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Chapter 1299 Benchmark
With sunlight streaming into the room and the heating on full blast, Li Dongling felt quite hot when he opened his eyes at night.

After pulling back the blanket, Yao Luoying's snow-white skin was revealed. His palm caressed Yao Luoying's silky back, eliciting a soft moan from her.

"Don't make trouble!"

Yao Luoying snuggled closer to Li Dongling, and said sleepily, trying to remove Li Dongling's mischievous hand from her heart, but she failed.

Yao Luoying, whose face was already flushed, bit Li Dongling's arm. The benevolent Li then turned over and pulled the blanket over himself.

When Li Dongling and Yao Luoying came downstairs, they saw that many relatives had already arrived at their home.

For the relatives of the Li and Wang families, visiting the Li family during holidays and festivals to make their presence known is the most important thing they do all year. Getting the philanthropist Li to notice them is very important to the Li family relatives.

The Zhixing Foundation has now formalized the distribution of welfare and benefits to the relatives of the Li and Wang families.

The system is reviewed monthly, and if any violations are found, the welfare eligibility is revoked. This is mainly to prevent the development of ungrateful children and also to inform the Li and Wang families that their welfare benefits can also be revoked.

The benefits currently provided to these relatives are limited to those within five degrees of kinship. To be honest, beyond five degrees of kinship, the blood ties between relatives become very weak.

These benefits are mainly concentrated on the Li and Wang families, providing basic living allowances, public school fees, medical insurance, etc., but no other benefits.

After all, these benefits are intended to alleviate the burden on both families, ensure the basic living standards of these people, enable them to go to school, and provide medical treatment when they are sick. As for those who want to live in a big villa, drive a sports car, and have servants to wait on them by relying on the benefits of the Zhixing Foundation, that is just wishful thinking.

Li Dongling's original intention, besides providing these benefits to the Li and Wang families, was more about cultivating some of his own "talents".

If, someday in the future, after the philanthropist Li retires, Xiao Zhiyuan were to take over as president of Dongling Hi-Tech, then Dongling Hi-Tech would be more stable with the support of the Li family.

Professional managers are not bad, but having family members in Dongling High-Tech can at least create a balance and prevent Xiao Zhiyuan from being sidelined!
"Uncle!"

"uncle!"

Li Dongling greeted his cousins ​​and uncles. These families had the best relationship with the Li family and had helped them a lot before the Li family rose to prominence.

When Li Dongling went to university in Hanxi, he also helped a lot. After the Li family became successful, they naturally did not forget these relatives.

Mr. Liu, the boss of JD.com, has never forgotten the dozens of eggs he received during his college years. How could Mr. Li, the philanthropist, be so ungrateful?

"Brother, sister-in-law!"

After Li Dongling exchanged a few pleasantries with his uncle and the others, a beautifully dressed girl with the air of a sophisticated urban professional stood up and greeted Li Dongling and Yao Luoying with grace and poise.

"Hongwei?"

Li Dongling was surprised when he saw the girl in front of him, but then he recognized her as his cousin, Li Hongwei.

After graduating from university, Li Hongwei joined Dongling High-Tech. However, she started as a department staff member and received no special treatment.

Last year, Li Hongwei applied to Li Dongling to develop her career in another city. For employees of Dongling High-Tech headquarters, the promotion speed in other cities is much faster than that in headquarters.

After sizing up his cousin, who now exudes the air of a professional white-collar worker, Li Dongling smiled and said, "Looks like you've already adapted to the company in another city?"

"Dongling High-Tech's Shanghai branch has been very kind to me!" Li Hongwei said to Li Dongling, smoothing her short hair from her forehead.

After leaving the Pingyang headquarters, she went to work at the Shanghai branch of Dongling Hi-Tech, which is now the second largest branch in China.

Dongling High-Tech currently has branches in other regions, the largest of which are the Guangdong branch, the Shanghai branch, and branches in Beijing and other places.

Back in Shanghai, Li Hongwei didn't reveal that she was a member of the Li family. She knew that if she did, she would have a very comfortable life at the company there, with no pressure to meet performance targets and she could still get credit, but she probably wouldn't learn anything and would end up just being a pretty face.

Li Hongwei knew Li Dongling's attitude towards Li family members joining Dongling High-Tech: they needed to have sufficient ability, not just be pretty faces.

Therefore, after Li Hongwei arrived at the Shanghai branch, she started from scratch again. Now she works in the marketing department of Dongling High-Tech's Shanghai branch and has a small team of several people under her.

"The market in Shanghai is completely different from that in Pingyang. Consumers there are more receptive to... brand positioning!"

Li Hongwei recounted her observations and experiences in the Shanghai market this year, and now she has a deeper understanding of Li Dongling's requirement for "localization".

It's not that Dongling Hi-Tech's products only need to be localized when they are sold in other regions.

Similarly, Dongling Hi-Tech adopts different promotional strategies in different cities. In the Shanghai market, branded products are more popular, so Dongling Hi-Tech focuses more on brand promotion and even hires big-name celebrities for promotion.

