Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 941: Better to Have Than Nothing

If it was the Chen Guobang of the past, it would be absolutely impossible for him to say that he designed to turn the other party's property into compensation, but now Chen Guobang said it, which proves that Chen Guobang has changed and become more and more like a profit-seeking businessman.

This change may be seen as a bit profit-oriented by others, but in Lu Shaohua's view, it is a very good change. After all, Chen Guobang is no longer a soldier. Although he has the rank of colonel, his official identity is the general manager of Phoenix Security Company. It can be said that Chen Guobang is now the general manager first and then the colonel. He is already a serious businessman.

Since he is a businessman, then everything should start from his identity, right? Therefore, Lu Shaohua thinks this change is very good. Of course, Lu Shaohua also knows that it is impossible to make Chen Guobang change completely in a short time.

There is still a long way to go to make Chen Guobang a qualified businessman. But then again, so many years have passed, Lu Shaohua doesn't mind waiting a few more years, anyway, Lu Shaohua has plenty of time.

Perhaps Lu Shaohua was happy about Chen Guobang's change, so he did not talk about the business at the moment, but instead chatted about trivial matters. After talking for nearly half an hour, Lu Shaohua ended the call with Chen Guobang and returned to his room to sleep.

When he woke up, it was already early morning of the next day. Lu Shaohua exercised as usual and then had breakfast. However, today Lu Shaohua did not watch TV. Instead, after breakfast, he hurried to Phoenix Building.

Lu Shaohua rushed to Phoenix Building so hurriedly, of course there was something going on. This matter was extraordinary. It was a press conference jointly held by Phoenix Group and Hong Kong officials. As for the content of the press conference, it was very simple. It was nothing more than talking about the counterfeiting of Phoenix mobile phones.

The Hong Kong government wanted to save face, and Phoenix Group wanted to reassure consumers; both had their own goals, so they jointly held this press conference.

The Hong Kong government can be said to have invested a lot of money this time. They sent a heavyweight official to publicize the results of the crackdown on counterfeit mobile phones in the past two days and let the media know. He then said a few passionate words, which greatly encouraged people's hearts. It was very successful.

The Phoenix Group is not bad either. Lu Shaohua, the boss of the Phoenix Group, came out personally to give sufficient assurances to the public, expressing the Phoenix Group's determination to crack down on counterfeiting. He also called on consumers to be careful and to buy products only from stores that have agency qualifications or from the Phoenix Group itself.

In Hong Kong, Phoenix Group has invaded various industries, including its own stores, which sell all Phoenix Group's products, such as home appliances, DVDs, mobile phones, computers, etc. All products produced by Phoenix Group can be purchased in the specialty stores.

This business model is a bit like Gome and Suning Electrical Appliances in the past, except that Gome and Suning opened a shell store and then asked manufacturers to buy the shelf rights from them before putting their products on the shelves for sale.

The stores opened by Phoenix Group are different. They sell all products produced by the company itself. It can be said that everything from manufacturing to retail is integrated and carried out in a one-stop manner.

After the press conference, Lu Shaohua did not stay in Phoenix Building, but left immediately and returned to his residence.

The reason why Lu Shaohua was so anxious was entirely because he was waiting for a call, waiting for Chen Guobang to call him and tell him the result, and then he would make the decision to close the net.

Chen Guobang did not disappoint Lu Shaohua. He called around ten o'clock and told Lu Shaohua the results of the investigation. He also reported to Lu Shaohua that the other party had shown signs of escaping and asked Lu Shaohua whether he had notified Lu Chang to arrest them before they escaped.

"Now that we have collected definite evidence against them, we can start taking action. As for the deeper ones, we will wait until we catch them." Lu Shaohua's tone was very flat, as if he was talking about something insignificant.

Indeed, Lu Shaohua's tone was very calm, but it was in this calm tone that Lu Shaohua determined the fate of a ministerial-level official, making him spend the rest of his life in a dark little room.

This cannot be blamed on Lu Shaohua. If anyone is to blame, it can only be blamed on them for being greedy and trying to defeat the Phoenix Group and continue to bring down Lu Chang. As the saying goes, you reap what you sow. Lu Shaohua will not be polite to them.

But then again, the reason why Lu Shaohua decided to take action at this moment was entirely because of the intelligence obtained by Chen Guobang's investigation. The city party secretary did have a backer, but his backer did not seem to be very strong. It can be said that he could get to this point today thanks to Zeng Aimin.

Yes, if Zeng Aimin had not been transferred to the State Council and Lu Chang’s qualifications were not sufficient, how could he have been given the position of Secretary-General of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee?

He was very lucky, but luck was not destined to accompany him throughout his life. He was unlucky and fell into Lu Shaohua's hands. Seeing him like this, his backers probably would not stand up and speak for him.

