Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 816: The Eve of Departure

Jerry Yang had many contradictory ideas. One was to sell some of his shares and let Phoenix Group take charge of Yahoo, while he would stay as CEO, managing the technology and learning how to run Yahoo. But after all, Yahoo was the company he founded, and it was a pity to sell it all at once.

It can be said that Jerry Yang was very conflicted and troubled. He started to be troubled ever since Liu Mingzhang called him. In addition, Liu Mingzhang called him almost every day to discuss some issues about the development of Phoenix Group after the acquisition of Yahoo. Jerry Yang was a little confused all of a sudden.

It has to be said that Liu Mingzhang's words have great magic and are very tempting. In Liu Mingzhang's blueprint, Yahoo will be the world's largest combination of online mailboxes and information in the future.

With Jerry Yang's ability, he can lead Yahoo to become the world's largest email company, but it is impossible to turn Yahoo into the world's largest information company. Only a group with a wealth of talent like Phoenix Group can do that.

Jerry Yang was persuaded, but he would not agree to Liu Mingzhang immediately. Instead, he discussed it with his friend, the co-founder of Yahoo!, first. Only when the two had the same idea did Jerry Yang make a decision and planned to meet the legendary figure Lu Shaohua before making a decision.

By the time Jerry Yang decided to meet Lu Shaohua, five full days had already passed.

Five days, not long or short, but to Liu Mingzhang, these five days felt like a year. Every moment Liu Mingzhang was afraid that Jerry Yang would refuse. Fortunately, Jerry Yang asked to meet Lu Shaohua in person.

What does it mean to meet Lu Shaohua in person?

It is no secret that with Lu Shaohua's eloquent tongue, it would be a piece of cake for him to convince Jerry Yang. Moreover, Jerry Yang's request to meet Lu Shaohua meant that he was inclined to sell his shares.

Is not it?

Just imagine, if Jerry Yang did not intend to sell his shares, then there was no need for him to meet Lu Shaohua and he could just refuse directly. On the contrary, he wanted to meet Lu Shaohua just to hear how Lu Shaohua dealt with the matter.

That's right, what Jerry Yang wanted was Lu Shaohua's attitude. If Lu Shaohua was sincere in treating Yahoo and intended to make Yahoo the world's top email and information combination as Liu Mingzhang said, then why wouldn't it be wrong for Jerry Yang to sell his shares?

Well, Jerry Yang has deep feelings for Yahoo and always wants Yahoo to prosper, and Phoenix Group's acquisition of Yahoo is the best choice. As for wealth, Jerry Yang has also thought about it.

Just imagine, with Jerry Yang's ability, he could only develop Yahoo, but could not develop it to a certain height. In other words, Yahoo's ultimate development was limited, and its market value was also limited. But it would be different for Phoenix Group. Phoenix Group could bring Yahoo to a whole new height, and its market value would inevitably exceed a lot.

Therefore, even if Jerry Yang sells his shares, his wealth will also increase with the rise in market value in the future. Jerry Yang has confidence in Phoenix Group. Even if he only holds 10% or 20% of the shares, the future market value will exceed the wealth obtained by holding 30% or 40%.

Since there is no problem with wealth, what is lacking is Lu Shaohua's determination. If Lu Shaohua is really sincere about Yahoo as Liu Mingzhang said, and Jerry Yang will also stay in the position of CEO of Yahoo, then it seems that it will not have much impact for Jerry Yang to sell his shares.

In a word, Lu Shaohua's attitude determines everything.

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On the other hand, when Lu Shaohua decided to meet with Jerry Yang in person, he had already thought of this point, so he was not surprised that Jerry Yang wanted to meet him, as if everything was within his expectations.

So, when Liu Mingzhang conveyed Yang Zhiyuan's meaning, Lu Shaohua smiled and asked Liu Mingzhang to add that he would rush to the United States to meet him the next day.

Yahoo occupies a large proportion in Lu Shaohua's heart. It can be said that Lu Shaohua attaches great importance to Yahoo. Now that they are interested in selling shares, how could Lu Shaohua drag his feet? Even though he has a high status, sincerity is sometimes very important.

Sincerity. Lu Shaohua wanted to impress Jerry Yang with sincerity, so he decided to leave for the United States the next day.

However, before that, Lu Shaohua received another piece of news about America Online, a subsidiary of Time Warner.

Li Yunqing had been in charge of the acquisition of shares of America Online, a subsidiary of Time Warner. After five days, Li Yunqing finally sent news back to Lu Shaohua.

2%. Li Yunqing took five days to acquire 2% of America Online's shares.

On the surface, acquiring 2% of the shares in five days seems slow and inefficient, but Lu Shaohua knows very well that it is a great improvement for Li Yunqing to acquire 2% of the shares without alerting the enemy.

