Chapter 193: Reversing the Heavens

Japan is one of the most adventurous countries in the world; in other words, they love to gamble, even daring to gamble with the fate of the nation. If the country itself is like this, let alone the people, who are even more fond of gambling.

The pachinko parlors unique to the Japanese gambling industry—the money Japanese people throw into this stuff every year is far higher than that of the world's other most famous gambling cities. 4% of Japan's entire GDP is related to this stuff, so one can know the character of the Japanese people.

And blind boxes also rely on gambling. If it were just ordinary blind boxes, it would probably only stir up a wave in Japan and wouldn't reach the level of national participation. But...

If the blind box industry were expanded, such as holding auctions for blind box collection editions and hidden editions, and concocting some "lucky ones," relying on the myth of getting rich overnight from a certain rare blind box, he wasn't afraid that the leeks of Japan, or even Korea, wouldn't take the bait!

As a social class that has become completely solidified, the younger generation, relying on their own hard work, has completely lost the ability to turn things around. The new generation of Japanese youth who have accepted their fate all rely on pachinko parlors to sustain their lives. For them, blind boxes are no less interesting than scratching lottery tickets. If you add the opportunity to get rich overnight, he wasn't afraid that the leeks of Japan and Korea wouldn't go crazy for it. Perhaps it could stir up a wave of the whole Japanese nation rushing to grab blind boxes to get rich overnight!

An ordinary blind box sells for four or five dollars, which doesn't seem expensive, but for a whole series of blind boxes, buying them all costs over two or three hundred dollars, with a profit margin of over 60%. After all, the people opening the blind boxes really can't see inside, but the people putting the blind boxes in can see them.

Relying on blind boxes is enough to let Wan Dai absorb a huge amount of money in a short time, doubling its revenue and profit.

Of course, these are all things that need to be done after Dongling High-Tech takes over Wan Dai. Before becoming Wan Dai's major shareholder, Li Dongling wouldn't bring these things out. Otherwise, wouldn't it be cheapening the rivals?

Seeing Li Dongling's expression, Ning Wenke felt that Li Dongling seemed to already have a plan. Although she didn't know what it was yet, it made Ning Wenke feel a bit more expectant.

Now the Ning family is bound together with Dongling High-Tech. If Dongling High-Tech can take over Wan Dai, that is also a new opportunity for the Ning Trading Company!

Tonight, the bright moon hangs in the sky, the starlight is brilliant, and the lights of the entire Yuhe Leisure Resort have all been turned on. Ning Wenke looks up at the night sky, feeling that tonight's night sky is the most beautiful she has seen in so many years.

Ning Wenke turns her head to look at Li Dongling on the other side of the bench. Li Dongling is also looking at the night sky at this moment. Looking at Li Dongling's dim, angular face reflected under the hazy lights, Ning Wenke couldn't help but be a bit dazed for a moment.

Footsteps come, Li Dongling withdraws his gaze and turns to look. Ning Wenke also hurriedly turns her head away.

"Ms. Ning, thank you for bridging the gap for Dongling High-Tech this time. You have also had a tiring journey today, so I won't disturb your rest!" Li Dongling said to Ning Wenke when he saw Ren Yuefeng and the others coming over.

Tucking a few strands of short hair behind her ears, Ning Wenke looked at Li Dongling. "We are allies; these are just things done in passing. If the Ning family had something today, you would also help, wouldn't you?!"

"Of course!" Looking at Ning Wenke's gaze, Li Dongling said in a deep voice.

Ning Wenke gave a heroic smile, knowing that Ren Yuefeng, Hu Zixian, and the others coming over had important matters with Li Dongling. She waved her hand at them and left directly.

Ren Yuefeng and the others came over to discuss the negotiations with Yamashina Makoto tomorrow. After discussing for a long time and finalizing the general conditions, they dispersed.

Early the next morning, Yamashina Makoto, who had been muddled all night and found it difficult to enter deep sleep, opened his eyes.

After washing up casually and eating a few bites of breakfast, he began to wait for the upcoming meeting. Honestly, Yamashina Makoto was not at all used to this atmosphere; it gave him the feeling of being the fish on the chopping block, but now, who made him have to beg Li Dongling and Dongling High-Tech?!

"President Yamashina, I wonder how you rested last night?!"

Using one of the reception halls of the Yuhe Leisure Resort as a temporary meeting room, Li Dongling asked Yamashina Makoto with a smile.

Yamashina Makoto looked at Li Dongling, Ren Yuefeng, and Hu Zixian before him, seemingly having regained the demeanor of the head of a giant company.

