While serving tea and water, the girl secretly observed Xing Baohua.

Liu Haibo rarely brings unfamiliar friends to this place. He treats everyone he brings as family.

After handing Xing Baohua a cigarette, the girl sat down next to Liu Haibo and stopped talking.

“My woman,” Liu Haibo introduced to Xing Baohua.

Xing Baohua nodded to the girl and greeted her, "Hello, sister-in-law."

The girl replied casually: Hello.

Liu Haibo said that Zhang Mingtao was about to bring a batch of goods and wanted to cooperate with Xing Baohua.

Xing Baohua asked him how they planned to collaborate.

"How about this? You can choose one of two cooperation methods. One is that you assemble the machines for us, and we'll pay you a certain amount for each machine you assemble. We can negotiate the price later. The other cooperation model is that you participate and we'll make money together," Liu Haibo said.

Xing Baohua did not answer immediately, but lay down on the sofa while smoking, as if he was thinking.

He had indeed considered cooperating with the other party before, but now that the other party has brought it up again, it's no longer him who is actively seeking a partnership; at least the initiative is on his side.

Partnering is the best approach; it not only allows you to make friends but also lets you leverage each other's resources, much like venture capital in later generations.

There are always risks involved; now it's up to Xing Baohua to make this decision.

After thinking for a moment, Xing Baohua said, "I appreciate your offer to recruit me. I also know what you brothers do, your family backgrounds are all very powerful, and you all have influence."

After he said that, Liu Haibo and Sun Changjie both laughed.

Then Xing Baohua added, "The ancients said that joining a group required a pledge of allegiance. I also have a pledge of allegiance that I can present."

He paused briefly, immediately leading Liu Haibo and Sun Changjie to believe that he had developed yet another product that could be sold. Who would have thought this kid would drop a winning hand?

“I have a factory in Shangguzhuang, which has just been built. If you two brothers are interested, I can offer some shares.” Xing Baohua said, looking at the three somewhat bewildered men opposite him.

Liu Haibo and Sun Changjie looked at each other, their expressions somewhat incredulous, thinking to themselves:

What's going on here? Is this Xing Baohua's own factory?

They actually have this ability? When did it become possible for individuals to open factories and then affiliate with other companies?

Wasn't he doing really well at the machine factory? He just got promoted. His career hasn't even started yet, and he's already at the pinnacle of success.

Some people never reach the position of director in their entire lives; he's still so young. If he can persevere and achieve more results, he can become the factory director of the machinery factory around the age of thirty.

"Brother, what's going on? Can you explain in detail?" Sun Changjie asked, just recovering from his shock.

"Here's the thing, I started planning this last month. I've always wanted to set up my own factory. Whether it's a machinery factory or any other kind of factory, they all limit my development. To be honest, I'm also ambitious and have always wanted to try my luck on my own..." So Xing Baohua told the two of them about some of his thoughts and the difficult process he had gone through.

Xing Baohua bluntly told Liu Haibo and Sun Changjie that he lacked resources, and if the two of them didn't join him, he would shift his focus to the machinery factory, since it was a large factory with abundant resources.

Also, the factory director, his old leader, thought highly of him and gave him some support; otherwise, he would have given him the production line of Factory No. 4.

Xing Baohua misrepresented a key concept: the production line from Factory No. 4 wasn't given away for free; it was a promise made in exchange for a calculator, and the production line required payment.

It's just a loan from my company; I'll have to pay it back sooner or later.

The implication was to tell them that even without their involvement, Xing Baohua still had the machinery factory as a backer.

"What does this factory produce?" Liu Haibo asked.

Liu Haibo was taken aback by the question. What did he care about what they produced? This was an opportunity to invest!

Xing Baohua said it was a village-run enterprise under his name, which made things very easy. He couldn't officially become a shareholder, but he could secretly become a partner!

As long as Xing Baohua doesn't report them, they can make money without lifting a finger!

Xing Baohua said with a smile, "I hadn't decided what the factory would produce at first. But with the production line from Factory No. 4, I started to think about what to produce."

This piqued the interest of Liu Haibo and Sun Changjie, who hurriedly asked, "Tell us about it."

"Do you know the phone number?" Xing Baohua asked.

"Isn't that obvious? Do you really think we're country bumpkins? Like we've never seen anything like this before. We've seen telephones, we've seen telegraph machines too. What, you want to manufacture telephones?"

Liu Haibo seemed to sense what products Xing Baohua's factory was going to produce, but he still shook his head slightly.

He said to Xing Baohua, "Brother, you probably don't understand the troubles of manufacturing telephones. Telephones aren't something just anyone can afford. Even if someone can get one at home, they're someone of a certain rank. Besides, telephones are manufactured by units under the post and telecommunications bureau; other factories can't sell them."

"This matter is still in the planning stage, so please allow me to keep you in suspense for now. Let me first share my thoughts, and we can discuss it together. If your relationship is good enough, we can make this money together. If the relationship isn't good enough, we can put it on hold for now, or I can sell it to a machinery factory to make some money," Xing Baohua said.

"Go on," Sun Changjie nodded. His opinion of Xing Baohua had now changed, and he was more interested in her.

“If I want to produce telephones, I must meet two conditions. First, I need to obtain a network access license, and second, I need foreign trade qualifications. In other words, the factory needs a dedicated foreign trade account,” Xing Baohua said.

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