Chapter 314: The First Meeting (Two in One Chapter)
After staying in Huacheng for a day and making a deal with Liao Yuan, Zhou Liwen took Zhou Bei's car with two license plates and went directly to Xiangjiang on Route 6.
After arriving in Xiangjiang, Zhou Liwen first went to visit his uncle-in-law Li Haifeng, and the two sides talked happily after meeting, but that night he refused Li Haifeng's permission to let him stay overnight, and still went to live in his villa in Xiangjiang. It's not that Zhou Liwen has any cleanliness habits and can't get used to living in other people's houses, but that he has some things that are inconvenient to deal with in other people's homes.
When he arrived at his residence, Zhou Liwen first called the United States, and the person who answered the phone was Pang Yishan, who helped him deal with immigration matters. After asking about his family's situation, Zhou Liwen was completely relieved to learn that the immigration procedures for his parents, wife and children had been completed, and that everything was smooth, but Pang Yishan told Zhou Liwen that his mother Li Xiaoyuan was a little angry with Zhou Liwen's approach of cutting first and then playing, but his father Zhou Lin understood his son better, and after asking Lin Yaxuan about the situation, he did some persuasion work for Li Xiaoyuan, and finally appeased the matter.
"Dong Chou, when will you arrive?"
"It's probably going to be a few days, there's an auction here in Xiangjiang, I have to show up, and I'll come over after the auction is over."
"Auction?" Pang Yishan asked with some surprise.
Zhou Liwen explained the auction with a smile, and then asked about the sale of Orz's new smartphone in North America. This time, the latest touchscreen smartphone Zhou Liwen is different from the previous one, and it is sold globally. Wei Zi is in charge of the China region, with the cooperation of two major operators, China Mobile and China Unicom, as well as network channels. Zhou Liwen in the Xiangjiang area did not leave outsiders to farm, so he handed it over to Li Haifeng to go directly to negotiate with Xiangjiang Telecom.
In Southeast Asia, the overseas network of orz and TcL is in charge, the European side is France Telecom, and as for North America, the largest market after China's big 6, Zhou Liwen gave the agreement to Cisco according to the previous agreement, and Pang Yishan went to the United States this time not only to be responsible for the immigration work of Zhou Liwen's family, but also to shoulder the task of coordinating with Cisco.
On the phone, Pang Yishan roughly reported to Zhou Liwen on the preparations for Cisco, and after understanding the situation, Zhou Liwen was very happy and said hard work on the phone.
"Hehe, don't forget that I also have shares, this time it is Dong Chou who brings everyone's wealth, and I am also doing this for myself."
"Hahaha, you old man, but you're getting better and better at talking." Zhou Liwen laughed, at this time, recalling the time when he first met Pang Yishan, who would have thought that salted fish could also turn over, now Pang Yishan is not only a barrister in Xiangjiang, with a larger law firm than before, but also opened a number of branches at home and abroad, and even more on his follower Zhou Liwen's investment in ORz mobile phone, on the basis of the continuous success of ORz mobile phone, its assets have grown rapidly, and now it is a big figure in Xiangjiang's legal and business circles.
After chatting for about an hour, Zhou Liwen hung up the phone. After a good night's rest, I went to Li Haifeng's company the next day. Sure enough, as Li Haifeng said, the sale of ORz mobile phones in the Xiangjiang market has been fully prepared, and now it will wait for the official time to arrive and synchronize with other regions.
"Coffee."
"Thank you......." Zhou Liwen said to Lin Sen with a smile, now it is not as good as that day, Zhou Liwen and Lin Yaxuan were just engaged before, but now he is Lin Sen's veritable brother-in-law, and when they meet again, they don't call each other Awen Asen or something like they did at the beginning, otherwise the old man will know that Lin Sen will have to eat the first place. But today in the company, Lin Sen at least doesn't have to be called like usual, which makes him feel a lot easier.
