingfeng waved his hand to interrupt him and continued, "I haven't finished my words yet. This 1% is given to you with conditions."

"What conditions?"

"It's like this. My dad is a bit vain and cares a lot about his reputation. He wants to show off in front of the whole country. Do you think it's possible for my dad to take up the position of general manager of the satellite company?"

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"Don't worry, he's just a temporary official. He won't interfere with the company's operations. If there's a press conference or something, just let him say a few words." (End of this chapter)