Chapter 536: Mother-in-law meets son-in-law
When he returned home in the evening, Lu Yiming told Shi Qingxue about Guo Guangchang's suggestion.
When Shi Qingxue heard that it was going to be a big deal, she was immediately shocked and became panicked.
Before, Lu Yiming said that she was the hostess here and asked her to take charge of the arrangements. She also planned to invite a few classmates and friends to come over and have fun together, so she would do whatever was convenient.
What happens now? All the business celebrities from China Overseas are coming here?
"Lu Yiming, I have no experience. If I mess up, will it embarrass you?"
Shi Qingxue stood there at a loss, although she had participated in high-end banquets, she had never hosted one herself, so she was naturally flustered.
Lu Yiming smiled and comforted her, "I haven't done it either. Why don't you ask your dad? Your dad was rich before, so he should have experience in this area."
"Um."
Shi Qingxue called Shi Caijiang and told him about this. Shi Caijiang said helplessly, "I can't do this either. The guests that Lu Yiming is going to invite are all rich or noble. They are several levels higher than the connections I was able to make at the beginning. So I'm afraid that the show I make won't be enough to control the situation."
Shi Qingxue told Lu Yiming what Shi Caijiang said. Lu Yiming thought about it and felt that it made sense. After all, banquets are divided into different levels. After all, he is the richest man. He has finally managed to hold a proper banquet. He can't make a fool of himself. How embarrassing that would be.
"Okay, it seems we still need to find a more professional person."
Lu Yiming muttered to himself for a while, then an idea suddenly occurred to him, and he said, "Speaking of this kind of gathering of rich people, no one should have more experience than Bill Gates. I'll ask him."
Lu Yiming's personality is that if he does something, he will do it to the best of his ability. Since this matter is to be handled, he will just follow the highest standards.
In the evening, Lu Yiming called Bill Gates, who had just woken up, and said that he wanted to borrow Bill Gates' business banquet team.
At this time in China, most banquets were just gathering together to eat and drink, which was really not classy.
On the contrary, in the United States, as the base camp of the capitalist world, the life of the rich has long been extravagant to the extreme, and all kinds of banquet services have been developed to a very perfect level.
Bill Gates received a call from Lu Yiming early in the morning and thought it was something big. But when he heard that Lu Yiming was going to hold a grand banquet, he was speechless.
"Our family's banquets are all organized by Julian Kerr. He used to work at the Hilton Hotel, but now he has started his own business. The team he leads has provided professional services to dozens of wealthy people and hosted hundreds of large-scale wedding banquets and birthday celebrations. The team he has honed is solid and reliable, and is definitely your best choice."
Lu Yiming immediately made the decision: "Okay, it's him. Please help me contact him and ask him to come here with his team."
Bill Gates said: "Okay, I'll bring people with me when the time comes."
"good……"
Lu Yiming reacted immediately: "No, you want to come too?"
Bill Gates smiled and said, "I've been feeling down lately and want to go out and relax. Why? You're not welcome?"
Lu Yiming said, "That's not the case. I remember the verdict of Microsoft's antitrust lawsuit just came out, right? Are you still in the mood to come to Xiaguo?"
Bill Gates complained: "Because I lost the lawsuit, there are too many people in the United States waiting to see me make a fool of myself, so I want to go out and avoid the limelight, just as if I were on vacation."
Although Bill Gates did not mention much about the situation inside Microsoft, Lu Yiming, who was familiar with future development trends, already knew the result.
Although Microsoft is facing a crisis at this time, it is not fatal.
On April 3, Microsoft was found guilty of violating the Sherman Act, and the presiding judge, Thomas Jackson, formally ruled that Microsoft must be split into two, and the two companies must not merge within ten years.
You know, this is the heaviest forced split judgment in the United States since the breakup of AT&T in 1984.
As the founder of Microsoft and the world's richest man, Bill Gates would naturally not submit to being killed, but his efforts to turn the situation around did not have any effect.
All we can say is that Microsoft has offended IBM too badly, and the capitalists within the United States are not united. At least many old money people dislike Bill Gates, the emerging technology tycoon, and are waiting to take advantage of him.
So in June 2000, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia voted 7-0 to reject the breakup ruling, ruling that Microsoft was still a monopoly.
But the funny thing is that IE browser bundling was eventually recognized as a legitimate innovation.
All I can say is that Netscape is in a miserable situation. In a capitalist social system that adheres to the law of the jungle, the weak have no say.
In two months, Microsoft will launch a fierce counterattack, and Jackson, the presiding judge of the antitrust case, will be dismissed for violating judicial procedures and leaking the inside story of the case to the media. If they cannot solve the problem, they will solve the person who raised the problem. It can only be said that all crows are black, and capitalists also know how to play games.
Finally, on September 6, 2001, three years after Microsoft was formally sued, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it would no longer seek a breakup and withdrew the allegations of Microsoft's bundling sales.
Obviously, Microsoft paid a price for this in private, made some secret deals with the U.S. authorities, and ultimately maintained its monopoly on PC operating software.
