Chapter 214

"Why choose this time? It's not two years earlier or two years later, but choose this time to study abroad?"

This sudden decision made Wu Ming busy. On the one hand, he had to prepare materials for studying abroad, and the company also It took a lot of time to do the handover.

When he got on the plane to England, he thought about this problem.

"I... have a premonition that I am going to reunite with my parents," Lin Wei looked at the clouds outside and the golden light spread in the east. She smiled and said, "If they know that I was expelled from school, , that would be terrible, and she might even get beaten."

The letter her parents left for her repeatedly warned her to study hard.

The chaos in the mainland ended in 1976, and the country began to open up to the outside world in 1978. If she didn't work hard, she would really have no time.

Wu Ming looked at her side face. The scenery outside the window flew by quickly. The flickering light floated on her face, making her appearance unreal. Her long hair was draped over her shoulders, moist and dyed. Into a hazy mist.

Wu Ming withdrew his gaze and said with a smile: "You have done a good job. They will be proud of you."

Lin Wei nodded. She also felt that Lao Fang would not. She did not say that she was doing a good job now. That's also very good.

Although Haaland's affairs are going very hard, they are really moving forward slowly.

The first was a technical issue. Harland wanted to carry out technical protection. Lin Wei promised to give them time, but if they could not turn a profit in two years, Lin Wei would take back the management and operation rights of the shipyard.

She will also pay for scientific research, but only if she knows where every payment goes and has an auditor to help her check the accounts.

Just because you are given a time limit does not mean you can lose money without any scruples.

"A person or team must have contributed to be valuable. He will naturally have the right to speak without having to fight for it. Everyone will spontaneously push him to that position, but if he cannot do it, then he must give way. This This should be the basic principle that every enterprise should follow. "

How to handle the management rights of the enterprise has been the main point of dispute between the two parties. Instead, the money should be discussed later.

Lin Wei looked across and asked, "Can you all agree with me?"

The corporate management systems of the East and the West are different. The CEO can be the most powerful person. Cook and Musk are the embodiment of the company's greatest value. Even if Even if you appoint a chairman, you will not appoint a CEO, but the premise is that you can prove your worth, otherwise it will be a short-lived flash in the pan and the board of directors will fire you.

To a certain extent, this value system is implemented more thoroughly in foreign companies.

Borders and the negotiating team remained silent.

They have no way to refute. If the other party gives money, time and opportunity, and if the shipyard cannot be rescued, then they have no way to control the shipyard with confidence.

After a while, someone said: "But two years is too short. The market is now in a depression and it is difficult to open up the situation. You also said that life in the Asian market is not easy."

"The time I gave you is based on the current situation." I will judge based on the situation and my own ability," Lin Wei said, "I won't ask others for things I can't do. If you can't do it, then I will do it. You can't survive this trough. Then the same goes for you in the next trough. Two years is easy to say, but you have never thought that all the risks in these two years have been borne by me alone, and I am the one who provided the money... You want me to be generous, but this The premise is that I am not a death row prisoner and I cannot be made to wait indefinitely."

Giles added: "You have been to Xinbai Shipyard several times and you have seen the management level there. You are strict with us. But we are always open to you. If you want to exchange and learn, we can also provide relevant support. The two-year deadline may not be impossible. In fact, the international situation has slowly improved, which is good for you. It is said to be an opportunity. If you can turn around, Harland may be able to win a bright future. But if you give up this opportunity in front of you, the road ahead will be very difficult. The biggest possibility for Harland is to be lost in the long river of history. "This is your only chance to save it."

At this point in the negotiation, everything has been laid out.

If Harland agrees to Lin Wei's conditions, then everything else will be easy to talk about. If he doesn't agree, then there is no need to talk about anything else.

Now the pressure is on Haaland, it depends on how they choose.

The meeting was suspended, and the main executives and shareholders on the opposite side went outside to discuss.

Lin Wei and the others were left waiting at the meeting.

"Are you confident that they won't be able to bring Haaland back to life within two years?" Giles asked Lin Wei.

Although Giles is not optimistic about Harland, the management is very chaotic, and it is said that someone is secretly selling the shipyard's materials. This is already a big problem, but this does not mean that the situation cannot be improved. If Lin Wei still If you can help, it won't be a problem.

