After leaving the hospital, Zhang Junfeng and Li Fuzhen talked about how they would go to the capital of the neighboring Longguo to attend the annual meeting of CITIC Group in a few days. Li Fuzhen looked at him curiously, "I didn't see them invite you before? Why did they suddenly send you an invitation this time?"
Zhang Junfeng, who was originally somewhat complacent, suddenly became unhappy. "Could it be that our Comet Capital has been growing in strength and influence over the past two years, and Longguo feels that they need to further win over a 'big shot' like me?"
When Li Fuzhen heard Zhang Junfeng describe herself like this, she burst out laughing, and her son Zhang Dongxian, who didn't know what was going on, looked at his mother's bright smile and then giggled.
"...You two mother and son are laughing so happily, this is not fair, I am just telling the truth~!" Zhang Junfeng said helplessly, but the only response he got was still the laughter of Li Fuzhen and her son, which didn't give them any face at all~!
No, when I get back, I must give Li Fuzhen a good "deal". She is so disrespectful to me as a husband and has also led the children astray. She must be taught a lesson, otherwise I am afraid that I will lose all my authority as the head of the family.
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After returning to the villa, Zhang Junfeng quickly called the nanny and asked her to help take care of the child. Then he said hello to Li Fuzhen and said he had something important to discuss upstairs.
Li Fuzhen, who was unaware of Zhang Junfeng's other intentions, quickly stepped into the "trap". By the time she reacted, Zhang Junfeng had already dragged her into the room for an in-depth conversation for more than an hour.
Although Li Fuzhen was somewhat dissatisfied with Zhang Junfeng's somewhat "childish" act of revenge, she did not object to her husband's idea of using the excuse of wanting to have another child, preferably a "daughter".
After all, their family currently only has three people. It would be too difficult for Zhang Dongxian to manage Galaxy Group and Comet Capital by himself in the future! ...
Near the end of the month, Zhang Junfeng once again took Wu Xiuying and several bodyguards to the capital of Longguo to attend the annual meeting of the CITIC Group's headquarters.
In response to the arrival of Zhang Junfeng, the group's foreign director, Wang Jun, the group's president, immediately arranged for someone to come and receive him.
In the meeting room on the top floor which had already been arranged.
"Director Zhang, welcome! Many people want to meet you, the elusive company director!" Wang Jun said to Zhang Junfeng with a smile.
"Haha, Mr. Wang, I am going to believe what you say. You have to introduce him to me when the time comes~!" Zhang Junfeng replied with a smile.
"That's for sure. I can introduce you to some 'big shots' then!" Wang Jun nodded with a smile.
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Since Zhang Junfeng, a foreign director, does not participate in the daily operations and management of the group, Wang Jun specially asked a trusted subordinate to make a brief report on the progress of the group's work in that year, and gave some publicly available information to Zhang Junfeng for review, which also paved the way for discussing important matters with the other party after the annual meeting.
Listening to the other party's work progress, Zhang Junfeng nodded from time to time. He vaguely understood why Wang Jun specially invited him, a foreign director, to attend the annual meeting and even to discuss important matters. This CITIC Group seems to be deploying the group's investment and industry to overseas countries, especially in Europe and the United States! If this is the case, then many things can be explained! After all, their CITIC Group was willing to invite Zhang Junfeng to join, wasn't it because of his and Comet Capital's strong network of connections? Backed by Wall Street financial giants, doing business and investing is naturally unstoppable. Now it seems that CITIC Group may have to ask him, a foreign director, to help "matchmake"!
Zhang Junfeng was not too surprised by this inference. According to his understanding of the hot current events in Longguo during this period, Longguo successfully joined the WTO this year, so it was natural that there would be some big moves next. It was just that while they wanted to use him to "matchmake", couldn't he also use the powerful influence of CITIC Group to achieve some of his own goals?
For example, as I mentioned to Ma Yun before, I wanted to use this opportunity to obtain a legal and compliant reason and a full set of procedures for the convenient payment tool for online shopping. This would ensure that no certain individuals or groups, after discovering the existence of the convenient payment tool, would start designing to deal with the not-so-strong Alibaba company and try to take it into their own pockets.
