Reborn 92's Business Tycoon

Chapter 545: Draw a Line

Feng Yiping himself, on the other hand, was a little hesitant.

Since the day of his rebirth, wealth had never been a goal he had deliberately pursued.

Although in real life, most people are busy working for money, no matter how hard life was before, as long as you have been reborn, no one should focus all their energy on making money and becoming the richest person in the country, Asia or the world as soon as possible. That would be really narrow-minded.

When you can easily achieve financial freedom, just making money really isn't that attractive to you.

According to his character, if he didn't feel responsible for making those around him better off, after making a large sum of money during the financial crisis of 1997 and 1998, he could have done nothing at all, invested part of that money in stocks and real estate, and then leisurely watched the world go by—his parents and sister could have lived a middle-to-upper class life in the provincial capital with the noodle restaurant with a taste of their hometown.

Even so, he resolutely avoided some industries that could make money quickly but also had a high risk of getting into trouble, such as real estate, and the domestic capital market, which could also be booming but also collapse suddenly.

For example, in response to the enthusiastic request of the Binjiang District government, he could have bought more land, developed a small part of it first, and held back the rest. In four or five years, he could have developed it himself if he didn't mind the trouble, or he could have sold it if he did mind the trouble. No matter what he did, it would have been easy to multiply his money several times.

Similarly, with what he already has and the funds he can mobilise, he can't make a fortune in the domestic stock market, but he can still be a player.

However, he really rejects making money that could cause trouble.

To a certain extent, fate can be said to be fair.

For example, when Feng Yiping went to the bonded port to order a car last time, he encountered a Delong convoy that was not local tyrants. At that time, when the people around talked about Delong, it was like the people in the country later talking about the richest horse, not only envying but also admiring.

But Feng Yiping knew that although it wasn't until 2004 that it began to collapse, in fact, starting now, the Delong system, which still looks dazzling, has already fallen into the mud.

Those capitalists in China who are good at playing the long game have all ended up failing at what they are best at and most praised for.

As for the tycoons who got rich through real estate and ended up failing in real estate, there will be an endless stream of them from now on.

It's simple. Real estate companies that don't have enough strength on their own but want to make more profits inevitably have to get entangled with government agencies and powerful people. Getting too close to the government, especially some government officials, is certainly a favourable guarantee of his current profits, but it is also a reason why he may be guilty later.

Up to now, Feng Yiping, this little rich man, has never had anything like original sin. He also really doesn't want to get involved in such things. Therefore, in fact, he also quite rejects the acquisition of state-owned enterprises.

The last time he bought the city's aluminium factory, although there was pressure from Mayor Fang, the main reason he finally agreed was not only because he didn't want those vermin to embezzle state assets, but also because he wanted the employees of the aluminium factory to have a better life.

Moreover, that merger was very open and reasonable, and it was also very transparent. Even if you took a microscope to it, you couldn't find anything that would suggest Jiasheng was taking advantage of the state and the collective.

This time, although Jiamei took the initiative, it is, after all, a state-owned enterprise.

A few years from now, when people look up Jiamei's information, they will discover that in the course of its development, it has acquired one state-owned enterprise after another. They will not care about how fair and reasonable the acquisition was at the time, but will only think that it grew and prospered by taking advantage of the state.

No one can blame people for thinking this way. There are too many shady dealings involved in the acquisition of state-owned enterprises.

You say that the acquisition of state-owned enterprises is very clean, just like Feng Yiping later said to his customers when selling generators that his gross profit was less than five points. While this is true, no one will believe it.

So, after the initial joy, he actually had some real concerns.

But, is it impossible to give up? Definitely not!

He wanted to know how happy those people in the provincial government, such as Zhou Xinyu, would be right now, and at the same time, this matter is also very meaningful for Jinling.

After thinking for a while, he knocked on Jin Ling's office door and said, 'Jin, tell President Zhou that the terms of the acquisition must be fair and reasonable, and that they can be put under the sun at any time. At the same time, the employees of the company involved in the merger must pay attention to their attitude.'

'Okay, I got it,'

'And another thing,' Feng Yiping hesitated for a moment, but then said firmly, 'Now, let's draw a line between the two of us and set a rule: from now on, we will not consider acquiring state-owned enterprises in principle, and the larger the state-owned enterprise, the less we will consider it. What do you think?'

Jin Ling laughed, 'Oh, so you've become a celebrity and started to cherish your reputation?'

'It has nothing to do with whether or not you're a celebrity. We have many ways to develop and grow the company, and plenty of time. We should still try to avoid these things that may be criticized!'

'I don't know if God will laugh when I think about it like this, but I really want to insist on this,' Feng Yiping emphasized again.

'Okay, I'll pass on this spirit,' Jin Ling nodded.

This is actually what Jin Ling appreciates about Feng Yiping.

When she first joined Jiasheng, she actually had the idea that Feng Yiping was attracted to her not because of her abilities, but because of her father's power in the province. However, Feng Yiping took the initiative to let her come to the north, which dispelled her concerns.

As for later, it wasn't as if Director Jin never had trouble, such as the booth at the spring trade fair this year, of course, there was only that one thing.

Helping the hometown Flavour Noodle House to win the contract to run a few stores in the highway service area was something that Jin Ling did on her own initiative.

Working with someone like this, who has principles and a high bottom line, rather than with someone who will trample on everything they can for money, is something Jin Ling really likes.

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In the provincial capital, people from different departments of the group who were involved in the merger gathered together. The spirited Zhou Xinyu was on stage, emphasising the points to note to everyone: 'First of all, the tone of this merger is that, naturally, the interests of the company must be considered, but we must not take advantage of the situation and make excessive demands. Jiasheng and Youjia will never take advantage of the state and the collective in any way.'

Whether this is true or not, the people sitting there were very encouraged and proud to hear it.

'Secondly, after arriving at Jiamei, all of you must pay close attention to your attitude. We can laugh, but we cannot mock.

In the course of this work, it is not impossible that some Jiamei employees will deliberately provoke. As long as it is not particularly excessive, I hope that everyone can remain noble and restrained like a winner,'