As Li Dongling listened to Li Hongwei's words, he sized up the person in front of him. When Li Hongwei talked about these things, she spoke fluently and confidently, clearly based on her own personal experience. "You can go to other departments to familiarize yourself with the business and understand the operation of the Shanghai branch."

Li Dongling said something to Li Hongwei, who was a little confused when she heard it. Yao Luoying, who was standing next to her, understood that Li Dongling was intentionally grooming Li Hongwei.

Once she has a good understanding of Dongke's Shanghai branch and knows how to manage a branch, she can take over or establish a branch in other places, and her path at Dongling High-Tech will be fully opened.

Li Hongwei quickly understood Li Dongling's meaning, and couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement. She knew that her identity as a member of the Li family wasn't useless at Dongling High-Tech, but rather that until she reached a certain level, this identity wouldn't be of much use to her.

Without achievements, experience, or qualifications, it's impossible for Li Dashanren to promote her. Would that be fair to the other employees at Dongling High-Tech?
Even if Li Hongwei is to be promoted, she must first prove herself and achieve results. Only then will there be a reason to promote her and she will be able to gain the respect of others in the future!

"Brother, I... I will definitely live up to your expectations!" Li Hongwei said to Li Dongling with a firm expression.

"Do your best!"

Li Dongling smiled and said to her that he also needed to establish a typical member of the Li family within Dongling High-Tech.

This is to tell the Li and Wang families that as long as they have the ability, they can also climb up the ranks at Dongling High-Tech. The philanthropist Li is not preventing people from the two families from entering Dongling High-Tech, nor is he trying to suppress relatives of the imperial family.

In recent years, with Li Dongshan's departure from Dongling Hi-Tech and Yao Luoying's retirement from her position as president of Feiyan Technology, apart from Li Dashan, no other member of the Li family has held a high position at Dongling Hi-Tech.

This inevitably led to some rumors, such as that Li Dashanren did not want his maternal relatives to become too powerful in Dongling High-Tech, and did not like people from the Li family to join Dongling High-Tech.

If Li Hongwei is capable enough, Li Dongling wouldn't mind setting an example to give the Li family a sense that as long as they have the ability, they can climb the ranks.

Then there are positions, salaries, net worth, and so on, all of which can be obtained.

Li Dongling personally accompanied the visiting relatives, such as his cousins ​​and uncles, while Wang Xiulan and Li Zhenlin, the elderly couple, entertained the other relatives.

A significant reason for having the Zhixing Foundation distribute benefits to these relatives was also for the sake of the elderly couple.

As people age and enter the final stages of life, it is inevitable that they will become nostalgic. With their elders having passed away, the only people they can truly talk to about the first half of their lives are their living peers.

Once all these peers have passed away, to be honest, even if you are still alive, your own life has actually come to an end, because no one will remember you from before.

These relatives would come over every few days, even if it was just to catch up. As long as they could provide some emotional support to Wang Xiulan and her husband, Li Dashan felt that his money hadn't been wasted.

In the afternoon, as in previous years, Li Dongling, Yao Luoying, Li Dongshan, and others, along with Li Hongwei and other young members of the Li family, went to Pingyang Zoo to see the giant panda Dongxingzai that they had adopted.

Dongxingzai is three years old this year, and its size is very close to that of an adult giant panda. In addition, since it was adopted by Dongling High-tech, this guy is fed very well. It now weighs nearly 100 kilograms and is completely solid.

"You've gained weight again!"

"Dongxingzi was this size before, and now he weighs 100 kilograms!"

Wearing a full set of protective clothing, Li Dongyue gestured and said that when she first saw Xiao Dongxing, it was just a tiny little thing, but now it looks like a mountain eagle sitting there.

Dongxingzai has a pretty good temper. Plus, every time Li Dongyue comes, she brings a lot of food for this guy. It obviously recognizes Li Dongyue and lets her touch its ears and belly. Of course, the bamboo shoots in her hand never stop.

How are the visitor numbers at the zoo to see the pandas now?

After leaving the bear enclosure, Li Dongling asked Fang Peigang, general manager of Pingyang Animal Company, and He Zehai of Pingyang Giant Panda Research Center.

The Giant Panda Research Center is part of Ping Duong Zoo. Although the panda enclosure also receives visitors, due to the special nature of giant pandas, the pandas are bred and raised by the research center.

"not bad!"

Facing the big spender, He Zehai smiled and said, "Because of the animated Kung Fu Panda, many tourists now come specifically to see Tung Sing Tsai and the Panda Center!"

The animated version of Kung Fu Panda, jointly produced by Pingyang TV, Focus Media, Bandai Namco, and Pingyang Zoo Company, is based on Tung Sing-jai.

This greatly increased Dongxingzai's fame, and among all the animal enclosures in Pingyang Zoo, the panda enclosure is now the most famous.

"In a few days, there will probably be even more people coming to the panda enclosure!"

Li Dongling said to Fang Peigang and He Zehai that the movie version of Kung Fu Panda was released during this year's Spring Festival.

(End of this chapter)