Chapter 19: The Long Teng Era

Long Teng's affairs were basically straightened out; as long as they developed with peace of mind, that would be enough.

On ordinary days, as long as there was nothing going on, Wang Yan would take a few of his underlings and wander all over Hong Kong Island.

Because Hong Kong Island's forces had been chaotic before, and Wang Yan had been the target of concentrated fire and attacks from all sides, he had always kept a low profile and focused on self-cultivation.

Now that Long Teng had thoroughly cleared out Hong Kong Island, it could be said that basically no one on this land could threaten Wang Yan anymore, and he finally had the opportunity to take a good look at Hong Kong Island.

As for the matter of Chen Yongyi, Wang Yan had long since stopped caring; let it be whatever it would be, he had given up.

There were quite a few people who had seen Wang Yan, and there were photos of him in public. If it weren't for Wang Yan's status being what it was, absolutely no one would look at his ordinary face. People were just curious about what the big boss who dominated Hong Kong Island and changed their lives actually looked like, so they would take a couple of extra looks, but that was all—they would forget him afterward.

It wasn't that there weren't people paying attention to Wang Yan, but they had to have the guts to report news about him. In fact, Wang Yan's net worth was no worse than those on the rankings, but this list or that list had never ranked information about him.

Therefore, Wang Yan walked outside very much at ease; if it weren't for the few underlings following behind him, no one would even look at him a second time.

Wang Yan walked down the street with his subordinates, having nothing to do; he would buy whatever caught his eye if someone was selling things, taste the flavors if someone was selling food, and stare and critique if a beauty walked by.

This was a level of relaxation Wang Yan had never experienced in the thirty-plus years he had spent across two worlds.

This was also the life Wang Yan had dreamed of.

When he was young, he was always full of ambition, but as he gradually grew older and experienced more, he stopped talking about his past glories.

In the end, he just wanted a plain and simple life, without worrying about making a living.

Fortunately, Wang Yan had hit the jackpot; with his current abilities, it was enough for him to live a stable life in the real world without having to pay attention to those petty, sordid affairs.

After sighing with emotion, Wang Yan continued to pace the streets, eating, drinking, and watching beauties.

Wang Yan now just looked at beauties for the sake of pleasing his eyes.

Wang Yan himself wasn't exactly a saint; in the real world, he would have had to seek some "health maintenance" even if there was nothing going on, let alone now.

In these four-plus years, even though Wang Yan kept a low profile, given his status and position, his life was naturally one of wine and women. When his underlings found someone with good conditions, they would rush to send her over. Then there were those he encountered daily, those with a certain status who were lonely in their beds. Everything was a matter of course; these were all very normal things.

In the past, when Wang Yan looked at women, he did so with certain thoughts in mind; after all, Wang Yan was an ordinary person, and it was inevitable that he would have some dirty thoughts when seeing particularly exciting women.

Now, Wang Yan had made a leap in progress; with more energy, he naturally looked at them with a purely appreciative attitude.

Happy times are always short.

Not long after, news came from Long Teng Technology that the mobile phone had been successfully developed and could be produced.

Although he couldn't take the money with him, no one would complain about having too much money, and the sense of achievement brought by this was incomparable.

Wang Yan immediately took his engineers to the mainland to debug the production line and start production.

It was the same routine: mail the finished products to his "good brothers" and advertise all over the world.

These "good brothers" had made a fortune with Wang Yan over the past few years; Wang Yan never ate alone and gave them plenty of profit margin. Just on the VCD and disc industry alone, these people had earned more money than they usually worked hard for in a year or two.

It wasn't that Wang Yan didn't want to do a direct-sales model; Wang Yan couldn't stay in this world forever, so being able to make money was enough—why bother with so much else? It was better to let everyone make money together; at least Wang Yan had a lot of face on the world stage. And it wasn't the kind of face built on mutual flattery; when Wang Yan said a word, these people would really take action.

No matter the organization, in order to get a meal with Wang Yan, they would definitely give him, Wang Mou, some face.

Who told Wang Yan that the things in his hands were basically monopolies? Didn't you see that just months after the VCD was successfully imitated and sold, Wang Yan brought out the DVD, causing those who had invested heavily in imitating VCDs to lose everything?

Every financial group saw that Long Teng held such a good business, and of course, they wanted to grab it for themselves.

Wang Yan figured that if it really reached that point, the mainland would come out to protect its own. He, Wang Mou, wasn't a lonely ghost; he had a "father" behind him, and he wasn't someone who could be easily manipulated.

Therefore, both sides acted with restraint, trying their best to play the game within the rules. Occasionally, there were some over-the-line actions, but it didn't matter; if you cross a line, I'll just cross one back.

