Reborn since 1993

Chapter 1252 Don’t play by the rules
The first snowfall of the winter in Pingyang this year has yet to show any signs of falling.

However, the temperature has already dropped, and as this is the last quarter of the year, there are actually less than one or two months left until the Chinese New Year.

The festive atmosphere of the New Year is still not in the air, but most industries in Pingyang are starting to enter the end of the year. Whether it is a company, shopping mall or factory, people are starting to talk about year-end bonuses and this year's holidays.

Because of Dongling High-Tech, year-end bonuses are now commonplace in Pingyang. In fact, if word gets out that a company doesn't pay year-end bonuses, it's labeled a bad company or factory, and it'll probably have a hard time hiring the following year.
This is also related to the high demand for labor in various industries in Pingyang.

When every place needs manpower and there are more positions than people, companies naturally increase salaries, benefits, and bonuses to compete for manpower, and year-end bonuses become a matter of course.

In Pingyang now, as long as you have hands, you won't have trouble finding a job. The Torch Group alone has boosted Pingyang's employment rate.

Not to mention, the location of Dongling High-Tech's headquarters is where companies in the parts supply chain gather, and parts suppliers are constantly establishing production centers in Pingyang and recruiting a large number of people.

Besides the assembly line, Dongling High-Tech and the industrial chain have also brought a lot of office and engineering positions, which are actually considered middle-class positions!
Even if someone lacks education, a quick-thinking person can set up a roadside stall next to a construction site. Regardless of the taste, as long as the portions are large and filling, the business will be quite good.

If you have some cooking skills, opening a restaurant will definitely bring good business.

If you don't have any skills or the capital to open a roadside stall, that's okay. You won't starve in Pingyang. Just go into any shopping mall, supermarket, restaurant, clothing store, hotel, etc., and you're guaranteed to find someone hiring. They'll provide food and lodging, but the salary won't be very high.

It doesn't matter if you don't know any of these things, or if you're too shy to do sales or waiter work. As long as you're willing to put in the effort, you're guaranteed to encounter a construction site every few hundred meters on average on the streets of Pingyang.

All you have to do is say you're looking for work, and the foreman will arrange everything perfectly, so you can get a night shift job that same day.

With the Lunar New Year approaching, construction sites of all sizes in Pingyang are going crazy trying to keep their workers on the job, desperately trying to recruit people so that they can keep production going during the holiday.

This is the atmosphere of winter right now. The weather is getting colder, but as the Lunar New Year approaches, it seems to be getting incredibly warm, with countless people eagerly awaiting its arrival.

For the accommodation industry in Pingyang, it should have been the off-season, and hotels and guesthouses in Pingyang were already preparing for the Lunar New Year.

But just as Dongling High-Tech suddenly announced that it would hold a press conference, the phones of upscale star-rated hotels, restaurants and hotels in Pingyang were once again ringing off the hook!

This scenario is not unfamiliar to the accommodation industry in Pingyang. Every time Dongling High-Tech holds a new product launch, hotels, restaurants, taxis and other businesses in Pingyang are greeted with a surge of customers.

Not only will business partners attend Dongling High-Tech's product launches, but media reporters and agents will also flock to the event. These people will need to eat, stay, and travel, which will naturally boost consumption in Pingyang.

As the most representative restaurant in Pingyang, Pingyang Grand Hotel has now gained a higher level of sophistication, regardless of its taste.

Locals say it's too expensive and the taste isn't as good as it used to be, but for people from out of town, choosing Pingyang Grand Hotel means they value the guests they're being treated to. They care about the attitude and the class; they don't really care about the taste.

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"Chef Niu, I'm afraid you kitchen staff will have to work hard these next few days. No one can take leave. At this crucial juncture, you can't shirk your responsibilities!"

"Departments such as the reception department, banquet hall, and private rooms must also be on standby."

Inside the auditorium of the Pingyang Grand Hotel, General Manager Feng Anqing shouted through a megaphone that all vacations were canceled.

Opposite Feng Anqing stood three or four hundred people, all of whom now belonged to the Pingyang Grand Hotel.

In recent years, Pingyang Grand Hotel has been expanding, and now half of the street where Pingyang Grand Hotel is located has been allocated to it.

To be honest, the Pingyang Grand Hotel is completely different now compared to a few years ago. Both the environment and the facilities have changed drastically. Li Dongling would probably be completely bewildered if he came here.

Pingyang Grand Hotel is still a state-owned hotel and is directly managed by the Pingyang Municipal Government Office. Important government banquets in Pingyang are now mostly held here.

For this purpose, a special hall was even built, which can be used for meetings as well as large banquets.

Furthermore, Pingyang Grand Hotel is planning to establish a hotel department. If the hotel department is completed, the size of the entire Pingyang Grand Hotel will more than double, and of course, the number of employees will also increase dramatically.

"The private rooms for the next few days have already been booked. The Pingyang Grand Hotel is a matter of great importance to Pingyang. People from the province and Beijing might come."

Everyone, please don't make any mistakes, or don't blame me for being ruthless!

Feng Anqing was giving his subordinates a heads-up: if things went wrong at a crucial moment, he would probably be in trouble.

In fact, the Pingyang Municipal Government Office, Pingyang Investment Promotion Bureau, Pingyang Urban Investment Group, and other units and departments have already contacted Feng Anqing to ask him not to make any mistakes.

For the Pingyang City Government, this matter concerning Dongling High-Tech is no small matter, and the Pingyang City Government Office is providing full logistical support.

Every time Dongling High-Tech launches a product, the attention of the domestic and even overseas technology industry is focused on Dongling High-Tech, and Pingyang's exposure will increase exponentially. The Pingyang Municipal Government does not want to make a mistake at such a critical juncture.

