Chapter 606: The Pattern of the Richest Man
Lu Yiming quickly stopped Xiong Yanhua's crazy idea and said with a smile: "That's not the case. They are all old men and women. If something happens to them, it will be troublesome. Don't worry about them for now. You just happened to come here, and I have something to tell you. At present, Shunde has the largest scale of eel farming in China, with a farming scale of more than 70,000 acres, an annual output of nearly 50,000 tons, and an output value of more than 2 billion. It has formed a scale effect and has a huge first-mover advantage."
Shunde is the best place in Guangdong Province in terms of food. There is a saying that "food is best in Shunde" a long time ago. The breeding industry is also very developed.
Xiong Yanhua asked puzzledly: "What does this have to do with the problem we are facing now?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "These two things are actually one thing."
He pointed at the fishing ground behind him and said, "They dare to cause trouble because they think I am the only one and the law does not punish everyone, so in the end, I will definitely choose to keep quiet. Because the fishing ground is mine, and I am the only one whose interests are damaged. Even if others think I am right, how many people will be willing to stand by me and stand up for me?"
Xiong Yanhua immediately became anxious and quickly stated, "I will definitely stand on your side, Mr. Lu. You must trust the government!"
Lu Yiming said, "Of course I believe in the government, but I heard that many of the people who were deceived this time have connections and backgrounds. Can you really withstand the pressure? Moreover, even if you can, what if they secretly hinder you? This kind of thing is hard to guard against. I can't stay here every day to compete with them, right? Only magic can defeat magic. They rely on numbers, so I will get more people over."
Xiong Yanhua was silent. He often carried out grassroots work and naturally knew that some people were not capable of accomplishing things, but it was too easy for them to ruin things.
Otherwise, why do they say that it is easy to see the King of Hell but difficult to deal with little ghosts?
As for human nature, Lu Yiming has seen too much and knows that the person who is right may not necessarily have the last laugh. If he wants to accomplish something, he has to gather people together.
Xiong Yanhua asked cautiously: "What are you going to do? You are not going to withdraw your investment, are you?"
At this point, Xiong Yanhua was already in a difficult situation. He had to pay for his mistakes. He had been defrauded of hundreds of millions of yuan by a fraud gang. If the inspection team came, he would definitely lose his job. Therefore, he had to let Lu Yiming start the eel industry as soon as possible to help him make up for his mistakes.
If Lu Yiming withdrew his investment at this time, Xiong Yanhua would not even have a place to cry.
Lu Yiming said, "Don't worry, I'm not a person who gives up halfway. Since I've already started this, I will definitely continue. In this world, the only thing is that the righteous will have many supporters while the unrighteous will have few. I plan to set up an eel farming industry alliance and bring in partners. Don't the common people rely on numbers to cause trouble? Then I'll get more people."
"Right now, there are more people against me than those who support me, so they dare to cause trouble. After all, they are a bunch of uncles and aunts. If they just lie on the ground and act like scoundrels, what can I do to them? But if there are many more people supporting me, do you think they will dare to cause trouble? This trick is called using magic to defeat magic."
Xiong Yanhua was somewhat amused by Lu Yiming's idea, and always felt that it was an idea that a child came up with when he was angry. But Xiong Yanhua didn't dare to really think so. After all, Lu Yiming was the richest man, so there was no doubt that things would not be so simple. He asked: "Establishing an industrial alliance is a good thing, but how can you attract others to join? You just said that Shunde's development is already very mature and complete, and there is no need for them to wade into this muddy water."
Lu Yiming was very sure about this, and said calmly: "In this world, benefits are something that no one can refuse. Their industry is mature, but my channels are wide. I can help them sell eels all over the world. Do you think they can cooperate with me if I use this as a bargaining chip? When the time comes, I will open up franchises, and we can share resources and jointly expand and strengthen the eel industry."
