How can I go back to the past?

Chapter 361 Cooperation with Lou Bancheng
"Trillion, is it that much?" Li Le asked.

"Yes, the total market value of these companies is definitely more than one trillion, but market value is not assets."

"That's right." Li Le nodded.

"But husband, this is already very impressive. Even if these companies do not all belong to the Hu family, but only control a large portion, it is still a lot of money!"

"That's true."

"Also, Li Hao sent me a message saying that the Hu family still has some investment, but they only hold some shares. Adding all these together, it's still a lot."

Li Le nodded and said, "There is also the Hu family's own wealth. If you calculate it this way, the total assets of the Hu family are definitely more than one trillion, and that's the net assets."

"Yes!" Li Qingcheng nodded in agreement.

"Okay, I get it, but you don't have to worry. Even if it's net assets, it's not cash. I will make sure you have more cash than the Hu family."

Hearing Li Le say this, Li Qingcheng smiled and said, "Hubby, if that's the case, we really don't need to be afraid of the Hu family."

Li Le frowned and said, "If we want to compete, it's best not to place the battlefield in China."

Hearing what Li Le said, Li Qingcheng thought for a moment and said, "This is easy. I will lure them abroad."

"Ok!"

There is no way around it. If you start a stock market war in the country, the ordinary people will be the ones who suffer in the end.

This is something Li Le absolutely does not allow. Even the Lecheng Financial Investment Department, Li Le rarely allows them to enter the domestic market.

This is also the reason why Li Qingcheng said that they should be lured to foreign markets.

Because Lecheng Financial Investment Department originally dealt with the international stock market, especially Japan and the United States.

Of course, there is also the futures market where the sun never sets.

The system that Li Le set up for Lecheng Investment is to make money abroad and spend it in the country.

The money earned from foreign stock markets is used to invest in some domestic industrial companies.

Li Qingcheng has been doing this all the time. Now the industrial investment department and venture capital department of Lecheng Investment Company, also known as venture capital, both invest in domestic companies.

After dinner, Li Le went to the west room to sleep alone, which he had already agreed with Li Qingcheng and Nie Weiwei.

In a blink of an eye, it was 11:55 at night, and Li Le came out of the west room.

Li Le opened the door of the east room, went in, and then closed it from the inside.

At exactly twelve o'clock, Li Le felt dazed and came to the year 1952. It was already April.

Although it is still a bit cool in the morning and evening, it feels a bit hot at noon.

But it's night now and it still feels a bit cold.

Li Le hurried into the room. Zhao Yanran and her sister were sleeping soundly at that time.

Li Le didn't disturb them and just lay down between them and fell asleep.

Silent all night.

Li Le woke up late in the morning. When he woke up, he could already hear the chattering of Ma Feng and others outside.

Needless to say, these guys must have gotten up a long time ago, considering that they usually get up very late.

From here we can also see how late Li Le got up. Also, Ma Feng and the others have all gotten up, so it must be late.

Li Le glanced at the Patek Philippe 1518 on his wrist, which he had just put on before coming here.

There was no other way. He only had this one watch that could travel with him, so he could only take this one with him.

Unless he can buy a watch from before this era in the real world, he will only be able to wear this one when he travels through time.

"Alas! It's still inconvenient in this era!" Li Le said with a sigh.

Yes, if he were in the real world, at this time, he should get up, take a shower, and change his clothes.

But in this era, it is basically impossible, even though he has a homemade water heater.

But there was no hot water in the morning! I could only take a shower at noon.

It’s not even possible at night because it’s still relatively cool in the morning and evening. It’s okay when the sun just sets.

If you wait any longer, the water in the oil barrel will slowly cool down.

After putting on his clothes, Li Le came out of the house.

Seeing Li Le coming out, the guys stopped chatting and ran to Li Le and shouted, "Big Brother."

"Well! Is there something wrong?" Li Le asked.

"Brother, I do have something to tell you." Ma Feng said on behalf of several brothers.

