Guancheng is one of the second-tier cities, and its overall strength is not weak.
Guancheng is even more prosperous than Pingchuan, but it is not as spacious as Pingchuan.
In comparison, the pace of life in Guancheng is faster, and Li Dong still prefers Pingchuan.
Chen Mingyong invited Li Dong to a meal, and the place he chose is naturally not bad.
According to Chen Mingyong's introduction, the Cantonese cuisine here is the most authentic, and the taste is the best.
The group got out of the car, and Chen Mingyong introduced.
This time, it is not only the three of them.
Li Dong came to Guangdong Province with a lot of people, and Chen Mingyong also brought a few executives with him.
Just when they are about to enter, a car suddenly stopped behind them.
Li Dong turned around and saw a plump middle-aged woman leading a few men with slicked-back hair to the hotel with a smile on her face.
Li Dong did not pay attention at first, but Chen Mingyong lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Zhang from Black Dragon."
"Her?"
Li Dong was a bit surprised. He did not expect to meet Zhang Ying here.
She is a regular on the Hu Run List, and if it were not for Yang Huiyan last year, she would be the richest person in the country.
Even so, she surpassed Huang Guangyu and the others to become the second richest person in the business world.
But now, Li Dong did not feel it at all.
Zhang Ying was dressed very simply, and he didn't look imposing at all. He was fawning over the few government officials in front of him.
Li Dong raised his brows and lowered his voice. "Who is Mr. Zhang treating?"
He thought that the person who Zhang Ying fawns over must be a big shot in Guangdong Province.
But who knows, Chen Mingyong said with disdain. "The people from the Union."
This time, Li Dong was really surprised. Zhang Ying was one of the wealthiest people in the country. No matter how low-key he was, he shouldn't be this low-key.
The political and business circles have always intersected, but the Trade Union does not have much power. If it were in Jiangbei, Li Dong would not care about it.
But he didn't expect that even a tycoon like Zhang Ying would have to fawn over the people from the union.
As if seeing Li Dong's puzzlement, Chen Mingyong sighed softly and said, "Normally, Mr. Zhang wouldn't be willing to pay attention to them, but today is different from the past. Not long ago, something happened to Black Jade Dragon and he was on the sweatshop's list. Mr. Zhang had suffered a huge setback. She was the most famous, so the others naturally targeted her. Now that the government was silent, only the union was willing to stand up for them. Usually, the union doesn't care about the workers' affairs. But now, without the union's support, I'm afraid Black Jade Dragon's days will be tough. "
Chen Mingyong's words reminded Li Dong of this matter.
No wonder Zhang Ying was so low-key now. He had no choice but to be low-key. Jade Dragon had indeed suffered a setback this time, or rather, he deserved it.
Li Dong did not sympathize with Zhang Ying's fate.
Over at Jade Dragon's side, the treatment and welfare of the workers were very poor. The paper mill's environment was originally bad, and they even had to exchange health for performance.
In the end, Jade Dragon was still squeezing the remaining value out of the workers.
Now that Zhang Ying was labeled as the "boss of a sweatshop", her reputation was very bad.
For the rich people in the country, especially those who were ranked at the top, even if their reputation was bad outside, internally, the employees of their own companies would usually praise them a lot.
Whether it was Huang Guangyu or the others, they might not be very clean, but in their own companies, the employees had a stronger sense of belonging and honor, and most of them admired these big bosses.
But it was different at Jade Dragon's side. Zhang Ying's family wealth was shocking, but she still squeezed the benefits of the employees at the bottom level for small profits.
This also caused that even if Zhang Ying was one of the wealthiest people in the country, there were not many who were willing to stand up for her.
When doing business, at the level of Li Dong and the others, everyone knew what they should save and what they shouldn't.
If it were the other big shots in the top ten of the rankings, they would definitely not encounter such a thing. Even if they did encounter it, there would be people who would stand up for them.
At least, Li Dong believed that if something like this happened Far away, the Jiangbei government would not sit idly by.
Unfortunately, Guangdong Province really did not help much this time.
On one hand, there were too many famous companies in Guangdong Province, on the other hand, what Jade Dragon did this time was despicable, even the government was not willing to stand up for him.
Zhang Ying's fortuitous encounter made Li Dong feel even more deeply.
To forge iron, one must be strong. Although the power of capital was strong, one's butt was full of sh * t, no matter how much capital one had, they were just pigs waiting to be slaughtered.
Only when one's foundation was strong enough, coupled with a strong capital and a wide range of connections, would it be a long-term solution.
Otherwise, money alone was not enough. No matter how much money you had, you would still have a lot of dirt, some people would not be able to protect you even if they wanted to.
Just like what happened in Wenchuan, the school that Li Dong donated did not collapse and saved people, but that alone was not enough for the big shot to praise him as the "backbone of the nation".
At the very least, Li Dong was strong enough. His money came in fair and square.
Every step he took to build his business was traceable.
Because of that, there were people who were willing to protect him and support him.
Looking at Zhang Ying bowing and kneeling, Li Dong had a deeper understanding.