Seeing Xiong Yanhua showing some concerns, Lu Yiming assured her, "Don't worry, I'm not Li Jiahuang, who would ruin his reputation for a few hundred million. I have discussed this with Professor Jiang before. There are twelve places in Taishan that are suitable for building large eel breeding farms. I only occupy three of them. For the other places, the government can openly bid and find someone to contract them."
When Xiong Yanhua heard what Lu Yiming said, she was completely relieved and excited at the same time.
In this way, wouldn’t there be new projects to attract investment?
By then, being cheated out of 100 million or 200 million or something, that would still be a big deal? It would just be a small twist in the development process.
Lu Yiming went on to say: "As long as you are willing to join my eel industry alliance, abide by the relevant systems, and are willing to advance and retreat together, you can enjoy the technical support provided by the alliance. In fact, in my plan, the eel industry covers a complete set of mature and complete industrial chains such as eel breeding, eel farming, eel processing, and feed production. Behind this industrial chain, it requires the efforts and wisdom of countless people."
As soon as these words came out, Lu Yiming's mind suddenly opened up.
After talking for so long, Xiong Yanhua also believed that Lu Yiming was really willing to help the poor get rich first and bring wealth to the people in his hometown. She immediately thanked Lu Yiming profusely, "Mr. Lu is the most socially responsible entrepreneur I have ever met. He cares about the world, and it is really a blessing for Taishan."
After Xiong Yanhua left, Li Yiwen spoke up and said, "This is a brilliant idea. With so many people investing and making a living from it, anyone who dares to cause trouble will probably have their spine broken."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Didn't I just say that? The righteous will have many supporters, but this 'righteousness' is not some illusory principle, but tangible benefits and hope. As long as I can bring benefits to the majority of people, then those who oppose me will become rats crossing the street. Why would I need to specifically target them then?"
In the alley, 55-year-old Chen Jiahui, wearing a white ripped vest and brown rubber sandals, walked out of the door carrying a birdcage.
Today the weather was unusually good, spring had arrived, the sun shone brightly on him, driving away the winter chill. He was in a very good mood, and invited a few friends to go to the teahouse for tea.
Chen Jiahui is considered to be one of the first people to become rich in China. In the past two years, he made a fortune by dealing in building materials and taking advantage of the "welfare housing distribution policy reform."
Gao Rongkun, the man he invited out for tea this time, was also in the building materials business like him. However, the market was far from saturated, so there was no conflict of interest between them. Instead, they had a good personal relationship and often went out together for morning tea and chat about business.
The two met at the teahouse. Gao Rongkun looked at the bird cage in Chen Jiahui's hand and said with a smile, "You brought Benben out again."
Chen Jiahui smiled and said, "The sun is good, bring him out to bask in the sun, he's bored to death at home every day. Hey, I heard that a big thing happened in Guangdong Province recently, a fraud case happened in Taishan, and the amount involved was several hundred million. You didn't get involved, did you?"
Gao Rongkun said disdainfully: "With a 30% return every year, you can make money by lying down. Only a fool would believe such a thing. If you really want to make money this way, who would bring it up? Would you?"
Chen Jiahui immediately said: "Of course not. If it is really that profitable, of course I will make a fortune quietly."
"That's it."
After so many years of struggling in the society, both of them are well aware of the truth that one must be low-key in order to make money. Those who brag about it everywhere after seeing a way to make money are either idiots or liars. No matter which one they are, they are not worth cooperating with.
The two of them drank tea and ate snacks while chatting, looking very leisurely.
Suddenly, customers from several tables in the teahouse paid their bills at the same time and walked out in a hurry. It was a very strange scene.
You know, Guangdong people drink tea in the morning and leave the teahouse in the evening. Many teahouses put up signs saying that customers who check out before 10:30 can get discounts, so as to attract new customers. To get so many customers to check out at the same time, something extraordinary must have happened.
An acquaintance saw Chen Jiahui and Gao Rongkun still leisurely eating tea and snacks, so he stopped and kindly reminded them: "Why are you still sitting here? Something big has happened!"
Chen Jiahui put down the shortbread in his hand and said with a smile: "Hey, isn't this Mr. Dong Jue? What happened?"
