Rebirth 05: From Coal Mine Owner to Mobile Phone Tycoon

After Lu Yuan finished explaining his thoughts, the second brother frowned and muttered under his breath, "Brother Lu, is it really necessary to go to such lengths? He's just a nobody engineer; we've already given him face. Since he doesn't know how to handle things, I think we should just find his weakness and see if he'll listen to us."

Lu Yuan's heart tightened; what he feared most had come to pass.

Of all my brothers, only the third one doesn't have that bandit-like air about him.

The rest of the brothers, especially the sixth and second brothers, started out mining coal, and it's no exaggeration to say they all risked their lives to make money.

But right now, making a living in this industry is different from mining coal, especially dealing with these highly educated people, it's not that simple.

To put it bluntly, these roughnecks will still need these people to do their bidding in the future. If they really anger these people, even if the other party is willing to work for them, they might still try to sabotage things at a crucial moment, and the money they have might not be enough to cover the losses.

Most importantly, after it was all over, they still couldn't figure out exactly which part of the process had gone wrong.

"Second brother, you absolutely cannot mess around. Let me tell you, from now on, you must put away the things we did when we were mining coal. Fighting and killing are allowed, but you must get my permission before you do them. As for dealing with these researchers, we must be sincere in return. From now on, just do as I say. Don't be afraid to spend money. An initial investment of a few hundred thousand is enough to get them to follow us and work with us."

Fortunately, the second brother admired Lu Yuan to the point of worship, and in the eyes of his brothers, Lu Yuan's orders were no different from imperial edicts.

"Alright, since you've said so, Brother Lu, what else can I say? Leave this to me."

And just like that, two more days passed in the blink of an eye.

At seven o'clock that afternoon, Lu Yuan had just turned on the TV to watch the news broadcast when his phone rang.

I saw an unknown number on my phone.

Curious, Lu Yuan turned down the TV volume before answering the call.

Before he could even speak, Lu Long, sounding grateful, said to Lu Yuan on the other end of the phone, "Boss Lu, are you available right now? If so, I'd like to talk to you."

Lu Yuan, feigning ignorance, asked with a smile, "Director Lu, what brings you here to chat with me all of a sudden?"

Over the past two days, Lu Long has been completely outmaneuvered by Lu Yuan's actions.

The morning after Lu Yuan finished talking with Lu Yuan, Lu Long's wife called him around 10 a.m., saying that someone had specially delivered a VIP gold card for a beauty center worth 30,000 yuan to her.

Lu Long wasn't stupid; he knew this was definitely a trick by Lu Yuan.

This kind of thing is a piece of cake for a coal mine owner.

Lu Long asked his wife to return the card, but she was reluctant. Firstly, Lu Long's salary wasn't high, and the couple had just bought an apartment in Shenzhen last year. After paying off the loan, their 10,000 yuan salary wouldn't leave them with much money.

I've wanted to get double eyelid surgery several times, but I just can't bear to spend the money.

If someone could give me a card with 30,000 yuan, I could not even afford to get double eyelid surgery, let alone a bear implant at this price.

After his wife repeatedly inquired and learned that someone was willing to poach Lu Long to work at his newly opened company, and after such a generous offer, his wife was even less likely to return the card.

"You should really think it over. They're offering you such a high salary, and now they're even giving me a card worth 30,000 yuan. That's enough to prove they genuinely want to hire you."

Got it!

Lu Long was speechless.

My wife only graduated from elementary school and isn't very educated, so reasoning with her is pointless.

Lu Long was at work during the day. When he got home in the afternoon, he didn't expect that before he could even reason with his wife, his child's homeroom teacher would actually take the child home himself, which was unprecedented.

After chatting for a few minutes after entering, Lu Long was both surprised and delighted to learn that someone had given the homeroom teacher 5,000 yuan to tutor his child for two hours every day after school during the week.

Surprisingly, Lu Yuan had found out everything about his family in such a short time, gave his wife beauty salon cards, and now he was even giving his child's homeroom teacher 5,000 yuan a month to tutor his child every day.

Good heavens, thank goodness this wasn't his enemy. If it had been, he probably wouldn't even know how his family members died.

Of course, this was not the reason why Lu Long decided to compromise.

The card can be refunded, and he can also return the money for the child's tutoring to Lu Yuan.

But this afternoon, when he got home and saw a Passat worth around 150,000 yuan parked in front of his door, he was completely stunned.

After questioning his wife, Lu Long broke out in a cold sweat.

"Boss Lu, I think we should meet and talk. You can choose the place." After saying that, Lu Long couldn't help but let out a helpless sigh.

Lu Yuan chuckled and gave his home address.

After half an hour.

Lu Long drove to Lu Yuan's house. As soon as he entered, looking at the spacious and bright villa, Lu Long's eyes were filled with envy.

Lu Yuan then asked the housekeeper to make tea and pour water, and after inviting Lu Long to sit down, he began to chat with Lu Long.

Lu Long was preoccupied with his own business and had no interest in chatting with Lu Yuan about these trivial matters. "Boss Lu, let's talk about business first."

Lu Yuan knew what Lu Long wanted to say. Having worked in the coal mining industry for so many years, what kind of people hadn't he seen?

"Director Lu, I won't waste any more time on small talk. You've seen my attitude. If you're willing to work for me, I can give you an advance of two years' salary. That's 15,000 yuan a month, 180,000 yuan a year, and 360,000 yuan for two years. Besides that, consider everything I've given you these past two days as a welcome gift. Also, if you work for me, I can guarantee your status and position in the company. No matter how large the company grows in the future, you'll always be a veteran. I'll give you five minutes to have a smoke and think it over. If you agree, we can discuss renting the premises and purchasing equipment. If you don't agree, you can leave. As for what I gave you, consider it a trip to Macau and Hong Kong where I played a few hands of cards."

After hearing Lu Yuan finish speaking in one breath, Lu Long's mind began to stir.

There are only two reasons why I declined.

First, these coal bosses are difficult to deal with.

Second, the company the other party invests in may not last long.

But judging from what has happened in the past two days, I may have been overthinking it.

Although Lu Yuan in front of me seemed to exude the air of a nouveau riche, he was generous and sincere. Based on these two points alone, I couldn't refuse him any longer.

Less than a minute later, Lu Long nodded: "Boss Lu, let's talk about the details of renting the venue and purchasing equipment."