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Chapter 1273 Running Forward, Once This Opportunity Fails, It's Gone.

Nakamura Takeo's aggressive arrival this time clearly indicated he was difficult to deal with, causing concern among executives such as Ren Yuefeng and Hu Zixian.

There is no denying that Nippon Benzene Telephone and Telegraph is the real local power in Nippon Benzene. Completely breaking with Nippon Benzene Telephone and Telegraph is definitely not good news for Dongling High-Tech.

Previously, NTT Telephone was Dongling High-Tech's largest distributor in NTT, including digital cordless phones, electronic dictionaries, Feiyan MP3 players, Shenzhou USB flash drives, etc. Even if they were not sold in NTT stores, they all went through NTT Telephone's channels. Otherwise, it would not be so easy to enter one of the most conservative markets in the world.

After this falling out, products from the Dongke Group will likely face numerous obstacles in entering the Japanese benzene market.

Even with the obstruction of Japanese telephone and telegram communication, whether they could get in at all was a big question.

Judging from Nakamura Takeo's attitude, Ren Yuefeng and the others felt that Li Dashanren had completely won Nakamura Takeo over, as if the matter of taking over Xiaolingtong had been completely turned over.

"The world is bustling with activity, all for the sake of profit!"

"Regardless of the Little Smart project, we just need to find another, more profitable way to do telephone and telegraph services with Japan!"

Li Dashanren spoke casually, but Ren Yuefeng and Hu Zixian felt that things were not so simple.

The fact that Nakamura Takeo, the head of a Japanese benzene giant, could show that kind of expression speaks volumes about his connections.

Furthermore, given Nakamura Takeo's shrewd and cunning nature, how could someone be fooled so easily and effortlessly?
"Notify Microsoft that it's time to pay for the satellite TV set-top box!"

Li Dongling turned around and said to Ren Yuefeng, "When we sold the TV recorder to Microsoft, we sold the recorder business. As for the Guanxing brand, Dongling Hi-Tech did not sell it completely to Microsoft. We only licensed the Guanxing brand to Microsoft."

As for the stargazing brand outside of the digital video recorder industry, it still belongs to Dongling High-Tech.

For its internet set-top box brand, Li Dashan plans to continue using the "Guanxing" brand. This was the first brand Dongling High-Tech established, and naturally, it's not something they can easily give up.

Developing the satellite TV set-top box is essentially a return to its roots, since the company originally made satellite dishes for watching television, and the set-top box is also for that purpose. They are simply products from different eras, but the brand remains the same.

"Tell Microsoft that if they don't pay the full amount for the stargazing set-top boxes this month, Dongling Hi-Tech will have to find another partner!"

Even before the stargazing set-top box has been developed, major clients have already been secured. Once the set-top box is developed, there will be no shortage of orders. With millions of stargazing set-top boxes shipped to Japan and Japan, it's a piece of cake.
If we can't sell a million set-top boxes, then Japan Telephone and Telegraph is really bad; they can't even handle a monopolistic business.

They adopted the same approach as Japan's NHK television station, hiring dedicated fee collectors to go door-to-door collecting money, regardless of whether any household had a television set or not, as long as they had paid NHK.

If Nippon Telephone and Telegraph had the same ambition as NHK, hiring a group of people to promote their packages whenever they had free time, they would have no trouble selling set-top boxes.

As I said before, let the Japanese leeks suffer a bit, and let Nakamura Takeo bear the infamy!

The orders for the satellite TV set-top boxes have already been secured, and Dongling High-Tech is in charge of the technology. Microsoft is just sitting back and doing nothing, letting them contribute some R&D expenses. So what? I'm asking you, so what?
"Have Zhang Bing from the Innovation Lab, and He Xinzhou, who manages the Hanxi Software Industrial Park and the Hanxi IT Training Center, come to headquarters!"

The stargazing set-top box was developed by the Innovation Lab under the Dongling High Technology Department.

The software orders received by Nippon Bentech via telephone and telegraph need to be handled jointly by Hanxi Software Industrial Park and Hanxi IT Training Center.

Now is the time when these departments will need to step up their game.

Li Dongling mentioned to Ren Yuefeng and Ren Yuefeng the IPTV digital television diagram he had drawn for Japan Telephone and Telegraph, as well as the plan to transform into an internet service provider and attempt to list on NASDAQ.

Upon hearing this plan, both Ren Yuefeng and Hu Zixian were stunned.

They now understood why Nakamura Takeo had that expression; the pie in the sky that Li the Philanthropist had painted for Nakamura Takeo was simply too big and too tempting.

In comparison, whether or not PHS (Personal Handyphone System) was a scam was not so important to Japan Telephone and Telegraph for the time being.

After all, it's unclear whether PHS's plan can be realized, but once it's listed on NASDAQ, Japan Telephone will make a fortune, and Nakamura Takeo's power and prestige will increase significantly!

Ren Yuefeng and Hu Zixian exchanged a surprised and uncertain glance. They could sense that, given Li Dashan's style of doing things, it was impossible for him to do something that only sacrificed himself for others without considering Dongling High-Tech at all. In the plan he devised for the Japanese telephone and telegram, he must have left a backup plan!
"What is Dongling High-Tech going to do?" Ren Yuefeng paused for a moment, but still couldn't help asking Li Dongling. Only by knowing what Li Dongling was going to do next could he make preparations.

