After a 30-minute opening and welcome speech, Chu Jungui thought it was time to get down to business, but he didn’t expect Old Jim to say, “I’ll add two more points…”.
Of course Chu Jungui didn't want him to finish talking about the two points. Who knows how many more two points there will be after the two points. At that moment, Chu Jungui showed an unhappy expression. The old fox noticed this immediately. If he couldn't read this expression, then old Jim must be pretending to be stupid.
The old fox obviously received the signal, paused, and said: "Today's situation is special, so I'll keep it short... I want to emphasize one last thing..."
To make a long story short, they talked for 30 minutes. Chu Jungui looked as usual. This time it was Li Ruobai's turn to turn green. After all, this young master is young, energetic, and promising. He really doesn't pay attention to the chairman of a company with a market value of less than 100 billion, not to mention that the chairman holds very few shares. At that moment, Li Ruobai snorted heavily.
In the silent conference room, this snort was a bit harsh. At that moment, many people cast dissatisfied looks, some of them quite harshly.
Li Ruobai was not polite and glared back at them one by one. Isn't he afraid of these fun-loving guys?
With Li Ruobai not following the rules and not respecting the old and caring for the young, the old fox couldn't continue talking on his own. He sighed deeply, with helplessness and worry for the young people on his face, and said slowly: "Devere's Comet was a community company when it was first founded. It was later acquired by the Federation, and then the headquarters was moved to Dynasty Star. Within the domain, until today. What I want to say is that Comet Devre is a company of the entire galaxy, not just a company of the dynasty. Although I have the name of the Federation, my heart belongs to the entire human race. This is an ancient company A company with a long history, and a company with unlimited possibilities in the future. The arrival of the distinguished guests today has once again confirmed the value of Comet Devre! That’s all I have to say, thank you all!”
Thunderous applause erupted in the large conference room, and some people were moved to tears. Only Chu Jungui and Li Ruobai sat still in the audience, which was incompatible with the atmosphere of the audience.
The welcome ceremony is finally over, and what follows is a small-scale negotiation. Under the guidance of the staff, Chu Jungui and Li Ruobai got up and headed to the next meeting location.
When the two of them walked towards the gate with the flow of people, an old man suddenly blocked the way, snorted heavily, and said with a majestic face: "Young people have no courtesy and patience at all, what can they accomplish? I'm not telling you..."
Li Ruobai didn't wait for him to finish speaking, took a step forward, and touched the old man lightly with his body. The old man suddenly flew away as if he had been kicked by a giant beast! As soon as his body left the ground, Li Ruobai grabbed him, plucked it from the air like a leaf, and placed it gently on the ground.
The whole process was so fast that most people only felt their eyes blurred, and then saw the old man changing places, without even seeing what happened in the middle. The old man himself felt dizzy and dizzy. He felt as if the sky was spinning and the sky was falling. However, he was not injured at all.
Although most people don't know what happened, at least one thing is clear, that is, these two young people are very difficult to mess with and are ready to fall out. They knew very well what Chu Jungui was here to do. Their task was just to enhance the atmosphere, and they had no part in the real decision-making. If Chu Jungui is really angered and this deal is ruined, I'm afraid it's not what the boss above him meant. This group of people can sit here, they are all elites among minions. The core element of a qualified minion is that they cannot add drama on their own.
So everyone around them was silent and watched Chu Jungui and Li Ruobai leave. As for the old man who was still dizzy, the eyes around him were all sympathetic and gloating, and they kept their distance intentionally or unintentionally.
The process of changing to the new conference room was uneventful. Most of the directors attended this meeting, and several out of town also participated remotely. In addition, there are some financial and legal experts who sit in the back row and are only responsible for explaining and giving advice.
This is the correct way to negotiate. Chu Jungui still did not bring his own professionals, and he and Li Ruobai sat across from each other in a row.
Old Jim smiled and said: "It seems that something unpleasant happened just now, but don't worry about it, it will not affect our cooperation. Although I don't know Mr. Chu well, it doesn't matter. Mr. Chu is endorsed by a big shot and is young and promising. .Then let’s get straight to the point!”
"The development of Comet Devry to what it is today is the hard work of me and everyone here. No matter how big a company is, it needs people to do it. It can be said that without these people, there would be no Comet Devre. Mr. Chu and I have been talking about it for so long, I just want Mr. Chu to know the importance of history and heritage to our company. Since Mr. Chu has a unique vision and is so optimistic about Comet Deverley, I would like to know what your plans for the future of the company are, and what you think of these heroes here. How is it arranged? Before knowing this, I think it is too early to discuss the purchase price."
Chu Jungui did not expect that Old Jim would directly get into the topic. It seemed that the so-called welcome meeting was all an act. It may also be that he wanted to suppress Chu Jungui's momentum in order to obtain better conditions.
Chu Jungui pondered for a moment and said, "I have some resources in the military, and I also have a good relationship with the Federation. Comet Devre can build battleships, and I want to restore the company's position in the construction market. I believe that after the acquisition , through structural optimization and capital injection, the company can regain the military’s capital ship orders.”
The smile on Old Jim's face remained unchanged, but Chu Jungui caught the changes in the expressions of several directors. That's the expression of someone who heard a joke.
It’s not like Devry’s Comet has lost its capital ship orders every year or two. The slipway cannot be left empty waiting for vague military orders. The slipway where the battleships were once manufactured has long been dismantled and turned into several smaller ones. Starship slipway. Those engineers and designers who were specially designed for battleships were already employed elsewhere. The current Comet Devre is barely built even for heavy cruisers, and orders have been dangerously low. Maybe in another ten or twenty years, even military heavy cruisers will miss Comet Devre.
To put it bluntly, even if it is given a capital ship order now, it will not be able to build Devry's Comet.
Those directors naturally know the internal situation of the company very well, and they always have this kind of self-knowledge. So when I heard Chu Jungui's future plans, I immediately classified him into the category of young, brainless, stupid and rich people.
Chu Jungui didn't mind being treated as a joke by them, because he was joking in the first place.
(End of chapter)
