"Old Tan, come quickly and see, your son has done something big again; hey, this young girl is much more pleasant to look at than that blonde from last time."
Zhang Suzhi, sitting at the computer desk, yelled towards Tan Lihua in the kitchen.
Ever since the online store business got better and better, Tan Lihua and his wife also followed their son's advice and equipped their home with a computer.
They would also learn about computers when they had time.
Zhang Suzhi, who usually stayed home with the child, had even more opportunities to use the computer.
Gradually, she learned to surf the internet.
Besides online shopping, she would also watch movies, listen to Huangmei opera, and read the news online in her free time.
The news about Liu Yifei's exorbitant endorsement fee for electric vehicles online in the past few days caught Zhang Suzhi's attention.
Tan Lihua tidied up the kitchen and slowly walked out, saying,
"I've known for a while, there's nothing to see."
"Ah? You knew already? Then why didn't you tell me? How did you know?"
"About a week ago, that kid sent me an MMS. It was a middle-aged man riding their company's electric vehicle. I was a bit puzzled at the time why he sent me that. I only found out after asking Old Lin that it was the second-in-command of their district who went for an inspection."
Zhang Suzhi was stunned:
"Ah? That happened?"
Local news has a slight delay in timeliness.
Even if it airs on TV, viewers from other provinces would hardly notice it.
Moreover, this collaboration hasn't been officially reported yet, but it's about to be in the newspapers.
Liu Yifei's team's promotion was at Tan Jincheng's request and in coordination.
Her side had been building momentum online a few days prior, and then Beicang's regional newspaper officially published the project in cooperation with the Urban Investment Company.
The purpose was to deepen the impression on consumers in Beicang and even the Yongcheng area.
Industrial cities will have more and more factories in the future, and Yongcheng is also a major consumer market for electric scooters.
Previously, it was limited by production capacity, but next year, with increased capacity, the local market naturally cannot be missed.
"No, I wasn't talking about that. I was talking about something else. Come and see, your son spent 35 million yuan to hire a celebrity endorser."
"How much?"
Tan Lihua's hand trembled.
The endorsement fee for the blonde last time wasn't publicized because the price was ordinary and not worth promoting.
But this time, the total amount for a mainland celebrity was indeed astronomical, so there was nothing to hide.
Liu Yifei's team could promote it with great fanfare, and even inflate some figures.
"The news says 35 million yuan. I only clicked in to see it after seeing "electric vehicle company." Come take a look."
"Isn't this Fengchi? Is it another company's? Jincheng's factory is called Shanchi."
"It's one company, a new brand. You'll know if you read the news. It says they're making a 'light luxury' brand of electric vehicles. What does 'light luxury' mean?"
"I don't really understand either. 'She' (奢) should mean 'luxury,' so 'light luxury' probably means selling for a bit more. Let me see the news."
Tan Lihua moved a stool and sat beside his wife, scrolling the mouse.
As he read, he couldn't help but complain,
"Why does this kid always find female celebrities? But this one looks much more normal this time, it's just that the price is too expensive, isn't it?"
"Yes, how many electric vehicles do they have to sell to earn back 35 million? I've calculated their electric vehicle prices. At a maximum of 2300 per vehicle, they would have to sell over 15,000 vehicles to cover it."
"It shouldn't be just one year. The news says it's a long-term contract, with no mention of the term limit. The total price is high, but it doesn't seem too expensive. Corporate promotion is necessary; this money can't be saved."
"Oh, right, you just said that a high-ranking leader visited their company for inspection? Usually, that's a good thing, why didn't you tell me?"
"It's definitely a good thing. Leaders inspect companies with a purpose. This kid probably has some big plans,"
Tan Lihua said casually while flipping through the news.
"I didn't tell you out of spite. The day he sent me the MMS was probably the day of the inspection. I think that kid deliberately showed off to me, and even specifically added 'Dad, he's two years younger than you.'"
Zhang Suzhi paused, then burst out laughing:
"When did our son become so mischievous? Did his mood lighten up after he started dating?"
After saying that, she burst into another fit of laughter, truly happy from the bottom of her heart.
Ever since her son 'landed ashore,' Zhang Suzhi noticed he had changed a lot, maturing to a somewhat alarming extent.
He was more thoughtful about social etiquette than they were, and even had a clear grasp of how to raise Jinyue.
He fully covered everything like formula and diapers, all imported from abroad through his connections.
For this, Zhang Suzhi specifically asked around and found that the quality and reputation of these brands were excellent both domestically and internationally; they had no flaws except being expensive.
If an uninformed person saw this situation, they might very well think this kid was married with children; otherwise, how would he know so much.
Also, he used to be a prankster but rarely joked now, which made Zhang Suzhi feel a bit unaccustomed.
