Chapter 591 Go Where the Enemy Needs You Most
Liang Fei and Shi Shi, along with Wang Kai and his wife, drove to a small restaurant near their former high school, which they used to frequent during their school holidays.
The food here is tasty, generous in portion and not expensive.
But at that time, everyone was a poor student with little money in their pockets. Even though Liang Fei's family was well-off, his parents didn't give him much pocket money before he went to college.
Liang Fei had no complaints about this. He had not been poor since his sophomore year. If he had never been a poor high school student, then his youth would be full of regrets.
The four of them ordered a few dishes, and Wang Kai was the first to sigh: "When you were in school, you came here to eat stir-fried dishes. You had to look at the menu and calculate the price before you dared to order. Now it's better. You don't have to look at the price when you eat here, but I always feel like something is missing."
Liang Fei teased: "Maybe your son is missing."
"Go away."
Wang Kai rolled his eyes at Liang Fei and sighed, "You don't know how painful it is to raise a child. My son is very energetic. He sleeps during the day and cries at night. Since he was born, her mother and I have never slept a full night. It's so painful."
Wang Kai's wife also sighed and looked at Shi Shi with envy: "Raising a child is so difficult. Look at me, I look so haggard. I am nothing like Shi Shi, who looks so tender and beautiful. Except for the change in her dressing style, she is no different from when she was in school."
Shi Shi had just come out of Wang Kai's house. She held his son and amused him for a long time. She also took a lot of photos. After listening to the senior sister's words, she tilted her head and said, "This can be considered another kind of happiness. When you raise your son, if you encounter any trouble, the chubby boy will immediately stand up and shout, 'Don't bully my mother.' You will be so proud then."
When Wang Kai's wife heard this, a loving expression immediately appeared on her face. She shook her head and raised her glass and said, "I don't want that boy to get into trouble in order to protect me. I just hope he's safe."
Alas, nowadays people say that as long as the child is safe, it will probably be difficult to maintain the scene of loving mother and filial son after he goes to school.
Tsk.
Shi Shi continued, "Besides, it would be great to get married and have children early."
Wang Kai sighed, "But I also gave up a lot of things. In fact, I wanted to go to a big city to try my luck, but at that time my relationship with my senior was already very stable. If I chose to go out, I would not be able to get married. Later, I thought about what kind of life would be considered good. Staying in my hometown and living an ordinary life without worrying about food and clothing would be very happy."
Wang Kai's wife agreed, "Yes, we don't have much ambition, and we know we are not capable enough to settle down in a big city. In our hometown, both sets of parents can help take care of the children, and we don't have to worry about buying a house. With the current housing prices in big cities, if we were in Minghai, we probably wouldn't be able to afford a school district house even if we worked our whole lives."
The few of them clinked their glasses again, and Liang Fei said, "Be content with what you have."
These are two completely opposite life choices. In fact, Liang Fei also thinks that Wang Kai's life is very good.
In the past, asking parents to pay for buying a house or raising a child was considered a sign of lack of ambition. But a few years later, when full-time sons and daughters appeared, everyone thought it was very normal.
After all, leaving home to work hard in a big city, even if you empty the wallets of your entire family, you may not be able to come up with enough for the down payment. It's better not to have this kind of struggle.
It is better to stay in your hometown. The house is ready, you can go home for meals, and the salary you earn is enough for spending. You can find a wife who is similar, and life will be comfortable like this. Occasionally, if you want to visit a big city, you can just buy a ticket and go, play for a few days, and then go back to your small county to live a leisurely life.
Wang Kai felt emotional today when he saw that Liang Fei was doing so well. He kept clinking glasses with him. This man who used to be the most lively and cheerful person in the class is now the pillar of the family who works hard in a suit and tie in the cooperative every day to earn money for his son's milk powder.
He and Liang Fei are of the same age.
"As for me, I'm not afraid of you making fun of me. The city where I went to college didn't even have a subway. I've lived for so many years and I've never even taken a subway."
Liang Fei listened and laughed, "Taking the subway is not comfortable. Rich people in our small city don't take the subway when they go to big cities."
“That’s the truth.”
Wang Kai picked up the wine glass and said seriously: "Liang Fei, you are the best among our old classmates. Work hard and bring honor to our hometown. I wish you can become the richest man soon!"
Liang Fei waved her hands hurriedly: "Forget about the richest man, forget about the richest man."
