Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 300: Behind the Car-changing Incident

Lu Shaohua knew very well what kind of person Liu Mingzhang was. Even after he got married, started a family and established a career, his way of doing things did not change. When it came to serious matters, he was more serious than anyone else, but in ordinary times, he was a little frivolous. Speaking of this, Lu Shaohua felt that he was very similar to someone, yes, very similar to someone, that person was Weng Wende, but Weng Wende was frivolous all day long, while Liu Mingzhang was only frivolous occasionally.

It was precisely because of his understanding of Liu Mingzhang that Lu Shaohua turned a blind eye to his flattery, because Lu Shaohua knew that anyone who flattered him for no reason was either a traitor or a thief, and Liu Mingzhang would definitely not flatter him without a purpose.

As it turned out, Lu Shaohua's guess was correct, because Liu Mingzhang's next words made Lu Shaohua feel like vomiting blood.

"Oh! When I saw that car for the first time in the newspaper, I felt it was beautiful and then I fell in love with it. I didn't expect that you designed it yourself. It's really amazing. Oh! That...that's what I want to say, since it is produced by your own group, can you give me one?" Liu Mingzhang said to Lu Shaohua.

"..." Lu Shaohua was speechless. Weng Wende's extortion was very subtle, offering the factory price, but Liu Mingzhang was simply asking for too much, not being polite at all, and offering him a car as a gift. Giving and buying are two different concepts. Even if Weng Wende didn't really want to buy it with money, but he did a good job on the surface, Lu Shaohui could still accept it. But Liu Mingzhang's behavior really made Lu Shaohua want to vomit blood.

"You don't have to be polite!" After a pause, Lu Shaohua's face suddenly changed. He wanted to say, "I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone as shameless as you." However, he held back and said in an extremely angry tone, "Sending you a car... No way."

"Hey! How did I end up with a stingy boss like you?" Liu Mingzhang muttered in a low voice. "It's just a car, isn't it? How much is it worth?"

Although the voice was small, it could be clearly heard by those sitting there. Lu Shaohua's first feeling was that Liu Mingzhang said the last sentence on purpose. He was immediately furious and had the urge to eat Liu Mingzhang. This was a naked debasement of his personality.

"No room for negotiation. If you want a car, you have to pay. If you don't have money, you don't have a car." Lu Shaohua said firmly.

Lu Shaohua had no intention of compromising with Liu Mingzhang. Giving him a car was not a big deal. After all, he had already given him a Rolls-Royce, so it was not impossible for him to give him a car produced by his own company. However, what Liu Mingzhang did later completely angered Lu Shaohua, and he decided not to give him the car.

"..." Liu Mingzhang seemed to be aware of Lu Shaohua's anger and realized that Lu Shaohua was a person who would respond to soft words but not hard ones. He quickly shut his mouth and waited for Lu Shaohua to calm down before trying to persuade him to get a free car to go home.

Seeing Liu Mingzhang shut up, Lu Shaohua's anger subsided a lot. He glared at Liu Mingzhang, turned his head and asked, "You should have seen the car model in the newspaper. What do you think?"

There is no suspense at all. The car model that will appear more than ten years later will exceed the aesthetic limits of people in the 1990s in every aspect. Qin Sichen and Xu Jiarui nodded at the same time to indicate that the car model is very beautiful.

"I personally feel that the car model is much more beautiful than other brands of cars, and it should be popular with people." Xu Jiarui agreed, but while he was talking, his eyes kept moving around. If Lu Shaohua had looked carefully, it would not be difficult to guess that he was up to something. He changed the topic and said righteously. "The car is produced by our group. I personally feel that we should replace all the public cars in our group with our own brand. This will not only increase the publicity effect, but also prevent outsiders from gossiping."

What Xu Jiarui said makes sense. If you produce your own cars but use cars of other brands, what will others think? They may ask, your company has its own brand of cars but uses cars of other brands. Do you not trust your own brand?

The mouth is on other people's body. No matter how capable and powerful Lu Shaohua is, he cannot stop other people's questioning. So Xu Jiarui's words do make sense. But behind the truth, does Xu Jiarui dare to say that he has no ulterior motives?

It is an unchanging fact that the design of the car is loved by the three people sitting there. Liu Mingzhang even lowered his head and asked Lu Shaohua to give him one, but ended up arousing Lu Shaohua's anger.

With the precedent, Xu Jiarui naturally didn't dare to ask for a car as Liu Mingzhang did. He chose a more sophisticated method, which was to replace the group's official cars. As long as Lu Shaohua agreed to replace the cars after they were produced, then they, the senior executives, would have a way to turn the official cars into private use. After all, they were either the general manager or the executive president of the group, so public and private use were the same.

Obviously, Lu Shaohua didn't think too much about it, but simply thought that what Xu Jiarui said made sense, and nodded. "It really needs to be replaced."

As soon as he said this, Xu Jiarui revealed a kind of pride that was difficult to detect, and Liu Mingzhang was even happier. At the same time, he was secretly cursing himself for being stupid for not coming up with such an idea. But it didn't matter anymore, because he was already planning not to drive his Rolls-Royce when he changed cars in the future.

