My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 782 He is still a child

Wei Dong didn't even ask Steve any more questions.

They had a pleasant conversation and clearly discussed the work of the three main parts: computer manufacturing, sound card companies, and software companies.

Leaving Apple's headquarters was like leaving his palace, making communication much easier.

This allowed Wei Dong to receive over 300 million US dollars in revenue sharing, advance payments, payments for goods, dividends, and patent royalties.

Steve joked that he wanted to set up a complete finance company to manage these funds.

But the important thing is that you hurry up and go back to China to get your computer production capacity up and running, instead of staying here making cars and playing basketball!

Wei Dong laughed and said yes.

They returned to the hotel and managed to keep their composure, acting as if nothing had happened.

Everyone flew to Detroit.

The goal was to show off and let all the architecture students and team members see how well I was treated in the car city.

Chrysler really doesn't care how many people you have; they all receive high-level treatment.

Luxury hotels, upscale conference halls, and fine restaurants.

Large companies with annual sales of tens of billions have astronomical budgets for hospitality.

Wei Dong was also brought here to reorganize the team.

Demimore is still here working hard with Liang Jiahui and the others as the team's spokesperson, and he actually managed to get a job advertising for Chrysler.

She's not yet a big star who can choose her own endorsements; in fact, she's been labeled an advertising celebrity because of her Apple computer ads over the past two years.

So the filming was quite enjoyable.

Wei Dong, somewhat amused and exasperated, told them to all leave.

Lao Zhang and Lao Cheng joined forces to lead the entire domestic team to relocate with the automotive industry chain.

First the Cherokee, then the Dodge 600.

We aim to reduce the import of corresponding parts for each parts production line relocated to Pingjing.

The young people in the automobile localization working group are being entrusted with important responsibilities one after another, sharing the management work of these parts.

In the end, the Cherokee was entirely handed over to the joint venture company of Pingjing Automobile Factory for management. In fact, the foreign boss Collins was practically Wei Dong's man!
Because Collins was a senior executive of the company before the acquisition, if Wei Dong hadn't spoken up, Chrysler headquarters, now focused on making Asian contract manufacturers the core, would definitely have replaced him.

It would be more appropriate to have Wei Dong say that they have been cooperating for two years, and to have Collins oversee this huge industrial chain.

Collins, who had a good relationship with Jean-Henri back in the Cherokee, almost bowed to Jean-Henri as a sign of loyalty!

Then, the Dodge 600 sedan line was overseen by Mr. Cheng as the general manager.

Old Zhang was in charge of all the export work for both sides.

Sending Wei Dong back to Detroit was mainly to have separate conversations with these two.

Lao Cheng essentially "resigned and went into business," giving up his deputy director-level position at the automobile company to lead a team at this state-owned private enterprise in Shanghai.

The cleanup has uncovered a massive automotive industry chain that includes 17 supporting factories and the production of more than 1,300 parts!

Apart from the state-owned nature of the assets, which cannot be interfered with, everything is operated by private companies.

Someone else might have hesitated, weighing the risks and their own gains and losses, but Lao Cheng agreed without hesitation.

While test driving the car, the two chatted for a long time outside.

But what he talked to Lao Zhang about next wasn't this: "Vehicle export trade is just a front. You should focus all your energy on collecting and monitoring information about the GATT..."

To my surprise, Lao Zhang actually knew some information about this.

There is no such thing as the World Trade Organization (WTO). Lao Zhang, who lives in Shanghai and is immersed in foreign trade every day, knows about the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) but has never heard of the WTO.

Wei Dong thought it might be because it hadn't been developed yet, but Lao Zhang knew from the newspapers that China had just applied to join the GATT last year.

Of course, it's still under a lengthy review process.

Those who work in foreign trade know very well that the economic transactions included in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) account for more than 90% of the global trade volume!
It can be said that the biggest reason why Suzhou and the mainland are facing such economic difficulties is that they have been isolated.

The fact that global cargo ships are not coming to Shanghai and that loading and unloading are only allowed at the Shenzhen West District are all details controlled by this general agreement.

What can you do if they don't include you in their circle of activities?

So we still need to find a way to get involved.

As a retired tax security guard forty years later, Wei Dong had heard countless times that the decade or so after China joined the WTO in the early 2000s, when the national economy was booming, was the most wonderful decade or so in many people's memories.

He didn't know the pros and cons of joining early, but he just wanted to make sure everyone could live a good life as soon as possible.

Old Zhang's strengths are his down-to-earth nature, meticulousness, and foreign language skills. When Wei Dong pointed out this area of ​​work, he nodded in agreement without hesitation.

Finally, Wei Dong was able to take Liang Jiahui and his group away.

They were originally there to fill in when there was no one else available, and also to get benefits from being associated with such a large car company.

The work team has been re-established, so hurry back to Los Angeles to film.

Just then, Wang Xin and his team arrived to assist the international billiards masters in filming the foreign-related footage.

Let's connect the two sides a little bit.

As the boss, Wei Dong should stay for a few days to take a look. It's also a way to boost morale. After all, both Hong Kong and Western films have investments of tens of millions, and the subordinates can't be allowed to think that the boss is careless.

This was also a family tradition that Qin Yuye had instructed his elder brother to pass down.

