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Chapter 894 Duplicity
Hearing this, Boss Shi was obviously stunned for a moment, then he turned his head and looked in a certain direction of Zhu City, and that direction was exactly the direction of the unfinished headquarters building of Giant Group!
The reason why Giant Group went bankrupt was definitely not as simple as the unfinished headquarters building and the debt collection by creditors.

Giant's Han Card had not been selling well before, and the competition in the health care product market was too fierce, so profits continued to decline. As a result, Boss Shi began to expand wildly again, entering multiple industries such as computers, real estate, and clothing.

More importantly, Giant's internal management was almost out of control at the time and was in chaos. Managers from all over the country would run away with Giant's payments almost every now and then. As for those who enriched themselves and poached Giant's employees, there were simply too many of them.

Before the headquarters building project, Giant Group was already in a precarious situation and had fallen into a financial crisis. The suspension of construction of the headquarters building could be said to be the last straw that broke the camel's back!
But a defeat is a defeat. When the outside world mentions Boss Shi, they also feel regretful. The Giant Group failed due to the blind expansion of the headquarters building, but Boss Shi knows that he failed within the Giant itself.

But no matter what the reason, the headquarters building of Giant Group has been unfinished until now. When he suddenly heard that Mr. Li, who debuted later than him and was not as famous as him, was now building a new headquarters costing more than 200 million US dollars, how Boss Shi felt after comparing the two, probably only he himself knew.

But the phrase "killing people and destroying their hearts" is probably an understatement for him!

Especially now, the fame and influence among young people between Boss Shi and Mr. Li are no longer comparable.

Now Giant Group has made a comeback thanks to Melatonin. The impression of the new generation of young people is that Boss Shi is just a health product seller, doing the same thing as companies like Sanzhu that have already gone bankrupt.

But you have to know that Boss Shi made his debut with his technology. He led three people to create the Giant Hanka, and built the Hanka brand that ranks first in domestic sales from scratch!
Boss Shi has become an entrepreneurial idol admired by a generation of young people and a figure who can be compared with Bill Gates in the hearts of young people in the mainland. He did not achieve this by selling health products!
However, all these are just memories of the past. The new headquarters of Dongling Hi-Tech is almost the same as what Boss Shi wanted to build for Giant Group back then.

And Li's Dongling Hi-Tech now leads the domestic technology industry. Isn't this the scenario that Giant Group dreamed of back then? !
All these have become a thing of the past. Boss Shi sighed in his heart and turned on the TV to Hanxi TV.

"According to our reporter's interview with Gao Peng, General Manager of the Logistics Department of Dongling Hi-Tech, the new headquarters of Dongling Hi-Tech was designed by the internationally renowned designer Norman Foster.

We will introduce a variety of new international technologies and materials to build a new headquarters that integrates technology, energy conservation, and environmental protection.

After completion, the new headquarters of Dongling Hi-Tech will be expected to become a key project and landmark building of the new generation of Hanxi.

Currently, the Hanxi Provincial Government, Pingyang Municipal Government and other departments have expressed their support for the new headquarters of Dongling Hi-Tech. More than twelve construction groups have gathered in Pingyang to bid for the new headquarters project of Dongling Hi-Tech!

It is expected that the new headquarters project of Tanglin Hi-Tech will be completed within three years, and the groundbreaking ceremony will be held in Pingyang tomorrow morning! "

The TV station played a virtual rendering of the new headquarters of Dongling Hi-Tech. Under the night sky, the new headquarters of Dongling Hi-Tech was still brightly lit.

With a large number of LED lights and six surrounding buildings, the Oriental Tower looks quite magnificent and has a strong visual impact.

When he saw this, Boss Shi suddenly lost interest in reading any further. Even the popular sales of Giant Group’s Melatonin in China made Boss Shi a little “bored”.

Now Giant Group is selling Melatonin just to pay off its debts. Some media are touting his comeback, but Boss Shi doesn't feel happy at all. Which man doesn't want to be successful and admired by thousands of people? Who wants to be called a liar and make money by cutting leeks?

Especially for someone like Boss Shi, who once stood at the top of the wave, his status in the technology industry in previous years was like that of Alibaba's Ma and Xiaomi's Lei Jun in the previous Internet era.

Can you imagine that one day, Alibaba's Jack Ma and Xiaomi's Lei Jun rely on live streaming to sell goods to pay off their debts? For people like them, it is no longer a matter of face, but a near collapse of their lives.

Boss Shi has the same feeling now. With his strength, it is not surprising that he can make a comeback. For someone like him, who can see the potential of the gaming industry and launch the "Zhengtu" game that makes money like cutting grass, it is just a small test for him.

But in fact, ever since Giant Group resumed its business of health products in order to pay off its debts, Boss Shi has started to give up. His ambitions have actually disappeared, and everything he does now is just to pay off his debts!

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In Zhongguancun, inside the Situng Group headquarters building that cost a huge amount of money to build, Situng's head Duan Yongji also saw media reports on Dongling Hi-Tech's new headquarters.

