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Chapter 263: Hot potato (Two-in-one chapter)

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From the original Yuhe Reservoir to the current Yuhe Leisure Resort, since it was taken over by Li Dongling, the surrounding land had all been bought by Li Dongling. Now it was several times larger than before, and it was now equipped with golf carts for sightseeing.

The scenery of the Yuhe Leisure Resort went without saying. Now there were no decent places for tourism in the country. Of course, it was mainly because of the atmosphere of this era. If you really wanted to talk about tourism, it was an honor to travel abroad, and domestic tourism hadn't risen yet.

Especially the praise for the scenery in America, Europe, and other places, various media magazines blew it up to the sky, including magazines like *Reader*, *Yilin*, and *Youth Digest*, which were advertising for Feiyan radios; the praise for places like Paris, London, and New York on them was even greater.

This kind of stereotype could probably last for decades, until the domestic economy developed, more and more people traveled abroad, and after the filter completely disappeared, they finally knew that the water city of Venice was almost becoming the sewer of Venice, the romantic Paris, the Eiffel Tower was not as spectacular as a certain TV tower, and the toilets on the street had to charge two euros, and the romantic Parisians obviously didn't want to spend two euros for a pee, so they directly released their nature on the street...

Du Guoying, sitting on the golf cart, looked at the Yuhe Leisure Resort in front of him. Various facilities and venues made him, who had run to many places across the country and was well-informed, couldn't help but feel like his eyes were opened. He felt that any one of the venues, restaurants, and hotels inside was probably expensive to build, and there were large construction sites under construction not far away.

Du Guoying heard that in Beijing, in the heart of the Forbidden City, a top-level club, the Chang'an Club, which had been in preparation for four years, was rumored to open next year.

This club had been full of various rumors, and before it opened, it was rumored to be the top club in the country. Various wealthy big shots had already become its members, and the annual membership fee was as high as 100,000. Du Guoying hadn't been to that club. He didn't know what was the difference between that long-rumored club and the Yuhe Leisure Resort, where countless people wanted to come and become Li Dongling's guest of honor.

Su Chicheng's face turned pale instantly, and then he hurriedly said, "It's true that a health supplement company called me, but I haven't met with anyone from any health supplement company!"

"Diweisi's Marketing Director?!"

Li Dongling patted Su Chicheng on the shoulder. Anyway, Su Chicheng had been with him for a long time. Li Dongling saw clearly Su Chicheng's character. It was true that Su Chicheng was ambitious, but he wasn't the kind of person who would do anything to achieve his goals. If a young person didn't have any ambition, he was mostly beaten by society and became an "old slicker."

But in many places overseas, the so-called business card culture was still retained. That was, in some places, getting the business card of some big shots, going to some places to handle things, would not be made difficult. Things that might have taken three to five months to be handled slowly would be handled specially in three to five minutes with the big shot's business card. Foreign business cards were like the personal tokens of big shots in ancient times, and they already carried the attributes of class and status...

"Cooperation is not dared to be talked about, it's just coming to try my luck!" Du Guoying smiled bitterly.

Speaking of the people on the other side, Hu Yujun's expression was clearly more cautious, and his voice was lowered, as if he didn't want to attract the attention of the other side.

And today, Wu Siwei representing Sanzhu Oral Liquid ran over, obviously having a big business to talk about with Li Dongling. Health supplement companies were quite willing to invest in advertising. If they were to talk about giving employees bonuses, they might hesitate, but if they were to talk about advertising, they guaranteed they wouldn't blink.

Seeing Du Guoying, the few people sitting in the lounge also looked at him. The attitudes of the few people towards Du Guoying were unclear, either cold or smiling, and some cast kind smiles at him, or speculated about his identity, not knowing what relationship Du Guoying had with Dongling Gao Ke.

Sanzhu coming to the door this time was indeed wanting to cooperate with Dongling Gao Ke. Sanzhu had already sought out Focus Media. Li Yan's attitude was unclear, and he was hesitant about whether TV shopping would bring goods for Sanzhu, dragging it until now without a result.

"That!"

And Hu Yujun was the founder of Diweisi and also its marketing director. This wave of big sales was exactly what he operated.

But Wu Siwei's face was ugly. In the lounge at the moment, whose status and wealth could be higher than his status as the crown prince of Sanzhu.

And placed on Dongling Gao Ke's management, the average age was much younger than companies like Sitong, Giant, and Kingsoft. After all, Li Dongling's age was there. The supervisors appointed or promoted by Li Dongling were also about the same age as Du Guoying, which couldn't help but make the few people present speculate.

"Let Hu Yujun and Du Guoying come to the small restaurant to see me!"

Compared with traditional companies, the founders and management of tech companies around the world were quite young. In the future internet era, this trend would become more and more obvious. Experience was sometimes very useful, but sometimes it would become a shackle. Young people's acceptance of new things far exceeded that of their elders.

Hearing this name, Du Guoying couldn't help but gasp. What kind of existence was Sanzhu now? Annual revenue exceeded 8 billion, and its sales staff were all over the world, with a number exceeding 150,000. I heard that it was recently preparing for listing.

