Liu Qiangdong and his companions left joyfully. With Boss Huang's loan, his mind was filled with numerous ideas, and he was eager to put them into practice.
"Brother-in-law, do you admire this Liu Qiangdong a lot?" Leng Zhiruo asked curiously from the side. She had accompanied Boss Huang throughout the entire process and naturally overheard Boss Huang's promise.
"I do admire him. He's capable. I've just thrown out three trump cards at once! It's time for those American mobile phone merchants to experience what free trade is!" Boss Huang said cheerfully, leaving Leng Zhiruo somewhat bewildered. Although she was fully aware of Boss Huang's plan, she couldn't understand where Boss Huang got such confidence that these few individuals could make life difficult for those American mobile phone merchants.
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"Come, I propose a toast to our trip to America!" That night, at a night market food stall in Modu, these bosses, whose net worth was either positive or negative but all above 100 million, started their second meal at a simple stall.
Well, although Boss Huang's banquet was lavish, no one had actually eaten much, and to be honest, the taste was too bland, nowhere near as delicious as these street stalls.
They had all climbed from the bottom, so they harbored no resistance towards such street stalls!
After a few rounds of drinks, Lei Jun suggested, "Old Liu, since you've received Boss Huang's investment, you should act quickly and don't delay any further. Although we still have to wait a week to depart, you should leave tomorrow to avoid any exit restrictions. It will be too late then!"
"Unfortunately, if it were a few hours ago, I would have thought the same as you, but it's different now!" To everyone's surprise, Liu Qiangdong shook his head. "If I hadn't received Boss Huang's investment, or if I had only received a consolatory few million US dollars, I would have turned around and left immediately without a moment's delay."
"But Boss Huang has solidly given me 100 million US dollars, which changes everything. I have to stay!" Liu Qiangdong smiled. "Don't worry, with this 100 million US dollars, my current situation will be completely different. No one will dare to touch me!" xxs壹贰
"You're not thinking of using this 100 million US dollars to repay debts, are you?" Chen Yongming exclaimed in shock. "You absolutely must not do such a foolish thing. Boss Huang's money is for you to manage your business. This is an investment in you. If you dare to use it to repay debts, you will be betraying Boss Huang's great expectations. Your actions would be quite unethical!"
"Furthermore, do you think Boss Huang will remain indifferent to such a matter? You absolutely cannot withstand Boss Huang's wrath. Be careful not to bring trouble upon yourself!"
"Old Chen, where are you getting that idea? Even if you gave me a hundred times the courage, I wouldn't dare to touch Boss Huang's money! Besides, Boss Huang hasn't directly given me this money. On the contrary, he will send professional financial personnel to audit the funds. How could I casually withdraw tens of millions to repay debts? That's not realistic at all!" Liu Qiangdong said with a smile.
"Then what exactly do you plan to do?" Chen Yongming was completely bewildered, while Lei Jun, standing beside him, seemed to have grasped something. "What you're doing isn't entirely wrong, but there's one point you must hold onto!"
"Which point?"
"That is Boss Huang's shares. Not a single bit can be missing, nor should you have any ulterior motives. Otherwise, you'll truly be finished!" Lei Jun said.
"Of course, I understand that," Liu Qiangdong nodded. Chen Yongming blinked his eyes and then said with a dejected look, "What exactly are you two talking about? I don't understand a single word!"
"You'll understand tomorrow!" Liu Qiangdong grinned slyly.
"Beware! Liu Qiangdong Flees to the United States." That night, the editor of "First Financial News" was writing this headline, an article he had been preparing for nearly half a month.
As soon as he learned of the severe losses incurred by Liu Qiangdong's JD.com, he immediately launched an in-depth investigation, obtained a large amount of firsthand information, and concluded that Liu Qiangdong was preparing to flee to the United States.
He immediately began writing the article, intending to publish it as soon as possible to break a major news story.
After spending an entire night, even staying up until 6:00 AM, he finally finished the article. After carefully rereading it and finding no issues, he was about to submit it to the editorial department for publication when his phone suddenly rang. An excited friend informed him that Liu Qiangdong was summoning all his creditors to a meeting to discuss debt repayment!
"What?" The editor was greatly surprised and immediately suspected the news was false. But looking at the person who called him, it was none other than one of Liu Qiangdong's creditors, who would absolutely not spread false news.
Helplessly, the editor had to set aside the article he had just written. So, this article wouldn't be unusable, but the conclusion that Liu Qiangdong was about to flee to the United States definitely couldn't be used anymore. After all, Liu Qiangdong was actively summoning creditors for a meeting. They at least needed to figure out what he intended to say at the meeting!
