Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 511: Cooperation in the Telecommunications Field

Lu Shaohua's desire to go to Li Jiacheng's house for dinner was just an excuse, but wanting to meet Li Zekai was a fact. As for why he wanted to meet Li Zekai, Lu Shaohua certainly had his plans. However, when Lu Shaohua talked to Li Jiacheng on the phone, he did not reveal the answer and just laughed it off.

Lu Shaohua was a very punctual person. He would leave in the same hour as agreed. However, his convoy was too grand. There were ten cars in total and thirty bodyguards. It seemed a bit disrespectful to go to Li Jiacheng's house with such a momentum. He could only let the twenty bodyguards find a place to eat by themselves when they were about to arrive at Li Jiacheng's house, while he took the ten bodyguards to Li Jiacheng's house.

What Li Ka-shing said was right. Henry Fok was also there. Although it was inconvenient for Henry Fok to be there, even Li Ka-shing’s two sons, Li Zeju and Li Zekai, were there, as well as Henry Fok. It was quite lively.

After entering the door, Lu Shaohua could not start his main topic right away, but sat with everyone to chat and then eat. After the meal, everyone opened two bottles of red wine and sat in the small hall, ready to start the main topic.

Li Jiacheng has known Lu Shaohua for quite some time, and he knows Lu Shaohua's work style and personality very well. If Lu Shaohua had nothing to do on normal days, Li Jiacheng would have thought it was normal for him to come to his house for a home-cooked meal. However, when everyone gathered on the first floor of Phoenix Group this afternoon, Lu Shaohua did not say a word. It was not until he returned to Cheung Kong Holdings that Lu Shaohua called and said that she wanted to come to his house for dinner, and she also asked about Li Zeju. It was obvious that Lu Shaohua had something to ask Li Zeju.

It was for this reason that Li Jiacheng asked everyone to gather in the small hall after dinner. After all, it was more convenient to discuss things in the small hall. No servants would pass by, and any matter could be discussed directly without worrying about being exposed.

Knowing that Lu Shaohua had something to do, Li Jiacheng also mentioned it when he called Li Zekai. Of course, Li Jiacheng only knew that something had happened, but Lu Shaohua did not say what it was. Li Jiacheng just reminded his son and did not say much more.

Li Zekai was also a man of quick temper. After being reminded by Li Jiacheng, he could not help but speak after everyone was seated. "Xiaohua, your Phoenix Communications will be officially launched today. I was busy, so I didn't go. Please bear with me."

"No, no, no." Lu Shaohua said goodbye three times in a row, waving his hands in coordination, and then said, "It's enough to have a thoughtful thought. Besides, it's just a ceremony. You missed the good wine at the cocktail party, haha!"

"Ha ha!"

Everyone laughed, including Ho Ying-tung.

After laughing, Huo Yingdong also chimed in. "Don't give in, the wine today is pretty good!"

"Ha ha!"

Now everyone laughed even more happily, and Lu Shaohua also smiled, but there was a hint of bitterness in his smile, it was a wry smile.

"It seems that I missed it too?" Huo Zhenyu also echoed.

"..." Lu Shaohua was speechless for a while. This was obviously a teasing, but what else could he do? He was the one who brought up the topic, and he couldn't refute it. He could only change the subject. "Okay, let's not talk about this. It's you, the little superman, who's busy all day. What are you busy with? PCCW?"

It is undeniable that Lu Shaohua guessed correctly. Li Zekai nodded, then said with a bitter face, "Speaking of my PCCW, it's all because of you. The opening of your Phoenix Communications has a certain impact on my company's business."

PCCW's main business is also telecommunications, but there are two types of telecommunications: wireless communications and wired telecommunications. Wireless communications are like Lu Shaohua, wireless calls, that is, BBP machines, mobile phones, etc., while wired telecommunications are fixed-line, broadband and other services.

It has to be said that although Lu Shaohua's Phoenix Telecom is engaged in wireless business, it also had a certain impact on wired telecommunications as soon as it opened, and it was certain that some business would be snatched away.

Lu Shaohua did not deny it, nodded and said, "Yes, although one is wireless and the other is wired, it is certain that it will be affected. However, there is nothing we can do. I started planning in the field of communications many years ago, but I did not start a business and intervene until the mobile phone was produced. Now that it is finally manufactured, I will definitely intervene. So, I hope Little Superman can understand, um, forgive me, haha!"

"Don't give me that." Li Zekai said in a fake angry tone, then smiled and changed the subject, asking, "You asked me to come here today just for the telecommunications matter, right?"

Li Zekai got to the point, and Lu Shaohua was eager to nod his head, his expression became serious, and said, "Yes, I came here for the telecommunications business. Well, I have an idea that the two companies can actually cooperate in some aspects. You are in the wired business, and I am in the wireless business, but we are in the telecommunications industry, so we are in the same industry!"

After a pause, Lu Shaohua continued, "Some people say that competitors are enemies. I don't quite agree with this statement. Why must competitors be enemies? Why can't we cooperate and become complementary partners?"

"Do you mean cooperation?" asked Li Zekai.

"Yes." Lu Shaohua nodded and said, "Yes, it is cooperation. Cooperation in certain aspects. This is a win-win plan."

