Chapter 279 If I Can't Outrun You, I'll Change the Track
Lu Yiming directly invested 10 million in cash and asked Li Qiu to help him use his connections to register the "Dian Guang Automobile" brand for Lu Ding, allowing Lu Ding to use this large sum of money to recruit talents in automobile and battery technology.
With a new goal in life, Lu Ding once again became his former high-spirited and energetic self, full of passion every day.
Seeing Lu Ding regain his confidence, Lu Yiming was also happy to see it happen. It was worth spending the 18 million yuan to make his father busy again!
At noon that day, Lu Yiming returned home and found that only Ning Xuehua was busy in the kitchen, so he asked, "Where's Dad? He didn't come back for dinner again today?"
Ning Xuehua walked out of the kitchen, wiped her hands on her apron, and then rolled her eyes at her son. She complained, "It's all your fault. You insisted on letting him work on electric cars. Now, he eats and lives at the company all day and only comes home once every few days."
Ning Xuehua couldn't help but nag about this matter: "Your father is like a demon now. He even left the mold factory's affairs to me. He just tinkered with his broken car in the workshop with a few people all day long."
Lu Yiming laughed when he heard this: "Anyway, the factory doesn't have any other orders except producing cases for Jianlai Technology. You can do whatever you want."
Lu Ding had actually long been tired of this kind of unskilled work. Now that Lu Yiming had pointed out a new direction for him to develop, how could Lu Ding, who had hope, still care about managing the factory?
It is said that a man remains a boy until he dies. Now that Lu Ding has finally found an interesting big toy, he naturally wants to play with it to his heart's content.
After dinner, Lu Yiming asked Zhao Tiezhu to drive to pick up Shi Qingxue to go to school together. Now the relationship between the two is basically in a semi-public state. Shi Caijiang certainly didn't dare to say a word of objection, and Su Yunwei also knew Lu Yiming's determination. Although Su Yunjin was very worried, she was busy managing the food factory and had no energy to take care of her daughter's affairs.
In the car, Lu Yiming and Shi Qingxue were chatting happily when the phone next to them rang. After Lu Yiming picked it up, he found that it was Li Yiwen calling.
"I've finished dealing with things in Xiangjiang. I'll be back at four in the afternoon."
In the week since returning from the United States, Li Yiwen has been staying in Hong Kong, staying at Future Capital to handle some business matters.
Now that the work is done, I return to the mainland.
Lu Yiming naturally wanted to personally welcome his cousin: "Then let's have dinner together tonight."
After school in the afternoon, Li Yiwen was already waiting at the gate of No. 1 Middle School. Lu Yiming met him and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, great contributor."
Li Yiwen laughed: "My trip this time was almost like traveling, it wasn't hard at all."
During this trip, he successfully bought stocks of companies such as Amazon, Google and Apple, which can be said to be a fruitful and fruitful journey.
The two brothers hadn't seen each other for a long time, so naturally they had a lot to talk about. They found a slightly upscale restaurant near the school, asked for a private room, and started chatting while eating.
Lu Yiming served Li Yiwen some food and poured him some wine, then asked with a smile, "Did you learn a lot during your visit to the United States?"
Li Yiwen sighed, feeling quite emotional: "I have really broadened my horizons. The middle class there lives a very comfortable life, living in villas, driving luxury cars, and throwing parties whenever they have nothing to do. In Silicon Valley, it is even more exaggerated. Throwing a brick may hit several millionaires. Every day in the news, there are tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in various business acquisitions. They simply don't take money seriously."
However, Li Yiwen changed the subject and continued, "But, although the United States has a glamorous side, it also has a side that is hard to bear. Where the rich live, there are flowers everywhere and the sun is shining, everything is so beautiful. But the situation in the slums is terrible, there are gangs rampant, guns are rampant, and you may encounter several waves of robbers when you go to a convenience store to buy a bottle of soda. It's really scary. I think it's better in China, at least you won't die in obscurity."
Lu Yiming toasted with a glass of wine and said jokingly, "I was worried that you would not want to come back. If you don't come back, I will cry to death."
Nowadays, it is not uncommon for people to go abroad on business and then run away, preferring to stay in the United States and work illegally as dishwashers rather than return home.
