My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 325: If you can steadily crush the enemy, you don't need to use a roundabout approach.

The fact that the city government can restrain itself from excessively praising such a pioneering reformer already shows considerable self-control.

Of course, the rich heritage of a city with independent planning status also ensures that it will not be eager to boast.

Look at those reform pioneers like Murong Fu in the South and Qiao Feng in the North; they were just people who didn't have much to brag about locally, so they just bought any cover they saw.

They've only achieved so little, yet they're already exaggerating it like that.

It's basically like putting it on a fire to roast.

No wonder those two didn't end up well.

Now that the businesses here are all running smoothly, it's best to let Weidong develop independently and see what kind of results he can achieve.

Of course, no one is as stable as this guy.

We will absolutely not touch any policy traps or red lines.

We steadily assisted several Hong Kong businessmen in bringing their equipment and supporting facilities to their factories, and helped them level and build factory buildings on the adjacent "Hong Kong Businessmen Industrial Park" land that had been acquired and allocated.

Apart from the printing plant and the jeans factory, which have already started operations, the other five factories share this 100,000-square-meter industrial land.

This is really extravagant; they've made such a large cut, as if they're afraid that anything less wouldn't be impressive enough.

On the third-floor terrace of the sanitary napkin factory, the tour guides from the Economic Development Zone can point out and explain to the visiting group. Next to it are the factory areas of several well-known Hong Kong business groups and real estate companies, which are under construction.

Therefore, the arrival of the engineering corps was like adding wings to a tiger, speeding up the progress, and the Hong Kong businessman had to pay for the project.

The purpose was ostensibly to test the mettle of the best construction teams currently in mainland China for Hong Kong businessmen.

Chi Shiming estimated that based on the huge price difference between construction in Hong Kong and the mainland, he quoted a middle price.

The Hong Kong representative, who had no prior contact with the local construction system, was so frightened that he almost had a stroke. He immediately agreed to make the payment.

Hundreds of thousands of yuan in advance payments arrived in my account.

This production plant area only costs a few dollars. What they want is to control the construction costs of the commercial buildings and hotel buildings in the city center. They are slightly puzzled that this is much higher than the previous budget per square meter for Wei Dong's Liujin Building.

Wei Dong introduced the project as the top official construction team in China without batting an eye, and they had no objections, especially since it was still significantly cheaper.

So while the zoo construction is still in full swing, Lao Geng has already begun to move the remaining teams from the mountain base to this area.

Let's get to work quickly and make some quick money from the Hong Kong-owned industrial park first.

This gave Wei Dong a sense of security, knowing that the classified project would definitely not resume. He suggested that Wei Dong leave only a few people there to keep the project sign, and have the rest leave.

Especially for family members, please come over and arrange for their schooling as soon as possible so as not to delay them.

The main problem is that these several thousand people have no place to stay yet.

Although these people were truly hardworking, they immediately built sheds on the vacant plots of land without any complaints, quickly bringing life to the entire factory area.

Groups of children run around the construction site all day long, and even come in groups to help move sand and transport soil.

The women immediately cleaned and tidied up the makeshift camp.

So skilled that it makes people feel distressed.

This made Wei Dong even more reluctant to let these people feel sad.

First, arrange for a large number of family members to work in the factory. If necessary, the sanitary napkin factory can add dozens more machines.

Then, he tried to repeat his old trick, using his position as a consultant at a real estate development company in Jiangzhou to acquire another newly built residential building in the city, with about a few hundred units, to use as a temporary measure for mortgage loans.

He first took out a few hundred thousand yuan as a down payment to get the money.

He found it funny himself: "Does doing real estate really work like this? People can't help but play financial lending tricks. Should I call Xiao Wu back? He loves doing this kind of thing."

Old Geng, however, said with a serious expression: "There's no need to put so much pressure on you. You've already done enough for the group... well, the engineering company. Construction has already started. Why should we buy other people's houses? We can build them ourselves. Besides, we'll definitely be stationed around this factory area."

Wei Dong was amused by his mountain-sounding way of thinking: "This is a big city, not some wild mountain area where you can build anywhere. The land belongs to the state, and all construction requires approval..."

Chi Shiming nodded in agreement.

Old Geng, however, said matter-of-factly, "It belongs to the country and the people. We are building a city now, why can't we be given land to build it ourselves? I'm going to ask them what the logic is!"

Moreover, they acted immediately, going to the city to beat the drum and appeal for justice.

It startled the two 21-year-olds who were used to commercial housing construction and the real estate capital market.

Quickly stop him, then let's try going through the procedures.

Unexpectedly, we didn't even go to the city; we just asked Director Tang how to proceed.

The response from the other side was equally matter-of-fact: "Of course we can approve residential land for construction companies. This is a state-owned enterprise, why can't we approve it?"

The Economic Development Zone was afraid these people would run away, so they directly found a piece of land on the outskirts of the park to approve! They are used to the fact that land approvals forty years later are worth hundreds of millions, or that there is a process of public announcement and auction. Hong Kong basically has the same process, and even requires debate and review at the district council.

Was it approved right away?

Wei Dong had to pretend to be nonchalant and recommend plots of land near the relatively barren riverside to the Economic Development Zone.

Old Geng immediately declared passionately, "Yes! Leave the remote plots to us, and give the best to the other people!"

Wei Dong thought to himself, "You idiot, this is what you call a river view room!"
Once it's fixed, stand upstairs and look at it like this, and you'll know to thank me when you see how amazing it is.

However, the amount of money required to build a residential community on land allocated by a city construction company with three to five thousand employees is not small.

