Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 699 Blackmail

After finishing his phone call with Zeng Yuling and the others, Lu Shaohua didn't even bother to take a look at the Phoenix Base, because at the invitation of Li Jiacheng and Ho Ying-tung, Lu Shaohua had to follow them to see their factory first. To use Ho Ying-tung's words, he was going to give them some guidance.

Fortunately, Lu Shaohua had called Chu Lei long before he came to Shenzhen and asked him to arrange a car. Now there were more than a dozen cars waiting, otherwise their group of dozens of people would have to walk.

But then again, there is a Phoenix Automobile Production Base inside the Phoenix Base. It is not a simple matter to produce a few cars. There is basically no need to worry too much. It is just a matter of a word from the boss Lu Shaohua.

"Xiaohua, please send us a few cars for temporary use these days." Sitting in the car, Ho Ying-tung smiled and said.

There was no other way. Ho Ying-tung and Li Ka-shing each brought four bodyguards to Shenzhen on Lu Shaohua's private plane. They basically did not drive. In Shenzhen, both Ho Ying-tung and Li Ka-shing had two properties. One was in Luohu District, near Luohu Customs, and the other was in the security area, next to the Phoenix Base. The two places were far apart, and they had to travel without a car.

"No problem." Lu Shaohua nodded and agreed immediately.

Are you kidding? Phoenix Group is so big and Lu Shaohua never lacks cars. It is no problem to send two cars to Ho Ying-tung and Li Ka-shing. He just needs to say it.

"Haha!" Li Jiacheng laughed at the side. "Brother Huo, you have forgotten that Xiaohua is a car manufacturer. It's just a matter of a word for you to borrow a car from him. Even if you want to get a few brand new cars, it's no problem."

Huo Yingdong put on a look of sudden enlightenment, patted his forehead, and said with a smile, "I actually forgot about this."

Even though Huo Yingdong acted like a real actor, he was not a professional actor. There were always some loopholes in his expression and tone of voice. How could someone as smart as Lu Shaohua not see it? He smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "Okay, stop making up stories about me."

"Ha ha……"

"Ha ha……"

Ho Ying-tung and Li Ka-shing looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

The factory invested by Henry Fok and Li Ka-shing was not far from the Phoenix Base by car, and they arrived there quickly. They first went to Henry Fok's factory, took a tour and looked at the factory building. After Henry Fok came forward to inquire about the situation of the factory, they rushed to the next stop.

Of course, Lu Shaohua, the boss of Phoenix Base, also has a certain say in this. After all, Ho Ying-tung's factory accepts orders from Phoenix Base. Lu Shaohua coming here now is like a cooperative party making a request, which is completely reasonable.

Lu Shaohua was not being unreasonable. His request was to pay attention to quality and to follow the requirements of the Phoenix Base, otherwise he would not sign for the products they produced.

When it comes to business, Lu Shaohua would not care about the face of Ho Ying-tung and others at this time. After all, the products of Phoenix Group must be of high quality. If there are some discrepancies in the parts produced below, it would damage the Phoenix Group's reputation as a high-quality product.

Obviously, Ho Ying-Tong was more familiar with Lu Shaohua's personality and was even more aware of the reputation of Phoenix Group that it must produce high-quality products. He also supported Lu Shaohua's opinion and instructed the person in charge to strictly control the process and not bring shame to the factory and Phoenix Group.

An hour passed in the process. The next stop was Li Jiacheng's factory. Like Ho Ying-tung's factory, the factory founded by Li Jiacheng also accepted orders from the Phoenix Base. After a tour, Lu Shaohua still said the same thing: strictly control and improve quality.

What else could Li Jiacheng say? He went even further. In front of Lu Shaohua and Huo Yingdong, he said to the factory manager: "We can make less money, but the quality must be up to standard."

Li Jiacheng naturally knew that they had opened a factory next to the Phoenix Base and specialized in taking orders from the Phoenix Base because Lu Shaohua gave them face. More importantly, the factory had been receiving orders for a long time over the years, and was almost in a rush to deliver goods every day, which also meant that they made a lot of money. If there were any quality problems, what would Lu Shaohua think? Li Jiacheng couldn't imagine.

Maybe he would eventually consider the issue of face and not do anything, but in Li Jiacheng's opinion, such problems should not arise when two people are friends. That's why he said this today, and he was also telling Lu Shaohua that he would rather make less money and improve the quality and not make things difficult for Lu Shaohua.

Of course, Lu Shaohua also heard the hidden meaning in Li Jiacheng's words. He smiled and said nothing more, pretending that everyone understood the situation.

It took another hour to finally tour the factories of Li Jiacheng and Ho Ying-tung. By this time, the sun was high in the sky, passing over their heads, telling Lu Shaohua and his group that it was getting late.

Yes, Lu Shaohua and his team arrived in Shenzhen at around nine o'clock. Now two hours have passed, it is already past eleven o'clock, and it is almost time for lunch. They could have changed their route to have lunch, but Lu Shaohua changed his route and suggested taking a tour of Weng Wende's factory instead.

