Rebirth 1983: Building My Business Empire-Chapter 597 - 580: Thinking of Starting a Car Factory

Lu Jiaxin plans to keep the funds in Little Days and Star City for local investments, so these funds won’t be transferred back. However, here in Hong Kong, the funds in Xinxin Real Estate’s account combined with the sale of stocks and the Nikkei Index total 6.13 billion. Such a large sum of money can’t all be used to buy land; she plans to use half of it to stockpile land and purchase quality properties. The remaining half will be used for other investments.

Nie Zhan asked, "What investments do you plan to make with this money?"

He suggested she diversify her investments. You shouldn’t put all your eggs in one basket; apart from clothing and leasing businesses, there are many industries you can venture into.

"I have no idea. Do you have any suggestions?"

Nie Zhan thought for a moment and said, "In Hong Kong, apart from real estate and finance, the restaurant, manufacturing, and retail industries are thriving, and foreign trade and shipping are also okay, it depends on what interests you."

Lu Jiaxin pondered for a moment and then amazed everyone by saying, "Ah Zhan, I want to open a car factory. What do you think?"

Nie Zhan was taken aback.

Seeing his reaction, Lu Jiaxin quickly patted him and poured him a glass of water: "Didn’t you just say there’s potential in manufacturing? That’s why I thought of making cars."

Nie Zhan said somewhat helplessly, "When I said there’s potential in manufacturing, I meant investing, not starting a car-making company; do you know how much capital it takes to open a car factory?"

"A car factory is not like clothing; many technologies are confidential. You can’t make large items like generators on your own; you’ll have to rely on imports, which will reduce the profits significantly."

Lu Jiaxin naturally knew: "We can collaborate with others. Just like Mainland, we can form joint ventures with foreign car companies to learn their technology and management methods."

Enduring his patience, Nie Zhan said, "But we need a foundation first! The Mainland car factories have a complete industrial system, just lagging in technology, and we have nothing!"

Lu Jiaxin said, "Isn’t it perfect that we have money now? We can acquire a company and then hire someone knowledgeable to manage it. Your friend’s family in SL is quite powerful; we can ask him to connect us and cooperate with the car factories there!"

At this point, there was no way Nie Zhan didn’t understand: "You’re still convinced SL will collapse?"

If SL collapses, the country will definitely fall into chaos, and the economy will be the first to suffer. Then the economy will completely collapse, leading to inflation and skyrocketing prices. The worst-hit by war are the ordinary people, as they can’t even eat.

In a situation where people are starving and approaching death, confidentiality becomes meaningless. As long as they can fill their stomachs, they won’t blink an eye when it comes to killing and looting, let alone some confidential information and equipment.

Lu Jiaxin said, "I have collected quite a bit of data on SL, and I’m increasingly certain SL will collapse within three or four years. By then, we can buy and move the partner’s machinery and equipment here, and also bring their experts, senior engineers, and families to Hong Kong."

These experts or senior engineers’ families will stay in Hong Kong, while they go to work at the car factory. She’s already thought it through; the car factory will be built in Yangcheng City for convenience in commuting.

Nie Zhan looked at her steadily and after a moment said, "Jiaxin, business knows no borders, and neither should business people. You are too emotionally attached to the Mainland, which isn’t a good thing."

Building a car factory is a time-consuming, labor-intensive, and unprofitable endeavor, yet Jiaxin insisted on doing it and even prepared the capital. Her goal isn’t to make money at all but to develop the automotive industry in the Mainland.

Lu Jiaxin shook her head and said, "I agree that business knows no borders, but business people have borders. Only when my country is strong can I go abroad without facing discrimination and humiliation."

"Ah Zhan, that land birthed and nurtured me, and I just want to contribute to it. If you don’t want to, then forget it; I’ll think of another way."

Nie Zhan reminded her, "Do you know being so close to the Mainland will affect your business in the future?"

Lu Jiaxin said indifferently, "With the money I’ve earned now, I can’t spend it all in ten lifetimes. If I can’t do business, then I won’t, and I’ll travel the world instead."

Not doing business doesn’t mean she can’t keep making money. With her foresight into future events, she could completely operate behind the scenes.

Nie Zhan laughed helplessly, "Where did all your drive go?"

Seeing Jiaxin work so hard, he was afraid of being left behind and tried to earn more money. But now, he’s so busy he hardly has any vacation left, while this girl only wants to eat, drink, and have fun.

Lu Jiaxin rolled her eyes at him, "Back then, I worked hard because I was poor. I’ve now made hundreds of billions; lying down, there’s income every day, so why work so hard? We only live for a few decades; of course, we should enjoy life thoroughly."

Nie Zhan couldn’t argue with her, so he immediately turned back to the previous topic: "Why are you sure SL will collapse in three to four years?"

She couldn’t tell him she was clairvoyant, so Lu Jiaxin used her old trick to dodge his question, "Intuition."

Recalling Lu Jiaxin said that her right eyelid twitched as a sign of disaster last month, he said, "Last month, your right eyelid twitched, and you said there would be disaster, but now it’s May, and it’s still peaceful. Jiaxin, your intuition isn’t accurate."

Lu Jiaxin didn’t expect to shoot herself in the foot, but she wouldn’t give up so easily: "If you don’t agree, I’ll find someone else to partner with."

Seeing her so stubborn, Nie Zhan had no choice but to say, "We have many overseas investments, especially nearly twenty billion greenbacks invested in America. Jiaxin, you shouldn’t invest in the Mainland car factory..."

When Nie Zhan saw Lu Jiaxin about to speak, he shook his head to stop her: "You’re not just opening a car factory to make money; you want to steal SL’s advanced technology to develop the domestic automotive industry rapidly. If they find out, our investments in America might go up in smoke."

Lu Jiaxin wasn’t happy about it: "What do you mean by ’steal’? I’m planning to buy, buy—do you understand?" ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

What buying? If as she said, SL collapses, buying machinery and technology amid chaos wouldn’t cost much. Saying it’s buying is really exploiting the situation; of course, this requires careful planning, otherwise, by the time you enter the factory, there won’t be a single part left.

Nie Zhan said, "If you insist on building a factory, you can, but you can’t do it yourself; you can invest and let Su Heyuan implement it. With the Xie Family backing him, he’s most suitable for the job."

Investing in a project upon seeing its potential for profit is different from personally managing a factory. Since Jiaxin’s goal isn’t to make money, she could just withdraw her investment once her goal is achieved.

Lu Jiaxin didn’t object this time: "I’ll follow your advice."

America boasts about equality and human rights but engages in unscrupulous deeds. When els and wkl were at war, they seized els oligarchs’ money and shamelessly claimed it would aid wkl. So Nie Zhan’s words just now were not alarmist.

Nie Zhan looked at her and said, "Jiaxin, if you want me to connect the dots, it must be because your intuition is accurate this time. Otherwise, I still need to observe further."

Observe what? Naturally, observe the situation in SL. Although there are numerous internal conflicts within SL, it hasn’t reached the point of collapse, and there’s no sign of it yet.

Lu Jiaxin looked at him with resentment.

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