Chapter 429 I Reveal Myself
A few days later, one night, Li Quanwang came to play with Lu Yiming right after school. When he mentioned that Lu Yiming didn't go to class, he still found it hard to believe: "So, were you really recruited by Fu Ri University?"
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Li Quanwang was immediately envious: "You are fine. Now it doesn't matter whether you go to class or not. I still have to suffer for two or three months. I feel miserable just thinking about it."
Lu Yiming laughed and patted Li Quanwang on the shoulder: "Just be content. When you look back on this time, it will be a wonderful time. By the way, how are your grades recently?"
When Li Quanwang heard Lu Yiming's question, he actually showed an embarrassed expression on his face. He raised his hand and scratched the back of his head before telling the truth: "Gu Zhiruo has been helping me with my homework in the villa recently. I think as long as I perform beyond my level, it shouldn't be a problem to get into college."
Lu Yiming was shocked when he heard this: "Have you two progressed to this point? Go to the villa to help you with your homework?"
"Yes, Zhiruo and I have already discussed that we will apply to Zhonghai University together. It doesn't matter what major we choose. The most important thing is to be close to Fu Ri University."
After all, he had heard that Lu Yiming was admitted to Fu Ri University. Li Quanwang knew that everything he had now was brought to him by Lu Yiming, so of course he would not stay too far away from Lu Yiming. After all, only by following the big guys can you get meat to eat. The one who is close to the water gets the moon first, and the flowers and trees facing the sun get spring early.
It just so happened that Gu Zhiruo herself also supported this matter, so Li Quanwang made up his mind to develop in Zhonghai.
After hearing this, Lu Yiming didn't know what to say. Although Gu Zhiruo had superb tea art skills, it must be said that she was indeed a good wife who could help a man in his career and could help him with many things.
By analogy, she is probably the super beggar version of Lu Zhi, the kind of woman who helps men achieve success. Whether in terms of intelligence or means, she is obviously online, much stronger than Li Quanwang.
With Gu Zhiruo "giving advice" to Li Quanwang, Lu Yiming didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing, but it was okay this way, anyway, he had the backup. Even if Gu Zhiruo dug a hole to bury Li Quanwang, Lu Yiming could dig him out at any time, so he didn't bother to care about it and could only wait and see.
Lu Yiming teased, "Good fellow, it seems that you have made rapid progress due to the nourishment of love during this period. If anyone says that premature love is bad again, I will drag the two of you out and slap you in the face!"
At this time, Lu Yiming's phone rang. Li Yiwen, who had already gone to the United States, called and said to Lu Yiming, "I have already arrived. I am currently visiting the headquarters of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation in Georgia."
Lu Yiming calculated the time and found that Li Yiwen had been there for a few days, so he casually asked about the progress: "How is it? What do you think after the visit?"
Li Yiwen was silent for a moment, then he sighed and said, "You wouldn't know it if you didn't come here. The aviation industry in the United States is so developed, and the number of private jets is extremely astonishing. Here, the rich buying airplanes is no different from us going to the supermarket to buy vegetables. It seems that in terms of economic development, our Xia country still has a long way to go."
Lu Yiming knew that what Li Yiwen said was true. Thinking about the future until the moment of his rebirth, domestic civil aircraft would take ten days or half a month to fly into the sky. Lu Yiming felt powerless.
He sighed and said, "Although I don't want to admit it, the United States is indeed recognized as the country with the most advanced and most advanced general aviation development. Since the successful flight of the Wright brothers in 1903, the United States has a century-long history of general aviation development. How can it be so easy for other countries to catch up or even surpass it?"
According to data from the United States General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) in 2013, there are more than 360,000 general aviation aircraft in the world, and the United States alone accounts for more than half of them, with nearly 210,000 general aviation aircraft!
Among the more than 5,000 public airports in the United States, less than 500 serve commercial aviation, and the rest are used for general aviation, providing services specifically for various private aircraft. The entire general aviation industry contributes more than 150 billion US dollars to the United States' economy each year and creates more than 1.2 million jobs.
