Chapter 1187: Measurements Skyrocketing_3

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Should it be?

Oh, it’s 2014 now… that explains it.

Han Lie understood the province’s intentions, but didn’t know how to advise them, so he could only shake his head with a bitter smile.

Large financial groups indeed have their advantages, but the internal management issues they breed aren’t something an individual can solve.

Because with key financial institutions, you can only have a stake, not be the big boss, understand?

Even if you don’t, I can’t explain further, anyway, all the domestic financial groups are hotspots for various illegal operations.

The snowballing effect indeed is fast, but Han Lie wasn’t impressed (and he didn’t dare to write more).

So he decisively and frankly declined.

“I definitely won’t touch the red line of mixed operations in the financial industry. On my father-in-law’s side, there’s nearly a hundred billion in assets waiting for us to take over. I’m planning to find the right time to completely end the private equity business since it keeps us too busy.”

Then, on a trip back home, he attended a negotiation meeting and opened a new path—

“When I switch to the industrial sector, I’ll definitely support my hometown’s development.”

Magic Capital is not a great place for industrial work, comparatively, at least the Mining Province still has cost and policy advantages.

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The third dimension is Han Lie’s influence.

It’s mainly reflected in three aspects.

The influence extending from the financial sector isn’t worth mentioning, after all, the private equity circle can no longer hold him, even Liu Hanhe and the other three can be big shots in the circle, and Father Lie is surely on an even higher level.

Another influence radiates from Tianhang.

After acquiring a ton of developing enterprises, Tianhang nearly secured the sixth spot among investment institutions this year.

Don’t think the ranking is too low, it’s actually quite impressive.

There aren’t many investment institutions with tens of billions in funds, let alone those willing to throw it all in one go; Tianhang is like a massive satellite in the venture capital circle this half-year.

However, in the venture capital circle, it’s mostly about ridiculing and watching the fun.

This approach, it’s not scientific.

Several big shots in the venture capital circle have personally ridiculed this in their circles, some even directly naming Han Lie, accusing him of being reckless.

The original words reached Han Lie’s ears, and he merely laughed it off.

A year or two isn’t enough for Tianhang to prove itself, so verbal sparring is completely pointless now.

But five years from now, there’s no need for verbal wars. We’ll see if they’re envious then.

It’s not just envy; they’ll come flocking like crazy, the harder they criticize now, the more eagerly they’ll fawn later.

The last level of influence comes from Panzi.

Panzi’s company is completely restructured, confidently bidding for key projects in Fengshengli.

The father-in-law and son-in-law influence and support each other, with one providing connections and network, the other offering fame and financial assurance. The city government talked with Panzi several times, then visited Han Lie’s company for an inspection, after which several companies that had intended to compete backed off without a word.

They couldn’t compete, really couldn’t.

Although Han Lie and Pan Ge aren’t getting engaged until next year, Pan Holdings and Han Shi Holdings are already interlinked, tightly connected, wielding the power of swallowing Gao Yuan Real Estate, and rampaging through the commercial real estate industry in Magic Capital like a bull, making anyone hesitate.

The key is, others are short of money in real estate, given the current environment and obvious contraction trends.

Those two, on the other hand, have money that’s practically burning, who would be foolish enough to battle them head-on?

And getting the focus project for urban renewal means Panzi returns to the city’s core and central stage, where his old connections will only grow tighter around him, continually amplifying the influence.

Even more importantly, once engaged, it means Panzi has a perfect heir.

This significance cannot be replaced by the success of a project or two.

In this regard, the country folk are particularly interesting and wise.

From the smallest angle—let’s say in a rural area, if your family doesn’t have a son or your son is unreliable, the whole village will unconsciously look down on you.

Develop to the extreme, it’s like the situation of extinguishing the unsound lineage.

On the contrary, if a family has several sons, or one gets into a prestigious university, the whole village sees them as someone special.

This situation is quite common, right?

If we look at the bigger picture, there are plenty of examples.

For instance, old Wang, whose two attempts to go public failed, many people hindered him, largely due to confidence issues.

Externally and internally, there wasn’t long-term confidence in the empire he helmed.

The root of confidence loss, was the unruly nature of young Wang.

As a private company, with nobody to succeed you, although you’re holding up now, showing your majesty, what happens when you can no longer bear the burden?

In this light, having people inside and outside with divided loyalties is unfortunately normal.

Even in the times of feudal kingdoms, the primary duty of a king was to have more sons and establish an heir early.

This is the meaning of succession.

Therefore, truly wise people think the hot-headed aren’t smart.

You can be temperamental, can hang around with internet celebrities, can have a lavish hidden life, and even be debaucherous and incompetent, but you can’t display it publicly.

Reserve a bit in public, act like an ambitious youth, even if you truly lack capability, use a company’s think tank to package you, a few simple tasks can create an elite persona.

Not asking for much, but at least this way you won’t hold old Wang back, letting his father relax more.

Princess Liu, Princess Zong, Young Master Zhang… none of those notable second-generations are exceptionally capable, but they stay low-key, humble, good at packaging, and thus, the enterprises develop smoothly, with the transition of leadership happening naturally.

Whether they can run the business well later is a future matter, at least upfront they didn’t encounter trouble.

The second son of Tangchen had a genius reputation early on, but after taking over as managing director, has Tangchen Group seen major development?

No.

Any lousy issues?

Nope.

Steadily enjoying the era’s development dividends, they can keep earning without worries for the next hundred years with rent alone.

But imagine if, after President Tang’s passing, President Xu only had one son who turned out to be reckless, causing havoc every day, wouldn’t there be people who don’t respect President Xu, eyeing Tangchen’s wealth?

Hence, whether there is a successor, and the level of the successor, is crucial for a big ship.

And now Panzi has a bit of a “father-in-law relying on son-in-law for a turnaround” vibe, returning to the frontline, recently hanging out again with that small crème de la crème group with old Guo.

Correspondingly, his core connections also began opening up to Han Lie, treating the 20-year-old as an important figure.

Ultimately, it’s because the money Han Lie earned in over a year is already enough to dominate the masses.

October passed happily.

In November, just when Han Lie thought he could continue leisurely fishing, picking shells, and enjoying life, an unexpected turn occurred.

The system shop refreshed once more.

September’s item was a black technology for cultivating temperament, quite useful, but Han Lie felt it wasn’t cost-effective, so he ignored it.

October’s item was a targeted weight-loss black technology, priced at 2 billion experience, capable of yielding 200 billion in profits if acquired, but Han Lie considered this black tech too abrupt, mismatched with the main business, and struggled with gaining enough experience, so he painfully gave it up.

On November 1st, casually opening the shop, his eyes widened.

The complete process technology for solid-state lithium batteries!

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Planning to conclude and slowly add extras afterward, explaining everyone’s fate, and ensuring survival.

The early demise of Reading and Er Gou is more painful for me than for you, having painstakingly written for four years, only to have no chance of looking at this chapter to reminisce about youth, it’s too much of a pity for myself.

Since this book has reached a brink, there’s no need to wait for repeated warnings from audit and editing, just end it, leaving it as a memory.

Actually, it’s doing well, casually writing each month earns nearly six figures in royalties, another million words for extra income isn’t a problem.

But I’d rather not earn this money than milk a soulless story for cash, it’s that simple.

The new book I’m writing is quite thrilling, although it might not be good, it greatly alleviates my anxiety.

Let’s leave it at this for now, maybe one day when I recover, find a good, less taboo point of entry, there might be a chance to return to urban themes.

I’m not asking everyone to understand, but with regards to my effort, I’ve done my best with these three books, and I’m at peace with myself.