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Chapter 679: Chapter 583 - Not Giving Up (Please Subscribe!) _1
After Chai Ren left.
Zheng Lin also went home.
Tang Qing took Lin Jiaxue back to their room.
After putting down their things.
"Jiaxue, you watch some TV first, I’m going to chat with Uncle Kai and Uncle Liu," Tang Qing said to Lin Jiaxue. Lin Jiaxue wasn’t interested in business, so it would be unfair to ask her to listen in.
"Uh-huh." Lin Jiaxue obediently nodded.
Tang Qing turned around and went out.
Without needing the service staff to lead the way, he quickly found Uncle Kai’s location, guided by the ’navigation’ in his ear.
On one side of the tea house.
Tang Kai and Liu Qian were happily chatting away. The subject of their conversation was Tang Qing. Liu Qian knew how much Tang Kai valued his nephew Tang Qing, so he steered the conversation towards Tang Qing’s company, then to Sky Eye, and then... the topics kept expanding from there.
When Tang Qing arrived, they were still talking. He nodded at Liu Qian’s bodyguard, Monkey, and sat down directly.
"Uncle Liu, Uncle Kai, I’m here."
"Little Tang, you’ve finally arrived." Saying this, Liu Qian quickly poured Tang Qing a cup of tea.
"Uncle Liu, you’ve been looking much more spirited recently," Tang Qing observed, studying Liu Qian, whom he hadn’t seen in a while.
At this, Liu Qian happily said: "Haha, all thanks to the fruit wine your Uncle Kai has been selling. I drink it every day and feel so much better. After I started drinking that wine, I seldom drink coffee or tea. Even my white hair has lessened, it’s like a miracle."
"Hmm... does it have that effect?" Tang Qing asked, baffled.
He knew about the calming effect, but could it really turn white hair black?
He had no idea.
He always thought his Uncle Kai’s hair turned black because of the seafood from the training area.
"Of course. I feel like the wine’s benefits are much more than what’s being advertised. There are many other functionalities that haven’t been discovered yet. Boss Tang, you can’t cut off my supply," Liu Qian joked.
"How could I? As long as I have the wine, I won’t cut off your supply. Besides, the production of fruit wine is expanding. I’m wondering if the market will be saturated in a few years," Tang Kai laughed.
"No way, this is a consumable product. We’re actually worried that you won’t produce enough." Liu Qian shook his head vigorously. With its taste and benefits, it would never saturate. As long as there are rich people in the world who have no substitutes, it would always be in demand.
"That’s good, the situation these next few years should be good then," Tang Kai said.
"I’m so jealous of you, being able to represent such a product. You can drink it freely without any restrictions," Liu Qian sincerely envied him. It was easy money, as if he was earning it lying in bed. People even eagerly gave him money asking for the distributors’ rights.
There weren’t many businesses in the world that were easy money like this.
"Hehe..." When this was mentioned, Tang Kai unintentionally glanced at Tang Qing. Without Tang Qing’s connections, how could this pie have fallen into his lap? Anyone who got their hands on this wildly popular item could make a fortune.
He was puzzled.
Such a profitable business, why didn’t Tang Qing’s friends or Tang Qing himself do it? The profit wasn’t small. The earnings in a year were in the billions. Unless... they didn’t care about such profit?
Tang Kai shook his head vehemently, thinking that he might be going crazy.
How is that possible?
"Tangtang, Ling gave me a few basic industry projects. I’m thinking of integrating them to focus on mass market products. Do you want in?" Tang Kai asked, still hopeful of making money with Tang Qing.
"Uhhh...naw, it’s too much of a hassle." Tang Qing shook his head firmly. Other than what he wanted to do, he wouldn’t personally participate in any other ’schemes’, even if they were his own.
He initially wanted to start a real business with Sheng Tang Group. Additionally, he didn’t know the banking system would eventually become so large as he hadn’t unlocked the mall at that time.
Sky Eye Consulting was untouchable, that was his ticket to becoming an absentee landlord.
Zhongyu Special Guard, a bodyguard company, was also necessary.
Comet Film and Television fulfilled a dream.
All of the above are companies in which he held absolute control. He is interested in these. The real estate company in which he doesn’t hold control was only there to keep relationships with Chai Ren. There is no need to interfere if he is not interested.
Especially when doing business with his own uncle, it’s better to keep things clear.
"..." Tang Kai was at a loss for words. Tang Qing found making money with these businesses a hassle.
Liu Qian was also curious about what Tang Kai wanted to do?
"Boss Tang, what business are you planning to do?" Liu Qian asked out of curiosity. It was a strange uncle-nephew duo. One kept offering money, and the other persistently rejected it. This kind of relationship was quite rare.
But perhaps it was because Tang Qing was the only male descendant in this generation of the Tang family, so it was normal for him to be adored a bit more.
Tang Kai explained, "I have several factories under my control that I’m planning to consolidate for the electric car business. I intend to do everything, from manufacturing spare parts to building a brand. The outlook should be quite good. Electric cars are still very expensive in Thailand. If possible, I would also invest domestically, importing parts from my factories for assembly."
The system’s analysis had already confirmed this would be a lucrative business.