It has to be said that Bill Gates' ability, wisdom and strategic skills are well-deserved, and it is no fluke that he was able to turn the situation around in such a crisis-ridden situation.
At this time, Bill Gates hadn't launched a counterattack yet. Lu Yiming teased him, "That's not right. You came here to hide from the limelight? You are the richest man in the world, and you came here to play with me, the new richest man in Xia Country. How can this be called hiding from the limelight? This is simply creating a topic. Tell me the truth, do you have any plan?"
Bill Gates said very naturally: "Hey, what are you talking about? We are good friends. How can I not come to celebrate your move?"
How could Lu Yiming believe his lies? He immediately asked tentatively, "Oh? I thought you were going to take this opportunity to get rid of Thomas Jackson. Isn't that right?"
The smile on Bill Gates' face suddenly froze.
Then his face turned as black as a casserole, and he said unhappily: "Do you know that people who are too smart are often very unpopular?"
Lu Yiming laughed loudly upon hearing this: "Okay, anyway, I'm not familiar with Thomas Jackson, so I have no objection if you want to punish him. I'll be waiting for you at Zhonghai, and I'll do my best to be a good host and let you experience what it means to be at home."
Beautiful country.
After hanging up the phone, Bill Gates had a gloomy expression on his face, and he sat there thoughtfully.
Paul Allen, who was standing by, saw this and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
Bill Gates said, "How did Lu Yiming know that we were planning to secretly take action against Thomas Jackson? Could it be that the news leaked out?"
Since it is a conspiracy, it cannot be exposed to the public and can only be carried out secretly.
Once the other party knows about it, it will be meaningless.
Paul Allen frowned. "That's no reason. We haven't even started yet. We are the only two people who know the whole story. There's no chance of leaks."
After hearing what he said, Bill Gates sighed and said, "If Lu Yiming figured it out himself, it would be even more terrifying. Every time I'm in front of this young man, I feel like he can see through me completely, as if he can predict every move I make in advance."
Obviously, Paul Allen would not believe such a mysterious thing. He said decisively: "Impossible, absolutely impossible! We are in Seattle now! Where is he? He is in Xiaguo now. Do you think he will plant spies around us? This is impossible. The people around us know everything. Are you thinking too much? Maybe he is just talking nonsense casually?"
Bill Gates said weakly: "I hope this is just my illusion."
Having said that, Bill Gates felt vaguely uneasy. He always felt that this young man, Lu Yiming, was too mysterious and he could not figure him out at all.
In fact, the reason why Lu Yiming knew these things was only because he had read "The Biography of Bill Gates".
With Bill Gates' professional team, Lu Yiming no longer had to worry about the banquet. A few days later, Su Yunjin came to Zhonghai, and Lu Yiming, Shi Qingxue and Shi Cai went to the airport to greet her.
Su Yunjin came out of the exit pulling her suitcase, and Shi Qingxue hurried over.
"mom."
Su Yunjin was also very happy when she saw Shi Qingxue, and the mother and daughter hugged each other.
Shi Cai went over and pulled Su Yunjin's suitcase.
Lu Yiming called out, "Aunt Su, you're here."
Su Yunjin looked at Lu Yiming and said with a smile: "Xiaoming, I haven't seen you for a while, but you have made a lot of noise again. I often see news about you in the newspapers."
Lu Yiming looked worried and said, "I don't want to do that either. The whole world knows that I am a very low-key person. It's those bad media that are causing trouble."
Su Yunjin rolled her eyes at him and said, "You."
"By the way, you haven't paid attention to Shijinji for a long time. After all, you are one of the shareholders of Shijinji."
Lu Yiming said: "The blind box card-drawing model is actually enough for the company to make a living for 20 years. The business model does not need to be adjusted too much in the future. All we need to do is keep up with the trend and cooperate with those hot IP works. In short, we ."
The simplest, most direct and crudest way to make money is often the most durable and unsolvable. Now that Shijinji has established its brand image, it has abundant cash flow and perfect sales channels. It is extremely difficult for new competitors to seize the market.
At this time, any innovation would be a dead end. Instead, we should continue to stabilize the basics to be invincible.
Su Yunjin thought about it and it seemed make sense. Just like the rich second-generations who died suddenly were all entrepreneurs, those who chose to lie down would have no worries about food and drink for the rest of their lives. Now Shijinji had no rivals at all, and the card collection game could be played for at least a few more years, so there was no need to make drastic reforms now.
Recently, due to the rapid development of Shijinji, many people inside have become arrogant and have many ideas. Various innovations and proposals have been sent to her desk, so she wants to discuss it with Lu Yiming . But now Lu Yiming said not to move, so of course she will follow Lu Yiming's opinion.
"Well, you are right. I will make this clear in the company."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "However, developing new products can encourage everyone's creative ideas. The richer the product line, the lower our trial and error costs and the lower the probability of failure. Relying on a single product line is still too weak to resist risks."
"good."
After chatting for a while, Lu Yiming said, "Let's go to my place and have a cup of tea first. I asked the cleaning staff to clean out the old house you live in a few days ago. We'll go over there this afternoon to take a look."
