Extraordinary Genius

by Stayrr

A failed investor from 2017 got drunk and woke up in the 1980s. China is just opening up, and the economy is blooming. There is also the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the bursting of the Dot-com bubble and other financial crisis. He used his knowledge of the future and slowly build up his empire.

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Feng Yu was still thinking about how to incorporate advertisements into this program, and Deputy Station Chief Jia asked him for his ideas on this Gala Dinner.

Feng Yu had many ideas.

"Chief Jia, why is this special program only 2 hours? 2 hours is not enough."

"2 hours are not enough? Don't you have only 12 performances? Some performances might be slightly longer, but those songs and dances are at most 5 minutes." Xu Yipeng interrupts again.

He felt that 2 hours was too long for this program. He still needs to let the host prepare longer scripts to waste time.

"We are making an awards presentation ceremony. We must let our guests and the winners some time for their Thank You speeches. Every winner should be given 5 minutes of airtime. That will be 1 more hour." Feng Yu gave Xu Yipeng a disgusted look. How can he be the Chief Program director when he doesn't know anything?

Deputy Chief Jia asked something which Xu Yipeng wanted to ask: "Those award winners still need to give speeches? But they should not need 5 minutes."

"Why they do not need 5 minutes? They had won the awards. Do they need to thank their workers who had contributed to their company? When they thank their workers, the cameras will switch and zoom in to their workers among the audiences. There must be interactions. This award is because of their collective efforts, and the whole organization should get the credit. The winners can also tell the hardships and suffering they had gone through to get this achievement. Which successful company did not go through hard work? The winners can also express their feelings of winning these awards."

"But that does not take 5 minutes!" Xu Yipeng interrupted Feng Yu again.

"Director Xu, let me finish first. This is basic respect. Our country emphasizes equality. How come I have the feeling that you think you are of a higher status than me?" Feng Yu said.

This Xu Yipeng might be capable, but he was too petty. I had only given some suggestions and why can't you listen to me?

Even Deputy Station Chief Jia address me as Manager Feng. This Xu Yipeng dares to address me as Little Manager Feng? How come there is a "little" in front of Manager Feng?

Hmm……. Feng Yu was also a petty person.

Deputy Station Chief Jia stared at Xu Yipeng and then turned to Feng Yu: "Manager Feng, please continue."

"Look, all of you are focusing only on those winners. But don't you need to introduce those nominees? Also, why can they qualify for this award? How did they contribute to the Nation? We must at least mention this. Actually, if we can use a projector and show these reasons at the venue live, the effect will be better? Oh, can we get high-quality projectors?"

Let those nominees show a short clip can let them advertise their companies and products.

There were no large screens in this era. Maybe there might be overseas, but CCTV's venue does not have it. This big screen still has to wait for a few more years. The other local TV stations will install it after CCTV.

The big screen technologies were using projectors. The picture quality was not very clear. Feng Yu thought that CCTV would have such equipment.

But he was disappointed to learn that CCTV does not have high-quality projectors. Those audiences in front will be able to see it clearly, but those at the back will not be able to see it. It will be worst for those TV viewers.

"Didn't we have agreed that this will be a recorded program? It doesn't matter if the live audiences can see it or not. The most important is the TV viewers. We will show the edited version, and those clips can be inserted into the program. Why do we need to show live?"

Feng Yu was really speechless for Xu Yipeng's thinking. How come he doesn't understand the logic behind this? This was a way for those nominees to promote their companies and products. This was to make those companies that paid happily. Even if Feng Yu increased his charges double next year, companies would still be queuing up.

Even if they did not win any awards, they would be able to show their faces, promote their companies and products. This was a way of advertising.

You think it is too expensive? Fine, then I will pick other companies or organizations. You will also not qualify for any future awards!

If you want, you can look for your connections. The nominees were chosen by a panel of judges. You think you can bribe all the judges? Who do you think you are?

Deputy Chief Jia imagines the scene in his mind. When the host announces the name of a nominee, the camera will switch to the face of the company's representative, followed by his staffs among the audiences. At the same time, the host will read out the reasons for this company to qualify as a nominee. The big screen in the background will show the short video clip. This effect was wonderful.

He looked at Feng Yu in shock. He did not expect Feng Yu to be so good at planning for a gala night program. Feng Yu had so many ideas for this program.

Xu Yipeng also became silence. If this program had followed what Feng Yu said, then it would be a success. But all these will increase the budget for this program. Didn't Feng Yu say that he would raise the budget? Then this should not be a problem.

Can this really be done? They had not organized any Gala Nights in this manner. Will the leaders agree? Xu Yipeng looked at Deputy Station Chief Jia.

"We do not have time to film the short video clips." Deputy Chief Jia said. Those individuals and group nominees were located all over China. CCTV will not have enough time and resources to film those clips.

"Don't worry about this. Our association will let those nominees know about this and let them prepare the 30 seconds clip themselves. They can hire their local video crew to film. There will not be any problems."

Feng Yu was in awe by his own intelligence. He will be able to charge those companies with these 30 seconds clips. This way, he would be able to cover his additional costs! If you don't want to pay? Fine. Then the rest of the nominees will have their promotional clips, and you don't! Feng Yu can even cover the red packet monies for those performances.

"Do you still have any more suggestions?"

"Nothing much. Director Xu and I had a great discussion to sort out all the rest of the details earlier." Feng Yu smiled.

Xu Yipeng: "……" Great discussion? Is that what you think?

"Xu Yipeng, do you understand what Manager Feng had said? Change everything according to his suggestions. After you change it, show it to Manager Feng. Even though this is a recorded program, I do not want anything to go wrong."

Deputy Chief Jia was thinking in his heart. If this year was a success, then next year he will do a live telecast of this event. It will definitively attract more viewers.

He was the one that pushed for this gala dinner, and he will get all the credit. But if anything goes wrong, he will be the one that has to answer.

Xu Yipeng did not expect Deputy Chief Jia to support Feng Yu's suggestions. Although the program would be better by following Feng Yu's ideas, there were a lot of things to be changed.

Feng Yu's suggestions might be right, but it was…… too weird.

Feng Yu walked off with his head held high. Xu Yipeng will settle the rest. If during the rehearsal, and Xu Yipeng did not follow his suggestions, he will point it out. Xu Yipeng will be the one that will be in trouble. He can still be replaced last minute.

But Feng Yu did not expect that fixing the winners of these awards had attracted the attention of someone……

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"The association is in trouble. Come quick!"

Feng Yu looked at the message displayed on his pager and jumped up.

The association is in trouble? What happen? Why did he receive this message? It was only when others were unreachable then they will contact him!

"That student, what are you doing? Why are you standing up during the class? If you have any question, you should just raise your hand." The lecturer at the podium said.

"Professor Ma, I need leave. I am working part-time at CCTV for this year's New Year's Eve program. They are asking me to go over now." Feng Yu raised his pager and spurted out lies. CCTV was a good excuse to take leave.

Professor Ma looked at Feng Yu. In his desk's drawer, there were still a few bottles of Maotai given to him by Feng Yu. Since he had received Feng Yu's gifts, it was not nice for him to reprimand Feng Yu. Furthermore, the excuse given by Feng Yu was valid too. CCTV was the National TV station, and for them to ask Feng Yu for help, it was an honor for the school.

"Hmm…… just go. But you will need to do an assignment for me, and if you did not do it well, I would mark you as absence today." Yes, I can give him an easy topic and provide him with the answer.

"Thank you, Professor Ma."

Feng Yu asked his dorm mates to help him bring back his books, and he ran out of the classroom.

When Feng Yu reached the association, he noticed that the office was tranquil. He felt that something was wrong.

Feng Yu entered the office and see that graduate Zhao Liang, who was assigned by the Planning Committee to the station at this office, sitting on a bench. There was a young man wearing denim clothes sitting on the sofa. Behind him, there was a man that looks like his bodyguard.

"Manager Feng, you are finally here." Zhao Liang immediately ran over to Feng Yu.

"What happened? Who are they?" Feng Yu asked.

When Feng Yu took a closer look at those two men, he almost burst out in laughter.

Although Denim materials were the trend now, this person really doesn't know how to dress up. He looks like a monkey wearing a cheongsam. He thinks he looks fashionable? He was still wearing a pair of big sunglasses. What's wrong with him?

Feng Yu understand why Zhao Liang had called him instead of other leaders. This person should be the second generation of some officials. Zhao Liang must be scared of him.

These second generations were only capable of scaring those young graduates. They do not dare to look for those higher officials. Those older generation officials normally have a lot of children. As long as one of them was capable and was able to take over them, they did not care about the rest. This resulted in many useless second generations.

This person was apparently one of those useless second generations. Zhao Liang dare not to look for his higher-ups. So, he called this "come to me if you have any problems" Feng Yu. Of course, he had also informed Master Lu. But Master Lu was still at work. It was harder for him to skip work and easier for Feng Yu to skip class.

"Who the hell are you? Where did you come from?" The second generation took off his sunglasses and…… a bubble came out of his mouth!

Damn. He was still eating bubble gum? Where did he learn this from? Childish! Feng Yu was really looking down at this person.

"I am Feng Yu, one of the founders of this association. How do I address you?"

"I am Hu Ge. My third uncle is the number one Deputy Section Head with the Ministry of Finance." Hu Ge stopped talking and crossed his legs. Usually, when he said this introduction, the other party will rush over and curry favor.

But he waited for a while and noticed that the room was silenced. What happened? My uncle is a leader at the Ministry of Finance. Why wasn't this person surprised?

Hu Ge? This person was too young to be that director Hu Ge, and he was not the actor Hu Ge. It must be the same name. Who cares what his name was. He should at least tell me what he was here for. Why was his head tilted upwards? Did he sprain his neck?

Feng Yu looked at Hu Ge as he was looking at a monkey in the zoo: "I am not interested in knowing who your uncle is. This has nothing to do with our association. What are you here for?"

Hu Ge's eyes opened wide. Damn, who is this kid? How come he dares to talk back at me? My third uncle's position did not scare him?

"I think you did not hear what I said. My uncle is……"

"I am asking you what are you here for? Why do you keep talking about your uncle? Did your uncle ask you to come?" Feng Yu sarcastically said. This person keeps harping on his background. This shows that he was not someone capable.

It was impossible for this Hu Ge's uncle to send him here. The officials in this era were not as shameless as those a few years later. Also, the "Great One" was still around, and he hates officials to abuse their powers. The punishments for abusing powers was severe.

Hu Ge was speechless. This Feng Yu had talked back to him again. Could this Feng Yu have some strong background?

Hu Ge thought hard at all the officials he knew did not have the same surname as Feng Yu. Could Feng Yu be a distant relative of some big officials?

Hu Ge's attitude changed and stood up: "From Manager Feng's accent, you don't sound like you are from Beijing. Are you here to stay with your relatives? Where is your relative staying?"

This was the same as asking what Feng Yu's background was. From the place Feng Yu was staying, Hu Ge could guess who was the one behind Feng Yu.

Hu Ge's third uncle was the deputy in the Ministry of Finance and oversaw the giving out of the funds. Most of the officials had to give him face. Since this Feng Yu was not afraid of him, that means the person behind Feng Yu must be of a higher rank!

"Me? I am staying next to Weiminghu lake."

Weiminghu lake? Where was that? Hu Ge thought hard, and there were no government hostels near this place. This place was the manmade lake beside Beijing University.

This Feng Yu's background is from the Ministry of Education?

Damn. Even if your relative is the head of the Ministry of Education, I am also not afraid. How much power can someone from the Ministry of Education have?

Hu Ge sat down again and crossed his legs: "Oh, you are working at Beijing University? A teacher? Not bad. Work hard. Maybe you will go far."

When Feng Yu heard what Hu Ge said, he almost laughed. This person was still trying to give him advice?

A teacher? He thought that I am teaching at Beijing University? Although I might look cultured and educated, teaching should be left to those professionals. I should concentrate on making money.

"I am asking you what you are here for?" Feng Yu asked again.

Hu Ge's face change and banged on the coffee table: "you still dare to question me? I am here to question you! Why is my company not in this award organized by your stupid association!?"

Oh, this was the reason why you are here. Since this Hu Ge's company was not a participant in this award ceremony, that means his company was lousy!

If he were polite and had spoken nicely, maybe Feng Yu would be nice to him. Now he had banged tables, that means he has zero chances of even becoming a nominee!

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Feng Yu gave Hu Ge a side-glance: "Since you think that our association is stupid, of course, your company is not nominated. Could it be that your company is also stupid and useless?" Feng Yu emphasized the word stupid.

Hu Ge looked at Feng Yu, and his anger was rising.

The look on Feng Yu's face was as if he was despising and disgusted with Hu Ge. It was as if he was facing a big lump of turd! This was looking down on Hu Ge.

If this association was not registered under a government agency, Hu Ge would have beaten Feng Yu up.

"Stop your nonsenses. I will ask you again. Why is my company not one of the nominees?"

"Why must your company be one of the nominees?" Feng Yu asked him back.

Hu Ge almost vomits blood. I am asking you and yet you ask me back the same question?

"It is because I am Hu Ge!" Hu Ge pointed to himself arrogantly.

Hu Ge is someone great? Or you think your third uncle is someone great? This association was set up by me using my money and connections. Just getting those people to be on board the panel of judges had cost me a lot of money and efforts.

You really think that I am doing it for everybody? I am doing it for my own company!

Those winners must have some sort of contributions to the economy, and in this way, people will think that this award is fair. People will then think that Tai Hua Trading, Lehaha, and Tian Peng Pig Farm are special!

Feng Yu had picked those nominees carefully. Some of those companies that had some contributions and had made used their connections were also kicked out by Feng Yu.

Although Feng Yu only had 3 people on the panel of judges, the other judges were invited by Feng Yu using money and connections. Feng Yu was the one that decides who will be nominated and who will be the winners!

Those companies that were picked by Feng Yu had also made significant contributions and had good relationships with the association.

Those that did not win any awards this year was promised to be given awards next year. They would be able to show their faces on TV this year and next. This was a good deal. Those winners this year, might not qualify for next year!

Feng Yu had even rejected those companies that had connections with the government. This Hu Ge was not also an official.

"Zhao Liang, do we still have any slots for nominees?" Feng Yu asked.

Zhao Liang shook his head: "We do not have any more slots. All the winners and nominees were decided."

"Then add one more category for me. Anyway, there are not a lot of categories and participants. I had heard that some small private companies had qualified. There was even a pig farm that had qualified. What a joke! You know what my company is? It is a hi-tech company. My company should be getting an award!"

Pig farm? You are talking about Tian Peng Pig Farm? Damn, you are laughing at my father?

Now, it was Feng Yu's turn to get angry. I will get someone to beat you up once you leave this place!

"Did you hear what I just said? Add one more category for me! Also, I heard that this award ceremony will be held at CCTV. I want the president of this association to present me with the award!"

This moron was too arrogant. The president of association? The president of this association was a leader in the National Planning Committee. Even your third uncle cannot order him around! The Finance Ministry might be a department with a lot of authority, but compared to the National Planning Committee, it was nothing! The National Planning Committee was a department that handles the development of the whole nation. This was the nation's top department and had the most authority. They can even order the finance department!

Feng Yu was still thinking how to get rid of this moron and he saw someone walking in.

Master Lu was here!

Fine. Let these 2nd generations settle this problem by themselves. If Master Lu cannot solve this, then he will think of other ways. Feng Yu had lots of ways to get rid of this arrogant person!

Should beat him up first and then talk later!

After beating him up, then ask his third uncle to apologize to them! If Feng Yu could incite the whole nation to boycott Japanese goods, then he can to encourage the entire country to go against this Hu Ge and his third uncle!

Although there was no internet yet, rumors could be spread quickly through word of mouth. The people now were not as smart as those in the future years, and they would believe anything they heard!

"I am talking to you! Are you dumb? I will leave this to you, and I must be the first person to be getting the award! The one presenting me the award must be your highest ranked leader! Also, your association had forgotten to include my company, and I want your association president to apologize to me personally! What's with that look on your face? You are not happy? Do you think I dare not tear down this association?" Hu Ge saw Feng Yu kept quiet and became more arrogant!

"You sure you want our Association President to apologize to you and present you with the award?" Feng Yu laughed. He can already see Master Lu's face changing. This Association President was also Master Lu's eldest uncle!

This was like giving Master Lu a slap on his face! Feng Yu was interested to see how Master Lu handle this problem.

"I, Hu Ge, will do what I said. Whatever I said…… Damn! Who is the one who hit me?"

Hu Ge was still bragging, and suddenly he received a hard slap on the back of his head. He immediately jumped up. He had brought a bodyguard with him, and he was not afraid of getting into fights!

Before he could see how the person was, he received another slap on his face, and he saw stars!

The bodyguard beside him was shocked. Someone really dares to beat Hu Ge and really gave him a slap on his face? The bodyguard had worked for Hu Ge for quite some time, and most of the time, he was just standing behind him and had never got into fights before. Today was his opportunity to show Hu Ge how good he was!

"Get lost! You dare to create trouble at my place? I will teach you a lesson!" Master Lu had finally shown his 2nd generation's arrogant personality. He did not care about that bodyguard. He stared at the bodyguard and shouted at him to get lost. The bodyguard suddenly became quiet and stood by the side.

This bodyguard was also street smart. He could tell that this person had more authority and bigger background than Hu Ge from the way he acted. He did not dare to beat this person, but he still tried to cover Hu Ge with his body.

Feng Yu saw that Master Lu had started. He immediately rushed over and gave Hu Ge a kick, sending him rolling on the floor.

Master Lu pushed the bodyguard aside and gave two punches to Hu Ge. The effect of these two punches could be seen immediately. Hu Ge's tears started to roll down.

"Hu Ge, do you think you are someone now? You dare to come to my place and create trouble? You want my uncle to apologize to you personally? Who the fuck do you think you are? Brother Feng, help me hold him down. Today I will teach him a lesson!"

Hu Ge could finally see who this person that had hit him was.

Damn, isn't this Master Lu? Did he say that the association president is his uncle?

Before Hu Ge could say anything, Feng Yu pinned him down on the sofa. Hu Ge had a small built, and he can't even win Feng Yu in a fight. Master Lu rushed over and gave a few more punches to Hu Ge's face.

"Master Lu, Master Lu, I'm sorry. Please stop!"

Master Lu gave a few more punches before he stopped. Feng Yu realized that this Master Lu fights like a mad dog.

"Brother Feng, release him. I know this idiot!"

Feng Yu happily released Hu Ge. Just now, while pinning him down, Feng Yu also sneakily gave him a few punches for laughing at his father!

After beating Hu Ge up, Feng Yu felt better. After this incident, there should not be any more 2nd generations coming over to create trouble.

If there were still some morons that came over to create trouble, then he will close the door and release Master Lu!

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Master Lu was panting and sat on the sofa. Hu Ge immediately jumped up and stood by the side.

"Brother Feng, did this brat say anything that offended you? Let me know, I will give him a few more punches!"

Feng Yu also sat down on the sofa and waved his hand: "It's fine. I am a forgiving person."

Hu Ge stared at Feng Yu angrily. Forgiving person? Who was the one who rained punches to my ribs just now? If I did not cover my crotch, I would become Eunuch Hu!

"Hu Ge, tell me how you are going to settle this trouble you created for us?" Master Lu stared at Hu Ge coldly.

"Master Lu, I did not know that you and uncle Lu is associated with this association. You should know that I am not a smart person. Please forgive me." Hu Ge bowed down.

Feng Yu looked at this Hu Ge. This Hu Ge knows when to yield. Where was his arrogant attitude just now?

Master Lu waved his hand: "Stop pretending with me! Don't tell me that you do not know this association is registered under whose names. Xiao Zhao, did he hit you just now?"

Hu Ge turned to Zhao Liang and pleaded with his eyes. Please don't talk nonsenses. I had only shouted at you. Also, why was Master Lu asked if I hit him? I had not hit anyone today. I was the one getting beaten up here!

Zhao Liang shook his head: "Master Lu, he did not hit me. He only banged the tables and kicked some chairs."

Hu Ge almost cried. Why must this Zhao Liang mention about him kicking over some chairs?

"Hu Ge, don't say that I am bullying you. Your elder brother and I have drunk together before. But what you did today was too much. Who gave you the guts to shout at my brother Feng?"

Hu Ge was relieved. Luckily his elder brother known Master Lu. He knew Master Lu was a reasonable person.

Master Lu had a good reputation in the 2nd generation circle. He was known to be reasonable and kind to his friends. Hu Ge was just unlucky to stumble and create trouble in his turf.

Damn, I only wanted to get an award. What trouble have I gotten myself into?

"Master Lu, I had started my own company, and I heard that this association is hosting an awards ceremony at CCTV. I just wanted to get an award. Please forgive me. I will not want any awards."

"You started a company? What company is that?" Master Lu frowned. He knew Hu Ge's brother, and although he had reasons to beat him up today, there will inevitably be rumors about him.

If he could help this Hu Ge's company get an award, then the Hu family will have no reasons to take revenge for him. They might even come over to apologize and praise him!

"A hi-tech company. We are selling hi-tech products."

"Tell me in detail!" Master Lu stared at Hu Ge.

"I am selling video games cartridges." Hu Ge said softly.

Feng Yu immediately burst out laughing. Video game cartridges and you claim to be a hi-tech company? Feng Yu was sure that these video games cartridges were pirated games cartridges. This Hu Ge would never buy the rights of the original games since no one would dare to do anything to him.

Damn, a pirated games seller wants to get an award?

If this Hu Ge could be nominated, this award ceremony would get a bad reputation. All his efforts would be gone down the drain.

Master Lu asked blankly: "Brother Feng, what's a video game cartridge?"

Huh? Master Lu does not know what a game cartridge was?

Oh, that's right. At his age, he probably had started working and had never played video games before.

"It is a type of cartridge that can be inserted to a machine and is connected to the TV. It is a type of video games." Feng Yu said and pretended to hold a controller.

Master Lu frowned: "Is this thing very hi-tech?"

Damn. This Master Lu really believed what Hu Ge said? If this thing were hi-tech, there would not be any imitations. If those factories in China wanted, they could quickly produce imitations of those game cartridges. How can this be considered hi-tech?

Hi-tech cannot be used on such things.

Feng Yu stared at Hu Ge. You want to tell him, or do you want me to say it out?

Hu Ge carefully said: "Master Lu, this game cartridge was not considered very hi-tech. However, video games development was not considered an easy task. I am planning to develop my own video games which will rival those Japanese companies. Now, all the video games on the market are all produced by Japan!"

Eh? Feng Yu was shocked. This Hu Ge was another anti-Japanese angry youth?

Master Lu was not too sure, and he turned to Feng Yu: "Brother Feng, is he telling the truth?"

Hu Ge was surprised. Why was Master Lu so polite to this Feng Yu? With Master Lu's background, he does not need to be so polite to other people. Could it be this Feng Yu was not from the Ministry of Education?

Hu Ge does not know that Feng Yu had no background at all. He thought that this Feng Yu must be some illegitimate child of some leaders.

"The video games industry is really controlled by Japan. Sega and Nintendo are all Japanese companies. Currently, these two companies are holding on to over 90% of the market share."

Hu Ge was surprised that Feng Yu knew about these figures. How come Feng Yu knew about this industry? Wasn't Feng Yu a teacher?

Master Lu frowned: "Then can we enter this market and capture the market share? Just like what you did with AIWA Walkman?"

Hu Ge's panda eyes opened wide. Huh? Feng Yu was the one who had bought AIWA?

Feng Yu laughed: "In fact, we had already entered the market. For instance, one of the nominees, The Little Tyrant, in the electronics category, is producing education video machines. Their machines are using the same game cartridges. Within two years, this company will be the market leader in China."

Master Lu stared at Hu Ge: "Did you hear that? Someone else is already doing this! You should learn from Brother Feng. Look at him. Buying a Japanese company and turning it into a Chinese Company to earn their money. This is his capability!"

Hu Ge's eyes sparkled: "Brother Feng, do you own AIWA? Please teach me how you do that? I want to learn from you!"

Feng Yu was feeling uncomfortable with Hu Ge's sudden change of attitude towards him. I had beaten you up, and you still want to learn from me? What are you? A masochist?

Master Lu continued: "Sigh…… Hu Ge's grandfather and my grandfather had passed away during the war against the Japanese. That's why he hated the Japanese. Our grandfathers were from the same platoon. This Hu Ge was also not a bad person. He is only a bit arrogant and proud. Brother Feng, please give him some guidance about business. In China, no one is better than you at doing business."

Feng Yu really like the last sentence!

So, their families had such a relationship. No wonder Master Lu treats this Hu Ge like a younger brother.

"Brother Feng, please let me learn from you. I promise I do whatever you say."

Damn, this Hu Ge wants to be my follower?

Feng Yu rubbed his chin……. I am going to have a 2nd generation as my follower?

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"Brother Feng, Brother Feng?" Master Lu called Feng Yu who was in a daze.

"Ah, nothing. I am just thinking about how I can help Hu Ge."

"You can just call him Hu Laosan! (Laosan means number 3, Hu Ge has two elder siblings. This is a common way of addressing people in China.)" Master Lu glanced at Hu Ge.

"Yes, yes, yes. Brother Feng, just call me Hu Laosan."

Feng Yu looked at Hu Ge. He was speechless. This Hu Ge was in his early 20s and was slightly older than him. He could still lower himself and address Feng Yu as Brother Feng.

