Chapter 173 A Favor

More than a week passed in the blink of an eye.

Su Yehao was staying in Hong Kong, remotely directing various tasks.

Nan Gongtian and Jiang Yu said they didn't need his help, but in fact they were still acting on Su Yehao's advice, searching for promising candidates at schools in Hong Kong who possessed the qualities of campus belles and beaux. At the same time, they arranged for people to visit the mainland and Taiwan to conduct surveys.

The method of choosing people was changed to a talent scout model. Large-scale auditions were time-consuming and inefficient.

Some people had a bad image, belonging to the "no-chance-at-first-glance" type. But just to go through the motions, they had to waste time waiting for them to perform. It would be strange if the efficiency was fast.

Contestants who took the initiative to come to the door were not necessarily suitable.

However, in each middle school, asking a few students who the most beautiful and handsome people in the school were would generally not lead to disappointing results.

These campus belles and beaux came with their own "traffic" at school, and their temperament was usually not bad. What the girls needed to do now was to carefully select the most worthy candidates to cultivate from among these handsome men and beautiful women.

Perhaps worried that Su Yehao would abuse his power for personal gain.

In the end, the girls didn't agree with his suggestion to look for unknown female celebrities, even if they would look in the future, it was impossible for him to participate in person.

It was just an entertainment company.

As long as they were willing to invest money, the situation would not be too bad.

After spending a total of more than seven million Hong Kong dollars to acquire the adaptation rights for "Fung Wan" and "Boys Over Flowers", Su Yehao stopped asking questions.

It was already mid-March.

With the help of Goldman Sachs, Yanwenzi Group finally obtained the approval and set the first stop of its roadshow in Hong Kong.

There were many things to be busy with recently.

The computer assembly plan on the mainland was in full swing.

Assembling a computer was easy, but if you want to mass-produce it on an assembly line, you also had to put some thought into the management, procurement, design, and sales aspects.

After discussing with Academician Ni and others, Su Yehao sent a team to Taiwan and the United States to prepare to acquire an existing company, take fewer detours, and put it into production as soon as possible.

Wafer chip foundry was temporarily unavailable, but the planning plan for the Qianxin City (Thousand-Core City) had been released and could be taken to Pengcheng to discuss the details at any time.

CEO Ma was gathering people in Lin'an to prepare for the development of an e-commerce transaction platform. Lei Bu Si and his colleagues in Si Jiucheng were busy promoting Yinhai Blog. Su Yehao had to ask about these things and also assist his father's American Land Group in finding a reliable mobile phone production solution provider.

Adding up all the miscellaneous things, Su Yehao was quite busy every day, and he could no longer just look at the stock market and leave work every day.

While secretly trysting with Jiang Yu, he also squeezed out time to meet with Nong Qingying, who had run back from Tokyo, and helped arrange for SK-II to launch advertisements on the mainland. Many advertising companies in Hong Kong had opened up mainland businesses, so there was no need to personally run to the north to discuss matters.

SK-II's main product, Facial Treatment Essence, was only three or four hundred Hong Kong dollars a bottle. Mainland customers were getting richer and richer, and women especially didn't hold back when spending money.

The SK-II mainland flagship store on the Bund had a turnover of more than 17 million RMB since it opened last year, and was deeply sought after by women in Shanghai.

Of course, compared with profits and expenditures, it was still a loss for the time being.

The most important thing in the initial stage was to open up the market. Even if Nong Qingying loved money so much, she would not skimp on advertising.

In addition to these things.

CEO Ma helped contact the parent company of Nongfu Spring. Su Yehao arranged for KOKO Venture's people to talk with them and quickly negotiated a cooperation plan to finance 30 million RMB and take a 45% stake, becoming the second largest shareholder of Qiandaohu Yangshengtang Drinking Water Co., Ltd. (Thousand Island Lake Health Hall Drinking Water Co., Ltd.).

This was just a small company with an annual output value of more than 30 million, but the net profit margin last year exceeded 30%.

The reason why it was willing to accept Su Yehao's financing was said to be because its boss wanted to expand production and sell its products to other provinces as soon as possible.

A net profit margin of more than 30% sounded high, but in fact, Qiandaohu Yangshengtang Drinking Water Co., Ltd. had not yet paid off its bank loans, and the construction of the pure water bottling plant had also cost a lot of money. In reality, there was not much money in the company's account.

Nongfu Spring was not yet famous in this era, and only produced pure water, which had nothing to do with mineral water extracted from underground. The advertising slogan was not "porter of nature."

With the 30 million RMB invested by Su Yehao, it was indeed an opportunity for this company to let go of advertising, set up sales channels, and break out of the highly competitive market.

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"Son, just do me a favor and treat him well. If it hadn't been for his father helping me back then, you wouldn't be here today. I have to repay this life-saving grace."

At this moment.

Su’s father's voice came through the phone.

Su Yehao was driving to the Garden Hotel in Central to meet with representatives of market makers.

Today was March 17, 1999. The first roadshow would be held tomorrow, followed by trips to Tokyo, Singapore, London, Paris, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York.

As a non-executive major shareholder, Su Yehao didn't need to go to all of them.

It was best to show up in person at popular locations such as London, Tokyo, Paris, and New York to meet potential investors.

Judging from the enthusiasm shown by the Nasdaq market for Yanwenzi Group, a successful offering was almost a certainty, but attracting more investor attention would have the opportunity to push up the stock price.

Several market makers also strongly suggested that Su Yehao accompany the roadshow team and travel to more places.

The car was a Lamborghini given to him by his aunt. It had been gathering dust in the garage for more than half a year. If it hadn't been for the bodyguards occasionally helping to break it in, the brake discs would have rusted.

With a slightly resentful tone, Su Yehao said:

"Dad, it's not that I don't want to help, but I'm really busy lately. My company is about to go public, you know?"

"I don't care, I've already sent you his flight number. Even if you send a driver, you have to pick him up. I'm in Si Jiucheng attending a meeting. If I couldn't spare the time, why would I ask you for help?"

"...Okay, okay, tell me his name, I'll arrange for someone to pick him up and treat him to dinner tonight, okay?"

After some perfunctory remarks, Su Yehao hung up the phone.

Linda Yun, who was sitting in the passenger seat, asked with interest, "Your dad just mentioned a life-saving grace, what happened?"

"Back then, he capsized while stowing away. He was drifting in the sea holding a sampan when he was spotted by someone's yacht and rescued, helping him ashore. Later, that family immigrated to Europe. I heard my dad mention it a few times, but I don't know the specifics."

After Su Yehao finished speaking, Linda Yun suddenly understood.

She asked, "It really is a life-saving grace. How are you going to receive him? Should I arrange it for you?"

"Well, I'll make time for a dinner tonight and ask him what's going on. If he's back, he's back. He actually contacted my dad, so he must have something to ask for."

Su Yehao looked calm and continued:

"Let him stay in my hotel. You can sound him out for me first. I can help with small things, but if it's too troublesome, forget it. It's an old story from twenty or thirty years ago. With my dad being such an old fox, I always feel like he's kicking the ball to me. This kind of favor debt is the most troublesome..."