After all, the huge income gap and living standard gap between the two countries are enough to crush the three views and even self-esteem of many people, making them willing to bend down and lick.
But it is obvious that Li Yiwen is not among them, because he is rich, so he can live well no matter where he is, and he is immune enough to the sugar-coated bullets of the United States.
"It's okay to visit a place like the United States to experience the decadence of the capitalist world, but forget about it if I want to live there for a long time."
The two of them complained about the United States together and finally got down to business.
"During the time you were in the United States, I bought most of the shares of a company called Jingyi Real Estate, and a food company called Shijinji. I am now considered a major shareholder. I plan to let you manage the related businesses of these two companies."
When Li Yiwen heard this, he immediately laughed and scolded: "You are treating me like a donkey in the production team. Even if you hang yourself, you need to give me a break. I just came back and you have arranged my schedule so full. This is too much."
Lu Yiming patiently explained to his cousin: "You only need to keep an eye on these two companies occasionally. You don't need to intervene at other times. You can just vote as a representative at the shareholders' meeting."
Li Yiwen heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this: "That's more like it. But even this kind of thing requires me to do it, what about you? What are you going to do?"
Lu Yiming said confidently , "I'm a student, so of course I have to concentrate on my studies. And I'm already a senior this year, so I have to seriously prepare for the college entrance examination. Just do your job with peace of mind, I'm not going to stop paying you."
"Well, for the sake of the salary."
"That's right."
After the two of them had their meal, Lu Yiming went back to school for evening self-study, while Li Yiwen would report to the two companies tomorrow to officially take over.
As a result, Lu Yiming originally thought that he could rest easy after handing the matter over to Li Yiwen. Unexpectedly, less than two days later, Li Yiwen found Lu Yiming in a hurry and told him the bad news: "Something happened at Shijinji!"
Lu Yiming was naturally very puzzled by this: "Shijinji is not short of money now, and the year-end is approaching, and the peak sales season is about to come. Now is the time to go full steam ahead with production. What could go wrong?"
Li Yiwen couldn't help but sigh: "It's not about this. That Su Yunwei intends to sell Shi Jin Ji as a package, and she has even found a buyer. Xu Fuji from Taiwan and Ferrero from Noodle Country are both very interested in acquiring Shi Jin Ji, and the two parties have already started bidding secretly."
"I fucking…"
Hearing this news, Lu Yiming felt extremely upset.
It's only been quiet for a few days, why are they causing trouble again?
In the Shi family mansion, Su Yunwei was trying her best to persuade Su Yunjin: "Sister, while there are two bidders now, quickly sell Shi Jin Ji for a good price. If you miss this opportunity, you will lose this store."
Su Yunjin thought that Shijinji was a company she had helped to found, and it seemed to be developing in a good direction, so she was very puzzled by Su Yunwei's proposal: "Isn't Shijinji developing well now? Why sell it?"
Shi Caijiang raised his eyelids but sat in the corner without saying a word. Although Shijinji was the company he founded, the fate of the company was no longer under his control.
Su Yunwei patiently analyzed to Su Yunjin: "That's because you don't understand the current international situation. With the deepening of openness, our country's connection and trade with the world are getting closer and closer. With the arrival of those foreign companies, the competition in the candy market will inevitably be fierce. With the brand strength of Shijinji, it is simply not enough to compete with international giants. Instead of taking huge risks and competing head-on with foreign companies, it is better to take advantage of the current advantages and sell at a good price."
Su Yunwei also talked about Shi Qingxue's education: "Besides, higher education in China is not very good. After selling the company, you can use the money to develop overseas, and you can also accompany Xiaoxue to study in the United States and see the world."
Shi Qingxue, who was sitting next to him, never thought that she would be involved in this. When she heard that she was going abroad to develop, she was not happy and objected without hesitation: "I don't want to go abroad."
Seeing Shi Qingxue's reluctant expression, Su Yunwei immediately advised her in the tone of an experienced person: "Why? Educational conditions abroad are good. Look at the college students from famous universities such as Tsinghua University and Peking University. They are trying every means to go abroad. This shows that educational resources abroad are good and what they learn is advanced. If young people don't go out to see the world and learn knowledge, how can they compete with their peers in the future?"
