Chapter 939
Confessing Ambition
In just a few days, Lu Yang was thrust into the spotlight.
Many people are secretly laughing at him.
Some even asserted that if not handled properly, this young man and the enormous Century Group he founded could very well go bankrupt.
Don't think this is alarmist.
Many large companies have perished overnight due to a sudden, unmanageable crisis.
"Hmph, right now, this Mr. Lu is facing not only criticism online, but also criticism in the newspapers."
What role can public opinion play?
"Public opinion can only scratch the surface."
"What really matters is the intentional message behind these opinions, and the purpose that those who manipulate them want to achieve."
"Does this boss mean that the NYSE might actually step in and accuse our CEO, Mr. Lu, of stock market manipulation?"
"Hmph! Isn't that obvious? I think it's highly likely. Wall Street's foreign capital has always been harvesting profits from all over the world. When have they ever been harvested in return?"
"I've heard that many Wall Street brokerages and institutions are stuck with this stock and have suffered huge losses. I'd guess it's at least several billion dollars. Do you think they'll just let it go and suffer in silence?"
"Uh... what you said seems to make sense."
"If that's the case, then it's not just foreign securities firms and institutions that are trapped this time. A lot of capital in our country has also suffered heavy losses, including the family of Mr. Lu's confidante. The Qian Group has suffered heavy losses this time..."
"Tsk tsk tsk, he even betrayed his own confidante. Our CEO Lu is truly a man of great things."
"That's not all. Our CEO Lu not only betrayed his confidante, but also his brothers. I heard that the legendary CEO Mou from Southwest Province also fell into his hands, and all the stocks he had worth hundreds of millions of US dollars became worthless paper."
"Shh, don't say that. I have another rumor here. It's said that our CEO Lu was cornered at the door by the mayor."
"what!"
Everyone exclaimed in surprise, "Why did it have to come to this?"
"Hehe, you guys don't understand. Those who have fallen into the hands of our President Lu are not only foreign capital, but also our domestic private enterprises, and even..."
talking.
The well-informed source pointed to the sky and smiled mysteriously, saying, "President Liu of Pengcheng High-tech Investment and President Shen of Shenzhen Investment are banging on their tables at home every day, cursing our President Lu for being inhuman. You must both know about these two state-owned companies. They only invested in President Lu because of the city's matchmaking. Who would have thought that now that President Lu has grown up, he would dare to kick us while we're down. He didn't even give us a heads-up before withdrawing his investment in secret, and even stabbed this little prodigy in the back. Do you understand now?"
"This...this is just too unfair!"
"Wow, Mr. Lu is really bold. But then again, if it were me, if I were Mr. Liu of Pengcheng High-tech Investment or Mr. Shen of Shenzhen Investment Holdings, I would be furious and slamming my fist on the table after being tricked like this. And that's not all, I would demand an explanation from the city government. If they don't give me an explanation, I'll never let them off the hook."
The well-informed boss laughed heartily.
He turned to the person who had just spoken and said, "Isn't this a coincidence? That's exactly what the two General Managers, Mr. Liu and Mr. Shen, said, hahahahaha..."
Amidst loud laughter.
The others also looked puzzled.
No wonder even the mayor had to personally block the entrance; it seems someone had filed a complaint, and it was the kind of grudge that wouldn't give up until they got what they wanted, otherwise they wouldn't be in such a hurry.
I've figured it out.
They all looked at each other in bewilderment.
How could any human being cause such a huge mess?
Everyone present at this dinner is a prominent businessman and political elite in Shenzhen, but none of them dare to say that they have the courage of Mr. Lu.
Actually?
The situation is roughly the same, but not as bad as they say.
Lu Yang was indeed blocked at the door by the mayor.
Old Fu and Old He cornered him in the company's rooftop office, demanding an explanation. They rolled up their sleeves and almost came to blows.
Do you think Lu Yang is afraid of the two of them?
Of course I'm scared!
These two old men are over 100 years old combined. Especially Old He, the little old man, was already a retired cadre who had only been retired for a few years when I met him. Now, almost ten years later, he is so old that he can hardly walk. He has been retired for several years and half of his body is buried in the ground. He has been "dug out" by people to cause trouble for Lu Yang. What can they do?
