My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 581 Everyone Needs to Install GPS and Know Their Location
Qin Yuye felt as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over his head.

Her feverish mind cooled down, and she pouted slightly: "You're not happy..."

Wei Dong didn't bother to figure out if this was a test: "Everyone has their own standards. They know when they can share wealth and when they can share hardship. That's enough, I have other things to do."

Just hung up the phone.

The translator is only nineteen years old.

Faced with such sudden and enormous wealth, my understanding is still lacking.

Wei Dong was genuinely busy. He mentioned that some leaders were coming to visit and inspect the area, and he pondered for a moment whether he should bring out his Mercedes-Benz and BMW to greet them.

Forget it.

In the end, I still felt I really didn't want to be flashy.

Then I took my daughter downstairs to look at the cakes for sale.

As we sold them more and more, we discovered that Xiaodie could count along with us. As long as she didn't say "Holy crap," she would just count.

She had been engrossed in counting the number of people, which was almost several hundred, when Ram nimbly ran out of the basement: "I just got a call, and they said the leaders over there have already set off to prepare for the reception..."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a convoy of police cars pulled up beside the white building.

The front is lined with various shops, while the lobbies of office buildings and serviced apartments are on the side. However, the building is not very wide, so Wei Dong could see it from the back, next to the underground parking garage.

They underestimated the convenience of having a police escort; it's not far from the city center anyway.

I simply stepped forward to meet her, reminding my daughter, "Give me some face, don't say 'damn' later, we'll talk about it when we get home, okay? If you behave well, I'll buy you a foreign book later."

As a result, Xiaodie quietly raised her hand and made a "two" gesture, letting Weidong see that the people in the front row had already gotten out to help open the car door, and he quickly agreed.

He quickly went to meet them.

Sure enough, even among the staff at this level, there was someone who recognized Wei Dong. They skillfully approached him and gave him a look, causing Wei Dong to quickly lean to the right. The person then skillfully reached out and took his gun away.

They didn't even hesitate to greet them. Next to the man from the Economic Commission were two elderly men, one of whom had particularly sharp eyes and was looking left and right.

They stared intently at the young man holding the baby, prompting Wei Dong to quickly pass the baby to Ram next to him.

At least now I can free myself up a bit.

The city officials explained: "Comrade Weidong's children have some health issues, and he's been taking them with him on business trips for the past six months. His recent focus on work has somewhat affected the children's development."

Even from a distance, you could tell that the expressionless child was quite different.

The Economic Commissioner mentioned that these two advisors should come and take a look.

At this point, you might feel that the white building is a bit too glaring.

Fortunately, it wasn't a sole proprietorship; Wei Dong explained that it was a joint venture with the long-established Liujin Photo Studio.

It turns out that the one with the poor eyesight had actually been active in Jiangzhou before and even had his picture taken at Liujin Photo Studio, so let's go check it out.

Liu Taiyuan, who ran downstairs, was still wearing his arm sleeves and almost patted his sleeves with both hands.

This person is among the many photos of historical figures displayed on this floor.

The exhibition hall-style first floor is now particularly impressive. Liu Taiyuan still behaves appropriately. When he makes eye contact with Wei Dong, he doesn't bother to boast about himself, but instead focuses on the impact and changes of reform and opening up on the photo studio, how much business there was before and how much it is now. In particular, he carefully studied the atmosphere of the people's lives improving day by day during the National Day photo exhibition two years ago, which won the favor of the masses.

Liu Taiyuan later said that it was fortunate that Wei Dong and his mentors had made so many down-to-earth works back then.

It's very interesting to watch now.

Even the usually serious-looking staff couldn't help but linger on the enlarged color photo.

The leaders nodded repeatedly, saying the filming was excellent.

But none of this emboldened Wei Dong. After looking around, he didn't go upstairs. Instead, he pointed directly to the street scene outside the back door: "Some propaganda work only shows things that are glamorous and tidy. In reality, the vast majority of people don't live in such a glamorous and tidy environment. Now we are working hard to develop the economy so that all people can live a decent and good life." He wasn't referring to the cake shop, but to the buildings behind the white building. Unless they were the houses facing the street, they were all quite dilapidated at the moment, especially in contrast to the white building.

So only looking at the positive aspects is a bit unfair.

Wei Dong understood better than anyone what he had told Wu Shengyun: life is certainly unfair, but society truly pulls everyone together, especially trying to give the weak a fair chance to survive. This was the bottom line he was willing to strive for.

Therefore, adhering to this principle, he wasn't afraid of making mistakes: "We recently launched a new project, and haven't had a chance to report on it yet. It's a kind of exploratory attempt, so please feel free to offer your criticisms and suggestions, leaders..."

The area around the cake shop was already quiet, so there was nothing special about it. Wei Dong led the way down to the garage entrance: "It's been fitted with anti-slip material, so there shouldn't be any problem. Here's a detail: when we were building this building, which is currently the tallest in downtown Jiangzhou, many people questioned why we had to include a garage. Including the fact that every residential building we build has one or two floors of garage, this is part of our preparations for the vigorous development of the automobile industry. We hope that we can join the ranks of major automobile nations as soon as possible, and we can't wait until then to make do with crowded parking."

