Chapter 476 Hope Group
A few days later, Xiao Longbo got the money from Lu Yiming, so he planned to have a good talk with Gao Yousi.
After receiving the news that Xiao Longbo requested an interview, Gao Yousi was planning to have a talk with Xiao Longbo. After all, he had already found a professional manager and was now ready to kick Xiao Longbo out.
Both of them had their own demands, so it was natural for them to meet.
The first thing Xiao Longbo said after they met was: "Mr. Gao, I sold my shares in Fan Zhenxiang Fast Food."
"ha?!"
Gao Yousi's emotions suddenly collapsed, and he slammed the table and shouted, "You actually sold it?"
"What do you mean?"
"You're a fucking traitor?"
"You did this on purpose, didn't you? Do you believe I will f*cking kill you? How dare you trick me?"
Gao Yousi's emotions fluctuated violently. After all, he had never suffered such a great injustice since he was a child. After this series of moves, he felt like he was tricked by Xiao Longbo.
In fact, Xiao Longbo had already prepared himself mentally to be scolded, so in the face of Gao Yousi's crazy output, he said nothing and just sat there with a cold face.
To be honest, he did make some money during this period of time. After all, he still had the 300,000 yuan given by Lu Yiming in his hand.
After all the hard work, I made 300,000 yuan, which is not a small amount.
The reason why he was unhappy was because he thought too much. After all, according to his idea, he should be able to earn millions or tens of millions and compete with KFC and McDonald's for customers.
At this moment, Lu Yiming walked in. Xiao Longbo immediately stood up and walked outside.
"I've already sold my shares. It's none of my business. You guys can discuss it yourselves. I won't get involved."
After Xiao Longbo left, Gao Yousi asked Lu Yiming with a gloomy face: "What do you mean?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Mr. Gao, don't be so serious. It doesn't really mean anything. Isn't this a normal business behavior? I'm not a listed company. There's no need to disclose documents, right?"
Lu Yiming was too lazy to talk nonsense and directly put forward the conditions: "Mr. Gao, I can use 200,000 to buy your shares. Believe me, this price is not low."
The price was indeed "not low". Lu Yiming only spent 300,000 yuan for the 67% of Fanzhenxiang fast food shares held by Xiao Longbo and Ji Feiyang, and he was willing to spend 200,000 yuan for the 33% held by Gao Yousi, which was definitely very "generous".
But Gao Yousi obviously didn't think so. He sneered and said, "I invested one million in this project, but now I haven't made any money. You want to turn it into 200,000 yuan? Do you think I will agree to it?"
Lu Yiming said slowly, "Boss Gao, that's not the way to say it. You should know more about business than me. After all, you can't eat for nothing after eating so many extra meals for so many years. Boss Gao, I advise you to recognize the situation. Fan Zhenxiang fast food may be able to come back to life, but with me here, you can't do anything. I can make you lose all your money just by playing it badly."
"you!"
Seeing Lu Yiming's "shameless" behavior, Gao Yousi was so angry that he wanted to curse, but he also knew that getting angry was useless.
The choice is to lose all the one million, or to get back the 200,000 yuan investment. This choice is not difficult at all. The difficult part is how to swallow this anger.
Gao Yousi stared at Lu Yiming fiercely: "Very good, I will remember this matter, we have a long way to go."
Lu Yiming smiled calmly: "Okay, I'll be waiting for you, Mr. Gao, at any time."
Looking at Lu Yiming's shameless expression, Gao Yousi wanted to perform physical salvation on him on the spot, but after all, the country has a complete "Criminal Law", so he couldn't do such a thing. He had to sign the contract with Lu Yiming and leave.
In just a few months, from the beginning to the end, it can be said to be uneventful, or it can be said to be magnificent, but Fanzhenxiang Fast Food, a brand that came and went quickly, is destined to become only a topic of conversation after dinner. Maybe in a few days, no one will remember the existence of this brand.
The news that Zhenxiang Fast Food had acquired the Fanzhenxiang Fast Food brand and was undergoing reforms was spread through newspapers. The competition between Zhenxiang Fast Food and Fanzhenxiang Fast Food was decided so quickly that many people were surprised.
In dormitory 303, Lu Yiming said to Wang Dazhuang and Ni Cong, "Now, Zhenxiang Fast Food should prepare to expand. At least open three stores before the Chinese New Year. We need to establish a complete reward and punishment system and adopt a headquarter-directed management model, so that we can expand the business. Otherwise, if we do everything ourselves, we will not make any money and will probably be exhausted."
