Wu Liangyu was helpless because he knew it was impossible for him to convince an entrepreneurial leader who had always been on the road to success.

When people are in the stage of striving for progress, they often fail to listen to other opinions.

Only time will tell.

Coincidentally, Li Zehua also thought so...

"The key is not that Qingyun and JD.com jointly control Shenzhou Electronics. With the current sales of JD.com and Pinxixi, it is difficult to promote the Shenzhou series in a short period of time."

As the president of Lianxiang Group, Yang Yuanqin is well aware of Lianxiang's core competitive advantages.

Therefore, he was not worried about the e-commerce platform's promotion of Shenzhou notebooks. Instead, he was very nervous about another matter and even went to Liu Aiguo's home to talk to him in person.

Ignoring Liu Aiguo's offer of tea.

He said worriedly: "A week ago, the Pudong government of Shanghai issued an open tender to purchase a batch of electronic office equipment. If nothing unexpected happened, this 160 million yuan order should be ours.

Three days ago, the company also failed to win the joint bidding of several provincial departments in Sichuan Province, and lost a purchase order of 420 million yuan.

Yesterday, in my hometown, Feicheng, the group lost another 90 yuan order in a bidding...”

Liu Aiguo understood. With their current status, ten, a hundred, or a million would not be a big deal for them.

But in these biddings, Lianxiang was neither defeated by the traditional American PC manufacturing giants HP and Dell, nor by Asus and Acer, which are currently on a strong upward trend.

Instead, it was Shenzhou Electronics, which had never been taken seriously before. Even though Lian Xiang's final quotation was lower and the after-sales service provided was better, it still lost without any suspense.

Because Qingyun Group suddenly emerged and launched an all-round challenge to Lianxiang across the country, especially in the southern regions of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Anhui, Hunan, Guangdong and Sichuan, Lianxiang is losing its advantage bit by bit.

From the Chinese New Year to today, Lianxiang has lost public procurement contracts in 27 cities one after another. At the same time, Shenzhou has won 19 times. When you open the map, you can see that they are all southern cities.

Liu Aiguo returned to Lianxiang as chairman of the board in 08. He only did three things after his return. The first was to help Lianxiang Group turn losses into profits.

Affected by the economic crisis, Lianxiang ended its seven-year period of rapid growth and continuous profitability and suffered huge losses for the first time in 08. At this time, he was needed to take charge in person to stabilize people's hearts and coordinate relationships.

As to whether the company's profitability has been affected by its overly aggressive internationalization strategy and excessive investment, others do not know.

Secondly, Lianxiang’s president, Yang Yuanqin, has received support from financial institutions led by the Minsheng Group (the first national private bank in China initiated by the Taishan School).

Use Lianxiang's shares as collateral to obtain funds from the bank to purchase Lianxiang shares, and after success, use Lianxiang's funds/resources to repay the loan.

This may be a bit confusing, but in simple terms, the management of Lianxiang, which is collectively owned, uses company funds to buy shares for themselves, calling it employee stock ownership.

Similar to Xiaohaha, Lianxiang’s sales channels are also mainly based on traditional hierarchical agents, which gives the management the possibility to "rationally allocate" resources.

This contradiction was well concealed during Lianxiang's period of rapid development. Now that it has suffered huge losses, the much-blamed Yang Yuanqin can no longer withstand the pressure, and Liu Aiguo must personally step in to stabilize the situation.

The third and most important point is that they cannot directly pocket the shares purchased through the employee stock ownership platform, and must exchange resources privately to share the benefits.

Not only is it troublesome, but it is also easy for others to find fault with you, putting you in a passive and disadvantageous situation.

Including the supporting forces behind the scenes, there is an urgent need for private shares that can be freely circulated and cashed out and are held in an open and aboveboard manner.

So Liu Aiguo stepped forward again. With his great ability and friends all over the world, he got things done in no time.

As long as his good friend Lu Zhiqiang of the Fanjiang Group settles the accounts, he can open the door of convenience through the Minsheng Group controlled by the Taishan Group and provide sufficient funds to purchase about 1/3 of Lianxiang’s shares at a low price.

Liu Aiguo was not worried at all that Lu Zhiqiang would take the shares of Lianxiang for himself. Not to mention that their friendship of more than ten years was as solid as a rock, the power behind him was enough to prevent Lu Zhiqiang from having any intention of spying.

If he does these three things well, Liu Aiguo can truly rest assured and go back to enjoy a happy retirement life, with a small pension every year, plus a portion of shares.

But now, his plans seem impossible to realize.

