Chapter 319: I'm so scared that I don't want to die
Facing such an old and disrespectful guy, Lu Yiming naturally would not be polite to him. He immediately stepped forward and sneered, "You are already old, with one foot in the coffin. Wouldn't it be better to live a few more years? You are here to challenge me? Who do you think you are? Are you qualified to negotiate with me?"
As soon as these words came out, Ji Wen Ze was so angry that he trembled all over. He then glared at Lu Yiming and said, "Being too impetuous when young is not a good thing. I advise you to be more respectful in the end, otherwise you will suffer the consequences."
Lu Yiming was unwilling to be outdone and retorted: "Can you be called a young man if you are not angry? As for respect, you have to ask yourself, are you worthy of it?"
Ji Wenze was furious: "Do you believe that I can make your company go bankrupt?"
Lu Yiming sat down on the first seat, his eyebrows raised, staring at Ji Wenze with a look like a clown: "I just don't believe it, what can you do to me?"
Although the domestic laws are just a joke, once they are no longer a joke , things will become really fun.
Ji Wenze's behavior of abusing his power for personal gain and defrauding money, given Lu Yiming's current status and position, if it really got out of hand, even if the Ji family could suppress it, it would still be seriously damaged. So Lu Yiming was not afraid at all, at most he would not make money, but he could not bear this humiliation.
Besides, should I compromise after being reborn?
What are you doing?
The worst that can happen is that both sides will be destroyed. Do you think those who are barefoot are afraid of you who are wearing shoes?
"Okay, you're good!"
Ji Wen Ze gnashed his teeth in anger.
He has had a smooth life over the years because he has a good son-in-law. Wherever he goes, people flatter and respect him. Even he himself can't remember when was the last time he suffered bullying.
But he never expected that he would suffer repeated defeats at the hands of Lu Yiming.
This made him unable to accept it for a while.
"We'll see!"
After saying these harsh words, Ji Wen Ze turned around angrily, intending to leave first.
However, at this moment, Lu Yiming made a phone call in front of Ji Wenzhe.
"Wu Changmao?"
"I am, may I ask you..."
"My name is Lu Yiming."
After introducing himself, there was silence in the microphone for a long time. It was obvious that Wu Changmao knew Lu Yiming's identity.
"what you up to?"
When Lu Yiming heard this, he laughed out loud and said jokingly, "I should be the one asking this question. What do you, the Wu family, want to do? You sealed up a company under my name for no apparent reason. I heard that you personally gave the order?"
Wu Changmao was from a famous family and held a high position. No one had ever dared to speak to him like this, so he was naturally very rude to Lu Yiming. He also knew that too many people would attract more attention and too much talk would lead to mistakes. He denied it directly and said, "I don't know what you are talking about. I'm very busy. If there is nothing else, I'll hang up first."
Lu Yiming's tone was relaxed, with a smile on his face. "Don't worry, it's not too late to hang up after I finish talking. Otherwise, if things get out of hand, I don't care. It's just a few hundred million losses, I can afford it. But I don't know if you can still keep your position when thousands of people lose their jobs and tens of thousands of families have difficulty living."
Wu Changmao was furious: "Who do you think you are? How dare you threaten me?"
However, facing Wu Changmao's anger, Lu Yiming's tone remained unchanged, and he said calmly: "Don't speak so loudly, I'm not deaf. I just want to tell you that among the shareholders of Shijinji, the money I invested is from Hong Kong, and the other major shareholder is a returned overseas Chinese. I know that the Wu family has always been rampant in the southeast coastal area. But I just want to ask, if this matter is reported in the newspaper, can you cover it up?"
These words made Wu Changmao's face turn pale. Everything is centered on economic development. This is the national policy and the trend of the times. Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish.
Not to mention that it also involves the investment environment issue for foreign capital. If Lu Yiming really gets mad and directly closes Shijinji, or even abandons other companies, then so many people will be unemployed at the same time, which will definitely be big news, and Wu Changmao will not be able to cover it up.
After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Wu Changmao could only hold back his anger, put on a calm attitude, and asked tentatively: "Tell me, what do you want?"
Lu Yiming was too lazy to beat around the bush with Wu Changmao, and even more lazy to deal with these people, so he stated his request directly: "Your father-in-law is throwing a tantrum in front of me, you send someone to take him away, and then remove the seal on the door, I can let this matter go. Don't think that we can be manipulated by people like you just because we are rich and powerless. If you really push people into a corner, the rabbit will still kick the eagle."
