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Chapter 699 Another World You Can Never Avoid

Open a bank in mainland China.

Hong Kong businessmen are going crazy trying to grab it!

Bankers must all be eager to aggressively expand their territory in the untapped mainland.

The mainland's already weak financial and banking system does not allow foreign capital to hold banking licenses.

Lao Fang is actually taking advantage of this special phase where anything can be tried.

Since Hong Kong capital cannot control mainland banks, and there is no red line that allows foreign banks to enter the mainland, this is a clear indication of the current situation.

Then let's set up a special bank under a state-owned enterprise, with all the funds coming from Hong Kong capital, but with control in Wei Dong's hands.

The shell company is a state-owned enterprise, the money belongs to Hong Kong businessmen, but the control is exercised through Wei Dong, a middleman trusted by both parties.

Even though people kept saying throughout the year that Wei Dong might have made too much money, no one doubted their trust in him.

So far, Wei Dong has been too trustworthy in the mainland, which is why experienced fighters are worried that he will become too arrogant and uncontrollable.

How can we allow the private sector to grow to a size larger than the state-owned sector?

Is it possible that capitalists are about to reappear on the land of China? Isn't this a step backward in history?

The concern is that if he becomes a role model, more capitalists will follow, completely ruining the situation.

There's really nothing wrong with what Wei Dong himself did.

From Rang Weidong's perspective, he was unwilling to participate in the private bank proposed by the Economic Commission because the Commission's idea was to use private banks to solve the problems of the major state-owned banks and local finances.

This is to be a ramming hammer for financial system reform, a millstone to be used as, and if you are not careful, you will die without a burial place!

It can be ground to dust at any time.

This is different. China Merchants Investment Bank is a pure commercial bank that raises funds for large projects to invest in. It is a professional investment bank that basically does not build branches and does not operate for ordinary people.

For example, the Yuepeng Expressway project involved an investment of over 2 billion yuan, along with several billion yuan raised by Hong Kong businessmen through crowdfunding.

The controlling stake remains with the state-owned assets, but the actual operation and execution are carried out by Hong Kong businessmen.

Once the bank structure, which was still on paper, was finalized, the Hong Kong businessmen immediately formed a group to go to Guangdong Province to formally discuss it with the provincial authorities.

The provincial authorities submitted their proposals in a flurry of activity, along with Lao Fang's bank application.

Rang Weidong was also a member of the Hong Kong business delegation, and he originally planned to take the opportunity to visit Jiangzhou in March.

He had his wife hold his arm the whole way back to Shanghai!

Finally, we can spend time alone together. It's a rare treat.

The Hong Kong girl felt like her home had been invaded, and she couldn't even stay in her hometown anymore. She really had no choice but to try to relocate to Shanghai to establish her own base: "She did it on purpose!"

Wei Dong was advised to avoid thinking about his wife, his wife, and the gangsters: "If she insists on getting involved in the underworld, then let her stay in Hong Kong. It's better than messing around in Shanghai, where she'll get her beheaded."

Qin Yuye immediately clicked his tongue: "Look how much you spoil her!"

Wei Dong denied it: "How could I control her? She insisted on going to the temple to burn incense and do those slits... And I really didn't expect that Hong Kong was still collecting protection money everywhere. I thought it was just a hoax in Hong Kong movies."

This surprised him greatly.

The dock warehouse belongs to Lao Heng's listed company; it's an empty space with nothing there.

Wei Dong urged the basketball company, which already had more than 20 employees, to go through the normal procedures for registration, which was the kind of attitude that mainland Chinese people would be accustomed to 20 or 30 years later.

Unexpectedly, while the iron frame was still being welded, gangsters came to the door demanding protection money!

And it wasn't just one group; they were like insurance salesmen, one after another claiming to be from this gang, that street, or some big boss, demanding security services!
If they don't give it to me, they'll throw paint and excrement at me; they're extremely adept at disrupting my work.

Wei Dong was advised to call the police, and the police arrived at the scene.

But capitalist police wouldn't help him establish a new "police station" in the Economic Development Zone like they would in Jiangzhou.

Yau Ma Tei Police Station said that this area is newly opened and no patrol routes have been established yet, so they will have to follow the procedures step by step.

The attitude was very formal, but there was also a hint of helplessness in it.

Wei Dong was already familiar with this model, so he nodded and said, "Then I'll install a surveillance camera to record what happened during this period."

As a result, Shen Cuiyue went to Heshengtang to pay her respects.

The efficiency of the underworld is much higher than that of the police station. They immediately sent people to plant a flag, indicating that this area was under their protection.

All sorts of petty scoundrels and scoundrels disappeared like a receding tide!

This greatly surprised Wei Dong!
He witnessed sixty years of changes on the streets of the mainland. At least in Shangzhou, this scene had never occurred before.

It seems that during the heyday of Hong Kong films, some street thugs in Shangzhou did try to imitate the Hong Kong film trick of collecting protection money.