Everyone knows that Weng Wende is Lu Shaohua's old brother and they have a close relationship. Especially because of this relationship, the factory run by Weng Wende is the largest. Although both Ho Ying-tung and Li Ka-shing are jealous, there is nothing to say, because Weng Wende and Lu Shaohua are just a little bit related.

In addition, over the years, Weng Wende had a good personal relationship with them and they were all friends. Just as Lu Shaohua said, they could make money together. Ho Ying-tung and Li Jiacheng had nothing to say, but just smiled and followed Lu Shaohua to Weng Wende's factory.

What is Lu Shaohua going to do at Weng Wende’s factory?

Anyone with a little common sense would know that it was because when Lu Shaohua and Weng Wende were together, they were eager to blackmail each other.

So when Lu Shaohua proposed to go to Weng Wende's factory, both Ho Ying-tung and Li Jiacheng knew what Lu Shaohua was going to do. It was almost noon, and Lu Shaohua's purpose of going there was nothing more than to extort a meal.

This was indeed the case. Lu Shaohua went straight to the door, and Weng Wende happened to be there. Without saying a word, he took Weng Wende away. While Weng Wende was in a daze, Lu Shaohua only said two words - eat.

When he was invited to dinner, Weng Wende's brain short-circuited. After a long time, he finally came to his senses. It turned out that he was being blackmailed, but he did not refute it just now, which was considered as his consent. It was too late for Weng Wende to say anything now.

With two of Hong Kong's top tycoons, Huo Yingdong and Li Jiacheng, present, can you just eat a meal casually? Add in the 40 bodyguards around Lu Shaohua and the eight bodyguards of Huo Yingdong, the total number of people is more than 50, which can be five tables of food, each table only costs 20,000 yuan, and Weng Wende will have to pay at least 100,000 yuan for the meal. Weng Wende, who has always valued money, wanted to slap Lu Shaohua to death.

Since his evil plan succeeded, Lu Shaohua naturally ignored Weng Wende's sad face and smiled wickedly, looking extremely happy.

"Xiaohua, I'm so poor lately, I can barely make ends meet, and you..." Weng Wende stopped talking halfway, then changed the subject and said, "I heard you've been very busy lately, there's another financial crisis in Asia, I can tell what you've been busy with, well, you see..."

Weng Wende is becoming more and more tactful. He would stop talking halfway at the beginning, but everyone knew what the next sentence would be, which was nothing more than "You said let me go". And then, he would also stop talking halfway, and the next sentence would be nothing more than "Look, can you please".

Lu Shaohua was a smart man, so he could hear it. However, at this time, Lu Shaohua ignored Weng Wende's crying poor. After all, Weng Wende's current net worth was over 100 million yuan, so he could still afford a 100,000 yuan treat.

"Hey, let me tell you, you are a billionaire, what's the big deal about treating me to a meal? Why are you crying poor?" Lu Shaohua was not in a good mood and stopped Weng Wende from speaking.

Now, Weng Wende really had nothing to say. If he continued, he would lose face. After all, both Henry Fok and Li Ka-shing were present. He and Lu Shaohua could shamelessly deny the truth, but he had to maintain his dignity in the presence of the two Hong Kong tycoons.

"Okay, okay, I'll treat you, I'll treat you, okay?" Weng Wende looked helpless, paused, and asked with a gleam in his eyes. "I heard that the Asian financial crisis caused a loss of more than 700 billion US dollars. How much did you get from it?"

Although Weng Wende did not know the history of Lu Shaohua's rise to wealth very clearly, he knew that there was a Phoenix Financial Company under the Phoenix Group. With Weng Wende's shrewdness, he knew that Lu Shaohua must have taken some action during the Asian financial crisis.

At that time, when Phoenix Group announced that it had invested more than 400 billion US dollars to defend the Hong Kong stock market, it further confirmed that Lu Shaohua was involved. Weng Wende was also curious and wanted to find out the truth.

Regarding the Asian financial crisis, Lu Shaohua actually had nothing to hide, because both Ho Ying-tung and Li Ka-shing knew that Lu Shaohua was the initiator of this action, and they had already made a grand slam. A quick calculation would show that the amount of money Lu Shaohua had earned was huge.

As for Weng Wende and his two families, they are old friends. Relying on this relationship, Lu Shaohua seems to have nothing to hide.

"Close to one trillion dollars." Lu Shaohua said softly, as if one trillion dollars was not worth mentioning.

But this sentence was like a bolt from the blue, and it caused a thousand ripples. Although Ho Ying-tung and Li Ka-shing were mentally prepared, the word "trillion US dollars" still scared them. That was one trillion US dollars, not one or two thousand.

As for Weng Wende, although he was usually carefree, the figure of one trillion US dollars still scared him. He knew that Lu Shaohua was wealthy, but this was the first time that Weng Wende heard of such a wealthy figure.

"This is a real billionaire." Weng Wende muttered to himself.