Song Baicheng left, and the trouble also disappeared. Everything had been moved aside for the Thunder Horse Military Factory’s full upgrade. In the time after, Xia Lei focused all of his energy in his work.

Tanks, artillery, the defense system, and the Thunder Dragon intelligent lathe second generation, these programs all cost a lot of money. All of the funds accumulated by the Thunder Horse Group had been invested but the gap was still large. Guan Lingshan had calculated that the gap in funds reached 20 billion with the equipment imported from Russia and Ukraine, as well as the recruitment of related technical staff. This money was almost enough to buy two Thunder Horse Groups.

“The bank agreed to give us a 3 billion dollar loan,” said Guan Lingshan to Xia Lei in his office.

“3 billion?” Xia Lei furrowed his brows. “How can that be enough?”

“Of course it is not enough. I have talked with some of the bank’s managers. I also told them about our company’s potential and future income, but they said that a 20 billion dollar loan is way too much, they couldn’t approve it,” said Guan Lingshan. 

Xia Lei’s eyebrows knotted. Investing tens of billions...