Chapter 271 Extending Life for Eighty Years
At 32, other women with children have given up on many things. They may prioritize family and children over career, spending more time and energy, besides caring for their husband and parents, tutoring their children or accompanying them to various training classes.
They gradually lose their sense of self, no longer dress elegantly, no longer interested in opportunities to escape this vicious cycle. They become unpaid maids for their families. Those who have jobs can still bring in income, but they know that earning money is hard work. They can spend lavishly on school supplies and tutoring for their children, but they are reluctant to buy themselves a gift to celebrate their birthday.
Successful husbands are more likely to be attracted to or woo young, beautiful women. Kind men will nag their aging, faded wives, while ambitious men will simply switch sides, calling it a casual fling. They need to be considerate of their wives, but they also need their wives to be considerate of their needs.
Many of the people in the Wencheng wives' circle that Lin Ruoyan knew back then have been complaining privately, describing how men become bad when they have money, and showing all kinds of nonsense and despicable behavior.
This made Lin Ruoyan secretly glad that she had never been married, and was free and had no such worries at all.
She had never imagined she'd live this long. Ever since she transmigrated into the book at 25 and bound herself to the money-spending system, she'd been spending 100 million every month, something she'd never dared to imagine before she transmigrated. Fortunately, she had an 800 million dowry to keep her going. 800 million equaled eight months, and if she spent it all and died in the grave, her life would be worth it.
Back then, she simply didn't want a relationship; she was too busy making money and enjoying herself. Later, when she had enough money to last her five or ten years, she still had no interest in marriage. The world was so big, and there were so many handsome men; she could date anyone she wanted. Being single was an advantage.
Being single with a child, especially one who's incredibly easy to take care of, she doesn't want a man to tie her down to her side. She has no desire to be Mrs. So-and-so, or a good wife, a woman who can handle everything from housework to making money and raising children. Whoever wants to be that can be; just don't force her.
She rarely appears in the office now, but she is like a goddess in the eyes of her employees.
As several luxury housing projects developed in Shanghai, Hangzhou and Shenzhen continue to set new records for luxury housing prices, all kinds of news about the mysterious female boss of Lin Real Estate have become a hot topic of discussion.
Lin's real estate also has operations in South America, Africa, and Singapore. At airports in these regions, the Lin Group's slogans are visible upon landing. Signs, as prominent as those for domestic infrastructure, telecommunications, and banking businesses, are displayed, along with beautifully printed introductions to local real estate projects, instantly catching people's attention.
Lin's real estate business covers more than just luxury homes. She also has hotel chain stores, physical examination centers, medical beauty centers, and myopia treatment device experience and maintenance centers across the country and even in Europe and the United States. In all of the above-mentioned physical stores, you can see various products produced by her furniture and home furnishing factory.
With the expansion of physical stores, these products are also exported overseas. We have also established our own online stores on major network platforms. You can view and experience the products in the physical stores, and the online stores ship worldwide. You can buy them anywhere and have them delivered and installed at your door.
Some other small categories of household items that do not require installation and debugging have also teamed up with the increasingly popular Taobao platform in China to create flagship stores. Their online sales have always topped the list, and they have firmly grasped the dividends of the rise of e-commerce.
While other physical enterprises are still hesitating whether to develop their own e-commerce platforms and whether to do online business, Lin's related companies have basically eliminated the middlemen and are all directly supplying goods, realizing a new sales model of offline experience and online shopping.
They even created an online platform for selling second-hand houses, which was proposed by Lin Ruoyan and developed by Qin Shuang and his team.
Originally, the platform was solely focused on selling pre-owned properties from their numerous projects. After all, they had firsthand, detailed information and could guarantee the availability of the properties. However, other developers, such as Fang Yue, immediately sensed an opportunity and brazenly applied to join the platform, sharing information on pre-owned properties in their recently renovated developments.
From then on, the online platform became unstoppable and could only continue to expand. It was divided into regions and cities, and countless real estate companies took the initiative to approach it. Second-hand houses, new houses and rental information were also gathered in, forming a scale effect.
The information department at Lin's Real Estate Company was incredibly busy, but they were happy. The website was only energy-intensive to develop, and future maintenance would be handed over to the pre-owned housing department. The salespeople earned a commission of 1 to 2 percentage points per unit sold, comparable to the commission earned from selling new homes. While not all of this commission went to the salespeople personally, the company certainly took a cut, but housing prices were rising rapidly.
The company's own luxury housing projects are all worth hundreds of millions of yuan each, and any secondhand transaction would cost a minimum of one million yuan. Just selling one in two years would be a huge profit. Furthermore, with so many projects on the website, salespeople average one or two sales per month, earning a few thousand yuan on the cheaper units and tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, on the more expensive ones. This has attracted countless college graduates to join the company.
Lin Ruoyan's business ventures affected not only Lin Real Estate but also the Lin Group. After separating from Hua Na, Lin Pictures became a separate entity, prospering the domestic cultural landscape. The quality of domestic films continued to improve year by year, and the publicity was highly effective. Lin's advertising expenses for industrial products were significantly reduced.
There is also Panshi Group, which has a deep bond with the Lin Group and is becoming more and more stable overseas. Its market share and technological leadership in the metallurgical field have made it a world-renowned international enterprise.
In 2009, the year the book describes, the country finally decided to vigorously promote the development of new energy vehicles and provided subsidies for new energy technologies. However, sales of new energy vehicles that year were less than 500, and buses were still the main type of vehicle.
That same year, Lin Ruoyan achieved a breakthrough in the research and development of new energy battery raw materials, which she had long collaborated with Panshi. They were able to extract the essential raw materials for new energy batteries from low-grade ores. This was a pioneering step in the battery industry, breaking through the technological barriers of developed Western countries.
In recent years, China has vigorously invested in infrastructure, connecting every road and providing electricity to every village. This has created a solid foundation for the development of new energy vehicles. After fifty years of technological accumulation, we have lagged behind others in the fuel vehicle market. Now, we have finally entered the new energy vehicle market. We have all the necessary components for vehicle manufacturing, including parts and components, and the entire supply chain. We have been locked in a trap by developed countries in fuel engine technology. So, we need to switch to fuel engines. It's that simple.
New energy battery technology has become a new breakthrough point. Regardless of who makes cars, new energy batteries are essential. Lin Ruoyan began research and development six or seven years ago, consistently investing tens of millions annually, cumulatively exceeding hundreds of millions, and has already established an industry-leading position, leaving newcomers far behind. The key is Panshi's stable supply of raw materials. The two companies, working together in a close and rock-solid partnership, have a head start.
"System, how many years of life will my current account balance sustain?" Lin Ruoyan was now quite confident chatting with the system. She didn't even ask for months, but directly asked for years. After all, in addition to the funds on her books, she also had countless fixed assets, which could easily bring in tens of billions of yuan if sold.
The prodigal system gave an answer in seconds, flatteringly saying, "Host, you can still live for at least another eighty years. Of course, this is just the money on paper. The numerous fixed assets you hold around the world, as well as the companies you invest in and control, are already valued at hundreds of billions."
Lin Ruoyan spoke eloquently, "When you get too old, your quality of life declines. Living another 80 years is a bit too long. Forget it. I'll spend 200-300 million a month from now on. Leaving cash to my descendants will make them lose the motivation to work hard, so I'll just leave them some assets and equity. I've spent all the money on the books in my lifetime and enjoyed it to the fullest."
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