Chapter 403 There's something wrong with your brain
By spending just a little money, Lu Yiming got a lot of information from Li Qiu.
It's all about Zheng Baishun.
The information is very rich, and the only thing missing is how many diapers Zheng Baishun had to change in a day when he was a child.
Lu Yiming still admired Li Qiu's ability to do things, so this time Lu Yiming gave Li Qiu another "tip" as a reward.
The information obtained shows that Zheng Baishun is currently gathering some senior management of Mingyuan Technology within the company and intends to "rebel."
Behind this, there is even the presence of foreign-funded enterprises such as Amon Company, making the whole thing unusual.
Looking at this information, Lu Yiming gradually had a general idea in his mind, and he instantly understood Zheng Baishun's plans for some of his seemingly "reckless" actions.
While Lu Yiming was leaning back in his chair and looking through some documents, Zheng Youyuan called him.
"Mr. Lu."
Hearing Zheng Youyuan's vigorous words, Lu Yiming immediately smiled and said, "It seems that President Zheng has recovered well."
Zheng Youyuan said self-deprecatingly: "Hey, please don't say that. You have to admit that you are old."
Then, Zheng Youyuan said, "Mr. Lu, do you have time now? I have something I want to talk to you about in person."
Lu Yiming immediately said: "I also have something to tell you, so I'll go over now."
Lu Yiming took the information, bought a fruit basket, and went to the hospital accompanied by Zhao Tiezhu.
At the door of the ward, Lu Yiming saw Zheng Fengting. Zheng Fengting saw Lu Yiming coming over with a fruit basket and said, "Lu Yiming, how come you have time to come here today?"
Lu Yiming said: "Boss Zheng called me and said he wanted to talk to me about something. It just so happened that I also had something to say to Boss Zheng."
"Oh, then go in."
In the ward, Zheng Youyuan was sitting on the bed reading a book. Next to him, Zheng Youyuan's wife Xu Qingshu was helping Zheng Youyuan peel an apple. When she saw Lu Yiming coming in, she immediately said enthusiastically, "Mr. Lu is here. Come and sit down. I'll go get you a cup of tea."
Lu Yiming quickly said, "No, no, just do your thing."
Xu Qingshu said with some fear: "Thank you so much for accompanying our Tingting on the day when Lao Zheng was hospitalized. Otherwise, she, a girl, would not know what to do."
Lu Yiming said modestly: "Mr. Zheng is my partner, and Zheng Fengting is my classmate. You are being too polite when you say this."
Zheng Youyuan said to Xu Qingshu and Zheng Fengting, "I invited Mr. Lu to come here. I have something to discuss with him. You can leave for a while."
Xu Qingshu said, "Okay, you guys chat first, I'll go out for a walk with Tingting."
There were only two grown men left in the ward.
To be honest, this illness came like a mountain falling on him. Zheng Youyuan, who was in such a good spirit before, felt like he had aged dozens of years in an instant after this disaster. His originally round cheeks became thin, and his black hair had turned gray.
Lu Yiming asked with concern: "Mr. Zheng, do you feel okay? How long have you been up? Do you want to take a rest?"
Zheng Youyuan said: "I just woke up not long ago. I'm fine. I'm in good health. Let's talk about the company."
Lu Yiming came here just because of this matter, and he immediately said: "Well, something did happen in the company these days."
Zheng Youyuan sighed and relayed to Lu Yiming what Zheng Baishun had explained to him about the suspension of R&D funding.
Lu Yiming didn't expect there was such a step in this, and immediately said with a smile: "Is this how Zheng Baishun fooled you?"
Zheng Youyuan was choked by this and retorted angrily: "I'm not stupid. I can still tell whether it's a scam or not."
"Oh? Really?"
Lu Yiming sat in front of the bed, took out an orange from the fruit basket and started peeling it, then said jokingly: "Old Zheng, the people in the mental hospital also say that they are not crazy, but is it up to them to decide whether they are crazy or not?"
Zheng Youyuan glared at Lu Yiming unconvinced, reached out to snatch the orange he had peeled, and explained while eating: "Zheng Baishun did come to see me and told me about his plan..."
Then, he told Lu Yiming in detail about the plan of the foreign company Aimon to acquire shares and to help Mingyuan Technology go public in the United States.
