My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 568 Wu San, you can kneel now.

At least up to this point, Wei Dong wasn't thinking about how much money he could make from selling the software.

He doesn't really have that kind of awareness yet.

The main purpose is to let Steve, this perfectionist, experience the demo software and see what aspects can be improved.

If we could find some Silicon Valley experts to make some adjustments, then we could consider it as taking advantage of capitalism.

Moreover, following standard internet practices, it was first included free of charge on Apple computers for everyone to try out.

Let's talk about selling software only after we've gained complete market recognition and market share.

That's what Wei Dong thought.

So he immediately turned around and asked Lao Huang and the others to produce the English version.

Actually, the assembly language at this time was based on English, so the adjustments and changes were only to the interface presentation, which was very quick.

Then he immediately sent someone with a removable cartridge to Shanghai, and Qin Zhiming's Hong Kong assistant, who had a Citibank visa, took over and flew to North America.

Although there are already expensive airmail options available, there's no need to delay the transit at this time.

Qin Zhiming nodded and said that the more than ten yachts of various sizes that his sister had requested had been transported to Shanghai by cargo ship and handed over to Wu Shengyun's shipping company.

Since these were all his stock from his more than ten or twenty years in the yacht rental business, as well as second-hand goods temporarily collected from the surrounding area, the cost was very low. As Wei Dong had said, he donated them to Shangzhou Tourism Development Corporation free of charge through HK Company.

It's not that I necessarily want to evade this import tax, but rather that defining this kind of thing is very complicated, involving customs duties, consolidated industrial and commercial taxes, and import adjustment taxes all combined for identification.

Like the previous yacht, it was donated by the joint venture, which neither used up foreign exchange nor generated any accounting entries for the company.

Wu Shengyun personally accompanied the yachts, which were packed and stacked on the barge, back to Jiangzhou.

After arriving a few days later, they requested the establishment of a separate tourist ship company for easier management, and thus enter the passenger shipping market, at least the Sichuan River passenger shipping market.

The passenger ship traffic volume between Shangzhou and Jiangzhou is actually quite large.

The golden waterway that Wei Dong used to sell cured meat was almost the only accessible route to the outside world for many counties.

Road transport these days is truly a mess.

Rang Weidong was sitting in a rattan chair in the Southwest Electronics Building. Even now, steel pipes and steel materials are in short supply and are used as much as possible for building construction and engineering projects. Such daily necessities can be replaced with bamboo and rattan products as much as possible to save money. Therefore, you can't see metal furniture that boasts a modern style on the market.

However, this building shares a similar architectural style with the sixth-floor factory buildings in the industrial area, featuring strips of glass curtain walls that vertically run through more than twenty floors, seamlessly integrated with the reinforced concrete exterior walls, making it quite distinctive in appearance.

Staring at the Hong Kong-funded four-star hotel across the street, which had already begun interior decoration, Wei Dong slowly shook his head: "You can increase your development of freight transport, don't get involved in passenger transport."

Wu Shengyun provided a lot of data about the large passenger transport market along several important tributaries from Jiucheng upstream of Jiangzhou to the Three Gorges downstream. He said that the state-owned shipping companies are currently burdened with problems and slow to reform, which is an opportunity for private enterprises to seize the market.

But when he heard that Wei Dong said no, he didn't show the slightest disappointment on his face and immediately nodded: "Sheng Yun understands, and will definitely do so."

Wei Dong wanted to explain it to him clearly: "For freight, we have our own cargo as a base, which guarantees no loss. We then solicit business from various places, dealing with transportation companies in different counties and cities. Even if their business is not good, they won't blame us. Passenger transport is different. The entire Yangtze River is controlled by the three major passenger ship companies: Shanghai, Echang, and Jiangzhou. Even if they allow local county and city transportation companies to enter the passenger transport market, they are all collectively owned enterprises. It doesn't matter if they share a piece of the pie. Once this passenger transport business is impacted by private companies, it could be a dead end at any time. I don't want you to go to jail and waste your time."

Wu Shengyun seems to be the kind of young swordsman who acts recklessly and has an outstanding record.

Before the Spring Festival, didn't we take advantage of the year-end period to acquire three powered cargo ships, which can serve as the driving force for our barge fleet?

In the past six months, he not only followed this pattern to acquire five 400-ton power cargo ships, but also prepared the small dock and warehouse near the electronics industrial park that Shanghai City had approved for Rang Weidong.

Then they unloaded the cargo onto barges, taking advantage of the booming real estate development in that area of ​​Shanghai, and managed the business very well, making a lot of money.

Of course, the business in the stone production area of ​​Sichuan has been booming without stopping.

It was probably this kind of profit that made him eager to try to take it to the next level.

Wei Dong, of course, could "see" a higher level than him: "Wanqing has a reform pioneer. This is a report from the sales company. It is said that the soybean foreign trade transaction volume in the first half of this year has reached tens of millions. You can contact and keep an eye on this person at any time. I guarantee you can witness him get into trouble with your own eyes."

The fact that the sales manager reported the foreign exchange being held and resold on the black market is enough to cause the other party a lot of trouble.

Wu Shengyun broke out in a cold sweat: "Thank you for your guidance, brother. I understand now. The shipping company's profits will be used to purchase cargo ships?"

Wei Dong nodded: "You need to put yourself in their shoes. At this stage, most people are still used to criticizing the evil capitalists. If someone suddenly jumps out and says that you and I have become capitalists, earning tens of thousands every year and living a life of luxury, wouldn't they want to kill us?"

Wu Shengyun was indeed clever. He closed his eyes and imagined it for a moment, but when he opened them, he was filled with fear: "Could it really be like this?"

