Chapter 636 Color TV Export Association
Lu Yiming said a name.
After hearing this, Epstein chuckled: "I was wondering who it was, it turns out to be a candidate for state legislator. Don't worry, wait a minute, I'll help you right away."
At his level, he could talk and laugh with the speaker of the National Assembly as long as he wanted. He didn't take the state legislator seriously at all.
"Thank you. I'll wait for your good news."
After hanging up the phone, Lu Yiming said to Chen Jinlan: "Okay, wait for the news, it's no big deal."
Chen Jinlan complimented him, "I knew that if Mr. Lu took action, he would be able to handle it."
Everyone left the hotel and went home.
As a result, in the middle of the night, Lu Yiming was woken up by Epstein's call.
“The jet lag is really annoying.”
Lu Yiming muttered something, then yawned and said, "Hi."
"It's settled. Bernie Hull is running for state assembly. You asked your friend to donate $500,000 in political cash. Just be more careful about this kind of thing in the future. It's no big deal."
For the Chen family, half a million dollars is not a lot. Although Lu Yiming secretly cursed these people for being so evil, he still said to Epstein: "Thank you."
Epstein said: "These are minor issues. If you have any business, please take care of me."
"Of course, we are close partners."
After breakfast, Lu Yiming called Chen Jinlan.
"It's already been done. Just ask your dad to deposit $500,000 into the account in the name of political cash and everything will be fine. That guy is a candidate for state legislator and is currently running for the state legislature. He is in urgent need of campaign funds, which is why he is so greedy."
Chen Jinlan was extremely shocked when she heard that the matter had been settled.
After all, the Chen family is a wealthy family in Hong Kong, and they have many friends, but they had a problem that many people couldn't solve, and they didn't expect that Lu Yiming could solve it with just one phone call.
They were doing business in other places, and she knew what the market was like. Especially in a capitalist country, sustainability is not to mention exhausting the pond to catch fish, it is really not an exaggeration to say that it is really to squeeze the bones and marrow.
Their family thought it would cost at least several million dollars to settle the matter, but they didn't expect that it would only cost a mere $500,000.
It has to be said that Lu Yiming's power once again exceeded their imagination!
Although she had known about Lu Yiming's identity as the richest man for a long time, Chen Jinlan had never taken it seriously, because in terms of assets, the Chen family was not too poor.
However, after she really encountered trouble, she realized how big the gap was between the Chen family, a force that could only dominate Hong Kong and the country, and a super-rich family like Lu Yiming.
When Chen Jinlan called Li Zixian to tell her about this, even Li Zixian felt that the scene before her was too magical.
Originally, she thought she had thought highly enough of Lu Yiming, the richest man in Xia Country, but she didn't expect that Lu Yiming's real connections and influence were beyond her imagination.
After putting down the pager in her hand, Li Zixian couldn't calm down for a long time.
If Lu Yiming is so powerful, then would Li Yiwen, the person Lu Yiming trusts the most, be even more powerful than imagined?
"Sister, what are you thinking about?"
A voice interrupted Li Zixian's thoughts.
Li Zixian turned her head and saw that it was Li Qingmei who was calling her.
"Ah? What?"
Li Qingmei stamped her feet and said, "Sister, what's wrong with you? You started to lose focus after answering the phone call. Could it be that my brother-in-law…"
"Bah!"
Li Zixian quickly interrupted Li Qingmei's unrealistic fantasy and said, "It was the call from Mr. Lu. Didn't I just tell you? The Chen family treated us to a dinner last night. Someone knocked over the Chen family's business in America, so they asked Mr. Lu for help. Just now, Chen Jinlan told me that Mr. Lu made a random phone call to America and the matter was resolved."
"Really? This is too amazing, right? The Chen family is not an ordinary family. The matter that they can't handle must be very difficult. Richest Man Lu solved it with just one phone call?"
"Yeah, it's incredible."
The influence of wealthy families is often limited to the local area. They may look impressive, but they often don’t work well in an unfamiliar city, let alone transnational influence.
Only truly super-rich families have such international influence.
Although the Lu family cannot be called a wealthy family now, Lu Yiming alone is enough to surpass many so-called wealthy families in the country.
Li Qingmei said enviously, "You are lucky. You have caught your brother-in-law, the golden phoenix. Your brother-in-law is the person that Mr. Lu trusts the most. The shares that Mr. Lu gave him are worth a lot of money. And Mr. Lu's connections... Sister, you have made a fortune!"
"Go to hell, I don't value him for that."
"I know, it must be a good person. Okay, hurry up and choose, the engagement ceremony will be soon."
Baiyun Airport.
Li Dongsheng, Chen Weirong and Huang Hongsheng got off the plane.
Li Dongsheng took off his sunglasses, looked at the scenery he hadn't seen for a long time, and said with emotion: "This Baiyun City is still as lively as ever."
" It should be getting more and more lively."
Chen Weirong put his hands in his pockets, looking very cool.
The three musketeers of South China University of Technology gathered in Baiyun City to find Lu Yiming.
Lu Yiming met the three people in the villa of Bi Hai Long Ting.
"Mr. Lu."
