Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 1: One Year Later ()

Lu Shaohua finally left the Huo family with a smile on his face. After all, there was no hatred between them. Huo Yingdong invited Lu Shaohua just to ask why Lu Shaohua acquired his company's shares. Of course, if Lu Shaohua made a malicious acquisition, he would not be polite to Lu Shaohua.

In fact, Lu Shaohua had no malicious intention to acquire the stocks of the Huo family or the Li family. He just had high hopes for them and wanted to invest in them for the long term. In the end, there was no conflict between them. Instead, they became fellow villagers because they were all from Guangdong Province.

It was already noon when Lu Shaohua left the Huo family. Driving a Rolls-Royce, Lu Shaohua did not dare to let Liu Mingzhang get out of the car, for fear that outsiders would see him and expose his identity. So he went to the villa where Lu Shaohua lived with Liu Mingzhang.

"Ming Zhang! You just heard what Mr. Huo said. He will help persuade the ship charter king to sell the shares to us. I think there should be no problem." Lu Shaohua said while leaning back in his chair with his eyes narrowed.

"Well, I think with Mr. Huo's intervention and the bank's poor performance, the shipping king should be willing to sell it." Liu Mingzhang said after thinking for a while.

"Well! I remember there seems to be another major shareholder. Your main task next is to convince him that we really need this bank and you have to acquire it as soon as possible, even if it costs more money." Lu Shaohua said in a tone that could not be refused, showing that he was determined to acquire this bank.

Indeed, to build an economic empire, one must have one's own bank. Without a bank of one's own, everything is empty talk. Moreover, this bank will bring many benefits to Lu Shaohua in more than a year, including making money.

"okay, I get it."

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Time flies, spring goes and autumn comes, a year has passed, 1990 turned into 1991 in the blink of an eye, which made Lu Shaohua sigh. As time goes by, Lu Shaohua is already 13 years old, yes, he is 13 years old, but his heart is older.

During this year, the company has developed steadily. Oh, no, it can no longer be described as a company. It would be more appropriate to call it a group company because during this year, Phoenix Real Estate and Phoenix Entertainment were established in addition to the original single Phoenix Finance.

Phoenix Real Estate was established quite early, and with the joint efforts of He Chengyi and Lin Qiquan, its development speed can be described as rapid. In just one year, it has grown from only a dozen employees at the beginning to thousands of employees now, which of course also includes a medium-sized construction team.

As for Phoenix Entertainment Company, it is not a complete entertainment company. It is a bit like selling dog meat in sheep's clothing, because Phoenix Entertainment Company does not operate entertainment, but invests in entertainment. The company has only a dozen employees, but if you think that a company with only a dozen employees cannot be successful, you are wrong.

The entertainment company is mainly engaged in investment in movies. Yes, it is investment. It does not make movies by itself, but when others make movies, the company will invest in them. It is worth mentioning that none of the movies invested by Phoenix Entertainment Company are unsuccessful, and all of them are movies with considerable box office.

There is a popular saying in the Hong Kong film industry that when a screenwriter takes a script to Phoenix Entertainment, as long as Phoenix Entertainment agrees to invest, the box office of the film will be considerable, which also means that the script is successful and will definitely be a hit.

So gradually, after completing a work, many screenwriters will first take it to Phoenix Entertainment to see if Phoenix Entertainment is interested in investing. If there is interest, they will then discuss matters with the director and actors.

It is precisely because the entertainment company’s investments are successful every time that among the three companies under the Phoenix Group, the entertainment company ranks first in the group in terms of monthly profits, while the financial company ranks second. The real estate company has no profits, only investments.

But then again, the reason why every investment of the entertainment company is successful is that every time the company decides to invest in a movie, it is Lu Shaohua who decides. For him, a reborn person, he remembers clearly which movie will be popular. So when the script of a movie that has not yet started shooting is sent to the company, the company's manager will report the title to Lu Shaohua as soon as possible, and Lu Shaohua will decide whether to invest.

At this point, we have to talk about the general manager of the entertainment company. His name is Chen Darong. This general manager used to be a producer in another company. Because of a quarrel with his former employer, Chen Darong left the original company in anger. However, after leaving, he was blocked by his former employer. Finally, Liu Mingzhang stepped in and invited him to Phoenix Entertainment Company as the manager. This made him very happy. Phoenix Company is one of the best in Hong Kong. Unexpectedly, leaving his old employer would allow him to have a better development.

However, what makes Chen Darong most depressed is the mysterious boss of the company. Although he is the general manager, he does not have the decision-making power. All he has to do is read the scripts and report the better and more optimistic scripts to the boss whom he has not met yet. However, although he is depressed, it does not affect him to work harder to do his job well, and he also learns a lot from every script that Lu Shaohua decides to invest in.

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During this year, there was one thing that made Lu Shaohua happy for a long time. That was that the company's office building was finally completed under the day and night supervision of He Chengyi and Lin Qiquan. After almost eight months, they moved into the new office building on October 1990, 10.

The office building was not built with 25 floors as Lu Shaohua said at the time, but with 30 floors, named "Phoenix Building". At present, there are only 3 subsidiaries, so not many floors are occupied, less than 10 floors are used, from 11th to 28th floors have been vacant, and the 29th floor is the office of the company's senior management, such as Liu Mingzhang, Li Yunqing, He Chengyi and others. The 29th floor is full of mystery, and it has become the most wanted thing for the employees below. What is the 30th floor? Because the employees below can only reach the 30th floor, and the 29th floor cannot be reached at all. Only a few managers can reach the 30th floor.

That's right, the 30th floor is the office of the company's chairman, and also Lu Shaohua's office, which occupies a whole floor. The staircase from the 29th floor to the 30th floor is also locked, and you can't go up without a key. The other passage is an elevator, which is usually not open. It will only be opened when Lu Shaohua arrives, and then it will be tightly closed. The location of this elevator is extremely hidden, and few people know where it is.

Lu Shaohua did not say anything about Liu Mingzhang using the 30th floor as his office. After all, Liu Mingzhang had a good reason, such as keeping his identity confidential. Anyway, there was plenty of space on the floor, so Lu Shaohua did not introduce himself to enjoy it. Thus, Lu Shaohua also had another place to go. When he had nothing to do, he would always stay on the 30th floor of the building. Li Shangkui and the others were much more relaxed, and they were not afraid of any danger when staying on the 30th floor.

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