Chapter 299: Seven or Eight Bottles of White Wine First
Seeing Chu Zhongtian's frustrated expression, Lu Yiming felt secretly happy. Although Chu Zhongtian's hands were already red and blue, Lu Yiming was not going to let him go.
"By the way, didn't Representative Chu just say that we should celebrate tonight? Why not tonight? I'll call the White Swan Hotel later and ask them to set up a table. We won't leave until we're drunk. Let me tell you, I love drinking the most. I've been drinking exclusively since I was born, and now I can easily drink seven or eight bottles of white wine. But they wouldn't let me drink, and I've been holding it back for a long time. Today is such a big happy event, and I can finally drink as much as I want. Thank you."
After hearing what Lu Yiming said, Chu Zhongtian's face turned green.
Seven or eight bottles of liquor, wouldn't I drink myself to death?
Thinking of this, Chu Zhongtian immediately broke out in a sweat and waved his hands to refuse Lu Yiming: "Don't be in a hurry to celebrate. The representative office has just been established not long ago, and there are many new businesses to be launched recently. I am very busy and really can't spare the time. How about next time, next time for sure."
Lu Yiming looked regretful upon hearing this, and pretended to be disappointed when he said, "Oh, so that's it. I thought I could drink to my heart's content tonight. It's really disappointing. Although I can't get drunk with you, Chu, I'm not an unreasonable person. If you don't have time today, I won't force you. But we agreed that when you are free, you must accompany me to drink to your heart's content, and we won't leave until we are drunk."
"Okay, okay, if everything is fine, I'll leave first."
Chu Zhongtian didn't want to stay here any longer than a second. He was so scared that he even forgot to say hello. He picked up his briefcase and turned around to leave, as if Lu Yiming would force him to drink if he left a second later.
Looking at Chu Zhongtian's embarrassed appearance as he fled in panic, Su Yunjin breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help laughing out loud.
"Lu Yiming, thank you for helping me out. If you hadn't been here to help me today, I wouldn't know how I would have gotten out of this situation."
As the daughter of a wealthy family, Su Yunjin's vision and talent are undoubtedly great. However, because she has not been active in the business world for a long time, she is still not as good as the old hands in dealing with people.
As the saying goes, a tree without bark is doomed to die, and a man without shame is invincible. Faced with the entanglement of a shameless man like Chu Zhongtian, she really has no way to deal with it.
But Lu Yiming is different. He is a second-generation man. In his previous life, he was treated as a non-human by his boss. He has long seen through these business social interactions. As long as there is a need, his skin is definitely thicker than a city wall. There is no such thing as losing face.
It was because he knew very well that only magic could defeat magic, and it was easy for him to deal with a scum like Chu Zhongtian.
After a series of events in the past few days, Su Yunjin valued Lu Yiming more and more. She subconsciously came to him to discuss many things, as if she had already regarded him as her own family.
Sensing his future mother-in-law's approval of him, Lu Yiming smiled and said respectfully, "This is what I should do. If you encounter such a thing again in the future , just let me handle it."
After all, Su Yunjin was too thin-skinned and had too many issues to consider, so he was full of worries. Facing someone like Chu Zhongtian who didn't play by the rules, he couldn't come up with any good solutions.
But in front of a seasoned veteran like Lu Yiming, Chu Zhongtian's shamelessness was nothing. If there weren't so many contract representatives from both companies around, Lu Yiming would have to let this person who dared to take advantage of his mother-in-law know why the flowers were so red.
The attendees filed out, and the office fell silent. Su Yunjin calmed down and said to Lu Yiming, "Lu Yiming, now that Shi Jinji's candy business has been sold, all the company's resources will be invested in this new product. It can be said that we are risking everything, so we must make it a hit. In your opinion, what should we do now?"
Lu Yiming was full of confidence. "Just follow my plan. First, contact the most famous TV stations in the province and jointly release an advertisement to invite all painting enthusiasts across the country. Organize a selection event and use a million-dollar prize as a gimmick to let the contestants create special works on Water Margin characters. First, build up the popularity, and then it will be much easier later."
Whether a product sells well or not, the most important thing besides its positioning, price and quality is its reputation.
For famous products, dealers are definitely willing to purchase in large quantities, and users are also happy to buy them.
