Rebirth of the Age of Wealth

Chapter 468 Pointing at the monk and scolding the bald donkey

Zhang Dongshuo nodded after hearing Li Weidong's instructions and walked out of the office.

However, instead of going to the lounge next door specially prepared for guests waiting to meet, and inviting those Yahoo executives, he first knocked on the open door of the office opposite.

This office was originally used by Jiang Zhili's assistant Qin Shijun. Now Li Weidong occupies Jiang Zhili's office. Due to circumstances, Zhang Dongshuo naturally occupies Qin Shijun's office.

Ding Yuan and Zhou Ping, two of Li Weidong's personal bodyguards, rest here and are on standby when Li Weidong has nothing to do.

However, there is another person in the office at this time. This person is Huang Zhenyu, the security team leader of the American branch of Peking Capital.

Huang Zhenyu is a fellow villager from the same county as Ding Yuan, and he is also a comrade who sleeps in bunk beds in the army. Moreover, he is a soldier led by Xie Ming. It is fate to meet a fellow villager in such an army, and the relationship is naturally very good.

However, Lao Huang was doing well in the army, but by chance, when his only sister was working in a coastal city, he followed others to San Francisco to make a living.

When Lao Huang was in the army, he somehow had this connection with San Francisco. Due to the special nature of the army, his career as a soldier ended prematurely. Although he was depressed, there was nothing he could do about it.

He returned to his hometown and worked hard for two years, but couldn't even find a wife. Then he had no choice but to accept the invitation of his sister and come to San Francisco to make a living.

Before leaving, Lao Huang thought he might never have the chance to return to China. After all, he couldn't earn the money for a round-trip air ticket in his hometown in three years.

So before going abroad, I said goodbye to a few close friends. Thousands of miles apart and on the other side of the ocean, this farewell might very well be a life-or-death farewell.

At that time, Ding Yuan had just gotten married, and the eldest son of the family had just been born. He was very poor, but he still had the courage to sponsor dozens of dollars for his brother's travel expenses.

No one expected that a few years later, Huang would write an ocean-going letter to Ding Yuan, inviting him to come to San Francisco with him, and promising that he would pay for the air ticket.

It's just that at that time, Ding Yuan was following Li Weidong to buy a car factory and a boat abroad. His life was so comfortable at that time that it was impossible to go to San Francisco to make a living.

Who would have thought that in less than two years, Li Weidong opened a venture capital company in the United States. By coincidence, the address was still in San Francisco, and he needed to hire people, so this got involved again.

When Lao Huang heard that he was offered such a high salary, that he was still doing his job, and that he could work with his old comrades, he would definitely be willing to do it.

Although Li Weidong didn't know Lao Huang, Xie Ming and Ding Yuan came to San Francisco for inspection in person and agreed that although Lao Huang had gained a big belly, he had not lost his basic skills.

With the approval of the two of them, Li Weidong will naturally have no problem, and setting up this position is only a deterrent, and no one hopes that it will really work.

At this time, Ding Yuan and Lao Huang were reminiscing about old times, and Zhou Ping was beside him and echoed. According to tradition, these are his seniors, the old squad leader. Of course, it is difficult to say based on strength.

Seeing Zhang Dongshuo standing at the door and nodding to them, the three of them stopped chatting.

Come to life!

Ding Yuan glanced at Lao Huang and Zhou Ping, and they followed Zhang Dongshuo towards the lounge diagonally opposite.

Ding Yuan took advantage of this opportunity to enter Jiang Zhili's office. Li Weidong was meeting with outsiders, and Ding Yuan had to protect him personally.

Zhang Dongshuo was in front, followed by Huang Zhenyu and Zhou Ping, and the three of them came to the door of the lounge next door.

At this time, Yahoo's top executives, including the two founders and "chiefs", were chatting with Jiang Zhili, and several people who seemed to be assistants and bodyguards were waiting nearby.

Seeing Zhang Dongshuo come in, several people stood up. Yang Zhiyuan smiled and asked in English: "Secretary Zhang, is Mr. Li free now?"

Zhang Dongshuo smiled at a few people, and then said calmly: "The chairman will have time now, but he has other arrangements later, please come with me!"

This is the basic quality of being a secretary. If the boss likes someone, you can please them. This will make them feel respected and act as a lubricant.

People who are disliked by the boss should not be too domineering. If a secretary behaves too much, it will make people think that the leadership is not good enough and lose the leader's face.

But even so, Zhang Dongshuo still took the opportunity to reveal the fact that Li Weidong was very busy, and quietly expressed his dissatisfaction with their lateness.

I'm ten minutes late. If it's a gathering of friends, it doesn't matter, but now you've asked me to visit. We are all decent people, so why should we let others wait ten minutes?

