Chapter 115: (Paying off the debt)

Life is not just about women. Wang Yan studied physics and mathematics at Zhejiang University for six years, barely managing to learn the theoretical knowledge once. Those were years Wang Yan wanted to die; his talent truly did not lie in this area. Not to mention studying two such brain-draining subjects at the same time—those were six years of living in deep water and scorching fire. Once he had learned enough, he returned to Long Teng's own laboratory to find projects to practice with. Practice produces true knowledge, after all; if he didn't know something, he could get on-site instruction. After working for four or five years, he made significant progress. Now he could even handle and share some tiny, tiny modules; it was just hard on the group of people doing R&D.

The experts were fine; they absolutely did not indulge Wang Yan's bad habits. If they were unhappy, they would spray him, telling him to stop being an eyesore and adding to the chaos if he was good for nothing. The others were miserable; the big boss was asking for advice, and the questions he asked were all fucking idiotic. They didn't dare spray him back, so they could only greet him in their hearts, endure the misery on their faces, and teach him hand-in-hand. Anyway, except for when he handed out red envelopes at the end of the year, in the eyes of this group, Wang Yan was a stinking idiot, a nuisance to everyone.

Wang Yan knew this himself and just laughed it off, not caring. Just throw money at it—raise their salaries, they must raise their salaries.

As for the funding, there was no need to talk about it; it mainly depended on Long Teng's revenue. Anyway, when there was money, besides redistributing wealth as bonuses to employees, it was just thrown in recklessly. It could only be said that some topics were unknown new directions, and Wang Yan didn't know what was going on with the research, so he didn't look favorably upon them and restricted them slightly, biasing them toward directions he could better grasp. That was only relative to Long Teng's other research topics; elsewhere, that was a huge fortune. Just in terms of R&D funding, compared to those laboratories outside, only the state could beat Long Teng; as for the others, this or that, no one was effective. Even if converted to US dollars, it was still among the best.

As for the couple Wang Dashan and Luo Yuzhu, they were just getting by.

"It's not that I'm lecturing you, Wang Yan. You're already forty-four, and you're still messing around? You change women one after another, and there isn't one you find pleasing to the eye? Your family's incense will end with you? Are you worthy of Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang?"

In a private room at Zhongxing Tower, Wang Dashan was earnestly trying to persuade Wang Yan.

After years of development, Zhongxing Tower had become increasingly large. It was no longer the original two-story building; it had moved to a garden-style building with a beautiful environment around Qiancheng. The people coming and going were indeed not commoners; they were all either rich or noble, so it could be considered a club.

As for development, they had only opened four branches, which were the four cities stronger than Qiancheng. There was no way; even if they wanted to open more, they couldn't. Cooking, after all, requires attention to heat, and the master chefs are the same. Those they trained themselves, and some people they hired later with high salaries—after so many years, they had only opened four branches. Even so, the taste was still one, two, or three grades worse than that in Qiancheng.

Wang Yan picked up a bite of food: "Forget it, every time we eat, you have to nag a couple of times. It's quite good like this, are you envious?"

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Wang Dashan hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't talk nonsense, having Yu Zhu is enough for me." As he spoke, he secretly glanced at Luo Yuzhu, who was taking care of their youngest son eating next to him.

"Uncle, stop teasing my dad, look how scared my dad is." Wang Xu, who was on the side, said with a smile. He was already twenty this year and had just started university.

Men go bad when they have money; this sentence has some truth. Because of human greed and possessiveness, the more one has, the more one wants. As far as Wang Yan knew, this Wang Dashan was not very honest.

Actually, it's normal to think about it. Luo Yuzhu is two years younger than Wang Yan and is in the same situation as Zhao Ruyun. No matter how well she maintains herself, it's hard to avoid the loss of youth. Plus, as an old married couple, the freshness is gone. Wang Dashan is nine years older than Luo Yuzhu. Given his physical condition, without freshness, he's soft and limp, with no combat power. But Wang Dashan is, after all, the big brother of Long Teng, and there are too many temptations every day; occasionally challenging his weak points is inevitable.

Wang Yan said with a smile: "Come, pour the wine, let's have a drink, the two of us."

Carefully looking at Luo Yuzhu, seeing that she had no reaction, he chuckled and poured two qian of wine, having a drink with Wang Yan.

After the two drank the wine, Luo Yuzhu rolled her eyes at Wang Yan: "You, as an uncle, don't teach him anything good."

"He's already so big, a little less drinking is fine. He will always have to enter the company in the future, and there will be no shortage of socializing, so practice in advance." Wang Yan picked up a bite of food with a smile.

Wang Dashan nodded in approval: "Hmm, I think it makes sense."

