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Leizhou, Jiangdong Village.

Zhang Xiaoliang stood at the entrance of the village, tightened the down jacket he was wearing, checked the location on his phone, and scratched his head.

"This should be Jiangdong Village, right?"

He was the employee sent by Longyuan to gather information, tasked with finding the manufacturer of Xiaobawang and understanding Xiaobawang's current situation.

The village in front of him looked like an ordinary rural village.

Village houses made of gray bricks and tiles, slightly faded outer walls, an old stone mill that had been around for many years, short garden plots, a thick old tree that needed three people to hug, and two old men sitting at a stone table playing chess.

The only commendable thing was the relatively flat road.

Because it was already mid-December, the leaves on the old tree in the garden plot had fallen, leaving only bare branches, which looked lifeless.

"Let's ask the old man first!" Zhang Xiaoliang looked at the environment and thought to himself, walking towards the two old men.

In front of the stone table engraved with a chessboard, two gray-haired old men, draped in cashmere coats, sat on small benches, engaged in a fierce battle.

One old man with dry skin, protruding veins, and age spots, his eyes flashing with a sharp light, held a cannon in his hand and waved his long arm, slamming it onto the pawn on the opposite side, taking the pawn off the board, with a bit of a golden horse and iron horse momentum.

"Hehe, with this move, I'm attacking your horse and your elephant at the same time. How will you respond?"

The opposite old man, slightly fat and looking like a Maitreya Buddha, frowned slightly, turning two chess pieces in his hand like walnuts, seemingly thinking about a solution.

Zhang Xiaoliang was not interested in the old men playing chess. He observed for a while and felt that the slightly fat old man seemed easier to talk to, so he squatted down, put on a smile, and asked the old man, "Grandpa, do you know where the Xiaobawang factory is?"

The slightly fat old man glanced at him and ignored him.

Zhang Xiaoliang thought the old man didn't hear him, so he asked again, "Grandpa, do you know Xiaobawang? The one that makes game consoles, the Xiaobawang that sells toys now!"

This time, the slightly fat old man reacted a little: "What, what king?"

It turned out that the old man was a little hard of hearing, so Zhang Xiaoliang patiently repeated, "Xiaobawang, the Xiaobawang that makes game consoles!"

"What, Little Wang? Little Wang lives in the east of the village!"

"Not Little Wang, Xiaobawang!"

"Little Wang's dad? Little Wang's dad went to work in a big city, building big buildings, very tall ones!"

"Xiaobawang, the Xiaobawang that was very popular for game consoles!"

"Zhang Ji? Zhang Ji's bean curd skin is very delicious. I bought some when I went to the market the day before yesterday. If you want to buy it, you have to wait for the market next week!"

"It's Xiaobawang, the Xiaobawang of Overlord Xiang Yu!"

"Meet? I haven't seen Little Wang these days. Go find him in the east of the village yourself, but he may not be home!"

While the slightly fat old man was chatting with him, he seemed to have thought of a countermeasure. He put two fingers on his left-wing chariot, leaned his body slightly, and pushed the chess piece straight to the opposite side of the river.

Zhang Xiaoliang was completely helpless: "Okay, Grandpa, go cool off somewhere else."

As soon as the slightly fat old man made his move, it was the thin old man's turn to frown. He stroked his goatee and sneered, "A good move of Wei to rescue Zhao!"

Zhang Xiaoliang put on a smile and asked the thin old man, "Grandpa, do you know where the Xiaobawang factory is?"

The thin old man looked him up and down warily, his eyes full of suspicion: "Who are you? What are you here for?"

Zhang Xiaoliang was a little stunned. Was he being treated like a bad guy?

He explained, "Grandpa, I'm looking for the Xiaobawang factory to talk about business, not a bad guy!"

The thin old man looked at the chessboard situation and jumped his horse away, humming, "Looking at your sneaky appearance, how do I know you're not a bad guy?"

"I'm really not a bad guy! And Grandpa, why did your horse move in a 'field' shape?"

The thin old man's face turned red when he heard this. Suddenly, his eyes widened and he stared intently: "I see, you must be a spy from Sakura Country, here to gather intelligence! Go, go!"

The slightly fat old man was shocked, and he didn't even turn the chess pieces in his hand: "What, your horse just moved in a 'field' shape? Good kid, when your family's Zhuangzhuang comes back, I'm going to tell him that your chess skills are bad!"

Zhang Xiaoliang was stunned: "What? Grandpa, aren't you hard of hearing?"

"Go, go!" The two old men drove Zhang Xiaoliang away together.

Zhang Xiaoliang was quite speechless: "These two stinky old men are really a pair of oddballs!"

There was no other way but to ask someone else.

Walking forward for a while, he saw a few children with runny noses kicking shuttlecocks, back and forth, having a great time.

Seeing him, a foreigner, they all had curious expressions on their faces.

Zhang Xiaoliang put on a kind smile and stepped forward to ask, "Little friends, do you know where the Xiaobawang game console factory is?"

Several children looked at each other, and one little boy said, "I haven't heard of a Xiaobawang game console factory, only a Xiaobawang toy factory! The shuttlecocks we're kicking are made by Xiaobawang!"

Zhang Xiaoliang was extremely excited and took out a chocolate from his backpack: "That's it! Little friend, if you know where it is, can you please take me there? I'll give you this chocolate!"

"Okay, Uncle!"

Walking to the edge of the village, the little boy said, "Uncle, it's here!"

Zhang Xiaoliang looked at the factory with great interest. The area was quite large, and the inside was very clean and tidy, with many workers busy.

But there was no sign that this was once the largest game console factory in the country!

"Dad, there's a guest!" the little boy said to a man in a yellow shirt, introducing, "This is my dad, the boss of the factory. You guys talk."

After speaking, he ran out to play again.

Zhang Xiaoliang: "...So this is your family's factory?"

The yellow-shirted man was very enthusiastic: "How do I address you, friend? My name is Xiang Fei. I don't know if you're here to customize toys or to purchase goods?"

Zhang Xiaoliang shook his head: "Brother Xiang, to be honest, I'm here for the game console..."

He explained his intentions to Xiang Fei clearly.

"Our Xiaobawang's game console technology is still around!" Xiang Fei said, his tone unconsciously rising with a hint of pride, "The super game console 'Wrath of the Overlord' was once feared by companies like Ren Heaven, who even sent ninjas to try to steal it! We didn't let them succeed!

After Xiaobawang declined, Penguin Company also came to acquire us, but we didn't agree! That's why Penguin turned its target to Tiantian Le Dian Youji!"

Zhang Xiaoliang was in awe and couldn't help but ask, "Then why didn't you agree to the acquisition?"

Xiang Fei said calmly, "Because they don't have a game that matches this machine!"

Zhang Xiaoliang was temporarily subdued by the domineering aura in his words, and he even felt a surge of enthusiasm!

Xiang Fei put away his momentum and sighed, "Although the game console is good, the game is the foundation. The failure that year has always left a regret in our hearts."

He thought for a moment: "Let me remind you first, the advanced technology of that year is definitely a bit outdated now. Moreover, if you want to acquire it, you must come up with a game console game that I approve of. This is Xiaobawang's stubbornness, otherwise I would rather not sell it."

Zhang Xiaoliang wrote it down and nodded, "I will tell the boss!"

Xiang Fei suddenly saw something: "Yo, Dad, you're back? Did you go play chess with Old Li again?"

Zhang Xiaoliang looked back and, wow, wasn't this the thin old man from before?

He immediately didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so you're all a family!