lcionline Chapter 284 Zhao Ruilong, Who Can't Be Offended! A Wise Man Knows When to Refuse!
Chapter 284 Zhao Ruilong, Who Can't Be Offended! A Wise Man Knows When to Refuse!
dong dong~
Ye Guangxuan knocked on the door.
Holding his phone, he walked excitedly into the study.
"Dad, it's settled. Zhao Ruilong is willing to have dinner with us tonight!"
Wearing reading glasses, Ye Jinhong, who was looking at documents, looked up at his daughter.
"I knew he would agree."
"After completing the large-scale investment layout, he actively expanded his circle and network of contacts from Tianjin Tianhai to Beijing. It was clear that he was preparing in advance for his father's advancement."
"This young man may not be old, only 29 years old, but he has vision and a broad perspective. He also knows that the higher you go, the more limited your political niche becomes and the fiercer the competition becomes. If you want to advance, you must start working hard early."
"Yes!"
Ye Guangxuan pulled over a chair and sat down.
"Shortly after Wei Lao's youngest son, Wei Yun, returned to China, he began cooperating with Zhao Ruilong through Zhang Shuhan, his family's representative, to export MP3 music players overseas, and the sales were quite good."
"Not long ago, the Huilong Science and Technology Innovation Fund was established, attracting numerous elite businessmen, including Xiao Jinhua, the richest man in China, Zheng Xinrong, the stock market guru of Tianhai, and Qiao Wenli, the land king. Xiao Jinhua alone invested 10 billion yuan."
"In addition, Zhao Ruilong has previously invested heavily in cooperation with numerous organizations in many fields such as semiconductors, large aircraft, new materials, new energy, ultra-high voltage power transmission, biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, high-speed rail, and defense equipment."
"A powerful interest group, centered on high-tech industries, encompassing numerous sectors, involving many universities, research institutions, and large state-owned enterprises, is rapidly taking shape and exerting a tremendous influence on economic development and national defense!"
At this point, Ye Jinhong took off his reading glasses and looked at his daughter with a smile.
"Just think about it, what a huge interest group this is!"
“Any high-tech industry will involve the interests of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people.”
"Just like the semiconductor industry that is booming right now, from chip design and manufacturing to packaging and testing, from production equipment to basic materials, it requires the participation and close collaboration of a large number of units."
"And advancements in the semiconductor industry will benefit the entire electronics and information industry, because better electronic components will enable the creation of better mobile phones, computers, servers and other electronic devices, which in turn will lead to better software, games, websites and so on."
"Don't think that just because high-end chips haven't been manufactured yet, domestically produced large aircraft haven't taken their first flight, new energy vehicles are still being tested, and the first phase of the Yanhu High-speed Railway hasn't been opened to traffic, it's not a big deal. Little do they know that during the research and development of these high-tech projects, interest groups are already growing stronger!"
"As the old saying goes, 'Those who understand the times are the heroes!' Intelligent people not only have self-awareness but also a certain foresight. We don't necessarily have to see success and results to know how capable someone is or how much they have contributed. We should have realized this ever-growing interest group long ago and joined instead of being hostile!"
Ye Guangxuan nodded repeatedly.
"I understand everything you said."
"Putting aside other things, let's just talk about the high-speed rail industry, which is developing rapidly."
"The impact of this industry can be seen from just the first phase of the Yanhu High-speed Railway project."
"From surveying and design to construction, from building materials to railway equipment, as well as rolling stock, signaling, operations, and so on."
"The construction of one high-speed railway has already benefited hundreds of organizations, not to mention the future implementation of the eight vertical and eight horizontal high-speed railway projects, which will span tens of thousands of kilometers."
"Moreover, Zhao Ruilong's investments in high-tech industries extend far beyond this, including automobiles, airplanes, wind power, photovoltaics, and medical care, among others. Each of these industries can benefit many people."
Ye Jinhong smiled slightly.
I picked up my teacup and took a small sip.
"The Zhao family father and son, one uses power to promote various policies, and the other uses financial resources to lead the development of various industries."
"They have now become pioneers in industrial transformation and upgrading, and high-quality economic development."
"It has also become a spokesperson for a rapidly developing, large-scale, and far-reaching high-tech interest group!"
"So anyone who dares to touch them is going against this interest group, and is simply asking for death!!"
Ye Guangxuan gave a bitter smile.
"That's right, the number of supporters behind them, father and son, is growing."
"Zhao Ruilong has become a god of wealth in the eyes of many people, who are hoping that he will be promoted and make a fortune."
"If anyone dares to lay a finger on Zhao Ruilong, many large state-owned enterprises will retaliate in anger, not to mention numerous private enterprises!"
"If someone were to interfere with research on chips, high-speed rail, airplanes, and so on, countless people, from students to academicians, would be furious!"
Ye Jinhong put down his teacup.
He breathed a sigh of relief and smiled with great satisfaction:
"You've finally come to your senses and realize how formidable Zhao Ruilong is."
"It seems that even without Zhao Ruilong, we would have done many things sooner or later in order to pursue independence and meet the needs of development."
