Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 461: Strong Dialogue

Lu Shaohua announced that he would withdraw all his investments, but it was just talk. If he really withdrew all his investments, Lu Shaohua's losses would be serious. It would be almost impossible to recover the hundreds of billions of dollars invested. It would be good enough if he could recover 30%.

But as things developed to this point, Lu Shaohua had no choice. As he said, the arrow was on the string and had to be shot. Lu Shaohua made this decision out of necessity, in order to force the domestic top brass to compromise.

In fact, Lu Shaohua was not sure at all. From what Deng said, Lu Shaohua could tell that the person who came to make trouble this time, Bei Jing, was not an ordinary person. He must be at least a member of the Politburo.

How can a member of the Politburo not have a background? Since he has a background, the possibility of him stepping down becomes very small. After all, the officialdom is about balance. The fall of one party will definitely cause a backlash and political instability.

Although he understood all this, Lu Shaohua still did not give up the pursuit. No matter how big the other party's background was or how powerful he was, Lu Shaohua still wanted to fight him and let the top management make a choice.

The country's economy and one official. This is a very easy multiple-choice question. You can only choose one. If the top leaders choose the economy, then Lu Shaohua's enemies will fall. If the top leaders choose that official, then Phoenix Group will withdraw its investment, which will have a huge impact on the country's economy.

Not only that, the impact of the aftermath is more serious than the loss of Phoenix Group's complete withdrawal of investment. After all, Lu Shaohua has spread the news that the current mayor of Shenzhen brought people to make trouble with Phoenix Group. If Lu Shaohua says again that senior officials are involved in this matter, then where will the image of the country be?

When Lu Shaohua made the decision to withdraw all investment, he had already thought all these things through. He was sure that the country's top leaders were on his side, but things had not yet come to a conclusion, so Lu Shaohua was not sure.

The Phoenix base returned to peace, and Chu Lei also spread the news of Phoenix Group's complete withdrawal of investment through a special method. Li Shangkui also returned from Hong Kong not long after, and the matter came to an end.

However, Lu Shaohua did not leave the Phoenix Base, but came to Chu Lei's office. He was waiting, yes, waiting, waiting for a call.

Not long after, the phone in Chu Lei's office finally rang, and Chu Lei answered the phone immediately, but he didn't say anything. He put the receiver to his ear and listened for a while, then handed the phone to Lu Shaohua, who was not far from the phone, and said softly, "It's Mr. Deng."

Lu Shaohua nodded in understanding, took the receiver, put it to his ear, and said politely, "It's Grandpa, what's the matter with you calling?"

"Hmph!" Elder Deng on the other end of the line snorted coldly, and then continued, "Do you still remember to call me grandpa? Ah! You are really amazing, threatening the country with a complete withdrawal of investment, where can I put my face? Ah?"

At the end, Deng Lao took a breath and continued to roar. "Also, you are still hitting government officials. You are getting cocky..."

"..." Lu Shaohua chose to remain silent. He knew that Mrs. Deng was angry and it was normal for her to take it out on him. He did not refute. He waited until Mrs. Deng had finished venting her anger before Lu Shaohua spoke. "Grandpa, I am forced to do this. You can see that people are bullying me. If I just let it go, what will my Phoenix Group face next? It will be more people bullying me. How can my company survive? I don't think it needs to survive. I can just deal with these annoying things all day long."

Lu Shaohua became more and more excited as he spoke, and in the end he almost forgot that it was Mr. Deng on the other end of the phone, and his voice became much louder.

After finishing speaking, Lu Shaohua took a deep breath to calm down his emotions, and without waiting for Deng Lao to speak, he continued, "Also, I hit government officials? I am now a major general, although it is a sinecure, but look at what the mayor said, he wanted to arrest me, wanted to arrest me, do you think it was excessive for me to slap him a few times?"

"Also, when I was selling long-range missile technology, what did the country's top leaders say? I remember I made a request that no second-generation officials should come to Phoenix Group to cause trouble? Did the country's top leaders agree? What about now? Now the son of a vice governor has been bullied and asked for 40% of the shares. That's more than 30 billion US dollars? There will be more in the future. You want me to let it go? Can I say let it go? That's the money I earned through hard work. I worked hard for several years to earn it. If you ask me to let it go, I would rather withdraw my investment completely, take in % of the funds, and develop somewhere else." Lu Shaohua was venting his dissatisfaction.

There was no way, Lu Shaohua was really too angry. Of course, he also had another emotion, complaining. He was just complaining that the things promised by the country's top leaders were not important.