The only way is to persuade them with kind words and gentle advice.
Besides, he's not really a badass.
Lu Yang has offended those big capitalists on Wall Street, and this time he has offended them badly.
However, in China, the claims that confidantes or friends have been betrayed are all fabricated stories, nonsense, and utter rubbish. Can you really go around telling everyone about agreements you made privately with your woman or your best friend?
Do not believe?
If you don't believe me, go say a few bad things about Lu Yang to my old brother Mou. Believe me or not, my old brother will slap you across the face.
"fart!"
"Would my brother Lu Yang betray me?"
"Get lost! You sons of bitches, aren't you all just jealous of others doing well?"
Mu Qizhong was overjoyed at that moment.
When he initially invested in the Little Genius Tong factory, the amount he spent was less than a fraction of what his brother Lu was now promising him.
Brother Lu is very particular!
When they talk about compensation, they're really offering real money.
"The global financial markets are not doing well right now, and tech stocks are the hardest hit. The stock price of Xiaoshengtong has also been affected. Since the Nasdaq index plummeted from around 5000 points, more than a few stocks have been halved in the past month or so..."
I reminded you before, and asked you to reduce your holdings with me. But now, we can't do large-scale reductions like before. Any slight disturbance would be equivalent to a market crash.
However, I can offer you another solution... to ensure you don't end up losing out.
That's what you call professional!
The amount of money that Mu Qizhong has earned over the years since he was born with supernatural abilities has far exceeded his expectations. Even the last bit of wealth that he hasn't had time to cash out at a high price has a safety net provided to him by Lu Yang in private.
So, what else could he possibly be dissatisfied with?
Satisfy.
So satisfying.
Mu Qizhong was secretly grinning from ear to ear. He wouldn't reveal their secret agreement unless he promised Brother Lu.
Are these petty people trying to stir up trouble between him and Brother Lu?
It's not just about scolding people and kicking them out.
His head was smashed to pieces.
Lu Yang gave this guarantee to Qian Youyou, to the Qian family behind Qian Youyou, to Mu Qizhong, and to the Southwest private enterprise Nande Group represented by Mu Qizhong.
Will Pengcheng High-tech Investment and Shenzhen Urban Investment be left out?
However, there are some things he can confide in Qian Youyou and discuss with Mu Qizhong, but he cannot be as frank with President Liu of Pengcheng High-tech Investment or President Shen of Shenzhen Investment.
To put it bluntly, it's because I don't trust these two people.
That's because we're not familiar with each other, right?
Lu Yang had originally planned to apologize and offer some benefits after things settled down and he had obtained everything he wanted, so that he wouldn't be afraid of the news leaking out, and he wouldn't completely offend the person.
As for now...
"What did you say?"
Old He almost spat out his saliva. "You want to buy Little Divine Power and then delist it?"
Lu Yang took two steps back without making a sound. "Yeah, otherwise why bother?"
"What is the purpose?"
"There must be a purpose behind it, right?"
"This company is the only one in your group that has successfully listed in the US. It has special significance, and I don't believe you don't know that. Yet you still went ahead with it, and made such a big fuss about it. Knowing you as I do, you probably wouldn't have done this if the return wasn't astronomical. Now, this old man is truly intrigued..."
He Weijun stared intently at Lu Yang.
He was among the first batch of PhDs to study in the United States. After returning to China, he served as an economics lecturer at Tsinghua and Peking Universities. After being transferred to Shenzhen, he personally oversaw the establishment of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the planning of the city's CBD.
It can be said that he has an extremely sharp eye.
At this moment, Mayor Fu Changjun, who had not uttered a word since entering the room, was present.
He sighed and said, "Since even Old He says so, what are your plans, kid? Stop hiding them and just tell me."
He was afraid that if Lu Yang didn't say something useful, he would lose his temper.
He's been irritable lately...
He Weijun laughed heartily, "You really have to have a serious talk with me this time. You have to give me an explanation, otherwise it won't be right. Take Old Fu for example. He's been getting blocked at the door every day demanding an explanation. If it weren't for me stopping him, he would have come to confront us a few days ago. Look, he's getting anxious again."
They have a friendship spanning decades.
Old He is just a retired old man, so he can act recklessly.
