Extraordinary Genius

by Stayrr

A failed investor from 2017 got drunk and woke up in the 1980s. China is just opening up, and the economy is blooming. There is also the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the bursting of the Dot-com bubble and other financial crisis. He used his knowledge of the future and slowly build up his empire.

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Feng Yu was still looking for a place to have lunch when he received a call from Fu Guangwei: "Brother Feng, my father asked me to invite you to my house for lunch."

Huh? Fu Guangwei father? Then he should be the third brother of the Fu Family, Fu Rongbing. He wants to invite me to lunch? I do not have any dealings with him. If it were Fu Rongqi inviting him, he would still think that it was normal. After all, both of them were into the financial markets and had lots to talk about.

Typically, invitations were for dinners and lunch were for business talks. Feng Yu felt this a bit strange.

Wait. That Fu Mengying was Fu Rongbing's daughter. Damn, did Fu Mengying asked her father to cut me into pieces? Or Fu Rongbing knew that I knew she was a lesbian and want to silence me?

Feng Yu felt this was not a simple lunch!

But Feng Yu could not reject this invitation. Although they had some conflicts in the past, that was a long time ago, and it was solved. Now, Feng Yu still have lots of business collaborations with the Fu Family. Especially Fu Guangzheng had sent many management staffs to help out his businesses in China. Most of them were from the Fu Family businesses. The Fu Family had helped Feng Yu a lot.

When Feng Yu arrived at Hong Kong and the Fu Family did not invite him for dinners, then it would be their fault for not playing host. But if they invite Feng Yu and Feng Yu rejected their invitations, then it will be Feng Yu bearing a grudge against them. It would be harder for Feng Yu to pull the Fu Family to his side in the future.

In Hong Kong, there were some western customs. When you are going to someone's place for lunch or dinner, you are required to bring some gifts, like red wine or cigars, along. But never fruit baskets. In Hong Kong, fruit baskets were usually used when visiting someone in the hospital.

Feng Yu also followed the Hong Kong customs and bought a bottle of Latour.

The Fu Family was indeed one of the wealthiest families in Hong Kong. The four brothers were staying in Mid-levels villas. The floor areas were huge. There were rumors that the Feng Shui for that area was the best in Hong Kong.

When Feng Yu arrived at Fu Rongbing's villa, Fu Rongbing came out to receive him. His eldest brother had told him to not look down on Feng Yu. Feng Yu might not have disclosed his wealth, but his total assets should be a humongous figure. Even with the assets Feng Yu disclosed now, was enough for him to be China's top tycoon!

Also, Feng Yu had met Premier Deng personally. His status was different!

Even Fu Rongqi treats Feng Yu with great respect, needless to say, Fu Rongbing had to do so too. Fu Rongbing's business was similar to Fu Rongjing, and their assets were worth only about one billion HKD each. These were lesser than what Feng Yu's disclosed assets. What's there for Fu Rongbing to be arrogant about?

Feng Yu was surprised to see the whole family waiting for him outside the front door when he alights from the car. It does not seem to be a Hongmen Banquet. If it were a Hongmen banquet, Fu Rongbing would not be waiting for him with his two wives outside the house.

In Hong Kong, it was common for these tycoons to have more than one wife. Although other than the first wife, the rest of the wives were not officially registered. Fu Mengying was the daughter of Fu Rongbing's second wife.

"Uncle Fu, why are you standing outside? Please don't stand on ceremony." Feng Yu said hypocritically. On his way over, he was still thinking of how to teach this Fu Family third brother a lesson if he were to act arrogantly!

"Eh…. Nephew Feng Yu, this is the first time you are coming to my house. How can I not come out to welcome you? Let me do the introductions. This is my wife…… This is my daughter, Fu Mengying." Fu Rongbing introduced his family to Feng Yu.

Nephew? Feng Yu raised his brows. You are not even a family friend of my Feng family; how can I be considered your nephew? But when Feng Yu thought about it, the was the best way for Fu Rongbing to address him. If he called Feng Yu by his name, it would be like treating him as an outsider. If he calls Feng Yu as Xiao Feng, it would sound too rude. If he calls Feng Yu as Manager Feng, there will be a distance between them. Fu Rongbing could only make use of Feng Yu's relationship with Fu Guangzheng and address him as nephew. This would sound closer.

Everyone smiled and greeted Feng Yu, except for Fu Mengying, who was staring hard at him.

It was all because of this damn guy. If not, no one in the family will know she was a lesbian. Now, not only her own family knows about this, even her cousin from her Eldest uncle called her to ask if she was really a lesbian. She still wants to introduce guys to Fu Mengying.

That Fu Guangwei had told the rest of the Fu Family about her and even encouraged her father to invite Feng Yu. What's so great about this Feng Yu? Was there a need to invite him over for lunch?

Feng Yu was only someone who had business dealings with the Fu Family, and he was closer to the 4th uncle's family. Was there a need for us to invite him over? Furthermore, didn't this Feng Yu con 4th uncle? Why didn't the Fu Family "take care" of him?

When Feng Yu saw Fu Mengying staring at him angrily, he smiled: "Ah, it's Sister Mengying. You look much prettier today compared to the last time we met!"

Fu Mengying continued to stare at Feng Yu. If her parents were not there, she would have started to curse Feng Yu. Who is your sister? Am I familiar with you? Are you trying to tell me that I am not pretty the last time we met?

But now, Fu Mengying could only say: "Thank you, brother Feng, for your compliments. Please come in."

Fu Mengying stretched out her hand to take the bottle of red wine from Feng Yu. Hmph, when you let go of the bottle, I will retract my hand. I will make you embarrass by smashing your wine in front of my house!

But this little trick could not fool Feng Yu. Feng Yu ignored Fu Mengying's hand, turned towards Fu Guangwei and passed the bottle of wine to him: "I don't know what to bring, so I bought a bottle of wine from a good year."

"Nephew, you can come over anytime you want. There is no need to bring any gifts. Come in. Lunch is ready." Fu Rongbing stepped aside and let Feng Yu enter his house.

Fu Mengying retracted her hand embarrassedly. Damn. This Feng Yu was too irritating. He saw my hand and still pass the wine to Fu Guangwei? Am I invisible?

The most irritating part was Fu Guangwei passed the wine to Fu Mengying. She was the youngest in the family. She really wanted to throw the bottle on the ground, but it was her brother who passes her the bottle. If she really did that, even her mother could not protect her.

Also, Fu Mengying's mother was the second wife and had only a daughter. The was why the first wife had treated her and her mother well. In Hong Kong, if a household has a son, then the daughter will only get a small part of the inheritance.

But if Fu Mengying made Fu Guangwei embarrassed, the first wife might beat her, and her mother could only keep quiet.

Wow…. This Fu Rongbing's house was really well renovated. The furniture and fittings were antique themes. Must ask who the renovation contractor was. The villas at Longyungang should also follow this theme. It will surely attract lots of buyers.

"Uncle Fu, your house is lovely." Feng Yu said.

"Hahaha, all these are antique furniture. I had spent a lot on these and had bought these from overseas. Some of these were bought by Guangzheng from China. I like these antiques." Fu Rongbing was very happy to hear someone praising his collections.

Feng Yu was surprised. Damn, all these were not imitations, but real antiques. All this furniture should cost a lot. That means that vases on the shelves were also antiques?

"Come, sit beside me. Let's have a good talk." Fu Rongbing asked Feng Yu to sit beside him and arranged for Fu Mengying to be seated beside Feng Yu.

Feng Yu paused for a while. This sitting arrangement……. Why does this feel weird?

Translator's notes: Fu Guangzheng addressed Fu Mengying as the sister, but in actual fact, she was his cousin. Fu Guangwei was her brother from the first wife.

The author made it so complicated. Anyway, some Asian tycoons have many wives and a big family. For instance, Stanley Ho. He had 4 wives.

https/en./wiki/Stanley_Ho#Family

Latour

https/en./wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_Latour

Hongmen Banquet

https/en./wiki/Feast_at_Hong_Gate

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"Nephew, how are your parents?" Fu Rongbing asked.

"They are doing very healthy. My Brother-in-law runs a hospital." Feng Yu was feeling puzzled. You really treat me as your nephew?

"I heard from Guangzheng that you are doing medicine business recently?"

Fu Rongbing was also interested in Medicine business?

"Feng Yu nodded: "Yes. This is to help my country. This business is not very successful. The profits cannot be compared to Uncle's supermarket business."

"But you are still making money. As long as a business is making money, it is considered successful. What hobbies do you have? What do you do when you are free?"

A large question mark was formed in Feng Yu's mind. If a businessman asked a government official this question, the businessman was most likely trying to bribe that official. If it was an older person asking a younger person, it was most likely out of concern. But this could not explain the current situation now.

"I do not have any hobby. I just like to make money. I want to retire by 30 years' old and travel the world with my parents." Let's see how you are going to continue this conversation with this answer!

"Shallow!" Fu Mengying muttered.

Fu Rongbing stared at his daughter and then turned to Feng Yu, smiling: "You are very ambitious and treats your parents well. You are so different from Guangwei. He only asks me for money every day and had never done anything properly."

Huh? Was Fu Rongbing trying to ask me to guide Fu Guangwei? Was this his agenda for hosting this lunch?

"Dad, I am not like what you said. Since when I do not know how to do business? I am reselling antiques with Brother Guangzheng. That is also business." Fu Guangwei retorted.

"You want to be compared with Guangzheng? Guangzheng's assets are almost on par with your father's total worth! He is buying and selling antiques. You? You are always conned into buying fake antiques. Do you know how much money you had wasted?" Fu Rongbing reprimanded.

"Who doesn't get conned once in a while? You had also wasted lots of money in the past." Fu Guangwei said.

"I had wasted the money I earned. It was not your grandfather who gave me the money! You? How much have you earned? Don't think I do not know that you had spent your mother's monthly allowances. I do not wish for you to be like Nephew Feng. I only hope you are able to show me some results!"

Feng Yu was the first-person Fu Rongbing met who had made so much money by himself at such a young age. Even Superman Li, at Feng Yu's age, was still an ordinary worker! Bill Gates also had the support of his family in his computer software business. He could not be compared to Feng Yu.

Bill Gates was very wealth now, but the Fu Family felt that Feng Yu could overtake him in the future. Feng Yu would be able to exceed everyone on the Forbes Billionaire list shortly. Even if he could not pass them, he would still be one of the world's top billionaire.

This was the reason why the Fu Family used Feng Yu as the benchmark for their children. In Fu Guangzheng's generation, other than Fu Guangzheng who was working closely with Feng Yu, the rest had no chance to be as successful as Feng Yu.

Feng Yu rubbed his nose and kept quiet. He had become the "role model" to the Fu Family's next generation. Wei Zai, why are you staring at me? There is no way you will win me in this life. You want to have more assets than me? Sure…. You only need to return back to your past, like me. Hahahaha…..

Fu Rongbing saw his son keeping quiet, and he turned to Feng Yu and smiled: "Nephew, you intend to get married at what age?"

Feng Yu immediately took a sip of water. He was almost choked by a piece of beef. Are we really that close? Why are you asking me when am I getting married?

"Uncle Fu, I still have no intention of getting married."

Fu Rongbing continued asking: "Then do you have a girlfriend?"

"Yes." Feng Yu lowered his head and ate his food. He does not want to talk about this subject anymore. Fu Rongbing was trying to matchmake him. Feng Yu looked at Fu Mengying suspiciously. This was the real agenda for this meal?

But this was impossible. All of them should know Fu Mengying was a lesbian. It was impossible for both to be together.

Wait, why did Fu Rongbing bring his two wives along for this lunch?

Oh, no….

Feng Yu saw the look on Fu Mengying's shocked expression. It seems that she understood what was happening.

Damn. Hope Fu Rongbing will not say: Since you already have a girlfriend, then do you mind having another one?

Luckily Fu Rongbing did not say that. Feng Yu was relived. Fu Rongbing saw Feng Yu looking down at his food, and he did not carry on chatting with him. He also starts eating, but he kept looking at Feng Yu.

After an awkward meal, Feng Yu wanted to leave that place immediately. He rejected Fu Rongbing's offer for tea politely.

"Mengying, go and change and send Nephew Feng back." Fu Rongbing looked at his daughter.

"Dad, I have a headache." Fu Mengying suddenly rubbed her temples with one hand. Feng Yu took one look at her. What poor acting skills. Shouldn't you at least have frowned when feigning a headache?

"A headache? Are you sick? Oh, Guangwei and I still have something on later in the afternoon. Nephew Feng, can I bother you to send Mengying to see a doctor?" Fu Rongbing asked.

Shit. He was really trying to matchmake both of us!

Fuck. Don't you have a better excuse? Even if your whole family is busy, you still have lots of helpers. You do not have drivers? Most importantly, which Hong Kong's top families do not have personal doctors?

Do you still need to visit a doctor? With just a call, the doctor will be rushing here to give Fu Mengying a full check up!

But when Feng Yu saw Fu Mengying's expression, he changed his mind and nodded: "No problems. I can bring her to the doctor on my way back."

"Mengying, what are you waiting for? Nephew Feng is waiting for you. Go and get change." Fu Rongbing said.

Fu Rongbing had spoken to his doctor, and his doctor told him that young girls became lesbian could be due to some external circumstances and caused them to change psychologically. But there was also a possibility that they were only curious about being a lesbian and wanted to experience themselves. The doctor suggested introducing an excellent young man to see if the girl was just curious or really a lesbian.

There were medical records that lesbians changed after meeting some handsome guys, and they even got married.

If Fu Rongbing wanted to use other methods to verify if his daughter was really a lesbian, it would be too troublesome. He still has to let the family doctor know "that girl" was his daughter.

This was why he chose to try the doctor's suggestion to introduce a handsome young man to his daughter. He thought for a long time and did not know who was suitable to be introduced to Fu Mengying. Fu Guangwei suddenly suggested Feng Yu.

Feng Yu was not bad looking and was a successful businessman. His age was also close to Fu Mengying, and most importantly, if Feng Yu and Mengying really got together, it will be a good thing for them and the whole Fu Family!

This was why Fu Rongbing tried his best to matchmake Feng Yu and his daughter today. In his heart, even if his daughter becomes Feng Yu second wife, it would be better than her being a lesbian!

"Uncle Fu, I will send Sister Mengying to the doctor now."

"Ok. After the doctor visit, ask Mengying to bring you around Hong Kong. Both of you should have lots of common topics. Both of you should get together more often in the future." Fu Rongbing looks like he can't wait to give Feng Yu his daughter.

Feng Yu smiled and agreed. Should stay in touch with each other. Yes. After all, he was a bit bored after coming to Hong Kong!

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Once the car moved out of Fu Rongbing's villa, Fu Mengying immediately shifted away from Feng Yu. She wants to get as far as possible from Feng Yu. But the space in the rear passenger seats of a Mercedes was only so big. Where can she run?

Feng Yu purposely moved closer to Fu Mengying: "Sister Mengying, are you still feeling unwell?"

"Get away from me!" Fu Mengying screamed.

"Sister Mengying, can't you tell what your father's intention? I had said I have a girlfriend and he still tries to matchmake both of us. He was implying that he does not mind you to be my mistress." Feng Yu purposely said this.

"Shit!"

Feng Yu raised his eyebrows and looked at Fu Mengying in surprised: "You are so vulgar? Does Uncle Fu know about this?"

"Feng Yu, you bastard. Don't you dare to have dirty thoughts about me? If not, I will not let you off!" Fu Mengying shouted.

Fu Mengying had never met such a shameless person in her life. In Hong Kong, all she needs to do was to mention the Fu Family and who dares to bully her? All the while, she was the one who does the bullying!

Feng Yu had a bigger smile on his face: "Dirty thoughts? Save it. Look at yourself in the mirror. You do not have a pretty face and hot body. Why would I have dirty thoughts about you? If you are not from the Fu Family, I would have kick you off the car just now. Fine. I will drop you at a bus stop."

Fu Mengying's eyes grew wide: "You want to drop me at a bus stop in such a secluded place?" Also, I am not good enough? When I wear men's clothing, I had attracted so many women!

"Why? You really think I am sending you to see a doctor? You do not have money for the bus ride? Old Chen, do you have a small change? Change 200 HKD and give it to Miss. Fu." Feng Yu took out a 500 HKD and pass it to the driver in front.

Fu Mengying was going crazy. What does Feng Yu mean by that? I do not have the money to take the bus? What I meant was, since when do I need to use the public bus?

From Fu Mengying's memories, she had only sat in Taxi with her mother before. After she stayed with her father, she had drivers to send her where ever she wants to go. Now, she had a driving license, and her father had bought her a car. She had never taken public buses, subway before. Feng Yu does not know about this?

Furthermore, you want me to take a public bus in this dress? The most frustrating part was Feng Yu's driver really passed Feng Yu 200 HKD, and Feng Yu threw the 200 HKD at Fu Mengying. It was just like the HK dramas' hooligans throwing money at a hooker after they had finished the deed.

Here. I am giving you money. Pick it up…….

Feng Yu saw Fu Mengying suddenly lowered her head and buried her face on her laps. Her shoulders were shaking and could hear her crying.

Shit. This girl cries so easily?

"Hey, hey, are you really crying?" Feng Yu poked Fu Mengying's shoulder with his finger.

Feng Yu looked up and saw his driver, Old Chen, peeping at him through the rear-view mirror. WTF was wrong with this driver? Don't you know it was the driver's responsibility to pretend not to see what your passengers are doing at the back?

"Fine, fine……. You win. Where are you going later? I will ask Old Chen to send you there." Feng Yu said.

"I want to buy something."

Feng Yu's lips twitched. He was almost fooled by this girl. The voice of someone who was crying will tremble.

"What do you want to buy? Men's apparel? And then go and meet women?"

Fu Mengying did not continue her act and raise her head to stare at Feng Yu: "You…… How do you know I am…… I am……"

"You are what? Say it out!" Feng Yu looked at Fu Mengying happily and then looked towards his driver.

Fu Mengying also secretly looked at Old Chen. She does not want too many people to know about her secret.

"You know what I am talking about! How did you find out? Even my parents do not know."

Feng Yu could not tell her that he knew she was a lesbian because this was reported on Hong Kong's entertainment news in his previous life. If he had not watched the news, he would also not tell she was a lesbian. He had also not met many lesbians in both his lifetimes.

But Feng Yu pretended to by mysterious: "I could tell from your actions with those two girls that night."

Fu Mengying screamed: "Liar! They are not lesbians. How could you tell by looking at us?!"

Huh? Those two girls were not lesbians? Wait, from Fu Mengying's eyes, she was lying again!

"It's up to you whether if you want to believe me. Where are you getting down? I still have problems later." Feng Yu turned towards the window and starts to whistle.

"Can you do me a favour……"

"No!" Before Fu Mengying could finish her sentence, Feng Yu rejected her. If this girl was not from the Fu Family and just lookalikes like Fu Mengying and a lesbian, Feng Yu would be attracted to her. It was a challenge for him to change the sexual orientation of a lesbian!

But Feng Yu's rational told him that he must not get involved with Fu Mengying!

Feng Yu had lots of cooperation with the Fu Family. To a certain extent, Feng Yu still had the upper hand. Also, he still has plans to make the Fu Family a part of his financial empire under him in the future.

If he got involved with Fu Mengying, then he would lose his advantage, and this will not be good for his plans.

Feng Yu was not someone who was that desperate.

Fu Mengying shouted: "I still have not finished what I wanted to say!" What kind of person is this? You do not even know what help I wanted from you, and you rejected me!

"I do not need to listen to you. First, do you think we are friends? I don't think so. Do we have any relationship? No. Have you ever wished for me to be knocked down by a car and die? Or I fall out of the windows, or I got choke to death?"

Fu Mengying opened her eyes wide. How did this person know what she was thinking?

"Your eyes had told me that. Since you wanted me to die so badly, why should I help you?" Feng Yu asked.

If it were him, who was exposed by someone else, he would also wish for that person to die!

Furthermore, what favor does Fu Mengying need? The Fu Family was so powerful and influential in Hong Kong. She does not need anything, except for someone to cover up her secret!

Feng Yu was clear about this. Even if he had guessed wrongly, and needed a favour for something else, he would also not agree to it. Fu Mengying had so many cousins to help her and what else does she need? If he helped her, Fu Rongbing would misunderstand him further. If this matter could not be told to your cousins, then it must not be something good. The more Feng Yu should stay away from her!

"Stop the car, now!" Fu Mengying screamed. But Old Chen continued to drive and looked at Feng Yu through the rear-view mirror.

Feng Yu nodded: "Old Chen, stop the car." Hah, this was my driver, and I pay his salary. Do you think he will listen to your orders?

"You better talk to your family and tell them you like me. This would be better than me telling them that I do not like you." Feng Yu said as Fu Mengying was getting out of the vehicle.

Feng Yu must stop this from progressing any further. It would be better for Fu Mengying to speak to her family. This was why Feng Yu agreed to send her to the doctors.

Bang!

Fu Mengying slammed the door and stormed off in her high heels.

I heard that there's an old lady who was an expert in villain hitting. Hmph! Die Feng Yu!!

Translator's note: I don't understand why Feng Yu was so mean to Fu Mengying. She had done nothing to offend him.

Villain hitting was a form of Hong Kong's culture. I had only seen it in Hong Kong movies. If you visit Hong Kong, you can go and take a look.

https/en./wiki/Villain_hitting

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After stopping things from advancing between him and Fu Mengying, Feng Yu asked Old Chen to drive him to his real destination.

It was a low-rise building. There was a signature at the entrance. Hong Kong Lenovo Company. Feng Yu knew he was at the right place. Hong Kong Lenovo company's office building was doing much better than Beijing Lenovo. They could afford to rent such an office building.

Feng Yu entered the building and took the lift after registering at the lobby.

"Hi, is Liu Chuanzhi, Chairman Liu around?" Feng Yu asked.

Liu Chuanzhi was the Chairman of the Hong Kong Lenovo Company and the CEO of Beijing Lenovo company.

The receptionist could tell Feng Yu was from China because of his accent, and she replied in broken Mandarin: "Chairman Liu is in a meeting. Do you have any appointments with him?"

"Just tell him Feng Yu is here." Appointment? I am here to invest. Do I need to make appointments?

Hong Kong Lenovo Company was going to focus in the PC industry and had plans to set up a computer division. But they do not have the funds.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) had the funds, but they could not use all the funds in Lenovo. Also, the leaders at CAS does not think Lenovo's development in PC will allow them to compete with the PC companies from Overseas. This was the time when they thought of a way to raise funds. Listing the company for the company's future development.

But there was a problem. CAS was holding the majority of the shares, and they had not been doing well for the past few years. Also, they had a poor risk capacity. All these factors would affect their listing. Even if the company got listed, the share prices would not be high. It will not help them accumulate enough funds for them to enter the PC market.

Liu Chuanzhi suddenly remembered there was a Chinese businessman who had called him in the past. That businessman wanted to invest in Lenovo, but he had rejected him. Now, the company needs investment, and he suddenly thought of this businessman.

But when Liu Chuanzhi called this businessman, the businessman was no longer in Beijing. He was in Hong Kong. Liu Chuuanzhi immediately packed his bags and fly to Hong Kong.

His leader had told him that he could sell Lenovo's shares to Chinese, Hong Kongers or even Macanese. But he cannot sell the company's shares to westerners!

The Chinese leaders had seen many companies who were invested by Westerners and was slowly taken over by them. In the end, the Westerners held the majority of the shares and the Chinese had no said in the company. All the profits were taken away by the westerners.

This was why Liu Chuanzhi felt Feng Yu was the most suitable investor.

When Liu Chuanzhi told his leaders that Feng Yu was the boss of the Wind and Rain brand, the leaders were delighted. They knew the Wind and Rain brand was from a reputable and trustworthy company. Most importantly, Feng Yu had expressed interest in their company and had wanted to invest. This deal could be settled quickly.

Liu Chuanzhi had been waiting in his Hong Kong office since morning. He was waiting for Feng Yu to look for him. When he received the notification from his receptionist, he immediately stood up: "Invite Manager Feng in immediately!"

Ah…… Liu Chuanzhi was not bald. Feng Yu was surprised when he saw Liu Chuanzhi. He felt this was funny. The Liu Chuanzhi was still young, and his hair had not fallen off.

"Chairman Liu, we have finally met." Feng Yu smiled and extend out his hand.

Liu Chuanzhi heard Feng Yu's voice, and he instantly knew this young man was the one who called him. This was the businessman who wanted to invest in Lenovo.

But Liu Chuanzhi had met many successful young men in Hong Kong, and he recovered from his shock quickly. He shook Feng Yu's hand: "We had spoken over the phone several times but had no chance to meet each other. Now, we have finally met."

Feng Yu was grumbling in his heart. No chance to meet? You are the one who does not want me to invest in Lenovo. Now, you need my investment, and you start to look for me?

"Chairman Liu, Lenovo is a good company. When I was in Beijing, I had bought a Lenovo computer." Feng Yu smiled.

"Seems like we can be considered successful for Manager Feng to buy our products." Feng Yu was a successful business, and he did not use better computers from overseas. Instead, he bought a Lenovo computer. Liu Chuanzhi felt really proud.

"Chairman Liu, you called me here, is it you have some good news for me?" Although Liu Chuanzhi did not mention anything over the phone, Feng Yu knew what was this about. Liu Chuanzhi needs his investment.

"Manager Feng, you had told me several times over the phone in the past that you are interested in investing in Lenovo. Are you still interested in investing now?" Liu Chuanzhi was the proactive party in this negotiation.

Feng Yu does not care about all these negotiation tactics. Yes, he wants to invest in Lenovo. If possible, he still wants to be the majority shareholder!

"I am interested of course. I had always wanted to enter the IT industry and do PC business. But it was too troublesome and slow for me to set up a development team myself. That's why I wanted to invest in Lenovo."

"Are you going to invest in Hong Kong Lenovo or Beijing Lenovo?"

Lenovo was still split into two companies at this time. Each company was financially independent of each other. But the top management was the same group of people.

"I can't invest in both companies?" Feng Yu smiled and answered. If possible, he would want to own the shares of the whole Lenovo company and not part of it. If not, Feng Yu shares would be diluted when both companies merged in the future.

In another two years, Lenovo will be China's PC leader, and then it will become Asia's leader. Lenovo will be one of the top 5 PC companies in the world. The profits from this company will be massive and how could Feng Yu miss this opportunity?

"Manager Feng, although Lenovo's initial investment was not a lot, we had also developed quite some products and own some technology patents. We had developed well in the past few years, and the market value of both companies was much higher compared to last year." Liu Chuanzhi reminded Feng Yu.