At the end of his speech, Zheng Youyuan's eyes seemed to be shining. He looked at Lu Yiming expectantly and asked, "If we do this, will Mingyuan Technology also have a chance to be listed in the United States like Brilliance Auto?"
Even Lu Yiming had to admit that what Zheng Baishun said was indeed feasible, and he also knew that the leeks in the United States were not much nobler than the leeks in China. As long as you put aside your moral integrity, you can cut them however you want.
But in his plan, Mingyuan Technology is a serious technology company. It's understandable that it doesn't benchmark against Apple and Huawei, but what's the point of benchmarking against Luckin Coffee?
As a reborn person, do you want to use such crooked ways to reap profits from the United States?
At this point, Lu Yiming had figured out Zheng Baishun's plan.
Mingyuan Technology's flagship product is only USB flash drives, which have very good market prospects. So for a company, what is the best choice in the short term?
It is not about technological innovation, nor is it about R&D investment, but about creating a beautiful financial statement and then listing the company to make money from shareholders.
How to make beautiful financial statements?
It's very simple. Just cut R&D investment and then promote USB flash drives crazily. In this way, the sales data will be very encouraging. With less investment in R&D, the profit margin will become very good, making Mingyuan Technology a hot commodity in the capital market.
At least, in the short term.
As for your question, can't we have longer-term goals?
Unfortunately, most people have a very short-sighted vision. If I can make hundreds of millions or even billions now, why should I consider the future?
What's more, the company doesn't belong to Zheng Baishun, so he certainly won't feel bad about selling it.
In just a moment, when Zheng Youyuan was still lying on the bed imagining the huge sales of Mingyuan Technology's stocks, Lu Yiming had already figured out everything. He sighed, took out another orange from the fruit basket and began to peel it.
Zheng Youyuan had just finished eating an orange, and when he saw Lu Yiming start peeling another orange, he waited anxiously. Hearing Lu Yiming sigh, he said, "Hey, we were just chatting so well, why are you sighing again? Is there something wrong?"
Lu Yiming sighed and said, "Old Zheng, to be honest, I am very disappointed in you."
Zheng Youyuan suddenly felt unhappy: "No, what do you mean? Is there something wrong with Baishun's plan? Impossible, I also consulted someone."
Lu Yiming ate the orange, letting the sweet and sour juice moisten his throat, and then said to Zheng Youyuan with a helpless expression: "There is nothing wrong with his plan, but there is something wrong with your brain."
These words left Zheng Youyuan confused.
"What on earth do you want to say? Why can't I understand anything?"
Lu Yiming asked: "Do you know what Aimon Company does?"
Zheng Youyuan said, "I know. We almost had a patent lawsuit because of Deng Guoshun's incident. Is there any problem?"
In Zheng Youyuan's opinion, when doing business, there is no such thing as overnight grudges.
As long as there is benefit, even the enemy who killed your father can shake hands and make peace.
Making money is not shameful.
Seeing that Zheng Youyuan hadn't realized the crux of the problem, Lu Yiming had to remind him: "Aimon is a company that develops flash memory technology. I believe they have almost developed a product that can be marketed. Unlike Liu Qian and Lin Jiandong, Aimon is definitely a strong enemy of ours."
When he heard that they were here to steal business, Zheng Youyuan's expression suddenly changed: "You mean, they bought shares in Mingyuan Technology for ulterior motives?"
Lu Yiming snorted, "Isn't this a matter of course? After we become shareholders, Aimon Company asked us to grant patents for the USB flash drives. Should we give it to them? Some people even speculated that they have become the majority shareholder of Mingyuan Technology and can sabotage us at will, such as asking us to cut off the R&D department. In this way, it will be difficult for us to upgrade our USB flash drives. On the contrary, Aimon Company can catch up and beat us with similar products that are more technologically advanced and easier to use."
“Ah, this…”
It is true that Zheng Youyuan has run a factory for most of his life, but he has always been confined to this small piece of land, like a child in an ivory tower, and has never seen the outside world.
Moreover, in China, patent law is just toilet paper, and few people care about it, let alone international patents, which few people have even heard of. Therefore, Zheng Youyuan could not imagine how crazy foreign patent protection is, and he could not imagine what incredible ways foreigners would develop to circumvent patents.
