Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 867: Share Increase [First Update]

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It was not surprising that Lu Shaohua wanted to target the Morgan Consortium. After all, the Morgan Consortium was a famous American consortium and a creditor of many countries around the world. It was also the initiator of the Asian financial crisis in Hong Kong. Liu Mingzhang and the others thought it was normal for Lu Shaohua to attack them. However, what Liu Mingzhang and the others did not expect was that in addition to attacking the Morgan Consortium, Lu Shaohua actually had another target.

What is this target? A certain consortium?

No, then Lu Shaohua gave the answer. "I want to increase my shareholding in all the companies I previously invested in. Well, I want to be as generous as possible. It would be even better if I can hold more than 51% of the shares."

The United States is an economically developed country. Precisely because of its development, many financial groups and famous companies have emerged in the United States. In Lu Shaohua's later life, among the top ten companies in the world, several were American companies.

How could Lu Shaohua let go of a company that has several of its shares ranked in the top ten?

Microsoft, Apple, Dell, Cisco, IBM, McDonald's, KFC, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, and many other companies are located in the United States.

In the early years, Lu Shaohua had already secretly entered those companies and dispersed his holdings. After increasing his holdings over the years, Lu Shaohua gradually acquired large shares in many companies.

However, Lu Shaohua felt that his original holdings were not enough and he needed to increase his holdings. This opportunity happened to come along and the stock prices of those companies would surely be affected by the overall market index and fall as well. Lu Shaohua could acquire their shares at a very low cost.

It's not that Lu Shaohua is dazzled by their shares. To be honest, at Lu Shaohua's current situation, although holding shares in those companies can cause Lu Shaohua's wealth to plummet, compared with Lu Shaohua's overall wealth, those are just a drop in the bucket.

Not for money? Then what did Lu Shaohua do for?

Influence, yes, what Lu Shaohua wants is influence. Just ask, once Lu Shaohua acquires shares of several well-known companies in the United States, and holds a large number of shares, and has a certain say in the companies, and then puts these shares in front of the US government, how will those American *** react.

Lu Shaohua had reason to believe that at that time, the first reaction of those American government officials would definitely be to turn green and look extremely ugly, followed by shock, and then they would treat Lu Shaohua with a smile.

Are you kidding? Phoenix Group controls shares of so many well-known American companies, so its status will naturally rise. It will have a great say in the United States. Does the US government dare to deal with such a person?

Maybe, maybe on the surface, the US government dare not do anything to Lu Shaohua, but it cannot guarantee it in secret. However, is Lu Shaohua afraid that the US government will do something tricky?

Lu Shaohua is hoping that the US government will do something to him. By that time, Lu Shaohua might be able to find an excuse to attack the United States and reap huge benefits.

In Lu Shaohua's view, the United States is a treasure house where huge amounts of wealth are stored. Lu Shaohua is very jealous, but because he can't find an excuse, Lu Shaohua can only keep his troops in place and has not taken any action.

A business group and a state machine. The situations of both parties are special. Unlike commercial competition, sometimes you can pounce on and take a bite without any excuse. So, sometimes you need to find an excuse.

Just like this time, Lu Shaohua found a good excuse and took advantage of the chaotic situation in the United States, ready to bite the United States hard and gain a lot of wealth to enrich his own strength.

But then again, with the strength of a state apparatus, it is still very easy to cause trouble for Lu Shaohua. Sometimes they can even act secretly when Lu Shaohua is off guard, and in the end there is still no evidence.

However, don't forget that the existence of the Tiger Roar Intelligence Network is Lu Shaohua's strongest guarantee. With so many spies planted in the United States, if he mobilizes his forces to gather intelligence at all costs, he can even get the contents of the most confidential meetings held by the US government.

It is precisely because of this that Lu Shaohua dared to act so arrogantly in the United States and to publicize his acquisition of shares in many well-known American companies.

Up to now, Lu Shaohua's Phoenix Group is no longer just a commercial group company. Especially after more than two years of development, the strength of Phoenix Group has more than doubled, and it has considerable influence in various fields. As the owner of Phoenix Group, Lu Shaohua's influence has naturally increased with the increase of strength.

It is undeniable that Lu Shaohua now has the capital to challenge the United States.

Of course, there is a premise here. This premise is that if the US government is determined to confront Lu Shaohua head-on, then Lu Shaohua will really be unable to resist unless it destroys itself along with the US government.

Well, this kind of irresistible means in business. If it comes to a head-on military confrontation, Lu Shaohua is not afraid of the United States at all, because Lu Shaohua’s Tiger Roar secret base has hundreds of missiles that can hit any city in the United States.

