Chapter 1644: Scheming

Business negotiations have always been a tug-of-war.

Both Zhao Fusheng and Lee Kun-hee understood this truth.

As decision-makers, what they needed to do was to outline the general framework of the cooperation; as for the specific details, the negotiating representatives from both sides would sit at the table and discuss them themselves.

In a sense, Zhao Fusheng and Lee Kun-hee both knew that this cooperation was a compromise reached on the basis that each needed the other.

"The cooperation with Samsung went smoothly?"

Fan Baobao saw Zhao Fusheng finish his phone call with an excited expression on his face, smiled, and asked him.

"Yeah, basically no issues."

Zhao Fusheng nodded, not intending to hide anything from Fan Baobao, and said directly, "This is a big deal worth billions of dollars. When the news gets out, a lot of people will be shocked."

This was the truth. After all, if the cooperation between Samsung and Future Group got out, it would naturally cause a stir in China. In South Korea, due to Samsung's influence, it would probably shock the entire country.

"You, always pulling stunts like this."

Fan Baobao shot Zhao Fusheng a glance and said helplessly.

She now had nothing left to say about what Zhao Fusheng did.

There was no helping it; deals involving hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars were enough to make one's heart race just by hearing the numbers.

"Alright."

Zhao Fusheng waved his hand, walked over, and hugged Fan Baobao: "Don't overthink it. Just stay home and take care of our daughter. If you want to act, go act; if you don't, do what you want. Understand?"

Fan Baobao nodded, deeply agreeing with Zhao Fusheng's words.

She knew Zhao Fusheng well and understood how important family was to him.

"I'm heading out."

Zhao Fusheng patted Fan Baobao on the shoulder and left the house.

Today he was going to meet Xue Yuanfang to discuss how Future Group would handle public relations once the cooperation agreement with Samsung was reached.

Of course, he would also chat about the previous investment in Marvel.

……

……

Unexpectedly, Xue Yuanfang had no interest at all in the Marvel matter.

"I leave the money to you; how you invest and operate it is your business. If you make money, I'll be happy. Even if you lose money, you lose more than I do."

Xue Yuanfang said to Zhao Fusheng with a nonchalant expression, "Don't look at me; Old Zhou feels the same way."

Zhao Fusheng blinked, confirming that the guy wasn't talking nonsense, and shook his head helplessly. He had indeed underestimated these top-tier playboys.

Thinking about it, it made sense. How could a young person raised in such a family be an idiot?

"But seriously, what exactly do you want to achieve by cooperating with Samsung?"

Xue Yuanfang poured himself a glass of water and asked Zhao Fusheng in confusion.

When Zhao Fusheng had told him earlier about cooperating with Samsung, it had really startled him. After all, that was Samsung, a globally renowned giant, and its name was very famous in China as well.

Samsung entered China after the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1992.

That's right, in the 1990s.

Because of its American daddy, South Korea had always been hostile to China, and before that, it had never formally established diplomatic relations with China.

In August 1992, Samsung Electronics built a factory in Huizhou. Over the next decade, Samsung continuously increased its investment in China, becoming one of the largest Korean investors in China.

Of course, the reason was simple: China had cheap labor and relatively loose policies for attracting foreign investment, and the preferential treatment for foreign enterprises made it hard for Koreans to give up this market.

In short, it was about profit.

As of now, according to the information Zhao Fusheng had gathered, Samsung had at least twenty subsidiaries investing in China, including Samsung Electronics, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, and others.

"My cooperation with Samsung is naturally for mutual benefit."

Zhao Fusheng smiled and said to Xue Yuanfang, "What do you think if I become a shareholder of Samsung?"

"Huh?"

Xue Yuanfang was taken aback, somewhat surprised.

He didn't know much about Samsung's data; it was only because of this cooperation between Future Investment and Samsung that he had someone gather information on Samsung in China.

According to the data, Samsung China had accumulated investments of five billion dollars in China. Last year, sales in Greater China reached thirty billion dollars, of which sales in mainland China were twenty point five billion dollars.

Last year, Samsung China's exports from mainland China reached twelve point three billion dollars, accounting for three-fifths of the company's total sales that year. Currently, Samsung China had over a hundred institutions in China, employing more than fifty thousand people, with businesses spanning electronics, finance, trade, heavy industry, construction, chemicals, apparel, wool textiles, advertising, and many other fields.

Among these, Samsung Notebook Electronics was the largest business segment of Samsung China. Samsung Electronics China had established dozens of production and sales departments in China, mainly producing semiconductors, mobile phones, monitors, notebooks, televisions, refrigerators, air conditioners, and digital camcorders. Additionally, Samsung Electronics China had set up research centers such as the Capital Communication Technology Research Institute, Suzhou Semiconductor Research Institute, Hangzhou Semiconductor Research Institute, Electronics R&D Center, and Shanghai Design Institute, actively promoting the localization of production, procurement, and sales.

Furthermore, Samsung had sponsored the Beijing Olympics, intending to further promote their brand.

And such a behemoth was merely Samsung Group's Chinese subsidiary.

At that moment, Xue Yuanfang suddenly felt that what Zhao Fusheng was considering was a bit beyond him.

"You're not thinking of scheming against Lee Kun-hee, are you?"

After a long silence, a flash of insight struck Xue Yuanfang. He looked at Zhao Fusheng in surprise and asked word by word.

He wasn't stupid; on the contrary, he was quite smart. From Zhao Fusheng's series of actions, he suddenly realized that perhaps from the very beginning, Zhao Fusheng had not been well-intentioned.

Zhao Fusheng laughed, a strange laugh.

He neither admitted nor denied it, just kept laughing.

Xue Yuanfang felt that he had really made a bad friend, how could he know such a guy.

"Hey, you have to understand, if you really scheme against Lee Kun-hee, our branch in South Korea might find it very difficult to move forward."

As the head of Future Group's public relations department, Xue Yuanfang felt it was his duty to remind Zhao Fusheng not to play with fire.

Samsung, as South Korea's top chaebol, had an influence in the entire country that exceeded anyone's imagination. Even the president would have to pay a considerable price to move against Samsung.

If Zhao Fusheng deliberately schemed against Lee Kun-hee, Xue Yuanfang thought that Hanxing Investment might indeed be suppressed in South Korea to the point of being unable to continue operations.

This was no joke; it was a real possibility.

"Scheming?"

Zhao Fusheng finally stopped laughing and instead asked Xue Yuanfang, "If I make Lee Kun-hee's investment appreciate, is that still called scheming?"

"What do you mean?"

Xue Yuanfang was startled, somewhat confused, clearly not understanding Zhao Fusheng's words.

Zhao Fusheng smiled: "In short, in this deal, I definitely won't lose, and he won't suffer either. We both get what we want, and we both profit."

Hearing Zhao Fusheng's words, Xue Yuanfang stood there stunned for a long time without saying a word.

In a sense, what Zhao Fusheng was thinking was a bit far from his current world.