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Haha!

Wang Duoyu burst into laughter, and just as Liu Xiaoli was about to explode, the phone suddenly rang.

It was Zheng Baoyin calling. Wang Duoyu answered, said a few words, and then hung up.

At this moment, Bai Doufu had already been scolded to tears by her mother, and she hugged her father's arm and wailed loudly.

"Waaah, Mommy's a big bad girl, Daddy, please scold her for me, waaaah!"

"Okay, okay, Mommy's been naughty, let's not play with her anymore, alright?" Wang Duoyu was overjoyed, picked up the little one, and said to Liu Xiaoli:

"Xiaoli, you're an adult, why are you still teasing the kids?"

Liu Xiaoli's chest heaved as she got up, and she coldly snorted, "Don't get into my bed tonight!"

"What are you saying? The child is right here!" Wang Duoyu rolled his eyes at her.

Can we just say whatever we want?

They really don't know what's important!

The next day, Wang Duoyu gave the children another essay topic: My Mother.

This topic is quite simple, but it will probably be difficult for Wang Jun'an and his two siblings to come up with something original.

Wang Duoyu didn't think too much about it. He had already given them the topic, and he wanted to see what kind of article they could write.

But Wang Yifei hesitated for a moment after seeing the question.

"Dad, how about we change the topic? I don't know how to write it, Mom..."

In her opinion, there really wasn't much to write about her mother, Liu Xiaoli.

It would be better to write about her father; there would definitely be a lot to write about.

However, Wang Duoyu put on a stern face and said seriously:

"It's precisely because you don't know how that you need to write even more. Otherwise, you shouldn't sign up for the competition at all, so as not to embarrass yourself."

After being provoked like this, Wang Yifei immediately couldn't resist and fell for it.

Of course, if she didn't write it, Wang Duoyu wouldn't let her continue participating in the competition.

After all, to be honest, she has already entered the entertainment industry.

If this is reported by the outside world, it may have a negative impact on her future career development.

It's not a big deal, but it's unnecessary.

Wang Duoyu still hopes to create a female academic genius persona for Wang Yifei, after all, her whole family are academic geniuses, except for Liu Xiaoli.

"Alright, I have work today and tomorrow, so you should finish this essay first. It would be best if you could revise it yourself. I will explain it to you tomorrow night."

After deciding on today's essay topic, Wang Duoyu went out, because he was quite busy today.

The year-end summary meeting was held in Harbin this year. A few days ago, Martinez, Lee Evra, O'Brien, Zheng Baoyin, Wang Jianchao and others all returned to Harbin.

The reason it was held in Harbin was because Wang Duoyu could no longer find an excuse to go out, after all, he had just been to the Somali Peninsula last month.

Another reason is that the executives of Want Want Group have not returned to Harbin for the year-end summary meeting for several years.

You should know that Harbin is the root of the Want Want Group!

Near the Weizigou campus of Harbin Institute of Technology, there is an 88-story skyscraper. Wang Duoyu's car was parked at the entrance of the building on the first floor.

This building is one of the headquarters buildings of the Want Want Group, and all the companies that move in are top-ranking subsidiaries of the Want Want Group.

The market capitalization of these subsidiaries or the annual profits of the companies themselves are all among the Fortune Global 500.

Last year, Microsoft ranked 400th in terms of annual profit among the Fortune Global 500 companies, with an annual profit of $3.45 billion.

More than half of the financial companies under the Want Want Group have annual profits exceeding those of Microsoft.

However, Maple Leaf Holdings Group's financial enterprises have a small number of employees, and the headquarters of most of these financial enterprises are located overseas.

In Harbin, there's only an office, and not many employees.

Companies such as Huachen Mobile, Facebook, and Amazon have all moved into this building.

Even so, in Harbin, several of the Grade A office buildings owned by the Want Want Group are all "rented" to companies under the group.

The 88-story skyscraper in front of us is the real headquarters.