"Mr. Lu, long time no see."
"Mr. Lu is becoming more and more handsome."
The three people greeted Lu Yiming.
Lu Yiming had received a call from Li Dongsheng before, so he was waiting for them here.
"Why are the three of you all here in Baiyun City? Are you planning something new?"
Huang Hongsheng smiled and said, "What can we do? Thanks to you, President Lu, the TVs we produce are in short supply. How can we have the energy to come up with anything new?"
Lu Yiming raised his eyebrows and said jokingly, "Then the three of you came here to treat me to a meal?"
Chen Weirong smiled and said, "Eating is easy. How about this, I'll treat you at noon. Let's go to the Swan Hotel for lunch, okay? I haven't eaten the crystal shrimp dumplings there for a long time."
Li Dongsheng said: "Mr. Lu, to be honest, we came here this time because we want to discuss something with you, about color TV."
Lu Yiming
Li Dongsheng said helplessly: "The problem now is that our products are selling too well. Now the higher-ups have sent us a notice hoping that we can help our peers so that everyone can make money."
This channel in Mexico is no longer a secret to domestic color TV industry peers, so many people with strength and background want to get in on the action and get a piece of the pie.
For example, Rainbow, once the big brother of the color TV industry, has a very hard background.
Although Li Dongsheng didn't seem to say anything, Lu Yiming understood it immediately.
After all, it is not difficult to guess that there are not many people in the industry who can make the Big Three unable to refuse.
Now the big boss is going to personally come out and divide their cake. They dare not refuse, but they also dare not agree on their own initiative, so they have no choice but to come to Lu Yiming for help.
Lu Yiming had encountered this kind of thing before his rebirth, so he understood how the three people felt now.
Do you think I feel aggrieved? I really feel aggrieved. I spent money and effort to build the shipping channel, and you just send me a file, and I want to share it with you, and I want you to be given priority. The key is that I dare not resist. How can I not feel aggrieved?
After listening to Li Dongsheng's words, Lu Yiming did not intend to interfere. He immediately said, "This is your industry's business. I'm not selling color TVs. Why are you looking for me? Just divide the cake among yourselves. It has nothing to do with me."
When it comes to selling color TVs, Lu Yiming neither participates in the shares nor takes dividends, so naturally he doesn't want to get involved now.
Li Dongsheng sighed and said, "Hey, Mr. Lu, you don't know. Ni Runfeng is a man who will do anything to win. He was the first to initiate the price war in the color TV industry. I'm afraid he will do something weird after he comes in."
This was not a job done through formal channels to begin with, so of course the fewer people involved the better. Now the person who started the trouble has used his special status to make trouble and demanded a share of the cake, which makes it very difficult for everyone. It is not clear whether to agree or not.
Huang Hongsheng could not help but complain, "Yes, this is not the first time that Ni Runfeng has done this. In 1988, in order to monopolize the market share of domestic color TVs, he even bought up all the imported cathode ray tubes in one go. In the end, foreign cathode ray tube manufacturers expanded their import share, which prevented him from succeeding in monopolizing the market. Otherwise, who knows what the domestic color TV industry would be like today."
Lu Yiming felt depressed after hearing this, and then asked helplessly: "So you came to me because you want me to be the bad guy and play the villain?"
Huang Hongsheng said, "How can that be possible? Do you think we are the kind of people who would repay kindness with enmity? We came here this time because we want you, Mr. Lu, to be our leader."
Lu Yiming frowned, "Leader? What the hell? Why does the atmosphere suddenly feel like a martial arts scene?"
Chen Weirong explained: "We plan to set up a color TV export association and form an alliance. When the time comes, we will set rules that no one can violate, let alone deliberately provoke fights and plunge the industry into vicious competition."
Huang Hongsheng took over the conversation and said, "That's right. Even if they join us, they have to abide by our covenant. Otherwise, it would be only natural for us not to play with him. After all, we agreed to play with him, and he messed around on his own."
There is no doubt that this export channel of Mexico was obtained thanks to Lu Yiming.
Therefore, in the eyes of Li Dongsheng and the other three, only Lu Yiming is qualified to be the "leader of the martial arts world" and restrain Ni Runfeng, the unruly "barbarian".
The reason why Lu Yiming was chosen to be the leader of the alliance was very simple.
Firstly, this channel was obtained by Lu Yiming, and Lu Yiming can be said to have made the greatest contribution to the current situation.
Secondly, Lu Yiming is now eyeing the titles of the youngest richest man in the mainland, outstanding youth, entrepreneurial pioneer, philanthropic entrepreneur... and so on. With this halo, he can also keep the situation under control and prevent some people from doing whatever they want.
After listening to this, Lu Yiming rolled his eyes and said, "So after all this talk, you still want me to be the villain, right?"
Li Dongsheng immediately complimented him, "Mexico's export channels were established thanks to you, President Lu. How the market share should be distributed is naturally up to you. Don't you think this is true?"
Huang Hongsheng and Chen Weirong immediately echoed, "Exactly. Apart from you, Mr. Lu, no one else is qualified to be the leader."
