Chapter 247 Supervisory Meeting Begins
"Grandpa! Are you going to just let them deliberately frame Lu Feng?" Li Jicheng asked loudly in an almost blaming tone.
"Don't tell me you don't know anything!"
Seeing his grandfather's calm look, Li Jicheng was almost going crazy.
Li Baoquan looked at the young man in front of him who was losing his temper, and still maintained the doting smile of an elder on his face.
"Did Lu Feng ask you to tell me about this?"
Li Jicheng was stunned for a moment, then said truthfully: "I came here by myself!"
"What about him? Shouldn't he come and talk about this in person?" Li Baoquan asked with a smile.
He could understand his grandson's anxiety, and he had no intention of intervening in the hardships Zhongbo was facing.
"He has his methods, and I have my channels. I can also represent Zhongbo!" Li Jicheng said seriously.
"Really?" Li Baoquan smiled and shook his head. "If Lv Feng was standing here with you now, I would consider making a few calls, but as the actual controller of Zhongbo, he didn't show up. From my understanding, he doesn't need you to do these things."
"I don't care! Anyway, you have to help me today, otherwise I won't go back to school." Li Jicheng simply sat down on the sofa and started to act like a spoiled brat.
Li Baoquan shook his head helplessly.
"How about this, you call Lu Feng now. If he tells me personally that he needs you to beg for this favor, then I will put pressure on them. I can't say anything else, but I can cut the 1 billion deposit in half." Li Baoquan suggested.
Li Jicheng frowned, thought for a moment, and quickly took out his cell phone.
"Hey! Lu Feng. I'm here with my grandfather..." Li Jicheng briefly recounted what had just happened and his grandfather's promise, and said, "Tell him now that this is what you meant."
On the phone, Lu Feng's voice sounded very relaxed.
"We'll try to solve this ourselves, and it's best not to bother the old man."
"What did you say? Are you crazy? Five hundred million in one sentence, I fought for it for you, and you won't even open your mouth?" Li Jicheng said angrily.
"You should turn on the speaker now, right?" Lu Feng asked.
"Yes! What are you doing?" Li Jicheng asked.
"I want to talk to the old man." Lu Feng raised his voice, "Old man, long time no see."
"Haha, Lu Feng. How are you doing recently?" Li Baoquan treated him as if he was dealing with an old friend.
"Thanks to you, everything has been going well recently. Don't bother with Xiao Chengzi's matter. We will try our best to solve it on our own. If the result is not satisfactory, we are willing to accept such an outcome."
"Hahaha, it's indeed the Lu Feng I know. I got your message, but I need to trouble you with one more thing. There's a little troublemaker at my house. He's lying on the sofa and won't leave. Can you help me persuade him?"
"Got it, old man, take good care of yourself."
Li Jicheng was so angry that his face turned pale. He put the phone to his ear, turned off the speaker, and angrily said to Lu Feng: "Give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise you will not be able to get past me."
Lu Feng chuckled and said a simple sentence. Li Jicheng instantly froze on the sofa, speechless for a long time.
After a full five minutes, he finally replied, "I know!"
After hanging up the phone, Li Jicheng put the phone in his pocket, turned around and wanted to leave.
Li Baoquan stood up, smiled and held his shoulder.
Li Jicheng raised his head and looked at his grandfather with some confusion.
"Can you stay and listen to some nonsense from grandpa?"
Li Jicheng looked at the old man who was so close to him. The age spots that occupied almost all of his vision told him all the time that this most important elder in his life did not have much time left.
He lowered his head, as obedient as a child.
"I am very happy to see your team come this far. In my heart, I also hope that you can overcome all difficulties and get through this difficult time safely. However, you came to me alone today without discussing it with Lu Feng. I think you are wrong."
Li Jicheng frowned but did not refute.
Li Baoquan returned to his seat, looked at his grandson, and asked with a smile: "Did Lu Feng tell you that he didn't want to borrow my power to solve this matter?"
Li Jicheng nodded.
Lu Feng’s original words were: This is a head-on confrontation between us and traditional forces. If the old man intervenes, what will happen even if we win in the end?
Yes. This is a battle between tradition and newness.
