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"The world consciousness of the mission world is quite strong. It actually knew that Wang Quan Fugui's obsession was to prove himself to me, or rather, to his former father, and specially fulfilled Wang Quan Fugui's wish!" Wang Quan Baye watched Wang Quan Fugui disappear and knew that the other party had returned to his own world. He turned around and sighed.

Then, the clone transformed into a sword aura and continued to patrol the vicinity.

Meanwhile, the world of courtyard houses.

A family in Xiaoshan is having dinner.

While eating, Xiao Jingshu said to Xiao Shan, "Dad, my website has started to make a profit now. We've received a lot of advertisements, and someone even wants to invest in me, with a valuation of 30 million."

Xiao Shan smiled and said, "As I said before, portal websites have too few ways to monetize. They may still be popular for the next few years, but if they don't want to cash out, they will be eliminated sooner or later if they don't change their ways."

Xiao Jingshu nodded and then said, "So I plan to start a blog and use a portal website to drive traffic."

"That's a good idea!" Xiao Shan offered some suggestions. "We could invite some celebrities to join our blog for promotion and build brand awareness. If competition gets fierce later on, we could also use some activities to attract users, such as giving away ten yuan in phone credit upon registration, or offering mobile phones as a prize to attract users."

Upon hearing Xiao Shan's suggestion, Xiao Jing Shu's eyes lit up and she said, "Dad, your idea is brilliant! I can't wait to start the experiment."

Ding Qiunan, standing to the side, said somewhat speechlessly, "Let's eat, stop talking about work! Jing Shu, you're a girl, you should be more composed and less clumsy."

Xiao Jingshu stuck out her tongue and began to focus on eating.

After the meal, everyone sat in the living room drinking tea and chatting.

"Dad, I've made some progress in electronic communications. Our first pager was launched a few days ago, and I expect it will be available on the market soon," Xiao Jingyan said to Xiao Shan.

Xiao Shan didn't know what to say. Looking at his eldest son, he realized that his son hadn't inherited any of his good fortune.

"Jingyan, do you know what this is called? Entering the palace as a eunuch in 1912, then joining the National Revolutionary Army in 1949. You research electronic communications, and everyone can see that pagers are a thing of the past, destined to be obsolete sooner or later! But since you've already developed it, hurry up and produce and sell it, recouping as much of the cost as possible. Then switch to researching mobile phones; mobile phones are the future."

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Hearing Xiao Shan's words, Xiao Jingyan scratched her head and said, "Dad, what you've said is making me want to shut up! I see a lot of people using pagers these days, after all, cell phones are too expensive."

Xiao Shan didn't intend to force his son to listen to him: "You'll learn from your mistakes. I won't stop you. You won't learn until you stumble and fall. But don't invest too much in pagers. In two or three years, you'll see the decline of pagers. You'll understand without me saying anything."

That day, Xiao Shan was resting at home when Xiao Jing Shu came over and said, "Dad, you're on the news, and you're famous! I've seen posts discussing you on several forums."

Xiao Shan smiled and said, "What are they all saying about me?"

"Some say you are the backbone of the country, while others say you are overestimating yourself! But there are too many people who worship foreign things now, so many comments are simply unreadable."

Xiao Shan said nonchalantly, "Don't take it to heart. There will be plenty of people like this in twenty years! Once your blog is up and running, I'll open an account on it and share my opinions."

Xiao Jingshu said happily, "Then I'll thank you in advance, Dad! If you can open an account on my blog, it will definitely be very attractive. When I publish your debates with netizens on the website, it will definitely attract a lot of people."

Xiao Shan tapped Xiao Jing Shu's forehead speechlessly: "You've got plenty of crooked ideas to attract clicks, but let's talk about that after you've built it! Taishan also needs a platform in mainland China to speak out, to explain our philosophy and product information, and to let more people in mainland China know about the superiority of our products. Otherwise, people will believe whatever they hear and follow the lead of outsiders. We have to show them real data before some blindly following netizens will wake up."

"Dad, what you said is so insightful!" Xiao Jingshu flattered Xiao Shan.

After seeing the girl off, Xiao Shan continued chatting with the others in the chat group about how he built his business in mainland China.