Wei Dong said fluently, “There are now more than 10,000 people in the factory. To reasonable people, I have created more than 10,000 jobs, allowing thousands of families to have income and live a stable and happy life. But if someone stirs things up and says that I am exploiting the surplus value of more than 10,000 people, and that I am not equal to them, do you think it will incite these people to fight for my flesh and drink my blood?” Wu Shengyun gritted his teeth and said, “Brother, you are so good to everyone. Our wages are the highest.”

Wei Dong remained calm: "Well, even if they remain unmoved, what about the outside world? The better we treat our own people, the more dissatisfied the outside world will become. Those people hate that they don't get such good treatment, but they also complain that we capitalists are sucking their blood. They say that killing them is not enough to appease public anger. Do you think this will be the outcome?"

Wu Shengyun must have been used to being smarter than everyone around him since he was a child.

And indeed, as it turns out, given just a little bit of opportunity, he always manages to achieve results beyond expectations.

But at this moment, he finally fixed his gaze on the boss, and after several seconds he managed to squeeze out a sentence: "We also do business with conscience. We earn money based on our own abilities. There are times when we make money and times when we lose money. Why should no one care when we lose money, but we are attacked and killed when we make money?"

After thinking about it, Wei Dong realized that only people thirty or forty years later would reach a consensus and truly know which country they were in.

"In Hong Kong, at Citibank, in Japan, what you said makes sense. The strong take all—that's the law of the jungle. If you make money through intelligence, talent, or inherited wealth, you can do whatever you want. Even some anti-monopoly restrictions can't stop the freedom of the wealthy. But that won't work here. Here, there's a culture and system that doesn't abandon the weak. The country provides the best possible public order, allowing everyone to pursue fairness commensurate with their abilities. If we break this fairness and don't make amends, then we're very likely to be..."

With a gesture, Wu Shengyun understood.

In a sense, he and Chi Shiming were both stronger individuals with more talent and opportunities than Rang Weidong.

Without rebirth or the Heavenly Eye, Wei Dong wouldn't even get a second glance from either of them.

One of them was known for their strong market operation capabilities, and the other for their insight into the differentiated business practices between developed and underdeveloped regions.

They will surely make a name for themselves in the wave of reform and opening up.

Moreover, Wei Dong could even conclude that even without him and the other two, they would be doing better than Hong Tiancheng and even You Qili.

Because both of them possess extremely strong error correction capabilities.

This is the key to surviving the most unpredictable and turbulent phase.

Of course, there's no need for Wei Dong to correct him; he can tell where the mistake is at a glance and keeps using a trowel to patch up the mortar everywhere.

But in Wu Shengyun's eyes, it was beyond his comprehension, especially considering that his lord was only twenty-two years old.

He's already climbed to such a high level, and he's been in contact with such a lot of people, yet he's still so stable.

Unconsciously, she slid off the wicker chair and knelt down in front of him...

This made Wei Dong laugh.

He didn't even reserve an office for himself in the Xishan Electronics Building; he was just using Lao Huang's place to chat for a few minutes, and everyone avoided each other.

Otherwise, they would be very surprised by this rare behavior in the new society.

Only Xiaodie remained curled up in her father's arms, still in a sickly and delicate state.

He watched silently.

So Weidong had to move the child a bit.

“Hey, how many times have you knelt before me now? There’s no need for that, Xiao Wu. As long as you work with me, I’ll trust you and treat you as a brother and comrade-in-arms. If you’ve accumulated enough capital with your intelligence and talent and want to go out on your own, I’ll let you go. But if we’re together, you have to listen to me. I’m looking for the long term.”

Wu Shengyun said in a low voice, "The third time. The first time I knelt down to my elder brother was to ask for forgiveness. I was greedy for new products and instigated the business people and my elders to try to steal the sanitary napkin business. My elder brother gave me a chance to make up for my mistakes."

Tell Wei Dong to stop smiling.

Wu Shengyun remained kneeling: "The second time I knelt before my elder brother, it was out of heartfelt gratitude and trust. My elder brother finally gave me the shipping company so that I could take charge on my own. I felt both ashamed and excited. In fact, I also had selfish motives. I always wanted to rely on the connections of the chambers of commerce in the local counties and cities to build my own foundation."

He then knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "This is the last time I'm kneeling before you, brother. From now on, if I ever have even the slightest selfish thought, I will die without a burial place. I will definitely follow you and make this business a long-term success."

Let Weidong himself experience it too.

He was truly inferior to these guys in terms of his own qualifications, including Dong Xueqing.

That guy was a top student who could get into the post and telecommunications school. In the 1980s, there were only a few junior high school graduates like that in a county, which was roughly equivalent to getting into Tsinghua or Peking University later.

At this moment, however, he felt nothing and did not want to laugh: "I have two suggestions for you. First, while you are in Shanghai, learn more English from Lao Zhang. We will have more and more opportunities to go abroad and broaden our horizons. Otherwise, we can only go to Hong Kong. I now feel that what we can see in Hong Kong is too narrow. Second, while you go to Beijing often, you can communicate with Liu Zhiyuan, who is in charge of finance there, and try to learn more about the domestic financial system. Then, as long as you feel ready, I can arrange for you to go abroad to study immediately. Not for any other reason than to let you learn more and see that the world is very big."

Only after thinking this through did he finally reveal his true intentions: "Let me tell you something. You can use this case to understand our mindset when doing business in China. It will help you combine the old-fashioned business practices you're familiar with with the practices of capitalist businessmen that you'll increasingly encounter in the future with the practices we should truly possess..."

Wu Shengyun lay down and hummed.

(End of this chapter)