"Of course, we will fully cooperate with Japan Telephone and Telegraph to make it Japan's largest internet service provider!"
To help Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Dongling High-Tech can bear some necessary "losses," including allowing Nippon Telegraph and Telephone to participate in the Silicon Harbor project, transferring part of the Cyberport equity to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone at a "suitable" price! Additionally, Feiyan Technology, China.com, Tianya Sports, and 3721 can all transfer their equity to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone without affecting their controlling stake.

And the shares of internet companies like Yahoo, ASK, and GeoCities invested in by the Zhixing Foundation—we can sell them to Japan Telegraph and TT if they're interested, as long as they're willing to take them!

Ren Yuefeng swallowed hard, while Hu Zixian's expression changed drastically. As someone in finance, Hu Zixian saw Li Dashan's actions as a way to cash out and run away from the internet industry!

The only explanation is that he ran away. Why would Li, the philanthropist, suddenly sell off all these internet companies held by Dongling Hi-Tech?

At this moment, Ren Yuefeng and his group suddenly realized that the Zhixing Foundation's previous sale of its Souxin Company shares was probably not a coincidence!

Starting next year, Dongling Hi-Tech will definitely sell off its internet business to a discerning buyer. This is a preemptive measure to let Ren Yuefeng and other senior executives of Dongling Hi-Tech know Li Dashan's intentions.

Li Dongling did not want the matter of cashing out the internet company to cause trouble at Dongling Hi-Tech, leading to chaos and even internal strife.

Wherever there are people, there is a world of its own, and Dongling High-Tech, with its headquarters staff now exceeding 270,000, is no exception.

Of Dongling Hi-Tech's 270,000 employees, more than 85% are located at its three major production bases, and these are only the employees directly under Dongling Hi-Tech's headquarters.

If we add up the employees of subsidiaries such as Cyberport, Eastchip Semiconductor, Oriental Optoelectronics, Torch Group, Feiyan Technology, Focus Media, and Oriental Express, then the number of employees exceeding one million is a certainty.

As for the companies in the auto parts supply chain controlled by Dongling High-Tech, including BYD and Hanxi New Materials, the number of people who rely on Dongling High-Tech for their livelihood is probably not much less than the current scale of Sinopec, PetroChina, China Post, and China Railway.

Torch Group and Oriental Express alone have provided countless jobs. If nothing unexpected happens, Torch Group's workforce is expected to expand to over 300,000 next year!

Even the Diweis brand, incubated by Focus Media, has begun to build its own underwear and apparel production base, which will not be a problem to provide tens of thousands of jobs in the future.

Given Dongling Hi-Tech's current scale, it would be a lie to say that there isn't a single individual with their own agenda within the company.

Even in the internet business, not everyone will think like Li Dashan, cashing out at the peak and then buying back at the bottom.

The internet industry is booming right now, and Nasdaq is constantly hitting new historical highs. At Dongling High-Tech, there are definitely people who want to continue listing in the internet industry to make a fortune, and they are unwilling to cash out.

It's normal for different opinions to emerge, but Li Dongling doesn't want this matter to cause chaos within Dongling Hi-Tech. Therefore, he must ensure that senior executives like Ren Yuefeng are on the same side as Li Dashanren (Li Dongling), so that Dongling Hi-Tech won't fall into disarray!
"This is no small matter!"

After considering for a moment, Hu Zixian said to Li Dongling, "If Dongling Hi-Tech sells these shares, it will likely have a significant impact!"

"There's no need to rush this. There's plenty of time next year, but headquarters needs to make preparations in advance!"

Li Dongling spoke to Ren Yuefeng and Hu Zixian, expressing his intention to tell them to prepare.

The timeframe given is very clear: next year. Dongling Hi-Tech will start preparing to abscond, spending a year to cash out everything that can be sold and should be sold. Once this opportunity is gone, it will be gone forever!

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"A new partner has joined the internet set-top box business, and the first order will be coming soon?"

At Microsoft headquarters in America, when Ed Frys, who had the closest relationship with Dongling Hi-Tech and was known as Dongling Hi-Tech's agent within Microsoft, reported the news from Dongling Hi-Tech to Bill Gates, Bill Gates was taken aback.

As part of a comprehensive cooperation plan between Microsoft and Dongling Hi-Tech, Microsoft will support the MIPS architecture used in Hasee computers on the system level, while Dongling Hi-Tech will cooperate with Microsoft on the hardware level.

The current collaboration is quite pleasant. For Microsoft, the digital video recorder, which Microsoft acquired for a hefty sum, is seeing record-breaking sales.

Dongling Hi-Tech also collaborated with Microsoft on the development of a game console codenamed Xbox, and Dongling Hi-Tech was quite cooperative in this project.

It's almost as if Microsoft was responsible for designing the Xbox game console, Dongling High-Tech was responsible for research and development, and Dongling High-Tech's parts supply chain was responsible for supplying the necessary parts. The game console project is progressing quite smoothly, and Bill Gates is quite satisfied with this cooperation model.

The internet set-top box was something Li Dongling had previously agreed to collaborate on with Microsoft. But before it was even developed, orders came in, something even Bill Gates found unbelievable.

(End of this chapter)