Chapter 2437: Chapter 2235: Five Times a Day

Just like that cowboy toy the main character has in Toy Story.

The only thing that really left an impression on Song Xiaodong was that this man had an extremely bright pair of eyes, like black glass marbles faintly glowing in the dim light.

Must’ve grown up on cod liver oil.

Seeing this legendary Boss Niu step out of the car, Zhou Yuanzhi excitedly opened his own door and hopped out.

"Hello, Boss Niu! Hello, Boss Niu!" Zhou Yuanzhi reached out his hand, wanting to shake hands with Boss Niu.

"Well, if it isn’t Zhou Yuanzhi, Director Zhou!" Boss Niu recognized Zhou Yuanzhi too and reached out to shake his hand.

"I don’t deserve that, don’t deserve that. I never expected even Boss Niu would come to Master Futian’s ritual today. Being able to meet you thanks to this opportunity, I’m really so honored!" Zhou Yuanzhi held onto Boss Niu’s hand and wouldn’t let go.

Boss Niu was very pleased with himself, nodding in satisfaction while listening to Zhou Yuanzhi butter him up.

"Mr. Song, come meet Boss Niu!" Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Song Xiaodong was hiding in the car, unwilling to get out. Afraid that Xiaodong would miss this chance to meet an internet titan in person, he hurriedly called out to him.

Song Xiaodong really couldn’t be bothered to get out, but he hadn’t expected Zhou Yuanzhi to主动 call him over. He had no choice but to put on a smile, push open the door, step out of the car, and walk up to Boss Niu.

"Mr. Song, this is Niu Yun of Taotao Net, Mr. Niu. Mr. Niu has been all the rage lately, he’s about to be the richest man!" Zhou Yuanzhi introduced Niu Yun to Song Xiaodong.

"Hello, Mr. Niu." Song Xiaodong politely extended his hand to Niu Yun.

Niu Yun sized up Song Xiaodong from head to toe. He didn’t know this young man, and this young man, upon seeing him, actually didn’t get out of the car—only came down after Zhou Yuanzhi called him. That was one hell of an attitude, so his first impression of this clueless youngster was extremely bad.

But Niu Yun didn’t show it. Since the young man had already politely extended his hand, he had to give him some face, so he also reached out and shook hands with Song Xiaodong.

But he did not take the initiative to ask who Song Xiaodong was, to make his aloofness clear.

Since Niu Yun didn’t ask, Song Xiaodong didn’t say anything either. After both of them withdrew their hands, they just stood there face to face, silently sizing each other up.

Zhou Yuanzhi glanced at Song Xiaodong, then at Niu Yun, and hurriedly stepped in with a big smile to smooth things over: "Mr. Niu, this is our Minghe’s Mr. Song Xiaodong, Mr. Song, the boss of our Minghe Su Group, a big boss with assets in the hundreds of billions."

Niu Yun only nodded slightly. Although he really hadn’t expected this young man in front of him to be so rich, he still didn’t overreact.

Because he, Niu Yun, had more money than Song Xiaodong.

"So that means he’s a local here in Minghe then." Niu Yun immediately picked up the thread with a smile.

"Yes, all my operations are in Minghe." Song Xiaodong also smiled and nodded in reply.

"Mm, with labor costs rising in the real economy, changes in tax policy, overly complex business structures, and industrial chains that are too long, it’s indeed very hard to do. For Mr. Song to operate only in Minghe and still sit on a fortune of hundreds of billions, you really are quite a talent." Niu Yun added.

On the surface those words sounded like praise for Song Xiaodong, but in fact they laid out all the drawbacks of the real economy.

Chapter 2238: Even Pigs Can Fly

Someone like Song Xiaodong, who does investment, doesn’t directly participate in the management of the companies he owns. The ratio between investment and return isn’t that high, mainly because production and operating costs are too high. What Niu Yun said wasn’t wrong, but when you’re meeting someone for the first time, clearly pretending to praise him while listing all the flaws of his line of work, it comes off a bit combative.

After all, Niu Yun could be said to have shot up in one step—from an English cram school teacher to a worshipped internet tycoon overnight. Everyone around him fawns over him; the slightest hint of neglect is unacceptable. For a youngster like Song Xiaodong to actually hide in the car and not come out, clearly not knowing his place, Niu Yun genuinely wanted to knock this kid’s arrogance down a peg.

"My little bit of industry doesn’t amount to much in Boss Niu’s eyes. When I took over Su Corporation, its operating framework was already like this. If I wanted to reform it, I’d have to use drastic measures. I’m just a守成之君, really don’t have the kind of boldness Boss Niu has. Going from 1 to 10,000 isn’t that hard; going from 0 to 1 is tough. I often hear people say, when you’re standing at the edge of a gale, even pigs can take off. I don’t think that makes much sense. Times make heroes, and heroes also shape their times, don’t they? Haven’t there been quite a few internet big shots lately whose companies went under, who then grabbed the money and ran overseas? Even if a pig can fly standing at the edge of a gale, it can only fly there, it can’t go far. But a real bull like Boss Niu stands high and flies far—that’s what truly makes a junior like me admire you!" Song Xiaodong cocked his head and squinted at Boss Niu with a smile as he spoke.

What Song Xiaodong said wasn’t pleasant either—pigs this, bulls that.

Boss Niu and Song Xiaodong both cocked their heads and squinted at each other without moving, as if whoever blinked first would lose.

But Xiaodong had actually trained for this. Back when he practiced shooting and aiming, they weren’t allowed to blink; whoever blinked had to go run laps.

Soon enough, Boss Niu lost, his eyes turning to Zhou Yuanzhi. He said to him, "Director Zhou, Mr. Song’s name wasn’t on Master Futian’s invitation list, was it?"

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