Who is this old man?
The pillar that stabilizes the entire Xia Kingdom!
If he were to visit any of the major companies in the company, he would definitely be on the 7 PM news.
The Tengfei brand will soon be seen by people all over the country.
Perhaps in the future, government departments will purchase Tengfei Motors as government vehicles.
At the last ribbon-cutting ceremony for Tengfei Technology Company, Shen Dong invited the old man to visit other Tengfei companies, but unfortunately the old man was too busy to go.
Two weeks later, Shen Dong had to find a way to get the old man to go see him, no matter what.
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Du Yuxin said, "Where the old man goes is up to him; we dare not designate it. Don't tell anyone about this, understand?"
Shen Dong made an OK sign and said, "Don't worry, I understand."
Time flies, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
At the entrance of Tengfei Automobile Company, Shen Dong, along with Xiao Ma and more than ten company executives, waited for the old man's arrival.
Little Ma straightened his tie and said, "Jimmy, do I think this outfit looks okay?"
Jimmy glanced at him, his face full of disdain, and said, "You're not walking the runway, does your attire really matter that much?"
Little Ma glared at him and said irritably, "What do you know? That's an old man. I have to make a good impression on him."
Shen Dong laughed and said, "Let's forget about having a good impression. Your information has already been on the old man's desk for a while. The fact that he let you greet him is already quite kind of him."
Little Ma slapped his forehead and said, "It's over. My image is ruined."
Jimmy said, "You're really stupid."
Little Ma asked, puzzled, "What do you mean?"
Jimmy said, "It's true you're a shorty, but Dong is the leader of the shorties. The old man doesn't care about Dong's past identity at all, so why would he care about you?"
Little Ma laughed and said, "That's true."
Seeing more than ten cars ahead, Shen Dong said, "The old man has arrived."
Jimmy and Little Ma's expressions immediately turned serious.
The convoy slowly came to a stop.
Shen Dong immediately stepped forward and opened the door of the fourth car.
The old man stepped out from inside, saw Shen Dong beside him, and chuckled, "It's an honor for this old man to have the world's richest man open the car door for me."
Shen Dong quickly said, "What world's richest man? Grandpa, are you insulting me? I think I've been behaving quite well lately."
The old man said meaningfully, "So honest that you'd buy warships and planes from Uzbekistan and set up a military factory in Myanmar?"
Shen Dong shrugged and said, "I'm just trying to protect my own business."
The fact that the old man could speak these words to Shen Dong without any reservations showed that he didn't take the Tenglong mercenaries' large-scale military buildup to heart, which made Shen Dong secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
Those following the old man were all surprised to see how Shen Dong communicated with him.
Who is this old man?
He was a great general who crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of bones, and the chief engineer of the Xia Kingdom's economic development.
In front of the old man, all the officials were extremely respectful and cautious, as if walking on thin ice, afraid of saying the wrong thing.
The fact that Shen Dong dared to speak to the old man in such a relaxed and humorous tone shows that their relationship was definitely not simple.
The old man said, "You shouldn't be too ambitious, kid."
Shen Dong chuckled and said, "I have no political ambitions whatsoever, but I have huge ambitions in science and technology and the economy."
"Well said."
The old man praised Shen Dong, pointed at him, and turned to the crowd, saying, "See? This is confidence! What our Xia Kingdom officials and businessmen lack is this kind of invincible confidence."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"but..."
The old man then made a turn, laughing and saying, "Whether confidence and ambition can be transformed into strength is another matter entirely."
Shen Dong raised an eyebrow and said, "If there were no aliens, our Tengfei Group would probably be number one in the world in the field of technology in the future."
The old man chuckled, "That's an inspiring thing to say. Mr. Shen, then would you please take this old man on a tour of your world-leading technology companies?"
Shen Dong said, "I feel like you're scolding me again."
"Ha ha ha ha"
The crowd burst into laughter.
Leading the old man and dozens of officials into Tengfei Automobile Company, Shen Dong pointed to Little Ma and said, "Old man, this is Little Ma. He used to hang out with me in the Hung Hing triad, and now he's the general manager of Tengfei Automobile Company. He was so excited to hear that you were coming."
Young Master Ma stretched out his hands and said excitedly, "Grandpa, hello, my name is Ma Qingping."
The old man shook hands with him and said with a smile, "Mr. Ma, I'd like to trouble you to introduce him next."
Brother Ma quickly replied, "No trouble at all, it's my pleasure."
Seeing the nervous look on Little Ma's face, the old man joked, "Mr. Ma, I'm just a retired old man, not some super beauty. You don't need to be so nervous."
"Ha ha ha ha"
Everyone burst into laughter.
Young Master Ma said shyly, "You are my idol, so I'm a little excited. Grandpa, how about we take a sightseeing bus to the R&D center first, and then go to the car manufacturing workshop? What do you think?"
The old man nodded and said, "We'll go wherever you take us."
The Tengfei Automobile Company occupies a huge area; even by sightseeing bus, it took ten minutes to arrive at the R&D center located in the northeast corner.
Compared to six months ago, the R&D center has now become a 28-story building with thousands of researchers working there.
The old man was very interested in the engine laboratory and said, "Mr. Ma, this laboratory must have cost a lot of money, right?"
"It cost a total of 300 million US dollars," said Ma. "Our engine experts have extremely high requirements for experimental equipment and materials, and they use the best in the world."
The old man continued, "How many laboratories of this size does your R&D center have?"
"The engine lab is the most expensive; the other labs are cheaper," said Pony Ma. "The entire R&D center cost about a billion US dollars."
"One billion US dollars."
The old man was secretly taken aback, and turned to Shen Dong, saying, "You said before that Tengfei Group would use a lot of funds for research and development. I thought you were just trying to fool this old man, but I didn't expect it to be true."
Shen Dong laughed and said, "Grandpa, compared to high-tech industries like communications and chips, automobile research and development is relatively small. This afternoon, I'll take you to a technology company; those are the real money-burners."
The old man said, "It seems that I, an old man, will have my eyes opened today."
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