Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 232 Banquet and Gathering

Lu Shaohua thought a lot at that moment. If the three companies invested together, it would be unrealistic to invest in industry. If industry was unrealistic, what would be realistic to invest in? Lu Shaohua adopted the elimination method. Once he had a general direction, he thought around it.

Since there are three parties investing, the amount of funds must be considerable. Now that industry has been ruled out, the direction has become clear. Whether it is Lu Shaohua's side or the Huo and Li families, they will definitely not make small amounts of money, and there are only a few projects left that can make big money.

The financial industry has high profits and is very suitable for joint investment by the three companies. However, Lu Shaohua already has Phoenix Financial and several unknown offshore companies, so there is no need for him to enter this industry. All of a sudden, Lu Shaohua has pushed the financial industry out of the equation. What other projects does he have besides the financial industry?

Suddenly, Lu Shaohua had an idea, and he thought of a project. Yes, a project with high profits and lower risks than the financial industry. "Mr. Huo, Uncle Chaoren, I have an idea for a project, but I don't know what you think."

"Oh?"

"Oh? Tell me about it." Ho Ying-tung said excitedly.

Lu Shaohua didn't waste any words and directly told the project he had in mind. "Venture capital."

Yes, what Lu Shaohua thought of was venture capital. From the perspective of investment behavior, venture capital is to invest capital in the research and development of high-tech and its products that contain the risk of failure, and refers to an investment process that promotes the commercialization and industrialization of high-tech achievements as soon as possible in order to obtain high capital returns.

From the perspective of operation, it refers to the process of investment intermediaries under the management of professional talents investing risk capital in high-tech enterprises with special potential. It is also an investment method that coordinates the relationship between venture capitalists, technical experts, and investors to share benefits and risks.

Lu Shaohua believed that this project was extremely familiar to both the Huo family and the Li family, and he also believed that both families would be interested in this project.

Sure enough, as soon as Lu Shaohua finished speaking, Huo Yingdong and Li Jiacheng looked at each other, revealing a smile that no one else could understand, and then both nodded, with Huo Yingdong speaking first. "I agree."

Ho Ying-tung expressed this, and Li Ka-shing did the same. "I agree, too, haha!"

"Well, let's talk about how to invest? And how much money each company should contribute?" Both families agreed, and Lu Shaohua didn't say much, and directly raised the problem.

When the three companies joined forces, Lu Shaohua planned to act as an investor and not to participate in management. Anyway, he would invest as much money as the two companies wanted to invest. As for how much shares each company would hold, that depended on the decision of the two companies. However, Lu Shaohua had already decided that he would definitely not hold the majority of shares.

After a long while, Huo Yingdong coughed twice and said, "How about this, the total initial investment will be 1 million Hong Kong dollars, and the three of us will contribute 3:3:4, what do you think?"

"I agree." Li Jiacheng said.

"There is no problem on my side, but I won't take the lion's share, nor will I participate in the management. I will just invest 3000 million." Lu Shaohua said calmly, while stating his decision.

Huo Yingdong looked at Lu Shaohua meaningfully, and then interrupted again, saying, "I'll pay the same as Xiaohua, 3000 million, hehe! Jiacheng, you pay 4000 million, and you can send someone to manage the company, haha."

This is good. Lu Shaohua and Huo Yingdong have become hands-off managers. All the heavy responsibilities have fallen on Li Jiacheng. Li Jiacheng originally planned to let the Huo family take charge, but Huo Yingdong spoke first, so he couldn't say anything and could only accept the task silently. "Well, there are a lot of things to deal with at Changjiang. I may not be able to spare the time. The top management needs to find a capable person to take on the responsibility, and also give it a name."

"Haha! I do have an idea for a candidate." After saying that, Lu Shaohua said directly without waiting for the two of them to ask. "I personally think Uncle Chaoren's youngest son is a good candidate and can take on this important task."

"Hmm?" Huo Yingdong glanced at Lu Shaohua and saw that he seemed to be very confident in Li Zekai, so he nodded and said, "I have no objection, haha!"

"Can he do it?" Li Zekai is the son of Li Jiacheng. No one knows his son better than his father. How could he not know how capable his son is!

"How do you know if it works if you don't try?" Lu Shaohua said with a smile. According to memory, if Li Zekai didn't have a set of skills, he would be called a little superman by future generations.

With Lu Shaohua's last words, the top management had made the decision. The next step was to name the company. Lu Shaohua came up with the name "Longteng", and Ho Ying-tung and Li Jiacheng also agreed. After that, the three of them discussed some details and decided on the whole thing.

As they chatted, more than two hours had passed before they knew it. Some guests had arrived at the Huo family villa in advance. In order to prevent others from knowing his identity, Lu Shaohua asked Huo Yingdong for a quiet room to "hide". Li Jiacheng seemed reluctant to show up either, and stayed in the room with Lu Shaohua.