In addition, Zhang Junfeng also wants to gradually integrate those companies that have opened branches in Korea with investment from KB Bank to form a relatively complete industrial chain, and then embed it into the market of Longguo. This will inevitably enable him to share more benefits in the rapidly developing express delivery and retail industries in the subsequent rapid development of Longguo.
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The time of the party is tentatively scheduled for around 17:00. As the group has specially invited several heavyweight special guests to attend, Zhang Junfeng, under the arrangement of Wang Jun, followed him to the hotel that had been booked in advance to prepare for the next things.
After sending several security guards to the lounge outside the party hall, Zhang Junfeng took Wu Xiuying to look curiously at the staff who were running back and forth in the venue carrying wine and food.
"...It seems that these leaders can drink quite a lot~! Most of them drink white wine, or Maotai. Wow, the actions of these big companies are just different~!" Zhang Junfeng said with emotion. Wu Xiuying on the side didn't care much about Zhang Junfeng's evaluation, but there were many exquisite fruit snacks on the table, which made her feel a little envious.
Many fruits, which she had seen in shopping malls in Seoul, were expensive imported "luxury goods" that would make one's flesh ache if one ate too much! Now, she didn't expect that they would be piled up in large quantities on the round table. Isn't this a bit excessive? "I think that CITIC Group does have a lot of funds, and the fruits on the table may be worth a lot of money." Wu Xiuying muttered softly, and Zhang Junfeng smiled happily after hearing it. The land in Goryeo is already barren, and fruits are very picky about the planting area, so they can only be imported from foreign countries. Of course, although the price in China is a little expensive, it is not enough to be called "expensive", right? Father However, Zhang Junfeng did not intend to reveal his thoughts. There was no need to explain too much about some things, so as not to make the other party even more unhappy.
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Fortunately, the waiting time did not last too long. After just over half an hour, a group of middle and senior executives of CITIC Group who were invited to attend the annual meeting arrived at the scene one after another. Zhang Junfeng followed Wang Jun, the president of the Industrial Group, and greeted these unfamiliar colleagues. They were also quite curious about Zhang Junfeng, the foreign director. However, at the age of 30, he was able to create and manage an achievement worth more than billions of dollars, which made them quite impressed!
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"Mr. Wang, the party should be about to start, right? What you said, could it be that they have some schedule conflicts? Look, could it be... that their schedules were delayed?" Zhang Junfeng, who had been looking forward to meeting those real big shots for a long time but had not been able to do so, asked tentatively.
Hearing Zhang Junfeng mention the big shots invited to the group's annual meeting, Wang Jun smiled and reminded him, "They may have important things to do and will come later. But Director Zhang, it's best not to drink later, lest they come and discuss important things, you have to stay sober..."
"Mr. Wang, since you said so, I will naturally follow your arrangement~!" Zhang Junfeng smiled heartily. It would be great if he could avoid this drinking party. Otherwise, even if those people on the table drank three or four taels of Maozi today, they would probably be drunk and unconscious. His alcohol tolerance is not comparable to those half-drunk people who have been drinking for a long time!
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Seeing that other people had arrived one after another, Wang Jun still did not start the party immediately. He needed to wait until the most important people arrived before he could officially announce the start of the party. The middle and senior executives of the group who were invited were already accustomed to their boss's behavior. They tasted fruits and chatted with colleagues while waiting for the arrival of the big leaders.
Around 17:30, accompanied by several security personnel, three elderly men slowly came into the banquet hall. Wang Jun, who saw this, immediately called Zhang Junfeng and walked quickly to the door to greet them in person.
When Wang Jun welcomed several people to the front party table, he introduced Zhang Junfeng and the three big guys to each other.
After hearing Zhang Junfeng's name, the old man of the Ye family, who happened to be following his old friend, smiled and said, "So you are the sworn brother of that kid Boyang. He has mentioned you to me a lot in the past two years~!"
“Yes, at the age of less than 30, he was able to build a strong financial institution like Comet Capital from scratch, and he was also able to invest in multiple companies in our Dragon Country and drive the development of some industries in our country. These achievements make us old guys ashamed~!” The one who agreed was Old Wu, who had a good relationship with the old man of the Ye family.