In the conference room on the top floor, Zheng Baoyin and others had already arrived, except for Wang Duoyu, the behind-the-scenes boss.

Five minutes before the conference started, Wang Duoyu finally arrived at the conference room.

"Professor (Uncle Nine, Uncle, Ninth Brother)!"

A group of people stood up and greeted Wang Duoyu.

"Good morning, everyone. Please have a seat," Wang Duoyu said with a smile, waving his hand.

Most of the senior executives have worked together for many years and are very familiar with each other, so there is no need to be so formal.

After exchanging greetings, Wang Duoyu chatted with everyone for a bit. When it was almost time, he nodded to Wang Meihe, who was sitting next to him.

This year's host was Wang Meihe. After receiving a signal from her ninth brother, she sat up straight and said with a serious expression:
"Dear colleagues, our Want Want Group 1998 Annual Summary Meeting is now officially open."

Similar to previous years' conferences, this year's conference was divided into several parts. First, each branch company reported on its year-end summary and profit statements, and then the real summary and review of any omissions or deficiencies took place.

Today, Want Want Group has more and more subsidiaries, and the summary meeting ten years ago only took half a day or a day.

It now takes two days to complete.

Furthermore, the current senior management team has exceeded thirty people, making it an extremely large group.

All of these thirty-odd executives are on the Forbes rich list, and several of them are even among the top twenty richest people in the world.

This year's Forbes richest person is Bill Gates, who tops the list with a net worth of $51 billion, making him the world's richest person in name only.

As for the real world's richest person, that remains to be seen.

Anyway, many people from Want Want Group are ranked in the top 20, and this ranking is only because they have hidden some of their assets. Otherwise, being in the top five would be no problem at all.

The second richest family on this year's rich list is the Walton family, the family that founded Walmart, with a total net worth of $48 billion.

The third place goes to Warren Buffett, whose net worth is $33 billion.

Paul Allen, on the other hand, ranked fourth with $21 billion. As the co-founder of Microsoft, his net worth is naturally considerable.

The fifth-ranked individual is Kenneth Thomson from Canada, who made his fortune in media and publishing and has a net worth of $19 billion this year.

Wang Jianchao and Zheng Baoyin both have substantial assets, but most of them have been converted into gold and hidden away.

Otherwise, either Zheng Baoyin or Wang Jianchao would have assets exceeding 30 billion US dollars.

The reason they converted most of their cash into gold and hid it was because they learned it from Wang Duoyu.

The latter had stored a lot of gold in many places because he had a strong sense of vigilance and was therefore cautious.

More than 30 senior executives from Want Want Group gathered together, and each person's speaking time was not long. Some people could speak for half an hour, while others could only speak for ten minutes or so.

It depends on the specific company they are responsible for.

Wang Duoyu sat in the head seat, listening quietly.

The annual summary meeting, though a bit of a cliché, is a necessary procedure.

Furthermore, annual revenue and profits vary, so it's a good thing for everyone to get together, listen to the group's development and achievements, and have a good time. This is more conducive to unity.

After a morning, all of the company's subsidiaries, including Brabus Watches, Yuma Apparel, Hongxing Steel Group, Pandora Luxury Goods, Yuebu Sports Group, Walsin Technology, Facebook, Mototo Toys Group, and Huachen Mobile, had finished their reports.

With so many companies, each one has different revenue and profit.

The most eye-catching data is undoubtedly that of Huachen Mobile, because although the company only has a few products, they are all high-end smartphones, each priced at thousands of dollars.

With an average selling price of over a thousand dollars, it's certainly not a cheap price.

Huachen Mobile sells over 100 million units annually, generating over 100 billion US dollars in revenue, with profits accounting for about 50%.

However, this profit is the internal profit of Want Want Group. The profit to external parties is definitely not this much, only about 15%.

Why?

It's all about paying less tax, isn't it?