"Much higher? How high can this be? Maybe you are still not aware that I am the major shareholder of China's Songjiang Motors. Last year, I had invested a more than 1 billion RMB into Songjiang Motors." Feng Yu said casually.

Liu Chuanzhi's eyes opened wide. What? Feng Yu was also the major shareholder of Songjiang Motors? He invested over a billion RMB last year?

How much were Feng Yu's assets? If Feng Yu was not bragging, his total assets could buy out both Lenovo companies at once.

This person was a big boss. A real big boss!

This means that the leader does not need to look for another state own enterprise to invest in Lenovo. Feng Yu alone could fill the gap!

Liu Chuanzhi immediately changes his attitude to become more enthusiastic: "Manager Feng, have some tea. Oh, do you smoke? I have bought some Zhonghua cigarettes from China. Let me get it for you."

Feng Yu laughed and waved his hand: "I do not smoke. Chairman Liu is convinced of my financial ability now?"

"I am convinced. Let me tell you about our company's future plans. I promise you that you will not regret your decision to invest in our companies!" Liu Chuanzhi said excitedly.

Translator's notes: Founder of Lenovo

https/en./wiki/Liu_Chuanzhi

Chinese Academy of Sciences

https/en./wiki/Chinese_Academy_of_Sciences

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"Chairman Liu, there is no need to talk about the company's future plans now. I still have trust in you on that part. I heard that some of you also own the shares of this company?" Feng Yu was not sure how many shares Liu Chuanzhi owns now. In his previous life, the most shares held by Liu Chuanzhi was 3.8%

"I do not own many shares now. I only have 1%. In the company, there are a few more people who are like me. The main shareholder of this company is still the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and the rest is owned by the employees."

Feng Yu raised his brows. Shares were already distributed to the employees? He remembered in his previous life, CAS owns 65% of the company's shares and the employees, including Liu Chuanzhi and the other founders, owns the remaining 35%. Feng Yu wanted to know how much shares does the employees own now.

If Feng Yu were to invest in Lenovo, the best scenario was to lower the CAS shares percentage. But CAS will never allow this to happen. Lenovo will be listed soon, and after the share prices had risen, they would sell off some of their shares to get the profits.

Since Liu Chuanzhi had approached Feng Yu now, that means the company have some financial issues or does not have enough funds. Feng Yu was thinking hard about how he can own more shares, even if he had to spend more.

In the future, Lenovo's profit margin might not be high, but the company will still be doing well. The company will divert and invest in many areas to maintain high profits. This was all due to Liu Chuanzhi and his team.

Most importantly, CAS had only invested 200,000 RMB in the company initially and did not spend a single cent after. A decade later, CAS's shares in the company were worth more than 150 billion RMB!

The return on investment was fucking high! Even if Feng Yu were to invest 100 million for a 10% stake in the company, the shares will worth more than 20 billion RMB 10 years!

Even Warren Buffett could not get such high returns.

Feng Yu had decided to get as many shares as possible even if he had to pay double or triple for the shares!

The PC and IT industry will be one of the most profitable business in the coming 10 years!

"Chairman Liu, what is the total value of Beijing and Hong Kong Lenovo?"

"Hong Kong Lenovo's value is about 100 million HKD, and Beijing Lenovo is worth about 70 million RMB."

Huh? So little? Although compared to the 200,000 RMB initial investment, this was a few hundred times, but the total market value of both companies was much lower than Feng Yu's estimation.

That means Feng Yu could afford to invest easily without any stress. Even if he had to pay 5 times more for the shares, 500 million RMB could buy more than 50% of shares!

"Then how many shares is Lenovo willing to sell?" Feng Yu asked.

Feng Yu wished Liu Chuanzhi will tell him there were no limits. But this was impossible. Feng Yu hope that the percentage of shares he could own will not be too low, like 3% or 5%. It would be meaningless.

"How many shares do you want to buy?" Liu Chuanzhi asked.

"I will buy all the shares you sell." Feng Yu confidently replied.

Liu Chuanzhi thought in his heart. This was what he had imagined. But when he told his leaders, his leaders only wanted investment and not selling their shares.

The company was preparing to be listed, and after the company was listed, the share prices will increase. It might even increase several folds. If they were to sell off the company's shares now, they would lose out a lot.

Liu Chuanzhi had asked this question to test Feng Yu.

"Hmmm…. I need to report to my leaders and might need a few days. How long will you be in Hong Kong?"

"I should be in Hong Kong for the most part of this year. Give me a call when you got a reply from your leaders. Oh, I heard that Hong Kong Lenovo is going to be listed in Hong Kong? I am quite close to Hong Kong's Fu Family and also have a consultancy company here. We should be able to help you get the approval to be listed." Feng Yu said.

"That's great. We can save a lot of trouble this way." Liu Chuanzhi smiled, but in his heart, he was shocked.

How did Feng Yu know Hong Kong Lenovo wants to be listed in Hong Kong? This was still in the planning stage, and only the top management and some leaders in the CAS knew about this. How did this news leak out?

Could it be Feng Yu had bribed a top management staff in Hong Kong Lenovo? But it can't be. All the senior management staffs were the ones who had founded Lenovo with him, and all of them owns the company's shares. There was no reason for them to tell others about this news.

But no matter what, Liu Chuanzhi must investigate how Feng Yu got the news. He was the one who suggested to get Feng Yu to invest in the company. If something were to happen, he would be the one to take the blame!

After leaving Hong Kong Lenovo, Feng Yu called Wu Zhigang to ask how much liquid cash Tai Hua Trading has. When he got the answer from Wu Zhigang, Feng Yu felt even more confident.

Tai Hua Trading had sufficient funds to buy out both Lenovo companies. If it wasn't for Liu Chuanzhi and the rest of the founders were talents but impossible to recruit, Feng Yu would have agreed to Heitaro Nakajima's request for Aiwa to enter the PC market.

This year, Aiwa had successfully beaten Sony in the Walkman market. In Feng Yu's previous life, the slim series Walkman introduced by Sony was produced by Aiwa earlier in this life. Sony had become a follower again!

Heitaro Nakajima was overjoyed. He felt that his Walkman sales will exceed more than 1 billion USD and their profits will not be less than 100 million USD!

The CD player was also introduced into the market. Under the influence of Aiwa's brand, the sales were also doing well. Although it still can't be compared to Sony and Panasonic, Aiwa had the VCD technologies. They could have caught up with the rest of the companies in terms of CD technologies.

The quality of Aiwa CD players does not lose to the rest of the companies, and the brand was already established in the audio player industry. Coupled with the established sales distribution channels, there were no worries that Aiwa would fail.

Although Aiwa CD players did not become hugely popular overnight, the sales had reached their targets. At the same time, the market share of the other companies dropped. The company that was affected the most was Sony!

Heitaro Nakajima became more ambitious. Aiwa was also developing video games, and he wanted to enter the PC industry. He had conducted market researches and felt that the PC market had a bright future. Also, Aiwa's existing engineers were capable. If he recruits a few more talents from other companies, Aiwa could also set up a Computer division.

Although Feng Yu had great foresight and could give Heitaro Nakajima advice on the PC industry, Feng Yu felt it would be easier to invest in Lenovo directly. After all, Lenovo were the experts in this field.

Also, until the day Feng Yu returned to the present life, Japan's top 3 best-selling computer brands were their own domestic brands. Dell, Apple, Lenovo, and Samsung were not doing well in Japan. In this area, Japan's protectionism policies were still an issue for foreign brands.

Furthermore, if Aiwa were to enter the PC market, Sony, Panasonic, and other MNC companies will surely join hands to attack Aiwa. Feng Yu still does not have the means to compete with so many MNCs.

Feng Yu also did not think Aiwa will be successful in PC development as they will be starting from scratch. The products they developed will not be able to outdo the rest of its competitors. Aiwa should concentrate on audio equipment. Feng Yu had already planned out Aiwa's future direction. When Walkman and CD reach the peak, Aiwa will introduce MP3.

Feng Yu still trust Lenovo when it comes to the IT and PC industry. Feng Yu must own a stake in Lenovo!

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After Feng Yu left, Liu Chuanzhi spoke to Hong Kong Lenovo's top management, including the fellow founders of Lenovo. He wants to know if Feng Yu had bribed any of them to get information about Hong Kong Lenovo's plans of being listed on the stock exchange.

If Feng Yu knew about this, then he would surely offer a lower buying price and Lenovo would lose out in this deal.

But after Liu Chuanzhi's investigation, he noticed that none of the senior management and the other founders had leaked this information. He felt that these senior management staffs will not accept Feng Yu's bribes. If Feng Yu were to bribe someone in Lenovo, he should be bribing Liu Chuanzhi.

Liu Chuanzhi called Beijing and reported to his leader. The leader found out that Feng Yu owned Wind and Rain brand and was the major shareholder of Songjiang Motors.

That means Feng Yu had lots of money. Feng Yu had shown his eagerness in buying Lenovo's shares. They should be able to sell the shares at a high price to Feng Yu.

Of course, the leaders told Liu Chuanzhi that the shares cannot be sold to Feng Yu. Feng Yu can only invest, and their shares will be diluted. But the shares value will not be lowered. If Feng Yu invested more, their share prices would increase.

But the leaders had not considered Liu Chuanzhi and the rest of the founders. Their shares will also be diluted. The senior management and founders were the ones who had built Lenovo.

Liu Chuanzhi and the rest had requested for the company to be restructured and wanted shares to be issued to the employees. CAS had agreed to this request. But the stocks that were given out were not a lot. Although, if the shares were based on the market value, it was considered a considerable amount. But there were still much senior management complaining to Liu Chuanzhi that the company had issued too little shares.

Look at those private companies' bosses. They were not as capable compared to them, but they had taken loans to start their businesses. Now, they are earning more than the senior management staffs.

With the private companies as a comparison, the senior management staffs felt unbalanced. Once they started to have such thoughts, their attitude will change. This includes Liu Chuanzhi. He had wondered if he had requested for too little shares. His earnings were too small compared to the effort he put into this company!

But no matter what, Liu Chuanzhi will never leave Lenovo. This was the place where his dream started. He firmly believes that with his contribution to the company, he will be getting more shares in the future.

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"Manager Feng, please take a seat. I had reported to my higher ups, and they said that you can invest in the company. However, they will not sell the shares of the company to you directly." Liu Chuanzhi said.

Feng Yu has already thought of this. Someone who had confidence in the company would never sell his shares before the company was listed. But it was common for companies to look for investors before they listed their companies. This was why Feng Yu was not surprised when Liu Chuanzhi said this.

"Then Chairman Liu, how much can I invest and how many shares will I get?"

"50 million for 18% of the shares." Liu Chuanzhi looked at Feng Yu.

"Chairman Liu, are you joking with me? The total worth of both Lenovo companies was not even 180 million RMB. I am investing 50 million RMB, and I should be getting at least 21.7% of the shares. How did you get this 18% stake from? How did you do the calculations?" Feng Yu asked.

Feng Yu knew that the other party will undoubtedly increase the prices and he must not agree to it immediately. Furthermore, 18% of shares of the company were too low. Since the other party was willing to let him own so many shares, there should not be a problem if he were to ask for more.

In Feng Yu's past life, CAS was also not the controlling shareholder in Lenovo. CAS was only the biggest shareholder. That means CAS does not need control over Lenovo.

Feng Yu also wanted to test if he were to offer an extremely high amount, will CAS be willing to sell their shares to him.

Feng Yu also felt that it was impossible for him to own the controlling stake of Lenovo immediately. Liu Chuanzhi and the rest will never agree. But it should not be a problem if he were to be the second biggest shareholder of this company.

"Manager Feng, I know that both companies do not have such high market value now. But our companies still own lots of technology patents, and we have lots of talented staffs. Also, we still have an unevaluated project, which is our PC project. This is why we think that 50 million for 18% shares is reasonable." Liu Chuanzhi slowly explained.

"Oh? Doesn't Lenovo's PC project had been in existence for quite some time? I had told you that I had bought a Lenovo computer back in China." If Feng Yu were in the shoes of Liu Chuanzhi, he would felt that this price was too low. 50 million RMB should get at most, 10% shares of the company. This was because Lenovo's PC businesses will be the company's cash cow in the next few years.

But Liu Chuanzhi does not know that PC would be so profitable, and Feng Yu was not so stupid to tell him this. Instead, Feng Yu pretended that he could not accept such a low percentage.

"This is different. In the past, our focus was not on the PC business. But we will set up our PC division to focus on this aspect. This business will bring in lots of profits for the company and will also yield high dividends for the shareholders."

"PC division? Do you have the related patents? Can you produce PC parts? I guess what you all are doing is to import some motherboards, chips, hard disk, etc. and then assemble it yourself. You will then add in a Chinese language card in it and call it your own products. Am I right?" Feng Yu smiled and asked.

In Feng Yu 's previous life, many people had mocked Lenovo for outsourcing 90% of the PC parts and then get a factory to assemble them. Only the exterior designs, configuration, and the software were done by them.

The Lenovo now was very poor, and it was impossible for them to produce these parts. That means the production cost of a PC will be outrageously high. Lenovo will also not be able to engage in price wars with the other companies, and it would be impossible for them to control the Chinese and Asia market.

Liu Chuanzhi heard what Feng Yu said and turned red with embarrassment. He did not expect Feng Yu to know about this. But when he thought about the business Feng Yu owns, and he had also used a computer before, it should be normal for him to have some knowledge about PC.

"We will look for factories to manufacture parts for us. As for the patents, we will purchase the rights to use them. This way, the cost will be lowered, and our products will be more competitive." Liu Chuanzhi tried to argue.

Feng Yu smiled and asked: "Chairman Liu, have you heard of self-assembled PC?

After the year 2000, PCs will enter almost all households. At that time, the prices of the laptop were still very high, and desktop PC were the optimal choice for everyone.

During that time, other than the companies and government agencies, most of the students and families will go to the electronic retail complexes to get someone to assemble a PC for them. They just have to tell the shop owner the parts and specs they wanted, and the shop owner will charge them accordingly.

A self-assembled PC was cheaper than a branded PC by a few thousand RMB. Although the branded PC offers warranties, the shop also provides after-sales services. In fact, the self-assembly PC shops offered better customer services than branded PC companies.

But at this time, there were no self-assembled PC. This was because there were a lack of skilled technicians in the market and these computer parts were delicate. Now was different from the future where many university students and even secondary students knew how to assemble their own PC.

Liu Chuanzhi paused for a while: "What did you say? Self-assembled PC?"

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Feng Yu looked at Liu Chuanzhi, thinking "What a country bumkin. Don't even know what a self-assembled PC was."

"In the future, there will be retail shops that specialized in selling computer parts and then assemble it for customers. Don't you think they are able to sell their PCs to customers at a lower price without marketing and branding? Also, customers are able to pick and choose the parts and specs of their PC. The PC will suit their needs better than getting the standard package from the PC companies." Feng Yu smiled and replied.

This trend will only appear after Hong Kong returned back to China. China still does not have such shops now. Feng Yu said this was to scare Liu Chuanzhi and tell him that he might not make money if he enters the PC industry like this.

How did Lenovo make so much money from their PC in Feng Yu's previous life? First, they hired many factories as contractors to lower their cost of production. Second, they made use of their status as China's own PC brand and had the support of the Chinese Government. The Chinese government agencies and related units were all using Lenovo PC.

Other PC brands do not have such a big client, and their sales could not exceed Lenovo. Lenovo was also the company who started the price war with the other brands. Lenovo does not need to pay the Government high importation taxes, and they had retail outlets in every county of China.

There were many other reasons why Lenovo was successful in China. Of course, Liu Chuanzhi still had not thought about this yet. He felt what Feng Yu had said seems reasonable. If someone were to set up self-assembled PC shops, their products' sales would be affected.

"But we have the technologies, and we are able to make software. Also, we understand people's requirements. We can surely produce the best PC that suits the Chinese. We are also China's first PC brand for consumers, and it will not be a problem for us to capture China's market. Therefore, I think our PC products will rake in profits for the company."

Subconsciously, Liu Chuanzhi changed from getting high profits from PC products to getting profits from PC products. His conviction started to sway.

"You say you have the technologies? But can your technologies compare with the technologies from other countries? I also have lots of engineers working for me."

"Manager Feng, you also have electronic engineers? Are you talking about Jiang Wanmeng and his colleagues from Wind and Rain VCD?" Liu Chuanzhi asked.

"Chairman Liu also know Jiang Wanmeng and his colleagues? But they are not the only electronic engineers hired by me. Is that pager clipped on your belt Aiwa Pager? Aiwa brand is also mine." Feng Yu leaned back and cross his legs.

"Aiwa brand? The company that manufactures Walkman, VCD players, and pagers?" Liu Chuanzhi's eyes opened wide.

The whole nation knew that Aiwa VCD player was Wind and Rain VCD player's competitor. But Liu Chuanzhi had never expected both brands belongs to the same person!

But what have these two companies got to do with Lenovo? There were many types of electronic engineers. Those engineers that specialized in audio players, telecommunications were different from the engineers that specialized in PC.

"Manager Feng, even if you own Aiwa and have lots of electronic engineers, that does not mean you are able to manufacture PC." Liu Chuanzhi said.

"Chairman Liu, what do you think of the storage of floppy disk?" Feng Yu suddenly asked, changing the topic.

"Floppy disk storage? The capacity of the Floppy Disk has been improving. Currently, the standard floppy disk storage is 1.44M, but the 2.88M floppy disk is already available in the market." Liu Chuanzhi was an expert in this field.

1.44M, even if this was doubled, it could only store simple data. It could not even store a PC game!

"Then what do you think if the floppy disk drive is changed to CD-ROM drive?

"CD-ROM drive?"

"Optical disk drive. I am sure you are familiar with this." Feng Yu said.

CD-ROM drive was already in the market in 1991. But the CD-ROM drive currently was very slow and very costly. It was not common for regular PC to use CD-ROM drive now.

The computers at this time use Floppy disk drive, and when Feng Yu visited the Computer shops in Hong Kong, he saw a computer with two floppy disk drives. One was for 3.5" floppy disk, and the other was for the soon-to-be-obsolete 5.25" floppy disk.

But these floppy disk drive could not be compared to the 640M storage CD. The CD was better and more suitable to store data, games, movies, etc.

When the CD-ROM drive was launched, Liu Chuanzhi had also looked into it. But this CD-ROM was too expensive, and they do not have the related technologies. It was not suitable for them to use this drive in their PC.

Wait, Feng Yu's companies were producing CD and VCD players. CD and VCD players were related to CD-ROM drive. The basics were the same. Feng Yu could manufacture CD-ROM?

If Feng Yu had the optical disk drive technology, then this would be an opportunity for Lenovo. They would be able to produce a PC with a CD-ROM drive. Their PC will be top tier if it comes with the software and the CD-ROM.

"Manager Feng, you are telling me that you hold the technology for CD-ROM?" Liu Chuanzhi asked anxiously.

Feng Yu nodded and asked: "Is it that hard to develop this technology? The traditional CD-ROM drive speed was 150KB/s. The latest standard is 300KB/s, and we are able to produce the optical drive for this 300KB/s. I can use this technology to invest in Lenovo and include some engineers that specialized in this field."

The reason why Heitaro Nakajima wanted to enter the PC market was that when he was developing the CD players, he had also looked into the CD-ROM technology. This was also why Heitaro Nakajima felt that it was easy to manufacture PC. He thought that with this CD-ROM drive, he would be able to produce better PCs for top-tier consumers.

But Feng Yu knew that Floppy Disk was still mainstream. Regardless it was a laptop or a desktop, most of the files were still stored in the floppy disk.

Just like the PC game Feng Yu was playing, . For every stage he completed, he needs to insert a new floppy disk. It was too troublesome. If there were CD-ROM, one CD-ROM would be enough to store all the files. The CD-ROM could even store many games.

There were already PC games using CD-ROMs. But those were only for publicity. CD-ROMs will replace floppy disk 3 to 5 years later. If any companies produced PCs with only CD-ROM drives now, it would inevitably fail!

But Feng Yu did not tell Heitaro Nakajima about this. He only told Heitaro Nakajima to set up a team to research on CD-ROM with higher speeds. It was enough to be able to manufacture CD-ROMs, but he should not think about going into the PC industry. It was still impossible for them to compete with so many other competitors currently.

Computers were not like Walkman. After all, Aiwa's brand was already well known in the Walkman among the consumers. Feng Yu finally convinced Heitaro Nakajima, but Heitaro Nakajima does not intend to continue to research on CD-ROMs. He wants to focus on CD player technologies. Feng Yu used this reason to buy the CD-ROM technology from him.

"Manager Feng, I need to report to my higher-ups. Can you wait for another two days? I will contact you again." Liu Chuanzhi needs to reconsider about Feng Yu's investment into Lenovo. Using technology to invest was entirely different from using funds to invest.

Feng Yu smiled and nodded: "No problem. But do not let me wait for too long."

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Liu Chuanzhi will not let Feng Yu wait for too long. In fact, he was the one that does not want to wait. The earlier Feng Yu invest into Lenovo, the easier they could get the approval for their listing. Also, their share prices will increase higher.

For a listed company's shares to rise, a good company development plan is required. If the company does not have the necessary funds, what's the use for the development plan?

Although Lenovo was only getting listed in Hong Kong, their main business in Hong Kong were servers and PC. If Lenovo were to announce they had advanced CD-ROM technology and their PC business will improve and achieve high profits, the share prices will rise.

After Liu Chuanzhi reported to his leader, the leaders held a meeting to discuss this. Their conclusion was they agree to let Feng Yu invest in Lenovo using cash and technology. But they want Liu Chuanzhi to evaluate the value of the technology carefully.

Since the higher-ups had agreed, Liu Chuanzhi and the rest of the founders had a discussion to evaluate the CD-ROM technology before calling Feng Yu.

"Manager Feng, our main shareholder had agreed for you to invest with technology and cash. Let's discuss how much your CD-ROM technology is worth." Liu Chuanzhi did not beat around the bush.

"How much do Chairman Liu think the most advanced CD-ROM technology is worth?" Feng Yu asked/

To Feng Yu, this technology was not very valuable as Aiwa had not spent too long to develop it. Aiwa had been developing CD and VCD technologies. Not much effort was put in developing this technology, and Feng Yu had not spent much to buy this technology from Aiwa.

"1 million?" Liu Chuanzhi asked.

"1 million USD? At least 5 million USD!" Feng Yu purposely said.

"Manager Feng, I am talking about RMB!" Liu Chuanzhi said.

We had been using RMB in our negotiations, and you should know about this. Even if we were to buy the rights to use this technology, it would not cost so much. 5 million USD? Why don't you go rob a bank?!

"RMB? 1 million RMB? I think you are not sincere. Do you still need me to state how important this technology is to Lenovo? Increased storage space is the direction of all PC companies are heading. You want to deny this? Not many companies in the world have this second-generation CD-ROM technology. Do you think those western companies will sell the rights to you? Even if they are willing to sell, how much do you think it will cost?" Feng Yu laughed and said.

Although Feng Yu had not spent much on this technology, it still cost 200,000 USD. Covert to RMB, it was also more than 1.1 million RMB. Even if Feng Yu was not looking for profits, he also does not want to lose money. If Lenovo were to develop this technology themselves, they would need at least 5 million RMB!

"Manager Feng, technology changes very fast. That's why we need to discount on our prices. But even if we had offered a lower price, this technology is also not worth 1 million USD. Let alone 5 million USD!" Liu Chuanzhi was not happy with Feng Yu's counteroffer.

"If you look at the technology alone, it might not be worth 5 million USD. But for Lenovo, this technology is worth this price! With this technology, Lenovo will be able to produce a better PC. A PC with CD-ROM drive can sell much higher than those PC with only Floppy Disk drive. The profits from this deal are very high."

Feng Yu was not talking nonsense. CD-ROM was a new thing, and people will feel this was very hi-tech. The storage capability was a few hundred times more than a floppy disk. It was suitable to store lots of documents. Most of the organizations that buy computers now were the banks and government agencies. They had lots of data, and floppy disks will not be enough to store their data.

With CD-ROM, Lenovo will be able to develop newer and bigger markets. This was very important to Lenovo. Furthermore, with the CD-ROM drive, the profit margin of their PC will be higher.

"Manager Feng, this is only what you said. Are you able to show me the figures to prove you are right?" Liu Chuanzhi could not agree with Feng Yu's price.

"You want figures? Then I will show you the figures. This is the production cost of the C-ROM drives. This is the price difference between a PC with and without CD-ROM drive. This will show you how much profits you can get from CD-ROM drive. This is the sales figure of PC with CD-ROM drives in Hong Kong. From the trend, you should be able to tell that the market demand is increasing. As our data continue to grow and increase, who will still want to use Floppy disk to store? Moreover, CD-ROM can be used to store videos. Can floppy disk do that? It would be hard for a floppy disk to store even one song."

Feng Yu had conducted market research. He had spent some money to tabulate this data about Hong Kong's PC market. This was the reason why he dares to ask for high prices.

"This is only Hong Kong's data. It does not represent other places. Our biggest market is China. China and Hong Kong had vast differences." Liu Chuanzhi said.

"Chairman Liu should know clearly how much this technology is worth. But I do not want to talk about this anymore. If Lenovo is able to let me increase my investments, I can give this technology to Lenovo for free!" Feng Yu smiled.

Feng Yu wants to use this technology to induce Liu Chuanzhi. Feng Yu's objective was to own more of Lenovo's shares. Even if he can't be the major shareholder, he still wants to be the second shareholder.

Liu Chuanzhi looked at Feng Yu. What does Feng Yu mean by this? How much did Feng Yu want to invest, for him to give this technology to Lenovo for free? Feng Yu wants to be the controlling shareholder?

"Manager Feng, you kept saying that you want to increase your investments. How much do you intend to invest and how much shares do you want?" Liu Chuanzhi asked.

"Chairman Liu, don't you think that you own too little Lenovo's shares? Lenovo could get to where it is today is all due to you and the rest of the founders, right? Do you know how many shares my engineers and researchers own in my companies? I gave Old Jiang, Jiang Wanmeng, 4% of the company's shares. I gave 10% shares to those engineers at Aiwa pagers. They do not even have to pay a single cent. Do you know how much are their monthly salaries? 10,000 RMB a month!"

Errrr…. Only the head gets 10,000 RMB. The rest does not reach such high salaries. Those normal engineers only get 200 RMB a month. Feng Yu did not say this too clearly. He wants Liu Chuanzhi to misunderstand his words and disrupt his thoughts.

Liu Chuanzhi was dumbfounded as he looked at Feng Yu's raised index finger. What? Feng Yu gave his engineers so many shares?! Old Jiang and the rest own the company's shares, and their salaries were 10,000 RMB a month?!