Lu Yiming remembered what he had just said and quickly warned: "For a company or a product, reputation is very important. Don't be afraid to spend money, and don't think about making money at this stage. Spending money now is to make more money in the future, so we have to make this selection event in a big and beautiful way. Anyway, we have to do it in a sensational way."
When holding a large-scale painting competition, the one million prize money is actually only a small part of all the expenses. The real big expenses are renting the venue, inviting guests, organizing activities, and various advertisements published in newspapers and magazines.
After going through these processes, the previously proposed budget of 10 million may not be enough.
But Lu Yiming didn't care at all, because he knew that this product would be popular and make billions of dollars. The overspending of 18 million was a necessary cost investment, which he could earn back by drawing cards from blind boxes in the future.
After Su Yunjin took over Shijinji, Shijinji had already been almost emptied by Shi Cai, and now the candy business had been sold. If Su Yunjin wanted Shijinji to continue to develop, he had no choice but to accept Lu Yiming's plan.
The two discussed the details of the event and were about to leave when a staff member suddenly came in and said to Su Yunjin, "Boss Su, the boss of Xu Fuji is here and has stated that he wants to meet you in person."
Su Yunjin looked puzzled. "People from Xu Fuji? What are they doing here? We have already informed them that we have chosen to cooperate with Ferrero."
Lu Yiming thought about it for a moment, but he understood in his heart: "It is not appropriate to ask them to leave directly since they have come all the way here. Why not invite them to the office for a cup of tea first? Then we can see what they want to do and deal with them accordingly."
Su Yunjin thought it made sense, so he said, "Please ask them to come to my office, we'll be there soon."
In the office, Xu Fan and Xu Cheng looked at Su Yunjin. While they were impressed by Su Yunjin's beauty, they did not forget the purpose of their trip.
Xu Pian was the first to stand up, his eyes were firm and his tone was steady and powerful: "Hello, Mr. Su, I am Xu Pian from Xu Fuji, and this is my brother Xu Cheng."
Su Yunjin nodded slightly and said, "Hello. It is said that no one comes to visit a temple for no reason. I wonder what purpose you two have for coming here at this time?"
Xu Fan, who had always wanted to develop Xu Fuji, did not hesitate to get straight to the point: "Mr. Su, we have already had contact regarding the acquisition of Shi Jin Ji's candy business. But we suddenly heard that Shi Jin Ji decided to sell its candy business to Ferrero. What's the reason? Mr. Su, our offer is obviously higher."
Su Yunjin glanced at Lu Yiming and then explained: "I would like to express my gratitude to President Xu for your company's high regard for us. We made this decision with our own considerations."
Xu Cheng, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but say, "Boss Su, your decision is unwise. We are all Chinese people, blood is thicker than water, and we should help each other. Ferrero is a foreign brand, how can we help outsiders to bully our own people?"
"this……"
Su Yunjin never expected that Xu Cheng would come here to play the patriotism card. She was suddenly speechless and didn't know how to respond.
Instead, Lu Yiming stepped forward and said, "Boss Xu, shouldn't business be handled as business? Today, our Xia country has an open attitude. As long as they are guests, we will not refuse them. So there are some things that cannot be said carelessly. After all, our Xia country is a country of etiquette, and we must not give people a chance to criticize us when we do things."
Seeing Su Yunjin losing ground in the verbal battle, Xu Cheng was about to take advantage of the situation to pursue her. But when someone interrupted him, he immediately raised his eyebrows in anger and looked at Lu Yiming unkindly: "Who are you? Do you have the right to speak here?"
Lu Yiming said calmly, laughing freely: "I am the major shareholder of Shijinji. I should have a say in whether the company's core business is sold or not, or to whom it is sold."
Upon hearing this, Xu Yu's gaze couldn't help but fall on Lu Yiming, staring and observing his every move.
Considering Lu Yiming's age, Xu Fan still thought he was Su Yunjin's son, so he didn't take him seriously at all.
However, Lu Yiming's words instantly broke Xu Cheng's patriotism card. Not only that, he also directly raised the intention to the level of national policy. If they think that Lu Yiming's words are wrong, it means that they do not agree with the national policy, which is a very serious problem.
