Chapter 70: The Reception
As the domestic hegemon of the IT industry, Lenovo has a wealth of social resources, and the people invited to participate in the reception are from Minister Wu of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, the deputy mayor in charge of the municipal government, to the secretary and head of the district
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On such an important occasion, the most glorious star is naturally Lao Zhang, who shook hands and took photos with leaders from all walks of life under the flashlight, and was also touted by various media as a well-deserved young talent and Internet hero. The second star is Li Jiaming's eldest sister Li Zhonghua and his wife, the chairman and vice chairman of the 'Far East International Investment Company' suddenly parachuted into SOHU as vice chairman and director, and this explosive news alone can make reporters flock to it.
Inspirational, the history of the struggle of these two couples is too inspirational, starting by doing the production and sales of agricultural products, the mushrooms and white fungus of the 'mountain people' are sold in supermarkets outside, and they are high-end ingredients;
After a few years of sales, the eldest brother-in-law, who used to be a little introverted, has also exercised, and can open his eyes to the reporter's microphone and talk nonsense, and according to the brother-in-law's speech, he has enough room for the imagination of these reporters.
"No, professional matters are entrusted to professionals, Zhaoyang is a big doctor of MIT, and the company should be managed by professionals like him. ”
"We believe that the combination of the Internet and traditional business will promote the rapid development of society. ”
"Li Jiaming, hehe, he is my brother-in-law, when SOHU was founded, he came to us for financing when he had no money. My father-in-law has three Peking University students in his family, and he is the most business-minded, so we should spend money to support his career, but I didn't expect that guy to give us a huge surprise. ”
"No, no, I'm an orphan, so I treat my parents-in-law as my biological parents, and it's my responsibility to support my brother-in-law's career. ”
"My wife has the final say, and she says east at home, but I don't dare to say west with Jiaming. Jiaming said that I am a wife slave, I think it is the best compliment for me!"
Not to mention Li Zhonghua and his wife, who wanted to be famous, even Chen Dong performed hard in front of the camera and microphone, only Li Jiaming left after just two sentences, and was pulled by Mr. Qin to shake hands and talk with the leaders.
The big leaders are not interested in the sudden change of the vice chairman of SOHU, nor are they interested in his successful entrepreneurial life, even if it is solemnly introduced by Mr. Qin, this is what Li Jiaming expected.
These powerful leaders can condescend only because Lenovo is the hegemon of the IT industry, and has beaten foreign manufacturers in the field of personal computers. If he doesn't give up the position of vice chairman to his brother-in-law, he may be able to make them look down on him. This way, in their eyes, he has become a lucky person who succeeds in a sugar daddy, and he is completely stained with the light of Lao Zhang and his brother-in-law.
Li Jiaming is also not interested in these powerful people, in his previous life, he had enough smiling faces with these officials, how could he want to grovel without any benefits in this life? Unless these big-bellied officials can carve dozens of acres of land for themselves in Beiping City.
After sending off the leaders who were busy with official business, Mr. Qin, who came back with a glass of champagne, said strangely: "Jiaming, don't you want to do real estate?
The well-dressed Li Jiaming also brought a glass of champagne from the waiter, raised his glass and said, "Mr. Qin, when you shook hands with Minister Wu, although you also lowered your head, your waist was straight, didn't I learn from you?"
A joke made Mr. Qin feel like a confidant, leaned on the railing of the open-air balcony, and said with emotion: "Jiaming, do you know what I appreciate about you the most?"
It's hard to take this word, although he is a legend, and he is not afraid of this legendary figure, but the necessary respect is still required, at least it can't give people the impression of a hypocrite. Some small tricks can be hidden from ordinary people, but they definitely can't hide from such a shopping mall veteran, Li Jiaming hesitated for a moment, and whispered: "Wolf nature?"
Now Mr. Qin can confirm that Zhang Zhaoyang suddenly broke his promise because of Zhang Zhaoyang's own reasons, but this kid must also be one of the black hands.
