Reborn in 95, I unearthed a gold mine after the family split up.

At this moment, he smiled and reached out his hand again to shake hands with Li Kaiming.

When Zhang Dong grasped his hand, Li Kaiming stared wide-eyed in astonishment, his face full of confusion.

"Let me introduce myself again. I am Zhang Dong, the boss of Ba Zong Company. I am here today to discuss cooperation with you."

Li Kaiming's expression darkened further after Zhang Dong said that.

The reason their company secretly opened in this remote town was to avoid attracting attention.

But now, the rightful owner has finally come knocking on their door. You see, the products they were secretly producing infringed on their production patent.

As a doctoral supervisor, Li Kaiming couldn't possibly be unaware of this.

But the huge profits made him start a counterfeit factory without hesitation...

"Mr. Zhang, please stop joking. We've been caught red-handed. You can punish us as you see fit."

Seeing Li Kaiming before him, after a brief moment of shock, he had calmed down and made such a statement, so Zhang Dong smiled and nodded again.

In such a short time, the other party has already calmed down. Their mental fortitude is truly remarkable. No wonder they are a top student.

"Hahaha." As he thought this, Zhang Dong couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Mr. Li, it seems you've misunderstood something."

Zhang Dong's words surprised Li Kaiming greatly.

"What misunderstanding? Mr. Zhang, don't tease me. Did you come to us not to sue us, but to talk business?"

"After all, your initial claim was to sell our phones, so please stop this."

Li Kaiming looked dejected as he said this.

"Haha, Mr. Li, I'm not joking. I really came here to talk business with you."

Li Kaiming's eyes widened again as he looked Zhang Dong up and down with a puzzled expression, before finally asking the question impatiently.

"Mr. Zhang, you mean..."

Zhang Dong smiled and said, "I heard that Mr. Li resigned from his position as a doctoral supervisor to start his own business. That's really impressive."

"We had someone design such a high-end phone, and you guys have already copied it."

Upon hearing Zhang Dong's words, Li Kaiming initially thought he was being sarcastic, but judging from Zhang Dong's expression, it didn't seem so.

This only made him more and more puzzled.

However, although he was very anxious and wanted to find out Zhang Dong's purpose as soon as possible.

But he didn't interrupt Zhang Dong; he just grinned wryly.

Li Kaiming was also quite shocked. He didn't expect that the boss of the Ba Zong Company was so young, about the same age as himself, to have created such a large group company.

As a doctoral supervisor, he started his own business, imitating other people's products and making money by selling counterfeit mobile phones. He was caught red-handed.

In the current situation, let alone if someone mocks him, or even slaps him, he has no choice but to accept it obediently.

After all, their illegal factories made money by using other people's products, causing enormous harm to those people.

The person in question just showed up at his door, which startled him.

At first, I thought they were customers referred by a colleague, but I didn't expect they were there to expose a fraud.

Although Zhang Dong praised their company's ability to imitate, Li Kaiming knew that they were just playing a trick on him.

So although he seemed to be listening calmly, Li Kaiming was still uneasy, his heart pounding wildly.

"I just stood outside and saw your production workshop. With such inferior equipment, yet your employees produced such high-end mobile phones. That truly impresses me..."

Upon hearing Zhang Dong's praise, Li Kaiming blushed deeply.

Since he was just starting out and didn't have much start-up capital, he set up this knock-off factory in this place because it was very hidden and not easy to be discovered.

Even their production equipment is low-end, since they are starting a business for the first time and cannot afford high-end equipment due to a lack of capital accumulation.

To put it bluntly, their factory doesn't even have a door; it's just a large archway.

It is probably this point that allowed Zhang Dong to see the condition of their production workshop.

"Mr. Zhang, please stop mocking me. We admit defeat now. Do whatever you want with us."

"Now that you've caught me, I'll accept whatever you do..."

Seeing Li Kaiming make this promise with a flushed face, Zhang Dong smiled and asked him a question.

"You really accept everything?"

Li Kaiming nodded, his face flushed: "That's right. Now that you've caught me, I have nothing to say. After all, I've been counterfeiting your products. Whether it's a lawsuit or civil compensation, whether it's settled publicly or privately, I'll follow your arrangements..."

Seeing that the other party's attitude in admitting their mistake was quite good, Zhang Dong burst into laughter.

“I told you you misunderstood me, but you didn’t believe me. I really came here to discuss cooperation with you.”

Li Kaiming's eyes widened again.

If he had previously thought that the young boss had come to their door to sue them and that he was just joking with them, he no longer had that thought.

After all, the other party has said it several times already.

"Mr. Zhang, are you really here to discuss cooperation with us?"

Seeing the other person's puzzled expression, Zhang Dong put away his smile and nodded.

"That's right, my idea is that our two companies should join forces in the future to jointly develop the mobile phone market."

"What? What?" Li Kaiming, who had just sat down, jumped up again in shock, his face filled with disbelief.

He had been on tenterhooks ever since he learned of Zhang Dong's identity.

Although the other party said several times that they were there to cooperate with them, he didn't believe it at all and thought they were just playing a trick on him.

It's normal for him to have that mindset just now; otherwise, where would the saying "the cat plays with the mouse" come from?

Unexpectedly, what the other party said was actually true.

"Mr. Zhang, how could you possibly have such a thought?"

"Look, you're even stuttering."

Seeing the other person's shock, Zhang Dong stood up, smiled, and patted him on the shoulder.

"Mr. Li, please calm down. Let's sit down and discuss this matter in detail."

Li Kaiming then patted his chest before sitting down again.

Next, Zhang Dong did not continue discussing the cooperation issue, but instead asked Li Kaiming a question.

"As a doctoral supervisor, why did you start your own business, and even make counterfeit mobile phones?"

Upon being asked, Li Kaiming explained the situation with a wry smile.

"I am very indignant about the seniority system and factionalism in academia."

Zhang Dong listened attentively with a smile throughout as Li Kaiming poured out his grievances.

"Mr. Zhang, I couldn't stand the bad practice of seniority-based ranking in academia, which is why I resolutely resigned."

"I was a bit lost after I came out, but your company's product presentation caught my eye. I never thought you could make a phone like this."

"While I felt a sense of regret, I was also quite indignant. As a doctoral supervisor, where exactly did I fall short?"