Chapter 246 Before I went, I also felt that I was not vague When Ning Weidong saw a dark shadow flash in the house, he suddenly remembered the kitten he brought for Shi Xiaonan to keep her company last time. When the two of them went into the house and took a look, they saw that it was indeed this little guy who was causing trouble. This broke the atmosphere of crying and laughing, and Ning Weidong took out the things he brought one by one. Sulian cosmetics, woolen coats, stockings, breast bags, chocolate candies... Shi Xiaonan had never seen most of them, especially the lace-edged bras, which were much more fancy than the very simple and functional bras worn in China. Shi Xiaonan blushed when she saw it, and whispered: "You really are, why did you buy this~" Ning Weidong laughed and said, "What? Of course, I'm going to fuck you." Shi Xiaonan rolled his eyes: "Rogue~" Ning Weidong asked: "Do you like it?" Shi Xiaonan heard the double meaning in his words and made a mosquito-like "hmm" sound.

While she was looking at the gift, Ning Weidong asked about night school. Before leaving, Ning Weidong asked Shi Xiaonan if she also wanted to go to night school. Shi Xiaonan said yes, so Ning Weidong arranged it for her. It was not difficult to get a place in night school at that time, mainly because not many people knew about it, and people of that era did not attach much importance to academic qualifications. Only a few people understood the importance of academic qualifications. Night school and correspondence courses are shortcuts to obtaining higher education besides the college entrance examination. Shi Xiaonan said: "I have been there, and it feels pretty good, but sometimes I come back too late, which makes me a little scared." Ning Weidong nodded, this is a problem. Since 76, public security has been getting worse and worse, and it was not until 83 that it was slightly curbed. Shi Xiaonan is so beautiful, a single woman, and seems to be financially well-off, making her an easy target for criminals. Ning Weidong must take this issue into consideration, otherwise he will regret it when something goes wrong. But how to solve this problem is a bit tricky. Logically speaking, the easiest way to solve this problem is to get Shi Xiaonan a bodyguard. But this is not convenient. The bodyguard for Shi Xiaonan must be a female and must be reliable. Otherwise, you are not looking for a bodyguard, but inviting a wolf into the house. For a moment, Ning Weidong didn't have a better solution. Ning Weidong couldn't help but frown. Originally, after returning from Speed ​​Union this time, he felt quite high-spirited, as if there would be a smooth road ahead after this punch. At this time, Ning Weidong calmed down and found that the resources he had control over were too few and he couldn't even solve Shi Xiaonan's safety problem. It was almost noon when Ning Weidong came out of Shi Xiaonan's house and drove to Li Yuanchao's club. In the car, Ning Weidong's sense of urgency became stronger and stronger. It was almost a whole year since he traveled through time. Although the situation has improved significantly compared to the beginning, it is far from time to breathe a sigh of relief.

After more than half an hour, Ning Weidong's car stopped in front of the club. As soon as I got out of the car, someone came out to greet me. The visitor was a very beautiful woman, about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, wearing a suit skirt with shoulder pads, which looked like she had brought it back from Hong Kong or America. At that time, the most popular style in America was this kind of high shoulder pads and fluffy wavy hair. "Mr. Ning, Mr. Li is waiting for you inside." The woman bowed slightly and made a 'please' gesture. Ning Weidong nodded and asked casually, "From Hong Kong?" The woman was stunned for a moment, and did not ask back such questions as "how did you know that?". She had not even introduced herself to Ning Weidong just now, which meant that she was not even at the level of "please leave your name when you come", so she had no right to ask back. The woman said, "No, I'm from Shandong Province." Ning Weidong nodded and didn't ask any more questions. Judging from the woman's behavior just now, since she is not from Hong Kong, she must have been trained there. Ning Weidong was too lazy to delve into the specific situation, he just asked casually. After the two of them went in and went up the stairs, before they reached the second floor, they saw Li Yuanchao coming out from inside, opening his arms and hugging Ning Weidong. "Weidong, congratulations, you get to show your face this time~" After hugging him, Li Yuanchao smiled and patted Ning Weidong's shoulder. Ning Weidong said a few humble words, and the two of them walked inside side by side. Ning Weidong and Li Yuanchao had met a few times before. Even when they were walking together or talking on horseback, Ning Weidong was always half a body length behind. This time, Li Yuanchao took the initiative to level the gap, which is different. Walking into a private room not far from the stairs, a copper pot had been set up inside, and various side dishes for hot pot were placed on the table, but there was no mutton. Ning Weidong felt puzzled, but he did not ask in a hurry, as he realized that Li Yuanchao wanted to keep the question in suspense. Sure enough, after the two sat down, Li Yuanchao asked with a smile: "Weidong, what kind of wine do you want to drink today? Laofen or Wuliangye? Both are good wines that have been aged for many years." Ning Weidong said with a smile: "I am a guest and I follow the host's wishes." Li Yuanchao didn't hesitate and ordered Fenjiu directly. He then asked, "By the way, I heard that you have set up a vodka factory and are going to sell it to the old mule. What kind is it? Bring it over to try someday." Ning Weidong said, "You mean that? That's the inferior liquor I collected. I filtered out the flavor, added water to adjust the amount, and fooled the old mule. It's not comparable to our liquor." Li Yuanchao was stunned for a moment. In this era, one could say it was self-deprecation or hospitality. When meeting foreigners, Chinese people prefer to show their good things and rarely fool people like Ning Weidong did. But Li Yuanchao didn't say anything. After all, it was Ning Weidong's business, so he just laughed it off. At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the box, and the woman who had brought Ning Weidong in just now walked in: "Mr. Li, the mutton is ready." Li Yuanchao nodded: "Come up~" Then a man in a white apron came in from outside and pushed a cart. On the cart was the portioned mutton, and judging from its size it was indeed a lamb.

