Lunch was a pleasant conversation, and Su Ping Nan took the initiative to pay the bill before driving away.
Li Mu forcefully pulled her daughter back, who was still waving goodbye reluctantly. Knowing that her daughter wasn't being kept, her mood improved significantly. However, she still couldn't bear to see her daughter's outgoing nature. She said with a touch of displeasure, "Let's go home, can you be a little more reserved?"
The Li family rode in Li Rao's car, a red imported Volkswagen. Li Rao, looking at the receding black SUV from the driver's seat, said to her brother, "Lo Ran is truly fortunate. This Su Ping Nan has the air of a phoenix amongst men."
"Don't you think he's bragging?" Li Lo Ran, disliking her aunt's initial attitude, couldn't help but interject.
Li Rao chuckled and glanced at her niece, who indeed looked like a lovestruck woman. She smiled, "Women adorn themselves for their beloved. He spent a fortune for you, so don't forget your aunt."
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After meeting Li Lo Ran's parents, Su Ping Nan, having cleared up the misunderstanding, rushed back to Tian Du.
Arcade sales were booming, and he needed to get back and oversee everything. Every day, the two hundred units produced at Jinxiu Electronics' small factory were sold out before they even left the gates.
No one was a fool. After visiting a few of Jinxiu Electronics' own game stores, the bustling crowds left those who were watching with no doubt. The New Year was just around the corner, the time when teenagers had the most money. Getting the machines now, with good luck, they could recover their costs before the first lunar month, so everyone was scrambling to buy.
Zhang Li Hua, for the first time, found herself overwhelmed with collecting money. Everyone was waving stacks of cash, desperately trying to buy arcade machines as if they could instantly get them if they paid more. The Tian Du Agricultural Bank was overwhelmed by the cash flow from Jinxiu Electronics and immediately sent staff to the scene to handle the transactions, only then relieving the workload of Zhang Li Hua and her team.
Su Ping Nan returned and didn't say a word. Seeing the situation, he took Zhang Han Ping and went straight to the Tian Du TV Factory, throwing bundles of cash at them, and two production lines were his.
"We need to be quick." Su Ping Nan's face was calm, but his heart was anxious. Now was the window of opportunity in Xia Guo. After the New Year, not only would smuggled goods flood the market, but with the speed of the Shenzhen people's imitation capabilities, once they caught on, there would be a mountain of counterfeit products from various brands.
"Three shifts, raise wages, give bonuses." Su Ping Nan's factory went into overdrive. Cash flowed like water, and the workers went wild. In no time, production increased by nearly fivefold.
A daily output of 1,000 arcade machines brought in an astonishing amount of cash that made everyone dizzy.
Guo Guang Yao and Su Wen Wen visited a few times, clutching their hearts for a long time before accepting the reality. They looked at Su Ping Nan as if he were a walking god of wealth.
The scale of Jinxiu Electronics even caught the attention of the Tian Du Municipal Committee.
Chang Fu Yuan was the Deputy Mayor of Tian Du. For a forty-year-old man to become a Deputy Mayor of a provincial capital, his career path had been exceptionally smooth.
He was a graduate of the third generation of students, a legitimate graduate of the Tian Nan University of Finance and Economics, and a firm supporter of reform. As Xia Guo's reform and opening-up continued to accelerate, his ideas were embraced by more and more people.
"What's the story behind this Jinxiu Electronics? Recently, eight out of ten trucks are hauling their goods."
Deputy Mayor Chang asked his secretary, Lin Xia. He was the lowest-ranking Deputy Mayor, originally only in charge of culture, sports, and education, but he had a good reputation for revitalizing the economy. Now, the city had entrusted him with a previously shut-down electronics factory to be a pilot project for reform. Therefore, when he saw trucks with Jinxiu Electronics logos, he became immediately interested.
A moment later, Lin Xia, who had been gathering information, returned to report, "It's a local company, mainly producing and operating a large-scale game machine that's become popular in Dong Ying. The factory manager is called Zhang Han Ping, a teacher from our Tian Du University of Electronics. He has taken a leave of absence to start his own business. Taxes and everything else are clear and there are no issues."
Chang Fu Yuan sighed that revitalizing the private economy still relied on these people. He said, "Arrange a meeting with this Zhang Manager. Tell him I want to see him."
"Okay, Leader. What time would be convenient?" Lin Xia asked.
"Friday morning. Schedule a meeting with him." Chang Fu Yuan flipped through his calendar and set the time.
When Su Ping Nan received Zhang Han Ping's call, he immediately understood that his opportunity had come.
In 1993, Xia Guo would gradually begin the reform of state-owned enterprises. Loss-making enterprises would either be merged or formed joint ventures. Now, with Jinxiu entering the sights of the authorities, it meant they had a chance to enter the game.
"See him, but be neither humble nor arrogant. We're clean and clear, we don't need to fear anything. Also, don't make any decisions. Come back and tell me about anything that happens."
Su Ping Nan quickly set the tone. He squinted his eyes. Not only did the other side need to understand Jinxiu, but Jinxiu also needed to understand the other side's intentions.
Proud as he was, Su Ping Nan, after being reborn, had been working hard for everything, just to live with his head held high. He didn't earn money by bending over.
This was Su Ping Nan's obsession, a secret known to no one. Even though he knew it would be incredibly difficult, he would still persevere, simply because it was his pride.
This was the pride of Su Ping Nan, who had lived two lives, and still had an inherent rebellious spirit.