"Oh! What is it?"

Ma Feng scratched his head and said, "Brother, it's like this. It's getting harder and harder to buy food. I went to several food stores yesterday, but I couldn't buy enough food for 100 kilograms."

Hearing what Ma Feng said, Li Le frowned and said, "That's not right! Doesn't the grain store sell it for money? How come they didn't buy enough?"

"I don't know either. Anyway, when I went to buy it, the guy at the grain store didn't sell me that much. He only sold me ten kilograms at a time."

"That's right, big brother. We do the same. No matter which grain store we go to, we only buy 10 kilograms at most. They also say that this is the boss's rule."

Hearing what his brothers said, Li Le frowned. Could it be that he remembered it wrong? It didn't start in 1953, but it started to be limited now.

But that's not right! Now you are just not allowed to buy too much at a time, you are not prohibited from buying, or you need a grain certificate to buy.

What is the situation now? Has the famine begun? If so, we must hurry up.

I don’t know if it’s the butterfly effect caused by him traveling through time, that’s impossible!

How much food did he store? Just over 200 tons, or 500,000 kilograms. In the imperial capital, a metropolis with millions of people, the average amount per person is probably less than one or two kilograms.

So it definitely wasn't the effect of his stockpiling of food. There must be other reasons, or he just remembered it wrong.

This is the most likely possibility. After all, the real world he lives in is more than 70 years away from this one, so it is possible that some things are not so accurate.

But one thing is that the general direction has not changed. For example, the implementation of food stamps, which Li Le knew was in 1953.

Although there are limits on the amount of food you can buy now, there is no restriction on how much you can buy.

"How about this, don't go out to collect waste for the time being, and go out to buy food."

Ma Feng said: "Ah! Brother, that's not necessary!"

Li Daila: "Yes, brother, and it's almost full now."

Li Le glanced at the two men, then looked at Gou Sheng and Niu Shuanzhu and said, "It is necessary. We must fill up more than a dozen granaries."

Yes, Li Le called those containers in the cellar granaries.

In fact, there are not many left, just a dozen containers, totaling more than 20 tons.

With tens of thousands of kilograms of food, assuming each person consumes 200 kilograms per day, it will be full in at most two months.

But Ma Feng and his colleagues would have to work hard next. Each family could only buy 10 kilograms. To buy 200 kilograms a day, they would have to go to 20 grain and oil stores.

But there is no other way, this must be filled up, this is future wealth!
It will become increasingly difficult to make money in the future. It will be basically impossible to make money like now.

Especially after the public-private partnership, people were not allowed to do anything. Not to mention the difficulty in buying things, there was no good way to make money.

Moreover, because the military and police have intensified their crackdown on ghost spies and Taiwanese agents, it will be more difficult to find ghost spies and Taiwanese agents in the future.

So this approach will not work anymore.

Of course, this doesn’t mean they are gone, but they will be hidden deeper, and it will be extremely difficult to find them.

"Got it, big brother. We won't go out to collect waste today. We will focus on buying food."

"Well! There is plenty of time after collecting the waste, but we don't have much time left to buy food." Li Le said.

Ma Feng thought for a moment and said, "That's true! In the past, we could buy food at any time, and even buy as much as we wanted. But now there is a limit. It seems that what Big Brother said is right. It will be more difficult to buy food in the future."

"That's right! I'll listen to my eldest brother and stop collecting waste and buy food first."

"Brother Le, what are you guys talking about? Hurry up and wash up and eat." Zhao Yanhan said as she came out of the kitchen.

"coming."

"Okay, that's it, let's wash up and eat first."

"yes, Sir."

Several people went into the house, took out their toiletries, and started washing in the sink in the yard.

In the past, when the weather was cold, everyone stayed indoors and used hot water, but now we don’t need to do that anymore. Now it’s just a little cool, but it’s no longer cold.

After washing up, Li Le and his friends came into the house and the food was already on the table.

