Xiaowei spent 20,000 RMB on an 8888 phone number and showed it off in front of Li He. "Bro, why don't I give it to you?"
Just like how banks sell coupons, when it comes to numbers like 7086 and 8384, the bank teller will not be able to sell these numbers. The same principle applied to landline numbers and cell phone numbers. Everyone always wanted to get a so-called lucky number with 6, 8, and 9. Later, the preference for lucky numbers became more and more intense, extending to house numbers, license plates, opening dates, and so on.
Li He also had a preference in this area. He had taken a few license plates in Hong Kong, and one of them was "HK1997." It was a commemorative item.
He was not interested in the ordinary license plates in China, and he planned to ask Liu Baoyong for a Type 84 four-digit license plate. Although he only had an ordinary license plate in the past, he could still go anywhere he wanted. If he could get an official license plate, it would be even more awesome.
At the same time, it meant that he would not be able to own a luxury car. However, the thought of a van with a yellow license plate excited him.
"Stop talking nonsense. Go to the post office and pay my phone bill." Li He did not know how he used it, but he had spent more than 20,000 RMB this month. The key was that this thing charged both ways. He did not make many calls, mainly because he received a lot of calls, and most of them were long-distance calls from other places.
A mobile phone was more expensive than a 29-inch color TV. Naturally, it was called a mobile phone. Not only could ordinary people not afford it, but they might not even be able to use it. With a small leather bag under his arm, he could take it out at any time to press a number. Chatting about everything under the sun was really impressive.
Later, the post office introduced the T-2. It was one-third cheaper than a mobile phone, and many people used it. However, it only had a one-way outgoing function. If he wanted to receive incoming calls, he had to have a pager attached to his waist, and there was no signal from 300 meters away.
Li He's mobile phone did not have roaming functions. If he wanted to use the roaming function, he had to go to a city that already had roaming services. For example, if he wanted to go back to his hometown, he would not be able to use it. If he went to Pujiang, he could use it, but he still needed to register at the Pujiang telecommunications office to get a temporary number.
Lu Bo's phone had just been reconnected when he received a call from Zhang Xianrong. He said that Zhang Xianrong wanted to borrow money and asked for five million yuan.
Li He said, "Arrange a place for me to meet him."
He had a good impression of this person. At the same time, he was also curious about why this person wanted to borrow so much money.
Zhang Xianrong wanted to treat them to a meal at the Shangri-La Restaurant on Purple Bamboo Courtyard Road.
Li He went with Lu Bo. He rarely came here in the past. In 1984, this area was still a construction site.
He shook Zhang Xianrong's hand and asked, "Where did you get rich recently?"
"Come in, come in." Zhang Xianrong introduced the three people behind him one by one. After accompanying Li He to sit down, he said, "How are you talking about making a fortune? You know the recent situation. It's very difficult to do business. But Boss Li, you've made a fortune. I've seen Mr. Pan in the Far East. He alone can beat all of us. I heard that Mr. Su is even more unstoppable in the South."
"It's more or less the same." Li He hadn't received a telegram from Pan Song for a long time.
"It's much worse, much worse." Zhang Xianrong took the waiter's tea and poured it for Li He. He smiled and said, "This is some kind of black tea from Southeast Asia. Try it and see if it suits your taste."
"There are quite a lot of foreigners here." Li He looked at the foreigners coming and going and asked curiously.
The person who came with Zhang Xianrong answered, "There's a multi-national instrument academic conference and exhibition here, and there's also a radio and television exhibition. Although there aren't as many people as last year, there are still a lot of international well-known manufacturers. Besides, this restaurant is also a resident hotel for foreign representatives, so there are a lot of people here. Look at that person. He's from Japanese Sony. I talked to him a few days ago about being their agent for the VCR, but they said we weren't good enough, so the deal didn't go through. That bearded man is from the American Ampere Company. They sell the latest digital VCR. It's good stuff. The video is very clear, but I don't know anything about this industry, so I didn't go up to take it. "
Li He asked with a smile, "Mr. Hu is from Hu Jian?"
"Yes, yes." The other person nodded hurriedly.
After the dishes were served, Li He didn't know what relationship Zhang Xianrong had with these people, so he naturally didn't talk about borrowing money.
Zhang Xianrong also didn't mention this topic. He just said, "This restaurant has a lot of unique dishes. It was built by the richest man in Malaysia. I heard that it cost more than 70 million US dollars. Wow, it's really amazing. Try more. If you don't like the taste, ask them to remove it and replace it with something more suitable. "
"The richest man in Malaysia?" Li He couldn't remember what his name was.
"Guo Henian." Mr. Hu answered excitedly and said, "Just like the richest man in Indonesia, Lin Shaoliang, and the richest man in the Philippines, Chen Yongzhi, his ancestral home is our Hu Jian. And people call him the Sugar King. It's said that one-tenth of the world's sugar production is controlled by him. It's really amazing. It's said that he has a net worth of 10 billion US dollars. How much is that? "
The topic of 10 billion US dollars excited everyone at the table.
Li He suddenly thought of Guo Dongyun.
Another person with a big round face added, "The richest man in the world is an American. He opened a Wal-Mart store. It's really unexpected that he could become the richest man in the world by opening a store."
