I Carry a Game World With Me

Lu Feng was stunned for a moment by Cheng Long’s words. He had often heard that rich people didn’t like to use their own money to grow their companies, preferring to use the bank’s.

But now it seemed that wasn’t the whole story. Sometimes, the banks were practically tripping over themselves to give them money.

He wasn’t stupid; he understood after a moment’s thought. First, the balance in his account guaranteed that he wouldn’t be unable to repay the loan. Second, the bank was in the business of lending, and high-quality loans were a key performance indicator for them.

’Isn’t this just him drumming up business?’

"Alright, then I’ll have to trouble Chairman Cheng." Lu Feng thought it over and agreed.

Sometimes, connections had to be built up slowly. Cheng Long was only a branch manager now, but who was to say he wouldn’t become the chairman of Tianzhou Industrial Bank in the future, or maybe even the chairman of the entire national bank?

"Thank you so much, President Lu!" Cheng Long’s face lit up with joy when Lu Feng agreed.

He knew that landing this kind of untapped potential client would do wonders for his performance numbers. That was another three deals, and this year’s loan quota would be a breeze.

After that, Cheng Long left, taking the five million in cash with him.

Lu Feng took out his phone and called Brother Lin, entrusting him with the bank loan matter and giving him a few other instructions.

...

「The next day.」

Yang Lin arrived at Lu Feng’s villa with documents for the electronics factory, the bank loan paperwork, and a public relations team.

Lu Feng was already waiting for him and brewing tea. He smiled and said, "Brother Lin, have a seat."

As soon as Yang Lin sat down, he said, "Chairman Lu, this is President Tang Chen. Thanks to his PR work, the acquisition went smoothly. He even saved us thirty million on the acquisition fee."

His form of address for Lu Feng had changed, mainly for the benefit of outsiders like Tang Chen.

After all, he was about to be in charge of a company, and certain formalities had to be observed. If he kept calling him Xiaofeng, even if their close relationship meant neither of them cared, it would create a different impression in front of outsiders and company employees.

"President Tang, you’ve worked hard." Lu Feng also smiled and poured a cup of tea for Tang Chen. He couldn’t help but give President Tang a second glance, because he looked a lot like a certain actor, Jin D.

"Chairman Lu, you’re too kind," Tang Chen immediately replied politely, his face filled with surprise as he looked at Lu Feng.

After all, when he had first arrived, he was astonished by the villa before him. A luxurious villa like this had to be worth at least seventy or eighty million.

’The price of this villa alone would be enough to acquire that electronics company, wouldn’t it?’

Moreover, he had learned that Lu Feng hadn’t used a single cent of his own money for this acquisition; it was funded entirely by bank loans.

This meant he had taken over the electronics company without spending any of his own money.

He knew that many of his clients had to beg and scrape for a loan of ten or twenty million, and often couldn’t get one even then.

He had originally wondered what kind of person the boss behind this deal was to have such capabilities. Who would have thought it was a young man in his early twenties?

It was truly astonishing.

’At thirty-eight years old, in terms of accomplishments alone, I’m not even worthy of carrying his shoes.’

Tang Chen had come with Yang Lin today mainly to pay a visit and build a connection. After the acquisition was complete, Tang Chen would also be handling the electronics company’s "employee relations."

And what did "employee relations" mean? It meant getting the electronics company’s employees to clear out.

The reason this electronics company had to be sold was because of its internal employees, especially the management. They were a lot of trouble. The question was how to get rid of those people while paying little to no severance.

Tang Chen was mainly here to pay his respects to Lu Feng and build a connection, so he left soon after.

That left Yang Lin and Lu Feng to drink tea.

Before long, Yang Lin received a phone call and said to Lu Feng, "President Lu, the cars are here."

"Mm, let’s go take a look." Lu Feng nodded and walked outside with Brother Lin. He didn’t comment on the change in address. After all, as one’s status and position changed, everything else would change too.

As long as their friendship didn’t change, that was all that mattered. And having survived the slaughter of the apocalypse and witnessed so much in those times, this was something he could feel.

When they got outside the villa, they saw a long flatbed truck waiting with several new cars on it.

The cars were either Mercedes or Cadillac business vans, none priced below 500,000. One Mercedes business van was even over 1.2 million.

This car was for Brother Lin. As the head of a company, he couldn’t be without a respectable vehicle. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be Brother Lin who lost face, but Lu Feng.

As for the other 500,000-yuan Mercedes and Cadillacs, they were for Da Fei and Ah Pao.

For the same reason, with one in charge of Tea City and the other in charge of the nightclub, they couldn’t be without respectable vehicles.

To a certain extent, their public image also represented his.

Of course, this was just the beginning. Once they started making more money, they might not even be interested in these kinds of cars.

There was also a Panamera, painted entirely in a cute pink color.

This was naturally for Yang Qingxue. A Panamera with this kind of paint job was a favorite among girls.

Furthermore, the paperwork for all the cars was done, and they were already registered with license plates.

Lu Feng gave the order, "Brother Lin, unload the Panamera. Have the others sent to Da Fei and Ah Pao."

Yang Lin nodded, had someone unload the Panamera, and then left with the flatbed truck.