It was quite sumptuous, with twelve eggs in a large bowl, an enamel bowl of millet porridge, and an enamel bowl of buns.

The eggs were cooked exactly according to Li Le's standards, and each person will have one tomorrow morning.

But Zhao Yanran was afraid that Li Le and the others would be hungry after going out, so she cooked five more and asked Li Le and the others to take one each when they went out.

If you feel hungry in the morning, you can have a snack.

Li Le didn't say anything about this. After all, they were all young people and would get hungry quickly.

"Eat more. Don't feel hungry before noon. An egg can't stop you from feeling hungry," said Li Le.

"I got it, big brother. Don't worry! I must eat six buns." Niu Shuanzhu said, looking at the big buns in the enamel basin.

Gou Sheng curled his lips in disdain and said, "Are you a pig? You eat six buns in one meal."

It’s not Gousheng’s fault for saying that, because these buns are not the kind sold outside, but are made by Zhao Yanran and her sister themselves.

They are all very big. Under normal circumstances, a person can be full after eating two. Even Li Le can only eat four at most.

And it will make him feel full, you can imagine how big the bun is.

But we can’t blame Niu Shuanzhu, it’s just that this kid eats too much. But it’s also true that this kid is so big that he can really eat so much.

Don't forget that this kid is very strong. He is the one who does most of the heavy work at home.

"You are the pig!" Niu Shuanzhu pushed Gousheng.

If he hadn't used less force, Gousheng would have definitely fallen over.

"Okay, eat quickly. The reason why Shuanzhu eats a lot is because he works a lot." Zhao Yanran said.

"I understand, sister-in-law." Gousheng said quickly.

In this family, Li Le's words are the most effective, followed by Zhao Yanran. Even Zhao Yanhan usually has to listen to Zhao Yanran.

After dinner, Ma Feng and the other three rode out on their tricycles.

But this is not about collecting waste, but about buying food.

Li Le did not go out, but took out paper and pen from the house and started writing and drawing in the living room.

Not long after, Zhao Yanran and her sister came in after cleaning the kitchen.

Seeing Li Le writing and drawing, he came over and asked, "Brother Le, what are you drawing?"

"No problem, just draw some drawings."

The two sisters came over to take a look, but couldn't understand it, so they went to drink tea and eat melon seeds.

Li Le did not go out for the next two days and finally drew all the parts drawings of the three-axis linkage machine tool.

Of course, many of them were drawn in the past, and the parts drawn in the past two days are the more important parts.

There is also a drawing of the entire three-axis linkage machine tool, which is what it will look like after installation.

It was finally completed, and Li Le felt relieved.

This may be Li Le’s last chance to make some money before the storm hits.

Therefore, Li Le must grasp the opportunity well and also find a stable partner.

To be honest, this is not easy because he doesn't know anyone in this field.

After thinking about it, Li Le thought of a person. Yes, this person was Lou Bancheng.

This is the only person that Li Le knows a little bit about. As for others, to be honest, Li Le is very worried.

So the next morning, Li Le took out a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes from the space, opened it and took out two packs and put them in his pocket.

He went directly to the Third Steel Rolling Mill. He didn't ride a tricycle but took the bus.

There is no other way. Even walking is better than riding a tricycle, because in that era, those who ride tricycles are either scrap collectors or laborers.

If Li Le rode his tricycle there, he might not even be able to enter the factory.

At around nine o'clock, Li Le got off the bus and came to the gate of the steel rolling mill. Of course, this place is not called the Third Steel Rolling Mill now.

Now this is Lou’s Steel Rolling Mill, which is also one of Loubancheng’s industries.

After the public-private partnership, Lou Bancheng donated most of its industries to the state, leaving only a small portion of shares for dividends.

Even after a few years, this small portion of shares was gone and all was given to the state.

But even so, Lou Bancheng's ending was not good.

When Li Le came over, a car just drove into the factory from outside, and Li Le gave way.

