Only after being reborn did I realize how fascinating the world of the rich is.

Seeing that he had already fallen out with Tang Shanshan, Pete stormed off in a huff and went to consult with James of Dasheng Capital for a solution.

"James, your Dasheng Capital is also a major shareholder of the company. You must stop them from transferring benefits to the parent company, otherwise we will get nothing!"

They hired a patent valuation firm to deliberately drive down the price of those patents, and they also dismantled the company's technical team. They were trying to completely drain the company!

Seeing Pete's angry expression, James said with a headache, "I'm also in big trouble. Those people have completely broken ties with us and actually set up a recruitment event right at our company's doorstep."

Many of our key technical personnel have been poached by them with high salaries. Now we are not facing Feiyu UAV, nor that woman surnamed Jiang, but the Li Group and its chairman, Li Xiaofeng.

I've dealt with him before, and he's definitely a tough guy. He started from scratch and built a large conglomerate like the Li Group in just a few years.

But now it seems I still underestimated his ruthlessness. This was a side of him I hadn't shown before. This kind of first-generation entrepreneur from China truly dares to think and act.

It turns out that a few days ago, there was a coffee shop across from the drone company invested in by Dasheng Company. The Li Group set up a professional recruitment team and started working directly in the coffee shop.

After they managed to get the list of the R&D department of the company across the street, they called each of their R&D personnel one by one.

As long as they are willing to meet, and as long as they are from the company's R&D department, regardless of whether they agree to join the company, they will be given a big red envelope of 3800 yuan.

People naturally want to get a good deal. After hearing this news, the R&D staff from the other company, thinking it would be foolish not to take advantage of the opportunity, all rushed over to try and get some benefits.

The HR department of the Li Group was not stingy; they gave gifts to anyone who came. After getting to know them, they hired several people who seemed similar and turned them into their own people.

After becoming members of the Li Group, their stance changed. Then, HR asked each of them to make a list, and the person with the most repeated names was the most capable technical backbone.

After obtaining the list of key technical personnel, the HR department of the Li Group immediately began aggressive recruitment, since Li Xiaofeng had given them a large sum of money for recruitment, so they simply used the money to poach them.

Come work for our Li Group's drone company, and your salary will double, plus a hefty severance package. Are you in? With the Li Group's strength, you don't need to worry about your future prospects and development at all—you know what I mean!

At this time, the Li Group had just gone through a battle with the bank and won in the end, demonstrating its strength and toughness, which impressed all private entrepreneurs.

These events were turned into jokes and spread on the internet by many people, and those who are most closely connected with the internet also felt the terrifying power of the Li Group.

Before long, most of James's key drone R&D personnel were poached, and the R&D project came to a standstill and was paralyzed.

After hearing James's description, Pete was stunned and momentarily at a loss for words.

After a long while, he shouted like a fighting rooster, "Why don't you fight back? You should fight back hard, raise the salaries and benefits of the R&D staff, and poach those R&D staff back!"

James frowned, glanced at him, and said irritably, "Do you know what you're talking about? Do you know how much those people are paid now? Do you know how much it would cost to poach them back?"

"James, do you know what you're saying? The core of a tech company is its R&D department. Without R&D, a so-called tech company is just a pile of junk. You should spend any amount of money to retain those talents!"

As a researcher, Pete naturally placed the R&D department in a superior position, completely above other departments. This was also an important reason why he couldn't see his own worth and overestimated his own value.

However, from a businessman's perspective, R&D personnel are just a core department of the company. No matter how core this department is, its only purpose is to make money for the company.

James chuckled coldly and said leisurely, "Pete, I admit that research and development is very important for a technology company, but for a company to survive, it needs not only a research and development department, but also the cooperation of all departments."

Talent has a price. Once it exceeds the market price, the R&D cost will increase significantly. If the R&D cost is too high, the company's product competitiveness will decrease, and it will be unable to sell its products because the price is too high.

Pete, do you know what this means? If it really comes to this, it means all your so-called research and development will be worthless, understand?

Upon hearing James's words, Pete was dumbfounded, feeling as if the sky was about to fall. He hadn't said anything like that before; there had been endless flattery and praise.

You used to call me "sweetie," but now that something's happened, you're turning your back on me and calling me "old hag"?

James sighed and said with some helplessness, "Li Xiaofeng of the Li Group is a very shrewd and capable person. I met him when he first founded Wanzhong Media."

From Wanzhong Media back then to the Li Group today, it's only been a few years. Just thinking about competing with someone like that gives me a headache.

Fortunately, we didn't have any major conflicts with him before. If there were any conflicts, they were mainly the ones left over from your relationship with Ms. Jiang.

I think if I personally go and explain things to him properly, I can resolve the current problem.

When Peter heard that James wasn't responding with his usual arrogant and confrontational attitude, but instead wanted to compromise, he was very confused. Could it be that the Li Group's strength had surpassed that of Dasheng Capital? That was impossible!

What's even more crucial is that James has compromised, so what should I do?

He said somewhat frantically, "Then what should I do? Their actions are aimed at me right now. How about this, I'll agree to all the conditions we discussed before."

"Pete, you need to calm down. The past is the past, and the present is the present. Before, you could bring your entire technical team, but how many people can you bring now?"

Even if you can bring a few more people, it won't be a complete technical team anymore, and its value needs to be reassessed.

Don't worry, I'll first sound out their attitude. Rest assured, I'll do my best to secure as many rights as possible for you.