"For example, we will eventually build high-speed railways and airplanes to facilitate people's travel, and we will eventually develop satellite navigation systems to meet the needs of national defense and people's livelihood."
"Sooner or later, we will also develop high-tech products such as lithography machines, tunnel boring machines, aero engines, and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners, which are hailed as the pearls of industry."
"But with Zhao Ruilong, with his huge financial investment and his insightful and accurate guidance, many of our scientific research projects were able to start earlier and faster."
"Just like when the Americans suddenly turned off the GPS signal, causing our ships to be unable to sail and our missiles to be unable to find their targets, we made a firm decision to build our own satellite navigation system as soon as possible."
"However, due to a lack of funds, no matter how much ideas and determination we had, the project could not be effectively promoted. But Zhao Ruilong invested 10 billion US dollars, which is why Beidou is now launching frequently and accelerating its network construction."
"If anyone offends Zhao Ruilong, wouldn't that be the same as offending China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation? And with Zhao Ruilong's help, there are more than just those two large state-owned enterprises that are developing rapidly!"
"Without Zhao Ruilong's investment and promotion, there would be no Longguo Rolling Stock Group, which shoulders the important task of introducing and localizing high-speed rail. And without his efforts to restart the large aircraft project, Longguo Aero Engine Corporation and Longguo Commercial Aircraft Corporation could not have been established so quickly!"
"There are far too many similar examples, to the point that Zhao Ruilong is now not only a shareholder and investor in many large enterprises and projects, but also a guide and decision-maker. Offending Zhao Ruilong is to offend countless people!"
"So when I heard that Ye Guanghui, that bastard, was kicked by Zhao Ruilong, and you actually wanted to avenge your brother, I was really worried. I was afraid that your recklessness and ignorance would bring trouble to our Ye family and make us hated by countless people!"
Ye Guangxuan scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.
"Dad, I was just angry for a moment."
“Actually, I know very well how powerful and unapproachable Zhao Ruilong is.”
"A young and talented person who can meet with President Shen more than once and have long conversations with him is not someone we can easily offend."
"However, I think it's a bit inaccurate to describe the power behind the Zhao family father and son as a high-tech interest group."
"Oh, is it so?"
Ye Jinhong placed his hands together in front of him.
Like a highly respected professor testing his beloved student, he asked:
"So, how do you think it should be described?"
Ye Guangxuan slowly got up and walked to the national map.
"I believe that after decades of accumulation and development, our Dragon Country has already laid a certain foundation in terms of industrial system, infrastructure, and national education, and has transformed from an agricultural country into an industrial country."
"Driven by exports, investment and consumption, our economy has grown rapidly in recent years. Our per capita GDP is very likely to break through the 1,000 yuan mark this year, and it will grow further after joining the WTO."
At this point, Ye Guangxuan tapped the map, turned to look at his father, and said:
"However, the economic growth potential brought about by our extensive economic development model, which relies on selling cheap labor and raw materials and ignoring the ecological environment, is extremely limited."
“We are very likely to fall into the ‘middle-income trap’ once our per capita GDP exceeds 10,000 US dollars. Many countries around the world have experienced rapid development and become middle-income countries, but then they have stopped developing or even started to decline.”
"Market demand is limited. The lower the product, the lower the profit. Therefore, no matter how much ordinary steel, chemical raw materials, daily necessities, clothing, shoes and socks are produced and exported, it will not make us a developed country."
"More and more of our young people are highly educated, and they are unlikely to be willing to work in factories, tighten screws, or carry bricks on construction sites like the older generation, engaging in simple but heavy manual labor for meager wages."
"If we want sustained economic growth, to escape the middle-income trap and become a high-income country, and if the general public also wants to earn more money easily through their intelligence rather than manual labor, then industrial upgrading will be necessary sooner or later!"
"So even without Zhao Ruilong, under the grand strategy of revitalizing the nation through science and education, no matter how many difficulties and obstacles we face, we will gradually work hard to overcome various high technologies and will definitely strive to reach the mid-to-high end and become an industrial powerhouse!"
"This is what the people want, this is the general trend of development, and this is a step that our excellent nation, which has been passed down for five thousand years, will inevitably take. We, who are unwilling to be mediocre, will sooner or later break the monopoly of the West and turn industrial pearls into industrial cabbages!"
"We have a population of over one billion. If we want our per capita GDP to increase from one thousand US dollars to ten thousand, or even twenty or thirty thousand, we must seize high-end industries and have a place in global markets with annual output values of hundreds of billions or trillions of US dollars, such as automobiles, airplanes, electronics, and medical care."
"It's just that Zhao Ruilong's appearance, his investment and guidance have accelerated all of this, enabling hundreds of millions of Chinese people to move towards high-end manufacturing and strive for higher incomes sooner and faster. Therefore, behind him stand hundreds of millions of Chinese people who yearn for a better life, not interest groups!"
After listening to his daughter's story, Ye Jinhong nodded repeatedly with great satisfaction.
"Not bad!"
"Xiao Xuan, what you said makes a lot of sense!"
"Low- and mid-end industries can barely support a billion people, and cannot make us rich and powerful."