The major prerequisite for turning losses into profits is that the market is extremely good, sales are increasing, key markets are improving, and the impact of the economic crisis is passing, but market orders are being snatched away by new competitors.

Shenzhou Electronics, or the Qingyun Group behind it, is using other resources within its own group to help Shenzhou Electronics obtain procurement orders from multiple provinces and cities.

If the group cannot turn losses into profits, it will be impossible to cover up the truth of its past history, including its aggressive overseas investment plans that have been criticized.

At this time, Lianxiang Group is still a collective enterprise in which the Chinese Academy of Sciences holds a 65% stake. Liu Aiguo is only the largest force within the group, but he does not have complete control, and he also has opponents.

On the one hand, there is an urgent need to turn losses into profits to avoid bringing up old issues and causing unnecessary complications. On the other hand, it is necessary to balance the accounts and cooperate with the successful investment of the Panjiang Group to satisfy the growing appetite of the forces behind it.

Liu Aiguo was also annoyed. "Where are the group's public relations expenses? Can't they spend them?"

Yang Yuanqin shook his head, "I have tried it, but the tricks that have always worked in the past are useless this time. The person in charge rejected all of them without exception. When they were pressed to the limit, they directly said that this was a task assigned directly from above."

"Impossible, these people are not so easy to talk to. They didn't feed us enough before, and they didn't even give us face."

Liu Aiguo didn't believe it. "I have never seen anyone who doesn't consider their own interests. There must be something fishy going on here."

"Indeed, through special channels, we found a financial company and an advertising company. They have the same boss. So far, it seems that Qingyun Group is the one behind the scenes directing everything.

After asking a friend in a financial institution to help investigate, I discovered that before and after each public purchase, the company under the name of the actual controller would remit a sum of money to a fund in Hong Kong.

However, after investigating with friends in Hong Kong, it was discovered that the funds eventually entered the account of a securities company and eventually ended up in the name of an investment fund in the United States. The clue ended there.

Because no one has redeemed their fund investment shares yet, it is impossible to get a specific list of investors. "

Yang Yuanqin was very distressed. Even with his connections, he couldn't find out how the benefits were transferred here. On the surface, the advertising company and the financial company were speculating in US stocks through a Hong Kong securities company.

Not breaking the law.

It is not illegal for Shenzhou Electronics to take the purchase order from Qingyun Group, which has nothing to do with it.

But what means did the person in charge use to obtain the resources?

Can't find out.

It would be strange if he could find it out, because Li Zehua did not use a single illegal fund to complete the exchange from beginning to end; it was all their own money.

Legal dividends obtained through investment in a foundation, entrusted investment made through normal channels, and timely tax payment on investment gains are not illegal. At most, the information will not be disclosed due to the principle of confidentiality.

Li Zehua doesn't have the ability to manipulate the rise and fall of the U.S. stock market. He is just trying to get to the bottom of things. It's just because he has a good eye. You can't say that it's illegal for a time traveler to make money by buying large-cap stocks that are bound to rise, right?
If the Securities and Exchange Commission doesn’t care, why should other unrelated stakeholders care?

As for how the final beneficiaries obtain the profits earned from their reasonable investments, what does that have to do with Qingyun Group?
Liu Aiguo has studied capital operations all his life, and he understands everything, so he is thinking about how to break the impasse. However, he is old after all, and his brain is not as good as that of young people. He has been thinking for a long time but still can't figure it out.

At this moment, a man came down from the upstairs of the villa. It was already noon, but he was still yawning and looked very unserious.

Yang Yuanqin didn't care when he saw this, and took the initiative to take on the responsibility of making suggestions, "Should we send someone to invite this woman who is showing off outside and attracting attention back?"

Liu Aiguo nodded first, then shook his head, "This trick can no longer be used for the time being. Before..."

As he spoke, he angrily shouted at the man who was walking next to him, "The flight has been arranged, you have to leave today, leave quickly, you are more likely to cause trouble than to help."

Liu Sen, or Liu Sen, no matter what he is called, it does not affect his living here. What is his specific relationship with Liu Aiguo?
Anyway, legally speaking, the two people have no relationship.

Hearing Liu Aiguo's reprimand at this moment, he didn't care at all, "Isn't it just that the matter was not done? Anyway, Liu Feng is helping to take responsibility, and the other party has not found any evidence, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

At most, I will plan more carefully next time and try to get it right the first time."

That being said, in reality, Liu Feng had a heart attack and the Hanhuang Group was uprooted. He didn’t even dare to stay in the country during the New Year.

He flew directly to Switzerland and hid there without daring to come back. Until he heard that Qingyun Group had investigated him, he slipped back to Yanjing and continued his life.

