Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 291 Subsequent Arrangements

The old man's sudden stop made Lu Shaohua a little slow to react. He was stunned for a moment, and said "Oh", still a little confused. It took him a long time to come back to his senses and said quickly. "If you have any questions, just let me know."

"Well, this question is a personal one. It not only interests me, but also many old guys." The old man paused and said, "How much money did you make from the Japanese stock market in the past few years?"

Lu Shaohua smiled bitterly. It was not difficult for Lu Shaohua to see from the old man's eyes that the old man was really interested in this issue. While he was interested, he also felt excited. He understood it after thinking about it. The old man had experienced the Anti-Japanese War and hated the Japanese from the bottom of his heart. Lu Shaohua himself went to Japan to stir up trouble. Although it was in the stock market, it was also a kind of revenge. Naturally, the old man was very interested.

Money is just a number to Lu Shaohua now, but it is this number that interests the older generation. The old man is like this, and Zeng Jianguo next to him is also very interested. After all, this is revenge on the Japanese, and the amount of money made is related to the degree of revenge.

Lu Shaohua could not refuse the old man's offer, but this was a secret that Lu Shaohua did not want to tell, which immediately put him in a dilemma. On second thought, with his current strength and the fact that he recognized the old man as his "godfather", he seemed to have a strong backing, and the secret of the funds seemed to become unimportant.

With a plan in mind, Lu Shaohua did not hide it and told the truth. "The specific amount at that time was more than 420 billion US dollars."

"More than 420 billion?" The old man was shocked by the number, and then he seemed to be talking to himself. "Or is it US dollars?"

The old man was frightened. Zeng Jianguo, who had been silent all this time, was also frightened. The degree of fright was not just a mild one. According to the information Zeng Jianguo got, Lu Shaohua earned at most more than 89 billion US dollars in the stock market crash in . However, the actual answer was twice as much as expected, which scared him greatly!

"Hmm!" Lu Shaohua's expression was very calm, as if he didn't take the number seriously.

Naturally, Lu Shaohua's plain appearance caught the old man's attention, which made him think more highly of him. To others, this expression might seem like he was ignoring me, but the old man didn't think so. His intuition told him that Lu Shaohua looked down on that little bit of money and thought it was too little.

More than 400 billion is indeed not a lot for the reborn Lu Shaohua. Compared with those old families that are hidden very deeply, he knows nothing. It is a bit like a newborn baby and a centenarian, the difference is too big.

The old man didn't say anything more. He turned around and said, "Let's go to Beijing when we have time," and then he walked forward. Lu Shaohua also sent the old man downstairs and watched him get on car number one and slowly leave the production base.

Standing at the door of the main building, staring blankly at the long queue of cars, Lu Shaohua still did not react, his eyes looking into the distance with a calm face, as if he had been acupunctured.

"Gone far away." Chu Lei stood beside Lu Shaohua and said softly at some point.

"Yes, he walked away." Lu Shaohua also came back to his senses. "Go back to the office, I have something to tell you."

The two of them soon returned to Chu Lei's office. As soon as they entered the room, they saw Li Shangkui and the other three seemed to be chatting about something, talking and laughing, which made Lu Shaohua feel weird. You know, the four of them usually don't smile, so why are they smiling so welcomingly today?

"Brother Li, what are you talking about?" Lu Shaohua asked.

"Oh! We didn't talk about anything, it's just that Zhang Qingyun's lover is coming to Shenzhen to see him." Li Shangkui said while looking at Zhang Qingyun playfully.

Lu Shaohua didn't know much about Zhang Qingyun, the driver he had always played. He only knew that he was an ordinary soldier and returned to his hometown after retiring to farm with his parents. Later, he was contacted by Chen Guobang and became Lu Shaohua's driver.

"That's a good thing." Lu Shaohui couldn't hide his happiness, but then he felt a little guilty. As a boss, he didn't seem to care enough about his bodyguard. He glanced at Zhang Qingyun and saw that he was blushing. "Brother Zhang, how about this? Don't follow me around anymore. I'll ask Brother Guobang to arrange a regular job for you, and you stay in Shenzhen."

"How can that be? I'm leaving now. Your driver..."

"Stop talking, Brother Zhang. I'll make the arrangements." Lu Shaohua interrupted Zhang Qingyun before he could finish. They were about to get married, and Lu Shaohua didn't want them to stay by his side as bodyguards. That was too dangerous. He changed the subject and asked, "What is your wife's education level?"

"Well, I'm not too sure about that. I seemed to be in high school at that time. Later I joined the army. I don't know whether I graduated or not." Zhang Qingyun replied.

"Well, it's not bad." Lu Shaohua said. In fact, if people born in the 60s and 70s can go to high school, it is indeed very good. They are considered intellectuals. "Then how about this, arrange for them to work in the group."

