Chapter 414: Want More
Soon, Shi Wuwei found out why Zhang Yuxin and Zhu Qiankun wanted to withdraw their investment.
Mingyuan Technology directly held a press conference and announced its cooperation with international giants such as IBM, Dell, HP, and Logitech, and will export USB flash drives to North America and Europe.
Among them, there is even the figure of the world's richest man Bill Gates. The news that the two of them have partnered to open a company specializing in the promotion and sales of USB flash drives has also been widely reported under the follow-up reports of the media.
The direction of public opinion that Lenovo had worked so hard to guide suddenly went beyond their control. Many people began to question whether Amon had the relevant patent technology for flash drives. It couldn't be that international giants such as IBM, Dell, HP, and Logitech were all fools and blind, right?
In an instant, Lenovo, Amon Company, Huaqi Information and other USB flash drive related companies were pushed to the forefront. Even Pengrun Electric Appliances, which had previously promoted USB flash drives, was affected and was scolded by users as "traitors" who helped foreigners bully domestic companies.
Huang Junlie was completely confused. He called Shi Wuwei and asked, "What is going on? Didn't you say that you have a complete set of patented technology for USB flash drives?!"
Shi Wuwei was also confused and retorted, "How would I know? That foreigner Dover Aymon said he had it."
Huang Junlie was originally from a grassroots background, so he couldn't hold it in any longer and immediately started to curse: "Are you a pig? You believe him just because he says so? Why don't you check it out? You know how badly I've been screwed by you this time!"
Pengrun Electric Appliances had been caught selling fake goods before, and now this kind of thing has happened again. Its reputation is in tatters. I don’t know how much time and money it will take to clear its name. It would be strange if Huang Junlie didn’t become popular.
Shi Wuwei was in an equally terrible mood, and said unhappily, "You asked me to check it, why don't you check it yourself?"
"Fuck your mother!"
Huang Junlie hung up the phone after cursing. The two of them parted on bad terms and went about licking their wounds.
Mingyuan Technology.
In the conference room, Song Honglin gave a thumbs up and flattered Lu Yiming, saying, "Boss Lu's move was brilliant. He knocked his opponent to the ground. The dealers who were waiting and watching are now coming to us again, waving their money and placing orders with Mingyuan Technology to purchase USB flash drives."
Lu Yiming said, "You go make a list. During this turmoil, we will provide better benefits to those dealers who have always maintained a united front with us, Mingyuan Technology. As for those who are fence-sitters, their benefits will be reduced by one level."
Song Honglin said with some concern: "Will this be too offensive?"
If we do as Lu Yiming says, many powerful dealers will be put on the blacklist, and the other party will definitely not be happy.
Lu Yiming sneered, "It's up to you to buy or not. These greedy people are unreliable. Instead of giving them money, I would rather cultivate some dealers who are willing to trust us, even if they are still very weak now."
If one wants to do business, sales team and channel construction are things that must be considered. In Lu Yiming's opinion, those dealers who defect at the slightest sign of trouble are not worth winning over at all.
Therefore, Lu Yiming intends to follow the example of the Jianlibao Group in this regard, where the company and its distributors directly form a close alliance of interests, so as to enhance the company's ability to resist risks.
Song Honglin thought about it and felt that it made sense.
"Okay, I'll do it right away."
A few days after Mingyuan Technology's press conference, with the launch of the second-generation USB flash drive with a large capacity of 128MB, Lu Yiming used his own product to beat Huaqi Information's USB flash drive. With a capacity of only 32MB, it was only a quarter of the USB flash drive. The two were not at the same level at all.
However, the price of the second-generation USB flash drives has become much more expensive, with the unit price directly exceeding thousands of yuan, but when converted, users still make a profit.
Compared with the first generation of USB flash drives, the second generation of products not only has a larger capacity, but most importantly, it has achieved "driver-free" and is a "two-in-one" USB flash drive that combines the two functions of "driver-free and hard encryption" into one.
Compared with the first generation of products, this type of USB flash drive already has a driver-free function, which means that users can use the USB .
What is more worth mentioning is the "hard encryption" function, which makes Yipan private. Users must enter the correct password to use Yipan, which can prevent users' private information from being stolen by others.
This is also thanks to the cooperation between Lu Yiming and Bill Gates, who loaded the relevant program modules into Microsoft's operating system software, so that users can automatically recognize the USB drives produced by Mingyuan Technology after updating the system .
Don't underestimate this point. It means that the threshold for using USB flash drives has been greatly lowered, and "plug and play" has been truly realized, which is of great significance to the popularization of USB flash drives.
This feature alone is unmatched by other competitors.
So Huaqi Information lost, and Amon Company and Lenovo Group also lost. In this competition between USB flash drives and USB flash drives, even though they tried every possible means, they still ended up in failure.