Anyway, it's all about legal tax avoidance, so we definitely won't let foreigners take all the taxes.

This tax avoidance strategy is quite simple. Want Want Group currently has many research projects in Somalia, and these projects aren't limited to aerospace; they can also be applied to mobile phones. For example, the quantum computer project, which has already been launched, could yield some useful technological results that could be applied to Walsin Technology and Huachen Mobile.

Any scientific research project naturally requires substantial investment, so Huachen Mobile's participation in the investment and payment of the remaining 'investment funds' seems perfectly reasonable.

After the presentation by the company owned by their son, everyone dined separately in the restaurant downstairs.

After lunch, everyone rested for a while, and at 2:10 p.m., the afternoon debriefing meeting officially began.

This time it's the godson's company.

This includes Varian Medical Systems, BMW, Daimler AG, McDonald's, Marvel Studios, Paramount, MGM, Canon, Target, Walmart, Audi, and others.

Walmart is a publicly traded company. Want Want Group acquired more than half of its shares. The remaining shares are partly held by the Walton family and partly traded on the market.

There's also Gulfstream, a private aircraft manufacturer that was acquired by the Want Want Group two years ago.

However, although it was acquired, the outside world was not very clear about it, and Wang Duoyu did not make many changes to it.

Wang Duoyu wanted to acquire Gulfstream not for money, but purely for technology.

Just like Canon, this is an integral and indispensable part of the Want Want Group's business empire.

Otherwise, Huachen Mobile's camera business would have to be outsourced to other companies. If those companies were to engage in any underhanded tactics, such as arbitrarily raising prices, wouldn't that be troublesome?

The possibility of being held hostage by others is still very high.

Since Want Want Group has plenty of money, let's just acquire it.

By the time the report was finished, it was still quite dark outside.

In early January, it gets dark in Harbin around 3 or 4 pm, and it's already 6 pm now.

"Okay, that's enough for today. Let's continue tomorrow."

Wang Duoyu did not give a concluding speech, but instead ended the meeting abruptly.

He didn't have dinner with the executives; instead, he went home for dinner.

When he got home, he didn't see Wang Yifei and her two siblings. When he asked, he found out that they were all in their own rooms making changes.

Liu Xiaoli asked curiously if the essay topic he assigned today was too difficult.

"It's alright, not difficult at all. It's very simple. The essay topic is 'My Mother,' what's so difficult about that?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaoli's eyes widened immediately, and she said she would listen carefully to see how the children wrote about her.

The white tofu in her father's arms also loudly echoed.

"time to eat!"

Soon it was time to eat, and Wang Yifei and the others awkwardly came out of the bedroom.

"Haven't you finished revising it yet?" Wang Duoyu asked with a smile, and Wang Qianqian immediately made a face.
"Yeah, Dad, you've really given us a tough problem. I don't even know what to write."

Liu Xiaoli's face instantly turned extremely ugly, and she asked in a low voice:

"Really? You don't have any good impression of me at all, do you? I carried you for ten months and gave birth to you, and you can't even write a simple essay?"

What an ingrate!
Wang Yifei was immediately at a loss.

She forgot that her mother was right next to her and blurted out a sarcastic remark, which really put her in a bad situation.

"Mom~" Wang Yifei changed her expression instantly, like a Sichuan opera face-changing act, and gave a sweet, cloying smile. She then hugged her mother's arm and started to act coquettishly.

"Mom, let me explain."

"Haha, Sisi, isn't this just making excuses?"

"Dad, I hate you."

Haha!

Wang Duoyu laughed, and Bai Doufu in his arms covered his mouth and chuckled as well, as did the three Wang brothers, including Wang Junhong.

Liu Xiaoli was sad, but Wang Yifei made a series of excuses, saying that the relationship between the mother and daughter was too close, and she couldn't write such embarrassing words all at once.

Moreover, nothing major has ever happened at home, not even a serious argument; at most, they've just bickered occasionally.