"Then I'll borrow Brother Hu's auspicious words!"

Just arriving at the newly built shooting range of the Yuhe Leisure Resort, Du Guoying heard a few gunshots.

Seeing Wu Siwei about to get angry, the two people next to him, Qiao Dejing and Du Wenzan, hurriedly pulled Wu Siwei.

As Sanzhu's Vice President and Marketing Manager, Qiao Dejing leaned into Wu Siwei's ear and said to him that Sanzhu's leader liked internal staff to call him Teacher Wu.

Hu Yujun shook his head to the right without changing his expression, "The agent of Motorola's big brother, UTStarcom's boss, Wu Ying!"

Du Guoying scanned the people present and saw that the few people present, although seemingly casual, were clearly divided into three distinct groups. He hesitated, but still sat towards the side that seemed to have some kindness towards him just now.

Li Dongling wiped his hands, looked at Su Chicheng, and smiled, "Why, has Sanzhu or some health supplement company called you, this Assistant to the Board of Directors Su?!"

As soon as Du Guoying sat down, that person greeted Du Guoying as if they were "old friends at first sight." To be honest, although Hu Yujun was from a sales company, had an outgoing personality, and was good at dealing with people, he had rarely encountered this kind of feeling of "meeting an old friend" as soon as he saw Du Guoying today. He was sure this was the first time he saw Du Guoying.

No matter how you looked at it, Sanzhu was a giant-level existence and a company at the level of the "ancestor of marketing" in the country. If you put aside the facts and didn't talk about whether Sanzhu's methods were fair or whether they were routines, how many companies now regarded Sanzhu as an idol.

"Also?"

The few groups of people in the shooting range lounge had their own thoughts, but Li Dongling was practicing marksmanship in the shooting range under the guidance of Yang Zhi Gao.

Sometimes, when participating in those large-scale activities, you have to stuff a thick stack of business cards in your pocket to be enough. And those with experience can judge the wealth and status of the person exchanging business cards from all aspects such as the title and material of the business card. Some people who rely on their status will not easily exchange business cards with others.

When Hu Yujun and Du Guoying arrived at the small restaurant of the shooting range, they saw Li Dongling was gorging himself. Hitting targets and archery were both energy-consuming activities. After a while, Li Dongling's stomach was a bit empty.

If Dongling Gao Ke hadn't appeared, then in the next few years, even if an accident happened and he was entangled in lawsuits, the Wu family father and son would very likely rely on the Sanzhu company to be ranked by *Fortune* magazine under *Time* magazine, as well as the *Forbes* list and the *Hurun* list, as the richest man in the country and one of the top 15 richest people in the country!

What Du Guoying was surprised at was that he didn't expect a big shot like Wu Siwei to run over to see Li Dongling today, which was really beyond his expectations.

Looking at the few groups of people in front of him, they were either companies like Diweisi that had been in the limelight recently, or companies like UTStarcom that were Motorola's agents in the mainland, or even giant companies like Sanzhu Oral Liquid. Du Guoying's just-leveled mentality became anxious again. What did his small broken company have to compare with these companies!

Rubbing his shoulders, Li Dongling took off his soundproof earplugs. The assistant Su Chicheng, who was waiting on the side, walked up and said to Li Dongling, "Mr. Li, Wu Siwei of Sanzhu Oral Liquid, Wu Ying of UTStarcom, Hu Yujun of Diweisi, and that Du Guoying have all arrived. Which one do you want to see first?!"

Reaching out to signal the two to sit down, Li Dongling asked someone to send tableware to the two, "Don't be polite!"

Li Dongling looked in the direction of the lounge, as if he was talking to Su Chicheng, and as if he was talking to himself. Su Chicheng, on the other hand, didn't dare to guess what Li Dongling meant.

Today was a "messy pot stew," like a mahjong meeting, all gathered together.

Su Chicheng was surprised that Li Dongling didn't see the young boss of Sanzhu first, but Hu Yujun and Du Guoying, but he didn't dare to say more and hurriedly went out to call the two.

Although Su Chicheng was asking for Li Dongling's meaning, in fact, he also pointed out the identities of the few people. According to common sense, Li Dongling definitely wanted to see the young leader of Sanzhu Oral Liquid first. After all, this was a giant company.

"Bang!"

Even the staff, maintenance, and guard personnel here were assigned, and the wages were borne by the Yuhe Leisure Resort. The Yuhe Leisure Resort didn't have the right to manage those staff.

Because of entering the internet era more than ten years later, the country threw this set of business cards directly into the trash can.

In the lounge, seeing that Hu Yujun and Du Guoying were the first to be called away, Wu Ying and Lu Hongliang who came together didn't care much. Before coming, the two had made psychological preparations and put their posture very low. Even if they were humiliated, they had psychological preparations. After all, coming to the door to grab someone else's rice bowl, it would be strange if they could get a good face. Just like an apprentice dissatisfied with the master keeping a hand, and the master also afraid that teaching the apprentice would starve the master, this was a process of mutual game.