Li Yuanchao said: "It was just slaughtered half an hour ago, the meat is absolutely fresh." Then he nodded to the man. The man immediately took a knife and started cutting the meat. He looked unhurried, but in fact he was quite skillful and soon he had cut out a plate of meat. The woman brought it to the table, picked up a pair of large chopsticks, and put them all into the already boiling pot. The tender mutton turns white immediately when it comes into contact with boiling water. Li Yuanchao picked up chopsticks and said, "Hurry up~" Ning Weidong was not polite either. He picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks, dipped it in the prepared mahjong sauce, and stuffed it into his mouth. It’s true, the mutton is really tender and tastes completely different from the hot pot meat you eat outside. "How is it?" Li Yuanchao took a bite and asked with a smile, "It's different, right~" and picked up the wine glass. Ning Weidong nodded, picked up the cup and clinked it with his own: "Brother Yuan Chao, you really know how to eat." Li Yuanchao laughed: "Confucius said that there are only two things in life, one is eating and the other is sex, and the others are methods and means to achieve these two things." He looked at the bottle of Lao Fenjiu that had just been opened between the two of them, "Just like this wine, if you don't eat some snacks to go with it, like the foreigners, just drinking, it's boring. You have to take a sip of wine and a bite of food. And wealth and power, what is the ultimate goal? Isn't it to eat what ordinary people can't eat, and get women that ordinary people can't touch." Ning Weidong could hear the lack of interest implied in Li Yuanchao's tone. It is not difficult to guess his mood from his past. Whether it was due to his youthful recklessness or he was betting on both sides, it was doomed today. Li Yuanchao's path to a career in politics was cut off and he could only make up for it in other ways. In the current social environment, although he can easily obtain wealth that ordinary people can hardly imagine, it cannot make up for his inner regrets. Ning Weidong took another bite of meat and said, "Brother Yuan Chao, I don't agree with what you said." When the woman serving nearby heard this, her expression froze for a moment. She was considered to be relatively close to Li Yuanchao, and this was the first time she saw someone so outspokenly oppose Li Yuanchao. Of course, this has to do with her vision. She has never seen anyone who is higher in status than Li Yuanchao. Most of the people she met were of the same generation as Li Yuanchao, and none of them worked in the government. They were either hangers-on around Li Yuanchao or came to ask for favors. Not to mention opposition, even if Li Yuanchao farted, these people would say it smelled good. But Ning Weidong is different. After returning from Sulian this time, Ning Weidong is already qualified to be on equal footing with Li Yuanchao. Of course, there is no need to agree with the other party on everything. You can express different opinions appropriately. As long as it is not a matter of principle, you don't have to care at all. If Li Yuanchao can't stand hearing such words, then we should just be strangers from now on, and don't meet or cooperate with each other. Sure enough, Li Yuanchao became interested: "Oh? Then tell me~" Ning Weidong was not in a hurry. He stuffed the meat dipped in sesame paste into his mouth, chewed it a few times and swallowed it. "Food and sex are human nature. I have no objection. But apart from these two, is it only these two mouths that a man, born between heaven and earth, should care about?" Although he said that, Ning Weidong was not slow in picking up his chopsticks. As soon as he put the second plate of meat in, he scooped out a small half of it with one chopstick. Li Yuanchao was stunned. He didn't expect Ning Weidong to be so impolite, but the metaphor was very appropriate.

