Brilliant Years 1991

Chapter 158: The Scumbag's Life Is Successful
Since August, Cao Yukun has basically had everything going his way.

The expected counterattack from the two major colas was slow to come as sour plum juice was selling like hot cakes in Hong Kong, which showed the absolute sluggishness of the big factories. As the internal conflicts of the beverage factory were temporarily settled by him with salary increase, it can be said that the subsequent hot sales of sour plum juice in Hong Kong are almost irreversible!

It was at this time that they met at a dinner party, and he later got the first blood on Pansy Kwok.

The scumbag's life is going smoothly.

And the very next day, he received another call from Fuping County. Xie Xiaoyu said that her menstruation had always been regular, but this time, it was delayed for four days - she might be pregnant!

If it were in his previous life, when he was still an honest office worker, Cao Yukun would have been basically indifferent to the topic of children. But after 2020, that is, in the years known as the "awakening era" on the Internet, with thinking, reality, and continuous learning from watching videos on the Internet, Cao Yukun can be said to have awakened.

Now that he is rich in this life, he doesn't care about any rules, regulations, or morals.

He wanted children, and the more the better.

He doesn't even care who the child's mother is, as long as it's his own.

Of course, Cao Yukun was overjoyed when he received such a call. He repeatedly said that he would rush back to Fuping to be with her as soon as he finished his current work.

Of course, in reality he would not be that anxious - he did not have anything important to do recently at Hongkong. The biggest thing was to accompany his old aunt in preparing for pregnancy and to secretly date Pansy Kwok.

In mid-August, Mr. Ahao, who had led a team to Southeast Asian countries for inspection, returned. Cao Yukun spent more than an hour listening to his summary report on the beverage market conditions in various countries. He finally verbally agreed to his plan to first take out two to three million yuan and go to Lijiaopo to test the waters, imitating the original publicity and planning in Hongkong.

Lijiaopo is also very rich, but Lijiaopo is also a small place with a limited total population.

All in all, the market is relatively simple!
If the experiment in Lijiaopo is successful, then we can consider going to Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand one by one. If the experiment fails, at most we will just throw two or three million into it. In the future, we can stop making trouble in the Southeast Asian countries and just authorize the dealers there. We will make money no matter how much we sell.

Of course, considering that it was Mr. Ahao who led the team to investigate the market and that the suggestion was made by him, at the same time, Cao Yukun also understood that this was a new position in a new company and that Mr. Ahao was also a person who was striving for progress, so, working in the Lijiaopo market was probably the opportunity he wanted to prove his ability.

So, give it to him.

In mid-August, Cao Yukun followed the example of Lin Liangjun of Wing Lung Bank and spent several days visiting the people he met at the cocktail party that night, picking out the ones with big influence and power.

They even gave me some gifts - Shimen Brew, a famous liquor from Zhejiang Province, and tea roasted by my grandfather!

Everyone was more or less surprised at his visit at first, probably because Cao Yukun was too young and had no family background or guidance. No one expected him to do such a thoughtful thing, but after the surprise, everyone unanimously had a very good impression of him.

Who wouldn't like a young man who is handsome, good at business, and polite?
What's more, he came from the mainland, and when he returns in the future, who knows who will ask for help!
Of course, I would be more willing to respond with kindness!

This includes Guo Chaoqiong’s father, Guo Hongying.

He was even kinder and more cordial than the others. He not only invited Cao Yukun to sit down and drink tea and chat, but also specially treated Cao Yukun to a banquet at noon. During the after-drink conversation, he was generous with his praise and frankly talked about life and shared his experiences, as if they were friends regardless of age.

Cao Yukun no longer called him Guo Sheng, but called him Guo Bo instead.

He was very happy.

Later, Cao Yukun also visited Lin Liangjun of Wing Lung Bank, from whom he learned some skills.

For the same gift, Cao Yukun made an appointment by phone, and then went to visit Wing Lung Bank’s headquarters in Central in person. Lin Liangjun received Cao Yukun in his office, and his attitude was as humble and gentle as ever.

During the period, they talked about cooperation, but Cao Yukun did not go into details. He just raised the topic and then put it aside. Instead, Lin Liangjun was aroused and looked itchy.

Why was he so attentive? He had just met her last night, and he was eager to visit her the next day? Even though she was so young that she was only his nephew, even though she was not as rich as him, even though she was just a mainlander?
For business!
The way for small banks to survive is to carefully choose reliable partners, and then as the other party becomes rich, they will have an additional stable profit channel.

Who would have thought that his initial visit to Cao Yukun was just a try-or-die business strategy, but it would actually be possible for him to get business from Cao Yukun?

Although whether a business is reliable still needs to be identified, it is always necessary to understand it first, right?
He insisted on treating Cao Yukun to a drink, but Cao Yukun declined, saying that he would treat them when there was a chance again.

