Reborn in the red age

He didn't stay at home for too long as there were still a lot of things waiting to be dealt with at the company. He received several calls a day urging Li Qingfeng to go back quickly.

After confirming the donation of the car, Li Qingfeng and his family stayed at home for another two days. After visiting Lao Yu in Qindao, the family flew from Qindao to the capital.

As one of the first coastal open cities in China, Qindao has excellent infrastructure and convenient air transportation. Not only does it have flights to major cities in China, but it also has direct flights to Hong Kong and Osaka, Japan.

Sitting on the plane, Hu Jiabao looked out the window at the gradually shrinking city and whispered, "It's really strange here. The construction of provincial capitals is not as good as that of prefecture-level cities. Provincial capitals only have flights to a few important cities in China, while prefecture-level cities even have international flights to Japan. Shouldn't the construction of provincial capitals be prioritized?"

Li Qingfeng scratched his ears, he felt that there was something wrong with what Hu Jiabao said.

After a long silence, Qingfeng Li asked, "Where is the provincial capital of your Gusu?"

"Jinling, what's wrong?" Hu Jiabao replied puzzledly.

"What do you think of us gathering the whole province's strength to build Jinling?"

"Why? Why not build Gusu? Jinling is not worthy of it."

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That's right. You people from Jiangsu Province have never taken the provincial capital seriously. How can you, a person from Jiangsu Province, say that the construction of the provincial capital should be given priority?

The plane arrived in the capital smoothly, allowing Hu Jiabao to take the two children home to do their homework. Li Qingfeng didn't even go home after getting off the plane, but got into Sun Aidang's car and went directly to Huaxin Building.

"What's going on? Why are you in such a hurry for me to come back?"

In the car, Qingfeng Li looked at He Guangqin who had returned from Hong Kong early and asked.

He Guangqin looked anxious and said solemnly: "Something big has happened. The United States has filed charges against our online wallet business. Citibank has also received a warning from the White House, prohibiting Citibank from interfering in this matter."

Compared to He Guangqin's anxiety, Li Qingfeng did not show any nervous expression on his face.

He slowly lit a peony: "What charges have been brought against us?"

He Guangqin looked solemn, took a deep breath and said: "They accused us of having security loopholes in our online wallet business, which may lead to user information leakage and financial risks, and violate financial regulatory regulations."

"It's just a routine operation. Since the charges have been filed, it means that our political allies are of no help." Li Qingfeng snorted coldly and flicked the ash into the ashtray on the cup holder.

"That's not the case. They are still somewhat useful. According to the news from America, this time they only target our online wallet business and have nothing to do with our company's main business. This is the result of their help in coordination, but..."

Having said this, He Guangqin looked at Li Qingfeng and did not dare to continue.

Seeing He Guangqin's expression, I knew that the so-called non-involvement in the main business of Lemon Company was conditional, and I would definitely have to pay something.

After extinguishing the remaining half of his cigarette, Qingfeng Li said calmly: "Tell me, let me hear what the conditions are."

“They asked us to sell our online wallet business to Activision, an American company.”

Activision is the first third-party game distribution company. Founded in 1979, it has a high influence in America and is an important player in the field of game distribution.

The ever-popular Call of Duty was published by this company, and Blizzard, which published World of Warcraft, is also its subsidiary.

Li Qingfeng frowned and fell into deep thought. After a long while, he asked, "What's the situation with this Activision? Who is he from?"

"The Republicans are the masterminds behind the accusations against our online wallet business. They promised to drop the charges against our company as long as we sell the online wallets," He Guangqin said helplessly.

Hearing the word "Republican Party", Li Qingfeng felt a headache and couldn't help but secretly curse the Democratic Party for being a bunch of rubbish. The President is your man, but he has become such a mess. He is even about to lose control of both houses of Congress.

After cursing the Democrats in his mind for a long time, Li Qingfeng finally calmed down and began to think.

After thinking for a long time, Li Qingfeng sighed deeply. The emergence of online wallets was originally intended to solve the problem of channel dealers' commissions.

We have never thought of becoming a payment platform like Alipay. That is impossible and unrealistic. America will not allow a foreign company to control the country's online payments.

Li Qingfeng's plan is to save the company's operating expenses, increase the company's profits, and then spin off the online wallet business after the operation reaches a certain scale.