"Hey! What are you doing?"

Before Li Le reached the gate, a young man carrying a rifle came out of the guard room and shouted to him.

Li Le quickly took out the prepared Zhonghua cigarettes, took out a cigarette and handed it over, saying, "Hello, comrade! I'll look for Director Lou."

The young man, who was probably a security guard in the factory, took a look at the cigarette in Li Le's hand, and his attitude became much better. He asked, "What do you want from our boss?"

"I'm sorry, comrade. I need to talk to Boss Lou about this in person."

Seeing that the security guard was called Boss Lou Bancheng, Li Le had no choice but to follow the local customs and called him Boss as well.

The guard shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that won't work. We don't allow outsiders to come in."

There are a lot of ghosts and Taiwanese people now, which is normal, so Li Le didn’t feel anything.

Li Le quickly took out a pack of Zhonghua and handed it over, saying, "Comrade, please do me a favor. If you really can't help me, come with me. I really have something to ask Boss Lou."

When the guard saw a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes, his eyes lit up. You know, this pack of cigarettes costs 7,500 yuan!
His monthly salary is less than 300,000 yuan, and this pack of cigarettes is basically equivalent to his daily salary.

Is this true? The salary of security guards is not high and cannot be compared with that of workers. In fact, it will be the same in the future.

The guard quickly took the cigarette, put it in his pocket, and then shouted to the guard room: "Xiao Jiang, this comrade wants to see the boss. I'll take him in. You check the gate first."

"Ok!"

The guard did not put down his gun, but said to Li Le with the gun on his back: "Let's go, comrade, the boss just came over, I'll take you there."

The guard probably didn't worry that Li Le had any bad intentions, because he was carrying a gun! Besides, there were so many guards in the factory, so what damage could Li Le do?

In fact, it was because the management of the factory was not so strict at that time, because it was still a private enterprise.

Let’s wait and see after the public-private partnership in a few years. Not to mention a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes, even a single carton will probably be useless.

Without permission, the security guards will never let you in, let alone take you in.

Li Le followed the guards and soon arrived at a three-story building. Yes, at this time, three floors were considered a building.

The main reason is that there are not many high-rise buildings, and most of the houses are brick and tile houses. Even some government agencies have offices in private houses.

The security guard took Li Le directly to the door of an office. Seeing that he was familiar with the place, it seemed that this was not the first time he brought people here.

The security guard went up and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Then the guard turned to Li Le and said, "Wait a moment."

"Ok!"

Then the guard opened the door and said, "Boss, someone wants to see you."

Then Li Le heard the voice of a middle-aged man saying, "Looking for me, who's looking for me? Which unit are you from?"

The security guard quickly said, "Boss, it's not from the company, it's an individual, and he's at the door now."

Then Li Le heard the other party say: "Since he is here, let him in! Let me see what you want from me?"

It is estimated that at this time, Lou Bancheng thought that Li Le was looking for a job, because no one knows how many people come here every month.

"Good boss."

The guard came out of the room and said to Li Le, "Comrade, go in! I'll wait for you here."

The reason why the security guard said this was to tell Li Le not to have any ideas.

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome."

After Li Le entered the office, he saw a middle-aged man in his early forties, who was thin and not tall.

"Little comrade, it was you who wanted to find me."

"Yes, Mr. Lou." Li Le nodded.

"What do you want from me?"

Li Le didn't say anything, but glanced at the door.

Lou Bancheng still didn't understand what was going on, so he shouted outside, "Xiao Liu, close the door from the outside."

"Okay, boss." The security guard agreed, closed the door from the outside, and glanced at Li Le before closing the door.

Li Le knew what he meant. This was a warning to him. Li Le didn't take it seriously and just smiled at him.

After the door was closed, Lou Bancheng said, "Can you tell me now?"

"Of course, Mr. Lou, I want you to see this." Li Le took off the bag he was carrying and put it on the desk.