The following day, Xiao Shan visited the science and technology research center.

During the inspection of the welding machine R&D department, the person in charge said to Xiao Shan: "Xiao Sheng, the direction you chose this time is absolutely correct. The spatter during welding has been significantly reduced, and the marks left behind are much fewer than before, but the welding strength has not been reduced at all. Just by reducing spatter, we can leave welding machines of the same level far behind. Many high-precision parts are difficult to weld because too much spatter during welding damages the original smoothness of the parts."

"Haha, Engineer Zhao, this breakthrough wouldn't have been possible without everyone's hard work. Once the new welding machine is developed, I plan to put a portion of the welding machine department's shares into the bonus pool, so everyone can receive a substantial dividend every year. At Taishan, we value talent the most. The 21st century is just around the corner, and what's most important in the new century? Talent!"

"Thank you so much, Mr. Xiao!" many R&D engineers said from the bottom of their hearts.

Xiaoshan offers each R&D engineer an annual salary starting at 500,000 yuan, plus bonuses and allocated housing and vehicles, which can amount to 700,000 to 800,000 yuan per year.

It's 1996 now, the purchasing power of RMB is huge, and ordinary workers only earn a few hundred yuan a month.

After the new welding machine was successfully developed and its key challenges were overcome in Xiaoshan, subsequent research proceeded smoothly.

In just one week, a brand new welding machine was manufactured.

Xiaoshan conducted the first welding with the new welding machine, while several engineers conducted various tests nearby.

"Mr. Xiao, after summarizing all the tests, it is 30% stronger than the best welding machine in the world today, and our efficiency is higher and the spatter is lower. If we make some adjustments, we can reach 40%."

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Shan said, "Reduce the power by 10%, start production and sales, announce the news to the public, and apply for an international patent."

"Xiao Sheng, what do you mean?" The person in charge looked at Xiao Shan with some confusion.

"We will release the welding machine with an efficiency of over 40% after integration in two years. We need to give our foreign counterparts some research time! In two years, they will have developed a welding machine of the same level as ours, which will be just in time for us to release the Xinpin welding machine."

The person in charge gave a thumbs up: "Xiao Sheng is really brilliant. With this, these guys will probably be in for a while."

Xiao Shan laughed and said, "Now that we have a higher-end welding machine, we should upgrade all three grades of welding machines—low, medium, and high—and then lower the prices to promote them! Ideally, we should be able to take back the welding machine market that the US, Japan, and Russia have been eating up!"

"Haven't the Japanese been pretty arrogant all along? Let's see how arrogant they are this time! Expand the number of welding machine stores in Japan, squeeze their local welding machine market, and see how many they can squeeze out this time."

Soon, news that the Taishan Group Scientific Research Center had developed a new type of welding machine spread all over the world.

All the colleagues in the welding machine industry have turned their attention to this.

Xiaoshan decided to take advantage of the situation and hold a product launch event.

Logically speaking, it would be better to hold the press conference in Hong Kong.

However, Xiaoshan ultimately chose Shenzhen as the venue for the press conference!

To prepare for the press conference, Xiaoshan directly contacted Manager Wang, the manager in charge of welding machine sales, who was in charge of the welding machine department.

After Manager Wang approached Xiao Shan, he asked, "Mr. Xiao, what are your instructions?"

"I'm planning to hold a launch event for our new welding machine. Our new welding machine is coming out, and we need to let our industry peers know! Please prepare an invitation to our customers and peers to come to Shenzhen to attend the launch event for our new welding machine. The event is scheduled for two weeks from now."

"Yes, Xiao Sheng, those guys are probably going to have trouble sleeping again this time!"

"Haha, they can't sleep, so we can sleep better!"

Soon, many colleagues in the welding machine industry received invitations from Taishan Group's mainland branch, inviting them to Shenzhen to attend a new product launch.

The welding machine industry is buzzing with excitement, but the outside world has never heard of it; it can only be described as a relatively niche industry.

If Taishan Group weren't now a top player in the world, its influence would likely be even smaller.

Soon, a leader from Shenzhen called the Xiaoshan office: "Mr. Xiao, we heard you're going to hold a new product launch."

