Chapter 534: Little Smart

A few days later, Wallace received the news; as expected, the Second Young Master had only managed to secure a loan of around 12 billion from over thirty banks, which was indeed the other party's bottom line.

After several rounds of negotiations, Wallace reached an agreement with the Second Young Master.

PCCW acquired Cable and Wireless for the price of 12 billion US dollars.

This included telecommunications industries in places such as Hong Kong, England, Japan, South Korea, and Malaysia.

Such a grand gesture simply left the business world in an uproar.

However, the strange thing was that after obtaining the business of Cable and Wireless, the Second Young Master immediately split off Hong Kong Telecom and sold it to Chen Jiajun's Guojun Group for 6 billion US dollars.

One must know that the incident of the Second Young Master being kidnapped had spread like wildfire in Hong Kong, and everyone said it was Chen Jiajun who had pulled the strings.

Who would have thought that there would actually be a day when they would cooperate? After Wallace received this news, he was so angry that he spent the whole day smashing things in his office.

Being slow on the uptake, he only just realized at this moment that he had been played by the two of them putting on a double act.

One must know that he, Wallace, had traversed the business world for so many years; he never expected that in his twilight years, he would be played by two young men working together, which made him a laughingstock.

Even the board of directors had people investigate him, suspecting him of lining his own pockets.

However, none of this had anything to do with Chen Jiajun anymore.

Since Hong Kong Telecom was already in hand, Chen Jiajun's business plan could be smoothly pushed forward.

As for the Second Young Master, he also made a killing on the other businesses of Cable and Wireless, which could be considered a situation where everyone was happy.

After getting the company, Chen Jiajun went directly to the Shenzhou Technology Company in Longkou.

In the past few years, because of the explosive popularity of businesses like the Walkman, MP3 players, and electronic dictionaries, Shenzhou Technology had already become a company renowned throughout the country here in his hometown.

Moreover, relying on the strategy Chen Jiajun had set—to win over a batch and strike a batch—although piracy remained rampant, at the very least, it did not affect the company's operations.

It was just that the profits... were being siphoned off quite a bit, which made Xu Jiawei quite irritable.

Especially with some local protectionist policies, he simply had no way to deal with those companies engaged in piracy.

Just as he was having a headache, he heard that Chen Jiajun had arrived.

He immediately went downstairs to welcome him.

"Boss, you've finally come!" Xu Jiawei habitually wanted to start complaining.

But this time, the matter was truly impossible to handle.

Chen Jiajun waved his hand and said, "I know what you want to say. I don't have a good solution for this situation either; we can only push for legislation as soon as possible!"

"Overall, it's still that these electronic products are too easy for people to imitate! The technical content isn't high enough!"

Xu Jiawei nodded: "That is indeed the case. After people buy them back and take a few apart, they can figure out the principles, and some guys can even make improvements; it's simply outrageous!"

Chen Jiajun smiled and said: "So, this time I came here, I brought you something that these manufacturers can't imitate!"

Saying this, Chen Jiajun took out an object and tossed it to Xu Jiawei.

"A mobile phone?" Xu Jiawei took a look at the gadget in his hand and said curiously: "Are we preparing to make mobile phones?"

He looked at the phone in his hand; the color was bright and the appearance was simple and stylish, indeed no worse than those big-brand phones. If it could really be sold, it would definitely be a good business, and because the technology was relatively high-end, those manufacturers eyeing Shenzhou Technology to imitate wouldn't be able to copy it.

Chen Jiajun, however, shook his head and said: "This is not a mobile phone, it is a Personal Handy-phone System."

"Ah?" Xu Jiawei looked at the thing in his hand repeatedly and said, completely confused: "Is there a difference?"

"Of course there's a difference!" Chen Jiajun said irritably: "You're the head of a technology company, how can you not even distinguish this? This gadget uses a different technology than a mobile phone... Forget it, to put it simply, it's a fixed-line phone that can move around at any time."

Xu Jiawei said somewhat embarrassedly: "I understand! But Boss, can this thing replace a mobile phone?"

"It can replace some of the functions!" Chen Jiajun nodded and said: "The most important thing is that the production cost of this thing is extremely low."

Xu Jiawei's eyes lit up immediately: "How much lower can it be?"

One must know that in this era, even the most basic model of a mobile phone cost several thousand yuan.

And at this time, the wages of workers in ordinary factories were only a few hundred yuan.

If there really was a gadget that could replace a mobile phone, Xu Jiawei was certain the market would be red-hot. After all, even pagers were high-end goods now! Chen Jiajun said indifferently: "The manufacturing cost is under one hundred yuan; it's an absolute windfall!"

Hearing Chen Jiajun's words, Xu Jiawei's breathing became rapid.

He stared at Chen Jiajun with fiery eyes and said: "Boss, what do you need me to do?"

Chen Jiajun immediately laughed; he liked ambitious subordinates, and the reason Xu Jiawei was still able to sit firmly in the position of president of Shenzhou Technology was because of this.

He took out another Personal Handy-phone System and said: "This thing must cooperate with the three major operators, so I need you to hype up the market before I negotiate with the three major operators!"

"Ah? Hype up the market? I don't know how to do that!" Xu Jiawei said with a blank face.