Moreover, the Xia country government is now vigorously promoting investment and attracting foreign capital and industries into the country. Now Xu Fan is playing the patriotism card here and squeezing out foreign brands, which is singing a different tune from the national policy!
The reason why Lu Yiming was unhappy with Xu Fan was that as a person who had experienced it, he knew very well that the companies from Taiwan were the ones that cheated the mainland the most, especially a certain chip manufacturing company. They were truly the loyal running dogs of the United States and the vanguard in attacking the development of China's chip industry.
In addition, various scams and pyramid schemes have also been introduced from Taiwan to the mainland, causing endless harm and countless sins.
When dealing with these greedy people, you talk about feelings with them, but they only want to take your property. Aren’t they stupid?
So just talk about money directly and don't try to fool anyone.
But since the goal could not be achieved, Xu Cheng felt unhappy. He looked at Lu Yiming fiercely and said, "Does patriotism mean nothing to you?"
He directly accused Lu Yiming of being unpatriotic. If Lu Yiming did not handle the situation well and they publicized it, it would be very detrimental to the development of Shi Jinji.
However, Lu Yiming is not a pushover and does not fall into Xu Cheng's trap at all.
"Boss Xu, without a country, there is no home. We are discussing business cooperation, but you are talking about other things. Is this your attitude when discussing cooperation? Can I understand that you are using national sentiment to put pressure on us? Moreover, you want to acquire our candy business of Shi Jinji, but you are unwilling to pay a penny. Where is your sincerity? We in the mainland also abide by the law. If you want to force a sale, you have to see if the court agrees ."
When Lu Yiming said this, both Xu Fan and Xu Cheng were surprised and secretly sighed at how powerful .
They had come into contact with Shi Jinji before. Not to mention Su Yunjin, even the imposing Su Yunwei was not as eloquent and articulate as Lu Yiming.
After a series of confrontations, neither brother gained any advantage over Lu Yiming. Even Xu Fan didn't know what to say.
Seeing that he was losing the fight with Lu Yiming, Xu Cheng said angrily: "Who is in charge of Shijinji? Is this still your company, President Su?"
To sow discord in person?
Lu Yiming couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and watched Xu Cheng's hard performance with interest.
This guy has never said a good word since he came in. He said he was here to discuss the acquisition, but he has not mentioned the acquisition until now. It is clear that he does not want to compete head-on. Now he even wants to sow discord. He is simply despicable.
Su Yunjin was not good at dealing with this situation, so it was a blessing for her to have Lu Yiming to take the blame for her.
Therefore, after hearing the implication in Xu Cheng's words, he immediately refuted him coldly: "This is an internal matter of our company. What President Lu said is what I want to say. The interests of our shareholders of Shijinji are the same. As for the rest, please don't bother Mr. Xu. It is our freedom to choose who to cooperate with. Now that we have signed the contract with Ferrero, if you two have nothing else, please go back."
Xu Cheng was humiliated repeatedly and was so angry that he slammed the table and said, "Boss Su, you will regret this!"
Su Yunjin's face was as cold as frost: "Are you threatening me?"
Xu Chengqing snorted and said something harsh: "I am just telling the truth. I hope that you, Mr. Su, will not make the same mistake again and again, so that the situation cannot be undone."
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting tense, Xu Yu quickly criticized Xu Cheng, "How dare you talk to President Su like that?"
He looked at Su Yunjin and said with a smile: "Boss Su, don't be angry. My brother Jiu is still like this. He was spoiled by his family. His tone was a bit aggressive. Don't take it to heart. We are very sincere about the cooperation. But since you have reached a cooperation intention with Ferrero, then we wish you a happy cooperation and a lot of money. Ah Cheng, let's go."
Watching the two leave, Lu Yiming took a deep breath and said, "One plays the good cop and the other plays the bad cop, neither of them is easy to deal with. Aunt Su, we still can't let our guard down. We have to be on guard against them."
Su Yunjin nodded slightly: "I will."
Xu Yu and Xu Cheng walked out of Shi Jin Ji's office building. Xu Cheng said unwillingly, "Brother, are we just going to let it go like this?"
Xu Yu sneered, "How can we just let it go like this? If that woman surnamed Su doesn't let us live a good life, then she can forget about living a peaceful life."
