Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings

This way——

After Yan Xiong was sent out by Zhuang Dingxian, Du Yongxiao, who had just gone upstairs to change his clothes, sat down at the dining table again, picked up the tea cup, looked at Jiang Ling'er and Jiang Muling and said, "What Yan Xiong said just now is right, monopoly is wrong. , when doing business, you cannot make money just by relying on monopoly. To put it more bluntly, no one in this world can monopolize an industry for a lifetime, not to mention that Thailand has almost repaid its kindness to you, if you continue like this. , those businessmen and people dare to be angry but dare not speak out, and in the end they will only vent their grievances on the King of Thailand. This is not a good sign--" "Yes, if we bring the King of Thailand to this point, not only will the The kindness may offend him and lead to hatred," godbrother Jiang Muling said, "Rather than get to that point, it is better for us to withdraw voluntarily, just like Mr. Du said, rely on real skills to make a living and stop monopolizing. "

"Ling'er, this is our opinion, what do you think?" Du Yongxiao took a sip of warm tea and asked Jiang Ling'er calmly. "Anyway, the business here is yours. I'm just giving some advice. As for the decision-making, I will never interfere."

Jiang Ling'er smiled and said, "I don't have any objections. What you said is right! In fact, I knew a long time ago that this kind of business would not last long. Even if a business full of complaints makes money, it is not a long-term solution. Now I am ready to go If you work hard in the mainland, then all the business here will be left to you, brother. I will support whatever you do! "

Jiang Ling'er said and looked at Jiang Muling.

A warm current passed through Jiang Muling's heart, and he felt Jiang Ling'er's trust in him. He nodded and said, "Okay, I will take care of this matter."

Du Yongxiao nodded.

"Then it's settled. By the way, tomorrow I will attend the Banquet of Ten Thousand Buddhas hosted by the King of Thailand. You can bring the dumplings with me!" Du Yongxiao said to Jiang Ling'er.

Jiang Ling'er nodded, knowing that Du Yongxiao had his reasons for saying this. She once saved the King of Thailand, and she was an acquaintance even in the past. Moreover, there would be many big shots present at such an occasion, including dignitaries from various countries, business tycoons, etc. Du Yongxiao meant that she could get to know a few more people, which would help her future business. Make plans for expansion.

Jiang Muling was also very happy. Du Yongxiao even remembered him about such things, which showed that he didn't treat him as an outsider.

From this moment on, Jiang Muling completely let go of her obsession, integrated into Du Yongxiao's big family, and regarded Du Yongxiao as a benefactor.

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The next day——

Du Yongxiao took Jiang Ling'er and the others to the Thai Palace early in the morning to attend the annual Ten Thousand Buddhas Banquet.

The Ten Thousand Buddha Banquet in Thailand is a large-scale event held after the Ten Thousand Buddha Festival. It mainly invites political figures from various countries and business celebrities to participate in the banquet, and everyone gathers to celebrate the Ten Thousand Buddha Festival.

After arriving at the palace, Du Yongxiao was honored to be invited to discuss secretly with many Thai bigwigs and the royal family in the conference room for more than three hours alone.

In this regard, other politicians and business tycoons are all envious and jealous, after all, they do not have this kind of treatment.

In secret talks, Du Yongxiao reached a number of agreements with everyone. Anyway, Du Yongxiao's business empire is getting bigger and bigger now. Since he can cooperate with Thailand's Chia Tai Group, he can also cooperate with other large companies in Thailand to achieve a win-win situation for both parties.

Among them, Du Yongxiao promised everyone that he would invest a total of 3 billion US dollars in Thailand over a ten-year period. If circumstances or policies permit, the amount can be increased to 6 billion, which is doubled.

Du Yongxiao is confident in saying this. Many of his companies have not been listed, so he is not afraid of stock market fluctuations. The cash flow that Du Yongxiao values ​​​​most is now very sufficient. If nothing else, the investment income in Africa alone is now 100% every year. Billions are calculated, so investing three billion in Thailand in ten years is not a problem at all.

This promise of Du Yongxiao made everyone very happy, especially the royal family and others. They praised Du Yongxiao as a super good friend. They welcomed international friends like Du Yongxiao to invest in Thailand.

Du Yongxiao ended the secret conversation and walked out of the conference room. His eyes were full of envy and jealousy.

As a big figure in Thailand's political arena, Naiwang, leader of the Democratic Party, personally introduced international politicians and international tycoons to Du Yongxiao.

Many of those people are from Southeast Asian countries, such as Malaysia and the Philippines, and those with higher status include big bosses from Japan and South Korea.

When Naiwang introduced a muscular Asian man to Du Yongxiao, the man was very enthusiastic. Before Du Yongxiao could reach out, he had already reached out and said to Du Yongxiao with a very respectful and admiring gesture: "Well done, Mr. Du. Very nice." Nice to meet you! I am Lee Jianxi, Vice Chairman of Samsung C\u0026T Co., Ltd. of Korea!”