Zhao Liang brought 3 cups of tea over and cleared up the mess on the floor. He then quietly moves to a corner.

"Hu Laosan, since you are already in this industry, then carry on in this industry. You are now selling pirated game cartridges?"

Hu Ge awkwardly smiled: "Those originals are too expensive."

"Then carry on selling pirated game cartridges."

When imitation products reach a big scale, the effects can be very damaging. When Microsoft entered China, there were many pirated versions of their software.

But at that time, Microsoft did not take any action against those pirates. It was because they had just entered the Chinese market and Microsoft operating system was not the only operating system in the market. There were operating systems from Europe and China was also developing their own operating system.

However, Microsoft's operating system was the most user-friendly. The only thing limiting Microsoft was that their operating system was the price!

When a pirated version of Microsoft operating system entered the market, most of the computers in China started to use Microsoft's system. Within 3 years, almost all of China companies who were developing operating systems closed down.

It was because no one wants to use their operating system. These companies were also selling their operating systems, but those pirated Microsoft's operating system was easier to use and was free!

Even the companies from other countries that were developing operating systems were beaten by pirated Microsoft operating system. This allows Microsoft to take over the operating system market in China.

This was what Bill Gates had described. Let China killed their own operating systems companies. This was more effective than spending money to promote the Microsoft operating system. When the consumers had no other choices, they will start to collect money!

At that time, Microsoft started their fight against piracy. They began suing governments, organizations, companies, etc.!

Those organizations had to compensate Microsoft, and there were even some companies that were almost bankrupted. The most famous software company in China that was nearly bankrupted was Kingsoft. China also apologized on behalf of this company.

Microsoft had made use of piracy to monopolize the market. If they had started to fight against piracy at the start, then it might take Microsoft some years before they can capture the Chinese market. They might even fail.

So, why can't they sell pirated games to steal the market share from Sega and Nintendo? As for the video game machine, there was the Little Tyrant. Some other factories had also started to copy Little Tyrant. Their prices were only one-tenth of Sega and Nintendo!

This way, Sega and Nintendo will not get the chance to capture the Chinese market, and China can start to develop this industry.

Hu Ge looked at Feng Yu disappointedly. Why did Feng Yu give him this suggestion? He does not want to carry on selling pirate video game cartridges. He knew this was not right and was ashamed of doing this.

"Brother Feng, do you have other suggestions?"

"I am asking you to sell pirated video games for the time being and to capture the market. I can also introduce you to the Little Tyrant, and both of you can cooperate. You can sell your game cartridges at their sales point. This way, your profits will increase, Sega and Nintendo's game cartridges sales will drop. Of course, I am not asking you to sell pirated game cartridges for the rest of your life. Since you can get your people to make pirated games cartridges, you should have people that are good with programming. Why not ask them to develop some games?"

"Develop our own games?"

Hu Ge had also thought of developing his own games. But he does not know what sort of games to build. Whatever they thought of, it was available in the market. Furthermore, it was harder to develop their own games than decoding those games in the market. He does not have enough manpower, and the investment required was not a small sum.

"Why? You don't believe what I said?"

"I believe. I believe whatever you said. But it is not easy to develop our own games." Hu Ge replied.

"How many software engineers do you have? Where is your company located? I will go and take a look. At the same time, give you some guidance. I guarantee you will make money. If you can develop a popular game, then you will surely get an award!"

Hmmm… I am saying you will get an award in the future. As for when we will discuss some other days.

"Really?" Hu Ge was overjoyed.

Master Lu said: "Are you doubting Brother Feng? You think Brother Feng would lie to you? How can you compare your small company with him? Do you know how much his company is worth? More than 1 billion!"

Hiss~~~~

More than 1 billion?

Hu Ge had positioned Feng Yu in a very high position in his heart. But he never expects that Feng Yu had more than 1 billion RMB worth of assets. Among their 2nd generation circle, one can be considered wealthy if he has a few million.

He had not even heard of anyone that have more than 100 million RMB! 1 billion could last him several generations!

"Brother Feng made over 1 billion just by selling Walkman?" Hu Ge swallowed his saliva. He was thinking of switching to Walkman since it was so profitable.

Master Lu looked at Hu Ge with despised: "Walkman? That is just one of Brother Feng's businesses. You see that humidifier on the desk there? It's manufactured by him. You see that bladeless fan? It is also his. You saw all those Songjiang Motorcycles on the roads? It is also his. Next year, you will see his cars on the roads!"

Hu Ge was at a loss for words. All of Feng Yu's products were the best-selling products on the market. This Feng Yu was really talented. No wonder Master Lu showed him so much respect.

Feng Yu was enjoying the envious look of Hu Ge. He really likes this feeling of being praised!

"Brother Feng, I will be looking forward to your visit to my company. Why not we go over to my company today?" Hu Ge asked excitedly. He no longer doubts Feng Yu. Compared to Feng Yu, those businessmen he met in the southern provinces were nothing.

There were rumors that Master Lu had invested in a company. He heard that even when Master Lu does nothing every day, he will still get a few million RMB every year. Could it be this company is Feng Yu's company?

Hu Ge also wanted to be like Master Lu.

"Fine. Let's go today since I got nothing on. Master Lu, are you free? Want to go together?" Feng Yu still did not trust this Hu Ge completely. It was safer with Master Lu around.

Master Lu nodded: "Ok. I shall take a look too. Later tonight, I will ask Hu Laosan to prepare a banquet for you to apologize. This kid must be taught a lesson!"

Hu Ge nodded his head and smiled: "Of course, of course. I will make arrangements for a banquet tonight for the both of you. Shall we go now?"

"Let's go."

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When Hu Ge saw Feng Yu's modified Land Rover, he gasped in surprise. There were Land Rovers in Beijing at this time, but it was rare to see them on the roads. Hu Ge, himself, was only driving a Volkswagen Santana. Master Lu was worst. He travels via taxi.

When they reach Hu Ge's company, Feng Yu noticed that it was not as bad as he thought would be. A pirated games company's office was even bigger than the Machinery Company's General Manager office!

"My office is a bit small. Please bear with it." Hu Ge humbly said.

Feng Yu: "……" This was considered small? In a few more years, maybe those MNC's CEO office will be this big. This office should be at least 300 sqm.

"How many people do you have in your company?" Feng Yu asked.

"If we don't include the factory workers, I have a total of 18 staffs. I am the General Manager, and I have two deputies. There are 6 department heads and 6 deputies department head. There is also an office administrative head and his deputy."

Damn. A total of 18 people and you appointed 17 leaders? That means only one person is working?

A pirated game company was so well structured? Do you really need so many departments?

"Hu Laosan, get all your people from the technology department here." Feng Yu shook his head, but he still needs to do what he needs to do first.

"Errrr…… My company does not have a technology department."

Huh? 6 departments and you do not have a technology department? Then what are those 6 departments?

Hu Ge saw Feng Yu had an irritated look on his face and immediately said: "We have a technical staff. He is the one that cracks the code of those game cartridges. I will call him here."

That was the only staff which was not a leader. What an unlucky guy. This person should be the most essential staff of this company.

That staff arrived. He looks like he was in his 30s and had messy, unkempt hair. He was wearing a pair of thick glasses and was unshaved. He seems like he does not care about his looks.

"Xiao Li, come over. This is Master Lu, and this is Mr. Feng. They are looking for you."

Xiao Li pushed his spectacles and asked earnestly: "Manager Hu, what happen to your eyes? Did someone beat you up?"

Hu Ge was furious. Stop talking about this! Everybody can see for themselves! You don't need to say it out!

"I banged into a tree. Mind your own business. Hurry up and come over!"

"Xiao Li, where did you graduate from? What is your expertise?" Feng Yu looked at Xiao Li and asked.

"Me? I am from TV University. I major in TV repairs."

TV university? Did he mean Radio and TV University? Almost every city has this university. There is another name for this university. Night University.

Damn. How unprofessional. Even if you are producing pirated game cartridges, there should still be some professionalism. A TV repairman as the software engineer? And this company can actually still succeed. Life was really unfair.

"Are you the one that cracks the code of those game cartridges?"

"That's right. I am the one who cracks it. Actually, it is quite simple. You only need to……"

"Stop. Xiao Li. We don't need to know the details. You just need to answer Mr. Feng's questions." Hu Ge hurriedly stops Xiao Li. Once this Xiao Li starts on the technical aspects, he will go on and on. If it wasn't for his expertise and his low salary, Hu Ge had wanted to fire him.

"Can you develop games? Create your own games and not cracking the codes of other games." Feng Yu asked seriously.

"I can, but no one wants to play the games I created." Xiao Li felt embarrassed.

"Then tell me about the games you made."

"I made a fighting game that is similar to Street Fighters. But the characters cannot be seen clearly, and their moves are not very nice. The game also keeps hanging. The main reason is Manager Hu does not want to give me the funds. If I have sufficient funds, I can surely create a better game."

"You know how to create those action games with multiple stages?"

"I have never created those type of games. But it should not be a problem for me. However, I still need money to create it."

Hu Ge angrily shouted at him: "Stop asking for money. You don't even want to play the games you created. Why should I give you the money to develop new games?"

Feng Yu thought for a while. This shows that this Xiao Li had the skill, but he lacks the funds. Hmmm….. Maybe he also requires some ideas. If Feng Yu could give some pointers, he should be able to succeed.

"Hu Laosan, how much is your company worth?"

"About a few million."

"Speak the truth!" Master Lu shouted.

"Errr…… I had spent 120,000 RMB to rent this office. I do not have a factory. I just hire contractors to manufacture those games."

Feng Yu: "……" This Hu Ge can really brag. This company was worth a few million? There were no factories, and even the office was rented.

"What was your highest profit in a month?"

"Less than 200,000 RMB. Errr…… to be exact, 113,000 RMB."

Selling pirated game cartridges can earn so much? Maybe it was because he was Hu Ge and had made use of his background. If not, he might not even earn 13,000 RMB.

"I will invest 1 million in your company. Go and find a few more people like Xiao Li to develop some games. You will continue to sell your pirated game cartridges and must increase your scale. At the same time, you must set up proper sales distribution channels. Once the new games are developed, you must let your distributors sell those game cartridges in the shortest time possible. Can you do that?"

"Brother Feng, you are going to give me 1 million RMB?" Hu Ge swallowed his saliva. 1 million RMB! He had never seen so much money in his life!

"That's right. I will be the major shareholder of this company, and you will run it. I will take 70% of the profits, you will get 20%, and Master Lu will get 10%. I guaranteed that within two years, you will be a real businessman and your monthly income will be at least 1 million!"

Master Lu pointed to himself: "I am also included? What do you need me to do?"

Feng Yu would not give him money for no reason. There must be something he needs to do to get this 10% shares.

"I need a government policy. A policy to develop China's video games industry!"

"China's video games industry?"

"Yes. Video games are already popular in China. Not only with the kids. Many adults also enjoy playing video games. For instance, Contra and Super Mario Bros. These games were bringing in more than 1 billion USD of profits from worldwide. This profit is still growing."

Master Lu was shocked. Video games can bring in over 1 billion USD of profits?

"Also, video games are also a form of cultural invasion. For example, Japan had introduced a game that resembles Romance of the Three Kingdoms. They claimed that this game was based on their history. You can tolerate this? In another few years, they will claim that they are the ones who built the Great Wall of China!" Feng Yu start to rouse Master Lu's emotions. He knew that this Master Lu was also a patriotic anti-Japanese person. Influencing him was easy.

"We cannot tolerate this. Let this to me! But if we are going to develop our own games, what sort of games should we develop?"

"Our 4 great classical novels do not only have Romance of the 3 Kingdoms. Dream of the Red Chamber is not suitable to develop into a game as there is no fighting in that novel. But Journey to the West and Water Margin can! And it will be extremely popular!"

Everybody was listening attentively. They do not know how to turn a classic novel into a video game.

"We can make a fighting game using Water Margin. There are 108 characters in Water Margin and players can get to choose those characters. Each of those characters should have their individual iconic moves. Journey to the West can be made into action games that scroll from left to right. The characters will keep moving towards the right like a scroll. Those stage bosses can use the iconic demons, like Bull Demon King, Black Wind Demon and Golden Horned King, from the novels. Players can choose to use Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, Tang Sanzang, and White dragon horse as their characters. In future, you can also include some female characters like the Goddess of Mercy."

Master Lu and the rest, opened their mouth wide. The Goddess of Mercy? They understand that players will choose Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing as their characters. But who in their right mind would select Tang Sanzang, the monk who was also captured by demons?

Feng Yu saw that they do not believe what he said. He continued to explain "his" ideas to them. There were melee characters and magician characters. In a video game, players must work together to clear the stages. Feng Yu was imitating the video game produced by the Japanese in a few years' time.

Feng Yu wants to turn those classic arcade video games into game cartridges for The Little Tyrant gaming console.

"Manager Hu, this idea is interesting. It will surely be popular with the consumers. Leave this to me. Mr. Feng had already invested money." Xiao Lu really likes Feng Yu's idea and starts to plead with Hu Ge.

"Fine. Didn't you say you have some friends? Call them here. If they have the capabilities, I will provide the funds for you and your friends to develop these games." Hu Ge had also made his decision.

"Thank you, Manager Hu. I will go out now. Oh yes, Manager Hu. Please be more careful. Stop walking into trees all the time!" Xiao Li said.

"Get lost!"

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Beijing Teaching University. A few young, pretty girls were walking together back to their hostel when they saw someone walking over with a box of chocolates in his hand.

"Oh, everybody is here. Nana, why didn't you return my calls?" Feng Yu looked at Li Na. He had bought a new pager that can show Chinese characters for Li Na. He had paged Li Na 3 times, but she did not return calls. Luckily Feng Yu was waiting for her outside her dormitory.

"Someone had not been coming over recently. That's why our Nana is angry!" Li Na's roommate jokingly said.

All of Li Na's roommates envied Li Na for having Feng Yu as her boyfriend. Handsome and smart.

Furthermore, Feng Yu had renovated Li Na's room, and her roommates also benefited from it. Almost every student in the hostel envied them and had even come over to look at their room.

Every time Feng Yu came to visit Li Na, he will buy lots of candies and sometimes he would bring imported chocolates for her roommates.

But the roommates can only envy Li Na. Both Li Na and Feng Yu had come from the same district and were classmates since primary school. They had grown up together. Li Na was also beautiful. They knew they could not snatch Feng Yu away from Li Na.

"I have been helping out at CCTV. I was too busy. That's why I can't come over. See, didn't I rush over once I finish my work? I can finally rest for a few days." Feng Yu explained.

Feng Yu was indeed very busy lately. If he had the time, he would have come over to look for Li Na.

Li Na's roommates were surprised. Feng Yu was helping out at CCTV? No wonder he was a student from the prestigious Beijing University. Only the top students can get to enter CCTV.

Li Na's thinking why Feng Yu did not visit her these few days. Could it because she was having her period? Feng Yu came to look for her must be because he wanted to do something naughty!

"I will bring Li Na out. On New Year's Day, I will treat all of you to a great dinner."

Li Na was blushing when Feng Yu pulled her away from her friends. Her roommates were giggling. The last time Li Na did not return to their dormitory, they had questioned her. They asked her if she had spent the night with Feng Yu.

"Why do you look so unhappy today?" Feng Yu asked.

"What are you busy with these few days?" Li Na asked.

"I am preparing a surprise for you. Don't you like Aaron Kwok? I had invited him to Beijing. Tomorrow night, you can finally meet your idol. Are you surprised?" The main reason why Feng Yu had chosen Aaron Kwok to perform on his Awards ceremony was that Li Na likes Aaron Kwok.

Aaron Kwok at this time was indeed very handsome, and lots of teenagers like him. Although when he was older, he was still charming. But in this era, no teenagers like those middle age men.

Li Na was really surprised: "Aaron Kwok? That Aaron Kwok from Hong Kong? The one that sang ? The heavenly king?"

"That's right. Tomorrow CCTV will be recording the New Year's Day special program, and he will be one of the performers. I had specially invited him over and had paid a hefty sum."

The air tickets and lodging had cost over 1,000 RMB. In this era, it was considered a hefty amount, although this Aaron Kwok was worth much more than that.

"New Year's Day Gala Dinner? The program you told me that you are helping CCTV with? When CCTV have special programs for New Year's Day?" Li Na was surprised. She had never heard about New Year's Day Gala Night.

They were staying in their university and did not have the chance to watch TV. She did not know about this program at all. But this also reflects that CCTV had not done an excellent job to promote this program.

If it was 20 years later, not only there will be advertisements on TV and the internet, even the subways, bus stops, and malls will have posters.

Because this was the first year, Feng Yu was not really confident too. That's why he did not ask CCTV to promote this program more aggressively. Luckily this program was a recorded program. If there were any issues, he still has time to rectify.

If this were a live program and any problems arising during the performance, it would be on next day's headlines! In the future, there was an incident which happened during the Spring Festival Gala Night. The hosts of the program forgot their scripts and said the wrong things. They were scolded by the viewers for a few years! And after that year, whenever there were problems with live programs, netizens would bring up this incident!

Feng Yu pointed to himself and said proudly: "It does not exist in the past was because I am not in Beijing. Now I am in Beijing, there will be this program from this year onwards!"

Li Na rolled his eyes: "Stop bragging! Wait, did you spend money on organizing this program?"

Li Na was worried. If Feng Yu's parents knew about this, would they be happy? If they knew that Feng Yu had spent so much money to please her by inviting her idol over to Beijing, she would not leave a good impression with her future in-laws! Although Feng Yu was wealthy, no parents would want to see their son marrying a spendthrift wife.

"I did not spend much. Most of the money comes from everyone else. Don't worry about money when I am around! Tomorrow I will bring you to CCTV to watch the recording live. Are you excited?"

"I can go and watch live? Is the venue at CCTV?"

"Of course. We cannot be seated at round table in front, but we will be sitting at the first row of the audience seats. Oh, I had also invited Liu Kun, Dongjung and Zhang Han. We will be sitting together."

"Really? That's great!"

"Happy? Come, girl. Make me happy." Feng Yu jokingly said.

Li Na rolled her eyes again and ignored him.

Sigh…… It's only a few days, and she had a bad temper. I do not believe I cannot make her laugh!

Just happened the traffic lights turned red, and Feng Yu turned to Li Na: "Why not let me make you happy? Hehehehe~~~."

"Hahaha…… You are so sickening……"

Li Na laughed.

Li Na was beautiful when she laughs. All of Feng Yu's tiredness was gone when he saw the person he loves laughs.

Feng Yu drove back to his apartment. At home, Feng Yu started his moves on the reluctant Li Na.

After the happy moment, Feng Yu laid on the bed with Li Na in his arms.

Li Na suddenly said: "Will we really not get pregnant? I heard there is something that can prevent pregnancy."

Li Na was anxious that she would be pregnant. If she were pregnant, she would have to quit school, and her parents would be very disappointed with her. How would others look at her?

To Feng Yu, he was not worried. If Li Na were indeed pregnant, they would get married. But Li Na was still afraid, and she wanted to remind Feng Yu to use protection.

Feng Yu opened the side drawers: "Here. I had prepared. But it is fine. Just now, I had not ejaculated inside. Furthermore, it is now your safe period. Don't worry. Since you mentioned this, we shall try out using protection this time. You also wanted it, right?"

Feng Yu flipped over onto Li Na.

"Ahhhh…… I don't want……"

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"It's the time of the season to bide farewell to the old and welcome the New Year!"

"Looking back at last year, we should be proud of ourselves. Together we will march forward to a better future!"

……

"This is China's first Business Contribution Awards ceremony. The New Year Gala Dinner will start now! I believe we will catch up with the rest of the world; I believe that we will fulfill our Nation's dreams."

"I dreamt of flying in the skies, shoulder to shoulder with the sun. The world is waiting for me to change it. Don't be afraid to dream, we will fulfill all our dreams……"

"The nominees of the aviation category are Bing City's Aviation Factory."

The projector on the stage started to play the short clip prepared by the Aviation factory. Small planes and helicopters taking off one after another. The camera switched and zoomed in to Hou Haitao. Hou Haitao smiled at the camera and waved, calmly.

The host continued to introduce the other nominees. The camera also zooms in on the representative of the nominees. These companies were the same as Bing City's Aviation Factory. They were formerly military factories. Hao Haitao had invited them to participate in this award. Even they knew they would not be winning the award, they still felt proud to show their faces on CCTV's program!

"Now, we shall invite China's Engineering Research Center's Professor Liu to announce the winner and present the award!"

"The winner of the first Business Contribution Awards, aviation category is…… Bing City's Aviation Factory!"

The audience starts to applause. At this time, the camera switched to Hou Haitao. Hou Haitao had a surprised look on his face. He stood up and waved to the audiences, followed by a bow.

The camera also switched to zoom in to a row of 10 audiences. They were wearing Bing City's Aviation Factory's uniforms. When they saw the camera pointing at them, they raise a placard each. There was a total of 10 words, one character on each placard. "Bing City Aviation Factory, Number one in technology!"

This was shown on the projector too. All the live audiences saw it. Some of the representatives sitting in front also spit out their tea!

The director immediately turned to the Chief Director: "Director Xu, this was not according to what was rehearse."

Placards with slogans? Who arranged this?

Xu Yipeng almost vomits blood. What was this Aviation Factory doing?! Never mind. There was nothing he could do. There were no audiences during the rehearsals, and he could not use the footages from the rehearsals to replace this part.

Hou Haitao slowly walked up the stage. He really wished the distance to the stage was longer, and he could take 5 to 10 minutes to reach the stage. On the stage, he received a bronze trophy and started his emotional Thank You speech. He mainly spoke about how much hard work the Aviation Factory had gone through to complete the Nation's mission of creating a helicopter that is on par with the rest of the world.

After that, it was a dance segment. After the dance, the winner of the Aviation individual category was announced. It was an old engineer from Shenyang Aviation Factory.

The old engineer received the trophy on the stage. He was very excited and emotional. When he speaks, he was choking back tears. He had worked for decades, and this was the first time he was on the stage of CCTV to receive an award. The whole nation could see him. What an honor!

Feng Yu was also surprised. He was deeply impressed by the higher management of Shenyang's Aviation Factory. Shenyang's Aviation Factory was the fixed winner of this individual category. But Feng Yu did not expect that they would let this old engineer get this award. Seems like, in this era, not all leaders were snatching the credits of others. Feng Yu was also applauding. He had a lot of respect for these old engineers!

The host walked up the stage: "There are two people. One of them is the future brother-in-law of the other. The future brother-in-law is a supervisor in Bing City's Machinery Company workshop, and the other guy is only an ordinary worker there. This is the start of their story……. Please enjoy this skit…… , starring Zhu Simao and Baldy Chen."

The audiences cheered when they heard the actors. This duo is China's most famous actors!

"Brother-in-law, please transfer over me to your workshop. Your workshop has better efficiency and has more bonuses. I can get more money there. I will put in some good words for you in front of my mother." Baldy Chen smiled and said.

"No way! We are making engines, and these are machines which needed high precision. This is one of the most important parts of a tractor. You do not have enough skills."

Baldy Chen and Zhu Simao had very different appearances. One was boisterous, and the other was serious. The differences between both created lots of jokes. All the live audiences enjoyed their short skit. This skit also reflects the problems in all the factories. The relationship between the workers and leaders.

When the skit was over, the audience cheered. Only Xu Yipeng was worried. It was because Feng Yu had changed the host's scripts. The brother-in-law in the skit was supposed to be a supervisor in an ordinary factory. But Feng Yu changed it to Bing City's Machinery Company. This hint was too obvious!

"The nominees of the first Business Contribution Awards, agriculture category is Tai Hua Food Processing Factory."

The camera zoomed in on Feng Xingtai. Feng Xingtai stood up proudly and waved with two hands to the audiences. His wife by his side tried to pull him back. When the camera switched to Tai Hua Food Processing Factory workers among the spectators, the director, and Chief director almost fainted!

How come they had so many workers? What was written on their placards?!

"Clouds thinking of nice clothes, flowers thinking of blooming. Pigs thinking of getting fat and men thinking of getting famous!"

What the hell is this? Is this even a slogan? How can this be shown to the audiences? What does this Tai Hua Food Processing Factory do?

They looked at the video clip that was being played on the projector. It was a modernized pig farm. They were speechless. How can a pig farm contribute to the nation's economy? Also, how come there was a face in the clip? Who edited this clip?

Feng Xingtai's clip was to show off to everybody. 15 seconds out of the 30 seconds clip was focusing and zoomed in on his face!

Luckily the other nominees did not do this, and Xu Yifeng was relieved.

When Bing City's Machinery Company was announced as a nominee, the video clip showed brand new tractors and all sorts of farming equipment. But there were also Songjing Motorcycles featured in the video. This category is the agricultural contribution award! What has motorcycles to do with agriculture?

"Now, we shall invite China's Agricultural Technology Department Head, Mr. Wang, to announce the winner and to give out the award!"

"The winner of the first Business Contribution Awards, the agricultural category is…… Bing City's Machinery Company!"

Everyone clapped. Li Mingde was the company's representative to receive the award. Feng Yu was not interested in showing his face.

