“Sell all your assets, how much money can you raise?”
Xu Zhao asked.
Gao Qiqiang thought he was asking for money, and his eyes flashed a bit unnaturally.
He lowered his head slightly, pretending to calculate for a while.
He said: “My total assets are over 37 billion. If I want to sell them off in a short time, I will definitely lose a lot. I can get 200 to 300 billion at best.”
Xu Zhao said: “I have two choices for you. First, take the money, take your family, and leave the country. Don’t come back.”
Gao Qiqiang was a little surprised and thought to himself: “Does he not want my money?”
Xu Zhao continued: “The second choice, I'm planning to start a new industrial park soon, incubating various internet companies. If you're interested, you can invest.”
Gao Qiqiang thought to himself: “This is testing me.”
He didn’t think he could leave with over 300 billion safely.
He also didn't think Xu Zhao was really not interested in money.
This second option might be a disguised way of giving him money.
“We three siblings were born in Jinghai and grew up in Jinghai. How can we just leave? Besides, I don't speak English, and life abroad will be very uncomfortable. I choose the second one.”
Gao Qiqiang said with a silly smile.
“Okay, then hurry up and sell all your assets. As for the new industrial park, how much money do you have now, you can invest first and get it going.”
Xu Zhao was eager to develop the economy.
“I only have over 3 billion in liquid funds.”
Gao Qiqiang said.
“That's enough as seed capital.”
Xu Zhao said.
“No problem, you tell me how much to invest and I'll invest that much.”
Gao Qiqiang said without hesitation.
Then he asked in confusion: “I just don’t know how this internet company works, I’ve never done it before. I can't use a computer, and my phone is still a Nokia.”
He was young, only 39 years old, five years older than Xu Zhao.
But Gao Qiqiang didn’t have much education, and he was very sentimental, his life habits couldn't keep up with the times.
He also had a bit of a feigning ignorance feeling.
“At your age, it’s really difficult for you to learn about the internet now.”
Xu Zhao said.
“I think so too, I'm not cut out for this.”
Gao Qiqiang said with a smile.
Suddenly, he seemed to realize something and turned to look at Gao Qi Lan: “Xiao Lan, don’t you play on the computer often? You should be familiar with the internet.”
Gao Qi Lan was taken aback by his question and said nervously: “I just play around.”
Gao Qiqiang said: “That's better than me. Why don't you take charge of the internet investment, so I don't lose all the money.”
Gao Qi Lan was shocked and hurriedly waved her hand: “I can't, I studied medicine.”
Gao Qiqiang said: “You can learn if you don’t know. After all, you went to college and are so young, you'll learn faster than me.”
Gao Qi Lan forced a smile: “I don't have that kind of talent. Let Er Ge do it, Er Ge is very smart, he will definitely learn.”
Gao Qiqiang said: “Your second brother studied finance, and he’s been unreliable all these years. The smartness he had back then is long gone. Now I don’t expect him to do great things, it’s good enough if he doesn’t cause me trouble.”
In fact, Gao Qi Sheng's smartness had not gone away, but had been ruined by him.
Gao Qiqiang thought he was protecting his brother, not letting him get involved in the business, and constantly controlling Gao Qi Sheng.
Over time, Gao Qi Sheng became more and more rebellious and started to do things secretly.
If Gao Qiqiang had left him alone, let him develop on his own, maybe Gao Qi Sheng could have made a career of his own.
“How can that be, Er Ge has been helping you do business all along.”
Gao Qi Lan said.
“He just does some small businesses, this internet investment is a big deal, I’m not at ease.”
Gao Qiqiang said.
Gao Qi Lan couldn't help but hesitate.
Gao Qiqiang seized the opportunity and continued to persuade: “Xiao Lan, this time your brother finally washed his hands of his past and wants to do legitimate business, isn’t this what you’ve always hoped for? But doing legitimate business isn’t easy, what if your brother loses all the money and we have to go back to the fish market to sell fish? Your brother has worked hard for so many years, you can't watch me lose money.”
This emotional appeal reached Gao Qi Lan’s heart.
She originally wanted to be a doctor, but now she had to do internet business, and she couldn't make up her mind for a moment.
“I think you guys should stop picking and just invest together as three siblings. I have three internet projects, you each take one, whoever does well I'll support.”
Xu Zhao said.
“Three projects, what are they?”
Both Gao Qiqiang and Gao Qi Lan looked at him curiously.
“The first project is to make a ride-hailing platform.”
Xu Zhao said.
“Ride-hailing platform?”
Gao Qiqiang had never hailed a ride online, nor had he paid attention to this aspect.
“It's about hailing a ride online. Private cars can also register to become part-time taxi drivers. Once this platform is established, anyone with a car can work part-time, and it will be more convenient for people who want to take a ride.”
Xu Zhao said.
“So that’s how it works. It sounds good.”
Gao Qiqiang's eyes lit up.
He had done business for so many years, he still had an eye for it.
Moreover, ride-hailing wasn't entirely a new industry, but rather a transfer of the traditional industry to an online platform.
For someone like Gao Qiqiang, it was actually quite easy to understand.
Gao Qi Lan also nodded slightly, thinking to herself: “If you have a car, you can register to become a driver, that would be very convenient for many people.”
Because many people buy a car, but they don’t use it often and it sits idle most of the time.
If they could make extra money, there would definitely be many people who would register.
“The second project is to make short videos on mobile phones.”
Xu Zhao said.
“Short videos on mobile phones, I think I’ve seen them.”
Gao Qi Lan said.
“The short videos now are not short enough. I’m talking about those that are only ten to twenty seconds long.”
Xu Zhao said.
“Ten to twenty-second short videos, what can you see in that.”
Gao Qiqiang couldn’t understand.
“You've seen TV commercials, right? They’re also only ten to twenty seconds long.”
Xu Zhao said.