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Chapter 411: A lot of gossip can make a person a tiger

Tong Lan exchanged information with several other media outlets that were involved in the interview and determined the general direction and content of the interview.

There are a total of five media outlets this time, two of which are from Hong Kong. In addition to Asia Weekly, there is another one, Phoenix TV, which was the first Hong Kong media to report the news about Dongling Hi-Tech and is also the source of Li Dongling's title of "Mouse King".

The other three media are domestic media, Pingyang Daily, Hanxi Provincial Capital Daily, and Mainland Science and Technology Daily.

The main force of the interview was Asia Weekly. After all, in name, Li Dongling was accepting an exclusive interview with Asia Weekly this time, while Pingyang Daily was Dongling Hi-Tech's "own people". If asked about some sensitive topics, the people from Pingyang Daily would be responsible for resolving the issue.

Although Li Dongling was the one being interviewed today, all the senior executives of Dongling Hi-Tech were also present. Ren Yuefeng and Su Chicheng successively confirmed the topic of today's interview with Tong Lan.

"Mr. Li!"

"Ms. Tong!"

Li Dongling came to the interview room and shook hands with Tong Lan and the reporters present.

Looking at Li Dongling in front of her, even though Tong Lan already had psychological expectations, and even though Li Dongling's makeup today already tended to be mature, she still couldn't help but be a little surprised at Li Dongling's age.

Especially before interviewing Li Dongling, she had already interviewed the 19 people on the list of the top 20 richest people in Asia. Because of this, the contrast is even more striking.

After reconfirming the interview team, Tong Lan took the lead in opening the conversation. Whether it was an interview or an exclusive interview, it was a common routine to first build a closer relationship before going deeper.

"I'm glad that Mr. Li accepted our interview!"

Tong Lan looked at Li Dongling and said, "In fact, this year we also interviewed another female figure who appeared on the cover of our Asia Weekly. President Ning Wenke mentioned President Li many times during her interview with Asia Weekly."

The standard of Asia Weekly is still very high now. There are only a few women who can be on the cover this year. Ning Wen is one of them. In addition, Shen Yunjun, the champion of this year's Super Girl, also appeared on the cover. These are the most popular people in the domestic entertainment industry in Asia this year, no doubt about it!

The reason why Ning Wen might be on the cover is that the Ning family has performed so aggressively in Hong Kong in recent years, not much worse than those old companies in Hong Kong. Not to mention that Ning Wen is a woman in charge of the Ning Trading Company, which is quite rare in Hong Kong and even in Southeast Asia.

In Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other places, rumors began to spread that if you marry a wife, you should marry Ning Wenke. If you marry Ning Wenke, you can work less for thirty years. After all, the Ning family only has this generation, and Ning Wenke is the only one. If you marry her, wouldn't you get the Ning family's huge fortune? !
Ning Wenke took over the Ning family's mess in times of crisis and was able to pull the Ning family out of the quagmire and even move them to a higher level. In addition, Ning Wenke's beauty, she didn't have to worry about losing the family property, and she could bring back the Ning family's dowry. Naturally, she became the ideal daughter-in-law that many wealthy families in Hong Kong wanted to marry home.

"Dongling Hi-Tech and Gangcheng Ning's Trading Company are strategic partners. President Ning and I are old acquaintances, and we contact each other by phone every week!" Li Dongling said with a smile when he heard Tong Lan mention Ning Wenke.

"Just partners?!"

Tong Lan asked Li Dongling meaningfully. She clearly remembered the look on Ning Wenke's face when she talked about Li Dongling during her previous interview. As a woman and a journalist, it was her basic ability to read people's expressions and she was very sensitive to this.

Several reporters nearby also pricked up their ears. Hong Kong media has a well-developed entertainment industry and gossip is popular. It is the birthplace of shocking news and they dare to make up anything. However, the current entertainment industry in the country is not so bold. In addition, Li Dongling does not often appear in front of the media, so the gossip about Li Dongling and Ning Wenke is not as much as that reported by the Hong Kong media.

Seeing Tong Lan's expression, Li Dongling thought of Ning Wenke's visit. Although Ning Wenke did not come to Hanxi very often every year, she always kept in touch with Li Dongling.

But talking too much in such occasions may not be a good thing for Dongling Hi-Tech and Ning’s Trading Company.

"Dongling Hi-Tech will have deeper cooperation with Ning's Trading Company in the future, and it will continue. My relationship with President Ning will also remain the same!"

Seeing that she couldn't get any explosive news from Li Dongling, Tong Lan stopped asking. After all, Asia Weekly was not a gossip paparazzi, and it was impossible for it to dig out news from the dark side.

"In fact, Hong Kong media, such as Phoenix Chinese Channel," Tong Lan gestured to the reporter of Phoenix TV, "and many Hong Kong and Southeast Asian media have reported on Tanglin Hi-Tech a long time ago."

“But the development of Dongling Hi-Tech has still exceeded everyone’s expectations. This year, Mr. Li, your net worth officially entered the top 20 richest people in Asia, and you are the only one on the list as the founder of a technology company, rather than a founder of traditional industries such as real estate, banking, insurance, shipping, rubber, and sugar.

What do you think of this ranking?" Tong Lan's expression became serious, and she asked Li Dongling the first formal question.