Zheng Youyuan broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this. He finally understood that his competitor had such sinister intentions. He was almost blinded by the "sweet dream" of listing in the United States and failed to see the danger coming.
Although Lu Yiming's words were just speculation, Zheng Youyuan didn't dare to gamble his own fortune. After all, if he lost, he would really be left with nothing.
Later, Lu Yiming mentioned another thing to Zheng Youyuan: "I suspect that your nephew Zheng Baishun has been bribed, and there are also a group of ghosts in the company."
Although Zheng Youyuan had also noticed something, he did not understand it as thoroughly as Lu Yiming. In addition, because of their relationship, he instinctively wanted to believe that Zheng Baishun's operations were for the same dream as his of listing in the United States. Now that the dream was shattered, at most he was deceived by this Aimon Company, and it was a complete exaggeration to say that he was bribed.
"Isn't that possible? Baishun is a hard-working kid. He's not that kind of person."
Lu Yiming shook his head and said, "You can't know a person's heart, you can only know his face. Can you really see clearly what he is thinking? Do you know what a management buyout is?"
Zheng Youyuan frowned and said, "This is the first time I've heard of this word. What does it mean?"
Lu Yiming said: "The so-called management buyout refers to a merger and acquisition transaction in which the company's management uses high-debt financing to buy out the company's equity, making the company privately owned, and then achieving the purpose of controlling and restructuring the company and obtaining extraordinary returns."
When Zheng Youyuan was young, having a high school diploma was considered a highly educated person. He later became successful by accident and was a self-taught person. The professional knowledge that Lu Yiming talked about was like a monk chanting sutras to him.
"Can't you say something I can understand?"
Lu Yiming sighed and explained to Zheng Youyuan, "To put it simply, the actual manager and owner of a company are not the same person. For example, the shares of Mingyuan Technology are held by you and me, but we are not the ones in charge of the specific operation and management. In this case, Zheng Baishun, as the actual operator, can win over the company's senior management to design a plan, introduce external strategic investment under the pretext of helping the company go public in the United States, and then redistribute the company's equity. Do you understand my explanation?"
Zheng Youyuan almost had a high blood pressure attack when he heard this. He slapped the bed and said with gritted teeth: "This bastard is actually betraying his own people!"
Now that Lu Yiming had pointed out the key point, Zheng Youyuan, who no longer had any illusions about listing in the United States, immediately saw through Zheng Baishun's sinister intentions.
Under the premise that the company cannot go public in the United States, the redistribution of the company's equity is naturally unacceptable to Zheng Youyuan, so he was furious, and he didn't even need Lu Yiming to continue to instigate.
In the Mingyuan Technology conference room.
Zheng Baishun held another executive mobilization meeting.
The company's executives sat together, and everyone was looking forward to the future that Zheng Baishun described.
Zheng Baishun sat in the chairman's chair and announced loudly: "After introducing the strategic investment from Aimon, we will launch the plan to go public in the United States. At that time, all executives will own shares of Mingyuan Technology, and the total will never be less than 20%. These shares can be traded in the capital market."
These words made everyone blush and their eyes shine.
Today, Mingyuan Technology’s valuation has reached 3 billion, and just 1% of the shares is worth 30 million!
Twenty percent, doesn’t that mean six hundred million?
Moreover, relying on the monopoly-level flagship product, the USB flash drive, the stock price will surely soar. With this calculation, doesn’t it mean that everyone here will have the opportunity to become a multi-millionaire or even a billionaire?
HR manager Jia Ende took the lead in applauding and flattering him, saying, "Mr. Zheng is young and promising. In just a few days, he has brought such great changes to Mingyuan Technology. I believe that under the leadership of Mr. Zheng, Mingyuan Technology will surely move from its current glory to greater glory!"
When the others saw that Jande was so unsportsmanlike, they immediately rushed to flatter him.
"Mr. Zheng is our real leader in getting rich."
"When Mingyuan Technology goes public in the U.S., President Zheng will become a legendary figure."
Just when Zheng Baishun was feeling proud and thought he was about to succeed, the door of the conference room was pushed open.