Dong Jue pointed to the newspaper basket at the door of the store and said, "Didn't you read the newspaper?"
Chen Jiahui used to come for tea and occasionally read the newspaper, but today he came with his friends and didn’t read it.
Without waiting for Chen Jiahui to speak, Dong Jue revealed the answer directly: "Mr. Lu plans to set up an eel industry alliance in Taishan. This is a big business with an annual output value of more than 2 billion. Are you not interested?"
Chen Jiahui and Gao Rongkun's eyes instantly turned green.
"The richest man is in charge? Annual output value is 2 billion? Is this true?"
The two of them were just talking about Li Jiahuang's scam, and now they learned that Lu Yiming was setting up an industrial alliance. The shock they felt was huge.
Dong Jue said: "With the government personally endorsing it and the richest man taking the lead, how can this be false?"
There were countless people in China who wanted to establish a relationship with Lu Yiming. Not to mention cooperation, even if they just took part in the upstream and downstream industrial chains, they could make a lot of money. However, Lu Yiming invested in high-tech, so many people who wanted to cooperate with him didn't have the opportunity.
Now Lu Yiming is engaged in breeding and has opened up an industrial alliance. This is a great opportunity and of course many people will flock to it.
Gao Rongkun was a little skeptical and retorted, "Didn't the previous Li Jiahuang also have official endorsement? He also borrowed money from the bank, but didn't he fail in the end?"
Dong Jue said with disdain: "Is Li Jiahuang worthy of being compared with Mr. Lu? Forget it, you can believe it or not, but I am going to discuss cooperation with Mr. Lu anyway."
Gao Rongkun and Chen Jiahui looked at each other.
Gao Rongkun asked, "Tell me, is what he said true? Official endorsement, the previous Li Jiahuang also had official endorsement, isn't he still a liar?"
Chen Jiahui hesitated, but Dong Jue smiled and said, "You two, how can you make a lot of money if you are so timid?"
Gao Rongkun retorted: "Aren't you worried about being cheated?"
Chen Jiahui quickly poured a cup of tea for Dong Jue and said in a humble tone, "Did you get any inside information?"
Dong Jue was very pleased with this, and whispered, "I asked someone to find out that Mr. Lu invested 1 billion yuan in this project himself, and did not borrow a penny from the bank. The richest man doesn't think highly of us, you know?"
"One billion!"
This number once again shocked Chen Jiahui and Gao Rongkun.
There is no doubt that Lu Yiming could spend 1 billion yuan on a project, so how could it be a scam? If it was really a scam, then the cost would be too high. Apart from other things, from a business logic point of view, with 1 billion yuan of capital, even if it was the most reliable business, it could make 100 or 200 million yuan.
What kind of scam could he have used to make tens of billions?
Besides, Lu Yiming is already the richest man in Xia Country and he doesn’t need this little money. Does he need to break the law?
This seems reliable no matter how you look at it.
Gao Rongkun asked: "He invested 1 billion yuan at once. Isn't he afraid of losing money?"
Dong Jue smiled and said, "When has Mr. Lu ever lost money on his investment? He dared to invest 1 billion yuan in this project, so he must be very confident. If we don't follow up now, I'm afraid we will regret it for the rest of our lives. I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go there right away. I heard that people who want to join the alliance have started lining up. If you go too late, you won't get anything."
Chen Jiahui thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he said, "In terms of investment vision, we can't even compare to Mr. Lu. Now we have the opportunity to follow suit. If we don't, we'd be a fool! Wait for me, I'll go too."
Gao Rongkun thought for a moment, and seeing the two of them preparing to leave, he hurriedly said, "Wait for me. I'll go settle the bill, and we'll go find Mr. Lu together."
Even though Lu Yiming’s eel farming project is more exaggerated and outrageous than Li Jiahuang’s plan, the importance of the two is different!
Lujia Village Ancestral Hall.
Many local business celebrities came to the square of several hundred square meters to attend the eel industry investment promotion conference organized by Lu Yiming.