"What is the cost of electric vehicles?" Liu Qian asked.
"Very low," Tang Kai’s answer was simple. Because there were no finished products, he couldn’t provide a specific cost. But based on the assessment, if sold at market price, the business would be ridiculously profitable.
"Can factories be built in mainland China? I’m quite optimistic about this market too," Liu Qian showed interest. This was something Tang Kai must have consulted the system about. If it were feasible, it meant that this was a viable business.
"That might not be possible; only assembly plants can be established. At the moment, all the equipment there is restricted from export," Tang Kai stated.
Tang Kai knew clearly that the equipment supplied by Myanmar Bank Group was not truly yours once bought. You have the ownership, but without the Myanmar Bank Group’s approval, it can not be moved.
It seems Zero’s goal is not to create an equipment export zone but a complete industrial chain cluster. Unless construction was completed or backward production capacities needed to be eliminated, it would be impossible to export equipment in the short term.
"Then we can only perform assembly." Liu Qian was a little disappointed. If it was only mere assembly, then he wouldn’t be involved. At this moment, he was deeply curious about that territory.
"Yes. An industrial chain cluster capable of producing all the necessary parts has been established, though it’s still somewhat immature, there is absolutely no problem with the technology. I plan to sell finished products and simultaneously enlarge the size of the factory to wholesale and customize spare parts," Tang Kai explained.
In reality, the plan the system suggested goes beyond this. Electric vehicles are simply a straightforward technological product. The industries derived from special steel, batteries, and rubber are numerous, and there are many industries that need these three products.
But at present, what Tang Kai wants to do most is the electric vehicle business, because it provides fast profits.
The three men sat in the tea room, discussing business. The bodyguards stood nearby, maintaining alert.
Without them realizing it,
It was already midnight. The tea room was basically empty, but these two days were special. All services were operating around the clock, with the wait staff working in shifts. The overtime wage every day was five times higher than usual.
This money all came from Chai Ren as a kind of bonus, hence the wait staff were all full of energy. A few days of overtime meant fifty percent more pay for the month, what an excellent deal.
At that moment,
The three men were somewhat weary and each retired to their rooms.
This time, Tang Qing was not assigned to the top-level room. It wasn’t that Tang Qing and Tang Kai weren’t important, but those rooms were reserved for the first and second highest-ranking officials from various provinces. These were all high-ranking officials who couldn’t be ignored.
Tang Qing didn’t mind this in the slightest.
It was just a room after all. Only if he had lost his mind would he quarrel with those big shots over such a thing. Was he seeking fun in his life, or courting disaster?
A normal room was just fine.
A large room would just feel empty.
When Tang Qing returned to the room, Lin Jiaxue was still awake, curled up on the sofa watching TV. From her appearance, it seemed Lin Jiaxue had already taken a bath due to the cold weather in Beijing, and her hair had already been blow-dried.
"You aren’t asleep yet?" Tang Qing sat down, wrapped his arm around Lin Jiaxue and whispered.
"I can’t sleep." Seeing Tang Qing, Lin Jiaxue smiled charmingly.
In a foreign place, on a foreign bed, without Tang Qing by her side, how could she fall asleep? More importantly, after getting into the routine, Lin Jiaxue felt something was missing if she didn’t get a little exercise before bed.
Seeing Lin Jiaxue’s expression, Tang Qing laughed and felt proud. Lin Jiaxue had already been deeply influenced by him, and had shown signs of being a bit proactive - a definite improvement. Tang Qing chuckled,
"Wife, I understand. Your husband is here..."
He pounced on Lin Jiaxue like a wolf. However, she insisted that he take a bath first. Tang Qing didn’t argue, he quickly took a bath, and came back to resume their spirited horseplay.
While Tang Qing was enacting a story of ’land and bull’,
Chai Ren’s house,
Despite the fact that his son was getting married today, it wasn’t a rest day. So Chai Guoqiang had stayed at the office until his work was done before returning home. Once he was back, he called his son into his room. Looking at his son, who was about to get married, Chai Guoqiang couldn’t help but sigh, ’Time waits for no man.’
Over the years, Chai Ren had been helping the family manage their mining business, interacting with many people, traveling all over the country and the world. Although Chai Ren was not yet 30, he had already developed some faint wrinkles in the corners of his eyes.
This was quite pronounced.
However, this was unavoidable; the family business definitely needed someone to manage it. He didn’t trust fringe family members, Chai Ren’s older brother was in politics, his second brother was in the military and both were competent. But Chai Ren didn’t like that lifestyle and chose this path instead.
Tomorrow was Chai Ren’s wedding.
His older and second brothers had already come back, but they were staying with their grandfather. Chai Ren was free and could anytime visit his grandfather. But his brothers rarely came home; his older brother was always out of town, and his second brother was always in the army. They had little time to visit, so each time they came back, they had to stay with their grandfather.
"Have Tang Qing and his nephew arrived?" Chai Guoqiang asked.
"One arrived in the morning, the other just now," Chai Ren nodded and replied.
"Okay, arrange for a meeting with them the morning after tomorrow. I’ll have a talk with them."
"Alright."