Zhang Xianrong said in disdain, "That's called a chain store. Opening a store that costs 800 to 1,000 US dollars is equivalent to lying down and counting money every day."
Li He listened for a long time before he realized that they were talking about Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart.
From the beginning to the end of the meal, he didn't hear Zhang Xianrong talk about money.
After the meal, Lu Bo chatted with a few people, but he was invited to a tea room by Zhang Xianrong.
Zhang Xianrong said, "Mr. Li, I'm really sorry to trouble you this time. As for me, I'll just sell it for half a year at most. The interest can be negotiated, and I definitely won't use your money for nothing."
Li He took the cigarette that he handed over and lit it. He took a puff and said, "May I ask, what are you going to do with so much money?"
Zhang Xianrong thought for a moment and said in a low voice, "I won't hide it from you. Since Mr. Pan is in the Far East, you're naturally more informed than me. There's a Harbin trade fair in June, you should know about it. The main customers are from the Russians. A few friends and I want to pool some money to negotiate with the customers, and we managed to get a few railway cars worth of goods. It's a business that's guaranteed to be profitable. "
"That's good business," Li He said, "Many factories in the country have a backlog in their warehouses, so it should be easy to get credit."
Zhang Xianrong said, "It's easy for a factory to get credit for goods worth tens of thousands of US dollars, but if it's too much, they won't be happy. We don't have that much influence. Mr. Li, you've known me for a long time. You know what kind of person I am. Just tell me the interest. As long as I can still make a profit, I definitely won't let you down. "
"Alright, get a pen and paper," Li He agreed.
"Thank you, thank you. An IOU is definitely necessary. I'll write it now." Zhang Xianrong took out a notebook and pen from his bag.
Just as he opened the notebook and was about to write, Li He snatched it away. Li He smiled and said, "Who asked you to write an IOU? I'm writing a number for you. You can contact him and he'll give you the money. You've heard of the Commercial Bank, right? They can lend you money. "
Zhang Xianrong was stunned. He smiled and said, "To tell you the truth, I've tried to borrow money from them before, but they rejected me. I don't have a production workshop, and I don't have an office space. They'll definitely reject me."
Li He wrote down a string of numbers and handed it over. "Contact this Mr. Huang. I can guarantee that there won't be any problems."
He gave Huang Bingxin's number to Zhang Xianrong.
"Really?" Zhang Xianrong was a little skeptical, thinking that Li He was just brushing him off.
Li He said, "You've known me for more than a year or two."
"Thank you then." Zhang Xianrong looked at Li He's expression. It didn't seem like he was faking it.
"Alright, that's all for now. Thank you for your hospitality. Contact me again if you have any problems. I'll be leaving first. "
Li He stood up and called Lu Bo to leave together.
Lu Bo's underling was driving, and the two of them were sitting in the back seat. Lu Bo asked, "Brother, are you really going to lend him the money?"
"Of course. After all these years of dealing with him, this person is trustworthy." Li He continued, "Did you hear what he said at the dinner table? An American has become the richest man in the world by opening a shop. You should be more serious about your shopping mall."
Lu Bo said, "I asked Brother Erbiao to send me some information about shopping malls in Hong Kong. I'm learning about it now. Our shopping mall was designed by a Japanese, and it's similar to their style. "
"If you have time, go to Hong Kong or go abroad to have a look. It's useless to just read books. Also, you have to hurry up with the recruitment. You can't do this alone." That was all Li He could say.
Naturally, Lu Bo agreed enthusiastically.
Recently, Wu Shuping was constantly harassed by Hong Li's phone calls. She could only hang up or deliberately ignore it. However, she didn't expect that she would be pestered by Hong Li outside the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation building.
"Miss Wu, Miss Wu, let's talk things over." Hong Li's forehead was full of sweat. It wasn't easy for him to get the news that Yu Dehua was having a meeting here, so of course he had to come.
Wu Shuping said coldly, "You'd better leave. Mr Yu is having a meeting inside. If he sees you, he'll be even more unhappy."
Hong Li said anxiously, "Miss Wu, at least let me die knowing why."
Wu Shuping didn't hide anything. She just sneered and said, "You've offended someone you shouldn't have. We're also helpless. “
"Offended someone? Hong Li didn't know who he had offended. Seeing that Wu Shuping was about to leave, he chased after her and said, "Miss Wu, I really can't remember. Can you be more specific?" “
"If you can't think of anything, just think about it slowly. There's no hurry. Wu Shuping gestured to the security guard next to her to separate Hong Li. She got into the car and hid.
Hong Li had no choice but to think for himself, but he still couldn't figure out who he had offended.
She wanted to eat and sleep. She had no energy left.
Qiu Yue said, "Tomorrow when our son is discharged, you have to pick him up. Our dad is really something. He doesn't even care about his own grandson's life and death. We can only suffer pitifully like this. “
Reminded by these words, Hong Li finally remembered his father-in-law's attitude. Even if he didn't like his grandson, he wouldn't be such a cruel grandfather. How could he just watch his grandson get beaten?
He repeated Wu Shuping's words over and over again. He had offended someone he shouldn't have!
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