437: Chapter 437 Obedient Lu Mingyuan (Good Dog)

Lei Jun waved his hand: "No need! Lu Mingyuan has always been a mad dog. Shen Fei ruined his whole family, so there's no need to wonder who he'll bite. We only need to do one thing: don't let them bite us."

...

That evening, Silver Lake Capital received the reply from Xiaomi.

Thompson smiled after reading it; it really does take time to train a dog.

"Wilson, you've done well!"

But Wilson on the other end of the line said with a hint of disdain: "Mr. Thompson, but they haven't fully bowed down yet. They still have some backbone; they've set conditions regarding business strategy, chip pricing power, and mobile phone pricing."

"I've looked it over; it's generally controllable! We're here to discuss cooperation, so we have to save some face for his pathetic backbone! Sign it. Lock down the Xiaomi line first. As for Lu Mingyuan, make another trip tomorrow. Walk on two legs. One focuses on high-end, the other continues with cost-effectiveness. Tie both dogs to the same leash."

At that moment, Wilson thought of another condition: add a clause to the Xiaomi contract stating that Xiaomi cannot use Transsion chips under any circumstances. A fine of five hundred million USD for every violation!

After hanging up the phone, Thompson raised his wine glass in advance.

"Transsion has Shen Fei. Huawei has Mr. Ren. This group of people in China is not easy to deal with, but it doesn't matter. We have plenty of time and capital!"

The United States' century-long plan has only just begun!

...

Early the next morning, Wilson arrived at the Ruiyi Mobile headquarters.

It was called a headquarters, but it was actually just half a floor of an office building.

The logo at the front desk was quite impressive, shining with gold, but there wasn't even anyone sitting at the reception desk.

Fortunately, Wilson had contacted them in advance, and within a few minutes, someone came to greet him, stooped over... with a face full of smiles, like a servant.

Soon, the two arrived at Lu Mingyuan's office. The layout here was different from the outside; it was very luxurious.

After all, with our Young Master Lu starting a business, how could he possibly suffer a loss? The renovation level of this single office could probably rival all those offices outside.

Wilson looked at the layout and instantly understood why Ruiyi Mobile had failed so miserably!

But he was here today to find a dog, not to look for the Yuzi project.

"Mr. Wilson?" Lu Mingyuan quickly stood up, wiped his hands on his pants, and reached out.

At the same time, he kept complaining to himself internally: "Sigh, why didn't I go out earlier?" He never expected that these investment banks would actually arrive early... Sigh, what a pity.

Wilson didn't notice these details, shook his hand, and quickly said: "Director Lu, I've heard so much about you!"

"No, don't call me Director Lu."

A flash of surprise crossed Lu Mingyuan's face; after all, since his family fell, he had rarely heard that title.

"Just call me Little Lu. No one in the circle calls me Director Lu anymore."

Wilson sat down and carefully scanned the details of the office layout.

Beyond the luxurious decor, the calligraphy hanging on the wall caught his attention: "Endure humiliation to achieve one's goal!" It was signed by Lu Mingyuan himself.

Seeing this, he instantly understood why Lu Mingyuan was willing to hang this silk calligraphy here without finding it intimidating; it was clear that he really couldn't swallow that resentment.

Watching Wilson's gaze linger on the calligraphy, Lu Mingyuan sighed deeply again, clenching his fists. He would absolutely not swallow this resentment.

"Director Lu, time is tight, so I'll get straight to the point."

Wilson was very satisfied with his demeanor and quickly placed the documents on the table.

"Silver Lake Capital is prepared to invest in you. And seeing you like this, we've decided to increase the amount to five hundred million USD, still for 85% of the shares."

Lu Mingyuan's hand trembled on the table.

"How much?"

He was truly very excited inside—five hundred million USD, that was a valuation of less than 4 billion! This person, whom others called a loser, had actually built a company with a market value approaching five billion. In the business world, this achievement was definitely not low. He had proven himself!

Wilson was not quite satisfied with him, so he took the initiative to bring it up:

"500 million, 85%, we hold the controlling stake, which means Ruiyi will no longer be surnamed Lu from now on."

"Of course, you can continue as CEO, but we will hold the majority on the board. All major decisions, including product lines, pricing, supply chain, and market strategy, will require board approval. Of course, we will send corresponding professionals to help you grow Ruiyi's scale and make it one of the top three in China."

When Wilson said this, his tone was full of temptation; these things were very simple for him. After speaking, he wanted to see Lu Mingyuan's reaction.

After all, he had seen anger, hesitation, and bargaining over at Xiaomi. He could even hear quite a few cups being smashed over there.

But Lu Mingyuan showed no change in emotion; he just excitedly took the documents and flipped through them from beginning to end.

"Mr. Xu, the antique style or whatever is no problem. Do you know what we are missing most right now?"

"Money?"

"Yes, money."

Lu Mingyuan placed the documents back on the table and looked at Wilson again; his eyes seemed to be filled with the expression "Adoptive Father is above."

"After I fell, although the family accounts were not frozen, most of the funds under my name were frozen. And to reduce the impact, many of the shares I had previously invested in were forced to be returned.

However, my family is quite supportive of my entrepreneurship. But although the mobile phone industry is a hot trend, we are outsiders after all, so we still lost a little bit."

Wilson looked at his pitiful display, his expression full of appreciation. His live performance is really quite good.

And Lu Mingyuan stood up and walked over to that "Endure humiliation to achieve one's goal" calligraphy, a flash of murderous intent crossing his eyes again.

"Shen Fei scammed my whole family. Everything my dad saved up his whole life was gone overnight.

Others in the family were also affected; my mom was beaten by my dad and hospitalized for half a year.

My brother-in-law, that heartless jerk, he was affected and divorced my sister! I must make these people pay the price."

Then he turned around, his eyes bloodshot, and then he sat down heavily.

"You ask me if 85% is okay? Mr. Wilson, don't talk about 85%, I'd sign for 90%.

I only want one thing—money, and a cheap supply chain.

That will allow me to make the phones, earn money to slap Shen Fei in the face, and make those short-sighted guys pay the price.

As long as I can succeed, I can sacrifice anything."

Wilson looked at his twitching mouth corners. There was a sentence the other party didn't say, which was that he would even commit treason without hesitation. He applauded; he was truly a ruthless man!

Although he disdained deep association with such people, he needed such a dog right now!

So Wilson immediately transformed into a caring big brother: "Director Lu, I understand what you mean, but I don't need you to commit treason!

You only need to do one thing: use Qualcomm chips, use Google's system, and use the United States' supply chain to make mobile phones cheaper than Transsion and defeat Transsion!"