Days went by and it was the day of the exam results, The Ancient group spent no effort to promote their educational products under the banner of upcoming city topper Gu Tianchen.
Lei Feng was watching all this thinking 'We will see who will laugh at the end'.
During this period he received Demolition compensation from Prestige Infra (thanks to his handle over the Gu Family) then he used the future information coupon as well.
[Ding! The host used the Future Information Coupon, Generating the most useful information at present.]
[Information: Zheng family who is engaged in tech and education is being suppressed by Gu Family. They are on the brink of bankruptcy and Gu Family will acquire them in a month, becoming the only leading education company in the city and province in the future.]
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[Ding: Main mission issued]
[Mission: Please reach cooperation with Zheng Group.]
[Reward: Live Broadcast software core data, a team of professional coders]
[Penalty: None]
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Lei Feng contemplated how to use this information to the best of his interest. So he decided to approach the Zheng Family. After some research, he knew enough to meet him.
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Zheng Education Group
Zheng Fulong was sitting in his office while looking outside the window in a daze. No one knew what he was thinking. His secretary stood behind him reporting the financial results of last month.
Zheng's family was facing a crisis of bankruptcy and Zheng Fulong felt powerless in this situation.
On one end they did not have any good product to meet the demand while on the other hand, Ancient Group was pressing them hard but targeting their stores. Banks were losing confidence in the company and were asking for repayment of loans.
He aged 10 years in the last few months and even felt like losing meaning to his life.
Secretary stood there with her head down, feeling helpless in the situation.
At this time someone knocked on the door, and office assistant Lin peeked in to ask for permission to enter.
"Sir, I have something urgent to report!"
"Come in," Zheng Fulong said hoping for a miracle.
"Sir, A boy named Lei Feng is waiting downstairs and wants to discuss important business with you. He said he can make the company recover and even fight Ancient group suppression." Assistant Lin said with excitement.
"Huh?! Really? Bring him here immediately. No, I will go down and welcome him myself"
You know what they say, when you are at their darkest times even a small ray of light seems brighter than stars. Zhao Fulong was one such person, So he got hope from the slightest possibilities.
They soon came downstairs and saw a young man sitting in the reception area. Zheng Fulong knew about his identity but that surprised him even more so why would he come here.
He walked forward with a forced smile and said "Young Master Gu welcome to my small company, I heard you have some business to discuss with me. I have already declined CEO Gu, so why are you here?"
Lei Feng raised his eyebrows not expecting someone to recognize him since he was not that famous but who was Zhen Fulong? He was suppressed by the Ancient Group so he had detailed information about each member of Gu Family, including Lei Feng.
Secretary and Assistant Lin were surprised by the identity of this young man so they just stood there smiling politely.
He stood up and said "I think you recognized the wrong person Mr. Zheng. My name is Lei, not Gu. I have nothing to do with Gu Family or Ancient Group. So I am not sure what deal are you talking about."
"I am here to discuss business with Mr. Zheng and hope we can work together," he said while extending his hand.
Zheng Fulong was confused for a second but he still shook his hand and said, "Let us discuss in my office."
They reached the top floor and Zheng Fulong asked the Secretary to prepare a pot of his treasured tea.
*ahem*
He cleared his throat and asked, "What sort of cooperation you are planning on entering Mr. Lei?"
"I heard of your company's lack of decent study material to compete in the market, I just happened to have it. I want you to use it and compete with Gu Family." Lei Feng said with confidence.
"Can I know the source of these materials? Don't mind but I have done some study on your family since they have been suppressing our Zheng Education Group."
"You barely made it past the 550 mark in the last exam, I hope this is not taken from your Brother Gu Tianchen otherwise I will not be able to save my company even if I sell myself."
Lei Feng was not surprised by the questions, he answered slowly, "The sources of these notes are all original and they have zero connection to Gu Tianchen or Gu Family."
"I do have a few conditions I would like to present but first you can ask someone to evaluate this science study material before we talk any further or all of it will be meaningless."
With that, he took out a thick stack of paper from his bag and handed it over to the Secretary. Who took it and after receiving a nod from Zheng Fulong she went to the Review department to have it evaluated.
In the meantime, while both of them talked and as time passed on, Zheng Fulong's impression of Lei Feng had risen to new heights.
By the time the Secretary came back, they were talking like two accomplished businessmen. From the talk alone Zheng Fulong had a lot of ideas.
Seeing the Secretary standing with reports he asked her to read it out.
"Mr. Zheng, Prof. Yang from the review department said that this material is really good and can be adapted right away. With the right advertising, this might be our 'Hope'."
such a high evaluation surprised Mr. Zheng but he didn't lose his composure and asked straight
"Mr. Lei how do you plan to cooperate? I can give you 40% shares in the company if you are willing to join hands with me on future endeavors."
Lei Feng smiled lightly and said, "I am sorry but my main purpose of this cooperation is not money aspect. I just want my cut in sales. I provide material and help with advertising you bear the cost of printing and selling."
"I want 30% royalty on sales" he added.
Zheng Fulong originally wanted to tie Lei Feng to the company by giving out equity but he was relieved as well. This proves Lei Feng is not after his company like Gu family.
He leaned forward and said, "Mr. Lei can you reconsider the percentage of Royalty? I think materials alone do not deserve such high royalty. Generally, only 2% of sales is industry standard."