Upon arriving at the housing bureau, Zhou Zhimin asked a relative for help, and all the formalities were completed in less than an hour.
The three of them went to the bank again. Lu Yang transferred 400,000 yuan to Uncle Lu and 20,000 yuan to Zheng Yuntao. He then calmly said, "I'm not in a hurry to build a garment factory. You guys go ahead and do your work. There's no rush."
Lu Yang was just being polite; the Lu family was going through a difficult time, and he didn't want to pressure them.
Uncle Lu thought for a moment and said, "We can get everything sorted out and move out in a month at most."
The two chatted for a while longer, then Lu Yang and Uncle Lu exchanged contact information. They took Uncle Lu back to the factory and then drove back home.
"Amin, are the business registration procedures for the factory easy to handle?"
Lu Yang asked while driving.
Zhou Zhimin stroked his chin and said, "Zheng Yuntao is quite good at this; he has relatives in the Industry and Commerce Bureau."
"He handled the business registration procedures for the Yangcheng Market before."
Lu Yang nodded. After returning to the city, he called Zheng Yuntao and waited for Zhou Zhimin at a restaurant.
Half an hour later, Zheng Yuntao came running over, covered in sweat. He first drank a bottle of water and said, "I need to catch my breath."
Zhou Zhimin asked in confusion, "Were you chased by a dog? You're panting like that?"
Zheng Yuntao laughed a few times and said, "I went to my high school reunion today, and there were two guys showing off their wealth to me. Am I going to put up with them? I'm rich now!"
Zhou Zhimin pointed at Zheng Yuntao and let out a duck-like laugh, which displeased Zheng Yuntao.
"What are you laughing at?!"
Zheng Yuntao rolled his eyes and said.
Zhou Zhimin joked, "Luckily, I wasn't in the same class as you in high school. There were several guys in your class who came from families with a little money and were really pretentious. It made me uncomfortable just looking at them."
Zheng Yuntao wiped his nose and said, "It's okay. From now on, in the eyes of those people, I'll just be the kind of person who has a little money and is particularly pretentious."
The three of them casually ordered a few dishes, and after they had eaten and drunk their fill, Lu Yang brought up the matter of buying a factory and needing to complete the business registration procedures.
Zheng Yuntao said nonchalantly, "Okay, I'll go with you to complete the formalities tomorrow. As long as you bring all the documents, it can be done in one morning."
Lu Yang breathed a sigh of relief. He remembered that the last time he went through the procedures for the Yangcheng Market, it seemed to have been completed in just one morning.
It's true that having local connections makes things easier; if he had done it himself, it definitely wouldn't have been so easy.
After the three of them had a drink, Lu Yang took the other two to find Bai Yiyi. He then spent 50,000 yuan to buy two mobile phones for them so that they could stay in touch in the future.
The two parted ways with Lu Yang happily and went home separately.
After they left, Bai Yiyi said with considerable envy, "I've discovered that your ability to make friends is truly first-rate."
"So far, all the friends you've made have been reliable."
Lu Yang smiled wryly and said, "Indeed, I'm probably the luckiest person in my life when it comes to this one thing."
He had barely finished speaking when his mobile phone rang.
He immediately answered the phone, and Fu Xin's voice came through: "Boss Lu, what's your decision?"
Lu Yang had almost forgotten about this person. It took him a moment to remember, and he quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I just happened to come across a really good factory, so I bought it."
"I can't afford to cooperate with you anymore, considering the cost of buying the factory and subsequent investments of around 500,000 yuan."
Fu Xin sighed and said, "Then let's cooperate again in the future."
Lu Yang apologized again, and only breathed a sigh of relief after hanging up the phone.
Bai Yiyi couldn't help but laugh at Lu Yang's embarrassed state: "You'd better be careful. These days, many ordinary people from Hong Kong are coming here to impersonate Hong Kong businessmen and swindle money."
Lu Yang nodded. He had heard a lot about this kind of thing in his previous life, so when he heard that a Hong Kong businessman had taken the initiative to seek cooperation with him, he felt something was wrong.
He glanced at the time and realized it was getting late, so he immediately went to pick up Yao Lili. The two then strolled around a nearby shopping mall.
Zheng Yuntao had already told him the locations of the rented counters, and he brought Yao Lili over specifically to take a look.
Yao Lili's eyes shone with joy, and she secretly resolved to study fashion design well. After graduation, she would recruit two designers with outstanding character and abilities to work in their factory.
After the two walked around for a while, Yao Lili suddenly asked, "What name do you plan to give this brand?"
Lu Yang smiled and said, "Qingjin, the clothing factory will be called Qingjin Clothing Factory."
"'Qingjin' comes from the poem 'Zijin' in the Book of Songs, Zheng Feng. It refers to the clothes worn by students in ancient times, representing aspirations and ambitions. It is suitable for brands that focus on clothing for young people and students."
"Let Xingxing and Yue'er help evaluate the students' clothing. The clothes for young people are more suitable for us. The things we design must at least meet our own aesthetic standards."
"If you don't like the style yourself, you can't expect others to like it."
Yao Lili wholeheartedly agreed, believing that everyday clothing should at least conform to popular aesthetics and be wearable in public.
The two chatted briefly about clothing, then walked around the mall for a while, looking at the entire stall that Lu Yang wanted to rent.
Zheng Yuntao has already arranged with the mall's management to sign the lease agreement the day after tomorrow.
"If I have free time in the future, I'll come over and help sell clothes, and do some research to see what kind of clothes most people like."
Yao Lili looked forward to the future, her eyes full of hope.
Before they knew it, it was past nine o'clock in the evening, and they finally drove back to their residence.
He calculated the time, checked his mailbox, and sure enough, found Li Xingran's letter there.
Along with the letter came another piece of information: two Hong Kong businessmen with assets exceeding ten million will soon be investing in Guangzhou.
Lu Yang narrowed his eyes. If Li Xingran hadn't told him, he definitely wouldn't have known about this.
After all, he wasn't from Guangzhou, and his roots there were too shallow to squeeze into the upper-class circles here.
In his previous life, at this time, he was still struggling in the provincial capital, worrying about making a living, and had no idea that Hong Kong businessmen were investing in Guangzhou.
He planned to find out about the two Hong Kong businessmen's character. If they seemed reliable, he might as well try to curry favor with them, so he could at least get some soup while they ate the meat.
If neither of these two people is easy to get along with, then forget it; he'll just continue accumulating wealth.
With that in mind, he quickly wrote a reply to Li Xingran and mailed it to him along with some Guangzhou pastries.
He looked through the other things and, among them, found an invitation.
The invitation was red with gold foil embossed on it, and the calligraphy was vigorous and the workmanship was exquisite.
He was taken aback. In his more than 30 years of life across two lifetimes, he had never received such an invitation before.
He opened the invitation. The person who sent it was Qian Zhongxin, a man he had heard of in his previous life. He was the owner of a large shopping mall.
The shopping mall he rented had ten counters; it was owned by this boss. Mr. Qian's mother was celebrating her sixtieth birthday, and he was invited to the banquet.
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