Rebirth of the Wild Age

A string of vehicles poured into the narrow alley, some of which had the words xx media and xx TV station printed on them.

When the first Audi stopped at the gate of the courtyard, Wu Changjiang pushed the door and got off, turned around and looked at the reporter who got out of the car, clasped his fists and said with a smile: Friends from the press, let's talk another day, I hope we don't make any noise and disturb Mr. Song clean.

Mr. Wu, you spent 3.88 million to take photos of the dinner party. Do you really just want to discuss Selected Works of Mao with Boss Song?

Mr. Wu, some time ago your partners withdrew their shares and each took away 80 million yuan in cash. It is rumored that the company is very tight in funds now. It cost nearly 4 million yuan to bid for the dinner. Do you pay for it yourself or use the company's account?

President Wu...

The reporters surrounded Wu Changjiang, but Wu Changjiang had a mysterious smile on his face. He raised his hand to push away the crowd, paced up the steps, and gently knocked on the door knocker.

Soon, Wu Changjiang was invited into the courtyard, while the reporters stood outside and waited. In the end, the community police arrived and cooperated with the traffic police to drive away all the cars, leaving only a few media reporters who were more entertaining.

As soon as Wu Changjiang entered the courtyard, he asked about the scent, and praised loudly: Hi, Mr. Song is too polite, and even prepared Shancheng hot pot for me.

Sit down. Song Weiyang was adjusting his dipping sauce without even raising his eyelids.

Wu Changjiang, who wanted to shake hands and say hello, could only put down the hand he had just raised, swaggered and sat opposite Song Weiyang, and then poured the sesame oil into the plate with quick movements, and had nothing to say: Yo, it's still a mandarin duck pot.

Song Weiyang finally adjusted the dipping ingredients, put the duck intestines into the red pot to boil, raised his head and said, Are you really here to discuss Selected Works of Mao with me?

Is there any other reason? If I ask you to invest, I can't just take a picture of a meal in exchange for it, Wu Changjiang still calmed down when he saw the richest man, and his tone was full of confidence. He didn't bother to use the bottle opener, so he directly bit off the bottle cap of Shancheng Beer, and said with a smile, Shancheng boy, don't loose your belt, I really came to brag to you today. Business matters, I will It can be handled. In China’s lighting industry, I have already achieved the No. 1 domestic brand, and I will definitely be able to overthrow foreign brands in the future and become the real No. 1 in China!”

Ambition, Song Weiyang raised his glass with a smile, Come on, let's go first.

It's easy to say, Wu Changjiang raised his neck and drank it down, then turned the cup upside down, I did it, you can do whatever you want.

Song Weiyang was really casual, and only took a sip of the white wine.

Wu Changjiang chewed the hot sweet potato skin, turned his legs sideways and said, There are not many people I admire in my life, but you must be one, Mr. Song. Before Shancheng was directly under the Central Government, we were still fellow villagers in the same province, and we should have been in the same year. Started a business. I don’t admire your business acumen, but what do I admire? I admire you for being a man who dares to stand up to fight against foreign cola, and now I am also fighting against foreign brands!”

Song Weiyang smiled slightly and declined to comment.

Wu Changjiang was a little anxious, and quickly explained: Mr. Song, it seems that you have misunderstood me. The two founding shareholders of NVC Lighting were really not forced out by me. It was purely due to conflicts in business philosophy. And they get together easily. Both of them were my high school classmates, even after they quit the stock market, they are still good friends.

China's lamp lighting market was previously monopolized by foreign brands. Wu Changjiang was the first to raise the anti-flag and made NVC the number one in the country within a few years.

But not long ago, Wu Changjiang was forced to leave by two other partners. He promised to leave with 80 million in cash, but turned around and called dealers across the country to join forces with King Qin, and abruptly drove the other two shareholders away. This incident caused a lot of trouble, at least in the Chinese business circle, because the CEOs of major companies could hardly imagine that the two founding shareholders who together held 66.6% of the shares were actually forced to withdraw their shares by the distributors rushing into the headquarters.

It's like a rebellion!

I don't care about your company's internal affairs. Song Weiyang said.

Wu Changjiang insisted on explaining clearly, and he poured another glass of beer: The three founders of NVC Lighting, we are all high school classmates. I initiated the establishment of the company, and I contributed the most capital and contribution, so I accounted for the most. I admit that they have also contributed to the company, but they can no longer keep up with the company's development. They are all from state-owned enterprises, and they seek stability in everything they do. They can't understand my strategic thinking at all. This kind of contradiction is getting worse The turmoil got bigger and bigger, and finally started to grab the shift and seize power. He, a vice president in charge of marketing, actually intervened in my management affairs, which completely broke the rules set when starting the business!