As Li Haifeng's assistant, he is the main person in charge of the sale of orz mobile phones in Xiangjiang, and he is mainly speaking for Zhou Liwen when he comes here to introduce the situation today. After finishing the business, Zhou Liwen went to his office accompanied by Li Haifeng to sit down, Lin Sen helped bring a cup of coffee, put it down and nodded slightly to Zhou Liwen, and then left first.
"Good coffee, good tasty." After taking a sip of coffee, Zhou Liwen raised his eyebrows and praised.
"Hehe, if you like to drink it often in the future, don't say anything else, my coffee here is special, and other companies can't drink it." Li Haifeng smiled happily.
"As long as there is time, definitely!" Zhou Liwen replied with a smile, the two chatted a few words of coffee, Li Haifeng asked if Zhou Liwen was going to attend the charity auction tonight, Zhou Liwen nodded yes, Li Haifeng smiled and said that when the time comes, Zhou Liwen will not refuse to agree with a smile.
"Awen, I didn't say anything at home yesterday, so I just asked you today."
"What's the matter?"
"It's about Ah Hao and Xiao Bei." Li Haifeng said with a smile: "These two children have known each other for several years, I like Xiaobei very much, and now that Ah Hao has graduated from university, I think their marriage can also be considered?" ”
Zhou Liwen said: "Uncle, you really want to go with me, don't you say it, I asked Xiaobei before I came to Xiangjiang, although she didn't say anything to me, but I can understand at a glance the thoughts of this girl, the two of them have been in love for so many years, and it is time to do things." And this is a good thing to kiss and kiss, how could I object. ”
"Hahaha, that's good, that's good!" Li Haifeng is very happy, if he just admired Zhou Liwen a few years ago, and Lin Yaxuan's relationship helped him, but the two sides are still not equal in terms of wealth and status. The Li family is a well-known family in Huacheng or Xiangjiang, Zhou Liwen marrying Lin Yaxuan is one thing, but Zhou Bei wants to marry into the Li family is another thing. But who would have thought that in just a few years, Zhou Liwen's career is getting bigger and bigger like riding a rocket, and now Zhou Liwen's business empire is no less than the Li family in terms of financial resources, and compared with the Li family who do traditional processing and export industries, Zhou Liwen's mobile phone industry has a bright future and is on the rise.
This time, Zhou Liwen took the initiative to hand over the business of selling ORz mobile phones in Xiangjiang to the Li family, which made Li Haifeng very happy. Although the export business is still growing in recent years, its profits have dropped a lot compared to before. With this in mind, Li Haifeng is also thinking about how to adjust the group's business strategy and expand to other businesses. And Zhou Liwen mainly cooperated with him this time, which is equivalent to an opportunity.
Two or three years ago, it may be more difficult for Zhou Bei to marry into the Li family, and Li Haifeng, as a businessman, has to consider the situation of his family business even if he has a good relationship with the Zhou family. But now, this has become a thing of the past, plus Zhou Liwen set up a charitable foundation for Zhou Bei last year and pulled Li Junhao in, Li Haifeng can see at a glance that this is equivalent to a dowry from Zhou Liwen to his sister.
Therefore, when asked about the marriage between Li Junhao and Zhou Bei, Li Haifeng did not find Zhou Liwen's parents to ask like ordinary people, but found such an opportunity to ask Zhou Liwen directly today. Of course, for him, this is beyond reproach, after all, Zhou Liwen's parents are not in the country now, and Zhou Liwen, as the eldest brother, is the pillar of the Zhou family, as long as he agrees.
Sure enough, Zhou Liwen gave Li Haifeng an answer he was looking forward to, since there was no doubt about the parents of both sides, then Li Haifeng was ready to strike while the iron was hot and discussed the marriage of the two of them with Zhou Liwen.
"The marriage is definitely no problem, but I'm afraid the time will be a little later, besides, the new mobile phone will be cloth soon, and I can't spare time." So, uncle, let's finalize the matter first, and wait for my parents to come back in two months, and then we will meet and set a good day and an auspicious day? ”
Li Haifeng had no objection and agreed with a smile. As for the auspicious day, he will find the most famous master in Xiangjiang to choose one, calculate the time, if there is no accident, it is estimated that it will be around October, the autumn is crisp, and it is also a good time to get married.