Poor Lu Shaohua didn't even know that his subordinates were being blackmailed. But even if he knew, what could he do? He still had to replace them.

Just like that, the issue of changing the car and opening up the market would have to wait until Xu Jiarui and his team returned from Shenzhen to decide. The discussion ended quietly. Lu Shaohua chatted with them for a while and then sent them back to the company. He also asked them to prepare for their trip to Shenzhen tomorrow. All of a sudden, the villa returned to peace. Lu Shaohua had nothing to do so he watched TV and waited for lunch.

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In the afternoon, Lu Shaohua suddenly received a call from Huo Yingdong. Lu Shaohua felt a little strange. He had just returned from Shenzhen in the morning. Why did Huo Yingdong know that he was back to Hong Kong? Finally, he found out that Huo Yingdong had contacted Liu Mingzhang, and Liu Mingzhang told him the news that Lu Shaohua had returned to Hong Kong.

Knowing that it was Liu Mingzhang who leaked the information, Lu Shaohua was no longer surprised, and the idea that he was being monitored disappeared. And Huo Yingdong's call was nothing, just inviting Lu Shaohua to his home to attend a banquet for business celebrities. Coincidentally, the banquet was held tonight.

Lu Shaohua couldn't think of any reason to refuse, so he agreed. Anyway, he hadn't been to the Huo family for a long time, so he might as well go while the banquet was going on. Maybe there would be business to be done.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Shaohua was sitting in a Rolls-Royce, with a bulletproof Mercedes in front and a bulletproof Mercedes behind. The three cars formed a small convoy, led by the Mercedes driven by Yang Yang, and drove towards the Huo family's villa in a mighty manner.

After a journey of dozens of minutes, Lu Shaohua and his party soon arrived at the Huo family villa. After getting off the car, they saw that the gate of the villa was open. Huo Zhenyu was not there to greet him as usual. Lu Shaohua did not mind and walked straight in with Li Shangkui, He Qiang and others.

The relationship with the Huo family can be said to be extremely close, so Lu Shaohua didn't mind at all whether he was welcomed or not. On the contrary, the fact that no one came out to greet him gave Lu Shaohua a feeling of closeness, as if he was visiting relatives.

"Come on, sit down!" Ho Ying-tung said with a broad smile when he saw Lu Shaohua coming in with a group of people.

"Haha! You seem to be in good spirits." Lu Shaohua wasn't polite and sat down on the sofa and made a joke.

"I'm old and can hardly walk." Ho Ying-tung agreed with Lu Shaohua and said.

"Haha!" Lu Shaohua laughed loudly and changed the subject, saying, "Hey! If I hadn't rushed back to Hong Kong this morning, I would have missed this banquet!"

"As luck would have it! I called your villa a few days ago but no one answered. Later I found out that you had returned to Shenzhen and couldn't contact you. This afternoon I called Mr. Liu to ask for your contact number in Shenzhen and asked you to come over. Who knew that you came back to Hong Kong this morning?" said Ho Ying-tung with a smile.

Lu Shaohua also smiled, sighed, and said, "I've been in Shenzhen for more than half a month, and I'm only done today!"

"Well, who says it's not? It's business!" Huo Yingdong seemed to have found the same feeling, but soon he changed the subject and said, "You are the one who started the car craze in Shenzhen this time, right?"

Lu Shaohua did not deny it, nodded, and said, "After so much research over there, we finally have some results."

"Oh..." Huo Ying frowned and was about to say something, but stopped abruptly, looking towards the door, and then said with a smile, "Jiacheng is here!"

It was only then that Lu Shaohua realized why Ho Ying-tung stopped talking in the middle of his words. It turned out that Li Jiacheng had come. There was nothing he could do because the sofa where Lu Shaohua was sitting was facing the door, so it was normal that he did not see him.

"Haha! Uncle Superman is here." Lu Shaohua greeted with a smile.

"..." Li Jiacheng chose to ignore Lu Shaohua's words, and after sitting down generously on the sofa, he said, "Why do I hear you guys talking about cars? What's going on?"

"You don't know?" Huo Yingdong glanced at Li Jiacheng, who was confused, and he explained, "There is a Phoenix brand car in Shenzhen. You should know about this. The Phoenix in Shenzhen has the same name as the Phoenix in Hong Kong."

The words were so obvious, how could Li Jiacheng not know what Huo Yingdong wanted to express? He patted his head and said as if he had suddenly realized something. "Not bad, they have made a car without making any noise, a technological product!"

At the end, Li Jiacheng paused and continued, "It's true, Xiaohua, the cars produced by your company are really good, especially the appearance, which feels very beautiful."

Lu Shaohua smiled, and couldn't help feeling a little proud of Li Jiacheng's praise. After all, he designed the car's appearance himself, and the fact that his design was recognized by Li Jiacheng, the superman of Hong Kong, undoubtedly greatly satisfied his vanity.

But the pride only lasted for a moment. He soon suppressed the pride in his heart, his mind started to work, and he began to come up with some small ideas.

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