With a look from Luo Yuzhu, Wang Dashan became honest. Luo Yuzhu truly had talent; as Long Teng grew, her ability also advanced by leaps and bounds. Wang Dashan was already firmly controlled by Luo Yuzhu, and with the overbearing momentum Luo Yuzhu cultivated while managing Long Teng, he was even more hopeless. This might also be one of the reasons he challenged his weak points; after all, when the two of them do that, Luo Yuzhu is the dominant one.

Glaring at Wang Dashan, Luo Yuzhu wiped the corner of her youngest son's mouth with a napkin: "Let's talk about business. Now, some small movements from Europe and America—after all, that is their home field—how should we deal with it?"

"For the time being, there is no major problem. Our threat to them in key technologies is not yet great, and there will be no problem within two or three years. Hmm... like this, invest in building factories and recruiting workers there, and the treatment must be good. Spend money to hype up our reputation, promote freedom, spray the few companies that are making the most noise there, and then let the small characters we support fan the flames and make some moves."

In 2002, China joined the WTO, and the ball called Blue Star truly started to rotate; the world truly began to enter production globalization. It was the same before, but after all, China is an important and indispensable country in the world. Without China, it is incomplete.

And with China joining the WTO, international competition intensified, and multinational groups emerged like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. China's own products were low-priced and high-quality, and with the reduction of tariffs after joining the WTO, the competitiveness could not be underestimated. And Long Teng had Wang Yan's vision and the profound foundation of many years of development, so it went without saying. Three years passed, and Long Teng led a group of little brothers to suppress their opponents.

Because it was just after joining, other Chinese-funded enterprises were all harmonious, you are good, I am good, everyone is good. Some were even invested in by Western capital and had voting rights. Only Long Teng led a group of little brothers to fight to the death, so prominent; it was not bad that they could endure for three years. This time they couldn't endure it anymore and started to show their faces. It was the same set Wang Yan was familiar with, slightly restricting Long Teng.

Their goal was very simple: first, an appetizer to warn Long Teng not to be ungrateful. If you can't beat them in normal competition, then you must have me in you, and you in me.

Wang Yan certainly couldn't do it; he had already fought the foreign devils several times. Besides, Long Teng has reached today; whether there is state capital or not is not important. As the leader of private enterprises, the state's support for Long Teng, including policies, taxes, etc., was all solid.

Dealing with foreign devils, his experience was too rich; this time, he would first give a small return. If big capital enters the field, he won't indulge their illness. The three banners of freedom, democracy, and equality must be waved, and the zero-dollar shopping activity must also be launched. And for so many years, he had long been prepared, coercing and bribing many politicians and raising many public intellectuals. This thing, you harm me, I harm you, let's see who is more awesome.

After all, they don't talk about martial arts; if they can't play under the rules they set themselves, they play dirty, so we must fuck their mothers.

Hearing Wang Yan say this, Luo Yuzhu nodded; she thought the same.

Wang Dashan pondered for a moment and said: "I don't think it's necessary to make things too stiff, isn't it good for everyone to be harmonious and make money?"

Hearing this, Luo Yuzhu was stunned for a moment, then glared at Wang Dashan, resisted the urge to curse, and turned back to look at Wang Yan, who was picking up food.

Wang Xu, that kid, felt the atmosphere was wrong and kept his head down without saying a word.

Even their youngest son stopped crying.

Taking a sip of wine, Wang Yan looked faintly at the somewhat flustered Wang Dashan: "Someone contacted you?"

Stared at by Wang Yan, Wang Dashan felt guilty and didn't dare to say a word.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Wang Yan shook his head. Before, he wanted to rebel and seize power; now he's doing this again. So many years have been in vain. Doesn't he understand what's going on? He certainly understands. In the end, he was still lost and corrupted.

Actually, people are nothing more than coercion and bribery; he is very familiar with this set of things; when he was a big brother in Hong Kong, it was all this set. Wang Dashan is essentially still cowardly, hopeless.

"The two of you discuss it, come up with a plan, and talk about it tomorrow."

After speaking, Wang Yan got up and left.

"Mom, Uncle Wang, he..." The atmosphere was harmonious a second ago, and the next second it broke up unhappily; Wang Xu didn't understand why.

Luo Yuzhu suppressed the anger in her heart and interrupted: "Shut up. Pack up, go home."

On the way, Luo Yuzhu held the child with a gloomy face without saying a word, while Wang Dashan thought in his mind about how to deal with this time.

He really felt that way; is there ever too much money? For so many years, the money Long Teng spent was massive; although there were occasional gains, compared to the investment, it was not worth mentioning. Since there is something ready-made, just take it and use it; how easy it is. Everyone comes out to mix, fighting to the death, isn't it just for money.

Back at the big villa at home, Luo Yuzhu handed the child to the nanny, told Wang Xu to do whatever he should do, and returned to the bedroom with Wang Dashan, finally erupting.