Out of reach.
Wang Kai drank a little too much. Didi has not yet been rolled out across the country, and there is no designated driver in small cities, so he can only leave the car here temporarily. After Liang Fei safely sent Wang Kai and his wife home, she went home with Shi Shi.
The two of them walked in the shade of the trees on the street to avoid the afternoon sun. Shi Shi suddenly said to Liang Fei, "It's really good for Wang Kai and Senior Sister to be like this."
"Yeah?"
Liang Fei smiled and said, "Maybe the market is too good now. All walks of life are making money, and young people are running to big cities. Some people still say that Wang Kai has no future."
"Everyone makes their own choices, whether they will succeed or not."
Shi Shi muttered, "How many people are like you? Most are ordinary people. I am now dealing with poetry and poetry, and sometimes I feel tired and exhausted. I really don't know how you can support such a big company."
Liang Fei smiled and pulled Shi Shi into her arms: "I am extremely superior in every aspect, as you know."
"go!"
"Where are you going?"
"Home, where else can I go? To a hotel? The place is so small. If someone I know sees me, I won't be able to go back home anymore."
Liang Fei thought about it and suggested: "We can wear masks."
“…”
Shi Shi stared at Liang Fei for a while, then suddenly lowered her head and smiled, leaning forward and whispering, "Hey, do you know that I also want to be with you in this small town forever and ever."
"But Liang Fei, ah Liang Fei, Liang Fei is too amazing. Liang Fei belongs to Light Year Technology, to the Internet, to the big era, but not to me."
"How much will be my share in the end?"
As she spoke, Shi Shi raised her hand and touched Liang Fei's face, her eyes seemed to be filled with autumn water: "Liang Fei, the person you didn't get when you were a student, will you never get him in the future?"
Liang Fei listened quietly and shook her head, "Don't talk about getting anything. We all have each other."
"I don't own you."
"If you work harder, I'll give you a chance." Liang Fei complained, "We've known each other for so many years since childhood, so I'm still willing to open this backdoor for you."
“…”
Minghai's affairs went much more smoothly than Liang Fei had imagined. Li Bin was definitely frightened by Dong Ge's sudden change of tone. After Xu Guyong expressed his desire to join NIO, he immediately started thinking about it.
"Looks like we have to go back early."
Liang Fei stayed at home for another week. The morning before leaving, she went downstairs and announced to her family, "I'm going back tomorrow."
Liang Chuifeng and his wife Xu Ruting, as well as their grandparents were having breakfast. The atmosphere at the table was originally quite good, with the family chatting and laughing. Xu Ruting even suggested that the family take a family photo while Liang Fei was still at home, as they hadn't taken a photo for a long time.
"Why are you leaving so suddenly?" Xu Ruting served Liang Fei a bowl of porridge, and after he sat down, she asked, "Did something happen at the company?"
"No."
"Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"
"But mom, I have to go eventually."
Xu Ruting rolled her eyes and picked up a big meat bun for Liang Fei: "Eat, after eating, let's go take a family photo. You haven't been home much in the past few years. Hurry up, after the photo is taken, you can go."
Liang Chuifeng was still very calm and consoled her, "If you miss him, just go live in Minghai for a while. It's not hard to fly back and forth. When the high-speed rail is built here next year, it will be comfortable to sit in first-class seats. It will take a little longer at most, but you can get to your doorstep directly. You can see your son anytime you want."
Xu Ruting didn't want to admit it: "I'm afraid that he will harm other girls when he returns."
Grandma said, "Oh, how could my grandson harm others? The last time our family went to Minghai, those girls were very cute. They were so affectionate to us old couple. If Xiaofei bullied them, would they still look at me nicely?"
When Liang Fei heard this, she immediately gave him a thumbs up: "Grandma, you are really clear-headed. My mom doesn't understand this principle. She just keeps chattering all day long."
Xu Ruting didn't even eat and went upstairs to pack Liang Fei's luggage.
The family took a family photo and had dinner outside. The whole day passed quickly. In the evening, Liang Chuifeng and Liang Fei, father and son, smoked on the balcony.
Liang Chuifeng handed Liang Fei a cigarette: " It's okay to smoke one."
Liang Fei took the cigarette, and after Liang Chuifeng lit it for him, he laughed and scolded: "Look, now I'm lighting a cigarette for my son."
