Future Stamps and Coins Diary

Chapter 165: Provoked
October 10, Zhongbo Company Office.

The system has been tested and everything is going smoothly.

"The number of installed devices exceeded 8868 yesterday. Among them, 8002 members have completed real-name authentication, and members have deposit transaction records..." In the conference room, Xian Ruijin made the introduction happily.

From the establishment of the system to now, everything has been developing according to Lu Feng's expectations.

There are more than 8,000 valid trading members, all of whom are veterans with experience in collecting stamps, coins and cards. From the tests in the past few days, we can roughly estimate the situation after the formal trading.

"Very good. Better than expected." Lu Feng nodded and asked, "How is the docking situation of the members over at 0004 going?"

Agent member No. 0004 is a first-level agent registered with Ji Zang and represented by Ma Liang.

This is also the biggest gain after defeating Li Jishou this time, besides the 20 million in cash.

Thousands of terminal collectors were guided by Lu Feng to the collection forum, and the 8050 four-linked communication channel was established.

Now Ma Liang's team is working hard to develop it.

"There are more than 3,000 people in the channel, but less than half of them have actually registered, and less than a quarter of them have completed real-name authentication." Xian Ruijin knew very well that this might be the biggest source of income for the team in the future. However, unlike Jiuzang's thousands of customers, Guangxin and Tiangong's customers had been cheated once, so they were more cautious about the trading center model.

Of course, there is another reason. They are not like Jiuzang’s old customers who can get a reward of a Jianguo banknote after the verification and deposit.

"It's okay, take your time. What about Wang Zilin?" Lu Feng turned to Huang Doudou.

Huang Doudou stood up and was about to speak when Wu Xin suddenly walked in quickly and said anxiously, "Lv Feng, someone is looking for you outside."

"Stranger?" Lu Feng asked.

"He said he was a representative of the Southeast."

"The representative from Southeast?" Lu Feng frowned. The people around him turned their heads and looked outside the meeting room.

After the Southeast Trading Center took over, they put in a lot of effort but still couldn't find out who took over. They didn't expect that they would come to them at this time.

"Everyone go and get busy first. Doudou, Sister Xu, Brother Jin, the three of you stay and help me receive them." While Lu Feng was giving instructions, he asked Wu Xin to bring the people in.

Soon, two people, one old and one young, walked into the office under the guidance of Liu Chang.

Seeing the older one, Lu Feng stood up subconsciously: "Brother Guozi, long time no see."

"Boss Lu. Long time no see." Jiang Guoru nodded and turned to the young man in his thirties next to her and introduced him, "This is our new Southeast person in charge, Yang Shangsheng, Boss Yang."

Lu Feng took the initiative to walk over and stretched out his hand: "Mr. Yang looks unfamiliar!"

Yang Shangsheng is about the same height as Lu Feng. He is obviously good at fitness all year round and has a big build. He is wearing a casual suit and a Patek Philippe Nautilus watch showing on the upper part of his wrist, which makes him look very elegant.

In Guangzhou, Lu Feng rarely encounters people dressed like this, unless they are real estate or insurance salesmen. Coupled with the Hermès belt around their waist, he can instantly tell that this person is from the north.

The biggest possibilities are BJ or Tianjin.

"I was doing some small business in Madian before, and I just arrived in Zongyuan." Yang Shangsheng shook Lv Feng's hand tightly. "Boss Lv is very capable. If I hadn't seen you here, I would have almost failed to recognize you."

Feeling the huge force of the finger, Lv Feng also increased his strength and asked with a smile: "Have I met Mr. Yang before?"

Yang Shangsheng didn't enjoy the meal, so he quickly pulled his hand away and pretended nothing had happened.

"Mr. Lu, have you forgotten the auction? The whole sheet of Macau ten-dollar notes you bought from us?"

Lu Feng suddenly realized, but he had no recollection of it. At that time, his attention was all on the middle-aged man with six-finger stripes, but he didn't remember the four people carrying the sedan chair.

"Business is not good, I didn't pay attention to it. Sorry." Lu Feng is very honest and has never been very business-like in this regard.

"Noble people tend to forget things. It's okay, we know each other now." Yang Shangsheng pulled out a chair and sat down. He glanced at the content on the projection at the end of the conference room and said, "I heard that the Zhongbo Trading Center will be officially operational tomorrow?"

Lu Feng motioned Jiang Guoru to sit down and returned to his seat. Instead of answering this meaningless question, he looked at him straight.

Yang Shangsheng smiled and said, "I heard from Boss Jiang that Boss Lu is a simple and straightforward person. Today I see that he is indeed as he is said to be. So I won't be polite."

