Chapter 66: The Gears of Fate Begin to Turn

No matter how well things are promised, when facing huge interests, there might be a fight to the death.

If they were really acquired or invested in by the Sitong Group, it would be fine if Dongling High-Tech didn't make money in the future, but if they really made money, they might not be as respectful as guests, especially when facing Duan Yongji, who was known as the IT godfather and the old fox of Zhongguancun, had maxed out his office fighting skills, and was good at fighting for power and profit. Who knows how much buck-passing there would be.

It's easy to invite a god but hard to send him away. Letting Duan Yongji and the Sitong Group into Dongling High-Tech, and then wanting to drive them out—unless it reached the level of the Vanke equity dispute in the past life—it was probably impossible to drive them out.

Li Dongling really didn't want to fight openly and secretly with Duan Yongji for Dongling High-Tech's equity. It would be better to refuse from the beginning!

Like the predecessor of Sina, Sitong Lifang, it was the best example. Sina received investment from the Sitong Group in the early stages, and the conditions were the same as when Li Wenjun met Li Dongling: only investing money and not interfering with Sina's internal management.

As a result, after Sina was listed, it was stabbed hard by the Sitong Group, which was Sina's major shareholder. Sina's founder, Wang Zhidong, who also came from Sitong, was directly swept out the door. The Sitong Group, which had promised not to interfere with Sina, swallowed Sina!

The outside world was discussing it, but Li Dongling didn't care about the rumors between Dongling High-Tech and the Sitong Group. Instead, he let the Dongling High-Tech technical department step up the R&D of the electronic pet machine. Over at the electronic industrial park, there were thousands of employees waiting for their wages. Dongling High-Tech developing mini radios, car radios, U-disks, and other products all required a large amount of cash flow. What was the point of fighting a war of words with Sitong?

When a special car was sent from the joint laboratory, escorting a "cow dung" chip for the electronic pet machine in a safe to the Dongling High-Tech laboratory building, the entire Dongling High-Tech started to act in a tight and orderly manner.

With the chip, the rest was assembly, and then program debugging. The entire Dongling High-Tech technical department started to get busy for this project. Chen Tao, as the technical supervisor, also ran over to help.

Ten days later, an egg "born" from black and white pixels and a computer appeared in the laboratory.

Hu Zixian, Yao Luoying, Gao Peng, Zhang Ao, and others who rushed to the laboratory all looked at the electronic pet machine that looked like an egg and had a cartoon style.

Looking at it with the eyes of later generations, this electronic pet egg was very simple: a simple black and white screen, three buttons, plus a simple pixel block, that was all it had.

But that was the era of smartphones. In an era when even electronic watches could be sought after, the first impression this electronic pet machine gave people was enough to be called exquisite. Hu Zixian, Zhang Ao, and the other big men were a bit better, just curious, but Yao Luoying was different, her eyes fixed on this electronic pet machine.

Women are visual animals. For this kind of electronic pet machine with an anime, cartoon style and a bright and cute appearance, it was like seeing a pet cat; the light of maternal instinct would emerge in their hearts. Not to say they had no resistance, but most people would want to touch it. This was a woman's nature.

This was like men being boys until they die, always liking eighteen-year-olds... no, it was like they could never resist a straight stick. In childhood, they could cut the world with sword energy, and ten miles of rapeseed flowers would all droop. An electronic pet machine was equivalent to a woman seeing a cat, and a man seeing a very straight stick. People cannot refuse their nature!

After another round of testing, in Yao Luoying's expectant gaze, Li Dongling placed this first electronic pet machine in the world into Yao Luoying's hands.

Holding the electronic pet machine, after only a simple understanding, Yao Luoying quickly got the hang of it. After all, this thing only had a few functions, and after trying it, she could understand the operation quickly.

The electronic pet machine was not big, only half the size of her palm. Holding the electronic pet machine, after a few beeps, Yao Luoying entered the page with burning eyes. First, she hatched the pet. The pets that could be chosen to hatch included 35 kinds of pets such as dogs, cats, rabbits, monkeys, chickens, and pandas.

After getting familiar with it, Yao Luoying used a few buttons to control the electronic pet machine, starting to feed, bathe, play, and clean up feces. When it was hungry or needed to clean up hygiene, it would make a beep prompt, just like taking care of a cat in reality.

The program was not complicated. Feeding could make the pet's mood better, playing could improve its mood, etc. If hygiene was not cleaned up in time, the pet would get sick or run away from home, and finally even die, letting the electronic pet machine player experience the process of a pet from birth, growth, to the end of its life.

The gameplay was not complicated, and the operation was simple, but Yao Luoying, who was in contact with this kind of thing for the first time, was quite addicted. Until the electronic pet machine in her hand had a slight increase in temperature, she realized that a full half an hour had passed!

Taking a look at the electronic pet machine in her hand, Yao Luoying was a bit reluctant, but still handed the thing to Hu Zixian, Zhang Ao, Gao Peng, and others to experience.