"I would like to thank Bing City's Government for their support. I would also want to thank all our shareholders and workers. Thank you for your hard work! We, Bing City's Machinery Company, promises to produce better quality and cheaper farming machinery for all of China's farmers. We will increase your efficiency at a lower cost! We are never afraid that our company's products would lack behind others because we have your support!"

Li Mingde pointed to the audiences. There were about a dozen workers in the Machinery Company's uniforms among the audiences. The director immediately panned the camera towards the audiences.

Blood rushed up into Xu Yipeng's head when he saw those workers stood up and raise placards!

Who the hell taught them to do this?! This is CCTV special program. This is not your company's own annual dinner! How come you are still shouting cheers?!

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"Bing City's Machinery Company, moving forward, moving out of Asia towards the world!"

The Machinery Company had 16 staffs there. They raised the placards high above their head and shouted their slogans loudly. Not only Xu Yipeng was shocked. The rest of the audiences were shocked too. The host even forgot what he had to say. The director was so shocked that he is forgotten to switch cameras and gave those workers a total of 5 seconds of footage!

"Cut it. Hurry up and cut it. Switch to the host!" Xu Yipeng roared at the director.

Li Mingde proudly said: "Of course. Our Machinery Company has the most advanced technologies in China. Not only in agricultural machinery. Our motorcycles are also the most popular motorcycles in the cities. This year, we will be introducing saloon cars. I welcome everybody to come and buy our new cars!"

The host was shocked. This was an awards ceremony. Why are you advertising your company? You are the winner of the agriculture category and why are you talking about motorcycles and cars?

"Thank you, Manager Li for your speech. Next, let's enjoy the following performance……"

When the host walked down the stage, he saw Xu Yipeng rushing up to him angrily: "What are you doing just now? How come you let him advertise his company and products?"

The host felt innocent: "Director Xu, who would expect him to say all those. Can't you just remove that part?"

"We will talk about this later. Be alert! Don't panic and be prepared for worst."

The host's heart skipped a beat: "Director Xu, please don't scare me. Are you telling me that there will still be more people shouting cheers and slogans?"

"I hope not, but you must be prepared. Don't mess up your scripts!" Xu Yipeng patted the host on his shoulders and sighed.

"Next, we shall announce the nominees of the individual awards for the agriculture category. Northern Agricultural University's Professor, Tai Hua Food Processing Factory top consultant, Su Mingrui!"

Many people frowned. How come it is Tai Hua Food Processing Factory's people again? This time is a consultant?

The video clip showed a pig farm again. But this time, the person in the video was different. It was Professor Su. The audiences soon realized that this pig farm was very hi-tech. Most of the chores, like feeding, cleaning of the pigsty, were all automatic. Pigs can be reared this way?

The director switched the camera to the audiences. Under the "anticipation" of the host and directors, they were not disappointed. The placards for Tian Peng Pig Farm was raised again. This time, the workers shouted out the slogans. Louder than the Machinery Company!

Xu Yipeng was going crazy. He felt that this was the black mark in his entire career. He thought that he was lucky to get the chance to be the chief director of this program. Maybe in a few years' time, he would get the chance to be the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala Night. That would be a promotion and a pay raise.

But he did not expect that he could not make much decision in this award ceremony. Even that kid Feng Yu had the support of Deputy Station Chief Jia. He still has to collect back the tickets he had given out to exchange for favors. Those tickets were then distributed to the workers.

This was not the end. During rehearsals, this Feng Yu still pointed out all sorts of problems, like the host's script, had issues, the director had switched the cameras wrongly, and even wanted to place humidifiers on top of every roundtable!

Feng Yu also gave some representatives and workers additional airtime. This was fine. Xu Yipeng could still bear with it. But what were those workers wearing?

Wearing uniforms were fine. But why the hell are they wear safety helmets? You think they are now working in their factories? This is CCTV Gala venue. There is no need for safety helmets!

When the cameras panned towards the audiences, everyone can see those striking blue uniforms and red helmets!

Xu Yipeng tried his best to tolerate all these, he had wanted to direct a good program. But now, everything was gone. Not only those workers brought placards, they even shouted cheers and slogans. When they shouted their slogans, all the live audiences turned towards them. This was shown clearly on the cameras.

Can this footage still be used? This must be cut. But this footage had a wide angle. If he cut away those parts, he will not have enough footage. If he replaces that part with other footages, it will seem that he was targeting that few companies. The TV viewers will be wondering why some companies' workers got airtime and those few companies did not?

Especially those winners, their workers, must be captured on camera too. Also, that Li Mingde still interacted with his workers while on stage! This is a CCTV program. I am the Chief Director. Who allowed you to interact with the audience? Don't your workers know the rules?!

Xu Yipeng regretted agreeing to show the live audiences on camera. During rehearsals, there were no audiences, and they do not have extra footages of the live audiences. What can he still do?

Xu Yipeng does not know what his higher-ups will think when they saw this program. How would they rate this program? The more he thinks about this, the more he felt dejected.

……

"Next, we will announce the nominees of the consumer products category. Tai Hua Trading Company."

Tai Hua? How come it is Tai Hua again? Do all China companies need to use this Hua character? Why can't you call yourself Tai Xia Company?

Wu Zhigang was standing in front of the camera. In front of him was the newly produced Super Fan.

"Our Tai Hua Trading focuses on developing new innovative home appliances. This Super Fan in front of me does not only have the features of our traditional bladeless fan, but it is also a humidifier. We have incorporated many new features, like heating, Sterilization, dehumidifying, scent, etc. in it. This will be a multi-functional product. This product is extremely popular overseas. You can find this in almost every big department stores in the cities. We are also having a promotion now!"

Wu Zhigang was speaking like a host on those TV shopping programs. Feng Yu was really pleased with his performance.

To make this video, Feng Yu had called Wu Zhigang over to Beijing and trained him for one whole day.

Xu Yipeng covered his face with his palm and slumped on his chair. This was the 30 seconds video clip prepared by Feng Yu? We had agreed that the clip will be showing the reasons for the company to be one of the nominees. Who asked you to make it into an advertisement?! Who was the one who shot this clip? I want to strangle him!

Xu Yipeng knew that this Tai Hua Trading Company will be getting this award.

Oh no. The workers among the audiences will create problems later. What award ceremony is this? A comedy? I will be demoted soon…… I would be glad if I can be a director of a documentary in the future……

Feng Yu, I am going to kill you!

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"Wind and Rain home appliances, Technology to change your life!"

When Tai Hua Trading's staffs raised their placards and shouted their slogans, Xu Yipeng became quiet.

The rest of the audiences turned and looked at Tai Hua Trading staffs. Tai Hua Trading staffs did not feel awkward or embarrassed. Instead, they had a proud look on their faces.

All of you are representatives of your company? All of our Tai Hua Trading's staffs are here!

All of you are here to watch the live recording of this award ceremony and are not paid? We are still getting our salary for being here, and we still have a bonus!

All of you traveled here by train? We came here by plane!

All of you are staying at those regular hotels and eat everyday meals? We are all staying in 5 stars hotel and have all of our meals at Quanjude. Our boss is paying for everything. Even when we can't finish the food, we are also allowed to bring the leftovers home!

All of you are wearing regular clothes or uniforms? We are all in branded suits and leather shoes.

How much are you all earning a month? Do you have bonuses? Not only our salaries are higher than the national average, but we can also claim our pager expenses. From next year onwards, each of us can even claim the petrol expenses for our motorcycles. Which company have benefits that can match us?

We are the staffs from Tai Hua Trading, and we are proud of it!

Furthermore, what's wrong with our slogan? We are using technologies to change people's lives! Manager Feng had said that the special bonus for this year will be a Super Fan each. The market value for this fan is a few thousand RMB! On Lunar New Year, we will still be getting red packets, chickens, ducks, fishes, and meat. Our families can't even finish all these food in a month!

Tai Hua Trading's welfare was too good. Manager Feng had said that others can only envy them, and no other company's welfare can be better than them!

When Tai Hua Trading's Wu Zhigang went up the stage to receive the award, he recited the script written by Feng Yu: "Thank you Bing City's Government for their support and help. I would also like to thank Bing City's Aviation Factory, Bing City's Motor Factory, Beijing's YADU Company for their support. I would like to thank Mr. Feng Xingtai and Mdm. Zhang Muhua. I would like to thank Mr. Li Shiqiang and Ms. Feng Danying. Technologies should be used to improve our daily lives. We, Tai Hua Trading, have achieved it. I believe that all of you can also do it. Let us use technologies to change our lives and our future!"

When he finished his speech, the audiences cheered. Feng Xingtai and Zhang Muhua were the most excited. They had been thanked! Li Shiqiang and his wife were not present. Li Shiqiang was temporary helping to look after Tai Hua Trading.

A few companies' leaders and professors were thinking about what Wu Zhigang had said. Technologies should be used to improve our daily lives!

The government officials looked at each other and nodded. This Tai Hua Trading was right!

Xu Yipeng looked the nominees for the remaining categories. There were no other companies that start with Tai Hua. There should be no more placards or cheers.

But Xu Yipeng did not expect that Bing City's Motor Factory did it again.

"Bing City Motor Factory, striving to be the best!"

Damn, another Bing City's company. Did all these Bing City's companies discuss beforehand? All of them were wearing the same clothing, carried placards and shouted cheers. What were they doing?!

Xu Yipeng must report this to the leaders. These people must be punished. This is CCTV and not Bing City! They are not allowed to do whatever they want!

……

Li Na and the rest looked at Feng Yu. Needless to say, all these must be related to Feng Yu. No one else would do such things!

From the moment they walked into the venue, they saw a humidifier on every table. They knew it must be Feng Yu's idea. Just now, Feng Yu was the one who started the applause. How could Feng Yu be unrelated to this?

But all of them also noticed something weird. The Motor Factory and Aviation Factory's slogans were very traditional. Whereas, the Machinery Company and Tai Hua companies were very innovative.

Especially when they heard "Clouds thinking of nice clothes, flowers thinking of blooming. Pigs thinking if getting fat and men thinking of getting famous!", all the audiences were laughing.

All of them felt that this pig farm was too weird, and had an odd name, Tian Peng Pig Farm. But none of them noticed that they had remembered the name of this pig farm unconsciously!

This was what Feng Yu wanted. This award ceremony will be recorded on VCD and will be given free with Wind and Rain VCD players. When the time VCD players entered the homes of everybody, this advertisement will also reach out to them. Most importantly, this was free.

When Feng Yu notified the Motor Factory and Aviation Factory, Li Shiyou and Hou Haitao were hesitating. But Feng Yu told them that this was an opportunity to show the whole nation their factory's work culture. They would regret if they missed out this opportunity.

When Li Shiyou and Hou Haitao saw the people at the Machinery Company and Tai Hua Trading preparing their placards and cheers, they immediately organized their staffs to do the same. Although they do not know if they were allowed to do this, if everyone were doing the same thing, they should not get into trouble. Furthermore, Feng Yu had mentioned that he had a lot of authority for this ceremony. Since Feng Yu had said they would not get into trouble, then it should be fine. Feng Yu would not lie to them.

But they refused to use the slogans Feng Yu suggested. What slogans were those? Bing City's Aviation Factory, soaring to the skies, Bing City's Aviation Factory, flying among the clouds. Bing City's Motor Factory, Number one in generators.

These slogans were more like children songs. Also, it was too arrogant. How can they shout such slogans? They would be laughed by other companies if they showed these on TV.

Feng Yu could only sigh and give up on them. These people do not know that slogans should be as simple as possible and must be easy to remember. This way, people will remember and spread. Anyway, these two factories were state-owned enterprises. They do not have to worry about their sales. Since the both of you were not willing to take up my suggestions, so be it. Anyway, my companies must be using these slogans to let the whole nation remember us!

……

"The first nominee for the first Business Contribution Awards ceremony, Health products category, Hangzhou's Lehaha company."

"Drink Lehaha, Dinner would taste better!" The projector showed Lehaha's video clip. There was a group of young children holding a bottle of Lehaha and shouting their slogan together.

When the camera switched to the audiences, all of Lehaha's staffs shouted one, two, three, and stood up. They raised a huge cut-out of a cartoon character. This cartoon character was their trademark.

Xu Yipeng heard the workers shouting their slogan, "Drink Lehaha, Dinner would taste better!" through his headphones. He threw his headphones on the floor in anger!

How come this Lehaha also joined in this nonsense? This was a company from the southern provinces. What has it got to do with this Feng Yu? Why were they copying Feng Yu's companies?

Xu Yipeng had thought that there were no more companies from the northeast regions and there would be no more such things. But this Lehaha's cut-out was the biggest! They had planned this way before this ceremony!

Xu Yipeng was mad. He swore that he would not direct this program next year even if the higher-ups do not punish him!

One of China's top director and the Chief Director of this award ceremony was about to collapse from his anger!

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The award ceremony ended, and the audiences slowly stood up and left. Their hands were aching from clapping. But they wished they could carry on clapping. They really love this show. All the performers were top celebrities, and it was also an award ceremony. Their companies were being recognized for their hard work. Also, they were also captured by the cameras.

Xu Yipeng heard the applause from the audiences and was slightly relieved. Maybe tonight's ceremony was a success. The applause seems to be louder than Spring Festival Gala night.

But when Xu Yipeng looked at the monitor, he almost fainted. What are those people doing? Why are they still raising their placards? What are they trying to do?

Feng Yu and his friends were standing outside the entrance, waiting for his parents.

"Dad, Mum, let's go for supper."

Feng Xingtai and Zhang Muhua saw their son standing with his friends. But they noticed that the positions of Feng Yu and his friends, and exchanged looks. They knew something was wrong.

Feng Yu was with 5 other friends. Feng Yu had never expected Liu Kun to have a girlfriend!

Hmm…… Liu Kun's girlfriend was the top student in his faculty. Both of them had met during a hobby's club at their university and discovered that both of them were from Northeast regions. Then, both of them got into an argument over the solution of a mathematics problem. In the end, both of them were right. It was only they had used different methods to solve the problem.

Just like that, that top female student started to visit the library with Liu Kun, and they end up being together.

When Feng Yu knew about this, his jaws almost dropped! Mathematics Hobby club? What the hell was that? Both of them got together because of a mathematics problem? Feng Yu could only sigh. He could not understand the world of top students!

So the 3 couples went to watch the live recording of the award ceremony together. When Feng Xingtai and Zhang Muhua saw them, they immediately knew that Feng Yu and Li Na was a couple!

……

At a lamb hotpot restaurant, all of them sat down and ordered a lot of food.

As usual, Wen Dongjun started eating like he had been starving for years. It was also because he was familiar with Feng Yu's parents. He had dinners at Feng Yu's house many times, and Zhang Muhua even praised him for having a good appetite.

Feng Xingtai suddenly remembered that this Li Na was in the same high school with Feng Yu. They had returned to the district together during the holidays. At that time, he felt that something was wrong.

Especially today, Feng Xingtai had arrived in Beijing together with Wu Zhigang and the rest. Feng Yu had bought an apartment in Beijing, but he still arranged for his parents to stay in a hotel. Why didn't he bring his parents to his apartment?

Feng Yu was obviously hiding something!

"Li Na, which school are you attending?" Feng Xingtai asked.

"I am now studying at Beijing Teaching University. I am learning English." Li Na blushed and replied.

She felt that she had been seen through. This was the first time she was eating with Feng Yu's parents. She was uneasy. Can this be considered meeting her future in-laws?

Li Na had met Aaron Kwok earlier that day. Feng Yu had brought her to the backstage and took photographs together with her idol. She was excited the whole day. But now, she was nervous and flustered.

"So, you will be a teacher in the future? Being a teacher is good. Teachers will educate children well." Feng Xingtai smiled happily.

Beijing Teaching University. Li Na and Feng Yu were not from the same university. Feng Yu still brought her to this award ceremony. There must be something going on between the both of them.

Zhang Muhua pinched her husband under the table. What was he talking about? What educating children? He doesn't even know how to ask questions.

"Li Na, who else is in your family? Where do you intend to work in the future?" Zhang Muhua continued with the "questioning" session.

Feng Yu coughed. Wen Dongjun was still digging into the plates of lamb. He had finished 4 big plates of sliced lamb himself!

Before the award ceremony, what did I instructed you to do? What did you promise me? All you did now was just eating!

Feng Yu stepped on Wen Dongjun's foot underneath the table. I had asked you to interrupt the conversation when I coughed. Did you forget that our signal is coughing?

Wen Dongjun was enjoying his food when Feng Yu stepped hard on his foot. He almost shouted. When he saw Feng Yu's angry look, he remembered what he promised Feng Yu earlier.

Wen Dongjun gave Feng Yu a calm look and stood up: "Uncle Feng, what are you not eating? You don't like to eat lamb? Then pass me that plate of lamb in front of you!"

Feng Yu lowered his head and covered his face with his palm. Damn. Was this the best you can do?

Zhang Han felt embarrassed. She kept pulling Wen Dongjun's sleeves. Even when they were familiar with each other, it was still considered very rude. Furthermore, Liu Kun's girlfriend had met them the first time. Such an embarrassment.

Feng Xingtai still wanted to ask Li Na some questions when he heard Wen Dongjun. He looked at the plate of lamb slices in front of him and then looked at the empty plates in front of Wen Dongjun. He reluctantly passes the plate of lamb slices to Wen Dongjun. This brat from the Wen family can really eat. No wonder he was so tall and strong!

Feng Xingtai turned to Li Na and wanted to ask more questions when Wen Dongjun stood up again: "Auntie Zhang, can you pass me that plate of melon?"

The following 5 minutes, everybody was looking at Feng Yu's parents passing the plates of dishes to Wen Dongjun. Wen Dongjun devours plates after plates. He really has a good appetite.

Although the dishes in a hotpot restaurant were not big portions, the quantity was still a lot. Wen Dongjun had already eaten a lot before he asked for the plates in front of Feng Xingtai. Yet, he could even finish everything.

When Wen Dongjun stood up for the seventh time, Feng Xingtai and Zhang Muhua looked at each other. What does this Dongjun want? There was only a plate of cabbage remaining in front of them. Wen Dongjun wants to take away the remaining plate? The both of them had just started eating!

Wen Dongjun suddenly shouted: "Ahhh….. Xiao Yu, this restaurant is closing? Uncle Feng, Auntie Zhang, are the both of you full?"

Feng Xingtai almost vomited blood. He had only eaten a piece of lamb before Wen Dongjun started asking for the dishes in front of him!

Feng Yu secretly gave Wen Dongjun a thumb up. Smart. Really smart. His parents could not get the chance to question Li Na.

"Waiter, give us another 4 plates of lamb and some melons, noodles, mushrooms, etc." Feng Yu shouted.

"Dad, Mum, eat something first. We can chat later."

When the dishes were served, Wen Dongjun was already full and started to become service personnel. He begins to cook and serve food from the hotpot to the rest. Mainly he was serving Feng Xingtai and Zhang Muhua. He kept serving them food to prevent them from talking.

This method was still effective. Wen Dongjun had successfully prevented Feng Yu's parents from asking Li Na questions.

"The taxi is here. Dongjun, help me send my parents back to the hotel. I have booked a room for you too. I will send Liu Kun and the rest back to their school. Dad, Mum, I will look for you tomorrow afternoon. Have a good rest."

Not only Feng Yu had sent his parents back, but he had also helped Wen Dongjun. I had set up this opportunity for you, the rest is up too you!

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Feng Yu sent Liu Kun and his girlfriend to their hostel. But it was too late, and the doors were locked. Feng Yu immediately hinted to Liu Kun. What are you waiting for? This was the best excuse to bring your girlfriend to the hotel!

Although Liu Kun was a nerd, he was not stupid enough to give up this opportunity. Feng Yu secretly passed Liu Kun a 100 RMB note. The staff at the front desk was also smart: "We only have one room left!"

Feng Yu patted Liu Kun on his back and left.

It was very late, and Li Na can only return to Feng Yu's apartment. Feng Yu told Li Na that his parents had a good impression of her and then, they spent a beautiful night together.

The next morning, Feng Yu sent Li Na back to her University.

After Feng Yu's lesson in the morning, Feng Yu drove to his parents and noticed that his parents had already packed their luggage. Their flight back to Bing City was in the afternoon.

"Mom, Dad, why don't you stay for a few days more? Go back with Wu Zhigang and the rest after New Year's Day."

"No. We had visited Beijing last year. There are no places here that we want to visit. I will return home with your mum first. When will you return home during your winter break?"

These few years, the time Feng Yu spends at home during his school breaks were getting lesser. Zhang Muhua had been grumbling about this.

"I need to visit Moscow during this coming winter break. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, there are some changes to my businesses there. I need to go over for a few days. Don't worry. I will return home before the end of January."

"Ok. Remember to take care of yourself, and others." Feng Xingtai patted Feng Yu's back. He felt pleased with his son. It was like the piglet he rears had grown up and ready to breed.

Feng Yu rubbed his nosed: "Dad, mum, let's go for lunch first. After lunch, I will send you to the airport."

Seems like Mum and Dad does not oppose his relationships with Li Na. With Feng Yu's family status, they do not have many expectations for their daughter-in-law. It was also hard to find a girl whose family's situation to match theirs. As long as the girl comes from a typical family, they can accept. They were quite pleased with Li Na when they met her last night.

After lunch, Feng Yu's parents took a taxi to the airport. Feng Yu was forced by his parents to return to his school. His parents do not want him to behave like during his high school days, skipping lessons all the time.

……

The production staff of New Year's Day Gala Dinner was all busy. This program had to be broadcast on New Year's Day, and they had only two days to edit the film.

The staffs had noticed a critical issue. They had recorded the rehearsal, but the host's clothing was different from the actual night!

That means that most of the rehearsal recordings cannot be used. The footages that showed the host were all useless. Some of the performers and nominees were also wearing casual clothes. The production team had not noticed about this minor detail last night.

When Xu Yipeng looked through the recordings, he noticed that during the rehearsals, the nominees that wore casual clothes were all from Bing City! They must have plotted this. They want to prevent him from using the footages from the rehearsals!

If he cannot use the rehearsal recordings, then they can only edit from last night recordings. But it was only later, the production team noticed that yesterday's recording was really well planned.

From the start to the end, it was exactly 3 hours and 2 minutes. They had announced the duration of this program to be 3 hours!

That means they can only cut away 2 minutes of footages. It was fine even if they did not cut anything. CCTV had reserved 10 minutes for them, in case of any overruns.

The video editor looked at Xu Yipeng: "Director Xu, do we still need to edit this recording? I think we can just use it."

Xu Yipeng was furious: "How can we just use this recording? How can those placards and cheers be shown to the TV viewers? Edit those parts away. Take note of the total duration, and the editing must be smooth. Those cheers must be removed!"

The video editor did a rough estimation and looked at Xu Yipeng: "Director Xu if we remove those footages, we will be short of at least 10 minutes."

Xu Yipeng was shaking. How come it is like this? Oh, we can use the recordings from other cameras. There should be no problems with those recordings.

But when Xu Yipeng viewed the footages from other cameras, he discovered that he cannot use those footages, unless he removes all the footages of Bing City's Aviation Factory, Tai Hua Trading and the rest of Bing City's companies. This way, it would seem like CCTV was targeting those companies. Also, the winners that were from Bing City had purposely walk slowly to the stage. Xu Yipeng cannot be showing them walking 30 seconds to the stage! This meant that he was giving these few people preferential treatment.

The higher-ups had passed a regulation that forbids them to give preferential treatments to individuals. This footage cannot be used! Furthermore, it would be too dull to show someone walking toward the stage.

Xu Yipeng grabbed his hair. He does not know what to do. He thought that he had controlled the timing of the recording of the Awards ceremony well and it should be a good thing. But now, he does not think so. He could not edit out the parts with those Bing City's companies. Why didn't he ask the host speaks more and extend the time?

All these happened because of Feng Yu.

Feng Yu had given red packets to the directors, cameramen, host, and editors. He told them that these red packets were from the association to reward them for their hard work.

After accepting the red packets from Feng Yu, these staffs tend to follow Feng Yu's requests. Furthermore, these staffs had seen CCTV's Deputy Station Chief Jia telling Xu Yipeng to respect the decisions of the organizers. CCTV was only assisting the association in recording this program!

Who's the organizer? Feng Yu was the main organizer!

Also, Feng Yu did not make any unreasonable demands. He had only asked them to follow the rundown of the program. His only requests were only the switching of cameras must be fast and accurately. The host must give the winners more time for their speeches, and the editor must make sure the video was not edited too much. There cannot be too many changes. Especially those footages of the audiences and award winners. After all, this was an award ceremony.

Before the start of the recording, Feng Yu sent the host a set of new costume. He told the host that this costume was sponsored. The new costume was indeed more beautiful than the costume worn by the host during the rehearsal.

So, the host changed into the new costume. Many of the performers had also received new outfits. This caused differences between the actual and rehearsal recordings!

Feng Yu was satisfied. Even if this was a recorded program, he could also make CCTV broadcast the program the way he wanted. Unless Xu Yipeng really dares to use all the footages from the rehearsal recordings. But Feng Yu could still make use of his status as the organizers and made up an excuse, saying the performances during the rehearsals were not to par, to force CCTV to change it!

No matter what, the broadcasted program must be according to what Feng Yu wants! Feng Yu was not a director, but the directors must listen to Feng Yu!

Xu Yipeng sighed. There was nothing he could do now except for showing his higher-ups the actual and rehearsal recordings. It will be up to the higher-ups to decide. He had accepted his fate……

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"Wake up, wake up. It is almost 7!" Tian Lei shouted in the middle of the dormitory.