Shi Qingxue curled her lips: "I don't want to compete with others, I think I'm doing fine now. Aunt, why can't you have a little confidence in ourselves?"
Su Yunwei immediately frowned: "What confidence? When foreign candy brands come in, they are famous brands. They don't buy famous brands but your unknown small brand? Foreign monks are better at chanting sutras, don't you know? Nowadays, Chinese people are weak at the knees. Even foreign shit is fragrant. At that time, people would rather sell foreign garbage at a high price than buy good domestic products."
Shi Qingxue said unconvincedly: "How could there be such a fool? Besides, famous brands are not born famous brands. Can't we work hard to make Shijinji a famous brand as well?"
Su Yun snorted, obviously disdaining such talk: "How can it be that easy? I tell you, take advantage of the opportunity to sell it now, and sell it quickly to make a lot of money. What if you compete with them and fail? Wouldn't that be a huge loss? Why gamble on a business that can make money?"
Capital has always only been about making money in the present. As for whether this money is dirty money, whether it will have an impact in the future, whether it will harm society, whether it will have an impact on young people's world view, whether in the future when people talk about Cai Wenji, the first reaction will not be the talented woman of the Eastern Han Dynasty but the auxiliary nanny... these are not within their consideration.
Obviously, Su Yunwei also had the same logic. In her opinion, if she didn't seize the opportunity to make money, she would lose a lot of money.
Shi Qingxue's stubbornness came to the fore. No matter how Su Yunwei talked about the benefits of living abroad, she refused to agree to go abroad.
The next morning, Lu Yiming came to school. As soon as he arrived in the classroom, he heard Li Quanwang, Lu Yiping and Xiao Qinghe gathered together and enthusiastically debated who had the highest martial arts value in Water Margin.
Li Quanwang confidently declared: "Jade Unicorn Lu Junyi is the most powerful, with unrivaled martial arts skills and a 10-foot-long steel spear in his hand. He is invincible in the world."
When Lu Yiping heard this, he immediately refuted: "Bullshit, I think the most powerful one is Leopard Head Lin Chong. He is the chief instructor of the 800,000 imperial guards. How can his skills be bad? What do you call this? This is called official certification!"
Xiao Qinghe shook his head repeatedly at the side: "You are all wrong. The most powerful one should be Wu Song. After all, he can kill a tiger when he is drunk, let alone a human? Tigers are so powerful. Who can kill a tiger with bare hands in real life? What you said is all false. Wu Song killed a tiger in practice."
The TV series "Water Margin", adapted from the classic novel, has quickly become popular across the country and sparked heated discussions among audiences since its premiere on CCTV in January this year.
The heart-wrenching heroic story has left countless people with endless aftertaste, so much so that even the reruns still have extremely high ratings.
Lu Yiming watched the three people arguing and felt amused in his heart. It seemed that he saw his own past in Li Quanwang and the others.
At that time, he was so innocent and pure, full of passion, and yearning for the heroes in legendary stories.
But now, after more than 20 years of hard work, his edges have been smoothed out and he no longer has the high spirits he once had.
Li Quanwang was at a disadvantage in the argument. He turned around and saw Lu Yiming coming over. He quickly pulled Lu Yiming aside and said, "You come and judge. Among the 108 heroes in Water Margin, who is the most powerful?"
Li Quanwang's question just happened to open up Lu Yiming's train of thought.
Ever since Li Yiwen told Su Yunwei that Su Yunjin had encouraged her to sell Shi Jin Ji and move her family to the United States, Lu Yiming has been thinking about a question.
Must keep the food record!
Otherwise, Shi Qingxue will have to go to the United States!
If they want to keep Shijinji, they must create a flagship product to make Shijinji completely popular and make Su Yunwei give up the idea of selling Shijinji!
The problem that Shijinji is facing now is that its main business cannot compete with time-honored foreign-funded enterprises such as Xu Fuji and Ferrero. But why does it have to compete with them in the candy field?
In business operations, there is a term called "misaligned competition". To put it simply, it is a competitive strategy in which companies avoid their competitors' market advantage areas and use their own strengths to attack their weaknesses, thereby establishing a relatively advantageous competitive position.
What kind of foreign monk is good at chanting? If I can't outrun you on this path, won't I change the path?
