Han Sanping received the news from Zhong Lifang and immediately went to Tong Gang. He just asked them to go to Hantang Company.
"It's just nonsense!"
Tong Gang refused with an angry look on his face.
"Listen to what I have to say."
Han Sanping was shocked.
Tong Gangyang raised his hand, "Zhong Lifang is so rude, even if it's Mr. Gao, there's never been a time when she didn't invite us there!"
"Ahem, Zhong Lifang is just passing on messages for others."
Han Sanping handed over the Forbes magazine.
Seeing Lu Fei's photo on the cover of the latest issue, Tong Gang stood up suddenly, "Mr. Lu! Mr. Lu is back?"
Han Sanping nodded with a wry smile.
"Hey, why didn't you tell me earlier that Mr. Lu invited us to go? We have to go." Tong Gang was surprised and suspicious, "Mr. Lu is a busy man, what does he want from us?"
"Mr. Zhong said that he came here for "Let the Bullets Fly". He invested in this script and asked Jiang Wen to film it by name."
Han Sanping pretended to cough a few times.
"What! Is there still such a relationship?"
Tong Gang couldn't help but realize, "I know it well. Did Mr. Zhong tell Mr. Lu what time he asked us to meet?"
"Say it's ten o'clock."
"There are still fifty-four minutes, less than an hour, and it will take twenty or thirty minutes on the road. In my opinion, we should leave now."
Tong Gang looked at his watch, "What do you think?"
"I've asked you to wait for the car at the door."
Han Sanping looked at him asking for instructions.
"Let's go! Don't let this trivial matter delay Mr. Lu's big things!" Before Tong Gang left, he didn't forget to bring the magazine with him. "Mr. Lu is serious. If you want to see us, just give us a call."
As soon as I got in the car, I started flipping through Forbes.
When I turned to the latest list of the world's richest people, my eyes trembled.
Mr. Lu suddenly became the third richest man in the world with US$35.68 billion, suddenly moving up four places.
It's not that his net worth has risen so ridiculously.
That's only an increase of about US$4.5 billion from last year, but the other rich people on the list can't stand up, and their net worth has shrunk to a greater or lesser extent.
During the global economic recession, even Bill Gates, who regained his position as the world's richest man, lost a full 18 billion to only 42 billion U.S. dollars because of the plummeting Microsoft stock.
Mr. Lu is the only one who can buck the trend and rise!
"Forbes" specifically picked him out and did a comprehensive analysis. Although he sold out stocks such as Shanda at high prices, he also sold high and low to buy Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, etc., and made a lot of money.
However, most of the stocks held by Spotify, Baidu, NetEase, New Wolf, China National Aviation Oil, etc. have fallen to varying degrees.
Especially Goldman Sachs.
Lu Fei and Buffett, the two stock gods, entered the market. Goldman Sachs' stock only took off briefly, then fell again, all the way to below $40. Wall Street was in an uproar, and everyone felt that the two were about to encounter Waterloo. From then on, the reputation of the "stock gods" Not here.
This is not the point, the point is——
Penguin's stock price, which supports Mr. Lu's net worth, is also falling.
The market value is only 70% of its peak, $35.7 billion.
Feigou.com was also implicated by Amazon and Ali Baba, and its valuation dropped again and again, down to US$37 billion.
In short, all the stocks held are shrinking.
But what is outrageous is that after Logic acquired assets such as Qimonda and Nortel Networks, its valuation fell instead of rising?
"Do you only have this little net worth?"
Xu Lei handed the magazine to Liu Yidong aside, "No one will believe it, right, Dongzi?"
"If you take it seriously, you will lose. Just look at Forbes for fun."
Lu Fei curled his lips and disapproved.
He has never seriously submitted any assets to Forbes, nor has he disclosed the true size of the Trisolaris Fund. Even the profits from the subprime mortgage crisis are strictly confidential.
Forbes' estimation model of his net worth is very simple and cannot calculate his hidden wealth at all. The same goes for Buffett and Bill Gates. Do the three of them have a joint family office?
"I think it doesn't matter to Mr. Lu how much or how little money he has. People of his level are no longer interested in money."
Liu Edong put the magazine on the table and looked at Lu Fei.
"What Haodong said proves that we are in the same realm as me, but you, Lao Xu, are in a small position and your ideological consciousness needs to be improved."
Lu Fei laughed and joked.
Xu Lei smacked his lips: "I just feel sorry for you, Ah Fei, Ah Fei, when will you become the richest man in the world?"
“Being the richest man in the world is not necessarily a good thing.”
Lu Fei added tea to their cups.
"But the world's richest man and the world's third richest man have different blessings for Feigou.com's IPO!"
Xu Lei said with a heartbroken look: "Look at the subprime mortgage crisis. Amazon's market value has evaporated by more than 10 billion, leaving only 34.6 billion US dollars, which has also affected us. Going public in Hong Kong at this juncture, I always feel like we are losing money. Hundreds of billions of dollars.”
"It's scheduled to be launched in December, so it will be in December."
Lu Fei took a sip of tea and said, "The plan cannot be changed."
Liu Edong nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, the listing in Hong Kong has more than just economic significance."