"Samsung C\u0026T?" Du Yongxiao was slightly startled and looked at the other party.

The man is thirty-six years old, with a strong build, plump cheeks, and a full forehead. He wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. Under his thick eyebrows, a pair of wolf eyes shine with a fiery light, which is in sharp contrast to the smile on his face. People have a sinister feeling.

On the whole, the other party was dressed very well, with his hair neatly combed, and the suit he wore fitted perfectly. He was sprinkled with a light cologne, giving him a sense of elegance.

Only Du Yongxiao knew that this Mr. Lee Jianxi was no ordinary person, but the future heir to the Samsung Group. Together with his father, the founder of the Samsung Group, Lee Byung-cheol, they were known as the "Taizu Taizong" of the Samsung Group in the Republic of Korea, and were also the veritable "Emperors" of South Korea in the future. .

There is a saying in Korea that from birth to death, you cannot do without Samsung. The hospital where you were born, the milk powder you drank, the school you went to, the school uniform you wore, the house you lived in, the funeral home you went to when you died, the coffins, urns, and even the hearse that picked you up were almost all made by Samsung.

"Hello, what can I do for you?" Du Yongxiao said indifferently. Du Yongxiao had no good feelings for the "prince" of Samsung Group, of course, no bad feelings either.

"It's like this, Mr. Du, I have admired you for a long time, I wonder if I can talk to you privately, there are many things I want to ask you!" Li Jianxi is a big man in his thirties after all, and he used the word "ask you", how can Du Yongxiao not give him face.

"I don't dare to ask you, why don't we go over there and sit down first!" Du Yongxiao pointed to the leisure area not far from the banquet hall.

"Very good! Thank you Mr. Du for your honor!" Li Jianxi said, waving to a place not far away: "Fuzhen, come here, go over there with your dad, don't run around!"

As he was talking, an eight or nine-year-old girl in a pink and blue skirt came over from a distance, holding the hand of a woman.

Li Jianxi pointed at the little girl and introduced her to Du Yongxiao: "This is my daughter, Li Fuzhen, who is accompanying me to Thailand this time! Fuzhen, why don't you call Mr. Du quickly."

"Hello, Mr. Du!" Li Fuzhen bowed politely to Du Yongxiao and said hello.

Although Li Fuzhen was small, she was very cute, like a carved jade, with black hair draped vertically on her shoulders like a waterfall; her white face, a pair of watery eyes under her curved eyebrows, were blinking at Du Yongxiao at this moment, curiously looking at this handsome uncle.

Du Yongxiao looked at Li Fuzhen, thinking that this girl's future marriage would be very unfortunate, a pity, such a good beauty.

"Your name is Lee Boo Jin, right? Nice to meet you." Du Yongxiao smiled and stretched out his hand to Lee Boo Jin.

Lee Boo Jin giggled, held Du Yongxiao's fingers with her little hand and shook them, saying, "I'm glad to meet you too! Big brother, you're really handsome."

"Fuzhen, how can you talk like that? How can you call Mr. Du big brother? How rude!" Li Jianxi scolded from the side.

Lee Boo Jin turned her head to look at her father and stuck out her tongue mischievously.

At this time, she was not afraid of the future Samsung tyrant father at all.

Facts have proved that Li Jianxi is also a natural daughter slave, and he really dotes on Lee Boo Jin, which caused Lee Boo Jin to rebel when she grew up and choose a servant-level driver as her husband.

"Fuzhen, don't be so rude!" The woman next to her scolded.

Li Jianxi introduced the woman to Du Yongxiao again, saying that she was his first wife--Ms. Luo Hongxi.

Du Yongxiao greeted Luo Hongxi again, and then everyone went to the rest area.

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After Du Yongxiao sat down, he began to talk with Li Jianxi.

Ms. Luo Hongxi was sitting next to her, holding her daughter Li Fuzhen. She was afraid that her daughter would be anxious, so she found a picture book for her to read, and she acted as the audience for her husband's conversation with Du Yongxiao.

Li Jianxi seemed to have something to ask Du Yongxiao, but she did not speak directly, but talked about the founding history of Samsung Group.

Du Yongxiao drank coffee and listened patiently. Sometimes when interacting with people and doing business with people, listening to others is a very important art.

On March 1, 1938, Mr. Lee Byung-chul, the former chairman of Samsung, established the "Samsung Chamber of Commerce" in Daegu, South Korea with 30,000 won (about 200 yuan at the current exchange rate).

In the early days, Samsung's main business was to export Korean dried fish, vegetables, fruits, etc. to BJ and Manchuria in China. Soon after, Samsung built a factory to start the production and sales of flour and sugar.

In 1948, Samsung moved its office to Seoul, the capital of South Korea, and established the "Samsung Corporation" company. "The establishment of Samsung C\u0026T marks the official start of Samsung's international trade business.