"No, are you saying that I am short-sighted and self-pitying?" Li Yuanchao was not angry. Although he was not very old, he had a lot of experience and came from a family that made him a shrewd person. Not to mention that Ning Weidong just said something unpleasant to hear, even if someone pointed at his nose and scolded him in person, he would not get angry. At most, he would kill him, so why get angry~ Ning Weidong said, "Isn't it? The old people say that if you complain too much, you will break your heart. You should take a broad view of the world. Brother Yuan Chao, although you can't work in the government or the army, you don't have to live a life of idleness and wait for death. There is a vast world and a lot to do." "What a vast world, there is a lot to do." Li Yuanchao laughed: "You are the one who can comfort me?" "I'm not trying to comfort you, I'm just provoking you~" Ning Weidong said seriously, "I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to adapt to our future cooperation with your current state and mentality." Li Yuanchao narrowed his eyes slightly, a dangerous gleam flashed across them, and instead of getting angry he smiled: "I never thought I would be underestimated." Ning Weidong met the gaze and remained motionless. If an ordinary person of the same age was stared at like this by Li Yuanchao, he would have felt guilty long ago. But Ning Weidong didn't care about his level of Taoism. After staring at each other for a moment, he said to the woman, "You go out, we will talk alone." The woman was stunned and looked at Li Yuanchao. Li Yuanchao said "hmm", which meant he agreed. The woman and the man cutting the meat immediately retreated. Just now they all clearly felt that the air pressure in the room had dropped. The woman closed the door gently, leaving Ning Weidong and Li Yuanchao alone in the room. "If you have anything to say, say it now~" Li Yuanchao said calmly, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry in his tone. Ning Weidong said: "I hope you can play a more active and effective role in the next cooperation, instead of being slow and lukewarm like you are now." Li Yuanchao raised his eyebrows: "What is a more positive and effective role? Be more specific." Ning Weidong asked: "Is the factory we agreed on ready?" Li Yuanchao retorted: "Your parts are not in place yet~" Ning Weidong said: "As long as the money is in place, we can ship it immediately. It will take at most a week to unload at the port. Can your factory integrate the production line in a week?" Li Yuanchao choked. Although he was impressed by the vision of assembling televisions that Ning Weidong described last time, he did not put enough effort into integrating the factory. It’s not that he has any other thoughts in his mind, it’s simply a matter of mentality. Li Yuanchao was somewhat disheartened. He felt that he had no direction to strive for and that this was how his life would end. Money is easily available to him; women are everywhere around him; but power is completely out of his reach for him. Li Yuanchao himself couldn't find a reason to struggle. So, even if Ning Weidong was extremely anxious, it would be nothing to him. Ning Weidong continued, "Power! What is power? It's not a certain position. If you have a certain position, you have corresponding rights. Where did the word 'overshadowing' come from?" Li Yuanchao lowered his eyes and the muscles under his cheeks moved. Ning Weidong ignored his reaction. He had to give enough stimulation this time, otherwise Li Yuanchao would just continue to be bad, which would definitely not be a good thing for Ning Weidong's overall plan.

The next step of building an electrical appliance factory must rely on the energy and resources of the Li family. Without Li Yuanchao, this will be difficult. Of course, replacing someone else may not fail, but in the end it is better to do what you are familiar with than to do what you are new to. If he changes someone else, Ning Weidong will have to build relationships all over again. So, Ning Weidong came today to give him a strong dose of medicine. In fact, Ning Weidong had wanted to do this a long time ago, but he didn't have the qualifications before. Li Yuanchao didn't even have the patience to listen to what he said and directly drove him away. This time after returning from Speedlink, we successfully contacted the local faction in the Far East and established a cooperative relationship. Only then did Ning Weidong obtain sufficient political resources and be qualified to give orders to Li Yuanchao. Ning Weidong said: "So, as long as you have enough resources, does it matter whether you are in an agency or have a position? It doesn't matter!" Ning Weidong paused and looked at Li Yuanchao with burning eyes: "Li Yuanchao! Do you want to live the rest of your life in a muddle, or do you want to cheer up and give it a try?" There was no expression on Li Yuanchao's face, but his hands under the table were clenched into fists. Although he always remained calm, he had to admit at this moment that he was instigated by Ning Weidong. It’s not that Ning Weidong’s rhetoric is so clever or that his words can arouse people’s emotions. But every word of Ning Weidong touched his heart. Whenever it was late at night and everyone was asleep, especially after he had vented his energy on a woman, he would quietly light a cigarette and ask himself, is this how my life is going to be? After a long silence, he will comfort himself, so be it~ He is already a lucky man. There are so many people in the country, and any one of them would have a harder life than him. But at this moment, Ning Weidong's encouragement rekindled the fire in his heart that had almost been extinguished. Is it really like what Ning Weidong said, that if you