Chapter 143: The Official Establishment of Zhonghao Group

This had also been the focus of Chen Ni's work recently.

However, things did not seem to be going smoothly. Looking troubled, Chen Ni said, "We've had contact once, but there are many people looking for them right now, and Nokia is among them."

"Nokia is looking for them too?"

Chai Jin's expression turned solemn.

At this stage, Motorola was the undisputed king, but the mobile phone industry had always had an inescapable curse.

After a king ruled the martial world for a decade, another king was bound to replace it.

Barring any accidents, this Finnish family business dealing in timber, Nokia, would focus its efforts on the electronics sector in the 1990s.

Meanwhile, Motorola's ambition at this time was infinitely expanding, and it wanted a permanent global monopoly.

It would come up with the Iridium satellite global coverage plan, and it was precisely this plan that dragged down Motorola's entire capital and talent system.

Taking advantage of this window of opportunity, Nokia advanced by leaps and bounds and eventually overthrew Motorola.

A decade later, Nokia would in turn be overthrown by Apple.

This was a curse, though that was a story for another day.

The immediate problem was that Nokia was a family business with a history of over a hundred years. Did Chai Jin have the capability to compete with them for this overseas Chinese team?

Ancient pine trees wound their way across the rock formations, the evening breeze rustling through the treetops, and the bright moon in the night sky leapt out from behind the clouds.

Chai Jin lit a cigarette. After a long silence, he said, "Play the emotional card. After all, they are of Chinese descent."

"They suffered severe xenophobia at Motorola. I imagine it would be the same even if they went to Nokia. They should know that in their hearts."

Looking troubled, Chen Ni said, "I'll do my best."

"How about this? I'll find a way to invite them out of Tianjing, and then you can have your boss step in to talk? After all, it involves matters of interest."

Chai Jin thought for a moment and replied, "That works too. Give me a call once you've invited them over."

As they spoke, the two of them walked downward.

Down below, Chen Nianhua and the others had also come down.

It went without saying that Zheng Hejin had given them a thorough tongue-lashing in the private room just moments ago.

In fact, they could be considered fortunate.

If Zheng Hejin had just walked away without a word today, that truly would have been a disaster for them.

Their moods were not very pleasant right now.

As the group walked over to the cars, they suddenly saw Chen Ni and Chai Jin walking down from the Guanyin Temple area, chatting and laughing.

Even though Chen Ni was several years older than Chai Jin, the two of them looked completely natural standing together.

This sent He Kai into a towering rage, and he prepared to rush over and start hurling verbal abuse.

However, He Zhijun grabbed him firmly, teeth clenched as he hissed, "There's something unnatural about this kid! Don't you dare go making trouble for me again!"

Didn't he understand yet, seeing how Chai Jin had been sitting in the private room chatting and laughing smoothly with Meninov and the others just a moment ago?

This kid was definitely not as simple as he appeared on the surface.

Gazing at Chai Jin with eyes blazing with fury, He Kai remained silent.

Chen Nianhua was the most infuriated to see his own daughter with another man.

From a distance, he bellowed, "Nini, get over here right now! Who allowed you to run around like this?"

Hearing this, Chen Ni's face instantly fell.

She walked quickly toward the cars, while Chai Jin glanced indifferently at Chen Nianhua, his pace unhurried and calm.

Even though he was a generation younger than Chen Nianhua, his aura clearly overshadowed Chen Nianhua entirely.

With just that calm glance, Chai Jin walked right past him toward the vehicles.

Seeing that neither of them paid him any mind, and with He Zhijun watching from behind—

The two families had been calling each other prospective in-laws for so many years, yet now his own daughter was with another man.

How could his anger not flare up?

He turned back to face Chai Jin and barked, "You, stop right there!"

Chai Jin ignored him.

Chen Nianhua hurried over and reached out to pull him back, shouting, "Did you hear me? I told you to stop!"

Crack!