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When the others heard this, they all smiled in appreciation. Although Zhang Junfeng was an entrepreneur from Goryeo, he had been able to continue investing in Longguo's enterprises over the years, and even brought Goryeo's enterprises to Longguo for development, driving local economic development and employment. He was a very good "one of our own"!
Zhang Junfeng also enthusiastically told the three bigwigs in front of him that he was also very optimistic about Longguo, so he was willing to bring his company here to develop, and he was also very grateful to Longguo for giving him such an opportunity.
When the others heard Zhang Junfeng's "tactful" answer, the smiles on their faces became even brighter, and they also added the label "little fox" to their evaluation of Zhang Junfeng.
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The party lasted for nearly two hours, and after everyone had enjoyed the delicious food, Wang Jun took the initiative to suggest that the atmosphere here was rather noisy, and everyone could go to the rest area next door to rest for a while. In fact, he also intended to take the opportunity to discuss some secret and important matters next door.
After hearing this, the three bosses exchanged glances and nodded at the same time. Then they quickly and quietly changed the venue without attracting the attention of others.
Wang Jun also skillfully arranged for the staff to bring up the tea that had been prepared long ago. He also closed the door of the hidden private room next door and arranged for someone to guard it to ensure that the content of their conversation was kept secret.
Wang Jun saw that all preparations were ready, and then he directly told Zhang Junfeng the reason for this secret talk, "Mr. Zhang, I specially invited you to attend our CITIC Group's annual meeting this time, and I want to ask you for help with an important matter. This year we successfully entered the World Trade Organization, and trade with other countries and regions will also become more frequent. However, our country's trade with European and American countries is mainly commodity trade. Large-scale overseas investment is extremely rare..."
Listening to the other party's story, Zhang Junfeng nodded in agreement. The content was almost the same as what he had expected.
But when they wanted to ask him about which industries CITIC Group should invest in overseas, especially in Europe and the United States, to obtain large profits, Zhang Junfeng said with some embarrassment, "If it was before 2000, I would recommend the Internet high-tech industry. But now with the outbreak of the Internet crisis, the high dividend period of the Internet industry has become a thing of the past."
After hearing what Zhang Junfeng said, Mr. Zhu, one of the three bosses, was the first to ask, "Since Internet high-tech companies are no longer viable, what about other industries? It's impossible that those powerful developed countries don't have any other companies to show for themselves except Internet companies, right?"
Zhang Junfeng smiled calmly, "Of course there are, but it's hard to say whether outsiders like us are willing to sell their core products. Although the Internet industry has suffered a huge impact, many Internet high-tech companies have gradually emerged from the trough and are constantly breaking through innovative technologies in the fields of wireless communications, biotechnology and software."
"Such companies are certainly worth investing in, but the top leaders of the United States and other countries are naturally very aware of the importance of these industries to a country and will not allow foreign institutions to hold too high a stake."
"Of course, in addition to these, there are still many areas worth investing and operating. For example, taking on large overseas infrastructure orders, with Longguo's strong infrastructure capabilities, it will definitely be able to handle it easily. At that time, not only can we consume part of the excessive domestic steel production capacity, but we can also bring huge foreign exchange earnings..."
"In addition, we can also consider investing in cultural industries in Europe and the United States. Because in the GDP proportion of these countries, the proportion of cultural industries is generally higher than 10%. Since 1996, the export of cultural products in the United States has surpassed the aerospace industry and has become the largest export-earning industry. The scale of the cultural industry in neighboring Japan is almost catching up with the electronics and automobile industries!"
Hearing that Zhang Junfeng was approaching from such a strange angle, several people including Wang Jun couldn't help but brighten their eyes. Before this, they really didn't think of this. At first, they just wanted to use Zhang Junfeng's channels to get involved in some important industries in European and American countries, and it would be best if they could get some advanced technology from them. Now it seems that they were naive. Those foreigners are smarter than they thought, and they have been on guard for a long time! (End of this chapter)