Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 362: A Round of Winning

The first feeling Lu Shaohua got from Mr. Deng's expression was that there was something strange about it, and then there was something fishy, ​​and it was not as simple as he had imagined. But for some reason, Lu Shaohua subconsciously felt that this thought of his was unnecessary. After all, he had already reduced the loss by $1 billion, and Mr. Deng should not take any further action.

Wishes are beautiful, but reality is always cruel. Lu Shaohua never expected that he overestimated himself and thought that he was the smartest person in the world and no one was smarter than him. As the saying goes, the higher you climb, the harder you fall. Lu Shaohua fell hard this time, and the reason for his fall was what Deng Lao said next.

"Xiaohua, one billion dollars is no problem at all. However, helping you research two communication satellites requires a lot of manpower and material resources. So, in addition to being responsible for the funds, you also have to pay the salaries of those scientific researchers." Deng Lao said seriously.

When Lu Shaohua wanted to say something, Deng Lao spoke again before him. "Well, I roughly estimated that the salary of this scientific researcher is 500 million US dollars. Oh, this is cheap, after all, it's only five years." Deng Lao's voice became smaller and smaller.

Lu Shaohua frowned. What? Five hundred million dollars, isn't that too high a salary? But what Mr. Deng said was well-reasoned, and Lu Shaohua didn't know much about those research institutes, so he couldn't find any effective words to refute it.

Lu Shaohua smiled bitterly and said, "Grandpa Deng, the conditions I just mentioned did not include the salaries of the researchers, only the funding."

"Oh, you didn't say you wouldn't pay for it, did you?" After a pause, Deng Lao continued. "You are the boss of Phoenix Group, and you have thousands of employees under you, but is there any employee you don't pay for their work?"

"That's not the case." Lu Shaohua replied weakly. This was a big joke. If the employees were not paid for their work, according to the country's labor law, Lu Shaohua was committing a crime. Lu Shaohua couldn't afford this accusation. But how could Lu Shaohui be willing to lose $500 million just because of Deng Lao's words? "Those scientific research institutions are state-owned!"

Lu Shaohua didn't say the next sentence, but anyone could hear the hidden meaning. The state institutions didn't need him to pay for them.

"It's true that they belong to the country, but don't forget that they are working for you." Mr. Deng said this in a very serious tone.

"..." Lu Shaohua was speechless and didn't know what to say to refute Mr. Deng.

At this moment, Lu Shaohua also had the idea of ​​just letting it go. He would give him 500 million more, but that was 500 million, not five dollars or fifty cents. That was enough money to build a house if it was converted into 100-yuan bills. How could Lu Shaohua be willing to give it up like that?

But what can Lu Shaohua do?

He looked up at Mr. Deng, and only then did Lu Shaohua finally realize that the person opposite him was a former national leader who had lived for more than 80 years. To put it bluntly, he had eaten more salt than he had eaten rice, and he was still too naive to play tricks on him.

Over the years, Lu Shaohua has never suffered any loss, whether in business or in other aspects. Even in the incident of the Soviet Union intercepting the goods, he had to settle the score and take revenge by exterminating the entire family. But who is Old Deng? He is one of the people he admires and his godfather. What can he do? The only way is to find the flaws in this matter to overturn Old Deng's statement.

Lu Shaohua's brain was spinning and he began to ponder, trying to find a loophole in the language to fight back, but it was not so easy to find a loophole in what someone like Mr. Deng said.

After thinking a lot, Lu Shaohua finally gave up the idea. He had no choice but to give up. He didn't make it clear when he proposed the conditions just now, and the words he left behind gave Deng Lao an opportunity to take advantage of.

But it was impossible to ask Lu Shaohua to pay a high price of 500 million US dollars. "Grandpa Deng, you can't be so shady. You asked for 500 million in salary right away. I just deducted 100 million US dollars for you to take this into account."

"Hmm?" Deng Lao frowned, pretending not to understand, and then asked, "Why didn't you tell me just now if you took this into account?"

Lu Shaohua was speechless for a while, secretly saying whoever spoke first was right, and waved his hands helplessly, looking very generous, and said, "How about this, don't ask for 500 million US dollars, I'll give you 200 million, 200 million as salary."

"No." Seeing Lu Shaohua give in, Deng smiled and continued, "Two hundred million dollars is too little. You must at least give in three hundred million dollars, and I will give you seven hundred million dollars."

Lu Shaohua shook his head, gritted his teeth, and said, "Only 200 million."

"Haha!" Old Deng laughed, and said in a heroic tone. "Okay, I'll do as you say."

"Well, it's a pleasure working with you." Lu Shaohua said as he stretched out his hand, ready to shake hands with Mr. Deng.

Mr. Deng was very happy and shook hands with Lu Shaohua generously, saying, "It's a pleasure to work with you."