Today was an important day for them. They were not going to celebrate New Year. Feng Yu had helped them organized a gathering with a group of female students from Beijing Teaching University!

Other than Feng Yu, the rest of his roommates were all singles. Even this Tian Lei does not have a girlfriend.

"Hurry, wash up and have breakfast. We cannot be late today! We must all learn from Lao Si (number 4 in their room, referring to Feng Yu. They had ranked themselves according to their age.). We must get a girlfriend early. We must not be single when we graduate!" Tian Lei shouted and clapped like those coaches cheering their athletics on.

Surprisingly, Tian Lei's method was very useful. All of them hurriedly got up and rushed to the bathroom.

Because there were a lot of people, Feng Yu did not drive. He took the public bus with the rest to the zoo. They waited for about 10 minutes at the entrance and saw 8 beautiful ladies walking towards them. Not only Feng Yu and his roommates, but many passers-by were also captivated by these lovely ladies.

"Let me introduce. This is our dorm's eldest brother. He is also our class monitor. He is Tian Lei from Beijing. This is……"

Feng Yu was speechless when he looked at his roommates, especially Tian Lei. He was overly excited before they came here, but now, he does not even dare to shake hands with the girls! Coward!

"I had bought the tickets. Let's go in and enjoy ourselves." Feng Yu waved the bunch of tickets in his hands. There had been standing at the entrance for quite some time.

Feng Yu and Li Na walked together, hand in hand. Both of them were secretly looking at the rest. They wanted to know if any of their friends could hit it off with the opposite sex.

Feng Yu shook his head. Why were they all so reserved? This was a gathering and a chance for you to know more friends. All of his roommates should grasp this opportunity. Although there were lots of female university students in Beijing, how can they be compared to the quality of the girls in Beijing Teaching university? Even the prettiest girl in their class cannot be compared to the ugliest girl from Li Na's dormitory!

"Oh look, it's a swan! This is the first time I had seen a swan so close!" One of the girls shouted excitedly.

Tian Lei walked over and said loudly: "Swan is a species of bird. One of the few swimming bird species. They live in groups near lakes and swamps. Their main diet is the water plants. Swans have only one partner in their lives. I heard that if their mate passed away, the other swan would also die!"

"Really? You are so knowledgeable. No wonder you are in Beijing University!" The girl's eyes sparkles.

Feng Yu was also shocked. Damn, this Tian Lei was terrific. He knows about swans? He must have memorized it before coming here. This was showing off his knowledge.

Tian Lei secretly waved his fist. Success! He knew that the zoology module he had taken would be useful one day. Watching was helpful!

Tian Lei moved closer to that girl. He had found his target. The only thing left was to see if both of them had the chemistry.

The rest of the guys looked at each other. This can be considered knowledgeable? They were also from Beijing University, and if you want to talk about grades, Tian Lei had the lowest grades among them!

The rest of them start to demonstrate all of their knowledge. Astronomy, history, etc. They started blabbering everything they know to the girls, hoping to attract their attention.

Feng Yu nodded. That's right. How can you be shy if you want to know girls? Scholars also need to show off their talents.

Li Na covered her mouth and giggle: "Your roommates are so interesting. They even use classic quotes when they are talking. But all of them are very knowledgeable."

Feng Yu pointed to a peacock not far from them: "You know? They are just like those peacocks. They are desperate to show off their talents to attract the attention of the opposite sex. Actually, I am the one who was the most talented, but I prefer to be low-profile."

"Ya, ya, ya. You are the most talented. Tell me the scientific name of the swans we saw earlier."

Feng Yu: "Oh look, today's weather is so good. Let's hurry and catch up with the others."

Li Na looked at the overcast sky. This was considered good weather? If it wasn't she had promised to attend this gathering, they would be not be stepping out of their dormitory!

All of them enjoyed themselves after 2 hours. Other than Tian Lei, there were 3 other couples. They were progressing faster than Feng Yu expected.

The group left the zoo at about noon for lunch.

At the restaurant, Feng Yu saw that all of them wanted to sit apart from each other and he shook his head. He immediately suggests having a boy girl boy girl seating arrangement. They occupied two tables, and one table could seat 8 people. Those 4 couples who hit it off were sitting at a table and the rest at another table. Feng Yu and Li Na were sitting together with the other 6 people. They tried to bring them closer to each other.

Li Na's roommates were willing to come to this gathering was also because of some motives. In this era, Huaqing University and Beijing University graduates were sought after by the government. The worst job posting for these graduates were at one of the cities in the outskirts of Beijing. But Beijing Teaching University's graduates were mainly posted back to their provinces. Beijing had sufficient teachers.

Although the graduates were posted to the provinces' cities, it still cannot be compared to Beijing. If the graduates from Beijing University was dating, their partners could be posted in the same region.

Furthermore, these boys were all from Beijing University. They would have a bright future, and they will be assigned houses by the government. Their promotions were also faster than their peers. These boys were also considered a good catch.

However, the couple must stay together until they graduate!

Feng Yu had told them that he would only introduce them to know each other. The rest, it was up to them. Feng Yu and Li Na do not want to interfere.

Other than the initial introduction, Feng Yu and Li Na did not speak much. During lunch, Feng Yu only started a conversation on a topic which his roommates were familiar and let them carry on showing off their knowledge.

After lunch, they walked around for a while before Li Na, and her roommates wanted to go back. Their exams were around the corner, and they need to start their revisions. Li Na also wanted to go back to her dorm. Feng Yu was disappointed. He could always send her back to her dorm tomorrow morning.

Before they parted, Feng Yu reminded the girls to watch the New Year's Day Gala Dinner special program on CCTV that evening.

On their way back to their dormitory, Feng Yu's roommates were chatting and comparing their achievements. One of them said that he had already confirmed a date with a girl after their exams. Another said that he and the girl he was chatting with were from the same province, and they had made arrangements to ride the train together back to their hometown after their exams.

Those that did not hit it off with any girls were pulling a long face. Why those girls were not interested in them?

From their performances earlier, Feng Yu knew that no amount of gatherings could help these guys. They were too shy to even talk to the girls. Were they waiting for those girls to make the first move?

Just wait for your family to arrange for matchmaking. Matchmaking suits you guys more!

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In the evening, all of Feng Yu's roommates went to Feng Yu's apartment to watch TV. They wanted to watch the New Year's Day Gala Dinner. Feng Yu had claimed that this program was the most entertaining program ever shown on CCTV.

At the start of the program, Tian Lei and the rest were all excited.

"Who is this singer that sang the opening song? The song is beautiful!"

This Sun Nan, China's top singer in the future, was still an unknown singer now. Even when he had already released his album, no one had heard who he was. But Feng Yu believed that after this program was aired, many people will know who Sun Nan was. His value and popularity will rise several times.

Feng Yu had "wrote" two songs for Sun Nan and had given him an opportunity. He became the person that helped him to fame. Of course, this was not for free. Although there were no artist agencies now, Sun Nan had signed a 10 years contract with Tai Hua Trading to be their spokesperson. His fees were meager. 1 million RMB for 10 years, and he was not limited to only Wind and Rain products.

Sun Nan would be Feng Yu's future spokesperson for Wind and Rain VCD player. After all, the main consumers for VCD, after it became popular, were the Karaoke lounges. It was also because of VCD, KTV became popular.

Feng Yu had made things clear to Sun Nan. Now, this contract might be lucrative for him. But after the year after next, Sun Nan would surely regret. By that time, every household in China would know who he was. His value would increase several folds. But Feng Yu explained to Sun Nan that after he became the spokesperson for Wind and Rain home appliances and VCD players, there will be more people listening to his songs and know him. It was still beneficial to him.

Sun Nan was grateful to Feng Yu for giving an unknown singer like him this opportunity. He still did not feel like he was being taken advantage of. After he became famous, he could still endorse other products. Although 10 years was very long, Feng Yu gave him 1 million RMB upfront. This 1 million RMB was very important to Sun Nan and his family. It made him felt that all his hard work to become a singer was worthwhile.

From today onwards, Sun Nan would be famous. Feng Yu felt that Sun Nan would be invited to perform at next year's Spring Festival Gala Night. There were not a lot of pop singers in China now.

"Hey, look. How come the audiences are holding placards? Feng Yu, Wang Lei, your Bing City's Aviation Factory is incredible!" Tian Lei gave a thumb up.

The people in this era were proud of their hometown. If anything good happened in their hometown, they would feel proud too.

Feng Yu had a calm expression, but Wang Lei raised his chin and had a proud look. His father was also a worker, and Wang Lei was proud of those ordinary workers!

……

"Hahaha, Baldy Chen and Zhu Simao are so funny. Is this based on a real incident in Bing City's Machinery Company?"

"Yes. It was adapted from a real incident. But that worker looks more like a good guy when compared to Baldy Chen." Feng Yu shrugged his shoulders.

"Huh, not only the audiences were holding up placards, they are still shouting cheers. But we can't hear the cheers clearly."

In the end, Zu Yipeng had only mute the cheers. His leaders allowed the footages with the placards to be aired, so Xu Yipeng relents.

If any higher-ups wanted to punish them, it was his leaders that gave the green light. He would not be shouldering all the blame himself.

The CCTV top leaders had held a meeting to discuss this recording. At first, almost all the people at the meeting objected to the airing of this program. They felt that this was not the way to do a TV program.

But Deputy Station Chief Jia said that this was organized by the association. It was supposed to be for their own entertainment. CCTV was only providing the venue and helping the association. Furthermore, the association was paying for everything. CCTV could also make some profits from this program. This way, CCTV would have more funds for the upcoming Spring Festival Gala Night.

The organizers were fine with it, what more can they say? Also, the performances were exciting, and the whole program was very entertaining. Those award winners had also given excellent and meaningful Thank You speeches. Their speeches would motivate more Chinese and let them believe that China would catch up with the rest of the world. This would prevent China talents from leaving for those western countries.

Finally, the Station Chief gave the green light. This was a good program and only the part when the host was in a daze must be edited out, the rest do not need to edit. The footage of the audiences must be shown. They were the workers of those nominees and winners. How can these footages be cut out? The ones on stage to receive the award was only the representative of the company. This award belongs to all the workers from that organization. If you remove their footages, that means you deny them of their credit!

However, those cheers were not appropriate. It had influenced the whole award ceremony. Those cheers must be muted before airing. After this program was aired, they would wait for the TV audiences' feedback before deciding if this program was a success. From these leaders'' experiences, they knew that the TV viewers would like it.

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"Hahaha, this Tian Peng Pig Farm is so funny. Clouds thinking of nice clothes, flowers thinking of blooming. Pigs thinking if getting fat and men thinking of getting famous! There should be another line in this poem. I can't recall it." One TV audience was laughing in front of the TV.

"I don't remember it too. Eh, you are wearing red clothes today." His friend said. (Red had another meaning in Chinese. 红 = Red color or famous)

The TV audience immediately removes his red top. But he was still wearing a red belt.

……

"Eh, that's Wind and Rain bladeless fan. We had bought that fan. There is a new model? Super Fan? There are so many functions? Dear, should we change a new fan? Our fan is quite old. We can use the old fan in the room."

"This Super Fan has so many functions. It should be costly."

"Don't worry. We have made some money this year. We can afford even if the fan cost 10,000 RMB!"

……

"This representative from Tai Hua Trading had said it! Technologies should be used to improve everybody's lives. Look at your research center. All you do is to research on fighter jets and bombs. These are all for wars. Why can't your research center focus on something that can improve our lives?" The wife of a research center's engineer grumbled.

"We are doing it for our country's defense. This company's products are useless." The engineer retorted.

"What you mean by useless? Then what can your fighter jets and bombs do? We are not at war now. What can you use it for? Look at the things they make. They even export their products and earn money from other countries. Your research center only knows how to buy things from those foreigners!"

The engineer had nothing to say. He was thinking in his heart. Were they wrong? Should they research on something that can change and improve everybody's life?

……

That night, almost every households were watching the award ceremony. They do not care about those rewards. They only wanted to watch the performances. Those that do not have TV sets would go to their neighbor's house to watch. Every now and then, there was laughter.

That night, almost all the streets were empty……

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In this era, there were no accurate measures of TV ratings. In simpler terms, many places could receive CCTV channels 1 and 2. People were still using aerial antennas to receive TV signals.

The provincial TV stations seldom have exciting programs. It can be said that the Award Ceremony had achieved almost 100% viewership.

Many people only knew that this special program was an award ceremony when they watched it. But all of them still enjoyed the program.

Those award winners and nominees were envied by everybody. They were able to show their faces on CCTV. That means everyone in China knew who they were.

Oh, these people were the ones that had made considerable contributions to China. China's industrial and agriculture were catching up with the rest of the world. These people were the pride of China!

It was not the performances or the winners that had left deep impressions with the TV audiences. It was the live audiences' placards and cheers.

The TV audiences not only remembered the slogans. They also remembered the workers' uniforms.

If the TV audiences were to rate the group of workers in the live audiences that had left the deepest impression, it would be Lehaha, and their cartoon figure cut out. Even Tian Peng Pig Farm had lost to them.

This increased Lehaha's sales after this program. The distributors all over China had called Lehaha's sales office to increase their orders.

Few people may notice Lehaha's usual TV advertisements. It was because there were still many households in China that do not have TV at home. But this was a CCTV special program. Those without TV would go to their friends or relatives houses to watch this program.

The distributors in different regions noticed this and immediately increased their orders. People would be looking for Lehaha's products during this period, and it was the best opportunity to earn money.

Once again, Zhong Qingxian was deeply impressed with Feng Yu's foresight. It was because Feng Yu had asked Tai Hua trading stocked up Lehaha's liquid supplements one week before. This was to prevent Tai Hua Trading from running out of stocks after becoming famous. Lehaha's factory was now running at full capacity. Their workers had to work 3 shifts, running at 24 hours to cope with the sudden surge in demand!

When Zhong Qingxian heard his sales manager's report, he regretted not listening to Feng Yu. If he had set up the new factory earlier, it would be in operations by now.

But now, his factory could not cope with the demands. They had to stop taking orders. It was like money flying out of his hand. The new factory's construction should be completed soon and should be in operation after the Lunar New Year. All the machines in the new factory were ordered from the Soviet Union by Feng Yu.

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Li Mingde had called Feng Yu to tell him the good news. The Machinery Company had received a lot of orders for their agriculture machinery. This year's profits will be at least 30% more than they estimated previously. They can now be compared to those national standard agriculture machines' factories. Their target next year was to be China's number one farming equipment manufacturing company. They want to beat those established big brands like Dongfang Hong!

Dongfang Hong was a state-owned factory and had the support of the government. Even with the government support, their technologies were outdated compared to the Machinery Company. They had been losing market share. Feng Yu was glad that the Machinery Company could be China's number one within the next 2 years.

Feng Yu instructs Li Mingde to listen to the requirements of those old farmers to produce equipment that suits the markets. The Machinery Company must also upgrade their technologies regarding their efficiency and durability. Feng Yu also wanted their tractors to have different classes based on their capacity.

Now, there were only two types of tractors. The 55 horsepower Dongfang Hong tractor and the 12 horsepower smaller tractors. There were no midrange tractors and had to be imported. Feng Yu wanted to capture this market segment. This would be the future mainstream tractor segment. Of course, Feng Yu also wanted to produce higher horsepower tractors too. High horsepower tractors were also selling well in the future. Tractors can not only be used for plowing and seedings at farms. They can also be used to transport goods with there was a trailer attached.

Trailers were good. All the Gaz trucks owned by Wind and Rain Logistics had trailers attached. The traffic police at this time do not care about this. There were very few vehicles on the road. Wind and Rain logistics frequently need to transport big items. It takes up lots of space. By attaching a trailer to their trucks, they can double their load!

Wind and Rain Logistic was using this method temporary. There was no need to increase their truck fleet. When the Machinery Company starts to produce their own trucks, then Wind and Rain Logistics will expand their fleet.

During the award ceremony, many people noticed that Songjiang Motorcycles belongs to Bing City's Machinery Company. They tried calling the Machinery Company to order Songjiang Motorcycles but were told that Tai Hua Trading was in charge of the motorcycles' sales.

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When Wu Zhigang returned to Bing City, he saw his company was in a mess. If it weren't for Li Shiqiang and the Wind and Rain Logistics staffs there, he would have thought that there was a break-in!

"Manager Li, what happens to our office?" Wu Zhigang asked.

"Hrmph!" Li Shiqiang growled: "All of you had enjoyed yourselves. You don't even leave one person at your office, and you asked me to help taking care of the company. Do you know how many phone calls we had helped you receive these few days? We don't even have time for lunch! We also do not know how much you are selling your products. We had helped to take down their contact numbers. Since you are back, you can settle it yourselves."

As they were talking, the phone rang. Wu Zhigang smiled and went to pick up the call: "Hello, Tai Hua Trading. Yes, it's our company. Oh, I'm sorry. We have a distributor there. We cannot sell it to you. You want to be a distributor too? No. We had signed a contract with our distributors. You can contact our distributors. Thank you. We will contact you if we need you."

A few weeks ago, Feng Yu had told Wu Zhigang that after New Year, Tai Hua Trading's products will increase their prices. He asked Wu Zhigang to inform the distributors to stock up before the New Year. Wu Zhigang had already done that. They had also completed the last trade of the year with the Soviet Union. He thought that there was no more work and that's why he brought all of Tai Hua Trading's staffs to Beijing. At the same time, take a short holiday there.

Feng Yu had told him that this trip was considered to be the workers' reward for this year. In the future, Tai Hua Trading will have annual company trip. Each staff can bring one family member along!

Wu Zhigang thought that since there was not much work to do, he asked Li Shiqiang to help him look after for a few days. Wu Zhigang had forgotten that there will be people calling asking to be their distributors.

Luckily, they had returned on the second day of the New Year and came straight to the company from the airport.

Wu Zhigang sighed in his heart. This award ceremony was more effective than advertising on CCTV. How did Manager Feng thought of this idea?

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Chapter 364 – The after-effects of the award ceremony (Part 2 of 2)

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After the award ceremony was aired, even Wind and Rain Logistics' business improved. It was because Tai Hua Trading's short video clip had shown their office building and Wind and Rain Logistics' logo was shown too. The clip also captured the rows of Gaz trucks parked outside the building.

Li Shiqiang was also considering whether to take up Feng Yu's suggestion to expand his operations towards the south and set up a branch office in Beijing.

Things were going well for everybody, but Feng Xingtai was not happy!

After being nominated twice, Tian Peng Pig Farm's slogan and their video clips had left a deep impression on the whole nation. Everyone knows that there was a modernized pig farm named Tian Peng Pig Farm. This farm was the most advanced farm in China.

There was a sudden surge of customers, and Tian Peng Pig Farm cannot cope with the demand. The farm cannot even meet the demand of the Longjiang province.

The farm at Shenyang was still under construction. It will only be completed in Summer this year. This resulted in an embarrassing situation for Tian Peng Pig Farm.

Luckily Feng Yu had already thought of this in advance. He had asked Tian Peng Pig Farm to work with the other pig farms in Longjiang Provinces. He wanted those farms to use his animal feeds and raise their pigs according to Tian Peng Pig Farm's methods. These farms were also allowed to sell their pork under the Tian Peng's brand.

Of course, the quality of the pork from other farms cannot be compared to Tian Peng Pig Farm. But after strict inspections of their farms, their pork was still sold to Lin Province.

Tian Peng Pig farm had started working with the other farms in Liao province late. But it should be in time for the Lunar New Year period. Some of the pork can still be sold to Beijing.

Tai Hua Food Processing Factory's new manager, hired by Feng Yu, sent his staff to Beijing to do market surveys. But they noticed that Tian Peng's brand of pork was already selling there.

The manager was furious. Who sold their pork to Beijing? It had disrupted his strategies.

But there was more shocking news. Not only in Beijing but Tianjin and even in many cities from the southern provinces were also selling Tian Peng pork.

The manager knew that something was wrong. If it was only Beijing, it might be possible. Maybe one of their customers had sold Tian Peng Pigs to Beijing. But to send their pork to Tianjin were impossible. The transportation charges will be too high, and there will be no more profits.

Although Tian Peng pork was selling slightly higher than ordinary pork, live pigs were also trading at high prices. It was impossible for people to transport Tian Peng pigs from Shenyang to Tianjin.

The manager sent his people to investigate and found out that the Tian Peng pork in the market was not from their farm. This pork was fatter and was from a different species of pig!

These were imitations. They were using Tian Peng's brand! The low-quality pork they sold would harm Tian Peng's brand!

This cannot be tolerated!

Feng Yu knew about this. But his exams were around the corner, and he also wanted to test the abilities of this new manager. This new manager had claimed to be an overseas graduate and had managed modernized farms in the US. That was why Feng Yu had given him a good package.

If this manager could not settle this problem or do not understand China's culture, he would not be qualified and needed to be replaced.

If it were Feng Yu, he would approach the local government and those pork sellers. He would make sure that the consumers knew that this pork was fake. The sellers will be punished. If the sellers do not know that this pork was not the real Tian Peng pork, it's their luck. But they can still claim their damages from their suppliers.

The suppliers of these fake Tian Peng Pork were the ones behind this. They must be punished! Of course, it would be very troublesome if Feng Yu were to pursue this himself. This cannot be solved in a short period of time without the support of the government.

Zhang Ming was feeling unwell these few days. After returning from the US, he was hired by a private company as the General Manager. The packaged offered to him was very attractive. He was promised shares after 3 years into his job. This was better than being managing a farm in the US. Most importantly, he was back in China. It would be easier for him to return home compared to working in the US.

This company was expanding, and there were sufficient funds and advanced technologies. The brand was also established. He felt that this was an opportunity for him to shine. After the award ceremony was aired at CCTV, he could foresee Tian Peng Pig farm's rapid growth this coming year.

But before he could rejoice, imitations of his company's brand had appeared all over China. It was easier to settle this issue in the Northeast provinces. But those further in the south were not easy to control.

If this was in the US, it could be solved quickly. He could just sue these people for damages. But this is China. He had hired a few top lawyers to send letters to these illegal pork sellers and suppliers. However, all these people ignored him!

Zhang Ming did not expect that the local government was also involved in these. The local governments also had a share of the profits from the fake Tian Peng Pork.

Huh? You are only a private company. Do you really think you will win against the government?

We are the ones in control here! We can do whatever we want! Furthermore, Tian Peng Pig farm could not meet the market demand. What's wrong with us selling Tian Peng Pork? Did we sell these pork to the northeast regions? There were so many people selling. You can go and look for them. If they stop selling, we will stop too!

Zhang Ming knew that if he did not handle this problem well, he might not be replaced. But it would be impossible for him to renew his contract after 3 years. Needless to say, there will be no company shares reward.

These people were hindering Zhang Ming's career. Zhang Ming was furious.

Zhang Ming immediately contacts all the big pig farms in China and used Tian Peng brand to exchange for some shares in those farms. He then authorized these farms to use Tian Peng brand to sell their pork.

Zhang Ming was laughing in his heart. You are protected by the local government? Then I will let you fight among yourselves. I shall see these governments will protect who. Those small suppliers and sellers or those large-scale farms?

Although this would lower the value of Tian Peng Brand, it would allow Tian Peng Pork to be sold all over China. It was only a matter of time when Tian Peng Pig Farm become China's number one pork supplier.

Zhang Ming did not only do this. He also buys over two near bankruptcy animals' feed factories in the southern provinces. He wanted to enter the southern market with Tai Hua brand of animal feeds. Since those large-scale pig farms were working with him, he was not worried that these factories would make losses!

The pork war had started,

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Chapter 365 – Super Fan enters the market

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The Super Fan was not fully developed. To incorporate so many features together, the fan would be huge. The Super Fan in the video clip does not have many features. It was just a prototype. It can only incorporate two elements and was not in production.

The model for the southern provinces would have heating elements incorporated into the bladeless fan. Feng Yu had also set the target for Tai Hua Trading. This Super Fans' sales must be doubled of last year!

The bladeless fan with humidifiers would be introduced into the Northern market. Of course, the humidifying was the selling point of this model. These two models will be their focus for this year. The production for the older version of humidifiers and bladeless fans will be lowered.

These older versions will not be removed completely. After all, this new Super Fan's retail price was 50% more than those older versions. It was considered very costly in China now. There was still demands for those old models.

But for European and US markets, Super Fans were selling at double the price of those regular bladeless fans!

Even it was priced so high, Super Fan was a new product. It had attracted lots of distributors. Those distributors could see the potential of these fans and knew it would be selling well.

It was just like what Feng Yu said. Those that were willing to spend 350 USD to buy an electric fan would not mind paying another 350 USD to buy a multi-functional fan.

Wind and Rain Home appliances were being sued in many places in the US and Europe for Anti-trust laws. The newspapers had reported about these lawsuits. It was like aggressive advertising for Wind and Rain. Those people that did not know about Wind and Rain Home Appliances previously remembered this brand from mysterious China now.

Many Westerns were interested in Wind and Rain's logo. They heard that this logo was based on China's ancient characters. This also sparks the interest of many.

Now, YADU's products had also entered the western countries. They were priced the same as Wind and Rain, and now the lawsuits cannot carry on.

Fu Guangzheng did not sit back and relaxed. He immediately countersued for defamation. He wanted the public apologies and damages.

