Rebirth of the Age of Wealth

Chapter 512 What happened in Zhongguancun

Li Weidong glanced at the cell phone number. It was an unfamiliar number. He hesitated and pressed the connect button. There were probably not many people who could call him at this time.

After the call was connected, the person on the other end began to introduce himself, "Hello, Director Li, my surname is Wu, Wu Chengda, and I am the editor of the daily newspaper!"

Li Weidong frowned slightly and thought, who is this Wu Chengda? He must be about forty or fifty years old by the sound of his voice. He doesn't recognize him. How did he get his mobile phone number?

The most important thing is, what will happen if I call him at this time?

The other party didn't hear a reply, so he emphasized his tone on the phone and asked, "Director Li, are you listening?"

Li Weidong came back to his senses and said slightly calmly and politely: "Hello Editor Wu, what can I do for you?"

Wu Chengda seemed to hear the coldness in Li Weidong's tone, and said businesslikely: "That's it, we have been informed by our superiors that we will conduct an exclusive interview with you recently. I wonder if you have time recently?"

Li Weidong pondered for a moment and carefully digested the meaning. The superior informed him, where is this superior? Is it the president of the daily newspaper, the editor-in-chief, or a higher level up, and is their supervisory unit such and such a department?

However, Li Weidong also knows that no matter which superior he is, he seems to be unable to refuse, and it is also his obligation to cooperate with the organization's propaganda.

Moreover, an exclusive interview with a daily newspaper is not a video interview. It should not need to be shown in front of the people of the country. At most, it will only be a blurry photo.

Li Weidong had no choice but to pretend to be happy and said in surprise: "When will you conduct an exclusive interview with me?"

Editor Wu originally thought that Li Weidong would decline. He asked that Li Weidong rarely accepts interviews, and his cold tone just now seemed to show his resistance to this matter.

But he didn't expect that Li Weidong agreed so readily, and there was a faint excitement in his tone. This was a bit beyond his expectation, which made the sermon he prepared useless.

There seemed to be some gambling in my heart, as if I wanted to punch hard, but the point of impact was a ball of cotton.

But these are not important. What is important is that Editor Wu seemed to complete the task very lightly, and said a little higher: "Of course, the sooner the better, you know our news is most concerned about timeliness!"

The expression on Li Weidong's face twitched, and he said with a smile: "Yes, yes, news reporting is about timeliness. How about we do it now, you arrange the place, and I will go there right away?"

Editor Wu was obviously stuck for a moment, then cleared his throat and said: "Director Li, as required, we are going to conduct an exclusive interview with you, and the interview will contain more content!"

"The normal process is that we first prepare the interview transcript and pre-list some interview outlines, and then you can read them to see if there is anything inconvenient to answer in these outlines!"

After hearing Editor Wu's words, Li Weidong almost couldn't hold back his laughter. He finally calmed down his mood, and then said in realization: "Oh, so that's what happened!"

Although Li Weidong never accepts interviews, he has never eaten pork and seen pigs running. He naturally knows the process. It’s just that the faster the editor Wu, the better, and asked Li Weidong to say one more thing.

Li Weidong paused for a moment, then continued calmly: "Editor Wu, when will you prepare the interview outline? I plan to go back to Qizhou today!"

Editor Wu was honest this time. Although their yamen was big, interviewing Li Weidong was a task assigned by his superiors. If he couldn't complete it, he would be the first to be criticized. How could he be promoted if he had a reputation for poor performance?

"Director Li, our editorial department has started preparing the outline and will give it to you this afternoon!"

Li Weidong hesitated for a moment and said: "Okay, I will ask the secretary to contact you later to confirm the time and content of the interview!"

Editor Wu immediately smiled and said: "Okay, okay, Director Li, I won't bother you anymore!"

Li Weidong hung up the phone and said to Chen Jun next to him: "Remember this phone number, contact him, get the interview outline, and write an interview script based on the outline!"

Chen Jun looked at the number on Li Weidong's mobile phone, quickly wrote it down in his notebook, and said, "Yes, I'll contact you right away!"

Chen Jun agreed happily, but he was unsure. He had no experience in writing interview scripts. He had to write from Li Weidong's perspective, and he had to be very familiar with Li Weidong, which made it even more difficult.

However, judging by time, he should hand over the work to the next supervisor when he returns this time. It is very likely that this will be the last job that Li Weidong personally hands over to him.

Chen Jun didn't dare to guess whether his secretarial work was a tiger's head, but now he had to try his best to have a leopard's tail!