“Bang!”
On the other end of the phone, Wu Changmao hung up the phone angrily, his eyes seemed to be on fire.
"Lu Yiming, right? I'll remember you. We have a long way to go!"
Because of his family background, Wu Changmao had been able to get whatever he wanted since he was old enough to understand things, and he had never suffered any loss at the hands of anyone. But Lu Yiming was the first person who dared to humiliate him. If he didn't take revenge, he would be worried about whether he ate or slept peacefully.
After Lu Yiming finished the call, he looked at Ji Wen Ze coldly.
Ji Wen Ze was dumbfounded. The reason why he could become the president of Baiyun City Calligraphy and Painting Association was certainly not because of his superb painting skills. In fact, his calligraphy and painting level was simply hard to describe. To say that he was a novice and loved to play was a compliment to him.
The reason why he is so fanatically admired is because of his identity as "Wu Changmao's father-in-law". To put it bluntly, he is a person with connections.
But why is it that the young man in front of him seems to dare not even take his son-in-law seriously?
How can we deal with this?
The atmosphere was eerily silent, and then a cell phone suddenly rang, startling Ji Wen Ze. He looked at the caller ID and saw that it was his son-in-law Wu Changmao calling.
"Hello?"
"oh."
"you……"
"OK!"
"Just wait for me!"
Ji Wen Ze stammered a few times into the phone with an unpleasant expression, and became more and more agitated as time went on, but he had no choice. Even though it was embarrassing, he could only utter another harsh word after finishing the call, and then left in disgrace under Lu Yiming's gaze.
Seeing that Lu Yiming solved the problem perfectly with just one phone call, Lei Peilin was immediately amazed.
"Boss Lu, you are amazing! You solved all the problems with just one phone call?"
Lu Yiming waved his hand and said modestly: "It's just a small matter, not worth mentioning."
Lei Peilin asked, "So, should we throw away the thing this guy brought to the competition?"
Lu Yiming laughed and said, "Why throw it away? Let's put it in perspective. He came to participate in the competition. Can you still stop him? And even if we take a step back, he is the president of a shitty association. It would be inappropriate not to let him enter the finals."
"ah?"
Lei Peilin was almost confused.
Didn’t this person run away in disgrace?
If we're talking about not offending anyone, then hasn't everyone been offended by now?
Then why should we allow the other party to participate?
To be fair, the paintings of this so-called president of the Calligraphy and Painting Association are really average. If he really wants to compete with others in terms of strength, it would be a stretch for him to even enter the junior group.
With this level, you still make it to the finals?
What on earth is going on in Mr. Lu’s mind?
Such shady operations are not fair to other contestants .
Lei Peilin told Lu Yiming his thoughts, but Lu Yiming patted Lei Peilin on the shoulder and said to him earnestly: "How can there be fairness in this world? Look at that old man just now, was he fair to me? We are businessmen, don't you know what businessmen should do?"
"All right."
When Lu Yiming and Lei Peilin were leaving the office, they happened to meet Su Yunjin and Su Yunwei coming in.
Su Yunjin saw Lu Yiming and asked expectantly, "How is it? Is the problem solved?"
Lu Yiming smiled and nodded: "It has been resolved. I guess the relevant departments will call and revoke those decisions in a while."
Su Yunjin was delighted when she heard this and said to Lu Yiming, "Lu Yiming, thank you so much this time."
Lu Yiming did not take credit for it: "This is what I should do."
Although the matter was over, Su Yunwei, who had just learned the news, was still very dissatisfied at the moment. She couldn't help but complain: "The investment environment in the mainland is too bad. Is there no one to take care of this kind of thing? In the United States, if a public official treated a company like this, he would probably be fired in a minute."
Lu Yiming glanced at her sideways when he heard her, but said something fair: "The atmosphere in the mainland is pretty good. The country is stable and united. After a lot of rectification, the public security is getting better. If you come here to do business, as long as you are not particularly unlucky, you can easily make money. It is inevitable to have a few bad apples occasionally. After all, the world is so big, and the human species are so diverse, it is inevitable that you will encounter one or two useless bastards everywhere."
