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Chapter 642 Parting ways
It was near the end of the year, which was the busiest time. Li Yan and Du Guoying stayed in Pingyang for a day and then hurried back to Yanjing and Tianjin. They still had a lot of things to do, including distributing year-end bonuses to the staff of Focus Media and Tianjin Yipin Company.

Because of Dongling Hi-Tech’s headquarters, basically all companies affiliated with Dongling Hi-Tech will now give out year-end bonuses, including companies in the Dongling Hi-Tech industry chain, no matter how stingy they are.

This has also led to rumors that year-end bonuses are an important criterion for judging whether a company is good or not. This has forced many technology companies to pretend to keep up with the trend and distribute year-end bonuses whether they like it or not.

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While companies under Dongling Hi-Tech are busy formulating year-end bonuses and distributing dividends, some companies are not having an easy time.

At No. 77, Linzishan Road, inside the Sanzhu headquarters office building, it was almost cloudy at the moment. The entire office building was quiet. People walking around were in a hurry, and people sitting in the office were silent.

Even the sales department, which used to receive orders almost all day and night, now only rings occasionally. When the call is answered, it turns out to be a call from a dealer to return a product...

Even the office staff at Sanzhu's headquarters are now in a panic. They don't know when they will be fired. Hundreds of thousands of brothers in Sanzhu's sales department have been disbanded, and their salaries have not been paid this month.

Wu Siwei, the young leader of Sanzhu, who rushed back from Yanjing, also sat there, looking at Sanzhu's sales report last month without saying a word.

Compared to last year, when Wu Siwei shouted in front of Li Dongling that he wanted to make Sanzhu a century-old store, he was obviously several years older.

As for Sanzhu's leader Wu Bingxin, he was also sitting there, smoking heavily to relieve the depression in his heart.

The foundation of the health care product empire collapsed overnight. As the founder and head of the empire, one can imagine how much pressure Wu Bingxin was under.

However, the old officials of Sanzhu, such as Qiao Dejing and Du Wenzan, who had followed Wu Bingxin and his son to conquer the world, were still present and they could not escape.

Unlike those ordinary employees outside, the fortunes and lives of Qiao Dejing and others depend on Sanzhu. They used to make a lot of money from Sanzhu, but who would complain about earning too much?

Once Sanzhu falls, the net worth of these old servants of Sanzhu will also shrink significantly. How can they be willing to accept this?

“That bunch of unscrupulous media really fanned the flames. Now everyone is afraid of Sanzhu, how can we sell it?

My health food production line in Yanjing had just been put into production, but now it’s all gone to waste!”

Wu Siwei had the hottest temper and couldn't help cursing. The Wu family really suffered heavy losses this time. Now was the critical period for Sanzhu to transform into the traditional Chinese medicine industry. The Wu family had invested a lot of money and the capital chain was stretched very tight.

As a result, the Sanzhu brand has collapsed, and all of Sanzhu's product lines have collapsed as a result. Their health products, health foods, and traditional Chinese medicines have all collapsed, and their capital chain has been directly broken.

The Wu family still has a lot of assets now, but given Sanzhu's current situation, the Wu family dare not easily take out money to fill the bottomless pit. It is very likely that the Wu family will lose themselves before the bottomless pit is filled.

"Now, it's not a question of whether Sanzhu can transform or not, but whether it can survive!" Wu Bingxin said with a frown.

"Professor Wu!"

"We have hired the best lawyers to fight this case. We have a great chance of turning the tables in the second trial!"

Qiao Dejing, the vice president of Sanzhu, said to Wu Bingxin that at Sanzhu, Wu Bingxin liked his subordinates to call him Teacher Wu, which was very similar to the style of someone at Alibaba.

But just as Qiao Dejing finished speaking, another veteran of Sanzhu, Du Wenzan, said, "Even if we can win the second-instance lawsuit and prove that the person who had the accident had nothing to do with taking Sanzhu, what's the point? By then, the daylily will be cold!"

"Now, no one outside is listening to our explanation, and no one cares about the second trial. No one is willing to buy three more plants!"

This kind of quarrel has happened countless times in Sanzhu in the past few days. Every quarrel ends in vain. Sanzhu seems to be in a desperate situation.

Wu Siwei was feeling annoyed. He went north to Yanjing just to prove that he could succeed without Old Wu. But who knew that he would encounter such a thing and now even affected Yanjing and caused the production to stop.

"If it doesn't work, just change the brand. I'm afraid the Sanzhu brand can't be used anymore. Even if we win the lawsuit, it may not make people buy our products again!"

"no!"

As soon as Wu Siwei finished speaking, Wu Bingxin immediately said, "The Sanzhu brand cannot be lost!"

Sanzhu is the result of Wu Bingxin's hard work over the years and is also the symbol of his success. Giving up Sanzhu also means giving up everything Wu Bingxin has done before. How can he be willing to accept this?

"The most important thing now is to win the second-instance lawsuit as soon as possible, prove that Sanzhu has nothing to do with the accident, and then restore Sanzhu's reputation, rather than evading or starting a new business!" "The health care product market has changed now. It is different from before. No one knows whether the new brand can make a comeback!"