Although Liu Chuanzhi was from CAS and set up Lenovo, as the head of the company, his salary was only about 1,000 RMB a month. This was still using Hong Kong's standards. If his salary were to follow the pay scale of China, it would be less than 300 RMB!

The salary differences were 10 times, and shares were several times more. Liu Chuanzhi could not calm himself down. He remembered the grumbles of his colleagues who had worked hard with him to set up Lenovo. All of them felt that CAS had given them too little shares. Now, Liu Chuanzhi really want to speak to the leaders at CAS about their shares!

Wait, why was Feng Yu telling me these? Could it be that he will give us some shares after he invested in Lenovo? He wants the controlling stake?!

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Liu Chuanzhi looked at Feng Yu and asked: "Manager Feng, you want to be the controlling shareholder of Lenovo?"

"If that's possible, why not?"

Liu Chuanzhi shook his head: "This is impossible. Although Lenovo is registered as a private company, in reality, it is the same as those state-owned enterprises. There are many things in the company which I can't tell you in detail. But it was impossible for you to get the controlling stake."

"I only want to control stake, and you can have all the authority to run the company. Other than finance, I will not interfere with the management, operations, etc. The company can set up a board of directors, and I will support you to be the chairman!" Feng Yu pointed to Liu Chuanzhi.

What? Feng Yu was not after the authority? I will be the chairman of the company? Then why does he want to get the controlling shares? Liu Chuanzhi had never heard of someone who does not want to be in charge.

Was Feng Yu hoodwinking him or was he telling the truth?

Feng Yu saw Liu Chuanzhi doubting his words, and he laughed: "Chairman Liu, have you heard of Lehaha company?"

"Lehaha? The company that sells children health supplements? I had heard of this company before. Why?" Liu Chuanzhi was in a daze. Feng Yu changes topics too fast. We were talking about Lenovo, and he suddenly talks about Lehaha.

"I am the major shareholder of Lehaha. Lehaha does not have a board of directors, but there is an Executive Director to make the managerial decisions. This Executive Director is the former boss of Lehaha, Zhong Qingxian. I only have a title of deputy general manager there. I do not have any duties or responsibilities there. I only provide some suggestions to Zhong Qingxian and had never interfered with his decisions."

Liu Chuanzhi looked at Feng Yu in shock. Feng Yu was also the biggest shareholder of Lehaha? This Manager Feng was involved in too many businesses!

Although Liu Chuanzhi was not in the health supplements industry, he knew that Lehaha's sales were outstanding. Will a company with good sales have low profits? Feng Yu does not want to be the person in charge of such a company?

"Why? You don't believe me?"

"Should I?" Liu Chuanzhi asked Feng Yu back.

"Since you know Old Jiang personally, you can ask him if I had ever interfered with the operations of Aiwa Electronics? Other than the finance department, Manager Jiang is the one who makes all the decisions on the hiring of staffs. He had never asked me about anything. The abilities of one person are limited. I cannot be monitoring all of my companies closely. In fact, I do not even want to manage any company. This is the same as Lenovo after I become the major shareholder. To you, 1 or 2 hundred million might seem to be a considerable sum of money. But I can afford to lose this sum!"

Liu Chuanzhi almost choked when Feng Yu said this. Feng Yu was too arrogant. Can afford to lose 1 or 2 hundred million?

But when Liu Chuanzhi thinks back, this was indeed true. This Manager Feng had too many businesses, and all the companies were racking in high profits. All the companies mentioned by Feng Yu had a market value of more than 200 million!

"Manager Feng, what are your plans?" Liu Chuanzhi narrowed his eyes and asked.

"Help me get the most shares out of my investment. As long as the total shares owned by both of us are more than 51%, we do not need to listen to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. To be honest, the leaders there do not know how to do business. If you are not in this company, I will never consider investing in Lenovo."

Feng Yu had tried to poach Liu Chuanzhi over the phone previously. But Liu Chuanzhi had rejected him. This was because the Lenovo Company had agreed to issue shares to him. But the shares given to him could not satisfy him. Compared to the senior executives in Feng Yu's company, Liu Chuanzhi was really disappointed with his leaders.

Now, Feng Yu had made things very clear. He needs Liu Chuanzhi to help him get more shares. Money was not a problem. After that, he will let Liu Chuanzhi the authority over the company and money.

There were two choices in front of Liu Chuanzhi. One was to help Feng Yu, and in the future, he will be the person with the most authority in Lenovo. Those officials, who knew nothing about businesses, could not interfere with his decisions. He will also gain personal benefits. Second, he does not help Feng Yu. Then after Feng Yu would resent against him. He would lose a great opportunity. All the plans and dreams in his heart will not be fulfilled.

"Manager Feng, you said that the senior engineers in your companies will get shares as rewards and bonuses?" Liu Chuanzhi had made his decision.

"Of course. Lenovo will be the same too. I will suggest this during the shareholders meeting. I cannot guarantee you how many shares all of you can get, but I think the 1% shares you owned is too little. It should be at least 3%. The rest of the pioneers should also get some shares as rewards."

Liu Chuanzhi brightens up. Feng Yu was so generous to give them so many shares? He was calculating in his heart. The shares owned by the rest of the founders and him amounted to about 8%. He had wanted to fight for the clause that their shares will not be diluted after Feng Yu invested in the company. They wanted to maintain their 8% stake of the company. However, Feng Yu will be giving them more than they had expected!

But how should Liu Chuanzhi report to his leader in CAS? This was a problem. He had previously told his leaders that Lenovo needed only 50 million RMB to set up the computer division. How should he get the leaders to agree to let Feng Yu invest more than 100 million RMB?

Even with the CD-ROM technology, the leaders will also not agree to this. The company was still making profits and why should they allow someone to invest in the company and dilute their shares?

Seeing Liu Chuanzhi becoming quiet again, Feng Yu asked: "Chairman Liu, are you having some concerns?"

"It's too difficult. Your investment is too big, and the leaders might not agree. The CD-ROM technology will not be sufficient to persuade them."

"What if you tell the leaders that I am still the third biggest shareholders of Microsoft?" Feng Yu smiled.

"Huh? What did you say? The third biggest shareholder of what company?" Liu Chuanzhi thought he heard wrong.

"US, Microsoft. The company that made the Windows operating system!" Feng Yu explained.

"You…… You are a shareholder of Microsoft?"

"I am the third biggest shareholders. I do not own any equity shares and do not have voting rights. But it should not be a problem to form a partnership between Microsoft and Lenovo. Microsoft Windows is the most popular operating system for PC manufacturers. Microsoft had also produced much great application software. If we are able to collaborate with Microsoft to produce a Chinese version of those application software, how much profits do you think Lenovo will get?"

Liu Chuanzhi's breathing became rapid. He could see the opportunity and profits if this deal goes through. If they could partner with this top software company, Microsoft, Lenovo would benefit a lot. Not only there were vast profits, but Lenovo could also increase their technologies. Liu Chuanzhi will have the confidence to take over the Chinese market!

"Manager Feng, I know how to negotiate with the leaders. Can you tell me what is the minimum amount of shares you want to own?"

"35%. The more, the merrier. I can pay more if required. If CAS is willing to sell me all their shares, I am willing to pay them 4 times the market value! I hope CAS's proportion of shares will be lowered to below 50%." With 35% shares in hand, Feng Yu could prevent one person or party to be the only voice in shareholders' meeting. As for becoming the controlling shareholder, Feng Yu does not have too much hope.

If Feng Yu could be the controlling shareholder, it's okay. But it does not matter if he does not become the controlling shareholder. Of course, if he could own more shares, he does not mind paying premium prices for those shares. He will get back 10 times the amount he spent today within 2 years.

"Fine. Manager Feng, I think we have reached an initial consensus. I hope you will be able to make a trip to Beijing to speak with the leaders from CAS."

"No problem. It's settled then." Feng Yu smiled.

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Liu Chuanzhi was very excited after his meeting with Feng Yu. He immediately gathered the rest of the founding staffs for a meeting. They need to discuss how to negotiate with the leaders from CAS.

When all these people learned that Feng Yu would not lower their shares percentage and will increase their shares after he became the shareholder, they were on the same page.

Feng Yu's investment must go through. To them, this was a rare opportunity!

All of them were from CAS. They set up Lenovo with only 200,000 RMB. Can anyone else achieve what they had done?

Since the higher-ups had agreed to restructure the company into a shareholdings company, why can't the higher-ups give them more shares? Look at Manager Feng's generosity!

If Feng Yu had not got involved in Lenovo, these people might only grumble about the number f shares given to them. There was nothing they could do except to beg the higher-ups to provide them with more benefits. They had not thought about leaving Lenovo. The two people who had left two years ago were not doing as well as them.

But now, it was different. Liu Chuanzhi had said that if Feng Yu became the major shareholder, he will hold a shareholders' meeting and give out shares to the senior management as rewards.

This would help the senior management manage the company easier, and they will get more in return. The company will also have enough funds for future developments. They no longer need to wait for the company to be listed. Also, when the company was listed, the share prices will surely shoot up.

With the company's shares, they would be getting dividends when the company makes profits. These people will be able to save enough money to pursue their dreams.

With all these people thinking along the same line, Liu Chuanzhi told them to look for the leaders they were close with to help support this investment. He will also look for the leaders he was familiar with to help out.

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"Director Li, Manager Feng does not only have the funds. He still has the technology and connections. If we let him invest, it will help with the company's future development."

"How do you know that he was not lying to you? 3rd biggest shareholder of Microsoft? How come I have never heard of this before? Doesn't Microsoft only have two big shareholders?" Director Li asked.

"Manager Feng is willing to include that in the contract. I believe that he will not lie to us about this. You might not know about this. The businesses under Manager Feng were all making lots of profits."

"What businesses does he have? The Wind and Rain brand?"

"Not only that. He also owns the Aiwa brand. That CD-ROM technology is developed by Aiwa. He is also the biggest shareholder of Lehaha. The company that makes health supplements for children. I remembered that your grandson is also drinking that supplement. He is also the biggest shareholder of the Machinery Company which owns Songjiang Motors. That is a company who have more than 2 billion assets!!" Liu Chuanzhi emphasized 2 billion.

"We do not object to him investing into Lenovo. But he wants to increase his stake to 49%. The share percentage owned by CAS will drop suddenly and how can I answer to the higher ups?" Director Li said.

"He is investing a lot of money. How can our company grow without money? How can we compete with MNCs from other countries? What is our purpose of setting up this company? Wasn't it to increase our country's electronic engineering skills?"

This was Director Li's soft spot. When computers were still a new thing overseas and scarce in China, he gave Liu Chuanzhi and his colleagues 200,000 RMB. This was only a trial, but to others, he claims that this was to increase China's electronic engineering skills.

But now, Lenovo's growth was much better than expected. Director Li was also promoted from an Assistant Director to his current position.

Director Li was not interested in money. He only wants enough political achievements and credits to move up the ranks. However, all his accomplishments and credits needed the help of Liu Chuanzhi and the rest of the founders.

Director Li knew that without Liu Chuanzhi and the rest, Lenovo will never grow to today's scale. If Liu Chuanzhi and the rest left Lenovo, it would be disastrous.

Without Liu Chuanzhi and the rest, and someone else were to take over Lenovo's RD, the company's technologies will inevitably regress. Other companies only knew Liu Chuanzhi and his fellow colleagues. They do not know about the company's name.

Director Li had also heard rumors of many MNC trying to poach Liu Chuanzhi and the rest. They were even promised shares of the company if they were to join those MNC.

This was also why Director Li agreed immediately when Liu Chuanzhi requested the company to be restructured into a shareholding. If he does not give these key people shares, they will leave for other companies.

"Since he is investing so much money into the company, why do we still need to be listed? Why can't we just use the money he invested in setting up the computer division?" Director Li frowned and asked.

"This will not affect our decision to be listed. If the company has sufficient funds, we can still get it listed. We can even merge both Hong Kong and Beijing Lenovo companies and then get it listed. It is totally different for a 10 million listed company and a 50 million listed company." Liu Chuanzhi continued. "Furthermore, our CAS had lacked funds. This is a good opportunity to sell some shares to Feng Yu to raise funds. Thus, CAS will have enough funds for other research."

Although Lenovo had grown, there was something Director Li was unhappy about. Lenovo had been making profits but had never given any part of their earnings to CAS! Liu Chuanzhi had spent all the profits!

But Liu Chuanzhi had not squandered the profits. For every cent he spent, he got 1 RMB back as profits. No one could criticize him on this.

Liu Chuanzhi kept telling the leaders that the company was still growing and needed lots of money. That's why he could not hand over the profits to CAS. But the leaders do not think so. Both Lenovo companies were worth almost 20 million. You can't even hand over 2 million?

But Liu Chuanzhi refused to hand over parts of the profits to CAS. Not even 20,000 RMB! He does not want to start giving the companies' earnings to CAS. If he starts, then it would be 2 million today and another 2 million tomorrow. The company will surely have financial issues soon.

Even Director Li, who had been Liu Chuanzhi's longtime supporter was troubled. Lenovo had been developing well, and he was glad. But it was hard for him to answer to the other leaders if Lenovo does not give part of their profits back to CAS.

"Then what do you think we should do?" Director Li asked.

"I can guarantee that Feng Yu will pay 3 times the market value of the shares CAS sells to him!" Liu Chuanzhi said confidently.

"3 times?! How is this possible? You said that he had lots of successful businesses. That means he is not stupid. Why would he pay 3 times more for the shares?" Director Li asked.

"Not only that. We can still insist on our management staffs' shares will not be diluted after his investment. This way, even if Feng Yu spent more money, we still have control over Lenovo!" Liu Chuanzhi continued.

"All of the management staffs' shares will not be diluted? That means our shares will be diluted even further?" Director Li frowned.

"I guaranteed that this will not happen! If you agree to his investment, I promise that we will not lose out in this deal! Manager Feng is a Venture capitalist. He will exit once the company is listed. We are just taking out a sum of money now, and you can answer to your higher-ups. When we have the money in two years, we can buy back those shares for CAS to have the controlling stake! Even so, we still have the final say over Lenovo now."

Both of them continued to discuss this investment, and Director Li told Liu Chuanzhi: "We need to hold a meeting to discuss this. You can go back first."

When Liu Chuanzhi leaves Director Li's office, he knew that Director Li was persuaded…..

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"Director? What did you say? Liu Chuanzhi told you that if we sell out shares to that Manager Feng, he could persuade him to pay 3 times the market value?" Deputy Director Zhao asked.

"That's what he told me, and he promises that he would succeed."

"How is he going to succeed? Who would spend 3 times the amount to buy things? Liu Chuanzhi thinks that Feng Yu is an idiot? Even he knew that Feng Yu was wealthy, but all businessmen were smart. I had never heard of a stupid businessman. How can someone so stupid run a successful business?"

Director Li was unpleased and said: "We are discussing what should we do if Liu Chuanzhi really persuaded Feng Yu. Will we agree to Feng Yu's investment and maintain Liu Chuanzhi and his men's share proportion?"

"I can tell that Liu Chuanzhi only wants to not let his shares be diluted. Someone had invested in the company, and the percentage of shares held by all the shareholders will surely be lowered. Did they pay for those shares? All of their shares are given to them as a reward by the company! They had gotten so many shares for nothing, and they are still not satisfied? They are not asking for more shares?" Deputy Zhao sneered.

Deputy Director Zhao was the one who opposed to giving Liu Chuanzhi and the rest of the founding staff's shares. The capital was provided by the CAS, and Liu Chuanzhi and his men were taking high salaries and benefits like houses, cars, allowances, etc. These benefits were also on par with the deputy directors. What more do they want?

What should this company that had to perform so well be restructured into a shareholding? It's all about money. Such a big company and after so many years, they only return the 200,000 RMB capital. Did they hand over a cent of the profits to CAS?

The company's accounts had the money, why did they not hand over all that money? Previously, the leaders tried to claim reimbursement from Lenovo but were rejected by Liu Chuanzhi. Liu Chuanzhi had no respect for them!

Why you can spend the company's money and we can't? You really think that Lenovo company belongs to you?

"Old Zhao, think about this. If we sell out shares to Feng Yu at 3 times the market value, then the shares we hold will be lowered. If we still want to be in control, we need Liu Chuanzhi and his men to be on our side. We are also able to keep Liu Chuanzhi and his men's motivation by letting them maintain their shares proportion and maintain our control. This is a good thing!" Director Li explained.

"Good thing? If we allowed them to maintain their stakes in the company, then our shares will be diluted further. If we lower their percentage, the impact on us will be lowered, and we can still be in control!" Deputy Zhao said.

The rest of the deputies nodded. They cannot let CAS be at a disadvantage just because they want to take care of Liu Chuanzhi.

"Liu Chuanzhi had also promised that Feng Yu would be investing a large amount, but the shares he is getting will be lesser than what he is supposed to get. Feng Yu would also give the company an important technology and set up a collaboration with Microsoft. This will greatly increase our technologies. Most importantly, Lenovo will be issuing dividends next year. That means we will be getting high returns from Lenovo. Which one of you is capable of doing all these?"

"Wait, Director. Investing a huge amount but getting lesser shares? Do you think that Feng Yu is stupid and rich? This does not make sense at all. I think Liu Chuanzhi is hiding something from us." Deputy Zhao firmly insists.

Indeed. This was really suspicious. But Liu Chuanzhi did not explain the details to Director Li. He only convinced Director Li that he could persuade Feng Yu.

"I do not care if there is anything fishy about this investment. I only want to know about your decision on Feng Yu's investment if Liu Chuanzhi is able to convince him."

Deputy Zhao did not say anything. The rest of the deputies agreed. There were no reasons for them to disagree as they were the ones taking advantage of Feng Yu. This company was set up to make money. With more funds, they would be able to conduct more research and studies. Furthermore, these deputies were close to Liu Chuanzhi's fellow founders, and they had spoken about this privately.

As for Deputy Zhao's questions, the rest of the deputies does not need to know the answers. They could just summon Liu Chuanzhi over to question him anytime. Moreover, the deputies knew that Liu Chuanzhi's father and Director Li were classmates, and Director Li was obviously supporting Liu Chuanzhi. The deputies also do not want to go against their head.

If Liu Chuanzhi is successful, then all of them will benefit from this deal. They will get some credits from this accomplishment. They would also be able to get some research funds from selling their shares. All of them lacked research funds for their studies.

All of the deputies suspect Deputy Zhao had opposed to this deal just because he had lost the director position to Director Li previously. Both of them had clashed several times and can't stand the sight of each other.

"All of you……. Don't all of you think that this Feng Yu could be a conman? How can there be such attractive terms? Fine. I shall see how Liu Chuanzhi persuade that Feng Yu! Hmph!"

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"Manager Feng, let me introduce. This is the Director of CAS, Director Li Fangyuan. Director Li, this is Feng Yu, Manager Feng. He is a businessman who wants to invest in Lenovo." Liu Chuanzhi introduced both parties at a private room of a restaurant.

"Nice to meet you, Director Li. I had heard from you. You are the most famous scientist in China." Feng Yu smiled and extended his hand.

"Sigh. I am old now. I can only step back and handle administrative matters. There are so many talented scientists now." Director Li said modestly.

"How is that possible? I had read one of your articles in a magazine overseas recently. Only the world's top scientists' articles were published in that magazine." Feng Yu said. Hmmmm…. It was Liu Chuanzhi who told him about this.

"Hahaha. Manager Feng, you also like to read science magazines? That article is written by me and some other professors. I cannot take all the credit." Although Director Li said this, he was smiling proudly. Yes. How can this Manager Feng be a conman? From one look, I can tell that he is a good man!

"I dream of being a scientist since I was young. But I lack the talent. I heard that all scientists are genius and outstanding. Too bad I am not that smart. That's why I like to do such businesses. How can the products invented by geniuses be a poor product?" Feng Yu purposely said.

Director Li looked at Feng Yu. This young man was willing to invest in Lenovo just because he likes such products? But from what Liu Chuanzhi said, it seems that all of Feng Yu's businesses involves lots of advanced technologies. But this excuse seems to be a bit ridiculous.

"I am not considered a genius. You speak too highly of me. I heard from Chuanzhi that both of you had spoken more than once and had some initial agreement?" Director Li asked. He felt that the agreed conditions were beneficial to CAS. Could it be that Liu Chuanzhi wanted to get credits and exaggerated the terms?

Feng Yu nodded: "That's right. I had spoken with Chairman Liu several times and had finalized the initial terms of this deal. He said that the shares percentages of the management staffs and key engineers should not be lowered. I had agreed to this. I will invest using 300 million RMB and CD-ROM technology. I will also set up a meeting between Lenovo and Microsoft. At the end of this deal, I will own 49% of Lenovo, CAS's share proportion will be lowered to 37% and will get 100 million RMB cash. The employees' shares will be increased to 6%. Chairman Liu, am I right?"

Liu Chuanzhi quickly replied: "Yes, yes, yes. This was what we concluded."

Director Li was relieved. If anyone in CAS still wants to disagree with these conditions, he or she must be an idiot. He looked at Feng Yu and in his heart: Spending so much money just because of his interest? This Manager Feng was a classic example of a stupid rich man!

Translator's notes: I know the percentages of the shares does not add up to 100%. I had translated the chapter based on what was written.

Feng Yu: 49%

Employees: 6%

CAS: 37%

Where is the remaining 8%? The author did not state who owns the remaining 8%. It might be a miscalculation on his part. Could it be that Feng Yu had secretly acquired the remaining shares? Or the author does not know how to count, and that's why he is an author now?

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Feng Yu had purposely offered such attractive terms. His objective was to own more Lenovo shares. Just the reason for Liu Chuanzhi and his team were in Lenovo, was worth Feng Yu paying such a huge price.

In Feng Yu's previous life, many MNCs were trying to pouch Liu Chuanzhi. They offered 10 million USD annual salaries and also shares, but Liu Chuanzhi never agreed. It was because Liu Chuanzhi firmly believed that he would gain more if he remains in Lenovo.

Actually, not only Liu Chuanzhi and his team were capable. They also have lots of connections with the higher-ups of the Chinese government. Liu Chuanzhi was already the forerunner of the Chinese IT industry now.

Liu Chuanzhi still has lots of friends both in China and overseas. His friends were all giants in the IT industry. Although he will lose contacts with most of them in the future years, now, he was still close to the senior management of many IT MNCs. This was why Lenovo had been doing so well in the past few years.

In Feng Yu's past life, Liu Chuanzhi had never made any wrong strategic decisions in Lenovo. This was due to the experiences he learned from his friends.

If Feng Yu were to manage Lenovo himself, he could not guarantee that he will perform better than Liu Chuanzhi. Also, Lenovo was considered a big company, and it was not easy to manage such companies.

Although Feng Yu had let Wind and Rain Electronics and Aiwa Electronics hired some fresh graduates to groom them, but it would still be years before these new graduates were ready to take on the higher management positions. Feng Yu had also approached those successful businessmen from the future years. But they refused to work for Feng Yu, or they were still not capable now.

Having paid such high prices, Liu Chuanzhi did not disappoint Feng Yu. He had successfully helped Feng Yu get 49% of the company's shares. This percentage was much higher than expected.

It seems Feng Yu was right to make his promise with Liu Chuanzhi. If Feng Yu had approached the leaders in CAS, it would be hard for him to succeed and he also could not sell Liu Chuanzhi the favor.

After speaking with Director Li, Director Li told Feng Yu that he will give him an answer 3 days later. If nothing goes wrong, they will sign the contract then.

Zhong Qingxian just happened to be in Shenyang to sign a contract. He decided to set up a new factory in Shenyang next year. As the Energy of Life's advertisements were removed from CCTV, Le Bashi's yogurt drinks' sales were also affected. Although the yogurt drinks' sales did not drop overnight like the Energy of Life, it was falling steadily.

But there was still a demand in the yogurt drinks market, and Lehaha was happy to fill this gap. Lehaha's AD Calcium Milk sales had been rising. Their tea beverages sales were also increased.

Lehaha's production could not meet this demand, and Zhong Qingxian decided to set up a factory in Shenyang to meet the needs in the 3 northeast provinces and the Beijing region. As Lehaha was already an established brand, the agreement was settled in no time.

Zhong Qingxian heard that Feng Yu was in Beijing and he made a trip over. He wants to report about Lehaha's developments to Feng Yu. Lehaha's finance department were all Feng Yu's men. Zhong Qingxian was making a considerable investment, in the new factory and Feng Yu will be informed. But Zhong Qingxian still wanted to tell this to Feng Yu personally.

Feng Yu nodded after Zhong Qingxian report: "You can make all these decisions yourself. If you need me for anything, just let me know."

Feng Yu still does not intend to interfere with Lehaha's operations, and Zhong Qingxian was glad.

"Manager Feng, I thought you are studying in Hong Kong now? Why are you back in Beijing?" Zhong Qingxian chatted with Feng Yu.

"I am here to talk about my investment in Lenovo."

"Lenovo? What company is this? What does it sell?" Zhong Qingxian asked.

Feng Yu: "……" Lenovo will be a world-renowned IT company in the future, and their current scale was already massive. But this Zhong Qingxian had never heard of this company?

Oh, this Zhong Qingxian also does not buy IT products. There were only 2 PC in his company and Lenovo had never advertised before. It was natural for Zhong Qingxian to not know about this company.

"Electronics products. The company makes computers. Have you heard of Lenovo 11 Computers?"

"Computers? There should not be many people buying computers now. Can this company make money?" Zhong Qingxian asked.

"Yes."

"Then let's set up a computer company."

Feng Yu looked at Zhong Qingxian speechlessly. He had never heard about Zhong Qingxian entering the IT industry in his previous life. Did history change? Or Zhong Qingxian had entered the IT industry and failed. But this was not recorded. It was just like Nintendo had sold instant rice before, but not many people were aware of it.

"You also want to invest in Lenovo?"

"If I follow you, will I still make losses?" Zhong Qingxian smiled cunningly.

"How much can you invest? I can let you have some shares. But I need to tell you that I am paying a premium of 3 times the market value for these shares. I can sell some of my shares to you, but I can't sell you too many shares."

"3 times premium price? What do you mean?" Zhong Qingxian was shocked. Can this company make so many profits? 3 times the market value of the shares? Feng Yu had gone crazy?

Feng Yu told Zhong Qingxian about Lenovo's current value, his total investments and the shares he would own.

"Manager Feng, that means if I invest 10 million, I can only get 2% of the company's shares?" Zhong Qingxian's eyes opened wide.

"Hmmm…. Maybe it might be less than 2%. Based on the current value, you will only get about 1.6% or 1.7% shares. If you calculate based on the amount I acquire the shares, you will not get even 1%."