This was the Fu family's strategies. They wanted to drag out the lawsuits and blow things up. The longer this lawsuits last, the more often Wind and Rain brand would appear in the media. This would attract more consumers.

This promotion method was more effective than advertising. As for the damages, 1 USD will do. What Fu Guangzheng wanted was the attention!

People would be curious about these products and why it was involved in so many lawsuits. Were these products really good?

These people soon found out that these products were humidifiers and bladeless fans. At this time, Fu Guangzheng increases the marketing efforts to promote the new multi-functional Super Fan.

The Super Fan were selling at very high prices, but the sales were still outstanding. Many people were curious why this company would sell fans in winter? Are they crazy?

But they realized that this fan could blow out warm air. An electric fan that blows out warm air? No one had ever expected it before!

The sales for the Super Fan with heating elements were increasing. There were still many families in Europe and the US without heating. They were still using fireplaces and stoves to keep warm.

The model with humidifying features was selling quite well too. Those ordinary bladeless fans and humidifiers' sales had also increased because of the media's attention.

The sales of those developed countries were much more than China. Of course, the profits were higher too. The distributors were calling up almost every day to request new stocks. Fu Guangzheng had been smiling till his cheeks ache!

Working with YADU was brilliant. With YADU's technology and factories, Wind and Rain production increased a lot. With YADU entering the market, the distributors and consumers had more choices.

No matter the consumers choose which brand, Fu Guangzheng would still receive profits. This was healthy competition, and their market shares increase rapidly. Now, those fan and air conditioner companies viewed Wind and Rain, and YADU as their main competitors.

These companies thought that this bladeless fan was not a threat to them. But when they saw the sales figures, they knew that they should view these two companies seriously. They did not expect an electric fan to have additional functions.

The air conditioner companies were mainly manufacturing cold air conditioners. Although some companies had developed heating elements in their air conditioners, the response from the market was not good.

These companies could not understand why this Super Fan with warm air was so popular. Was it because of the newspaper articles about their lawsuits? Or could it be that this fan was smaller and saves more electricity?

In fact, those were all the reasons why Super Fan could become popular within a short time. Another reason was that there were too many players in the air conditioners and ordinary electric fans industries. As for Super Fan, there were no competitors. Or it can be said that both Wind and Rain, and their competitor, YADU were on the same side!

The consumers were also driven by their curiosity. They were interested in new stuff although the Super Fans were selling not much cheaper than air conditioners.

But in China, the Super Fans were selling much cheaper than air conditioners. With Wind and Rain brand's reputation and sales distribution networks, the Super Fan was selling better than those developed countries.

But YADU was not doing well in China. Their sales were not as good as Wind and Rain. Although Feng Yu had introduced his distributors to YADU, those distributors were not interested in YADU's products.

YADU did not have any advertisements, and their brand awareness was very low. Many people had not heard of this brand. When there were two products at the same prices, the consumers will inevitably pick the brand they had heard of.

When the consumers did not buy YADU's products, the malls and shops would not order from the distributors, and the distributors would not order from them. It was better for them to sell Wind and Rain products. They had been working together for so long, and consumers trusted this brand.

YADU soon realized that working with Tai Hua Trading was a wrong move. They thought that they could get to use the patents for free and had the advantage. But now, it seems that Tai Hua Trading had the upper hand. Now, YADU's factories were producing more Wind and Rain products than their own!

YADU's bladeless fans were oval shaped, and the consumers felt that it was too ugly. The consumers still prefer the round shaped fans! The wind from our fans are also strong and having an oval-shaped would save space. Also, which part of our fans are ugly? This is only an electric fan. How beautiful do you want it to be?

YADU still needs to develop multi-functions Super Fan. They need to incorporate more features into the bladeless fan, and the fan cannot be big. They still have to let Tai Hua Trading use these new technologies.

YADU thought that by exchanging technologies and with their factory's scale, government support, they would overtake Wind and Rain brand. But now, it seems that if Wind and Rain did not make any mistakes, they would never step out of Wind and Rain's shadows…….

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The exams were over, and everybody returned to their hometown for their school breaks. However, Feng Yu remained in Beijing. The Tian Peng Pork issue was getting out of hand. Zhang Ming's strategy was effective at first, but when the local authorities ignored this issue, those imitation pork sellers started to expand their operations.

Zhang Ming had used Tian Peng Brand to invest in pig farms all over China. But it was not as successful as he expected. Firstly, the local governments were not willing to accept it. You are not paying a single cent and why should you get the shares? You still want us to buy your animal feeds? What's wrong with us feeding our pigs with animal feeds from the local factories?

Even if your animal feed makes the pigs grow faster, but it was also costly. We can feed our pigs with the animal feeds from the local factories or even feed them with grains and swill. The pigs will still grow up. This would also let our local factories make more money. Why should I let you earn?

In the end, Zhang Ming's strategy failed in many places. It was successful in some areas, but that did not solve the issue of imitation Tian Peng Pork.

Zhang Ming did not expect the local governments to be so protective of their local enterprises. The governments openly allowed these illegal activities to carry on. Zhang Ming had told the local governments that this was against the law, but the local government still let those unlawful sellers do whatever they want. Some governments even supported them with subsidies!

Zhang Ming saw that these governments do not want him to invest using his brand, he offered to invest using cash. Anyway, Tai Hua Food Processing Factory still had lots of funds even after buying over some factories. He can also take bank loans.

But the terms set by the local government were harsh. There were even some local governments that rejected him flatly. They do not want investments. They want to sell their own Tian Peng Pork and make profits!

Huh? You say our Tian Peng Pork were imitations? What proof do you have? Only your pig farms can be called Tian Peng? Our pig farms can also use this name!

You had registered this brand? What's a brand? Tian Peng Marshall is Zhu Bajie. Are you trying to tell me that Zhu Bajie belongs to you?

Zhang Ming realized that these people were utterly disgusting. There was no way to reason with them. The local government refused to act. The local police and Trade and Industry Bureau were under the local government. They would not help outsiders.

Feng Yu felt that Zhang Ming's strategy was not wrong. But maybe he was overseas for too long and could not adapt to the local culture. Places in a terrible environment and bad customs would produce uncivilized people. These places were poor, and the people had backward thinking. There were many unreasonable people. These people would rush forward when they see the money. Even if you call the police it was no use. The policemen were the same, and they were relatives. What can you do to them?

To deal with these people, you must get the officials. You tell me that the local governments were protecting these people? Then we shall think of a while to stop these local officials from protecting them and dare not to defend them!

……

"Oh, Manager Feng, why are you here today at CCTV? Didn't we renew the advertising slots contracts?" Cheng Baojun looked at Feng Yu.

Because of the New Year's Day special program, CCTV's advertisement slots bidding was brought forward. The prices of the slots were much higher than the previous year. However, Feng Yu still renewed his contracts without any hesitations. He also asked Lehaha to get 2 more advertising slots. This was in preparation for their new products, yogurt, and tea beverages.

CCTV had also announced that from next year onwards, the advertising fees will not be fixed. It would be auctioned. The highest bidder would get the slots.

This was because of Feng Yu extravagant way of buying advertising slots, and Tai Hua Trading's increasing sales. If Feng Yu had not done these, the auctioning of advertising slots would happen later in 1994.

Feng Yu felt it was a pity that CCTV had rejected his under table offer of fixing the auctions.

Never mind. We can still get whatever slots we want and then we will make you suffer!

"Section Chief Cheng, oh, I should address you as Division Chief now."

"I'm am a deputy division chief. Deputy." When Cheng Junbao said this, he was smiling. He could not conceal the happiness within him. He had increased the advertising revenue for the TV station when he was the advertising department chief and was promoted. Although he was still in charge of advertising, his rank was higher. He got a raise and also better benefits.

"I am not here to talk about the advertisement slots. I am here to talk about the program ."

In Feng Yu's previous life, this program would be axed soon. But now, there was Feng Yu. Not only the backdrop of the program was changed, and he had also offered suggestions to improve this program. This program was revived, and the TV audiences enjoyed it. Of course, Feng Yu did it for his product placements in the program.

"? What's wrong with this program? We have also shown your products in the show according to your requirements. We had changed it to your newest product Super Fan. Is there any problems?" Cheng Junbao asked.

"I want to invite to do a special episode. Of course, I will pay you for it."

The program had incorporated the concepts and style of the future programs and . This program showed the daily lives of ordinary civilians and dug deep into the issues faced by them. It was well received by the TV audiences. This program had also helped Feng Yu to do soft advertising and even interviewed Li Shiyou.

"A special episode? Manager Feng, I might not be able to help you. This is not under my jurisdiction." Cheng Baojun replied.

Feng Yu glanced at Cheng Baojun: "Division Chief Cheng, this is not right. I remembered that when I wanted the naming rights of the program, you said that it cannot be done. You even told me that the leaders had held a meeting and rejected my suggestion. Last year, your station aired a new program . It was sponsored by Zhengda enterprise, and they get to name this program. Why? Just because it was a foreign enterprise and their boss was a foreigner, you all agree? Just because I am a Chinese and owns a private company, I am being discriminated?"

Feng Yu had forgotten about when he spoke to CCTV previously. If not, he would try all means to persuade CCTV to let him sponsor this program. This program would be the most watched program on CCTV for the next few years.

But since others can do this, why can't I? you can sponsor and get the naming rights to this variety program, then I can also do the same. which was aired previously was a good program. If the name were changed to , it would be better!

But CCTV still did not agree to Feng Yu's demand.

Feng Yu was making use of this point against CCTV. CCTV had used Feng Yu's suggestions to improve their programs and still did not allow him to have the naming rights. Because of this issue, Feng Yu had looked for Deputy Station Chief several times!

Now, all I want is to do a special episode for me. Why is this impossible? Am I not paying you? We have not even discussed the price, and you are rejecting me?

Cheng Baojun replied with a sad face: "Manager Feng, I will help you ask the leaders. Please don't make things difficult for me if they reject your request. I am not the one who decided on the program. Why do you keep pestering me on this?"

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"What? That Feng Yu is here again? He wants us to film an episode for him? Does he think that CCTV is his home?" Deputy Station Jia was unhappy. Feng Yu had pestered Cheng Junbao several times and had also harassed him. If it were not for the success of the New Year's Day Special program, he would have fallen out with Feng Yu!

How can CCTV's Deputy Station Chief be harassed by a young brat?

"Chief Jia, do you want me to chase him out? But didn't you said that you still need his help to raise the advertising fees during next year's advertising slots auction?"

This was the main reason why Deputy Chief Jia tolerated Feng Yu for so long. With Feng Yu around, they were not afraid of CCTV's advertising slots not auctioned out. Feng Yu had told him that he would buy out all the unsold advertising slots.

Chief Jia raised his hand to stop Cheng Baojun: "Call Feng Yu in. I will speak to him."

"Oh, Chief Jia. You are also here? I think Division Chief Cheng had told you what I wanted. How much does CCTV want?"

"What do you mean by how much do we want? We did not even agree to it!" Chief Jia roared.

"Huh? Did not agree? This year our station will be introducing a few new programs, right? Do you have sufficient funds? Although this year's advertising fees were higher than last year, CCTV's staffs' benefits, salaries, and cost had increased a lot. I heard that almost all of your advertising fees were used for this year's Spring Festival Gala Night."

Feng Yu smile slyly. It was apparent that he knew CCTV had insufficient funds and he had the money. He was giving them money now, and they don't want? Although CCTV can make money from advertising slots fast, they were spending their money even more quickly!

"Chief Jia, why not you listen to what I have in mind for this episode first. You can then decide if it was suitable or not. If it is not suitable, I will just leave. But if it is suitable, then we shall talk about the price."

In Deputy Station Chief Jia's mind, he was thinking no matter what Feng Yu said, he would just tell him that it is not suitable and make him leave!

Deputy Station Chief Jia nodded: "Fine. Tell me now."

Feng Yu sat down and took out a stack of documents from his bag: "Chief Jia, this is last year's list of counterfeits and imitations products taken from the Trade and Industry Bureau. Among this list, I think that food product was the most dangerous. After all, consumers would eat these foods. If it was other products, and the quality was not good, consumers can just throw them away and not use them. However, imitation food products might kill!"

Chief Jia was shocked and took the documents from Feng Yu. He read the reports carefully.

After a while, Feng Yu continued: "We are going to film an episode on food safety. For food products, rice, flour, oil, salt, meat, eggs, and vegetables are the most basic. We will pick one of them and focus on it. To attract more TV audiences, know, we shall pick the meat, as meat is the most expensive."

Chief Jia nodded. Consumers would be concern about the more expensive items. If there were imitation rice, it was fine. At most, sand and gravels were mixed into the rice. Consumers can just wash it away. It was also impossible to have imitation eggs. At most, the eggs were turned bad. Once the eggs were cracked open, consumers will know immediately.

Vegetables should not be any problems. Consumers can just wash the vegetables a few times more before cooking. Consumers could tell if the cooking oil was of lower quality by smelling it. Salt was a controlled item by the government. There should not be any fakes.

"How can there be imitation pork? Are you talking about those sick pigs?" There should not be many sick pigs around. Could it be that there was a pandemic and there were lots of dead pigs in the market? If it was only a few dozen sick pigs, it was not worth making an episode on this story.

Feng Yu nodded: "Yes. There is much poor-quality pork being sold as high-quality pork in the market now. These people want to earn the difference by cheating the consumers! Our nation is now the focus of the world. Every day, overseas media are reporting about our country. What do you think the overseas media would write if they knew that our country is selling imitation pork to our people?"

"This…… will it be so serious? How can pork be sold as higher-quality pork?" Deputy Station Chief Jia felt that Feng Yu was exaggerating.

"Very simple. Waterlogged meat. The pig farmers would shove a pipe into the pig's mouth, and force feed the pig with water until the pig dies. This way, the pig will have 10% more meat. How did the pig gain 10% more meat? It is the water. When the consumers bought the pork back and cook, the meat would shrink. Also, water can be injected into the pigs. This way, the pig will gain a 15% increase in weight. The syringes used by the farmers might be those used for vaccination. Do you still dare to eat that meat?"

In Feng Yu's previous life, had one episode on this topic and it was a success. Now, Feng Yu was only bringing it forward. There was indeed water-logged pork in the market now.

Feng Yu continued: "What is the purpose of this program ? Aren't we serving the people? Don't you think that this issue concerns our people?"

"But if you discover this issue, you can report to the police." Chief Jia thought for a while and replied.

"I had reported it to the police, but the local police were in cahoots with the pork farmers and sellers. No one cares. Some of them even have the support of the local government. They do not eat those pork themselves, but they still sell them to the people. Don't you think they are evil and should be punished?"

Deputy Chief Jia was shocked: "The police did not take action and do not care about it? There are still local governments supporting them?"

"You think I dare to lie about such serious matters? If CCTV produces an episode on this topic, don't you think all the people in China will be grateful to you and praises will be coming in from all over China!" Feng Yu continued his persuasion.

"Something is not right. How are you going to benefit from this? You want to pay us to film an episode on this topic for free?" Deputy Station Chief looked at Feng Yu suspiciously. He knew that Feng Yu was not someone that was so noble.

Feng Yu smiled coyly: "Errr…... those pork were sold as Tian Peng Pork. This Tian Peng Brand is my father's company. These people are destroying our brand's reputation. How can we sell our pork in the future?"

Deputy Station Chief Jia thought in his heart. I was right. This pork incident must be related to this brat. This brat was not so noble after all!

"Fine. You are telling me to uncover those local governments that were covering up for those imitation pork sellers?"

"Of course! Those people were too much. They are harming our country's image, and they are a disgrace to the Party!"

Deputy Station Chief Jia rolled his eyes: "I think it will take at least 1 week to film this episode. We still need to send a few teams to different regions for filming. This is too rush, and a lot of resources is required. I think it will cost at least 100,00 RMB to 200,000 RMB."

Feng Yu immediately took out a few videotapes from his bag: "I have already hired people to do the filming. These footages are filmed by reputable reporters. The reporters had signed on this paper, and there are serial numbers on the videotapes. The reporters have only one request. When the videos are being aired on the program, the host must read out their names. So, can I lower the price? How about 10,000 RMB?"

What reputable reporters? You paid them to film these footages and told them that they had the chance to appear on CCTV. They would surely listen to you. They will even edit the videos for you! There were enough materials for a 2-hour program!

Deputy Station Chief Jia: "……" Even the whole program was filmed, This brat had prepared everything!

"I think there is no need for your 10,000 RMB. But we do not have enough funds for 2 new programmes on CCTV 3. Do you think you can sponsor us some and we will give you the advertising slots at the end of the program?"

"I want the slots before the program. Also, I want to do product placements in the programmes." Feng Yu voiced out his terms. Although not many people watch CCTV 3, it was also advertisements. Feng Yu could also showcase his latest products in the programme.

"Deal. I will let Cheng Baojun discuss with you how much is required."

……

The negotiations went smoothly. 30,000 RMB and 10 humidifiers, for sponsoring these two programs for one year. Before the program starts, Feng Yu's humidifier commercial will be aired.

Although this sponsorship will not generate any returns and might even suffer a loss, most importantly, Feng Yu's relationship with CCTV got closer. What Feng Yu wants was that whenever CCTV needs money or have unsold advertising slots, they would think of Feng Yu!

Also, this episode was very important to Feng Yu. Using 30,000 RMB to solve this issue was still considered to be a good deal!

Feng Yu had notified Zhang Ming to negotiate with those pig farms. They thought that they could also sell Tian Peng Pork? In a few days time, those farms will come begging to work with him. The terms will be very different from what Feng Yu was offering now!

Although Zhang Ming does not know why Feng Yu said this, it was evident that Feng Yu had found a solution to this problem. Zhang Ming guessed that Feng Yu must have gone to the higher officials for help.

3 days later, CCTV aired the latest episode and caused an uproar!

What? The Tian Peng Pork they bought were fake? It was from the local farms? Damn. I had paid more for this pork and it's fake!

Using the local pork as imitation can still be tolerated. But those sellers even injected water into the pig? No wonder water was dripping out of the meat on the way back!

Oh my god! Those evil sellers had sold those sick pigs as Tian Peng pork! People will fall ill if they eat those pork!

……

"County Governor, something had happened at our county's pig farm!"

"What's wrong with the farm? An outbreak of swine fever?" The county Governor slowly took a sip from his teacup. It was after office hours, and his subordinate still called him. Can't he wait until tomorrow morning?

"It is more serious than this. We are on CCTV's programme! Some reporters had filmed us selling diseased pigs, and it was aired on CCTV! Now, the whole nation knows about this!"

"What? How can you allow this to happen? I shall settle this tomorrow morning."

The County Governor hang up the phone, and the phone rang again.

"What is wrong with your county? How can your farm sell diseased pigs and still used Tian Peng Brand? Now even the Central Government is looking into this issue. You are a disgrace to our province! You better settle this issue immediately! Those that were involved must be punished accordingly! Tomorrow our City will have a raid on all counterfeits goods! We will start with those selling pork!"

The County Governor closed his eyes. His brother-in-law's pig farm was finished. When the investigation team from the City Government arrives, he would also be implicated. He will also be finished!

This type of scene happened in many places. Those people who had watched the programme, were shocked. This was only a small matter. How come it had attracted the attention of the higher-ups? Names were even reported out during the programme. There was no way for these people to escape!

The only solution now was to remove those imitation sellers immediately!

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Chapter 368 – Tian Peng Pig Farm wins

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It became a nightmare for those illegal sellers of imitation Tian Peng Pork overnight. The Central Government was aware of this issue and was looking into this matter. The names of these sellers and farms were pointed out during the program!

The local officials of those regions where the farms and sellers were located were going crazy. Their higher-ups had called to reprimand them.

This was a disgrace, and their dirty laundry was shown to the whole nation!

The "eradicate imitation Tian Peng Pork" movement had started all over China!

Many pig farms which had to make use of Tian Peng Brand to turn losses into profits. Now, the government started to clamp down on them. There was no way for them to escape. These farm owners suddenly remembered that Tai Hua Food Processing Factory had warned them about the illegal usage of Tian Peng brand.

But these people had ignored the warnings. The local government had not taken any actions against them. What can a private company do to them? Now, the local authorities can no longer turn a blind eye on their activities. The punishment was severe too.

Hefty fines, force closures, confiscation of their vehicles and illegal monetary gains. These pig farm owners and sellers were all in trouble! All of them regretted not heeding the warnings.

Those officials that were in cahoots with these farmers and sellers were investigated by the higher authorities. Some of them were thrown into jail.

All these people had made a lot of money recently. They thought that they would earn more than double than last year.

But none of them expected CCTV to expose them. They heard that the top officials from the Central Government wanted the crackdown on such activities. They were only the first ones to sacrifice.

Once the government began to look into this issue, all the Tian Peng Pork imitations disappeared within 3 days!

At the same time. Tai Hua Food Processing Factory's representatives appeared again and started to negotiate with those farm owners. Now, Tai Hua Food Processing Factory was no longer negotiating about buying a stake into their farms. They also wanted to buy over the entire farm!

These farm owners had suffered heavy losses, and they can't even afford to pay the hefty fines. The local government had told them that if they were unable to pay the penalties, their farms would be confiscated!

If their farms were confiscated, they would be left with nothing. However, if they sell their farms to Tai Hua Food Processing Factory, they might still have some money left after paying the fines. They might even have a chance to bounce back.

But when the negotiations started, these farm owners broke down. They had spoken to Tai Hua Food Processing factory's representatives previously and had almost finalized the prices for their shares. But before the deal was settled, those representatives suddenly left.

Now, those representatives returned. It was evident that they wanted to make use of this opportunity to take advantage of them. All their previous offers were changes. They were not interested in investing anymore. They wanted to buy over their farms, and the amount they offered was too low!

The amount offered to buy out their farms could only buy 70% shares before the crackdown. There were no profits for those owners now!

The representatives were firms in their stand. Times were different now. If you do not agree, fine. We shall sue you. You think after paying the government fines, all your troubles will be over? We will sue you, and you will still need to pay us damages. This matter had blown up now. After paying your fines, you might even be jailed!

We will not sue you, but you must agree to our buyout price of your farms. You have to clear all those pigs in your farms, and we will send a batch of pigs over. We will use our scientific methods of rearing pigs and animal feeds. These pigs will then be qualified to be sold as Tian Peng Pigs!

We are buying your farms because of your locations. The pigsty in your farm will be tear down and rebuild into modernized pig farms!

These people did not agree to such low prices. They have nothing left after paying the fines.

So, these people came up with al sort of tricks. Some of them used bribery, hiring thugs, and some even went into hiding.

Zhang Ming told those representatives to ignore these owners. Whoever that can buyout those farms will get rewards. The highest prize money was more than 10,000 RMB! Those that received bribes from the owners will not only be sacked. They will be handed over to the police!

Actually, it was impossible for Tai Hua Food Processing Factory to buy out all these farms. Not only they do not have enough funds, but they also do not have enough resources to manage so many farms. Furthermore, there was no need to take over those small farms. Most of these farms were still invested using Tian Peng Brand.

But there were a few large farms which Zhang Ming wanted to buyout. These farms were city level scale and were suitable to be converted into Tian Peng Pig farms.

To convert a pig farm was not an easy task. It was because of the layouts and environmental conditions. So, Zhang Ming had to engage Professor Su to help out. Those farms that Professor Su thinks that it was suitable to be converted into modernized farms were Zhang Ming's target.

Those farms that were not suitable will be invested using Tian Peng brand.

Zhang Ming was still in Chengdu, negotiating with the most prominent pig farm's owner. This farm was his top target, and he must get it. It was because Sichuan province had the highest population of live pigs. This province was one of the top pork producers in China. China's most famous ham and sausage company were using the pork from Sichuan.

If Zhang Ming could take over this farm, then Tian Peng brand would be established in this region.

……

"Manager Zhang, these are not the terms offered by you a few days ago. How can you change it?"

"Those are the terms a few days ago. That was in the past! You had used our brand illegal, and now the government is investigating into this. Your losses should be huge, right? If you refuse to sell your farm to use, you will not be able to pay your fines and can't repay your bank loans. Not only your farm will be confiscated, you will also still be thrown into jail!" Zhang Ming firmly said.

"Manager Zhang, but you cannot lower your offer by so much. You are taking advantage of our plight!"

Zhang Ming smiled: "I have given you this chance. Have you ever wonder how we got the higher-ups to look into this matter and punish the farms all over China?"

……

Feng Yu listened to Zhang Ming's update and nodded. Zhang Ming had done an excellent job with his business strategy and negotiations. Not only he had successfully invested in more than a dozen pig farms, but he had also acquired 4 large-scale farms. These 4 farms were now under reconstructions.

Zhang Ming had said that Tian Peng brand was now China's biggest pork brand. But they still have not captured the whole of China's market. They had only obtained the major cities' market. When those food processing factories they acquired started operations, Tai Hua animal feeds will be China's top animal feed.

Overall, Feng Yu was satisfied with Zhang Ming's performance in the handling of this incident. If Zhang Ming can let Tian Peng Pork to sold all over China within 3 years, Feng Yu would renew his contract and give him the company's shares as promised!

The Tian Peng Pork incident had finally come to an end. It was time for Feng Yu to fly to Russia. He needs to discuss with Kirilenko about their Mining enterprise's development.

