Since 1979 I have been in the tide of the times

Chapter 496 Brother Wang is still Brother Wang, but the brothers have changed
"Red Star Beer, you have it, I have it"

"Red Star Beer lasts forever!"

CCTV Sports Channel's special program about the Olympic Games was broadcast a few days before the Atlanta Olympic Games.

An ad for Red Star Beer appeared before the special.

At this time, Wang Weidong and Song Yu had already arrived in Wulin City, and they were sitting in the training base of the Wulin City Red Star Beer football team watching an advertisement about Red Star Beer on TV.

"Weidong, what do you think of the design of this advertisement?" Song Yu asked.

"I think it's not bad, but our current production of Red Star Beer is too small. The 20-ton beer equipment under construction will not be put into production in a few months." Wang Weidong said regretfully.

"Give out the popularity first, and then we can place advertisements in the period before the football live broadcast of CCTV Sports Channel." Song Yu said.

I don’t know when foreign beer brands have been associated with football. The World Cup, European Cup and major European football leagues are full of major beer brands in the world.

This time, Red Star Beer's advertising during the broadcast of the Olympic Games on CCTV for more than half a month is also a test of the water.

Since the first broadcast of the Olympic Games by CCTV in 88, every Olympic Games has attracted the attention of all Chinese people.Many products that were advertised on Olympic TV programs quickly gained popularity and became household names.

The hosts and guests on TV are discussing whether the Chinese team can hit the top of the gold medal table in this Olympic Games.It is impossible for the number of gold medals to surpass sports powerhouses such as the United States and the Great Northern Team, but it is hopeful that they will be the leaders of the second echelon.

Table tennis, badminton, diving, and weightlifting are all special events for the Chinese team to compete for gold and silver.

The discussion between the host and the guests was in full swing, but Wang Weidong and Song Yu were discussing the upcoming League One and B at this time.

Several players they brought back from Germany will soon make their debut at Wulin City's home court.The news had already spread widely. Reporters from the Wulin City Evening News and TV stations came to interview the coaches and players after hearing the news.

When Song Yu faced the reporter, he deliberately avoided the issue of the price of bringing in coaches, assistants, team doctors and five players, and he also vaguely mentioned that they came from the fourth tier league in Germany.

But the head coach Schmidt was too honest, and actually told the reporter all about it when facing the reporter.

Now the whole city of Wulin knows that the executives of the Red Star Beer team only spent four US$10,000+ to find the head coach, assistant coach, team doctor and five players from Germany!

Such a low price is obviously a parallel import.

The Red Star Beer Team is definitely not the first to bring players from abroad into the Chinese professional league.Now the major mainstream football media have started a big discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of China's importing players from abroad. Some experts believe that the players imported from abroad have crowded out the quota of Chinese players and reduced the opportunities for Chinese players to play and exercise, so it is not a good thing. .

Wang Weidong and Song Yu didn't care about this, they only thought that the Red Star Beer team could win. To paraphrase the great man's words, the Red Star Beer team is the seeding machine and propaganda team of Red Star Beer and Xiangyang Electronics.

"The old man Schmidt said in front of the reporter that including him, the total price of the three people was only 12 US dollars. Isn't it a bit silly for him to say such embarrassing things? Next time we will sign a confidentiality clause!" Song Yu said angrily.

While the two were chatting, they suddenly heard a knock on the door.

Wang Weidong opened the door and saw a football training base guard standing at the door.

The management of the football base is very strict now, and people are prohibited from entering and leaving at night unless there are special circumstances.

"Mr. Wang, there is a person outside the base calling for you." The guard said.

"Didn't he say who he is?" Wang Weidong asked.

"He said, he said his name is Lin Yizhong." The guard replied.

Wang Weidong was stunned for a moment and immediately realized who Lin Yizhong was.

"You let him in, forget it, I'll go out with you." Wang Weidong said to the guard.

Then Wang Weidong walked out of the base dormitory behind the guard and came to the big iron gate.

A Mercedes-Benz car was parked outside the big iron gate, and beside it stood a man in his early 30s wearing glasses.

Wang Weidong immediately recognized him as Lin Yizhong who hadn't seen him for seven or eight years.

Seeing Wang Weidong walking to the side of the big iron gate, Lin Yizhong also recognized him immediately, and called out to Brother Wang.

"I didn't expect you kid to come to see me!" Wang Weidong said with a smile.

Then he asked the guard to open the big iron gate, and let the car drive into the football training base.

Looking at the Mercedes, Wang Weidong said with a smile: "It seems that you are doing well now, this Mercedes costs 50 million, right?"

"Nearly 60!" Lin Yizhong replied.

In the words, Lin Yizhong carried some complacency.

Wang Weidong took Lin Yizhong into his room and said to Song Yu who was sitting in the room: "Xiaoyu, this is Lin Yizhong, a college student I told you before in Harbin! This is the first time you two meet, if It’s good that Xiaoyang is here, we both knew him in Harbin.”

"Hello," Lin Yizhong nodded.

"Do it. I heard Wei Dong tell you a few times before that you graduated from university in [-]. At that time, I knew that there are really few college students who go outside to start a business in the world. It's really not easy!" Song Yu said.