The architecture students, upon witnessing the scene of dozens of members of the HK team crammed into a luxury villa, exclaimed in admiration, "We've witnessed the extravagance and waste of such bourgeois housing!" They quickly bid farewell and returned to the academy to focus on their studies.

Jiang Jialing also took the initiative to leave, suggesting that she take the basketball team back to Hong Kong first, otherwise, she wouldn't know what to do with Fred, the half-baked general manager and coach, who had never been to Hong Kong before.

Qin Yuye complained to her husband in private, she must still be a little jealous. Seeing Demimore, the "fairy," hanging around her boyfriend every day, cultivating their on-screen romance, who wouldn't feel disgusted?

Many actors' families can't get over this hurdle.

So she still doesn't act, at least not as the male or female lead; at most, she'll just have a cameo role to satisfy her interest.

Besides, she's the wife of a billionaire, so a little bit of screen time won't make a difference.

Wei Dong would nod and say yes now, but he kept Kemp behind so they could finally play ball together when they had nothing to do!

In just one day, they rushed from Detroit to Los Angeles, and then split into two groups, leaving many people behind.

The rest is up to Wei Dong and the film crew.

The half-basketball court next to the tennis court in the mansion is at most a small court for the rich to play basketball in their spare time.

Dozens of members of the Hong Kong film crew, along with several Hollywood industry professionals, watched as the big boss played with the basketball-playing boy.

It really was just for fun.

Kemp, who could dunk at the age of twelve, clearly has some workplace emotional intelligence.

Instead of beating up the boss, they tried to smile and let him have a chance to score layups.

But if he hit him a few more times, Wei Dong would give him a chance to show off his skills to everyone...

Everyone was instantly speechless!

Later, there was a passing grade among amateur basketball fans: whether or not they could do a reverse layup.

This move involves jumping in the air and changing the trajectory of your arm to shoot while performing a normal layup.

Jordan spearheaded this trend of incredible skill, while Kobe achieved extraordinary success.

If a streetball player can do this move, then they basically have some talent and physical ability.

Shawn Kemp, on the other hand, clearly looked like he was leaping and doing a layup, but in the end, he still dunked!
The movements were fluid, and the momentum was fierce!
I have never seen anything like it before.

He truly deserves the title of the originator of Fauvist violent aesthetics.

The members of the Hong Kong film crew, who considered themselves to be well-informed and knowledgeable, all acted as if they had seen a god.

Uncle Da and Stephen Chow even knelt down and pounded on the ground in an exaggerated manner on the sidelines...

These two are really into their roles.

Leung Ka-fai and the others realized that this was a scene similar to Stephen Chow's "Descendants of the Dragon".

Chow Yun-fat's upcoming basketball-themed movie could very well feature Shawn Kemp in a cameo role as the villain.

Let Wei Dong and the others decide for themselves; anyway, Camp will charge them based on their cameo appearances.

Upon hearing that this was also his way of making money, the basketball prodigy was somewhat incredulous.

He actually made the McDonald's All-American high school team last year, but it didn't change his economic situation much.

That's how capitalism works; until you switch careers and make big money, you can only rely on your family's financial situation to get by.

He has absolutely no family connections, and he had already signed a college admission offer from this top high school student at the beginning of the year, but this is where the trouble started.

The HK team watched their boss play ball before driving together to Las Vegas, more than 400 kilometers away.

Because a group of top European and American billiards players were playing in the Masters tournament there, they simply rented the venue after the Masters tournament ended. They didn't need to change anything from the tables to the decorations; they just put up a few slogans and that was it.

Dozens of people had already filmed all the foreign-related scenes in Los Angeles.

Hong Kong film crews may seem impressive across mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, but they're quite cautious when working at Citibank.

Only Brother Long had some experience filming overseas, so everyone hadn't had a chance to really get started. As a result, they were all crammed into the boss's mansion, which saved them a lot on food and lodging expenses each day.

A dozen or so cars set off in a grand procession, with the boss and a few others going to oversee the operation.

With his size, even when Kemp sat in the passenger seat of the Lincoln limousine, he had to recline the seat a bit.

Qin Yuye knew this was his cash cow, and besides, he had been eating well these past few days, so he happily sat behind the driver as a translator.

The boy, who was about to turn eighteen, casually mentioned this experience, and then suddenly became agitated: "I had just been assigned to the dormitory, and my roommate wanted to kick me out. After staying one night, he accused me of stealing his two gold necklaces, and the police locked me up like a dog..."

Tai was terrified; the manic teenager punched a hole in the roof of the car!
This guy is a natural talent who has been ranked among the top three in NBA history in terms of physical attributes.

Only a tiny bit of energy and talent made Wei Dong unafraid. He seemed to see himself being captured, and reached out to pat the passenger seat: "It's okay, it's okay, I've been through that too. We'll use our stronger selves to show these trash who the real winner is!"

The translator dodged and couldn't keep up, but it was precisely because of the incomprehensible language that the tone of voice miraculously calmed the berserk teenager who was looking at the driver.

Wei Dong smiled at him, and then the translator delivered the message.

Kemp leaned back in his reclining chair and slowly nodded: "I want to learn Chinese too..."

He is still a child.

(End of this chapter)