He seemed to lack any youthful spirit, which caused some concern.
Now it's better; knowing he can joke with his old man means he's finally regained some youthful spirit.
The only thing that could have caused this change in him must be the girl Qingliang mentioned.
Young people's moods only change when they are in love.
Zhang Suzhi was happy, but Tan Lihua had been depressed for days.
He was teased by his son, which was quite demeaning, and he had nowhere to complain.
"Hey, speaking of dating, do you think we should ask him if he'll bring that girl home for Chinese New Year?"
"Isn't it too early? Didn't Qingliang say that girl is still a university student?"
"What's wrong with being a university student? There's no harm in meeting. You should hurry up and get that house ready, furnish it completely, and after a few months of airing it out, it should be ready to live in."
"You're too eager. Your son is so busy now, and we don't even know if he'll have time to come back for Chinese New Year, yet you're worrying about this."
"No matter how busy, everyone gets holidays for Chinese New Year. Which family is still busy during Chinese New Year?"
"Alright, alright, I'll listen to you. I'll get to it quickly these days. Actually, there's not much left to buy; the major items are mostly acquired."
The house in Yicheng was the first to be renovated and had long been completed.
In fact, they could move in now.
They hadn't moved partly because it was more convenient for commuting from their current place, and partly because they wanted to wait for Tan Jincheng to return so they could move into the new house together.
Although Tan Jincheng didn't care much for the house, for his parents' generation, moving into a new home was a huge event, and the whole family had to move in together.
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Yongcheng.
"I'm moving out, okay? From now on, you'll live alone in this house. You can walk around naked at home, and bringing women back is fine; also, I've bought this house, so we don't have to pay rent next month."
"What's there to show off about? I'll also be living in a new house next year. And why did you buy this dilapidated house?"
"After all, this was our first base when we came to Beicang. We've lived here for over a year, so it has some commemorative significance. Let's buy it and keep it; it can be a memory for us when we're old."
"That's true. Then sell half of it to me and add my name."
"There's no need for that. You can just buy a bigger, more luxurious house, or even a villa. I'm also planning to buy another one. When you go to see it, help me decide."
"What do you mean? Why buy villas? Can you even live in all of them?"
Tan Jincheng said with a smile,
"We're making money here, and quite a lot of it. We should contribute a bit to the local economy; we don't want people to think we're going to just pack up and leave. If you don't want to buy villas, you can also directly buy a few commercial apartments in the company's name and then rent them out cheaply to employees, treating them as dormitories."
Zhao Jinsheng had hinted at this privately a few days ago.
Now that their business has grown so large, yet they have no local assets, it's indeed a bit unreasonable.
Now that the contract has been signed, it's time to make a statement.
Spending money, who wouldn't know how?
The 70 million cash from the financing was obtained through equity transfer.
This portion of the money is not subject to dedicated funds regulations but belongs to Tan Jincheng personally.
However, taking it away or letting it sit in a bank account to earn interest is definitely not acceptable.
It's easy to handle.
Besides personal consumption, he could buy a few more buildings, hundreds of small units of seventy to eighty square meters, and rent them out cheaply to the company as employee dormitories.
The remaining money could also be injected into the new Shanchi Technology as an interest-free loan.
Originally, they had planned to rent employee dormitories in the bonded zone's living service area, but that issue is now also resolved.
The 200 million yuan interest-free loan certainly wouldn't be deposited all at once, but the 70 million yuan has already been received.
Tan Jincheng is preparing to arrange how to handle this fund in the next few days.
Additionally, the location for the industrial base has been finalized.
It's the plot Tan Jincheng most wanted before, which is currently outside the district's planning scope and considered a relatively remote area.
The local government was very pleased with this choice, finding the young man particularly sensible and not demanding.
A remote location is good; demolition work would be much easier, it contributes to regional economic development, and it doesn't occupy existing resources.
It's just a bit unfair to these rural residents affected by the demolition, as demolition conditions a decade and a half later would be different from now.
However, Tan Jincheng also offered compensation: the factories at the industrial base would prioritize hiring local farmers displaced by the demolition.
Additionally, he would build some infrastructure for the local area and provide a certain amount of annual compensation to the village committee for five consecutive years.
These costs wouldn't be much, but they brought great convenience to the entire local government's work, and the preliminary preparations would naturally be much smoother.
The Urban Investment Company is now a legitimate shareholder of Shanchi Technology.
Although its stake is not very large, they are responsible for coordinating matters like demolition, land acquisition, and even the construction of new factory buildings, which has brought great convenience to Tan Jincheng.
Leaving aside other things, when it comes to factory construction projects, the Urban Investment Company's involvement is much more effective than Tan Jincheng's.
(End of Chapter)