My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 694 Not Arguing with an Idiot

The importance of the expressway connecting Guangzhou to Pengzhen and Hong Kong is self-evident.

To get rich, build roads first.

Even small counties like Kuizhou are connected to Shangzhou by highways, and tax revenue increases immediately.

Moreover, the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta regions are the most affluent in the country.

This is absolutely the main artery connecting all the enterprises in the entire Pearl River Delta.

With this highway, the potential of all the land parcels on both sides of the highway can be fully realized.

Every county and township is doing its utmost to attract Hong Kong investment.

And there's no need to worry about the distance to Yuezhou or Pengzhen, nor about the highway robbers on this road.

In fact, the tax authorities understand best that the construction of such highways signifies a significant extension of state control.

Highways are even an important means of solving the security problems of the more than 100-kilometer distance between Guangdong and Penghu.

As for highway tolls, that amount of money is just a drop in the ocean compared to the economic development that has been invested in in advance.

Moreover, this is equivalent to all car owners crowdfunding for road repairs, which will be paid off in several decades, minimizing the burden on the country.

Wei Dong had this idea when he was driving on the road.

Of course, he won't be the one to fix it: "I definitely won't get involved, but I can guarantee I won't take a single penny..."

Businessmen would chime in: "Free things are the most expensive, so you should make some money, and we should all make some money together..."

Then he turned around and threatened you viciously, saying, "You don't have any objections, do you? If you block everyone's path to wealth, we'll team up and take you down first!"

Although his tone sounded like he was joking.

But everyone knows it's true.

They're about to cry over there.

From Yuezhou to Pengzhen, there is a river that flows into the sea.

Ships aren't much slower than cars right now, but they don't have the extensive coverage of highways.

Currently, the national highway takes six hours, but if it were converted into an expressway, the time would be less than two hours.

The key point is that this will greatly boost the entire infrastructure sector and improve the economy.

Later, the principle of "building infrastructure to revitalize the country" was already etched into Wei Dong's mind.

The national highway is on the east side of the river, while the road they built, which is over ten kilometers long, is on the west side of the riverbank. The total length is over thirty kilometers, and they will have to break it down into two phases to test the waters.

It is evident that this first highway in the country to pioneer the "loan-financed road construction and toll-based loan repayment" model has been exploring every step forward with great care.

Their target is definitely the Yuepeng main line, which is over 100 kilometers long, to the east.

As a result, you skipped the exploration as soon as you arrived and seized the ultimate route!
This road is the most valuable road in the entire Pearl River Delta region.

Wei Dong didn't even need to explain: "It's very simple. We'll invest together. You don't need to contribute any money in Hong Kong. This share belongs to Barbara, and your name won't be on it from beginning to end. The key is whether we can get it done smoothly!"

Wei Dong glanced at the excited rich woman, rubbed his hands together, and said, "It's not like I don't have the money. I'll pay whatever it takes. I can't afford to lose face. Let me tell you why I'm confident I can handle this. Last week, I was driving myself... with bodyguards, looking for buildings along this national highway. I was planning to build a motel with the Wanmade Group. Then, near the intersection of a side road close to Yuezhou city, I saw two beautiful women standing by a broken-down car, waving..."

Most of the people present were wealthy people in their forties or fifties, yet their expressions became quite interesting, and some even whistled.

Many people smiled and gave a thumbs up, because they saw Qin Yuye calmly chuckle as he translated the words into Cantonese for some of them.

One can imagine her status and manners within the family.

Unexpectedly, Wei Dong changed the subject: "One of my bodyguards said this was definitely a highway robbery, a honey trap, especially since they noticed the two women talking about something in disappointment towards the bushes behind us after we drove by. So I parked the car ahead and turned to hide, while the bodyguards, armed, crept over..."

The dining table was now completely silent.

The rich fear violent plunder the most.

A daughter of a wealthy family would not sit under a dangerous roof, and those who are delicate and precious have long since stayed away from dangerous walls.

Just like Qin Yuye said before about the conflict between the two big shots in Ma Kan, why did they back down after a thug threatened them?

Not worth it.

It's no longer worth it for someone with a net worth of hundreds of millions, someone who has built hotels in Guangzhou, to argue with desperate criminals.

On the contrary, those who constantly associate with such people are the ones other businessmen keep at a distance.

No wonder that lineage later seemed to be independent of the rest of the Hong Kong tycoon circle.

Wei Dong hadn't fully grasped this value system yet, but he knew he shouldn't admit that he had killed someone.

He never boasted about killing people: "In the end, my bodyguards left three dead and two injured at the scene, and arrested twelve people. One of the dead was a passing businessman who was killed in front of us. It is said that they also killed more than ten Hong Kong investors, all using the same methods. Because of this incident, I met with the provincial authorities to discuss it. Who sent you? I think I can make the decision here. After this road is built, similar incidents will never happen again... But in reality, once you get off the highway, anyone with a wicked heart might fall victim. I remind everyone that there are great investment opportunities in the mainland now, and there are quite a few people willing to take risks..."

Surrounded by shrewd and calculating top businessmen, no one made any jokes.

Most people had to squint at the young man.

I'm afraid my eyes will reveal too much information.

He didn't admit to killing anyone, but he subtly implied that there were weapons of mass destruction around him, casually mentioning that he killed and arrested people.

He didn't mention his connections, but this was enough to get him to sit down and talk with the provincial authorities.

He put on quite a show, making it very smooth and sophisticated. In fact, Wei Dong never boasted about who he had met or talked to in Beijing or Shanghai.

But taking Lao Heng and Uncle De to Shanghai was like coming home, and the city officials treated him like one of their own children.

