Reborn in the red age

At the internal meeting of Huaxin the day before yesterday, Xie Wanmin was speechless after being criticized by Li Qingfeng. He didn't know what to say.

Li Qingfeng decisively stated that he would not consider Project 909 and would accept the investment intention negotiation from the Morgan Consortium.

While ensuring that Huaxin's core interests and independent research and development are upheld and the price is right, we will consider selling part of Huaxin's shares to the Morgan Consortium.

Huaxin was originally a company under Li Qingfeng's control. Although Xie Wanmin was a national representative, he could only persuade. Once Li Qingfeng made up his mind, he really couldn't refuse.

Under Li Qingfeng's promise that if the shares were sold, the shareholding would be controlled within 10%, and that as long as money came in, no one else would come in, Xie Wanmin kept silent and acquiesced to Li Qingfeng's decision to contact Morgan.

Under the premise that he would have to accept investment in either of the two options, Li Qingfeng would rather sell his shares to Wall Street than to Japan.

Not to mention the deep hatred between the two countries, from the perspective of interests alone, Wall Street is more suitable for Huaxin at the moment. After all, Wall Street wants profits.

In order to gain more profits, they will help Huaxin to develop its business globally, and use their extensive financial network and international influence to help Huaxin's products enter more countries and regions.

As for Japan, apart from getting some money and a production line, there is no benefit for Huaxin at all.

And this money has to be paid back to the other party. After all, the production line they provide you costs money, and the price is not low, usually two or three times the international market price.

On the weekend, Li Qingfeng took He Guangqing to a hotel conference room to meet with Reed Morgan, a representative of the Morgan Consortium.

As soon as Reed saw Qingfeng Li, he showed great admiration for him. He couldn't wait to rush over before the door was closed.

He shook Li Qingfeng's hand enthusiastically and started to chatter away: "Hello, Mr. Li, hello, I'm your schoolmate Reed Morgan, I enrolled at Stanford in 83, and I was in the audience when you gave a speech at Stanford a few years ago. I was very fascinated by what you said."

"Your analysis of the future development trend of the Internet software industry was like a beacon. After graduation, I joined our family business. Among the investment projects I operated, several were Internet start-ups inspired by your speech. Now they have achieved quite good returns. In my heart, you are simply..."

Looking at the Morgan representative who was shaking his hand enthusiastically like a little fan meeting his idol, Li Qingfeng didn't know what to say for a moment.

Well, the representative sent by the Morgan family is a member of their family and also one of their alumni. It seems that he might be their little fan.

What's their trick of sending such a person to talk to me?
Seeing this guy talking incoherently for several minutes, Li Qingfeng smiled on the surface and nodded from time to time, but he was quite impatient in his heart.

As the temperature gradually warmed up, Reed's right hand, which was tightly held by him, felt a little wet, which Qingfeng Li felt even more disgusted with.

After waiting for him to finish speaking, Qingfeng Li finally found an opportunity and quietly withdrew his hand.

I silently pulled out a piece of toilet paper from my pocket, put my hands behind my back, wiped them and responded with a smile: "Thank you for the compliment, alumni. At the time, it was just some personal opinions. I didn't expect it would have such an impact on you."

"Mr. Li, you are too modest. In our Wall Street circle, there are countless people who have made a fortune because of your predictions. As I said before, your speech at Stanford is simply the key to unlock the treasure." When Reed said this, his eyes were burning, and he looked at Li Qingfeng as if he saw a gold mine.

Facing Li De's fiery gaze, Li Qingfeng felt a chill.

If you know that this guy admires you, then you will think that this guy likes you when you see this look.

He Guangqin noticed Li Qingfeng's dissatisfaction and quickly stepped forward to change the subject, directing the conversation towards this cooperation.

"Yes, yes, yes, Mr. Li, don't mind. I was so excited to see you that I forgot about the business for a moment." Reed slapped his forehead, walked quickly to the conference table, and personally pulled out a chair for Li Qingfeng to sit down.