According to the intelligence gathered by Chen Guobang, the backer of this municipal party committee secretary is the number one figure in the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Anyone who can become the head of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection must be a black-faced general and a person who hates corruption and cannot violate national laws.

All the evidence now shows that this municipal party committee secretary is a corrupt official who has also neglected his duties and abused his power for personal gain. He has basically committed all the crimes that officials often commit. Will the head of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection stand up and speak for him?

Maybe they won't stand up to speak for him, or they might punish him severely. After all, they are from the same faction. As members of the same faction, if they commit a crime at his hands, that would be courting death!

Only by giving him a severe beating can he show his willingness to sacrifice his own relatives for the sake of justice!

This is officialdom, this is politics.

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However, what Lu Shaohua didn't know was that with his order, the atmosphere in the whole Shenzhen changed completely and became extremely spooky. First, a group of fully armed armed police appeared at the station, docks, and airport.

Then a large number of police were dispatched, and teams split up and headed in different directions. Needless to say, the police were dispatched to arrest pirates and counterfeiters.

Indeed, the police only have the power to arrest people, and as for the rest, each has its own responsibilities. For example, the court issues decrees and seals factories, while the industrial and commercial bureau investigates piracy and counterfeiting, and the government collects evidence and prepares to bring prosecutions.

The joint action of the four major departments is a rare event that happens only once in a century, but it is actually happening now. The source of all this is just the discovery that someone has imitated the Phoenix mobile phone, and it finally turned out like this.

At this time, the domestic officialdom had to admire Zeng Aimin. The reason was simply that Zeng Aimin was the former secretary of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee. During his few years in office, he turned Shenzhen into an iron bucket.

Now he left, but Lu Chang appeared. Zeng Aimin handed the entire iron bucket to Lu Chang. At Lu Chang's command, almost most departments started moving.

But those departments were just pioneers, and the final large force was still composed of the Discipline Inspection Commission. Since the person involved in the case was a senior official at the ministerial level and the number one figure in Shenzhen, the Shenzhen Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission did not have the power to take direct action, and someone at a higher level had to come down and take responsibility.

Shenzhen is a ministerial-level city, and the next level up is the central government, so the people sent down are naturally from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. However, the local Shenzhen Commission for Discipline Inspection still has certain qualifications, because they are the local bosses, so they got the identity of an assistant.

Having an assisting identity is enough to make it convenient for Lu Shaohua to hand over the evidence to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, so that the municipal party committee secretary will find it difficult to escape the law.

So, when Lu Shaohua received the news that the people from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection had arrived in Shenzhen, Lu Shaohua didn't even think about it and directly asked someone to hand the evidence to the people sent by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. As for what they would do next, it was up to them.

Retire after success. Lu Shaohua seems to be retiring after success, but can Lu Shaohua really retire after success?

This matter involves the Phoenix Group. How can Lu Shaohua, the victim of bullying, just hand over the evidence and do nothing about it?

Lu Shaohua is also paying attention to the situation in Shenzhen. As long as Lu Shaohua finds that there is any handling that makes him dissatisfied, he doesn't mind reporting it to the No. 1 leader.

Fortunately, the people from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection seemed to have received some hints and showed no mercy. They investigated what needed to be investigated and entered what they found into files, ready to submit them to the *** as evidence for prosecution.

Seeing that the matter was about to be settled, Lu Shaohua finally took action. On the grounds that the reputation of Phoenix Group was damaged, he demanded compensation from the companies that imitated Phoenix products.

Now, a lawsuit is about to begin, but everyone knows that there is no point in filing this lawsuit because it is already predetermined that Phoenix Group will win.

The victory of Phoenix Group is indeed good news, but it is not good news for the top leaders of the country. The reason is that Lu Shaohua's lawsuit has shattered the original intention of the top leaders of the country to confiscate the ownerless industries there.

To compensate Phoenix Group for its losses, I'm afraid even the amount of all the ownerless properties added together wouldn't be enough. So what can we use to confiscate?

In desperation, the country's top leaders had no choice but to give up the idea and generously awarded those ownerless properties to Phoenix Group as compensation, just to give Lu Shaohua face.

Lu Shaohua would not refuse and accepted it generously. He then asked someone to stop the work for a while and took away those that were useful to the Phoenix Group. If they were useless, they were auctioned off. In the end, Lu Shaohua even sold the land of those bases.

Shenzhen has a developed economy. As time goes by, every inch of land here is worth a lot of money. Land is very valuable. If Lu Shaohua puts the land up for auction, he can exchange it for a lot of wealth.

However, Lu Shaohua also knew that compared with the losses, that little money was not enough, but Lu Shaohua finally found a good excuse to comfort himself.

"It's better to have something than nothing..."

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