It is a contest between Zhongbo's sudden rise and the Li family's decades of operation, and even a contest between Zhongbo and several major issuers.
As long as he borrows Li Baoquan's power, it means that Lu Feng will not be able to escape this cycle of reincarnation.
"If he was willing to compromise, he wouldn't have come to this point today. With his ability, he could easily divide the market with your uncle. Since he didn't do that, it means he has always adhered to his principles."
Li Baoquan took a deep breath.
My grandson is good in every way, but he is too young and tends to be impulsive when encountering things.
"Inheritance, you have to remember this. No matter how close the relationship between you and Lu Feng is, since you have acknowledged his dominant position, you should do your own job well and do not overstep the mark. Only in this way will you not become enemies in the future!"
"Let me ask you, if I hadn't thought of this just now and directly agreed to your request and made the call, how would you face Lu Feng after you returned?"
Li Jicheng lowered his head slightly.
Li Baoquan shook his head. He knew that his grandson wouldn't be able to figure it out so easily, so he changed his approach.
"I know you're not convinced. Let me put it this way. When you called Lu Feng just now, if Lu Feng insisted on his own ideas but couldn't give you a satisfactory answer? Would there be a rift between you?"
With a sigh, Li Baoquan seemed to become heavy suddenly.
"Do you know why, among all the friends I've made along the way, only Grandpa Kang stayed by my side?"
Li Jicheng looked up suddenly and saw the old man speaking with great earnestness.
"Because, from the beginning, he just did his job well. No matter what problems he encountered, he never had any extra ideas unless I took the initiative to ask for them."
"Grandpa doesn't have much time left! I'm glad to see you guys come this far at the last moment. I've been competitive all my life, but in the end, I only have one close friend. In fact, no matter how much money we have or how high our status is, we are still just ordinary people. There is no life that really makes you feel like you're sitting on the clouds, high above."
"One day in the future, you will understand. The ones who will accompany you to the end are not the strong ones, but the ones who truly treat you as a family member and silently support you behind your back."
"Lü Feng is worthy of your serious relationship."
Li Jicheng left and returned to the campus in Guangzhou.
Having known Lv Feng for so long, he has always been very strong. Even though Lv Feng did make countless amazing moves and accomplished feats that ordinary people could not accomplish, Li Jicheng did not think that he was much stronger than himself.
After all, from childhood to adulthood, it was he who wanted to defeat Li Guangquan and rebuild his great cause.
But this time, he knew he was wrong, and very wrong.
Before, he thought that without his help, Lv Feng would not have been able to do so smoothly in many things. But now, he knew very well that he was just the icing on the cake, and even without him, Lv Feng would still have other ways to solve the problem.
"Grandpa is right. I should realize that the real leader of this team has always been Lv Feng. It is enough for me to do my part well!"
At this moment, Li Jicheng's phone suddenly rang. Seeing the caller ID, he suddenly frowned. Lian Meng!
If he hadn't called, Li Jicheng would have almost forgotten that there was such a thing.
It seems that Lu Feng had previously invested 200 million yuan in Standard Chartered, and through some channels, he shorted the United States.
"Orange, you finally answered the phone, but I was so anxious."
"What's wrong, Mengmeng?" Li Jicheng asked.
"What happened? It's your friend. He transferred a sum of money from abroad to China today, and it scared our entire branch."
"So exaggerated?"
"Brother, five hundred million is not RMB, it's US dollars!"
Li Jicheng was stunned on the spot!
Five hundred million US dollars?
According to the current exchange rate, that would be... 5735...
Li Jicheng's mind went blank and he couldn't believe his ears.
However, Lian Meng's voice continued.
"This is not the end yet. After seeing this transfer, our boss almost went crazy. He called the cooperative unit on the spot. Do you know what happened in the end?" Lian Meng's voice trembled slightly.
"How is it?" Li Jicheng asked subconsciously.
"They retrieved Lu Feng's account and replied that the $500 million only accounted for one-third of his total holdings!"
Half a billion dollars, one third?
Doesn’t that mean that all cash withdrawals will exceed 10 billion?
Li Jicheng felt his head swell. In the stamp, coin and card industry, the Li family was already at the top, but he knew very well that the long-term cash flow was only about 100 million or 200 million.