"Oh, I'm sorry, something in the company was delayed when I came here. I will apologize to Mr. Li in person later!" Yang Zhiyuan said with a smile.

After saying this, I did not forget to take a look at David, the other founder "Chief" who was standing nearby without paying attention, and Tim, the CEO of Yahoo who has been in office for five years.

When Tim saw Yang Zhiyuan's gaze, he shrugged and spread his hands, a very American gesture, expressing his helplessness and innocence.

Zhang Dongshuo just smiled and did not take up the topic. This was Li Weidong's play and he could not take it up.

As for the nonsense that the company had something to do temporarily, Zhang Dongshuo didn't believe it at all, and he was even more angry. What he meant by this was that he didn't even bother to make up a decent reason.

If something happens temporarily, what can be done in a few minutes?

If it can be dealt with, at least it means that it is not an important matter, and there will be no reason for temporary trouble.

Therefore, something happened temporarily is not a convincing reason at all. Others cannot verify it anyway. In essence, it is just a hooliganism.

Even if something really happens, do you have to call in advance to talk about it? This is the most basic polite question. Zhang Dongshuo doesn't believe it. This is the level of a large company.

There are only two reasons. One is that it is really urgent, but not important. I just want to use this excuse to express a certain attitude of my own.

The other kind is nothing at all, just intentional, just to express some kind of dissatisfaction!

No matter what the situation is, it is disrespect for Li Weidong. His boss is not respected. Zhang Dongshuo is angry, of course!

Zhang Dongshuo didn't say anything. He stretched out his hand and made an invitation gesture, indicating that they should follow him.

Jiang Zhili hesitated a little behind, whether he should follow in or not.

After Li Weidong arrived, Jiang Zhili's office was changed to the lounge here. Now that the boss is meeting others, he hasn't said whether he wants to accompany him or not.

Jiang Zhili hesitated a little, and thought about it before going over. After all, he was familiar with the situation here.

Yang Zhiyuan, the assistants and bodyguards brought by David and the others wanted to go out and follow them, but were stopped by Zhou Ping and Lao Huang, who told them to just stay here and wait.

The three black bodyguards were tall and strong, and they didn't look down on the two Asians at all. They stretched out their hands to push Zhou Ping away.

Zhou Ping was chosen to follow him to the United States, so he was naturally not a vegetarian, and at least his fighting ability was certainly good.

Knowing that this kind of man was very powerful, he did not resist him forcefully. He turned sideways and silently cut the man's armpit three inches below his ribs with his palm.

Even a black man as strong as a tank didn't have much muscle to protect this area. The palm of his hand hit the bone directly. The black bodyguard staggered in pain, took half a step back, and let out a muffled grunt.

Yang Zhiyuan heard the noise in front and saw Zhou Ping and Huang Zhenyu guarding the door. He knew what was going on, so he said, "You guys wait here!"

If both parties bring bodyguards, and the bosses of both parties sit face to face, with a row of bodyguards standing behind them, what is the difference between this and a gang negotiation?

With Yang Zhiyuan's instructions, even if the bodyguards were not angry, they could only return to the lounge, but the look in their eyes at Zhou Ping was somewhat different, full of provocation.

When Zhang Dongshuo led several people into the office, Li Weidong had already heard the noise and stood up.

After seeing a few people, he took a step forward, extended his hand to shake hands with the visitor, and said with a smile: "Welcome, welcome!"

When Yang Zhiyuan saw Li Weidong, he quickly walked a few steps to meet him, held Li Weidong's hand, and said with a slight embarrassment: "Mr. Li, I'm sorry, I was late for something at the moment!"

Li Weidong waved his hand and said with a cheerful smile: "You're welcome, I'm just idle and have no concept of time. It doesn't matter if I'm a little earlier or a little later!"

Zhang Dongshuo was listening and almost laughed out loud. He was impressed in his heart. The boss is the boss. He speaks differently and doesn’t use curse words when he curses.

It depends on how you understand it, who is an idler and who has no concept of time. Anyway, whoever is late will be embarrassed.

Yang Zhiyuan was not slightly embarrassed this time, but really embarrassed. He was really late because he had something to do with the company, but it was really not something he was very anxious about.

Before CEO Tim came, he discussed an issue with his colleagues and took some time. Yang Zhiyuan did not rush him, but he naturally wanted to express his attitude.

The two of them spoke in Chinese, and David and Tim didn't understand it, but looking at Yang Zhiyuan's face, they knew something was wrong with the situation.

So David stepped forward to rescue him, shook hands with Li Weidong, and said, "Hello, I'm David. I've been hearing Yang talk about you. I'm very happy to see you!"

David spoke in English, and Li Weidong could understand most of it, but after listening to Zhang Dongshuo's translation, he simply replied with two words: "Hello!"