Before this point card model ends and the American Internet bubble bursts, find a big fool to take over and make billions of dollars and leave.

Now it seems that I was impulsive at the time, and it seems that these tens of billions of dollars will never be mine.

However, Li Qingfeng did not regret his impulsiveness at all. Money can be earned at any time, but the anger in his heart cannot be held back forever.

Li Qingfeng gradually relaxed his wrinkled forehead and asked, "It's not impossible to sell it. How much will they give?"

"Fifty million dollars"

"Sending away a beggar?" Li Qingfeng couldn't help but raise his voice and said unhappily: "Add another 100 million. As long as he pays, I will sell this business to him immediately. If he doesn't pay, forget it. I would rather the wallet business be closed because of the accusation."

"One hundred and fifty million, isn't that a bit too much?"

"Not much at all. One hundred and fifty million is still a bargain for them. As long as they don't mess around after taking over, they can get at least ten times the return."

After the commotion in America a few years ago, the reputation of online wallet business in America has soared.

In the past two months, the number of new registered users has increased significantly, and the sales of various game point cards have increased by 50% compared to two months ago.

With a monthly transaction volume of several million, a 20% commission can generate millions in profit.

With the current scale of the online wallet business and Wall Street's optimism about the Internet industry, it would be easy to reach a valuation of hundreds of millions of dollars once it goes public.

It was only 150 million US dollars, but Qingfeng Li still felt that he was losing money.

He Guangqin did not dare to persuade them any further. He nodded repeatedly and said that he would reply to America and the headquarters immediately.

After making the decision, Li Qingfeng lit a cigarette irritably. While smoking, he was thinking about how to make up for his losses.

The loss is at least 2 billion US dollars. Just thinking about it makes Li Qingfeng's heart bleed.

After suffering such a huge loss, Li Qingfeng felt that he would be at a loss if he didn't get it back from America.

"Brother, I'm at the company."

The car slowly stopped downstairs of Huaxin Building, and Sun Aidang, who was driving, reminded him in a low voice. Li Qingfeng, who was awakened from his thoughts, looked at the Huaxin Building outside the window, took a deep breath, opened the car door, and strode into the building.

In the dedicated elevator, Qingfeng Li whispered to He Guangqin, "Go to Hong Kong in the next few days and ask Zhuo Haiping from the Investment Department to come to the capital. I have something to tell him."

"Teacher Li, are we going to enter the stock market again?" When He Guangqin heard what Li Qingfeng had told him to do, a hint of excitement flashed across his face.

The investment in Japan a few years ago was not long ago. Although He Guangqin had not yet joined the company at that time, during the time he worked at the headquarters, he often heard people talk about the company’s legendary operations in the Japanese stock market a few years ago.

With keen insight and decisive decision-making, the company reaped rich rewards in the Japanese stock market and earned billions of dollars in wealth.

Now, hearing Li Qingfeng asking him to go find the trader who was in Japan at the time, He Guangqin naturally thought that there might be another big move.

Maybe it will be the same as last time in Japan, with a huge investment of more than one billion US dollars.

"Why ask so many questions? You will know when the time comes."

"Yes, yes, I was too talkative."

Just as the elevator door was about to open, Li Qingfeng seemed to remember something and continued, "Oh, by the way, let Zhuo Haiping inform his two comrades. If the scrap collector Zhan Peizhong and the retired Ying Mingquan are willing to participate, the commission this time will be paid according to the rules in Japan."

After the trip to Japan, the traders invited from outside, Zhan Peizhong and Ying Mingquan, ended their cooperation with Lemon Company after receiving their commissions.

I thought that the three of them cooperated very well last time in Japan, so if possible, I will use the three of them this time.

The three of them have worked together before, and they will surely have a better understanding of each other if they work together again.

This time, Li Qingfeng is still targeting the stock market, but he has changed the country, this time the country is America.

In the past, I was just a nobody who wanted to make a fortune in silence and didn’t dare to provoke America.

Even though they knew there would be a stock market crash in the United States, they did not dare to take action to benefit from it. They just hid aside and watched the crash happen.

It’s different now. We have gained a certain level of strength, and high-end chip companies have also withdrawn from the United States.

