Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 286 Conspiracy and Propaganda

The next day, Lu Shaohua got up at nine o'clock as usual, but today was different from usual. He was dressed differently when he came downstairs. Usually he wore casual clothes, but today he wore a suit that he rarely wore, and a pair of black leather shoes on his feet. With his weathered face, he looked like a very successful person.

Without Lu Shaohua's further explanation, Li Shangkui and the others knew that today was a special day, and they were all ready to go. But for some reason, Lu Shaohua didn't intend to leave immediately after coming down to the first floor to finish his breakfast. Instead, he walked around in the hall with a blank look in his eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking.

To be honest, it would be a lie for Lu Shaohua to say that he was not nervous when Deng Xiaoping came. After all, he was a former national leader and they had to meet each other when the time came. Lu Shaohua was now considering how to face him.

Those who can become national leaders are not ordinary people, especially those who sat on the leadership throne in the old era like Deng Xiaoping. It is even more extraordinary, so Lu Shaohua must be extremely careful and cannot make any mistakes, especially when speaking.

As the saying goes, speaking is an art, and this art is mainly in the tone. A hard or weak tone will make a sentence taste different. As the saying goes, the speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. If a nice word is said in a strong tone, it will taste different and make the listener feel something is wrong. On the contrary, if an unpleasant word is said in a weak tone, the listener may automatically filter it out.

But Lu Shaohua is different now. His status has changed a lot. After all, he is a boss with hundreds of billions of assets. Even when facing people with higher status than him, he cannot be humble. At the same time, he cannot speak in a tough tone. He can only be moderate.

Moderate, these two simple words, made Lu Shaohua feel embarrassed. If Lu Shaohua was asked to use a tough tone, he would have no problem. As for being weak, it seemed that he had never been humble since his rebirth. Therefore, it was a bit difficult for Lu Shaohua to control the degree of moderation.

"Huh" Lu Shaohua took a long breath and didn't think about it anymore. He waved his hand and said, "Brother Li, let's go. It's getting late."

"Okay." Li Shangkui stood up from the sofa, glanced at Zhang Qingyun and the others, and walked to Lu Shaohua.

Li Shangkui, Zhang Qingyun and others had been following Lu Shaohua for some time and they cooperated with each other very well. At Li Shangkui's order, Zhang Qingyun and Yang Yang went to drive the car, while Li Wusheng and Li Shangkui stood on both sides of Lu Shaohua, protecting him as he walked out of the gate and got into the car.

After getting in the car, Lu Shaohua half-lying down with his eyes closed to rest, and fell asleep unknowingly. It was not until the car stopped steadily in front of the main site of the production base that Li Shangkui woke Lu Shaohua up.

"Are we there yet?" Lu Shaohua's first words came out after he opened his eyes.

"Yeah!" Li Shangkui responded lightly.

Lu Shaohua didn't say much. He rubbed his eyes and waited for Li Shangkui to open the door for him before getting out of the car.

After getting off the car, Lu Shaohua rushed to Chu Lei's office immediately. He had revealed the news to Chu Lei yesterday, but there were still some details that needed to be explained, otherwise he was really afraid that the secret would be exposed.

When they arrived at Chu Lei's office, Lu Shaohua could tell at first glance that Chu Lei was very nervous. When he saw Lu Shaohua coming, his eyes lit up and then he smiled excitedly, as if to say, "I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"You're here." Chu Lei said.

"Hmm!" While speaking, Lu Shaohua took a closer look at Chu Lei and saw that his eyes were bloodshot, as if he hadn't slept for several days. He asked, "Didn't you sleep well last night?"

"Haha!" Chu Lei scratched his head embarrassedly, thinking to himself: "How can I sleep well after such a big thing?"

Seeing this expression, Lu Shaohua confirmed his guess and stopped talking about it. He said, "Sit down. I have a few things to tell you."

Chu Lei nodded, sat down at the main seat at the desk, picked up a pen and a small notebook, as if he was preparing to write down what Lu Shaohua would say next.

In response, Lu Shaohua did not say anything, and spoke directly. "I told you on the phone yesterday that you will be in charge of the reception today, and I will not show up."

Chu Lei raised his head, looked at Lu Shaohua deeply, moved his lips as if he wanted to say something, but before he could open his mouth, Lu Shaohua spoke first.

"I know what you want to say." Lu Shaohua waved his hand and ignored Chu Lei who was wrong, and continued. "My identity is kept secret, and the people who know me are also some high-level people. And there must be coal bodies coming today, which is why I don't want to show up."

After hearing what Lu Shaohua said, Chu Lei felt relieved. "I understand."

"Well, I won't say much about the accompanying work, let's get straight to the next thing." After a pause, Lu Shaohua continued. "The day before yesterday, you called me and told me that the company's first car had been produced, right?"

