Chapter 251: Chapter 230: So Capable at Such a Young Age

Accumulating wealth comparable to that of the Liu Family is not a difficult task, is it?

Liu Ke Ping was taken aback by the words, incredulously looking at Lu Li.

He couldn’t have possibly imagined that this guy who participates in underground fights would dare to be so arrogant!

Others might not know exactly how much wealth the Liu Family controls, but Liu Ke Ping, being a direct descendant with the second in line inheritance rights, couldn’t be unaware.

Yes, the first in line is his father.

Because the Liu Family is quite traditional, emphasizing inheritance by the direct heir and grandson.

Liu Ke Ping’s father, as the firstborn son, and he, as the eldest grandson, naturally hold the first and second inheritance rights.

In contrast, the uncles, aunts, cousins are further down the line.

Precisely for this reason, Liu Ke Ping took charge of key family industries early on and is well aware of the vastness of the family wealth.

Just the 11.2% stake in Liu Group that is on the surface is worth over a hundred billion US Dollars.

Furthermore, secretly, the Liu Family has other industries and some undisclosed investments.

Ignoring other hidden industries, even the straightforward equity value is not something anyone can easily amass.

One should know that there are only fifteen members in the Forbes Global Billionaires Club worth over one hundred billion dollars each, and the Liu Clan, with over one hundred thirty billion dollars, ranks tenth, surpassing Ballmer, the Microsoft shareholder.

Hearing Lu Li’s words, Liu Ke Ping couldn’t help but chuckle in anger.

Shaking his head, he said, “Mr. Lu, I believe with your skills, earning a billion dollars is not impossible, but when you say you want to earn as much as the wealth my family has painstakingly built over generations, I just want to say, you might not have a deep understanding of this world.”

Lu Li flashed a brilliant smile, “I know mere words are not enough proof, but since I want to be with Kexin, as her brother, I can appropriately showcase some of my capabilities.”

Liu Ke Ping didn’t take this statement seriously and instead went on, “Fine, let’s say you have the ability to earn wealth ordinary people can’t believe, but perhaps you don’t know, my grandfather is an adamant old man, always keeping his word. He will never agree to Kexin being with you. If you both insist on having your way, some very, very terrible things might happen.”

This sentence carried a threat.

Yet Lu Li remained calm and composed, “In the face of absolute strength, I believe your grandfather will agree to me being with Kexin.”

Saying this, he glanced at the watch on his left wrist, stood up, and said, “It’s getting late, so, rest well tonight. Tomorrow morning, I’ll have someone come and pick you and Kexin up to visit my factory, and we’ll talk about other things then.”

Lu Li then turned and walked out, not giving the other party a chance to speak.

Liu Ke Ping sat on the sofa, staring at Lu Li’s departing figure for a long time, sighing inwardly.

He wasn’t insistent on separating Lu Li and Liu Kexin.

As a brother who loves his sister the most.

Of course, Liu Ke Ping respects his sister’s choice.

But he knows that he can’t help himself.

If the old man truly gets angry, no one can protect Lu Li.

By then, the one who would be in pain and regret would certainly be his sister, Liu Kexin.

Liu Ke Ping doesn’t want his sister to get hurt.

Therefore, knowing about Lu Li, he put aside his busy schedule and personally came to Huaxia.

Hoping to persuade Lu Li and Liu Kexin to part ways peacefully, leaving the beautiful memories behind.

Unexpectedly, Lu Li and Liu Kexin were determined in a frightening way.

Liu Ke Ping sat on the sofa deep in thought for a long while, eventually murmuring, “If he can prove he can truly bring happiness to Kexin, maybe I can persuade the old man.”

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The next day, in the morning.

Lu Li had Xiaozhao drive the Cullinan to pick up Liu Kexin and Liu Ke Ping.

He himself was with Xiaoqing, Wang Jun, and the others who had arrived in the past two days: Qian Diding, Zhu Yang, Xu Min, handling the handover with manufacturers.

Today, Lu Li dressed very simply, wearing a white T-shirt worth about a hundred bucks, printed with an ugly skull, and a pair of jeans with a few holes.

In this attire, if one ignores his exceptionally handsome appearance, he might be mistaken for someone doing renovations in a crowd.

Well, Lu Li originally planned to do some work today.

After all, he had few people under his command, and the manufacturers delivered the equipment overnight on short notice, making it impossible to find people early in the morning.

He thought he should pitch in a bit, afraid of dirtying good clothes, so he dug out the clothes and pants from when he wasn’t fat in high school,

Unexpectedly, the manufacturers were extremely eager to please, bringing a large team, not needing anyone from Lu Li’s side to lift a finger.

One by one, engine test racks, engine test stands, and other equipment were moved into the temporary factory buildings.

Chief designer Wang Jun glanced at the pricing on the equipment list and couldn’t help but take a deep breath, “Boss, are these high-end equipment and instruments really this cheap?”

Lu Li was constantly looking out, absent-mindedly saying, “What’s the matter?”

Wang Jun pointing at the list, his voice trembling, “Just talking about the engine test stand, the manufacturer agreed to construct it according to aerospace standards at a quoted price of just one billion, knowing that under normal circumstances, a test stand of such scale would cost at least two billion in the market. They’ve shaved off a full billion; I wonder if they’re doing a losing business or if they might cut corners with us?”

Qian Diding, Zhu Yang, and Xu Min nodded slightly beside him, all looking very incredulous.

If it were other manufacturers, with the price nearly one billion lower, Lu Li might have had the same suspicion, but these were people introduced by Zhang Guocheng. Even if given ten leopards’ courage, the manufacturers wouldn’t dare to cut corners.

