Chapter 183 The Price of Success

There are always a lot of gossip, especially when there is no official news released to the public, all kinds of news are always flying all over the sky.

News or stories about Li Siming were flooded with major media in Hong Kong from the end of 1991 to the spring of 1992. It is difficult to distinguish between true and false, but it attracts people's attention. People have a curiosity. The only result is that the ratings of TV stations have increased significantly and the circulation of newspapers has also increased dramatically. If Li Siming's story is not published, it will be self-destructive to the people of Hong Kong:

It is said that when Li Siming was an educated youth in Heilongjiang, he once encountered a hundred big bad wolves...

It is said that Li Siming was once imprisoned in a labor reform farm for "counter-revolutionary crime" and became the king of prison...

It is said that Li Siming's wife is a beautiful woman and the daughter of a general. In order to marry her, Li Siming had to go to the battlefield. As the saying goes, she was angry and turned into a beautiful woman...

It is said that Li Siming fought bravely in Vietnam, led by example, and made countless military achievements. It is said that the wife of a former boss of a gang in Hong Kong was a Vietnamese, and it is said that she had something unspeakable to Li Siming...

It was messy, and it was messy. Li Siming had never encountered a hundred wolves. If that were the case, Li Siming's corpse would have been gone long ago, and it would have become the New Year's Eve dinner for the wolves. It also made the poor wolves unable to eat enough to have a good New Year. Li Siming had never "eviled and beautiful", and there was nothing to tell, but outsiders' imagination was too rich.

Go your own way and let others say it. Li Siming holds this idea and is indifferent to these rumors, just as if it happened to others. However, his work and life have been affected, and there are always reporters who try their best to come uninvited. For these people, the security guards of Li Siming's company have implemented the company's discipline well and will be bombarded out.

There is a letter of introduction from provincial leaders? So what?

Central media? Not even!

Li Siming was very arrogant and treated these media equally no matter where they came from. His wife Yang Yue's job was also affected. When the reporters couldn't find Li Siming, they all came to Yang Yue, who was also a fellow traveler. In the end, Yang Yue had to resign. Even his son, who was studying in elementary school, was blocked at the school gate to ask about his father's "heroic deeds". His son was scared to tears by the spear and short cannon. His mother also went out to buy vegetables, but the reporter followed him behind, making his mother dodge her when she bought vegetables. In the end, even the right to buy vegetables was deprived, and three or five bodyguards followed him when traveling.

Li Siming was very distressed. Li Siming decided to move and moved to the villa community built by MSI. It was originally built to reward the company's important scientific and technological personnel and senior management personnel, and had strict and responsible security guards. Li Siming was helpless, but he had no choice, but he felt a little guilty towards his wife, which forced her to lose her job, which was one of the costs of success.

"This time you can be a great writer with peace of mind!" Li Siming said sarcastically.

"It's not because of you?" Yang Yue gave him a blank look. She blamed Li Siming for this for several days, and Li Siming could only be submissive.

"Yes, yes, I am guilty! This makes you look great and sacrificed, and is a concentrated reflection of the excellent qualities of great Chinese women. I want me to say that you should be asked to give a report every March 8th Festival." Li Siming said with a smile half-joking and half-suffering.

"Just you know!" Yang Yue has always been very supportive of Li Siming's work, but there are many regrets in her eyes.

"Xiaoyue, now the company's work has become formal, and there are people taking the lead in all aspects." Li Siming hugged his wife and said, "I decided to make myself more relaxed. I will go to and from get off work on time every day, give myself a day off every week, and spend more time with you! I will also have a long holiday every year. How about we go for a trip to the mountains and rivers?"

"Really?" Yang Yue didn't believe it.

"Of course it's true! I've never lied to you!" Li Siming said.

"You have never deceived me? By the way, you have only deceived me once, but we almost got yin and yang apart. It's rare that you want to deceive me again?" Yang Yue was very dissatisfied with his words.

"Then how about I'll give you a swear?" Li Siming said with a smile on his face, "How about making a document?"

"Okay, I will trust you again." Yang Yue said.

"It's still my wife who cares about me!" Li Siming complimented.

Of course, Yang Yue is not willing to be a family wife. Fortunately, she has a hobby of writing, otherwise Li Siming wouldn’t know what to do for her.

