Since we are both reborn, of course I would choose the rich woman!

Chapter 259 The ride was so bumpy! (Go go! Subscribe now!)
After the meal finally ended, the strange atmosphere that had been lingering between Li Rongzhen and Lü Yao dissipated as the two separated.

But both of their thoughts were still focused on this matter.

In fact, given Li Rongzhen's level of expertise, she is able to clearly distinguish whether a person's words are sincere or not. The reason why her judgment was a bit slow tonight is because her subjective thoughts interfered too much.

Although there are significant differences between men and women.

However, once a certain point is reached, their behavioral patterns will become very similar.

The adjective "greasy" isn't just used to describe men. When women reach a certain age, the greasiness they exhibit can be astonishing to most people. Lü Yao once mistakenly entered the TikTok cocoon of an elderly person in the future.

If you really can't get into the information cocoon of middle-aged and elderly people, you can go to Xiucai's comment section to see how greasy women are.

Li Rongzhen's temperament is certainly not greasy, but at her level, many of her thoughts will also show a worldly state—for example, after hearing a young and handsome partner release friendly signals, she will have some fantasies.

Even though her long-held beliefs told her that this was most likely just polite talk.

But Li Rongzhen's subjective feeling was that this wasn't just polite talk.

Lu Yao's thoughts were much simpler; he was already prepared to sacrifice himself.

It's not shameful to do business.

After they left the restaurant and got back into their car, Jian Xiaojie and Lin Yongzhen squeezed into Lü Yao's car. Then Jian Xiaojie chuckled and said to Lü Yao, "Young people are so hot-tempered. They need an old man to cool them down."

Lin Yongzhen covered her mouth with her arm on the armrest box, her shoulders trembling slightly, clearly struggling to suppress her laughter.

Lü Yao leaned back in the back seat, utterly dejected, and said, "Hey, hey, that's enough already. Isn't this kind of thing normal in business? You guys still have the nerve to laugh at me, shouldn't you feel sorry for me right now? Damn it!"

He rarely swore, but he actually did.

Although I was aware of this, the emotional impact of such an event cannot be resolved simply by being aware of it.

Jian Xiaojie originally wanted to say, "Whose fault is this? Who told you to flirt with people without considering the occasion?"

But seeing Lu Yao's frustrated and upset expression, she changed her mind and said, "Okay, okay, don't be angry anymore. I won't laugh anymore. I'll apologize to you."

Lu Yao rolled his eyes: "Apologize, but shouldn't the last word be read separately?"

Jian Xiaojie, being an experienced womanizer, immediately understood and raised her chin, saying, "It's not impossible."

"But you know what, Samsung Princess~ I'd like to try it out too. If that day ever comes, can you bring her along for me? Lee Yong-jin is indeed quite a bit older, but she's beautiful and takes very good care of herself. My assessment is—she's still very fun to play with."

Lu Yao glanced at him and said, "Are you serious?"

Jian Xiaojie laughed and said, "I don't usually joke about things like this."

Although Li Rongzhen is much older than Lü Yao, the age gap between Li Rongzhen and Jian Xiaojie is not as large as that between her and Lü Yao, so it's easy to understand why Jian Xiaojie doesn't have any psychological resistance.

With the title of "Samsung Princess"... she might even become the "Samsung Queen" in the future. This kind of prestigious title certainly makes Jian Xiaojie eager to try.

This feeling is similar to those players in games who are obsessed with collecting all achievements and honors.

For Jian Xiaojie, aside from the burdens she carries, the whole world is a giant game, and the game experience is extremely important to her. Therefore, she will actively try anything that makes her happy.

Lü Yao was very annoyed: "We'll see."

Jian Xiaojie suddenly grinned mischievously: "Want to see 'it'?"

She said to Lin Yongzhen in front of her, "Then please drive us back, Sister Lin."

As she spoke, Jian Xiaojie took out a pen from her bag, coiled her thick, black hair behind her head, and then leaned over in the back seat of the car.

Lü Yao: "???"

No!

Did I mean that?

……

While Lü Yao and his group were playing and joking around, they returned to their residence. After leaving the restaurant and returning to her own residence, Li Rongzhen gathered her staff.

Lee Yong-jin's management skills are indeed quite good, and she herself is smart enough, but even the smartest person needs capable assistants to manage a company and aspire to build a large conglomerate like Samsung.

The advisors and strategists gathered around Li Rongzhen were also of a rather complex background.

This group includes experts in legal matters, business strategy development and operations, as well as those skilled in financial asset management and public relations.

It was through these people that Lee Yong-jin was able to infiltrate her influence into every aspect of the Samsung Group.