The old man and the young man chatted in the room until 7 o'clock in the evening, when they were called to eat by the Huo family's management. Lu Shaohua came to attend the family dinner this time, not to attend the banquet of business celebrities, so Lu Shaohua did not go out of the villa.

Sitting at the long dining table and looking at the exquisite dishes, Lu Shaohua couldn't help but shake his head and sighed that the life of rich people is different. Thinking back to his previous life, it was almost impossible to eat such dishes, but now that he was rich, he could eat whatever he wanted.

It has to be said that the standard of the Huo family's banquet was quite high, and the guests were all people of very high status. Sitting at the long dining table were Lu Shaohua, Chen Li, Li Jiacheng and his wife, and Huo Yingdong and his wife. As for Mr. Huo's sons, they went outside to gather with the guests.

The custom for most people in Guangdong is to chat while eating at the dinner table. Obviously, Ho Ying-tung and Li Ka-shing are among the majority of people in Guangdong, and Lu Shaohua is no exception. They ate and chatted about some lighter topics.

At eight o'clock in the evening, as the host, Ho Ying-tung naturally had to show up and make a few remarks. More importantly, as Lu Shaohua had said last time, he would gather some business people who were close to the country for a small gathering.

As a well-known figure in Hong Kong's business community, Li Jiacheng had to show up in public, so he went out with Ho Ying-tung. Chen Li followed Ho's wife and no one knew where she went, leaving Lu Shaohua alone in the small living room watching TV.

Lu Shaohua had many considerations. This time, he met with business celebrities as the chairman of Phoenix Group in order to enhance cooperation in the future. Another reason was that Lu Shaohua planned to tell some people about his identity, which could be regarded as a semi-outward form.

Everything has its pros and cons. Hiding behind the scenes is good, but it is not a long-term solution. One day, your identity will be exposed. Lu Shaohua can't hide behind the scenes all his life. Sooner or later, he will reveal his identity. Why not show up in a semi-public form now? Another thing is to get to know people in the business world and lay a good foundation for the future.

Time flies, and half an hour passed in the blink of an eye. During this half hour, Lu Shaohua seemed to have fallen asleep, sitting quietly in the chair in a daze. It was not until Ho Ying-tung came in with eight elderly people with half-white hair and wearing neat suits that Lu Shaohua came to his senses, stood up and looked at the eight elderly people with a smile on his face.

Although the living room was small, it had everything, not to mention the chairs, and could easily accommodate 20 people. The eight old men did not know who Lu Shaohua was, and they all looked at him with questioning eyes, and then sent a signal of inquiry to Huo Yingdong.

"Haha, everyone please sit down. You will know when everyone is here." Ho Ying-tung said with a smile.

Everyone could only suppress their doubts and find a seat to sit down. Just as they sat down, another person came in. This time it was Li Jiacheng and Liu Mingzhang. They nodded to everyone to express their apologies and then found their own seats to sit down. Without Lu Shaohua saying anything, Liu Mingzhang knew that he belonged to the Phoenix Group and it was natural for him to sit with the boss.

"Close the door," Huo Yingdong said loudly, and then two cold-blooded men in suits appeared out of nowhere and closed the door without saying a word. "Haha! This time, we'll take advantage of the banquet to gather everyone together to chat and see if there's any cooperation in the future."

At this point, Huo Yingdong paused, looked around, pointed at Lu Shaohua and said, "I think everyone here wants to know who he is, right?" Before anyone could ask, Huo Yingdong spoke again. "He is the behind-the-scenes boss of Phoenix Group, Lu Shaohua, from China."

These words were like a big stone thrown into a calm lake. There was silence at the scene, and no one spoke. After a moment, the "big stone" seemed to have its effect. With a "dong" sound, the eight old men who didn't know the situation took a breath of cold air. The first reaction in their minds was suspicion, very suspicion.

"The boss behind the Phoenix Group is a teenager?"

"Is today April Fool's Day?"

"I would never believe it even if you kill me."

There were many doubts, and no one believed that Lu Shaohua was the legendary boss behind the scenes. He was only a teenager, who would believe it?

But the fact is the fact, and they have no choice but to believe it, because given Ho Ying-tung's character and business acumen, he would not lie to them. Besides, there seems to be no benefit in lying to them.

Seeing that the business leaders were all very suspicious, Liu Mingzhang smiled and stood up, saying: "Lu Shaohua is indeed the behind-the-scenes boss of our group and the mysterious chairman."

At the end, after a pause, Liu Mingzhang dropped another bombshell: "All the assets of our group company belong to Mr. Lu Shaohua, and there are no other shareholders."

With the confirmation of Liu Mingzhang and Ho Ying-tung, everyone believed it. Although they were very surprised and shocked, having been in the business world for most of their lives, they were still able to quickly calm themselves down.

Everyone believed in his identity, and Lu Shaohua couldn't just sit there, so he stood up, greeted everyone politely, pondered for a long time, and organized his words to get into his topic.

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