"An unforgettable night, but if there is a chance, I still hope Mr. Li goes to Japan, and the Yamashina family will be responsible for hosting. It will definitely make Mr. Li's trip worthwhile!" Yamashina Makoto said with a straight face.

Looking at Yamashina Makoto, who was stubborn despite being almost unable to go on, actually still fighting a war of words with Li Dongling.

"There will be a chance!"

Li Dongling just chuckled when he heard Yamashina Makoto's words, but this attitude of not taking the Yamashina family as a rival at all made Yamashina Makoto even more uncomfortable.

Li Dongling indeed did not take the Yamashina family as some mortal enemy. The Yamashina family might sound famous, but it was mostly relying on Wan Dai's influence. It was not some super-rich or powerful family in Japan. Once it lost Wan Dai, the Yamashina family's influence would quickly dissipate.

Fighting with Yamashina Makoto was not what Li Dongling wanted, and he had no interest in it. Li Dongling glanced at Ren Yuefeng, and the latter spoke up, "President Yamashina, Dongling High-Tech is also a member of Wan Dai's board of directors!"

"We are also very concerned about everything happening at Wan Dai now. Dongling High-Tech is very willing to support President Yamashina!"

Hearing these words, Yamashina Makoto's expression softened a bit. At this juncture, those Japanese investors at Wan Dai were clamoring to drive him away, but Dongling High-Tech was willing to support him. Even if he knew Dongling High-Tech had ulterior motives, Yamashina Makoto still had to accept this favor.

"Wan Dai's predicament is only temporary. The digital pet machine project was invented by Dongling High-Tech first. You know the potential of this project best. Now there are just some small problems. As long as the inventory is cleared, Wan Dai will definitely be able to..."

"The digital pet machine project is finished, at least for the next five years!"

Li Dongling "kindly" reminded Yamashina Makoto at this time, telling him not to daydream. Clearing inventory? Even if given away for free, people might not play with it now. If he had the time, he might as well bury these digital pet machines worth hundreds of millions of dollars at the bottom of Mount Fuji, lest he have any unrealistic thoughts.

Hearing that the digital pet machine project was finished, Yamashina Makoto's brain suddenly "buzzed." He wanted to refute Li Dongling, or even curse Li Dongling for talking nonsense. Although Li Dongling was the inventor of the digital pet machine, what did he know about digital pet machines? Well, Li Dongling did know this stuff; not only did he invent it, but he also sold it at its peak to Wan Dai, the sucker...

Yamashina Makoto looked at Li Dongling with a lost soul, his eyes red, and said, "The digital pet machine will definitely still have a market; it will definitely be able to sell!"

"It will indeed still have sales, but the digital pet machine will never return to the scene of last year. If my estimate is not wrong, Wan Dai currently has at least three to four hundred million dollars of digital pet machine inventory globally. President Yamashina, do you think such a large batch of machines can still be sold on the market now?!"

Li Dongling said bluntly. A batch of machines worth hundreds of millions of dollars would certainly be no problem during the digital pet machine craze last year.

But now, the novelty of the digital pet machine has passed. Those who could afford the genuine machines bought them last year, and those who couldn't basically bought counterfeits. To sell this batch of machines, one has to wait for the next generation of young people to grow up, at least for five or ten years.

"President Yamashina, we invited you here this time to solve the trouble you and Wan Dai are facing, not to listen to these 'useless' explanations!" Ren Yuefeng also said unceremoniously.

After a moment, Yamashina Makoto finally spoke again, but his voice was much hoarser. "What exactly does Dongling High-Tech want?!"

"Dongling High-Tech wants to become Wan Dai's major shareholder!"

"What?!"

Even though he had made various guesses in his heart and was prepared to be humiliated, when he heard that Dongling High-Tech wanted to take over Wan Dai, Yamashina Makoto still stood up in anger and shame.

Reversing the heavens—this was the thought in Yamashina Makoto's mind, his face red and neck thick with anger. For nearly twenty years, Japan had maintained an advantage over mainland companies. It was always Japanese companies acquiring domestic companies, from food, clothing, housing, and transportation to traditional Chinese medicine, etc. Now, Dongling High-Tech wanted to take over Wan Dai. Yamashina Makoto felt it was truly reversing the heavens. If word got out, the Yamashina family would likely be laughed to death by the Japanese media!

"The Yamashina family will not accept any other company becoming Wan Dai's major shareholder!"

After saying this, Yamashina Makoto angrily prepared to flick his sleeves and leave.

Seeing this, Ren Yuefeng couldn't help but frown and look at Li Dongling. Yamashina Makoto's reaction was much more intense than they had imagined.