Hmm. Song Weiyang continued to burn the fish.

Wu Changjiang became more excited as he talked, and took a sip of beer: What happened in the end? Monthly dividends! Have you ever seen a big company that pays monthly dividends? It's just a joke, they are obviously ready to break up at any time. I can bear it all, According to their wishes, I don't want to bring the company down. But in the end, they are not happy when they pay dividends, because I get more. Isn't this nonsense? I own 45%, of course they get more than they do. Do you know how I do it?

Song Weiyang said, Say it.

Wu Changjiang smiled wryly and said: For the sake of the unity of the company, I took the initiative to give up the shares. I gave up the shares unconditionally. I accounted for 33.4%, and they each accounted for 33.3%. Now the dividends are the same. But they are still not satisfied. I was forced to leave. My own company, why should I let me go? I made a few phone calls, and the dealers all over the country immediately joined forces. The dealers are on my side, which proves that I am right, the truth is standing On my side!

At that time, more than 200 suppliers and distributors across the country, as well as most of the company's middle and senior management, crowded in the large conference hall of the NVC headquarters. The room was full of heads, and the two shareholders were surrounded in the middle, and were forced to sign an agreement to withdraw from the city. If they did not sign the withdrawal agreement, they would be beaten to death.

For a businessman, the scene was too terrifying and too unimaginable.

Of course, it also proved that Wu Changjiang was very capable. He is not in charge of marketing and sales, and only manages the company as the general manager. It is understandable that he can win over suppliers and the company's middle and senior management, but it seems outrageous to bring in distributors as well.

Song Weiyang said: I don't judge whether it is right or wrong, but the way of calling dealers to the headquarters to force the palace has extremely bad negative effects.

Then what other options do you think I have? Wu Changjiang spread his hands.

Wu Changjiang was from a mountain city, so in another time and space, Song Weiyang still knew something about it.

After this person forced the two partners to leave, the company fell into financial difficulties because the partners each took away 80 million yuan. He went to find Mr. Liu of Lenovo for investment, but Mr. Liu didn't like NVC Lighting. He only introduced a friend to borrow 2 million US dollars, which was later converted into debt and equity.

At the same time, Mr. Liu did not reject the investment question outright, dragging Wu Changjiang into a rage. His company's funds were almost bottomed out, and because of the dealer's forced palace incident, he frightened away countless venture capital institutions. In the end, a rich woman took the opportunity to lower the price, and only invested more than 4 million US dollars to get 20% of the shares.

Fortunately, this rich woman works in an authentic manner, and Wu Changjiang was able to match Wu Changjiang and get a US$22 million investment from SoftBank SAIF.

Wu Changjiang is a person with a strong desire for control. He feels that his shareholding is very dangerous, so he finds Goldman Sachs for financing, and wants to use Goldman Sachs to dilute SoftBank SAIF's equity. As a result, the man at the helm of SoftBank SAIF has a stronger desire for control. This guy basically eats alone in investment, and rarely cooperates with other institutions. The financing request put forward back then directly scared away Dong Ge, who was extremely short of money.

Seeing that Goldman Sachs was coming to disrupt the situation, SoftBank SAIF immediately invested an additional 10 million US dollars, which actually diluted Wu Changjiang's equity, and Wu Changjiang became the company's second largest shareholder.

In order to check and balance Softbank SAIF, Wu Changjiang found French Schneider for financing, which was tantamount to attracting another hungry wolf.

Schneider actually teamed up with Softbank SAIF to force Wu Changjiang to resign from all positions. The helm of Softbank SAIF will personally serve as the chairman, and Schneider will send someone over to serve as the CEO. Since then, the parents of this largest local lighting brand in China have become foreign devils.

A year later, Wu Changjiang repeated his old tricks and united with many middle and high-level companies, distributors and suppliers to fight against the king and regain power.

Another three years later, Wu Changjiang was brought to court by shareholders, and was sentenced to 15 years in prison for misappropriation of funds and embezzlement of his position, which was decided to be executed for 14 years. Two years later, due to unclear facts and insufficient evidence, the final judgment overruled the first-instance judgment. This happened when Song Weiyang was traveling.

The shareholders of the two oceans are really dark in their hearts, and their methods are really ruthless.

But Wu Changjiang is not just a white lotus. Since he is unable to resist the oppression of foreign shareholders, he follows Wahaha's approach to Danone. Taking the money from NVC Lighting to engage in real estate in the mountain city, I wanted to open up another world through gray channels, but was seized by foreign shareholders and sent to sue.