"Boss, we've developed a new type of welding machine that's currently leading the world. We just prepared the materials and were about to explain it to you when your call came."

"Mr. Xiao, are you confident? Are you certain that we are among the world's leading companies?"

"It's certain that currently only the US, Japan, and Germany can compete with us in the welding machine field. Previously, everyone faced similar challenges. Now that we have overcome these challenges and taken the lead in producing the machines, I can confidently say that our welding machines are now number one in the world."

"Alright, Mr. Xiao, you can choose any of the large venues in Shenzhen. I will send someone to assist you."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, sir!"

The top leaders in Shenzhen were also quite pleased, as Taishan Group's mainland branch is a major taxpayer in Shenzhen.

It is also the number one private enterprise in mainland China, even surpassing many large state-owned enterprises.

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The product launch event was soon held at a large conference room in the Shenzhen Convention Center.

The venue had several hundred seats, about half of which were occupied, and there were also a large number of reporters.

Xiao Jingshu also came over. As the founder of Qianyan.com, she's acting as a reporter for Qianyan.com today, and will interview her father later so they can have some father-daughter interaction.

“Big brother, Dad still looks pretty handsome.” Her older brother, Xiao Jingyan, who was sitting next to her, rolled his eyes and said, “Isn’t that obvious? If Dad wasn’t handsome, could he have given birth to such a handsome son as me?”

Xiao Shan calmly walked onto the podium and said with a smile, "Welcome everyone to the welding machine launch event of Taishan Group's mainland branch. I am Xiao Shan, the chief researcher of the welding machine research center. Some of you may know me, and some may not. But today I'm not here to introduce myself, but to introduce our welding machine."

Laughter erupted from below. Xiao Jingshu said, "I didn't expect Dad to be so humorous."

"Some people might ask, why are we holding this press conference? Some might say, publicity! That's right, publicity, because this is the world's first welding machine that we have developed."

"Yes, we are number one in the world, not just in the so-called first tier! The difficulties that had been blocking our progress have finally been overcome thanks to the tireless research and development of many engineers at our welding machine research center. We have to let our peers see our achievements, hence this press conference."

Xiaoshan then gave a detailed introduction to the various parameters and price of the new welding machine.

"We have also fully upgraded and reduced the prices of our other welding machines. I want to reiterate that this is not directed at any of our competitors. Please feel free to ask any questions now, and I will try my best to answer them."

A reporter stood up and said, "Mr. Xiao, I don't think your Taishan's new welding machine is the best, because the best welding machine in the world is from Japan. We have the world's most advanced welding workshop and R&D center. This press conference is a hoax."

Xiao Shan laughed and said, "Whether it's a scam or not isn't determined by what you say, but by the data. Even without us, you would never be number one."

Then, the large screen behind Xiao Shan displayed a set of clear data: "This is a market share distribution map of the world's high-end welding machine market. You are only ranked third, and that's only because we started late, allowing you to seize a portion of the market. You will soon fall to fourth place. This is real data. If you don't believe it, you can ask the professionals. Does anyone else have any questions?"

Xiao Jingshu seized the opportunity to stand up and said, "Mr. Xiao, I'm a reporter from Qianyan.com. What are your thoughts on the current welding machine market? Taishan Group is currently the leader in the domestic welding machine market. How do you plan to lead the domestic welding machine market?"

Xiao Shan said calmly, "We will definitely adhere to the principles of fairness and impartiality and cooperate with manufacturers who have a research and development spirit to improve the overall technical level of domestic welding machine manufacturers. One flower does not make a spring; a hundred flowers blooming is the true spring."

The press conference ended amidst this commotion.

Meanwhile, the video of the press conference began to circulate on the internet around the world.

The shipment volume of welding machine stores of Taishan Group has increased significantly, and the orders received by the welding workshop are also growing rapidly.

At a welding department meeting on Monday, Xiaoshan proposed to set aside 20% of the shares to establish an incentive bonus pool.

Every year, a portion of the money is set aside as bonuses and distributed to each employee based on their contribution.

Xiao Shan then mentioned that the welding machine R&D center will establish a new R&D direction.

In response, someone asked, "Mr. Xiao, what direction are you going?"