Furthermore, Lu Shaohua was not in a hurry when it came to the affairs of America Online, a subsidiary of Time Warner Group. His purpose was only to acquire some shares. As for how long Li Yunqing took, Lu Shaohua did not mind.

Time Warner Group itself is a consortium. Although it cannot be compared with Phoenix Group, its strength is still very strong. Lu Shaohua does not want to be discovered by the other party and launch a counterattack, otherwise all his efforts will be in vain.

So when Li Yunqing sent back the message, Lu Shaohua just responded with a "yes", and then told Li Yunqing not to worry and to take it slow.

In addition to AOL, Li Yunqing also announced another piece of news, which was about Alibaba. It was said that the people sent by Li Yunqing finally found the man named Jack Ma. He did have a website called Alibaba, but they had not yet established the company and were still in the preparation stage.

Needless to say, Lu Shaohua directly ordered the acquisition of Alibaba.

Of course, a full acquisition is impossible. Lu Shaohua's requirement is to occupy 80% of the shares, while Jack Ma and his team invested in the website technology and occupied 20% of the shares of the newly established company.

Li Yunqing seemed to understand Lu Shaohua's intention, and did not say much at the moment. He just said lightly that he would arrange for his subordinates to do it, and then asked Lu Shaohua to wait for good news.

At this point, the Alibaba matter finally came to an end, and Lu Shaohua breathed a sigh of relief. Then he hurriedly made arrangements and asked Li Wusheng to get ready to fly to the United States the next morning.

It is worth mentioning that Li Shangkui's wife had just given birth, which meant that Li Shangkui could not follow Lu Shaohua to the United States. However, as the bodyguard who had been with Lu Shaohua the longest, it was impossible for Lu Shaohua to remain silent when his child was born.

So, that evening, after Qin Sichen and Anten Chiyoko returned home, Lu Shaohua took the two women to Hong Kong's Ren Ai Hospital, intending to visit Li Shangkui's wife and express his condolences.

The Li family has a successor.

Yes, Li Shangkui’s wife gave birth to a big fat son for the Li family, and Li Shangkui himself was an orphan. His father was born when he was young. It can be said that he has no relatives in this world. Now his son is born. Doesn’t it mean that there is a successor or something?

Li Shangkui was very happy and grateful for Lu Shaohua's visit. Of course, this gratitude was kept in his heart. Li Shangkui was not stupid enough to show it, otherwise he would definitely be scolded by Lu Shaohua.

Seeing that Li Shangkui was happy, Lu Shaohua didn't say anything and was happy too. As for his going to the United States, Lu Shaohua didn't mention it at all.

Lu Shaohua knew very well that if he proposed to go to the United States the next day, Li Shangkui might abandon his wife and children and go with him, which would be troublesome again. Lu Shaohua didn't want to waste his breath to stop Li Shangkui.

"Have you given the red envelopes to the doctors and nurses?" Lu Shaohua asked.

Regarding the matter of giving red envelopes to doctors and nurses, Lu Shaohua had already told Li Shangkui when he came back from Africa, and he also emphasized that they should not be stingy and that they should give a big red envelope, preferably 88888 Hong Kong dollars per person like the one when Lu Yuting was born.

"It's covered." Li Shangkui nodded and said.

"How much?" Lu Shaohua asked.

"..." Li Shangkui was silent, feeling a little uncomfortable. After a long while, he stammered, "Fifty thousand per person."

Li Shangkui gave a red envelope of 88888 yuan by himself. He had his reasons for doing so. First, Lu Shaohua gave a red envelope of yuan to the doctors at that time, and he, Li Shangkui, did not want to exceed Lu Shaohua. Second, Li Shangkui felt sorry for the money. After all, the money given to doctors had no investment significance, because who knows, the next time a baby is born, it might not be delivered by those same doctors and nurses.

But then again, in this day and age, a red envelope of 5 Hong Kong dollars is a huge amount of money. In Hong Kong, there are probably few people who can afford it. Even famous tycoons like Stanley Ho can only afford this amount.

Lu Shaohua knew Li Shangkui's thoughts very well. Even if he thought the number was too little, Li Shangkui had already contracted it out. Lu Shaohua couldn't say anything. He just shook his head helplessly and changed the subject. "By the way, I asked Shenzhen to send a sports car over. I'll put it in the garage of your villa. You can drive it yourself."

After a pause, Lu Shaohua continued, "Don't always drive your sister-in-law's car. That's not good."

Although Li Shangkui and his wife are husband and wife, it feels awkward for the husband to always drive his wife's car. What's more, Li Shangkui is close to Lu Shaohua. Even if he doesn't consider his own face, he should consider Lu Shaohua's face.

So Li Shangkui did not refuse and nodded to indicate that he would open it.

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua nodded, and didn't say anything more. He had already seen the person and said what needed to be said. He patted Li Shangkui on the shoulder, said nothing, and turned away with Qin Sichen and the others.

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