It is precisely because these people control a lot of resources, some of which are even unknown to Li Rongzhen, that they have been able to gain a foothold in front of Li Rongzhen. A mutually dependent relationship has long been formed between Li Rongzhen and this group of people.

When Li Rongzhen summoned them, they had already arrived before Li Rongzhen even returned to the place where they were supposed to meet.

When Li Rongzhen came upstairs to the gathering place, they had even prepared the drinks that Li Rongzhen usually drank.

At this moment, Li Rongzhen no longer had the enthusiasm he had when he was with Lü Yao and the others. He greeted everyone at the gathering with politeness and courtesy, then took off his heavy suit jacket, picked up his wine glass, took a small sip, and said, "I met with people from Dongda Shangnan today."

Then Li Rongzhen told Lu Yao and the others the terms she had agreed on, and she also roughly recounted the content of their conversation at the dinner.

After recounting everything that had happened that night, Li Rongzhen instructed his advisors to begin a debriefing: "Let's analyze the relevant information from this meeting."

After a moment's thought, Chung Eui-hyun, the vice president of Hotel Shilla and former manager of Samsung's strategic planning department, said, "Judging from tonight's meeting, I think Dongda University's sincerity is quite strong. In our previous background checks, we did find out about President Lu's cooperation with Xiaomi Group."

"Xiaomi Group's CEO Lei Jun even personally visited President Lü. Before that, the outside world was speculating whether President Lü had a strategic move in the entertainment and culture field to cooperate with Xiaomi Group. But judging from this meeting, the situation is completely opposite to the outside world's speculation."

President Lü's real intention was to enter the consumer electronics market.

The consumer electronics market is indeed a large market, and more importantly, it has enormous potential.

With the continuous development and progress of electronic technology, people's demand for electronic products will increase, and the demand for product diversification and high-end products will also increase, especially the market near Dongda University, which is simply a blue ocean market.

Samsung's strategic planning office has conducted research and assessments on the global consumer electronics market. According to Samsung's strategic planning office, the future market for Dongdae is worth trillions of yen.

With the world's largest population, the world's third largest land area, and a rapidly developing and expanding economy, the land of Dongda University undoubtedly has a huge future market share.

Based on this assessment, it's quite normal for President Lü to want to enter the consumer electronics market.

Samsung's most important asset is Samsung Electronics, which focuses on consumer electronics.

Xiaomi Group, a rising star among domestic internet companies, has become an internet unicorn company with a market value of over 50 billion Dongda coins in just a few years thanks to its low-price, high-configuration strategy.

Now, President Lü is cooperating with Xiaomi Group and has also made arrangements with Samsung in advance, which shows that President Lü has big ambitions.

All of this is logically sound and harmonious.

So after Zheng Yixuan finished his analysis, he looked at Li Rongzhen with a puzzled expression: "President, I can't see any problems with this collaboration."

Li Rongzhen then looked at the others.

Lee Mi-ran was in charge of public relations and publicity, Kim Tae-bong was in charge of legal matters, and Park Kim-jong was in charge of finance and assets.

The three of them pondered for a while, then shook their heads and said, "We can't see anything wrong."

Lee Rongzhen frowned, swirling the gin in her hand. The rich aroma of juniper berries wafted from the glass, accelerating her thinking. After a long while, she asked, as if it were common sense, "I have a little concern, although it's unfounded, but I'd like to hear your analysis."

The group immediately began to listen attentively.

Lee Yong-jin said, "Although we had discussed the first proposal that President Lu mentioned today, in this age of technology and information, the iterative development of technology is the core of Samsung Electronics' development. Even an ordinary person without management experience in a technology company can realize this, right?"

"But he hopes that we will oust Mr. Liang."

Zheng Yixuan frowned and asked, "President, what are you trying to say?"

Li Rongzhen smiled and said, "I haven't really thought about what I'm trying to say, but I just feel that this operation is inappropriate. It's causing us too much harm."

Zheng Yixuan corrected, "It's not about us, but about Li Zairong and the others."

"The entire Samsung Group is now in the hands of Lee Jae-young and his faction. They not only want to control the entire Samsung Group, but they also have their eyes on the companies and businesses under your control. Since the old boss passed away, this has become a war between us and Lee Jae-young to the death."

Although Zheng Yixuan's surname is Zheng, he has no relation to the Zheng family of the Hyundai Group.

His life and fortune were entirely tied to Li Rongzhen; they were bound together by fate, and in order to preserve his current life and future prospects, Zheng Yixuan actually agreed with Lü Yao's approach.

“It is precisely because even ordinary people know the importance of this matter that when we do such an absurd and rude thing, Samsung Group’s stock price will plummet, and the major shareholders at the top of the group will question Lee Jae-young’s ability, which gives us a better chance.”