Seeing this guy's impetuous and impetuous appearance, Qingfeng Li even suspected that the Morgan Consortium did not value Huaxin? Otherwise, why would they send such an unreliable person to negotiate with him?

After exchanging a glance with He Guangqing, Li Qingfeng shook his head helplessly and smiled, then walked to the pulled-out chair and sat down.

Seeing Qingfeng Li sitting down, Reed hurriedly took the seat opposite him with the Chinese assistant he had brought with him.

When the formal communication began, Reed lost his excited expression and put on a serious face: "Mr. Li, I came here with full sincerity. We are well aware of the huge potential of Huaxin in the semiconductor field, especially the outstanding achievements in graphics card chips. This makes us firmly believe that cooperation with Huaxin will open a new glorious chapter."

"Reed, I don't have much time, so let's not mention these polite words. Let's get straight to the point. How much are you Morgans willing to pay? In other words, how much money are you Morgans willing to give and what do you want?" Li Qingfeng was too lazy to talk about these things and asked directly.

Reed was stunned by Qingfeng Li's blunt words. Aren't Chinese people always reserved? Before coming here, he had consulted his assistant and learned how to deal with Chinese people. How could this global software industry tycoon be so straightforward?
After a long period of silence, Qingfeng Li on the opposite side could not help but raise his eyebrows, not understanding what this Morgan family kid was thinking.

Seeing Li Qingfeng raised his eyebrows, Reed realized that he had learned nothing, and quickly said: "Our valuation of Huaxin is based on how many shares you are willing to give up. If you are willing to accept our Morgan Holdings, we will give Huaxin an astronomical valuation."

Hearing this, Li Qingfeng couldn't help but curse Morgan's wild ideas in his heart. He even let you control the shares. What a dream! At most I can give you 10%, and only money can come in, but people can't come in.

Of course, as a man of the moment, Qingfeng Li would definitely not curse, but shrugged his shoulders and answered the question with American humor: "Astronomical figure? How much is it exactly? If Huaxin alone can make me the richest man in the world, I don't mind selling the entire Huaxin to you."

Since the Lemon Company that replaced Microsoft was not listed, the world's richest man at this time was the financial player Buffett, whose personal net worth reached 15 billion US dollars.

Reed on the opposite side froze in his expression, and he couldn't help cursing in his heart, "You really dare to think so. Ask yourself honestly, is your broken Huaxin worth so much money?"

Reed smiled awkwardly: "Mr. Li, you are joking. We are of course aware of the importance of Huaxin to you and the Chinese semiconductor industry. Controlling is just a possibility to explore. If we can obtain about 6% of Huaxin's shares according to our initial plan, we are willing to bid US$ million." The update and replacement of semiconductor products is really too fast, and the reign of a product is only about a year at most.

If Huaxin cannot continue to lead in the research and development of second-generation products one year later, its valuation will drop significantly.

Especially since Huaxin is a semiconductor company from a country subject to a high-tech embargo, it is very likely to reach its peak as soon as it debuts. In Morgan's view, this price is very reasonable.

After all, they just wanted to make a few hundred million during this year when Huaxin was so popular.

When Qingfeng Li heard the offer, he narrowed his eyes slightly, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone: "Mr. Reed, you seem to have seriously underestimated the potential of Huaxin. Six hundred million US dollars is simply an insulting offer."

"Mr. Li, you have to understand the characteristics of the semiconductor industry. The technology is changing rapidly and the risks are extremely high. For this $600 million offer, we at Morgan took into account market risks, industry trends, and the international environment in which Huaxin is located."

"International environment? Do you mean the so-called high-tech embargo?"

"Yes, Huaxin's current production line is a bit behind the international giants. Under the high-tech embargo, do you think Huaxin's current 0.8-micron production line can meet the production needs of the second-generation video memory chips?"

"I believe TSMC will be happy to help us with product manufacturing"

"Really? As far as I know, TSMC has an official background in the local government. Do you think that given their attitude towards the mainland, they will allow TSMC to manufacture Huaxin's products?"