"Huh? Manager Feng, are you sure about this? You said that this company is worth less than 180 million and you spent 300 million plus technology for 49% shares? And the current value of the company is not even worth 400 million RMB? Aren't you making a big loss?"

Zhong Qingxian could not understand. 300 million RMB would at least get more than 60% of the company's shares. This was still based on the full amount as the invested fund. Now, the other party had too away 100 million, and Feng Yu should be getting at least 77% of the company's shares.

Feng Yu was getting only 49% of the shares. Could this be some sort of plot against Feng Yu?

Could it be that Feng Yu was conned in this business deal? Cannot be. Feng Yu still had not handed over his money, and he was still smiling. Zhong Qingxian had already decided not to invest. The dividends he got from Lehaha can be used for something else. If there were no other investment opportunities, then he will buy a villa at West Lake area.

Feng Yu was thinking in his heart. I had made a loss? Even if I do not do anything, the market value of Lenovo in 3 years will be over 2 billion RMB. In 10 years, it will be worth over 20 billion. Most importantly, without CAS and its connections, without the brains of Liu Chuanzhi and his men, even Feng Yu could not achieve this feat.

The annual returns will be 50%. Even the experts in wall street could not guarantee such returns. Zhong Qingxian felt Feng Yu had made a significant loss, but Feng Yu thought he had gotten a great deal!

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It was very crowded at Beijing Lenovo today. Many cars were parked outside the entrance. There were even reporters from Hong Kong waiting outside.

A businessman will be investing in Lenovo and Lenovo had announced that it was planning to be listed. However, there was no fixed date.

Lenovo Company was China's largest IT company. It had the most significant scale and the most funds. Why did such a successful company let others invest in them? They heard that it was a newly set up company that had invested in Lenovo. The name of the company was Wind and Rain Holdings.

Many were thinking if this Wind and Rain Holdings had something to do with Wind and Rain Brand, which was owned by Tai Hua Trading, Wind and Rain Electronics, and Wind and Rain home appliances?

But there was a lack of information. There was no way for the reporters to find out about this. It was the first time they heard of Wind and Rain Holdings, and they could not find out who was the person in charge.

Wasn't this Lenovo Company supported by the Chinese government? This company was enjoying special privileges from the government. Why did they sell their shares to Wind and Rain Holdings? Was this Wind and Rain Holdings a government-owned enterprise?

……

In the meeting room, Feng Yu and Director Li signed two contracts. One was for Feng Yu's investment in Lenovo, and the other was for Feng Yu's purchase of CAS's Lenovo shares.

There was a vast difference between both contracts. But CAS was the party that gained the most out of both contracts.

During the meeting with all the CAS leaders, Director Li had announced that the CAS will accept Feng Yu's conditions and agree to Feng Yu's investment. The CAS will also sell some of their shares to Feng Yu. Deputy Zhao immediately expressed his disapproval.

But Deputy Zhao was the only one opposing to this investment, and his reason was unconvincing. Feng Yu's offer was too good, and this was suspicious. Since when private companies' businessmen were so noble to spend so much money to support China's IT industry.

Director Li slowly replied that this Manager Feng was the biggest shareholder of Bing City Machinery Company and had met with the Chief Architect and Iron-fist Zhu. If Feng Yu was not so noble, why would the top 2 leaders of China meet him?

Deputy Zhao could not rebut Director Li. In CAS, there were rumors that Feng Yu was actually donating to CAS through this investment. If you do not believe this was actually a donation, you can ask the professors from Beijing University. Feng Yu had funded many professor's research at the university. Some of Beijing University's professors were also holding positions in CAS.

If CAS leaders did not agree to such a lucrative deal, they would be too stupid. They would have wasted Liu Chuanzhi's hard work. How can they answer to their higher-ups?

CAS had the opportunity to make money. If they rejected this deal, how could they still request for funds from their higher-ups? No higher-ups will agree to their requests.

When the higher-ups heard that there was a considerable investment and the CAS will still be getting 100 million RMB, they were overjoyed. During some meetings, the higher-ups had still praised the leaders of CAS. There were even some high-ranking officers present at this contract signing ceremony.

What surprised the CAS leaders the most was one of the high-ranking officers was from Iron-Fist Zhu's office. Did Iron-fist Zhu found out about this investment and sent his man here to find out more, or he was aware of Feng Yu's plan to invest in Lenovo long time ago?

There was a great difference between both.

But no matter what, Iron-Fist Zhu had shown his support of this investment by sending his man to attend this signing ceremony.

With Iron-Fist Zhu's support, Director Li was more confident. No one would dare to say that Lenovo should not be letting others invest in the company. Restructuring a state-owned enterprise to a shareholding was also a policy introduced by Iron-Fist Zhu.

The most controversial part of this deal was there were no changes to the percentage of shares owned by Liu Chuanzhi and the other employees. The amount invested was more than Lenovo's total value, and the portion of shares owned by Liu Chuanzhi and the other employees should be significantly lowered. But these management staffs were still holding the same proportions of shares!

As such, Deputy Zhao said that Liu Chuanzhi and the other management staffs should not be entitled to this benefit. They should hand over some of their shares to CAS, or distribute their shares to the other employees. Liu Chuanzhi and the rest should not be holding on to so many shares.

Although Lenovo was not a state-owned enterprise, the initial management style was the same as state-owned enterprises. Deputy Zhao's way of doing things had never changed and was like several years back. It was sufficient for Liu Chuanzhi and the management staffs to get some benefits. Why should they be getting so many shares? All these shares were the government's assets, and they were embezzling the assets.

Even if Lenovo was a private entity, but a private company should also be reasonable. Liu Chuanzhi and the rest had not spent a single cent and why should they be getting so many shares? The company had already given them a house and a car. What else do they want? They should not be embezzling the company's assets! They should not be taking so much from the company!

But the other leaders of CAS felt that these people had contributed a lot to the company and should be rewarded. The Chinese government had also mentioned that hard work should be rewarded. These people had helped the CAS gained so much from this deal. This was not something others could do. Compared to the gain CAS were to receive from this deal, their shares were not a lot.

If it wasn't for this condition, will Liu Chuanzhi and the rest still work so hard to make this deal go through? If their shares were diluted, then Feng Yu's shares would be more than 51%.

Finally, the contracts were signed, and this cannot be changed. After signing the contract, Feng Yu immediately make a phone call to Wind and Rain Holdings to ask them to wire the money to CAS's account. Feng Yu wants this deal to take effect as soon as possible and does not wish CAS to go back on their words!

As for the other details, Feng Yu does not need to do the follow-ups. Someone from Wind and Rain Holdings will settle the rest of the details. His staffs from Wind and Rain Holdings were a group of talented people hired from Hong Kong. These people were not the successful businessmen in the future, but Feng Yu felt that these people could complete the tasks given to them after the interview and it was enough.

In the coming few years, Feng Yu had plans to transfer his shares of all his companies to this Wind and Rain Holdings. But it was still too early now. Hong Kong was still not part of China, and it was not easy for him to transfer his assets out of China. This could only be done after Hong Kong's return.

Master Lu had made use of his connections in the Planning Committee to let the other party accept that Hong Kong was a part of China, and Feng Yu would not transfer these assets out of China. Of course, Iron-Fist Zhu's office got wind of this and reported to Iron-Fist Zhu.

Iron-Fist Zhu asked his men to pass Feng Yu a message. Lenovo was a company supported by the Chinese Government to compete with the overseas MNCs. He wants Feng Yu to remember this. Lenovo was China's hope!

Feng Yu really wanted to tell Iron-Fist Zhu that if Lenovo follows his suggestions, Lenovo will be more successful in the future than his previous life. But Feng Yu did not say it out. He will have to do lots of explanations about how he could let Lenovo be more successful and will have lots of problems.

Feng Yu could only keep quiet. He will let his result do the talking.

Feng Yu looked at Director Li, Liu Chuanzhi and the rest being interviewed by the reporters and he quietly left the place……

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"Chief Jia, I am here to see you, why are you not letting me drink a cup of good tea?" Feng Yu grumbled as he sat in Deputy Station Chief Jia's office. He was drinking a cup of tea.

"This is the best tea leaves I have. I do not have any other better tea leaves. My monthly salary cannot even pay for one of your meals. Why are you here today? Do you have anything for me?" Deputy Chief Jia laughed and asked.

Every time Feng Yu came to look for him, something good will happen. For example, the health product scandal that occurred recently had led to CCTV receiving many praises from the public. The higher-ups had also noticed Deputy Chief Jia.

"Nothing much. I just happened to pass by and came over to pay you a visit."

"Manager Feng, since when have you heard of people paying visits to others empty-handed?" Deputy Jia joked.

"Ah? If the leaders heard what you just said, you would be in trouble. You are asking for bribes. Fine. Since we are friends, you just tell me an amount. I will write you a cheque now." Feng Yu pretended to take out his cheque book from his pocket.

"Fine, fine. You must be here for a reason. If you do not have anything, you will not come and look for me." Deputy Jia looked at Feng Yu, who had slumped back on the sofa. From Feng Yu's sitting posture, he knew that Feng Yu was a lazy person. How could such a lazy person visit him for nothing?

"Chief Jia, your words had hurt me."

Just when Deputy Chief Jia thought he had misunderstood Feng Yu, he heard Feng Yu said: "But to prove that Chief Jia's words are right, then I will think of a request."

Deputy Chief Jia: "……" You are asking me for a favor just to prove I am right? Deputy Chief Jia glanced at Feng Yu. I knew that you must be here for something!

"Chief Jia, can I ask you a question? I am just asking. Is it possible to set up a private TV station in China?" Feng Yu looked at Deputy Chief Jia eagerly.

Deputy Chief Jia was leaning back on the sofa. But when he heard what Feng Yu said, he immediately sat up straight: "What did you say? Private TV station? You want to set up a TV station?"

What was Feng Yu thinking? How can there be a private TV station? News and media should be controlled by the Government. This was the national policy!

This brat was thinking of setting up a TV station? Could it be that he had thought of some good programs?

Feng Yu had helped to plan the New Year's Eve Gala Dinner program and made many suggestions for the Spring Festival Gala night, making it successful. If it wasn't for Feng Yu had no interest in going into the government service, Deputy Chief Jia would surely recruit Feng Yu into CCTV after he graduates.

"That's right. Set up a TV station and air some movies and dramas. Can this be done?" Feng Yu asked.

Feng Yu's primary purpose of setting up a TV station was for TV shopping! As for the movies and dramas, he was not too concern. He can just buy the rights of some old films and shows. It will not cost much.

Currently, there were only 4 channels in CCTV, and 3 of these channels were not broadcasted via satellite. Only the regions near to Beijing could receive the signals for these channels. All Feng Yu needs to do was to produce an outstanding variety program, and he will have the viewership. It will be enough to support his TV shopping channel!

"No!" Deputy Chief Jia replied. "TV stations cannot be run privately. You can forget about it. Did you think you can own a TV station in China like other countries? Let me tell you. The government will never approve this!"

Feng Yu smacked his lips. What government policies? Government policies had always been changing. Even if it was not allowed now, it was still allowed in the future. In Feng Yu's previous life, there was not an only shareholding TV station, but there were also internet TV stations. It was a pity that the internet was still not developed in China now. If Feng Yu were to set up an internet TV station, he would be making massive losses!

"Chief Jia, didn't the government forbid private entities to set up newspaper agencies? But now? There were privately owned newspapers. The newspaper was also media. There were also many other magazines. Did the government stop those media? How do you know that privately owned TV stations cannot be approved without trying?" Feng Yu asked.

Deputy Chief Jia immediately raised his hand to stop Feng Yu: "Wait. What did you say? How would I know without trying? What do you mean by this? You want me to ask the higher-ups for you?"

"That right. You are from CCTV and is in this industry. You are the most suitable person to help me ask the higher-ups. You also know a lot of people in this sector. I do not know anyone other than you. Chief Jia, can you do me this small favor?" Feng Yu showed his index and thumb fingers to indicate something tiny.

"Small Favor? Stop joking with me! How can this be considered small favor?!" Deputy Chief Jia almost swears at Feng Yu.

"Why not? You only need to help me inquire about the procedures with your higher-ups. If it is not possible, why is it not possible and what should I do to get the approval. If it is possible, then you can help me find out what are the areas where I cannot touch."

Deputy Chief Jia was stunned by what Feng Yu said. What possible or not? Since when did I agree to help you?

"Feng Yu, tell me the truth. Why do you want to set up a TV station?" Broadcast dramas and movies? Who are you trying to fool?!

"Chief Jia, you really want to hear the truth?"

"Of course!"

"Then I shall tell you the truth……"

"What are you waiting for?!" Deputy Chief Jia raised his voice.

"The truth is, CCTV advertisement fees are too expensive! I realized that the operational cost of running a TV station is only tens of millions. The advertising fees I paid to CCTV and the various sponsorships are also about this amount. With the same amount, I might as well set up my own TV station."

Deputy Chief Jia almost choked when Feng Yu said this. You want to set up a TV station to save on your advertising fees?

Then I will not help you. If I help you, CCTV will lose our biggest advertising client. Wait. If this were the truth, Feng Yu would never tell him.

"Is this your only reason?" Deputy Chief Jia asked.

"This is the main reason. I also want to produce a few TV programs that I like."

Deputy Chief Jia got pissed when he heard this: "What did you say? You are trying to tell me that you do not like our CCTV programs?"

You are implying that our CCTV's programs are not interesting?

Feng Yu laughed: "It's not all the programs. I just do not like to watch most of the programs. I do like CCTV's weather report."

Weather report? Can that even be considered a TV program? Why don't you tell me that you like the news? Wait. Feng Yu had mentioned that he wants to produce a few programs which he likes? Could it be that Feng Yu had new ideas for TV programs?

"Do you have new ideas for TV programs? Tell me. If your ideas are good, I can let CCTV produce these programs for you." Deputy Chief Jia crossed his legs and slowly drank his tea.

Feng Yu stared at Deputy Chief Jia. It was too apparent that you are trying to steal my ideas. You made it sound like you are doing me a favor by letting me tell you my ideas. Shameless!

There was a saying that all government officials were thick skin. The higher they climb, the thicker their skins were.

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"Chief Jia, I shall say this first. I can tell you my idea, and I can promise you that the ratings for this program will surely be high. But this program must be broadcasted over the satellite. It can be on CCTV 1 or 2, but I cannot be on CCTV 3."

It was a waste for a classic variety program to not be broadcast to the whole nation!

"Tell me about this program first, and I will decide." Deputy Chief Jia said cunningly.

"Wait. I still have not finished telling you about my conditions. Other than broadcasting over the satellite, there is still something very important. You must let me sponsor the name of the program, and I want to do product placement in this program. Also, at the start and end of the program, it must state that I am the one who had sponsored this program. I will also not be paying a single cent for this program!"

"What? You are not paying for anything, and you still have so many conditions?" Deputy Chief Jia asked.

"What if the ratings for this program will exceed ?" Feng Yu smiled and asked.

"Exceed what program? ? Are you joking?" Deputy Chief Jia rolled his eyes. was CCTV's top variety program was watched by many viewers.

There were only a few programs in CCTV that had higher ratings than . Other than the news and weather report, only and could win in ratings!

Why was Feng Yu so confident?

Why was Feng Yu so confident? That was because there was a classic variety program which had taken China by storm. It was even copied by variety shows all over the world!

"Chief Jia, I am not joking with you. Don't you think that all my suggestions for the Gala Dinner were good and effective? Furthermore, all my companies' commercials are better than the other companies? That's why I am confident that my variety program will be more popular than . What's wrong? Are you trying to tell me that I am not allowed to put my company's name in the program's title?"

Deputy Chief Jia smiled: "I did not say that. But if you are not spending money and still get to put your company's name in the title, it will be too much." This Feng Yu kept harping about this matter. CCTV had allowed Zhengda Enterprise to put their name in the title of this variety program and Feng Yu was not pleased with that.

"Of course. I am also not saying that I will not be spending money. I can sponsor all the prizes in the variety program."

"Prizes? What do you mean?" Deputy Chief Jia stretched out his neck. This program will be giving out prizes?

"Chief Jia, there is a saying by the higher-ups now. Education will strengthen the nation, right?" Feng Yu smiled and asked.

"That's right. What has that got to do with this program?"

"Of course, it is related. This variety program I thought of, will incorporate entertainment, wits, humor, general knowledge, excitement, and many other elements. This will be a new type of educational variety program!"

Deputy Chief Jia frowned. He does not believe what Feng Yu said. It sounds like Feng Yu was bragging and exaggerating. With so many elements incorporated into a program, how can this program be good?! A TV program should have only one core element and at most, 1 or 2 more elements. This program will not be interesting that there were too many elements in it!

"You don't believe me?"

Deputy Chief Jia shook his head: "I don't believe!"

"How about we make a bet? If you market the first 4 episodes of this program according to my ways, it will surely be China's top variety program with the highest ratings. And, if I am successful, I will get the permanent naming rights of this program, the product placement advertising, the sponsorship advertisements at the start and end of the program, etc. If I fail, then I will double the sponsorship of Zhengda Enterprise in this variety program. What do you think?"

Stop kidding. If this variety show were marketed correctly, it would surely be a hit! In Feng Yu's previous life, this program had a slow start initially. But that was because there were many popular programs at the same time. But now, there were only a few satellite channels, and there were not much entertaining variety shows. It would be weird if this program were not a hit now!

Feng Yu's confidence had scared Deputy Chief Jia. Although Deputy Jia does not think that Feng Yu would succeed, he was still afraid that if Feng Yu really won the bet, then there will not be any advertising revenue from this program. CCTV will suffer huge losses! He will be the one taking responsibility.

These two years were critical to Deputy Chief Jia. The Station Chief will be retiring within these two years, and this was the opportunity for him to be promoted. If he was lucky, he might even be promoted to a deputy minister in the Ministry of Radio and Television!

If Feng Yu's variety program were a hit and had high ratings, then Chief Jia would stand a high chance to take over the position of TV station Chief. It was a hard decision for Chief Jia to make.

After thinking for a while, Deputy Chief Jia looked at Feng Yu and said: "I can let you have the naming rights for this program in exchange for your program concept. However, you still have to pay for your product placements and advertising at the start and end of the program. We can talk about the fees later. So, you can tell me more about this variety show now?"

Chief Jia agreed to let me have the naming rights? That's great! As for the fees for product placements, it will not be too expensive. This was still a great deal.

"This program is a quiz show. Viewers can write in or call in to register as a participant. There will be a selection process through a preliminary round, and one participant will be selected to answer the questions. The questions comprise of all sort of knowledge, like astronomy, geography, history, literature, science, maths, general knowledge, etc. For every question the contestant answered correctly, he will get points. As he proceeds further, the points for each question will be higher. These points can be used to exchange for cash, for the contestant to pursue his dreams. There will be stages, and at certain checkpoints, the contestant got the option to move on to the next stage or to take the prize money. If the contestant answered a question wrong, all of his points would be reset to zero. The contestant will only get a consolation prize……."

Feng Yu explained the concept of this game show in detail to Deputy Chief Jia. Chief Jia was listening attentively and was frowning. This was a brilliant concept, but will it attract the viewers in front of the TV? The participants will find it interesting as they were the ones getting the prizes. But what about TV viewers? Will they find it interesting too?

Deputy Chief Jia told Feng Yu his worries, and Feng Yu said to him that this can be easily solved. The host of the program can let the viewers call in to answer the questions, have a lucky draw. The TV viewers will also win some fabulous prizes like Wind and Rain VCD players, etc.

"If it's like this, we can really consider producing this program. What is the name of this variety show?"

Feng Yu smiled and said: "This program is called !"

Translator's notes: This variety show sounds like "Who wants to be a Millionaire" Now sure why the author calls it Happy Dictionary. Maybe there was a Chinese variety program with the same concept in this name.

https/en./wiki/Who_Wants_to_Be_a_Millionaire%3F

Ministry of Radio and Television is the former name of the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (A.k.a SARFT)

https/en./wiki/National_Radio_and_Television_Administration

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Deputy Chief Jia asked about the minute details of this new variety show. The contents of the show were all within the regulations. But he felt that this program still lacks a climax.

Feng Yu had said that the cash prizes will be given out at the end of 4 stages. 1,000 RMB will be given out at the first stage, followed by 2,000 RMB, 5,000 RMB and lastly 10,000 RMB. Other than the cash prizes, Wind and Rain, and Aiwa products will also be given out to the contestants.

But the highest value of the cash prizes and products the contestants could win was less than 20,000 RMB. Will it generate enough excitement like what Feng Yu said? Will it attract TV viewers to participate? Will the rating increase?

"This variety show was to create heroes out of ordinary commoners. The cash prizes at every stage represented the dreams of an ordinary family. Which family does not have dreams? We are here to fulfill their dreams! When the viewers noticed that they could answer the questions and could easily win the final prize, do you think they will not want to participate?"

"They should be interested."

"Then if they want to participate in this variety show and win the prizes, what do you think they need?" Feng Yu continued to lead Deputy Chief Jia.

"Register and get selected?"

"No. They need to get prepared. It is just like those students preparing for their high school examinations. So how will they get prepared? Will teachers be teaching them? No. Will they have past year examination papers to practice? Yes. Our program is equivalent to past year examination questions!"

"You are telling me that before they participate, they will need to watch out show to familiarized with rules of the games and the type of questions?" Deputy Chief Jia asked excitedly.

"Of course. This is the only way. Our questions will be so diverse, and not even an encyclopedia could fit all the answers! Do you think our ratings will not increase because of this reason?" Feng Yu replied.

"But you said that you want to promote this variety program before it is aired. How should we promote it?"

"Simple. We can promote our show in other various programs. For example, We can tell the viewers about when our show will be aired, how to participate and what are out prizes, during . I have thought of the host for our show. I think the host of , Ni Ping, is suitable to be the host of our program."

Ni Ping was currently one of the most popular TV hosts in China. As a female, she could easily speak to the participants and calm them down. Of course, Feng Yu also has a backup host. She was the host of .

As for the rest of the hosts that will be popular in the future years, Feng Yu had not met them and does not know where they were. For example, Wang Xiaoya, a popular TV host in the future, was nowhere to be found. There was no such person in CCTV!

"That's all? Are you sure the ratings will exceed ?"

Feng Yu rubbed his chin. In his previous life, Happy Dictionary only became popular after 6 months. Although there was not much competition now, was the most popular show and there were other variety shows like , etc. These variety shows were well received by TV viewers. Feng Yu was also not very confident when he thought about the other variety shows.

"That's it. If there is no highlights in our show, then we will create the highlight! What do you think if we invite some top university students, teachers or even professors to participate?"

"Ah? If we invite them to participate, then it will clash with your idea to let commoners participate in this program. If they are participating, the rest of the participants will have no chance of winning." Deputy Chief Jia puzzledly looked at Feng Yu.

"Who says the common folks can't win? Professors know everything? You try asking a Physics Professor, where is the capital of Uzbekistan. You think he can answer you?" Feng Yu glanced at Deputy Chief Jia. Do Deputy Chief Jia thinks that professors know everything in this world? They were only experts in their field.

This was like someone asking Feng Yu a question and Feng Yu could not answer him. And then that person would give Feng Yu a despised look and insulted him: "How can someone who does not even know such a simple thing be a university student?"

Deputy Chief Jia looked at Feng Yu speechlessly. This question was too random. Even he does not know the answer! Trying to ask this question to the people on the streets. See how many people know the answer?

"This is what I meant. There will be 10 questions, and the category of each question are different. The question from that category will be randomly picked. If the contestant could answer all 10 questions correctly, they will be the defending champion. When there are enough defending champions, there will be a special episode where all the champions will compete with each other for a bigger prize!"

"But how can you guarantee that common folk can answer all 10 questions? Didn't you say that there will be physics questions and maths questions?" Deputy Chief Jia asked. How would a commoner know the answers to all those questions?

"We can cheat. You don't even know how to cheat?!" Feng Yu said. In his previous life, which variety show does not cheat to create highlights for that show? Why were these people from CCTV so inflexible?

Deputy Chief Jia's jaws dropped: "Che… Cheat?"

"Yes. We can arrange for someone to be the contestant and tell him the answers. He can claim that it was luck when he answered some difficult questions correctly. Anyway, the questions are in multiple choices format. He has a 25% chance to get it right. He can also call out to a friend, ask the audiences and eliminate one wrong answer, helplines. What's wrong with this contestant getting the questions correct due to luck?"

"Can…… Can this work out?"

"Why not?! Think about this. An ordinary worker, whose monthly salary is not more than 200 RMB, winning the grand prize of 10,000 RMB and other prizes. What a surprise will that be for TV viewers? A University Professor who was earning a few hundred RMB reached the final question and answer it wrong. All the viewers will pity him. All the TV viewers will be rooting for the contestants, hoping for them to win. This will guarantee our ratings to be better!" Feng Yu said.

"Most importantly, this show is suitable for all ages. Viewers can learn lots of knowledge from this show and will the parents not let their children watch it? There will also be lots of general knowledge. Those in their middle age will like it, and the older viewers will like the history and health questions."

Deputy Chief Jia thought about this for a while, and it seems that this variety show really has the potential to be the top variety show. This show was suitable for all ages and how can the ratings for this show be bad?

"I think this program will be a success. I will ask my men to do all the planning now!" Currently, CCTV was airing lots of re-runs of past programs. All Deputy Jia needs to do was to replace one of the re-runs with this program. He could still earn more from the advertising fees.

"Chief Jia, congratulations for coming up with the concept of a new TV program!" Feng Yu smiled and said.

Deputy Chief Jia looked at Feng Yu. Congratulations to me for coming up with the concept of a new program? Feng Yu wants to let me take all the credit for this program? Then, I should give in a bit to Feng Yu on the sponsorships and advertising fees……. We should all benefit together……

Translator's notes:

Info about Ni Ping

https/en./wiki/Ni_Ping

Info about Wang Xiaoya

https/en./wiki/Wang_Xiaoya

In case you are wondering where the capital of Uzbekistan is, it is Tashkent.

https/en./wiki/Tashkent

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"Xiao Yu, why are you back? Shouldn't you studying be in Hong Kong now?" Li Shiqiang saw Feng Yu and was shocked.

"Shhhh…. Brother-in-law, please don't tell my sister and parents. I had returned secretly. I have something important."

Li Shiqiang shook his head. This brother-in-law of his had too many matters on hand. Anyway, he also does not have the time to look after Feng Yu. He had his hands full with his Wind and Rain Logistics. Almost every month, there will be several new franchisees. He was used to taking care of all the company's matters personally.

"Brother-in-law does your company have any outstanding employee?" Feng Yu suddenly asked.

Tai Hua Trading only have a few staff, and Feng Yu had assigned a car to Wu Zhigang. There were more employees in Wind and Rain Logistics. Li Shiqiang also assigned a car to his deputies, but he had too many staffs, and he had 3 deputies. All the 3 deputies got to share that one car.