control resources, you can control power? But how can you control resources? To what extent can you control resources? A variety of thoughts kept popping up in Li Yuanchao's mind. It seemed like a few seconds had passed, but it also seemed like more than ten minutes. He suddenly came to his senses and cursed in his heart, "Fuck it", why bother with so much, just give it a try! Li Yuanchao moved his butt, changed his sitting position, and shouted to the outside, "Bring on the meat!" The sound was so loud that it penetrated the closed wooden door. The woman outside immediately came in with two plates of meat. Li Yuanchao ignored Ning Weidong and poured himself a glass of Fenjiu. Before he finished pouring it, it spilled. He didn't care, he just picked it up and drank it down. Then he took the plate and put the meat into the copper pot and stirred it with chopsticks. The carbon in the copper pot was burned through and the temperature was very high. Once the meat was put in, it would be boiled up again in the blink of an eye. Li Yuanchao picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and poked it into the sauce bowl, which was also a dipping sauce to cool it down, and stuffed it all into his mouth in one gulp. Seeing this, Ning Weidong didn't just sit there. He put the remaining meat into his own bowl and also poured the other plate of mutton into it. The two of them didn't say anything, they just drank and ate meat. The woman brought over several more plates of meat, which were quickly devoured by the two men.

After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Li Yuanchao leaned back in his chair and suddenly laughed, "It's great!" Ning Weidong saw that his face was slightly red. They had just drunk a bottle of Fenjiu, half a catty each, which was not too much, but not too little either. They had eaten a lot of meat. Li Yuanchao looked at Ning Weidong: "You want to encourage me and use my resources and connections, right?" Ning Weidong did not hide his words and said directly: "Just tell me whether you want to use me or not~" Li Yuanchao's tongue pushed against the tendon stuck between his teeth, making a "tsk" sound, and said with a smile: "You are quite upright. You went to Sulian and now you think you are not vague?" Ning Weidong said: "Before I went there, I also felt that I was not vague." Li Yuanchao was speechless: "I told you you're fat and you're out of breath. Stop talking nonsense. You're good at 'provoking the enemy is worse than persuading him'. Now let's talk about something practical. What are you going to do?" Ning Weidong moved his chair with a creaking sound, and moved closer to Li Yuanchao. His expression changed quickly, and he said, "Brother Yuanchao, do you know what I gained from my trip to Sulian?" Li Yuanchao said calmly: "Cooperating with the local faction in the Far East, planning to sell S vodka?" Ning Weidong said: "Vodka is just child's play. You may not even look down on it if I give it to you." Li Yuanchao said, "Hey! Don't worry, don't flatter me. What do you mean by looking down on me? Even a small piece of meat is still meat." Ning Weidong said: "You are not playing by the rules. You should ask, vodka is a piece of cake, what is the big cake?" Li Yuanchao found Ning Weidong more and more interesting. He really didn't have such a person around him. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, stop joking and talk about serious matters." Ning Weidong thought to himself, you were the one who made the first move, and continued, "I mean the TV! Until now, Speedlink has not solved the key technology of color TV. The quality of the color TVs they produce is quite unstable, and most importantly, they are expensive! Including black and white TVs." Li Yuanchao narrowed his eyes and listened carefully. Ning Weidong began to calculate: "A 12-inch black-and-white TV in our country usually costs only 1500 to yuan. We can also produce color TVs, but the output is very small and can be ignored. If it is imported, it will probably sell for yuan." Li Yuanchao nodded. Since he was going to partner with Ning Weidong to assemble televisions, he had made an in-depth study of the industry situation. Ning Weidong continued: "Do you know how much the Speedlink TV costs?" Li Yuanchao shook his head. "A normal twelve-inch black and white TV..." Ning Weidong stretched out his hand. Li Yuanchao was stunned, blinked his eyes, and said uncertainly: "Five-five hundred rubles? This is impossible~" He really didn't know the price of the Sulian TV, but logically speaking, the ruble exchange rate was higher and Sulian's industrial capacity was stronger, so how could the price of the TV be higher than in China? If the exchange rate is taken into account, the price of a 12-inch black-and-white TV in Sulian is almost three times that in China. Ning Weidong said, "It's incredible, isn't it? In fact, the reason is very simple. Don't forget that we need coupons to buy things. In addition, given the living standards in China, there are too few people who can afford televisions. The demand is small, so the price is naturally pushed down." Li Yuanchao's brain was thinking rapidly. If Ning Weidong had previously planned to buy the main components from Japan, assemble them in China, and then sell them to the domestic market, he would have been inconsistent. But this time, even he couldn't help but feel his heart beating faster. Comrade Lao Ma said it well, with a 20% profit, it becomes active; with a 50% profit, it takes risks; for the sake of 100% profit, it dares to trample on all human laws; with a 300% profit, it dares to commit any crime, even at the risk of being hanged. Now Li Yuanchao is no exception. This is a profit of more than 300%, and the population of the Far East alone is over million.