Because the government took the lead and Lu Yiming, the richest man in Xia country, supported it, people with some spare money flocked to it and rushed over from all over after getting the news.
If nothing else, this is a great opportunity to get on board the richest man’s ship!
When Gao Rongkun and the other two arrived, the ancestral hall was already crowded with people.
Dong Jue let out a long sigh of relief and said, "Luckily we made it in time. Look, there are so many people here."
Chen Jiahui looked around and said in surprise, "Even the Hong Kong tycoon Chen Zefu who came back to his hometown to worship his ancestors is here?"
Gao Rongkun said: "The old man is already 70 years old, but he is still so strong."
"It seems that Mr. Lu's project is very promising."
At the scene, the three of them saw several well-known figures, including a tycoon whose net worth exceeded 10 billion.
But today, these bigwigs all sat on the benches obediently, waiting quietly for the conference to be held.
Gao Rongkun and the other two did not dare to delay as more people kept coming in, so they quickly found a seat and sat down.
On the podium, Lu Yiming sat in the middle, Xiong Yanhua sat on his right, and there were several leaders from relevant departments around them.
As the host, Xiong Yanhua started to speak first. As a county-level leader, his speech was of course very comprehensive and detailed , and except for being empty and pretentious, everything was good.
After talking for more than twenty minutes, many people felt drowsy.
It was not until Lu Yiming came on stage and took the microphone that everyone woke up from their sleepiness and listened attentively to Lu Yiming's speech.
As soon as Lu Yiming said hello, thunderous applause broke out at the scene.
Lu Yiming smiled calmly and said, "I can feel everyone's enthusiasm, so let's not waste any more time and get straight to the main event."
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge map slowly unfolded on the wall behind him.
The background of this map is Taishan, and it shows the development layout of the eel industry.
Lu Yi had ordered someone to make such a model early in the morning, and showed the eel breeding base what it would look like after it was built in the form of a model to everyone in advance.
Compared with language description, even if you can describe everything in a glamorous way, the effect is still far less intuitive than the "real thing". Once this picture comes out, the effect is naturally immediate.
Lu Yiming began to introduce the functions and significance of each building on the map: "This is the eel fry conservation area... These are eel farms. Currently, three of them have started construction and are expected to be put into use in the middle of this year, creating a commercial value of 2.2 billion yuan..."
The audience was fascinated by the specific data. They didn’t know much about eel farming, but they knew how much money 2.2 billion was!
After Lu Yiming finished explaining his plan, he returned to his seat and said, "If anyone of you doesn't understand, you can raise your hand and ask questions now."
Gao Rongkun was the first to raise his hand. After the staff handed him the microphone, he asked, "Why are there so many blank spaces on the planning map?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "I invested in eel farming only because I wanted to benefit my hometown, so I didn't intend to monopolize the entire industry chain. On the contrary, I welcome more people from my hometown to participate in it and make money together. After all, it is really good when everyone is well. These places are left for you."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was thunderous applause from the audience.
"Mr. Lu is so generous. He has done all the preliminary work and now he is leaving this opportunity to us. He is simply giving us money."
"Mr. Lu has another nickname, Mr. Lu, he is really a kind man."
"Mr. Lu is such a visionary man, a true national entrepreneur!"
Lu Yiming is different from Li Jiahuang. Li Jiahuang is using the government's cover to trick investors into giving them money. Anyone with a little bit of brains and common sense will not fall for this.
But Lu Yiming's project is very different. First of all, there is no direct interest exchange between each other. If everyone wants to invest, the money is not given to Lu Yiming, but they go to the government to report and then spend money to contract.
Secondly, Lu Yiming himself invested 1 billion yuan in this project, which is more than the investment of other people combined. This makes it even less likely to be a scam. Only a fool would do such a thing as hurting one thousand by himself and hurting eight hundred by the enemy.
The people in the audience are already getting restless.
Someone asked: "Mr. Lu, you just said that this eel industry alliance has two models: contracting and franchising. What is the difference between these two models?"