That night, Zhou Liwen changed into a dress and came to the auction by appointment, which was held in a well-known private club in Xiangjiang, because Zhou Bei was one of the organizers, so Zhou Liwen came alone, and did not bring any female companions. When I arrived at the venue, I took out the invitation card and entered the door, and some business colleagues in Xiangjiang were a little strange when they saw Zhou Liwen, because Zhou Liwen has always been the bottom tone, except for people in the small circle who know him, few outsiders know Zhou Liwen.
Feeling some eyes looking at him, Zhou Liwen didn't care, and walked into the door alone. After entering the venue, although it was a charity auction, it was actually a cocktail party, and the charity auction was an arrangement after the cocktail party, so the atmosphere of the venue was still relatively casual.
This is a high-end club in Xiangjiang, and the attendees are also celebrities from the business community, as well as some well-known people in society. Of course, there are also some consortia or enterprises that are not indispensable. However, compared with the cocktail party held by Boss Zheng in Huacheng, the atmosphere and politeness here are completely different, even if no one in this place knows Zhou Liwen, but Zhou Liwen will not have anyone to harass him when he takes out the invitation, let alone some gentlemen running to slap his face or something. After all, everyone is a civilized person, and although they are a little curious about Zhou Liwen, a stranger, they are only hidden in their hearts, and they still nod and smile politely on the surface.
Sitting a little bored and taking a few sips of wine, Zhou Liwen felt a little uncomfortable, and when he wanted to get up to find Zhou Bei where they were, unexpectedly a man about his age came to him.
"Is it Zhou Sheng?"
"I'm Zhou Liwen, are you ......?"
"Hehe, I'm Richard, it seems that I didn't recognize the wrong person." The other party is not tall, dressed very neatly, wearing a pair of glasses and polite, smiling and stretching out his hand to Zhou Liwen.
Hearing the other party's self-introduction, Zhou Liwen immediately remembered who this familiar young man was, and hurriedly put down the wine glass in his right hand, got up and shook hands with the other party.
"I looked up for a long time, I didn't expect to meet you here."
"I thought of it, because Li Sheng called me this afternoon and said that you are coming, I have been looking at the people who came in, although we have not met, but when I saw you just now, I thought it should be you, it seems that I guessed correctly." Richard said very humorously, Zhou Liwen listened to it, and also quipped: "It seems that my strange face is still very easy to recognize, but it's a pity that today's drinking party is not a masquerade party, otherwise your trick will not work." ”
Richard laughed, nodded again and again, and the two chatted about Zhou Liwen's ORz touchscreen smartphone that will be on sale in the near future.
"Zhou Sheng's vision is really not bad, and he does so well to make mobile phones. To tell you the truth, I was shocked when I saw the sample at Li Sheng's side, and I didn't expect ORZ's technology to come to this point. ”
"It's not all my technology, let's talk about the touch screen, it's mainly Samsung's technology. But when it comes to the sale of the new phone, I have to thank you a lot, if it wasn't for your help, it wouldn't be so easy. ”
"Hehe, how could I miss the opportunity to make money, although Xiangjiang is small, it also has a population of millions, and one mobile phone per person is incredible. Besides, many people in Xiangjiang are not very optimistic about my Xiangjiang Telecom, and the sale of Zhou Sheng's new mobile phone is also to attract popularity to my company. ”
Richard punned, Zhou Liwen nodded secretly, he had also heard of the situation of Xiangjiang Telecom mentioned by the other party, originally, as a stable income stock of Xiangjiang Telecom, Xiangjiang Telecom is a more enthusiastic investment for Xiangjiang citizens, especially for the elderly, they like to hold its shares for a long time as retirement protection in their later years. However, in 2ooo, Richard acquired Heung Kong Telecom, and continued to sell its main core business to the outside world, spinning off real estate and listing it. In the past three years, the market value has steamed by about 4o%, and a large number of employees have been laid off or their salaries reduced, which has caused some very bad social impact and criticism.