At a time when the corporate atmosphere was still relatively conservative, Samsung allowed employees to participate in investment and profit sharing, and rewarded employees with meritorious achievements. Samsung's unique management style began to become famous in Korea.

In 1945, South Korea got rid of the rule of Japan, but the Korean economy at that time became extremely unstable due to social and political unrest.

In 1951, Samsung moved the company to Busan, a port city in southeastern South Korea, and established Samsung C\u0026T Co., Ltd. At a time when South Korea was extremely short of materials and various daily necessities were heavily dependent on imports, Samsung began to develop in the production field in order to help restore and develop the Korean economy and realize its concept of "serving the country through business."

It is worth mentioning that However, in the mid-1950s, most Korean companies still hired employees through relationships in schools, families and relatives. Samsung took the lead in establishing an open recruitment personnel system and worked hard to improve labor efficiency and employee welfare.

In 1965, Lee Byung-chul, the 55-year-old founder of Samsung, began to consider the successor issue of the Samsung Group.

At that time, among his three sons, the youngest son Lee Gun-hee was younger, so he was sent to the United States for further studies. The eldest son Lee Meng-hee, 34, and the second son Lee Chang-hee, 32, took over the Samsung business map. However, with the scandal of the chemical plant, the struggle for power and the poor management of the company, Lee Byung-chul gradually lost his trust in his two sons. In the midst of the chaos, Lee Byung-chul gave up the training of the two and ultimately did not hand over Samsung's core business to them.

In 1968, after Lee Mengxi and Lee Changxi lost the right to inherit the Samsung Group, Lee Jianxi, the third son, began to enter Lee Bingzhe's vision.

In fact, Lee Bingzhe also has a fourth son, but the fourth son was born to Lee Bingzhe and another woman, so he has never been involved in the competition for the right to inherit Samsung.

After Lee Jianxi returned to China, as the only candidate for the successor, he was not directly arranged in the senior management, but was sent to the grassroots and started as a broadcaster. After several years of training and hard work, in 1978, Lee Jianxi, who is 36 years old this year, was promoted by his father to vice president of Samsung Corporation.

Although Lee Jianxi was identified by his father as the future heir to the Samsung Group, his position was not very stable, especially his eldest brother Lee Mengxi and second brother Lee Changxi were not easy to deal with, and they would never watch him snatch the position of the crown prince and then inherit the throne.

Li Jianxi knew that if he wanted to secure his position as the crown prince, he had to make some achievements. Looking at all the subsidiaries and businesses of Samsung Group, the most powerful pillar industry is Samsung Electronics.

Samsung Electronics was founded by Samsung founder Lee Byung-chul in 1969. At the beginning of its establishment, the company assembled black-and-white TVs for Japan's Sanyo Company. In the same year, Samsung also invested in a joint venture with Sanyo Electric and Sumitomo Corporation to establish Samsung Sanyo Electric, and began to sell and export black-and-white TVs domestically.

In 1974, Samsung Electronics entered the washing machine and refrigerator market; in 1979, Samsung Electronics entered the microwave oven market.

The general background at that time was that the South Korean government encouraged exports. In 1978, that is, this year, Samsung's production of black-and-white TVs exceeded Panasonic's, ranking first in the world.

But until the late 1970s, Samsung's capabilities were limited to product assembly, and key components needed to be purchased from Japanese companies.

At this time, Samsung's product quality was very poor. For example, the electric fans produced by Samsung Electronics were easily broken due to rough design and production. Gradually, Samsung made up for the lack of production capacity through mergers and acquisitions. To this end, Samsung Group acquired 50% of the shares of South Korea Semiconductor Company and entered the semiconductor industry.

However, this decision directly led to financial tensions at Samsung Electronics, especially in the field of semiconductor research and development, which has always invested heavily, but the benefits have to be "left to fate".

In the previous life, South Korea filmed a TV series called "The Youngest Son of the Chaebol Family", which actually reflects the Samsung family in South Korea.

Among them, the family's entry into the semiconductor industry was also full of twists and turns. Because of the huge investment and little profit, it almost led to the bankruptcy of Samsung Electronics.

Now Samsung Electronics is facing such difficulties. It wants to continue to enter the semiconductor industry and acquire the remaining 50% of the shares of South Korea Semiconductor Company, but it is struggling to come up with money!

For this reason, Samsung's head Lee Byung-chul made a harsh statement to his children, saying that whoever can find money to give to Samsung to acquire the semiconductor company will be the future leader of the Samsung Group.

This sentence can be described as thunderbolt, which immediately gave the eldest brother Lee Mengxi and the second brother Lee Changxi a stimulant.

The opportunity is here!

As long as they can find money, they will be the princes, and the current third brother can replace them.

Li Jianxi certainly would not sit still and wait for death in the face of this situation.

In addition to discussing cooperation, he came to Thailand this time to find funds to give Samsung Electronics a blood transfusion.