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Chapter 1237 The mountain is not visible, yet I go towards it.
To be honest, the region where Dongling High-Tech wanted to locate its automobile production base was somewhat beyond the expectations of both Dongling High-Tech and Li Dashan.

As soon as the news spread, various regions began to contact Dongling High-Tech, offering the best possible terms, including three- or even five-year tax exemptions, as well as various subsidies and preferential policies.

As for the land, the responses from different regions are all pretty much the same: give Dongling Hi-Tech a map of the area to choose from, let Dongling Hi-Tech mark the areas with a pen, and as long as Dongling Hi-Tech can acquire these lands, they dare to approve them!
Whether Dongling Hi-Tech's automotive business will succeed in these regions is uncertain, but bringing Dongling Hi-Tech there would be very important for the local area.

Look at how much tax revenue Pingyang has received from Dongling High-Tech over the years, and how many jobs Dongling High-Tech and its affiliated companies have created for Pingyang. Almost every building in Pingyang has sprung up from the ground up.

There's no current trend of renovating ancient buildings. To evaluate a region's economic level, we look at how many high-rise buildings, companies, and factories it has, and its annual GDP. This is because only with these can there be employment, tax revenue, and people be able to feed themselves.

Even if the automotive business doesn't take off, Dongling High-Tech's presence in the area and the relocation of other industries will create a large number of jobs for the local community, which is enough!
Li Dongling initially thought it was another recruitment call from some regional leader. There were quite a few people who could get the phone number for Li Dongling's Dongling High-Tech office, but the caller was not from a local investment promotion department, but from the local city government leader who actually had the decision-making power.

But to Li Dongling's surprise, the person who connected was Li Minghan, the general manager of Kunlun Mining, who was inland.

"Mr. Li, the technology at Shehong Lithium Industry Company is too outdated, and it is even facing a bankruptcy crisis!"

As soon as the call connected, Li Minghan poured out his grievances to the philanthropist Li.

Kunlun Minerals intended to invest in an inland ore processing company, but after Li Minghan inspected Shehong Lithium Industry Company, his heart sank.

Listening to Li Minghan's words on the other end of the phone, Li Dongling gained a general understanding of the current situation of Shehong Lithium Industry Company. To be honest, the company's current situation is not very good.

With outdated technology and a small scale, the company is basically caught in a vicious cycle and has accumulated a lot of debt. Currently, Shehong Lithium Industry Company mainly provides industrial lithium carbonate for products such as ceramics and glass.

It wasn't on the verge of bankruptcy, and it had absolutely nothing to do with the world-renowned lithium giant that would become in later years.

Currently, overseas lithium industry giants are aggressively targeting the emerging lithium battery market, leaving Shehong Lithium Industry lagging behind.

"Mr. Li, I believe that investing in Shehong Lithium Industry Company is risky!"

Li Minghan finally gave his judgment: Kunlun Minerals' support for Shehong Lithium Industry Company carries the risk of being like throwing good money after bad.

Li Dongling was not surprised by Li Minghan's words, nor did he immediately ask Li Minghan to leave Shehong Lithium Industry Company.

"Currently, inland mineral processing companies are in a similar situation to Shehong Lithium Industry, and they lag behind overseas giants!"

Li Minghan was surprised to hear Li Dongling say these words, which seemed to indicate that he had no intention of giving up on Shehong Lithium Industry Company.

"You have to give to receive. If you want to get support from inland mining companies, you have to invest capital, including funds and time!"

"Kunlun Minerals cannot possibly partner with overseas mineral processing companies and hand over its lifeline to others!"

Li Dongling's meaning was very clear: companies like Shehong Jiyue are currently far inferior to overseas companies in terms of technology.

Kunlun Minerals can only choose to cooperate with inland mineral processing companies. If it cooperates with overseas companies, there is no need to worry now, but what if it no longer cooperates with Kunlun Minerals in the future?
Mineral processing companies from the US, Japan, South Korea, Germany, and Australia, if they have the opportunity to manipulate inland companies, will definitely not hesitate to do so.

"Kunlun Minerals needs to provide support and time to inland mineral processing companies."

This is a huge gamble. If they win, Kunlun Mining will own mines, ore, and equity in ore processing companies. What will become of Kunlun Mining then?

The philanthropist Li brewed a bowl of poisonous chicken soup for Li Minghan.

If Kunlun Minerals acquires mines overseas and supports a number of ore processing companies inland, then Kunlun Minerals will be virtually self-sufficient, having established upstream and downstream channels and becoming a giant in the energy industry!

Li Minghan gave a helpless bitter smile. The chicken soup that the philanthropist Li had cooked was indeed fragrant, but when he thought about the current situation of Shehong Lithium Industry Company that he had seen, the gap between this toxic chicken soup and reality was too big.

"Kunlun Minerals can invest in Shehong Lithium Industry Company in batches. First, invest in and acquire Shehong Lithium Industry Company, and then start the transformation. Kunlun Minerals will make an additional investment after each stage is completed!"
In the future, Kunlun Minerals can adopt this model for its investments in inland areas.