But Lu Yang can't do it!
Faced with the mayor of a city demanding an explanation, he didn't hesitate for a moment. "No problem, the compensation will definitely be in place, but... we can't be too direct, so I have an idea on my end."
If Pengcheng High-tech Investment and Shenzhen Urban Investment were to directly provide certain economic compensation, wouldn't that be blatantly announcing to everyone that Lu Yang was hiring a large group of people to act with him and deceiving all financial investors worldwide?
"Since you have this intention, I feel more at ease. Let's put this aside for now, there's no rush..."
He Weijun waved his hand.
His face was covered in wrinkles as he looked at Lu Yang with piercing eyes and said, "Tell me first, what are you planning to do next?"
Lu Yang didn't hide anything, "I created Little Divine Power. When I created it, I also created another company called Little Genius."
I'm sure Mr. He and Mayor Fu are well aware of this as well.
These two companies, one in a third-tier city in an inland province and the other in Shenzhen, a special economic zone on the coast, were originally intended to be used as tools for wealth accumulation to provide financial support for future projects. The other company, on the other hand, would receive full resources to be developed into the core asset of the entire Century Group.
only……
Ten years have passed, and my previous ideas have become somewhat contrary to my current understanding.
Lu Yang took out a lot of documents from his desk.
Then they spread them out one by one and placed them on their desks.
"Xiaotiancai is a company that I own 100%. Over the years, I have invested no less resources than Xiaoshentong in order to develop and expand it, and in some cases even more. However, due to geographical limitations, its development has been lukewarm all these years."
On the contrary, Little Divine Power, over the years, has not only been supported by me alone, but also by other shareholders who have invested resources, as well as the huge amount of funds raised after its IPO. Coupled with its superior geographical location and the support of local leaders, the two companies are now vastly different in terms of scale and output, and cannot be compared at all..."
Neither of the two old men said a word. After Lu Yang finished speaking, they lowered their heads and began to look through the data reports and documents that Lu Yang had placed on his desk.
The above points clearly demonstrate that there are indeed insurmountable differences between the two companies.
First, the number of employees.
This shows that Xiaotiancai, located in a small third-tier inland city in Hunan Province, has a total of about 3000 employees. Among them, R&D personnel account for about 10%, about 300 people, staff from various departments plus sales personnel account for about 30%, about 900 people, and the remaining 60%, about 1800 people, are all workers on the production line in the workshop.
It looks like it's quite large.
However, compared to the data from another small company, it's not very impressive.
Another set of data shows that as of May this year, Xiaoshentong had approximately 20,000 front-line employees on the production line and about 1800 sales, technical and management personnel, for a total of about 22000 employees, which is nearly 10 times the size of the above.
Production data: There's no comparison.
Since both companies started by making computer learning machines, then VCD players, and then personal computers, the market share of each company in their respective products, as well as their brand influence and recognition among the general public, are also listed above.
Each and every one of them ended with Xiao Shentong's complete victory.
"There's no comparison at all!"
“Indeed, I think the main problem is the poor geographical location of this young genius. It is said that Baoqing is a small city surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the only railway in and out is not a through line, but just a branch line…”
“Local education is also lacking. There are no universities, only a junior college that was forcibly upgraded. There is a lack of sufficient front-line technical personnel, making it extremely difficult to develop. What surprised me was that this company actually maintains a 300-person R&D team, which is simply a miracle. I wonder how much money they must have invested.”
"Speaking of the R&D team, I've searched through all the information but couldn't find a list of core members of the Little Prodigy's R&D team. It's strange. Don't they need to be paid? I've heard that the Little Prodigy also has its own R&D team and laboratory. What? Are these people not part of the Little Prodigy?"
After comparing them item by item, the two of them discovered many problems and raised many questions.
It was later discovered that "Little Genius" did not have its own R&D team. On the contrary, the smaller "Little Genius" company spent money and paid high salaries to support a core R&D team of about 300 people.
By this point, how could they not understand?
It must have been arranged by Lu Yang on purpose.
This kid in front of me has probably been planning something crazy for many years.
He Weijun put down the documents in his hand, adjusted his reading glasses, and sighed, "The younger generation is truly formidable!" (End of Chapter)