Various factors combined together have made Lu Shaohua already on the winning side. On the surface, he appears to be the owner of a business group, but behind him is a military force so powerful that even a country is wary of it.

A country is strong, but at the same time it also carries great responsibilities. If Lu Shaohua were to perish along with him, no country would be able to bear it, including the United States, which has the most developed military and economy in the world today.

This time, Lu Shaohua was obviously angry and had already prepared to compete with the United States. If he was at a disadvantage in the end, Lu Shaohua would not hesitate to use military force to win back the game.

Of course, Lu Shaohua would not use this last resort unless it was absolutely necessary. He still hoped that this attack on the U.S. financial market would be successful, so that he could put a perfect end to this incident.

"Acquiring shares of several listed companies, you all have experience in these things, and you don't need me to teach you how to do it. What I want to say is still the same sentence just now, acquire as much as you can, and do your utmost to acquire." Lu Shaohua did not forget to emphasize it once more at the end.

"clear."

"clear."

"clear."

Liu Mingzhang and the other three nodded solemnly, with serious expressions, and answered seriously.

"Yes." Lu Shaohua nodded in satisfaction, and then continued, "That's it. We'll officially take action tomorrow. Well, I've already contacted the Saudi Arabian royal family. Just tell them what you need them to do. Also, the funds are already in the secret account of Phoenix Bank, and they can transfer them at any time."

During these two days, in addition to engaging in a war of words with the US government, Lu Shaohua also did a lot of things, such as contacting the Saudi Arabian royal family and mobilizing funds. Now all the preliminary preparations have been completed, and Liu Mingzhang and his team can take action directly.

No one said a word, not even Liu Mingzhang, the guy who talked the most. He just nodded heavily to explain everything.

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The preliminary preparations have been completed, and the next things have become much simpler. We just need to wait for the ultimatum given by Lu Shaohua to the US government to arrive. If the US government remains silent, Lu Shaohua will give the order for formal action.

However, just as Lu Shaohua saw Liu Mingzhang and the others off and was about to return to his room to rest, an uninvited guest arrived.

When Lu Shaohua heard the report from the guard, he smiled bitterly and felt helpless in his heart. It was not for anything else but the incoming guest. This guest came as a representative of senior domestic officials. During this period, Lu Shaohua was extremely busy and his mind was in a mess. He did not intend to meet with the representative from senior domestic officials. However, in addition to being a representative of senior national officials, the visitor had another identity, which forced Lu Shaohua to meet with him.

'Future father-in-law', this is the identity of the visitor.

Zeng Aimin, the guard's report is that Zeng Aimin is here. He was formerly the secretary of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee, and is now a senior official of the Central Committee, the Vice Premier of the State Council, and also Lu Shaohua's confirmed future father-in-law.

When talking about Zeng Aimin, we have to mention his path to promotion. In his early years, Zeng Aimin became the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee in another province. Later, when a major incident happened in Shenzhen, he came to Shenzhen as a firefighter and served as the mayor, a ministerial-level cadre.

He was later promoted to become the top leader of Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee, and made Shenzhen very successful. However, after all, there is a limit to the term of office, and the top state officials intended to let him serve one more term. However, Zeng Jianguo was already at retirement age, and they must let Zeng Aimin take another step forward before his retirement. Therefore, Zeng Aimin joined the State Council as vice premier, a vice-state-level official, the year before last.

Zeng Aimin was promoted, but he did not forget the Lu family. Lu Chang, Lu Shaohua's uncle, has been doing various coordination work in Hong Kong over the years and has outstanding political achievements. When Zeng Aimin made another step forward, he was also promoted to the next level and took over the position of mayor of Shenzhen. He can be regarded as having entered the ranks of important officials.

The fact that Lu Chang was able to make further progress and even serve in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone was all thanks to the Zeng family, otherwise he would not have been able to become the mayor of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.

A man who had made contributions to the Lu family and was also the father-in-law, Lu Shaohua had to meet him even if he came on behalf of the top leaders of the country. Therefore, Lu Shaohua showed a bitter look and was full of helplessness.

Yes, Lu Shaohua’s mind is very confused now. If he talks about the technology of aircraft carriers again, Lu Shaohua will have to devote some more energy to it, which will inevitably make his mind even more confused.

But what can he do about the chaos? Lu Shaohua still has to meet his future father-in-law.

However, what Lu Shaohua never expected was that Zeng Jianguo came this time not just to discuss aircraft carrier technology, but there was another thing that required Lu Shaohua's attention.

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