After school on Friday, Dong Jiajia followed Lu Jiaxin out the door and said as they walked, "Today is Friday, you should go back to Mid-Levels, right?"
There are no classes in Gangcheng on weekends, so her question is not out of place.
Lu Jiaxin shook her head and said, "I have found a tutor. I will have tutoring all day tomorrow. After tutoring, I will go back to Mid-Levels to accompany my aunt."
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Su Heyuan shouting at her.
When Dong Jiajia saw that Su Heyuan was driving a second-hand car, she thought the car was too low-grade: "Jia Xin, is this your boyfriend?"
Lu Jiaxin was embarrassed. In the mainland, early love is taboo, but Hong Kong girls are more mature and start dating at the age of fifteen or sixteen. She shook her head and said, "No, she is my godmother's nephew. She was worried that I would be bullied by others in Hong Kong, so she specifically asked him to take care of me."
Dong Jiajia was a little disappointed. When she saw Su Heyuan approaching, she immediately said, "See you next week."
"See you next week."
After Su Heyuan waited for Lu Jiaxin to get in the car, he asked, "Is that girl your classmate?"
Lu Jiaxin hummed and said, "Her father is a judge. He is usually quite arrogant, but he is very enthusiastic towards me."
"Not bad, I made friends so quickly."
Lu Jiaxin smiled but didn't say anything. Whether they could become friends was still up for debate. Dong Jiajia's kindness, who knows if it was a knife wrapped in it.
The two got in the car, and Su Heyuan said, "The company has been registered, and now we have to choose an office location. Jiaxin, I have selected a few places for your reference, one in Central, one in Wan Chai, and one in Causeway Bay."
Lu Jiaxin didn't even think about it and said, "Let's rent a place with convenient transportation and cheap rent. We don't have money now, so when we have money, we can buy two floors and use them as office buildings."
Su Heyuan shook his head and said, "Office buildings in Hong Kong are very expensive, seven or eight thousand or even tens of thousands per square foot. Buying a 1,000 square foot office building would cost tens of millions."
Lu Jiaxin did not argue about this. She thought it would be more credible to buy an office building after making the money.
Su Heyuan said to her again: "My grandfather said that building a factory is too slow and not cost-effective, so it would be better for us to directly acquire a clothing factory. I consulted with an agent. One of the factories was built five years ago, and the machinery and equipment were purchased four years ago. However, the other party offered 8 million, which exceeded our budget."
Lu Jiaxin shook her head when she heard this and said, "Our budget for acquiring a clothing factory is within five million. It's definitely not okay to exceed almost double this. Brother Su, our clothing factory in Hong Kong doesn't need to be too large. If we get a large order, we can go to the mainland to find a processing factory to do it."
Su Heyuan explained: "Jia Xin, the reason why the factory is so expensive is because the land is so large. Last time when we had dinner, Mr. Nie said that the real estate market will soon pick up. We should take it down, and when we move the factory in the future, we can make a lot of money by reselling the land!"
Lu Jiaxin said: "The budget is so much over, I don't have enough money."
The factory cost 8 million plus taxes and hiring, so she had to prepare at least 10 million. She owned 60% of the shares, so she had to pay 6 million. With the money from the jeans, she now had more than 13 million on hand, but she was not going to touch the 8 million from the stock market, so she didn't have enough money.
Su Heyuan asked in confusion, "How can it not be enough? You have over 3 million in savings, and now you have received over 4 million?"
"I'm going to invest the 3 million in stocks and won't use it." Lu Jiaxin said. In addition to the original 3 million in the account, there is also 5 million from selling the plan. She plans to invest the 8 million!
Lu Jiaxin laughed: "Don't you feel at a disadvantage?"
Su Heyuan really didn't feel that he was at a disadvantage: "I got 40% of the 3 million earned from the jeans, which is a great bargain. I believe that with you in our clothing company, we will definitely make a lot of money."
Lu Jiaxin didn't want to buy such a large factory, but since he had to pay for it, she didn't object. Real estate will heat up next year, and the growth trend is good. But she wanted to accumulate capital, and if she wanted to accumulate a large amount of capital quickly, she could only make money by speculating in stocks and foreign exchange.
Su Heyuan added: "Don't worry about sales. I have all the sales channels of the Su family under my control. As long as the clothes we produce are newer in style, cheaper in price, and of guaranteed quality, they will definitely buy from us."
Lu Jiaxin knew what she meant: "I will take the time to think about new styles and design them before the factory starts production. But a clothing company cannot rely on one person. We have to hire fashion designers after the company becomes profitable."
"That's natural."
After these two matters were finalized, Lu Jiaxin said, "You've taken away the customers of the Su's clothing factory. Won't your uncle and cousin retaliate against you? Also, won't your grandfather be angry if you steal customers from your own company?"
Su Heyuan was not worried: "The profit of the garment factory is very small. Su Xingcong and Su Hexu have long wanted to sell it, but the old man did not allow it. I will work alone. As long as the company is up, the old man will not be angry. As for revenge, the old man will not allow it, and I am not afraid of their revenge."
Lu Jiaxin felt that it was still necessary to take preventive measures.
Su Heyuan also had this concern. He said, "This time, I am also going to hire two bodyguards for myself."
"Good."
Su Heyuan had already contacted the manager of the security company and told them the two people's requirements. As soon as they arrived at the security company, the manager gave them the prepared information.
Lu Jiaxin wanted a female bodyguard, but there were relatively few female bodyguards on the market, so there were not many options. She only had three pieces of information, while Su Heyuan had a thick stack of information.
After looking through the profiles of the three people, Lu Jiaxin chose the one with the most ordinary appearance and said, "Let's pick this Feng Lihua!"
This security company is the No. 1 in Hong Kong, and the bodyguards have clean backgrounds, so there is no need to worry. She chose a female bodyguard with an ordinary appearance. She thinks bodyguards don't need to be that beautiful, the more ordinary they are, the less noticeable they are.
Su Heyuan selected five and said, "Bring these five people here for me to see."
Soon all six people came over. The five people Su Heyuan selected were all tall and strong, and they were all over 1.85 meters tall; Feng Lihua was a head shorter than these five people, and she looked very petite when standing together.
Su Heyuan chose the tallest person. In comparison, he was very dissatisfied with Feng Lihua. He said in Mandarin: "Jiaxin, do you want to change someone?" Lu Jiaxin looked at Feng Lihua and asked: "Can you drive, cook and clean the house?"
Feng Lihua was stunned. What kind of question was that? However, he answered professionally: "I can drive. I can only cook simple dishes, and the taste is average. I can clean the house when I have time."
This doesn't sound like hiring a bodyguard, but more like hiring a maid. However, the cost of a bodyguard is much more expensive than that of a maid, so it shouldn't be necessary to just let her do housework.
(End of this chapter)