Chapter 390: Using Salary to Create Happiness
After school, Li Quanwang followed Lu Yiming directly to Shijinji's warehouse. There, the printed cards were piled up like mountains, making him dizzy.
Next came the sorted golden legendary cards, a total of 108 cards, placed in a special album and neatly arranged in order, which made Li Quanwang drool.
In addition, sets of rare and common cards were also integrated together, so the album was very thick, with a total of 324 cards stored, a total of 36 pages, with nine cards on each page.
"Here, a full set. Common cards, rare cards, and golden legendary cards. One set of each."
Li Quanwang took the set handed to him by Lu Yiming, stroked the frosted surface of the album, and was so excited that he couldn't calm down for a long time.
Only after he had touched and looked enough did Li Quanwang look up and complain to Lu Yiming, "Why don't you print more golden legendaries? The drop rate is too low. I spent thousands of dollars on it, but not a single one came out."
There is a one in a thousand chance that the goods will not be shipped, which shows that Li Quanwang is also an African.
Lu Yiming smiled and explained to him, "Scarcity makes things valuable. If too many are printed, they will become worthless. And the one thousandth drop rate of a gold legend is just a theoretical drop rate. Some special cards have lower drop rates than regular cards. For example, there are only fifty gold legends of Jade Unicorn Lu Junyi, and the current drop rate is one in two hundred thousand."
It's not just Golden Legendary cards, the drop rate for rare cards and common cards is the same, and some cards have a lower drop rate than others.
Li Quanwang couldn't understand Lu Yiming's intention at all, and couldn't help asking, "Why did you design it this way? Don't you think it's troublesome?"
Facing Li Quanwang's question, Lu Yiming did not hide it: "It is mainly to set up obstacles so that users cannot easily collect all the cards. This will drive them to spend more money to draw cards and increase product sales."
After listening to Lu Yiming's explanation, Li Quanwang was stunned. He felt that the capitalists would call him an expert after hearing this. Then he looked at his friend in silence: "I even doubt whether your heart is pure black, and the ink flowing inside is not blood, you black-hearted capitalist!"
Lu Yiming was quite confident about this: "Look at what you said. I provide products and services, so it is reasonable to receive compensation. You are still too young. You should learn to create happiness with your salary. Do you understand?"
After the two chatted for a while, Lu Yiming urged, "Let's go, it's time to go back to school. I'm telling you, I'm giving you this set, take care of it, don't ask me for it if you need it. According to the bonus rules I set, this set is worth 1.2 million in bonuses."
"One million and two hundred thousand?!"
When Li Quanwang heard this, he was stunned and said immediately, "In other words, when I have no money to spend, I can exchange this thing for 1.2 million in cash?"
"Yes. You are not short of money, let's go."
After returning home, Li Quanwang was so excited that he admired the cards one by one under the desk lamp. He also took out his treasured "Water Margin" and looked at them together. The more he read, the more excited he became. He stayed up all night without realizing it.
Not long after, winter vacation arrived.
As the exam for the last subject ended, Lu Yiming handed in his paper and walked out of the classroom, he breathed a sigh of relief, and his mood improved.
"Finally I can have a good month!"
The study in the third year of high school is still very intense. The various high-intensity reviews and tests are so intense that it can make one's scalp numb. It really can't be called a pleasant experience.
Although Lu Yiming had great ambitions to go to college, he felt a little overwhelmed.
Lu Yiming walked out and happened to meet Shi Qingxue and Cao Jingwen who had also finished their exams.
Shi Qingxue saw Lu Yiming and quickly waved to him.
"Lu Yiming, we are here."
Lu Yiming walked over and asked with a smile: "How did you do in the exam?"
Upon hearing this, Shi Qingxue couldn't help but reveal a distressed expression, pouting her lips: "This exam is so difficult, I can't understand many of the questions."
Cao Jingwen probably didn't do well in the exam either. She was a little depressed and couldn't help but mutter, "It looks like this year is not going to be easy. Lu Yiming, you are really amazing. Your academic performance has been steadily improving. In the last test, you were in the top 100 in the grade. You are completely different now."
Baiyun No. 1 High School has a very high undergraduate admission rate, and those ranked in the top ten have the opportunity to be admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University.
Those in the top 100 can definitely get into a key university, so Cao Jingwen is so envious of Lu Yiming.