Even if we take into account the collections accumulated over the years, it is only worth 30 to 400 million yuan, which is still a long way from 10 billion yuan.
No one in the industry has ever reached this level!
there has never been!
Li Jicheng could no longer hear what Lian Meng said next. He just felt his head buzzing.
It turns out that this guy has been pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger from the very beginning!
The so-called regulatory conditions seemed to be obstacles set by Li Guangquan for him, but in fact they were a pit he had dug for Li Guangquan that he had to jump into.
With 1 billion in cash, in such a short period of time, several hundred million were spent on purchasing goods, several hundred million on purchasing properties, and acquiring loan companies.
Spending all the money is for everyone in the market, especially Li Guangquan, to see.
Only by doing this will Li Guangquan fall into the trap.
"This guy is so damn cunning! He even hid it from me. I'm going to fight him!" Li Jicheng was almost going crazy.
As for the theories that his grandfather talked about, he had already thrown them all out of his mind.
"Lü Feng! You don't even treat us as brothers!" Li Jicheng made the call and scolded Lü Feng.
Lu Feng sat lazily on the sofa, scratching his itchy butt, feeling full of confusion.
What on earth is wrong with Little Orange today? Why is he so jumpy all the time?
On November 11, a market supervision announcement on the new trading model appeared on the websites of the Financial Bureau and the Ministry of Finance.
As soon as the letter appeared, it immediately attracted the attention of many people in the industry.
"I didn't expect this day to come so soon. It looks like Lu Feng's good days are coming to an end!"
This was said by Lu Youxin, an unknown small merchant in an unknown stall called "Youxin Coin" on the first floor of the Zongyuan Stamp and Coin Market.
His words also represent the voice of some merchants in the market who are still waiting and watching and have not yet tried electronic transactions.
His good friend Yang Yuechao, whose loan business was suddenly cut off last month, waved his fist with a look of schadenfreude in his eyes.
"This kid doesn't know what's good for him. He can't afford to offend President Li. He's done for now!"
"Hehe, let's wait and see the show!" Lu Youxin took a deep look at the eye-catching sign outside.
Zhongbo Trading Center!
That afternoon, a team of six people appeared on the second floor of Zhongbo Trading Center.
There were three experts representing the People's Bank of China, the China Banking Regulatory Commission, and the China Postal Administration, two young people representing finance and technology, and a specially invited host, Ms. Liu Jiajia, a well-known stamp and coin appraisal expert, market analysis expert, and design expert.
The temporarily added conference table is divided into two rows, front and back, with recording and video recording machines set up on the left and right sides.
Obviously, from the very beginning, this matter must be launched in a legal, compliant and super-standard form to ensure that all procedures are impeccable.
Liu Jiajia sat at the very edge, her eyes met with Lu Feng's briefly, then passed by without any expression.
Just this morning, the first thing she did when she got up was to send Lu Feng a message of more than 200 words.
Despite achieving this, Liu Jiajia was still feeling uneasy.
The six of them also knew that the first three conditions were not the key points. The Financial Bureau, representing the most powerful party, would always insist on the 1 billion condition.
Wei Linchang, a white-haired expert who looked like an old scholar, was the first to speak. "Are you all ready? If you are, then let's get started!"
He motioned to turn on the recording equipment on both sides and his eyes fell on the young man in the middle opposite.
"Boss Lu, you should have received the relevant correspondence, right?"
"Yes! Leader. We are aware of it." Lu Feng said.
Huang Doudou and Li Ji sat on the left, and on the right were Wu Xin and Liu Chang who insisted on attending, and the new core member at the edge, the head of the two companies, Li Minghao.
According to them, we cannot lose in momentum.
There are six people on the other side, so there must be no fewer people on their side!
"I wonder if you have any opinions or suggestions on the regulatory requirements in the letter?" Wei Linchang said.
Lv Feng responded without hesitation: "Of course. I think all the conditions are too harsh. We hope that the leaders can consider our feelings as appropriate."
The six people's expressions changed slightly. They didn't expect that Lu Feng would raise the level of confrontation as soon as he came up.
And he also acted like a victim.
