Hong Kong: Starting with 10 billion

Chapter 349 A great harvest
Friday, July 8th.

Fang Hexuan went to CUHK in person to pick up Lizhi after school and did not choose to have a candlelight dinner as usual.

As the official opening of Lan Kwai Fong is getting closer, the big boss needs to go there frequently to check on the results of the renovation.

The best way is to think of yourself as a tourist and go in to experience it in depth, which is also called city walk.

Therefore, after obtaining the other party's consent, he brought Lizhi to Lan Kwai Fong.

After all, Lizhi has not been in Hong Kong for a long time, so she is not clear about the difference between Lan Kwai Fong before and after the renovation.

She just thought it was interesting and a little different from many commercial streets she had seen before.

She couldn't tell exactly what the difference was, but she just felt it had an artistic feel.

Although it has not yet been fully opened to the public, perhaps many people who come to Lan Kwai Fong for the first time will have a similar first impression as Lizhi.

After listening to her feelings, Fang Hexuan nodded. At least this superficial effort had met his original expectations.

As for the internal software facilities including services and event operations, we will have to wait until the official opening to get real feedback.

At this time, groups of foreign faces can be seen on several short streets in Lan Kwai Fong. They are calling their friends and their destination is clear: the various bars and western restaurants in the area.

These two types of stores were the first to complete renovation and decoration in Lan Kwai Fong. The purpose was to attract traffic in advance and keep this entertainment and commercial district located in a remote corner of Hong Kong Island hot and talked about at all times.

This is indeed the case. Apart from Fang Hexuan spending money on advertising for it from time to time, the trend caused by foreigners has certainly attracted the attention and interest of many "Hong Kong Chinese".

After a major renovation, the biggest difference between Lan Kwai Fong and before is definitely the huge upgrade of the lighting in the entire area.

In the past, the streets in Lan Kwai Fong were not too dark. The street lamps and the decorative lights of several craft shops at least allowed pedestrians to walk normally at night.

But now, not only have all the street lights been replaced with big and bright neon lights, but the number of lamp posts has more than doubled.

In addition, all stores must have light box signs, and many stores simply remove their exterior walls and replace them with glass walls, so that the bright lights inside the store can also be projected onto the road outside the store.

In addition, almost all intersections or corners are equipped with giant light box billboards, many building walls are equipped with spotlights or ambient lights, and some transplanted tropical trees are wrapped with colorful lights or light strips.

Finally, Fang Hexuan also asked the designers to install large spotlights on the top of some high-rise buildings in Lan Kwai Fong, similar to the high beam lights with a bat logo on them in Gotham City in the Batman movies, which can create various lighting effects in the night sky.

It is no exaggeration to say that Lan Kwai Fong is now a city that never sleeps. The ingeniously designed light show alone is enough for tourists to appreciate.

Even though it hasn't opened yet, at this moment, at 7 o'clock in the evening, almost all the lights are on, making the drivers driving through the area feel particularly eye-catching.

Lizhi held Fang Hexuan's hand, taking two steps and stopping for a step. Any new things would make her stop and appreciate them.

For example, graffiti, artistic street lights, store light box advertisements, landscape flowers, etc.

Fang Hexuan also did not miss any details. In fact, he looked more carefully than Lizhi. Anything he was not satisfied with would be written down by the Wanda project manager who was following him.

Just as they were about to pass the next intersection, suddenly, the world in front of them went dark, with only the cars on the road still having their headlights on.

Fang Hexuan held Lizhi's hand tightly to reassure her, then turned his head to ask Wanda's supervisor:
"What's going on? Is there a power outage or is there something wrong with our circuit?" The supervisor in charge of the overall renovation of Lan Kwai Fong was also a little confused. He replied:
"Mr. Fang, I'm sorry, I don't know either. This situation has never happened before."

Fang Hexuan was also speechless. He said to the bodyguard next to him:
"Go, have someone go outside the neighborhood and see if there's a power outage in other places as well."

About five or six minutes later, a bodyguard came back and said:

"There's a power outage outside too. I heard passersby say that the entire Hong Kong Island has lost power."

Hearing this, the project manager breathed a sigh of relief, but Fang Hexuan frowned.

"Although power outages are rare in Hong Kong, we still need to prevent this from happening again in the future. Before opening, you should get a backup power supply as soon as possible to at least ensure that our street lights and advertising lights can be used normally."

The project manager nodded timidly.

Since there was a power outage, the rest of the tour experience could not continue, so they took a car back to the Hilton Hotel.

It was not until the next morning that Fang Hexuan learned from the newspaper that the major power outage in Hong Kong Island the night before was caused by an explosion at a power plant on the outlying island of Cheung Chau.

Although it was unexpected, it was a blessing in disguise for Lan Kwai Fong.

On August 8, direct flights between Hong Kong and Xi'an were officially launched. On the same day, two tour groups from Hong Kong boarded Cathay Pacific flights to Xi'an.

The biggest benefit of opening this route is that it makes it easier for Hong Kong people to go to Chang'an to see the Terracotta Warriors.

It's no wonder that Fang Hexuan was also somewhat tempted. He planned to take some time in the future to take his family to visit the "Eighth Wonder of the World".

On August 8, still on Tsing Yi Island, a group of people holding black umbrellas and wearing plastic raincoats were quietly waiting at the pier.

Since yesterday, the sky over Hong Kong seemed to have a hole in it, with heavy rain pouring down and no sign of stopping.

The big raindrops hit the umbrella and the concrete floor, making everything around filled with annoying noise.

Fang Hexuan stood at the front of the crowd, with a bodyguard holding an umbrella for him.

Even though the weather was so bad, he still chose to come, naturally to welcome Dayanming and Jiuwenlong back from Barak.

从1980年10月初到1982年8月17号，历时22个月，巴拉克寻宝计划终于彻底结束。

This last batch of treasure was now escorted back to port by Dayanming and his men.

The entire plan involved three trips in total, and the results of the first two trips made Fang Hexuan smile from ear to ear.

Therefore, he was looking forward to the results of the last trip. Anyway, Dayanming told him that he had gained a lot.

When the hero returns home, as his boss, he must give him enough courtesy and comfort no matter what. Even if he is threatened by a knife, he will welcome him in person.

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