Chapter 110: Pulling Off Something Big

After the Li family's life got better, the thing that Li Zhenlin and Wang Xiulan worried about most became the life events of Li Dongshan and Li Dongling, as well as when they could hold a grandson or granddaughter. At their age, this was basically what they were looking for.

Li Dongling and Li Dongshan looked at the Li family's new house, two stories high. Besides the rooms for the Li family members, there were also rooms prepared for security personnel like Gong Qing and Yang Zhi Gao, as well as several guest rooms, so that relatives and friends could stay over.

Coming into the study, Li Dongling looked at Li Dongshan, "Big Brother, is there something wrong?!"

From the journey back, Li Dongshan had been somewhat reticent. Li Dongshan wasn't the kind of person who could hide things; if he had something on his mind, he would show it.

Hearing Li Dongling's words, Li Dongshan sat down and touched his pocket. At this time, a cigarette handed over by Li Dongling appeared in front of him. After smoking a few puffs, Li Dongshan finally spoke, "I want to leave Dongling High-Tech!"

Li Dongling frowned and asked Li Dongshan, "Is it because of Gao Peng, or someone else…"

"It has nothing to do with Gao Peng!"

Li Dongshan could hear the chill in these words and hurriedly waved his hand at Li Dongling, "It's me who wants to leave!"

"Before, when Dongling High-Tech was just established, I went to help out. Now, there's no place where I'm needed to help. Gao Peng is doing quite well. It's better to let him manage logistics and procurement in the future."

Li Dongshan said with his head lowered. He knew that if he continued to stay at Dongling High-Tech, no one would dare to say any idle gossip, including Gao Peng, who was nominally his deputy. He could get a large salary every month, could get dividends, and could also get Dongling High-Tech's equity in the future.

But Li Dongshan felt that he had nothing much left to do at Dongling High-Tech, especially as Dongling High-Tech's business spread wider and wider. Li Dongshan felt he was not up to the task. On the contrary, Gao Peng did it with ease. Although he was nominally the person in charge of Dongling High-Tech's logistics, in reality, it was Gao Peng who was doing it.

Li Dongling opened his mouth, wanting to persuade Li Dongshan again, but remembering Li Dongshan's personality—although kind, he also had a stubborn side. Once he made up his mind, ten cows couldn't pull him back. It seemed that the old Li family had this problem more or less, and Li Dongyue was no exception; it was just a matter of degree. It was called resilience when it sounded good, and stubbornness when it sounded bad…

Li Dongling opened the window, and a breeze blew in. Li Dongling shook his head and laughed. Previously, letting Li Dongshan come to Dongling High-Tech to help, besides the fact that they were indeed short of manpower at the beginning, was also because he didn't want Li Dongshan to be like in his previous life, working himself sick in that factory. Now there was no need to worry about this. With Li Dongshan's temperament, he was afraid that he had already made up his mind, and no matter how much he said, it would probably be useless.

"Big Brother, what do you plan to do after leaving Dongling High-Tech?!" Li Dongling asked Li Dongshan a question he had never asked him in his previous life.

"I, I haven't thought about it yet. Perhaps open a supermarket. I see that there is a newly opened business in Pingyang city that seems quite good…"

"Just open a shopping mall, build the best shopping mall in all of Pingyang, Hanxi, or even the whole country!"

Before Li Dongshan could finish, Li Dongling said directly. Li Dongling remembered a shopping mall in Yuzhou in his previous life, Pang Donglai. Even though it wasn't in a first-tier city, it had made the shopping mall reach the industry ceiling level. With Li Dongshan's personality, building such a shopping mall was almost just right!

"Shopping mall?" Li Dongshan was startled. He just wanted to open a supermarket after leaving Dongling High-Tech to settle down, and then decide on other things. He didn't expect Li Dongling to directly want to build a shopping mall for him, "Dongling, I'm afraid I can't manage it…"

"If you want to do it, build the best shopping mall in Hanxi, and let it become the benchmark for the best shopping mall in Hanxi and even the whole country!"

Li Dongling saw Li Dongshan's worries, "Big Brother, you don't need to handle everything yourself. There will be professional managers and supervisors to help you. What you need to do is grasp the general direction of the shopping mall, formulate guidelines for shopping mall employees and customers, and execute them strictly. If you lose money in the end, I will bear it!"

Hearing these words, Li Dongshan rubbed his big hands, somewhat worried and somewhat expectant. Li Dongling pointed out a path for him that he had never thought of. After all, which man didn't want to achieve something big, especially in this wild and savage era with an extreme desire for wealth!

Li Dongling and Li Dongshan discussed that after he left Dongling High-Tech next year, he would start preparing to build the shopping mall. It was already the autumn of 1994, and there were less than three or four months until next year, which was the busiest time. When he had time next year, Li Dongling would help Li Dongshan start building a shopping mall in Pingyang.

At dinner, Li Dongshan drank a lot of wine and was rarely drunk, which made Li Zhenlin and Wang Xiulan somewhat worried, not knowing why Li Dongshan got drunk.

