Chapter 0945 The Wheels of History

From a certain perspective, Qian Dongliu had already come to regard Brilliant Technology as his own career, after all, it was he who had primarily managed it from nothing to something.

Now, Zhao Fusheng suddenly said he wanted to sell the company, and he was going crazy.

"Fusheng, what, what is going on?"

Qian Dongliu looked at Zhao Fusheng, his gaze filled with confusion. He really didn't understand what Zhao Fusheng was trying to do. Hadn't he said Brilliant Technology was his fallback?

Moreover, wasn't the arcade meant to be a long-term blood transfusion tool for the orphanage? Why the sudden change of heart?

Seeing Qian Dongliu's reaction, Zhao Fusheng knew he must be overthinking things.

This was normal; after all, he wasn't a worm in his stomach and couldn't know his thoughts.

With a light laugh, Zhao Fusheng waved at Qian Dongliu: "Don't get worked up. Sit down first, let's talk."

Qian Dongliu sat down skeptically. Zhao Fusheng looked at him and said, "Have you thought about why I want to sell Brilliant Technology?"

"Huh?" Qian Dongliu frowned. When Zhao Fusheng first proposed selling the company, he was so startled that he lost his composure. Now, calming down and thinking carefully, he felt that Zhao Fusheng's behavior seemed too abrupt.

Indeed, when a person makes any decision, there are mainly two situations.

One is making a choice under sudden circumstances, like driving on the road and someone suddenly rushing in front of you. As a driver, you have to decide within seconds whether to turn left, turn right, or continue forward.

The other is making a choice after careful consideration. It's like when you have two pieces of clothing in mind, you think it over for a long time before deciding which to buy.

Clearly, given Zhao Fusheng's temperament, he wouldn't make a decision abruptly, especially regarding Brilliant Technology. That meant this was a decision he had made after careful deliberation.

Thinking this, Qian Dongliu looked up at Zhao Fusheng: "Fusheng, what are you planning to do?"

Obviously, the crux of the whole matter lay in Zhao Fusheng's attitude.

Zhao Fusheng smiled: "Old Qian, have you ever thought that with your abilities, Ninghai is too small?"

"Too small?" Qian Dongliu was taken aback, then realized the hidden meaning in Zhao Fusheng's words. A look of surprise appeared on his face. He finally understood that Zhao Fusheng had already planned to let him leave Ninghai and go to the capital to help him.

After all, being a comrade-in-arms with Zhang Qian, even though Zhang Qian rarely revealed anything, Qian Dongliu knew that Zhao Fusheng had his own career in the capital.

Otherwise, the my123 navigation webpage, originally part of Brilliant Technology, wouldn't have been spun off and taken to Beijing by Zhao Fusheng.

In the end, Qian Dongliu was well aware that Zhao Fusheng must have other plans.

And now, if he wasn't mistaken, Zhao Fusheng was probably intending to let him in on them.

People strive to move upward, just as water flows downward. Everyone has their own ambition and desire for success, and Qian Dongliu was no exception.

Moreover, he had already proven himself in Ninghai and naturally yearned for a bigger stage. He just hadn't had the opportunity before, but now Zhao Fusheng had placed the opportunity before him.

"I plan to sell Brilliant Technology as a package. Whether it's the arcade or the internet cafes, they were all set up to complete the primitive accumulation of capital. Now that the time is ripe, we can consider taking a different path," Zhao Fusheng said slowly, looking at Qian Dongliu.

This was his honest opinion. Apart from the KFC store, which he planned to leave to Li Yuan, Zhao Fusheng intended to sell off the remaining assets like the arcade and internet cafes.

This would not only free up a sum of capital but also allow him to start new businesses and make more money.

As for the orphanage, Zhao Fusheng had discussed it with his father the previous night. In the future, Wanda Commercial Building would handle it. In his father's words, before Wanda expanded to other counties and cities, it needed to first make Ninghai its stronghold, and the best way was to vigorously support charity, so that all Ninghai people would know that Wanda Mall was a conscientious and ethical enterprise.

Zhao Fusheng fully agreed. A company's reputation was undoubtedly important. It might not be too obvious now, but in a few years, a single inexplicable news story could destroy a company that had painstakingly operated for many years.

Especially in an era where the media's conscience was diminishing and their bottom lines were disappearing, no one understood better than Zhao Fusheng how important a protective talisman could be.

For example, if one day some unscrupulous media reported that his father's Wanda company was a heartless enterprise, but discovered that this so-called 'heartless enterprise' had been supporting several orphanages in Ninghai for over a decade and continuously donating to education, then no matter what they reported, they would be drowned in a tidal wave of criticism.

Conversely, if Wanda didn't engage in such charity, the public would be led by the media to believe that Wanda was indeed a heartless enterprise.

As for Qian Dongliu, Zhao Fusheng's arrangement for him was simple: let him follow Tan Kaixuan and go into finance.

Now Zhao Fusheng had figured it out: Tan Kaixuan was simply someone who couldn't stay still. Although he had previously expressed interest in real industry and planned to engage in it, it was just a three-minute passion, and he soon lost patience.

In Tan Kaixuan's view, investing tens of millions in real industry and waiting months or even longer for returns was far too slow.

What he craved was the thrill of instant wealth growth!

In other words, this guy loved making money, loved watching the numbers increase in the financial market, loved the game.

Since that was the case, as a friend and as his best brother, what Zhao Fusheng could do was support him as much as possible and solve his worries.

Of course, Zhao Fusheng had also carefully considered whether Tan Kaixuan might capsize in the gutter. After all, the financial market was volatile, and even a giant like Soros could stumble, let alone a rookie like Tan Kaixuan who relied entirely on himself. But after careful consideration, Zhao Fusheng found that he had no reason to stop Tan Kaixuan from entering the financial market.

Because that guy seemed born for it; he had an almost beastly instinct for financial matters.

Although this SARS outbreak would cause a stock market crash, Zhao Fusheng knew it wasn't Tan Kaixuan's fault; it was purely due to national conditions. After all, our country's stock market was different from real foreign stock markets.

Financial rules that worked abroad were all useless in the face of Chinese characteristics.

Even in his previous life, Zhao Fusheng knew that the main reason for Tan Kaixuan's failure wasn't his lack of ability, but that some people didn't play by the rules.

So, this time, the battlefield Zhao Fusheng chose for Tan Kaixuan was Wall Street!