And most people can’t do this business. Although Dongyang has the production capacity, its position is too embarrassing. To put it bluntly, it is America's private territory. Even for the sake of profit, it has to be cautious when trading with Sulian, and even the scale of its business is very limited. If you move too much, you will be beaten by Amei's loving father. The CMEA system of the Swire Group is an independent and closed economic cycle, which is mutually exclusive with the economic systems of America and Western Europe. The only country that is independent of both and has some connection with both is China. Ning Weidong continued, "Brother Yuanchao, just think about it, if our factory is established and a large number of televisions are delivered to Sulian, how much profit will be contained here!" Li Yuanchao frowned and said, "That being said, small fights are nothing, but once they get bigger..." Ning Weidong smiled and leaned back in his chair, almost holding a feather fan in his hand: "So what if it becomes bigger? If this kind of thing can really be accomplished, then someone will help us to withstand the pressure from Moscow." Li Yuanchao reacted very quickly and immediately understood what Ning Weidong meant. Throughout the ages, selling goods has never been a one-sided thing. Local people must be involved, one side is responsible for the supply of goods, the other side is responsible for the market, and the profits are shared equally on both sides. If electrical appliances such as televisions really have the huge profits that Ning Weidong described, as long as they are made to follow the S-line, a huge interest group will soon be formed. Ning Weidong continued, "We won't go far, just to the surrounding Far East and Central Asia. The Far East has more than 30 million people, and Central Asia has an even greater population, which adds up to nearly 100 million people. Since Porezhne came to power, in order to consolidate power and reward his followers, the main leaders of the Speed ​​Union in various places have not changed for more than ten years. They are similar to those in the Far East, forming local groups. In these places, their words are more effective than Moscow's." Li Yuanchao frowned and said, "The feudal lords in the late Tang Dynasty were too powerful to be eliminated! Is it that serious?" Ning Weidong said: "That's not the case. Moscow's authority is still very intimidating, but don't forget how old Polezhne is this year." Li Yuanchao's heart trembled: "You mean, his body?" Ning Weidong said: "During this trip to the Far East, I watched a lot of TV programs on Speedlink, which included his footage. There were even people around him wiping his saliva. I suspect he had a stroke, and it was quite serious." The physical condition of people like Polezhne is highly confidential, and it is impossible for Ning Weidong to see this scene. He said this based on some puzzle-solving materials he had seen before traveling through time. Polezhne died in 1982, which is less than three years ago. Ning Weidong continued, "Under these circumstances, do you think Moscow has the time to bother us with TVs, radios, and the like?" Li Yuanchao remained silent. Indeed, compared with the transfer of power, doing some s in remote areas is nothing. Those big shots in Moscow are just staring at this. At the same time, he also understood why Ning Weidong was so anxious, because there was a window period for this matter. Once the transfer of power is completed, there is a saying that a new official will start with three things. Once the new leader comes in, the situation will no longer be so relaxed. Moscow will definitely use a magnifying glass to look at the local faction, find their mistakes, and give them severe punishments. Before that, they must form a solid alliance of interests with local factions in the Far East and Central Asia. But Li Yuanchao did not know that the transfer of power he had envisioned would be a very complicated and lengthy process. After Polezhne died in 82, Androbo, his successor, came to power, but died of severe kidney disease just over a year later. After Andro, Chilnikov served in office for only one year due to health reasons.

This resulted in the entire Speed ​​Union holding three funerals in a short period of three years. Even a strong company like Sulian cannot afford such frequent changes of leadership, which would cause too much damage to the political ecology. Ning Weidong would not reveal this situation to Li Yuanchao. He had to make Li Yuanchao feel a sense of urgency. This was also the purpose of his spending so much time on this. As an important tool man, Li Yuanchao must stand up! ---- There are only 7,000 today, and I will reply with 10,000 words tomorrow. Please subscribe and give me monthly votes! (End of this chapter)