Li Weidong naturally spoke Mandarin, and I came out to represent China. Not only was he wearing a Tang suit, but he could only speak in Chinese.

At this time, Yang Zhiyuan also came to his senses and introduced the CEO Tim next to him. Li Weidong also greeted him with two words.

"Sit, sit, sit, you're welcome!" After shaking hands with the three of them, Li Weidong pointed to the tea table next to him and said.

Then he turned to Zhang Dongshuo and said: "I changed the tea. I brewed it too early. It's cold now. Drink the tea while it's hot!"

After listening to Li Weidong's words, Zhang Dongshuo didn't know whether this sentence should be translated, but seeing that Yang Zhiyuan understood it, he did not dare to continue to be this evil person.

However, Zhang Dongshuo was thinking in his heart, his boss is usually a very kind person, but what happened today? He was very angry. Should he make arrangements for a full-body relaxation in the evening, otherwise it would be bad for him, a fish in the pond?

"Mr. Li, I haven't seen you for a long time. I wanted to find time to go back to the mainland to visit you and listen to your teachings. I didn't expect you to come to San Francisco!"

Yang Zhiyuan said humbly after sitting down, as if he wanted to make up for his rudeness of being late.

"What can I teach you? Don't give me a high hat. Your ability is obvious to all, otherwise Yahoo wouldn't be where it is today!" Li Weidong also complimented.

However, Li Weidong himself didn't believe this, but he couldn't tell the truth, "Brother, listen to my brother's advice and sell Yahoo's stocks quickly!"

Both of them spoke in Chinese, and there was no one to translate, but it stifled David and Tim next to them.

"Mr. Li, thank you for the award. Your support is the key, so we are here to visit today mainly to explain to you what happened at the last board meeting!" Yang Zhiyuan thought about it for a while and got to the point.

But before he could explain, Li Weidong waved his hand and said: "You don't need to explain anything to me. You didn't need to explain anything to me when Peking Capital was a shareholder of Yahoo, and you don't need to explain it now!"

After listening to Li Weidong's words, Yang Zhiyuan felt a little embarrassed. Looking back on these years, Li Weidong seemed to have really had nothing to say about his support for their founder.

They will vote in favor of almost everything, and even if they are opposed, they will only tactfully abstain from voting.

These three directors, Jiang Zhili, even earned the title of "hand-raising directors" on the board of directors, raising their hands for everything.

Without Li Weidong's support, it is estimated that it would be difficult for him to secure the position of chairman and be able to smoothly control the direction of Yahoo according to his ideas.

Yang Zhiyuan didn't speak. The other two people didn't know what trick they were singing. David looked at Yang Zhiyuan in order to ask him to translate.

Yang Zhiyuan muttered a few words and translated Li Weidong's words to the other two colleagues.

After Tim heard this, he suddenly felt that the fruits of his labor were not valued. This was an opportunity that he believed could bring Yahoo to a higher level, and he had to explain it.

So regardless of business etiquette, he immediately stood up and explained: "Mr. Li, first of all, Broadcast is the first, and currently the only, website to play music and videos online!"

"Coincidentally, after careful analysis by the company, we unanimously believe that playing music and videos on the Internet will be a mainstream direction in the future, and there will be a huge market!"

"If we master this key technology and can quickly seize the market, it will be an important supplement and improvement for Yahoo! But starting from scratch will not only take a long time, but also does not conform to the basic logic of corporate expansion!"

"Broadcast and the technology it possesses coincide with our strategy, and this is a potential and powerful competitor of ours. Acquisition is the best way to solve our competitors!"

"Although it is not technically mature yet, we have reason to believe that with Yahoo's technology research and development capabilities, we will be able to make key breakthroughs in a short period of time and make Yahoo take off again!!"

"If we give up the acquisition, it will be like letting the tiger go back to the mountain. By the time we start to develop it again, we may have lost this market. That is simply stupid, and it is also the sinner of Yahoo!"

Li Weidong basically couldn't understand the old man's impassioned expression. Fortunately, Jiang Zhili and Zhang Dongshuo next to him complemented each other and were able to translate what he meant.

But when translating the last sentence, both Jiang Zhili and Zhang Dongshuo paused, mainly because it was difficult to translate. Isn't this clearly pointing at the monk and scolding the bald donkey?

Peking Capital abstained from the vote, which means it does not approve of the acquisition. Now it is fine, and it is pointed at the nose and scolded for being stupid, and it has become a sinner!

The key thing is that Yang Zhiyuan and David next to them didn't react at all, seeming to acquiesce to the CEO's accusation.

"Is the translation finished? Is there a sentence at the end that has not been translated? I seem to hear a stupid, is it pronounced like this?" Li Weidong looked at Zhang Dongshuo and asked.

(End of chapter)