Roland Maas originally thought that since he was also the chairman of the board of directors of a Fortune 500 company, personally coming to China to apologize to Li Mu would have given Li Mu a great deal of face. Li Mu should have stopped and given him enough respect.
But he never expected that this young Chinese entrepreneur was still not satisfied. Even when he arrived at the lobby of his company, he actually refused to meet him, and even went so far as to ask him to hold a press conference in Yanjing.
Coming to China to apologize in person is the limit of what Roland Maas can do.
His trip to China was highly confidential. Not only did he not leak the information to any media, only the real senior executives of his own company knew about it. The reason for doing such strict confidentiality was to resolve this conflict in a low-key manner to the greatest extent possible. Save your face.
At this point, those board members who did not deal with Roland Maas also reached a consensus with him. They were very willing to humiliate Roland Maas in private and even kicked him out of the position of chairman of the board of directors, but they did not People want Roland Maas to be humiliated outside.
Because if Roland Mars loses face outside, then he represents Mars as a whole.
Now, Roland Maas, who had traveled thousands of miles to come to China, was dismissed by an ordinary receptionist from Makino Technology with just a few words, and he suddenly felt very angry.
He said to the front desk lady with an extremely ugly expression: "Please tell Mr. Li right now, if he doesn't want to see me, then I will turn around and go back to the United States. My plane is waiting at Yanjing Airport!"
The front desk had no choice but to contact Li Ziwei through the internal phone again. After Li Ziwei heard about Roland Maas's "cruel words", she hurriedly conveyed them to Li Mu. After hearing this, Li Mu smiled faintly and said, "Tell Roland Maas that. Say I wish him a safe journey.”
Li Ziwei couldn't help laughing and said, "Mr. Li, do you really want to treat him like this?"
Li Mu nodded and said with a smile: "He thought it would be over if he sneaked over and apologized to me? There are still many holes I left for him."
In the past life, if the Internet continued to develop, it would breed many gray industries, one of which was online fraud.
The difference between online scams and phone scams is that online scams often start from opposite-sex relationships, and the scripts they use are different from phone scams. Phone scams are often movie scripts, solving the battle in one go. Online scams are more of a TV series model.
Li Mu once knew a buddy who was not very smart. One day, he found that a beautiful woman had added him on WeChat, and then he approved his friend application. The other person immediately came to ask for help, and even took the initiative to reveal his sad past. After a day or two, the two of them got together. The person has been chatting passionately in the unfamiliar online world, and the other person often sends him beautiful selfies of his life, which makes him feel itchy.
After getting acquainted with each other, the other party starts to dig the first tentative hole. They usually make excuses saying that they suddenly encountered something, suddenly have no change, suddenly cannot use online banking or Alipay, and then ask him to transfer one or two hundred yuan as an emergency. .
One or two hundred yuan was nothing to him, and since the conversation was so good, he also coveted the beautiful woman, and he didn't want the beautiful woman to think he was stingy, so he gave it to her happily.
After giving the money, the other party returned it to him a few hours later, and even thanked him profusely. Then the relationship between the two further warmed up, and the other party felt that he was kind-hearted and trustworthy, and the two parties began to enter a hot honeymoon period.
After entering the honeymoon period, the two parties officially started dating online. The husband and the wife were tired of each other every day. However, the other party suddenly got into a lot of trouble, and then they borrowed money, borrowed money, borrowed money one after another, and the man gradually fell out of love. He fell into one gentle trap after another, and when he finally woke up, he had already spent hundreds of thousands on this woman he had never met.
But this is not the most cruel thing. The most cruel thing is that after the friend reported the crime, he found out that the other party had defrauded countless people across the country. The most cruel person was defrauded of nearly one million.
What Li Mu wants to play with Roland Maas now is this kind of series model.
For Roland Maas, if he could really turn around and leave, then Li Mu would look at him with admiration. However, Li Mu knew in his heart that since Roland Maas came to China and took the first step, he would definitely I won't really give up.
In the history of Mars' growth for so many years, it has never encountered such a powerful opponent as Makino Technology. Now, Makino Technology has brought so much trouble to Mars just by manipulating public opinion on the Internet. Mars must follow suit at all costs. He shook hands and made peace, otherwise he would continue like this. Makino Technology was unscathed, but Mars seemed to have a wound that could not be healed, and blood was constantly flowing.
This wound may not be fatal to the huge Mars, but it will definitely make him very uncomfortable. If Roland Mars cannot heal this wound when he comes to China this time, then his life with Mars will not be easy in the future.