"By the way, are you interested in my two foundations? Anyway, you are idle!" Li Siming said, "Chen Cheng and Xiaodao both plan to move the foundation headquarters to Shenzhen."

"Li Siming, are you jealous of me or are you worried that I will be idle?" Yang Yue said.

Women should not be too idle, and they like to think about it when they are idle. This is Li Siming's personal true thoughts and cannot be said. It just so happens that the two major foundations have never been too concerned about themselves. Needless to say, the educated youth friends are quite dissatisfied with their failure to show up for more than ten years. The old company commander and the old instructor asked someone to lead a message and scolded themselves for forgetting their roots. Although Li Siming did not think this is the true meaning of the old company commander and the old instructor, it is absolutely true that he is not too concerned about it. It is also appropriate to let his beloved wife represent him.

"This is your fault. As an outstanding representative of Daxing educated youth, it is also necessary that you can do meaningful things for your comrades in the Corps!" Li Siming said.

"What can I do? President Chen did a good job!" Yang Yue said with a smile, "Are you a little guilty?"

"I'm guilty? What can I have?" Li Siming refused to admit it. "I gave you this glorious job because we are husband and wife."

"So should I be grateful and express my gratitude to you, saying that I must not let down your ardent expectations?" Yang Yue asked back.

"We do good deeds without seeking fame." Li Siming said calmly.

"I really want to go back to Heilongjiang to see!" Yang Yue sighed, "I wonder how the old company commander is doing?"

"This old guy is in good health. Qian Dahai said that last month, the old company commander was very dissatisfied with a job that Zhao Shanhe, the current director of Daxing Farm. He ran to his office with a majestic voice. He shouted, and the people on the farm were scattered and spitting!" Li Siming said with a smile, "High voice means he is full of energy and good health."

"Zhao Shanhe is not bad, he looks like a bit of an official fan." Yang Yue chuckled.

"This guy was like this when I was the platoon leader back then. If he was serious, he would have to be accustomed. If he smiled at someone, I would know that he wanted to flatter someone and was very good at slapping him." Li Siming remembered his impression of Zhao Shanhe back then, "But he is still the director of a farm. What's the point of staying there?"

"Do you think everyone is like you and likes running around the world?" Yang Yue said, "They are the real dedication!"

"This is reasonable." Li Siming said, "Everyone has a different path. Maybe they are in that acre of three-point land, and they are the masters of the house, and they are secretly happy if they have nothing to do!"

"You just mentioned Qian Dahai, and I heard that he is now the boss?"

"The bosses of China have gone to sea, and even set up stalls to sell pancakes on the street. He is now like your old middle school classmate, who is focused on the electrical appliance business. It's not bad. He is coming to Shenzhen before the end of the year." Li Siming said.

"Discuss business?" Yang Yue asked, "Don't you also want to go through the back door?"

"That's certain. He has so many comrades here, how can he not find a cheaper one?" Li Siming said, "But this is also beneficial to the company."

Li Siming not only successfully comforted his wife, but also found her something meaningful to do, and he felt very accomplished.

Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived. A few days later, Qian Dahai came, and he came with Yang Yue's old middle school classmate Cong Youwei. These two looked like enemies from their previous lives, staring at each other in Li Siming's office. It turned out that these two were in electrical appliance business and both opened a store specializing in household appliances in Beijing, and it was door-to-door.

The one is called "Jinghe" and the other is called "Jingmei". The two are not as "Harmony and Meimei" as their store name. As the saying goes, the peers are enemies. These two bosses have been fighting secretly. The store has gone from a pitiful twenty square meters to 200 square meters to a current one thousand square meters. This anger has increased with the expansion of the store.

Both stores operate household appliances, and the most profitable one is the "Xiangjiang brand", because they can get the goods at the lowest ex-factory price when they come to Shenzhen. It turns out that they have "related" to Li Siming.

"Amin, give me the agency rights of Xiangjiang Electric in Beijing. I promise to pay first and then pick up the goods, ensure the quality of the service, and never drag the Xiangjiang brand down!" Qian Dahaidao.