Wang Dazhuang and Ni Cong were full of admiration for Lu Yiming, and naturally accepted his suggestions.
Ni Cong laughed and said, "Haha, okay, I'll leave these things to you. We're not good at them anyway."
Wang Dazhuang also said confidently: "Yes, I am good at work, but I don't think I can do anything that requires my brain."
Lu Yiming was helpless with the two guys who were clearly trying to be hands-off managers. But he also understood that the two had never been exposed to this before, and if they were left to do it, they would probably end up like Xiao Longbo.
Lu Yiming said, "Who said you have nothing to do? The three of us are going to jointly develop a management system, including the control and calculation of punch-in purchase and sales, etc. In the future, every store will be equipped with this system."
"This job is doable."
"Yeah. Get started!"
The other side.
Headquarters of China Overseas Fosun Group.
Guo Guangchang, executive director and chairman of Fosun International, was holding a newspaper and reading it with great interest.
Opposite him, Wang Qunbin, executive director and co-chairman of Fosun International, was making tea.
The huge office is filled with the refreshing aroma of tea.
After a while, Guo Guangchang said: "Our junior is quite impressive. Gao Yousi of Rice Capital actually lost miserably."
Wang Qunbin said disdainfully: "Gao Yousi just has an unusual background, but his level is not good at all. It's nothing great to beat him."
Founded in 1992, Fosun's businesses include four major sectors: health, happiness, wealth and smart manufacturing. It owns well-known enterprises such as Fosun Pharma, Yuyuan Group, Fosun Tourism Group, Nanjing Iron and Steel Group, Henlius Biotech, Fosun Real Estate, HaiN Mining, FIDELIDADE, H&A, PeakRe, Atlantis Sanya, Club Med, Pramerica Fosun Life Insurance, Shede Wines and Jinhui Liquor.
In July 1998, Fosun Pharma became a listed company on the Zhonghai Stock Exchange.
After the restructuring, Fosun Industrial went public and raised 350 million yuan in one go.
Guo Guangchang thus realized the infinite charm of the capital market and began to think about how to connect industry with capital. As a result, he also became interested in the people and things in the investment circle.
Guo Guangchang said: "This Lu Yiming was previously on the Hurun Rich List and ranked sixth. His entrepreneurial experience is legendary. I'm afraid his level is extraordinary."
Wang Qunbin smiled and said, "Lu Yiming is also a student at Fu Ri University. We are all alumni, and we should get closer if we have the chance. We can use this as an excuse to get in touch with him."
Guo Guangchang said, "Okay, there will be a high-end gathering in the financial circle in a few days. I can take this opportunity to ask Lu Yiming to meet and exchange ideas."
"I'll arrange it in a moment."
After absorbing its competitor, Zhenxiang Fast Food developed even faster. With Lu Yiming's financial support, it began to attack from all sides and rapidly expand its territory.
Ni Cong and Wang Dazhuang are both very busy and occasionally need to ask for leave from school to deal with company matters.
Although they asked for leave frequently during their freshman year, which made the school unhappy, no one stopped them after hearing that they were worth millions.
Isn’t the purpose of going to a good university to find a good job?
Well, I already have a good job now, so it doesn’t matter whether I study or not.
During the day, the three of them studied and managed the company. At night, the three of them gathered together in the dormitory to write programs.
Later, Chen Chusheng also joined in, Lu Yiming wrote the requirements, and then the four of them worked together to implement it.
A month passed as planned, winter had arrived, and the first semester of college was coming to an end.
On this day, Lu Yiming and his classmates had classes in the morning, which ended at around 10 o'clock. Lu Yiming was about to go back to his dormitory to write code, but his professional course teacher Guo Zhongmei stopped him and said, "Lu Yiming, wait a minute. Principal Wang called me just now and asked you to go to his place after class. "
Lu Yiming said politely: "Okay, Teacher Guo."
Turning to the office building, Lu Yiming came to the door of Wang Hongsheng's office, knocked on the door, and said, "Principal Wang, I'm Lu Yiming."
"Come in."
Lu Yiming pushed the door open and went in, saying, "Principal Wang, you're looking for me?"
Wang Hongsheng still felt extremely annoyed that a business genius like Lu Yiming went to study computer science, but when he heard that Lu Yiming's computer grades were also very good, he could only say a few words of freak in his heart, there was really nothing he could do.
