Life 1984

Before Li Yunhai left the teahouse, he received a call from Liu Xiaoli:
"Boss, they're leaving! They answered a phone call, said nothing, and just turned around and left."

Li Yunhai said calmly: "I understand."

He put down his phone and looked at Zhou Ruolan with a strange look.

Zhou Ruolan accepted his gaze calmly and said, "Mr. Li, don't look at me like that. I am just helping others. The one with great powers is someone else, not me."

Li Yunhai nodded slowly and asked, "I just want to know one question, how did you and Liang Boyan know each other?"

Zhou Ruolan elegantly poured a cup of tea for Li Yunhai and said with a smile: "You have too many whys. Like a little child, you are full of curiosity about the world around you."

Li Yunhai said: "I think anyone would be curious, right? Since you are just working for someone else, it won't do you any harm to sell me some information."

Zhou Ruolan blinked her big eyes and smiled, "Selling information to you? You mean, are you willing to pay for the consultation?"

"Yes, name your price!" Li Yunhai said generously, "You know my identity, I can afford your consulting fee."

Zhou Ruolan nodded and said, "Of course, you are the famous richest man! Well, if the price is too low, wouldn't it be disrespectful to you?"

Li Yunhai laughed and said, "If it's too high, then the information you said should also be worth that much money, right?"

Zhou Ruolan said, "Mr. Li, let me be frank first. Even if you can afford the price, there are some questions that I cannot answer for you. Also, I will pay you a consulting fee for each question."

"Okay! How much is one question?"

"I'm not greedy, how about 10,000 yuan for one question?"

"Very cheap! Can I ask now?"

"please."

"How did you get to know Liang Boyan?"

"He came here for tea, and that's how we met."

"Ah? That's an answer? Who brought him here?"

“That’s another question.”

"Just answer and we'll settle the bill together. I promise I won't default on your debt."

"Well, I believe you. You won't embarrass a weak woman like me for such a small amount of money. His secretary brought him here."

The answers to these two questions were completely meaningless. To Li Yunhai, asking them was pointless!
Li Yunhai stared into Zhou Ruolan's eyes and asked, "Who were you talking to on the phone just now?"

Zhou Ruolan smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I can't answer that."

Li Yunhai frowned and said, "How many big bosses do you have?"

Zhou Ruolan was stunned for a moment, and said, "I can tell you this, but even if I tell you, you don't know who they are. Are you sure? Do you still want to ask?"

Li Yunhai nodded and said, "Please answer!"

Zhou Ruolan said: "Five."

Li Yunhai took a breath of cold air.

I didn’t expect that there are so many behind-the-scenes bosses!

No wonder Zhou Ruolan has such great power and claims that she can handle all troubles.

Li Yunhai thought of something and asked, "The first time Liang Boyan came to see you, was it to ask you to do something? What was it?"

Zhou Ruolan smiled and said, "Director Li, these are two questions!"

Li Yunhai said: "You answer!"

Zhou Ruolan said, "He came to me to do something. As for what it was, it involves his personal privacy, so please forgive me for not telling you."

After she finished speaking, she raised four fingers and said, "Forty thousand!"

Li Yunhai said: "There is one last question."

Zhou Ruolan smiled slightly: "Excuse me."

Li Yunhai asked: "Those five big bosses you just mentioned, do they know each other?"

Zhou Ruolan was very surprised, and after thinking for a while, she replied, "Yes, I know him."

Li Yunhai said, "Okay! I've finished asking questions. The total consulting fee is 50,000 yuan, which will be transferred to you when the time comes."

Zhou Ruolan asked curiously: "Mr. Li, why do you ask such a strange question?"

Li Yunhai said: "It's very strange for you, but for me, they are all very important questions. Well, thank you, goodbye!"

Zhou Ruolan said with a smile: "Welcome Mr. Li to visit us often! With just a few words, I can earn tens of thousands of dollars from you. You are my biggest customer."

Li Yunhai sneered, stood up and left.

Walking out of the teahouse, Li Yunhai looked up at the sky and felt that the sky in Xizhou had become very different from before!

He smiled self-deprecatingly, got in the car and left.

Over at the Automobile Industrial Park, all the troublemakers have left.

For a while, no one came to cause trouble, no one issued tickets, and no one came to say they wanted to demolish those "tin houses."