This can also leave a good impression on the boss, even if there is some inappropriate pork belly in the middle, it can be improved as much as possible.

Chen Jun thought about it for a while, he had to ask his superior and old leader Zhang Dongshuo to help with this matter, otherwise it would be difficult for anyone to do it!

Li Weidong originally planned to go back to Qizhou directly in the afternoon, but now the situation has changed, and the itinerary has to be changed accordingly. Then he said: "I can't leave today, please refund the ticket!"

Chen Jun also immediately replied: "Yes!"

Li Weidong returned to the hotel and sighed as he looked at the packed gifts. He had spent a long time in the capital this time.

Li Weidong took a break, drank a cup of tea, and read the newspaper. The meeting was over. Now he suddenly felt calm and seemed a little uncomfortable.

After standing up and stretching his muscles, Li Weidong saw that the sun was not bad and wanted to go out for a walk. He said to Ding Yuan sitting next to him: "Don't be in a daze, go out for a walk!"

Ding Yuan stood up smoothly and said with a smile: "Oh, staying in the room is quite boring, it's better to go out for a walk!"

"Then where are we going?" Ding Yuan followed Li Weidong out and only remembered this question when he reached the door.

Li Weidong thought for a while, there were many places in the capital where he could stroll, but he finally chose one, "It's not far from Zhongguancun, how about we walk there and stretch our legs?"

"Walk over, do you have to walk for a while?" Ding Yuan asked in surprise. It must be okay for him to walk over, but although Li Weidong also exercises, he does Tai Chi, and the more he practices, the slower he gets!

Li Weidong said angrily: "Then what are we going to do?"

"That's true!" Ding Yuan scratched his head. Li Weidong's schedule today is to go home, and he has nothing else to do. Now that he can't go back home, he really has some free time, so he can just exercise.

"Then why are you still standing there? Let's go, wherever you go!"

Li Weidong walked out of the room first, followed closely by Ding Yuan.

The hotel they stayed in was about five or six kilometers away from Zhongguancun. It wasn't that far, but the walk was really not something that could be done in a short time or two.

Not long after setting off, Li Weidong saw a car following them. No need to ask, it must have been arranged by Ding Yuan, just in case he used the car or had other accidents, just in case.

While walking, Li Weidong started to jog, but he was out of breath after not running two intersections. This made Li Weidong a little depressed. It seemed that the Tai Chi he usually practiced was really a bit bluffing!

After arriving in Zhongguancun, Li Weidong felt that these five or six kilometers were really not short, and he really needed to exercise in the future.

Zhongguancun is known as China's Silicon Valley. I dare not say anything else. The number of schools around it is definitely higher than that of Silicon Valley. There are no less than 20 famous and non-famous universities within a radius of five kilometers. As for the quality, it is hard to say.

Walking on the streets of Zhongguancun, Li Weidong was a little disappointed. Compared with later generations, it was still far behind. Those landmark buildings in later generations were only beginning to be constructed or planned, and were still far from reaching a large scale.

And those major companies that are high-end and famous in later generations probably only have one floor, a small office, or even just a door.

Li Weidong looked at the electronic market next to him and walked in. He looked at the counters with trembling heads. There were many people and it was quite lively, but it was a little different from what Li Weidong imagined.

In short, Zhongguancun now has a long way to go. Not only is it small in area, but it also lacks confidence. The high-tech and Internet industries have just taken root in China and have not even left a leaf yet.

Li Weidong wanted to find where Brother Dong's stall was, but unfortunately he couldn't see it after looking for a long time. He felt a little regretful. He still wanted to take a look at Brother Dong who was now setting up a stall.

Li Weidong and Ding Yuan strolled casually for a while. The mobile phone in Ding Yuan's hand rang. Ding Yuan picked it up and looked at it, then held up the mobile phone to signal Li Weidong to also take a look at the caller number on it.

"Old Zheng? Why is he calling you?" Li Weidong looked at the "Mr. Zheng" displayed on the phone screen, guessing that it should be Zheng Sijing, and asked curiously.

Ding Yuan also shook his head and said doubtfully: "I don't know either!"

"Then you still won't answer?" Li Weidong reminded, how many times has it sounded? If you don't answer again, the call will be hung up.

Ding Yuan glanced at Li Weidong, pressed the answer button, answered the call, pressed the hands-free button again, and then said calmly and politely: "Hello, Mr. Zheng!"

