Future Stamps and Coins Diary

Chapter 241 Acquisitions and Business Expansion

Everyone expressed their gratitude.

Lu Feng did not continue to waste his words on the things that had not been done yet, and immediately made arrangements for what needed to be done after taking over.

The merchants who stayed left satisfied.

"Brother Feng, what should we do next?" Huang Doudou is a person who is easily affected by emotions. After feeling the merchants' heartfelt gratitude, he is already ready to take action.

"Everything on the plate should proceed according to our scheduled pace. Those who left, let them all pick up the goods and leave, and put them on the blacklist. Don't be polite to them. As for the loan, we will talk about it after we return."

After packing up their belongings, all five of them flew back to Guangzhou that evening.

After a night's rest, Lu Feng had lunch the next day, but did not go to the company. Instead, he made a phone call and went to an old residential area.

Behind the most common old-style iron gate in Guangdong, Li Minghao showed his long-lost face.

After more than a year, Li Minghao looked average and his hair was getting thinner.

"Brother Hao, long time no see!" Lu Feng shouted enthusiastically while taking off his shoes.

"No need to take off your shoes, just come in." Li Minghao said politely.

After returning, the first thing Lu Feng did was to call Li Minghao.

"This is a specialty of our hometown. Here's some tea. You can try it." Lu Feng put down the tea leaves.

Li Minghao did not continue to be polite. He placed the tea leaves under the mahogany table and turned down the volume of the TV. Looking at the increasingly energetic Lu Feng, he teased, "Boss Lu is doing well now."

"Isn't that thanks to Brother Ming's help?" Lu Feng smiled brightly.

"Come on, everyone in the stamp, coin and card industry knows Mr. Lu's name." Li Minghao sighed in his heart.

I recalled the first time I saw this young man at the property management company, and later when I helped him with advertising and the annual meeting.

Li Minghao couldn't believe that a young man from the countryside with no background could gain a foothold in this mixed market and reach where he is today.

This is something no one dares to think of!

"If I hadn't seen you, I would have almost forgotten that I once worked in that industry." Li Minghao sighed, brewed the tea he had prepared in advance for Lu Feng, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, what can I do for you this time?"

"There are two things I need to trouble you with, Brother Ming." Lu Feng was not used to being polite, so he went straight to the point.

"Tell me. See if I can help." Li Minghao was also a little curious. With Lu Feng's current strength and status, what else could he do for him?

"One is that Jiang Zehao came to me some time ago and said that his cash flow was a bit tight recently and he wanted to sell the property in the market to free up some money."

"One is that we at Zhongbo want to do loan business, and we want to see if there are any suitable companies to acquire or cooperate with."

No one comes to see you for no reason. This is also the reason why Lv Feng came to visit today.

Lu Feng had already agreed to Jiang Zehao's proposal to acquire the market property. From the moment Jiang Zehao mentioned it, he agreed without hesitation.

With the adjustment of national strategy, large-scale infrastructure and real estate will usher in great development, and properties like this will also have a bright future.

Lu Feng was worried that he would not have the opportunity to intervene, so he would not waste the opportunity that came to him. Therefore, even though Jiang Zehao's offer was a few points higher than the normal market valuation, Lu Feng still agreed very readily.

"Aren't you on bad terms with Jiang Zehao? Why did he look for you?" Li Minghao and Jiang Zehao are old partners, and he still pays attention to all the rumors about the market.

"Mr. Jiang is a nice person!" Lu Feng laughed.

"Indeed, otherwise I wouldn't have retired so gloriously so early." Li Minghao said self-deprecatingly.

"I won't be polite. After I agreed to Jiang Zehao, I thought about it and realized that no one around me was qualified for this job. I had no choice but to ask Brother Ming to come out again."

Li Minghao sighed, "Property management doesn't require much technical skills. You young people can quickly master it by just getting started. I haven't worked for a long time..."

Lu Feng did not give him a chance to solve the problem and directly extended an olive branch. "Brother Ming, in my heart, this matter belongs to you. Moreover, this time I am going to hand over the entire property to you to manage. Apart from you, I really can't think of anyone else I can trust."