Being the general manager of Pingyang Grand Hotel is a lucrative position. The hotel's prices are very high now, and customers rarely haggle. This has led to the hotel's annual revenue exceeding ten million yuan. The majority of the revenue is handed over to the Pingyang Municipal Government, but the remaining slush fund, even if it only passes through one hand, is enough for Feng Anqing to make a fortune.

Feng Anqing didn't want this position to fall into the hands of someone else.

Furthermore, if he does this job well, Feng Anqing still has the opportunity to be promoted. If he's lucky, he can get into Pingyang Investment Promotion or Pingyang Urban Investment. If he doesn't, he might get into other units. He doesn't want to stumble halfway through his career.

After giving the warning, Feng Anqing pulled out the carrot, saying, "Once everyone finishes this busy period, there will be plenty of bonuses and prizes for the New Year this year!" This carrot-and-stick approach finally made the atmosphere lively. With the year-end bonus as bait, Feng Anqing wasn't worried about his subordinates not working hard.

When all sectors of Pingyang were thrown into chaos by Dongling Hi-Tech's unexpected press conference, one can only imagine how their competitors felt!
The biggest feeling is probably, "Here we go again. This is not following the usual pattern. It's almost Chinese New Year. Can't we at least let our competitors who have been beaten up for almost a year have a peaceful New Year?"

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Do you know what product is being launched?

Inside the Lianxiang office building in Yanjing, the atmosphere was so tense it was almost dripping with water.

Boss Liu asked Liu Jun, the manager of Lianxiang's technical department, who looked distressed.

How could he possibly know what new products Dongling Hi-Tech was going to launch? Dongling Hi-Tech is the technology company in China with the best confidentiality measures.

Liu Jun even heard that Dongling High-Tech's security department had a special confidentiality department, as well as a disciplinary committee with the authority to combat commercial espionage.

If he were capable enough to find out about Dongling High-Tech's products, why would he be staying here? Believe me, a whole bunch of foreign companies would be willing to pay him a high price to join them.

"Well... I'm not quite sure yet, but it's going to be released this Saturday, and Dongling High-Tech should release the news then!" Liu Jun stammered.

"Do you need to tell me that?"

Boss Liu glared at him, "Can't I watch the press conference myself?"

"The key question is, is Dongling Hi-Tech's new product actually a new computer?"

Mr. Liu said with concern, "According to the statistics, Shenzhou and Founder may account for 60% of the domestic computer shipments this year!"

This means that domestic computer brands like Lenovo can only compete with foreign computer brands for the remaining 40% of the market share.

This year, the Hasee 2nd generation, Hasee all-in-one PCs, and Founder 1st generation computers have almost wiped out the entire domestic computer industry.

This year has been tough enough as it is, and I was hoping to boost sales in the last quarter.

If Hasee releases a new computer, Mr. Liu doesn't know how he'll survive.

"It doesn't necessarily have to be a computer; it could be other electronic products. Dongling High-Tech often launches new electronic products."

Liu Jun said to Boss Liu, which was really to comfort himself. He was under too much pressure. If he really encountered the new Shenzhou machine again, Liu Jun felt that there was no point in playing. It was too bullying. It was like fighting. He was choking the neck and not giving him any air.
"Go to Pingyang. Take the fastest flight. Report back to me immediately if you have any news!"

In the end, Boss Liu still sent Liu Jun to Pingyang to gather information, thinking that the best he could do was to remain unchanged in the face of all changes.

Well, that sounds nice, but in reality, they're really out of options. Intel hasn't sold its latest chip model to Lenovo yet, and Lenovo can't produce new machines. What can they do with Hasee?
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Not only Lianxiang, but also a host of companies in the domestic technology sector, including BBK, Bird, Starcom, Kejian, Xiamen, Haier, TCL, and others in the electronics, electrical appliances, and home appliance industries, are trying to find out the information.

Given Dongling Hi-Tech's style, it wouldn't be surprising if they launched any new products.

But the key point is that the products launched by Dongling High-Tech are likely to sell very well, which naturally attracts all parties to flock to them.

While everyone is still making knock-off MP3 players and preparing to launch their own branded MP3 players to make money, Dongling Hi-Tech is about to release a new product. How can this not surprise everyone?

The press conference by Dongling Hi-Tech caught them off guard. Some companies had already started making New Year's holiday plans, but now all their plans have been disrupted. I wonder how many competitors will be cursed by their employees this year.

A news item about Dongling High-Tech has stirred up the technology industry both domestically and across Asia.

"The Shenzhou Global Connect launch event will be held simultaneously in Pingyang, Barcelona, ​​and New York, and the product will also be launched globally at the same time!"

Currently, numerous media outlets have been invited to participate in the press conference overseas!

Inside Dongling High-Tech Park, Zhang Ao, who would be personally overseeing the launch of the Shenzhou Global Pass mobile phone, addressed Li Dongling, Ren Yuefeng, and others.

Dongling High-Tech is making intensive preparations. They have been very busy lately.

In addition to finalizing the design of the Hasee Global Communicator and starting trial production, they also filmed commercials and created promotional plans, all of which take time.

Focus Media has also produced an advertisement for Hasee Global, which is ready to be released at any time.

Focus Media plans to use business phones and high-end phones as the selling points for Hasee Global Pass!

Li Yan, president of Focus Media, also flew to Pingyang to report to Li Dongling.

In fact, it wasn't just Li Yan; all of Dongling Hi-Tech's domestic and overseas companies were already on standby, just waiting for Li Dongling's order to smash the cup as a signal!
(End of this chapter)