The reporter immediately asked his creditor friend to infiltrate the meeting as a creditor's secretary, preparing to see what Liu Qiangdong intended to say.
"Perhaps he's trying to deceive you all to buy time to flee to the United States or transfer assets!" the editor mused and then conveyed this conclusion to his friend.
The friend also felt this conclusion was highly likely, as Liu Qiangdong, facing complete bankruptcy, might resort to such tricks to evade his debts. Deception was a very normal course of action in such circumstances.
However, for the sake of the hope of getting their money back, they still had to rush to the meeting site immediately.
Fortunately, the meeting was held in Modu, and both of them were based in Modu, so they arrived at the hotel where the meeting was held promptly and found Liu Qiangdong casually waiting for them in the room.
This guy showed absolutely no intention of running.
Soon, other creditors who were in Modu also arrived. Several other creditors either sent their representatives or joined via phone conference. In any case, most of them were present.
"Liu Qiangdong, pay up!" a hot-tempered creditor immediately shouted.
"Boss Xu, I will definitely repay the money. I've invited everyone here today to set a repayment schedule!" Liu Qiangdong said.
"What kind of schedule do you plan to set?" another creditor asked.
"Firstly, there's something I must tell you all: I now have 100 million US dollars!" Liu Qiangdong stated directly. The creditors in the room were stunned for a moment, then their eyes lit up instantly.
The combined debts of these few people amounted to only tens of millions. If Liu Qiangdong now had 100 million US dollars, wouldn't this money be repaid to them in minutes!
"Old Liu, that's great! I knew it. These problems couldn't crush you. You've got guts!" The previously irascible creditor was now all smiles. Well, let's get the money back first.
"That's true. A mere few tens of millions can't crush me, Liu Qiangdong," Liu Qiangdong nodded, even accepting this compliment. He then continued, "However, you'll need to wait for three days. After three days, I will transfer the money to you with both principal and interest!"
"We still have to wait three days?" everyone's expression turned suspicious again. Wouldn't Liu Qiangdong use these three days to make a clean getaway?
"You don't need to doubt me. If I wanted to leave, I would have left long ago. After all, the court hasn't restricted my travel yet, and I have a visa to the United States. I can go wherever I want, and no one will be able to find me, let alone me actively repaying you!" Liu Qiangdong sighed. "Well, to be frank, the tens of millions I owe you are still with a friend. It takes procedures for him to transfer the money, which needs about three days. So, I will definitely repay you after three days!"
"That doesn't sound right!" The same hot-tempered individual asked confusedly, "Mr. Liu, didn't you just say you have 100 million US dollars? Why don't you directly use that 100 million US dollars and instead have to borrow money from a friend?"
"I can't help it. This 100 million US dollars belongs to Boss Huang. I wouldn't dare to touch it unless I wanted to be unable to conduct business in both China and the United States!" Liu Qiangdong shrugged helplessly.
"Boss Huang? Which Boss Huang?" everyone asked in surprise.
"Who else do you think it is? In this world, besides that Boss Huang, who else could make it impossible for me to conduct business in both China and the United States?" Liu Qiangdong rolled his eyes.
"Huang He!" someone exclaimed, and then the entire room stirred. After all, they were all individuals with net worths in the tens or even hundreds of millions, considered wealthy.
There were hierarchies among the wealthy. The highest echelon naturally included those second-generation heirs, families, and individuals like Boss Huang, who could simultaneously possess tens of billions of US dollars in both the Chinese and American markets, making him the richest man on mainland China.
As for people like them, who, despite having assets of over 100 million, only profited by borrowing money or lending it out, they were simply not on the same level. They didn't even qualify to meet Boss Huang.
Therefore, upon hearing the name Huang He, they were all startled, feeling an inexplicable divine light shining upon them.
"Boss Huang gave you money? And 100 million US dollars!" someone couldn't help but lick their lips and ask.
"Yes, I actually have a brand new business plan. Once successful, it can make me the world's largest electronics dealer. I met with Boss Huang yesterday and presented my plan to him. He immediately gave me 100 million US dollars in investment and told me to go all out!"
"This money arrived this morning, but since it's Boss Huang's investment, I dare not touch it. So, I sold some shares of my new company to a friend and obtained 100 million RMB from him to repay my debts here first. After all, we need to clean the house before opening up a new battlefield!" Liu Qiangdong said cheerfully.