Lee Yong-jin pondered, "What if Lee Jae-yong invites Mr. Liang back after this happens?"

Zheng Yixuan's eyes turned calm and gloomy: "Then—make sure Mr. Liang can never go back."

Li Rongzhen immediately raised an eyebrow: "You mean..."

"But if we really have to do this..."

Lee Yong-jin didn't want to go to such extremes; it would not only be a loss for Samsung, but also a loss for humanity.

Mr. Liang is one of the most advanced and insightful people in the field of chip research... In certain specific areas, this "one of" can even be removed. Li Rongzhen objected, "It hasn't reached that level yet, and... such a forceful move could easily trigger a thorough investigation, making it difficult for us to clear our names. Even if it's a frame-up, I can't think of a particularly good way right now."

As the top advisor in Lee Yong-jin's staff, Jung Eui-hyun was quite clever and skilled at setting traps and framing people.

He spoke to Lee Rongzhen almost without pausing, "President, isn't President Lü your ally? Although one of them is from the mainland of Dongda University and the other is from Taiwan, they share the same bloodline. According to the information we have, Dr. Liang still has a great passion for Dongda University."

Li Rongzhen understood.

The plan is to have Lü Yao contact Dr. Liang, thereby arousing the suspicion of the Samsung Group. Then, they can send someone to kill Dr. Liang and frame Lee Jae-young for it.

This makes a little more sense logically.

But that alone doesn't give Lee Jae-young enough motivation.

Perhaps we could ask Lu Yao to negotiate with Dr. Liang to do something to provoke Li Zairong.

With their additions and explanations, the initially lackluster plan gradually came together.

Zheng Yixuan added, "Now it depends on whether President Lu will agree."

Li Rongzhen was a little troubled. She took out a cigarette and lit it: "I will discuss this with President Lü."

She turned her head to look out the window, unsure whether Lü Yao would agree to the request.

Although President Lü's plan included elements involving using human lives as bargaining chips, those operations were ultimately only on paper. Lü Yao himself would not only not take action, but he would even need to participate personally.

But now, she's dragging Lü Yao into a meticulously planned murder.

When the cigarette was half-burned, Li Rongzhen waved her hand and said, "You guys go back first, I want to be alone."

……

Since Lü Yao and Li Rongzhen met, the two have had very little contact.

Although they didn't know what Li Rongzhen was doing, Lü Yao and his team didn't stop their operations.

After Lü Yao declined the invitation from Lee Jae-hyun of CJ Group, the former owner of CJ Group, who was far away in Dongdae (Beijing), suddenly issued an appointment, appointing Lü Yao, who was already in Silla, as the vice president of CJ Group's E&M Group, in charge of the media platform in the entertainment and media company.

At the same time, the former owner of CJ Group appointed Lu Yao as the president of CJ Electronics Technology, a new company under CJ Group. CJ Group will then enter the semiconductor field, and the preparation and operation of CJ Electronics Technology will be handed over to Lu Yao.

In its official announcement, CJ Group's marketing department described it as a groundbreaking collaboration that goes beyond just two companies.

This also represents a closer collaboration between Dongda University and Silla.

CJ Group, owned by the Silla Lee family, will join forces with Huasheng Investment, owned by the Dongdae Young family, to strive to create a more imaginative future.

Given the international situation, the location of the cooperation, factory construction, and other details will all be in Silla. In any case, this is a very good opportunity for cross-border cooperation.

Once the news was disclosed, domestic media outlets rushed to report it.

Lü Yao is a highly controversial figure in China. Not long ago, he was still arguing with Tencent in China, and even suppressed Tencent to silence in the public opinion arena. But how long has it been? How did Lü Yao suddenly become the president of a company under Shilla?
The key point is that he also became the president of a multinational corporation.

What's going on?

Isn't this promotion speed a bit too outrageous?
Considering the astonishing speed at which Lü Yao climbed the social ladder, netizens in China, as well as Lü Yao's fans, began to speculate: "Could it be that Lü Yao has actually been the illegitimate son of a foreign tycoon all along?"

If that's the case, then Lü Yao's current predicament makes sense.

That's just how people are; they always like to force a plausible logic onto things they don't understand.

Just like Liu Bang beheading Baidi, and the fox persuading Chen Sheng to become king... because it is too unbelievable for people from the lower classes to rise up overnight, in order to take care of the feelings of the majority, regardless of whether the people involved want to or not, many almost mythical origin stories will be imposed on them.

Therefore, the rumor that "Lu Yao is the illegitimate son of a certain tycoon" quickly went viral on the Internet, and some bloggers even seriously investigated the matter.

As for the content of the research... that's utter nonsense.

They actually compared photos of Lu Yao and Li Rongzhen side by side, saying that they had many similarities in their eyebrows, and then began to speculate that Lu Yao was the youngest son of a Silla chaebol family who had been separated from his family.