In addition to picking up girls, accompanying girls, formulating a business plan to develop Lijiaopo, and visiting people everywhere, in mid-August, Cao Yukun did another thing - he was "forced" to meet Sun Yansheng again.

This time, Sun Yansheng changed his mind and stopped talking about investment. Instead, he repeatedly invited Cao Yukun to join his entrepreneurial team. He said that as long as Cao Yukun was willing to join and take charge of VCD sales in the future, he would get the same benefits as his decoding chip technology and VCD product development from another partner Jiang Wanhai. He would directly invest in the company through a work contract! And the proportions would be the same for all three of them!
Go to hell!
Cao Yukun burst into laughter on the spot, and then politely declined.

He is just selling drinks now, and just by selling drinks in a city like Hongkong, he can earn tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars a month. It would be weird if he could be fooled so easily and become someone else's assistant!

Not only that, he was clearly eyeing the VCD, but afterwards, no matter how much Sun Yansheng contacted him, he refused to meet him - later he even stopped answering the other party's calls!
So, after holding back for three days, Sun Yansheng couldn't stand it anymore and asked Jin Zhijian to come out.

Jin Zhijian called to invite him, and Cao Yukun certainly couldn't refuse him, so he went to meet him. Jin Zhijian had no intention of going to the mainland to invest in the consumer electronics industry, which he thought had almost no future, but when he went to America to do business and research and development, he once received a lot of help from Sun Yansheng, and the two had a very good relationship, so when Sun Yansheng asked for help, he naturally had to step forward.

Sun Yansheng seemed to have recognized one thing: if VCD wanted to be successful in mainland China, it would be inseparable from Cao Yukun, a man who not only understood the market and marketing, but also understood mainland China!
So during this meeting, he officially put forward the conditions: Cao Yukun would invest in the company with his management ability, with a price of 200 million US dollars, his decoding chip technology license would be worth 100 million US dollars, and once Jiang Wanhai's VCD product is successfully developed in the future, it would also be worth 100 million US dollars! In addition, he would continue to work hard to attract investment, striving to raise it to more than 2000 million US dollars, at least 1600 million US dollars!

In other words, as long as Cao Yukun nodded in agreement, he would not even need to invest real money, and he could get 8% to 10% of the investment in the future VCD business - Cao Yukun didn't even think about it and just smiled and refused.

But with Jin Zhijian around, and almost a guaranteed guarantee, he had to give him face, so he "reluctantly" put forward his own conditions - based on the total investment of 2000 million US dollars, he would personally invest 1000 million US dollars, plus management ability to invest in shares, valued at 200 million US dollars, and he wanted 60% of the controlling stake! The future VCD business must be completely under his control, otherwise he would not do it.

This condition shocked not only Sun Yansheng but even Jin Zhijian.

After coming to his senses, he couldn't help but persuade him in front of his old friend Sun Yansheng - helping to do things is one thing, and a small investment is no big deal. If things succeed, you can share the profits and dividends. If things fail, the losses will be limited. But if you open your mouth and throw in 10 million Mi Dao, then the matter will be serious!

Another piece of advice: You are not a professional venture capitalist, so be cautious!
But Cao Yukun had something to say: It's not the decoding chip authorization, the entire technology of the decoding chip must be packaged in to be worth 100 million US dollars. It must also be the entire VCD patent and subsequent research and development. Only when all are packaged in can Jiang Wanhai be offered the other 100 million US dollars!

Sun Yansheng hesitated and finally refused.

There was nothing wrong with packaging patents and technologies, but Cao Yukun directly took away 60% of the shares, which was something he could not accept - although he had already roughly thought about it beforehand, in order to bring someone like Cao Yukun into the game, it would be possible only if he gave up this position.

So, there was a feeling of parting on bad terms.

Cao Yukun looked completely indifferent. When the talks broke down, he was delighted. He took the initiative to shake hands with Sun Yansheng and said to Jin Zhijian, "Brother Zhijian, you saw it too. It's not that I don't give you face and don't want to help Mr. Sun. I am willing to do so! And... Mr. Sun, my words still count. Just because Brother Zhijian came to me, you can always ask me for my 500,000 investment! Just bring the contract and get the check!"

Although Jin Zhijian laughed out loud, Sun Yansheng looked like he couldn't laugh at all.

He naturally understood why Cao Yukun first proposed such aggressive conditions, but was so happy once he rejected them - he was not really willing to join the game!

The words are very clear, they are just trying to give face to Jin Zhijian!

This naturally made him even more disappointed - in the recent months since coming to Hong Kong, including the 50 promised by Cao Yukun and the 50 that Jin Zhijian agreed to invest, he had only attracted four investments in total, with a total of no more than 200 million. This was far from the planned start-up capital of at least 1500 million US dollars!
Obviously, no one is optimistic about VCD!

(End of this chapter)