"This is……"

Li Le opened the bag and took out some drawings from it, including the drawings of the entire three-axis linkage machine tool and some parts drawings.

Yes, Li Le did not bring all the drawings, only part of them, and the overall drawings.

There is no way. Without the overall drawing, how can others know what this thing is?

"This...is this a machine tool?" Lou Bancheng shouted in surprise.

"Yes, to be exact, it is a three-axis linkage machine tool." Li Le nodded and said.

"Three-axis linkage machine tool?"

"That's right, and the United States has only just figured it out."

Li Le didn't know for sure whether the United States had figured it out at this time.

However, even if it is researched out, it will not be introduced to the country for the time being, so it doesn’t matter if it is not researched out.

No one knows anyway.

Lou Bancheng finished reading the blueprints soon and said, "Great, great, it's really great. I didn't expect that the United States has already researched it."

"Uh!"

Hearing what Lou Bancheng said, Li Le was stunned. Could it be that Lou Bancheng knew that the United States was researching this?

But think about it! Lou Bancheng's business is very big, so it's normal for him to have connections with foreign countries.

Besides, the machines used in his factory are basically imported from abroad.

"You're showing this to me, are you planning to sell it to me?"

"No." Li Le shook his head.

"Then what are you..."

"I want to work with you."

Li Le didn't want to do a one-time deal. If he sold the blueprints, Lou Bancheng would give him a large sum of money. But this large sum of money was definitely not much, at least not much in Li Le's eyes, because Li Le wanted more.

"Oh! How do we cooperate?" Lou Bancheng asked.

"I provide the technology, you produce, and I get a share of the net profits."

"Then how much do you want to get?" Lou Bancheng asked.

"Thirty percent of net profits."

"Thirty percent?" Lou Bancheng looked at Li Le in surprise.

You know, this is not a small amount of money!
"Yes, thirty percent, and the bill is settled once a month."

The public-private partnership will begin next year, and Li Le will not distribute dividends once a year.

Although there is not much time left before the public-private partnership, Li Le believes that he will definitely make a lot of money.

You know, this is a three-axis linkage machine tool! Currently, it is estimated that only the United States has it in the world.

If this is produced, the domestic supply will be in short supply and the factories across the country will probably come to buy it.

"How about this, let me think about it." Lou Bancheng said as he lit a cigarette.

"Okay, but I hope you can consider it as soon as possible. If not, I can find someone else to cooperate with."

"Yes!" Lou Bancheng nodded and asked, "How can I contact you?"

"You don't need to contact me, I'll contact you! So, I'll go to your house tomorrow night to find you. I'll give you two days, and I think you've thought it through."

If Li Le just sold the drawings to him, he would still be a little skeptical about the authenticity of the drawings, but Li Le wanted to cooperate with him and share profits, so he would not need to consider the authenticity of the drawings.

"Okay, I'll wait for you at home tomorrow night."

As for Lou Bancheng's home, it is still very easy to find. Although Li Le doesn't know it now, he can find it by asking anyone.

There is no way. Lou Bancheng is too famous in the imperial capital. There are probably few people in the entire imperial capital who don’t know him.

Moreover, unlike later times, where the rich lived was a secret, in this era, Lou Bancheng only lived in a small Western-style building.

Li Le kept the drawings because they were not complete and there were no drawings of important parts.

After coming out of Lou’s Steel Rolling Mill, Li Le asked someone and found out where Lou Bancheng lived.

It’s not far from the steel mill, just a few kilometers.

Of course, only Li Le thought it was not far. After all, he came from the future, and in the future, a few kilometers was nothing.

But in this era, a few kilometers is not close, because this city is not very big.

In today's imperial capital, the entire city is within the Second Ring Road, because outside the Second Ring Road are the suburbs.

Li Le went over to take a look first, then went back after confirming the place.

It was not yet eleven o'clock when Li Le returned home.

Zhao Yanran was washing bed sheets and quilt covers in the yard because the weather was very good today.

