Kowloon Walled City.
In Lu Yan's original room, there were only two people.
Si Zai sat quietly in front of Lu Yan, listening attentively to his instructions.
Si Zai hadn't expected that the plot of land Lu Yan had previously instructed him to purchase was actually for the construction of a television factory.
The investment was terrifying.
Especially in this era, the television industry, particularly color television, was completely monopolized by the Japanese, and it was also the most glorious and peak period for their home appliance industry.
If the television factory was built, it would be like snatching food from a tiger's mouth.
Whether it was the Japanese or Western countries, especially the Americans, they wouldn't just stand by and watch.
The Japanese's current industry was supported by the Americans.
Regardless, Hong Kong is still under British rule, and the British are currently in decline, clinging to the American leg.
Acquiring land isn't difficult, building a factory isn't difficult either, but the difficulty lies in obtaining a television production line.
Initially, Si Zai was concerned about this.
But gradually, he noticed something was wrong.
Lu Yan didn't even consider the Japanese television production line.
He was actually going to assemble his own television production line.
This was insane!
Si Zai had known Lu Yan for a long time, almost two years, and naturally understood some of his personality. Sometimes, he was indeed very crazy, but this time was different.
His previous craziness was on a million-level.
Now, his craziness was on a hundred million level.
The two were not on the same level.
Furthermore.
This time, they would definitely be suppressed by the Japanese.
"Brother Yan, isn't this too risky?"
After listening, Si Zai couldn't help but ask, full of worry.
They were playing too big this time!
Si Zai wasn't a coward by nature, but at this moment, he was truly a bit scared.
"Don't worry, I've investigated it."
Lu Yan naturally understood why Si Zai was so worried.
First, the investment was too large.
Second, the return period was long.
"Do you know how people in the Mainland buy televisions now?"
Lu Yan asked meaningfully.
"Isn't it with money?"
Si Zai asked in confusion.
"No."
Lu Yan shook his head and said, "They purchase with coupons, without them, you can't buy one."
"This..."
Si Zai had heard of all sorts of coupons under a planned economy.
"Even so, the shortage of color televisions in the Mainland exceeds 5 million units."
Lu Yan continued.
"5 million units?!"
Si Zai's eyes widened in surprise.
This was a number he had never thought about.
You know, the current price of color televisions ranges from a thousand to ten thousand. Averaging it out, even if each unit costs 2000 yuan, 5 million units would be 1 billion yuan!
Facing a market worth 1 billion yuan, Si Zai finally understood why Lu Yan was doing this.
Furthermore.
This was the most conservative estimate.
Si Zai didn't know that Lu Yan was going to produce LCD color televisions, even at 10,000 yuan a piece, people would be snatching them up.
Although LCD technology existed in this era, it hadn't been fully popularized yet, especially for color LCD.
Lu Yan's idea was simple, to harvest Western developed countries and kill the Japanese electric appliance industry.
This was also an objective need.
His first step was to become the world's electric appliance king, which meant only one of them could survive, him or the Japanese.
As for the LCD television technology, it was included in the smart home appliance technology. However, by the time the factory was built, this technology would already be available.
Lu Yan's plan was to have the final assembly in Hong Kong.
This was his base camp.
He would also keep some of the core technologies in Hong Kong.
As for the rest of the supply chain for components, Lu Yan intended to place it in the Mainland, especially in Shenzhen. After all, this place is opening up to the outside world, and the investment difficulty is relatively simple.
This is also why Lu Yan was so happy about Chen Zhen's joining.
Lu Yan wasn't just attracted to Chen Zhen's beauty, but also her abilities.
In the world of Hong Kong movies, there is no shortage of beautiful women.
Although there are many talented people in the world of Hong Kong movies, they are rare.
Since he had met Chen Zhen, Lu Yan intended to recruit her.
You know, the identity of a Hong Kong businessman was very useful in this era.
"What did the Kowloon Council member say?"
Lu Yan changed the subject and asked seriously.
"He said that granting land isn't difficult, but we need to prove our capabilities."
Si Zai replied.
"That's easy."
Lu Yan never worried about money. In this era, money was too easy to make, especially since he had technology and advanced ideas far beyond this era.
If all else failed, he could just go to the financial circle and make a fortune.
Lu Yan wasn't interested in finance.
He always believed that financial money never increases, it's just a game of passing money from left hand to right hand, a toy for big capital tycoons.
Science and technology is different, it's truly something that can increase in value. It allows for rapid increases in wealth for the entire society.
While financial wealth only ends up in the hands of a few capitalists.
Lu Yan wanted sustainable wealth, so this was the only way for his wealth to continue flowing.
The most crucial thing.
Lu Yan had a system, he wasn't lacking in technology, so he wouldn't be shortsighted and engage in finance, sacrificing the essential for the trivial.
With the current technology provided by the system, he wouldn't say that he could fly out of the solar system, but he could at least monopolize the entire solar system.
Earth?
For Lu Yan, it was still too small.
But for now, the first thing was to build the television factory.
Next.
Lu Yan gave Si Zai a few instructions, and Si Zai quickly left.
Si Zai's focus is no longer on recycling scrap, but on acquiring land.
"Kowloon Council member?"
Lu Yan thought for a moment and had a plan.
The membership system of Yanlong Auto Repair Shop was prepared for this moment.
If he remembered correctly, there were members of the Kowloon Council who were members of Yanlong Auto Repair Shop, even high-level members.
You know, a high-level member paid 5 million yuan annually.
However, the membership fees of high-level members were directly credited to Lu Yan's pocket, not into the auto repair shop's finances.
So far, there have been 50 high-level members.
Just from this, there was 250 million yuan. How could Lu Yan possibly be short of money.
As for why those people were willing to pay this membership fee, it's simple. Lu Yan could make them earn more wealth than that number.
Or rather, Lu Yan provided key information that allowed them to avoid losses exceeding that amount.
Originally, there weren't many people who wanted to become high-level members, but word spread quickly, and after verification from multiple sources, people started vying to join. However, this was only known to the wealthy class.
In Lu Yan's definition, those with liquid assets exceeding 100 million yuan were considered wealthy, not based on their assets.
Even so, many people wanted to join, but Lu Yan said the slots were limited.
That's how people are.
Limited things are considered classy!
"The remaining stock market forecast cards still need to be used."
Lu Yan glanced at the small props in the system space.
As for that prop card that could increase the price of a specified stock by 50%, Lu Yan wasn't planning to use it for now.
Or rather, he was waiting for a prop card that could decrease the price of a specified stock by 50%.
If he was going to earn, he would earn a fortune.