I didn't expect that he would have to leave again after only staying for a few days. This time he was going to Australia. He was not sure when he would come back next time, or even whether he would be able to come back in this lifetime was unknown.

"There will be a next time? If it weren't for my sake, you would be lying in the morgue now."

Liu Aiguo became angrier and angrier as he spoke. If it had been ten years earlier, he would have hit him in the face, but now he could only suppress his anger.

"Do you really think that there are dead people behind others?! If he can't find out, can't you find out the power behind him? He thought he had planned everything well.

As soon as the incident happened, the Six Gates followed the clues and conducted a surprise inspection of the villa club you had visited. If your old friends had not notified you in advance, they would have helped you erase all traces.

Can you still stand here and talk to me now?"

Liu Sen was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. Yang Yuanqin also advised him: "Asen, you are not young anymore, you should understand things better. Why didn't you inform us in advance before you touched him in private?"

He glanced at Liu Aiguo and saw that he didn't react before continuing, "If you had let us know at that time, we wouldn't have just sat there and watched. We might have succeeded by now.

Where did the troubles we face today come from? "

Yang Yuanqin really had no idea about it beforehand, but he was not sure whether the person in front of him knew about it. He even suspected that the other party was in charge of the entire incident, but did not show up in person out of caution.

After all, the old man is very experienced. He only used a little trick to make the Hanhuang Group, which had nothing to do with the matter, come forward to eliminate the opponent.

He will reap the benefits after the deal is done, and as for the overseas mines promised by Squid Capital, it has nothing to do with him.

The plan failed. There was no evidence at all to show that he was involved, even before Liu Feng had a heart attack, when he was questioned face to face by Master Bin.

They just cried that the current situation of Hanhuang Group was worrying and they had to get enough life-saving charms to get through the difficulties. They finally got on board the Squid Mainstream Group.

It was definitely worth it to exchange the lives of a few people for the controlling rights to the iron and uranium mines which were among the largest in the world. However, his plan went wrong and he was caught on the spot, so he couldn't deny it even if he wanted to.

Liu Feng vaguely guessed who was behind the scenes, but didn't say it, because if he did, his fate would not change and his brother would not be able to survive.

Unlike now, he died of a heart attack very peacefully, and directly or indirectly protected the wealth and honor of countless people. If everyone showed some gratitude, Liu Wei's life would most likely be saved.

In fact, it was similar to what he guessed. Liu Wei's case had been delayed artificially. Some people wanted to delay him indefinitely until the environment was not so sensitive.

Qingyun Group did not openly pursue the matter further, because no matter how capable Li Zehua was, he would not be so stubborn as to face a giant at his peak.

You can plan and make moves in private however you want, as long as you don't break the obvious rules and don't cause a big uproar.

Li Zehua is afraid of taking action, and Liu Aiguo is also worried that the boss will find out. What should he do if he finds out that it was his beloved son who gave the advice?

This time he lost half of the Hanhuang Group, and the actual loss is at least tens of billions. Even if he has the entire Taishan Sect's connections behind him and can withstand it, will he pay for this loss with his life?
So they quickly asked the bodyguards to escort Liu Sen abroad to hide. At least they had to wait until he helped the people behind him to obtain the controlling stake in Lian Xiang before they could be considered safe.

As for why it had to be today, it was another reason that was unknown to outsiders. The outer perimeter arranged by Jiaobenji was breached and the core figure was almost traced back to him.

Fortunately, just like a fuse suddenly blown, as several key figures completely disappeared from this world, all clues of evidence were cut off.

At their level, as long as they don't fall into an absolutely passive position and are not nailed to death on the spot, they can't take direct action just because they are suspected. At most, they will be punished and be more careful next time.

After sending Liu Sen away, Liu Aiguo felt half relieved, but the other half was still difficult to resolve.

Yang Yuanqin was helpless and could only say: "How about I go south myself and try to lobby the local government offices to make some necessary investments to keep the basic foundation intact.

If circumstances permit, I would like to ask someone from the Magic City Yamen to act as an intermediary and have a face-to-face talk with that person. It would be best if we could turn hostility into friendship."

Liu Aiguo did not object because with the rise of Shenzhou Electronics in the field of public procurement, a large piece of Lianxiang's market share would inevitably be cut off.

"That's fine, let's get a feel for the situation first. As for the online sales channels of JD.com and Qingyun that you mentioned originally, I'm afraid this judgment is untenable because it won't have a big impact in the short term.