The international situation was surging; under internal and external pressure, the capitalists had to take a step back. If you want to sell, you can, but you have to pay tariffs. This trick was useless; Long Teng didn't care at all. This is an exclusive deal; if you add taxes, I'll add prices, and in the end, it's still the consumers who bear it. Long Teng didn't indulge their illness either; they directly added fuel to the fire, bypassing Long Teng and blowing up how ugly the capitalists' eating habits were—gnawing bones and sucking marrow, cold-blooded and ruthless. They incited European and American countries to start their favorite activities: large-scale strikes, parades, and protests.

The foreign devils were all like that; once Long Teng incited them, the parades weren't peaceful either. Spending money to find a few leaders to incite them, the parades turned into large-scale looting and arson, and the scene became a mess for a while.

The incident continued to ferment and escalate. Although it was capitalism and capital had the final say, they still had to appropriately take care of the emotions of the lower classes; after all, the assets of capital were these lower classes. Thus, there were various fake meetings, and in the end, the capitalists made concessions, improved employee benefits, and issued some inconspicuous small policies, and also took the opportunity to cancel the tariffs previously added to Long Teng, restoring everything to its original state.

In the end, everyone was happy; the lower classes shouted "Long live freedom," and the capitalists drank wine, celebrating that they had fooled another batch. Of course, when celebrating, they still didn't forget to study how to deal with Long Teng.

Wang Yan handed the matter over to his subordinates and stopped caring; such a large think tank couldn't be kept for nothing, so letting them deal with it was enough.

Next, Wang Yan began to visit the masters of Sinology in the country, asking them for advice and learning Sinology knowledge to improve his cultivation and realm.

These masters were distributed all over the country and mostly held positions in universities, preaching and teaching. Wang Yan began a journey of throwing money; every time he arrived at a place, he would directly offer ten million US dollars first. Afterward, he would learn from the Sinology master for a period of time, then go to the next place and do it all over again.

And this journey of Wang Yan's lasted more than two years; at the beginning, the speed was relatively slow. Wang Yan's foundation in Sinology was too shallow, and he couldn't understand many things, but as he learned more and more, Wang Yan's understanding of Sinology also deepened continuously. At first, it might take a month or two to visit one master, but later, he could visit one every two or three weeks; the speed became faster and faster, and Wang Yan's level became higher and higher.

Now, two years later, Wang Yan had reached a proficient level. This stuff was really too deep, and everyone had their own understanding; Wang Yan had visited so many masters, and he had never heard the same answer to the same question.

Wang Yan was also in the midst of this, constantly summarizing and reflecting, trying to find his own answers.

In two years, DVDs and mobile phones had been sold all over the world. Although major manufacturers launched products one after another just three months after Long Teng mobile phones were sold, they still couldn't compete with Long Teng. Still the same saying: what people remember is always the first. Coupled with Wang Yan's guidance, under purposeful research and development, although there were no products on the market, Long Teng's product iteration was very fast in the laboratory, at least a year or two ahead of other major manufacturers.

The war with major European and American financial groups was still continuing, and it wouldn't stop until one side was dead. They had been fighting for more than two years, and both sides were still evenly matched, with victories and defeats on both sides. This was mainly because Wang Yan's advantage of foresight was too great; otherwise, they would have been finished off long ago.

Long Teng's development on Hong Kong Island also had results one after another, and many of its employees had moved into the thousand-square-foot luxury homes developed by Long Teng itself.

The rule over Hong Kong Island was even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people; the people of Hong Kong Island were already used to looking for Long Teng when they had problems. There were many things that were inconvenient for Long Teng to handle, so now, in addition to a few Long Teng security guards, the Long Teng neighborhood offices also brought out the old men and women with credibility in the neighborhood to handle community trivialities and maintain community stability and unity.

Although Long Teng also had many labor-intensive industries, that was to support the families of its employees and cultivate the loyalty of its subordinates. As long as they could maintain self-sufficiency, that was enough. Although the requirements were low, in fact, in this era, those businesses were very profitable; if not for this, they wouldn't be able to support so many people.

However, when it came to making big money, it still relied on those high-end industries they operated; the profits were very high, so the cash flow was very abundant.

The rules of the world have always been the law of the jungle; whoever has the hardest fist has the final say, and when there is a lot of money, it can also be a fist.

There was a lot of money in Long Teng's accounts, and many financial talents were constantly stirring up trouble in the world's financial markets based on the information provided by Wang Yan. Coupled with the profits from various industries, the previous sum had just been spent when the next one came in; the think tank was so worried about how to spend money and how to deal with the encirclement of major financial groups that they were all going bald.

Wang Yan had been in this world for almost seven years, and in one month, Hong Kong Island would return.

Over the years, Long Teng had vigorously developed various high-end industries in the country, constantly building Long Teng's industrial chain, driving employment, promoting regional economic development, constantly transporting cutting-edge technology to the country to help, and continuously doing charity in the country.

Long Teng's contribution to maintaining the social stability of Hong Kong Island could also be said to be indispensable.