No wonder Qiu Yucheng was shocked, it was really the current Lin Xiao, who could indeed be called wealthy.

The person who can come up with $18 billion casually is definitely not the kind of person on the ordinary rich list who can be compared, you must know how much money the new richest man in the mainland has now, and the assets in his hands are about $20 billion.

However, the composition of this asset is more complicated, there are stocks, bonds, real estate, various investments, etc., this is basically a comprehensive number, not that he can come up with 20 billion US dollars in cash at hand.

Based on the new richest man's personal assets of $20 billion, the cash flow he can get is actually about $1 billion to $2 billion, and a large part of this money has been purchased in real estate or other luxury goods.

But Lin Xiao is different, he can really come up with tens of billions of dollars in cash casually, and even if he has to, it is not a strange thing to directly take out hundreds of billions of dollars in cash.

What's more, Lin Xiao still has some strange things in his hands, if he wants to sell them, no matter how expensive the price is, some people rush to buy them, so Lin Xiao is not short of cash flow at all.

Even in the aviation leasing industry, which Qiu Yucheng thinks takes up more funds, it is not a big deal for Lin Xiao to come up with billions or even tens of billions of dollars all of a sudden.

Qiu Yucheng spent a lot of time digesting this matter, but after the shock passed, Lin Zhengnan's former secretary began to seriously consider the feasibility of this matter.

"If you can really come up with $18 billion to operate this, this thing can really be done, and no one can win us just a policy barrier." The first thing that came to Qiu Yucheng's mind was the policy factor.

Lin Xiao nodded, he was still relatively clear about this question.

Some domestic industries, especially those related to the national economy and people's livelihood, or some policy-sensitive industries, are very clear about the restrictions on foreign funds, although the aviation leasing industry has always been engaged in by foreigners, it is mainly because the Chinese people had no money in their hands at that time, and they could not support such a big scene.

Of course, there is also an internal factor that cannot be spoken, and it is naturally because there is a relatively large new comprador class in China, most of whom are the children of the powerful, relying on the power of their grandparents, to weave an impermeable network of relationships and firmly control one or more industries in their hands.

On the surface, some industries are monopolized by foreigners, but in fact, foreigners do make a lot of money from them, but a considerable part of this money is divided among these people.

If this is not the case, why are many children of the powerful who are usually not conspicuous be able to hold a considerable level of senior management in international investment banks or financial institutions, or other multinational large enterprises?

In terms of actual ability, they are simply not capable enough to take on such a position, but in terms of their network and the influence of power, they are very suitable for such a position.

However, whenever these enterprises or institutions encounter any insurmountable obstacles in China, or institutional obstacles, it is these new comprador classes that take action first, and through the network of relationships they have compiled early on, they can solve problems for foreigners.

Of course, although such a thing is tricky and difficult to solve, under the operation of a class, unless the highest level clearly restricts the obstacles that cannot be bypassed, the general situation is invincible.

Although the matter is not easy to solve, the reward after solving it is very rich.

In particular, it is worth noting that some of the problems that seemed to be difficult to solve at the time, even crossed the policy red line or even violated laws and regulations, but after a few years, perhaps these problems will not be a problem, and may even become successful cases in textbooks to persuade future generations.

But judging from the situation at that time, such behavior was indeed very inappropriate, and even violated the class on which they were based.

So from this point of view, you will feel that in this world, in fact, there are only eternal interests, there is no eternal class, after all, three generations ago, they were all poor mud legs, but now, they want to help foreigners make money and bully Chinese people.

"Since there is such a big market demand, it is better for us to do it ourselves than to give this market to outsiders." Lin Xiao said to Qiu Yucheng, "How big the domestic aviation market will be in the future, it is difficult to say now, but from the perspective of development trends, it is undoubtedly the most suitable industry for large capital investment like ours, after all, the investment of 18 billion US dollars is not much, and the investment of hundreds of billions of US dollars can be accommodated." ”

"Yes, the most important point is that while we are engaged in aircraft leasing, we can also invest in the purchase of new aircraft, such as domestic regional jets and so on." Qiu Yucheng suggested, "In this way, it can be regarded as supporting the domestic aviation industry, and the top will be more happy, and at the policy level, it will naturally give greater support." ”