Moreover, this guy is too controlling, reckless in his actions, full of quack habits, and often engages in operations that violate the company's regulations. If it is a private company that is not listed, it is okay to say, but he listed the company, and there are many executives sent by foreign shareholders under him, so it would be strange if swords and swords were not in trouble!

Of course, if you just invest, don't participate in management, and don't interfere in decision-making, then Wu Changjiang is very easy to talk to.

And the facts have proved that although Wu Changjiang violated the company system in various ways, the development of NVC Lighting under his management is better. On the contrary, after being controlled by foreign shareholders, the company's development went from bad to worse, and even caused various product quality problems.

It can't be said who is right and who is wrong, Wu Changjiang is the kind of emperor-style management. Everything is fine when he monopolizes the power, but once he dies unexpectedly one day, the whole company will collapse. Foreign shareholders are more inclined to institutional management. Although they lack the ability to fight the country, they have the ability to protect the country. You can change the CEO at will.

At this moment, Song Weiyang was enjoying the hot pot leisurely, without mentioning any business matters, and actually chatted with Wu Changjiang about Selected Works of Mao.

It can be seen that Wu Changjiang is indeed familiar with Selected Works of Mao, and all kinds of quotations come out of his mouth.

It wasn't until Song Weiyang was full that Wu Changjiang finally turned to him: Mr. Song, I don't want you to invest. But I really have financial difficulties right now, can you lend me 30 million first, and then I will pay you back when I have enough funds? NVC Lighting has always been profitable, but this time it was mainly because the shareholders withdrew and took away more than 100 million yuan. Give me three months to turn around, and I will definitely pay you back when the time comes!

For a company that allows shareholders to take away more than 100 million yuan in cash at one time, I believe you have the ability to repay the loan. Song Weiyang laughed.

Wu Changjiang flattered and said, Mr. Song really is a discerning person.

Song Weiyang said suddenly: But we are not relatives, so why should we lend it to you?

The smile on Wu Changjiang's face remained the same, but he said flickeringly: In addition to NVC Lighting, which brand in China's lighting market can resist the invasion of foreign devils? 30 million is just a trivial matter to Mr. Song, and three You can pay off the principal with interest within a month, and there is no loss for Mr. Song. But as long as you borrow money, you can help the development of our local brands in China. I, Mr. Wu, will regard Mr. Song as a benefactor all my life!

Song Weiyang played with the wine glass and said, Actually, it doesn't matter whether I lend you money or not. After you photographed this dinner and accepted so many media interviews, you will definitely become famous and your attention will skyrocket. With these you It can get financing from venture capital institutions. It is even possible to take the opportunity to go public, because NVC Lighting has been profitable for many years and has already reached the standard for A-share listing.”

Haha, I was seen through by Mr. Song, Wu Changjiang said with a smile, but I don't want to accept financing for the time being, because I have learned a lesson from the dissolution of the previous shareholders. And now is not a good opportunity to go public. With less than a few dollars, I want to continue to expand the scale of NVC Lighting. Of course, if Mr. Song is unwilling to borrow money, I can only take the road of financing and listing.

In fact, when Wu Changjiang came to see Song Weiyang, he had already asked a friend to contact President Liu of Lenovo. It's a pity that not everyone can see Mr. Liu, and there is no reply from my friend for two months, and I don't know if I can still see him in this life.

Song Weiyang put down his chopsticks, wiped off the grease on his hands with a paper towel, and said with a smile, This meal was a pleasant chat, and I can lend you 50 million.

Mr. Song is really bold! Wu Changjiang was so happy that he slapped the table.

The reason I lent you money is not to resist the invasion of foreign brands, but because your Selected Works of Mao is a good read, and the chat is quite speculative. Song Weiyang said.

Investing or borrowing money for the rich is as simple as that.

Just like Song Weiyang started a business in his previous life and went to solicit investment with his partners. The local tyrant drank half to death with no results. When Song Weiyang was disappointed, the local tyrant suddenly put down his glass and said, I invested this money, because this little brother made me laugh just now. The one who made the local tyrant laugh was Song Weiyang's partner , usually not in shape, but at critical moments, he uses funny power to save the world.

Wu Changjiang drank his glass in one gulp: Shancheng boy, don't say much, I'll finish this glass of wine. No matter why Mr. Song is willing to lend me money, you are my benefactor. Thank you for your kindness. In the future, if you need a brother, just say it, even if I go bankrupt, I will tie it up for Mr. Song!

Don't thank me in a hurry, Song Weiyang reminded, When you get out of this door, don't publicize that I borrowed money, or don't blame me for turning my face and denying people.

It's a one-sentence matter. If the news about borrowing money gets out, whether I leak it or not, I will chop off one of my own hands and come to the door to apologize! Wu Changjiang said this with a full of gangster air, not at all like a boss of a big company.