Seeing Yamashina Makoto's hand about to grip the doorknob, Li Dongling's voice came from behind, but it made Yamashina Makoto's hand on the doorknob unable to turn it.

"If Yamashina Makoto walks out of here, Dongling High-Tech will sever all cooperation with the Yamashina family. President Yamashina will leave Wan Dai, and the Yamashina family will also be driven out of Wan Dai!"

After standing still for a full dozens of seconds, Yamashina Makoto turned around angrily. "What do you want?!"

Li Dongling stretched out his hand, signaling Yamashina Makoto to sit back in his original position, and pushed a cup of tea in front of Yamashina Makoto.

"President Yamashina, perhaps you can listen to Dongling High-Tech's conditions before making a decision. Dongling High-Tech is supporting the Yamashina family, not the opponent!" Li Dongling said.

This time, Yamashina Makoto was no longer as furious as before, but sat there and continued to listen.

"We know Wan Dai's current situation and have also heard some rumors. Some people hope that President Yamashina will leave Wan Dai. Dongling High-Tech is firmly opposed to this!"

"However..."

"Dongling High-Tech only has 2.7% of Wan Dai's equity, which is really difficult to help President Yamashina!" Li Dongling said to Yamashina Makoto in a tone full of regret.

Ren Yuefeng then continued to say to Yamashina Makoto, "But if President Yamashina is willing to support Dongling High-Tech and increase the equity held in Wan Dai to over 15%, plus the 10% equity held by the Yamashina family, then our two sides will have 25% of the equity. In the voting of Wan Dai's board of directors, we will have an absolute advantage!

At that time, no one will be able to drive President Yamashina out of Wan Dai. Dongling High-Tech will never allow such a thing to happen."

Hearing this, Yamashina Makoto's eyes suddenly lit up. This was indeed a way to solve his current predicament. With Wan Dai's current level of equity dispersion, 25% of Wan Dai's equity was enough to influence board resolutions.

The only thing that made Yamashina Makoto worry was Dongling High-Tech becoming Wan Dai's major shareholder. This made Yamashina Makoto somewhat wary and worried. If Dongling High-Tech controlled Wan Dai, he would be subject to Dongling High-Tech, and if he wasn't careful, he might be swept out the door.

Looking at Yamashina Makoto, who was silent, Li Dongling guessed his worry. "If Dongling High-Tech can become Wan Dai's major shareholder, we can guarantee that in Wan Dai's board voting, as long as it does not involve Dongling High-Tech, all other voting will support President Yamashina.

All Dongling High-Tech needs President Yamashina to do is to distribute the dividends belonging to Dongling High-Tech on time every year!

In addition, if everything goes well, Dongling High-Tech has new projects that can cooperate with Wan Dai!"

"Deal!"

After hearing the conditions proposed by Li Dongling, Yamashina Makoto finally couldn't hold back.

The conditions proposed by Li Dongling were enough to break Yamashina Makoto's psychological defense. If Dongling High-Tech became the major shareholder and supported him, he wouldn't have to worry about being driven away.

And what moved Yamashina Makoto the most was Li Dongling's last condition: new projects!

Even if he sat firmly in the position of Wan Dai president and wasn't driven away, he still faced the mess of huge losses in the new quarter. If there could be another project like the digital pet machine, then Wan Dai would really have a chance to overcome the difficulties!

"Mr. Li is not joking?!"

"What is the new project?!"

After the discussion, Yamashina Makoto couldn't help but ask Li Dongling urgently.

Li Dongling glanced at him. "President Yamashina, you cannot be too impatient. You must solve your trouble first. I can guarantee you that the new project will not be worse than the digital pet machine project!"

Yamashina Makoto nodded. He also knew he was impatient. How could such a project be mentioned casually? Sometimes a project only needs one idea, and even relying on one idea, one can turn the tide.

After Li Dongling and Ren Yuefeng finished talking with Yamashina Makoto, they discussed for a long time and finally formulated the process.

After Yamashina Makoto returns to Japan, he must continue to release "bad" news, making Wan Dai's stock price continue to fall, forcing investment institutions and leeks to continue selling Wan Dai stocks. Dongling High-Tech will establish a foundation in Hong Kong to acquire enough chips.

In addition, Yamashina Makoto will push those shareholders on Wan Dai's board who want to sell their equity to Dongling High-Tech, using both methods to allow Dongling High-Tech to get enough of Wan Dai's equity at the fastest speed.

This matter needs to be resolved quickly and completed in the fastest time to avoid changes. If Yamashina Makoto is really driven away, the next Wan Dai leader may not be willing to cooperate with Dongling High-Tech like Yamashina Makoto.

(End of chapter)