My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 501 Building a Nest to Attract the Phoenix and Seizing the Opportunity

Even so, Rang Weidong, sitting in a rattan chair on the terrace, had his youngest daughter leaning against him.

The original intention was to start taking care of and spending time with the children, and they basically wouldn't let go of them.

This would have been absolutely impossible to see in China during the 1980s and 90s.

Even if business negotiations involving tens or hundreds of millions of dollars take place in a very casual afternoon tea setting, they are still full of intrigue and meticulous calculations, with tens of thousands of dollars fluctuating every minute.

But this attitude reveals that Wei Dong truly doesn't care.

It would be best if you could join us in placing bets, but it's okay if you can't.

And they didn't even bother to calculate how much they wanted to earn.

If you think about it the other way around, it becomes clear that the meetings and negotiations that these billionaire tycoons attend with their children are situations where they are absolutely confident in controlling the situation.

I don't care if this angers or provokes anyone; I'm completely in control.

This psychological suggestion is very strong.

What Wei Dong's biggest weakness right now is that he is too young.

But dressed in a short black-gray wool coat, he sat there relaxed, talking casually, but his gaze was fixed on the child.

The maturity he exudes as a father adds at least ten years to his age.

Much more stable and reliable.

Qin Yuye originally thought that since the bigwigs from Hong Kong were coming, and they were bringing a child who wasn't even his, wouldn't it be too embarrassing?

She maintained her persona of dating Wei Dong within Hong Kong's wealthy circles.

At this point, she completely stopped caring and sat on the rattan chair next to him, focusing solely on playing finger games with the child.

Because along with the tycoons, the best child psychologists in Hong Kong were also invited, all of whom were undoubtedly students of prestigious institutions like the Royal Society of Medicine.

After diagnosis, the classification became more detailed, and there were indeed signs of autism spectrum disorder. However, the root cause of this neurodevelopmental problem was the change in the childcare environment.

In layman's terms, the child is at a critical stage of language and neurological development. When the mother leaves, the child's incomplete neurological development causes the biological instinct to begin to shrink in response to external stimuli, thus forming a protective shell of autism.

The child had been growing up in constant displacement for more than two years, and Dong Xueying had suffered a lot while breastfeeding.

From Shangzhou to Jiangzhou and Pingjing, they traveled all over the country.

The doctor specifically mentioned that the mother's emotions during those stages definitely affected the child.

Later, Wei Dong, his sister-in-law, Lamu, Zhuoma, and others frequently took turns caring for her.

They were able to talk a little when their mother suddenly left.

This is a common situation for many children who lose their mothers in childhood; the shadow of their childhood will accompany them for life.

It's a damage that's basically impossible to erase.

Of course, there are quite a few children of such wealthy people with similar situations, and experts who often serve the rich have provided a complete set of treatment plans with ease.

The main point was what Wei Dong roughly knew from later generations: spend more time with your child, talk to them more, and engage in speech therapy for at least three months.

Other methods include behavioral reinforcement, task breakdown, and game intervention.

For example, Qin Yuye is now constantly dancing with her fingers to keep the child focused and improve communication.

Essentially, she was still just a girl who was about to turn nineteen. Even though she tried her best to become a strong woman and dressed and acted like an adult, she was still very young.

Deep down, she still has a childlike side and is naturally drawn to children who deserve pity, especially since they are Wei Dong's "children".

So Mingming sported a mature, Hong Kong-style perm with big waves, thick eyebrows, red lips, a turtleneck sweater, and a black and red elegant suit.

On the contrary, she looks like a young mother, very beautiful.

Getting carried away with the game, he even rested his head on Wei Dong's arm, looking down to comfort the increasingly responsive child.

It truly evokes the warmth and sweetness of a family of three.

Wei Dong would occasionally glance at this scene and smile with satisfaction.

To be honest, Dong Xueying doesn't even show this level of open intimacy with her own daughter.

The other wealthy older men, however, interpreted the smiles as the sweet affection between young people.

It was obvious that this child was not Qin Yuye's, so I asked a couple of questions casually.

Rang Weidong didn't hide anything: "We broke up and I went abroad, but I will take good care of the child. Barbara has helped me a lot these days. Of course, I value her assistance to me in business even more. The advertisement she starred in with Chow Yun-fat is now generating sales of 1.5 million bottles per month. I'm considering increasing production capacity. You should make this your main focus after the Spring Festival."

He said it with his head tilted to the side at the end.

Qin Yuye brushed a strand of hair and leaned back: "I plan to sell from Hong Kong to the right bank. Uncle Huang, please help me out. You have so many supermarkets on the right bank. I also have face cream, sunscreen, repair cream and other cosmetics and skin care creams. The goal is to sell to Japan."

These are the kinds of things that only rich kids know how to do by leveraging the resources of their uncles and elders. She learned them all from her older brother since she was little.

Mr. Huang, who was a partner in developing residential areas in both the electronics industrial park and Jiangzhou, smiled and nodded, saying "okay."

Wei Dong immediately thought, "Is it possible to open a supermarket in mainland China?"