In front of the boss, if you flirt with the boss's deputy, you will definitely get no good results. He is a bodyguard, so other subordinates are only allowed to show kindness to him, and he is not allowed to show kindness to them in turn.

Even if others show kindness to him, he must be reserved and self-respecting. This is the rule in this position. No one can break it. If he breaks it, there will be no good end.

"Captain Ding, I seem to see the car used by the chairman in Beijing parked in Zhongguancun. Are you and the chairman here too?" The other end of the phone asked directly without any nonsense.

Ding Yuan glanced at Li Weidong, meaning to ask him how to answer, but Li Weidong had already answered.

"Didn't you go back to Shanghai a few days ago? Why are you back again?" Li Weidong asked in confusion.

When Zheng Sijing heard Li Weidong's voice, he did not answer Li Weidong's question, but said with a smile: "Chairman, you are really in Zhongguancun. Where are you now? I will go find you right now?"

"We are in the electronics market!" Li Weidong glanced at the counter next to him, and then continued: "Well, this will be next to JD Multimedia, huh?"

After Li Weidong finished speaking, he felt something was wrong. Why was this name so familiar?

"Jingdong Multimedia, okay, I'll go in and find you right away. Please wait a moment, I'm very close there!" After Zheng Sijing heard Li Weidong's words, he repeated them and heard the noise on the other end of the phone.

Li Weidong looked at the boss inside the counter, who was wearing a gray jacket and had a cropped haircut, and was busy working inside with his head down.

I don’t know if it was because Li Weidong mentioned the name of his shop, or he instinctively felt that there was a customer. He raised his head with clear eyes. When Li Weidong saw this appearance, it was OK!

"Boss, what do you want? We are an agent for Mitsubishi's products, including CDs, magnetic disks, and MO disks. We can also provide professional burning services!" The boss vigorously promoted the products in somewhat standard Mandarin.

However, Li Weidong just looked at the boss happily and didn't say a word. Even Ding Yuan next to him couldn't stand it and had to say apologetically: "Let's just take a look!"

"It's okay, it's okay, just take a look, our products here can be said to be the best in the entire market!" The boss said confidently while being warmly polite.

"Really, what's your surname, boss?" Li Weidong finally returned to normal and began to join in the conversation with the boss. He had to wait for Zheng Sijing to come to him anyway, so it would be good to chat with Brother Dong.

"Your surname is Liu. Boss, you can take a look at it as you like. The goods here are different from those at other stores. The goods I buy here are all purchased from Mitsubishi dealers. They must be genuine. I will never sell fake goods. If you find that

If you fake it, you will pay ten, or you will pay a hundred!" Boss Liu said confidently.

"Okay, give me a bucket of each of the optical discs and disks you just mentioned. You just said it is absolutely true. If you fake it, you will pay a hundred for it?" Li Weidong said with a smile.

"Boss, you're kidding, there are twenty-five tablets in a bucket, and there are several varieties of various specifications, which adds up to one or two hundred tablets, but I can definitely guarantee that they are genuine!" Boss Liu said with a smile.

"That's fine, you can pack it for me, but I still have a request!" Li Weidong decided to support Boss Liu with practical actions, which also gave rise to a bad taste.

"What are you asking for? We have delivery services in Zhongguancun!" Boss Liu thought that Li Weidong wanted him to deliver the goods. This order is not small, and the delivery must be no problem.

"Follow me and Zhang Ying, isn't that too much?"

"It's not too much to take a photo together. It's just that I don't have a camera here. Do you think?" Boss Liu felt a little baffled, but this small request must be met. After all, it is a two- to three-thousand-yuan business.

"It's okay, isn't there something for sale nearby, Lao Ding!" Li Weidong said with a smile, then looked at Ding Yuan and shouted, with an obvious meaning, asking him to take care of it.

"(⊙o⊙)..." Ding Yuan was a little helpless, but the boss's request must be met.

The owner who sells digital cameras next to me got lucky for no reason and sold a high-end camera. Of course, he made a normal profit. After all, his neighbor, Boss Liu, came over to help negotiate the price.

The most important thing is that he made two bids, and they took it, and the time didn't even last a minute, so he said that the price was low.

Looking at Boss Liu standing with Li Weidong, Ding Yuan suddenly felt a little envious. Li Weidong rarely took photos with others. Looking through the photos, he could see who was not a big shot. This street stall Boss Liu was going to set a record.

As soon as Ding Yuan finished taking the photo, Zheng Sijing trotted over, followed by several people.

(End of chapter)