bookcurios Chapter 306 Show off
Chapter 306 Show off
There are very few motor vehicles on the road these days, and most people still travel by bicycle. The two people's bicycles parked on the side of the road did not affect the passage of other people.
"You have to have a reason to invite me to dinner. Tell me, what is it?"
Lin Shu pulled the handbrake, leaned back, and looked at Deng Jiaming with interest.
Deng Jiaming patted the black body of Lin Shu's car, his eyes filled with envy. He wished he had followed them to the New York Stock Exchange earlier in the United States. Otherwise, he could have ordered an imported car when he returned.
The imported cars of this era are very cool running on the road.
It's just a pity.
Deng Jiaming wiped away the regret in his heart and thought of the hundreds of thousands of US dollars he brought back from the United States. His gloomy mood instantly dissipated.
He took out a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth, looking a little proud, "I heard that Gu Jiu is going to open a battery factory?"
"Correct."
Gu Jiu wants to set up a battery factory, which has already passed the review from above and all the formalities have been completed. Anyone can find out with a little effort. Lin Shu feels there is no need to deny this.
"The money you brought back from the United States is more than enough to start a battery factory. However, I think that running a battery factory requires higher technology and is more laborious. It is not as profitable as the pressure cooker factory I run."
Pressure cooker?
Lin Shu was slightly stunned after hearing this. In this era, electricity had not yet been connected to the grid, so it was definitely not as stable as in later generations, where electric rice cookers and voltage cookers were popular.
In this age when electricity is not cheap, pressure cookers are very popular among housewives because they take less time to cook rice than ordinary pots and the rice turns out to be softer.
It can be said that in the next twenty years, pressure cookers will be the first choice for cooking in every family.
Lin Shu just doesn't agree with the fact that battery factories don't make as much money as pressure cooker factories. As long as the technology is updated and iterated, battery factories would have been a key industry supported by the state before she died in her previous life.
"What? You haven't heard of a pressure cooker. Let me tell you, a pressure cooker is..."
Deng Jia's obviously sullen expression was dangling outside the car window. Lin Shu frowned slightly. The boiling point was 100 degrees. She knew that a pressure cooker could speed up the process.
"Have you completed the formalities for your factory now? Where is the factory address? I'll go visit your factory when I have time. Maybe it has a good future. I can't help but invest in a pressure cooker factory to compete with you."
Deng Jiaming: “…”
He swallowed and asked incredulously, "You want to compete with me?"
He originally wanted to come here to show off, but if he ended up making Lin Shu's desire to win aroused, wouldn't he be shooting himself in the foot?
Lin Shu didn't have the energy to set up a pressure cooker factory, but when she saw Deng Jiaming deliberately showing off in front of her, she deliberately teased him.
She asked seriously, "Have you registered a brand for your pressure cooker factory? If you have, I can avoid using the same name as yours when I go to register. When your pressure cooker factory opens, remember to let me know so I can visit it and learn from it."
"This, this is not good. The domestic market is so small. I have created a brand of pressure cookers, and you get involved. Then we won't have to compete in the market and in price?" Deng Jiaming was anxious.
He really just wanted to show off today, and he never thought that his own actions would provide Lin Shu with an idea.
Lin Shu seemed to be worried about the market. "There are only two companies in the domestic market, you and I. There is still a lot of room for growth. If we can't sell our products domestically, we can explore overseas markets."
Deng Jiaming was so anxious that he stared blankly. He was in no mood to compete with Gu Jiu at this moment. "No, it's not that easy to open up the overseas market. Why don't you go back and think about it carefully? After all, you are busy enough at the garment factory now, and you also need to divide your attention to manage your restaurant and hotel."
Lin Shu restarted the car and grinned at the panicked Deng Jiaming outside the car: "Doing everything yourself earns hard-earned money. A truly smart person is good at managing time and management. I don't have time to manage people, so I can recruit management talents to help me manage the factory."
"Hey... don't leave so quickly, let's talk it over. You can't make this decision so hastily!"
Deng Jiaming wanted to slap himself at this moment. How could you be so mean? Why didn’t you check the almanac before going out today?
It's not advisable to go out, but you insist on going out. You are just shooting yourself in the foot.