Duan Yongji, sitting in his office on the 41.6th floor of the Sitong Building, threw the newspaper aside helplessly. The Sitong Building under his feet cost hundreds of millions of RMB to build. It is meters high and was the tallest building in Zhongguancun when it was completed.

But now, compared with the new headquarters of Dongling Hi-Tech, the Sitong Building pales in comparison. Whether it is the height, area, scale, or even the construction cost, it has been destroyed in seconds!
Although Duan Yongji also knew that Sitong and Dongling Hi-Tech had been on different paths from the very beginning, Dongling Hi-Tech was unwilling to accept Sitong Group's investment from the beginning.

But sometimes, Duan Yongji couldn't help but wonder, what would happen now if Sitong had invested in Dongling Hi-Tech back then?
Even though he knew it was impossible, facing the Hong Kong-listed Sitong whose share price had been falling for many years, Duan Yongji still couldn't help but think, if he could really acquire shares in Dongling Hi-Tech, would Sitong's share price and market value rise to the sky? !
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"It's just that I've run out of tricks!"

"For a technology company to focus on steel and concrete instead of products is just a way to its own death!"

"I think Dongling Hi-Tech has reached the point of decline after its peak!"

Back at the headquarters, Boss Liu heard the news about the new headquarters of Dongling Hi-Tech and commented to his trusted disciples including Yang Yuanqing and Guo Wei who were standing beside him.

He threatened that Dongling Hi-Tech and Mr. Li are now ambitious and are spending two or three hundred million US dollars to build a new headquarters building. If this is not ambitious and ostentatious, what is?
Since ancient times, every dynasty that was ambitious and built large-scale projects would eventually decline. According to this rule, Dongling Hi-Tech has already reached its peak and then declined!

But in response to Boss Liu's words, his disciples remained silent. It was true that the media reported that Dongling Hi-Tech was in a trough.

But only people in the computer industry know how strong the performance of Shenzhou computers is. In fact, the sales of Lianxiang computers this year have increased significantly compared to last year.

Lenovo alone accounts for 10% of the domestic computer market share. In the first half of this year, Lenovo's computer sales exceeded 18 units.

Based on past experience, with sales like this, Lenovo is already the leader in domestic computer sales.

But it just so happened that this year Shenzhou Computer emerged. In the first half of the year alone, Shenzhou Computer achieved a terrifying sales volume of 48 units, and it alone accounted for 26% of the domestic computer market share!
This is no longer a question of how many are sold, but it is almost a horror story. Shenzhou Computer not only suppresses a group of domestic computers such as Lenovo, Founder, Great Wall, and Inspur.

Even foreign computer brands such as IBM, Compaq, Dell, HP, Panasonic, and Toshiba are suppressed by Shenzhou in China and cannot even raise their heads!
With the performance of Shenzhou Computer, if we can still say that Dongling Hi-Tech is performing poorly, then for domestic computer manufacturers, I wonder how much of the domestic computer market share Shenzhou Computer will occupy if Dongling Hi-Tech rises, 50% or 60% or even more?
Computer manufacturers are all cursing the media who fanned the flames. What the hell is Dongling Hi-Tech and Mr. Li in a slump? Next year, Mr. Li will launch a computer that is more powerful and more cost-effective than the first generation of Shenzhou. Then, do they still want to survive? !
When Boss Liu saw the performance of his trusted aides, he knew what was going on. He said this to boost morale, but it is obviously not having much effect now.

"Keep in touch with Intel. Lianxiang must get the latest 350-nanometer chip. We must be the first to launch a computer with a 350-nanometer chip before Shenzhou and regain the position of the largest domestic computer brand!" Boss Liu said with finality.

Some people mocked the project of Dongling Hi-Tech's new headquarters as being too ambitious and some questioned whether a technology company had lost its fighting spirit by building such a luxurious headquarters and providing such good working conditions.

Of course, there are even more people who are envious. For domestic technology companies, whether they are state-owned or private, who doesn’t want a landmark headquarters building?

Just like going public, a landmark headquarters building is also a reflection of a company's strength. As for the idea that better office conditions will cause loss of morale, who the hell would be willing to work in an office environment that is drafty in the winter and exposed to the sun in the summer?

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"Liu Shi!"

At the construction site of Dongling Hi-Tech's new headquarters project, banners have been hung, and strings of firecrackers and salutes have been placed out, ready for the groundbreaking ceremony to begin.

Li Dongling, Ren Yuefeng and other senior executives from Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters all showed up at the project site. Pingyang's head Liu Weiguang also rushed over with people from the Pingyang municipal government.

When Li Dongling shook hands with Liu Weiguang, all the cameras and video camera lenses around him flashed at the same time. Liu Weiguang looked at the camera with a smile on his face. He knew that this scene would probably be broadcast on many domestic TV stations and media, and might even be on the central media TV station!
(End of this chapter)