Because what he did was recognized as right.

It's like he's confident that if he can finalize this deal, it won't just be a commercial success, but also a social benefit, which makes it easy to understand.

In particular, Wei Dong would definitely hand this matter over to Lao Fang to finalize.

The province hardly needs to spend any money, the cost of land acquisition and demolition is still very low, and banks are looking everywhere for reliable investments, so there shouldn't be too much of a problem.

This is equivalent to attracting more than 2 billion yuan to boost infrastructure construction.

Lao Fang can definitely handle it!
But from the perspective of Hong Kong businessmen who believe that connections and networks in the mainland are fundamental, Wei Dong is too special and too rare.

He himself is a businessman, a private entrepreneur who is also likely to be dealt with.

This naturally earned him a sense of belonging, and Hong Kong's wealthy increasingly regarded him as one of their own.

Based on this alone, it's much easier for them to gain more recognition than Lao Fang and his group who are using official channels to attract investment and exchange ideas here.

Don't worry about Wei Dong turning on you and flipping the table.

That's the most disgusting part of the Makan incident.

This is why Hong Kong businessmen were very cautious and hesitant to cooperate with Xu Rao and his team.

On the contrary, foreign investors are the least hesitant to cooperate with that type of company.

Now, Weidong has become the best bridge for investing in mainland China.

He is almost a one-of-a-kind private capitalist.

They also have sufficient assets to provide guarantees in Hong Kong and mainland China.

So someone immediately clapped and signaled the housekeeper over there to bring over paper and pen. As usual, the entire project was divided into one hundred shares, and each person was to purchase a certain number of shares.

Wei Dong then asked the person who had done the Buddhist ritual to choose first: "If you do it, you won't suffer any losses, but we really can't wait any longer. Construction only started two months ago, and it will be a year or two before this road is completed. After further discussion and research, it will take another two or three years. Now I guarantee that we can build this road in one go. Even the daily necessities of Hong Kong, such as meat, eggs, tea, and rice, will benefit from it."

After a brief consideration, he acknowledged that it was indeed impossible to support the construction of two highways simultaneously.

In reality, it costs around 18 million per kilometer!

Land acquisition and demolition accounted for 30% of the cost, and due to the geological conditions in the Pearl River Delta region, the frequent use of bridge construction technology accounted for another 40%, leaving only a road surface paving cost of just over five million yuan.

This is still a significant increase from the three million they argued about two years ago, which is really due to the rapid inflation in mainland China in the past two years.

Indeed, if it drags on for a few more years, the cost per kilometer might really reach hundreds of millions!

Let Wei Dong casually mention that it costs billions per kilometer, but that's the cost many years from now.

Then, this person contributed one-quarter of the capital, the province contributed one-quarter, and the joint venture company for this highway obtained a loan from a domestic bank for the remaining half, so the Hong Kong party actually holds 25% of the shares.

Wei Dong was secretly amazed. Eastern Guangdong was indeed a leading open region in the country, with land acquisition and demolition costs already incurred.

They truly realized that they couldn't afford to miss out on land prices.

Chi Shih-ming had long discussed that the core of real estate development is land price. If you acquire land cheaply and sell it at a high price, you can make a huge profit from the premium. Now, the policy does not allow for land price quotation, which is why housing prices are exceptionally cheap. The price of the Shanghai International Community, which is benchmarked against Hong Kong housing prices, has a huge premium.

When this situation arises during highway construction, the benefits should be fully retained by state-owned assets.

Wei Dong suggested, "How about we calculate 30% based on the cost of demolition and land acquisition handled by the province, then find a domestic bank to contribute 21%, making it policy-compliant for the domestic bank to hold a controlling stake, and then establish a joint venture company here to negotiate the rest?

Someone immediately calculated: "That's an actual investment of over a billion, with each share costing over ten million. I want ten shares..."

"I want twenty servings!"

"I want fifty servings!"

"There aren't that many; each person can have a maximum of ten servings..."

"Pete, just take a symbolic amount, one serving isn't enough to go around."

Even Chen Wenliang whispered, "I want five servings..."

Everyone knows that this is a sure-fire way to make money. As long as you outpace inflation and bank interest rates, you can make a profit even if you borrow money to invest!

Li Bancheng, however, remained silent with a smile, occasionally gesturing to those around him to drink.

After everyone had finished dividing the resources, the person who was already building the highway took nineteen shares, which was considered as integrating resources with Wei Dong. The other nine companies then finished dividing their resources.

There's no place for Chen Wenliang.

Before Mr. Li could speak, he said, “Pete is indeed a man of great courage. Projects that we usually drag on for a long time, he can secure and guarantee very decisively. This is indeed a good project. I will also invest in building a highway in the eastern port of Pengzhen to facilitate transportation. The total investment will exceed 5 billion. I will rely on everyone’s highway to be completed as soon as possible so that we can all benefit. Let’s drink to that!”

Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, "So you won't be competing with us. Hehe, when we deliver goods to your port in the future, we'll still have to pay you tolls!"
comfortable.

But then Li Bancheng put down his wine glass and slowly asked Wei Dong to speak: "Since we both believe that Pengzhen will become the best outlet to the sea, and Pete and I have both invested in the port, what about the ships? Pete, what is the basis for your suggestion that Wenliang start building container ships larger than Panamax? Can you guarantee that?"

Everyone was speechless...

Wait a minute, can you slow down my highway project that I've invested over 100 million in? I want to build ships!
The wealthy who made their fortunes at ports and docks all dreamed of becoming shipping magnates.

Turns out, this is the real deal!

(End of this chapter)