Li Yunhai didn't want to get involved in the provincial struggle.

The only thing he couldn't understand was, if Liang Boyan had something he couldn't handle, why would he ask Zhou Ruolan for help?
With the departure of Liang Boyan, perhaps only a few people like Zhou Ruolan knew this secret.

Although Li Yunhai was also very interested in the big bosses behind Zhou Ruolan, he could probably guess their identities.

Moreover, he didn't want to deal with these people, let alone meet them, unless it was absolutely necessary.

Li Yunhai just wanted to do business well and build up Sihai Group’s automobile business.

The most urgent task is to build the factory and deliver the first batch of car orders.

Time passed day by day, and autumn came in the blink of an eye.

After three months of hard construction, the newly expanded factory buildings of Sihai Group have been completed.

Under the command of Li Yunhai, the factory buildings and equipment were laid out almost at the same time, making maximum use of time and space.

Related automobile orders are also being produced and delivered.

With the completion of the factory expansion, production capacity has expanded rapidly, and all orders this year can be delivered on schedule.

During these three months, Sihai Group received a lot of car orders.

The total order volume for the Sihai Xingguang model has reached 18!
Li Yunhai was very satisfied with the sales volume.

A domestically produced car can achieve such high sales volume as soon as it comes out, which is equivalent to reaching the second place in the domestic automobile sales list, and is only tens of thousands of vehicles away from the first place Santana!

If the brand awareness is increased, Li Yunhai believes that it will be only a matter of time before Sihai Xingguang surpasses Santana.

If the car models were more diverse, Sihai Group’s total car sales would be higher.

While we are expanding our production capacity here, our R&D work there has never stopped.

Li Yunhai's original design was to produce three models of cars at different prices. Now the mid-range model has been launched, and the next ones will be the luxury model of about 50 yuan and the economy model of about 10 yuan.

Both models have a fixed user group.

Especially for economy models, the domestic consumer group is getting bigger and bigger. There is a reason why Xiali cars can squeeze into the car sales list.

Li Yunhai has even higher hopes for this economical model.

Therefore, Li Yunhai asked the R&D department to increase the design and development efforts. He wanted to directly target the Xiali car!
Since it is an economy car, the most important data is undoubtedly the price.

People who buy this kind of car are most likely buying it for the price, and will not pay too much attention to the car's various parameters and configurations.

The price of Xiali ranges from 7 to 15 yuan, with a wide variety of configurations.

Li Yunhai suggested that the lowest price of Sihai's economy car model must be reduced to less than 70,000!

To this end, the company's research and development department has studied all the low-priced cars on the market.

Li Yunhai thought that Daihatsu vans only cost tens of thousands of yuan, and if the same configuration was put on a sedan, the price could be lowered.

The boss gave the order and the employees could only find ways to complete it.

After the unremitting efforts of all employees of Sihai Group, the new economy car model has finally been launched.

This is a low-end version of the car, with a minimum selling price of only 6.5 yuan.

Li Yunhai wants to occupy the market with low-priced cars.

But in his opinion, although it is a low-priced car, the quality must not be low!
Only with high quality and low price can we truly occupy the market in a long-term and stable manner.

In order to test the performance and quality of the new car, Li Yunhai will conduct tests as usual after the internal prototype comes out.

Li Yunhai is the boss of the company, but he dares to be the first to test drive the car, which is really worrying.

However, he wanted to use this action to tell the people in the company that I will be the first user of the car you built! If you don’t want me to have an accident, just build the car for me!
It is conceivable that if Li Yunhai's test drive encounters a malfunction or even an accident, it will be catastrophic!

I’m afraid that everyone involved in the manufacturing and inspection process of this car will not escape the bad luck!
Therefore, everyone attaches great importance to the construction of this prototype car.

When Li Yunhai was test driving the car, Ding Qiang, Zhuang Yong and others drove their own cars and followed behind him not too far away to protect Li Yunhai's safety.

However, Li Yunhai always plays by his own rules.

Even though the driving route had been planned long ago, once on the road, he would sabotage it. By turning the steering wheel, he would deviate from the planned track and drive onto other roads.

Li Yunhai wants to go to different neighborhoods and different road conditions to experience the quality of this car.