As a member of the Li family, Richard showed excellent business talent many years ago, relying on various means to collect huge wealth in a short period of time.
Over the years, Richard has personally initiated many successful cases of mergers and acquisitions and spin-offs, and there are a few major events that are only talked about by outsiders. Similarly, his main consideration in acquiring Heung Kong Telecom was to make money, and what was the most profitable thing in Heung Kong? Real estate, of course. So it's normal for him to do this out of his own purpose, but because it's normal, it's also criticized by the outside world.
This time, perhaps in order to appropriately mitigate the influence of the outside world, Richard did not refuse when Li Haifeng negotiated with him to cooperate in the agency mobile phone business, and made a gesture of full cooperation.
As for the reason behind it, Zhou Liwen vaguely guessed that Richard's business focus is not on the telecommunications business, but on real estate and finance, in other words, he originally had the intention of selling the mobile business of Heung Kong Telecom, and if the cooperation is successful this time, it will definitely make the sharply fallen shares of Heung Kong Telecom rise, giving the outside world a shot in the arm, thereby increasing the value of Heung Kong Telecom.
As a master of financial mergers and acquisitions, Richard has played this trick perfectly, and if Zhou Liwen guessed correctly, he is likely to release the rumors of selling his mobile business in the near future, so as to gain huge benefits again.
Thinking of this, Zhou Liwen not only moved slightly in his heart, but tentatively asked Richard if he had the idea of selling the mobile business of Heung Kong Telecom, if he could, he would like to buy it, if he held it in his hands, it would be very beneficial to Zhou Liwen.
"What? Are you interested in mobile business? Richard seemed a little surprised, pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose with his middle finger, thought about it and smiled: "Yes, yes, I almost forgot about it, you are engaged in communication products, if you can enter the operator business, it will be a strong combination, it will be very good for your OR company." However, it is a pity that at least for now, I am still very optimistic about Heung Kong Telecom, and I have no idea of selling the mobile business for the time being. However, there may be this consideration in the future, so if I plan to sell my mobile business at that time, I must be the first to contact Zhou Sheng? ”
"Hehe, thank you very much, I hope we have the opportunity to work together." Zhou Liwen nodded disapprerovingly, and scolded the little fox in his heart. This guy is almost the same as himself, he comes with a lie, he doesn't think about anything, he is very optimistic, etc., these are all pretexts. If he is really optimistic about Heung Kong Telecom's telecommunications business, he will not sell its core business and spin off the company in the past three years. To put it bluntly, his purpose in doing this is just to sell it for a good price, if it can reach his expected value, it is estimated that even if Xiangjiang Telecom is the bottom of his Lao Tzu Li Ren's coffin, I am afraid that this kid will sell it without blinking an eyelid.
The two played haha, it seems that old friends generally have a tacit understanding, but everyone knows what the other party thinks, but they don't say it directly.
"I heard that Zhou Sheng has a good real estate company in China?"
"There is such a company, but the strength is so-so, my company can't be compared with Ling Zun's, and by chance I got a piece of land to open up. Brother Li is an expert, and if he has the opportunity, he would like to ask for advice on this business. ”
"Hehe, let's study together, I can't compare to my father when it comes to this, and I'm also learning." Richard said very modestly, and then asked: "Zhou Sheng is very optimistic about the domestic real estate market?" Do you think the domestic real estate industry will rise sharply in the next few years? ”
"The big rise is not certain, and the rise should be fine." Zhou Liwen said with a smile: "Last year, the central government has lifted the ban on the real estate market, and from last year to this year's market trend, we can already see signs of domestic real estate recovery, and the momentum has been very strong in the past two months." From this point of view, investing in domestic real estate is still a good choice, otherwise I would not have gotten a piece of land to open up. By the way, hasn't Brother Li's focus always been on Xiangjiang? What, do you also have the intention of expanding to the mainland? ”
"Hehe, as I said, as long as the business is profitable, it can be done anywhere. However, I am not very familiar with the mainland, and I may need Zhou Sheng's help at that time, I don't know if Zhou Sheng is willing? ”
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