Chapter 1190: We Will Be Buried Together Among the Stars (Part 2)

In the relatively insensitive field of civil affairs, America is quite willing to respect commercial law. If Bombardier dares to do something shady, Han Lie is fully capable of suing them and winning the appropriate compensation.

In fact, he would very much like them to try something sneaky. After all, he already gained the experience, and then he’d get another wave of compensation, a delightful win-win.

Upon returning home, Pan Ge was already looking forward to the wedding.

The Princess will be delivered in the spring of ’17, as her exclusive private airplane, shouldering the responsibility of shuttling between Dream City and Magic Capital.

By then, it will certainly be quite a spectacle.

At this moment, Han Lie had already fully immersed himself in his new venture.

Over 100 million dollars, nearly 800 million RMB in total cost, brought about over 2 billion in experience points.

Pioneering battery technology, easily under his belt.

Next, he intends to brush up Level 5 related knowledge for himself, master all the technology first, and then release it in batches, kickstarting the path to takeoff.

This task was simpler than expected.

In January ’15, when he returned to Dream City for the New Year, he revealed the full set of 1.0 technology, only half a generation ahead of current laboratory technology.

However, what he presented was an industrial mass production system.

After a chat with his ex-father-in-law, the leader in charge of industry in the province visited the next day.

After that, acquiring land and building factories happened naturally, as smooth as silk.

The factory was located in the provincial capital, as Dream City wasn’t suitable.

However, Han Lie also provided the opportunity for his hometown to supply parts.

His ex-father-in-law ambitiously set up a complementary industrial park in the development zone, the work wasn’t very high-end, but it was a breakthrough from nothing to something.

Time marched steadfastly forward.

In May ’15, the fund under Han Lie began to clear out.

The last tail end of profits, not worth bothering with.

By June, the factory was completed, and “Dream Power” began installing and commissioning the production line.

In July, the fund was fully cleared and began settlement.

After paying back the leverage, the balance of the four funds totaled more than 120 billion, with profits less than ten-fold, just so-so.

Confined by the market size, this was as far as Han Lie could go.

If the starting fund was only 100 million, he was confident he could achieve 100 times the profit and easily reach 10 billion.

Even so, the collective efforts easily garnered over 70 billion in profit.

Because most investors had a profit-sharing cap at 290%, Han Lie took the lion’s share, and as a result, during the mid-bull market, his reputation started to decline sharply.

People, you know, are fickle.

In the beginning, those investors praised and appreciated Han Lie; later, they resented him just as much.

Their common thought was — in such a hot bull market, we could also achieve five or eight times profit by ourselves, but the money was tied up in the fund, and in the end, we only got a small part back; the rest all went to Han Lie…

Does it make sense?

It depends on who you ask.

Brother Lie couldn’t care less, and even took the opportunity to announce his golden retirement, exiting the private equity industry.

Not long after the settlement, the market trembled, and the nation was shaken. The name of God Lie resounded across the land.

It’s not that Han Lie didn’t want to keep it under wraps, but unfortunately, it couldn’t be contained.

The media could help him delete photos, delete news, but who could control what investors and retail traders say amongst themselves?

Han Lie was already not an unknown figure in Magic Capital’s financial circle, and now he just completely blew up.

To cool down the hype, Han Lie lived a low-profile for a while and didn’t take the opportunity to touch stock index futures again during the market slump.

Shorting the indices indeed felt great, but it was even more satisfying when confiscated assets led to operating sewing machines.

Not only did he not earn money, but he also donated 10 billion after-tax corporate dividends in his personal name.

This money went directly to the Hope Project, which then triggered a “Charity Ambassador” trait in the system, with charitable donations directly fetching triple consumption experience.

Great, another good place to spend money…

And the most hilarious part was, when that 10 billion was spent, it even triggered a spending critical hit, earning 20 billion back…

Dog Lie could hardly decide whether to laugh or cry.

Can’t I just spend money properly for once?

Luckily it was only 2 times, if it were a 10 times critical, that’d be really hard to explain.

In the end, he didn’t keep that 20 billion for himself either, instead established a charity fund named “Dream Love” and threw it all in.

To have a vessel, Han Lie specially developed a donation app called “Good Deeds.”

The model was similar to Waterdrop Fundraising, but Brother Lie promised in the app’s open-screen notice — Good Deeds is forever free and will never go public, and all operating costs are fully covered by the Dream Love Fund.

There’s also a small hidden clause in the fine print: For any fundraising goal not met by the deadline, Dream Love Fund will cover the shortfall, no matter how much it is.

With a 20 billion fund scale, earning an easy 15% annually, removing normal operating expenses, there should be around 2.7 to 2.8 billion to subsidize Good Deeds, which should be enough.

If not, it’s fine too. The 15% return was actually a joke; don’t you understand the value of God Lie?

Panzi nodded and bowed: Got it, got it, bro, whatever you say goes!

Next, Han Lie invested in creating a battery laboratory.

To the highest global standards, based in Magic Capital, he scoured the world for experts to find reasons for his black technology while also expanding research directions.

By the end of ’15, Han Lie accidentally hit the hot search again — the Forbes Billionaire List was published.

With a net worth of 30 billion RMB, Han Lie ranked 22nd, topping the list of the richest post-90s, and the youngest billionaire globally.

To lower the ranking, he spent 6 million in PR fees.