"Oh, yes. It's like this, I just received a call, someone organized a dinner party for the circle and wanted you to attend."
Lu Yiming was very confused. He didn't know anyone in Zhonghai, so who would treat him to a meal?
What's more, it needs to be conveyed through Wang Hongsheng.
It seems that this person has some background.
Could it be that Gao Yousi brought in reinforcements?
All kinds of thoughts went through his mind, and Lu Yiming asked, "Is she a beauty?"
Wang Hongsheng's face suddenly turned dark.
"no!"
"Then I won't go."
"Hey, you're trying to argue with me, right?"
"Principal, don't be angry. I was just joking."
After some jokes to liven up the atmosphere, Lu Yiming asked directly, "Who wants to treat me to a meal?"
Wang Hongsheng said: "He is the founder of Fosun Group. He also graduated from Fu Ri University. In terms of seniority, he is your senior."
Lu Yiming had naturally heard of the name of Guo Guangchang, one of the future super-rich people in China Overseas, with personal assets of up to 52 billion yuan. He ranked 35th on the Hurun Rich List and 233rd on the Forbes Global Billionaires List, with a fortune of 6.7 billion US dollars.
At the same time, he was selected into the list of multinational business leaders in 2019 by Forbes Business Person of the Year.
There is no doubt that this is a business tycoon.
More importantly, Guo Guangchang also graduated from Fu Ri University. With the alumni relationship, it is indeed worth meeting him.
Even if Fosun Group is the rescuer invited by Gao Yousi, it doesn’t matter.
In the girls' dormitory, Room 501, Shi Qingxue was dressing up. She put on a specially tailored evening gown and looked radiant.
My roommates were all shocked.
Liu Huijun asked: "Shi Qingxue, you are dressed so beautifully, what are you going to do? Attending a wedding?"
Shi Qingxue quickly explained: "No, I have to accompany Lu Yiming to a dinner party tonight."
Wu Mengmeng looked envious and said, "This is so beautiful."
Sun Xiaoxia teased, "Aren't you dating that Wang Dazhuang again? Wang Dazhuang is rich now, you can ask him to buy it for you."
Wu Mengmeng curled her lips and said, "I don't want to. Dazhuang is in his career boom now, so we can't waste his money. By the way, Shi Qingxue, are Wang Dazhuang and the others going to the dinner?"
Shi Qingxue said: "I didn't hear Lu Yiming say that, so I guess he won't go, otherwise he would definitely call you."
"Too."
Wu Mengmeng felt a little disappointed. It was obvious that Wang Dazhuang was not qualified to attend the banquet that Shi Qingxue mentioned.
She asked unwillingly, "Do you know who organized the banquet? It's of such a high standard?"
Shi Qingxue thought for a moment and said, "The organizer of this banquet is the CEO of Fosun Group, so the standard should be quite high. I heard that it will be held in the restaurant on the top floor of Indigo Hotel on the Bund."
When Wu Mengmeng heard this, she was immediately excited and said, "Indigo Hotel!"
Shi Qingxue was puzzled and asked, "Why are you so excited?"
Wu Mengmeng exclaimed, "That's the famous Bund Indigo Hotel of China Overseas, and it's on the top floor. It's said that standing there, you can see the whole view of Huangpu River. The environment and atmosphere are first-class, especially standing on the super large terrace on the top floor and watching the ups and downs of China Overseas. It really makes people excited just thinking about it. I heard that if you want a seat here, ordinary people can't even get a number! You have to be a high-ranking official to come forward."
When Shi Qingxue heard her say this, she was also a little surprised and said, "Oh? Really? That's really amazing."
Liu Huijun asked curiously, "Shi Qingxue, tell me the truth. What is Lu Yiming's identity? How could he be invited to such a gathering? This is too amazing."
Shi Qingxue was just about to speak when her cell phone rang. After she answered the call, she said to everyone, "Lu Yiming is here to pick me up. I'll be going down first."
Wu Mengmeng looked pitiful and said, "Bring me some delicious food."
Shi Qingxue was immediately embarrassed and said, "I'll try my best."
Several people on the balcony watched Shi Qingxue get into Lu Yiming's Audi, and their envy was almost overflowing.
Liu Huijun said: "I can't even imagine being picked up and dropped off by luxury cars when I go out."
Sun Xiaoxia sighed and said, "You still have to have dreams, just in case they come true. Look at Wu Mengmeng."