"Brother Le is back?"

"Huh! Why haven't you finished washing yet?" Li Le asked.

Because when he left, Zhao Yanran was taking a shower, and several hours had passed.

"I have already washed the ones I am using now. The ones I am washing now are for summer. They have been in the box for half a year and have a smell. I will wash them now so that I can take them out and use them directly when the time comes."

"Where is Yanhan?" Li Le did not see Zhao Yanhan.

"She took Lai Fu to buy groceries. Everyone has been very busy these past few days. I asked Yan Han to buy some pork ribs to make soup."

"Okay! Do you need my help?"

"No, I'll be done soon, go back to the room and have some tea and rest!"

Li Le took a look and saw that it was almost finished, so he nodded and said, "Okay then!"

Back in the house, Li Le brewed a pot of tea, then took out a book and read while drinking tea.

Just after eleven o'clock, Li Dai came back with a load of food covered with sacks used to collect waste.

"Did you bring back?"

"Yes, sister-in-law."

"Come in and have some tea!"

"I'm not thirsty, let's just unload the food first!"

Ten minutes later, Li Daila returned to the house. Seeing Li Le, he was stunned for a moment and said, "Brother, you are home! I thought you were not back!"

Li Le put the book down and asked, "Did buying food go smoothly today?"

"It's not bad! I just went to a lot of places to buy enough."

"No choice, just work hard for a while, and when they are all full, you won't need to buy anymore."

"Ok!"

"Come, sit down and have some tea." Li Le pointed at the teapot and said.

"Okay big brother."

Li Daila had just sat down for a few minutes when Niu Shuanzhu also ran back.

I don’t care about that anymore. I used to buy food separately, but now I just buy it as long as I can.

But it's tiring enough! Looking at Niu Shuanzhu's sweaty body, I guess collecting waste is not as tiring as this.

Yes, you can ride leisurely when collecting waste, but you can’t do that when buying food, because you don’t buy it in one place!
Sometimes it is even possible to run over this area.

"Big brother."

"Well! Come over here and have some tea."

"Okay." Niu Shuanzhu agreed, sat down, poured himself a cup of water, and drank it in a few gulps.

"Brother, if I had known this, I would have bought more every day."

"Who could have known this earlier?" Li Daila rolled his eyes at Niu Shuanzhu.

"Brother, you already know it!" said Niu Shuanzhu.

"Hmm! It seems so!" Li Daila scratched his head.

To be honest, when they first started to understand why Li Le asked them to stockpile food, they seemed to understand after seeing the situation now.

Li Le shrugged and said, "I don't know either! I just heard about it from others, and then I thought about stockpiling food."

Li Le couldn't admit it, but it didn't matter. Even if he admitted it, these guys wouldn't tell anyone.

Having lived together for two years, Li Le still knows them very well. If he wanted to say it, he would have said it in the past two years.

In the afternoon, Li Le also went out on his tricycle. Yes, he also went out to buy food.

However, Li Le ran a long way before he started buying food.

It is equivalent to saying from far to near.

He can't just buy from far away, it would be so tiring to pull the cart around like that!
First they came to a grain store and Li Le went in.

"Comrade, I want to buy some rice."

"How much?"

"About fifty kilograms!" said Li Le.

"How many?"

Li Le: "Fifty kilograms! Is that a problem?"

Man: "Comrade, you haven't bought food for a while, right?"

Li Le nodded and said, "Yes, we are out of food at home! So we came out to buy some."

Clerk: "That's right, comrade. The grain store has a rule now that you can't buy more than ten kilograms of grain at a time."

"What? It can't be more than ten kilograms. Comrade, this is unreasonable. There are seven people in my family. If I buy ten kilograms of food at a time, it will be enough for several days!"

Hearing what Li Le said, the guy said helplessly: "Comrade, I can't do anything about this. This is a notice from the Military Control Commission. The entire imperial capital is like this."