Within a few days, news came out that Huaqi Information's factory had closed down and the King Fund Company had gone bankrupt. At the same time, Dover Amon also left Xia Country in disgrace and no longer jumped around.
As for Pengrun Electric Appliances and Lenovo Group, they were also affected and suffered heavy losses.
However, just when Lu Yiming thought that everything was settled and the matter was completely over, Zheng Youyuan called him.
During this period, Zheng Youyuan handed over the daily management of Youyuan Electronics Factory to Zheng Fengting. Although Zheng Fengting didn't know anything, the only business of Youyuan Electronics Factory was to produce USB flash drives, so Zheng Fengting didn't need to do anything.
Song Honglin was also in charge of Mingyuan Technology, so Zheng Youyuan had been recuperating in the hospital. The sudden call caught Lu Yiming off guard.
"Boss Zheng, how is your recovery going?"
Zheng Youyuan said with full energy, "Much better. Thank you, Mr. Lu, for your concern. I'm really sorry to bother you with the recent events. If it weren't for you taking charge, the company would have had a hard time getting through this crisis."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Mr. Zheng, you don't have to say that. Mingyuan Technology has a share for you, and it also has a share for me. Besides, this is not a big deal."
Zheng Youyuan said admiringly: "Boss Lu is really a young hero. This is nothing. Yes, Boss Lu resolved the crisis with just a wave of his hand. It is really nothing to you."
Then he added, "By the way, I called you mainly because someone asked me to. Someone wants to treat you to dinner tonight."
Lu Yiming raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "Who is it? I'll have to trouble Mr. Zheng to convey it."
Zheng Youyuan confessed: "His name is Zhu Qiankun. He will be at Shenghe Seafood City at 6 o'clock tonight. He wants to talk to you. His family has some connection with my Zheng family."
"I see."
Although Lu Yiming didn't like any dinner parties, especially those with people he didn't know, since they were Zheng Youyuan's friends, Lu Yiming didn't want to lose Zheng Youyuan's face, so he immediately agreed and said, "Okay, I'll go over when the time comes."
After school in the afternoon, Zhao Tiezhu drove his Audi and took Lu Yiming to Shenghe Seafood City.
At the gate of Shenghe Seafood City, Zhu Qiankun came out to greet them personally.
"Mr. Lu, your presence here makes our humble shop shine. Please come in."
Lu Yiming looked up at the restaurant in front of him and asked, "Are you Zhu Qiankun?"
Zhu Qiankun said enthusiastically: "Yes, this Shenghe Seafood City is a small property of mine. I just shipped a batch of seafood from Australia today, and I wanted to invite Mr. Lu to come and taste it."
When you give someone a gift, you must have something in mind.
Zhu Qiankun was so enthusiastic that Lu Yiming didn't let him lose face. He smiled and said, "Mr. Zhu, you are too polite. More friends mean more paths. It is my honor to know a friend like Mr. Zhu."
The restaurant is very lively and full of customers, which shows that business is very good.
After inviting Lu Yiming into the private room and chatting for a few words, Zhu Qiankun did not hide anything and went straight to the point, saying, "Boss Lu, let's not beat around the bush. I want to be the agent for your USB drive."
Although Xing'an Group is engaged in foreign trade, it is also very successful in China, especially in several southeastern coastal provinces, where it has some unique channels.
"You? Acting as my USB drive?"
Lu Yiming smiled slightly and said without hesitation: "Sure, welcome."
Of course, Lu Yiming would not refuse this kind of cooperation. Xing'an Group needed to find a way to make money, and Lu Yiming also needed someone to help him sell goods. The two sides hit it off immediately, and after a few words, they finalized the intention of cooperation.
As for the specific details of the contract and how to divide the meat, those are things that the younger brothers have to do, so there is no need to trouble the two big guys to do it.
Zhu Qiankun was a generous person. Seeing that Lu Yiming agreed so straightforwardly, he laughed out loud: "Mr. Lu is indeed a big businessman. He is straightforward in doing things."
In order to eliminate the alienation in Lu Yiming's heart, Zhu Qiankun took the initiative to confess: "Before, I didn't know that the USB flash drive was an infringing product, so I invested a lot of money in it. I hope that Mr. Lu has a lot of money and will not mind it."
Lu Yiming sighed, "Ignorance is not a crime. Well, to be honest, it is very difficult to carry out independent research and development in China these days. Not only do we have to guard against piracy by our own people, but we also have to be slandered by foreigners. It's really like being neither a human nor a villain."
Zhu Qiankun was immediately touched and agreed, "That's right, just like my dad who specializes in export trade. Those foreigners are so stingy, they try to lower the price all day long, and they don't even look at us. In the end, it's because we are not strong enough and can only act like grandsons."