These people even went so far as to create a very convoluted origin story for Lü Yao.

"Lu Yao was originally the illegitimate son of Lee Geon-seok, the former owner of Samsung, who was left behind here when he visited Dongda University. After learning about his background, Lu Yao gradually developed hatred for the chaebol owner, hating him for neglecting him."

"So Lu Yao used every means to climb up the ladder, and after many years he finally had enough power, so he began to take revenge on the Samsung conglomerate."

"So after Lü Yao returned to Silla, he contacted his uncle, who had an irreconcilable feud with his biological father. The two joined forces to prepare to bring down the largest conglomerate standing at the top of the Silla pyramid."

It makes sense!

A story full of twists and turns!

While watching the news online in Silla, Lü Yao's face was filled with the same expression as the old man in blue on the subway.

What a mess!

What kind of utter nonsense and cheap, low-quality literature is this?

Lu Yao scratched his head, speechless, and said, "How can anyone believe something like this?"

While he was in Silla, his online presence was back in China. Looking at the third-rate articles produced by these street vendor bloggers and public accounts, Lü Yao's face twitched.

As for the netizens making jokes in the comments section, Lü Yao didn't care.

How can anyone actually believe this?

Jian Xiaojie and Lin Yongzhen, who were also reading these articles, were overjoyed. The two sat together on the sofa, trying hard to purse their lips and occasionally letting out "pfft pfft" laughs. They were afraid of hurting Lü Yao's feelings, and they were having a hard time suppressing their laughter.

Not long after, Xu Shuncai and Gui Ya also arrived in the living room. They asked in surprise, "President Lü, are you the illegitimate son of a wealthy family who has been living away from home?"

Lu Yao asked incredulously, "You all believe that?"

Xu Shuncai said with an air of seriousness, "But I see that the Chinese internet is describing this matter in great detail. Many of the details match up and it is completely reasonable."

Reasonable and logical...

Right.

Writing novels requires being reasonable, logical, and reasonable.

However, many things that happen in reality are often illogical.

Who would have thought that someone actually survived being struck by lightning five times?
Who would have thought that a lazy bum who had lived his whole life would suddenly become a millionaire overnight after his property was demolished?

If you wrote these things in a novel, readers would call you an idiot. But there are real-life examples of this. Where can you go to reason with them?
The fact that Lü Yao rose to power by sponging off a woman and then transformed into the president of a multinational corporation... is truly fucking unreasonable.

But that's exactly what happened in reality, so while people didn't understand it, they started to force a near-fantasy origin story for Lü Yao.

Lu Yao waved his hand: "Forget it, think what you want."

Xu Shuncai smiled and said, "I was just joking with you, Mr. Lü. By the way, these are dinner invitations from Lee Jae-hyun of CJ Group and Lee Jae-young of Samsung Group."

As he spoke, he handed two gold-embossed invitations to Lü Yao.

Lu Yao looked at the two invitations in his hand and laughed.

interesting.

Many of the matters in Silla are Samsung's internal affairs. The appointment of the former chairman of Samsung, who was almost out of his life, was like a stone thrown into a lake, instantly creating ripples.

Lee Jae-hyun, who was originally unwilling to meet with Lü Yao in person, stepped forward to personally invite Lü Yao, and Lee Jae-young of Samsung, who had been keeping a low profile, also sent an invitation.

Even Li Rongzhen, who had established a cooperative relationship with him, sent a message using a secret phone number, hoping to see Lü Yao again as soon as possible.

Lu Yao nodded to Xu Shuncai and said, "I understand."

As for who to meet first...

Lu Yao replied to Li Rongzhen's message and arranged a time and place to meet.

An hour later, on the riverbank outside Seoul, Lee Yong-jin waited for Lu Yao in an ordinary-looking, inexpensive Hyundai. After Lu Yao got in the car, he smiled and said, "What's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry to meet me?"

Li Rongzhen first congratulated him, saying, "Congratulations, President Lü, on becoming the president of CJ Electronics!"

Lu Yao waved his hand and laughed, "What president? He's just a figurehead."

Li Rongzhen smiled and said, "But in any case, the identity you have now will be of great benefit to what we are going to do next."

Lü Yao smiled: "What do you mean?"

Lee Yong-jin replied, "Didn't you previously suggest that we oust Mr. Liang from Samsung Group, thereby causing fluctuations in Samsung Group's market value? After discussing it with you, I've confirmed that this is indeed feasible, but as long as Dr. Liang is still around, Lee Jae-yong has room to maneuver."

The smile on Lü Yao's face vanished, and he asked coldly, "I don't understand what you mean."

(End of this chapter)