Since he was going to be placed in a department of his own company, Li Tian followed Zhang Qingyi up to the 50th floor to meet Lu Fan.
"Knock knock!"
The secretary had already knocked on Lu Fan's office door.
"Please come in."
Then he gestured to Li Tian and Zhang Qingyi and said:
"Mr. Lu guessed that it was about time and was already waiting for you two here."
After seeing the office layout that was completely different from the one on the 23rd floor.
Zhang Qingyi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At least the offices of Fanyue Group are quite elegant and high-end.
She followed Li Tian into the office of the man known as President Lu. There stood Lu Fan, whose age was difficult to discern, but who appeared remarkably young. Zhang Qingyi's heart skipped a beat: Is this really a legitimate company? How come even their CEO is so young?
Even in business attire, she looks much younger than her male classmates! Comparisons are odious!
Zhang Qingyi felt that her newly bought blue suit didn't fit her at all.
She nervously cleared her throat and repeated the same line she had used with Li Tian:
"Hello, I'm here to discuss a new energy project..." Lu Fan and Li Tian exchanged a smile, gesturing for him and Zhang Qingyi to sit down. The secretary brought coffee and water for the two of them.
Zhang Qingyi grew up abroad and after graduation, she worked in administration at a laboratory overseas.
They are responsible for liaising between the laboratory and experts.
However, afterwards, she was poached by Huanmei Group, along with several engineers and experts.
Unfortunately, the project is at risk of being suspended.
Meanwhile, Lu Fan was already in contact with the other party privately.
Before Lu Fan could ask any questions, Zhang Qingyi took a deep breath and explained the difficulties she and the other experts and teachers were facing in one breath:
"Several of the teachers signed non-compete agreements when they were leading experimental projects abroad."
In other words, a non-compete agreement exists in many countries and is a legal measure taken by companies and organizations to protect their trade secrets.
Lu Fan nodded to indicate that he understood, and then asked about the amount of the penalty for breach of contract in this agreement.
Seeing that the other party hadn't immediately refused, Zhang Qingyi knew there was still room for negotiation. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"The penalty for each teacher's breach of contract is approximately three million dollars."
"When we poached several experts, Mr. Kuang from Huanmei Group promised to help with compensation, so everyone set off early to come over."
Who knew that Kwong Pui-sang was also a very shrewd man?
While keeping these experts occupied, he also went to persuade businessmen to invest using his silver tongue.
As a result, Wang Ye's situation arose, and he wanted to withdraw his investment.
The funds that Kuang Peisheng took out also need to be returned, which created a large shortfall in a short time.
Nobody's money comes from thin air.
They had several hundred million yuan in working capital, but the project dragged on for almost half a year without any progress.
And then there were many more twists and turns.
People lost interest in investing and began demanding to withdraw their funds.
But since the project hadn't even started, while they could withdraw their money, no one was willing to pay the breach of contract penalties to Zhang Qingyi and several experts.
There are also those who want these experts to sell their technology at a low price.
However, although these experts are mostly academics, they are not very adept at the intricacies of business dealings.
But they still knew the prospects of the technological innovation they had and the wealth that could be earned.
Of course I don't want to give it up.
As time went by, it dragged on and on until now.
As soon as Lu Fan extended an olive branch, Zhang Qingyi immediately agreed to come for a face-to-face meeting.
It's clear that even the experts were on the verge of losing their composure.
No matter how anxious Zhang Qingyi and the experts were, they still needed to find a reliable collaborator.
Their patience had been exhausted by dealing with Kuang Peisheng.
Zhang Qingyi pursed his lips and carefully said:
"President Lu, I checked the corporate information that your Fanyue Group has released to the public before I came here."
“This group has not been established for long, while our new energy industry needs a lot of start-up capital from the very beginning of research and development.”
"Further expansion of application technologies is needed, and each one is quite expensive."
Zhang Qingyi had no choice but to ask Lu Fan directly whether he had enough funds and resources to take on the project offered by Huanmei Group.
After all, Huanmei Group initially promised the experts nearly one billion yuan in start-up capital!
She relayed this situation to Lu Fan, also wanting to probe the bottom line of the Fanyue Group.
Unexpectedly, Lu Fan burst into laughter upon hearing the price Zhang Qingyi offered.
Zhang Qingyi was confused and thought she was being humiliated. Her face turned red and she immediately wanted to run away.
Lu Fan shook his head with a smile, showing no intention of making things difficult for Zhang Qingyi.
"Excuse me, I just remembered something funny that I have to talk to you about, Miss Zhang."
Zhang Qingyi was even more bewildered, then heard Lu Fan sigh:
"Huanmei Group told you and several experts that they would invest hundreds of millions to over a billion yuan? Do you know how much they quoted us investors?"
Zhang Qingyi could only shake his head to indicate that he didn't know.
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