Lin Wei took a sip of water, put down the cup, and ate the biscuits she brought with her: "They have problems from the inside out, not only management problems, the personnel are messy, the departments are cumbersome, and the business is chaotic. Many production departments are unnecessary. If you want to change the situation, you need to carry out drastic reforms and cut off all these shabby departments. It is difficult for them to do this alone. In order to maintain employment, they can only drag down heavy labor costs. They cannot replicate the management of Xinbai Shipyard. We The land is very cheap, we have cheap labor, and new shipyards and old shipyards cannot be compared together. For research and development, two years is just the beginning, and it is difficult to see results."

Giles saw her eating sweetly. , couldn't help but take a piece of biscuit: "What if they can be ruthless enough to reform layoffs?"

"That would be even better," Lin Wei patted the biscuit crumbs off her hand and said, "Don't let me go up there. "Harland's problems go

beyond that. Just cutting down the cumbersome production lines is useless. What they need most is a shrewd and capable CEO," Lin Wei picked up the cup again. "The height a company can reach depends entirely on the leadership of the CEO."

Ji Chengjun from Hezi, Kuman from Kowloon Aviation, Wu Ming from Haoxin, Wen Jiayue from Queen's Castle, and the new CEO of Hutchison Whampoa Benny Marion, she worked hard to find a suitable manager for each of her companies, even the casino gave Chen Hengxi, all for this reason.

The train's speed depends entirely on the headband, and their person in charge is unqualified.

She took a sip of water to suppress the sweetness of the cookie.

"Can managing a company be so interesting?" Giles sighed. "When I bought Cartier, I got bored soon after. I thought it was the most boring thing in the world." Compared with gambling, Get immediate feedback, and running a company for decades can become boring.

"But," he looked at Lin Wei, "how are you sure they won't find a great CEO?"

"It's highly unlikely."

Otherwise, how could it be so miserable in the previous life?

Lin Wei fastened the lid of the water cup and continued: "If you find it, I won't suffer any loss, right? I won't have to go through such laborious reform again."

She is the majority shareholder who almost wholly owns the shares (90% of the shares are held, and the remaining important employees hold stocks), it is her pocket that makes money in the end. Besides, as a major shareholder, she does not have any say at all. If she persists, she can still get the position of chairman. She cannot make decisions. Make a suggestion. That's okay, right? For example, in order to save labor costs, build a factory in Xiangjiang or something, and first move some non-core businesses there.

When the mainland market opens up, more can be done.

The shipyard has already sold it to her. There are many ways to do it, but it just takes time.

Seeing that she looked like she was sure of victory, Giles said nothing more.

After a while, Haaland's men came back.

"We have a condition." The other party said directly after sitting down.

What other conditions are there?

The people on Lin Wei's side couldn't help but frown.

They don't even ask for a seat on the board of directors, what kind of trouble are these people going to do?

"We hope that Ms. Lin can become a British citizen."

As soon as the words were spoken, Lin Wei's people fell silent.

You know, this happened when Hezi was launched on the market.

At that time, their boss refused to obey, and the news made a lot of noise. It was also at that time that Lin Wei's patriotism became a public matter.

How many of the rich people in Hong Kong City are Chinese? One by one, Yuan Guodong is British, Zhong Wenbai is Portuguese, and Eric Tsang is French... Just looking at the nationalities of the big guys, one would think that all of them in Hong Kong are foreigners.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Lin Wei is the only one left with great achievements.

"Our people cannot accept that Haaland falls into the hands of a Chinese. If you cannot agree to this condition, you will have to regretfully end the talks between us," Borders looked at Lin Wei and said, "I have tried my best. We fought for it, this is the result of comprehensive consideration by all parties."

Giles raised his eyebrows, but did not speak, but looked at Lin Wei.

In his mind this shouldn't be a problem.

Lin Wei held her forehead with a headache, but she didn't expect to be waiting for her here.

"Is nationality really so important?" She looked at the other person, sighed, and said, "If I become a British citizen, will I become a British person?"

Her culture, her thoughts, her Can skin color and blood change?

Who are you deceiving?