In comparison, by around 2012, the total number of civil aircraft in Xia country was only 3,589, not even a fraction of the scale and size of the United States. This shows the gap in strength between the two sides in the aviation industry.
We keep shouting about catching up and breaking records, but once the data is released, we are really being crushed by others in a matter of minutes.
After coming to the United States and seeing the economic and technological gap between the East and the West, Li Yiwen felt very complicated: "You don't know how big the world is until you go abroad. After coming to the United States, I deeply realized what it means to integrate technology into life. Although I am very patriotic, I still have to say that there is at least a 50-year gap between the two. It is not easy to catch up."
Lu Yiming said: "Yes, if you keep chasing, they are not standing still. In the final analysis, you still have to improve your environment, value talents, technology, innovation and copyright. Only when the fruits of labor are fully respected, you are qualified to talk about innovation."
In Lu Yiming's opinion, the current problem in China is that it still does not focus on research and development and does not attach importance to copyright.
As long as copycats can still make money, they have no right to talk about innovation. If everyone only cares about their own interests, there will never be a future.
It was precisely because of this that Lu Yiming decided to climb the technology tree on his own and develop his own business by taking advantage of other people's business through various financial means.
After chatting about what he saw and heard inside Gulfstream for a while, Li Yiwen changed the subject and told Lu Yiming a piece of news, saying, "Gulfstream happens to have a customized aircraft. The original buyer is said to be a newly wealthy man who made his fortune through Internet entrepreneurship. It seems that the company has financial problems and urgently needs cash flow, so he entrusted Gulfstream to help resell it."
Lu Yiming asked, "So don't tell me you were planning to buy this one. I asked you to buy a new plane and you wanted to buy me a second-hand one? If you weren't my cousin, I would have reason to suspect that you were planning to take my kickbacks."
Li Yiwen joked, "Because of this relationship, wouldn't it be easier for me to cheat you? Without further ado, I asked someone to go and see the plane. It's absolutely brand new. The paint hasn't even dried yet, and it hasn't even had time to test fly. The key is that it's affordable. The original price when it was customized was 38 million US dollars. Now the buyer is eager to sell it and is willing to sell it at a discount. It only costs 30 million. Isn't this cheaper than customizing one ourselves?"
“It always feels unlucky.”
"How can you be so feudal and superstitious at such a young age?"
"Okay, it's mainly you who's going to sit on it, so buy it if you like it. But you have to change your petty greedy personality, we don't need this little money."
"Hey, I'm helping you save money and you're not happy about it, right?"
After laughing and cursing for a few times, Li Yiwen hung up the phone.
Li Quanwang was stunned.
"I've been thinking recently whether I should get a driver's license after the college entrance examination and buy myself a car or something. Why are you planning to buy a private jet?"
Lu Yiming said, "What are you thinking? Why would I buy a plane for no reason? This is a business jet purchased by the company to facilitate business operations. It is the company's property, not my personal property."
Li Quanwang curled his lips and said, "Although I have little education, don't try to fool me. Didn't you open the company? The company belongs to you, so why are you talking to me?"
Then, Li Quanwang hooked his finger again and said, "30 million US dollars, that's more than 200 million, right? That's enough to buy fighter jets, right?"
Lu Yiming said disdainfully: "Why would I buy a fighter jet? Besides, it's only 30 million. You can't just look at its price, but how much value it can bring."
At present, the valuation of Tongxin Internet Cafe has reached 300 million yuan, and the expansion speed is getting faster and faster. Most of them are valuable fixed assets such as shops, which have strong liquidity. Li Quanwang owns 1% of the shares, which is 3 million yuan.
In addition, Li Quanwang also invested in some stocks under Lu Yiming's guidance, and it was only a matter of time before he became a billionaire. By then, buying a plane for fun would not be an empty talk.
Although this is the case, Li Quanwang is still a child from the countryside, and his inner thoughts are still very simple. Although he now lives in a villa, his parents have planted vegetables on the vacant land of the villa...
If Lu Yiming hadn't stopped them, they would have planned to raise some chickens and ducks in the yard.