Even with the addition of jeans sales, along with other items like sanitary napkins and cameras, the daily gross profit is nearly 300,000, resulting in a cash flow of over 1.5 million.

Supporting so many projects at the same time will definitely put them under immense pressure.

Wei Dong was a little doubtful: "Is this what they mean by 'the boldest get the richest'?"

But Lao Geng told him not to worry about it, he would take care of it.

After finishing her workday and picking up her wife and kids from the city center, Dong Xueying was a little nervous: "I heard there's another project? I'm terrified if the zoo has two projects running at the same time, but it seems like Lao Geng and his team don't spend much on construction?"

Wei Dong sighed, "Yes, we're used to living a frugal life. When the land for the construction company's dormitory building was approved, he actually said that everyone should go and work on it when they're off work! He thought it was going to be a bungalow or a small dormitory building. I told him it was going to be a 20-story high-rise with elevators, with each household having its own house. He was so happy that he couldn't believe it. In the end, he said we'd build it one building at a time, and the construction company would make the money and build it one building at a time. For now, we're living on the construction site in the factory area."

Dong Xueying breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, the funds can be replenished. Another batch of titanium ingots was shipped today. I was thinking of lowering the price back to 10,000 or 20,000. I was so anxious. They are the most lovable."

Wei Dong exclaimed, "They are truly the most lovable people. They do the hardest work of building bridges and paving roads, and live a life of constant homelessness. They are used to living on construction sites, so this time we need to make money as soon as possible to build up their residential community first, which can also be considered as a report to the city."

Dong Xueying, holding her daughter, nodded slowly: "Shangzhou's construction progress isn't even as fast as theirs. I heard from Xiaoqing that in less than a month, the new gate project has already taken shape, and the construction sites behind it are busy pouring concrete. They're planning to build a concrete plant and even build their own cement plant? Can they even make their own cement?"

Even Wei Dong didn't know: "Maybe they're used to doing everything themselves. I only know that there's a steel processing plant by the small dock in the mountains. They ship steel in from outside. Damn, if there's iron ore in there, they might even smelt steel themselves. There's a titanium metal plant next door, isn't there?"

I feel more and more that I cannot let down those who have contributed the most to the construction.

Just then, they passed by the military compound. Wei Dong peeked out from under the windshield to check the pass and, seeing it was in order, turned in: "Let me show you some houses that you don't usually see. How about we set one up like this?"

The pass that Wu Xi got for him was really impressive; the soldiers on duty checked it and let him through.

Wei Dong didn't dare to wander around, so he drove over according to his memory: "Old Jin runs a TV drama production center here, so you know, people are really different. We should try our best not to bully honest people."

Sure enough, the row of Soviet-style houses spaced about ten meters apart refreshed Dong Xueying's understanding: "This is the villa mentioned in the movie, right?"

Rang Weidong said, “But we can’t call it that, and we can’t build it so openly. But some people have already started to enjoy it. If you go to Pingjing, you’ll see. The buses waiting for passengers in front of the Telegraph Building at night are even more exaggerated than our garage. It’s a huge, dense crowd… Hey, there are people here. Let’s go take a look inside. If we lived upstairs, we wouldn’t be afraid of children.”

Dong Xueying retorted irritably, "That's all you ever think about!"

Wei Dong just grinned at her and said, "Yeah, there are so many things to do all day long, and I'm only happy when I'm thinking about these everyday family matters."

Turning around, she picked up the child and got out of the car. Dong Xueying, who was behind her, had to pout to suppress her complicated emotions.

The more Wei Dong valued family, the more her face seemed to say, "I don't deserve you."

A gleaming gold sign for a TV drama production center hung on the door. Wei Dong knocked on the open door and went inside. Immediately, someone recognized the producer: "Hello, Mr. Rang! Old Jin has gone to Beijing. Would you like to come over for a casual meal sometime?"

They must be the office manager and staff living here. Two of the girls are quite pretty and clearly have an acting or dance background.

Wei Dong was sent from Shangzhou to Chengdu, then went on a trip to the plateau before returning. The film crew had already finished shooting, and Yu Xiaoqiu even called to wish him a Happy New Year during the Spring Festival.

As mentioned casually, after filming wrapped up, Lao Jin focused his main energy on post-production editing and also filmed two commercials, keeping him quite busy.

So, Wei Dong was told not to get involved at all and just maintain the relationship: "My wife and kids are here together, they just happened to be passing by to take a look around, have you decided when it will be broadcast?"

Dong Xueying felt a sense of pressure whenever she saw the two girls.

It's true that the couple has come this far. Any girl you see anywhere is more outstanding than her, and her every smile and gesture is so sophisticated.

Who am I anyway? I'm a former sales clerk, divorced, and raising a child alone.

So Wei Dong watched with great interest, and she just kept urging them to leave!
Even the office director noticed: "Is this how you plan to set up a residence, Mr. Rang?"

Let Wei Dong test the waters: "I have this idea, but nowadays it's not allowed to buy and sell commercial housing casually, and where can you find such buildings for sale outside?"

They already figured it out: "With your status, you can rent it."

Then he whispered to Wei Dong that he knew a nearby college: "Old Jin can help you contact them, no problem at all."

Holy crap, this really opened Wei Dong's eyes. He realized that from now on, he could do business with anything.

But I didn't expect that, just like in this building, people with connections and influence can get long-term rentals, and they're not expensive.

Once you have money, temptations are everywhere.

I used to think that in an era of scarcity, cars and houses could still be acquired.

(End of this chapter)