For this kind of rare thing that they hadn't played before, the few big men also experienced it with great interest.

After the group of Dongling High-Tech executives had experienced the electronic pet machine, they basically had a count in their hearts about whether this product was good or bad. Even they could play into it, and were even a bit addicted. It was conceivable whether young people, especially women, would like it!

Coming to the conference room next to the laboratory, Li Dongling looked at the few people in front of him, "Regarding the electronic pet machine project, there are now two most important things to do.

The first thing is to put it into production as soon as possible. Over at the electronic industrial park, set up the production line as soon as possible. Before the official sale, I require at least one million units in stock!"

"One million units?!"

Hearing this, Hu Zixian couldn't help but be surprised. You have to know that such a large inventory would squeeze cash flow very much. If the electronic pet machine's sales didn't reach expectations and the machines couldn't be sold, the entire Dongling High-Tech's cash flow would probably explode.

Li Dongling knew what Hu Zixian and the others were worried about, "Now on the market, there are no products of the same type as the electronic pet machine, and there are no competitors. In the early stages, Dongling High-Tech has a great hope of occupying the market!"

The risk was definitely there, but if the electronic pet machine was sought after and the product couldn't keep up, then they would probably lose the opportunity in vain. The bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish. Compared to the benefits, a little risk was absolutely acceptable.

Gao Peng, who managed logistics and now also managed the electronic industrial park, also said at this time, "If we prepare to put it into production now, we need to place orders with parts manufacturers."

For the parts of the electronic pet machine, Dongling High-Tech could produce some parts itself, but chips, screens, and button batteries needed to be processed or purchased.

Li Dongling nodded, then looked at Yao Luoying and Zhang Ao, "Contact overseas advertisers. The advertising for the electronic pet machine should mainly be placed in overseas places like Japan, Korea, Singapore, and America.

Find overseas channel sales agents and distributors as soon as possible!"

Yao Luoying nodded, but she and Zhang Ao were also the same, both having a headache. Overseas channels were not so easy to find. If they rashly looked for them, they would be slaughtered by the other party, taking away a large amount of profit and commission.

Zhang Ao, who was in charge of Dongling High-Tech's sales department, suddenly remembered a Hong Kong trading company he had been in contact with recently, "There is a trading agency in Hong Kong. The sales department is in contact with the other party. Hong Kong Ning's Trading Company wants to get the agency rights for the Silver Mink mouse in Hong Kong, as well as Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, and other places. This trading company seems to have good strength. Should we contact the other party?!"

"Let the other party come to Pingyang. Also," Li Dongling looked at Yao Luoying, "Entrust people in Hong Kong to check this company!"

In this era, there were simply too many scammers, especially scammers who pretended to be foreign businessmen to invest or played the name of cooperation projects, which were emerging one after another. Any scammer reported by the media was empty-handed, having already rolled away hundreds or thousands of yuan, and even more money was cheated away. It was unknown how many families had been harvested like leeks. No matter how careful they were, it wouldn't be too much.

Li Dongling felt that if the electronic pet machine project went smoothly, Dongling High-Tech might need to establish a new headquarters in Hong Kong, which could act as Dongling High-Tech's trading department, sell products, and also buy R&D equipment from overseas in the name of a Hong Kong company. Compared to operating in Pingyang, it was much more convenient. Of course, with the identity of Hong Kong capital, Dongling High-Tech could also act more conveniently!

Inside the first-class cabin of a plane flying from Yangcheng to the Hanxi provincial capital, Ning Wenkai was flipping through the magazine in her hand, but she couldn't read it, looking out of the porthole with a troubled mind.

Ning Wenkai originally didn't want to make this trip. Since some time ago, Ning's Trading Company still hadn't improved, her father Ning Wantian still hadn't woken up, and the entire Ning family was a mess.

At this time, the Silver Mink mouse side she wanted to represent suddenly had another situation, asking her to go to Pingyang personally, saying there was an important cooperation to discuss with Ning's Trading Company.

Ning Wenkai had someone do an investigation in Hong Kong. The Silver Mink mouse had some fame, but it was just some fame. Even if they won the lawsuit with Microsoft, the mouse still belonged to a niche computer accessory product. The market was only so big, and retail couldn't sell too many products. Ning Wenkai letting Ning's Trading represent Silver Mink was purely wanting to try her luck.

Ning Wenkai originally didn't want to come, but Ning's Trading Company hadn't improved at all, and she had no way to deal with it staying in Hong Kong. Coming to Hanxi this time, she just treated it as taking a vacation for herself to relax, and by the way, looking for whether there were any other domestic brands suitable for representation, but she didn't hold much hope. If she couldn't find any, she would just treat it as coming for a vacation to relax.

The plane landed. Ning Wenkai didn't stay in the provincial capital for long and went straight to Pingyang, preparing to handle the matter with Dongling High-Tech before taking a vacation. ===== CHAPTER 67 =====