In fact, Li Le did it on purpose. He just wanted to know what was going on.

Now he knew that the so-called notification from the Military Control Commission was actually arranged by higher authorities.

After all, the Military Control Commission can’t take care of this. I guess this guy doesn’t know what’s going on!
"Okay then, give me ten pounds."

"Ok."

The waiter quickly weighed ten kilograms of rice for Li Le and put it into the bag that Li Le brought over.

Li Le paid the money and went out with the rice. When he got outside, he put the rice on the tricycle and covered it with a sack.

Then he went in again, and it was the same guy as before. Li Le said, "Comrade, I want to buy ten kilograms of flour."

"Uh! Comrade, didn't you buy it just now?"

"Yeah! What's wrong?"

The guy shook his head and said, "You can't buy it again after you buy it."

"Comrade, this is wrong. You just said that you can only buy ten kilograms at a time. I did buy ten kilograms just now! I didn't buy more."

"Then why are you here again?"

"Of course it's to buy food! I'm doing this not just once, but again."

Hearing what Li Le said, the clerk scratched his head, not knowing whether he should sell it to Li Le.

Because what they said seems to be correct, the maximum amount you can take at one time is ten kilograms, and there is no rule that you can't do it a second time!

"Weigh it for me quickly!"

"Oh! All right!"

Seeing the guy weighing flour for him, Li Le smiled. He just wanted to try it out.

If that were possible, then brothers would have less to fear on the road.

"Thank you!"

After paying and carrying the flour, Li Le thanked the waiter.

"You're welcome."

Soon Li Le came to the second store and used the same method again, but this store was not so easy to deal with.

"No, absolutely not." The guy shook his head.

Li Le looked at him and asked, "Why not? Isn't this my first visit?"

"You just bought it." The guy argued.

"What I just bought was what I just came. I'm here again! What? Aren't there rules that say you can't come twice?"

"No matter what you say, it's not possible." The guy shook his head.

"I say you are unreasonable, comrade. You buy ten kilograms at a time. I want ten kilograms now!"

"What are you arguing about?" a middle-aged man walked out and asked.

"Boss, this person just bought ten kilograms of rice, then went out for a while and came back again, wanting to buy ten kilograms of flour."

The boss looked at the waiter and said, "Why don't you just weigh it for him?"

"Ah! Boss, isn't it true that you can only sell ten kilograms at a time?" The waiter looked at the boss and asked.

"You can only sell ten kilograms at a time. Did he buy it all at once?" asked the boss.

"Uh! No, this is the second time." The guy shook his head.

"That's okay."

In fact, the boss also hopes to sell more, after all, this is his own business, but he cannot but follow the instructions from above.

"I know, boss."

The waiter could only weigh another ten kilograms of flour for Li Le.

As for Li Le, he went out, put the flour on the tricycle, and went back in.

"I want ten kilograms of rice."

When the waiter saw that it was Li Le, he was speechless, but he could only follow the boss's orders and weigh another ten kilograms of rice for Li Le.

The waiter had just weighed the rice when Li Le asked, "How about you weigh me another ten kilograms of flour?"

"No." The guy shook his head.

"Okay then, I'll come back later."

"Come again?" The guys were speechless, because if Li Le came again, that would be the fourth time.

"What can I do? There are seven people in my family. I can't buy more at a time. I can't go out to buy food every day!"

However, seeing that the guy was a stubborn person, Li Le had no choice but to go out first, pour the rice into the bag on the tricycle, and then go back in.

When the waiter saw Li Le coming in, he said nothing this time and directly weighed out ten kilograms of flour for him.

Yes! It says that you can only buy 10 kilograms at a time, but it doesn’t say how many times you can buy it in a day.

Li Le just happened to catch this loophole. Yes, normal people, who would be like him! Basically, he bought ten kilograms and went back.

Li Le went to only three grain stores to buy the 100 kilograms of grain, and then rode his tricycle back home.

