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"This is 5 million yuan. Are you going to use it all to build a building?"

He Weijun stretched out his hand and spread out his five fingers.

He waved it in front of Lu Yang, trying to make sure whether he was talking nonsense.

Lu Yang shook his head.

Then he said in a very affirmative tone: "It's not 5 million, it's 10 billion, but an initial investment of 5 million is enough. The building I want to build will not only be the headquarters of my company group in the future, I also hope it will become a business card of our Pengcheng City and a landmark of an era."

Lu Yang spoke in a very arrogant tone.

But He Weijun took a breath of cold air.

He was shocked at the courage of the young man in front of him, who even asked for an investment of 10 billion yuan.

Aren't you afraid of being wasted?
After considering for a moment.

He looked directly into Lu Yang's eyes and said, "I understand what you mean. You want to settle your company in Pengcheng. I appreciate your intention.

You said you wanted to guarantee it.

I can't give it to you.

But I can tell you here with confidence that as long as I, He Weijun, am still here, I will never allow anyone to use public resources for personal gain, and the various unfair treatments that your company suffered yesterday will never happen in Pengcheng.

Of course, we also hope that you can abide by the laws of Pengcheng, actively cooperate with the government's work, and build a company that is beneficial to society and the country.

As for what you just said, you want to build a building in Pengcheng.

I don't think it's necessary.

It's not worth spending too much money.

Although if this building can be built, it will definitely be a very important face project for the leaders of our region.

When money is spent, it becomes real political achievement.

But I still hope that you can put the money to practical use, to expand your business, create more jobs for society, and contribute more tax revenue to our young country.

Do you understand my good intentions? "

In He Weijun's mind, he probably thought that Lu Yang was trying to buy peace with money.

Because I was treated unfairly in the previous city.

So after arriving in Pengcheng, in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes, he decided to cater to the local leaders' needs and spend a large amount of money to build a high-rise building in Pengcheng. This would allow the local leaders to have political achievements and would surely make them look better.

It doesn’t matter whether you appreciate it or not. As long as you have any shame, you should be too embarrassed to do it again, right?

But he didn't think it was necessary.

He also hoped that the young man would not think that all crows are black and that there are no good officials just because he suffered a loss once.

In general, the mainland is still a society ruled by law. We must trust the government and the country.

Lu Yang shook his head.

He also understood the other party's intentions.

But he really didn't think about it that way, and he definitely didn't intend to buy peace with money.

That’s why we decided to build this building.

But he really does plan to prepare a headquarters building for the company under his name.

Get together and work together.

Although he does not own many companies now, he believes that there will be more and more in the future.

"Secretary He, you misunderstood me. I really want to build this building.

Pengcheng has great development prospects.

This is a youthful city, a city where young people work hard. It is close to the Hong Kong River and is a window for the motherland to the outside world.

It will definitely be one of the future megacities and international cities.

Secretary He, you also studied finance. A few years ago, you were a professor of economics at Peking University.

You should know it very well.

Every international city will inevitably have a CBD at its center, where every inch of land will be extremely valuable because it will concentrate a city's economic, technological and cultural power and have multiple functions including finance, trade, services and exhibitions.

Is there CBD in our country now?
There should be none.

Shanghai may be taking shape, but I hope that our city of Shenzhen can catch up, or even seize the opportunity to take the lead.”

Lu Yang said this with confidence: "I hope that after the completion of the headquarters building of the group to be built in the future, its geographical location will be located in the CBD city center of our Pengcheng City."

He Weijun opened his mouth.

His eyes glowed as he stared at the young man in front of him in shock, speechless for a long time.

Of course he knows the concept of CBD, and he knows it very well.

The concept of CBD was first proposed by a beautiful person.

The time was the beginning of this century, 1923, before World War II.

It was defined at that time as a place where business gathered.

Over time, it has been continuously enriched and has become the economic center of a city, a region, or even a country.