Li Quanwang said: "That being said, I still think that spending 200 million yuan at once is a bit extravagant. With this money, if I buy plane tickets, I can fly for ten lifetimes, right?"
Lu Yiming was also helpless about Li Quanwang's concept. But he could understand it. After all, the formation of concepts is mainly influenced by family, education and capital. Now that Li Quanwang has accumulated a certain amount of capital, it is actually quite easy for him to become a good spender.
Lu Yiming said, "That's not how it works. Buying an airplane can be considered an investment. Not only can it offset some taxes, but the airplane itself is also a fixed asset. Of course, you may not understand this when I tell you this. Let me tell you this: if you want to make money, you must first learn how to spend money."
Li Quanwang was very confused and even a little disdainful: "Do you need to learn to spend money?"
Lu Yiming said seriously: "Of course you need to learn how to spend money. Spending money and investing will lead to completely different results."
The science of spending money is no simpler than making money. Some people even think that spending money is more difficult than making money. There are very profound ways to spend money in a meaningful way.
Seeing that Li Quanwang was still confused, Lu Yiming explained, "Let me tell you about this. This time I bought the plane not on a whim, but because future capital needs to be promoted, and Mingyuan Technology's new products that will be launched soon also need to be promoted. So you can think of the two hundred million as spending money on advertising, and the plane is just a gift."
Obviously, Lu Yiming has been thinking about how to maximize the benefits of this matter. Buying an airplane is indeed a necessity. After all, USB flash drives are becoming more and more popular, and the North American MP3 market has been cultivated and matured by the Dimeng Company. What would it be like not to reap the benefits at this time?
Although Li Quanwang still didn't understand what Lu Yiming said, he felt like he had made a lot of money by buying a plane for 200 million yuan. He gave a thumbs up and said, "You are really good at playing. There are so many calculations involved in buying a plane."
Lu Yiming curled his lips and said, "This is the art of spending money. If you have enough food and clothes, you won't be poor forever. Otherwise, do you think it's easy to be a rich man?"
"You are right."
The two chatted for a while, and then Li Quanwang left. Lu Yiming filled the bathtub with hot water and soaked in it comfortably. Then he took out a bottle of champagne, poured a glass and placed it on the shelf next to the bathtub.
After thinking for a while, Lu Yiming took out his cell phone and called Li Zixian: "Good evening, Miss Li."
On the other end of the phone, Li Zixian, who had just finished recording a program, couldn't help but smile slightly when she heard Lu Yiming's voice. Now, because of her collaboration with Lu Yiming on the "Millionaire Painter" program, she has become the most popular female host on TV and is a well-deserved top host.
"How come you, a wealthy man, would want to call a small TV host like me?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Look at what you said. The media reporters are the real uncrowned kings. How dare I, who is full of money, disturb them casually?"
"That's enough. Let's talk about something serious. Why are you still not asleep so late? What's the matter with you calling me?"
Lu Yiming said: "I called you to expose the news, of course."
"Breaking news?"
Li Zixian suddenly became curious, "What's the news?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Li Yiwen spent 200 million to buy a plane in the United States. He will return to China in about a week."
Having worked in the TV station for so many years, what ? Moreover, she knew the relationship between Li Yiwen and Lu Yiming. It can be said that when Lu Yiming made this plan, Li Zixian heard it from dozens of kilometers away.
"Isn't Li Yiwen your cousin? Are you planning to make a big news and use the opportunity to promote your company?"
Lu Yiming smiled and praised: "Reporter Li is still as smart as ever."
"Future Capital plans to allocate a sum of money to help domestic entrepreneurs realize their dreams. At the same time, Mingyuan Technology's new products also need publicity, so please help us."
After listening to Lu Yiming's plan, Li Zixian said sincerely: "Mr. Lu is still as smart as ever."
More than 200 million yuan was spent just to promote the two companies under his name. This is really a generous move.
Li Zixian continued, "Aido VCD spent more than 200 million to win the bid and became famous nationwide. Now you spend the same amount of money to get a similar publicity effect, and you get a plane as a gift. I wonder if the CEO of Aido will be so angry that he will vomit blood if he knows about this."