After a pause, Lu Feng smiled deliberately and said, "Of course, I have two very good friends around me. If you like him, you can help take him with you."

As for Wu Xin and Liu Chang, Lu Feng has been coaching them for such a long time and found that these two guys are far less talented in stamps, coins and cards than Huang Doudou.

Especially in recent times, Lu Feng deliberately took them to receive goods and various important occasions, but neither of them showed the due initiative and creativity.

Lu Feng thought about it for a long time and realized that with their personalities, they were not suitable for these market-related projects.

Apart from the vault of the trading center, the property should be more suitable for Liu Chang, while the loan company is more suitable for Wu Xin.

Wu Xin has the same personality as his father, with a hidden bandit spirit, while Liu Chang is more conservative.

It is a perfect fit for these two new businesses.

Li Minghao seemed a little hesitant. After being idle for such a long time, he had actually gradually gotten used to this kind of life.

However, he also knew that given Lu Feng's current status, his initiative to visit him was definitely a very intentional move.

In fact, this kind of work can be done by hiring one or two experienced managers.

The reason I came to see him was actually because I missed our old friendship!

"Mr. Lu has said so. If I continue to make excuses, it would be a bit inhumane." Li Minghao laughed.

"However, I don't know how long I can work. The principle is still the same. My purpose is to help you train new people. If Mr. Lu thinks it's time for me to retire, just tell me directly."

"Brother Ming's words make me feel really humbled." Lu Feng scratched his head.

Li Minghao didn't care about the childishness that he inadvertently revealed, but he was very happy in his heart.

"As for the second matter, now is a good time. Do you still remember Yang Yuechao?"

Lu Feng nodded quickly and said with a smile: "Boss Yang is also a good person!"

"I know the boss behind Yang Yuechao. Although he is no longer in the market, we still keep in touch occasionally. I can help you get in touch with him, but I can't guarantee whether you can get him."

"Okay! Then I'll trouble Brother Hao!" Lu Feng said happily.

Li Minghao is also a man of action. After agreeing, he made the call on the spot.

After explaining the reason on the phone, the other party surprisingly did not put on airs, but arranged a time to meet with the two of them, and even arranged the location to be at the Bank of America Center. This can explain a lot of problems.

Two days later, Li Minghao appeared in the office with a man of similar age.

This made Lu Feng regret that he had not thought it through at the time and should have set up a special place for drinking tea.

In desperation, they could only temporarily hold the negotiation in the conference room.

The visitor had an extraordinary demeanor, especially the air of a cultured person, and he spoke slowly and steadily, which surprised Lu Feng.

The financial backer behind the company who has been able to run this kind of business in the market for so many years is surprisingly an old intellectual.

"Although I have left the market for many years, I have heard a little about Mr. Lu's legendary stories. Seeing him today, I find that he is indeed a hero at a young age." The same words sound different when spoken by different people.

The man who called himself Tang Fengyi had a very friendly smile, making people feel like they were in the spring breeze.

However, Lu Feng was never interested in these polite words and quickly got straight to the point.

Tang Fengyi smiled and said, "Boss Lu, I have two questions that I have been wondering about. I would like to take this opportunity to discuss them with you."

"Please speak, Mr. Tang."

"I heard that during the financial crisis, Mr. Lu spent hundreds of millions to take over a lot of goods. What I want to ask is, what is your motivation for doing this?" Tang Fengyi added with a sincere face, "According to our normal understanding and practice, if you really want to receive goods, shouldn't you choose the right variety and wait for the right price and timing? Buying back at the market price from the beginning, and not limiting the variety, such a business behavior is likely to lose money."

Lu Feng scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "To be honest, I don't have any special motivation. The main reason is that I saw that many collectors who trusted me before were short of money. I thought that since the money was earned from the industry, I would not lose money if I bought the finished goods. I can do my best to help them and make them feel more relaxed."

Lu Feng thought about it and added, "Of course, I also have my own judgment. I think there will still be a market in the future."

