20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3608 The Ideal of New City

"You have to look at things from a long-term perspective. If you stop playing with others because of this, then besides getting angry, you'll never have a chance to get the upper hand."

Xia Wenzhuo said, "It can be considered as making a move in Go. Anyway, the company is big and I shouldn't let this factory lose money, so let's put a piece on the board first. Maybe it will come in handy someday."

Zhao Chang'an remained silent, although he knew that as a businessman, Xia Wenzhuo's words made sense.

The global demand for palm oil will be even greater in the future. Currently, Malaysia accounts for half of the world's production, which means it already has considerable pricing power.

However, the power structure here has already been filled, and if Lanfang exerts its strength, it will definitely have the power to surpass Malaysia in the future and fill the huge gap in the world's palm oil production.

If they can seize the initiative, they could very well create a major economic tycoon in Southeast Asia based on this alone.

He was still not quite used to it, but since Xia Wenzhuo was interested in this matter, he decided to let her handle it.

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"If the One Nano Star City becomes strong enough in the future, I will reclaim land on the opposite side of the sea and build a garden-style new city."

Xia Wenzhuo's sudden remark startled Zhao Chang'an. He had been to that place, which was still a nearshore sea, with Li Shiya and his middle school daughter.

At the time, the real estate company covered round-trip airfare and invited insightful people from all over the country to travel and view properties. Li Shiya was immediately interested, but later, considering that her daughter was still in school and that she had not yet paid off her mortgage and car loan in Zhengzhou, she did not make a purchase for the time being.

"If you have money, take it back to build our motherland. Don't do these good deeds. If you really want to build a house, you can write your own blueprint in our country later."

Zhao Chang'an was a little confused as to why Xia Wenzhuo had brought her here at this time, but she promptly poured cold water on her idea.

Xia Wenzhuo glanced at Zhao Chang'an in surprise: "Domestic construction includes Green Garden, which you just relinquished control of, and Chang'an Real Estate, which I heard you're planning to establish. Don't you think this location is really good, capable of attracting wealthy people from Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries to buy houses? After all, it's only a stone's throw from Xingcheng. If the entry and exit procedures for these people can be simplified, I believe many people, including those from Xingcheng, would be willing to settle there. Moreover, this investment is relatively easy to attract; the wealth gap in Southeast Asian countries is particularly severe, with many wealthy individuals who can issue investment bonds—"

Zhao Chang'an realized this time that he had misunderstood. Xia Wenzhuo had no intention of drawing large amounts of funds from China at all, but rather wanted to extract the assets of wealthy people in Southeast Asian countries.

"Alright, I don't object if you think it's worth a try. If you need people, we can recruit a group from China first."

Seeing Xia Wenzhuo still heading down the rugged sea cliff, Zhao Chang'an quickly grabbed her hand, afraid she would fall.

Yang Yixin, who was following a little behind, pouted unhappily. If Zhao Chang'an hadn't taken good care of her last night and this morning, she would have called Tang Shuang right now to tattle on her.

As a woman, she instinctively knew that Xia Wenzhuo didn't like her, just as she didn't like him. He wanted to get rid of her, the third wheel, and secretly stroll on the beach with Zhao Chang'an, doing something romantic.

"It's boring."

Yang Yixin muttered something under her breath, then, not wanting to be disliked, followed along and turned back to the car to chat with Wei Xuena and Wang Meihong.

By this time, Zhao Chang'an and Xia Wenzhuo had already disappeared above the rocky cliffs by the sea.

"kiss Me!"

In a shady, backlit spot by a large rock, Xia Wenzhuo released Zhao Chang'an's hand, took out a black plastic bag from his bag, opened it, and took out a long wig to put on.

She turned to face Zhao Chang'an and closed her eyes.

"Woo~"

Amidst the whistles of ships coming and going in the strait, Zhao Chang'an placed Xia Wenzhuo on a large rock.

About an hour later, the two of them descended the sea cliff, which was more than ten meters high, and arrived at the beach.

Xia Wenzhuo's long hair flowed freely as the two strolled hand in hand on the beach.

"Actually, I used to have a deep-seated resentment towards Lu Feifei. My father helped her back then, and as pen pals, we corresponded for more than two years. When she returned to China to attend high school in Mingzhu, it was during the time when my family was being hit the hardest by your father, Xia Wuyue, and Qiao Sanqiang."

In China, Zhao Chang'an and Xia Wenzhuo carefully avoided many things to prevent hurting each other.

Arriving here, thousands of miles away from China, the spatial distance gave Zhao Chang'an the courage to truly discuss this matter with Xia Wenzhuo. The separation of space and time also gave them a sense of looking out the window at the scenery.

"Actually, I've liked you since I was very young and wanted to be your wife. Do you remember in kindergarten, I always crawled into your bed, and you told me to do it secretly so the teacher wouldn't see."

Xia Wenzhuo smiled and began to talk about things from even further back in time.

"Later, when I grew up, I learned about the taboos between men and women, but I still liked you, I just acted reserved. You always liked to carry your guitar and run to the water tower to play it and show off, which amused Yin Wan, Zeng Xiaoxiao and the other girls. Their eyes lit up and they were completely infatuated. I just wanted to take a slingshot and shoot you down."

"That's alright. Actually, I like you the way you are. I think you're trying to get my attention on purpose. But when you slept at Chu Yueliang's house in junior high and even shared a bed with Chu Yourong, I got really angry!"

“There was really nothing between us. I didn’t understand her at all before. Besides, she was taller than me back then, and I couldn’t beat her.”

Zhao Chang'an hugged Xia Wenzhuo: "As for what happened later, as you know, once my family was in this situation, her family immediately moved to Pengzhou. Even during the two years we were in the same high school, I didn't say a word to her."

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Chang'an realized that his words were ambiguous, and said with a self-deprecating laugh, "It should be that she never said a word to me. If I hadn't become the top scorer in the college entrance examination, Teacher Chu still wouldn't have recognized me as her last disciple. If I hadn't become famous and rich later, I wouldn't have had any subsequent contact with Chu Yourong. The reason I helped her and my master and mistress, to be honest, was because I did receive a lot of favors from her family when I was in junior high school. Even though, looking back, the purpose of those favors wasn't so pure."

Xia Wenzhuo stepped out of Zhao Chang'an's embrace, walked a few steps to the water's edge, and picked up a palm-sized empty conch shell.

Instead of turning back, he stood by the sea, gazing at the strait.

The sea breeze blew, tossing her long hair and outlining the inverted U-shaped silhouette of her legs in her trousers, making Zhao Chang'an feel incredibly proud and honored.