Several people got on the car and arrived at Yan's Garden.
When Shi Caijiang saw the Yan Family Garden for the first time, Su Yunjin was also shocked by the luxurious house in front of them.
Even when the Su family was at its most glorious, they had never lived in a mansion of this level.
What's more, an old villa of the level of Yan Family Garden is not something you can buy just by having money.
Su Yunjin exclaimed: "Xiao Ming, you really know how to enjoy yourself."
Thinking about the fact that Shi Qingxue would be able to live with Lu Yiming in such a luxurious mansion in the future, Su Yunjin, as the mother-in-law, was really happy from the bottom of her heart.
Lu Yiming said as a matter of course: "The purpose of making money is to enjoy it, isn't it?"
Su Yunjin thought she was a worldly-wise person, but after entering the old house, she was still amazed by the various luxurious furnishings inside.
This place smells like money.
"Dad, Mom, come and have tea."
People in Guangdong Province love drinking tea. Now that Shi Qingxue has joined the school club, she has become more and more obsessed with tea art.
Drinking tea is a very particular thing. Top-grade tea can easily cost hundreds of thousands per kilogram. If you really want to buy exquisite tea sets, you will need to spend tens of thousands of dollars. Fortunately, Lu Yiming has plenty of money now, so he doesn't care about this expense at all.
Su Yunjin was drinking tea and looking at the mansion in front of her, and she actually seemed a little restrained.
In just two or three years, Lu Yiming went from being a poor boy that she looked down upon to the richest man in the mainland. Now the huge gap made her feel quite uneasy. If it weren't for Shi Qingxue's relationship with Shi Jinji shares, the Shi family wouldn't even be able to see Lu Yiming's taillights.
Su Yunjin said with some envy: "Xiao Ming, this house is so luxurious, it must be expensive, right?"
Lu Yiming said nonchalantly, "It's not expensive. Including the renovation, it's only a few hundred million."
"Several...hundreds of millions..."
Su Yunjin fell silent for a moment.
Nothing to say.
Shi Qingxue said with a smile: "Mom, let's go see the old house that Lu Yiming gave you two. It's also very beautiful."
"Give it to us?"
Su Yunjin was a little surprised.
The Yan Family Garden in front of us cost hundreds of millions of dollars. So other old villas, no matter how cheap they are, can't be much cheaper, right?
Lu Yiming said, "I think Zhonghai is a good city with great potential for future development. We will definitely do business here in the future. We need a place to stay. I just bought a batch of old houses here, so I'll give you one. It's just across the street, and it's only a ten-minute walk away."
Su Yunjin felt a little flattered and said, "How can this be possible? It's so expensive..."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Auntie, didn't I tell you that money is meant to be spent. Besides, Xiaoxue and I are together now, so it's only right that I give you a little gift."
"Hey... Hi... Xiao Ming, you're so polite."
After drinking tea for a while, Lu Yiming took them to another old villa.
The location of this old house is naturally not as good as Yan's Garden, nor is its heritage as Yan's Garden, and its area and grandeur are not comparable. However, this old house is exquisite and small, quite elegant, and very comfortable to live in.
After showing everyone around, Lu Yiming said, "If Auntie likes it, you can move in today. I've already had it cleaned."
"Yes, Auntie likes it very much."
Su Yunjin couldn't stop smiling, and it really lived up to the old saying: The more the mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, the more she likes him.
After settling Su Yunjin and Shi Caijiang, Lu Yiming finally finished his work and devoted himself to his studies.
A few days later, Bill Gates called and confirmed the date for his visit to Xia Country.
And the news that Bill Gates was about to come to Country Xia somehow spread.
When the people of Xia got the news, they rushed to tell each other and talked about it.
Although the world's richest man is not a politician but just a businessman, he has a lot of money and controls a hugely influential group company. Bill Gates' every move has long exceeded the scope of an ordinary businessman.
When they learned that Bill Gates was going to settle in China Overseas, China Overseas officials were immediately shocked. They couldn't help but speculate, could it be that Bill Gates had taken a fancy to China Overseas and wanted to invest in it?
With this idea in mind, how could they sit still? They immediately prepared to use the most solemn etiquette to receive the wealthy man who was about to arrive at Zhonghai. At the same time, they called the embassy in advance to inquire about Bill Gates' purpose of coming, hoping to make the most thorough preparations and show Zhonghai the best appearance.
These days, in order to attract investment, the Xia Kingdom is using all its might. For many people in the system, developing the economy and attracting foreign investment are the most important indicators.
There was no other way. If the Xia Kingdom wanted to develop itself and catch up with the great powers, it had to lower its profile and work hard.
However, when they were fully prepared and called Microsoft to communicate, the reply they received was that Bill Gates came only to attend Lu Yiming's new home celebration.
That's all.
After receiving this answer, all the officials of China Overseas were stunned.
The world's richest man, Bill Gates, paid a high-profile visit to Country Xia, just because the new house bought by Lu Yiming was on fire?