Translator Notes: This Tian Peng Pig farm incident had shown the reasons why Feng Yu needs to suck up to the government. Local government officials can be in cahoots with businesses. These officials can do whatever they want in their region. Unless the higher-ups from the central government take actions, these officials can turn a blind eye over illegal activities. They had too much authority in their area.

Although Feng Yu was frequently taken advantage by the Bing City government, he did not move his operations out of Bing City. It was because the local governments tends to protect their own people first. If Feng Yu were to shift his businesses to another province or city, the government there might be worst than Bing City's.

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Stepping out of the aircraft, Feng Yu saw Kirilenko waving to him on the tarmac. As usual, Feng Yu received the warm welcome "bear hug" from Kirilenko.

Damn. Can't this idiot control his strength?

"Feng, you are finally here. Come, we shall follow your Chinese traditions of welcoming guests. We must have a welcome meal and drinks together the moment you arrive."

Feng Yu's face changed: "Brother Ki, we can have the meal and drinks later. Let's have a chat first."

Damn, what welcome meal? You are just trying to get me drunk. If he were to drink with Kirilenko, he would blackout before the appetizers were served!

Kirilenko had a disappointed look: "Fine. You take a rest first. I will tell you about our Mining company."

……

"We had acquired of 5 types of natural resources, a total of 12 mines. At the time of purchase, the prices of the mines were low. Now, the value had increased a lot. I had followed your instructions to lower the mining of minerals. We had just mine enough minerals to cover our cost. But when can we start mining at full operations? We should not leave our mines idling and not making profits."

Kirilenko was slightly frustrated. He had invested all his wealth into this mining company. However, Feng Yu told him that this was not the right time to sell those minerals. The prices were too low. Feng Yu only asked him to mine enough to cover his cost.

Now, Kirilenko's primary source of revenue was from importing daily necessities from China. There were not many profits. With the Soviet Union disintegration, Kirilenko could only sell his goods in Russia.

For someone with over 1 billion USD worth of assets, his liquid asset was only 1 to 2 million USD.

"The oil prices will not rise now. It will only increase in 1994. Before that, we should just extract enough minerals to cover our cost. We can use some of our funds to improve our equipment. This is the same for iron and other metals. There will be not many changes with their prices. However, the prices will increase as the demand increases. That will be the time when we start to get more profits. This should happen in the late 90s."

Kirilenko looked at Feng Yu: "We can only see the profits at the turn of the century? You had asked me to invest everything I got into this company now!"

Feng Yu opened his hands with his palms facing up: "I did not expect you to buy so many mines. Furthermore, I had invested more money than you. Don't be anxious. I guaranteed that at the turn of the century, your assets will be increased by folds!"

At the end of this century, energy and minerals prices will increase rapidly. This mining company's value will increase by several times.

Feng Yu also had other uses for these minerals in the future.

These mines and oil fields would be bought by the Americans if Kirilenko did not buy them. It would be Russia's loss if that happened. Didn't you use the money from those loans to invest in this company? When it was time for you to repay your loans, Rubles will be depreciated by several thousand times. It was as if you had picked up these mines and oil fields from the streets!

When they spoke about their investments, Kirilenko had nothing to say. Feng Yu had invested more than him but owns lesser shares than him.

"Brother Ki, did your father got his promotion after the dissolution of the Soviet Union?" Feng Yu wants to change the topic to something that would cheer Kirilenko up.

Last year, the Soviet Union was finally dissolved. The United Nations had also recognized this. This was not the post-Soviet era.

"Hahaha, my father is now an army's Lieutenant General!" Kirilenko said excitedly. With his father's age, there should be no problems for him to be promoted to Colonel General in the future. He would have a lot of authority in the future.

His father was only a Major General in charge of logistics. He thought that it was the highest rank he could be promoted.

Kirilenko's elder brother, who was in the Navy, was also promoted to lieutenant-colonel. He should be getting another promotion two years later. All these were because Kirilenko had supported Yeltsin from the start.

Kirilenko had gained Yeltsin trust after reminding him about those oppositions that had started the coup. Those people had placed Mikhail Gorbachev under house arrest and even tried to assassinate Yeltsin. Because of Kirilenko's father warnings, Yeltsin had taken precautions and got the opportunity to rise to power.

Most all of the Soviet Union's overseas assets were taken over by Russia. Belarus and Ukraine could only get some assets within the mainland. Russia alone had acquired the more assets than the rest of the allied countries combined. It was just a matter of time for Russia to reach its peak.

Those equipment and machinery sold by Kirilenko to Feng Yu were mainly from the other allied countries. He had not touched Russian factories even when those factories directors were selling their machinery. This had also let Russia recover quickly.

Yeltsin and his team knew what Kirilenko was doing. But when they realized that Kirilenko did not sell Russia's factories' facilities to Feng Yu, they did not pursue this matter. It was also good for Yeltsin as what Kirilenko will weaken the other allied countries. This would allow Russia to remain as the leader of Eastern Europe. Kirilenko had sold a lot of machinery and equipment from Belarus and Ukraine.

Kirilenko had also quit from the army. He was now a real businessman. His elder brother would inherit their father's position in the military. Kirilenko can be a happy millionaire.

After his father's promotion, Kirilenko had become the leader in Russia's 2nd generation circles!

"Congrats. I still need your help on the matter I mentioned to you previously. Although I am not in a rush, this should be settled as soon as possible."

"I have been asking around. Getting it in my country would be impossible. But it should be possible to purchase it from one of those former allied countries."

Kirilenko does not understand why Feng Yu wanted that thing. Can he even use it? Could it be that Feng Yu was purchasing it for China? But China was also producing this thing. There was no reason to buy the Soviet Union products. It will also be obsolete in a few more years.

"Never mind. I can still wait." Feng Yu was relieved when Kirilenko agreed. He trusted Kirilenko. He had never broken his promises.

"Feng, can you increase the supplies for next month's trade?" After the Soviet Union was dissolved, Russia's commodities prices were still recovering. Russia had opened up the commodities industry, and Kirilenko wanted to make use of this opportunity to make more profits.

"No problem. As long as your military train carriage can fit, I can fill it up. I can even send you the goods first, and you pay me later." The both of them had joint partnerships worth more than 1 billion USD. They were not worried about the other party not being able to pay a few million USD.

"Feng, you are really my brother. That's settled then. Help me fill up the whole carriage. I will pay you when I receive the goods. It is getting late now. Let's go for a drink!" Kirilenko looked at his watch and said.

Damn. Shouldn't it be "It's getting late now, let's go for dinner."?

Feng Yu was dragged out of his room by Kirilenko. In Feng Yu's mind, he was thinking of excuses to not drink.

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"Come, Feng. Here's to our mining enterprise, cheers!"

Damn, there was no way to escape. Feng Yu drowned his glass in one big gulp helplessly.

Why these Russians like to drink Vodka? Why can't they just drink red wine? Red wine tastes so much better……

Feng Yu wanted to take a bite of his beef stew, but Kirilenko had already refilled his glass.

Fuck, can't you slow down? Also, who the hell uses such big glasses for vodka? Can't you switch to smaller glasses?

"Come, Feng. Here's to our daily commodities trade! I really want to thank you for this. Cheers!"

Kirilenko bottoms up again!

Feng Yu look at his glass of vodka: "Brother Ki, I can't hold my liquor well. Can we drink slower? This way we can chat longer."

"Eh…… We can chat anytime we want. We seldom have the chance to meet up and have drinks together. Anyway, you will be in Russia for a few days. We can chat tomorrow. Hurry up and drink. I thought Chinese, especial those from the Northeast, were straightforward?"

Damn, where did you hear these from? Who the hell told you that?

Feng Yu finished his second glass of vodka with difficulty and immediately covered his glass with his palm. He will not let Kirilenko refill his glass again!

"Feng, why are you covering your glass with your hand? When I asked you to drink last year, you told me that in China, the legal age for drinking is 18. Now you are 18 years' old and why are you not drinking?"

Feng Yu: "……" I had drunk too much last year! I am someone with more than 1 billion assets. How can I be seen being carried back to the hotel room every night after drinking with you?

This was too much. If you want to drink, I can drink beer with you. As someone from Bing City, I am not afraid of drinking beer! We can complete who can hold our bladder better when drinking beer!

"Brother Ki, I had seldom come to Russia. I would like to try your local beer. Why not let me switch to beer?"

Come, we shall see who gets drunk first when we drink beer!

"We can drink beer tomorrow. Tonight, we shall drink this first. This is Russia, no, this is the world's best vodka. It is only because of you, I took out this bottle!"

Feng Yu wanted to tell Kirilenko to treat him as someone ordinary and not treat him so well.

"Brother Ki, I cannot drink much. Tomorrow we still have to discuss our company. Furthermore, I had only taken a few bites of these dishes. I'm hungry."

"Tsk…… You are such a wet blanket. Fine. This will be the last glass."

Damn, one glass is about 150 ml. 3 glasses were equivalent to almost half a liter, and this was still high alcohol content vodka! Feng Yu could feel that everything he had eaten today will be coming out through his mouth!

Wait, why did I think of grabbing that bottle of vodka before Kirilenko could refill his glass?

Feng Yu suddenly remembered that when his brother-in-law drank with Kirilenko previously, he did not drink a single glass. There were many ways to make people drink. He could make Kirilenko drunk first.

"Brother Ki, let me pour for you. Since you mentioned it, tonight we shall drink to our fills. I cannot drink much, but you can. You should drink more."

Feng Yu grabbed the bottle and filled Kirilenko's glass. He poured a bit into his glass and immediately drinks it. Kirilenko had not even noticed Feng Yu was playing tricks with him. He still thought that Feng Yu had finished the whole glass. He also emptied his glass.

Feng Yu continued to fill Kirilenko's glass.

After a while, Feng Yu was feeling tipsy. Kirilenko also had cloudy eyes.

"Feng, drinking with you today is the best. Later tonight, we can continue to chat."

Damn, which idiot would want to sleep in the same room as you? Your snoring could shatter the windows. How do you expect me to sleep? I still have not mastered the snoring, farting, and teeth grinding skills to compete with you!

"Brother Ki, you should go back tonight. It is inconvenient for us to sleep in the same room."

Kirilenko suddenly smiles: "Yes, that's right. It is inconvenient. I will get my men to send you back to your hotel. Tomorrow I will come and pick you up. I will bring you to our mining company to take a look."

Feng Yu ate some food and Kirilenko's men sent him back to his hotel. Once in the room, Feng Yu felt that he was handed over to another person.

He opened his eyes slightly and saw Li Na there. Am I back in China? How come Li Na is here? Feng Yu's clothes were removed by this person, and he felt that person cleaned him up with a warm towel.

Li Na is the best. She knows how to take care of me. Feng Yu stretched out his arm and pulled Li Na into his arms. He turned over and got on top of her.

"Nana, don't go. Let me kiss you."

Huh? How come her chest is smaller? I must be drunk.

…….

At midnight, Feng Yu woke up and by the bed, there was a glass of water. He picked it up and drank it. It was honey water.

Where am I? This is not my apartment.

Oh, I am in Moscow. This should be a hotel room. Feng Yu shook his head and went to the toilet. After peeing, he climbs back into the bed.

Feng Yu turned to his side and felt a warm body snuggled into his arms. He hugged that person and wanted to carry on sleeping. Suddenly he jumped up!

This is Moscow and not his apartment. How come there is a woman on his bed?!

Feng Yu jumped out of bed and switched on the lights.

"Mr. Feng, are you thirsty? Do you want me to pour you some warm water?" The girl was awakened by the lights. She blushed as she looked at Feng Yu, but she still got up to pour water for Feng Yu.

Feng Yu looked at that girl and then look down at himself. Damn, where are all my clothes? Where is my underwear?

"Elena, why are you here?" Feng Yu was confused.

"Mr. Feng, last night you were drunk, and I am here to take care of you."

Feng Yu pointed to himself and then points to the naked Elena: "This is the way you take care of me?"

It had become clear to Feng Yu. It was not a dream last night. It was not Li Na. It was Elena. He could still see some blood stains on his private parts.

Elena lowered her head and shyly replied: "Mr. Feng, you are the one that refuses to let me leave."

Feng Yu was called her Nana last night. Elena knew that Feng Yu was drunk and had mistaken her for someone else. The previous time they met, Feng Yu had rejected her despite her trying to offer herself to him. Feng Yu was not the type that would pretend to be drunk and take advantage of her?

But she knew that what she had today, was all because of Feng Yu. She was able to reunite with her mother when she was transferred to the Moscow dance troupe from Kiev. She was also given special treatments at Moscow. These were all because of this Chinese man.

If nothing were to happen between her and this Chinese man, then her good luck will come to an end. The fates of all the dancers from dance troupe were the same. They would be married to those uncouth military officers at the end of their dancing careers.

Elena would rather choose this man before her. At least he was younger and better looking. This way, she would receive the protection of this man, and both she and her mother would have better lives!

That's right. Some of her friends in the troupe were like this too. She heard that their lives were much better than before.

Now everything had happened, and Elena was nervous. How would Mr. Feng react?

Feng Yu looked at Elena. He was at a loss of words. It was all because of liquor. What happened? He had a feeling. It was like he had been…… taken advantage of!

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They both stared at each other. But there was a problem. Both were naked.

Feng Yu really wanted to ask Elena to leave, but he felt that this would be too irresponsible. He could not really remember what happened last night. He closed his eyes and tried to recall.

"You should know that the reason I rejected you previously was not because I am not interested in you. It was because you are too young."

Elena pushed her barely developed chest our: "I am already 15 years' old. In my hometown, girls at my age are already mothers of a few kids!"

"You are only 14!" How can you lie about your age? Even if you are 15, you are still underage.

"I can also get married at 14 years' old!" Elena insisted.

Feng Yu looked at the stubborn Elena and sighed: "Tell me, what do you want?"

Feng Yu would never believe Elena liked him and offered herself to him. She must have wanted something or need some help from him. Elena knew about his capabilities when he transferred her to Moscow Dance Troupe.

Elena lowered her head and said: "I do not want anything from you. I am grateful to you and wanted to repay you for bringing me back to Moscow from Kiev. If it weren't for you, I would not be able to see my mother so often. If it wasn't for you, I might not have the chance to return back to Moscow!"

The Soviet Union was disintegrated into many smaller countries. If she had not returned to Moscow before the disintegration, she might have to spend the rest of her life in Kiev. Many in another two years, she would become someone's plaything. If she was lucky, she might be married to an officer or politician. But these could not be compared to her returning back to her hometown. Russia was her motherland. This was her home!

Elena really does not want anything? Actually, she wanted a lot. For instance, she wanted to be the lead dancer for the Moscow Dance Troupe. She wanted to perform at the Kremlin and Red Square. She wants her mother to live with her in Moscow.

But she knew Feng Yu was different from what her friends told her. Feng Yu had not touched her previously, yet he had transferred her to Moscow. At the same time, he had rejected her firmly. It was apparent that Feng Yu does not want to have anything to do with her.

However, now they had slept together. If she made any requests, Feng Yu would surely agree. But this will also be the last time she will see Feng Yu. If she did not make any requests, Feng Yu would also help her and even remember her. This way, she would get more benefits!

Elena did not want anything, and Feng Yu was in an awkward position. If she had some requests, like some form of help, jobs or money, Feng Yu would surely agree. But now, Feng Yu did not know what to do with her.

Feng Yu did not believe that Elena was doing this because she wanted to repay her gratitude towards him. He suddenly remembered Kirilenko's mysterious smile last night when they were drinking. This must be arranged by Kirilenko. That idiot thought that he likes Elena and specially arranged for her to appear in his room.

Damn, it was only a casual remark when I had just asked you to take care of her previously.

Elena was a smart girl. Now they had slept together, Feng Yu would not ignore her. Although Feng Yu had thought to just accept what Elena had said. She had done this to repay him. But that is not him. He will not do something like this.

"Mr. Feng, it is cold, and you are not wearing anything. Come back under the covers. Do you have a headache after drinking so much? Come over, I will give you a head massage. If you are thirsty, I will pour you a glass of water." Elena quickly poured Feng Yu a glass of warm water.

Feng Yu took the glass from her and sat on the bed. Elena starts to massage his temples. While she was pressing him, she purposely rubbed her body against him, letting him feel her soft body.

Feng Yu must admit that he enjoyed this sensation.

Wait, did he use any protection last night? What would he do if Elena got pregnant? Feng Yu would never agree to let his child live away from him. But he could not explain to his family and Li Na if he were to bring his child back to China.

Feng Yu placed the glass on the side table and grabbed Elena's hand: "did we use any protection last night?"

"Don't worry Mr. Feng. I had taken pills yesterday. I will not be pregnant. I still want to dance for a few more years." Elena pushed Feng Yu slowly down on the bed. Her friends at the dance troupe had advised her to never use pregnancy as an excuse to tie a man down. If the man really loves her, he will ask her to bear a child for him. When that happens, she would not have to worry about anything for the rest of her life.

Feng Yu looked at Elena clumsily massaging him. He was looking at her young exposed body and felt his willpower seeping away bit by bit.

He was able to withstand Elena's temptation previously was because he was still a virgin in this life. But after what happened between him and Li Na, Feng Yu's willpower was not as strong as before. Since New Year's Day, Li Na had been preparing for her exams. After her exams, she left for home immediately. Feng Yu did not have the chance to touch her.

Now, there was a beautiful young girl in front of her. Her body was toned from years of dancing, and her long slender legs were just inches away from Feng Yu. Her long hair and small waist were tempting him.

When Feng Yu's hands touched Elena's legs, he could feel Elena pausing for a moment. She acted as if nothing had happened and continued her massage on Feng Yu's legs. She continued her massage even when she saw something was pointing at her in between Feng Yu's leg.

Since this had already happened, then what's the difference between one time or two times?

Feng Yu would be dishonest if he were to say that he was not attracted to Elena. He had never seen such a beautiful girl in both his lives! Even those AV stars were not as pretty as Elena.

But other than having small breasts, Elena was perfect.

All of Feng Yu's willpower was gone when Elena "accidentally" touched Feng Yu's little brother.

Feng Yu flip over and press Elena down on the bed. Elena was looking at Feng Yu in his eyes. She was burning with desire!

Worse than a beast?

Feng Yu had become an animal…... this was a path of no return.

Feng Yu woke up in the morning. Elena was still sleeping soundly in his arms.

The both of them woke up at about midnight and carried on until almost dawn. If it wasn't Elena could not take it anymore, Feng Yu would have gone another round.

Elena was in pain. After all, it was her first time, and she was still young.

Feng Yu got up, and Elena woke up too: "Mr. Feng, are you going to take a shower? I can wash your back for you."

"I can shower myself. Go back to sleep. Later when you wake up, call for room service."

Elena laid back on the bed and turn away from Feng Yu. She had a cunning smile on her face. Now, Mr. Feng will not forget her……

Translator's notes: OMG! Feng Yu is a pedophile. 14 years' old. Elena will become his mistress, Li Na is his wife, and his wife from his previous life will appear later in the novel.

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"Feng, did you have a good rest last night?" Kirilenko asked with a lewd smile on his face. He even took a step into Feng Yu's room to take a look.

Feng Yu Immediately push Kirilenko out. He did not know whether to thank Kirilenko or scold him. Never mind. Forget it. Let nature take its course.

"Feng, her mother is still in Petersburg. You want me to transfer her mother back to Moscow? She will be very grateful if you do that."

Feng Yu hesitated for a while and nodded: "Okay. Thank you."

"I need to tell you something. Don't be too good to her or she will have endless demands. You must let her understand that she cannot make demands as and when she likes. She must know that she will be taken care of when you are in a good mood. This is my experience. Don't worry. I will ask her dance troupe to take good care of her. I promise you that other than you, no one else can touch her!"

Feng Yu looked at Kirilenko. Damn, how many girls had he bedded to get this type of experience?

After breakfast, Feng Yu and Kirilenko arrived at 5 stories building. Outside of the building, there was Russian signage. Polar Bear Minerals Enterprise. This was the headquarters of Feng Yu and Kirilenko's mining company!

When they were naming this company, Feng Yu could not change Kirilenko's mind. Kirilenko had called this company as Polar Bear, as polar bears signify strength! But didn't Kirilenko know that polar bears can only survive in the north pole? Our company still needs to expand all over the world!

The was a burly Russian man standing at the entrance. When he saw the car stopped, he quickly walks over to open the door.

This man, Mozgov, was the General Manager of Polar Bear Minerals Enterprise. He was a retired mine owner.

"Director, Director Feng, welcome." Feng Yu's title in this company was a director. The title was only for show. Feng Yu did not do anything in this company and had left everything to Kirilenko. But Kirilenko trusted Feng Yu a lot. He listened and followed Feng Yu's suggestions on the company's operations.

Even when Kirilenko does not have any liquid assets now, he also heeds Feng Yu's instructions to not start full operations at their mines and oil fields. They had only extract enough to cover their cost.

"Tell Director Feng about the company's plan for this year." Kirilenko sat down on the sofa and slowly sip on a cup of red tea.

It was comfortable to have a cup of tea in cold weather.

"Yes. Director Feng, based on your requirements, we will lower down the production of crude oil and coal. We will also lower the production of iron, nickel, and palladium. Most of our mines will be temporarily shut down. We will pay our workers 50% of their salaries for this period of time since we will not be making any profits. This is to lower our cost. We can also reduce the insurance coverage and safety expenses of the workers. There will be less work for them, and there was no need to give the workers so much insurance coverage…."

Feng Yu was listening to the manager. But as he listened, he was shocked. What was this Mozgov thinking? He does not care about the safety of the workers?

Who was the one that wanted to reduce the workers' salaries? How can he cut the insurance coverage and safety expenses of the workers? Feng Yu wished to reduce the operation cost, but this was not the way to do it.

He would be an evil mining company boss if he were to do these.

They could sell whatever they mined from the mines. Although the prices were not high now, there were still profits. Feng Yu only wanted to control the amount they mine. In another two years, he would sell those minerals to China. Factories like the Motor Factory uses a lot of iron. Although the Machinery Company does not produce steel, the Machinery Company can work with a steel factory.

No matter what, mines were profitable. The money used to purchase these mines were lesser than the actual value. Also, Feng Yu and Kirilenko had used the Rubles loaned from the Soviet Union banks to buy these mines. These mines were almost free. There can never be any losses with these mines.

A profitable company was going to reduce its workers' salaries and even lower their insurance coverage? This was too much!

Feng Yu looked at Kirilenko: "Brother Ki, did you agree to this?"

Kirilenko looked at Feng Yu: "Of course. We can save a lot if we do this. It was after I had set up this company then I realized that the cost of mining is very high. Mozgov's suggestions are good. You do not agree?"

Kirilenko was confused with Feng Yu's reaction. Didn't you want us to save money and lower the production? Mozgov had thought of ways to help us save cost. Why do you seem unhappy?

This was the best solution. Could it be that you have better ideas?

Feng Yu sighed. This was the thinking of the privileged. This was one of the reasons why the Soviet Union disintegrated.

"Brother Ki, if our company mines 30% of our full capacity, we would be able to make some profits and cover our operational cost. The profits will be sufficient to replace the old equipment. I had told you to cut cost, but this is not the way to do it. What happens if our workers die in an accident in our mines? We cannot let any of our workers die or injured from accidents in our mines. I am sure you do not want the family members of our workers staging a protest outside our doorsteps. Do you think that compensations will be lesser than the insurance premiums?"

"Feng, what do you mean?"

"Brother Ki, we are doing businesses, and our image is critical to us. We must have a positive image for both ourselves and our companies. What do you think of my company?"

"It's good. Your company trusts me and treats me very well. That's was also the reason why I followed your suggestions for managing this mining company. Even when you wanted to buy those restricted items, I also tried my best to help you. I cannot sell these items to others, but I am willing to sell to you."

"That's right. You trusted my company and me. Even when I am not around, my staffs will still trade with your company. Even when there were some mistakes with the number of goods once in a while, you will not mind. It is because you know that my staffs and I will not cheat you. This is the trust you have in us. This is the trust build up by my company. It is also the foundation of my company. Now, you are letting our company cutting our workers' salaries, reducing their coverage, ignoring their safety, and you don't even care about their lives."

Feng Yu paused for a while and continued: "When we decide to increase our production, how are you going to get workers? If some accident happens in our mines, all our workers might just walk out. Compared to making money, lives are more valuable. This is common sense. The workers can always look for another job that pays them better than the 50% salaries here. That's why the workers' salaries cannot be cut. Their insurance coverage and safety equipment cannot be reduced. We should even publicize that even when our mines are not making profits, we did not reduce the workers' salaries and still pay them in full. We must let all the miners know that our company has a conscience. This way, it will be easier to hire experienced workers when we want to increase our mines' production!"

Kirilenko and Mozgov looked at each other. It seems that Feng Yu was right. Were they wrong before? Maybe they should try out Feng Yu's way.

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After settling the work at the mining company, Feng Yu was dragged to a restaurant by Kirilenko. It was time for lunch. You mentioned that you wanted beer yesterday evening? Today we shall drink beer.

Duang~~~

A huge barrel of beer was placed on the table. Feng Yu's eyes nearly popped out. Do Russians drink beer by barrels?

This was a whole barrel of beer. There were at least 10 liters. It was equivalent to 20 bottles! Damn, Kirilenko was also good at drinking beer?