(End of this chapter)
"Grandpa! Are you going to just let them deliberately frame Lu Feng?" Li Jicheng asked loudly in an almost blaming tone.
"Don't tell me you don't know anything!"
Seeing his grandfather's calm look, Li Jicheng was almost going crazy.
Li Baoquan looked at the young man in front of him who was losing his temper, and still maintained the doting smile of an elder on his face.
"Did Lu Feng ask you to tell me about this?"
Li Jicheng was stunned for a moment, then said truthfully: "I came here by myself!"
"What about him? Shouldn't he come and talk about this in person?" Li Baoquan asked with a smile.
He could understand his grandson's anxiety, and he had no intention of intervening in the hardships Zhongbo was facing.
"He has his methods, and I have my channels. I can also represent Zhongbo!" Li Jicheng said seriously.
"Really?" Li Baoquan smiled and shook his head. "If Lv Feng was standing here with you now, I would consider making a few calls, but as the actual controller of Zhongbo, he didn't show up. From my understanding, he doesn't need you to do these things."
"I don't care! Anyway, you have to help me today, otherwise I won't go back to school." Li Jicheng simply sat down on the sofa and started to act like a spoiled brat.
Li Baoquan shook his head helplessly.
"How about this, you call Lu Feng now. If he tells me personally that he needs you to beg for this favor, then I will put pressure on them. I can't say anything else, but I can cut the 1 billion deposit in half." Li Baoquan suggested.
Li Jicheng frowned, thought for a moment, and quickly took out his cell phone.
"Hey! Lu Feng. I'm here with my grandfather..." Li Jicheng briefly recounted what had just happened and his grandfather's promise, and said, "Tell him now that this is what you meant."
On the phone, Lu Feng's voice sounded very relaxed.
"We'll try to solve this ourselves, and it's best not to bother the old man."
"What did you say? Are you crazy? Five hundred million in one sentence, I fought for it for you, and you won't even open your mouth?" Li Jicheng said angrily.
"You should turn on the speaker now, right?" Lu Feng asked.
"Yes! What are you doing?" Li Jicheng asked.
"I want to talk to the old man." Lu Feng raised his voice, "Old man, long time no see."
"Haha, Lu Feng. How are you doing recently?" Li Baoquan treated him as if he was dealing with an old friend.
"Thanks to you, everything has been going well recently. Don't bother with Xiao Chengzi's matter. We will try our best to solve it on our own. If the result is not satisfactory, we are willing to accept such an outcome."
"Hahaha, it's indeed the Lu Feng I know. I got your message, but I need to trouble you with one more thing. There's a little troublemaker at my house. He's lying on the sofa and won't leave. Can you help me persuade him?"
"Got it, old man, take good care of yourself."
Li Jicheng was so angry that his face turned pale. He put the phone to his ear, turned off the speaker, and angrily said to Lu Feng: "Give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise you will not be able to get past me."
Lu Feng chuckled and said a simple sentence. Li Jicheng instantly froze on the sofa, speechless for a long time.
After a full five minutes, he finally replied, "I know!"
After hanging up the phone, Li Jicheng put the phone in his pocket, turned around and wanted to leave.
Li Baoquan stood up, smiled and held his shoulder.
Li Jicheng raised his head and looked at his grandfather with some confusion.
"Can you stay and listen to some nonsense from grandpa?"
Li Jicheng looked at the old man who was so close to him. The age spots that occupied almost all of his vision told him all the time that this most important elder in his life did not have much time left.
He lowered his head, as obedient as a child.
"I am very happy to see your team come this far. In my heart, I also hope that you can overcome all difficulties and get through this difficult time safely. However, you came to me alone today without discussing it with Lu Feng. I think you are wrong."
Li Jicheng frowned but did not refute.
Li Baoquan returned to his seat, looked at his grandson, and asked with a smile: "Did Lu Feng tell you that he didn't want to borrow my power to solve this matter?"
Li Jicheng nodded.
Lu Feng’s original words were: This is a head-on confrontation between us and traditional forces. If the old man intervenes, what will happen even if we win in the end?
Yes. This is a battle between tradition and newness.