“Thanks Asiaweek, but this is just a fluke. There are many excellent companies in Asia, and they may just not be getting attention yet!”

Li Dongling did not belittle traditional industries. Traditional industries seem to make money slowly, but they are basically companies that have existed for decades and may continue to exist for decades in the future. Li Dongling does not want to create a group of opponents for no reason.

"But the future is an era of technology. Electronics, the Internet, biotechnology, etc. will all usher in an explosion. These industries will create more young wealthy people. Perhaps one day, there will be a new one among the top 20 richest people in Asia. He will be younger and worth more!" Li Dongling said with a smile.

This remark caused Tong Lan and several people around to chuckle. In the future, there might be a top 20 richest man in Asia, but his net worth is higher than Li Dongling and he is younger than Li Dongling. But forget it, unless that person inherited his father's net worth!
Otherwise, if there were another first-generation founder like Li Dongling who started from scratch and worked his way up step by step, Tong Lan and the others would not believe it at all. At least the younger generation in Hong Kong, Japan and Southeast Asia would not see such a ruthless person.

Only in the era of grassroots heroes in China, in an era of drastic social changes, coupled with changes in the international environment, can such opportunities arise. Otherwise, it would be impossible to appear at all. If it were common, would the Hong Kong media and even Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and other places pay so much attention to the domestic market?

"Mr. Li, what do you think of the other people on the Asian Rich List? The 19 people I interviewed all spoke highly of Mr. Li. Some of them were convinced that you, Mr. Li, would be the richest man in Asia in the future!"

Tong Lan still asked this question, and the reporter from Phoenix TV signaled the photographer who came with the team to take a close-up of Li Dongling's face.

After hearing this poisonous advice, Li Dongling knew that he could not avoid this question. Even if he was not asked this time, he would definitely be asked in the future.

“They are all the predecessors of Asian companies and representatives of their respective industries. They all have something to learn from. Compared with the companies they founded, Tanglin Hi-Tech still has a long way to go!”

Li Dongling's answer was very steady, but Tong Lan was obviously not going to let him off easily on this issue, and continued to ask, "Mr. Li, which company founded by the top 20 richest people in Asia do you think is the best company in Asia?"

"They are all the best companies in Asia, otherwise how could they appear on Asia Weekly's wealth list?!"

Li Dongling turned the tables, leaving Tong Lan speechless. Li Dongling continued, "Whether it's the Changjiang Li family, or Boss Guo of Hongji, Boss Zheng of Asia World, etc., they all have their own unique ways to get to where they are today. Dongling Hi-Tech hopes to have the opportunity to cooperate with them!"

When Tong Lan heard this, she felt that Li Dongling was fooling her, but Li Dongling really was not fooling her.

Next year, Li Dongling is indeed planning to get involved in the listing of the British Orange Telecom, which is invested by the Changjiang Li family. Regardless of whether the Changjiang Li family agrees or not, Dongling Hi-Tech will get a portion of the shares of Orange Telecom. When the Changjiang Li family sells Orange for hundreds of billions, Dongling Hi-Tech will also have a share!
"Mr. Li, will Dongling Hi-Tech join hands with Ning's Trading Company to acquire Gangcheng Telecom, a subsidiary of Dadong Company?"

Tong Lan's sudden question surprised Li Dongling, not to mention Ren Yuefeng, Hu Zixian and others standing by. Pingyang Daily, Hanxi Provincial Capital Daily and Mainland Science and Technology Daily were also extremely surprised.

When they communicated with Tong Lan before, they didn't know at all. Tong Lan said that she would ask about the topic of Xiaolingtong, but she didn't say that she would ask this question!

But looking at Tong Lan's expression and the posture of the interview team from Phoenix TV, it was obvious that they were not joking.

When Li Dongling heard this question, he couldn't help but hesitate for a moment. He did hear Ning Wenke mention something about Hongcheng Telecom. There was some hype in the Hongcheng media, but Li Dongling was indeed not planning to acquire Hongcheng Telecom, at least he hadn't had such a plan before.

Hong Kong City Telecom is a tough nut to crack. The relationships behind it are complicated, and there are too many competitors who want to swallow it up. It will cost a lot to take it down!

"Hong Kong media reported that the Hong Kong Telecommunications Authority has been reluctant to issue a telecommunications license to Ning's Trading Company, making it difficult for PHS base stations and PHS to enter the Hong Kong market. Therefore, Dongling Hi-Tech intends to join hands with Ning's Trading Company to acquire Hong Kong Telecommunications Company!"

Tong Lan was still reserved and did not report what the Hong Kong gossip media had said, about how he risked his life for the woman he loved, how Li Dongling was going to acquire Hong Kong Telecom just to make Ning Wenke smile.

But it is true that the delay in the entry of Xiaolingtong into Gangcheng is closely related to Gangcheng Telecom Company. After all, if everyone uses Xiaolingtong mobile phones, who would still use Gangcheng Telecom's landline lines?

This is related to the annual revenue of over 10 billion Hong Kong dollars of Hong Kong City Telecom. Hong Kong City Telecom must want to build its own base stations and occupy the mobile communication market. It is unwilling to let Ning's Trading Company, which is the agent of Hong Kong City PHS base stations and Xiaolingtong, get it at a bargain!

(End of this chapter)