Now I’m not afraid of you anymore. If there’s any benefit, I’ll take it. This time I’m going to strike hard.

Buy long first, then go short, take advantage of the Internet stock market bubble and make a fortune from your American stock market.

Twenty or three billion is not too little, eight or nine billion is not too much, take as much as you can!
After returning to his long-missed office, he had just sat down and hadn't even had a sip of water when Zhang Yapeng, who had come from Harbin, appeared in his office.

Seeing Zhang Yapeng running over in a hurry, Li Qingfeng was not surprised at all. He stopped making tea, pointed at the sofa in front of him, and motioned for him to sit down.

Mercedes-Benz's office in the capital is located in the Huaxin Building.

Huaxin Building is the first office building in China to achieve full wired network coverage. Every computer is connected to the Internet, and information can be transmitted very quickly.

I guess as soon as I showed up downstairs at the company, the news of my arrival at the company appeared on the slacking chat software made by the employees on the company's computer desktops.

Before he sat down, Zhang Yapeng excitedly said to Li Qingfeng: "Old Li, why did you come just now? Don't you know who I met during the past few days in the capital?"

"It doesn't matter who you meet. Why did you start calling me Old Li like Wenhui? You always called me Teacher Li before." Li Qingfeng teased with a smile while making tea for Zhang Yapeng.

"I hear Wenhui scolding you every day at home, so I'm used to it."

After he finished speaking, Zhang Yapeng smiled awkwardly and almost told the truth.
Li Qingfeng smacked his lips. This Ma Wenhui is not honest. She actually scolds me at home every day.

What did I do? I just brought your man to Harbin so that you two can't see each other often.

It’s not a big deal, why keep scolding me?
Not caring about the title, Qingfeng Li made tea for Zhang Yapeng and asked with a smile, "Who did you meet in the capital? Lord Deng?"

"How do you know?" Zhang Yapeng exclaimed.

"I can tell from your expression. If it wasn't for Lord Deng, you wouldn't be so excited and barge in without even knocking."

"Hey, that's right."

"How is Lord Deng's health?"

"Very good, very energetic, and speaks with full energy"

"That's good, that's good"

Li Qingfeng nodded but sighed in his heart. Mr. Deng wanted to personally step on the land of Hong Kong after its return to China, but it was a pity that he could not witness with his own eyes the scene of the red flag flying over the Hong Kong.

Putting away his thoughts, Li Qingfeng asked about the important purpose of Zhang Yapeng's visit to Beijing this time: "Has our car passed the inspection? Can it replace Audi and become the standard car for our domestic department-level leaders?"

Zhang Yapeng took a sip of tea and calmed down his excitement a little.

Then he slowly said: "The car has passed the preliminary inspection, and all performance indicators are good. Lord Deng has personally experienced the comfort of our vehicle and gave it a high evaluation."

"He said that it was not easy for our domestically produced cars to reach such a level, and he also saw the progress and potential of our country's automobile industry."

"It's just that, because it's a new car, the reliability of our vehicle has yet to be tested. The higher-ups are worried that the car will malfunction after being used for a period of time, so they didn't agree directly. They asked us to provide them with a few cars to test drive for a period of time before making a decision."

Li Qingfeng nodded. It was normal for the superiors to have such concerns. Today's domestically produced cars are indeed very lame and are synonymous with shoddy products.

The quality of parts and components is not stable enough, and the reliability of some key parts is poor, which makes them prone to failure.

Moreover, the durability of the vehicle is insufficient. After a period of use, it is prone to various mechanical failures and aging phenomena.

Cars produced by car manufacturers such as Xiali, Songhuajiang, and Dongfeng often leave people behind to be repaired on the road.

After a brief thought, Li Qingfeng waved his hand and said directly: "A few cars are too petty. There are 293 prefecture-level cities in the country. We will provide two cars for each prefecture-level city as cars for the mayor and secretary."

"There are 586 cars in total, and you don't have to pay a cent for them. We offer a try-before-you-buy policy, and you can pay if you are satisfied. If a car breaks down within a year, we won't charge you a cent, and the car will be considered a donation to the country."

Zhang Yapeng, who was standing by, was shocked when he heard this: "If this is the promise, then we won't be able to collect the money for the car, right?"

This is how unconfident I am about my car. (End of this chapter)