Wu Mengmeng initially rejected Wang Dazhuang, but after seeing that Wang Dazhuang had become successful, she took the initiative to win Wang Dazhuang back. This incident became a joke in the dormitory.
Wu Mengmeng was not ashamed, but proud, and said proudly: "Who made me have a good vision to find such a potential stock. I guess when I graduate from college, I will be able to go out with luxury cars and go to high-end places."
In the Audi, Shi Qingxue asked Lu Yiming nervously, "Is it okay for me to dress like this? Will it embarrass you?"
After hearing Wu Mengmeng say that only rich or noble people can go to Indigo Hotel, Shi Qingxue became nervous, fearing that she would not do well enough and would embarrass Lu Yiming.
Lu Yiming put his arm around her shoulders and said with a smile, "You look really nice today. We're just going to have a meal, meet each other, and get to know each other. There's no need to be too nervous. I'll take care of everything."
After hearing what Lu Yiming said, Shi Qingxue slowly relaxed and felt a little happy at the same time.
After all, this was her first time accompanying Lu Yiming to such a formal occasion, and the significance it represented was extraordinary.
Nightfall
The rooftop restaurant of Hotel Indigo Shanghai on the Bund
A top dinner in the business field has begun...
In this oriental financial capital, there are many wealthy business tycoons, especially in the investment industry, which has created the largest number of China Overseas rich people.
After all, this city, from inside to outside, is filled with the smell of money.
Tonight, Lu Yiming saw many super-rich people who will dominate Xia Country's business world in the future. At this moment, they were leisurely shaking the red wine glasses in their hands, starting a party with undercurrents.
"Boss Lu!"
At the hotel entrance, Lu Yiming and Shi Qingxue had just gotten out of the car when a middle-aged man called him.
"Mr. Lu is younger than I thought, haha. Let me introduce myself first. I am Guo Guangchang, your schoolmate."
Lu Yiming stretched out his hand, shook it with him, smiled slightly, and said, "Nice to meet you. Mr. Lu is really a young hero. I admire you."
Lu Yiming said modestly: "No, it's just a small fight, I can't compare to Mr. Guo."
He stepped back to let Shi Qingxue stand in a prominent position, and then introduced: "This is also a Fu Ri alumnus, and also my fiancée, Shi Qingxue, the daughter of Shi Jin Ji Company."
When Shi Qingxue heard Lu Yiming introduce her as his "fiancée", she was caught off guard and her cheeks turned red in an instant.
Guo Guangchang complimented, "They are a perfect match! A talented man and a beautiful woman, haha. Okay, it's windy outside, Mr. Lu, Madam, please come in."
After entering the restaurant and waiting for the elevator, two more people came. Guo Guangchang greeted them and said, "Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu, you two have arrived just in time."
Later, Guo Guangchang introduced Lu Yiming, saying, "This is Liu Yongxing, the founder of Hope Group, and this is his son Liu Xiangyu. Hope Group's headquarters has just moved from Shu to Zhonghai. This son Liu is incredible, he is a top student at the University of Southern California."
Lu Yiming was certainly no stranger to Hope Group. The two brothers Liu Yongxing and Liu Yonghao made their fortune by selling eggs and once sat on the throne of the richest man in the country.
Seeing that Lu Yiming was young, Liu Yongxing thought he was a junior from Guo Guangchang's family who had come out to see the world. He smiled and asked Guo Guangchang, "Mr. Guo, this young man looks unfamiliar. Is he a junior from your family?"
Liu Xiangyu also looked at Lu Yiming curiously, especially the stunningly beautiful Shi Qingxue who was standing next to Lu Yiming. He couldn't help but look at her a few more times.
Guo Guangchang laughed and said, "Mr. Liu, you really made a mistake this time. This is Mr. Lu from Future Capital."
"Mr. Lu?"
Liu Yongxing couldn't remember it for a moment.
After all, Future Capital’s headquarters is in Hong Kong. It is a tool used by Lu Yiming to control other companies under his umbrella and is not well-known in the mainland.
Guo Guangchang then reminded him, “The recently popular Zhenxiang fast food restaurant was created by Mr. Lu.”
Liu Yongxing suddenly realized, "It turned out to be Mr. Lu. I didn't expect that he is younger in person than he looks in the newspaper!"
Liu Xiangyu was also shocked. After all, according to the Hurun Rich List, Lu Yiming's assets were more than twice that of his father.
Is this young man in front of me the sixth richest man in Xia Country?