After that, Lu Shaohua turned back and said to Chu Lei, "Brother Lei, you can make the arrangements when the time comes."

"Okay, no problem." Brother Lei said with a smile.

"That...that..." Zhang Qingyun's face was full of embarrassment.

Lu Shaohua knew what Zhang Qingyun was going to say, so he waved his hand to interrupt him and said, "Don't say anything. Just let me know when you're ready to get married."

Just like that, Zhang Qingyun's matter came to an end. Lu Shaohua only had to tell Chen Guobang. As for the matter of one less bodyguard among the four, Lu Shaohua believed that Chen Guobang would arrange it.

After finding a random seat and sitting down, Lu Shaohua's expression became serious and he began to give instructions about the group's affairs. "Brother Lei, I believe that tomorrow's coal media will report wildly about Mr. Deng's inspection today. We can't just rely on this publicity. We need to add more fuel to the fire."

"I think the same way, especially regarding cars. We have just started to see some signs of success, so we need to increase publicity." Chu Lei expressed his thoughts.

"We need to continue promoting the car, but the problem is that we haven't officially started mass production yet." After a pause, Lu Shaohua continued. "So our next task is to start mass production while promoting it."

"Yeah!" Chu Lei nodded, a look of embarrassment on his face, and said, "There is no problem with production, but the workers on the production line are a problem."

"I understand this. I just mentioned this difficulty to Mr. Deng. He agreed to help. There should be results after a while." Lu Shaohua said this matter lightly, and then continued, "But we can't wait now! Time is money. We need to recruit some ordinary workers as soon as possible and train some technical personnel. Let's take over first, and then we can do the rest step by step."

"Okay, I will start arranging recruitment tomorrow." Chu Lei said seriously.

"Okay, we can start recruiting tomorrow, but have you thought about how to recruit workers?" Lu Shaohua asked back.

Lu Shaohua's question was a bit stupid. Chu Lei couldn't help but look up at him, but when he saw Lu Shaohua's smiling face, he knew that what Lu Shaohua said was not as simple as it seemed, but had another meaning.

Lu Shaohua did have another meaning. If we recruit workers in the usual way, who knows when we can recruit a batch of workers. Without waiting for Chu Lei to answer, Lu Shaohua continued, "The news about the car will probably be reported by the media tomorrow morning, so our group will also hold a press conference tomorrow afternoon. I believe that with the media reports in the morning, there will be many media present. You can mention the recruitment of workers from all walks of life at the press conference!"

"Ah!" After a while, Chu Lei sighed and said, "Why am I so stupid? With Coal Group helping us advertise for recruitment, I believe there are many people willing to come to Shenzhen."

"Haha! I'm glad you understand." Lu Shaohua laughed, very satisfied with Chu Lei's reaction speed. "By the way, our company should set a higher salary for workers, which will be more attractive. After all, our group has not yet made a name for itself. In the eyes of others, it is just an unknown company."

"Okay, I'll arrange it." Chu Lei agreed.

In fact, there is one point that Lu Shaohua did not say, which is that setting the salary higher can win people's hearts. Given the current situation in the country, the wages of workers are too low and people basically cannot make any money. So if they can enter a high-paying company, the workers' morale will be much higher and they will work harder.

"Then it's settled." Lu Shaohua made the decision, but for some reason, he still felt a little uneasy. Although Chu Lei had been in the company for quite some time and managed the company in an orderly manner, as the company expanded, the difficulty would gradually increase. He was really worried that Chu Lei would find it difficult. "Brother Lei, as the company expands, your pressure will increase. You have to work hard."

"I know that. I was just about to talk to you about this." After a pause, Chu Lei continued, "The business will definitely get bigger and bigger. I'm afraid I won't be able to handle it alone."

Chu Lei glanced at Lu Shaohua after he finished speaking, and when he saw the latter signaling him to continue, he said, "I heard that you have a Phoenix Group in Hong Kong, and it's quite large. Can you find a way to transfer a few experienced people to help?"

Lu Shaohua smiled slightly. Chu Lei's words hit the mark. Originally, when he mentioned the pressure, he was going to arrange for a few people from Hong Kong to come over. He just didn't say it directly because he was afraid that Chu Lei would have a different mentality. "Well, I'll make a call to Hong Kong later and ask them to transfer a few people to assist you. Oh! By the way, the rules and regulations of the company in Hong Kong are very good. I think we should follow them and move over here."

Are you kidding? The rules and regulations were formulated by Lu Shaohua himself, so how could they be bad? The answer is obviously no.

"Well, please arrange it as soon as possible. To be honest, I have been feeling very stressed for a long time, but I just didn't mention it." Chu Lei said with a relaxed expression.

"Well, that's it. You go and arrange the press conference tomorrow. I'll go talk to Brother Guobang about something." Lu Shaohua stood up from his chair and then said to Li Shangkui and the others, "Let's go over there!"

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