"My dad said it's difficult to write without any ups and downs or conflicts."

The next moment, Wang Duoyu directly undermined him:
"Wang Qianqian, you've got it wrong. 'Ups and downs' is used in novels. What you've written is an article, which is completely different from a novel. Don't try to fool your mother just because she doesn't know anything. But then again, you're just making excuses, of course you have to fool your mother, haha!"

"Dad, I don't love you anymore!"

Wang Yifei shouted loudly as she quickly got up and left, because her mother had already raised her chopsticks to hit her.

Bai Doufu and her brothers were all laughing heartily.

Tonight's dinner is destined to be filled with joy.

After playing around for a while, Wang Duoyu noticed a news report being broadcast on television.

"Here is a brief news item: Recently, the Chinese Antarctic ice sheet expedition team entered the 'forbidden zone,' reaching the highest point of the Antarctic ice sheet, becoming the first expedition team to enter this 'forbidden zone' since the implementation of the international trans-Antarctic program."

Antarctica!!!
Those are the only two polar regions on Earth, and they're even restricted areas, so they're truly extraordinary.

Wang Duoyu also wanted to visit Antarctica, but his identity was very special, so it wasn't easy for him to go there.

"How about we go after the Spring Festival?"

Watching the TV, Wang Duoyu's mind raced, wondering if he should take a trip to Antarctica.

It is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, which is summer in the Southern Hemisphere.

In other words, Antarctica is currently experiencing polar day, so the temperature there won't be as low as during the Southern Hemisphere winter if you go there for research.

If he misses this time, he will have to wait another year before he can go to Antarctica.

In short, you can go to Antarctica before March.

Of course, he didn't necessarily want to go to the 'restricted area', but rather to take a stroll around the outer reaches of Antarctica, broaden his horizons, and enjoy the scenery, nothing more.

As for sending him there to do scientific research, let's forget about that.

No need!
"Dad, do you want to go to Antarctica?"

Just then, Wang Junhong suddenly asked a question.

These words aroused the curiosity of the whole family.

"Hehe, boss, you're so smart. I only read this news for a little while, and you figured out what I was thinking. Looks like you also want to go to Antarctica, right?"

Wang Duoyu said with a smile, and his eldest son immediately echoed him.

Antarctica is a place that many people like to visit.

Upon hearing this, Bai Doufu also expressed his desire to visit Antarctica.

Going to Antarctica might cost a lot of money, as airfare alone is a huge expense, but for Wang Duoyu's family, it's certainly not a big problem.

Liu Xiaoli watched as Wang Jun'an, Wang Jun'kang, and Wang Qianqian, the three siblings, also loudly declared their intention to go to Antarctica, and couldn't help but purse her lips and say:
"Why go to such a far place? It's freezing cold! It's cold enough here, and Antarctica is even colder and very dangerous. Don't go!"

Her warning was of no use to Wang Duoyu and his group.

Anyway, the children listen to Wang Duoyu, especially when it comes to such important and crucial decisions.

"talk later."

Wang Duoyu did not continue the discussion because Liu Xiaoli disagreed, and it was not appropriate to discuss it now.

After dinner, we moved on to the "Flying Flowers" game.

The "Flying Flower Order" segment is now divided into two camps: one is the combination of Wang Duoyu and Liu Xiaoli, and the other is the combination of Wang Junhong and his four siblings.

The children were divided into these camps because they felt it was unfair.

But they lost again, so the children unanimously decided that they would never let their father participate in the Flying Flower Order game again, because no one could beat him.

After the "Flying Flowers" game ended, Wang Yifei washed the dishes.

After everything was mostly done, we moved on to critiquing the essays.

However, Wang Jun'an, Wang Jun'kang, and Wang Yifei remained hesitant and reluctant to release their articles.

Liu Xiaoli, however, couldn't wait to see, because she wanted to see how the children would rate her.

"Hurry up and take it out!" (End of Chapter)