"At least that's what many people see," Borders said, "If you can't even accept this condition, it means..."

"That doesn't mean anything," Lin Wei sighed and shook her head, "Nationality is not an issue. , let’s jump to the next link. “

Nationality is not the problem, the problem is Lao Fang’s big stick.

I hope Lao Fang will never find out about this matter. After all, under normal circumstances, no one checks nationality.

Finally, something happened.

Grandpa has legs!

Lin Wei took a deep breath and looked at the place with a smile: "Then let's continue to talk about the price."

The price was not easy to negotiate, and it still couldn't be negotiated for a while. Lin Wei only had 4.5 billion, and if it was more, he would have to borrow it, so Save as much as you can on this matter.

Fortunately, Lin Wei was not in a hurry. During the negotiation, she officially became a student at Cambridge University.

This matter was even published in the newspapers. Through the Queen's Castle and the recent facial recognition, she can be regarded as a celebrity in the UK.

Surprisingly, after learning this news, Haaland relaxed his insistence on the price.

"At least you showed us your determination to move forward," Borders said. "I heard that HKU originally wanted to give you a graduation certificate, but you refused. Instead, you chose to study in Cambridge and sit in your position. I'm afraid there are only a few people who study seriously. This is not something ordinary people can do. We admire your behavior very much."

Lin Wei looked at them and smiled helplessly: "So you like it. This. "

I told you earlier, why bother waiting until now.

In the end, Lin Wei bought the Harland Shipyard for 900 million pounds (8.3 billion Hong Kong dollars) and promised to provide 20 million pounds (200 million Hong Kong dollars) in research and development expenses every year in addition to the daily operating expenses of the shipyard.

After all, this is really a lot of money. Not to mention salaries, there is also R&D expenses of 200 million. How much money can you make this year after spending so much?

Lin Wei didn't have enough money. She was still short of 4 billion. In order to get the money together, she began to borrow money from everywhere.

Hang Seng Bank will definitely need to borrow a sum of money. After getting 1 billion, the interest will be almost nothing.

Other banks also borrowed money and came up with another 1.5 billion.

The big guys went around and got 700 million alms, but in the end they were still short of 800 million.

All these are based on her reputation as the richest man. There are not many things to mortgage. It is relatively easy for rich people to borrow money.

But in the end, there was still a shortfall of 800 million. Haaland was too expensive. Even though she had already prepared more than 4 billion, there was still such a shortfall.

Lin Wei found Harland's shareholders and planned to pay the remaining money in installments.

The other party was surprised. Aren't there 5 listed companies?

Can’t get 800 million?

"No matter how rich a person is, it's hard for him to come up with more than 8 billion at once, right?" Lin Wei said plausibly, "Otherwise, ask, besides me, how many people can come up with so much money at once? "

We have reached this point, and they can't give in. After all, Haaland was not sold cheaply. After losing money for so long, it is not easy to have so much money in his pocket. As long as Lin Wei does not make excessive demands. , they will all agree.

During the signing ceremony, Lin Wei took time off to sign the contract, but these people refused to wait for her to have a weekend off. They gathered a lot of reporters to create momentum, and then took a bunch of photos. She didn’t know who was taking photos with her that day. .

This is not the most embarrassing thing. Lin Wei had previously become a British citizen and had to swear allegiance to the Queen, which was very funny.

She really has no respect for the royal family at all. If she does this, it will have no use except to disgust her.

At this point, Harland was officially taken under Lin Wei's command.

She owes a lot of debt again, and in Harland's case, she probably won't be able to pay it back in the short term.

Lin Wei began to devote herself wholeheartedly to college life. Engineering was not easy to study. Lin Wei planned to graduate in two years, so she was not allowed to be lazy at all. In her free time at school, she and Wu Ming studied together in the library.

Wu Ming said he didn't know what major to apply for, so he also applied for Lin Wei's major. The last time he learned French was because Chu Aidong asked him to get close to Lin Wei. This time it was his own choice.

"What do you think?" Lin Wei said while taking notes, "If you are in the same major as me, you are destined to be dragged down by me, a underachiever, and you have to take the time to help me make up classes. If I were you, in order to escape from the quiet, I would also have to Change your major."

