My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 586 Who isn't a lord at heart?
The biggest contributor here is, of course, Steve.

Knowing that each computer gives a few dollars to the software is something Wei Dong only learned in this life, but he had vaguely seen in videos in his previous life.

But if Steve used that money to start a software company, it wouldn't just be a matter of taking a cut from the computers.

The real money was made from non-Apple computers; people bought the $99 software package after hearing about its reputation.

Old Fang muttered to himself, "I know the idea behind patent royalties, but I never imagined how to make money from them, let alone that it would happen to a kid from the mainland like you..."

If this Soviet-style passenger plane had a transparent glass canopy like a helicopter, then he was muttering to himself while looking up at the sky.

Wei Dong had to explain in detail: "I often deal with departments at all levels, and sometimes I have to explain the same thing over and over again, so naturally I thought of making a PPT. To put it bluntly, this thing is to distill the core and simplify it so that non-professionals at all levels can easily and clearly understand what is going on. It has a wide range of applications. It can be used in employee meetings, selling products, company shareholders' meetings, and even elementary school students can use it for their projects. It just so happens that I lead the Xishan Computer Industry Group, and I casually asked them to make a prototype. If we send it to Citibank, it won't be an original creation by foreigners, but we can improve it from scratch, and then the patent will be ours."

Old Fang scoffed at him irritably: "If it's yours, don't try to fool me. I may be envious and jealous, but I won't take it from you... Give me 20 million, and I'll exchange it for shares in the dock company. This doesn't involve state-owned assets; it's your investment that dilutes your shares, making you an original shareholder. Sigh, forget it, let's split it into two companies to count the shares, so you don't attract too much attention."

As for the docks, Wei Dong didn't take it too seriously since he already had several small docks. He even had a small dock in Shanghai.

But he still pretended to be reluctant: "Okay... you still have to give me the land for the factory, I'll open the factory."

Old Fang laughed loudly again: "Don't try to pull your tricks in front of me, they're too clumsy. Any secretary or clerk in the office could do it better than you!"

That's true. In government agencies, who isn't a shrewd and exceptionally skilled actor who follows the top leaders?

They used to be quite common in the tax compound.

Wei Dongcai tried to tone down his chuckles, but Xiao Die started chuckling along and even scratched her head like her dad.

This made Lao Fang laugh out loud again.

His entourage in the cabin couldn't help but look at each other with envy.

Zhuoma secretly scratched Mao'er's arm as a signal. The young man sat upright and made a hand seal, completely unaffected by the outside world. The plateau girl also pouted and sat down to chant sutras with her eyes closed.

As a result, Wei Dong only realized that this dock was not the same dock when he arrived in Pengzhen.

Moreover, if he had asked another company at that time, he might have been so shocked that he would have been thrown off the plane.

Pengzhen Airport is still under construction.

So we had to fly to Yuezhou first, and Weidong suggested that we could visit our branch office while we were there. Transportation wasn't so easy at the moment, but we were already there.

Lao Fang readily agreed.

Three Mitsubishi SUVs came to pick him up. Mao'er and Zhuoma, being smaller than adults, sat in the very back of the seven-seater.

Old Fang finally took a closer look at the three children that Wei Dong had brought along, especially lingering on Mao'er: "Your job setup is quite unique."

Rang Weidong reiterated his previous statement: "Since we're already here, we should try our best to help more people change their destiny."

This statement is even clearer at Dongsheng Trading's Yuezhou branch.

Previously, the branch office was located above the arcade general store of the hotel chef, Master Liao, and he squeezed in a small single room for He Yuemei.

Later, when the main focus was on development work in universities, He Yuemei rented a storefront near that plastic factory.

This year, following Wei Dong's suggestion, I simply bought a small house nearby that might belong to someone who was going abroad.

A two-story arcade building along the roadside allows businesses to display all their products on the ground floor.

Three SUVs screeched to a halt at the entrance, startling a group of college students inside.

When they saw that it was Wei Dong who was being asked to get out of the car, they immediately burst into cheers.

He Yuemei rushed downstairs and took the child in her arms with heartache. The child was so young and had been wandering around with her all these years.

Old Fang deliberately lingered in the car for a while, looking out at the energetic young people through the window, signaling the driver to tell everyone else not to move before getting out himself.

Like an inconspicuous old man passing by on the roadside, listening to these college students desperately introducing themselves, those who played basketball with the boss back then are basically managers in various parts of South China, those who have been to Jiangzhou are also old hands, and now most of them are just brought in by the crowd when they first entered the school, or are active members who have not yet graduated.

Wei Dong was also asked to hold the baby and listen. Seeing Lao Fang's expression, he didn't introduce anything and quickly gained some new understanding of the changes in Yuezhou.

This is indeed the most open and relaxed region in the country right now, where people can pull out large sums of money and get many things done ahead of the curve while wearing slippers.

Finally, he said, "I'm going to Pengzhen. Do you have enough manpower? I need to set up a factory, repair the factory buildings, and some companies need my help. It may be tough, but the future is definitely promising, so I need capable and hardworking people."