For high school students, appearance, family background and money are secondary. Only academic performance is the absolute standard to measure a student's level.
Lu Yiming, who used to be at the bottom of the class, has now gotten rid of the label of a poor student and has soared to become a good student in the eyes of his teachers.
Even in the opinion of the class teacher Zhu Hanwen, if Lu Yiming could concentrate on studying hard, there would be one more paper to write, and it would be no problem for him to get into the top ten.
But it was obvious that Lu Yiming was not interested in this. After all, there were many things in business that consumed his energy and time. He really couldn't concentrate on studying. It would be enough to get a bachelor's degree. Even with his current results, he had already exceeded his expectations when he was just reborn.
Although he was a poor student in his previous life, he had learned all these things before, so he would have some impression of them. In other words, while others were studying, Lu Yiming was reviewing. In addition, English and mathematics, which required a lot of time and energy, were not difficult for him, and he often did exercises at home, so it was reasonable that his academic performance improved significantly.
Cao Jingwen looked at Shi Qingxue, then at Lu Yiming, and asked, "Do you two have time to hang out together during the holidays?"
Shi Qingxue said: "I probably won't go to visit relatives, because my grandmother and uncle will come back from abroad to celebrate the New Year."
Lu Yiming also doesn't like visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year, so he said: "I basically stay at home."
Cao Jingwen was very happy when she heard this and said, "Then let's go out and play together on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year."
Shi Qingxue said: "Let's go home."
Lu Yiming said, "You guys go first. I still have to look for Li Quanwang. I don't know where this guy has gone."
"Okay, let's go first then."
"Bye-Bye."
"Bye-Bye."
Lu Yiming walked around the school and finally found Li Quanwang next to the playground. The boy looked dejected, kicking stones on the side of the playground out of boredom, and was obviously in a bad mood.
Lu Yiming walked over, hooked his arm around Li Quanwang's shoulder, and asked with a smile, "What's wrong? Did you do poorly on the test and have no way to explain yourself when you get home?"
Li Quanwang shook his head slightly and said, "That's not the case. My grades have improved recently, okay?"
After hearing this, Lu Yiming immediately asked curiously, " Why like this? If someone didn't know, they would think you were cheated of your money and sex."
"Bah, bah, bah, you are the one being cheated out of your money and sex!"
Li Quanwang did not hide anything from Lu Yiming and immediately explained the reason: "Isn't Gu Zhiruo going back to Zhonghai to celebrate the New Year? When I think about not being able to see her during the entire winter vacation, I feel empty inside."
After hearing this, Lu Yiming immediately looked at Li Quanwang as if he was looking at a fool: "It's not like you can't afford a flight ticket. If you want to go out with her, why don't you just buy a ticket and fly to Zhonghai?"
Li Quanwang suddenly came to his senses: "That's right, it's not like I don't have money..."
In the final analysis, Li Quanwang had been poor for too long. In the past ten years, he had been unable to solve any problem that could be solved with money. Baiyun City was so far away from Zhonghai, and he was so busy thinking about not being able to see anyone during the entire winter vacation that he forgot that he was already worth millions. What was out of reach for many people was nothing to him.
What is the biggest factor hindering travel?
First of all, the distance is far.
Secondly, there is the issue of accommodation.
But these problems can be solved with money.
If a problem can be solved with money, is it still a problem?
Whether it is buying plane tickets or staying in a luxury hotel after arriving in Zhonghai, everything can be easily done as long as you spend money.
Li Quanwang, whose worries disappeared, immediately turned into the cheerful idiot he usually was. He had already started thinking about when to go to Zhonghai to visit Gu Zhiruo at the beginning of the year. He exuded the sour smell of love.
Seeing that Li Quanwang's mood had returned to normal, Lu Yiming didn't say much. After all, love is a matter between men and women, and he shouldn't interfere too much.
He just warned, "If you want to go play, don't stay out too long, after all, you still have to deal with the Internet cafe business."
Li Quanwang made an OK gesture and said, "It's OK. I'll do the job. Don't worry."
The winter in Guangdong Province is not too cold. When there is heavy snow in the north, the temperature in Baiyun is still around 10 degrees.
Winter vacation is a rare free time, and Lu Yiming plans to take advantage of this time to carefully inspect the operations of the various companies under his name.