After taking a puff of cigarette, Liang Chuifeng said to Liang Fei, "Just now when I went to the house to get a cigarette, I saw your mother wiping tears while preparing things to take to Minghai."
After saying that, Liang Chuifeng smiled and said, “Your mother is like this. She is still like a little girl after so many years.”
Liang Fei laughed and said, "You are a good head of the family. You have never let my mother suffer any injustice. Old man, I have always taken you as an example."
Liang Chuifeng was puzzled: "If you take me as a role model, why would you do that in Minghai?"
Liang Fei was silent for a moment, lowered his head and took a puff of cigarette before answering, "My hometown is small, and news spreads quickly. My reputation will be ruined."
Liang Chuifeng: “…”
"Go to sleep. I'll be pissed off by talking to you." Liang Chuifeng put out his cigarette. "You have to catch a flight tomorrow, so you should go to bed early. The first thing you should do when you get to Minghai is to call your mom and let her know you're safe."
"Okay."
Liang Fei asked with a smile: "Do you want me to go and comfort mom?"
Liang Chuifeng said without even turning his head: "It's your turn to coax my wife, go to bed early."
At dawn, Xu Ruting got up and cooked a bowl of dumplings for Liang Fei: "Dumplings when you go out, noodles when you get home, stuffed with leeks and pork, eat a few more, when you return to Minghai, you won't be able to eat them even if you want to."
Liang Fei yawned, leisurely ate more than thirty dumplings, burped as he went out, and ran into his grandparents who had just returned from morning exercise.
"Hey, cub."
Grandpa took out a red envelope from his pocket and said, "Eat well."
Grandma reminded: "You should also keep your girlfriend in mind. Grandma's jade bracelet is gone."
Damn, I don’t want to leave anymore.
Liang Fei packed her bags, said goodbye to her family and returned to the materialistic metropolis.
One week is neither long nor short. This not only gives Li Bin enough time, but also makes him feel a sense of urgency. When he feels that he has succeeded in winning over Xu Guyong, he will have a special sense of accomplishment.
This sense of accomplishment will prompt Li Bin to believe that what he is doing is right. Subconsciously, he will choose to believe in the results of his hard work.
Maybe this is human nature.
NIO Headquarters
Li Bin was listening to the specific information about Xu Guyong collected by his subordinates.
"Mr. Li, according to our intelligence, Xu Guyong should be a rare person with a large amount of idle cash. His family has been engaged in resource mining in the northwest for many years and has accumulated huge wealth over the past few decades. Starting with Xu Guyong, they moved to the south and took the investment route. So far, his most successful investment is Liang Fei."
The subordinate paused, then continued, "What needs to be emphasized here is that Xu Guyong was also Liang Fei's most important investor in the early stage. In a sense, his importance even surpassed Penguin Technology's first venture capital."
Li Bin interrupted his subordinate and said calmly, "I have read Liang Fei's information. The first step for his campus version of WeChat to enter the society was to find a low-end mobile phone manufacturer and implant the application into the mobile phone before it leaves the factory. As a result, the number of users increased in a short period of time, and then it attracted the attention of Penguin Technology and 360."
The subordinate nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Li, you are right. Liang Fei has already used up all of Xu Guyong's first round of investment with this move alone, and he also had a conflict with the manufacturer during this period."
Li Bin didn't know this. Liang Fei was actually seldom like other entrepreneurs who talked about the hardships and difficulties of starting a business in public. Therefore, the outside world still thinks that Liang Fei has been smooth sailing and has never suffered any setbacks.
Failure has indeed never happened, and Liang Fei herself agrees with this.
The subordinate explained: "Because at that time, some manufacturers saw that Liang Fei was a student and didn't know much about the business. Not only did they ask for an exorbitant price, but after the deal was made, they also used the technical issues as an excuse to delay fulfilling the contract. The two sides were very unhappy, and the other manufacturer even threatened to have someone kill Liang Fei if he continued to make trouble unreasonably."
"What's the result?"
"In the end, no one knew how capable Liang Fei was. He directly alerted Yu Xiangdong, the then president of Minghai University. Yu Xiangdong sent two law professors from Minghai University to negotiate with the manufacturer, and everyone was happy in the end."
At this point, the subordinate added: "Mr. Li, Principal Yu Xiangdong also gave Liang Fei a lot of support, and look at his current situation."
Li Bin took the resume of Yu Xiangdong that his subordinate had prepared long ago, glanced at it, and then put it down.