Under normal circumstances, Lu Yiming would definitely not be willing to do such a thing as playing the bad guy and offending others.
But when he thought about how the domestic manufacturing industry was always fighting among itself and engaging in crazy price wars, which not only benefited the foreigners in the end, but also brought about an unhealthy trend in the industry that ignored research and development, did not pay attention to quality, and only pursued marketing and sales, Lu Yiming felt that he really could not just let it go.
After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Lu Yiming made a decision and said, "It's ok for me to be the leader. But I have the final say on how the alliance rules are set."
"this……"
Upon hearing this, Li Dongsheng hesitated.
Lu Yiming immediately frowned: "Why, you want me to be the leader and play the villain, and you also want me to not care about anything?"
Seeing that Lu Yiming seemed to be really angry, Li Dongsheng quickly admitted his mistake and said, "Of course not, you said too much. Since you are the leader, Mr. Lu, then the rules are naturally set by you."
Lu Yiming nodded slightly and said, "Without rules, there will be no order. Although your original intention of doing this is speechless, but putting this aside, the matter itself can still be done. I think we can set up a 'Xiaguo Color TV Export Association' and set up an association charter. Companies that join the association must abide by this charter and advance and retreat together. Otherwise, if anyone relies on his status to mess around, we can jointly boycott."
Huang Hongsheng immediately applauded and said, "This is a good idea. We need to set up rules, just like the tight hoop for Sun Wukong. Everyone should abide by the rules and do business together. Whoever breaks the rules will be kicked out. Even if they are shameless, do they have the nerve to blame others for breaking the rules themselves?"
Chen Weirong also complimented, "Why else would it be President Lu? Once he opened his mouth, that was the key to the problem. What's the saying? The law does not punish everyone, right? Whoever doesn't follow the rules will be the one to blame."
Lu Yiming complained: "What do you mean by the law does not punish everyone? You didn't study Chinese well."
Chen Weirong scratched his head and smiled innocently: "That's what I meant. I hope everyone understands."
Li Dongsheng said, "Then it's settled. We will go back and draft the association's charter document and invite everyone to attend the meeting."
"Um."
After the three of them left, Lu Yiming couldn't help but rub his brows. This matter had nothing to do with him, but because of some inexplicable sense of responsibility, he felt a little headache.
Of course, he could choose to do nothing, but as a reborn person, he felt that if he gave up, wouldn't that be a waste of God's kindness?
After Li Dongsheng and the other two returned, they carefully drafted an association charter and faxed a copy to Lu Yiming. After getting Lu Yiming's approval, the three of them announced to the outside world in the name of the company that they would jointly establish the Xia Country Color TV Export Association.
This matter quickly attracted everyone's attention. After all, the fact that three TV companies simultaneously announced that they would shift their business focus to exports and abandon the domestic price war was a very topical matter in itself. The key point is that they have succeeded now. Now that they are going to form an association, everyone will of course want to see what they want to do.
The China Color TV Export Association announced that it will be established in Baiyun on May 5, 2001, with Wangpai, Xiaokang and Chuangwei as the founding member companies of the association.
Subsequently, companies such as Rainbow, Venus, Maomao, Haier, Xiaohai and Gaoluhua followed suit and expressed their willingness to join the association.
For a time, the giants of Xia's color TV industry gathered in Baiyun, attracting huge attention.
““The Great Changes in the Domestic Color TV Industry: Is it a New Growth Point or a Gimmick?”
“Domestic sales to exports: a small step for the industry, a big step for the country.”
"A Sign of Manufacturing Going Global: On the Establishment of Xiaguo Color TV Export Association."
Whether it is the manufacturing industry or the financial industry, everyone is paying close attention to this Color TV Export Association. After all, this is a major event that concerns the entire industry.
In this era, most people still feel very honored to earn foreign exchange through exports.
Therefore, whether it is newspapers, TV programs, or Internet portals, there has been a lot of coverage of this incident.
Time quickly came to May, and from the 1st, participants from related companies arrived in Baiyun City one after another.
Many reporters also gathered in Baiyun City to report on this event.
Soon, it was May 5th. On that morning, red flags were waving and gongs and drums were beating at the entrance of the Swan Hotel. The entire exterior wall of the hotel was hung with red banners, all of which were filled with blessings and congratulatory messages celebrating the establishment of the Xia Country Color TV Export Association.
Reporters were waiting at the hotel entrance early. As soon as the participants showed up at the entrance, they immediately ran over to interview them and obtain first-hand information.
When Lu Yiming appeared, there was a burst of exclamations at the scene, and all the reporters ran towards Lu Yiming like mad dogs.
None of them had expected that Lu Yiming would actually attend the founding conference of the Xia Country Color TV Export Association. After all, although Lu Yiming had invested in many fields, he had no investment in the home appliance industry.
The appearance of Lu Yiming made many people speculate whether Lu Yiming was going to enter the television industry.
This is big news!
A female reporter ran so hard that her high heels fell off. She simply took off her high heels and ran on the ground in her flesh-colored stockings. She rushed to Lu Yiming first, panting and asked, "Mr. Lu, are you here to attend the founding meeting of the Xia Country Color TV Export Association?"