"Laser welding is currently not very advanced, which makes it a good time for us to enter the market. At the same time, we will also establish a laser research department to study lasers, including small lasers. This will complement our welding machine department."

Soon, Xiaoshan's orders were all carried out.

When Xiao Jingshu returned home that day, she rushed over and said, "Dad, my blog is up and running. Quite a few people have already created accounts through the website. I'm planning to invite some celebrities to open blogs on it. Dad, you promised me that you would open an account as soon as my blog was established."

"Alright, but now is not the time."

In 1997, Hong Kong returned to its motherland, and Xiao Shan brought his family to the handover ceremony.

The year 1998 arrived quickly, and Xiao Jingyan had been rather quiet these past few days.

Looking at the silent Xiao Jingyan, Xiao Shan smiled and said, "Son, you haven't been in a good mood these past few days!"

Xiao Jingyan sighed: "Dad, you were right. The situation with pagers is indeed not good. I misjudged the situation before."

"It's not too late to correct it now. Mobile phones aren't complicated; you can just buy some parts, assemble them, and you're done. Transforming your business shouldn't be too difficult, unless you want to research communication basebands and mobile networks—that's where the real investment is needed," Xiao Shan said with a smile.

Although Taishan Group's communications business covers Hong Kong, Macau and Southeast Asia, it has not entered the mainland market.

Xiao Jingyan thought for a moment and said, "I think it's better to do research and development."

Xiao Shan nodded and said, "They're already researching 2G now. Your basics won't be of much use. You'd be better off researching 3G, mobile phone chips, chip architecture, or mobile phone storage, flash memory, computer storage, etc. Success in any of these areas will bring you substantial profits. You know how often memory sticks in South Korea go up in price; that's a good opportunity to curb their arrogance."

Xiao Jingyan said speechlessly, "Dad, how could I have such great abilities? Besides, my company doesn't have that many high-tech talents."

"Let's start with the simplest thing: assembling mobile phones. We can develop our own mobile phone system and add mobile games, which should be enough to capture a portion of the market," Xiao Shan said with a smile. "Our screen research center has a miniaturized screen that's about to go into mass production, which can be perfectly paired with your phone. Let's sell phones for two years to make some money, and then gradually build our own research center."

"Your dad only started doing research and development after he had money, and he established several research and development centers, which are now making money. You need to have a cash cow to support your research and development, otherwise you'll just be burning money, and no matter how much money you have, it will all be gone."

Xiao Jingyan thought for a moment and said, "I'll take a look."

Xiao Shan was speechless. His eldest son had none of his style. He was indecisive and had poor judgment.

"By the way, you're not young anymore, haven't you thought about finding someone to marry?"

Xiao Jingyan replied without hesitation, "I want to establish my career first, then start a family."

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Xiao Shan kicked his son aside: "What kind of career are you talking about! Why don't you just find a branch office and become a vice president? That would be considered a career achievement. You can resign after you get married. Keep working in the mobile phone division. I have an electronics factory. You can design the phones and just hand them over to the electronics factory for manufacturing. You don't need to worry about it yourself."

Xiao Jingyan scratched her head and said, "That won't do. I'll keep an eye on it myself. I'll find a designer from the company to design the phone right away."

Xiao Shan said, "It's not just mobile phones, you can research other related electronic products! You can make a lot of money from any one of them, enough to make up for the shortfall in your R&D."

After pondering for a moment, Xiao Jingyan said, "Let me think about it some more, and make some plans."

Xiao Shan didn't bother his son; pushing him too hard would only make things worse.

On this day, Xiaoshan was busy with the establishment of the laser research center.

Although lasers have existed in the world for a long time, their research and application are still in their early stages, which presents a good opportunity for Taishan to enter the field.

Furthermore, Xiao Shan discussed his ideas on using lasers to treat cancer with other members in the chat group.

Although it was unclear how feasible it was, Xiaoshan decided to give it a try.

The head of the welding machine department approached Xiao Shan: "Mr. Xiao, our sales report for this month at the Japanese chicken store is out, and it's increased by 20% compared to last month. Sales at Eagle and Hanscat have also increased by 15% and 14% respectively."

Xiao Shan nodded in satisfaction: "It seems our plan was very successful. What about back home?"