On the one hand, Wu Bingxin couldn't let go of the Sanzhu brand. On the other hand, Wu Bingxin was also very clear that health products were not as easy to get into as before.

The fact that Sanzhu can sell 8 billion products a year is a coincidence, not a necessity. Even if Wu Bingxin were to do it all over again, he would not dare to guarantee that he could reproduce the glory of Sanzhu in the past.

Seeing that Big Wu and Little Wu were arguing with each other, Qiao Dejing, Du Wenzan and others did not dare to speak anymore.

Looking at Wu Bingxin who had made up his mind, and then looking at Qiao Dejing and a group of old officials of Sanzhu, Wu Siwei already knew the final result.

"Sanzhu Chinese medicine cannot sink to the bottom of Baotu Spring along with Sanzhu health products. I will not watch Yanjing Sanzhu Chinese Medicine Company fall with it!"

After staring at Wu Bingxin and finishing speaking, Wu Siwei slammed the door and walked out. The meaning of his words just now was very clear, that is, he wanted to take Sanzhu Chinese Medicine Company and leave the headquarters.

But after leaving Wu Bingxin's office, Wu Siwei couldn't be happy. Instead, he frowned and looked worried.

Now Sanzhu is like a sinking ship and its brand influence is gone. Wu Siwei needs to restart the production line, create a new brand and rebuild sales channels, all of which will cost a lot of money.

Even with Wu Siwei's wealth, he might not be able to afford such expenses, which made Wu Siwei feel helpless.

When driving away from Sanzhu headquarters and passing by a shopping mall, Wu Siwei saw many advertising posters posted outside the mall, including posters for Xiaolingtong mobile phones and Shenzhou electronic dictionaries.

When seeing these two advertisements, Wu Siwei couldn't help but recall the scene when he went to Yuhe Leisure Resort to meet Li Dongling. Thinking of what he said to Li Dongling at that time, and looking at the current situation of Sanzhu, Wu Siwei couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Who could have imagined that victory or defeat would come so quickly!
But then, Wu Siwei suddenly remembered something and his expression changed several times. Now, if he were to ask who had the ability and resources to build up his Chinese medicine company, excluding those who took advantage of the situation, Wu Siwei knew that Han Xi was definitely one of them...

"Beep!"

The sound of the car horn behind woke Wu Siwei up. When he started the car and drove away, Wu Siwei took a deep look at the advertisements for PHS and electronic dictionaries outside the mall, then drove away.

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Li Dongling came to Dongling High-tech Technology Department. The entire Dongling High-tech Technology Department is now divided into several departments including communication technology, mobile phones, computers, peripherals department, and innovation laboratory.

The mobile phone R&D department is currently the most "fat" department in Dongling Hi-Tech and receives the most funding. There is no other reason for this, because Dongling Hi-Tech's most profitable products, Shenzhou digital cordless phones and PHS, all come from this department, and they account for more than 80% of Dongling Hi-Tech's entire revenue.

However, when Li Dongling came today, he did not enter the mobile phone department, nor did he go to check the research and development progress of Shenzhou Computer. Instead, he entered the research and development building where the innovation laboratory was located.

The so-called innovation laboratory is formed by the team that develops electronic dictionaries. It is a new laboratory established by the Technology Department, which mainly helps Dongling Hi-Tech to develop new products other than mobile phones and computers.

"Mr. Li!"

When Li Dongling went there, Chen Tao was already waiting there. Chen Tao's current energy is mainly focused on the research and development of Shenzhou computers, but as the head of the technical department, Chen Tao does not participate in the research and development of other projects. However, he also needs to know the specific situation, otherwise how can he continue to do his job as the head of the technical department.

"Zhang Bing is in charge of the Innovation Lab now. He is also from Hanxi Jiaotong University, so he is considered our senior!"

Chen Tao pointed to a man in his thirties standing beside him and said, "Brother Zhang was an absolute genius when he was at Wuhan Jiaotong University. He was very good at hardware and programming!
After graduation, I went to study in America and have been working as an engineer in the technical department of Xerox Corporation for many years!"

Xerox is the pioneer of the American technology industry. A large number of American technology giants such as Apple, Microsoft, and HP have "borrowed" Xerox's products and technologies.

It’s just that some people dare to admit it, while others will never admit it. Apple’s graphical operating interface technology comes from Xerox.

Jobs also expressed this borrowing in the language of art: "Picasso once said that good artists copy ideas, and great artists steal inspiration."

Xerox's status in America is well known. American technology companies have all more or less followed Xerox's lead. So don't say that China is copying overseas products. In the words of Steve Jobs, this is called art without borders...

Of course, everyone hopes to "learn from" their opponents, but being "learned from" by their opponents will make them feel unhappy. Anyway, Li Dongling does not want Dongling Hi-Tech to be learned from like Xerox, which was almost ruined.

"I don't deserve it. Mr. Chen, you are too kind. In all these years at Xerox, I haven't achieved many results like Mr. Chen!"

(End of this chapter)