"..." Silence. Mr. Deng also remained silent. He had nothing to say. Every word Lu Shaohua said made sense. At that time, it was Mr. Deng who negotiated the purchase of long-range missile technology, and it was done under the conditions that the top leaders of the country allowed. Now that the matter has really come, the top leaders of the country not only turn a blind eye, but also do not deal with it. This makes people suspect that they are not keeping their promises.

Lu Shaohua also remained silent. He did not speak. He had said everything he needed to say. As for what would happen next, he would have to wait for Old Deng to speak.

Time passes bit by bit...

One minute... Three minutes... Five minutes...

Deng Lao was silent for five minutes, and then he spoke. "I was negligent."

This was Deng Lao's first statement, after he calmed down. From Deng Lao's point of view, it was Lu Shaohua who threatened the country with a complete withdrawal of investment, and it was Lu Shaohua's fault, but what about Lu Shaohua's point of view?

He asked for more than 40 billion US dollars in assets. With the development of Phoenix Group, this amount will increase. In addition, he asked for it without paying any price. Although Lu Shaohua's money is easy to make, it is also earned by him with hard work. It is his hard-earned money.

Put yourself in their shoes. After working hard for several years to earn more than 40 billion US dollars, suddenly someone took away without spending any money. Who would be willing and angry?

Even a clay man can get angry, not to mention that Lu Shaohua is a person who is soft-hearted and does not respond to tough calls. How could he bear it?

"Grandpa! People are not plants, so who can be heartless? I am not a plant. I want to help develop quickly, but there is a prerequisite, that is, there must be a good environment for me to develop. But what about now? I am being envied. If I don't make a bigger move, will the people above pay attention?" Lu Shaohua also calmed down, and his tone was not as impulsive as before. After a pause, he continued. "If there is no good environment for me to develop, I have to deal with annoying things all day long. It is better to worry less and move to a place that can provide a good environment for development."

"Hey!" Deng Lao did not speak immediately, but sighed and asked. "So what are you going to do? Well, I tell you, forget about withdrawing your Phoenix Group's investment, and stay in Shenzhen to develop well."

Lu Shaohua didn't speak in a hurry. He was thinking, thinking about the certain meaning in Deng's words.

Ask yourself what you plan to do? This means that Deng Lao's call this time was not his personal intention, but the intention of the higher-ups.

This is indeed the case. When Mr. Deng made the call, there was a man sitting next to him, a man at the pinnacle of power.

Understanding the key, Lu Shaohua was not polite and said, "Although I don't know who is behind this, I still say that person can't stay in his position. Well, if the person behind the mayor of Shenzhen is the one behind the scenes, then do as originally said. If not, then the three of them also need to be dealt with."

Mayor He's identity and background have been investigated. His father and uncle are both extremely powerful people. Lu Shaohua is planning to bring down Mayor He, so he will not let his uncle and his father go either. Of course, if they are the real people behind the scenes, then it would be easier to bring them down.

But if the real person behind the scenes is not there, Lu Buhua can only take the method of cutting the grass and eradicating it at its roots. After all, the ancient saying "If the grass is not cut at its roots, it will grow again in the spring breeze" still makes some sense. Lu Shaohua didn't know that he had brought down one person, so that others would remember it in the future and use some shady tricks from time to time.

"..." Silence, Deng Lao was silent for a while. But Lu Shaohua didn't know that Deng Lao's silence was not because he was thinking about something, but because he was holding the receiver of the phone and discussing with the person sitting next to him. After a while, the discussion ended, and Deng Lao spoke. "Xiaohua, this is not a trivial matter. We need to discuss it before we can decide."

Delay, delay. At this time, Mr. Deng also adopted the strategy of delay.

Lu Shaohua was so smart that he could understand the key point. He said in a very stiff tone, "Grandpa, it's not that I don't care about your face, but this matter can only be resolved as soon as possible. There is only one day. If there is no result by this time tomorrow morning, Hong Kong Phoenix TV will broadcast a more important news. In addition, my Phoenix Group will also start to withdraw all investments at this time tomorrow morning."

Lu Shaohua's meaning has been made very clear. Delaying will not work. He set a timetable of one day, twenty-four hours. If the problem is not resolved after twenty-four hours, Lu Shaohua will take action. This is Lu Shaohua's bottom line.

At last, Lu Shaohua added, "Grandpa! Some things cannot be hidden. Don't try to fool me with excuses. My people are already investigating. I believe there will be news soon."

Now the intelligence network far away in Africa is operating rapidly, and it is only a matter of time to find out the real instigator of this incident. Lu Shaohua wants to remind Mr. Deng not to use a "scapegoat" to fool him.

Old Deng fell silent again. After hearing what Lu Shaohua said, he knew that his retreat was blocked. Based on his understanding of Lu Shaohua over the years, he knew that Lu Shaohua would really do what he said, and he was immediately in a dilemma.