It was not yet four o'clock when he got home, and you know, he didn't go out until half past two!
It was not until after five o'clock that Ma Feng and his friends came back one after another, and they looked very tired. Needless to say, they had traveled a lot.

After they unloaded the grain, Li Le called them into the main room.

"Brother, what's the matter?" Ma Feng asked.

"I also went out to buy food this afternoon, and I only went to three stores and bought 100 kilograms of food."

"Ah! No way, brother, your face is really useful." Gousheng said exaggeratedly.

"Get lost, stop flattering me. I called you here to tell you this method."

"Brother, what can we do?" Niu Shuanzhu asked.

"That means going into a store several times." Li Le said with a smile.

"How many more times?" Ma Feng looked at Li Le, then at his brothers.

"Every time, the rule is that you can only buy 10 kilograms at a time, but there is no rule on how many times you can go in a day."

Hearing what Li Le said, Ma Feng nodded and said, "It seems to make sense!"

"What do you mean it seems to make sense? That's how I bought it."

Hearing what Li Le said, Ma Feng quickly said, "Brother, are you telling the truth?"

"Nonsense, of course it's true, you can buy it like this tomorrow."

"Okay, big brother, we got it."

"Well! Go and get busy! Daila, why don't you go and make a fire?" Li Le kicked Li Daila and said.

"Brother, I'll go right away."

The next morning, Ma Feng and his team went to buy food as Li Le had instructed, but things were not smooth at the beginning.

But after the commotion broke out, the boss came over and heard what Ma Feng and his friends said. He thought it made sense, so he sold the grain to them.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect that big brother's method would actually work." Gousheng said excitedly.

"Nonsense, when has Big Brother ever done anything that he wasn't sure of?"

"that's true!"

Sure enough, just over an hour after they went out, Ma Feng and his team came back and completed the mission.

In the afternoon, Li Le went out with his brothers to buy some food.

After dinner, it was already past six o'clock. Li Le put the remaining drawings into the space and then went out.

After taking the bus to the vicinity of Lou Bancheng's home, Li Le slung his schoolbag over his shoulder and walked straight over.

Lou Bancheng's house also has security personnel. As soon as Li Le arrived at the door, he was stopped by someone.

The guard asked, "Who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for Boss Lou. I've already made an appointment. Just tell Boss Lou and he'll know."

"Then wait a moment, I'll go ask."

"Okay." Li Le nodded.

The guard went in and quickly ran out, with Lou Bancheng following behind him.

"You're here? Please come in." Lou Bancheng said.

"Ok!"

After Li Le came in, he found that there were two other people in the living room, a young woman who looked to be in her early thirties, and a little girl about ten years old.

"Have someone make a pot of tea and bring it to the study." Lou Bancheng said to the young woman.

"Okay sir."

"Please." Lou Bancheng made a gesture of invitation.

"Ok!"

After arriving at the study, Lou Bancheng asked, "Excuse me, what is your name, little brother?"

Outside, Lou Bancheng still called him comrade, but after he came in, he became his little brother.

In fact, this is very normal, because there are many capitalists at that time, and they live a life of luxury.

For example, a family may have several wives and concubines, and also employ servants or domestic servants.

"Li Le."

"Brother Li, please take a seat."

"Ok!"

As soon as the two of them sat down, a servant knocked on the door, came in, put down a pot of tea and two cups, and left.

"Come, have some tea first."

"Thank you!"

After pouring the tea, Lou Bancheng looked at Li Le and said, "I agree to your terms."

"Ok!"

"I wonder how the price will be set after the lathe is produced?" asked Lou Bancheng.

Li Le thought for a moment and said, "It's up to you, but I hope the price isn't too high."

"That's for sure."

In fact, no matter how low the price is, it cannot be lower because the price abroad is there.

Any imported equipment costs tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of US dollars.

Even if Lou Bancheng wanted to lower the price, it would be impossible for him to do so too low.

One third of the import price is absolutely fine.

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