"Second... I need support from the State Government in terms of funding, policy incentives, and, when necessary, for you to negotiate with the banks alongside me."
Mr. Adelaide watched Lin Qi think for a while. He bit down on the nail of his thumb, then nodded after roughly a dozen seconds. "That won't be a problem. We'll show the utmost sincerity!"
What was the difference between mature capital and an immature capitalist? Let's start with the immature capitalist. Such people could only be called businesspeople. When doing something, they usually relied on their own abilities to consider what they should do.
For example, if they had a hundred dollars, they would do a hundred-dollar business.
There was nothing wrong with that, and it was very safe. It was like investing in finance without using margin or leverage: however much money they had, that was how much they played with. Even if they lost everything, all they would lose was the money in their hands.
That absolutely wasn't to say they were wrong to do this. In fact, this was a very good way to operate. It simply couldn't be called the approach of a successful capitalist.
That was the difference between them and mature capitalists. If mature capitalists had a hundred dollars, they would do everything they could to leverage it into a business worth three thousand or five thousand dollars!
All it took was the slightest opportunity to bring them considerable returns.
Their understanding of money, capital, and social connections was far stronger than that of immature capitalists. They could easily create certain "opportunities" or "disasters."
But they were only mature. They were still some distance from success.
A truly mature capitalist never used their own money to invest, whether in finance or in the real economy.
That might