Although it was only five thousand yuan, Nangong Yue was not satisfied after receiving it, but she did not continue to make a fuss.
Long Xiao returned to the room, and Lin Xuan followed him in.
"I'm sorry, Long Xiao, for causing you trouble."
Lin Xuan knew it was her mother's fault, so she came to apologize to Long Xiao.
Long Xiao hugged Lin Xuan and said, "We're an old married couple, why are you being so polite to me?"
Lin Xuan certainly knew what her mother was like. Once she had too much money, her tail would wag to the sky, and she would show off everywhere.
In order to start the company as soon as possible, Lin Xuan decided to take Long Xiao to find her classmate and have her become the first employee of her company.
Lin Xuan's classmate was named Xue Yanmei and lived in a small town more than fifty kilometers away from Donghai. In the morning, Lin Xuan called Xue Yanmei but couldn't get through, so she drove directly to the town with Long Xiao.
Five years ago, Lin Xuan had visited Xue Yanmei's house once. Relying on her memory, she drove around the small town and finally parked the car outside an alley.
"This time it's correct, Yanmei's house must be in this alley." Lin Xuan opened the car door and said.
"I hope this time it's correct, it's almost noon."
The two got out of the car and walked down the alley for a while, arriving in front of a dilapidated courtyard. Lin Xuan said, "We're here, it's this one."
As soon as the two walked into the courtyard, they heard someone inside say, "Yanmei, are you really going with him?"
"Mom, I'm worried about him traveling alone, I want to go with him."
"Yanmei, you should break up. He is penniless and might be hunted. You won't have a good outcome with him." This time it was a man's voice.
"No, Dad, we're not breaking up. He will surely succeed in the future."
Long Xiao and Lin Xuan pushed the door open. Inside, a man and a woman stood near the door, facing a middle-aged couple.
Hearing the door open, the man and woman turned to look at Long Xiao and the others.
"Lin Xuan, why are you here?"
Xue Yanmei saw Lin Xuan and happily rushed forward to hug her tightly.
Lin Xuan chuckled and said, "I came to see if my beautiful girl eloped with someone."
Xue Yanmei glanced at the boyfriend beside her and said, "If you had come a little later, the two of us would have left."
After they spoke for a moment, Lin Xuan stepped forward and greeted Xue Yanmei's parents.
Xue Yanmei's father said, "Lin Xuan, please help me persuade Yanmei."
Lin Xuan didn't know what had happened, so she couldn't help and asked, "Uncle Xue, what's going on?"
Xue Yanmei's father told Lin Xuan that Xue Yanmei's boyfriend, Zhao Tongxiang, had been researching battery technology on his own after graduating from university. Recently, he had developed a battery with an extremely large storage capacity.
He wanted to find a company to invest in making this battery, but after approaching several companies, no one believed him.
Just as he was feeling dejected and preparing to try other companies, a group of mysterious people appeared and wanted to forcibly buy his technology at a low price.
Zhao Tongxiang naturally refused, and was repeatedly threatened. Once he was even injured and almost lost his life.
Zhao Tongxiang wanted to leave the small town and find a partner, and Xue Yanmei wanted to go with him.
"Lin Xuan, we don't know if Xiao Zhao's technology is effective yet. Besides, if Yanmei goes with him, it will be very dangerous," Xue Yanmei's father said.
Lin Xuan looked at Xue Yanmei and then at Zhao Tongxiang, and asked, "Zhao Tongxiang, where are you planning to go, and who are you looking for as a partner?"
Zhao Tongxiang shook his head and said, "I haven't decided yet, but I have to leave. I can't stay here anymore, otherwise they will come looking for me again."
"Yanmei, I came here to ask you to work at my company. How about this, you both come to Donghai with me."
Instead of persuading Xue Yanmei and Zhao Tongxiang to break up, Lin Xuan wanted them to go with her.
Xue Yanmei's parents both looked displeased. Xue Yanmei's mother said, "Lin Xuan, we wanted you to persuade Yanmei, but instead you want to take them away."
"Uncle Xue, Auntie, I know Yanmei. She has strong business acumen, she just doesn't have a good platform for development."
Saying this, Lin Xuan looked at Xue Yanmei and continued, "You can't keep her by your side forever. She will have to work sooner or later."
Hearing Lin Xuan's words, the two of them looked thoughtful.
Long Xiao stepped forward and said, "Uncle Xue, let them come with us. If Xiao Zhao wants to make his battery, I will provide him with everything."
Zhao Tongxiang was overjoyed to hear Long Xiao say he could provide everything to help him make the battery. He said, "Brother Long, can you really help me find a factory to make the battery?"
Long Xiao smiled, shook his head, and said, "You don't need to find a factory. If you want to make batteries, I'll open a factory for you. We'll specialize in making batteries."
Zhao Tongxiang was stunned by Long Xiao's words. Without asking for details about the battery, Long Xiao decided to invest in opening a factory to produce batteries.
"Brother Long, isn't this too hasty? Opening a factory to produce batteries requires a lot of money."
Lin Xuan understood what Long Xiao meant and smiled, saying, "Don't worry, we have some money on hand now, and we are planning to invest, but we don't know what to invest in."
"Really?" Zhao Tongxiang said happily, "Don't worry, I promise to increase your investment a hundredfold within a year."
Long Xiao asked, "Then tell me, how much investment do you need to make batteries?"
Zhao Tongxiang thought for a moment and said, "Including the factory, equipment, and personnel, the investment will be at least eighty million."
Long Xiao nodded and said, "Deal. I'll invest one hundred million yuan for you, and you'll return it a hundredfold in a year. If you succeed, you'll hold sixty percent of the shares in this battery factory, and I'll take forty percent."
Zhao Tongxiang was dumbfounded by Long Xiao's words. He couldn't imagine that just minutes ago he was in a desperate situation, ready to flee, and now someone was offering him investment and even giving him more than half of the shares.
"Long, Brother Long, you're not kidding me, are you?" Zhao Tongxiang stammered.
"Of course not," Long Xiao said, "I don't have the time to joke with you. If you agree, come with us now."
Zhao Tongxiang nodded happily and said, "Okay, we'll leave with you immediately."
Xue Yanmei also seemed very excited. She hadn't expected that all the problems would be solved just by Long Xiao and Lin Xuan's arrival.
"Dad, Mom, this time we're going with Lin Xuan and the others. You should be relieved now."
Xue Yanmei's father knew that Lin Xuan controlled the Lin Corporation, so an investment of tens of millions should be feasible.
However, an investment of one hundred million, and so casually, as soon as he said it, he didn't quite believe it.
Seeing Xue Yanmei's father's conflicted expression, Long Xiao said nothing further and watched him, waiting for his decision.
Before Xue Yanmei's father could speak, he heard someone outside say, "Everyone's here, good, very good."
With the voice, the door was pushed open, and a young man in a suit and shiny hair walked in. In the courtyard, more than a dozen burly men in black suits stood.
Upon seeing the newcomer, Zhao Tongxiang, terrified, hid behind Long Xiao. Long Xiao could clearly feel Zhao Tongxiang trembling all over.
"Zhao Tongxiang, there's nowhere to run this time, isn't it time to make a decision?" the young man asked, looking at Zhao Tongxiang behind Long Xiao.