"Amin!" Cong Youwei also changed his name when he saw Qian Dahai's intimate name, "What Boss Qian said is the minimum. We are different from Beijing and the United States. We not only have to make customers happily buy the appliances, but we are also responsible for delivery, installation and debugging, and ensure that we are not satisfied with the return within half a month!"

"Aming, we are old friends. Don't you know who I am?" Qian Dahai, "The whole Beijing city of business knows that Qian Dahai is the most trustworthy person."

"Old friend? Ah Ming and I are still living and dying together on the battlefield!" Cong Youwei said disdainfully, "Those who have been soldiers are the most trustworthy."

He said this a bit far-fetched and forced to do something. Qian Dahai saw that Li Siming did not object, and thought that this was the case.

"What's so great about being a soldier and fighting wars? I'm still a glorious soldier in the corps!" Qian Dahai said.

"Corps soldier? That's a miscellaneous army!" Cong Youwei sneered.

"All right, let's go, why are you quarrel?" Li Siming had to interrupt the dispute between the two.

"This so-called agency power is the old emperor's history. In the past, the channels were narrow, and we, Xiangjiang Electric Appliances, could only rely on state-owned shopping malls. Now it is different. We all show our magical powers. We have branches or offices everywhere. We cannot rely on the only agent to operate the entire market. To be honest, our company is clinging to the state-owned shopping malls on one hand and holding the hands of you private bosses on the other hand. No one can let go!" Li Siming said.

"What should I do?" Qian Dahai and Cong Youwei said in unison.

"This uniqueness is impossible. Putting aside your relationship with you, the market is the most important thing. If you are willing to sell our products, I will certainly welcome you with both hands and will definitely give you the best price. If the market order is disrupted, don't even think about it in the future. Let's talk about business!" Li Siming said.

"I heard that Xiangjiang Electric has started to use air conditioners. How about it? How about I bought out your air conditioner's general agent in Beijing?" Cong Youwei was a little rich, "Brother, I still have some funds in recent years."

"I'm not bad either?" Qian Dahai retorted, "If you really say that, let's share it equally?"

"Do you do whatever you want?" Li Siming chuckled, "and think I exist or not?"

"You said that you are doing business, talk about your conditions!" Cong Youwei said.

"If you have 30 million yuan and can afford 30 million yuan in Xiangjiang air conditioners, then I can give you the agent of Xiangjiang brand air conditioners in Beijing. This is a new product, and the relevant national standards are formulated according to our company standards." Li Siming said.

Cong Youwei calculated it with his fingers, and he really couldn't get this number, and Qian Dahai on the other side didn't have the financial resources.

"I think you two might as well just join the business and do business together. In the future, the more stores you open will open. As long as you are popular in Beijing, you will open a store, and use the point to lead the whole. I don't think it will take a few years. People in Beijing know that buying appliances will come to your store to buy them!" Li Siming said, "In the future, you will open a chain. All provincial capitals across the country will open a store, one will become two, two stores will become four, four stores will become eight, and then go public. Use the money of shareholders to open a store and expand it. This will have the advantages of scale, specialization, low prices, etc. At that time, you will be confident when you come to bargain with me again, right? I have to pay a smile, for fear that you won't buy my goods!"

Li Siming was so tempting that he drew a big cake and waited for the two bosses to fight. If they were really done for them, Li Siming would have some benefits, right?

"One one becomes two, two becomes four, it sounds quite attractive?" Qian Dahai said, "But how much does it cost to get it done."

"How bold people are, how much land is." Li Siming said, looking as if he was disappointed. "Businessmen must dare to think and do it. If you only guard your store of hundreds of square meters, if Boss Cong picks up a large amount of money from the ground one day and purchases goods in large quantities, I will give you a price discount, right? If he gives a big discount at the door of your store, can you still survive?"

"Well? I picked up a large amount of money from the ground. Why didn't I encounter such a good thing?" Cong Youwei asked in a daze, "From today on my way, I will stare at the ground and never let a penny miss it in front of me."

"Made money!" Qian Dahai did not miss the opportunity to despise him.

"Get rich and glorious!" Cong Youwei was not interested, and targeted the relatives.

It would be better for you to fight openly and secretly. If you are stronger, that would be even better. Li Siming thinks so.
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