"Of course, this is not just a problem of regional aircraft, now our domestic large aircraft project has also made a breakthrough, and the Longxiang series of aircraft has begun mass production, which can be purchased." Lin Xiao said, "Well, I've thought about it, here in the Splendid Palace, you can gradually reduce your business and turn this place into a half-work and half-leisure place, and our company's headquarters will be located here in the future." ”

"That's a bit of a pity." Qiu Yucheng nodded when he heard this and said, "After all, there can still be profits here in the Splendid Palace, and if it is changed to an office space, it may be a money-losing business." ”

"It's not necessarily a matter of losing money, but you can open some rooms to high-end customers." Lin Xiao said with a smile, "Anyway, our plan has been made, and it is a little bit to make a little money, after all, it takes a certain amount of manpower and material resources to take care of this little industry, so why not make use of it?" ”

"Yes, yes, as soon as I said this, my mind suddenly opened up, and my brain opened!" Qiu Yucheng laughed, and then said with some emotion, "Originally, I thought that I was going to be planted in the hotel industry in this life, but I didn't expect to change careers to operate airplanes all of a sudden?" This change is really a bit high! ”

Qiu Yucheng's heart is indeed quite emotional, when he was Lin Zhengnan's secretary, he was sent down to be an official, but the luck has not been good, not to mention the exclusion of the people below, and he can't get used to some things, so he simply ran to the state-owned enterprise to take up a post, and came out of sight.

But later I found out that the state-owned enterprises are not a paradise, and the intrigue in all aspects is no less than that in the officialdom, but fortunately, Lin Xiao later needed to use someone to take care of the Lin family's industry in the capital, so he came up with the Splendid Palace series and let Qiu Yucheng serve as the general manager to manage this aspect of things.

This business is still relatively easy to do, especially Qiu Yucheng's business philosophy is more novel, so the Splendid Palace is also very well taken care of by him, and it is one of the best private clubs in the capital.

But with the purge of officialdom in China, private clubs are no longer popular, and they have gradually been pushed to the forefront, relying on those rich people to consume alone, it is also a bit of a weak feeling, and as one of the most powerful families in China, the Lin family is indeed no longer suitable for continued development in this regard.

Just when Qiu Yucheng didn't know where he should go, Lin Xiao suddenly returned with a huge amount of money and was going to play plane leasing with him, which really made Qiu Yucheng's eyes light up, and he felt that he had rejuvenated the third spring of his career.

After all, he has been in the capital for a long time, and he has been in contact with various high-end figures, of course, he has a keen eye, and knows that the aviation equipment leasing industry is actually a golden development direction, otherwise, Li Chaoren and Buffett and others will not take a fancy to this industry together, and they have invested heavily in it.

Therefore, as soon as Lin Xiao mentioned this, Qiu Yucheng was immediately very interested, he was just worried about whether Lin Xiao's funds could be in place and whether he could cope with such a large industry.

If this thing is successful, from now on, he will no longer be a low-end figure like a hotel manager, but an aviation giant, one of the big names who control domestic aircraft operations.

This change really made Qiu Yucheng's heart move, and he also showed enough enthusiasm.

"The funds are ready at any time, and I will invest 10 billion dollars first." Lin Xiao waved his hand and said, "The most important thing now is that you first have to figure out the depth of the water and the situation of the various departments that need to be dealt with, and then comprehensively analyze what kind of problems we need to face, and finally we will study it carefully to see how it is more appropriate." ”

"I understand that this matter still needs to be operated in a timely manner, after all, there are some unspoken rules in it, we are not very clear." Qiu Yucheng nodded in agreement, "However, I think with my connections in the capital and the signboard of the Splendid Palace, there shouldn't be many people who have the courage to embarrass us, right?" ”

"That's not necessarily, after all, wealth is moving." Lin Xiao listened, but shook his head and said, "After all, we are going to get involved in an industry that we have never been in contact with, and it is impossible to say that no one has a resistance mentality because of this, after all, we are snatching food from other people's bowls." ”

"Yes, it seems, I'm thinking about it a little too simply." Qiu Yucheng admitted that his thoughts were a little careless, but he didn't take this matter too seriously.

After all, when it comes to tens of billions of dollars or even more funds, ordinary little people don't dare to obstruct it at all, right?