"Don't talk during class," Wu Ming reminded her.

Lin Wei shut up and began to listen to the lecture seriously and take notes.

People's IQs are different. Wu Ming never had to take notes in class.

But Lin Wei couldn't. Although she didn't remember everything, she had to write down the key points and review them when she went back to remember them.

The old professor's speech had an accent, and Lin Wei sounded a little strenuous, so she couldn't help but get distracted. At this time, she felt someone sitting next to her.

Lin Wei looked over and was stunned when she saw the person.

"Why are you here?" she asked in surprise.

"Obviously, come and see you," Chen Hengxi smiled at her and said softly, "It's been so long, I miss you."

Lin Wei smiled at him awkwardly, so greasy.

Wu Ming looked towards them now and couldn't help but frown when he saw Chen Hengxi.

"Hi..." Chen Hengxi greeted enthusiastically, "Wu Ming, long time no see."

"Excuse me, this classmate in blue, are you a student here?"

The old professor who was lecturing in front suddenly spoke, and everyone immediately Look in their direction.

It is difficult for Westerners to tell the age of Asians. Although Lin Wei and Wu Ming are older than other students, there seems to be no obvious difference in age.

However, Chen Hengxi, who is in his thirties, has a hard time concealing his appearance and letting others recognize him at a glance.

There aren't many Asian faces in the class, so it's no surprise that Chen Hengxi is so popular.

Chen Hengxi stood up and looked to Lin Wei for help.

Lin Wei felt embarrassed, so she covered her face and pretended not to recognize him.

Chen Hengxi reached out to pull her, but Lin Wei rushed out like a fly.

"This classmate, what are you doing here?"

Chen Hengxi turned to look at the professor: "It's nothing, I just came here to study."

"It's okay to study, but why bother others?"

Chen Hengxi choked and said: "I was asking a question just now."

The professor held the triangle and looked at him calmly: "If you want to know anything, you can ask me."

Chen Hengxi looked a little embarrassed: "No, okay..."

"There's nothing wrong with it. "What question do you think I can't answer?"

Chen Hengxi looked at the professor and asked hesitantly: "Then...do you miss me?"

Boom...

the classroom burst into laughter.

Lin Wei held her face, laughing until her mandible ached. She looked out the window and saw a bird flying by. Finally, it was not a disturbing pigeon, but a beautiful robin.

Time is like a hobbling old man, dragging his feet but moving forward bit by bit towards a fixed trajectory.

The "appointed" time is slowly approaching, and a palpitating feeling of urgency and anticipation surges in my heart.

She was looking forward to that day for ten years.

I miss you very much. Do you... miss me?

...

"Have you heard? The educated youth son-in-law of the village chief's family is back."

"Really? Ouch... Who said that people abandoned their wives and children? It was so unpleasant at the time."

Under the big tree at the entrance of the village, The aunt holding the soles of her shoes and her little wives chatted together.

A big event happened in the village recently. The educated youth who had returned to the city suddenly came back. When he left, he looked like he didn't want to stay for a second longer. Now he is back. How can it not surprise people?

"That's no wonder people say, it's been half a year now, and I haven't sent a letter back. I left the same day I was rehabilitated, and I don't look like I'm coming back."

"Don't let me delay you for anything. Ah, I think Ah Ying is a lucky man. This time he will go back to the city to eat public food. "

" Let's see, maybe it's because of this? I didn't see this person being kind and lazy before. Damn it . My wife has to support her whole family, and her food has to be delivered to her bed. She is not as diligent as the children at home."

"I think you are jealous," Aunt Bai said, tying up the soles of her shoes. "Kong's father is an official. If the official is reinstated. , Ayin will also take advantage of it, and maybe she can become a government wife. "

Tsk...

the young daughter-in-law opposite curled her lips.

"Didn't you say you're back? Why don't you see anyone? What is Kong Changming busy with?" someone asked.

At this time, Kong Changming was carrying a load of water. Although he was sweating profusely, the smile on his face was sincere. He put down the load and said to the bewildered Fang Lianxin and Lin Hanzhi: "I will give you the water from now on." Undertaken, you can call me anytime if you have anything, just treat me as your own son."