The expert analyzed it for him: "The key to running a supermarket is managing the product procurement channels. Nowadays, even slightly better products in mainland China have to be imported. This import and export volume is too large. Moreover, does mainland China have the capacity to consume a large number of imported goods?"

This experience influenced Wei Dong for thirty or forty years later: "Making all domestic products isn't impossible. We can customize the production of certain categories, even if the initial product range is smaller and the quality is lower. We can get started first, and once the product distribution scale is established and the supermarket chain scale is built, the profits will definitely be substantial. For example, our real estate and residential buildings can be equipped with large supermarkets. What do you think? I have a nationwide sales network and can also handle the procurement work." Standing on this terrace overlooking the Bund below, one sees almost entirely people in Zhongshan suits, old military uniforms, and black cotton-padded jackets.

Aside from buses and trucks, the only other vehicles on the road are the occasional Shanghai-registered car and the even rarer Santana.

They are still very poor.

Foreign investors are eyeing more readily available properties and manufacturing plants; no one would choose supermarkets that require years of development.

In China, department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives still dominate the market, with only a very small number of private stores playing a supporting role. Just think, two or three years ago, you could get arrested for opening a private store.

So it's almost blank.

Wei Dong himself had no intention of doing it, but he was forced to take it on.

The sooner we promote this large supermarket model, even though he doesn't know if it's a good or bad model, the better, because it can boost production and sales.

Simply put, it means replacing the bloated and outdated department store model with a more advanced sales model.

Uncle Huang was surprised, but he turned around and began to discuss it seriously with him.

Others seized this opportunity to discuss ideas about investing and building on the other side of the strait.

Qin Yuye then occasionally looked up and glanced at the scene. The scene she had dreamed of before was now less attractive to her than the little one between the two of them.

It might still be a natural maternal attraction.

Billionaires aren't people you can just summon at will.

Only business would drive them to come to Shanghai before the Lunar New Year.

Their desire for the huge mainland market is the driving force.

While Wei Dong was quite resistant to their forceful entry in Jiangzhou, he took the initiative to invite everyone to participate in Shanghai, a city that is more outward-looking and has greater capacity to cope with challenges.

After all, having a few more Hong Kong businessmen invest in projects in Jiangzhou won't bring about many chain changes.

These capitalists might even damage the already weak inland industry and commerce.

Shanghai is different; the whole world is watching the changes here.

The nearby Right Bank, Japan, Southeast Asia with its vast Chinese population, and even more financially powerful European and American investors are all watching this place closely.

Speculating on the various policies and degree of openness of this major Eastern power.

At least until now, almost everyone outside the university sees it as a mysterious place, shrouded in a thick iron curtain.

Hong Kong is the only trading hub, while Shanghai is the only window for showcasing these transactions.

If this investment in the mainland can be stimulated sooner, the Hong Kong dollar will also be a form of foreign exchange.

Moreover, sitting on the terrace of the international architectural complex offers a grand and magnificent experience that Jiangzhou's inland docks simply cannot match.

The state designated Jiangzhou as a separately planned city and as a testing ground for industrial reform and opening up, granting it many policy advantages in advance.

None of them can compare to Shanghai.

Throughout modern history, this place has been a battleground for merchants.

Being able to sit and chat on such a historical building gives one a sense of control over creating history.

In retrospect, Shanghai really made a brilliant move.

Pick one of these idle buildings and give it to Rang Weidong so he can use it as a prop to show off.

The effect was obviously excellent.

Several veteran Hong Kong businessmen share this view.

After a brief discussion, it was finally confirmed that they would each work in a commercial building on the other side of the river.

Of course, depending on their respective financial resources, the focus of their real estate investments, and the scale and purpose of their real estate projects will also differ.

Uncle De plans to acquire 20,000 square meters of land to build a hotel, an investment of approximately 350 million yuan. This is because a high-end hotel, from its decoration to its equipment, is about four times the size of a typical high-rise residential building, and is approximately forty stories high.

As before, Lao Heng still only spent 1.7 million on 1.5 square meters of land surrounding the office building in the business center, with a building over sixty stories high.
The other two companies jointly acquired 2.64 square meters of land to build high-end riverfront residences, consisting of five high-rise buildings ranging from twenty to forty stories, valued at approximately 2.8 million yuan.

Among them, Huang Bo plans to open a supermarket in the electronics industrial park, as well as in the Jiangzhou Xishan electronics industrial cluster and even in the Shangzhou New Street area.

In short, they rely on their own small, hundred-ton vessels to ensure logistics and delivery.

In contrast, the plot of land that Wei Dong has already signed and confirmed is only 8,000 square meters, which is a standalone high-rise building.

The parking lot is located at the base of the building.

But now, when several companies join forces, even if their architectural styles are different, their heights are staggered, and they are unrelated to each other, they can quickly form a whole block effect.

It's like several large screens being erected on the opposite side!
It will definitely drive the development of Pudong quickly and create a vibrant and transformative scene.

But will anyone be interested in these tens of thousands of square meters of modern commercial office space, hundreds or nearly a thousand high-end hotel rooms, and five or six hundred high-end river-view apartments?

This is what the seasoned veterans are worried about.

Even supermarkets might not have any customers.

(End of this chapter)