Li Dongling said that this was also to avoid any trouble or problems arising from local bullies. Kunlun Minerals could withdraw at the lowest possible cost and avoid being taken advantage of.

Upon hearing Li Dongling's words, Li Minghan understood that the philanthropist was determined to have Kunlun Minerals invest in these ore processing companies inland.

After hanging up the phone, Li Dongling shook his head. All the ore processing companies in the inland areas are the same now. If Kunlun Minerals wants to wait for these companies to mature, it will probably take many years. However, while acquiring them now will incur costs and time, Kunlun Minerals also has the hope of bringing these ore processing companies into the Kunlun Group in the future.

In the future, most of the inland lithium, cobalt, nickel, rare earth and other material processing companies will be Kunlun Group companies. Whoever wants to buy these raw materials, especially overseas companies, will have to get Kunlun Minerals' consent. In other words, can Dongling High-Tech also control overseas companies that need to use these things?
America and Japan are masters at this. When Japan was fighting the semiconductor war with South Korea, which was supported by America, Japan banned the sale of hydrogen fluoride, photoresist, and fluorinated polyimide to South Korea, which disgusted South Korea so much that they had no choice but to admit defeat in the end.

If companies like American and Japanese companies can do this, why can't Dongling High-Tech do it?

After hanging up the phone, Li Dongling had just signed a few documents when the phone rang again.

But the voice that came from the other end of the phone after the call connected surprised Li Dongling slightly.

"Mr. Li, I don't know if you still remember me. I am Li Yanhong, a technical engineer at Souxin!"

"Souxin Company is about to reach an agreement with the acquiring party, and I am preparing to leave Souxin and return to the inland. I wonder if I will have the opportunity to visit you in Pingyang?"

On the other end of the phone, Li Yanhong waited anxiously for Li the Great Philanthropist's response.

To be honest, Li Yanhong didn't know if the philanthropist Li still remembered him, this "little guy" he had only met once in America, given the vast difference in their current status.

So what if Robin Li is a top engineer in the global search industry? So what if Google's two founders listened to his presentation on hyperlink technology? Robin Li is well-known in the search industry, but compared to Li Dongling, he's really no match.

"Of course!"

"You are the best search technology engineer right now!"

To Li Yanhong's surprise, Li Dongling actually remembered him, which made Li Yanhong breathe a sigh of relief.

"I also have Dongling High-Tech, both of which welcome you back to the inland. The inland internet industry needs you!"

Li Dongling was generous and praised Li Yanhong.

If all you're doing is letting Li Yanhong play with technology, then he's really not much worse than Google or Microsoft's Bing.

Baidu, which hasn't lost its way in advertising, still possesses formidable fighting power. Whether they want to admit it or not, Robin Li's technological acumen is truly unparalleled in mainland China.

Which company in China was the first to get involved in artificial intelligence, AI, and autonomous driving? It was Baidu, which got up early but finished late.

Although he didn't get to eat the meat and even got beaten up a lot, in terms of technology alone, Li Yanhong is indeed one of the top internet professionals in mainland China.

What Li Dongling needs is for Li Yanhong to take the lead in technology. Of course, it should only be limited to Li Yanhong's technology. He definitely can't be allowed to handle management, otherwise who knows what will happen.

After hanging up the phone, Li Yanhong looked towards the Souxin office and saw many unfamiliar faces moving around the various departments of Souxin.

These people are Disney's people. Disney, which once looked down on the internet, has finally bowed its head and started acquiring internet companies, preparing to build its own camp in the internet industry.

These Disney personnel are conducting a comprehensive review of Soxin's performance and technology, evaluating the company to determine the appropriate acquisition price.
Meanwhile, Li Yanhong turned his gaze to the closed conference room at the other end, where a three-way negotiation was taking place. It was led by the Zhixing Foundation, with the participation of Souxin's management and Disney.

However, Li Yanhong, the most important technical person in charge of Souxin, was excluded from the meeting. This shows what the founder and senior management of Souxin's attitude is towards Li Yanhong, the technical pillar. He is required to work hard for Souxin's technology, but in terms of management, he is not allowed to get involved at all, and he is not even allowed to know anything.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Yanhong made up his mind to return to China, because his career ceiling in the search and information industry was almost as solid as a steel plate.

Li Yanhong silently packed his things. Once Souxin was acquired, his mission at Souxin would be complete, and it would be time for him to leave America for good!
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Inside the Shehong Guesthouse, this is currently the best hotel that the county can offer.

At this moment, a room in the guesthouse was filled with smoke. Liu Weidong, the factory director of Shehong Lithium Industry Company, Li Bo, the technical manager, the person in charge of Shehong Investment Promotion Bureau, the director of the county government office, and others were all gathered here, anxiously waiting for the decision of Li Minghan, the general manager of Kunlun Mining who had come from Gangcheng.

"That Mr. Li isn't gone, is he?" The office manager took a drag of his cigarette and couldn't help but ask.

(End of this chapter)