Ji Yuan swatted his hand away in a single motion.

With an icy tone, he said, "In the presence of the Buddha, don't force me to resort to violence."

Chen Nianhua trembled with rage, his arm feeling somewhat numb.

Knowing this monk was not to be messed with, and glaring at Chai Jin's retreating back like a beast about to strike, he kept his mouth shut.

Seeing that Chen Nianhua had no intention of trying anything further, Ji Yuan turned around and got back into Chai Jin's car.

The vehicle quickly started up and drove away.

Behind them, a furious Chen Nianhua stormed back to his own car.

Unable to hold back his voice any longer, he exploded, "Have you no shame? You are betrothed to your Brother Kai!"

"Who gave you the right to be with another man?!"

Chen Ni, who had always been obedient and well-behaved in front of Chen Nianhua, finally snapped completely as well.

For the first time, she fiercely rebelled in front of her father.

"Dad, that was all just your wishful thinking! If you make me marry a man like that, I'd rather die!"

"Insolent! What is wrong with your Brother Kai?!"

The father and daughter engaged in a fierce argument in the back of the car...

After returning to Russia, Meninov immediately swung into action.

Before long, someone over there contacted Chai Jin and his team.

Meanwhile, Chai Jin and his associates were busy accelerating their recruitment efforts.

On this day, Old Huang and the others carried a stainless steel signboard back from outside.

Adorned with a large red silk flower on top, the stainless steel plaque bore several bold characters: "Huaxia Zhonghao Group."

By this time, the number of employees, from top to bottom, had reached several dozen.

Chai Jin's recruitment approach took a unique path. Aside from the positions under Old Huang that required fluency in Russian, the rest disregarded diplomas entirely and looked solely at past work experience.

The year 1992 was a turbulent and explosive year for the market economy. This was the year when tens or even hundreds of millions of people within the state system would roll up their trouser legs and dive into the commercial sea.

These individuals had originally held high positions in state-owned manufacturing giants or possessed broad futures in the official hierarchy.

Yet, their hearts had been stirred by the spring breeze blowing from the south, and they resolutely resigned from their iron rice bowls to flood into the southern regions.

Take, for example, the real estate tycoon Pan Shiqi in his past life.

Take insurance magnate Chen Dongsheng, and so on.

History would refer to them as the "92 Faction," and they would become indispensable pillars of Huaxia's future business world.

On the day of the group's grand opening, Old Huang, acting as the front man, hired a dragon and lion dance troupe from outside.

With gongs and drums resounding in front of the office building downstairs, the scene was extremely lively.

At that moment, standing by a wide floor-to-ceiling glass window, Chai Jin looked down at a slightly plump man holding a leather briefcase who looked rather down-on-his-luck.

After watching him for a long time, Chai Jin pulled out his brick-sized mobile phone and called Old Huang downstairs.

Old Huang cupped his hand over his ear to listen for a moment before searching through the crowd for a long time following Chai Jin's instructions.

Finally, he located the man in his early thirties.

At first glance, there was a particularly steady and grounded air about this man.

Having also come out of a state-owned factory, Old Huang understood immediately: this man was undoubtedly someone from a northern state-owned enterprise who had come south to dive into the commercial market.

The man was also extremely puzzled.

Ultimately, upstairs in the Zhonghao Group office, he met Chai Jin, who was much younger than him.

After a long silence between the two, the man felt somewhat intimidated by the smile blooming on Chai Jin's face.

Getting goosebumps all over, he asked tentatively, "Excuse me, is there something you wanted with me?"

Right, exactly. He hadn't been sure when seeing him from upstairs earlier, but now seeing him up close, he could be certain.

Without realizing it, he had just picked up a legendary dragon-slaying saber of the business world!

After a long while, Chai Jin gazed at the hair on top of the man's head and sighed with emotion:

"Youth is truly wonderful indeed; even the hairline is so lush and moving."