"That's right. If you don't have strength, you will be bullied."
The two of them ate and talked, and they exchanged a lot of information.
Lu Yiming felt that Zhu Qiankun had a good personality and was worth making friends with.
Zhu Qiankun also admired Lu Yiming very much. As a second-generation rich man, he knew how difficult it was to start from scratch. What's more, the company founded by Lu Yiming was all doing honest business and did not rely on crooked means to make money. This alone made him better than more than 90% of the so-called rich people in the country.
After having a good meal and a good drink, Lu Yiming had to go back to his evening study. At the entrance of the hotel, Zhu Qiankun shook hands with Lu Yiming and said, "Boss Lu, if you have any trouble in the future, just call me. As long as I can solve it, I will do it without hesitation."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Then I'd like to say thank you first."
He got in the Audi and said to Zhao Tiezhu, "Let's go to school... Forget it, I've been drinking, so I won't go to school. Let's go back to Bi Hai Long Ting."
The car had just started and had not gone ten meters away when Lu Yiming's phone rang. He picked it up and found that it was Lin Shuyi calling.
"Miss Lin, why are you so interested in calling me today?"
Lin Shuyi said: "I am here to act as a lobbyist. Shi Wuwei wants to talk to you."
Shi Wuwei's life is so miserable nowadays.
With Zhu Qiankun's defection, many investors demanded to withdraw their investment. The King Fund, which had just been established not long ago, was about to be buried in the ground, and its coffin was nailed tightly.
"Oh boy, here comes another one."
Lu Yiming teased, "You want to talk to me now? What were you doing before?"
Lin Shuyi, who knew Lu Yiming's temperament well, was not surprised by Lu Yiming's attitude and immediately said, "Then I refuse."
Lu Yiming said calmly: "Well, let him go. My time is precious and I don't have the time to waste on him."
Shi Wuwei is different from Zhu Qiankun. Zhu Qiankun's investment in Huaqi Information is just a pure business behavior. He is not an enemy in essence. But Shi Wuwei is different. What he did is just asking for trouble.
Now that he had lost his pants, he still hoped that a few words of pleading would make Lu Yiming show leniency or even give him a hand, but Lu Yiming naturally didn't bother to pay attention.
Then, Lin Shuyi said, "I heard that you are going to the United States in a few days. Have you found any business opportunities?"
In the past year, Lin Shuyi had made a lot of easy money following Lu Yiming. After getting used to it, Lin Shuyi always wondered when Lu Yiming would take her to play some big games again. This time, she accidentally heard someone say that Lu Yiming was going to the United States, and Lin Shuyi thought that Lu Yiming had found some good business again.
Lu Yiming couldn't help but tease, "Little girl, why are you so obsessed with money now? I went to the United States this time because I was invited by Bill Gates to participate in an international competition to win glory for my country."
Lin Shuyi scoffed at Lu Yiming's words: "As a capitalist who reeks of money, I don't believe you have such a high political consciousness."
Lu Yiming didn't blush when his past was exposed. He smiled and said, "Well, in addition to the competition, I also plan to recruit a few people. You know, it's really hard to find software talents in China."
Lin Shuyi thought for a moment and asked, "Why are you poaching people? Is it for your fake company called Yixun Technology?"
Lu Yiming retorted unhappily, "Hey, what a shabby company! If Yixun grows up, it will be the leader of Xiaguo's Internet industry in no time. Do you believe it?"
Lin Shuyi was very skeptical: "Your crappy company has been established for some time, but you haven't made a penny. You've just been burning money. How can you still be the leader of Xiaguo's Internet? I think you're out of your mind. It's just a chat software, and you claim it's always free. I think it will go bankrupt sooner or later... Forget it, I won't talk nonsense with you. If you go to the United States, you should pay more attention to your safety when you go out."
"I know. How come you are more nagging than my mom?"
"Hey, you really don't know how to appreciate kindness."
"Okay, okay, thank you, that's all."
"Well, I'm glad to know. Would it be too much to treat me to a meal later?"
“…”
After hanging up the phone, Lu Yiming looked at the night view outside the window. As the butterfly's wings flapped, more and more things were completely different from what he remembered.
In his previous life, Lu Yiming could only watch others stand on the cusp of the trend and soar into the sky.
And now, it is finally his turn to rise to the top.
The most obvious change is in the social circle.
Now in the class, there are only a few classmates who can talk to him, except Shi Qingxue and Li Quanwang.
The people he interacts with on a daily basis are either top second-generation rich people, or big shots like various company bosses, professional managers, etc.
The circumstances of life are now very different from what I remember.
Now Lu Yiming no longer has much sense of urgency about life, but as he stands higher, he can see farther and feel more pressure that he has never felt before.
Faced with the great era that is coming, Lu Yiming does not want to stop there, he wants more.