But why was Feng Yu asking him about this? Was there anything good?

"Brother-in-law, I do not want management staffs. I am looking for ordinary workers. Do you have any worker that has exceptional performance? The types that you can use him as role models?"

"I do have 2 drivers that had performed well. did you find some good deals?"

"Not really. CCTV has a new variety show coming up, and I am thinking of sending someone to participate. I promise that the participants will surely get some prizes. If the participant is lucky, the prizes might be worth up to 10,000 RMB to 20,000 RMB."

"Huh? CCTV variety show? How many people are you getting? You are so close to CCTV now? Wait, did you spend money again?" Li Shiqiang thought about it. Feng Yu must have spent money to do some sponsorships. If now, where will he get this opportunity to send people to participate in the variety show?

"Yes. It is like . This new variety show will include Wind and Rain in the name."

"Participating in a CCTV program? Can I participate too?" Li Shiqiang looked at Feng Yu eagerly.

"Brother-in-law, if you want to participate, it's fine. But I will not let them help you cheat. The feature of this program is to let common folks participate. It will be too obvious if you win the prizes. But if I pick one a driver and help him cheat to win the grand prize, he can also use the chance to promote your logistics company."

Li Shiqiang was slightly disappointed. The driver was allowed to cheat but not him. If he participates in this show, he will lose to his own driver! He might as well not attend.

"How much did you spend for this variety show?" Li Shiqiang lit a cigarette and asked.

"Not much. I had spent 100,000 RMB for the stage, and every episode needs about 50,000 RMB. It is about 200,000 RMB a month. One whole year will only cost about 2.4 million RMB. I had set aside 5 million RMB for this. But I think this is more than sufficient."

"5 million RMB should be enough to buy a primetime advertising slot?" Li Shiqiang felt that Feng Yu had wasted his money.

"If it was last year, 5 million RMB was enough. But this year, the primetime slots cost more than 10 million. Also, the primetime slots were only 15 seconds. Although this is a weekly program, there will be re-runs, and every episode is 1 hour. It is still worth it. A good variety show is more effective than a primetime slot!"

This was proven in Feng Yu's previous life. Just look at Zhengda Enterprise. Zhengda Enterprise had sponsored , and it was more effective compared to advertisements. Furthermore, the amount spent on the sponsorships of the top variety programs were about the same as the primetime slots.

Happy Dictionary will not only promote Wind and Rain brand, but it can also help the Aiwa brand too. It was killing two birds with one stone. Feng Yu felt that it was worthwhile. Also, after this variety show was aired, Wind and Rain and Aiwa can lessen their advertisements on CCTV.

When Li Shiqiang heard that the primetime slots cost more than 10 million RMB this year, he was shocked. The advertisement slots were too expensive. It will increase the cost of the products significantly. Had all these people gone crazy?

"Brother-in-law, let me know when you pick someone. I will submit his name to CCTV. I will speak to the other companies and let them arrange two candidates. I will be returning to Beijing tonight. Don't tell my sister."

……

Feng Yu remained in his Tai Hua Trading's office for a while, and Wu Zhigang came back. He had just supervised the loading of the goods onto the train to Moscow. Despite there were many staffs in Tai Hua Trading, Wu Zhigang still had many things to do like the overall in-charge.

But Wu Zhigang does not have any complaints. Feng Yu had given him a high salary, bonuses and even gave him a car to drive. He also had a handphone. With such welfare, Wu Zhigang was too embarrassed to slack off at work.

Wu Zhigang had heard that the year-end bonus this year will be a surprise. But he still does not know what it was. He was a bit nervous when he heard that the boss had returned suddenly.

There was nothing wrong with the business recently, and the trade volume had increased the past few months. Sales and profits had been growing steadily. Did something happen?

"Manager Feng."

"Ah, Zhigang, come and have a seat. How is the business recently?"

"Not bad. This quarter's profits should be more than 10% more than in the previous quarter. There are a few suppliers approached us, and I had signed the contracts with a few of them."

"Hmmm… All of you had worked hard. I will not look at the reports as I am in a rush. Since everyone is here, then I will announce something. CCTV will be producing a new variety show and need some contestants…… Who wants to participate?"

Feng Yu picked up his teacup and took a sip. He noticed that no one had uttered a word, but from their eyes, he could tell that all of them wants to go!

Wu Zhigang hesitated for a while and said: "I will not be going. I will let them have this opportunity."

Feng Yu nodded. Wu Zhigang had established his authority in Tai Hua Trading over the years. Of course, this was due to his hard work. Feng Yu was assured to let him run the company.

"I think it will be hard to pick the ones to participate from all of you. Let's draw lots. Whoever that picked the winning lot will get to go. I cannot promise or help the ones who participate in the show win the grand prize. It will be up to you all. But all of you should not be jealous when you see others winning the prizes." Draw lots. This was the fairest method.

"Did all of you hear that? Don't disgrace our company when you are in Beijing CCTV. Come. I have a bunch of new pencils here. I had made a marking on one of them. The lucky one who had picked the winning lot will be giving the rest a treat tonight." Wu Zhigang lifted a bunch of pencils in his hand.

"Ah……. It''s me! I got the pencil with the marking! I will be on TV! I will be on TV!" A young lady from the accounts department picked the pencil with the marking was jumping with joy.

Feng Yu: "……" She was already so excited to be on TV? She was not excited because she got the chance to win the prizes?

The rest of the staffs were disappointed. This young lady had joined the company recently, and she was the luckiest among them! She will appear on TV in front of viewers all over China!

"I will not be joining all of you for dinner. I still need to go to the Machinery Company and will be leaving tonight. Work hard. I promise that all of you will not be disappointed with this year's bonus!"

Using the same method, drawing lots, Feng Yu picked a representative from Bing City Machinery Company and Bing City Pharmaceutical Enterprise respectively. The ones that were selected were jumping up and down with joy. They were excited to be participating in a CCTV variety show. This was much better than being a live audience at CCTV.

At night, Feng Yu took a train back to Beijing. It was the national holidays soon, and he wants to bring Li Na along back to Hong Kong.

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"Why are you back?" Li Na looked at Feng Yu happily. If it weren't for her classmates beside her, she would have jumped into Feng Yu's arms.

"I am here to fetch you. Didn't we agree that you will come to Hong Kong during the National Holidays? I am afraid that you will be bored to travel on a plane alone." Feng Yu had returned back for Lenovo, but in front of Li Na, it became that he had purposely returned for her.

Li Na smiled. She was a simple and innocent girl. She will never think that Feng Yu would lie to her. She looked at Feng Yu and asked: "Are you tired? Actually, I can go to Hong Kong by myself."

"It is different. This is a show of my sincerity! I had bought the plane tickets for tomorrow afternoon. We will be flying to Guangzhou, and we will reach tomorrow night. Then we will be going to Hong Kong by ship. Have you ever traveled by ship?"

Li Na shook her head. She looked excited: "No. I had only sat in a small boat with you."

"This time we will be on a big ship. When we reach Hong Kong, we can still go on a yacht. Come, let's go for dinner." Feng Yu could not stop flaunting in front of Li Na. Maybe it was his male instincts. Males would always want to exhibit their strengths in front of females.

"I still have not packed."

"There is no need for you to pack. We can buy everything in Hong Kong. The clothes there is much nicer!" Feng Yu said proudly.

Feng Yu had already prepared Li Na's travel documents. He asked Master Lu for help, and it was settled within a day.

After dinner, both returned home straight. It's been a while since them met. That night, Feng Yu felt Li Na was more passionate.

The morning sun shines through the curtains onto Feng Yu's face. Feng Yu turned to his side and noticed that Li Na was not beside him. He slowly opened his eyes, and he heard someone cooking in the kitchen.

"Nana, why are you up so early? It is only 7am." Feng Yu was only wearing his briefs, and he hugged Li Na from the back.

"You are not wearing your clothes." Li Na scolded. 7 am was still early? She was used to getting up so early as her classes start at 8 am.

"We are the only people in this house. What's wrong?"

"I am afraid you will catch a cold."

"Stop joking. Don't you know how fit I am? I will catch a cold? Why not let's do some exercise together to warm me up?" Feng Yu said with an evil laugh, and his hands start roaming about on Li Na.

"Stop it. The egg is getting burnt." Li Na slapped Feng Yu's hands.

Feng Yu still wanted to do something terrible to Li Na when his mobile phone rang. Who is calling so early in the morning?!

"Hello? Who are you?"

"Manager Feng? It's me. I have two important news to tell you." Deputy Chief Jia's voice was heard over the phone.

"Don't tell me that it is bad news. Are there any problems with the variety show? The Station Chief does not agree to produce it?" Feng Yu felt his eyelid twitching.

Feng Yu's biggest worry was for something bad to happen to this variety show. He had already picked some participants for this variety show. If it were canceled, he would be ashamed to face those participants.

"Cough…… The TV station had discussed this variety show, and it can be aired. We had already started to set up the production team and had finalized the host. Ni Ping will be the host of this program."

There were no problems with the variety show? Then why was Chief Jia hesitating?

"Chief Jia, we have known each other for quite some time. You do not need to beat around the bush. Just tell me what's wrong." Feng Yu said.

"The biggest problem is this program might not be airing on CCTV 2. The station wants this program to be aired on CCTV 3."

"Huh? Change to CCTV 3?!"

"Yes. The head of CCTV 2 is the Station Chief man. I am in no position to interfere with the program's arrangements. The Station Chief also felt that this variety show does not have any highlights and the ratings might not be good. It should not be shown on the satellite channel."

"Chief Jia, you are the top deputy, and you can't even make arrangements for this show to be aired on CCTV 2? CCTV 2 still have lots of re-runs of old programs. Why can't you replace one of them?" Feng Yu felt this was too ridiculous.

Although Deputy Chief Jia was not the station chief, he was supposed to be the one taking over the position of Station Chief. How can he not be able to settle such a small problem?

"They did agree to let us have a slot on the satellite channel. But the timing was not good. It was on Wednesdays after 10.30 PM. That timing will ruin this program." Deputy Chief Jia was also unhappy about this. He was the producer of this Happy Dictionary variety show. There was a vast difference between CCTV 2, a satellite channel, and CCTV 3, a local channel.

If Chief Jia had not been promoted to the number one Deputy Station Chief, he would still be the head of CCTV 2. He had only been promoted recently, and now, no one in CCTV 2 listens to him!

The reason given to him left him speechless. The programs that were airing now had excellent ratings and cannot be replaced with Happy Dictionary. Also, the advertising fees for Happy Dictionary was too low! CCTV still does not know that the person who came up with this program was Feng Yu.

Feng Yu was also feeling helpless. There was no internet TV now. Wednesdays after 10.30 PM? How many ratings can this show get at this timing? A good variety show will be ruined!

"Then what about CCTV 1? There are no good time slots?"

"It is impossible for CCTV 1. The programs on CCTV 1 are all new and cannot be replaced. Also, the Station Chief oversees CCTV 1. I cannot go straight to the Station Chief."

Deputy Chief Jia had made it very clear. The Station Chief still was not retired, and if he were to interfere with CCTV 1 programs, others would think that he was too eager to take over that position. It will affect his prospect of him being promoted.

"Then I will increase the advertising fees. It's not a big deal. What does the head of CCTV 2 want? How much more advertising fees do I need to pay?" It must be the advertising fees was not enough.

"This is not about the advertising fees. Our show is set to be aired after the New Year. It was mainly because they do not think much about our program and felt that it is not worthy to be aired on a satellite!"

"Chief Jia, if this is the case, then I will go to other satellite channels. I heard that Ludong TV and Zhejiang TV will be starting their satellite channels. I think they will be happy to produce this variety show. I had made myself very clear. If it is not a satellite channel, it will ruin this program!"

"Feng Yu, it is useless. We have already started the preparations for this program. Do you think the other satellite channels can still produce similar programs?"

Fuck. They were hooligans. They had gotten the concept of my variety show, and now they were telling me that it cannot be aired on a satellite channel?

"Deputy Station Chief Jia. You are not fair to me!" Feng Yu addressed Chief Jia as Deputy Station Chief. He was very pissed with him. If this program were not on the satellite channel, the advertising effect would not be good. How would he answer to those participants he picked?

"Actually CCTV 3 is also not bad. It will also be converted to a satellite channel in 2 years. How about this? I will help you get two more good advertising slots during the coming auctions." Deputy Station Chief was also feeling embarrassed.

"Chief Jia. Tell them that if this show is not on CCTV 2 primetime, then I will not be buying any advertising slots for the coming year!

Big corporation bullying the customer? Now it is the customer that intimidates the corporation!

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Deputy Station Chief Jia was nervous when he heard what Feng Yu said. He tried to persuade Feng Yu, but Feng Yu ignored him. Instead, Feng Yu told him that he will not be sponsoring the coming Spring Festival Gala Night and the New Year Gala Dinner. He will go to Ludong TV or Zhejiang TV as a form of congratulating them for being a satellite channel. Feng Yu thinks that they will be very supportive of him and will pull all their resources to make the show a success.

Feng Yu was threating Deputy Chief Jia. Deputy Chief Jia can no longer sit still. He immediately reported this matter to the Station Chief. But he did not say that Feng Yu wanted a weekday primetime slot on CCTV. Instead, he told the Station Chief that Feng Yu demands for a primetime weekend slot.

The Station Chief was furious. But when he thought about it carefully, he had no choice but to give in to Feng Yu's demand. The New Year Gala Dinner had been successful for the past two years, and if this special program stopped this year, the whole nation would be scolding CCTV. As the Station Chief, he will be the number one target!

If this really happens, the Station Chief will not have to wait to retire two years later. He might be removed from his position within this year! Also, CCTV's advertising slots auctions will be starting soon. If Feng Yu pulled out from the auctions, it would significantly affect the sales of their advertising slots. The Station Chief was also puzzled on Feng Yu's threat over a variety show.

The Station Chief suspects that it was Deputy Chief Jia that was creating trouble for him. He asked for Feng Yu's number and called Feng Yu personally. Feng Yu told him the same thing. Either it's a win-win situation, or they will go on separate ways!

CCTV finally agreed to Feng Yu's demands, and they will not increase the product placement fees. Feng Yu was satisfied with this outcome and agreed to continue to bid for the advertising slots and help CCTV increase the prices of their slots. He will also continue to sponsor the New Year Gala Dinner and the Spring Festival Gala Night.

It was necessary to be tough sometimes.

……

Feng Yu and Li Na arrived at Guangzhou and boarded the ferry to Hong Kong.

When they arrived in Hong Kong, it was already dark. Hong Kong was also known as Pearl of the Orient. The bright lights from the buildings lit up the skies. It was really a beautiful scene.

"Wa……. Hong Kong is wonderful…. Look at that building. It's so tall….. Look at that……." Along the way, Li Na was behaving like a country bumpkin. She was fascinated by everything she saw.

Hong Kong was more prosperous and developed than Beijing. There were many skyscrapers, and the roads were wide and leveled. There was also no shortage of electricity. Hong Kong's night scenery was more beautiful than the day. But Feng Yu had seen the big cities of China 20 years later, and this was nothing compared to then.

Driver Old Chen was seated in front driving the car. After being reprimanded by Feng Yu previously, he does not dare to look into the rear-view mirror. He sent Feng Yu and Li Na home. Feng Yu made arrangements with him to pick them up at 9 am tomorrow, and Old Chen left.

"This should not be the school hostel." Li Na curiously asked. Even if this was Hong Kong University, the hostels should not be so good.

"I had bought this apartment. You are visiting Hong Kong for the first time. I cannot be letting you stay at a hotel. Furthermore, I will not lose money from this apartment. I can sell it two years later and still be able to make some money. You should be tired after traveling the whole day. Come, let's bath together."

"Who wants to bath with you?" Li Na blushed. She was moved because Feng Yu had bought an apartment just for her visit.

"I want to bath with you. This bathtub is really comfortable. Come and try it." Feng Yu carried Li Na up and walked into the bathroom with a naughty grin on his face.

The next morning, Old Chen came to pick them. Feng Yu brought Li Na to try Hong Kong's traditional breakfast. It was Dim Sum. There were buns, shrimp dumplings, porridge, etc. The food was delicious, and both of them ate a lot. Maybe they had used too much energy last night.

This day, Feng Yu brought Li Na to shop at the commercial district. Feng Yu bought all the clothes Li Na tried in the shops. The salesgirls were shocked. The mainlanders were so wealthy now? Feng Yu was even more generous than those Hong Kong tycoons.

The salesgirls tried to flirt with Feng Yu but were ignored. All of them were unhappy with this young girl from China. How did she hook up with such a wealthy man?

Feng Yu was young and rich. He still can be considered as good looking. Feng Yu was the prince charming in the eyes of those salesgirls. But Feng Yu was also speechless. Li Na was not bothered when she saw those salesgirls trying to flirt with him.

Was Li Na really not bothered by those salesgirls? When she was in the dressing room, she secretly peeps at Feng Yu several times. She noticed that Feng Yu was unfazed by those salesgirls and she was relieved.

Feng Yu had stayed in Hong Kong for quite some time, and Li Na was worried that Feng Yu would change. She had heard that Hong Kong was a place full of temptations. But Feng Yu's actions, she knew her Feng Yu was still the same! She felt terrible to suspect Feng Yu.

At night, Fu Guangzheng appeared and invited Feng Yu and Li Na to a hotel for dinner. They had Chinese cuisine again. Feng Yu had brought Li Na to try western cuisine. But Li Na does not like it, and she does not like the troublesome table etiquettes. Fu Guangzheng had asked Feng Yu about Li Na's preferences before inviting them.

"Brother Feng, the yacht is ready. Tomorrow's weather will be good, and the waves will not be strong. I can bring you and Miss Li out to sea."

Feng Yu had borrowed a yacht from Fu Guangzheng. It was Li Na's first visit to Hong Kong. How can he not bring her out to sea?

"Thanks." Feng Yu raised gave a toast to Fu Guangzheng.

Fu Guangzheng bottoms up his mug. He was troubled. Why Feng Yu does not like red wine? Why does he like beer so much? Drinking too much beer will cause burping. Burping during meals was rude.

Red wine was sour and acidic, and Feng Yu does not like that taste. He firmly believes that those who claim to like red wines were pretending to be high class!

Bing City was the city that had the highest beer consumption in China. The residents from Bing City had been drinking beer since young.

"Brother Feng, I have prepared everything for tomorrow's outing. You do not need to bring anything. The captain is experienced, and you do not need to worry. Miss Li, what else do you need? I will ask the captain to prepare for you." Fu Guangzheng was meticulous in his preparations.

"I'm fine. Thank you, Brother Fu."

……

When they saw the yacht, Feng Yu and Li Na were excited. No wonder so many tycoons like to buy yachts. Hmmm…. later I must get Guangzheng to pass me the contacts to buy a yacht.

"Nana, come over here. The captain said that we can try to steer the yacht for a while." Feng Yu was steering the yacht. It felt better than driving a car.

"I can also try steering it? Hurry up and let me try it." Li Na had never expected she would be steering a yacht. She was behaving like a kid who had discovered a new toy.

The captain was standing beside Li Na guiding her and at the same time, looking at all the gauges on the dashboard. Safety was still his top priority.

Eh? There was a yacht in front signaling them to slow down. That was…… Li's Family yacht!

"Mr. Feng, the yacht in front belongs to the Li Family. They are signaling to us that they want to approach us. What are your instructions?"

"Li Family? Which Li Family?"

"Superman Li's family!"

Superman Li's family? Who was the one on board that yacht? Superman Li or his son? Feng Yu had wanted to know the Li family all along. His opportunity had finally come.

Translator's notes:

Li Ka Shing a.k.a. Superman Li

https/en./wiki/Li_Ka-shing

Hong Kong's iconic breakfast.

https/en./wiki/Dim_sum

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Both yachts slowed down and were sailing side by side. Before Feng Yu could walk out of the cabin and he heard someone shouting: "Is it Brother Guangzheng?"

Feng Yu walked out of the cabin and saw a young man wearing shades on the other yacht. That young man was also shocked when he saw Feng Yu. Wasn't this Guangzheng's yacht? Who is this young man?

"Are you Second Young Master of the Li Family? I am Fu Guangzheng's friend. I had borrowed his yacht to come out to sea." Feng Yu shouted. This second son of Superman Li looks like he was really young.

Li Zekai frowned. Why was this person speaking with a Chinese accent? Wait. Could this person be the mysterious Chinese partner of the Fu Family, Manager Feng? He had heard rumors that Manager Feng was very young. The age of the person in front was young too. He might be that mysterious Manager Feng.

"Are you Mr. Feng from China?"

"What? Mr. Li know me?" Feng Yu was pleased. If Li Zekai had heard of him, then he must have been monitoring him. It would be easier for Feng Yu to get to know him.

"Of course I had heard of you. I am going to that small island in front. Do you want to join me?" Li Zekai invited Feng Yu.

"My pleasure. Let's meet at that small island."

Back in the cabin, Feng Yu told the captain to follow Li Zekai's yacht and anchor near the island.

Li Na moved closer: "Who is that Second Young Master?"

"He is the second son of Hong Kong's biggest tycoon, Superman Li. He is a friend of Fu Guangzheng, and he thought Guangzheng was onboard the yacht just now. That's why he stopped us to say hello. He is going to that small island too. We will have two friends with us on that island."

Li Na does not know who Superman Li was too. Feng Yu was the richest person she had ever met. He could buy whatever he wants. If Feng Yu said that Superman Li was a Hong Kong Tycoon, then he must be someone very wealthy.

Half an hour later, the yacht anchored near the small island. There was a small boat at the rear of the yacht, and a crew member ferried Feng Yu and Li Na to the boat.

Li Zekai had already arrived on the island. He was standing on the beach waiting for Feng Yu. A sexy pretty lady was standing by his side. That lady was not Miss Liang, Feng Yu knew from his previous life. Miss Liang should be still in kindergarten now.

"Mr. Feng, nice to meet you. This is my friend, Shen Huihui." Li Zekai extended his hand for a handshake.

"Nice to meet you, Young Master Li. This is my girlfriend, Li Na. She had just arrived from Beijing." Li Zekai had introduced his partner to Feng Yu, and Feng Yu must do the same too. But that Shen Huihui should not be only a friend.

This Young Master Li really knows how to enjoy life compared to Feng Yu. He had come to this deserted island with beach chairs and umbrellas. He also brought tables, tents, and a BBQ pit. He looks like he was prepared to cook his lunch there.

When all of them were seated, Shen Huihui opened a bottle of champagne and poured each of them a glass. Feng Yu laughed when he saw Li Na feeling uneasy. He moved closer to Li Na and whisper to her: "Don't need to feel restrained. I am richer than him!"

This was the truth. Li Zekai's wealth was only tens of million USD. He could not be compared to Feng Yu. Feng Yu was used to dine with Fu Rongqi, and he does not feel intimated by Li Zekai.

Li Na almost laughed when she heard what Feng Yu said, and she playfully gave Feng Yu a punch. She felt more at ease after that.

"I am envious of Mr. Feng and Miss Li." Li Zekai laughed.

"Yes. We had grown up together and can be considered childhood sweethearts." Feng Yu joked. Li Zekai does not have a good reputation with women. He had girlfriends all over the world. The tabloids had more stories of him and various girls than those movie stars.

Li Zekai was very different from his elder brother in this aspect. This was also why Superman Li likes his elder brother. Superman Li was prepared to pass his fortune to his eldest son instead of Li Zekai. This was obvious. Li Zekai's character was not too good. There were rumors that Li Zekai had fallen out his Superman Li and he does not have a good relationship with his elder brother!

Feng Yu suspects that Li Zekai could be friends with Fu Guangzheng was because Fu Guangzheng was also not liked by his father. Both were not the eldest and were not groomed to be the next head of the family. Most importantly, both of them were womanizers!

Feng Yu had known Fu Guangzheng for many years, and during this period, Fu Guangzheng had changed countless girlfriends. Both of them were the same kind.

"Hahaha. I studied overseas, and I do not have the good fortune like you. I heard that you and Fu Guangzheng are partners in many businesses?" Li Zekai asked. He was still not sure if Mr. Feng was that big boss in China.

"I do not like to manage the company and just happen. Brother Fu is good at management. So, every time I make any investment, I will ask Brother Fu along. These few years, we have made some money together." Feng Yu placed his glass on the table and swallowed a freshly peeled grape given to him by Li Na.

Li Zekai was sure that this person was that mysterious Manager Feng. There were rumors that this person had lots of connections and had never made losses from his investments. Fu Guangzheng's wealth had increased by several folds within a few years. His wealth was now more than him.

There were also rumors that Fu Family's head, Fu Rongqi, had followed this person to trade in London Gold and had made high profits.

There must be a reason for these rumors. Li Zekai wants to befriend Feng Yu no matter what.

Li Zekai's father had told him to invest in mainland China. Many industries in China were still in the starting phases, and there were lots of opportunities. Even if it was a low-risk investment like properties, there would always be high profits. If he were to invest in financial instruments, then the profits will be higher.

If Li Zekai could get the help of a China big boss, then his risk will be lowered significantly.

"Mr. Feng are you in Hong Kong for vacation?" Li Zekai looked at Feng Yu. Was this Manager Feng here in Hong Kong for some investments?

"School."

Li Zekai had thought of lots of possibilities, but he was wrong. Feng Yu's answer was school.

Li Zekai had dropped out of the university. He felt that he could learn the same things at work. A university certification means nothing to him. He went to university was to gain some basic knowledge and make friends. To him, making friends was more important than learning all the basics.

There were rumors that this Manager Feng had a personal wealth of tens of millions USD and why does he still want to attend school? Even if he wants to carry on his education, he should be going to the prestigious universities in the US or Europe. Hong Kong University? It was not even considered one of the top universities in the world, and there were several universities in Asia that were better than it.

Li Zekai does not know what to say, and he could only toast with Feng Yu.

"What are you busy with recently? TV station?" If Feng Yu's memories did not fail him, Li Zekai should be investing in Hong Kong's satellite TV station, StarTV. This TV station will become Phoenix Chinese Channel in a few more years. It seems that Li Zekai will sell his TV station to Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch this year or next year. He will make lots of profits from this deal.

"Mr. Feng have also heard of my satellite TV station? But I had already finalized a deal with Australia's Rupert Murdoch and had just signed the deal with him a few days ago. This satellite TV station no longer belongs to my family." Li Zekai was surprised that Feng Yu knew he owns a TV station. Seems like this Feng Yu was also interested in him.

The TV station was sold? This means that the little Superman will be setting up Pacific Century Group? Feng Yu wonders if he could buy a stake in this Pacific Century Group….