"Director Feng, I heard from Director that you like to drink beer. Director does not like to drink low alcohol content liquor. So, I will be accompanying you to drink beer. Let's have a barrel each first. If it is not enough, we can order more." Mozgov said and raised his mug to Feng Yu.

Order more???

This was 10 liters of beer. A barrel each? Even if this was plain water, he could not finish! Feng Yu realized that there was no way to compete with these Russians when it comes to drinking!

"Brother Ki, you…… Fine. Let's drink beer." Feng Yu had wanted to ask Kirilenko to help out, but he saw Kirilenko holding a glass of vodka. If Feng Yu were to choose the liquor to get drunk, he would still select beer over vodka. At least he would feel better if it was beer.

Mozgov and Feng Yu chug down a mug of beer, once their 1-liter mug was filled. This was Russian's drinking culture?

To stop them from forcing him to drink, was to talk to them. Make the other party busy and have no time to raise his mug.

"Brother Ki, how are the Super Fans selling?" Feng Yu looked at Kirilenko. He was determined not to look at Mozgov.

"Not bad. I did not expect an electric fan to blow out warm air. The best part about these fans was that they were not noisy and space saving." Kirilenko replied. He was deeply impressed with Feng Yu. Feng Yu could always come up with interesting products that were popular with consumers.

Kirilenko knew that he does not have such talents. But he has a good friend named Feng Yu. Kirilenko still has control over some former Soviet Union's sales channels, and Feng Yu's most significant investment was partnering him.

That's why Kirilenko only envied Feng Yu and was not jealous of him.

"What about the farming machinery? Our Machinery Company had developed some new plowing equipment. Do Russia need it?" Feng Yu wanted to promote his Machinery Company's products. If he can sell his agriculture machines to Russia, that means that his technologies were getting better, and can even export to a developed industrial country.

Of course, it was also Bing City was located near the borders and it was cheap to transport his machines to Russia. There will be lots of profits. If Feng Yu were to export to other countries, the profits would not be this high.

Exporting his products to other countries had been Feng Yu's goal. But Russia was not interested, then it would be pointless to think of other countries.

Kirilenko frowned and said in an apologetic tone: "Feng, we do not need these agriculture machines. Our own agriculture machinery might not be the best, but it was still on par with yours. Furthermore, Germany has been importing these types of machines into Russia. I do not think that China's technology is better than Germany's. Maybe now, your technologies have overtaken Russia, but the prices you gave me have no advantage over the rest of the competitors. I can help you sell your machines, but there will not be any profits for me. Do you need me to help you sell those machines for you? If you need, I can help you, even when there are no profits."

Feng Yu was puzzled. He thought that the rates he had given to Kirilenko was the market rate and there was not much difference with China's rates. How can there be no profits at this price?

"Brother Ki, are you joking with me? Russia is so big, and the rates I offered to you will not let you get profits?"

"Feng, although Russia is big, lots of farms were abandoned. Even many of our own agriculture machinery factories had stopped operating. Russians do not like farming." Kirilenko replied helplessly.

Feng Yu suddenly remembered that as during the decline of the Soviet Union's industrial, the agriculture industry was also affected. This was also the reason why the Soviets had a shortage of food.

When the Soviet Union was still a superpower, they had focused too much on their heavy industrial industries. This had created an imbalance and had affected other industries. The agriculture decline will continue until the end of the century. It was only after the year 2000, Russia's agriculture starts to recover.

The food production in Russia now, was less than 30% of the Soviet Union when it was at their peak. Russia was formerly one of the world's top food exporter. However, it had become one of the world's top importer of food. Even when Feng Yu left his previous life, Russia still had not reached its peak during the 80s.

Of course, several factors limited the growth of Russia's agriculture industry. Russians prefer to work in factories than the farms. The Russian government also did not provide enough support for the agriculture industry. Although Russia has a vast land area, the land was divided into small parcels.

Those land parcels were too small, and there was no need for farming machinery if it was converted into a farm. There was no need for their people to buy a tractor as there were not much farming work. The tractor will be left idle most of the time. Russia at this time was still similar to the time under the Soviet Union. Most of the land still belongs to the government. Only some parcels were own by individuals. The government still do not allow individuals to purchase the land parcels and combine into a big farm.

Feng Yu remembered in his previous life, many people from Longjiang province went to develop land within the Russian's border for farming.

The Russians do not grow crops, but they rent their land to the Chinese. Renting out their land was not illegal. Some had cultivated land illegally. But they just gave the local authorities some money, and they were allowed to grow crops there. Russia's corruption was worse than China. One could tell from the way Kirilenko got his hands on those restricted items and sold to Feng Yu.

Feng Yu had heard about the used tank being modified into tractors in his previous life. He heard that it was done by those Chinese that had gone and set up farms in Russia.

That means Russia does not lack farming equipment. They require farmers. They had lots of good fields but were abandoned. China, on the other hand, had too many farmers and had a shortage of farms.

Even in places with a low population, like Longjiang, there were vast areas, but there was still not enough land for the farmers. If Feng Yu could help Russia get farmers, then it would also solve Longjing province's oversupply of farmers issue. This could also help to increase the farmers' income and help China's economy. At the same time, this can improve the relationship between China and Russia. This was killing many birds with one stone.

Feng Yu leaned forward towards Kirilenko: "Brother Ki, what do you think if I can supply farmers to Russia to grow crops and then sell the crops to Russia?"

Kirilenko stared at Feng Yu: "What are you saying? You can supply farmers? Those that know how to grow crops?"

Feng Yu: "……" Which farmer does not know how to grow crops?

"Of course. But will your government allow people to rent your land? That means rent the fields from the government and combine it together as a bigger field. This could solve your government's issue of shortage of farmers, and your government could purchase cheaper crops. Your country will no longer need to depend on the importation of food. What do you think?

"How many farmers can you get?" Kirilenko asked excitedly.

"At least over 1,000 farmers. Each of them can handle at least 50 hectares of land. That is 50,000 hectares. This is the minimum!"

"Feng, you have lunch with Mozgov first. I need to make an important phone call!"

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After Kirilenko walked out, Mozgov still wanted to drink with Feng Yu. Feng Yu only had one more mug of beer and used the excuse of having to discuss important matters, to stop drinking.

This was a good excuse. Mozgov could tell that the farmer issue, mentioned by Feng Yu, was critical to Kirilenko. Kirilenko and Feng Yu were the owners of companies. He as only working for them. He was also helpless when Feng Yu refuses to drink more. So, he just ate the dishes with Feng Yu.

Feng Yu was enjoying Russian cuisine. He loves Russian food.

When Kirilenko returns, Feng Yu was almost full and had started ordering desserts and fruits.

"Feng, I had made a few phones calls just now to the government officials at the borders. I had discussed with them about the things you told me, and they agree. As long as those farmers abided by the Russian laws, there should not be a problem!" Kirilenko said excitedly.

Feng Yu was helping him to solve the shortage of farmers issue. Then Russia's agriculture industry will improve. After a few years' time, Russians will realize that farming was profitable and they will start to farm. Then they would no longer need to rely on the Chinese.

Kirilenko was smart. This way, he could also help some politicians solve this issue, and in return, his business can operate better. He will have more support from the top.

Feng Yu was also happy to help him. He could help Longjiang solve the unemployed farmers' issue and could still make some profits. Hmmm…… He could also help Zhang Ruiqiang and Uncle Wen gain some political credits.

Of course, Feng Yu would not only gain favors and friendships. He could also get profits from labor supply company and help the Machinery Company enter the Russian market.

"Brother Ki, I will set up a manpower supplying company when I am back. I will contact you after it is set up. The fields I wanted, must be good fields. The land must be flat and cannot be swampy or have hills." Feng Yu made his requirements very clear. Longjiang province's farmers were used to farm on flatlands and grow corns, soybeans, and wheat. Hills were not suitable for big farming machinery.

"You can rest assured. I promise that all the fields are good fields. There will still be some uncultivated land too. Your farmers can cultivate those lands if they want. The taxes will be very low." Kirilenko said.

"Then how long can we rent the land? If it is only for 3 years, the farmers will not be attracted. After all, the farmers had to work away from their homes. I think Russians also do not like to work away from their homes."

Kirilenko asked: "What about 4 years? 4 years should be sufficient for those farmers to earn some money. Our country is now trying to develop the agriculture industry. We cannot rent the land to you for too long.

4 years? Feng Yu sneered. The first year will be used to cultivate the land. The farmers will still be trying to adapt to their lives there, and they would not have any profits. The second year onwards, the farmers could see some profits. But if they were to buy tractors and other farming equipment, build houses, 4 years will not be sufficient.

If the farmers could not make any money, and Feng Yu still collects their money, then Feng Yu would not be considered helping China's economy. He would be just earning from his fellow countrymen and making his fellow countrymen work for free!

The duration should be at least 5 years!

Feng Yu remembered that Russia's agriculture industry starts to recover after Putin rose to power. Russian's agriculture reform was initiated by Putin when he was the deputy president. Putin was in charge of Russia's economic developments when Yeltsin was in power.

That would be 6 years later, and there was enough time for the Chinese farmers to make money.

"Brother Ki, I think that our contract should last until the year 2000. The longer the duration, the more focus the farmers will be. They would put in more effort, and their output will be higher. This way, your government will get more crops. We can also set a percentage of the farmers' crops as taxes and rent. This would be a win-win situation for both the farmers and the government."

This way, any changes in the prices of the crops will not affect the farmers.

"If we count this year, there will be 9 more years. It is too long. Those politicians will not agree. I can help you persuade the politicians to extend the duration to 5 years. This is the best I can do." Kirilenko said.

"Brother Ki, I am guessing that after a few years, those officials will take back the land? Although this is good for Russia, I dare to say that your Russian farmers will not be able to make any money. It is not easy to be a good farmer. My family also have a farm. I know more about farming than you. For example, if I ask Mozgov and you to be farmers, are you confident that you can make money?"

Kirilenko and Mozgov looked at each other and knew the answer.

Kirilenko was thinking in his heart. That means after 9 years, the fields were returned to Russia, their farmers will still be clueless about farming.

They still must rely on the Chinese farmers after this duration.

"Brother Ki, it is not up to us to discuss this. I can help you hire farmers from Longjiang province. Why not let the Longjiang government officials discuss with the Russian Officials? We can introduce both parties, and they will still owe us favors."

Those government officials might be able to get better conditions from the other parties if they sit down and discuss. Furthermore, both Feng Yu and Kirilenko does not want their friendship to sour because of this.

Kirilenko thought for a while and nodded. He only wanted favors from the politician. He was also not interested in this land rental business. How much can this business earn?

Kirilenko had not calculated the profits from this business. There were a lot of profits. If 10,000 hectares of land were to be rented, the yearly profits would be at least a few million. If it were 100,000 hectares, it would be a few hundred million. But the initial investment will be a lot.

Feng Yu could also collect the rental from the farmers upfront and use the money to invest. If the farmers do not have money, they can get a loan from the back. Feng Yu can even be their guarantor.

"Feng, you have helped me again. Cheers!"

Feng Yu raised his half-filled beer mug and knocked on Kirilenko's full glass of vodka. Without saying a word, Feng Yu chug down his beer. Kirilenko looked at Feng Yu and saw Feng Yu staring at his glass of vodka. Kirilenko had no choice but to finish his drink. He was not as shameless as Feng Yu……

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Feng Yu returned to Bing City the next day. The night before he returns, Elena was still in his room. She did not even step out of Feng Yu's room.

When she knew that Feng Yu was going to transfer her mother from Petersburg to Moscow, she was full of gratitude. She kept thanking Feng Yu, and she was smart enough to not make any requests.

Feng Yu thought for a while and left a sum of money for her before he returns.

……

The plane touched down at Bing City's Airport. Feng Yu carried his luggage to the carpark.

"Manager Feng, here! I had driven your car here." A driver from Wind and Rain Logistics waved to Feng Yu.

Li Shiqiang had asked his staff to drive the Rolls Royce over for Feng Yu. This car had been sitting in the garage and was seldom used. Li Shiqiang felt that it was too flashy.

Feng Yu did not think so. Not to mention the Machinery Company, just Tai Hua Trading alone was successful enough. What's wrong with being flashy?

The driver drove Feng Yu to the city and passed Feng Yu the keys. Then, he took the public bus back to the company. Feng Yu did not return home and drove straight to the City Government.

At the entrance of the City Government building, Feng Yu was stopped by the guards. Who is this? I had never seen this car before. How can he just enter the City Government just like that?

Feng Yu wind down the window: "Brother Qu, it's me."

"Oh, it's Manager Feng. You have change car? This car looks better than your old boxy car. Please enter. There are no parking spaces outside."

Even without any permits, Feng Yu could drive into the City Government just by showing his face. Of course, it could be that he had given the guards many gifts before.

Knock, knock~~~

"Manager Feng, how come you are here?" Secretary Zhao greeted Feng Yu and ran out of the room to see if Feng Yu had brought any gifts with him. There were no boxes outside the office, and it seems that Feng Yu had indeed come empty-handed. Secretary Zhao turned and look at Feng Yu suspiciously. How come Feng Yu came here empty-handed? This was not his style.

Feng Yu: "……" What's with that look? You are not used to me coming here without any gifts?

"Brother Zhao, I have been away for a few months. I have just returned and want to pay our leaders a visit. Brother Zhao, you are looking great today. Huh? This document you are reading…… Brother Zhao, are you going to be transferred to the grounds?"

For a leader's secretary, being transferred to the grounds was a good thing. Especially when the leader was still in charge of the area, it would be easy for him to earn credits and promote.

Secretary Zhao smiled: "I shall go in and inform the leader that you are here."

"Come in. He is not busy."

"Hello leader, you are looking great."

"Stop your nonsense. Why are you here for?" Zhang Ruiqiang was sitting on the sofa and not behind his desk waiting for Feng Yu to come in. This was the treatment for someone close to him.

"I am here because I have some good news for you. Brother Zhao, can I have a glass of water?"

"If you are thirsty, pour yourself! Xiao Zhao, go back to work. You still need to prepare the planning proposal for me."

Feng Yu did not mind and walked outside. He goes through the cabinets and drawers to search for the best tea leaves without the secretary noticing. He then started to brew his tea with a hot water flask. When Secretary Zhao saw him, Feng Yu had already poured the hot water. He stared at Feng Yu. There were so many tea leaves here. Can you even tell the difference between the good ones and the bad ones? Why must you choose the most expensive tea?

Feng Yu entered Zhang Ruiqiang's office again. Zhang Ruiqiang could smell the aroma of the tea, and he shouted at Feng Yu: "You stole my top grade tea leaves again?"

"Ah? I took the wrong one again? I will take note of it next time." Feng Yu replied with a "surprised" look.

Zhang Ruiqiang started at Feng Yu. You said this every time, and yet you are still doing it again and again. I think I should let the secretary prepare the tea for him next time.

"You said that you have some good news for me. What's the good news? Which school are you going to donate to this time?"

Zhang Ruiqiang had a love-hate relationship with Feng Yu. Feng Yu had donated new school buildings, stadiums, and libraries to Bing City Schools. Zhang Ruiqiang welcomed these donations.

But every time Feng Yu just do what he wants and ignore the city's master plan. That school in the district had not many students, and yet Feng Yu built a new spacious building for that school. There was even a new spacious library. There was no need for that small school in the district to have such facilities.

That Third High School too. Feng Yu had donated a new stadium to that school. How many students are there in Third High School? Do they even need that new stadium? The City had already planned for a new stadium to be built for a school in the outskirt of the city. The stadium in that location can also serve the districts nearby. But Feng Yu refused. Everybody could tell that Feng Yu's donations were for those that were close to him, and not to see if that area needs it or not.

You do not agree with me? Fine, then I will not donate!

Having donations was better than none. It could help the City Government save some money. The money saved can be used on other schools. Last year, Feng Yu had made a bet with Zhang Ruiqiang. They bet on 10 new school buildings, and the government gets to choose where they want the new building to be built.

In the end, Zhang Ruiqiang lost!

Last year, everybody thought that China would win the Olympics bid. But Feng Yu thinks otherwise. He even told Zhang Ruqiang not to plan for any celebrations and to let the local TV station to stop planning for the Olympics programs. Feng Yu was sure that China would not win the bid!

Zhang Ruiqiang was furious. What are you talking about? China was competing with Australia and how can we lose to them? Are you even Chinese? Why are you such a wet blanket?

Although China still a developing nation, but there should not be a problem if they were to host the Olympics games. Furthermore, even the International Olympic Committee had said that China has a high chance of winning the bid.

Feng Yu shrugged his shoulders and asked Zhang Ruiqiang to bet with him. Let have a bet. If China wins, I will donate 10 new school buildings to Bing City's secondary and primary schools. You get to choose the locations. If China loses the bid, then Zhang Ruiqiang have to bring a group of reporters from the TV station to his father's Tai Hua Food processing factory for a visit.

With Zhang Ruiqiang's backing, those local authorities would not dare to create problems with his father.

Zhang Ruiqiang agreed to this bet. He thought that this was a sure-win bet and had even started to plan where he should build the new school buildings.

But Zhang Ruiqiang was still wary of what Feng Yu said. He did not agree to the celebrations proposal given to him by his men. This made the Chief of Communications unhappy. He felt Zhang Ruiqiang was creating problems for his department.

But when the Olympics bidding result was announced, Zhang Ruiqiang was shocked. China had lost to Australia by 1 vote. When the Olympics Committee announced the number of votes for China, he had thought China would surely win. It was until the votes for Australia was announced, he realized that China had lost!

This was an unexpected result. No one in China had expected this. Even CCTV was sure that China would win. Everybody was disappointed!

However, Feng Yu had a proud look on his face. He grabbed Zhang Ruiqiang's office phone and called his father to prepare for the Deputy Mayor Zhang's visit!

Zhang Ruiqiang could not understand why Feng Yu was so confident that Australia would win. Could it be that Feng Yu could forecast future events?

At that moment, Feng Yu was smiling proudly. I am someone from the future and not some fortune teller. China had lost this bid was because of economic, political reasons. Those European countries and the US does not want China to reverse its image of a poor, backward, uneducated country!

"Mayor Zhang, I am not here to donate school buildings. I am here to solve Bing City's farmer's issues!"

"Help our Bing City settle the farmer's issue?" Zhang Ruiqiang was perplexed. Feng Yu was so noble?

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"Mayor Zhang, how much do you know about the situation of Bing City's agriculture industry?" Feng Yu smilingly asked.

"Although I am not in charge of Agriculture, I still know about the situation. Our Bing City has over 1 million farmers, and they have good incomes. Many of them are getting more than those working in the factories. Our agriculture industry has been performing well."

Zhang Ruiqiang was now an Executive Deputy Mayor and had made it a point to understand the situation of the area he was in charge of. The farmers' income was higher than the national average. That means that the agriculture industry here was performing well.

Feng Yu shook his head: "No. There might be over a million people in Bing City registered as farmers, but that does not mean they are real farmers. Farmers, in simpler terms, are people that make a living from farming. But among these people, there were only a few hundred thousand that really knows how to farm. You said that their incomes are high? But have you ever seen those farmers that do not have any incomes?"

Zhang Ruiqiang frowned: "What do you mean by this?"

Feng Yu sounded like he was reprimanding Zhang Ruiqiang. Bing City was an industrial city. Over 80% of Bing City's revenue was from industrial. How much did agriculture contribute? Furthermore, how many fields are there in Bing City? It can never be compared to other provinces. Since industrial can support everyone here, they should focus on industrial developments. Why should they waste their energies on something else?

Many other places were better in agriculture than Bing city. But for industrialization, Bing City was one of the top city in China!

"Our Bing City have a lot of farmers that have the know-how and experiences. But there were not enough fields for them. These farmers could not set up large-scale farms. In the districts, those that had high income from farming were mostly animal farmers or had cultivated land themselves. Those that depended on the fields allocated to them by the villages were just barely surviving."

"Cultivate land? That means they are not paying taxes? You are telling me that this was also happening in your district?" Zhang Ruiqiang was focusing on the wrong point.

"Mayor Zhang, this is not the main issue. The main issue is that I have found an opportunity for our farmers to farm. It is a vast area too!"

"What? You want to ask the Government to grant them approval to cultivate land legally? Impossible! This will destroy the environment. I am about to take action against these people, and the higher-ups are very concern with this issue. Soon, new policies will be announced to curb these actions." Zhang Ruiqiang was not pleased with Feng Yu's suggestions.

The higher-ups had mentioned about those illegally cultivated lands. These farmers were not paying taxes and harming the environment. They must be stopped. To develop the agriculture industry, a considerable area was required. These cannot be done in a short time. Zhang Ruiqiang cannot go against the higher-ups.

"Of course. I am not talking about legalizing land cultivations. I am suggesting confiscating those illegally cultivated land and return them to the forest!" Feng Yu said.

Zhang Ruiqiang raised an eyebrow. Returning those land to the forest? Feng Yu also knew about the new policies? But his new policy had not been implemented. What was Feng Yu plotting?

He had thought of stopping those farmers, but not by force. Those farmers will definitely not listen to him. The higher-ups were still discussing this issue and had not finalized the policy. The farmers would need some compensations if the authorities were to confiscate the lands. There were no specific regulations that state the farmers were breaking the law by cultivating the land.

How would the farmers survive if the government were to take back those lands and not giving them compensations? Those farmers will create problems for the government.

Now, Feng Yu was asking him to act against those farmers? Is he crazy?!

"How are you going to return the land back to the forest? How are you going to compensate those farmers? The City does not have money!"

Zhang Ruiqiang looked at Feng Yu. What? Are you trying to tell me that you will be paying for the compensations? The compensation will not be a small amount.

"If we can let them know that there is a large area where they can grow crops and still make lots of money, do you think they will be willing to return the land?" Feng Yu asked.

"A bigger area for them to grow crops? How is this possible? You cannot even find such places in the whole of Longjiang Province. There would be lesser fields if those farmers were to return the land!"

Zhang Ruiqiang looked at Feng Yu puzzlingly. What was this brat thinking? He had found a way to get a large area of land to farm? The south? Isn't the southern provinces have more people than land?

"Mayor Zhang, shall we have a bet?"

"No! I am a civil servant. How can I bet with you?" Zhang Ruiqiang immediately reply.

He had lost the last bet with Feng Yu. It seems that he had never won any bets against Feng Yu! Every time, he was taken advantage by Feng Yu. There was no way he could win a bet with Feng Yu that will benefit the city!

Feng Yu rubbed his nose. We had already made many bets before……

"Fine. Then I will tell you straight. I have just returned from Russia. There are a lot of abandon fields there, and there is even more uncultivated land waiting to be cultivated. But Russia has a shortage of farmers!"

"Russia? Lots of fields and a shortage of farmers?" Zhang Ruiqiang's eyes nearly popped out. Could this really be happening?

But he knew that Feng Yu knows more about Russia than him. Feng Yu was suggesting letting Bing city's Farmers work in Russia? Can this be possible?

"That's right. I have also asked my friend to ask the government officials there if we can rent their land. However, the Russia government wanted us to rent a large area. It would be impossible for ordinary farmers to rent from them. That's why I intend to register a company and rent land from the Russian Government. The land I rented will be sublet to our Bing City's farmers. This way, the farmers will have land to farm, and if they need farming machines or equipment, I can provide. They can pay me back in installments. What do you think? Isn't this good news?"

Feng Yu was extremely pleased with himself. If everything progresses as he planned, then Zhang Ruiqiang would get another political achievement, and he would owe Feng Yu great favor!

Zhang Ruiqiang looked at Feng Yu from top to toes without saying a word with a suspicion look.

"What's wrong? You don't believe me? Since when I lied to you?" Feng Yu angrily said.

"how many times have you tricked me? Maybe in your dictionary, those were not considered lying." Zhang Ruiqiang sneered.

Feng Yu was sweating. His character was being questioned!

"At least I did not lie when it comes to such important matters."

Zhang Ruiqiang thought for a while and nodded. This was true. But why was Feng Yu so kind to give him such an achievement? For the good of those farmers? How can Feng Yu benefit from doing this? Feng Yu was a brilliant businessman, and he would not do things without benefits.

"What will you gain from doing this? Are you going to rent the land from Russia at low cost and then charge our farmer high rentals?"

"Am I this type of person?!" Feng Yu felt insulted. "I admit that I will be making profits from this deal. I can't be investing so much and not getting any returns. If you do not believe me, I can pass you the contact details of the Russian officials. You can talk to them yourselves. I will not get involved with the negotiations. You are talking as if I am desperate for these little profits. I am a good citizen from Bing City!"

Giving out the Russian Government Officials contact number just like this? Was Feng Yu really doing this for Bing City?

"Fine. Give me the other party's contact details. After this deal is completed the city will give you a good citizen award!" Zhang Ruiqiang said.

Ha…… I got you this time! Are you speechless now?

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Zhang Ruiqiang was surprised when Feng Yu accepted what he said, and he looks like he wanted to good citizen award badly.

Something must be wrong. What's the use of having a good citizen award?

Feng Yu readily gave Zhang Ruiqiang the contact details of the Russian Officials. He also explained to Zhang Ruiqiang about the situation in Russia and told him his terms. The duration of the lease must be at least 7 years, and the farmers from his district must have the priority.

Zhang Ruiqiang agreed. This was not the first time Feng Yu wanted to take care of his own people. Although this was a bit too much, Zhang Ruiqiang could still accept it.