For the sake of our cause, we can brag and pat ourselves on the back, but we must not forget that we are human beings and the main force promoting the development of this society. ”
Li Jiaming loves to listen to this, the eldest husband should stand up to the sky and the earth, and it doesn't matter if he bends his knees occasionally, but he can't really treat the powerful as God
。 Wealth is created by workers and peasants, and people like themselves are the leaders of workers and peasants. If you don't even have this awareness, then what's the difference between them and those minions?
"Hey, tell me, how did you think of building a house?"
Another 'building a house', this is the contempt of the real social elite for those who make a fortune by the powerful, Li Jiaming helplessly pointed to the eldest sister who was smiling at the reporters, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Qin, I was brought up by my sister, she just wants the moon in the sky, and I have to go to fetch water immediately to make her happy." ”
"Then it's no wonder", Mr. Qin touched the cup with Li Jiaming, and said tentatively: "I heard that Yahoo is on the line because of you?"
When the play came, Li Jiaming raised his glass to Kyle, who came over, and said quickly: "Mr. Yang, I personally support domestic products, but the premise is that the cost performance is comparable." ”
Li Jiaming did not express his attitude obscurely, and greeted him with a big laugh, and hugged the white orangutan: "Kyle, I haven't seen you for a long time, what are you busy with?"
"Ming, you're not enough! I gave you an extremely sharp, sturdy steel pickaxe, and you didn't get anything in return. ”
"Kyle, can you blame us? Eight months, eight months, you IBM have been hesitating!"
After laughing twice, Li Jiaming lowered his voice and said: "Kyle, we are about to establish branches in Shenzhen and Shanghai, you have to show sincerity, not that damn pride!"
"Alas," Kyle sighed heavily, disappointed, "Ming, I can foresee that the great IBM will be ruined by its pride." You know what? I've made six trips to Armonk, lobbying the short-sighted board fools, you're going to be the second Apple, but they just don't believe it! God, they've missed the opportunity to kill Apple, and now they're giving up on investing in Sohu!
You're the first Internet company in the world to make a profit, and I can assure you that if you want to, even if you go public on the NASDAQ tomorrow, you'll have no problem. ”
It's not a good analogy, Sohu isn't something IBM can kill, and Apple is in a difficult situation right now, but it's true that it has subverted IBM's PC supremacy. No, this foreign devil should be hinting that his gang stole something from IBM just like Apple.
"Kyle, thank you for the compliment, we are friends and you will definitely go to the NASDAQ to ring the bell. ”
Although IBM's financing plan with SOHU was preempted by Yahoo, Kyle is still very grateful for Li Jiaming's cooperation proposal, at least Charles went to IBM headquarters to promote the financing plan, which made him a lot of points in the eyes of the headquarters executives and major shareholders. When he was socializing over there just now, he heard Li Jiaming and his brother-in-law talking about real estate, and he also took the opportunity to sell a favor and asked this kid to help him return the things that Sohu stole back. Businessmen only have interests in their eyes, and interests are eternal.
"Ming, you don't really want to enter the real estate industry, do you?"
"Kyle, what do you suggest?"
The two deviated a little, and the foreign devil said mysteriously: "Ming, do you know that our IBM office building, to the staff computers, water dispensers are rented?"
It seems that when I asked Sun Weigang to borrow a car before, I heard that guy say that, but Li Jiaming was still surprised: "HY?"
"Let professional people do professional things, all our fixed assets are rented, and our real assets are IBM people. ”
, as long as you really do professional things and let professional people do them, why worry about the company's rise and fall for a while? No wonder IBM has been tossed back and forth with ups and downs, but it has never been tossed to death!
However, Li Jiaming is not interested in learning about other people's corporate culture, and is interested in the fact that IBM does not have its own office building! Investment promotion is a useful preferential policy, and since they do not enjoy it, can they transfer it to themselves?