He paused and continued, "I am here today on behalf of Southeast to extend an invitation to President Lu. I invite you to join Southeast and become a part of us."

As soon as he finished speaking, the expressions of Huang Doudou and Xu Huiying beside him changed slightly.

Yang Shangsheng continued with a smile, "It's a bit inappropriate for one market to have two trading centers. So, we hope to acquire Zhongbo and the entire team. In this way, we can work together to expand the business."

"Mr. Lu, what do you think?" "Acquire us? What makes you think you can do that? We, Zhongbo, are the original ones. If there is any acquisition, we will acquire you in the future." Before Lu Feng could even open his mouth, Huang Doudou couldn't help but ask angrily.

The trading center is Lu Feng’s hard work and dream, so how can he allow others to get involved?

Huang Doudou is no longer a mediocre person. Even when facing the big names in the market, he no longer feels afraid.

"That's a good question." Yang Shangsheng was not angry at all. "It is precisely because this model was first created by Mr. Lu that we proposed this plan. Otherwise, we can just take you down directly."

Huang Doudou was about to slam the table and get angry, but Lu Feng reached out and held him back.

"Brother Feng, why are you wasting time talking to them? This guy is obviously here to cause trouble."

"Hahaha..." Yang Shangsheng suddenly laughed, "Do you think I'm kidding you? I'm saving you, do you understand?"

"Before coming here, someone has already formally complained that the Zhongbo Trading Center is illegally conducting investment business. Haven't you received the news yet?"

Everyone was shocked.

Up to now, Zhongbo is still an ordinary collection company. Even if investment is added to its business scope, it is just on the edge.

In their minds, Collection Investment Co., Ltd. is allowed to exist.

But if someone complains and is identified as an investment company, it will be a real hassle.

Seeing the reactions of the crowd, Yang Shangsheng acted as if he had everything under control: "There is a bank interface and a fund account, but no third-party supervision. What do you think will happen?"

What we fear most is, of course, being accused of illegal fund-raising.

Almost everyone in the stamp, coin and card industry knows that collectible investment has existed for decades, and as long as there is no actual illegal behavior, it is completely fine.

This can be said to be a gray area.

What I fear most is that someone will deliberately cause trouble.

"How about it, Mr. Lu! Since you helped us come up with such a good model, come to Southeast and I'll give you a job as a marketing manager."

This sentence is undoubtedly a humiliation.

"Yang Shangsheng, if you have the guts, say it again." Lu Feng said angrily.

"Why are you afraid? I'll tell you. Just shut down the trading center. Otherwise, you won't be able to bear the trouble that will come later. Don't wait until you are accused of illegal fund-raising. It will be too late to come to me for help then."

"Thank you, Mr. Yang, for being so sincere." In the dead silence, Lu Feng suddenly laughed: "I'm afraid the position of marketing manager is too high for me to reach. If Mr. Yang has a way to kill us, then just do it, don't hesitate."

"Hahaha, you're still stubborn even when you're about to die. Just wait. Don't say we didn't give you a chance then." Yang Shangsheng stood up with a big laugh and left the meeting room with Jiang Guoru.

There was dead silence in the conference room.

Lu Feng quietly turned off the recording on his phone, looked at Huang Doudou and Xu Huiying who were worried, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, just let them check it out."

The two looked confused and had no idea why Lu Feng had deliberately let Yang Shangsheng say those threatening words.

Xian Ruijin smiled and said, "We thought of this problem when we first designed the system. Now we have a tripartite fund custody agreement with ICBC and ABC, so there is no such risk as Yang Shangsheng mentioned."

Seeing that the two still didn't understand, Xian Ruijin continued to explain: "In order to ensure safety, Zhongbo did not open an independent account, but was still registered under the name of Jiaji Group. In other words, the customer's money is now in Jiaji's account, and with Jiaji Group's status as a state-owned enterprise as a guarantee, there will be no trouble even if it is investigated."

"That is to say, Brother Feng had already anticipated this day would come?" Huang Doudou asked in surprise.

Xian Ruijin nodded: "Lu has a plan in mind."

"Stop flattering me." Lu Feng smiled helplessly, "How could I have expected something like this to happen? At the time, I was just thinking about avoiding risks as much as possible from a policy perspective. It was originally intended to prevent people from getting jealous when I become big in the future, but I didn't expect it to be used so soon."

"Why can't I think of these?" Huang Doudou laughed.

Xu Huiying was also relieved by his teasing. "Eating too much pork trotter rice will affect your brain."

"Sister Xu!" Huang Doudou protested seriously, "You can scold me, but you can't slander the pig's trotter rice. The pig is innocent."

"Stop messing around and continue assigning tasks." Lu Feng suppressed his tendency to continue to act coquettishly.

(End of this chapter)