"I understand, the overall situation is the most important thing, I just feel a little panicked at the loss." Xu Lei shrugged helplessly.
Lu Fei waved his hand, "Don't feel that you are at a disadvantage. Think about it, where will the hot money printed by the nuclear-powered money printing machine go? If real estate is so depressed, won't it flow back to the stock market?"
As he spoke, the corner of his mouth curled up, "I conclude that technology stocks and Internet stocks will definitely rise by then, and they may even skyrocket."
"What you said makes sense."
Xu Lei and Liu Edong looked at each other.
"In short, when Feigou.com is listed, it is like a concave and convex mirror, facing the scorching sun, it is white-hot, smoking, and has to burn!" Lu Fei counted in detail, "If it is not listed, where will the money come from for logistics? Especially It’s shipping and shipping, which is the lifeline of transportation and logistics for our global cross-border e-commerce business.”
When it comes to international logistics, we ask about the results of our visit to Europe.
"We have already dispatched teams abroad. As for China, this is the information on private aviation that we have investigated and compiled."
Liu Yudong handed over a stack of information.
Lu Fei glanced at ten lines. In addition to the private airlines that Secretary Huang had revealed before, there were several more airlines.
Clearly listed, the assets and liabilities, the intended purchase price, the number of shares to be transferred, the reasons for being on the verge of bankruptcy...
For example, Northeast Airlines only needs to inject RMB 300 million to hold 97% of the shares, and Eagle United Airlines is similar.
76% equity plus operating rights, 200 million.
The most expensive one is Shenzhen Airlines. For 450 million, you can get 100% of the shares of Okay Airways, but you can only get 25% of the shares.
"Under the concerns of the leaders, HNA has initially agreed to hand over the management rights of Yangtze River Express and another 15% of the shares to Zhongtong Logistics. If we can successfully acquire the four above and integrate them into a private aviation group …”
While Liu Edong was talking, Xu Lei took out a map.
Lu Fei took a closer look and saw that the location of the private airlines was marked on the map. Okay Airways was located in Tianjin. It could merge with Northeast Airlines and its radiation range could extend to the entire Northeast and North China.
In Chengdu, Eagle United Airlines cooperates with Sichuan Airlines and cooperates with Zhongtong Logistics to spread from the central part to the northwest and southwest.
Shenzhen Airlines and Hainan Airlines are located in eastern Guangdong and Qionghai in the southeast.
And Yangtze River Express is in Shanghai in East China.
It is equivalent to the aviation group after integration, which has basically achieved full coverage of the national territory and is truly a "small Air China".
It is very possible that the planes that fell from the sky were all people named Lu!
He subconsciously touched his itchy neck:
"What are the resistance and problems?"
“Leave aside acquisition and integration costs, and aside from the opening of domestic and international routes, the most fundamental thing is how to stabilize profitability.”
Liu Edong said: "Everyone loses more than they make."
"reason."
"Because the two modes of passenger transportation and freight transportation are incompatible, take Yangtze River Express as an example. It has both cargo planes and passenger planes, both wide-body planes and narrow-body planes. It operates in a dual-mode operation where both wide- and narrow-body planes fly together, and both passengers and cargo are used. Under this situation, all aspects of flight arrangement, operation scheduling, and cost control are very, very difficult."
"That means that passengers and freight cannot be transported at the same time, and we can only choose between express and freight?"
"That's more or less the case, and it's too difficult to make money with cargo. Most companies start with cargo and then switch to passenger transport. Or, like Air China and China Eastern Airlines, they set up a subsidiary dedicated to cargo airlines."
Liu Edong had a troubled expression on his face.
"And the integration of so many private airlines will cost at least 1.6 billion. To be honest, if it is invested in land transportation and the Kuaishou Logistics Alliance, the results will definitely be faster, better and more beneficial."
Xu Lei looked up at Lu Fei who was deep in thought.
Liu Edong sighed: "It is true that as Mr. Xu said, aviation is difficult to play. Without a certain network, scale, and market support, it is impossible to play. But without international freight, Feigou.com can only stay in China for the rest of its life, forever. I can’t get out of the country.”
"What if we set up an air cargo alliance like the Kuaishou Alliance and then introduce investment from foreign aviation capital?"
Lu Fei looked left and right.
"Who is the key to find?"
Xu Lei nodded first, then shook his head.
"I've thought about this. What do you think of the Middle East?" Lu Fei said the answer he had prepared.
"Middle East?! Are these tycoons willing?"
Xu Lei and Liu Edong looked at each other.
"Do you think that only Europe has a debt crisis and not the Middle East? This year's oil prices hit record lows, and their finances and real estate have been hit hard, especially in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates. Many projects may be suspended or even unfinished."
Lu Fei showed a meaningful evil smile.
"What do you mean, Mr. Lu, to provide help in times of need?"
Liu Edong wondered: "But we can't help Dubai and the United Arab Emirates, which often have debt gaps of tens of billions of dollars."
"You don't need to worry about this. I will find a way to make friends with the wealthy people in the Middle East." Lu Fei vowed.
"Gulu, can it really happen?"