Chen Jiajun shook his head and said helplessly: "What the hell do you hire so many professionals for? And you yourself are in sales; you don't know how to do it? Then you might as well just die!"

Cold sweat broke out on Xu Jiawei's forehead, and he hurriedly said: "I... I will do my best!" "Hmph!" Chen Jiajun snorted unhappily and returned to the Chairman's office of Shenzhou Technology.

Although Chen Jiajun did not come to Longkou often, Shenzhou Technology still kept his Chairman's office.

Chen Jiajun looked at the reports of Shenzhou Technology for these past few years and felt a headache coming on.

But it didn't matter; things like Walkmans and MP3s were just small gadgets, and the things that would truly make money were things Chen Jiajun hadn't brought out yet! When the time came, whoever wanted to imitate them would need to have the technology to do so! Chen Jiajun had invested in quite a few industries in Longkou, and these were all managed by Han Bin.

So after coming out of Shenzhou Technology, he went to see Han Bin and had a chat with him.

Longkou's development was very rapid, and it had earned a lot of money for Chen Jiajun over the years, but it had all been poured into Shenzhou Technology.

However, as Shenzhou Technology became able to be self-sufficient, the supply was slowly cut off.

So a lot of funds remained on hand.

"Boss, right now we still have nearly 300 million in liquid funds!" Han Bin brought the account book for Chen Jiajun to look over.

Chen Jiajun took a look and said to Han Bin: "Keep it! Shenzhou Technology is going to do something big recently, and it's estimated that it will burn through quite a bit of money!"

"Ah? What kind of business is going to burn 300 million?" Han Bin said, looking shocked.

Chen Jiajun said indifferently: "These gadgets, the more they earn, the more they have to burn! Did you think business was that easy to do?"

Han Bin nodded in deep agreement: "Damn, doing business is much harder than being a gangster!"

"I heard you and Shisimei are planning to get married?" Chen Jiajun suddenly asked.

Han Bin said quite shyly: "We're not young anymore!"

"Send me an invitation when you get married, and Boss will give you a big red envelope!" Chen Jiajun said with a smile.

Han Bin nodded hurriedly: "Thank you, Boss!"

Just as the two were chatting, a Majai said to Han Bin: "Boss, there is someone outside asking for you by name! It seems his surname is Shi!"

"Shi?" Han Bin was stunned for a moment, then said to the Majai: "Go and invite him in!"

"Boss, it's probably Daquan Bao, he should be here to find you!" Han Bin said to Chen Jiajun.

Chen Jiajun said speechlessly: "This Daquan Bao, he probably has something he needs me to help him with again!"

Soon, Daquan Bao walked in from outside and greeted Chen Jiajun and Han Bin familiarly.

Chen Jiajun couldn't be bothered with small talk and asked directly: "What can't you handle this time?"

Daquan Bao's face suddenly became embarrassed, but he quickly recovered and said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, this matter is not just my business; it also concerns you."

"Hmm?" Chen Jiajun raised an eyebrow and said: "What is it? Tell me about it."

Daquan Bao said: "It's about an international money laundering organization, it seems to be called something like D. O. A Group! I think you have already crossed paths with them, Mr. Chen, right?"

"D. O. A?" Chen Jiajun's eyes suddenly sharpened: "Are you sure it's them?"

Daquan Bao nodded and said: "This organization has been active in places like Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore, and we have been keeping an eye on them for a long time!"

Hearing this, Chen Jiajun frowned and said: "How did it get involved with the mainland too?"

Daquan Bao's expression was a bit ugly, but he didn't speak.

Seeing his appearance, Chen Jiajun understood immediately, raised his hand, and said: "Alright, I understand, you don't need to say anything!"

Seeing Daquan Bao's troubled look, Chen Jiajun knew that some things were not suitable for him to keep asking about.

So he said to Daquan Bao: "Speak, what do you need my help with?"

"We have an Undercover who has infiltrated the D. O. A Group for a long time, working in coordination with the Hong Kong Police and the Macau Judiciary Police!" Daquan Bao said with a grave expression: "It's just that recently, things seem to have had new developments, and it's related to the operation you were involved in!"

"Me? Oh! That Mr. Zorro, right?" Chen Jiajun suddenly remembered something and nodded: "I kicked that guy out of Hong Kong!"

"That's right, it's precisely because you kicked Zorro out of Hong Kong that the D. O. A headquarters made a new move; they sent another person in charge to Asia!"

Daquan Bao said: "This bastard called Mr. Gao has laundered nearly 20 billion USD out of these places in just a few months; the damage is extreme!"

"So, I would like to ask Mr. Chen to help our special agents obtain evidence against Mr. Gao! And ensure that they can safely bring the evidence back!"

Chen Jiajun asked curiously: "You have obtained the evidence?"

Daquan Bao shook his head and said: "Not yet, but it's almost there!"

Chen Jiajun nodded and said: "That's no problem, I'll give you a number; tell the special agents they can contact me at any time!"

Chen Jiajun did not ask for the identities of the special agents, so he simply gave his own number.

Daquan Bao's face immediately showed joy: "Thank you, Mr. Chen!" (End of this chapter)