In a crowded downtown area, with intersections one after another and dense flow of people, the braking performance and starting time of the car can be better tested.

That day, Li Yunhai drove to the downtown area.

Ding Qiang, Zhuang Yong and others who were following behind were so scared that they broke out in cold sweats.

Because this road did not exist at all in the original route.

Seeing that the boss had deviated from the route, they had no choice but to follow him.

They hesitated for a few seconds, and at this moment, a high-end BMW car suddenly came from the side, cut in between Li Yunhai and Ding Qiang's convoy, and blocked Li Yunhai's car.

Ding Qiang contacted Zhuang Yong through the intercom and said, "Brother Zhuang, be careful! The boss's car is blocked."

Zhuang Yong said, "I see. I understand! Let's find a way to overtake the BMW in front."

This is a downtown area, so it's not impossible to overtake, but you have to find the right time.

Ding Qiang stared closely at Li Yunhai's car in front of him, fearing that Li Yunhai would run to another road if he was not careful.

Fortunately, Li Yunhai drove forward slowly and at a leisurely pace.

But the BMW following behind him became impatient and honked from time to time, urging Li Yunhai to speed up or give way.

Li Yunhai didn't bother to pay attention to the car behind him and was testing the car according to his own ideas.

When passing an intersection, the green light ahead was flashing, and it looked like it would soon turn red.

Li Yunhai thought about the last time he was stopped by the traffic police. He learned his lesson this time and stopped instead of rushing forward.

The BMW car behind thought that Li Yunhai would definitely rush over, so it kept its foot on the accelerator.

Unexpectedly, Li Yunhai suddenly stopped, which made the BMW owner angry.

Fortunately, the BMW braked in time to avoid a collision.

However, the BMW owner was so angry that he got out of the car, walked to Li Yunhai's car and knocked on the window.

It is already autumn and winter, and the wind outside is very cold.

Li Yunhai rolled down the window a little and asked, "What's the matter?"

The owner of the BMW was a young man in his twenties with a snake tattoo on his arm. He pointed at Li Yunhai and shouted arrogantly, "Fuck you, do you know how to drive? If you can't drive, don't drive on the road! You're so cocky driving a junky car!"

Li Yunhai frowned and said, "Hey, what are you doing? Why are you biting people like a dog? Of course I can drive! I drive pretty well! Get out!"

The BMW owner got angry when he heard this, and slammed the car door, shouting, "Boy, I don't like you, if you have the guts, come down and fight me!"

"Oh? One-on-one challenge? Are you a child?" Li Yunhai sneered, "Only children would always want to fight! Go home and call your parents over! I don't negotiate with children!"

These words undoubtedly added fuel to the fire and completely enraged the BMW man.

The BMW man raised his fist and smashed it hard on the window glass of Li Yunhai's car.

Unfortunately, the materials used in Sihai Group’s cars are very solid.

Car window glass cannot be broken with just one punch.

Only a muffled clang was heard.

The car window glass remained motionless, but the back of the BMW man's hand turned red, and he felt a faint pain in his finger bones.

Li Yunhai laughed and said, "This glass is of good quality! Hey, kid, give it a try with two more punches!"

The BMW man was so angry that he didn't care about anything else and just punched again.

He may not have been well educated and does not know that there are actions and reactions in this world.

The greater the force he uses to hit the car window, the greater the reaction force he will receive.

The result is predictable. The glass remained motionless, but the BMW man's fingers felt as if they were about to break.

Li Yunhai showed an appreciative look and encouraged him, "Hit it again! Hit it harder, handsome guy!"

The BMW man finally came to his senses, made a "Puh" sound, and returned to the BMW cursing.

At this time, the green light came on.

Li Yunhai stepped on the accelerator and sped through the intersection.

The BMW man was about to open the trunk to get tools, but when he saw this scene, he was so angry that his lungs exploded.

Ding Qiang and others behind him kept honking their horns, urging him to hurry up.

The BMW man got into the car angrily, accelerated forward and chased Li Yunhai.

Ding Qiang saw this and told Zhuang Yong and others through the intercom: "Be careful! Be careful! Someone is looking for trouble with the boss! Remember to overtake at the next intersection! Protecting the boss is important!"

Zhuang Yong and the others replied, "Received! We will complete the task! Whoever dares to hurt the boss will not be punished!" (End of this chapter)