[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-starting-from-1993":3,"chapter-reborn-starting-from-1993-reborn-starting-from-1993-chapter-75":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Reborn Starting from 1993",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2357059,4611,"Chapter 75: Breakneck Advance","reborn-starting-from-1993-chapter-75",75,"\u003Cp>Wang Tian’an had seen too many domestic companies fight tooth and nail over petty profits—expert at internal strife, but utterly incapable of facing foreign rivals; he had never seen a single Chinese firm dare to challenge foreign brands, all of them retreating in defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they couldn’t even beat foreign brands at home, how could they possibly win abroad? Wang Tian’an flatly refused to believe it, and he certainly didn’t believe Li Dongling High-Tech would be the exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Li Dongling High-Tech’s claim was real, it would also impact Wang Tian’an’s trading company—many domestic firms, foolishly overconfident, would begin independent R&D and cut back on importing foreign products or components, inevitably hurting his business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another person who felt the same way was Qian Wanshan, who had publicly denounced Li Dongling on television that day; his investment consulting firm lived on its reputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That day, he had savaged Li Dongling on the central media’s economic channel, attacking his character, conduct, vision, and experience, declaring with absolute certainty that Li Dongling High-Tech’s rejection of Sitong Group’s investment was certain doom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if Li Dongling High-Tech’s electronic pet device truly exploded overseas, earning sixty million U.S. dollars in revenue within two months, then everything he’d said on the central media’s economic channel would become a laughingstock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d never appear again in the central media’s financial studio; worse, his investment consulting firm would be questioned, his investment judgment doubted, and his company would be on the brink of collapse!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Sitong Group, Duan Yongji, Li Wenjun, and other senior executives had also seen the Beijing Business Daily report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you think this report is real?” Duan Yongji asked Li Wenjun and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this moment, Li Wenjun, Chu Zhong, Li Yuzhuo, and the rest remained silent—anything they said now would be wrong; having survived multiple rounds of office infighting within Sitong Group, during which a host of veteran executives were purged, every remaining senior manager was a seasoned survivor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the news was fake, Sitong might even be praised by the media for narrowly escaping disaster—but Duan Yongji’s reputation would likely suffer, since it was his own proposal to acquire or invest in Li Dongling High-Tech; could Li Wenjun and the others really say his judgment was poor?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if the report was true, things would get even messier—it would prove Duan Yongji’s earlier decision to acquire Li Dongling High-Tech was correct, yet now the two sides were estranged; if Li Dongling High-Tech truly earned foreign exchange, Sitong Group would become the laughingstock, and its stock price would likely plummet further!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So whether the news was true or false, no one within Sitong Group dared to comment openly—but everyone, including Duan Yongji, inwardly hoped it was false; otherwise, Sitong Group would be left utterly on the defensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Duan, look at the TV!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Duan Yongji was discussing with Li Wenjun and the others, another senior executive rushed in hurriedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“According to the announcement by Flipper City Corporation, its licensed electronic pet device has sold over one million units in North America, becoming this year’s most popular electronic product in America!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Goldman Sachs analysts on Wall Street claim that, over the next six months, with increased promotion and marketing, the electronic pet device will reach its peak sales this year, with global sales projected to exceed twenty million units, making it the fastest-selling electronic product in history; direct revenue from the device will surpass three hundred million U.S. dollars.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Over the next three to five years, Goldman Sachs analysts estimate, the electronic pet device’s shipment volume could reach over eighty million units, giving rise to an entirely new electronics and gaming sector with a total output value exceeding one billion U.S. dollars!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, Goldman Sachs also warned of risks: due to the lack of technological barriers, the electronic pet device may trigger rampant counterfeiting and imitation, harming the profits of companies selling genuine units.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Additionally, the device’s widespread popularity has sparked social issues—whether it affects academic performance, and whether its high price in some regions has led to crime and public order problems as users seek to obtain it, are real concerns that must be addressed; educators in New York State are already considering banning the electronic pet device from schools…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The television broadcast was a replay of CNN’s report by China Central Television; the segment lasted two minutes and fifteen seconds, but after the first minute, Sitong Group’s executives had already stopped paying attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All they could think of now was one phrase: one billion U.S. dollars—Sitong Group had missed a one-billion-dollar industry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this one-billion-dollar industry was merely an estimate, only a possibility, and even if it materialized, the company manufacturing the electronic pet device couldn’t possibly capture all one billion dollars—after deducting production costs, advertising, distribution, transportation, Li Dongling High-Tech would be lucky to net two or three percent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But… no matter how you looked at it, it was still a potential industry worth hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars—and Sitong Group had let it slip through its fingers. True, Li Dongling had personally rejected Sitong’s investment and acquisition offer, but the opportunity to touch