It is a contest between Zhongbo's sudden rise and the Li family's decades of operation, and even a contest between Zhongbo and several major issuers.
As long as he borrows Li Baoquan's power, it means that Lu Feng will not be able to escape this cycle of reincarnation.
"If he was willing to compromise, he wouldn't have come to this point today. With his ability, he could easily divide the market with your uncle. Since he didn't do that, it means he has always adhered to his principles."
Li Baoquan took a deep breath.
My grandson is good in every way, but he is too young and tends to be impulsive when encountering things.
"Inheritance, you have to remember this. No matter how close the relationship between you and Lu Feng is, since you have acknowledged his dominant position, you should do your own job well and do not overstep the mark. Only in this way will you not become enemies in the future!"
"Let me ask you, if I hadn't thought of this just now and directly agreed to your request and made the call, how would you face Lu Feng after you returned?"
Li Jicheng lowered his head slightly.
Li Baoquan shook his head. He knew that his grandson wouldn't be able to figure it out so easily, so he changed his approach.
"I know you're not convinced. Let me put it this way. When you called Lu Feng just now, if Lu Feng insisted on his own ideas but couldn't give you a satisfactory answer? Would there be a rift between you?"
With a sigh, Li Baoquan seemed to become heavy suddenly.
"Do you know why, among all the friends I've made along the way, only Grandpa Kang stayed by my side?"
Li Jicheng looked up suddenly and saw the old man speaking with great earnestness.
"Because, from the beginning, he just did his job well. No matter what problems he encountered, he never had any extra ideas unless I took the initiative to ask for them."
"Grandpa doesn't have much time left! I'm glad to see you guys come this far at the last moment. I've been competitive all my life, but in the end, I only have one close friend. In fact, no matter how much money we have or how high our status is, we are still just ordinary people. There is no life that really makes you feel like you're sitting on the clouds, high above."
"One day in the future, you will understand. The ones who will accompany you to the end are not the strong ones, but the ones who truly treat you as a family member and silently support you behind your back."
"Lü Feng is worthy of your serious relationship."
Li Jicheng left and returned to the campus in Guangzhou.
Having known Lv Feng for so long, he has always been very strong. Even though Lv Feng did make countless amazing moves and accomplished feats that ordinary people could not accomplish, Li Jicheng did not think that he was much stronger than himself.
After all, from childhood to adulthood, it was he who wanted to defeat Li Guangquan and rebuild his great cause.
But this time, he knew he was wrong, and very wrong.
Before, he thought that without his help, Lv Feng would not have been able to do so smoothly in many things. But now, he knew very well that he was just the icing on the cake, and even without him, Lv Feng would still have other ways to solve the problem.
"Grandpa is right. I should realize that the real leader of this team has always been Lv Feng. It is enough for me to do my part well!"
At this moment, Li Jicheng's phone suddenly rang. Seeing the caller ID, he suddenly frowned. Lian Meng!
If he hadn't called, Li Jicheng would have almost forgotten that there was such a thing.
It seems that Lu Feng had previously invested 200 million yuan in Standard Chartered, and through some channels, he shorted the United States.
"Orange, you finally answered the phone, but I was so anxious."
"What's wrong, Mengmeng?" Li Jicheng asked.
"What happened? It's your friend. He transferred a sum of money from abroad to China today, and it scared our entire branch."
"So exaggerated?"
"Brother, five hundred million is not RMB, it's US dollars!"
Li Jicheng was stunned on the spot!
Five hundred million US dollars?
According to the current exchange rate, that would be... 5735...
Li Jicheng's mind went blank and he couldn't believe his ears.
However, Lian Meng's voice continued.
"This is not the end yet. After seeing this transfer, our boss almost went crazy. He called the cooperative unit on the spot. Do you know what happened in the end?" Lian Meng's voice trembled slightly.
"How is it?" Li Jicheng asked subconsciously.
"They retrieved Lu Feng's account and replied that the $500 million only accounted for one-third of his total holdings!"
Half a billion dollars, one third?
Doesn’t that mean that all cash withdrawals will exceed 10 billion?
Li Jicheng felt his head swell. In the stamp, coin and card industry, the Li family was already at the top, but he knew very well that the long-term cash flow was only about 100 million or 200 million.
