After seeing Wells and Susan off, Lu Ming pondered for a while, looked at the wall clock, entered the communications room, picked up the phone and dialed.
Amid the noise, the phone was connected, and a soft female voice with a hint of authority said, "You finally remembered to apologize?"
Lu Ming was stunned. There was no caller ID now. Oh, he was definitely not the only one who knew the phone number of her meditation room. But at this time, she must be in the meditation room, so he was probably the only one who knew it.
We haven't had any contact since I pinched her last time.
After coughing, Lu Ming said awkwardly: "I was wrong last time. I have always wanted to apologize to you, but I am too embarrassed. However, I really have a problem with my sense of touch, that..."
"Let's get down to business!" The voice on the other end of the phone sounded a little cold.
Lu Ming scratched his head. That’s right. The more he explained, the less manly he seemed.
"I'm going to start building a steel plant in the county where I came from. I'll invest about 100 million yuan and plan to call it Jiuzhou Steel. I'll tell outsiders that it's a joint venture of more than a dozen investors, but in fact I own more than 90% of the shares alone. I've pledged my oil field as collateral for the loan."
I don't want to lie to Christine.
"I started so early because I felt a sense of urgency. For a large steel plant, it would take two to three years from planning to producing the first batch of steel, even if we talk about efficiency, plus the supporting facilities. I always feel that time is running out..." Lu Ming sighed softly, "So, although I can't say that I have truly established a firm foothold here, I am still ready to start immediately."
On the other end of the phone, a woman's voice sounded slightly surprised: "Why do you feel that time is running out? Why are you so anxious? How old are you?" After a pause, "Is there something wrong with your body?"
Lu Ming coughed and said, "I shouldn't be a short-lived ghost, but, I don't know why, I always feel like someone wants to harm me, haha." He laughed twice and sighed, "Since I came into this world, I have no sense of security..." These words were from the heart.
"Do you think power and wealth can bring you security..." Christine asked calmly.
"Probably!" Lu Ming smiled bitterly.
"No wonder you call me mom. No one has ever loved you since you were a child!" There was no telling what was going on in Christine's tone.
Lu Ming smiled and said that he came into this world when he became a defendant in the Wu'an Court. Naturally, Christine thought it started when he was born.
After thinking for a while, Lu Ming said, "Also, although Black Mountain is a small place, the situation is quite complicated. I was assassinated once, and someone from the Hu family was also assassinated once. I feel that there is a third party, and it is not that the Hu family assassinated me and then staged a self-torture scheme. This third party is not just as simple as wanting to reap the benefits. However, it must be a local force and does not involve the upper echelons." He paused, "However, overall it is still controllable. If you see news that I am seriously injured or even assassinated, don't believe it and don't worry about it." He coughed, "Nothing else, do you have any instructions?"
"Well, take a piece of paper and write it down."
Lu Ming was stunned, "A lot to talk about?" There was actually a notebook and a pen on the table, so he picked them up.
“Well, eat well, eat more meat and less rice, and remember to cover yourself with a blanket when you sleep at night…” Christine said this with a hint of smile in her tone.
Lu Ming was helpless and threw down his pen, "I am really taking notes."
Christine said calmly, "Just remember this. Besides, such a large loan must be from the Imperial Bank, right? Fax the relevant documents to me, add a few blank signatures, and I'll help you lower the interest rate."
Lu Ming coughed, "Actually, it's already very low..."
"Really?" Christine's tone was still unfriendly. "If you take out a royal loan, you are pledging your loan, and you are also in business, so you can apply for special assistance projects. So, I can help you convert half of the loan into interest-free, and the interest on the other half will be less than 2%. Is your interest rate that low?"
Lu Ming was stunned and smiled bitterly: "Well, I'm still too young. Everything depends on my mother. Thank you, Mom!"
"Dududu", the phone was hung up.
Lu Ming pondered for a while before getting up and walking out.
When we arrived at the front store, the bookstore was already open for business as usual.
Lu Ming sat on the tea table and waved, "Xiao Linzi, come here."
Lin Shaocong hurried over, "Master!"
Lu Ming smiled and said, "You are like this. I bought another store in Zuodun Town as a branch. However, it is considered as buying land. I will build a two-story store on it."
The shop that I initially offered 20,000 for but refused to sell, I now buy it for 2,000.
Because that guy was bothered by the blackheads, or perhaps because his price was too high, he became suspicious and searched the entire store for treasures, and he started by searching the blackheads until they were staring at the load-bearing walls.
This is the case with many things. Once you start, it's hard to stop.
After demolishing the load-bearing walls and failing to find the treasure, they started to scrape the floor tiles. In the end, the entire store was in shambles.
Cao Jiashun sent someone to talk to him and bought it for 2,000, which was actually equivalent to buying the land.
Because of what the landlord did, word spread that there were dirty things in his shop, which made him possessed.
It's pretty good that someone is willing to buy it at 2,000.
Thinking about it, Lu Ming shook his head. The shop owner was really unlucky to meet him, but this was not his design.
Looking at Lin Shaocong, he said, "As for me, I want to start a chain of Xinzhi Bookstores. Now we have a branch in Zuodun Town and a branch in Sansha Town. We will start with these two. Everything is left to you. Including Sansha Town, we will also build a new store. You can do it as you see fit. The store layout will be like that of a bookstore. As for the money, the eldest son of the Cao family is willing to invest 500,000 yuan and put it in the bookstore account. I will assign you an accountant and you can use him to pay for normal expenses."
"You are the operations officer and general manager of Xinzhi Bookstore. Both branches are handed over to you, from building and decorating the store to purchasing books, recruiting store staff, etc."
As he spoke, Lu Ming patted the thick pile of documents on the tea table and said, "Here are the relevant ideas, the direction of chain development, and some contacts you need, such as book suppliers, etc."
Lin Shaocong was dumbfounded. Ten days ago, his childhood sweetheart was betrothed to someone else, and he wanted to commit suicide by jumping into the river.
Because, let alone compared with the miners who earn a monthly salary, even compared with the tenant farmers, he has no survival value.
What's going on now? He's become the general manager of a bookstore chain? This bookstore chain has an investment of 500,000 yuan
Lin Shaocong was confused. The scene before him seemed less real than a dream, but it was not a dream.
"Don't tell me you're afraid you can't do it well! Take these documents and think about it carefully. I'll give you one day. If you still feel that you can't handle opening two branches, reply to me and I'll replace you!"
Lu Ming said, patting the file on the table, "Take it and have a look!"
I'm too lazy to worry about such a small matter, so I'll just leave it to him. This young man is very smart. With some training, he won't have any problem becoming a manager of a bookstore chain.