Chapter 418: Public Opinion is a Powerful Force, Three People Make a Tiger

Tong Lan and the other media outlets for this exclusive interview exchanged information and determined the general direction and content of this exclusive interview.

There were a total of five media outlets. Among them, two were from Hong Kong. Besides *Asia Weekly*, there was another one, which was the earliest to report Dongling High-Tech news among Hong Kong media and was also the source of Li Dongling's "Mouse King" title: Phoenix TV.

The other three media outlets were domestic media: *Pingyang Daily*, *Hanxi Provincial Capital Daily*, and *Mainland Technology Daily*.

The main force of the exclusive interview was *Asia Weekly*. After all, nominally, Li Dongling was accepting *Asia Weekly*'s exclusive interview this time. And *Pingyang Daily* was "their own people" at Dongling High-Tech. If asked about some sensitive topics, the people from *Pingyang Daily* would be responsible for resolving the siege.

Today, although Li Dongling was accepting an exclusive interview, Dongling High-Tech's executives were also present. Ren Yuefeng and Su Chicheng first confirmed the interview topics for today with Tong Lan.

"Chairman Li!"

"Ms. Tong!"

Li Dongling arrived at the interview room and shook hands with Tong Lan and the reporters present one after another.

Looking at Li Dongling in front of her, even though Tong Lan already had psychological expectations, she couldn't help but be surprised by Li Dongling's age, even though Li Dongling's makeup today was inclined to be mature.

Especially because before interviewing Li Dongling, she had already interviewed the nineteen female figures who appeared on *Asia Weekly*'s cover this year. Because of this, the contrast would be even stronger.

After confirming the interview team again, Tong Lan took the lead in opening the conversation. Whether it was an exclusive interview or an interview, it was a customary routine. At the beginning, they all first pulled closer the relationship before they could go deeper.

"I am very happy that Chairman Li can accept our exclusive interview!"

Tong Lan looked at Li Dongling and said, "In fact, this year, we also interviewed another female figure who appeared on *Asia Weekly*'s cover this year. President Ning Wenke mentioned Chairman Li many times when accepting *Asia Weekly*'s exclusive interview."

Now *Asia Weekly*'s pretentiousness is still very high. There were only a few women who could go on the cover this year, and Ning Wenke was one of them. Additionally, this year's Super Girl champion, Shen Yunjun, also appeared on the cover. This was the person who went out of the circle the most in Asia this year in the domestic entertainment industry, none of them!

And Ning Wenke could appear on the cover because the Ning family had performed too fiercely in Hong Kong over the past few years, not much worse than those old-brand companies in Hong Kong. Not to mention that Ning Wenke was in charge of the Ning Trading Company as a woman, which was quite rare in Hong Kong and even Southeast Asia.

Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other places began to circulate sayings like "If you want to marry a wife, you should marry Ning Wenke." Whoever marries Ning Wenke can save thirty years of struggle. After all, the Ning family only had Ning Wenke in this generation. If you marry her, wouldn't the Ning family's huge family fortune be yours?!

Ning Wenke took over the Ning family's mess in a crisis and was able to pull the Ning family out of the mud, and even go up a level. Coupled with Ning Wenke's appearance, there was no need to worry about the family fortune being gone, and she could bring back the Ning family's dowry. She naturally became the ideal daughter-in-law that a group of wealthy families in Hong Kong wanted to marry home.

"Dongling High-Tech and Hong Kong's Ning Trading Company are strategic partners, and I and President Ning are already old acquaintances. Now we have phone contact every week!" Hearing Tong Lan mention Ning Wenke, Li Dongling said with a smile.

"Are they just partners?!"

Tong Lan asked Li Dongling with a meaningful look. She clearly remembered the expression on Ning Wenke's face when she talked about Li Dongling when she interviewed Ning Wenke before. As a woman, coupled with being a reporter by profession, observing words and expressions was a basic function, and she was most sensitive to this point.

The several reporters on the side also pricked up their ears. Hong Kong media's entertainment industry is developed, gossip news is popular, and the source of shocking bodies, everything dares to be edited. But domestic entertainment industry now doesn't have such a large scale, and Li Dongling doesn't often appear in front of the media. For the gossip about Li Dongling and Ning Wenke, it's really not as much as Hong Kong media.

Seeing Tong Lan's expression, Li Dongling thought of Ning Wenke. Although the number of times Ning Wenke came to Hanxi every year wasn't many, the calls with Li Dongling hadn't stopped.

But in this kind of occasion, saying too much might not be a good thing for Dongling High-Tech and Ning Trading Company.

"Dongling High-Tech will have deeper cooperation with Ning Trading Company in the future, and it will continue. My relationship with President Ning will also always be like this!"

Seeing that no explosive news could be asked from Li Dongling, Tong Lan didn't ask any more. *Asia Weekly* was not gossip tabloid news after all, and it was impossible to dig for news by staring at the lower three paths.

"In fact, Hong Kong media, like Phoenix Chinese Channel," Tong Lan signaled to the Phoenix TV reporter on the side, "and many Hong Kong and Southeast Asian media have reported on Dongling High-Tech very early."

"But Dongling High-Tech's development still exceeded everyone's expectations. This year, Chairman Li, your net worth officially entered the top twenty richest people in Asia, and you are the only one who is on the list as the founder of a technology company, rather than traditional industries like real estate, banking, insurance, shipping, rubber, sugar, etc.