a billion-dollar industry had once lain right before Sitong Group—and it had stared blankly as it vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Sitong Group claimed to be China’s largest tech giant, with annual revenues reaching billions, it earned all its money domestically; to buy new equipment or technology, it still had to use foreign exchange. It could earn billions at home, but asking Sitong Group to pay out one hundred million U.S. dollars? Forget it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the central media aired this report, no one doubted the authenticity of the Beijing Business Daily’s report that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yongji rose and glanced at Li Wenjun, now frozen like a statue; he knew full well that the failure to acquire Li Dongling High-Tech wasn’t Li Wenjun’s fault, and he knew Li Wenjun was his trusted confidant on Sitong’s board—yet he still couldn’t suppress a surge of anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Sitong had acquired or at least invested in Li Dongling High-Tech, then the television news today would have included Sitong Group as well; his title as the “Godfather of Zhongguancun” would have been unchallengeable—but now, all of it had turned to smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the central media rebroadcast CNN’s report on the electronic pet device, no one in China doubted the Beijing Business Daily’s report anymore; domestic media began wildly circulating both the Beijing Business Daily and central media reports.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the electronic pet device hadn’t yet appeared on China’s shelves, its fame had spread to every major city; electronic and toy distributors and agents across the country began hauling sacks of cash to Hanxi; coupled with the flood of media and reporters rushing to interview Li Dongling High-Tech, flights from all over China to Hanxi’s provincial capital were sold out, and even train tickets grew scarce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Sitong Group and Qian Wanshan, things were far from easy: as soon as the news broke, Sitong Group’s stock price on the Hong Kong exchange immediately plunged—worse than its previous drop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Wanshan’s investment consulting firm shut down entirely; those who came to demand refunds and reclaim their consulting fees found only a locked office door—Qian Wanshan had vanished; from then on, the once-famous Beijing financial advisor, “Consultant Qian” or “Expert Qian,” never appeared in Beijing again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>News reports on the electronic pet device grew increasingly numerous, both domestically and abroad; beyond praising its astonishing spread and sales, some media began covering its negative aspects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Japanese media began reporting that the electronic pet device could cause users to become addicted, neglecting their studies, and called for banning its use during breaks or its possession in schools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within just two weeks, the electronic pet device swept through several major Australian cities; Australian MP Griff made headlines by proposing a ban on its sale: “It should be banned from Australia—it has no place here. I will protest against the companies producing and selling it; this is the devil’s bait!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opposition wasn’t surprising; whether it was the electronic pet device, television, anime, gaming consoles, or mobile phones—every new product faced a wave of backlash; the world over, everyone screamed to ban it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But such opposition couldn’t stop the emergence of new things or their rise as trends; time would resolve these issues—after a few months, when the novelty wore off, the frenzy would naturally subside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, whether praising or condemning the electronic pet device, nothing could halt its Fengkuang  spread across Japan, Korea, America, and Europe!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning’s Trading Company promoted the electronic pet device in Hong Kong, Korea, and Singapore; Bandai focused on the Japanese market; Flipper City Corporation pushed it in America; Hamleys of Britain brought it into the European market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the promotion of these four licensed distributors, the electronic pet device entered over thirty major global markets, mostly high-spending countries like Japan, America, Britain, and France; the device’s sales began a relentless surge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After selling 1.75 million units in the first month—combining inventory and production capacity—Li Dongling High-Tech’s electronics park began ramping up production.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the second month, daily output rose to fifty thousand units; by month’s end, it climbed further to seventy thousand units per day; monthly shipments had already exceeded 2.1 million units; solely from the electronic pet device, Li Dongling High-Tech’s monthly revenue officially surpassed thirty-one million five hundred thousand U.S. dollars!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overseas, demand for the electronic pet device still far outstripped supply—it seemed no matter how many units were produced, they weren’t enough!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene drove countless domestic companies wild; agents desperate to sell the electronic pet device in China nearly trampled down Li Dongling High-Tech’s gates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some impatient sellers even rushed to Hong Kong to snatch up stock, effectively turning export goods into domestic resale, selling them at inflated prices back in China!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want to meet Boss Li! Our company will pay two million to be the Guangdong agent for the electronic pet device!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ll pay two million four hundred thousand!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At No. 25 Changqing Road, in front of Li Dongling High-Tech’s headquarters, dozens of domestic agents from across the country had gathered these past few days; nearby, media reporters crouched, waiting to interview; to enter the office, one had to push through thick crowds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another update this afternoon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1715,"2026-06-21T04:42:08.057Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ca0edcbfb3e60e0be8b903eb3261d0536049a4c86df68304d95439a2110cc35c","reborn-starting-from-1993-chapter-76","reborn-starting-from-1993-chapter-74",989,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-starting-from-1993-cover.jpg"]