As a result, everyone around raised their hands in unison: "Wow!"

"I want to go!" "I'm signing up!"

At that moment, there were no selfish thoughts or concerns; one was simply filled with passion and a desire to dedicate one's youth.

Of course, it also stems from trust in the boss.

Those who followed the group from two or three years ago have already become pillars of society, and now this new group is going to venture into new fields.

He was absolutely full of enthusiasm and drive. Wei Dong still insisted that graduates be prioritized to avoid delaying their studies. He used a phrase that later became rather stale online: "Some might say, 'My major is this or that, why do I need to specialize in public speaking?' It's not like that. Primary and secondary school is about learning basic knowledge and developing study habits. University is about cultivating your ability to identify and solve problems. Focus on completing your university studies and developing this ability, and you'll have time to master any profession. So what I need now are soldiers ready to be called upon. Those who haven't graduated yet, hurry back and finish your studies before joining the next battle. Now, help me notify those graduating seniors who still want to venture out into the world to sign up!"

More than ten people vanished in an instant.

July is graduation season, so there's still time to contact people.

Lao Fang later said that at that moment he was even more envious than when he was on the plane, when he envied Wei Dong for making money.

College students, these are the most precious college students at this time.

Wei Dong's mere gesture was enough to garner a large following.

They arrived a little after 1 p.m., and by dinner time, more than 80 people had already come to sign up. It is said that there are still hundreds of people coming from all directions and even other provinces!

Wei Dong also held a brief meeting at the branch office with the seven or eight people that He Yuemei had brought. He went to conduct a site inspection first, and everyone else arrived one after another.

The first thing we need to do is open a sanitary napkin factory, because there will definitely be a large number of female factory workers in the eastern Guangdong region in the future, and the demand for cheap sanitary napkins will be huge. We need to ensure that the low-priced sanitary napkins that will not increase in price are distributed throughout the factories in the entire eastern Guangdong region.

Now we can call upon automated production lines that have increased efficiency many times over; two or three of them are equivalent to the previous scale of thousands of people.

Secondly, there are garment factories. The eastern Guangdong region is a major production base for export garments, making it more convenient to procure materials from various sources.

The Jiangzhou factory still faces some limitations, at least in terms of clothing material supply, it doesn't have the same opportunities for development as the auto parts factory.

Each region has its own strengths, which is an objective fact that cannot be ignored.

If the garment factories in eastern Guangdong are operating well, they can also provide more equipment and assistance to the Jiangzhou factory.

Finally, there are cosmetics factories and shampoo factories. Whether for local sales or potential future export sales, their advantages here are undeniable.

Everyone was so excited that they wrote furiously, paying little attention to the old man sitting to the side.

The college students who arrived one after another didn't pay attention to him. They squeezed in and pushed the old man to the side, afraid of missing a single word.

Old Fang moved to the side and out of sight, paying more attention to these wildly growing college students.

This is his true form, which he can never see in any other situation.

Because once these guys know his name, they're guaranteed to change completely.

So when Wei Dong was about to leave around 4 o'clock, Lao Fang assigned someone to stay behind and instructed him not to reveal his identity.

After all, including He Yuemei, so many people need to obtain a pass to enter the Pengzhen Special Economic Zone.

Of course, Lao Fang's people can travel freely with him.

It takes three or four hours to get from Yuezhou to Pengzhen.

When Wei Dong arrived, he was completely disoriented, his only thought being, "What is this?!"

If Lao Fang hadn't been a big shot who came with the Economic Commission and the city government, Wei Dong would definitely have thought he'd been tricked and kidnapped.

It's just a whole stretch of barren mountains and wilderness!
Of course, there is also the vast ocean in front of us.

There is also a rather impressive modern hotel building!

Despite having traveled all over the country, Wei Dong has actually never really seen the sea properly.

In Shanghai, I only see the Yangtze River estuary; in Hong Kong, it's limited to Victoria Harbour; Tokyo Bay isn't very big either; and in California, I don't have time to go to the beach.

Now let's stand there with our daughter, holy crap...

Zhuoma and Mao'er had similar reactions when they first saw the sea.

Old Fang's intrigued observation prompted Wei Dong's expression: "What are you thinking?"

Wei Dong took a deep breath: "I need to think about how to explain this to my people so that they can see the future and not be scared away by the current difficulties."

Old Fang's well-tested eyebrows twitched with satisfaction: "You won't be scared away?"

Wei Dong chuckled inwardly. Now, this was coming to Shenzhen under the guise of the national team to attract investment and development, which was essentially like buying shares in the original stock.

How could we be intimidated by the desolation and hardship before us?

Moreover, this hotel alone gave him an idea. It seems like building a hotel like the one Dawa mentioned, around a sacred lake on a high plateau, isn't impossible.

Wait a minute, Wei Dong finally realized that if the hotel was of this level, how could the national team's dock be small? And since it also had another company with its own funds that were to be spun off from the national team's dock, its scale wouldn't be much smaller either.

This finally prompted Wei Dong to ask a question.

He's only familiar with sales and factory construction; he's never been involved in the national team.

(End of this chapter)