Xu Lei and Liu Edong had dubious expressions on their faces.
The Middle East is a transit point for Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Not to mention that the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf are the must-pass routes for Asia-Europe routes, and air transport alone is also the best aviation transit center.
The first ones to see business opportunities were the United Arab Emirates, and then Qatar. As long as the route to the Middle East can be opened, coupled with Greek shipping, the global e-commerce game of Feigou.com can be considered viable.
Not to mention, bringing e-commerce to the Middle East...
The picture is so beautiful, I can’t even imagine it!
"It depends on people."
Lu Fei smiled and said: "Gaodong, you can ask your Director Gong to think carefully and write an internal reference for our cooperation opportunities in the Middle East during the subprime mortgage crisis. It is best to write about Dubai."
"If it can be done, it will be our golden route." Liu Edong was very excited, "Mr. Lu, should we start making plans now?"
"Look at you, you're in a hurry."
Lu Fei said that the acquisition was not in a hurry. He first asked Zhang Lei to integrate the assets of these airlines in the name of the Three Body Fund, clean up the mess, and then transfer the entire package to Feigou.com.
The "Middle East PPT" opened up new ideas, and the three of them chatted in full swing, planning the grand blueprint for Feigou.com after its launch.
Including this year's "June 19", in addition to last year's "Winter Aid Plan", we will continue to support small and medium-sized enterprises, focusing on the smartphones successively launched by Xiaomi, Shenzhou, Tianyu and other friends.
After chatting for another ten minutes, they were interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Mr. Lu, they're here."
Outside the door, Zhong Lifang's voice came.
"You two follow this idea and work together. I will handle a small matter and will be back soon."
Lu Fei patted the two of them on the shoulders and walked out.
The reception hall of the Han and Tang Dynasties was bright, spacious, and antique. There were two reception rooms, one large and one small, on the left and right.
Lu Fei came out of the door on the left and bumped into Tong Gang and Han Sanping. As soon as their eyes met, they unconsciously dwarfed and greeted each other politely.
"Come on, sit down."
"Hey, Mr. Lu."
The two sat down, feeling uncomfortable.
Han Sanping couldn't help but miss the years when Mr. Lu was just starting to gain influence, when they were on equal terms, chatting and laughing, but now they are gone forever.
Now they are on the third level, and Mr. Lu is in the atmosphere.
At this moment, Master Liu was brought in by Zhong Lifang, holding a tea set in both hands, and appeared in front of them. She looked like a maid serving tea in front of the emperor, and she had experienced Ruoxi's role in advance.
After all, it's not appropriate to ask guests to pour tea.
It would be even more inappropriate to ask Mr. Lu to pour the tea himself.
She was specially arranged to show her face in front of the big boss. She wore a plain dress, revealing a swan-shaped shoulder and a swan neck, and she was as angry as an orchid.
The amber tea soup falls into the crystal glass cup.
"Drink tea."
Lu Fei made an invitation gesture, "I think Director Tong and Director Han already know the purpose of inviting you here today, right?"
""Let the bullets fly"."
Han Sanping and Tong Gang looked at each other and put down their teacups.
"I don't quite understand how a story about bandits fighting bullies could not be reviewed? What went wrong?"
Lu Fei looked left and right.
Tong Gang cleared his throat, "Ahem, Mr. Lu, Sanping and I discussed it on the road. There's no big problem. It's just that some shots are too explicit. As long as we modify it according to our feedback, it will pass the review. That's it. I can get a license to release it.”
"It's that simple?"
"It's that simple."
"I won't embarrass you too much. What I'm most afraid of is embarrassing my friends." Lu Fei said with a smile.
"It's not difficult at all. How can we be Mr. Lu's friends if we can't even help with such a small matter? Haha~"
Tong Gang glanced at Han Sanping and made a fake smile.
"Hahaha, I really want to see "Let the Bullets Fly" be released as soon as possible. How soon can it pass the review?"
Lu Fei cast an inquiring look.
"three……"
Han Sanping stretched out three fingers and opened his mouth to say "Three Weeks" when he suddenly heard Mr. Lu say that many leaders would attend the screening.
Tong Gang's whole body trembled, "Three days! As long as everything that needs to be changed is changed, after three days, Mr. Lu will be given a surprise!"
"Ah, yes, yes, three days!!"
Han Sanping secretly rejoiced and laughed secretly.
"I heard Mr. Zhong, hurry up and change it."
Lu Fei glanced at Zhong Lifang and extended his hand to them, "This is indeed a surprise. I am willing to wait for you for three days."
That's it?
Seeing them shaking hands, Master Liu couldn't believe it.
"Let the Bullets Fly" was protected by China Film, Eying, Han and Tang, etc. It was reviewed and reviewed and revised again and again. It annoyed Zhong Lifeng and the others to the point of going insane. It was so annoying to death.
Now it only takes a few words to do it?
"Teacher, pour some tea."
Lu Fei smiled and said, "Let's drink tea instead of wine."
Liu Shishi said "oh" and poured tea for them absentmindedly, staring at the increasingly domineering man with his eyes.
Inadvertently, the tea spilled.
In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on her.
(End of chapter)