CBD is a concept that only exists in developed countries. In developed countries, manufacturing industries in city centers have begun to move out, while business and office activities continue to gather in city centers, requiring some large cities to re-plan and build modern business centers of a certain scale based on the old commercial centers. What is finally formed is the city CBD.

The world's most representative CBDs include Manhattan in New York, La Defense in Paris, Shinjuku in Tokyo, and Central, which is only separated from Shenzhen by a river. These are all fairly mature urban CBDs internationally.

As for the mainland, this concept has actually already existed for a long time.

The earliest time was in 1980, when the reform and opening up policy was launched and the CBD concept was introduced to China. Many experts and professors discussed at that time that if our country wanted to catch up with foreign countries, we had to concentrate and give priority to the development of several large cities in China and build our own urban CBD.

Later, Pengcheng became a special economic zone and was developed by the country into a first-tier city, which may have been related to this.

Its geographical location is really great.

However, even so, how difficult is it to build Pengcheng’s own urban CBD?
Just look at Shanghai and you will know.

Shanghai's heritage is at least 100 times greater than that of Pengcheng. It was already a first-tier city in East Asia before the founding of the People's Republic of China. There is almost no place in the country richer and more developed than Shanghai.

However, Shanghai's urban CBD has only just taken shape.

As for Pengcheng.

The leadership team of the Pengcheng Municipal Government is indeed determined to build its own city CBD.

For example, the bidding for the King of Land Building some time ago was a very favorable signal.

If everything goes well, in a few years, the King of Land Building will be completed, and the area surrounding the King of Land Building will become the first urban CBD of Shenzhen.

He Weijun is now a member of the leadership team of Pengcheng City, so he knows very well that their Pengcheng Municipal Government has actually been preparing for this plan for several years.

It was not implemented until this year. But this young man in front of me dared to call out the concept of urban CBD by himself.

Are you really so sure that you will succeed?

He took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I believe you for now. Your plan does have the potential to succeed, and it coincides with the plan of our Pengcheng Municipal Government to build its own urban CBD. However, you can't do it alone. I suggest that you don't put it under my jurisdiction, but in Futian District.

Let’s go to Luofu District.

It should be no problem to plan a piece of land next to or opposite the Diwang Building to build your headquarters building. I believe the leaders of Luohu District will pay attention to it. "

He gritted his teeth.

He added: "Well, if you are worried, I will introduce you to Secretary Fu Junfeng of Luohu District. I have some friendship with him."

There are no more sincere words than this.

Because this is pushing away the political achievements that have been obtained. For an official to achieve this level, apart from serving the people wholeheartedly, I can't think of any other purpose for him to do so.

Lu Yang was surprised at Secretary He Weijun's frankness.

He shook his head again.

"I disagree."

If he had not been reborn, he might have agreed.

Because it is indeed as Secretary He across the street said, after the completion of the Di Wang Building, in a few years, the area surrounding the Di Wang Building will soon become the center of Pengcheng City, a genuine city CBD commercial center.

This is also the first urban CBD in Pengcheng.

But Lu Yang has a better choice.

In the future, Shenzhen will have four major urban CBDs.

Luohu District’s urban CBD is the first urban CBD in Shenzhen, but it is not the best.

The best urban CBD that can represent Shenzhen will be located in Futian District in the future. It will include the world's fourth tallest building, Ping An Financial Center, Parkson Plaza, a popular check-in spot, Excellence Century Center, Cultural Center, Civic Center, Children's Palace, International Convention and Exhibition Center, open city park, and Lianhuashan Park.

All these factors together will create the future CBD commercial center of Futian District.

Lu Yang has reason to believe that with the addition of his group's headquarters building, the future CBD of Futian District will be even more brilliant.

So he chuckled and said, "As far as I know, the Futian District CBD plan should also have a concept, right? Wasn't it discussed a lot by many experts a few years ago? Although this plan has been shelved for the time being, it will definitely be restarted in the future.

Shenzhen cannot be without Futian District, nor can it be without Futian District CBD, just as God cannot lose Jerusalem.