"Big Brother is happy today, it's rare to get drunk once!"

After Li Dongling clinked glasses with Li Dongshan, he said to the Li family members.

Li Dongling stayed with the old couple, Li Zhenlin and Wang Xiulan, at the Li house for two days before returning to Pingyang. And when Li Dongling returned to Pingyang, an airplane also landed at the provincial capital airport.

Several cars drove toward Pingyang. The people in the cars had different moods. Sitting in the front car was Ning Wenge. Her coming to Hanxi this time could be considered a revisit to an old place. Last time she came to Hanxi, she was full of anxiety and had even made plans for Ning's Trading Company to go bankrupt. But this time, those worries had already ceased to exist. Along the way, the mountains and trees on both sides of the road were considered scenery in her eyes.

And the person sitting in the car behind Ning Wenge was Wan Dai Company President Makoto Yamashina and Wan Dai Marketing Manager Miao Chize. Miao Chize was now a favorite of Makoto Yamashina, the Wan Dai Board of Directors, and investors, and was considered the man who "saved" Wan Dai.

The electronic pet machine was introduced to Japan by Miao Chize for Wan Dai, helping Wan Dai get through the crisis. He was naturally highly praised, and his status in Wan Dai Company skyrocketed. Makoto Yamashina also relied on him heavily.

"I didn't expect this to be the place where the electronic pet machine was born. What a pity!"

Makoto Yamashina looked at the street outside and couldn't help but speak, his words carrying an unclear and mysterious flavor. If the electronic pet machine had been born in Japan, he would have been confident in making the popularity and sales of the electronic pet machine more than double what they were now.

Hearing Makoto Yamashina's words, Miao Chize immediately said, "If it weren't for our Wan Dai Company, that Dongling High-Tech would absolutely not be able to earn so much. Although the electronic pet machine was invented by Dongling High-Tech, what it truly relied on was still our Wan Dai Company. Now, the market where electronic pet machines earn the most is also the Japanese market where we, Wan Dai, act as the agent!"

Hearing this flattery, attributing all the credit for the electronic pet machine to Wan Dai, Makoto Yamashina laughed. Even though he knew it was flattery, it was still somewhat satisfying, especially because of the failure of Wan Dai's game console, which had caused him to be heavily criticized. Now, the big sales of electronic pet machines in Japan could finally let him catch his breath.

"If the copyright of the electronic pet machine were in our Wan Dai's hands, the counterfeit, imitation, and pirated machines now would be impossible to be so flooded. Launching new co-branded and limited-edition machines wouldn't need Dongling High-Tech's consent!" Mentioning this, Makoto Yamashina was quite dissatisfied.

"It's not that any small workshop can compare with our Wan Dai. I heard that when Dongling High-Tech's other product, the Shenzhou telephone, was first sold to Europe, no shopping mall store was willing to put it on the shelves for sale!"

Miao Chize said, "Coming to Hanxi this time, President Makoto Yamashina will definitely be able to get more authorization for the electronic pet machine for Wan Dai, as well as the profits that should have belonged to Wan Dai!"

"That goes without saying!"

Makoto Yamashina's tone carried strong confidence, for no other reason than that the Japanese market accounted for more than one-third of the global sales and revenue of electronic pet machines. This was Makoto Yamashina's confidence; he was certain that Dongling High-Tech wouldn't dare to fall out with Wan Dai.

"Ning Zong!"

Li Dongling first shook hands with Ning Wenge, then walked toward Makoto Yamashina, "Welcome to Dongling High-Tech, President Makoto Yamashina!"

The group walked toward the conference room on the second floor of Dongling High-Tech. Ning Wenge fell a few steps behind and walked behind the crowd with Li Dongling, whispering a reminder to Li Dongling, "Be careful, Wan Dai is coming with ill intent this time!"

Although Wan Dai and Dongling High-Tech were both partners of Ning's Trading Company, Ning Wenge was clear in her heart about which side to take and which company was more important to Ning's Trading Company.

"I understand!" Li Dongling heard Ning Wenge's words and smiled at her.

Ning Wenge hesitated to speak. On the way here this time, from the few words of Makoto Yamashina, Miao Chize, and a group of Wan Dai executives, she heard that this time Wan Dai wanted to bite off a big chunk of fat from Dongling High-Tech.

But at this time, they had already arrived in the conference room, and it wasn't convenient for her to say anything more clearly.

After taking their seats, looking at Li Dongling in front of him, Makoto Yamashina said to Li Dongling, "To be honest, Dongling High-Tech somewhat exceeded my expectations, being able to develop products like electronic pet machines and digital cordless telephones in such an environment!"

Li Dongling listened to these words, knowing that there must be a follow-up. The Japanese had always liked to play this game: before stabbing someone, they would first bow, and then stab them. This hadn't changed for so many years.

Sure enough, after this sentence, Makoto Yamashina continued, "Dongling High-Tech has dug up a treasure, but it doesn't have the ability to guard this mine. Counterfeit electronic pet machines are spreading worldwide, and even in Japan, they are deeply affected!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 111 =====