Lu Li waved his hand, “You don’t need to worry about these things, I’ve pulled some strings, so the manufacturers won’t dare to cut corners.”

Hearing this, Wang Jun, Qian Diding, and Xu Min finally relaxed.

At this moment, Xiaoqing approached with several manufacturer representatives, “Boss, all the equipment has been moved into the factory building, only the construction and installation are left. President Sun and the others would like you to review if there are any issues, and if not, to sign the contract.”

Lu Li had been watching all along and knew there were no issues at all.

He looked at President Sun and the others, “Xiaoqing, get the company seal, have the newly hired legal team review the contract, and if there are no issues, stamp it.”

Xiaoqing quickly replied, “Understood.”

Then she looked at President Sun and the others, “Please follow me to the meeting room to sign the contract.”

“Alright.”

“President Lu, we’re heading off to sign the contract now.”

“Alright, thank you for your hard work. I’ll treat everyone to lunch later.”

President Sun and the others followed Xiaoqing upstairs.

Just as Xiaoqing and the others left, a Cullinan drove in through the main gate.

Then, Liu Ke Ping and Liu Kexin got out of the car, led by Xiaozhao, and approached Lu Li.

“Lu Li.”

“Mr. Lu, good morning.”

“Kexin, Mr. Liu, you’ve arrived?”

Lu Li greeted Liu Kexin and Liu Ke Ping.

With just a few words, the three of them were already in front of Lu Li.

Liu Ke Ping walked up with a curious expression, “Mr. Lu, your outfit today…”

Lu Li looked at him and laughed, “What?”

Liu Ke Ping shook his head with a smile, “You really have that ghostfire youth vibe.”

Lu Li was amused by his words.

Liu Kexin also covered her mouth, trying not to laugh.

Indeed, Lu Li’s outfit today was quite “shocking.”

Looking at the “bare” factory area, Liu Ke Ping frowned slightly, with a hint of questioning in his voice, “Mr. Lu, is this your factory?”

Liu Kexin seemed to not have slept well last night, with faint dark circles under her fair complexion.

Lu Li stepped forward to hold Liu Kexin’s hand and casually said to Liu Ke Ping, “Let me take you to see the temporary laboratory first.”

Liu Ke Ping also wanted to know what Lu Li was up to, “Sure.”

Lu Li led the two of them inside.

Soon after, they entered the laboratory.

Inside, there was a lot of large equipment, which at first glance, looked very expensive.

Liu Ke Ping was taken aback and said, “These machines must have cost a fortune, right?”

Liu Kexin seemed equally surprised by the scale of Lu Li’s factory, which was much larger than she had imagined, and she kept glancing at Lu Li’s profile.

Lu Li casually replied, “These machines market for 500 to 600 million, but I have some connections, so I got them for just 300 million.”

Recalling what Lu Li had said the previous night, Liu Ke Ping couldn’t help but nod slightly.

Indeed, from the equipment and factory area today, he realized that he didn’t know much about Lu Li’s wealth.

Just the equipment alone was worth so much, by normal asset estimation, Lu Li’s net worth should be over a billion.

This amount may not mean much to the Liu Family, but as long as Lu Li and Liu Kexin didn’t spend recklessly, they shouldn’t live poorly for the rest of their lives.

Accumulating so much wealth at a young age is truly impressive.

Liu Ke Ping started to acknowledge Lu Li a little.

He initially thought this was Lu Li’s “limit.”

But who would’ve thought Lu Li’s next words would leave Liu Ke Ping completely stunned.

Lu Li calmly said, “Once the laboratory is set up, I should be able to develop an internal combustion engine with 150,000 revolutions per minute very soon. Mr. Liu, you must know what this means, right?”

Liu Ke Ping was initially taken aback, and then he inhaled slightly, “An internal combustion engine with 150,000 revolutions per minute? Mr. Lu, you didn’t get the data wrong, did you? It’s not 15,000 revolutions, you’re sure it’s 150,000 revolutions per minute?”

Liu Kexin also appeared very surprised.

Although their family didn’t have direct business in the engine industry, wealthy people more or less liked cars, so of course, they knew what an internal combustion engine with 150,000 revolutions per minute meant.

It meant shocking the global internal combustion engine industry!

It meant that becoming the world’s richest person was only a matter of time!

Even though Liu Ke Ping had seen a lot in his life, his heart was trembling at that moment.

He really couldn’t believe that someone like Lu Li could be this capable!

Liu Kexin, too, stared at Lu Li in confusion.

As she became more involved with him as his girlfriend, she gradually discovered more sides of Lu Li.

However, it was these very sides that made her understand Lu Li less and less.

It seemed like there were more layers of mystery hiding Lu Li’s true self.

This made Liu Kexin increasingly curious, wanting to know everything about her boyfriend.

Lu Li confirmed his statement, “Yes, it really is every…”

Before he finished speaking, Liu Ke Ping’s pocket rang with a “ding-ding-ding,” indicating an incoming call.

He took out his phone and glanced at it, “Sorry, I need to take this call.”

Liu Ke Ping walked towards the door, clearly not wanting Lu Li and Liu Kexin to overhear the conversation.

Lu Li’s eyes were sharp, and he immediately noticed the caller ID on Liu Ke Ping’s phone: “Dad.”

He was intrigued and wanted to listen to what Liu Ke Ping would say to his father about him and Liu Kexin.

So, Lu Li activated his super hearing to eavesdrop.

Unexpectedly, before he could hear the conversation between Liu Ke Ping and Father Liu, he caught wind of some breaking news from the direction of the administrative building in the distance!

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