"Thank you for your sincerity, Mr. Lu. It is indeed consistent with what I thought." Tang Fengyi said something that Lu Feng did not quite understand.

Tang Fengyi added: "The second question is, what is Mr. Lu's purpose in engaging in loan-related business?"

He stared at Lu Feng, appearing very solemn.

Lu Feng explained the reason without hesitation: "This is actually no different from the question you asked just now. To be honest, this time we went north and took back the trading center from Li Guangquan. At the meeting, more than a dozen listed merchants mentioned the difficulties they are facing now, especially the liquidity crisis after the contraction of loan channels, which forced them to cash out at this price."

"My idea is that if we can provide them with low-interest loans in the name of the platform, it can help them out of their immediate crisis, and it can also allow them to have enough funds to continue operating, so that they don't miss out on a good opportunity when the market opens."

When saying these words, Lu Feng felt sincere from the bottom of his heart.

Tang Fengyi stared at Lu Feng quietly for a long time, nodded in agreement, and sighed: "In this big melting pot of stamp and coin market, it is rare to be able to maintain such an original intention."

"Back then, I couldn't stand the market's forward-looking atmosphere, so I left. I really like Mr. Lu's answer, which is also one of the reasons why I opened this loan company. But..."

"After all, I have run this company for many years and have some feelings for it. I am not as desperate for money as the market merchants, so I have an unwelcome request."

"I want to keep a certain share and cooperate with Mr. Lu."

"Hahaha, okay. I couldn't ask for more!" Lu Feng also readily agreed.

Tang Fengyi was mentally prepared, and after a brief chat, the two of them had finalized the rest of the arrangements.

The loan company was acquired in the name of Zhongbo, but a 40% share was retained for Tang Fengyi.

In addition, the original business remains unchanged, and on this basis, a mortgage loan business specifically for listed products is opened up in the name of the platform.

Half a month later, the ownership change of the platform and the company's acquisition were successfully completed.

Lu Feng quickly announced all these new initiatives.

The market response was very intense.

"What? Providing loan services in the name of the platform? And the interest rate is one-third lower than the market price?"

"Opening this kind of business at this time is no different from giving away money. If the price of the collections drops again, these collaterals will not be able to cover the loan amount. Isn't he afraid that these bosses will run away?"

"What a brilliant move. Could it be that he really thinks of himself as a Buddha?"

Many people have asked the same question.

On the same day, more than a dozen big players in the market gathered in the Beiguang office not far from Madian Market.

It was Li Guangquan and the group of people who had an argument with Lu Feng and left the scene that day.

"What do you think Lu Feng is doing?" asked a merchant.

Half a month had passed since the incident, and even though they were indignant at Lu Feng's attitude at the time, no one had actually gone to pick up the goods.

These people are smarter than anyone else.

They felt that as long as the goods were not picked up for one day, it would be a problem that Lu Feng had to solve.

If Lv Feng really did take any action, they would be able to respond in time. Of course, it would be best if they could benefit from it.

"I think he just wants to take advantage of these bosses. Guangdong chickens are very cunning. Do you think he is really that kind?"

"There is another possibility. He wants to use this method to stabilize the morale of the troops and prevent others from picking up the goods."

"Who can say for sure? But none of this matters. The most important thing now is, should we pick up the goods together and teach him a lesson?"

As soon as this person said this, more than a dozen merchants looked at Li Guangquan in unison.

Not picking up the goods and keeping them until now is also a strategy.

Through this incident, the relationship between Lv Feng and Li Guangquan has become known to everyone. The goods of more than a dozen people account for more than half of the new entrusted varieties.

If the goods were picked up together, it would definitely be a heavy blow to Lv Feng's team and platform. Especially for investors who were already hesitant, it would be more likely to affect their final decision.

"Do you think Lu Feng can do it?" Li Guangquan asked slowly.

Now, he wants to see the platform decline in Lu Feng's hands more than anyone else.

"How can it be done? In the current situation, even gods can't save us. Many people can't take care of themselves, even eating is a problem, where do they get the spare money to buy collectibles?"

(End of this chapter)