"And we Chinese have never been content with mediocrity. We believe that we can do the same high technology that Westerners can do sooner or later."
"We can't just stand by and watch them dominate the top of the industrial chain, easily making high profits and living a comfortable and affluent life with their technology patents and high-tech products."
"The market demand and output value of a single industry are also limited. For example, the global automobile market has an annual output value of about one trillion US dollars. Our country has a monopoly, which only increases the per capita GDP by a few hundred US dollars."
"Therefore, if we want to increase our per capita GDP and become a high-income country, we must move towards the high end of the industry. Only when we can produce more high-tech products can our per capita GDP be higher and our Chinese people become richer and richer."
"If this trend continues, Zhao Ruilong, as a pioneer and leader in industrial transformation and upgrading, represents the interests of tens of millions of people in various industries and is a leading figure who will guide everyone toward a prosperous and well-off life. Offending him is offending hundreds of millions of Chinese people!"
Ye Guangxuan walked slowly back to his desk.
"To be honest, we have no choice but to strive for high-end industries and become an industrial powerhouse."
"Back then, we spent a full 350 million yuan to build the Qinling Tunnel, but we only bought two second-hand tunnel boring machines."
"After finally getting it to the construction site and assembling it, it kept breaking down during use. They hired foreign engineers to repair it at a rate of several thousand yuan per hour, and they wouldn't even let our people watch. It's absolutely disgusting!"
“There are many, many similar examples. For instance, an airplane that costs hundreds of millions to buy can be repaired by ourselves. A heart stent that costs at most a few hundred yuan can be sold to us for tens of thousands of yuan, and we have no choice but to buy it for medical treatment!”
"If you can't make good cars yourself, you can only spend tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands or millions, to buy joint venture cars and imported cars. In the days when even program-controlled telephone exchanges couldn't be made, installing a landline phone would cost an ordinary person a year's salary!"
"So even if it's just to save money from unnecessary expenses and prevent foreigners from making monopolistic profits and looking down on us, we must develop high technology. Only by taking the initiative in high-end manufacturing can we avoid being coerced or even held hostage by others!"
Ye Jinhong smiled with relief.
His daughter's timely realization that she could see the situation clearly and recognize reality truly gave him a feeling of 'escaping disaster'.
"Now that you understand all this, you should know why I said that we should not only not retaliate against Zhao Ruilong because of that brat Ye Guanghui, but we should also try to improve our relationship with him as soon as possible."
"Dad, I know, otherwise I wouldn't have asked around about his whereabouts and invited him to dinner through Xiao Jinhua!"
At this point, Ye Guangxuan pointed to a row of cabinets below the bookshelf.
"So...can I take a bottle of your treasured collection and buy Zhao Ruilong a drink?"
Ye Jinhong was taken aback and turned around to look behind him.
"You've been talking to me for so long, just wanting a bottle of wine, right?"
"Since tonight's dinner is quite important, one bottle won't be enough. If you're going to take one, take two more."
Ye Guangxuan bit his lip and asked tentatively:
"These are vintage Moutai that you've treasured for many years. Are you really willing to part with them?"
Ye Jinhong chuckled softly.
"Isn't it more valuable that I treasure these fine wines, knowing they can come in handy at crucial moments?"
"Besides, those medical experts are strongly against me smoking and drinking. It's a waste to leave all this alcohol here untouched!"
"As long as tonight can help you and Zhao Ruilong reach a consensus on cooperation, and prevent that bastard Ye Guanghui from affecting the relationship between our two families, what does a few bottles of wine matter?"
After saying that, Ye Jinhong simply got up and helped his daughter pack the wine into a box.
Ye Guangxuan was overjoyed to see this.
After the divorce, her biggest wish was no longer to rise smoothly in her career.
She was well aware that she had already done quite well to reach her current high position thanks to her father's influence and the Ye family's background.
Her biggest wish is actually to raise her children well, to give them a good education, a good life, and a good career in the future.
and so……
She certainly wouldn't want to make enemies of the Zhao family, who were on the rise.
Knowing that Zhao Ruilong can invest trillions of yuan in the country, he is very wealthy and extravagant.
She actually really wanted to get on the Zhao family's bandwagon. Even if she couldn't secure a bright future, she could still make a fortune, ensure her escape to a great distance, and achieve financial freedom.
Ever since.
Seeing that his father had filled four bottles of Moutai, which he had treasured for many years, Ye Guangxuan did not say that he had filled too many.
Seeing that her father casually put two cartons of special-supply cigarettes into the bag, Ye Guangxuan did not object.
Even before going out, she carefully washed and dressed herself to ensure that her appearance was dignified and appropriate.
As the sun sets, the sky is ablaze with rosy hues.
Ye Jinhong stood at the entrance of the courtyard, smiling as he watched his daughter drive off to the banquet.
As soon as the car disappeared around the corner, Ye Jinhong's smile vanished instantly.
Instead, he wore a serious and profound expression.
With a glance, the personal secretary quickly jogged over.
"Since Ye Guanghui is seriously ill, let's find more experts to treat him properly!"
"If a mentally ill person cannot be cured, never let them out, otherwise they will harm both themselves and others!!"