Fang Lianxin raised his hands and didn't know what to say. He looked at his lover, not knowing what to say.

A few days ago, this man suddenly came over and refused to let them live in the cowshed. He insisted on letting them move into the current brick house. He suddenly became very enthusiastic.

If he had been like Luo Jiatong from the beginning, they wouldn't have been so surprised. He had clearly regarded them as plague gods before and would dislike them for smelling like cow shit when he passed by.

"It's no trouble..." Lin Hanzhi refused aloud. She rubbed her finger joints and said, "We can do it ourselves."

There must be monsters when things go wrong. They are not fools to live to this age.

I just don’t understand, what is this person doing for no reason?

Although some people have been rehabilitated one after another, and they themselves are looking forward to when it will be their turn, but even if they are rehabilitated, they are only two old teachers, and they are not worthy of being so fawning.

Kong Changming poured water into the vat for them and said: "I want it, you are old. Uncle Fang broke his leg last time. After raising him for so many days, it is better not to do such heavy work when you are old."

These words made it impossible for them to continue.

They are old and struggle to drink water, especially since the place where they lived was far away from well water, which made them suffer very much in winter.

This results in them being very economical on water. They often use water to wash their faces after washing the dishes. It is not enough, and they even have to skip this step.

"Then go inside, drink some water, and have a rest." Although he knew that the other party had intentions, he was too cold to say anything.

"Okay," Kong Changming was not polite and walked into the house. He looked at Lin Hanzhi rubbing her red and cracked knuckles and said, "Have you wiped off the chilblain ointment I brought you?"

"Yes. It's okay." Lin Hanzhi replied.

In the first year she came here, her hands suffered from frostbite. They were dry and painful when she was cold. They were red and itchy when she was hot, as if there were bugs burrowing into her bones. She felt so uncomfortable that she wanted to cry in the middle of the night. But now she has stopped. Get used to it, because compared to other tortures, this is the most inconspicuous suffering.

After arriving here, she could at least soak her hands in hot water.

Kong Changming entered, and Fang Lianxin and Lin Hanzhi looked at each other.

"Let's ask later if this child has misunderstood something?" Lin Hanzhi said softly.

Fang Lianxin sighed. After living in a brick house with no air leakage for two days, they were afraid of returning to the cowshed with air leakage everywhere.

...

"It has been found out. Ms. Lin Wei's parents are being renovated in Gujiao Village. We have sent people to pick them up. It is estimated that they can be picked up in the capital within a week."

"Let's check on the two old people when they come back . "Body," the man in military uniform took the information handed over by the officer and said, "Ms. Lin will come to Beijing on the 7th of next month. You must do a good job in reception."

There were seven people sitting in the conference room, some of whom were wearing Chinese tunic suits. , there were people wearing military uniforms, sitting upright.

"The place is still noisy, and the boat hasn't come back yet, so they have to divide it among themselves first," someone said.

Lin Wei did not come back empty-handed this time. She brought 10 large fishing boats, 5 cargo ships and 3 oil tankers. And they were not empty ships. They were all loaded with medical equipment, medicines, computers, oil, coal, wood, agricultural and sideline products... It was full of supplies and the list was several pages long.

"Entertain the two old people well..." Someone couldn't help but sigh in the middle of the sentence, "Fortunately, the two old people are fine, otherwise they might have become enemies."

"Is it so serious?" Someone didn't understand very well. , asked, "Is this Lin Wei very powerful?"

"Awesome?" The man smiled and said, "Do you know how much her company's income was last year?"

"How much?"

"Hong Kong Media calculated that the profit was more than 3 billion Hong Kong dollars. ."

Everyone gasped.

"Let me go -" someone did the math and said, "You mean she can earn 10 million in a day?"

"Last year, Xiangjiang's GDP was more than 90 billion, and she contributed more than 10 billion alone. She also There are companies abroad. You can calculate her current net worth."

The man swallowed the tea in his mouth, put down the cup, and said, "These have nothing to do with us, but just because of the supplies sent by Ms. Lin, everyone should be serious. "

Just after the meeting to set the pace for reform and opening up, the other party handed over a letter through connections, indicating that Ms. Lin valued her parents very much.

Maybe I have been waiting for this day for a long time.