Translator's notes: Who eats a grape with the skins peeled? It tastes better with the skin, and it is tedious to peel a grape.

Miss Liang mentioned in the chapter was referring to Richard Li's ex-wife.

Li Zekai, Richard Li.

https/en./wiki/Richard_Li

Richard Li's ex-wife.

https/en./wiki/Isabella_Leong

An article on Richard Li's StarTV

https//article/124893/mogul-takes-all-star

Rupert Murdoch

https/en./wiki/Rupert_Murdoch

Information about Pacific Century Group

https/en./wiki/Pacific_Century_Group

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Seeing that Feng Yu and Li Zekai were having a conversation, and the BBQ set up, Li Na pulled Shen Huihui towards the BBQ pit to prepare lunch. She does not want to disturb her man.

Li Zekai looked at Feng Yu enviously. How come his girlfriend was so understanding and pretty? Li Zekai's girlfriend only know how to pester him!

"Young Master Li, you should make quite a sum after selling your TV station. Are you going to set up the Pacific Century Group?" Feng Yu purposely asked.

Feng Yu knew that satellite TV station was Superman Li's investment. He had only assigned Li Zekai to manage it. Li Zekai will just have a company under his name, which was Pacific Century Group.

Superman Li, like most of the influential families in Hong Kong, trusted his eldest son more. The eldest son was being groomed to be his successor. As for the second son, it's okay if he is capable. If they are not capable, it is fine too, as the elder brother will take care of his siblings. If both sons were very capable, they might fight over the family's assets after he was gone.

But Feng Yu knew the Li Zekai in his previous life had made lots of good investments and received high returns. Although it was partly due to Superman Li, Li Zekai was still very capable.

Li Zekai had wanted to walk out of Superman Li's shadows. All his businesses were different from the Li Family's traditional businesses and were successful.

This was why Li Zekai earned the nickname of Little Superman. The media felt that Li Zekai's character was more similar to Superman Li, compared to his elder brother, Li Zeju.

This was why Feng Yu purposely asked Li Zekai that question. He wanted to know if the rumors were true. If the stories were true, then Li Zekai should need money now!

"I had just set up the Pacific Century Group, and you know about it?" Li Zekai looked at Feng Yu. This Feng Yu had stronger connections then he expected.

Feng Yu raised his brows. Just set up? Damn. I thought it was set up for quite some time. This means Pacific Century Group had just started and was still not influential yet.

"Hahaha. I heard it from Brother Fu. Oh, is this Pacific Century Group fully owned by you?"

"It's mine. Why are you asking?" Li Zekai could guess what Feng Yu wants.

"I am wondering if I can have the honor to invest in Pacific Century Group?" Feng Yu smiled and asked.

"Mr. Feng wants to invest in my company? Why?" Li Zekai does not understand. His company was focusing on technology, and his father thinks that this company will not be doing well. This Feng Yu wants to invest? This was weird.

"In China, there is a saying, Science and technology are primary productive forces. I firmly believe that technology will change our lives and our future! Therefore, I like technological products like humidifiers, bladeless fans, VCD players, etc. These products can be considered technological products and are popular all over the world. Both Brother Fu and I received high returns from these products. Your company is also a technological company, and I believe that your company will be profitable."

Feng Yu's explanation was straightforward, and Li Zekai does not believe him. No businessman will make investments based on their interests. These types of businessmen might become rich overnight but will not be sustainable in the long run. Investment decisions must be made wisely. This way, the returns from the investments will be high.

However, Li Zekai was interested in Feng Yu's intention of investing in his company. He had invited Feng Yu along to this island was to get to know Fu Guangzheng's business partner.

Li Zekai's father and brother do not think much about his company. Although his father had given him a sum of money, that money was what he should get for managing the satellite TV station.

If Superman Li were supportive of him, he would have given him a more significant sum of money.

Why was elder brother allowed to join Cheung Kong Holdings once he graduated and was promoted to Vice Chairman and General Manager within a few years? Why was he given Cheung Kong Holdings shares by his father and hold key positions in many listed companies?

Li Zekai was only given the task to manage a TV station and some other businesses that were not doing well? Now, he still must sell off the TV station he developed. What else does he have now?

Li Zekai felt that he had the abilities, but his father did not give him the chance to shine. His father would reject him whenever he made some suggestions. His father wants him to move up the ranks slowly and follow his instructions. He hated this!

Li Zekai wants to show his results to his father. He wants to prove that all his suggestions were right. He can be as capable as his elder brother!

All of you does not think my Pacific Century Group would succeed and are not willing to invest in me? Then I will look for investors myself. I can still manage without your help!

Now, Feng Yu expressed interest in his company and this was what he wanted. But Li Zekai did not agree immediately. After all, this was their first meeting, and he still does not know Feng Yu well.

Li Zekai intends to ask Fu Guangzheng out for a chat. He wants to get Fu Guangzheng to invest in his company, and also, to find out more about Feng Yu. He needs to know about Feng Yu's abilities and character. Most importantly, Feng Yu's reputation.

If Feng Yu's reputation were not good, he would not let Feng Yu invest even if Feng Yu had the capabilities. Others would look down on him if he allowed someone with a lousy reputation to invest in his company.

Although Li Zekai was not on good terms with his family, he also does not want his family's reputation to be affected. Deep in his heart, he was still proud to be a part of the Li Family.

All Li Zekai wanted was to prove himself to his father and elder brother. He does not want to be restrained. He does not want to be known as Superman Li's son and Li Zeju's younger brother.

"Mr. Feng, we can discuss this when we are back. We are here to enjoy ourselves today. The BBQ pit is set up. Let's go and help out."

Li Zekai did not agree with Feng Yu's investment immediately. This was very normal. If Li Zekai accepted without any consideration, then Feng Yu would suspect something was wrong.

Li Zekai does not know much about Feng Yu, and it was the same for Feng Yu. Feng Yu had only heard of Li Zekai in the news from his previous life. He had not met him personally. What if this Li Zekai was not as capable as the media claims? It does not matter if Feng Yu loses some money. His track record of not making losses from his investment would be broken!

"How is the BBQ? We are here to help." Feng Yu smiled and walked over to Li Na. He took a bite from a sausage Li Na cooked: "Taste good. The fire is just right. Come, let me show you my skills. Do you want to eat chicken wings?"

Li Zekai had also walked to Shen Huihui. He looked at the burnt chicken wing in Shen Huihui's hand and then looked at Feng Yu eating the well-cooked sausage. He sighed.

But 5 minutes later, Li Zekai's expression could not hide his embarrassment. The chicken wing he was cooking was burnt too!

On the other side, Feng Yu was feeding his girlfriend and cooking at the same time. Their loving antics made Li Zekai more depressed.

Translator's notes: It's been years since I BBQ. Traditional Chinese families tend to treat their eldest son better. The eldest son will be groomed to be the next head of the family. Even in Singapore, many Chinese families in the 50s to 60s only send their eldest son for further education. The rest of the siblings will just receive primary education and the eldest was expected to take care of the rest of the siblings. Thankfully, times had changed. I don't think this was still happening around us.

Victor Li, eldest son of Li Ka Shing.

https/en./wiki/Victor_Li_Tzar-kuoi

Cheung Kong Holdings

https/en./wiki/Cheung_Kong_Holdings

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Li Zekai was also a womanizer. At his young age, he had changed several girlfriends. This does not include the one night stands he had. His current girlfriend was a lawyer he got to know from his business dealings.

At first, Li Zekai felt this girlfriend was excellent. She was pretty and had her own career. She was also from a good family. Her father was a Queen's Counsel and was considered someone prominent in Hong Kong.

Li Zekai was thinking of having a serious relationship with her and see if they were suitable to tie the knot. But today, he realized that woman should be more docile. Career or whatever was not necessary!

Look at Feng Yu. His girlfriend cooks whatever he wants, and if he were thirsty, his girlfriend would bring him water. When Feng Yu was sunbathing on the beach chair, his girlfriend would stay by his side and peel grapes for him. She would even extend her hand for Feng Yu to spit the seeds out.

Li Zekai looks at his girlfriend, Shen Huihui. Everything she cooks was burnt, and she still insists on coming here for a BBQ. If Feng Yu's yacht does not have a cook, they will not have anything edible for lunch!

Of course, Li Zekai also does not know how to cook, and he selectively chooses to forget about that.

"Nana, do you want to swim?"

Li Na had brought her swimsuit. Even though it was a one-piece swimsuit, she was embarrassed to change into with Li Zekai around. Furthermore, she does not know how to swim and need a float. Feng Yu felt it does not matter. What can be exposed in a one-piece swimsuit? Also, they were on the beach.

"I am not going. I will wait for you here while I sunbathe."

"The sun is too strong now. I have sunblock. Let me rub it on for you." Feng Yu took out his sunblock and start to rub it on Li Na.

"Stop. There are people around." When Feng Yu was rubbing Li Na's legs, she stopped him.

"Look at them. This is very normal. Those athletes in the Olympic games also do not wear a lot when they are swimming or performing gymnastics."

"Their coaches also do not help them put on sunblock." Li Na argued.

"I am not your coach. I am your boyfriend. Here, put on your shades to protect your eyes. This towel is for you. You can take a nap while I go swimming. If we are lucky, I might be able to catch a lobster or some seafood. We have a chef on our yacht. He can prepare it for us."

Li Shikai asked Shen Huihui to accompany him for a swim, but Shen Huihui refused. She wanted to rest for a while. Before Li Zekai could say anything, he saw Feng Yu going towards the water alone. He shook his head and followed Feng Yu.

"Young Master Li, why are you swimming alone?"

"You are also alone." Li Zekai replied.

"Oh, Nana does not know how to swim, and she is afraid of the sea. I asked her to take a rest and will accompany her later."

Li Zekai turned and looked at Shen Huihui. He was unhappy with her. Feng Yu's girlfriend did not enter the water because she does not know how to swim. You know how to swim, and yet you are not accompanying me? You were the one who suggested to go out to the sea, and now you are refusing to enter the water?!

"Young Master Li, there is a reef there. Will there be seafood?" Feng Yu asked excitedly. He had never tried catching seafood with his bare hands.

"Should be. Let's take a look." Li Zekai was bored and might as well tag along with Feng Yu. He could also take the opportunity to get to know Feng Yu better.

"Eh, is this oyster?" Feng Yu picked up an oyster and asked Li Zekai.

"Yes. Oyster can be eaten raw. It is good for man." Li Zekai looked at Feng Yu and smiled.

Damn, with my fitness, will I need to eat this? Hmmm… Little Superman had dark rings around his eyes. One look and I can tell his body was weak. He should be the one eating this.

"Really? Then I shall pick a few backs and see if it is effective. Oh, Young Master Li, do you need some?"

Li Zekai looked at Feng Yu. He noticed that Feng Yu did not get offended easily. It shows that he had a good character.

"Alright. I will also pick some back. When I was young, my father used to bring me to catch oysters. But as Hong Kong became more developed, we have to sail out to a deserted island to catch. Even on this island, it is tough to find." Li Zekai sighed.

"Tough to find? There are a lot of them beside me."

Li Zekai was stunned. He walked over to Feng Yu, and there were lots of oysters there. Damn. I had just said it was hard to find oyster and this Feng Yu found so many of them!

"Maybe it was because of the tides." Li Zekai replied embarrassedly.

"Oh really? I have never lived by the sea, and I do not know about all these. Other than oysters, what else can we catch?"

"What else? Starfish maybe. I am not sure about other seafood. I have come to this island several times and had not noticed any other seafood."

"Is that a lobster? Stop running!" Feng Yu jumped forward and caught a palm size lobster with his bare hand.

Li Zekai was dumbfounded. This small island had lobsters? He had come to this island several times but had never seen lobsters before. He had also swum to this reef before, and there was nothing.

"Maybe it's rare. The last time I came here, there were no lobsters."

"Rare? Look over there and there. There are at least 4 lobsters. Hahaha. Let's catch all of them for dinner. The lobsters we caught ourselves will be the freshest! Young Master Li, help me hold on to this lobster. I will go and catch the rest."

Li Zekai looked at the lobster in his hand. How could this be possible? Since when this area has so many lobsters? Was it because Feng Yu was lucky?

"Young Master Li, you continue catching them. I will go and bring the pail." Feng Yu held two lobsters in his hands and ran to Li Na to show off.

Li Na and Shen Huihui became interested and followed Feng Yu back to the reefs.

"Nana, there is a crab here. You can catch it from it's back. Be careful. Let me do it."

"Nana, look. It's a big lobster. Its claws can't reach it's back. Don't worry."

"Nana look at this big oyster I caught."

"Nana……"

Feng Yu's voice was all around. He kept showing off to Li Na. of course, it also means that he had caught lots of seafood. On the other hand, Li Zekai had tried his best, but he did not find any.

He was feeling even more frustrated when he saw the disappointment in Shen Huihui's eyes. All the seafood in this area were caught by Feng Yu!

When Li Zekai finally spotted a big crab, he felt it was his chance. He immediately ran after the crab, but he saw a hand scooping the crab up.

"Young Master Li, here. Your crab." Feng Yu saw the crab had run to his side and immediately pick it up by instinct. He knew Li Zekai was chasing after this crab and he passed it to him.

Li Zekai looked at the crab in Feng Yu's hand. He almost cried. He had finally spotted a crab, and Feng Yu was the one who caught it. Luckily Feng Yu was willing to give me that crab. This made him feel better.

"Oh, since you are the one who caught it, it belongs to you."

"Really? Thank you. Nana, look. I had caught another big crab!" Feng Yu turned and ran towards Li Na.

The smile on Li Zekai's face froze. He was only trying to be courteous. Give me back my crab…………..

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At 3 pm in the afternoon, all of them set sailed to return. Feng Yu and Li Na had a seafood feast on board the yacht before returning. Seafood tastes better when it was caught by themselves.

The next day, Feng Yu brought Li Na to some places of interests in Hong Kong. At the same time, Li Zekai called Fu Guangzheng out.

"Guangzheng. Over here."

"Young Master Li, why are you so free to ask me out for lunch today? Shouldn't you be busy with your new company?" Fu Guangzheng sat down opposite Li Zekai.

"No matter how busy I am, I should still dine with my friends. Oh, yesterday when I was out at sea, I saw your family' yacht. I thought you were on board, but it turns out to be Mr. Feng." Li Zekai pretended to be nonchalant about it.

"Oh, you have met Feng Yu? Brother Feng is my good friend. His girlfriend had come over from China for a holiday, and I lent him the yacht. Have you spoke to him?" Fu Guangzheng asked.

"We chatted for a while and had a BBQ lunch. Is this Mr. Feng your business partner in China?"

Fu Guanzheng nodded: "My first investment in China is with him. Later on, I joined him to invest many other investments."

Li Zekai was thinking in his heart. That Mr. Feng was really that wealthy Manager Feng.

"Among our fellow Hong Kong businessmen, your investments in China should be considered the highest?"

"I am not too sure about this. There should be some businessmen who had invested the same amount as me. But there should not be anyone who earns more than me." Fu Guangzheng said proudly.

The returns of Fu Guanzheng's investments in Feng Yu's businesses were more than 10 times his capital. If he counts the money he made from the sales company in Hong Kong, his profits were even higher.

When Fu Guangzheng just met Feng Yu, he does not even have 10 million. Now, he can easily amass 100 million.

At that time, Fu Guangzheng was envious of his elder brother because he was more successful, and his father liked him more. But now, his own assets were on par with his father and had exceeded his elder brother a long time ago. He was confident he will surpass his father within 3 years.

It was very rare for someone at his age in Hong Kong to amass his fortune. The only ones were the eldest sons of those influential families.

Just look at Li Zekai. He was the second son of Superman Li, and the company he set up was only worth tens of million HKD. His wealth was nowhere near Fu Guangzheng.

Li Zekai heard Fu Guangzheng's bragging, and his eyes narrowed. All of Feng Yu's businesses were profitable. From Fu Guangzheng's wealth to estimate, Feng Yu's shares should be at least 3 times more than Fu Guangzheng. That means Feng Yu's assets were now at least over 3 billion HKD?

How old was that Feng Yu? 20? He was so young and had already accumulated so many assets?

Li Zekai did not know that Feng Yu's assets were more than what he estimated. Just Feng Yu's assets in Japan was worth a few billion HKD. Feng Yu still has assets in Russia and the US. When the Sixth Sense Company was listed, his wealth will increase further!

"That Manager Feng is really capable. Who is his father?" Li Zekai asked.

"Senior Mr. Feng? I had only met him a few times. His father is a farmer." Fu Guangzheng was puzzled. Why was this Li ZeKai asking about Feng Yu?

Farmer? Feng Yu's father owns a big farm? But does China have those large farms? The Chinese government was the one assigning the land to the farmers. How can he own a big farm?

"Young Master Li, what are you thinking?"

"Oh, nothing. Feng Yu's father should have given him a large sum of money to start his business, right?"

"I heard that his father had not given him money. Feng Yu had made all his money by himself." Fu Guangzheng frowned. Feng Yu's father was just an ordinary farmer and was equivalent to the Hong Kong farmers in the outskirts. How much money will a farmer have? Also, he had chatted with Feng Yu's father before. It seems that Senior Mr. Feng does not know how to do business.

"He made all his money himself? What did he do to make so much money?" Li Zekai could not believe his ears. Was there really so many opportunities to make money in China?

"Feng Yu is into a lot of businesses. There are some that you surely know. He owns the patent of VCD technology. Both the VCD players brand in the market belongs to him. Also, you should know that I have a Hong Kong Aiwa company here. That company is a joint partnership with Feng Yu. He still owns the bladeless fans, humidifiers, etc. Oh, he also owns the second-best selling pager brand in China currently. He also has motorcycles, cars, agriculture machinery manufacturing businesses. I think he still has a beverage business and some medical products. I did not invest in these businesses."

"The profits of all these products are very high?"

"I am not too sure. But I know he had made quite a large sum from the bladeless fans, humidifiers and the learning machines as I was the one exporting those products to overseas. Most importantly, it was the patents he owns. He had almost monopolized many markets." Fu Guanzheng said.

"Young Master Li, why are you asking about all these?" Fu Guangzheng realized that something was off. Li Zekai had called him out for lunch and why was he kept asking about Feng Yu?

"Mr. Feng wants to invest in my company. Pacific Century Group!" Li Zekai did not hide from Fu Guangzheng.

Fu Guangzheng's eyes opened wide: "Young Master Li, are you sure you are not joking with me? Feng Yu wants to invest in your Pacific Century Group?"

Li Zekai became nervous when he saw Fu Guangzheng's expression: "Guangzheng, what's wrong? Are there any problems? Tell me!"

"Anything wrong? No. I have a question. Young Master Li, can you also let me invest in your company?" Fu Guangzheng looked at Li Zekai seriously.

Li Zekai opened his mouth. What's happening? Fu Guangzheng wants to invest in my company? Although he does have the intention of asking Fu Guangzheng to invest, he had not said anything yet.

"Guangzheng, why do you want to invest in my company?"

"I cannot invest? How about exchanging shares? I still own some Hong Kong companies' shares. I can let you pick one of them and exchange with you?"

"No, that's not it. Guangzheng, why do you want to invest in my company?"

"Because Feng Yu wants to invest in your company." Fu Guangzheng replied confidently.

Because Feng Yu wants to invest? What reason was this? Just because someone else was investing and you want to invest? You do not even know what my company is dealing with and you want to invest?

Why are you so confident about Feng Yu's decision? Then if you know that Feng Yu wanted to invest in my company without asking much details, will you still invest?

"Just because of this?"

"Yes. Young Master Li, I had my doubts when I heard you are setting up a technology company. Everyone was saying that you might not succeed. But now, I am sure you will succeed!" Fu Guangzheng confidently said.

"You think I will succeed?" Li Zekai was overjoyed. He had finally found someone who believes in him!

"Actually, I trusted Feng Yu. He had never made any loss with his investments. Not even once. All of his investments had high returns! Since he wants to invest in your company, that means your company has high potential. I had missed several opportunities. I must not miss it this time. Young Master Li, how about it? Please consider letting me invest in your company. I can also exchange shares with you."

Li Zekai could not believe his ears. This Fu Guangzheng was considered one of Hong Kong's best businessman in their generation. He was not considered young too. Yet, he was full of respect for that Feng Yu!

Seems like he needs to carefully consider about Feng Yu's investment into his company.

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3 days later, Feng Yu sent Li Na off at the airport. This time, Li Na does not want Feng Yu to fly back with her. But Feng Yu still called Wen Dongjun to picked Li Na from the airport. He had lent Wen Dongjun his car in Beijing. So it should not be a problem to ask him to help fetch Li Na.

This was mainly due to the amount of luggage Li Na was bring back. Feng Yu had bought too many things for her. Clothes, shoes, etc. There were also some Hong Kong specialties. If no one were to help Li Na in Beijing, she would not be able to bring everything home. Furthermore, Feng Yu had bought some specialties for Wen Dongjun. A box of Hong Kong famous Lao Po Cake.

After Li Na left, Feng Yu returned to school. Hong Kong University does not have holidays on October 1st. Hong Kong was still under British rule.

Hong Kong University does not mark attendances. Feng Yu had skipped some classes, and his lecturers did not notice about this. Maybe they had forgotten about having such a student.

Feng Yu was also happy with the freedom he had. He gets to pick the lectures he likes. But when he does not have anything to do, he will still attend his lessons. He was bored staying at home alone. Most of the TV programs were in Cantonese. There should at least have more English programs.

If there were no English programs, they could also air some Japanese movies……..

"Brother Feng, why are you here?" Fu Guangwei's expression looked like he had picked up gold when he saw Feng Yu.

Feng Yu: "……" Why can't I come over? Even though we were not studying in the same faculty, but my name was also written on the door.

"I am bored at home." Feng Yu replied.

"Bored? Do you want me to bring you to clubs? I know a club where there are many hot ladies!" When Fu Guangwei talks about having fun, his eyes sparkled.

Feng Yu looked at Fu Guangwei with despise. Clubs? Hot ladies? How can a Wealthy second generation be such a loser?!

All the other wealthy second generations would look for models or those pretty young girls. Would those girls with thick makeup in the clubs be pretty after removing their makeup?

"If you want to go, just go alone. Don't drag me along. I am not interested in clubs." Feng Yu shook his head and took out a book from his bag.

"Brother Feng, my sister……"

"Don't talk about your sister. I am not familiar with her. Also, stop trying to matchmake the both of us. You should know how your sister is like." Feng Yu's face turned black when Fu Mengying was mentioned.

Feng Yu had made things clear with Fu Mengying. Could it be that Fu Rongbing still does not know about Feng Yu's attitude on this matter?

"No. Brother Feng, I am not trying to matchmake the both of you. I am only curious. The last time my sister came back, she kept saying good things about you." Fu Guangwei looked confused. How come both of them reacted differently?

"She said nice things about me? Nevermind. Since there is no one else around, I will tell you the truth. The last time she was using me as a shield to prevent your father from introducing men to her. I have a girlfriend, and we had dined with Fu Guangzheng two days ago. All of you should forget about me. She said good things about me was just to fool your father." Feng Yu said.

Damn. This crazy woman was too much. If it weren't for the Fu Family, Feng Yu would have fallen out with her!

Fu Guangwei embarrassedly said: "Ah? I will give her a scolding when I return home. Brother Feng doesn't be angry. I will pay for the drinks tonight."

"No need. If you want to drink, you can go alone. I intend to watch a movie tonight."

Drinking with friends is an enjoyable activity. But drinking with someone like Fu Guangwei, who was on a different frequency, was called entertaining.

Does Feng Yu need to entertain Fu Guangwei?

"Watch the movie at night?" Fu Guangwei blinked and asked with a lecherous look: "Are you going to watch the midnight shows?"

Midnight shows? Damn. What was this moron thinking? How did he grow up as a wealthy second generation?

"Mind your own business. I am watching a horror film!"

"I know. Horror film. Brother Feng, do you need me to recommend a good cinema? I guarantee that the screens are big and clear."

"Get lost…."

Damn. How can there be such a vast difference between both Fu family members? Where was his upbringing? His family antics? Could it be Fu Guangzheng was hiding his true nature from him?

Hmmm… High possibility!

……

"Mengying, where are you going at this hour?" Fu Rongbing stopped his daughter who was sneaking out.

"Dad, I am going to the movies with friends."

"Watch a movie? What movie are you watching?"

"A horror movie. Lin Zhengying acted in this movie. I heard good reviews about this film and tomorrow will be the last day. If I don't watch it today, I will miss it." Fu Mengying pleaded her father with her eyes.

Fu Guangwei who was playing chess with his father suddenly raises his head: "Sis, what did you say? You are going to watch a horror film?"

"That's right. What's wrong? You want to join me?" Fu Mengying asked. But in her heart, she was praying that her brother would not tag along.

Fu Guangwei had a mischievous smile on his face: "You are going with your friend? Is your friend a man or a girl?"

"He is a man. Why are you asking so many questions?" Fu Mengying shouted.

"Man? Good. Hurry up and go. Don't let your friend wait. You can come back later tonight. Enjoy yourself." Fu Rongbing laughed.

The father of an 18 years old' girl should forbid his daughter to go out so late at night or would be worried sick when his daughter go out with another man.

But Fu Mengying was different. When Fu Rongbing heard that his daughter was going out with a man to watch a movie, he was full of smiles. He was even willing to send his daughter personally to the cinema.

His daughter had finally agreed to go out with another man. This was an improvement. His doctor had said that his daughter might recover from her "illness' if she was willing to go out with men more often.

Fu Rongbing would rather his daughter to change boyfriends frequently than have girlfriends!

Fu Mengying stomped out of the house and slammed the door shut. Fu Guangwei also took the opportunity to mess up the chess pieces as he was losing.

"Damn brat. What are you doing?!" Fu Rongbing scolded.

"Dad, I know who is going to the movies with sister!" Fu Guangwei said.

"Who?" Fu Rongbing asked.

"Dad, my allowances for this month is not enough."

"Come with me upstairs. I will give you 50,000 HKD more for this month!" Fu Rongbing replied.

"Thank you. Sis must be going to the movies with Feng Yu. I met Feng Yu in school earlier today, and he said that he will be going to the movies at night. He is going to watch a horror film. Sis is also going to watch a horror film at night. Do you think this is coincidental?"

During the day, Fu Guangwei had believed Feng Yu's words. He thought that it was impossible between Feng Yu and his sister. But now, he discovered that both of them were going for a movie date. No wonder his sister was unhappy the past few days. Feng Yu's girlfriend was in Hong Kong for the holidays.

Feng Yu had asked his sister out once his girlfriend left Hong Kong. Both of them were innocent? Feng Yu had tried to trick me during the day? You think you can fool me?