Since this plan will be restarted sooner or later.

So, Secretary He, why do you have to push away the achievements that should belong to you?"

“God cannot lose Jerusalem?”

“That’s a bit interesting.”

He Weijun is not a person who sticks to the old ways.

After Lu Yang said this, he also remembered that this was indeed the case.

A few years ago, no, actually last year, the discussion on building a city CBD belonging to Pengcheng in Futian District had already caused a lot of controversy.

At that time, there was even a plan and a layout, but the King of Land Building was ultimately not located in Futian District, but was moved to Luohu District instead.

The sound disappeared temporarily.

And he was somewhat discouraged.

Now the old matter is brought up again, and the person involved is a young outsider.

He couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

"But……"

"I can't lie to you. The power of the municipal government is limited now. Now that we have launched the urban CBD in Luohu District, we will build it around the Emperor Building."

"You want to restart the urban CBD in Futian District now. I'm afraid that the power of your company alone is not enough, and the municipal government has no spare capacity to support you. Even the surrounding supporting facilities may not be satisfied. Are you sure you really want to go ahead with it?"

He wanted to persuade Lu Yang to give up if he didn't have the courage to accept failure.

Because if it fails, if no other company is willing to move in, wouldn't such an office building that cost nearly one billion yuan to build be idle once it is completed?
Some will be left for personal use, and the rest, I'm afraid more than 70% of the floors, will be empty, and the money will be wasted.

Lu Yang said in a very affirmative tone: "Secretary He, you don't have to persuade me anymore. I have already thought about it. I will put it under your jurisdiction. As for the location, the original city CBD planning map should still be there. I don't have high requirements, as long as it is within this range."

Seeing that Lu Yang insisted, He Weijun stopped persuading him.

He promised to find all the previous planning maps after returning, and then choose the best location for Lu Yang, the one closest to the center. At least for now, the transportation must be convenient.

And he will also actively strive for it.

If the 10 billion yuan investment is implemented, this young man really plans to build a building that is no less tall than the Land King Building.

Then this is definitely great news.

Whether it is for Futian District or for the entire Shenzhen City, leaders should be able to see the positive and powerful side it represents.

"I'll go back first. You wait for my news tonight. If it's confirmed, we'll meet again tomorrow."

"Ah."

"As for the height of the floors, you don't have to weld it. You don't have to believe that it must be lower than the Land King Building in order to be politically correct. I will communicate with the leaders. Even if it is 1m or 10m higher, it will have different meanings. Once the building is completed in the future, when you want to rent it out and attract large international companies to move in, you will know that there are many benefits. At least it will be different in terms of publicity."

Can the tallest building in Pengcheng and the second tallest building in Pengcheng be the same?

Naturally it is different.

Of course Lu Yang understood this tune, but if they really only planned to build it 1m or 10m higher than the Diwang Building, that would be a bit of an embarrassment.

After all, they have just completed the bidding and have not yet started to lay the foundation or even start construction. But they are about to go from being the number one in Pengcheng and the second in the country to being the second in Pengcheng and the second in the country. Do you think they can be calm?

Although this is a matter of time.

Some buildings are eliminated by the times while they are under construction. When they are being built, it is claimed that they will be the tallest in the world after completion.

But once it is built and completed, and we can officially move in as a company, it will probably not even be ranked among the top 10 in the world.

There is nothing we can do about it.

After all, a tall building like this, three or four hundred meters in height, will take three to five years to build, and if there is a lack of funds, it may even be impossible to complete the main structure.

Who can you blame?
Lu Yang nodded: "I'll wait for your good news, Secretary He."

"Don't call me Secretary He. Call me Uncle He."

He Weijun stood up and said casually, "Okay, let's say goodbye now. I won't see you off. I'm going to go back and look through the information and then report to the leader."

Lu Yang quickly climbed up the pole, stood up and said with a playful smile: "Then Uncle He, take care."

(End of this chapter)