What is your view on this ranking?"

Tong Lan looked solemn and asked Li Dongling the first formal question.

"Thanks to *Asia Weekly*, but this is just a fluke. There are many excellent companies in Asia. They might just not have received attention yet!"

Li Dongling didn't belittle traditional industries. Traditional industries seem to make money slowly, but they are basically companies that have existed for decades and may continue to exist for decades in the future. Li Dongling didn't want to establish a group of opponents for no reason.

"But the future is the era of technology. Electronics, Internet, biotechnology, etc., will all usher in an explosion. These industries will create more young rich people. Perhaps one day, a new top twenty richest person in Asia will appear, who will be younger and have a higher net worth!" Li Dongling said with a smile.

This made Tong Lan and the several people around her laugh. In the future, a new top twenty richest person in Asia might appear, but to have a higher net worth than Li Dongling and be younger than Li Dongling? Forget it. Unless that person inherited his father's net worth!

Otherwise, another one like Li Dongling, who started from scratch and killed his way up step by step, Tong Lan and the others didn't believe it at all. At least in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and other places, they didn't see such a ruthless person.

Only in this era of domestic grassroots heroes, in an era of drastic social changes, coupled with changes in the international environment, could there be such an opportunity. Otherwise, it would be impossible to appear. If it were common, would Hong Kong media, or even Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and other places pay so much attention to the domestic market?

"Chairman Li, how do you view the other people on the Asian rich list? The nineteen people on the list I interviewed all praised Chairman Li highly. Among them, several people firmly believe that the candidate for the future richest man in Asia must be you, Chairman Li!"

Tong Lan still asked this question. The Phoenix TV reporter signaled the cameraman who came with the team to give Li Dongling a close-up of his face.

Hearing this poisonous milk, Li Dongling also knew that he couldn't hide from this question. Even if he wasn't asked this time, he would definitely be asked in the future.

"They are all seniors of Asian companies and representatives of their respective industries. They all have places for later generations to learn from. Compared to the companies they established, Dongling High-Tech still has a long way to go!"

Li Dongling's answer was steady, but Tong Lan clearly didn't intend to let Li Dongling go easily on this question and continued to pursue, "Then Chairman Li, which one do you think is the best company in Asia among the companies established by the top twenty richest people in Asia?!"

"They are all the best companies in Asia; otherwise, how could they appear on *Asia Weekly*'s wealth list?!"

Li Dongling returned a move, making Tong Lan a bit dumb. Li Dongling continued, "Whether it is the Li family of Cheung Kong, or Guo boss of Hung Kai, Zheng boss of Asia World, etc., they can walk to today because they all have their own unique points. Dongling High-Tech hopes to have the opportunity to cooperate with them!"

Tong Lan heard this and felt that Li Dongling was fooling her, but Li Dongling really didn't fool her.

Next year, Li Dongling was indeed prepared to insert a foot when the Orange Telecom in the UK, invested by Hong Kong's Cheung Kong Li family, went public. Regardless of whether Cheung Kong Li family agreed or not, Dongling High-Tech had to get a portion of Orange Telecom's equity. When Cheung Kong Li family sold Orange for hundreds of billions, Dongling High-Tech had to have a share!

"Chairman Li, will Dongling High-Tech join hands with Ning Trading Company to acquire the Hong Kong Telecom company under the Asia World company?"

The question Tong Lan suddenly asked made Li Dongling feel surprised, let alone Ren Yuefeng, Hu Zixian, and other executives on the side. *Pingyang Daily*, *Hanxi Provincial Capital Daily*, and *Mainland Technology Daily* were all surprised. They didn't know before communicating with Tong Lan that Tong Lan had said she would ask about Little Smart, but didn't say she would ask this question!

But looking at Tong Lan's expression and the posture of the Phoenix TV interview team, it was clear that she wasn't joking.

Hearing this question, Li Dongling also felt a bit hesitant. He had heard Ning Wenke mention Hong Kong Telecom a few times, and Hong Kong media had hyped it up, but Li Dongling really didn't plan to acquire Hong Kong Telecom company, at least he didn't have this plan before.

Hong Kong Telecom is a hard bone, with intricate relationships behind it, and there are too many opponents who want to swallow it. To take it down is not a small amount!

"Hong Kong media reported that the Hong Kong Telecom Administration is dragging its feet and is unwilling to issue a telecommunications license to Ning Trading Company, so PHS base stations and Little Smart are difficult to enter the Hong Kong market. Therefore, Dongling High-Tech intends to join hands with Ning Trading Company to acquire Hong Kong Telecom company!"

Tong Lan still restrained herself a bit and didn't report the editing of Hong Kong gossip media, such as anger for the sake of beauty, and for the sake of Ning Wenke's smile, Li Dongling wanted to acquire Hong Kong Telecom.

But indeed, Little Smart's delay in entering Hong Kong is inseparable from Hong Kong Telecom company. After all, if everyone uses Little Smart mobile phones, then who will use Hong Kong Telecom's landline lines?

This is related to Hong Kong Telecom's annual revenue of over 10 billion Hong Kong dollars. Hong Kong Telecom company definitely wants to build its own base stations and occupy the mobile communication market, and is unwilling to let Ning Trading Company, which acts as an agent for Hong Kong PHS base stations and Little Smart, take advantage!

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