Chapter 141 — Old Buffon's Origins
Years of Heartflutter · Page 128 of 214
"By the way, Mingyang Heavy Industry Group is also interested in having you as a spokesperson. If it's feasible, we can discuss it in detail once we're in Songjiang," Assistant Manager Li continued.
"All right, we'll talk about it when we get there," Shu Ya said, clearly somewhat distracted. Her primary purpose in going to Songjiang this time was to see whether she could find Yang Ce.
In recent years in Hong Kong, Shu Haikuo had been running foreign trade businesses, dealing in items such as automobiles and helicopters. Hong Kong had more than its share of wealthy people, so private aircraft was nothing unusual. For a long time, China had been unable to manufacture helicopters independently; even when it did, it was merely simple assembly, with all raw materials dependent on imports.
But in recent days, a bombshell piece of news had left Shu Haikuo astonished beyond measure: Songjiang Mingyang Heavy Industry Group had actually formed a strategic partnership with Laide Fictional Company, one of Europe's largest aircraft manufacturers, under which Laide would supply all the latest production lines to manufacture helicopters in Songjiang.
As a helicopter dealer, Shu Haikuo naturally understood the significance of this news. If it was true, then his future supply channels would be mainland Songjiang rather than Europe.
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671. So It Was Him
Aircraft made in Songjiang would definitely have a far better edge in price and transportation than imports. So if one could secure the helicopter agency rights for Hong Kong, it would be tantamount to owning a gold mine.
Shu Haikuo of Laide Company naturally knew that it had always been a supplier of high-end helicopters, and its products sold exceptionally well. It had taken Shu Haikuo considerable effort to secure the operating rights for Laide Company in Hong Kong—mind you, not exclusive distribution rights, merely permission to sell.
Even so, it had made Shu Haikuo a fortune. Within a few short years, he had climbed onto Hong Kong's list of the wealthy, which was also the reason Shu Ya's performing career had always gone so smoothly.
Now, a heavy industry group had actually been built in Songjiang on the mainland, capable of manufacturing helicopters—and this set Shu Haikuo's mind racing at once.
Fortune favors the bold. He had not even secured exclusive operating rights for Hong Kong yet, and already Shu Haikuo was wondering what a fine thing it would be if he could obtain the general agency for all of Asia.
Or even the general agency for the entire world—then his wealth would leap to make him the richest man in Hong Kong.
And indeed, these rich men's way of thinking was simply different from ordinary people. Only those who dared to dream as they did could ever have a chance at greatness. Otherwise, if one did not even dare to imagine it, doing it was even further out of the question.
So it is said: those without ambition rarely succeed. The matter was not even close to settled, yet Shu Haikuo could already fantasize himself into the richest man in Hong Kong—he really had grown conceited to a certain degree.
Hmm. His woman, Xiao Ya, wasn't she going to Songjiang? Right—if he could use his daughter's connections, might he not establish a line with the Songjiang Mingyang Heavy Industry Group?
Originally, Shu Haikuo had wanted to go and see for himself, but the Songjiang Mingyang Heavy Industry Group had only just been restructured and founded. Even if helicopters could be manufactured, it would take some time; only after the press conference could they begin recruiting distributors. If he went now, it would be a bit premature.
So Shu Haikuo began searching online for the higher-ups of the Songjiang Mingyang Heavy Industry Group, planning to note down their names and then have his daughter deliberately go and make their acquaintance.