Lu Feng dialed the number. When the call connected, a woman's voice answered with a standard script: "Dear investor, this is Ruina, the board secretary of Beko Corporation. How can I help you?"
"Hello, I am not an investor in your company. I am Lu Feng, the honorary director of Jiafeng Electronics. Please transfer me to your company's president, Mr. George, and tell him I would like to speak with him," Lu Feng said.
"I'm sorry, this is an investor hotline. We don't handle questions about company stocks. I have no obligation to answer your calls. Mr. George is very busy, and I've never heard of your company before," Rena said before hanging up.
Lu Feng was speechless as he listened to the busy tone on the phone. This was the first time he had ever seen such an arrogant board secretary. When he called back, the line was busy. Having no other choice, he asked an employee in the company who had a stock account to buy a few shares of stock and then called back.
“Dear investors..............”
"Alright, alright, it's me again. I just bought tens of thousands of shares of your stock and have now officially become your investor. I'm currently investigating your company. By observing your company's fundamentals, I hope to further understand your inventory, channels, turnover cycle, market situation, etc. I hope to have further discussions with your chairman, Mr. George, to further increase investment," Lu Feng said into the phone.
When Reina heard that Lu Feng wanted to increase his investment, she was immediately delighted. More importantly, Beko's stock had indeed surged just now, as if a large amount of capital had flowed in.
"Okay, I'll connect you with our chairman right away. Choosing Beko is the right choice for you. We are in a phase of rapid development."
Lu Feng didn't want to listen to her rambling and asked her to transfer the call.
George answered the internal call and asked, "What is it?"
"Hello Mr. George, this is Lu Feng from Jiafeng Electronics!" Lu Feng said into the phone.
George was startled by the voice on the phone. Why was he calling him? Could it be that he couldn't take it anymore and was planning to completely break off relations and make a public scene?
If that's the case, I need to do a good job of media publicity, and the financial news must be positive. I'll take the opportunity to drive up the stock price so I can take the opportunity to reduce my holdings.
In an instant, countless possibilities flashed through George's mind, but he still calmly said, "Mr. Lu, I've heard so much about you. I didn't expect you to call me today. What's up?"
"I'm actually here to beg for mercy. It's my fault, brother. I didn't pay my respects to you when I first arrived in your esteemed place. I really can't take it anymore. Those departments keep investigating me, and I can't keep up the act any longer. If I'm really investigated, I'll lose not only the money I've earned, but also my capital!" Lu Feng's voice was full of helplessness, as if he had been pushed to the limit and made this call just now.
George on the other end of the phone was a little taken aback by Lu Feng's change of heart. He wasn't there to cause trouble; he was there to back down.
George was overjoyed. He thought he was a genius. He used his connections to suppress the other party and used the other party's methods against him, and he got such an unexpected result. Most people would never have thought of this.
“Alright, Mr. Lu, I actually care about young people, but I don’t like arrogant and domineering ones. There should be rules in doing things. This is just a warning. If I really wanted to mess with you, your company would be dead.” George said arrogantly.
Lu Feng almost burst out laughing when he heard this. Calling him fat made him pant, but he could also tell that this kind of person was the easiest to deal with. How could someone who couldn't recognize himself possibly recognize his opponent?
Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle.
"I am especially grateful for your leniency. I was indeed quite domineering in my actions back in China, and you were right to teach me a lesson. I have kept that in mind. Now I realize that my power is too weak, and it is difficult to develop here. So I still wanted to talk to you. After all, I am here to make money, and I am truly happy to meet such a great entrepreneur as you. So, if I may be so bold as to ask, would it be convenient for you to spare some of your precious time tonight to have dinner with me and we can have a chat?" Lu Feng adopted a very humble attitude.
George felt increasingly comfortable listening to these words, and as he leaned back in his chair, he felt every cell in his body was filled with joy, as if he were hearing celestial music and his ears were suddenly clear.
"Cough cough cough!" George coughed twice to suppress his laughter and said, "I have quite a few social engagements tonight, but since this is the first time you've asked me, I can't very well refuse. Seeing how sincere you are, I'll postpone the dinner to six or seven o'clock, about an hour."
"Okay, okay, thank you so much. I will definitely not let you down. I'll have someone book a restaurant right now."
After hanging up the phone, George leaned back in his seat and hummed a song. This was definitely the most comfortable day he had had in all his years in business. Beko's rise was somewhat unexpected. George was the kind of person who liked to form cliques. In the early days, the competition in the home appliance industry was extremely fierce, and Beko was still a small company, barely surviving.
George had a good relationship with several junior leaders, and he used them to sell products in small towns. The competition among the higher-ups was so fierce that many companies went out of business. The junior leaders George knew got promoted, and the last two companies were left barely alive. As EU integration progressed, large companies like Siemens entered the market and directly took those two companies' lives.
Beko seized the opportunity to develop, found its market positioning, and obtained a license to broadcast on TVB through connections. It then broadcast short films that suited the local tastes late at night every day. A few years later, it became the number one brand of television sets and private TV stations. Then it went public and started to profit from the market.
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