Zhang Ruiqiang immediately reported this matter to the Party Secretary. This was an urgent matter. The Party Secretary was elated. No wonder the Provincial Number One had high hopes on this person. He was indeed capable.

When Zhang Ruiqiang predicted the Soviet Union will disintegrate at the end of last year, everybody was laughing at him. Even the Provincial Number one did not agree with his predictions. Zhang Ruiqiang also wrote an article and published on the papers. The whole nation knew about this. He was considered a disgrace to the Party.

Just because Mikhail Gorbachev was visiting China, and you claimed that the Soviet Union will be disintegrating? Ignorant!

But even as the Provincial Number One was unhappy with Zhang Ruiqiang, he did not keep a distance away from him. It was because he felt that Zhang Ruiqiang was capable and responsible. Zhang Ruiqiang had his own beliefs and was viewed as the Provincial Number One's successor. Even though he had made a mistake, but the Provincial Number One still forgive him.

But when the whole province and the entire nation, were waiting to laugh at Zhang Ruiqiang, news of the coup in the Soviet Union was announced. Although the coup was not successful, the Soviet Union was in a dire state. Mikhail Gorbachev was forced to step down, and the allied countries started to declare independence one after another!

At that time, everybody looked at the Soviet Union's problems from a new perspective. They realized that the dissolution of the Soviet Union was inevitable. Those that firmly believes the Soviet Union will not be dissolved took out Zhang Ruiqiang's article and starts to criticize it again.

Even the allied countries declared independence, it was not easy for the Soviet Union to disintegrate so soon. Those allied countries will still need to divide the Soviet union's assets among them. This should take at least one year. You claimed that the Soviet Union will disintegrate at the end of 1991? Impossible!

But on December 25th, 1991, the United Nations announced that the Soviet Union had been disintegrated! Zhang Ruiqiang's prediction was accurate!

Those people that had to criticize Zhang Ruiqiang's article had nothing to say. They were embarrassed. Some of these people even turn around and start to praise Zhang Ruiqiang's foresight.

The higher-ups also praised the leaders of Longjiang Province and Bing City's governments. There were rumors that the higher-ups want to re-establish diplomatic relationships with these allied countries and needed people who could analyze international affairs. Some officials will be transferred away from Longjiang Province and Bing City. Most people think that Zhang Ruiqiang might be transferred out.

If it were other people, they would not try to get involved in any troublesome projects before the transfer. If Zhang Ruiqiang were to spearhead this project of leasing land for Bing City's farmers, then this would be a pilot project. Zhang Ruiqiang would be tied down by this project and could not be transferred to the Central Government.

Every Official wanted to be transferred to the Central Government. This was the place where one would be nearest to the top officials. There were many chances for promotions.

Bing City's Party Secretary looked at Zhang Ruiqiang and asked: "Ruiqiang, are you sure you want to head this project?"

Zhang Ruiqiang nodded: "Yes, I am sure. I am closed to Feng Yu, and Feng Yu was the one who suggested this. He had also spoken to the Russian Officials. If someone else were to lead this project, we might be at the losing end. After all, most of us are not familiar with Russia."

"Fine. Go ahead. I will report this matter to the higher-ups." The Party Secretary patted Zhang Ruiqiang's back. He felt lucky to have such a capable subordinate.

Zhang Ruiqiang, representing Bing City's Government started to contact the local Russia government. The Russia side was already informed of this matter. When Bing City faxed the official documents over, the Russian Officials immediately send a team over to Bing City for negotiations.

This had been discussed in Russia. All the officials felt that this was a good thing.

Bing City's Party Secretary reported this matter to the Provincial No. 1 and 2. Both of them felt that this was a path no one had walked before.

The Provincial No. 2 looked at No.1. Zhang Ruiqiang was your man. He had been given an opportunity to be transferred to the Central Government. If he were to take on this project, he would lose his chance!

Provincial No. 1 was pleased. This was what he liked about Zhang Ruiqiang. Everything Zhang Ruiqiang did was for the people and not for promotions. If this project were a success, the Provincial No. 1 would try his best to promote him!

……

3 days later. Feng Yu was talking to Li Na on the phone.

"Nana, come over to Bing City for a few days. Just tell your family that you are visiting your High School teachers. We should not forget our former teachers even when we are studying in Beijing."

These were all excuses cook up by Feng Yu.

"I am not convenient these few days." Li Na purposely said.

"What are you thinking? I really want to visit our former teachers." Feng Yu "seriously" replied. It's only a few days. Li Na's period should be over in a day or two.

"Stop it. I will ask my parents. Dongjun will also be going to Bing City. I can travel with him."

Wen Dongjun's purpose of coming to Bing City, was the same as Feng Yu asking Li Na to Bing City. It's fine if one had not tasted the forbidden fruit. But if one takes a bite, he would be addicted.

They both chatted for a while and hang up.

The phone rang immediately.

"Feng Yu, what are you doing? How come your home number is always engaged, and you did not return my calls after paging you so many times?!" Zhang Ruiqiang shouted into the receiver.

"Huh? Mayor Zhang? What's wrong? I am at home. Did I offend you?" Feng Yu purposely asked.

Feng Yu knew that the Russian negotiation team had arrived in Bing City from Kirilenko. Needless to ask, the negotiations must not be going on well!

"Come to my office now!"

"Eh…… I am just about to take a shower. I had just finish exercising and is not covered in sweat."

Zhang Ruiqiang: "……" You were on the phone that's why your number was engaged. Don't tell me that you are exercising while on the phone?

"We have some problems negotiating with the Russian Officials. We would like to invite you to help us." Zhang Ruiqiang changed his tone. After all, Feng Yu was not his subordinate.

"Oh, if that's the case, I should help out Bing City. I will not take a shower then. I will rush over now."

After hanging up, Feng Yu smiled. Even if I had given you the other party's contact details, what can you do? The negotiation team from Russia is here to meet you, so what? In the end, you will still need me.

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Feng Yu immediately dress up. He looked at himself in the mirror. He was dressed up maturely to prevent those Russian Officials taking him lightly.

Hmmm…… Not bad. Handsome until no more friends!

When Feng Yu rushed to the City Government, Zhang Ruiqiang was getting impatient.

Zhang Ruiqiang had thought that the negotiations will proceed as he planned. Feng Yu had told him that Russia has the land, but they are short of farmers. This would be a win-win situation for both parties.

But those Russians were too much. They insisted on only 5 years lease, and the rental fees were outrageously high. They claimed that the prices include the usage of their land and taxes. China does not have such high rentals. If the farmers paid the rental costs, they would have nothing left. They would be working for free!

But Bing City government's negotiation team were no match for the Russians. The Russians were insistent on their terms and do not relent.

Zhang Ruiqiang had no choice but to ask Feng Yu for help. Feng Yu was a businessman, and he should be better at negotiations than them.

"You are finally here. Why are you so late?"

Feng Yu thought for a while and could not come up with any excuses. In this era, there was no such thing as traffic jams. No excuses? So be it. I am here to help you!

"I am already here. What's wrong? The negotiations did not proceed as planned? Didn't I tell you about the situation in Russia?" Feng Yu sat down on the sofa and crossed his legs. Ha, you can't do without me.

Zhang Ruiqiang looked at Feng Yu who was shaking his leg. He got more irritated: "Can you stop shaking your leg first? You told me that Russia has a shortage of farmers, but they claim otherwise. Their conditions are harsh. Not only they want high rentals, they still insist us to buy their farming equipment, seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, etc. Our farmers will not earn anything. Which farmer will be willing to work in another country just to barely survive? You still want those farmers to return their land? Impossible!"

Must buy their farming equipment? Damn, they want to grab the meat from my bowl? This cannot be tolerated!

"Mayor Zhang, don't be anxious. The negotiations will continue in the afternoon? I will be the translator. Maybe your translators are not good enough."

"What do you mean by our translators are not good enough? The translator is a professor from a university. He had studied in Russia for some years. But it would be good if you are present. You can see for yourself. No matter what, our farmers must be able to make money. The farmers must be willing to go to Russia and return their illegally cultivated fields to the City."

"No problem. Who are the ones that will be taking part in this negotiation? Call them here. I want to hear their thoughts before I can make any decisions." Feng Yu waved his hand and gave out instructions!

Zhang Ruiqiang's face turns black. You make decisions? You think you have the authority to make any decisions? Never mind. I should get everybody here and discuss our next course of actions.

Those officials had just returned to their offices, and before they could sit down, they were summoned back to the City Government. When they entered the office, they saw Feng Yu wiping his oily mouth.

He was called to the City Government by Zhang Ruiqiang before he could have any breakfast. Zhang Ruiqiang asked for some meat buns to be delivered to Feng Yu. Zhang Ruiqiang was too stingy. Feng Yu had only asked for a few fried eggs, and Zhang Ruiqiang takes away the soy milk. Feng Yu could just drink congee.

Zhang Ruiqiang said with a killing aura: "Feng Yu, now you are full, tell us about your thoughts."

What Zhang Ruiqiang meant was, if you are still not going to tell us what you are going to do, I will make you vomit out the food you had just eaten!

Feng Yu rolled his eyes. Stingy. I had only eaten a few meat buns. You don't even let me order what I want to eat for lunch. I am a billionaire. You think I do not have the money to pay? Hmmm…. The meat buns from the City Government's canteen taste better than elsewhere.

"I had checked out the situation in Russia personally. From last year, their crops production had been on a decline. Their farming equipment production, fertilizer production, pesticide production had been declining too. They even do not have enough seeds left. More and more fields are being abandoned, as there is no one taking care of the fields."

"Russia, especially the far eastern regions, have a lot of uncultivated lands. Their main agriculture produce is beetroots, sunflower seeds, potatoes, linseeds, wheat, and oat. Among these produces, our farmers specialize in growing wheat, oat, potatoes, and beetroot. Actually, their fields are suitable to grow soybeans, corn, vegetables, etc. too. From what I know, very few Russian farmers are growing corn and soybeans in that region. Corn is a high-yielding crop. It can solve the food shortage issue in Russia."

"During the Soviet Union era, 10 years ago, the Soviet Union, including Russia, was one of the world's top producer of crops. But now, they need to depend on importation. One could see the decline of their agriculture industry from this. This situation will surely carry on for a period of time."

"Their agriculture-related industries' businesses are dull. This is another indication that their agriculture industry is on a decline. They are more anxious than us. So, we must have a "we are not in a hurry" attitude. Mayor Zhang should not attend the negotiation in the afternoon. I will attend the negotiations with Agriculture Chief Lee. Oh, prepare dinner to host these guests too."

Zhang Ruiqiang and the rest were listening tentatively to Feng Yu and felt that what he said made sense at the start. But what was he talking about at the end? The head of the negotiation team should not attend the talks in the afternoon? You will attend? What can you do there? You do not even have a position in the City Government.

Also, you want us to prepare dinner for those irritating Russians? Everybody thought that Zhang Ruiqiang would not agree to Feng Yu, and even scold him. But Zhang Ruiqiang nodded. He agreed!

They had heard that Zhang Ruiqiang was close to Feng Yu. But to let a young brat to negotiate with those Russia's officials?

Many people in the office do not know about Feng Yu's actual net worth. They thought that the Machinery Company, Tai Hua Trading, etc. were all owned by Feng Xingtai. Feng Yu was only a cunning 2nd generation!

Maybe Feng Yu had some capabilities which Mayor Zhang admires. But Mayor Zhang should not let this kid do whatever he wants.

When the rest of the negotiation team wanted to persuade Zhang Ruiqiang, he waved his hand: "That's settled! Feng Yu, I do not care what you are going to do, but you must settle this problem!"

Feng Yu smiled and asked: "Then can I earn some spare change from this deal?"

"Yes. The city can don't make any profits from this deal, but you cannot earn more than the farmers!"

The rest were shocked. Mayor Zhang was allowing Feng Yu to profit from this deal? He was making a deal with this private company's boss in front of them?

"Fine. Then I will set up a new company later. The City should have a stake in this company. This way, the city will have some profits, and the city can use these profits as subsidies for those farmers. Oh, I had forgotten to tell all of you that our farmers can surely make money from farming overseas. Even if they are unable to go to Russia, it's fine. I have contacted Australia's Agriculture department!"

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Chapter 379 – Something's wrong

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Feng Yu had contacted Australia's Agriculture department! Even Zhang Ruiqiang was shocked.

That's great. Insurance. This way, it would be easier for them to negotiate with the Russians. Although Australia was a bit further from China, there was not much difference from Russia. The farmers were still working overseas. They will still be returning home once a year. The farmers would accept this too. This was their trump card in their negotiations.

But as everybody was talking excitedly about this matter, one member of the negotiation team was calm.

At noon, Feng Yu ate his lunch at the City Government's cafeteria. Although he was having lunch with Zhang Ruiqiang and the rest of the officials, there were only 4 dishes and 1 soup. Only one dish was a meat dish. According to Zhang Ruiqiang, it was just because Feng Yu was having lunch with them, they have additional dishes. Usually, they only have 2 dishes and 1 soup.

Feng Yu was speechless. You have only added 2 vegetable dishes for me? Wow… that's generous! I must take this opportunity to make more money for myself. The City cannot keep getting all the benefits. Those farmers will also not be grateful to me.

After lunch, the Russian Officials walked into the meeting room. Every one of them was walking with their heads held high. They had a confident look.

Feng Yu was curious. No matter how useless Zhang Ruiqiang and his team were, there was no way for them to fail at this negotiation. The demands set by the Russian Officials were too harsh.

How did these Russian Officials come up with these conditions?

Huh? Why did those people that just came in kept looking at me? I am sitting in the translator seat. They should not be paying attention to a young translator.

They look like they were wary of me. Why are they so defensive against a translator?

Unless…… these people knew that Feng Yu will be the one that will be leading the negotiations.

But how would they know? Feng Yu was not arrogant enough to think that everyone knows who he was, even in Bing City. Let alone overseas. Feng Yu had only mentioned this matter to Kirilenko, and there was no reason Kirilenko would let them know about him. Where did these people get the news?

Feng Yu lowered his head and try not to let people notice him. Maybe he was overthinking. Perhaps these Russians were only curious about an unfamiliar face. After all, Feng Yu was still too young.

"Mr. Ivanov, we had discussed your terms and thinks that the terms were too harsh. We cannot accept it. If your side is willing to lower your demands, then we can carry on with our discussions." The Agriculture Chief Lee said.

Feng Yu said at the back and translated everything Chief Lee said into Russian.

The Russian negotiation team consists of representatives of 3 regions. Ivanov was the representative of the biggest area and was also the leader of the team. The other two representatives were his deputies. All the decisions were made by the three of them. The rest of the team were there to serve them.

"Then what does Bing City wants? Which terms do you want to talk about?"

Chief Lee was surprised. Impossible. In the mornings, they refuse to back down. They refused to negotiate. How come they had a change of attitude and were willing to negotiate now?

What happened during the hours from the morning's talks? Did this Feng Yu translate what I said correctly?

"Tell them that we will not purchase their farming equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, etc. Our farmers are free to compare prices in the market and purchase the items from wherever they want. They can even send these products to Russia from Bing City." Chief Lee said an unspecific condition to test the other party's attitude. This time, he asked the Professor from Longjiang university to translate.

The Professor was surprised and looked at Chief Lee. That young translator had been doing well. Fine. Since I had accepted this task, then I should translate.

Feng Yu does not mind. He was lazy to translate too. Damn. This Chief Lee had really treated him as a translator. Zhang Ruiqiang had said that he will be the one heading this negotiation. Which part of this Chief Lee does not understand?

You think you can handle the talks? Go ahead. If you are really that capable, why did the talks fail this morning? Since you think you are capable, carry on. I shall see how well you fare.

The talks carried on, and Chief Lee used all his tricks and skills. It was like he had returned to his youth. A debating champion. He had made the Russian team step back and had successfully let the Russians agree to allow the farmers to have the freedom of purchasing.

Chief Lee and the rest of his team were excited. Only Feng Yu was sighing in his heart. This bunch of useless idiots!

This was making them give in? Other than Russia cannot set the prices, what else have they give up? Giving you the freedom to purchase? If you consider the cost, it would be cheaper for the farmers to buy in Russia. The transportation charges from Bing City to Russia were additional costs to the farmers. Furthermore, the seeds from Bing City might not be suitable to be planted in Russia.

Don't forget that the Russian are setting the annual minimum production of the fields. Just look at beetroots. Their beetroots have red leaves, and yours have green leaves. These are different species!

You had been talking for hours, and yet nothing was finalized. All of you still can feel proud? If Feng Yu were the other party, Bing City's farmers would be finished.

For instance, the Russian officials can get their people to manipulate the market prices and priced those items slightly higher in the regions where Bing City's farmers had leased lands. And then, the government can give subsidies to their local farmers in these regions. This way, their local farmers could still get cheaper pesticides, fertilizers, etc. But the cost of Bing City's farmers will be higher.

What's the most essential problem in this negotiation? It is the rental fees and land area. You have been talking for almost half a day on these useless conditions. Why are you not talking about the important stuff first?

The other party let you win on these unimportant terms now. Then when you are discussing the critical conditions and they demanded that you give in to them, will you give in?

Sure enough. Chief Lee realized that the Russian Officials had given in on many areas. But when they start talking about the rental rates and areas, they were firm and refuse to back down.

The Russian Officials now starts to say: We had given in to your demands just now. Shouldn't Bing City's Government step back a little? Russia and China have good diplomatic relationships. You should not let us be at a disadvantage. This would affect our countries' ties.

Feng Yu was sneering in his heart. Chief Lee thinks that he was capable? Earlier he was talking so confidently. Why was he faltering now? What's the use of getting Russia to agree to his earlier terms? How much can you save from that? The rental rates were the most crucial part of this negotiation, and it would affect the income of the farmers.

Huh? Something was not right. Why was that translator holding his teacup up whenever Chief Lee stops talking? Even though you are drinking your tea after Chief Lee finishes speaking, but you should not be doing it every time.

If one were to drink the tea like that translator, the teacup should be empty. Why was he still pretending to drink his tea?

Something is wrong with this translator!

Feng Yu thinks back to the time when the Russian Officials walked into the room. A frightening thought comes to his mind!

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Feng Yu signaled Chief Lee and whispered something to his ears. Chief Lee looked at Feng Yu puzzledly. What was this kid thinking? He wanted to end the negotiations for today?

Everything had been going on smoothly until now. If they stop the talks now, then tomorrow the Russians will be more arrogant.

"Chief Lee, Trust me. Tomorrow I will give you a satisfied answer. You should also believe in Mayor Zhang's judgment."

Chief Lee can brush off the first part of the sentence. But he cannot ignore the last part. Why did Mayor Zhang trust this Feng Yu so much and thinks that he can help them with the negotiations? Could it be that this Feng Yu knows something they were unaware of?

If that's the case, then the talks should end for the day. After all, they had made some progress. He can also go back and report to Mayor Zhang.

"Mr. Ivanov, I think our negotiations should end for the day. I can tell that all of you are tired. Tonight, we have prepared some performances at the Cultural Palace for you and your team. You should grab an early dinner."

Ivanov looked at his deputies and nodded. They should not press the Bing City Government too hard. If the news were real, then they would have to give in to the Bing City Government's demands. It's good that they end the talks for the day. This way, they will have the time to verify the news.

……

After the negotiations ended, Feng Yu and Chief Lee went back to Zhang Ruiqiang's office.

Chief Lee proudly reports to Zhang Ruiqiang about the progress he had made with the negotiations. These were all his credit.

Zhang Ruiqiang finished listening to his report and saw Feng Yu frowning. Could it be that Feng Yu thought that it would be difficult to settle this negotiation?

"Feng Yu, why didn't you tell them that you had spoken to Australian's Agriculture department?"

Feng Yu opened up his palms: "Mayor Zhang, do you really think that I am that capable and had really contacted Australia?"

Zhang Ruiqiang's face changed: "What? You have not contacted Australia? Then why did you tell us that?"

"This is only a form of negotiation tactics. This is to provide wrong information to our rivals. At first, I thought that I need more time to be prepared. But now, there is no need. It seems that the Russian Officials was aware of this."

"Impossible! I did not say anything about this during the talks. The rest also did not mention about this. How can they know?" Chief Lee retorted.

This Feng Yu even dare to lie to them and Mayor Zhang. Chief Zhang now has a very bad impression of Feng Yu.

"Then Chief Lee, can you explain the Russian Officials' change of attitude in the afternoon? This afternoon, the talks went smoother than the morning, right? Why do you think they gave in to our requests?" Feng Yu asked.

Chief Lee was at a loss of words. He thought back, and it seems that Feng Yu was right. But how did the Russians know about this without them saying anything? Unless…… there was a traitor in the negotiation team!

Chief Lee looked at Mayor Zhang, and their faces changed.

"You know who it is?" Zhang Ruiqiang asked in a serious tone.

Feng Yu nodded: "The translator from the Foreign affairs."

"How can you proof?" Chief Lee does not believe Feng Yu. He was the one who had hired that translator. That translator had studied in the Soviet Union before. If that translator was the traitor, that means he had picked the wrong person. He might even be suspected to be in cahoots with the traitor. He was innocent and had not done anything to betray the nation. He was still young and have a bright future. This matter would destroy his career.

Feng Yu smiled and asked: "Chief Lee, can you remember that every time after you raise your demands, that translator will hold up his teacup, and the Russians will reject? When that translator just shift his teacup, the Russians will give in to you?"

Chief Lee recalled that the translator had been meddling with his teacup during the talks. But he was not sure if what Feng Yu had said was true.

But this was very simple. They can just bring that translator in for questionings.

"Call him in. I will ask him personally."

Feng Yu was shocked. Huh? You want to call him in and ask him straight? Who would be so stupid to admit it?

Chief Lee glanced at Feng Yu: "You do not need to worry about anything. I will know if he is a traitor within 5 minutes of questioning."

Feng Yu turned to Zhang Ruiqiang. Damn, you agree to this too?

That translator arrived, and he saw the two leaders in the office. He warmly greeted them. He does not look like he was betraying them.

Chief Lee smiled and asked: "Translator Xue, you have been working with the Foreign affairs for some years? How's your health? What expectations of your future do you have?"

"I am healthy. I will listen to the arrangements of the leaders and will perform my duties well." Translator Xue sat upright. Are the leaders going to promote me?

"Do you have any issues at home? Do you need my help?"

"No. My family is doing fine. I will be getting married at the end of this year. The leader has assigned a 2 bedrooms apartment to me."

Chief Lee nodded. He continued to ask that translator like he was having a casual chat with him: "Since your leaders and unit have treated you well, why did you betray us?"

Translator Xue was stunned: "Ah…. Mayor Zhang, Chief Lee, I did not betray you."

"No? You did not keep meddling with your teacup during the negotiations? Were you very thirsty? I am giving you a chance by asking you here. I still have not notified the Discipline Inspection. If you own up, we can carry on talking. But if you are still insistent, then you should know about the consequences!" Chief Lee suddenly became very serious and tapped his finger on the coffee table.

Translator Xue immediately stands at attention: "Mayor Zhang, Chief Lee, I admit. I am sorry for betraying you!"

Feng Yu's jaws dropped. Can this be real?

Damn, people in this era were so timid? Didn't the people now know that one should never plead guilty even when caught red-handed?

Feng Yu had forgotten that the government officials had more political power than the future.

One of the Russian Officials in the negotiation team was a former classmate of Translator Xue. They met again when the Russian negotiation team arrived in Bing City. That Russian Official knew that Translator Xue was about to get married. Although the government will provide housing for him, he was still short of money. He came from a poor family, and his family was in debt. His parents had borrowed money for his university education. His salary was not a lot, and most of it was used to repay his debts.

Getting married was not cheap. He still needs to renovate his apartment, wedding banquet, and get household appliances. He does not have enough money!

His former classmate told him that if he reveals some insider information from the Bing City's team, he will give the Translator Xue a sum of money. He would be about to hold a grand wedding!

At first, Translator Xue did not agree. But yesterday night, he had an argument with his fiancée. His fiancée wanted to buy a television, refrigerator, and a washing machine. She also demanded a grand wedding. She would call off the wedding if Translator Xue could not provide her with these demands.

This was the reason why Translator Xue decided to take the risk. He told those Russian Officials that the Bing City really wanted this deal.

The Russians heard this and knew that since Bing City really wanted this deal, and this would be a pilot site for the Central Government, then the Russians can impose harsher demands from Bing City. This way, the Russian Officials can get greater credits when this deal goes through.

Feng Yu was right. Translator Xue had been using his teacup to give the other party hints. He was also the one that told the other party about Feng Yu contacting the Australia Government. Translator Xue was paid well for this news.

"Hmph! Traitor! You will be punished severely. You will surrender yourself to the Discipline Inspection later. Maybe you can get a lighter sentence." Chief Lee was furious. He hated traitors the most. His grandfather died because of traitors!

Feng Yu suddenly interrupted: "Sigh…… Chief Lee, we should give him a chance if he is willing to repent."

Translator Xue immediately nodded: "That's right. Mayor Zhang, Chief Xue, please give me a chance. I will not betray the nation again. I will not be a traitor again!"

Feng Yu shook his head: "No. You must continue to be a traitor!"

Everyone looked at Feng Yu in surprised. Continue to be a traitor? What are you saying?

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