"Don't you know how Long Teng reached today? Don't you know what Long Teng's stance is? Ah? What conditions did they give you? Tell me."

"No... there are no conditions. They just talked to me about cooperation and win-win."

"Cooperation and win-win? A joke, that also depends on who you cooperate with." Luo Yuzhu looked at Wang Dashan in disappointment: "Dashan, you've changed..."

Wang Dashan hurriedly wanted to explain: "Yu Zhu, listen..."

Ignoring how he spoke, Luo Yuzhu said to herself: "The company just stood firm, and you questioned Wang Yan's contribution. Questioned the company's R&D investment, questioned the employees' high salaries, questioned Long Teng's large-scale material aid during the flood."

"Now that people are bullying us, and we haven't really competed yet, you're thinking of surrendering? If it weren't for the contract agreement back then that shares could only be sold to Wang Yan, were you thinking of selling to others and taking the money to live freely abroad?"

Her awareness was still quite good, she had a stance, which is very important.

Actually, reaching today, they really don't lack money. Although there isn't much wealth in their own accounts, that also depends on who you compare with.

"Do you lack that money? With what you have now, can you finish spending it? Are you so unsatisfied?"

"You don't think that no one knows about the assets you transferred privately, do you?"

"You... you know?" Wang Dashan raised his head in disbelief.

"I know everything, do you think Wang Yan wouldn't know?" Luo Yuzhu shook her head repeatedly; she felt that being angry was a bit of a waste of energy: "Haven't you envied Wang Yan's leisure for a long time? From now on, you just enjoy life, don't worry about company matters. When Xiao Xu graduates, we will live our own peaceful life."

After saying this, no matter what Wang Dashan said, Luo Yuzhu turned and went out.

Actually, halfway through, she understood. Wang Dashan changed, and he didn't change. What changed was the increased knowledge and the ambition that shouldn't be there. What didn't change was that he was still the same Wang Dashan, essentially still the small person for himself. Long Teng's growth did not make his character grow; instead, he sank. In this way, enjoying life is also quite good; after all, he is fifty-one this year, what else is there to toss about.

As Luo Yuzhu said, Wang Yan knew everything about the couple clearly.

It seems that there is no trust between people, only interests. Over the years, not only Wang Dashan, but Luo Yuzhu also had many small movements, and they all hid something from him. These things, to Wang Yan, were just so-so; he didn't care. As long as things could be done, and done well, it was fine. So for so many years, he just turned a blind eye, doing whatever they wanted.

It's just that this Wang Dashan didn't have a clue; surrenderism is not allowed, he must be crushed. What he thinks, who it's good for, whether there are grievances, he doesn't care about that. Whoever pricks him, he will deal with them. No one can be an exception.

The next day, Mr. Wang, who hadn't appeared for a long time, appeared at the company meeting.

The executives sitting below exchanged glances, wanting to know why he came so abruptly. After all, the meetings he attended before were all important strategies, etc. What's going on today? Why wasn't there any wind before?

Sitting in the main seat of the conference room, looking at the executives sitting upright on both sides, Wang Yan cleared his throat: "Today, I am here to announce the company's adjustments regarding some department heads."

After speaking, he signaled his subordinates on the side to start reading according to the manuscript.

"Wang Dashan, due to health reasons, resigns from..."

Wang Dashan was removed; similarly, the group of people standing with him was also cleared, and a batch of relatively young supervisors were replaced.

After the announcement, Wang Yan looked at the crowd who were holding back and didn't dare to speak, said some encouraging words to stabilize the hearts of the people, and then left; the rest was Luo Yuzhu's business.

Long Teng had a major reshuffle, and the outside world was in an uproar, saying everything.

As for what impact it had, it shouldn't be Wang Yan's business; there were public relations. It was just a slight explanation to the leaders who called to care, and it passed.

Wang Dashan stared blankly at the MMS sent to his mobile phone; it was news of four traffic accidents. Two foreign devils, one of his former subordinates, and a beautiful and moving woman—all had contacted him recently.

"The brightly lit street... suddenly a cold current struck..."

Hearing the ringtone of the mobile phone, Wang Dashan came back to his senses. He picked up the phone and glanced at the caller ID; it was his subordinate.

"Hello?"

"Mr. Wang, what happened? Why did you suddenly remove us? On what grounds?"

Wang Dashan understood everything; he was just a clown. He sighed and said: "My body can't take it anymore, now it's the world of young people, you guys, you're all old..."

After speaking, Wang Dashan hung up the phone and turned it off directly.

He'd better stay quiet; after being tired for so many years, it's time to enjoy. It's just that friends and brothers of more than twenty years are no longer friends.

With a long sigh, Wang Dashan got up with his hands behind his back, walked into the courtyard, lay down on the lounge chair, and basked in the sun.

It was filled with twilight, no longer high-spirited. ===== CHAPTER 116 =====