Chapter 992: 987. The Fifth Meeting (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)

Although it is said that Zhang Ran came along with the people from the country, in reality, he was not part of the same group.

In the negotiations between the two sides regarding the issue of new energy, Zhang Ran and his group were merely a commercial supplement.

Because no matter what, everything needs to be commercialized.

Of course, the most important ones were not Zhang Ran and his group; they were just a supplement, needed only when both sides had negotiated to a certain point.

However, at a public meeting held by both sides, Zhang Ran directly became the protagonist.

Not only him, but Aili was the same.

In fact, the main purpose of Zhang Ran coming here this time was for Aili; although they had only met a few times, and that was a long time ago, Zhang Ran admired Aili very much.

This was admiration from the heart; perhaps Aili is a true business genius, and not the kind of genius who is only focused on making money.

To put it bluntly, business is a means of exchanging what one has for what one lacks; in essence, it is not for the purpose of earning money.

At the beginning, Aili might have been single-mindedly focused on making money, but when Zhang Ran met him for the second time, this person who already had a small fortune was no longer obsessed with making money.

If Aili had remained obsessed with making money, not to mention doubling his existing wealth over these years, he could have at least increased it by quite a lot.

Now, many of Aili's assets are actually invested in enterprises with promising development prospects; although many are large enterprises, these large enterprises have indeed been moving forward at high speed and have not remained stagnant.

This is Aili's idea: the prosperity of business cannot be stagnant, and even more so, one cannot use the advantage of being slightly ahead or occupying the majority of the market to crazily extract money.

This has never been Aili's idea.

This is also the reason why, although Aili has rarely done charity over these many years, he has always been well-regarded by everyone.

Aili has never thought about monopolizing an industry.

The monopoly of an industry will bring huge, exorbitant profits, but it will also hinder the development of that industry.

Many people, especially those in Europe and America, are actually doing such business, because the cost of such business is low and the profit is high.

As long as it is monopolized, the pricing power is in their hands.

Over the years, these wealthy people have been sued for anti-monopoly many times, and the fines have not been few, and they were all huge fines.

Although these fines are certainly not worth mentioning compared to the profits they have earned, they are, after all, a warning.

Aili has never been sued for monopoly; how could such a person not make people feel favorable toward him?

Even in the business world, most people have a quite good impression of Aili, and this is not just because of Aili's wealth.

Returning to the topic, at this moment, Zhang Ran and Aili have become the focus of the entire venue.

"Mr. Zhang Ran, may I ask if this is your first time meeting Mr. Aili?" a reporter asked excitedly.

Other people present who were ignored did not express any dissatisfaction; in fact, they had already guessed such a situation.

After all, compared to them, reporters were more interested in knowing about the situation of Zhang Ran and Aili.

Zhang Ran smiled and looked at Aili, saying, "No, this should be our fifth meeting, right? If I haven't miscounted."

Aili smiled and nodded, saying, "That's right, this is indeed the fifth time, and I didn't expect that this time would be separated by so long."

Now the reporters were even more excited; looking at it this way, the two sides seem to have a pretty good relationship? There must be some inside story.

"May I ask how you two met? Have you had any exchanges before?" the reporter asked impatiently.

This time it was Aili's turn to answer, "Mr. Zhang Ran and I met at a startup party, but I had heard of Mr. Zhang Ran's name before that."

"Then, Mr. Zhang Ran, may I ask what your feelings were when you first met Mr. Aili?" the reporter asked again.

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Of course I did. To use a saying from our Huaxia, the first time I saw Mr. Aili, I had the feeling that this young man was extraordinary."

Some Huaxia people who understood the meaning of Zhang Ran's words almost couldn't help but laugh.

However, this did not affect everyone's continued questioning, "Then, does this meeting have any impact on the two of you?"

Zhang Ran said first, "There is certainly an impact. At that time, Mr. Aili already had an extremely keen business sense, and he had an extraordinary grasp of future emerging industries.

This is the first time I have seen such a person. From that time on, I truly believed that there are such geniuses in this world."

What Zhang Ran said was the truth. In the past, he also thought that so-called successful people and business geniuses who had really achieved a great level had actually walked out step by step, going through countless failures and countless explorations to reach such a level.

But Aili really surprised him.

Aili smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang is too polite. I actually never deny that I am a genius, but compared to Mr. Zhang Ran, I am still a bit lacking, and the current results have proven this point."

Hearing this, Zhang Ran couldn't help but smile. He didn't say anything; he knew his own situation and didn't explain it.

Listening to the two of them talking like they were blowing each other's horns in business, some people had strange expressions on their faces.

In fact, in their view, this meeting today might spark some fireworks between the two, after all, they are the new and old richest men.

And many people were actually prepared to ask some sharp questions; as long as one of the two answered poorly, they could write a big story about it.

But the two of them acting like this made them not know what to do for a moment.

Zhang Ran and Aili seem to have a very good relationship, but they don't seem to be very familiar with each other?

Aili didn't pay attention to them and continued to say his own words, "Actually, the first time I met Mr. Zhang Ran, Mr. Zhang Ran could be considered to have pointed out a path for me.

Most of the reason I can achieve what I have today should be because of that meeting."

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Mr. Aili is too polite. This is also because you had such an idea yourself; I just said a word or two too many."

Aili shook his head seriously and said, "I am really not being polite. If it weren't for Mr. Zhang Ran's guidance at that time, I might not have found my current path."

At this time, the entire venue had quieted down, and everyone was listening carefully to the conversation between the two. At this moment, they discovered that there seemed to be some big news coming out.

Not only them, but even the main negotiators from both sides were looking interested at this time.

They also didn't expect that there was such a layer of relationship between Zhang Ran and Aili.