The hands were clenched and then released, which meant that the deal had been successfully done, but the matter was not over yet. Yes, the matter was not over yet. It was not that Mr. Deng did not want to know, but that Lu Shaohua did not want to end it.

"Oh! Grandpa Deng, you have to ask the Ministry of Finance to prepare the money." After that, Lu Shaohua said seriously. "By the way, I think I promised to pay 200 million yuan in salary just now. Well, I almost forgot, I said 200 million yuan, I forgot to bring the unit."

Counterattack, this was a naked counterattack, relying on the linguistic loopholes to hit back at Mr. Deng.

"It's not 200 million US dollars, right?" Mr. Deng seemed to have not reacted yet.

"Haha!" Lu Shaohua laughed and continued, "We are in China now, how can we use other countries as units? Oh, I can be a patriot, if it is not RMB as a unit, I will explain it."

Lu Shaohua looked as pious as possible, as if he was a typical patriot.

Lu Shaohua looked very pious in his own eyes, but to others he seemed to be asking for a beating, especially Zhang Tianheng. If Lu Shaohua had not acted like this in his military region, he might not have been able to resist taking action.

"Lu boy, you can't be so dishonest. Why don't you keep your word?" Zhang Tianheng yelled.

"Mr. Zhang, how am I not kind? I didn't say I would give you 200 million US dollars. I only said I would give you 200 million." Lu Shaohua said indifferently.

Zhang Tianheng moved his lips and wanted to say something, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't find a word. He could only keep silent and stare at Mr. Deng, hoping that Mr. Deng would come out and uphold justice.

But can Mr. Deng come out and say that justice is done? No! He cannot come out and say that justice is done. He was the first to use the loophole in language to trick Lu Shaohua. Now Lu Shaohua has tricked him. How can he come out and say that justice is done?

"Oh, miscalculated." Old Deng sighed and secretly thought that Lu Shaohua was very shrewd.

Hearing this, Lu Shaohua felt better. Although Deng Lao had made a fool of him, he had won back a game now! He had also recovered his losses. As for the 200 million yuan, he could only give it to the research institution as salary.

It's not that Lu Shaohua is being hypocritical, but he can't help himself. He really can't say anything. He can only blame himself for misunderstanding. Moreover, Lu Shaohua also took into account the situation of the occasion. Everyone present had a prominent status. Although Lu Shaohui was arrogant, he was not arrogant enough to challenge the people present.

Therefore, even though Deng Lao's initial bargaining price was one billion US dollars less, Lu Shaohua still made a concession. As for the remaining 500 million, it was a small counterattack by Lu Shaohua, which recovered some of the losses.

"Okay, okay, I won't say any more. 200 million RMB is 200 million RMB." After saying that, Deng Lao was obviously a little unwilling, and he did not forget to add, "You kid got more than 400 million RMB from me this time."

"Oh? How come there are more than 400 million people like this?" Zhang Tianheng asked out of the blue.

Deng Lao was already a little angry, and he had no place to vent. Zhang Tianheng really hit him in the bud, and he shouted angrily, "You have no brains. There is a difference of more than 400 million between 200 million US dollars and 200 million RMB. Don't you know the exchange rate between the US dollar and the RMB?"

"..." Zhang Tianheng was speechless. He really had forgotten about this.

Lu Shaohua tried hard to hold back his laughter. He knew that if he laughed out loud, he would become Zhang Tianheng's punching bag.

The same went for the others, all trying to hold back their laughter for fear that Zhang Tianheng would want to practice with them again.

After letting out his anger, Deng Lao calmly asked, "When will the information be delivered?"

Lu Shaohua did not answer immediately, but thought for a while and said, "I should be able to arrive the day after I leave Beijing."

Originally, Lu Shaohua could have arranged this matter immediately, but the long-range missile technology was now in Africa, and Lu Shaohua did not want to expose the African base in broad daylight. To be cautious, he could only wait until he left Beijing and returned to Shenzhen before making the call.

"Okay, it won't take a few days anyway." said Mr. Deng.

At this point, the long-range missile transaction ended. In the following time, everyone stopped talking about missiles and turned the topic to something unimportant.

Time passed quietly as they chatted, and before they knew it, it was already past eleven in the morning. Everyone said goodbye to Mr. Deng and prepared to leave. Lu Shaohua did the same, preparing to say goodbye to Mr. Deng and follow Zeng Jianguo back to his residence. However, when he was saying goodbye, Lu Shaohua was kept by Mr. Deng, who said he had something to talk to him about.

Naturally, Lu Shaohua didn't say much and stayed obediently. After all, Mr. Deng was old, and as his godson, staying and chatting with the old man was considered to be showing filial piety. As for whether Mr. Deng had something important to say to him, Lu Shaohua was not sure.

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