I am the super detective -- Wisely!

Translator's notes:

Lao Po Cake

https/en./wiki/Sweetheart_cake

Those who had watched Hong Kong vampire movies from the 80s and 90s will know who Lin Zhengying was. He was a great actor and had passed away in 1997. Here is more information about him.

https/en./wiki/Lam_Ching-ying

Wisely or Wesley is a character in a Chinese adventure science fiction novel written by Ni Kuang. I had read some and watched some movies adapted from his books.

https/en./wiki/Wisely_Series

https/en./wiki/Ni_Kuang

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That night, Feng Yu really went to the movies. But Fu Mengying went out with her friend. As for whether if her friend was a man or girl……

At about 7 plus in the evenings, Li Zekai returned home after dinner with his friends. When he reached home, Superman Li was sitting in the living room with his eldest son, Li Zeju. They were chatting and asked Li Zekai to join them as he entered the room,.

"Dad, Brother." Li Zekai was puzzled. At this hour, both of them should be in the study. Even if they were in the living room, they should be watching TV. Were they waiting for him?

"Zekai, have a seat. The satellite TV station is sold. How is your Pacific Century Group doing?" Superman Li asked.

"It's doing fine. I am looking for investors to raise funds. If I can't raise enough funds, I might get a bank loan." Loans were Li Zekai's last resort. Once he took a loan, it would be hard for him to get the company listed.

If his company was not listed, then he will not have enough funds to develop and will not reach the scale he wants. He would not be able to prove to his father that he was right!

"Looking for investors? Who did you look for?" Superman Li asked curiously.

"Fu Guangzheng of the Fu Family and a big boss from China."

"Dad, Fu Guangzheng is the second son of Fu Rongjing. He is the one managing the Fu Family's assets in China. He had been doing quite well in recent years." Li Zeju explained to his father.

Superman Li knew all the older Hong Kong Tycoons. Even if he was not close with them, but he had heard of their names. However, Superman Li does not know the younger generations nor remember their names!

"Oh… it's that kid. Not bad. Zekai, you are friends with him?" Superman Li nodded. He knew who Fu Guangzheng was after Li Zeju's explanation.

It was not a secret that the Fu Family had invested a significant amount in China. Many Hong Kong businessmen also had an investment in China. But the Fu Family was the only one who had invested the most and was the most successful.

Fu Rongqi dares to let a young man manage the Fu Family's assets in China, and that young man was still not the eldest son of their family. Superman Li really respect Fu Rongqi for making such decision.

The Fu Family was indeed one of the influential Hong Kong families. They have unique ways of grooming their next generation. This might also be the reason why the 4 brothers of the Fu Family were all having their own successful careers.

"I am friends with Fu Guangzheng for some years. But there is one thing Brother said wrongly. All the businesses in the Mainland belong to Fu Guangzheng. He is not taking care of the Fu Family's business!" Li Zekai looked at his elder brother.

Look at the Fu Family. They had given Fu Guangzheng a sum of start-up capital and whatever he earns belongs to him. Me? The family had provided 400 million USD to invest in the satellite TV, and I sold it for 950 million USD. The returns were 1.5 times. This still does not prove my abilities?

What happened in the end? This was considered your investments and the share I am getting was so little. If this was not the case, would I still need to look for investors for my own company? I had not set up this company for fun. I had thought about it seriously and did careful planning. Why can't all of you trust me?

Even if the satellite TV station was an investment, why can't I have slightly more returns? All I needed was 100 million USD, and my company would have sufficient funds. It's only 100 million USD. The family could easily afford it.

"Zekai, who is the Chinese boss you are talking about?" Superman Li continued to ask.

"The Chinese boss calls Feng Yu. He is a young man about 20 years' old. He is Fu Guangzheng's partner in China. His estimated wealth was at least 3 times of Fu Guangzheng, which is about 3 billion HKD. This figure is only a conservative estimate. The actual value should be more than this."

Li Zekai wants to tell his father that his friends were all competent! Also, he made these friends on his own, without the help of his father.

"It's him?" Superman Li was slightly worked up.

"Dad, you have heard of him?" Li Zekai was surprised. His father had heard of Feng Yu?

"Not only I had heard of his name. I shall tell you something, and you will know his status in China. Mr. Deng and Iron-fist Zhu had asked to meet him personally."

"Who? Mr. Deng and Iron-fist Zhu?" Le Zekai was shocked. Mr. Deng was not someone you can meet. In the eyes of the Hong Kongers, Mr. Deng had more authority than the Queen of England. He was the real leader of China. Why did he ask to meet Feng Yu?

Li Zekai felt it was shocking enough for Iron-Fist Zhu to meet Feng Yu. Only the ones who were his father's equivalent could meet with the Queen of England. Feng Yu was only 20 years' old and how did he do that?

Superman Li had been in contact with the Chinese government, and he was very supportive of Hong Kong's return to China. If Le Zakai's father said this, then It must be real.

"This is why this Feng Yu is not simple. Have you checked his background?" Superman Li asked.

"I had chatted with Fu Guangzheng. Guangzheng said that Feng Yu build up his business all by himself. His starting capital was only tens of thousands of RMB. He started his career by trading some Government bonds. Then he starts to do trades with the Soviet Union. But it was during the Gulf War Feng Yu made his fortune by shorting oil with high leverage!" Li Zekai explained.

"He shorts oil during the Gulf War?!" Superman Li had a disbelieving look on his face. During the war, oil prices were falling like crazy. Why did Feng Yu make such decisions?

"Fu Guangzheng swore he was telling the truth. I heard that even the Fu Family's head, Fu Rongjing was in awe with Feng Yu when it comes to financial investments. He had even invited Feng Yu for meals. Feng Yu had told Fu Guangzheng about his forecast on the financial market several times, and he was spot on every time. I heard that Feng Yu also had strong connections in the former Soviet Union and he is still doing trades with Russia."

Superman Li nodded: "You said that Feng Yu's assets are about 3 billion HKD?"

"I did not ask Fu Guangzheng about this. But Fu Guangzheng said that Feng Yu's shares of the investments back in China was several times more than him. I estimate it to be at least 3 times."

Superman Li shook his head: "I think it should be more than that. Do all of you still remember about 2 years ago, there was a rumor which no one believes? Fu Rongqi had stood in front of the Peninsula Hotel to receive a young man."

Li Zekai stared at his father: "You are saying that Feng Yu was the one Fu Rongqi received?"

Who was Fu Rongqi? He was the head of the Fu Family. One of the top 10 Hong Kong Tycoons. In terms of the overall family's influences, the Fu Family might be stronger than the Li Family! Fu Rongqi had stood at the entrance to receive Feng Yu?!

"I think the rumor is true. Fu Rongqi had listed a few of his companies these few years and his total assets are more than 15 Billion HKD. Even if it were 2 years ago, his assets would still be at least 7 to 8 billion HKD. How many assets do you think Feng Yu had to let Fu Rongqi stand at the entrance to receive him?"

Fu Rongqi had gone to receive Feng Yu personally two years ago was also to apologize to him. At that time, Feng Yu's assets could not be compared to him. But now, Feng Yu had exceeded Fu Rongqi, but no one knows about it.

Li Zekai and Li Zeju looked at each other, and both could not accept what they heard. A 20 years' old man, from a backward place, could achieve this? Based on what their father said, the worth of Feng Yu's assets should be at least more than 6 billion HKD. It might even be more!

Superman Li patted Li Zekai's back: "If you are able to persuade them to invest in your company, I will also help out with the amount you are lacking!"

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"Young Master Li wants to ask us out for golf? I'm not going!"

"Why? I thought you said you had a good time chatting with him?" Fu Guangzheng curiously asked.

"I don't know how to play golf!" Damn. Feng Yu had never played golf in both his lifetimes. Currently, only the Guangdong province had a golf course in China, and it was also catered to Hong Kong businessmen. Feng Yu had never stepped foot on a golf course in his lifetime! Golf was a stupid sports! Swimming was a better choice anytime!

"Hahaha, I forgot that no one plays golf in China. How about bowling, billiard or snooker?"

"I am not good at it, but I know how to play." Why were there no 8-ball or 9-ball pool?

"Then we shall go bowling. The 3 of us can play together. I will book the place and let you know the address later."

Young Master Li does not have intentions to venture into China. This was why Fu Guangzheng was not worried that Feng Yu would become closer to Li Zekai and drifted away from him and the Fu Family. The Li Family had started to venture into China, but the scale for their investment was still small.

Fu Guangzheng was willing to help both of them to become closer.

……

Strike!

Feng Yu's eyes opened wide. It was his first ball, and it was a strike! He had only played bowling a few times in his previous life, and this was the first time he was so lucky.

Li Zekai clapped and walked over: "Brother Feng is a professional bowler? If I know you are so good, I would suggest we play snooker. I think both of us will be losing very badly."

This meeting, both of them were closer and had changed the way they addressed each other. Only thing was Li Zekai's pronunciations. Li Zekai's Mandarin was not as good as Fu Guangzheng, as the latter had been in China for quite some time.

"Hahaha, this is luck. I had heard from Brother Fu that you are really good at bowling."

It was unknown that Feng Yu was lucky, or Li Zekai and Fu Guangzheng did not perform well. Feng Yu had actually won the first game with a high score.

The 3 of them played for a while and sat down for a drink.

"Guangzheng, Brother Feng, the last time we chatted, the both of you wanted to invest in my company. Are both of you serious?" Li Zekai smiled and asked.

Fu Guangzheng kept quiet and looked at Feng Yu. He was following Feng Yu. If Feng Yu does not invest, then he would only invest a small amount into Li Zekai's company.

"Huh? Brother Kai agree to let me invest? Then how much can I invest and how much shares can I own?" Feng Yu's eyes sparkled.

"10 million USD for 5% shares." Li Zekai showed his index finger.

Before Feng Yu could say anything, Fu Guangzheng said: "That's not right. I remembered that the capital of your company should not have such high value. I remembered that it is not even worth 100 million USD, right?"

Even if they were friends, they should not be taking advantage of each other. Fu Guangzheng was not Feng Yu. Feng Yu could ignore the number of shares he received as long as the whole deal could be expedited. Fu Guangzheng would fight for what he deserved.

When Feng Yu heard what Fu Guangzheng said, he frowned. The shares he will get for this deal was too little, and he still has to pay a premium price for it? He thought if he should reconsider his decision to invest.

Li Zekai patted Fu Guangzheng's back: "Guangzheng, we have known each other for so long and do I look like the type who take advantage of friends? This company is currently worth 100 million USD, and I do not include the value of the technologies. My father has agreed to invest 80 million USD into the company. That's why I am offering both of you 10 million USD for 5% shares. I will never take advantage of my friends."

Fu Guangzheng looked at Li Zekai puzzled. Superman Li will be investing 80 million USD in your company, and why was he still asking both of them to invest? If he was really short of that 20 million RMB, he could just tell his father. He had already given you 80 million USD, he would not mind giving you 20 million more. Li Zekai could also look for his elder brother. He will definitely help you with the remaining 20 million.

Feng Yu does not care about all these, and he laughed: "Then I will ask my staff to transfer that 10 million USD to you tomorrow, and we can sign the contract."

Superman Li was willing to invest in Li Zekai's company, that means it was impossible for this company to fail. Superman Li had never suffered losses from his investments. There were rumors that the Queen of England wanted to award him the title of Duke, but he rejected the offer. He was not willing to be British.

This proves that Superman Li was a powerful tycoon even in England. In Feng Yu's previous life, Superman Li was the wealthiest tycoon in Hong Kong and had held the title of the richest man in Asia for a long time. He was also one of the top ten wealthiest people in the world.

With Superman Li's status, one word from him, Li Zekai's company shares will shoot up!

Fu Guangzheng saw Feng Yu agreed and immediately told Li Zekai: "I will be going to your company tomorrow to sign the contract. The money will also be in tomorrow!"

Li Zekai laughed and asked: "The both of you does not want to ask me what my company is doing and look at the development plans?"

Feng Yu shook his head: "We do not need to be so troublesome. You can ask Brother Fu. We had cooperated on several occasions, and we settled the details with only a few sentences."

Fu Guangzheng also laughed: "That's right. I am still worried that you will not call me along when you invest. But truth be told, I had never suffered any losses when I invested with you. Even if I were to suffer losses once or twice, I also would not mind. I am where I am today is all because of partnering you."

"If you did not bring your men to help manage those companies, I would not be so free. Actually, you are the one who cares the most about those companies." Feng Yu said.

This was the truth. Without Fu Guangzheng, Feng Yu's businesses would not grow to the existing scale. Just the overseas sales distribution channels would be a headache for Feng Yu. Feng Yu would need many years to develop those channels. Also, the negotiations with the local authorities for their new factories. Without Fu Guangzheng, Feng Yu would have to do everything himself.

Although Feng Yu had to let Fu Guangzheng owns some shares, Feng Yu does not need to worry over lots of things. He could enjoy his life and do whatever he wants.

"The both of you can stop praising each other. Have you all rest enough? I did not perform well just now. Should we play 2 more games?" Both of them had agreed to invest in Li Zekai's company, and his father will surely invest too. Li Zekai was over the moon.

"No problem. I also did not put in my best effort just now!" Fu Guangzheng agreed immediately.

After bowling, the 3 of them had dinner before going their separate ways. When Feng Yu was on his way home, Fu Guangzheng called him.

"Brother Feng, why are you so interested in Li Zekai's Pacific Century Group?"

"Does it matter? I have already agreed to invest."

"You are not afraid that you will lose your investment?"

"Lose my investment? Just be it. It does not matter. Most importantly, I am now friends with Young Master Li!"

Fu Guangzheng: "……" You invested 10 million USD just to be friends with Young Master Li, and not because his company had the potential to make money?

Damn. Why did I invest too? I am already close friends with Li Zekai, and even without this investment, it will not affect our friendship. But this investment should not be losing money. Even Superman Li had invested. This investment must not make losses…. If not, the reputation of the "investment god of the younger generation" I built over the years will be gone. How can I brag to others in the future?

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The next day, all the paperwork were settled, and the contracts signed. It was just like the partnerships between Feng Yu and Fu Guangzheng. Nothing was asked, and they signed the contracts after their lawyers had gone through the contracts. The money was transferred, and the shares ownership documents were handed over. Both Feng Yu and Fu Guangzheng did not take on any roles in Li Zekai's company. Both of them were not worried that Li Zekai would cheat them.

Li Zekai was also moved by their actions. It might be that both of them were confident of themselves or confident that Li Zekai would not dare to cheat them. After all, Li Zekai was from the Li Family, and if he were to deceive them, the Li Family's reputation would be affected. The Fu Family was also influential in Hong Kong.

But this was also a form of trust. It felt good to be trusted.

"Guangzheng, Brother Feng, let's have lunch together?" After signing the contract, Li Zekai smiled and invited them to have lunch.

Today, not only Fu Guangzheng and Feng Yu's funds were transferred to him, even his father had transferred the invested funds. He was overjoyed to get the recognition from his father.

Although these second generations of the influential families were born with a golden spoon, they were also facing lots of stress. After selling the shares of the satellite TV station, Hong Kong's media had given Li Zekai the nickname of Little Superman. This was an honor and also a form of stress on him.

Li Zekai could imagine what the media will write about him once he made a wrong decision. Media influences could sometimes cloud his judgment. He does not hope to take over his father's businesses, but he wishes to receive his father's support and investments to let him prove himself. He hopes to be worthy of the nickname!

Feng Yu and Fu Guangzheng had nothing to do and agreed to have lunch together. Fu Guangzheng had invested in Pacific Century Group, and now he wants to know the development plans of the company and how long does it take to see the returns of his investments.

The investments Fu Guangzheng made to Feng Yu's company, had returned after about 1 year and he could get back his invested amount within 2 years. Sometimes, it was even shorter.

"Guangzheng, Brother Feng, let's have a toast. For our future endeavors!"

Feng Yu and Fu Guangzheng raised their glasses: "Cheers!"

"Brother Feng, Guangzheng, when are the both of you going back to China? I would like to tag along." Li Zekai said.

"Why? Are you thinking of investing in China? Is this your idea or your father's idea?" Fu Guangzheng asked.

There was a significant difference in whose idea this was. If it was only Li Zekai's idea, then Fu Guangzheng could just exchange some shares with him. But if it was Superman Li's idea, then Fu Guangzheng could not help much. Only Feng Yu could assist him. Fu Guangzheng's total assets were too little compared to Superman Li.

"It's my idea. I am no longer holding any positions in Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa." Li Zekai said.

"Congratulations. Brother Kai, you are free now." Feng Yu laughed.

"Congratulations? Why are you saying this?" Li Zekai frowned. He was no longer holding any positions in his father's companies, and that means he was giving up his chance to succeed his father's shares of the companies. What's there to congratulate about?

"I am congratulating Brother Kai to be able to do whatever you want on the developments of your company. You do not need to have any reservations." Feng Yu raised his glass for another toast.

"Hahaha. You are right. This was indeed worth celebrating! All this while, I am envious of Guangzheng. But now, I can also do the same." Li Zekai laughed.

In Hong Kong, unless the eldest son was really a good-for-nothing, they will generally succeed the family's businesses. But what if the family does not have sons? Then even when the head of the family was in his 60s or 70s, he will look for a young woman to have a son. Hong Kongers still believed in letting the eldest son take over the family businesses. This phenomenon was more severe in Hong Kong than in China.

Although Li Zekai does not want to admit it, his elder brother, Li Zeju was competent. If not, his father would not let him hold on to an essential role in his companies, and the rest of the shareholders also agreed to this decision.

Li Zekai's elder brother was already so outstanding, and that means there was no chance for him to take over their family business. Maybe their father will leave some shares for him, but his elder brother will still have the overall control of the company. To compensate him, their father might still leave some other assets for him.

Most importantly, Li Zekai's father will not interfere with his career and will not force him to follow his arrangements. Li Zekai could do whatever he wants.

"When it comes to investing in China, you should ask Brother Feng's advice. To be honest, I had also invested in some small companies in China, but their growth was too slow. All of Brother Feng's companies were doing well." Fu Guangzheng said. He knew that Feng Yu want to be friends with Li Zekai and this was an excellent opportunity for both of them to be closer.

Feng Yu rubbed his nose: "Actually I have an idea. But I did not act on it all this while."

Fu Guangzheng and Li Zekai looked at each other. Both could see the excitement in each other's eyes. They both asked at the same time: "What idea is it?"

"Supermarket! Both of you should not be stranger to this. Both the Fu Family and the Li Family have successful supermarket businesses. Why don't we set up a chain of supermarkets in China?"

Feng Yu had thought of setting up a supermarket chain a long time ago. But he was not familiar with the supermarket business. In his previous life, he had only heard that a successful supermarket chain could generate over 10 million sales every day. The two most important aspects of a supermarket were the suppliers and location. Feng Yu could settle the supplier part by himself, but the location should be picked by the professionals.

The Fu Family and the Li Family had Supermarket businesses and were doing well. They should have lots of expertise in this industry. Also, Feng Yu could leave the management of the supermarkets to them, and he can be a sleeping partner.

But there were already supermarkets in China now. One of the world's top leading supermarket chain, Century Lianhua Group, had started operations two years ago.

Currently, Century Lianhua was only focusing its operations in Shanghai. It still had not entered the Zhejiang region. Although it so has branches in Beijing, the scale was still small. The market was still huge. Feng Yu was thinking of investing a vast amount at once and set up supermarkets all over China. He wants to set up a chain of supermarkets and build up a supermarket brand. This supermarket chain will be China's top supermarket company!

Every hyper supermarket's investment should be more than 100 million RMB. But Feng Yu should be able to get a loan for this. Even if he set up 10 supermarkets at the same time, his total investments might be less than 500 million RMB. Also, he could delay payments for the goods in the supermarket for about 1 to 2 months. The goods would use the least capital.

Fu Guangzheng and Li Zekai looked at each other again. Supermarkets? That's right. China had a high population, and if they had picked an excellent location to set up a supermarket, they would surely make high profits! Both families had lots of talents that understand this trade inside out. They could just pick them to help them run this supermarket business!

"Brother Feng, tell us your plans." Li Zekai asked excitedly.

Translator's notes: Here is some information on the companies mentioned in this chapter.

Cheung Kong Holdings

https/en./wiki/Cheung_Kong_Holdings

Hutchison Whampoa

https/en./wiki/Hutchison_Whampoa

Century Lianhua Supermarket

https/en./wiki/Lianhua_Supermarket

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Supermarkets appeared in China after the Chinese economic reform. But at that time, it was known as the "Self-service market." The first supermarket was in Foshan, Guangdong under the name of "Friendship Store." Because at that time, Guangdong province was one of the first test sites of the market economy. Other than cooking oil and food had limited supply, all the products could be bought using the money. Of course, the products were more expensive than using food tickets.

At that time, the supermarkets were very rundown. There were no display shelves and cashiers. Even the shopping carts had to be imported.

Luckily Foshan was very near to Hong Kong. All these items could be imported from Hong Kong. Using the imported items as samples, the small factories start to manufacture them. This lowered the cost significantly. If not, the cost of the shelves, trolleys, etc. would be 3 times more expensive.

But now, there were lots of supermarkets and supermarkets were no longer called "Self-service market." They were called a supermarket. China had already implemented price changes, and a few years ago, the policy of unified and fixed state purchases of farm produces were abolished. Most major cities' household still had lots of food tickets left.

This year May, food tickets will be gone, and the era of using food tickets to purchase food in China was over. Chinese no longer need to use cash and food tickets to buy their food.

This marks the end of China's planned economy. China will be entering the era of the market economy. This was the best time to set up supermarkets in China.

Although there were a lot of supermarkets in China now, their scale was still small, and there were still no chain supermarkets. Also, these supermarkets were selling mainly food products. Only a handful was selling daily necessities. The varieties of products in the supermarkets could not be compared to the supermarkets in the future years.

Feng Yu felt his supermarkets would emerge from the rest and capture the market with just the imported daily necessities products the Fu Family and the Li Family could bring in!

"Brother Fu, Brother Kai, what do you think we will need the most when we set up this supermarket? Set aside money. The money will never be a problem for us. I can even use my connections to help us get low-interest loans." Feng Yu felt that it would be better for spilled up the work clearly.

Fu Guangzheng looked at Li Zekai. Both the Li Family and the Fu Family had supermarket business, but at the same time, both of them had nothing to do with this business.

Li Family's supermarkets were managed by Li Zeju, and the Fu Family's Supermarkets was managed by Fu Rongbing. Fu Guangzheng had nothing to do with it.

Of course, both of them could help to pull strings and at the same time be the shareholders. But to set up supermarkets in China, Feng Yu was the most important person.

Fu Guangzheng understands Feng Yu very well. Feng Yu had suggested this, and he will want to have the most significant share. He will also be the one who will invest the most. Also, Feng Yu had connections with food and daily necessities suppliers. His Tai Hua Trading was working with a few hundred suppliers. This would save them lots of work.

Li Zekai remembered his father telling him that Feng Yu had met with Mr. Deng personally and this person was very influential in China. It was an excellent opportunity for him to be friends with Feng Yu.

Li Zekai firmly believes that his father would support him and lend him a considerable sum of money if he were to tell his father that he was going to set up supermarkets with Feng Yu. His father might even give him the contacts of their suppliers and lend him some staffs who were specialized in the Supermarket business.

"Government policies, capital, locations, channels, and management. I think these 5 elements are the most important. What government policies? This supermarket will be a joint venture between China and Hong Kong, and if Brother Feng uses your connections with the higher-ups, the Government might let us enjoy some government subsidies. Will this be a problem?" Fu Guangzheng looked at Feng Yu.

"No problem. What are the policies you? Just tell me, and I will settle it." Feng Yu nodded. Although he does not know what government policies they need, Master Lu should be able to help. Master Lu's uncle was a member of the planning committee, and he will be promoted to the head of the committee soon.

Feng Yu could also contact the local government through his distributors. If all else fails, then he can throw money at them! The one thing that Feng Yu had the most was money!

"As for the start-up capital, the 3 of us should not be enough. I think we should divide it into 6 portions. Other then the 3 of us, we should invite my third uncle, Young Master Li should also get someone from his family. The remaining portion can be used to reward those management staffs." Fu Guangzheng continues.

"Are we splitting the portions equally?"

Feng Yu raised his eyebrows. Equal share? Are you telling me that I will own only one-sixth of this business?

Fu Guangzheng waved his hand: "Brother Feng is the most influential in China, and he will be handling all the supplier channels there. He was also the one who proposed this. Why not let him invest the most and own the biggest share?"

Tsk tsk. Brother Fu was right. What he said was reasonable!

"How much should we invest and what will be the scale of our supermarket enterprise? Also, what is the name of our supermarket?" Li Zekai asked.

The name of the supermarket was very important. Why did Feng Yu insist Li Shiqiang name his logistics company as Wind and Rain Logistics? Why did Feng Yu use Wind and Rain or Aiwa in all his new products? Even when he set up new companies, he also named it as Wind and Rain Electronics or Aiwa Electronics, etc.

This was brand management. The brand would link all the products and resources together to achieve higher profits. This was to increase brand awareness and increase brand value. Feng Yu could make use of his brands to earn more money.

For example, two cars with the same technologies and quality. But one of them was the Porsche brand, and the other was Honda. The Porsche brand would cost several times more than Honda!

It was easy to create a brand, but it was hard to manage it. All of them believed that this supermarket will be profitable and will be influential. This was why the name was very important.

If possible, Fu Guangzheng would want to use his Third uncle's supermarket brand. Li Zekai would also wish to do the same. They were looking at Feng Yu. Since Feng Yu was the one who suggested this venture, he had the most significant say in this.

Feng Yu had also thought about using this supermarket to develop his brands. But it was not possible for him to use his own brands. Wind and Rain Supermarket? Zhang Ruiqiang had mentioned several times to him that Wind and Rain do not sound auspicious.

Aiwa Supermarket? Aiwa was the brand of electronics products. It's not suitable too.

Tai Hua was the most suitable among all of Feng Yu's brands. Other than Tai Hua Trading, there was also Tai Hua Agricultural Products. There should be agricultural products in a supermarket.

Also, Tai Hua had the word Hua in it. Hua means Chinese, and people would relate it with China.

"I think the supermarket should be called Tai Hua Supermarket. I can invest more. As for the scale, the initial phase should have at least 20 supermarkets in all the major cities. I can also let CCTV news to report on our supermarkets. It's fine if we can set up the supermarkets in the existing shopping malls. If not, then we have to build it up from scratch. We need to take note of the time." Feng Yu said his opinion.

"20 supermarkets at once? Is the scale slightly too big?" Li Zekai frowned and asked.