"It's far worse than you. Although I haven't contacted Wang Ge in the past few years, I have been following Xiangyang Electronics' news from newspapers and other media. Your current business is really too big." Lin Yizhong said.

"That's because we have a good leader, and he is your brother Wang Weidong!" Song Yu said with a smile.

"This is the result of everyone's joint efforts. You have made a lot of contributions to Xiangyang Electronics over the years." Wang Weidong said.

Song Yu was very witty, seeing Wang Weidong's old friend visiting must have a lot to say, and Lin Yizhong might have something to do when he came here suddenly at this time, it is not convenient for him to be present at this time.

So Song Yu stood up and said, "Let's talk first, I'm going back to sleep."

After Song Yu left, Wang Weidong carefully looked at Lin Yizhong who was sitting in front of him.

Lin Yizhong changed a lot when he met him in Harbin.

At that time, Lin Yizhong was still a college student, and his family lived in a rural area, so life was very difficult.A set of fat clothes makes you sweat in summer, and you put cotton-padded jackets and trousers inside in winter, and you can't even afford cotton-padded shoes.

At that time, it was the cotton shoes that Wang Weidong bought for him.

But Lin Yizhong who is sitting in front of him now has undergone an earth-shaking change from that shabby college student back then.

"Your suit belongs to Pierre Cardin, right?" Wang Weidong asked with a smile.

Then he reached out and touched the tie clip on Lin Yizhong's tie and said, "You kid, even this gadget is made of pure gold, and with that Mercedes-Benz driving outside, it seems that you have been doing well these years. Remember When you came to Harbin City to find me and said you were going to start a business in the south, you took 2 yuan from me. At that time, we agreed that I would take 30% of the shares! You buy such a good car and wear it so well The clothes don’t all cost me, do they?”

Wang Weidong's words were obviously teasing, and with Wang Weidong's current wealth, he wouldn't care about the small money, but Lin Yizhong still felt a little embarrassed when he heard Wang Weidong's words.

Over the years, he took Wang Weidong's 2 yuan to start a business in the south, but he never contacted Wang Weidong. , this kind of behavior seems very unfair.

"After you left Harbin, you wrote two letters to my family at the beginning, saying that you established a small plastic toy factory in Longgang. Are you still in Longgang now? How is the operation of the factory?" Wang Weidong asked.

When Wang Weidong and Ou Xiaoyang were running a small radio factory in Harbin, they recruited dozens of college students from universities to install radios for them in order to catch up with the work of the radios.Since then, Wang Weidong has had a good impression of Lin Yizhong, a poor but honest young man, and has helped him more than once, treating him as his brother in his heart.

Wang Weidong's asking Lin Yizhong this way is also a kind of concern.

Hearing Wang Weidong's question, Lin Yizhong replied: "After I arrived in Longgang, I recruited four or five workers to do OEM for other toy factories to earn a little money. After earning more money, I asked someone to design a Christmas tree with photoelectric sound and Other plastic toys are mainly supplied to foreign countries, and the benefits have been good in the past few years. There are thirty or forty workers in the factory now, including all the assets, there should be about 200 million yuan."

It took Lin Yizhong eight years to grow from 2 to more than 200 million. Although it cannot be said that the development is so fast, it is not bad.

In the 90s, Lin Yizhong could also be regarded as a small rich man.

But after hearing what Lin Yizhong said, Wang Weidong no longer had a smile on his face.

"In the past few years, I have seen more bosses in the south who are richer than you. Although there are some who show off their wealth, most of them are relatively simple. You kid, a small factory with assets of only 200 million yuan, spends 60 yuan to buy a car The car is covered with famous brands, as if you are going to marry a new wife. Why spend all your money on these vain things?" Wang Weidong said very bluntly.

Hearing what Wang Weidong said, Lin Yizhong smiled awkwardly, and he explained: "Now that you have money, you have to put on a facade. Otherwise, who would think highly of you? I drove a car back to my hometown these years, and the eyeballs of those people almost fell out. Yes! I also went to Harbin to treat some classmates to dinner, and they were so envious!"

Wang Weidong was silent.

Lin Yizhong's family is very financially difficult, and it is not easy to study step by step and be admitted to a key university.During this process, the people in his hometown and the classmates in the school gave him countless looks.Now showing off his wealth is also a kind of psychological compensation for Lin Yizhong.

When Lin Yizhong invited those students working in Harbin to dinner, he must have felt very proud and satisfied.

When he was assigned a job after graduating from university, the students who hoped to stay in Harbin and enter a large state-owned factory were overwhelmed. Lin Yizhong had a higher grade than them in the four-year university, but in the end he had to obey the assignment and was assigned to a mountain valley in Fujian Province. A factory, which soon closed down.
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I don't know how those students who participated in Lin Yizhong's banquet will feel when they see Lin Yizhong who is now well-developed?
Thinking of this, Wang Weidong understood Lin Yizhong's mood very well.He said in a gentle tone: "Yizhong, the past is over. The only thing you have to do now is to make your business bigger and bigger. Don't learn the bad habits of those Northeast people. If you have two dollars, you will be big." A gold chain and a small gold watch, in fact, that kind of practice is despised!"

(End of this chapter)