Li Zekai did not answer immediately. He thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "To be honest, I have some doubts that today is April Fool's Day. My PCCW is also quite famous in Hong Kong, but compared with your Phoenix Group, it is nothing. Now I have the opportunity to cooperate with your Phoenix Group. Why do I feel that it is a bit fake?"

"Ha ha!"

There was no one who didn't laugh, including Li Jiacheng, who also laughed, and laughed happily, happy for his son. PCCW and Phoenix Group are in a cooperative relationship? What does this mean? It means that Phoenix Group and PCCW can no longer stand in opposition.

The two companies stood in opposition, which was something Li Jiacheng did not want to see. One was his own son, and the other was Phoenix Group, which belonged to Lu Shaohua. Lu Shaohua was a friend and fellow villager, and Li Jiacheng did not want to see them become enemies.

Another reason is that Li Ka-shing was afraid. Yes, he was afraid. He was afraid that if PCCW stood on the opposing side, it would lose badly. After all, Li Ka-shing had some understanding of the strength of the Phoenix Group. Even if PCCW and his Cheung Kong Holdings joined forces, they could not be the opponents of the Phoenix Group.

Come to think of it, the strength of Phoenix Group may be seen as just a group company with assets of nearly 1989 billion US dollars in the eyes of outsiders, but Li Jiacheng, who has a very good relationship with Ho Ying-tung, is still Lu Shaohua. Lu Shaohua's wealth was earned by Lu Shaohua from the Japanese stock market crash in alone, which means that Lu Shaohua's current wealth will not be less than billion US dollars, not to mention the money earned from the development of Phoenix Group in the past few years. If it is added, it will probably not be less than billion US dollars.

To be an enemy of a person with a net worth of 600 billion US dollars is nothing more than a pebble hitting a rock, which is no different from seeking death. Would Li Jiacheng be so stupid as to let his son be hostile to Lu Shaohua?

Originally, when he knew that Lu Shaohua was involved in the telecommunications industry, Li Jiacheng wanted to persuade his son to give up the telecommunications industry and sell the shares of PCCW to Lu Shaohua and let Lu Shaohua run the business. This way, he could do Lu Shaohua a favor and maybe even deepen their relationship.

But now there is no need for that. Lu Shaohua proposed cooperation and there will be no confrontation. Li Jiacheng was of course extremely happy.

"It's a pleasure working with you." Lu Shaohua took the initiative to extend his hand to shake hands with Li Zekai.

Li Zekai was laughing. How could he be a fool? Lu Shaohua's excitement undoubtedly showed one thing, that is, Lu Shaohua did not want to destroy the relationship between the two families. "Don't be so old-fashioned. Forget the handshake. Hug instead."

"it is good."

The two men gave each other a bear hug, which was a sign of friendship between men.

After the hug, everything returned to calm, but did Lu Shaohua come to the Li family just to cooperate with PCCW?

If this is the case, there is no need for Lu Shaohua to show up in person. He can just let Qin Sichen go to talk. He can just sit in the villa and wait for news. There is no need for him to come to the Li family in person to talk about this matter.

Showing goodwill? Yes, this was one of the purposes of Lu Shaohua's visit to the Li family. Given his relationship with the Li family, it was necessary for Lu Shaohua to come in person to show his sincerity.

But then again, business wars are like a battlefield. There are no fathers and sons in the business world. In the business world, it is a game of chess and there is no emotion involved. Will Lu Shaohua cooperate with them while privately acquiring their shares, as he did with Royal Dutch Shell?

No, this is Lu Shaohua's answer. Lu Shaohua is a Chinese, a Chinese with a history of more than 5,000 years. He is well aware of the saying "pointing the guns at the outside world". If PCCW was not controlled by Li Zekai, or if Li Zekai was not Li Ka-shing's son, Lu Shaohua might repeat the same trick as Royal Dutch Shell.

But Li Zekai is Li Ka-shing's son after all, and Lu Shaohua will not do that. Cooperation means cooperation, and Lu Shaohua will not do anything behind his back. Even if he wants PCCW, he will discuss the acquisition with Li Zekai openly.

PCCW, Lu Shaohua cares a lot about this company. In addition, now that Phoenix Telecom has been officially listed and operated, Lu Shaohua really needs such a telecommunications company to rapidly expand the business and make Phoenix Telecom in Hong Kong stronger and bigger.

Of course, there is a prerequisite, which is that Li Zekai is willing to let go of PCCW before Lu Shaohua will acquire it. If Li Zekai is unwilling to let go, Lu Shaohua will not acquire it. It will be just like what was originally said, cooperation, cooperation between the two companies.

But the problem is that PCCW has become a burden now. This is what Lu Shaohua's memory told him. Although PCCW appears to be prosperous on the surface, it is actually a company that gives Li Zekai a lot of headaches, otherwise Li Zekai would not want to sell PCCW.

This is indeed the fact. PCCW has become a burden for Li Ka-shing. Although the situation is not yet serious enough to be irreversible, it cannot be denied that Li Ka-shing is very troubled by PCCW. He wants to sell it, but he is not willing to do so.

Now that Lu Shaohua has entered the telecommunications field, it seems that Li Zekai has found a good target for sale. However, he did not rush to speak out his thoughts. Instead, he pondered for a long time, organizing his words in his mind, and only spoke out when he was almost ready...