Fu Guangzheng laughed: "He is like this. He likes large scale ventures. He calls this a strategic move. I think it's fine. You have never been to China. China is developing very fast, and the population of the major cities is very high. If we have enough funds, we should be setting up more than 30 supermarkets for the initial phase!"

Feng Yu looked at Fu Guangzheng. My best buddy……

Li Zekai looked at Fu Guangzheng without saying a word. You think you are great just because you are familiar with China? Are you discriminating those who had not been to China?!

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Chinese economic reform

https/en./wiki/Chinese_economic_reform

Friendship store

https/en./wiki/Friendship_store

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Looking at Li Zekai's unhappy face, Feng Yu laughed and said: "I shall leave the locations to the professionals from your family's supermarkets. After both of you had chosen the locations, I will check if there will be future changes to the City's development. I do not want the area around our supermarket to be tear down one year later."

"This is not a problem. I can negotiate with the local government as I have the experience. I will go personally, and I will make sure the cost will be at the lowest." Fu Guangzheng beat his chest.

"That's for sure. But if you let me do the negotiations, it will be faster." Feng Yu shrugged his shoulders.

Fu Guangzheng was scared of Feng Yu's negotiation skills. Feng Yu always felt it was troublesome and every deal he negotiates, he wants it to end fast and does not care how much he spends. Although speed was necessary, money was also important.

Yes, you might earn profits from all your investments but if you are able to lower your cost, why not? We will be setting up so many supermarkets at once, and if we were to spend an extra few millions for each supermarket, it would add up to over tens of millions!

Li Zekai interrupted: "We should set up a negotiation team and let Guangzheng lead the team."

All of them had invested in this venture, and Fu Guangzheng should not be the one making all the decisions during the negotiations. The scale of this venture was quite big, and the funds involved should be huge. Li Zekai might not be worried, but his family will not feel the same way.

"Hahaha, that's settled. You think he will really let me make all the decisions? Although I am in control of the management of all the companies, he was the one in control of financial matters." Fu Guangzheng points at Feng Yu and laughed.

Feng Yu smiled: "You also have some power over the financial matters. When have I ever stop you from spending money? Look, I have also never interfered with your management decisions."

"That is because you are lazy!" Fu Guangzheng hits the spot.

Li Zekai was shocked. Will there be any problem working with these two people? Why does he feel like the both of them were unreliable?

"Then we shall not talk about that. I will handle all of China's suppliers for food products and daily necessities. But if our supermarket wants to attract more customers, we should bring in some special products, like imported goods. Both of you should have no problems getting the suppliers, right?"

If they want their supermarkets to stand out from the rest and increase their status, then their supermarkets must be different. It was not sufficient for its supermarkets to be bigger. They need to have reliable sources of goods and products. The more suppliers they have, the retail prices will be lower and have more verity. This way, they can attract more customers.

If the supermarket has some products that were unavailable in other supermarkets or even in the cities, it would be better.

Li Zekai said: "My family has some contacts for food products and cosmetics. We also have contacts for some apparel brands."

"My third uncle also have these contacts. We still have electronics products, stationaries, hardware, etc. Most of these were imported goods." Fu Guangzheng glanced at Li Zekai. He had a proud look on his face. Can your family's supermarket compare to my third uncle's supermarkets?

"The supermarket should also have fresh food products. If we can let our customers get used to buying groceries in the supermarkets, it would increase the customer flow." Li Zekai reminded.

"I can settle this fresh food product." Feng Yu might need to look for his Tai Hua Trading's distributors. All the distributors were prominent figures of their provinces and should not have a problem to help him a source for suppliers.

"Lastly, the management issue. Are we going to set up a board of directors for our supermarket enterprise? If we are going to set up, then who should be on board?" Fu Guangzheng looked at Feng Yu.

"The both of you can decide on this. Anyway, this is a shareholding company, and if you are going to list this company on the stock exchange in the future, we can set up a board of directors now." Feng Yu said.

Li Zekai looked at Feng Yu curiously: "Brother Feng, you have not considered listing the company?"

Fu Guangzheng leaned back and turned to Li Zekai: "I also do not understand what he was thinking. Some of his companies were eligible to be listed, but he just refuses to do so. I will not mention the companies we partnered with. Just look at his Tai Hua Trading. If his Tai Hua Trading is listed, the share prices will surely shoot up!"

"What is the reason for a company to be listed? Isn't it to raise more funds for future developments? My companies do not lack money and why should do that to raise funds? Do you lack money now?" Feng Yu asked.

Actually, Feng Yu had another reason. He does not want to reveal his wealth. Once his wealth was announced, then he can no longer be an invisible tycoon. Although many people knew Feng Yu was a tycoon, no one knew how much Feng Yu has. Even Fu Guangzheng was not sure of Feng Yu's total assets.

The Chinese had a hatred for the super wealthy tycoons. If a 20 years' old young man suddenly appear and become China's top tycoon, he will be the target.

Feng Yu wants to wait for a few more years. After Tai Hua school buildings were built all over China, he will then list all his companies on the stock exchange. At the same time, he can also avoid 1997, global financial crisis. Now, he does not need to worry about the share prices of his companies when he moves his funds around his companies. Feng Yu was preparing himself to make a killing during the financial crisis and teach those overseas speculators a lesson!

"We should still set up a board of directors. The 3 of us, Uncle Fu and my elder brother. The 5 of us can form the board of directors and who should be the chairman?" Li Zekai looked at Feng Yu.

Since Feng Yu was investing the most, and Fu Guangzheng was so supportive of him, Feng Yu should be the chairman.

"Chairman of the board? I am not interested. If anyone of you wants to be the chairman, go ahead. But I want to be the Executive Director."

The position of Executive Director was much better. He could monitor the finances and all other company related matters. His authority will be higher than other directors. He can also suggest deposing the Chairman or other directors to the board!

Fu Guangzheng had an "I knew it" look on his face. This Feng Yu still wants to throw all the troublesome work to others!

Li Zekai was confused. Feng Yu had invested the most, and he does not want to be the Chairman of the board? He only wants to be an Executive Director? What's the use of being an Executive Director? Other than the power to monitor the finances, what else can he do? How many rules and regulations matters can there be in the company for him to monitor? Other than financial matters, since when was there any Chairman being reported to the board by the Executive Director for other issues?

But when Li Zekai remembered what Fu Guangzheng said, Feng Yu only likes to monitor the finance of the company and does not want to handle other things. This Feng Yu was weird. Li Zekai had never seen someone who dislikes being in power all his life. Feng Yu was not worried that someone would usurp all the power in the company?

The Chairman can make the strategic decisions and gets to side whichever parties he wants to gain benefits. Feng Yu was not interested?

Li Zekai looked at Fu Guangzheng. Fu Guangzheng said without any hesitations: "I want to be the Chairman."

Before Li Zekai could say anything, Feng Yu nodded: "Fine. I will support you."

Li Zekai: "……" Feng Yu and the Fu Family were together in this. There was no way he could get the Chairman position. Fu Rongbing will surely support his own nephew. Fu Guangzheng will be the Chairman. But to balance out the powers, I should be the General Manager.

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Li Zekai also expressed his intention to be the General Manager. Feng Yu and Fu Guangzheng agreed. In fact, being the General Manager was the most tiring position. Although he would have lots of authority, his authority was not very powerful either. Luckily, he was also one of the directors and can be considered the second in command in the company.

The 3 of them carried on with their lunch and assigned the duties to all parties. Now, they have to wait to see if Superman Li and Fu Rongbing wants to be part of this venture.

……

That evening, at the Li Family's mansion, Li Zekai stopped Superman Li and Li Zeju: "Dad, Brother, can the both of you go to the study room for a while? I have something to tell the both of you."

Superman Li looked at Li Zekai puzzled. Earlier in the morning, he had already given him 100 million USD. Could it be that the company had encountered some difficulties? Cannot be. Both Feng Yu and that kid from the Fu Family had invested. Li Zekai's lawyer, who was also the Li Family's lawyer had informed him after the contract was signed.

"Brother, your company had run into some problems?" Li Zeju asked concernedly.

Although both brothers were not close, they were brothers after all. Their relationship was not as bad as what the media reported. Also, Li Zeju was already appointed to be the successor, and there was nothing for both brothers to fight for.

"Dad, Brother, I had signed the contracts with Feng Yu and Fu Guangzheng. They had invested 10 million USD each into Pacific Century Group. After that, we had lunch together, and we chatted about investing in China……"

Li Zekai told his father and brother about what was discussed over lunch and hinted that he does not have enough cash on hand. He only has 20 million USD, and it was not enough to invest. Based on what was discussed, Fu Guangzheng, Fu Rongbing, Li Zekai, and Superman Li will invest 30 million USD each for 15% shares. Feng Yu would invest 75 million USD for 35% shares. The remaining 5% of shares will be sold at 50% discount, 5 million USD, to the key employees.

This was why Li Zekai wants to borrow at least 10 million USD from his family and asked his father and brother to invest with 30 million USD into this venture. Also, he needs to select some staffs from their supermarket to be the managers in the company. Most importantly, he wants to use their family's supplier network to supply Tai Hua Supermarket Enterprise with products.

"The total worth of the shares was only 200 million USD. Why Feng Yu was willing to invest an extra 5 million USD?" Li Zeju asked curiously. 5 million USD might not be a lot to them, but it was also not a small amount.

"He gets to name the supermarket, and he wants to be the Executive Director."

"He wants to be the Executive Director? Then who will be the Chairman?" Li Zeju was shocked. He thought Feng Yu would want to be the Chairman. Executive Director cannot take on the role of Chairman or General Manager. Feng Yu was giving up his authority!

"Fu Guangzheng will be the Chairman, and I will be the General Manager."

"Fu Guangzheng and not Fu Rongbing? Zeju, what do you think of Fu Guangzheng's ability?" Superman Li asked. Fu Rongbing had been managing the Fu Family's supermarket business for decades. He should be the most suitable person to be the Chairman.

"I do not know much about Fu Guangzheng. However, in the past two years, he has been managing Hong Kong's Guanghui Trading company and had been doing well. I had also heard of a joke about him. He likes to buy antiques. He attended an antique auction once and said that he had skipped an important meeting just for this auction." Li Zeju replied.

Li Zeju had pointed out Fu Guangzheng's capabilities and also his flaws.

"Dad, Brother, let me add one more thing. Feng Yu have lots of businesses in China, and Fu Guangzheng has some shares in those businesses. Fu Guangzheng is also the one managing those businesses."

Without this reason, would Feng Yu support Fu Guangzheng to be the Chairman? This was also why Li Zekai did not oppose Fu Guangzheng to be the Chairman and opt to be the General Manager.

"Fu Guangzheng is managing Feng Yu's businesses in China?" Li Zeju was confused. Feng Yu was the major shareholder, and he gives out his authority? Why? He really trusts Fu Guangzheng so much? How long have they known each other?

Superman Li understood why Feng Yu made such decisions, and he looked at his eldest son: "Do you think a 20 years' old young man can have the energy to learn management while focusing on making investments?"

Many geniuses were talented in one field, but Superman Li have never seen someone who was gifted in all areas! Feng Yu wanted to be the Executive Director and could keep an eye on the company's finances was enough. No matter who was in charge of the company, their ultimate motive was for the company to make money. Feng Yu, as the major shareholder, will be the one who will profit the most from the company.

Li Zeju finally understood. Feng Yu was not good at managing. But even if he was not good at it, he could still hold on to all the authority over his companies. He was full of respect for Feng Yu for letting go of all his power to others.

"Dad, I think this venture has the potential. But why is the total investment so high? 200 million USD. How many supermarkets are you all going to set up? With China's current economy, are you sure you can make money? Have you calculated how long will it takes before you can get back the investments?" Li Zeju asked.

200 million USD was equivalent to more than 1 billion HKD. They could set up at least 10 supermarkets. Other than Shanghai and Beijing, were there other areas that were suitable to set up supermarkets?

"Our initial plan was to set up at least 20 supermarkets at once. The funds will be mainly used for the rental, fittings, marketing, and deposits for the goods. We will control the funds for every supermarket to be less than 100 million. I do not know China's economic situation well, but Fu Guangzheng has been in China for some years. The Fu Family also have a supermarket business. He estimated it will take 3 years to get back our investments." Li Zekai said.

"100 million for one supermarket and you all are going to set up 20 at once with your current funds? That means you all are going to get loans?" Li Zeju frowned. They were going all out. They did not consider the risks?

"That's right. We are getting at least 1 billion loans. Our target is to set up at least 5 supermarkets within 3 years and 100 within 5 years!" Li Zekai replied.

"Did Feng Yu say how long he thinks he will get back his investments?" Superman Li asked suddenly.

Li Zekai's expression suddenly became awkward, but he replied gravely: "Feng Yu said that at most it will take one year to get back our investments and then we can continue to invest in new supermarkets."

"One year? Stop joking. How can you recover your investments within a year from a supermarket? Don't you know that supermarkets depend on volume and the profits will not be over than 15%? Most of the time, the profits are only about 10%! To be able to earn back 100 million within a year, then how much must the monthly sales be? 100 million?" Li Zeju shook his head. This Feng Yu was too optimistic. Have you ever managed a supermarket before? Does he think that the profits from supermarkets were very high?

"Zeju, do you still remember that we have analyzed the Fu Family's first supermarket's profits?"

"About 30 to 35%." Li Zeju answered. He still remembers the figures.

Wait, what did dad mean by this? Could it be that the profits from the supermarkets in China will also be so high? This…… Could this even be possible?

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In the end, Superman Li agreed to support his younger son. He gave Li Zekai 20 million USD for him to invest. He also took out another 20 million to invest. He let Li Zekai owns 20% of the shares, while he owns 10%. As for transferring some staffs from their supermarkets to their new company, it was not an issue.

Furthermore, the people that were sent from their company will have 2 higher management staffs. They could get to purchase the shares at half the price. This was considered a reward for the ones that were sent over.

Also, Superman Li had wanted to enter the Chinese market. This venture was considered an experiment. Li Zeju did not want to invest. This was also a hint to his brother. This asset will be left for him in the future, and he will not fight with him over this.

Li Zekai was overjoyed when his father was persuaded. He also gets to own more shares.

At the same time, Fu Guangzheng was at his uncle, Fu Rongbing's study to discuss this venture.

"You are saying that the Li Family will also be part of the venture? Can you confirm this?" Fu Rongbing asked.

"Li Zekai will be in this venture for sure. Superman Li is not confirmed yet. But I think there is an 80% chance he will invest."

"Where did you get this confident?" Fu Rongbing picked up the cigar on the table and Fu Guangwei immediately help him light it.

Today, Fu Guangzheng was there to invite Fu Rongbing to invest in a new venture in China. Fu Guangwei also shamelessly tagged along in the study. He was the only son, and his family's supermarket business will be handed over to him in the future. His sister will only be given some other assets. But if his father put this investment under his name, then he will have more money to spend in the future.

Fu Rongbing looked at his son and took the cigar from him. He knew what his son was thinking. He had given Fu Guangwei a high salary position in his company without any responsibilities. This was considered his allowances.

At the same time, this was a form of training for his son. He wants to see if his son would interfere with the company's operations or steal the company's money. Luckily, his Fu Guangwei did not do any of that. However, he was also very disappointed with him.

This son of his was given the title of Deputy General Manager. But he had never given any constructive suggestions. What the hell did he learn in school? Now, he still wants this investment? Fu Rongbing intends to test his son later. If he passes, then he will put this investment under his name. But if he does not know anything and still wants the shares, then he will "wake" him up.

Fu Rongbing's eldest brother had said that Feng Yu was more influential than they imagined. If they could maintain a good relationship with Feng Yu, the Fu Family will be able to enter the Chinese market. Feng Yu would also be able to help them in many other ways.

Fu Rongbing's business had hit a bottleneck. There were no more places for him to set up supermarkets in Hong Kong. He had expanded his business to Macau, Malaysia, etc. Now, China was the only place left untouched in Asia.

Although it was not his supermarket that will be entering the Chinese market, he will own some of its shares. It was the same. Most importantly, he could let Fu Guangwei get closer to Feng Yu. If Guangwei can build up a good relationship with Feng Yu, like Fu Guangzheng, then Feng Yu would allow him to invest in his new ventures. Fu Rongbing will not need to worry about his son's future.

"Guangwei, you have also heard what Guangzheng said. What do you think?"

Fu Guangwei's eyes brighten up. Was his dad testing him? If he gave a good answer, will he be handling this investment?

Fu Guangwei organized his thoughts and said: "Dad, I think this is a good opportunity. Our supermarket business has reached a bottleneck. Although the profits are still good, there are no more opportunities for us to grow. We have already set up supermarkets at all the good locations in Hong Kong and Macau. We have also ventured into Malaysia and Taiwan. But to be honest, other than the promotional periods, our profits were average. The returns from investments were too low."

Fu Rongbing's eyes widen. This son of his was not like what he imagined. He did not waste his life away. He still knows a lot about the company.

Looking at his father's expression, Fu Guangwei was overjoyed. Some time ago, Feng Yu had told him to learn more about his family's business and show off in front of his father. His father will be happy with him and give him more allowances. This was why he put in some effort to learn about the company, and he could finally use what he learned today!

What Fu Guangwei said was the company deputy Manager's exact words. He knows nothing. But he could repeat everything. Brother Guangzheng was right. Being friends with Feng Yu will bring you luck!

"That's why there are only two ways for our company to grow. First, we can take over our competitors' supermarkets in Hong Kong, Macao, etc. But they might not sell their supermarkets at those better locations unless we offer a sky-high price. Those lousy locations will also not be useful for us and we might not even breakeven if we were to take over those. Locations have a significant impact on supermarkets."

"The second way was to continue to enter new markets, like regions where the supermarket industry is not that developed. But I have also found out that we have only considered about Guangdong province and even in Guangdong province, we are only looking at 2 cities. These two cities already have supermarkets, and the supermarkets have their regular customers. If we were to enter these cities, we would face lots of resistance. Most importantly, our business model might not work in China. After all, we have different cultures and habits. It will be hard for us to be very successful. Of course, with our business model, we will not fail easily. I think it will be like our supermarkets in Malaysia. We will not suffer losses, but we will not have lots of profits too. It will take a long time for us to recover our investments."

"But now, it is different. We will be partnering with others, and Fu Guangzheng will be the Chairman. He will be the one in command of the company. Although the Li Family will be part of this venture, the scale of their supermarket business is nothing compared to us. Theirs are only small supermarkets and looks more like retail shops. Ours are all big supermarkets. That's why the new supermarkets in this venture will be using our people. Most importantly, we have more suppliers than the Li Family. Tai Hua Supermarket will be most likely to use our suppliers, and even though we might not earn from this, we can ask for discounts when they supply their goods to our supermarkets. This will lower our cost and increase our competitivity and profits!"

"There is still one more thing. China now was about the same as the old Hong Kong a few decades ago. What were our profits then when we just started the supermarket business? Also, there is one thing I agree with Brother Guangzheng. 5 years after we invested in Tai Hua Supermarket Enterprise, we will get more than 10 times returns from our investment!"

Fu Guangzheng was shocked beyond words. He looked at Fu Guangwei. Since when did he start to have insights on the family's business? Looking at his uncle's expression, he could tell his uncle was satisfied with his son's answer.

Did Fu Guangwei change for the better?

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Fu Guangwei had given an insightful analysis of the industry. He remembered what the Deputy Manager told him, and he added some of his own thoughts. Fu Rongbing's face was gleaming with happiness. His son had finally grown up!

"Are all these your own ideas?"

"Of course, Dad, you really think that I am not concerned with our family's business?" Fu Guangwei asked with an innocent expression.

Fu Rongbing looked at Fu Guangzheng and noticed that Fu Guangzheng also had a shocked expression. Fe Guangzheng was not the one who thought him to say all these?

"Guangwei, I am pleased for you to have such foresight. But you are still too inexperienced on several aspects. But you are right on several points. One of them is about Guangzheng being the Chairman. This is very important. 30 million USD? I will invest in this venture. Guangwei, do you have the confidence to express your views on the board of directors?" Fu Rongbing was very happy to see his son grow up.

Fu Guangwei was elated. He knew what his father meant.

"Don't worry. I am not a kid. Furthermore, Brother Guangzheng is around. The supermarket managers' training will surely be handed over to us. Maybe we can even send our supermarket managers over. We will have total control over the mid-management staffs. What's there to be afraid of?" Fu Guangwei pumped out his chest and said.

"Guangzheng, we will be sending our managers over?"

"We had discussed this. One supermarket will need at least 10 management staffs, managers, floor managers, supervisors, etc. We plan to set up at least 20 supermarkets. We can hire the locals for junior positions, but the supermarket managers must have the relevant experiences. At first, I had wanted to supply all the managers from our ParknShop Supermarkets. But Li Zekai pointed out one thing. Our managers do not know who to speak Mandarin. It will be hard for them to manage the staffs!"

"The Li Family's staffs can speak Mandarin? They are also the same!" Fu Rongbing said unhappily.

"The Li Family's Watsons had entered China a few years ago. They do have staffs that were familiar with the Chinese market and can speak Mandarin well." Fu Guangzheng explained.

"How big are their shops? Can their shop managers manage a big supermarket?" Fu Rongbing said with disdain. Was it really that important to speak Mandarin? The ability to manage was the most important!

"We concluded that we will each pick 10 supermarket managers each for training at our supermarkets. Li Family's staffs will teach our people how to speak Mandarin and how to communicate with the Chinese. In return, we will teach them how to manage a big supermarket. The assistant store managers and floor managers will be hired from the locals, as many places in China still speak their local dialects."

Fu Guangzheng was also feeling very helpless over this problem. Although the Fu Family have lots of experiences in managing big supermarkets, the Li Family had entered the Chinese market earlier. The Li Family's businesses in China was only a trial and had stores in only Beijing and Shanghai. But the Fu Family does not have any stores in China yet.

Fu Guangzheng laughed at the issue of speaking Mandarin. You can try speaking Mandarin in Shangdong. It is no difference in speaking Cantonese with them! But Feng Yu said that speaking Mandarin was very important and he had to give in.

Fu Guangzheng had to let go of some of his authority, and he was unhappy with it. Luckily, after their supermarkets were in operation, these managers will have to compete for the positions. He was confident that the managers from the Fu Family will win!

"If the Li Family's managers cannot perform, sack them immediately. It is only 20 store managers. Any floor managers from our supermarkets can easily take on these roles. I will send Bai Yiming to help you. He is from Guangdong and should be willing to return back to China to work there. He is also capable and trustworthy. You see who else is suitable and I will transfer them over to help you."

Bai Yiming was Wellcome Supermarket's Deputy General Manager. His salaries were quite high, but he does not have any shares in the company. He will be returning back to China for work, and there will be no changes with his salaries. He will even get the opportunity to own the company's shares. Also, he had already gained 1 million USD from the 1% shares. The Fu Family had given this opportunity to Bai Yiming, and Bai Yiming will surely pledge his loyalty to the Fu Family.

"Thank you, Uncle. With Deputy Manager Bai helping me, it will be easier for me to manage the company." Fu Guangzheng was glad. His third uncle was sending someone capable to help him. This will make his job easier.

Fu Guanzheng left after finishing discussing the details. Fu Rongbing called Fu Guangwei over and gave him a lecture. He wanted Fu Guangwei to observe how the rest work and learn from them. If he encountered any problem, he should discuss with Fu Guangzheng and Bai Yiming. He can also call back home to ask for advice.

Fu Guangwei acknowledged. He knew his own capabilities, and he would not do well if he were to really manage the business. He admired Feng Yu for throwing all the work to others and gets to do whatever he likes.

"Guangwei, how is your sister and Feng Yu getting along? Have you asked your sister?" Fu Rongbing asked.

"I have not asked her. I will ask Feng Yu tomorrow when I see him. But both are hiding this matter from us, and they will not admit it even if I ask them." Fu Guangwei replied.

"She is your sister, and you show to be more concern with her. Both of them do not want to admit it is not important. You must help to bring them together. If Feng Yu becomes your brother-in-law, you might be even more successful than Guangzheng in the future!"

Fu Guangwei suddenly realized this. That's right. If Feng Yu becomes my brother-in-law, then his sister can help him ask Feng Yu to let him join in future investments.

"Dad, rest assured. I will make sure Feng Yu will fall in love with Sis!" Fu Guangwei said.

……

The next morning, Feng Yu received a call from Fu Guangzheng after his breakfast. Fu Guangzheng asked him to come to Hong Kong Guanghui Trading Company for a final discussion over the details of their venture.

Everyone was already there when Feng Yu arrived. Feng Yu saw that Fu Rongbing was not present, but Fu Guangwei was the one who came. Li Zekai was seated with another person who looks like him. This person must be Li Zeju. There were a few more people who Feng Yu had not met before. They should be higher management staffs from both families.

"Brother Feng let me introduce. This is Li Zeju, eldest son of the Li Family. This is Uncle Li's assistant, Mr. Su. Mr. Su also has shares in Uncle Li's company. This is Watsons Hong Kong's Deputy General Manager Lin Jiang. This is Watsons China's Deputy General Manager Huang Yishan. This is my Third uncle's assistant, Hong Guofa. This gentleman here is Bai Yiming. He is the Deputy General Manager of Wellcome Superman. He is from Guangdong. This person is Wellcome Supermarket's overseas operations manager, Yang Mingyuen……" Fu Guangzheng introduced everybody to Feng Yu.

Li Zeju was the one first to speak: "I have long heard of Brother Feng's name. I can finally meet you today. My father cannot be here because of his work. That's why he sent Mr. Su and me to represent him. My father is the one who is investing in this venture."

Li Zeju will not be investing? That means Superman Li intents to leave the supermarket shares to Li Zekai in the future? But these were not important. Superman Li was investing in this venture, and this was a good sign!

Fu Guangwei proudly said: "My dad had handed this investment to me. The funds are already in my account."

"Congratulations, Guangwei. You are finally independent." Feng Yu laughed. If your father really thinks that you can do well, he will not send his assistant, Hong Guofa over. He was obviously keeping you in check!

Those 4 people should be the supermarket higher management staffs selected by both families. They should be the ones who will get those shares and will be in charge of the key roles.

5% of shares will be split equally to 5 people. Both families will each appoint 2 people, and Feng Yu will also need to select one person. This person was Tai Hua Agriculture Products Company's Deputy General Manager. His name was Huang Zhigao. He was the one who Feng Yu had been grooming and monitoring Zhang Ming. Now, Feng Yu no longer needs to watch Zhang Ming, as he had proved his abilities and his character.

Huang Zhigao does not have 1 million USD to buy the shares. Feng Yu personally lend him the money, and he can slowly repay Feng Yu in the future. This made Huang Zhigao more loyal to Feng Yu!

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