Too big, too lazy to look at it.
The subordinate continued, "At the same time, in Liang Fei's Light Year Technology, there is a female . Her professional skills are very strong. Liang Fei went to Penguin Technology to work and hosted a mobile game that was under development. He brought her there for a short period of time. This person also needs to be paid attention to. Here is the relevant information about her adoptive parents."
Li Bin took it, glanced at it, and put it down again. He looked up at his subordinates in annoyance and said, "What do you want to say? Tell me that Liang Fei has many powerful backers and I can't afford to offend any of them, right?"
The subordinate was a little nervous and whispered, "What I mean is, if we want to win over Xu Guyong, he might also be concerned about Liang Fei's resources."
"It doesn't matter. I'm not a poor man."
Li Bin thought for a moment, and said in a low voice: "According to the information I have inquired, Xu Guyong's hometown in the northwest has notified him to seek more industrial development. The Internet is ultimately an illusory thing in the eyes of the older generation of entrepreneurs. Products can be seen but not touched, and our new energy vehicles just fit this point."
Dongdong~
Someone knocked on the door a few times. After getting Li Bin's permission, the head of the public relations department came in and reported: "Mr. Li, there's a message from Xu Guyong. He invites you to a small gathering in the evening."
"where?"
"And Tianxia Club."
"Okay, I'll go." Li Bin agreed without hesitation, "Whether it's the Hongmen Feast or something else, if Xu Guyong is willing to support me, Liang Fei's funds will definitely be in trouble, and then his purchase of land will be in vain, even with Mr. Ma's financial support, it will not be enough."
Then, Li Bin asked confidently, "What does Xu Guyong like?"
The subordinate hurriedly lowered his head and flipped through the pages and replied, "Woman."
Li Bin was stunned for a moment and asked, "What else?"
"All kinds of women."
“Roll, roll, roll.”
Seeing the boss angrily leaving, the subordinates hurriedly chased after him and said, "Boss Li, Xu Guyong really doesn't have much of a love for luxury. He bought a yacht, sailed it twice, and then left it at the port without taking care of it. During those two times, he took a bunch of women to party, but he got seasick. He didn't believe it the first time, but got seasick again the second time, so he never went again."
"It's the same with the golf club. I got the top membership card, but after going there a few times and getting the prettiest waitress, I stopped going there."
"Mr. Li..."
Li Bin stopped and asked, "Is the PR department prepared?"
The subordinate nodded: "Yes."
"Take them all!"
Which big company doesn't have a few capable women when it comes to negotiating business? Some are employed by the company itself, such as the beautiful medical representatives in the past, and some are outsourced, and the composition is complicated.
Li Bin arrived at the Hetianxia Club as scheduled, and Xu Guyong was already waiting there.
"Mr. Xu, I've heard a lot about you."
Xu Guyong stood up, laughed and shook hands with Li Bin: "Hurry up and do it."
Li Bin originally brought two female public relations, but as soon as he entered the private room, he secretly said badly, and asked: "Boss Xu, are there other guests today?"
Xu Guyong waved his hand and said, "That's all. It's just you and me tonight."
This is the largest private room in the world, more than enough to seat thirty people, but the long sofa is already filled with beauties of all kinds, with a row of slippery thighs that is particularly shocking.
Each of them has her own charm. In comparison, the two female public relations brought by Li Bin lost in terms of momentum.
"Um, Mr. Xu..."
"Mr. Li!"
Xu Guyong picked up a bottle of strong liquor, slammed down two glasses, and said with a laugh: "We Northwesterners stick to one principle when we speak and do things: be direct. Come on, brothers, let's drink this glass!"
Li Bin secretly groaned, who the hell drinks foreign liquor like this? But there was nothing he could do, now he had to ask for help from others.
"Obedience is worse than respect." Li Bin took the square cup, gritted his teeth, and drank it all in one gulp. His whole stomach felt burning. Fortunately, he had eaten something before coming here, otherwise, he would have vomited after drinking this cup.
"good!"
Xu Guyong poured another cup: "Drink this one, there are still three cups, Mr. Li, my idol is Wu Song, you know Wu Song, he drank 18 bowls of wine in one breath, come on, let's drink it!"
Li Bin's legs began to feel weak, and the two female public relations were also scared. One of their jobs was to drink, but even an iron stomach could not withstand such drinking. What kind of job had they taken today?