Don’t forget that according to the latest data released by Pinxixi at the end of February, it already has 4200 rural experience stores, and plans to expand to stores this year.

Coupled with the opening of Qingyun Electronics’ technology image experience store and Shenzhou Electronics’ internal industrial technology upgrades, it is hard to say what the future will hold.

Shenzhou Electronics has been making big moves recently, even purchasing some patents from Apple, and the newly designed molds are also very ornamental. "

He seemed very distressed about this because this was a fair business competition and both sides were competing in hard power.

When Kelianxiang's products leave the factory, they are first sent to the agency company under its control, from which it earns an extra profit. The products are then distributed to the first-line agency stores, which go through another round of processing.

By the time it finally reaches the consumers, the price is already much higher than the factory price.

Now that Shenzhou Electronics relies on Qingyun Group to achieve direct sales channels, it is inevitable that the retail price will be lower than Lianxiang. The key is stipulated in the agreement that Qingyun holds a controlling stake in Shenzhou Electronics.

No dividends will be distributed and no listing plans will be sought within five years. All profits will be used for direct sales channel construction, product technology and process upgrades, and investment in upstream and downstream industries to establish a complete industrial chain.

This information is public, which means that Shenzhou Electronics, which mainly relies on the development of the AMD series, will become Lenovo's biggest competitor once it successfully establishes its foothold.

Lian Xiang doesn't have much time left, because it is impossible for him to break the existing pattern and adjust the group's strategy in time to meet the challenge of Shenzhou Electronics.

In the commercial competition, he has no means to compete, let alone using better materials for products, better after-sales service, and newer technology.

All of these require money to achieve, and the key is that every penny of the group's profit has been planned in advance. He doesn't think he has the ability to take money out of those pockets.

So they could only ask Yang Yuanqin to find a way to mediate this competition. To put it bluntly, they were afraid.

The group is in a period of transformation, and its private plans cannot be made public. It urgently needs a stable external environment.

With the help of BOE Semiconductor, Qingyun Electronic Technology's smartphone business has risen strongly. Qingyun Group, which has been recognized by the upper level, is coming on strong, but the battle is half lost before it even starts.

American capital, including Intel, is constrained by Google and Qualcomm, which are behind Honor, and has no energy to deal with Qingyun.

Intel's PC control penetration plan, they also want to transform Honor Electronics and make it their smart phone spokesperson at Dongda. Whether it will succeed or not is another matter, at least for the time being, the interests of both parties are consistent.

Without external interference, Qingyun, which relies on the high-tech industrial chain and gets support from local government, has achieved success.

If this situation continues, within five years, Lianxiang will surely lose its leading position.

After finalizing the plan to go south to save the situation, Yang Yuanqin discussed with Liu Aiguo some unsuccessful preparatory measures, including manipulating public opinion and discrediting the quality and performance of the opponent's products.

Mobilize dealers from all over the country to attack, and lobby AMD in the United States to weaken its support for Shenzhou Electronics, etc.

The only thing they didn't do was to continue using despicable means in private, as they were afraid of being caught with solid evidence and being taken advantage of.

In short, Lian Xiang needs stability now, at least before Liu Aiguo successfully obtains the shares, there should be no major changes.

So Yang Yuanqin followed this idea and went to Yanyi first, intending to meet Li Zehua's spokesperson in Yanjing.

Liu Aiguo also went out to discuss countermeasures with some old friends...

The only one who got on the plane and transferred to Australia via Hong Kong was Liu Sen, who was deliberately bumped into in the waiting room, before he could lose his temper.

The bodyguard behind him was secretly controlled by someone.

Then the leader of the other party came up and lowered his voice and said, "Someone asked me to say hello to you."

Liu Sen was frightened and his scalp went numb instantly, but before he could react, he heard the other party continue: "Australia is not peaceful recently, for example, you have to be careful when crossing the road and pay attention to drinking water.

Also, be careful of thunder outside when it rains. I heard that many unlucky people are struck by lightning every year. Do you want to try your luck?"

Liu Sen swallowed hard. He understood the naked threat and said, "You dare not."

"Would you like to know if you try it?"

The other party said this, slapped him on the face, and then left as if no one was around.

Liu Sen, who was slapped in the face in public, vented his impotent rage in front of his bodyguards and could only choose to seek help from the people behind him...

"Team leader, he flew back to Yanjing."

"Well done! The master said not to act rashly. Now is not the best time to act, but we can't let them go overseas easily.

Letting them stay in the country, living in torment every day, and fear is the greatest torture. "

There is one more thing he forgot to mention, which is that he will be left with nothing after bankruptcy. (End of this chapter)