After sighing for a while, Lu Yiming reminded Su Yunwei not to be superstitious about what Western civilization advocates: "As for what you said about the United States not having this kind of situation, I can only say that you are too young. This United States is not so much a country as it is a giant department store. As long as the interests are in place, everything can be bought and sold, including conscience. There is no such thing as fairness. The reason why you see the beauty of the United States is only because you are standing high enough. If you go to the slums, you will see a different scene. It is not advisable to generalize. For example, you think the domestic environment is bad because of this incident. You can't think that the United States is a good country just because you see a little good in it, right? Isn't this double standard?"
Su Yunwei scoffed at Lu Yiming's statement and said, "Don't give me special examples! Anyway, the investment environment in Europe and the United States is very free, so this kind of thing will definitely not happen."
Seeing Su Yunwei's stubbornness, Lu Yiming laughed out loud. "I won't talk about other places for now, let's just talk about the United States. They call that a free investment environment? In this world, the most unruly businessmen are the Angsa, especially the United States. They are known for being overbearing and domineering. It's a compliment to say that they force buying and selling. After all, the real United States always likes to buy for free. As long as you don't pay, it's not considered forced buying and selling."
After so many years of American higher education, her worldview has been shaped into the West. Su Yunwei naturally couldn't accept Lu Yiming's words and said angrily: "You are prejudiced! How do you know that the United States is like this if you haven't been there? You will know if you go there."
Seeing that Su Yunwei looked completely brainwashed, Lu Yiming shook his head and sighed, "I won't talk about the Indians' experiences. They still don't know what to do. Let's take someone you must be familiar with as an example."
Su Yun frowned slightly: "Who?"
Lu Yiming raised his eyebrows slightly: "You know Rockefeller, right?"
Su Yun nodded slightly.
After all, Su Yunwei received higher education in the United States, so she was naturally familiar with the entrepreneurial stories of the oil tycoon.
Lu Yiming said calmly, "Since you know Rockefeller's story, do you know his early history of making a fortune? In order to block competitors' transportation routes, he even derailed his competitors' transportation trains. Not only that, Rockefeller also sent thugs to blow up a competitor's refinery in Buffalo. Is this the freedom of business you claim to have? The freedom of the investment environment? Look at us, if we are not happy with you, we just put a seal on it, how gentle. Look at the United States, they directly use weapons to blow up factories, how free they are."
Su Yunwei and others were stunned by what Lu Yiming said.
It was the first time for them to realize that doing business in the United States was actually more exciting than fighting a war.
Compared with the beautiful country with its "simple folk customs", the domestic business environment is obviously much milder. At least your company or factory will not be inexplicably blown up by competitors.
Su Yunwei obviously didn't believe what Lu Yiming said. He asked, "I have lived in the United States for so many years, and I didn't know about this. How did you know?"
The Internet was not yet popular in those days, and Wikipedia had not yet been born. Many negative materials were still buried in the mist of history, making it difficult to see clearly.
It is estimated that these things will only be dug out of the ground and exposed to the sun in the era of information explosion.
After all, as the great man said, when the tide goes out, you can see who is swimming naked.
Lu Yiming did not directly answer Su Yunwei's question, but teased: "If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself. You can investigate these things yourself to see if I am lying. In fact, you should know that I am telling the truth. After all, in a country where capitalists dare to "think out of the box" for money, it is actually unrealistic to expect greedy people to abide by the law."
“…”
Although Su Yunwei had never heard of bombing a factory, it was estimated that everyone knew that the president had been manipulated by someone.
As a relatively normal person, Su Yunwei knew that Lu Yiming's reasoning was reasonable. However, her values made her subconsciously unwilling to believe that the lighthouse in her mind was described as so dirty.
Su Yunjin sighed and stopped discussing the investment environment. Instead, she advised Lu Yiming to make money through harmony: "In fact, there is no need to offend Wu Changmao to death because of the talent show. The Wu family is not easy to mess with."
Lu Yiming raised his eyebrows, smiling: "Am I easy to mess with?"
Su Yunjin didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Being young and energetic is a good thing, but I'm afraid that you will get carried away and end up on a narrow path."
Lu Yiming knew that Su Yunjin's concern for him was from the heart, so he nodded slightly to show that he accepted the lesson: "Don't worry, Auntie, I know my limits."
Su Yunjin was relieved to see that Lu Yiming did not act on impulse, and said in a friendly manner, "That's good."