"A mere thin name, not worth mentioning, just luck!" Hu Yujun looked through Du Guoying's business card and then smiled, "Brother Du, are you also here today, wanting to cooperate with Dongling Gao Ke or Focus Media?!"

Hu Yujun and Du Guoying looked at each other. Seeing Li Dongling was eliminating the food in the plate, feeling Li Dongling wasn't joking, the two also tasted a few bites, but their eyes looked at Li Dongling from time to time.

"Mr. Wu, Teacher Wu gave a thousand instructions before coming. This time, we must not offend the relationship with Dongling Gao Ke. Even if the cooperation fails, we cannot push Dongling Gao Ke and Focus Media to the opponent's side!"

When arriving at the shooting range lounge after getting off the golf cart, Du Guoying felt surprised that a few people were already waiting there.

The year Li Dongling just returned to Pingyang, Wu Siwei had already helped his old man earn 100 million yuan for the Wu family that year. His debut qualifications were of course much older than Li Dongling's. When Li Dongling just passed the exam to Hanxi Jiaoda to play rock and roll, Wu Siwei had already followed his old man to fight south and north.

"Not all money can be earned. Some money is too hot, not only can't eat meat, but may also get a body of fishy smell!"

Whether Wu Siwei and Sanzhu were angry or not, Li Dongling didn't care at all. At the latest, next year, the country's vigorous health supplement industry would collapse suddenly, and the entire industry would be a mess. Although it could still set off some waves, the health supplement giants famous in these years would basically have to lie down. Among them, the one who bore the brunt was of course Sanzhu!

Taking the business card handed over by Hu Yujun, Du Guoying also sent his business card. Now there was no WeChat or anything. The PHS mobile phone that supported the Chinese operation interface was also something Li Dongling tinkered with this year. Before this, when two people first wanted to make friends, they relied on exchanging business cards.

At this time, offending Focus Media, the new favorite in the advertising industry, was naturally not cost-effective for Sanzhu. Wu Siwei had to restrain his temper.

"That one is the young boss Wu!"

Besides wanting Focus Media's TV shopping to bring goods, what Sanzhu feared most was other health supplement companies reaching cooperation with Focus Media. That would be a real big trouble for Sanzhu.

This shooting range, next to it were archery, dartboards, and other shooting sports, all in one. Building this shooting range cost more than those stadiums. The key was that there were too many procedures to handle. After signing in Pingyang, the provincial capital also had to review it before it was barely built.

Seeing Du Guoying seemed a bit puzzled, Hu Yujun said directly, "Sanzhu Oral Liquid's young leader, Wu Siwei!"

After speaking, Du Guoying whispered to Hu Yujun, "Brother Hu, your path is wide. I don't know who these few are today?"

Loading the magazine and finishing a shuttle again, as for how many rings the target hit, Li Dongling didn't know. His shoulders were a bit sore at this time.

However, as things that men like in their bones, in ancient times they were fragrant cars and strong horses, and sharp weapons, and they were not outdated now. It was not bad to touch firearms in the shooting range and play a few shots.

Du Guoying noticed the word "also" in Hu Yujun's tone and couldn't help but look at the other two groups of people in the lounge again.

In desperation, Sanzhu could only run to Focus Media's parent company, Dongling Gao Ke, wanting to find a breakthrough from Dongling Gao Ke.

Wu Siwei was also an unruly person. Back then, he didn't even obey his own old man and once stood on his own. Although he didn't toss out any fame, he was finally recruited by his old man and returned to Sanzhu. But these years, he had been fighting south and north for Sanzhu, beheading all strong enemies in the health supplement industry. Those who engaged in health supplement promotion, if they didn't have a few fire fights these years, how could they occupy the territory!

Today, he lost face here and was pressed by two unknown small broken companies. It would be strange if Wu Siwei could endure the anger.

Pulled by Qiao Dejing, Wu Siwei took a deep breath. He also knew the urgency. He also knew about the things his old man was anxious about recently. At the moment, Sanzhu Oral Liquid was in its heyday. The things that could make his old man so worried were definitely not simple.

Seeing the name on the business card, Du Guoying couldn't help but be surprised. In these few days, Diweisi's name had simply resounded throughout the country and was crazily praised by countless people who went to the sea to start a business. It was really a model of getting rich overnight.

"Brother Du doesn't have to belittle himself. Being able to be brought in by Mr. Li is enough to show the importance attached to Brother Du. Many people haven't had the chance to knock on this door."

"Hu Yujun, I don't know how to address you, brother?"

Seeing the expression on Du Guoying's face, knowing that he had heard the rumors about Diweisi, Hu Yujun couldn't help but feel a little proud.

"That side!"

As a result, Li Dongling saw Du Guoying and Hu Yujun first. No matter the reason, it was a loss of his face. You know, his debut was several years earlier than Li Dongling's. When Li Dongling just passed the exam to Hanxi Jiaoda to play rock and roll, Wu Siwei had already followed his old man to fight south and north.

"Mr. Li, everyone at Diweisi is grateful for the support of Dongling Gao Ke and Focus Media for us!"

Seeing Li Dongling stop, Hu Yujun spoke first.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 264 =====

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