Lu Feng got into the Panamera and drove directly to Yang Qingxue’s beauty shop outside May 1st Mall.

When he arrived, Yang Qingxue was fiddling with some equipment at the entrance with a few other girls.

Seeing such a pink Panamera pull up, everyone’s eyes were drawn to it. No girl could possibly resist the car’s allure.

Yang Qingxue was no exception.

But when she saw Lu Feng get out, a look of surprise crossed her face. She walked up with a grin, "Lu Feng, why did you make your car so girly?"

It was also a Panamera, so she thought it was Lu Feng’s old car.

But Lu Feng just smiled, took out the car keys, and handed them to Yang Qingxue. "This is for you."

"Ah!" Hearing this, Yang Qingxue gasped in surprise, covering her mouth. "Why would you buy me such a nice car? And you even made it so pretty."

’Alright, so when he was driving it, it was ’girly,’ but when he says it’s for her, it becomes ’pretty.’’

’That double standard really catches you off guard.’

However, Lu Feng just pinched Yang Qingxue’s pretty cheek. "You’re the boss of a big beauty shop now. You can’t keep taking taxis everywhere. I’m not always free to drive you around, so of course I had to get you a car to get around in."

The other girls nearby were captivated when they heard this.

’Is he for real?’

’A car worth over a million is just for ’getting around in’?’

Still, looking at Yang Qingxue and the car, they couldn’t help but feel envious.

’A surprise like this will probably never happen to us in our entire lives.’

Yang Qingxue didn’t want to drive such a nice car; in her eyes, it was too ostentatious. But since Lu Feng had put it that way, she couldn’t refuse his good intentions.

...

In the days that followed, the matter of the electronics company was completely settled.

Yang Lin took Lu Feng to the electronics company right away. Yang Ming and Chen Bo also brought some people along to join in the excitement, since Tea City and the entertainment center weren’t open yet, they had nothing else to do.

Because of the "cleanup" by Tang Chen’s PR team, many employees had been let go, and the company’s offices looked somewhat empty.

However, Lu Feng wasn’t concerned about that right now. After a quick look around, he said to Yang Lin, "Brother Lin, let’s go check out the factory. I’ve acquired the technology for a new rice cooker, and I want to see how we can produce it."

Yang Lin nodded immediately. "Okay. Coincidentally, the factory has already been trying to resume production."

Leaving the company offices, Lu Feng followed Yang Lin to the electronics company’s factory.

The electronics company was originally called Hongbo Electronics, but now it had been renamed Qingfeng Electronics.

The electronics company’s factory had plenty of production lines and a full staff,

The factory workers hadn’t been fired, only the management. A company getting into such a state was the fault of management; it had little to do with the production workers.

If it were their fault, then the company wouldn’t deserve to exist.

Therefore, the factory could start operations at any time.

When they arrived at the factory, just as they got out of the car, Lu Feng asked Yang Lin, "Brother Lin, can we trust the technical staff at this factory?"

Yang Lin replied at once, "I know technology is the most important thing at the factory, so I’ve already had everyone investigated, especially the person in charge. He was investigated thoroughly. For now, there are no problems."

Lu Feng asked again, "What if we have a technology that surpasses anything currently on the market? Can we still trust him?"

Yang Lin thought for a moment and said, "We should be able to. To be safe, we could have Brother Ming send a couple of his guys to keep an eye on things. We can pull them out once we’re sure there are no issues."

"I’ll arrange for that," Yang Ming added.

Hearing this, Lu Feng immediately took out the technical documents for the electromagnetic rice cooker he had brought from the game.

Of course, this was a copy; the original was still at the villa.

Lu Feng added, "Brother Lin, call the head of technology over in a minute."

"Okay." Yang Lin nodded and led Lu Feng into the factory. As soon as they were inside, he called over a middle-aged man wearing glasses.

Yang Lin spoke directly to the middle-aged man, "Engineer Lin, this is the boss, President Lu. He wants to see you."

Lu Feng looked at this Engineer Lin, but to his surprise, Engineer Lin immediately pulled out a request form and said, "President Lu, don’t give me any talk about future prospects, or how you’ll invest in research once the company is doing well."

"I’ve been strung along like that for a long time. This is my application. If you approve the research funds, I’ll stay. Otherwise, I plan to leave."

Lu Feng was completely floored. He had been thinking about what to say, but the man just came out with all that.

But then, he smiled. He had to admit, a head of technology like this was much better than the type who would just suck up to you on sight. This was simpler. He was, by comparison, more trustworthy.

With that thought, Lu Feng also took out the electromagnetic rice cooker technology from the game and handed it to Engineer Lin. "Engineer Lin, take a look at this technology. What do you think?"

Engineer Lin took the technical documents dubiously and began to read.

In this situation, he felt he had to at least take a look. But as he read on, a look of utter disbelief slowly spread across his face.

Because a part of this technology was exactly what he was about to request funding to research, but here it was, already fully developed.

"President Lu, this is rice cooker technology... it uses electromagnetism to ferment the rice! This is incredible!" Engineer Lin finally couldn’t help but exclaim.

Because this technology had truly shocked him.