The first person Lu Yiming contacted was Zhang Jinlai of Jingyi Real Estate.
Zhang Jinlai, who hadn't received a call from Lu Yiming for almost half a month, felt a little excited when he heard Lu Yiming's voice.
"Mr. Lu."
Lu Yiming smiled and asked, "Lao Zhang, how is the recent situation of Jingyi Real Estate?"
Zhang Jinlai reported: "Thanks to Mr. Lu, the commercial plaza project jointly developed by Jingyi Real Estate and Jingwan Group has attracted attention in the industry in Nan'an."
Then, Zhang Jinlai seemed to remember something and continued, "The land that Li Chaoren and his son bought really shows no signs of being developed. Mr. Lu, you really got it right!"
Lu Yiming felt much more at ease. It seemed that many things were still developing along the previous trajectory and had not changed because of his rebirth.
"Isn't that perfect? As the saying goes, there can't be two tigers on one mountain. Li Chaoren is hoarding land and is reluctant to sell it. This means that the commercial plaza project we are developing will have one less competitor. Once the project is completed, we can use our first-mover advantage to create a siphon effect and attract a large number of high-quality businesses to move in."
Although he had learned this key information from Lu Yiming a long time ago, when it really happened in front of him, Zhang Jinlong was still amazed at Lu Yiming's accurate judgment.
"Thanks to your planning, Boss Lu, we have all the advantages, including the right time, right place, and right people. It will be hard for us not to succeed now."
At this moment, Zhang Jinlai is really full of energy. He still remembers the goal of achieving a market value of 20 billion within two years.
Lu Yiming reminded: "If Jingyi Real Estate wants to develop rapidly, it is best to start with commercial plaza projects. As the country's reform and opening up continues to deepen, the domestic economic development speed will become faster and faster. When ordinary people have money in their hands, they always want to eat, drink and have fun. It is always right to meet this part of the demand."
Zhang Jinlai said admiringly: "It is true."
Lu Yiming then continued, "Many places in China now lack independent large-scale commercial districts that integrate multiple functions such as shopping, catering, culture, and entertainment. So instead of competing with other real estate companies for commodity housing users, we might as well invest our energy in real estate projects with higher added value, such as large commercial centers, urban pedestrian streets, five-star hotels, office buildings, and apartments."
Zhang Jinlai was naturally convinced by Lu Yiming's vision.
"I understand, Mr. Lu."
Lu Yiming was too lazy to spend too much time on Lean Real Estate. As far as ability was concerned, Zhang Jinlai was quite capable. As long as he was given the right direction, he was fully capable of putting the company on the fast track of development.
So Lu Yiming simply became a hands-off boss, basically only responsible for spending money. Anyway, the funds that Lin Shuyi asked him to manage had not been used up, and there was still plenty of "ammunition" reserves.
After Zhang Jinlai completes the commercial real estate project in Nanwan and accumulates enough construction and management experience, Lean Real Estate's plaza project can be quickly replicated.
This is actually the model of Wanda Plaza in the future, and Lu Yiming's start is even better than Lao Wang's.
After all, although Lao Wang has a strong background, he still has to borrow money from the bank to build the house, which means he has to be controlled by others to a certain extent.
If anyone ever caused trouble for him through the bank, Wanda's business empire would immediately fall into a precarious situation.
But Lu Yiming is different. Lean Real Estate can raise funds through the Future Fund in Hong Kong. After all, the annual interest rate is only 10%, which is nothing compared to the profit from a commercial plaza.
This is called borrowing chickens to lay eggs!
What’s even better is that Lu Yiming doesn’t need to get involved in the specific operations at all. He can just leave the financial issues to his cousin Li Yiwen, while the specific work will be done by workers like Zhang Jinlai.
As a capitalist, Lu Yiming would of course choose to make money without doing anything.
After chatting with Zhang Jinlai, it was already noon. Ning Xuehua called him and asked him to go back for lunch.
He saved the files in the computer and returned home under the escort of Zhao Tiezhu.
Not long after Lu Yiming came back, there was a knock on the door. Lu Yiming went to open the door and saw that it was his cousin Luo Rujun and Duan Letian.
As soon as he entered the room, Duan Letian hugged Lu Yiming's legs and burst into tears.
"Cousin, I'm so miserable."