No matter how he tried to try to persuade him to stay, Lin Shu turned the steering wheel and drove away, ignoring the people shouting behind him and stepping on the accelerator.
After returning home and parking the car, Lin Shu got out with the bag and saw Liu Xiao'e doing something in the corner of the wall from a distance.
She walked over and saw Liu Xiao'e transplanting bougainvillea into a large flowerpot. "Mom, what are you doing? Are there bougainvillea for sale in this season?"
"The wall behind is too monotonous. It doesn't look pretty at all when we look down from the living room on the second floor. Someone happened to be selling flowers here today. He saw some bougainvilleas and bought a few. I want to plant them under the wall. When these bougainvilleas grow up and cover the entire wall, won't it look more pleasing to the eye than leaving it bare?"
Originally, the front of this building was a storefront, and the back was designed with stairs leading to their own home. It can be said that only their family members went to the back, so for safety reasons, a wall was built at the back.
Just as Liu Xiao'e said, the rough red bricks of the wall are not beautiful, but if the wall is covered with green plants or decorated with small flowers, it will be very beautiful.
At least it's a visual enjoyment.
Lin Shu is looking forward to it.
"Mom, it will take several years for these plants to grow. How about we buy a few more and transplant them?"
"That should be about the right amount. If you think it's growing too slowly, you can buy a few more."
The mother and daughter stood under the fence and chatted. Under the window on the second floor, Erbao saw Lin Shu and cried out with joy, saying, "Mom, Mom..."
Hearing his daughter's shouting, Gu Jiu walked to the window and looked down, and his eyes met Lin Shu's. They smiled at each other in tacit understanding.
Lin Shu turned back and said to Liu Xiao'e, "Mom, I'll go up first."
Liu Xiao'e smiled and waved her hand: "Go ahead, go ahead. Jiu Ge'er is taking care of two children by himself. I'm worried that he can't take care of them. You can go back and help him take care of the children."
The daughter and son-in-law have a good relationship, and the person who wants to see this scene the most is probably the mother-in-law.
As soon as Lin Shu entered the room, Gu Jiu handed her a copy of the Wall Street Journal, pointed to a place with an excited expression and said, "Wife, look here, our stock has risen by seven daily limits in a row, and our capital has almost doubled in these seven days."
Lin Shu took the Wall Street Journal from him. This newspaper was the Asian edition founded in Hong Kong. "Where did you get this newspaper from?"
"I asked a friend to bring it from Hong Kong City."
As for what friends, Gu Jiu did not elaborate.
Lin Shu looked at the date on the newspaper carefully. It was a newspaper from four days ago. No wonder he said that someone had asked someone to bring it from Hong Kong City. If it was from the same day, his friend would not have been able to deliver it to him so smoothly.
However, stock news even four days ago is also valuable, at least it lets them know the status of their stocks.
Lin Shu sat on the sofa and read the newspaper carefully. After reading it, he and Dabao looked at each other, and there were smiles in their eyes.
"On my way back from collecting money today, I ran into Deng Jiaming. If that guy knew that the stock price had gone up, I don't know how proud he would be."
"You met him on your way back. What did he say to you? That guy wouldn't have approached anyone if he wasn't showing off."
Not to mention that Gu Jiu still knows him very well.
"He really came to show off in front of me. He heard that you were going to set up a battery factory, so he set up a pressure cooker factory."
"Pressure Cooker Factory?"
Gu Jiu was obviously quite surprised, but when he thought about the fact that the kid brought back more than 100,000 US dollars from abroad, it would not be his style not to do something.
"Yes, I couldn't stand his cocky look, so I deliberately said that I also wanted to run a pressure cooker factory to compete with him. Unexpectedly, I scared him."
Gu Jiu sighed and said, "Your suggestion is good. If I hadn't been busy with the battery factory recently, I would really like to set up a pressure cooker factory to compete with him."
"You two are so childish. Ma Zi said that you have been at odds with each other since childhood. Now I finally believe it." Lin Shu shook his head and didn't take it to heart.
Later we learned that Gu Jiu had actually set up a pressure cooker factory in order to compete with Deng Jiaming, but he had already developed electric pressure cookers, electric rice cookers, etc.