Two private jets?
Ronald was definitely a rich kid, but he was still intimidated by Lu Feng's entourage and couldn't help but ask, "Why can't we use both planes?"
“It’s like this, one plane is for Mr. Lu’s father to welcome distinguished guests and form a fleet in the air, and the other plane is to be lent to the Crown Prince of Thailand for a few days.” Han Guoping said from the side, “This matter was my fault, I didn’t arrange it well.”
"Let's not talk about this anymore. You don't need to collect your year-end bonus." Lu Feng sat down and said, "Please sit down. This is the first time in my life that I've met new friends on an airplane."
"I also enjoy making new friends." Ronald smiled as he sat down, when he heard Han Guoping whisper, "Oh no, another few million in prize money gone." He was instantly stunned.
"Mr. Lu, what brings you here?"
"One of our small subsidiaries ran into some trouble. It's a family business, and it had a conflict with the US. You know those Wall Street financial firms, they're always pretty arrogant. But it's all settled. Um... butler, tell them the dishes are ready to be served," Lu Feng casually instructed.
As the food was served and a few bottles of red wine were opened, people chatted idly. During the conversation, Lu Feng tried to talk as little as possible about himself, at most mentioning Jiafeng Electronics or some fictitious identities, such as his relationship with the Crown Prince of Thailand or his British title.
The conversation with Ronald focused more on his family life and touched on some of his personal privacy.
Chatting between people is an exchange of information. Many smart people will exchange some junk information for useful information from the other party during the communication process, such as bragging about which boss they had dinner with, which leader was present at the time, and positioning themselves as high and mighty.
While they may seem to reveal a lot about your personal social circle, most of it is actually fake. The other person will try to find out about your social circle, income, social status, and even test whether you are satisfied with your current life, in order to make a further judgment about you!
Ronald was clearly taken aback by the combined efforts of Lu Feng and Han Guoping and his group, and he basically told them everything about his family and his personal situation.
Their family owns two diamond mines in the area, but they don't have their own diamond brand. Diamond brand owners are making a fortune, while their profits are only so-so. They also have three tungsten mines, which are relatively stable in terms of profitability, mainly due to large contracts. Prices aren't high, but they are stable.
"Tungsten ore?" Lu Feng raised an eyebrow, thought for a moment and said, "It seems that China has the largest reserves of tungsten in the world. This material is generally used in military and electrical industries, and is a high-tech composite material. Africa has this kind of demand?"
"I really don't know much about that," Ronald chuckled. "Do you drive sports cars?"
Lu Feng sensed that he had asked some crucial questions, and it was normal that the other party was not comfortable answering. He said, "I'm not particularly interested in cars, but the circle of rich people likes sports cars and the like. I've been trying hard to integrate into their circle recently. I've already acquired a car company in Italy and am preparing to build a custom sports car. I can give you one when it's ready."
“Really? That’s incredibly valuable.” Ronald clearly believed him.
Lu Feng picked up his glass, clinked it with his own, took a sip of wine, and said, "There are so many miscellaneous things to deal with. This trip to South Africa was also an accident. Originally, no one was managing our small company in China. It's a family business, after all. Now that I'm all grown up, my family is forcing me to manage some things. You can understand the troubles."
“Yes, yes, I totally understand. My dad makes me go to the mines all the time. In the last two years, the price of tungsten ore has been suppressed more and more, and business is very difficult. Dealing with those American and Japanese companies is exhausting.” To show that he shared the same troubles as Lu Feng, Ronald sighed and looked quite melancholy.
Upon hearing that companies from these two countries were involved, Lu Feng immediately became alert and asked, "Let me tell you, companies from these two countries are the stingiest. My family deals with them frequently, so I know this best!"
“Really? My dad said the same thing. Profit margins are constantly declining. Diamonds aren’t doing well, and neither are tungsten mines. Just a few days ago, my dad said he plans to sell the tungsten mine next year and focus on the diamond brand. He even put me in charge.” Ronald said with some worry, “I don’t know anything about diamonds.”
"That's simple. I happened to have dinner with Bulgari's marketing president a while ago, and we actually talked about this." Lu Feng smiled mysteriously at Ronald and said, "Want to know?"
"He told you how to build a diamond brand?" Ronald asked excitedly.
“Yes, he told me about the core marketing strategy for this type of brand. Of course, the diamond market is only so big, and even if you reach the top, you won't make much money. I'm not very interested in that. I am more interested in tungsten mines. I'm just curious, why are American and Japanese companies buying tungsten mines here to build missiles?” Lu Feng asked.
Ronald's intuition told him that Lu Feng would never tell him about the diamond brand marketing plan unless he mentioned the relationship between the tungsten mine and the two countries.
"They won't buy missiles from us; it's mainly the electronics industry, I heard they make core processors!" Ronald told the truth.
"Core processor? Oh, I remember now, there needs to be a thin layer of tungsten alloy in the composite material under the circuit board, right?" Lu Feng had heard Liu Cheng talk about chip materials before. There are several layers of ultra-thin material under the circuit, which not only have hardness requirements, but also need to be conductive or insulating.
"I don't really understand this. I know they use it to make lithography machines because it's cheap here. They mainly provide the raw ore, and they have their own refineries to process the finished products and then ship them away!"
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