Even if we take into account the collections accumulated over the years, it is only worth 30 to 400 million yuan, which is still a long way from 10 billion yuan.
No one in the industry has ever reached this level!
there has never been!
Li Jicheng could no longer hear what Lian Meng said next. He just felt his head buzzing.
It turns out that this guy has been pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger from the very beginning!
The so-called regulatory conditions seemed to be obstacles set by Li Guangquan for him, but in fact they were a pit he had dug for Li Guangquan that he had to jump into.
With 1 billion in cash, in such a short period of time, several hundred million were spent on purchasing goods, several hundred million on purchasing properties, and acquiring loan companies.
Spending all the money is for everyone in the market, especially Li Guangquan, to see.
Only by doing this will Li Guangquan fall into the trap.
"This guy is so damn cunning! He even hid it from me. I'm going to fight him!" Li Jicheng was almost going crazy.
As for the theories that his grandfather talked about, he had already thrown them all out of his mind.
"Lü Feng! You don't even treat us as brothers!" Li Jicheng made the call and scolded Lü Feng.
Lu Feng sat lazily on the sofa, scratching his itchy butt, feeling full of confusion.
What on earth is wrong with Little Orange today? Why is he so jumpy all the time?
On November 11, a market supervision announcement on the new trading model appeared on the websites of the Financial Bureau and the Ministry of Finance.
As soon as the letter appeared, it immediately attracted the attention of many people in the industry.
"I didn't expect this day to come so soon. It looks like Lu Feng's good days are coming to an end!"
This was said by Lu Youxin, an unknown small merchant in an unknown stall called "Youxin Coin" on the first floor of the Zongyuan Stamp and Coin Market.
His words also represent the voice of some merchants in the market who are still waiting and watching and have not yet tried electronic transactions.
His good friend Yang Yuechao, whose loan business was suddenly cut off last month, waved his fist with a look of schadenfreude in his eyes.
"This kid doesn't know what's good for him. He can't afford to offend President Li. He's done for now!"
"Hehe, let's wait and see the show!" Lu Youxin took a deep look at the eye-catching sign outside.
Zhongbo Trading Center!
That afternoon, a team of six people appeared on the second floor of Zhongbo Trading Center.
There were three experts representing the People's Bank of China, the China Banking Regulatory Commission, and the China Postal Administration, two young people representing finance and technology, and a specially invited host, Ms. Liu Jiajia, a well-known stamp and coin appraisal expert, market analysis expert, and design expert.
The temporarily added conference table is divided into two rows, front and back, with recording and video recording machines set up on the left and right sides.
Obviously, from the very beginning, this matter must be launched in a legal, compliant and super-standard form to ensure that all procedures are impeccable.
Liu Jiajia sat at the very edge, her eyes met with Lu Feng's briefly, then passed by without any expression.
Just this morning, the first thing she did when she got up was to send Lu Feng a message of more than 200 words.
Despite achieving this, Liu Jiajia was still feeling uneasy.
The six of them also knew that the first three conditions were not the key points. The Financial Bureau, representing the most powerful party, would always insist on the 1 billion condition.
Wei Linchang, a white-haired expert who looked like an old scholar, was the first to speak. "Are you all ready? If you are, then let's get started!"
He motioned to turn on the recording equipment on both sides and his eyes fell on the young man in the middle opposite.
"Boss Lu, you should have received the relevant correspondence, right?"
"Yes! Leader. We are aware of it." Lu Feng said.
Huang Doudou and Li Ji sat on the left, and on the right were Wu Xin and Liu Chang who insisted on attending, and the new core member at the edge, the head of the two companies, Li Minghao.
According to them, we cannot lose in momentum.
There are six people on the other side, so there must be no fewer people on their side!
"I wonder if you have any opinions or suggestions on the regulatory requirements in the letter?" Wei Linchang said.
Lv Feng responded without hesitation: "Of course. I think all the conditions are too harsh. We hope that the leaders can consider our feelings as appropriate."
The six people's expressions changed slightly. They didn't expect that Lu Feng would raise the level of confrontation as soon as he came up.
And he also acted like a victim.
(End of this chapter)
