Chapter 695 - 293: It’s a Friend of Mine!
Li Yang heard Xiumu’s words and said helplessly, "Xiumu, aren’t you afraid Jiang Banxia will come at you with a knife?"
Xiumu shook her head, "As long as we don’t tell others, it’s fine. The main thing is the child is growing up and now has the concept of a father. I couldn’t find a suitable one, so I’m borrowing your name to keep the child psychologically healthy."
"Pfft, I’m the one at a loss here, okay?"
Li Yang didn’t actually think it was that hard to accept, it wasn’t a big deal.
But his personality was such that he was determined not to be at a disadvantage!
"So how can I make it up to you? How about I give you another child?"
"I already have a child."
"With so many assets, two children aren’t enough. Plus, it’s not easy for Jiang Banxia; having a child is so painful. I’m not afraid of pain, let me take the trouble on for you, alright?"
Li Yang: "..."
Seeing this, Xiumu said immediately, "It’s settled then, I’ll go talk to Jiang Banxia about it."
"Before, she might not have come at you with a knife, but if you say that, she’s sure to!"
"Not necessarily..."
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During dinner, Li Yang expressed his gratitude to the rich ladies’ group, but when he mentioned he was leaving the Capital City for a while and would rarely return, the atmosphere at the table quickly changed.
Even though last night he had already given Song Yu and Liu Ruyi a heads-up, it hadn’t really sunk in.
In reality, Li Yang did rarely meet the other people from the rich ladies’ group, but they chatted a lot in the group chat.
Whether the topics were big or small in scope, their relationships were good.
Essentially, they were just tools for Li Yang, but to them, Li Yang was their world.
That meant Li Yang was usually very busy; any spare moment in the Capital City would certainly fill up his schedule.
After the meal, Li Yang had a chat with Xiumu about shipping matters, and Song Yu had already briefed her in advance. She also inquired about her family’s situation.
The result was that in the short term, expansion was not possible because any shipyard’s expansion plans need to be laid out three to five years in advance; expanding isn’t that simple.
However, Li Yang has money on his side and can directly offer orders for twenty years or more.
Anyway, buying a ship with a carrying capacity of 50,000 tons costs between 15 to 25 million US Dollars, with a faster construction period taking about a year, and a slower one taking three to five years, even possibly more than ten years.
As long as you seize the dividends of the next three years, you can easily earn several years’ worth of profits.
Meanwhile, he plans to sell some containers — this project certainly won’t lose money.
Even if it doesn’t make money, it doesn’t matter; a good opportunity must be seized, whether the profit is for someone else or himself, as long it’s for his own people.
It doesn’t take much investment, the rich ladies group can pool together 1.8 billion, and Li Yang can add another 200 million, and the deal is sealed.
"Xiumu, do you have any channels for getting gold from abroad? If so, help me buy a bit."
"Huh? How much do you need?"
"No rush, within the next year or two is fine, something like one or two hundred tons."
Xiumu: "..."
"Do you know our national gold reserve is just over a thousand tons? Where am I going to get a thousand or so tons?"
If it were a hundred or two hundred tons, Xiumu might have a way, but over five hundred tons, it’s basically not something you can procure normally.
Globally, only three to four thousand tons of gold are mined each year, and the annual gold transaction volume is only about five to six thousand tons; taking 10% of the share would cause the price of gold to soar.
Even though it’s only 10%, gold prices could double, causing market shortages due to the fixed demand.
"I don’t need gold from official channels, I want the kind that hasn’t circulated in the market. Global gold production is in the tens of thousands of tons, most of which hasn’t entered circulation. I’m not asking for it for free, I’ll pay them in US Dollars with a 10% markup."
If he only needed one or two hundred tons, Li Yang wouldn’t even need Xiumu’s help; Chen Peipei has channels for that.
Getting a few dozen tons a year is not a problem.
The liquidity of gold is not high. Whether at home or abroad, many people hoard a lot of gold that never enters the market.
What Li Yang needs is this.
Even if he can find a tenth of it, it would be more than enough to satisfy his appetite.
This channel, Xiumu can find.
That gold isn’t unwilling to enter the market, it’s that there’s no buyer large enough, and they don’t dare to deal with the government.
Xiumu thought for a moment, "This is risky, you know. I’m taking a big risk; aren’t you going to offer something?"
"What offer? It’s just that Jiang Banxia is planning to allocate some assets, not even expecting profit, might even lose money. If it makes money, I’ll treat you to a meal."
"You call a thousand tons of gold asset allocation?"
"Can’t help it, Jiang Banxia’s rich, the dividends coming in soon will be 35 billion. Even after taxes, that’s 27 billion."
Jiang Banxia’s tax payment will be left in the Capital City.
But subsequent taxes will likely go directly to Jiangbei, not staying in Jiang City.
The company registration will be moved to Jiangbei later.
His hometown Jiang City couldn’t offer corresponding benefits.
Ye Bingcheng has extended numerous invitations over there.
Though there’s not much tax incentive, afraid of attracting gossip, they offer plenty in terms of resources and benefits.
To know, many small counties will go so far as to bestow honorary titles on big companies to win them over, adjusting their nature to reduce those companies’ taxes.
It’s risky, but Jiang City can’t show zero interest.
It does offer some benefits, but those benefits, Wanliu Capital can get anywhere.