This is a threat, and a naked threat at that.

Tell Li Qingfeng clearly that if you don't sell the shares to us Morgan, then Huaxin will not only not be able to buy advanced lithography machines, but will not even be able to find a foundry company.

He Guangqin, the secretary, naturally couldn't let his boss get angry first, so he immediately slammed the table and stood up: "Mr. Reed, what do you mean by this? Are you blatantly threatening? If you, the Morgan Consortium, come to the negotiation with such an attitude, then there is no need to continue this cooperation."

After looking at Qingfeng Li and seeing that he didn't make any move, Reed turned to look at He Guangqin, waved his hand calmly and said, "Secretary He, don't get excited. I'm just stating an objective fact, not intentionally threatening. In business, we need to consider all factors comprehensively, so that our future cooperation can be more stable."

As he said this, he turned around and looked at Qingfeng Li with a smile on his face.

At this moment, Li Qingfeng was sitting on a chair with a gloomy face. He knew clearly what was public and what was private.

He was so enthusiastic before the meeting started, like a little fan meeting his idol, but when it came to business, he immediately changed his face and resorted to such despicable threats.

Li Qingfeng is not opposed to introducing international capital, but that must be based on equality and mutual benefit for both parties.

Li Qingfeng would never agree to such cooperation under such insincere threat.

Li Qingfeng picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip of water. He said expressionlessly, "I thought the Morgan Consortium came here sincerely to discuss cooperation, but I didn't expect it to behave like this."

"Mr. Li, I think you misunderstood."

Glancing at Reed, Qingfeng Li stood up from his chair, picked up his coat, and said calmly, "More than a month ago, when we were facing the threat of your aircraft carrier, a small supermarket owner in our country took their savings of 20,000 yuan and traveled thousands of miles from their hometown to the capital to look for companies, wanting to donate the money to the country to build an aircraft carrier."

At this point, Qingfeng Li paused for a moment, stared at Reed, and continued, "Let me borrow a sentence he said during a media interview. That is, even if we Chinese are poor, we are not afraid of anyone."

"There's no need to talk any further. Just come on, I'll take over no matter what."

After saying this, Qingfeng Li turned around and strode out of the meeting room, leaving Reed and his assistant in shock.

He Guangqin followed closely behind him, carrying his briefcase and leaving. Before leaving, he left a cold sentence: "Mr. Reed, please remember that we Chinese are not Japanese. We will not run to America to apologize and beg for forgiveness in a humble manner just because of a threat from you Americans, just like the Japanese semiconductor companies did in the past. We have backbone."

There is unquestionable firmness in He Guangqin's words, which is both an echo of history and a declaration of the current situation.

Carrying briefcases, they followed closely behind Qingfeng Li, and left the meeting room with a resolute attitude without looking back, leaving Reed and his assistant staring at each other in bewilderment.

After Li Qingfeng and He Guangqin left, Reed and his assistant fell into deep thought.

After a long while, Reed looked at his Chinese assistant with a gloomy face: "Daven, why is it different from what you said? Didn't you say that after the Japanese semiconductor incident, the Chinese would learn a lesson from it and choose to compromise and make concessions in the face of our strong pressure and threats? Look at the current situation, it is not what you described at all."

"This..." Assistant Dave wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said hesitantly, "This... I really didn't expect that Qingfeng Li was actually an angry young man. For a little so-called dignity, he was willing to give up hundreds of millions of dollars, even Huaxin."

Reed frowned even more after hearing what Devin said, and slammed the table angrily: "You idiot, you don't understand your compatriots at all. Your stupid judgment made me make a huge mistake and turned the negotiations into the current bad situation. Do you know how much profit this will cause the company to lose!"

After saying that, Reed was still not satisfied, so he picked up the cup next to him and smashed it on Devin's head.

While smashing, he roared: "You bastard, I declare that you are fired by Morgan" (End of this chapter)