There were indeed more than a dozen cars parked in this garage, making it look like an underground parking garage from twenty or thirty years in the future.

As they got back on the elevator, the leaders all seemed thoughtful, with even the one from Jiangzhou remarking, "Isn't this the most modern commercial area in Southwest China right now?"

Let Wei Dong explain: "Once that commercial center in the North District is built, it will truly have the feel of a modern commercial center. It combines our research experience from Hong Kong and Tokyo, but more importantly, it's about enabling the public to participate in commercial activities."

Pointing to the elevator operator's control panel, he said, "For example, this place is still not down-to-earth enough. The first and second floors are old-established shops, the third and fourth floors are commercial companies from Jiangzhou and surrounding areas, the fifth floor is a Hong Kong-funded company, and the sixth floor is our trading company. These still cannot allow more ordinary people to participate. That is our new attempt with the city."

Jiang Zhou was satisfied: "Yes, Wei Dong's work is very much in line with the needs of the people on the front lines. The North District Commercial Center is still under construction, but the idea is very innovative. It is to build a modern commercial building, and then all citizens can rent a small area to do business. I think it is a kind of upgraded version of the free market you built in Shangzhou."

Wei Dong must have been carefully observing everyone's expressions. The one with sharp eyes brightened up, while the one with kind and gentle eyes frowned.

He added, "This relative freedom is certainly within the scope permitted by policies and regulations. This is the office modernization we are carrying out through the electronic computer engineering promoted by the Fifth and Fourth Ministries of Machinery Industry."

The elevator opened up the space on the sixth floor, where dozens or even hundreds of computers were laid out without any partitions for workstations.

That makes it particularly impressive.

They act like some high-tech research and development unit, but here they're just ordinary work tools.

None of the leaders have ever seen this before. This is just an ordinary trading company, right? Why would they need so many computers?
Unable to resist leaning over to see the words displayed on the screen, the staff still managed to keep working without stopping, and their typing speed even increased slightly.

At that time, the criteria for selecting outstanding workers nationwide were all based on a single, precise, and quick-thinking approach.

We've gotten used to the fact that so many leaders come to visit and inspect regularly.

Wei Dong gave a brief introduction to the operators who link sales data from various regions with data from different manufacturers and inventory.

The person from the Economic Commission finally spoke up: "The head office and several branches have already introduced more than 4,000 of these computers. I am very impressed by their electronic accounting capabilities."

Wei Dong laughed: "Our latest and most outstanding product is no longer electronic accounting. Come, please come this way. I'd like to take this opportunity to report on our latest achievements in the field of computers to the leaders."

In the conference room right next door, there is a projector that was imported from Hong Kong.

This is the greatest value that Hong Kong businessmen bring to Wei Dong: the ability to easily and quickly connect with the outside world.

He doesn't tolerate people constantly trying to make themselves known.

As the group settled into the rattan chairs, they asked Wei Dong to open the PowerPoint presentation on the computer next to him: "This software is called electronic PowerPoint. It will definitely be promoted and popularized throughout the country in the future. We are also trying to sell it overseas so that we can earn foreign exchange."

This is just a heads-up, to avoid being accused of concealing something: "This is truly our invention. Foreigners are amazed by it now. Its purpose is to make PowerPoint presentations a very convenient way to conduct meetings, allowing for a very clear and concise delivery of the meeting's message. Let me demonstrate... Dongsheng Trading is a private commercial company established in May 1984 with the help of the Chengdu branch of the Sunshine Daily..."

Speaking of which, when Wei Donglian's company was established, it was because of its exceptionally good political background.

Jiangzhou and the Economic Commission listened attentively, both relaxed and satisfied, leaning back in their rattan chairs.

Only the one with the sharp gaze brightened up again, his face expressionless.

At this point, Wei Dong stopped hiding his true feelings. He had just made some money selling cameras and donated it all to the Giant Panda Base: "That's how businessmen do things. I can't lose out on this either. The Giant Panda Base has to provide us with so many opportunities to use pandas as the main characters in our advertisements, right? We're spending so much money, and the pandas eat so much bamboo, they should at least do some work..."

The kind-looking man even laughed: "No wonder I later saw you using pandas in your TV commercials."

Wei Dong nodded and explained, "This is the basic principle driving the market economy. Mutual benefit is the essence of doing business. You can't just confiscate goods because the country needs them. Once this trend is allowed to continue, no one will be willing to work hard to create value, and no one will be willing to do business with the country. But conversely, profit-seeking by merchants can become poison. The country should indeed restrain and manage commerce to ensure its healthy development. Here's an example... As you can see, I just press a button, and it changes to a different slide, with tables and pie charts that make it very clear..."

The official from the Economic Commission narrowed his eyes: "I think I'm starting to understand the value you're suggesting in this software. Continue..."

(End of this chapter)