Last time, Hu Wanlin reminded him, and now Zhang Ying made him realize that strength was not only about money, hard strength and soft strength were equal. This was true strength.
While they were talking, Zhang Ying and the people from the union also arrived.
Although Chen Mingyong was not strong now, he was still a billionaire. Everyone was in Guan City, so Zhang Ying still knew him.
Seeing that Chen Mingyong was also here to entertain the guests, Zhang Ying smiled at him and said, "President Chen, long time no see."
Chen Mingyong also responded. At this time, a few people from the union also recognized him and quickly smiled, "President Chen, what a coincidence. Do you want to have a drink together later?"
Compared to Zhang Ying, they seemed to be more polite to Chen Mingyong.
At this time, someone from the union seemed to recognize Li Dong, and his eyes moved slightly. He whispered to the leader.
The leader's eyes lit up and quickly said, "Is this Director Li from Faraway Group?"
Li Dong politely said, "I am Li Dong, and you are …"
"Director Li, hello, I am Wang He from the Guangdong Provincial Union …"
Before he finished speaking, Chen Mingyong added with a smile, "I am President Wang from the Union."
Li Dong stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "President Wang, I am sorry. This is my first time in Guangdong Province, so I am ignorant. Please forgive me."
"Director Li is too polite."
Wang He hurriedly reached out and shook his hand. Then, with a face full of smiles, he said a few words of flattery.
Li Dong also greeted Zhang Ying and then entered the hotel with Chen Mingyong.
Wang He didn't leave first. He waited for them to leave before stepping into the hotel.
Zhang Ying looked at Li Dong's back, and her face was a bit sad.
Logically speaking, she and Li Dong were entrepreneurs of the same level, and Guangdong Province was her home turf.
But now, Li Dong was here, and the vice president next to him was very polite.
On the other hand, she was clearly not weaker than others, and she was much stronger than Chen Mingyong, but the result was not much different from a passerby.
Even Chen Mingyong could be reserved in front of the vice president, but she didn't even have the qualifications to be reserved.
The more she thought about it, the sadder Zhang Ying became.
She hated the people in her husband's family even more. In fact, she knew some things, but Jade Dragon was still a family business.
Many of her husband's relatives worked in the company.
Most of the things that happened this time were actually caused by those people.
It was not that Zhang Ying didn't know, but she had always cared about her family and didn't care.
But now, she was one of the top three richest people in the country. In order to settle this matter, not only did she bow and scrape, but even her peers in the business world looked down on her.
Zhang Ying was able to establish such a big family business, and she was not really stupid.
She thought of Li Dong's indifference, Chairman Wang's flattery, Chen Mingyong's respect …
Zhang Ying faintly had a thought. Maybe, kicking all those people out was the best ending.
As for whether her husband would be angry, Zhang Ying gritted her teeth. She had worked hard for decades, not to squander for them.
If she was really unhappy, she could just divorce!
…
Li Dong didn't know that this meeting would make Zhang Ying have this thought.
This was one of the disadvantages of a family business. Many times, human relationships were more important than rules.
Far away, there wasn't such trouble. The Li family didn't have many relatives, and even fewer direct relatives.
His parents didn't care about Li Dong's business, others didn't have the right to interfere, and Li Dong wouldn't let them interfere.
Therefore, from the very beginning, Li Dong had a few fewer constraints.
Up until now, Li Dong was still hoping that the Li family could really produce a few talented people who could help him a little.
Unfortunately, in the Li family, Li Nanming was useless, and Li Qing was a woman who didn't know much. They were satisfied with their own lives.
They couldn't even find talented people, not to mention someone who would cause trouble for Li Dong Far away.
Thinking of this, Li Dong couldn't help but feel a bit regretful.
If Zhang Ying knew what he was thinking about, she would probably vomit blood. Regret? She couldn't wait for that bunch of aunts and aunts to get lost!
During the meal, Chen Mingyong and Li Dong also briefly talked about Zhang Ying's experience.
Both of them sighed and became more vigilant.
After the meal, Chen Mingyong took the initiative to suggest, "General Manager Li, since you are here, why don't you stay for a few days? Tomorrow, I will accompany you to tour around. Some of Guan City's specialties are quite interesting. "
When Chen Mingyong said specialties, Li Dong inexplicably thought of Guan City's "service industry".
In the beginning, Guan City's "service industry" wasn't that famous, but after a big clean-up, the whole country knew about it.
Later on, Guan City's developed electronics manufacturing industry was forgotten, and the "service industry" became synonymous with the whole country.
Thinking of this, Li Dong couldn't help but look at Chen Mingyong. This guy isn't going to take me to this kind of place, right?
Chen Mingyong didn't know what he was thinking. If he knew, he would definitely shout that he was wronged.
He must be out of his mind to take Li Dong to that kind of place. Li Dong was a rich man, so what kind of woman couldn't he find? Why would he take Li Dong to a place of debauchery?
Besides, the relationship between the two hadn't reached this step.
Chen Mingyong didn't want to leave a bad impression on Li Dong. After all, the Opper would have to rely on Far away to develop.
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