Chapter 137: Chapter 100 50 Billion US Dollars
Yan Fei arrived at the Company, and when Lu Pingping saw him, she was somewhat displeased. Not wanting to speak to him, she deliberately used the review of documents as an excuse to ignore Yan Fei. Yan Fei wasn’t annoyed; he just chuckled and sat in Lu Pingping’s office, waiting for her to finish her busy work.
Indeed, Lu Pingping was displeased with Yan Fei because he was increasingly behaving like a hands-off manager, frequently away without notice, and completely unreachable when needed. This time, Yan Fei had smuggled himself into Japan for revenge, and for safety reasons, he had put his mobile phone into the Universal Space, thus he was completely out of contact. Lu Pingping couldn’t reach him through phone calls and couldn’t find anyone at his home either; she was so worried that she almost called the police. Not only did Lu Pingping have to worry about the Company’s affairs, but she was also concerned about Yan Fei’s safety, naturally feeling somewhat uncomfortable.
However, when Lu Pingping saw Yan Fei waiting quietly, she softened and decided to forgive him. Then she started to scold Yan Fei, and he listened to her criticism with a grin, nodding repeatedly, admitting his mistakes, and promised not to make such errors again. Only then did Lu Pingping stop criticizing him. After all, Yan Fei was the Company boss and needed to maintain his own dignity; she still had to uphold his authority in the Company.
Seeing Lu Pingping, Yan Fei felt some guilt, feeling that he had let Lu Pingping down. She didn’t own any shares in the Company, yet she managed it wholeheartedly, treating it as her own, exhausting all her energy to deal with the Company’s developmental issues. Even when Yan Fei encountered Hideo Oogawa, she was willing to sacrifice herself to protect him. So now, being chastised by her, Yan Fei felt it was deserved, as he truly was not competent enough.
After Lu Pingping had finished complaining, she began to report the Company’s developments during this time to him. After the last Internet attack, Lu Pingping had weeded out all the wavering regional agents and re-selected reputable ones who valued cooperation. These agents not only had strong reputations but also valued the Weight Loss Cookies and were willing to mobilize their resources to expand the product’s presence and strength, which was an important reason why Lu Pingping was willing to cooperate with them.
In the selection and discernment of agents, Yan Fei truly was no match for Lu Pingping; he simply did not interfere to avoid a scenario where a layperson led an expert. After dealing with the Domestic Market, Lu Pingping began to plan for the International Market, so selecting international agents became an urgent matter, with Overseas agents coming to her office every day wanting to discuss international agency issues.
In Yan Fei’s absence, Lu Pingping had deferred these matters, and now that Yan Fei had returned, it was the perfect time for him to decide. After all, Lu Pingping didn’t know Yan Fei’s plans and did not dare to make decisions hastily; she still needed to respect Yan Fei’s opinions.
After listening to Lu Pingping’s report, Yan Fei stroked his chin, thought for a moment, and said, “Pingping, our Company has been developing well recently, and our funds are quite abundant, so we don’t need to expand too quickly for now. We can select agents from Overseas, but there is a precondition.”
Lu Pingping asked, “What’s the precondition?”
Yan Fei said, “Right now, The United States of America is waging a Trade War against our China, and they have rallied a bunch of allies to cause us trouble. Although we’re not a well-known large Enterprise, at this time, we must stand with our country. So for The United States of America and any of its allies who are opposing us, we refuse to include their domestic agents in our scope of cooperation. We can’t let them earn money from our products while using trade to threaten us.”
Lu Pingping looked at Yan Fei with a strange expression and said, “Fei, you set the price of Weight Loss Cookies at 2000 yuan per box—I thought you were just a greedy businessman, but it turns out you have a bit of patriotism!”
Yan Fei felt a bit embarrassed and said, “Aren’t our Weight Loss Cookies effective for weight loss? I’m just letting those who need to lose weight spend money on our products, money they would definitely have been scammed out of otherwise. In fact, they should thank me because our products can genuinely help them lose weight. Besides, if it weren’t for members of the China Special Duties Unit protecting us that day, we might have been captured by the Japanese, and we wouldn’t have achieved what we have now. So isn’t it only natural for me to choose to stand with my country when it’s becoming stronger and can better protect us?”
Lu Pingping said, “You’re the boss, and the direction of the Company’s development is up to you; my task is to grow and strengthen the Company under your leadership.”
Yan Fei then started to chuckle foolishly, and Lu Pingping suddenly changed the subject, saying, “By the way, I’ve had International Venture Capital Companies coming to meet me, wanting to invest in our Company, but I’ve put them off. However, these VC firms are persistent and haven’t given up, coming to the Company every day, which is really annoying to me. Several VC firms have come over today, do you want to meet with them?”
Hearing about these International Venture Capital Companies gave Yan Fei a headache; ever since his Company had grown larger, various investment firms had been seeking to invest. Most of these investment firms were domestic, but they seemed to think Yan Fei was a fool, pressing the prices really low during negotiations and hinting at having powerful backers and connections. Enraged by this, Yan Fei had always driven these people away and had not found any trouble from backstage players coming after him.