Roland Maas has always felt that Li Mu is a young man who loves face and holds grudges. He is naturally unhappy when Maas touches him. Relying on the resources he has, he deliberately wants to mess with Mars and gain face. Even though he has come, he has to give himself a step down no matter what, so that everyone can be happy.
Because of this, Roland Maas thought that if he threatened to return to China, Li Mu would probably compromise, because what he wanted was face, and he was definitely not willing to give up face when he gave it to him.
When the front desk answered the phone, Roland Maas was still secretly proud, thinking that Li Mu must have invited him upstairs for this call. However, Li Mu once again exceeded his expectations.
After hearing Li Ziwei's explanation, the front desk asked in surprise: "Sister Ziwei, do you really want to say that?"
Li Ziwei hummed and said, "Just tell him the exact words in English."
The receptionist stuck out his tongue unconsciously and said, "Okay, I'll tell him right now."
After saying that, she hung up the phone and looked at Roland Maas awkwardly, not knowing how to speak.
After all, she is a little girl, with a thin skin and a soft heart. She knows that Roland Maas in front of her came all the way from the United States, but her boss just said a word and made someone else's trip in vain. It is really cruel.
Roland Maas didn't know this. When he saw the girl at the front desk looking confused, he thought he knew his identity and that he was a distinguished guest, so he was a little scared.
So he deliberately smiled and asked: "How is it? What does Mr. Li say?"
The girl at the front desk said seriously: "Mr. Mas, Mr. Li asked me to tell you that he wishes you a safe journey."
"What?" Roland Maas didn't react for a moment. He thought he heard wrongly and couldn't help but ask again: "What did you just say?"
The girl at the front desk deliberately slowed down her speech and said, "Didn't you say you wanted to go back to the United States? I will convey your exact words to Mr. Li. Mr. Li asked me to convey to you that he wishes you a safe journey."
"I..." Roland Maas felt as if his whole chest was suddenly hit by a locomotive. He never expected that Li Mu would give such a reply.
Have a safe trip
Does that mean that you want to go back to the United States as soon as possible
What does this guy want to do? Didn't he just want to apologize? He's already here, why is he still so insecure? Continuing to quarrel with Mars will not do him or Makino Technology any good! Even if Mars goes bankrupt, Makino Technology will not get any benefits. The businesses of the two companies are completely unrelated, so why do they have to bite each other so hard
Roland Maas was suddenly unable to get off the tiger.
The emotional side of his heart told him: leave quickly, go without looking back, go directly to the airport, and then fly back to the United States, and don't suffer any more insults from Li Mu;
However, the rational side of his heart told him: He must hold back, he must hold back, and he must not go back empty-handed no matter what. In this way, his face in front of Li Mu will be saved, but his initiative in Mars will be lost, and his face will be lost. Of course it is important, but interests are even more important.
Just when Roland Maas didn't know what to do, the girl at the front desk said cautiously: "Sir, if there is nothing else, please go back first. We have other visitors to receive..."
A young girl at the front desk could order him to be kicked out, which made Roland Maas extremely depressed, but he had no way of breaking out.
However, Roland Maas, who had just been completely beaten by Li Mu's words, felt like he had too many lice after being touched by the girl at the front desk.
The scale in his mind tilted instantly. At this time, he felt that since he had already lost face, as long as he could protect his own interests, it didn't matter if he lost a little more face. Otherwise, not only would the previous face be lost, but also Even the benefits are lost in vain.
After thinking about this, Roland Maas' attitude immediately softened. He said very apologetically to the girl at the front desk: "I'm really sorry. I was a little impulsive just now. Please communicate with Mr. Li again and tell me. I have figured it out and am willing to hold a press conference. I would like to ask Mr. Li for specific instructions on how to do it."
Seeing the panic on Roland Maas's face, the front desk lady couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing. Then she quickly put on a serious look on her face and said, "Please wait a moment, I'll talk to our president again." Please contact your assistant."
The smile of the front desk lady made Roland Maas so embarrassed that his old face even turned red because of it.
However, he could only grit his teeth and bury all these humiliations deep in his heart, hoping that this big trouble could be solved as soon as possible. As for the issue of face, he firmly believed that it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge after ten years.
When Li Ziwei received the call from the front desk, she immediately smiled and said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, Roland Maas compromised and said he is willing to hold a press conference. Please give me your specific instructions."
Li Mu curled his lips and said, "I have nothing to tell him. Let him decide for himself. But I have to tell him that whether I will see him or not depends entirely on his attitude and performance at the press conference!"
(End of chapter)