Chapter 119 Taking Over Jiahua Fund Company
At around nine o'clock in the evening, Zheng Zhiguang personally went to the Peninsula Hotel and said to Lu Yiming and Li Yiwen: "Okay, the other party agreed."
After hearing Zheng Zhiguang's words, Lu Yiming's expression was calm, as if it should be so.
Li Yiwen was surprised and asked impatiently, "How did you do it?"
Zheng Zhiguang said with some pride: "Elaine Chan's son is a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. I found him directly this afternoon and told him that if he doesn't sell the company, he will have to bear tens of millions of debts and cause losses to the company's employees and investors, which will make Elaine Chan die regrets. On the contrary, if the fund company is sold to Mr. Lu, the fund company can be revived, and Mr. Elaine Chan's spirit in heaven will also be relieved."
After hearing this, Li Yiwen was amazed and said, "This is a combination of soft and hard tactics, it's amazing."
Lu Yiming also commented: "This routine of coercion and inducement is simply despicable and shameless. No wonder others say that people in the financial industry have dirty hearts and can do such things. What did Marxism-Leninism say? When capital comes into this world, every pore is oozing with blood..."
However, although Zheng Zhiguang's operation method was too simple and crude, the purpose was achieved after all. Lu Yiming did not break his promise and directly signed a check for 100,000 yuan and asked Zheng Zhiguang to take it to the bank to cash it.
Zheng Zhiguang got 100,000 just by talking. He felt that it was not in vain that he had Lu Yiming as his golden thigh.
The next morning, Lu Yiming and Li Yiwen, led by Zheng Zhiguang, came to the Ka Wah Fund's office on the 36th floor of the IFC Building.
Chen Jiahua's son Chen Guangxian is now 40 years old. He wears a meticulous black suit, has a slicked-back hair, and wears gold-rimmed glasses, looking like a high-level intellectual.
When Lu Yiming saw him, he discovered that his square face was filled with sorrow.
The two sides met in the office, and Zheng Zhiguang was the first to introduce them: "Professor Chen, these are my financial sponsors, Mr. Lu Yiming and Mr. Li Yiwen. Mr. Lu, Mr. Li, this is Professor Chen Guangxian."
Lu Yiming and Li Yiwen shook hands with Chen Guangxian one by one.
"Hello."
"Hello."
Under the auspices of Zheng Zhiguang, Chen Guangxian signed the contract very happily.
Seeing that all of Chen Jiahua's life's work had been transferred to Lu Yiming's name, Chen Guangxian said sadly, "Mr. Lu, Jiahua Fund is now handed over to you. I believe Manager Zheng has already told you the basic situation, so I won't go into details. I hope you can run the business well. No matter what happens in the future, at least don't let your employees and customers down."
Lu Yiming said seriously, "Professor Chen, don't worry. I will make Jiahua Fund flourish in my hands and make it a world-renowned fund company that can dominate Wall Street. By the way, how many people are there in the company now?"
Chen Guangxian said: "Including the cleaning lady, eight."
Lu Yiming: “…”
Li Yiwen: “…”
They both looked at Zheng Zhiguang.
Zheng Zhiguang touched the tip of his nose and said in a muffled voice, "You didn't ask this before."
Then, Chen Guangxian went on to give a detailed introduction: "Half of them have already submitted their resignations, and the other half are secretly looking for new jobs. It is probably because too many fund companies went bankrupt, and they haven't found new jobs for a while, otherwise they would have left long ago."
Lu Yiming: “…”
Li Yiwen: “…”
Lu Yiming said to Chen Guangxian, "Call these people and ask them to come over to collect their wages. Pay them the wages they are owed first."
When they heard that the company had a new boss and the first thing to do was to back pay their wages, the employees were very enthusiastic and came here one after another.
The first person to arrive was Wei Liqun, a bald middle-aged man. He was a veteran of the company and one of the earliest employees who had worked with Ella Chen. He was also the company's financial director.
Wei Liqun walked into the office and saw Chen Guangxian, and quickly greeted him: "Professor Chen."
Chen Guangxian said to Wei Liqun: "Uncle Wei, from today on, Jiahua Fund Company has officially changed its owner, and the new boss is Mr. Lu Yiming."
Wei Liqun looked at Lu Yiming and found that Lu Yiming was very young, and he immediately had some doubts in his heart. However, he had been working in the workplace for decades, so he did not show any emotions. He just sighed and said to Lu Yiming: "Hello, Mr. Lu, I am Wei Liqun, the former financial director of Jiahua Company."
Lu Yiming nodded slightly and said, "Hello."
At this moment, the company's glass door was pushed open, and a man about the same age as Chen Guangxian walked in and asked impatiently, "Old Chen, are you finally willing to pay the salary?"
Chen Guangxian helplessly spread his hands and said, "I don't pay the salary, but Mr. Lu Yiming. Mr. Lu Yiming came from the mainland and has acquired Jiahua Fund and also taken over its debts."
Later, Chen Guangxian introduced Guo Yueguang to Lu Yiming, saying, "Mr. Lu, this is Guo Yueguang. He was my junior when I was studying for my master's degree at Cambridge University. He was one year younger than me and came to work at Ka Wah Fund after graduation."
Lu Yiming took the initiative to extend his hand and said with a smile: "It seems that you are also a young talent. Hello, I am Lu Yiming."
However, Guo Yueguang did not shake hands with Lu Yiming. Instead, he looked at Lu Yiming with a bit of contempt and complained to Chen Guangxian, "Why don't you just transfer the back pay directly to our account? The finance department can check the amount. Why make us make this trip?"
Lu Yiming suppressed his dissatisfaction and silently withdrew his hand.
Chen Guangxian noticed the change in Lu Yiming's mood and quickly explained to Lu Yiming: "Xiao Guo has lived abroad for many years and is not very familiar with some things in China. I hope Mr. Lu will bear with me."
Next, several other people came over and Chen Guangxian introduced them one by one.
However, none of them spoke, but silently observed Lu Yiming, the new boss.
Youth is Lu Yiming's greatest asset, but also his greatest weakness.
There is an old saying that goes, "A man without a mouth can't do things well." The situation that Jiahua Fund is facing now is something that even Chen Jiahua herself cannot handle. No one really believes that Lu Yiming can lead Jiahua Fund out of the predicament.
Lu Yiming glanced at these people, cleared his throat, and then spoke: "I have read your resumes. From today on, I will take over Jiahua Fund. If you are willing to continue to work, I can continue to give you the original salary. If you don't want to stay, I won't force you. You can leave immediately after your salary is settled."
Then, Lu Yiming looked at Guo Yueguang and said calmly, "Let's talk about your problem alone."
