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Q: If you had $100,000USD to invest in China, what would you select?
Yes, you must invest it in some way within China. Would it be a bar, auto repair shop, or ??? I am looking for a sure fire investment that does not require me to take on a Chinese partner - I already have one - my wife!
I hear that islands in the East China Sea are a hot commodity these days.
...too soon?
Something in the sandwich industry, possibly in deli meats. In the minds of chinese, a sandwich is only a snack. But they dont know the true awesomeness and versatility it yet. It just hasnt been marketed right here.
Haha, that is actually a genuine answer..... and not just because I would kill for a good Reuben right now.
bar in a foreigner neighborhood. Maybe in Guilin. Lots of gwailou there!
chinese style bar in the big city, seems like a crappy idea but these places are always full of people
An off license / tobacconist somewhere between mArtiAn and Pogger!
Hugh.G.Rection:
No offense Pogger, I just picked your name at random, mArtiAn has admitted frequently that he likes a drink and I thought my line would sound better if it was 'between' two people, so I just picked your name at random.
Must be in China? OK, put the money in the bank and find some clients to tutor.
High end, niche imports - quality European smallgoods or Scottish whisky or Australian Opals or such, to be available in major east coast cities. Something high end enough that demand will grow as the middle class grows, but specialised enough that $100,000 would be enough to set up a viable business.
Llamas. Lots and lots of llamas. And I would teach them to sing, dance, and do card tricks. Then, we would take them on the road "coast to coast," Vaudeville style! Llama "coolness" would sweep the nation, starting in Shanghai, then to Beijing, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong, finally to reach the fringes of empire. Llamas would be prevalent in advertising, game and talent shows. Hunan T.V. would have a show called "Super Llama," where my herd would do renditions of English and Chinese pop songs. They would be featured on designer clothes, school backpacks, and be welcome guests in night clubs and at super-market openings. The alpacas would reign as Kings, firmly entrenched in the hearts and minds of the Chinese people!!
Then, I would sell the whole enterprise, making a mint from the intellectual property rights. My next venture?
Raccoons.
mArtiAn:
Don't mean to rain on your parade there Jihad, but I don't think you've thought this through. I tried exactly the same thing with camels in Saudi Arabia and it was a disaster. And raccoons? You're going to have nothing but trouble with raccoons my friend. But dancing squirrels? Ahhh, now THERE you have a business that will pay and pay BIG. Just let me know when you're ready to get real and then we can talk some serious turkey. Ooh! Yeh, turkeys!
GuilinRaf:
Llama as in the pack animal, or Llama as in the Holy Men...?
giadrosich:
Hmmmm...now I'm not sure! Do Holy Llamas do card tricks?
mArtiAn:
Not sure about tricks but there was a Holy Lhama I met in India who could do a marvelous Rodney Dangerfield.
open a school or maybe leave the country and invest somewhere else
mArtiAn:
Jesus, what was I on last night? I'm erasing this, it's nonsense.
I'd like to own and operate a KTV or massage parlour. I would personally look after the training of the staff. I'd really like to open a Go Go bar like in Thailand.
I recently heard that the hemp business is pretty good. It's not illegal in China, right? You can make all kinds of stuff from hemp, also oil from the seeds. There should be plenty of business opportunities, inside and outside of China.
Jnusb416:
Maybe she didn't quite understand what you meant, or didn't connect the dots? Marijuana can be used as medicine, and has been used for that very purpose for thousands of years.
I think I would go with a car wash since there are 800 new cars being sold very day in Beijing these days. The more money they make the lzier they will get. 50 cars a day times 20 yuan is decent money for China - good living for lazy foreigner like myself.
Frankly_Speaking:
Only the foreigners would spend 20 yuan on a car wash. A car wash might fly in Hong Kong but not Beijing unless you could turn a profit based on volume and only charge 10 rmb.
I wonder how a turkey farm would do here? We can play their jia de game and sell the meat as shredded "chicken". I've never heard a Chinese say they don't like Turkey and it is only th ehigh prices of imported birds that keeps them away. I think a turkey farm up in Huairou might work.
I would go to the smallest village and start building a new Europe with civil rights, free schools and the teaching of the respect to each other....sounds utopist isn't it!
I would invest in the Express Delivery industry. Online shopping is taking off like a skyrocket and the infrastructure is lagging. Somebody's going to make a killing delivering all these goods.
Bullshit. I'd open a gun shop and within a year we'd have a 500 location franchise going and an IPO in the works. We'd probably solve the population and corruption problems as a side effect too.
How about vending machines? I have not seen very many here - or maybe a pancake house like Perkins?
Actually I thought about this some more and thought I may have made a dumb choice in saying a "gun shop". Therefore I revise my idea to be a tip shelf luxury strip joint with a gift shop that sells guns and sex toys!
Having a KTV/Night club would be pretty good and definitely a money maker.
If I had disposable cash I'd try a cigar bar with fine wines and lots of pretty girls walking about serving - CHA CHING !
I think maybe a chop shop would a great idea since these clowns still don't know how to drive.
Relocation services for Western corporations
obioma:
fucking smart! this is the best biz idea so far! y'all keep it come.....