Chu Lei didn't say anything, but nodded to tell Lu Shaohua the answer.

"Haha," Lu Shaohua laughed, with a sinister look on his face, and said, "This is a very good opportunity for publicity. When Mr. Deng comes, you have to introduce our company's first car to him."

Who is Chu Lei? He is a top student who returned from overseas. His intelligence is naturally not low. He reacted immediately and understood what Lu Shaohua meant. He couldn't help but give him a thumbs up and secretly exclaimed, "Great!"

Yes, as the first car produced by the company, its appearance in the public eye at this time undoubtedly played a good publicity role, and the effect was extremely good. You must know that there were quite a few coal companies that followed Deng Xiaoping to inspect, especially the most influential CCTV, which would definitely be present.

You should know that usually you have to pay advertising fees to hire these media to report, and sometimes they won’t report even if you pay. This time, not only is it free, but there are also several influential media reports, which saves money and effort!

At last, Lu Shaohua said after a while, seemingly unconsciously: "It would be even better if Elder Deng could experience it himself!"

Insidious, yes, Lu Shaohua is insidious. The first car produced by a government company has great significance, but Lu Shaohua asked Mr. Deng to "consecrate" it, which can maximize the publicity effect. If Mr. Deng really experiences it and praises it after getting off the car, then the Phoenix brand car will have a good reputation.

At this moment, Chu Lei realized the advantages and disadvantages of Lu Shaohua, and also understood why Lu Shaohua could run such a large industry. However, Chu Lei's understanding was one-sided, and he learned everything about Lu Shaohua's past through Weng Wende.

Weng Wende didn't know much either. He only knew that Lu Shaohua's wealth was in the unit of "billion US dollars", but he didn't know the exact number. As for how many properties Lu Shaohua had in Hong Kong, Weng Wende didn't know even more. Therefore, Chu Lei still couldn't hear many things from Weng Wende.

"I understand. I will try my best to arrange it." Chu Lei said seriously.

"Well! Cars are the first shot of our company. This first shot must be fired, then the road ahead will be easier." Lu Shaohua said with emotion.

Indeed, Lu Shaohua's goal was to make the first shot a success. As long as the first shot was successful and the Phoenix brand was well-known, it would be much easier to announce any subsequent products. This is the scary thing about the butterfly effect.

"Yes." Chu Lei nodded heavily and asked. "People suspect that when Elder Deng comes, he may ask to visit the laboratory. There are some in our laboratory..."

Chu Lei stopped talking halfway because he knew Lu Shaohua could understand him.

As expected, Lu Shaohua understood immediately and said, "The confidential research room should be locked up, and a few empty rooms should be randomly decorated. We can deal with it when the time comes."

Are you kidding? When you visit a laboratory, you will bring a lot of coal with you. Wouldn't that expose the secrets to others?

"I understand." Chu Lei answered Lu Shaohua with just two simple words.

With a slight smile, Lu Shaohua moved on to the next topic, saying, "Let's keep a few important people from the Soviet technical talents today, and let the others have a long holiday."

Lu Shaohua openly poached a large number of talents from the Soviet Union, but the outside world did not know about this. Lu Shaohua would not show this phenomenon. Moreover, when he was negotiating the deal with Zeng Jianguo, he gave these Soviets the right to reside in China. His methods were not very public, and Lu Shaohua did not want to make things difficult for others.

Chu Lei seemed to understand Lu Shaohua's intention, and said after a moment's hesitation, "I personally think that those people should all be hidden."

"Oh?" Lu Shaohua frowned and asked. "What if we introduce something technical? We can't make a fool of ourselves."

"It's okay. We recruited a group of talents who returned from abroad some time ago. There is no problem in introducing those things." Chu Lei said with a smile.

Lu Shaohua was stunned. No wonder. He didn't know much about the production base and didn't know that a group of overseas returnees had been recruited. That's why he asked. He looked at Chu Lei meaningfully and smiled. "It's settled."

At this point, Lu Shaohua had already explained the issues that needed to be explained to Chu Lei. Next, it was time to arrange some trivial matters. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Is there a decent conference room in this main building?"

"..." Chu Du was speechless. "There is a conference room, but there is nothing in it. Oh! You know, this place has not been officially put into operation yet, and many things are not needed yet."

"Then let's arrange it now, so that you won't have no place to sit and talk when the time comes." Lu Shaohua said calmly without any intention of blaming Chu Lei.

"Okay, I'll arrange it now." After saying that, Chu Lei hurriedly stood up from his chair, and it seemed that he was ready to think of a way to arrange it now. However, Chu Lei had just stood up, but he sat back down again because at this moment, someone knocked on the door. Chu Lei had to sit back and say "Come in!"

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