I'd like to do this in arcades, small vendors' shops, karaoke bars, video arcades, and the like.

They were definitely all taken down by the thunderous iron fist.

Now that Hong Kong's economy has clearly developed and its society has become so modernized, how can there still be room for protection money to exist?
Wei Dong remembers that twenty or thirty years later, people online say that Hong Kong is not as darkly rife with gangsters as portrayed in Hong Kong movies.

This scene surprised him greatly.

Qin Yuye acted as if it were commonplace, but why did you seem a bit old-fashioned? "Yau Ma Tei is alright, but it's more common in Kowloon where they have stores selling colorful jeans. As for remote places like Sai Kung, they're everywhere. It's just a matter of paying to avoid trouble. These kinds of hidden expenses are normal in business."

Wei Dong shook his head: "Just because it's everywhere doesn't mean it's right. We're encouraging young people to play basketball to change the social atmosphere."

His wife was both amused and exasperated: "Why are you acting like an old man? Alright, it's none of our business. We'll just focus on making big money in business."

Wei Dong looked down on her with disdain: "Your values ​​are completely different from mine, so let's not talk about having anything in common."

Qin Yuye immediately retorted: "Oh, Shen Laosan and you have something in common. This is what it feels like for you two to be irreconcilable enemies, hahaha. Let's see what you two can do in Hong Kong in the future."

Wei Dong was speechless and could only stare blankly at the white clouds outside the porthole.

They took the train from Hong Kong to Guangdong. Along the way, the investors held a meeting by the train window, wondering if building a highway in this desolate eastern Guangdong was a bit too advanced.

But everyone believed that highway tolls would definitely be profitable.

The support from the province exceeded their expectations. They sincerely offered whatever support they could.

Land acquisition and demolition can be handled quickly and efficiently.

Moreover, after the route selection was roughly completed, in view of the fact that a large number of highways pass through the soft soil foundation of the Pearl River Delta region and that many highways have to pass through alluvial plains, the province called on helicopters, which are now very valuable to the military, to assist in surveying the route!
When it comes to road construction, there are many places that are inaccessible by road, and helicopters are indeed a very convenient and useful tool.

Originally, it was a Hong Kong businessman who suggested that we fly in by helicopter to conduct a survey.

They must have considered that airspace management is a red line. Rather than going through all the hassle of entry declaration and approval, and having to be wary of any issues with Hong Kong helicopters, it would be better to directly deploy military helicopters to assist.

This is the advantage of having a middleman.

We'll have Wei Dong act as guarantor, guaranteeing that the money will be in place, the project will start on time, and the quality and quantity will be guaranteed, so that the province can rest assured.

They also guaranteed that Hong Kong businessmen who had spent tens or hundreds of billions of dollars would definitely obtain the toll rights for this road and that it would not be confiscated.

If everyone can focus their efforts, then let's put all our energy into getting things done and get things done as quickly as possible.

So in the end, it was decided to give the lead of the construction to the company in Foshan, since they had been working on the construction of the expressway in eastern Guangdong for two or three years and had accumulated experience in geological conditions and construction contracting. Several other Hong Kong businessmen who also had real estate development businesses provided various forms of support.

Wei Dong even encouraged them to bring in the entire model of construction, supervision, and acceptance, and to provide a construction battalion as the basic unit for civil engineering construction, which would definitely be the main force to work diligently with the Hong Kong company.

This has gained the joint approval of the provincial government and Hong Kong businessmen. The initial concerns about whether Hong Kong businessmen could effectively direct the mainland construction units and about potential issues in coordination between the two sides have now been dispelled.

It's extremely rare for someone to be both a "Hong Kong businessman" and a member of the mainland's infrastructure team.

So they only stayed in Yuezhou for two or three days. The construction application was submitted, and they also led people to do helicopter route surveys. They asked Weidong to go to Shanghai with Lao Heng and Uncle De to take a look.

In Guangdong, he would spend his days busy with Hong Kong businessmen and provincial officials, and his evenings hanging out with college students at the branch office. Even the provincial reception banquets couldn't stop Wei Dong from playing basketball at the university.

This became a topic of conversation between Hong Kong businessmen and provincial officials, who agreed to play friendly matches with various levels of government units in eastern Guangdong Province once the Hong Kong basketball team was properly organized.

So the wife never had a chance to ask her husband to submit his homework.

On the flight to Shanghai, everyone was holding hands and humming, until they got home...

But when he got home, Chi Shih-ming, Wu Shao-yun, Lao Zhang, and even a whole bunch of people from Zhenhua Machinery were waiting for him.

The two shore cranes have been loaded onto a ship and transported to Pengzhen. Once Weidong returns south from Jiangzhou, we expect to see the shore cranes installed.

If there really is an order for more than fifty shore cranes, Zhenhua Machinery would love to give some of its shares to Weidong!
Wei Dong dared not take on shares in such a vital national project, so he asked Wu Shengyun to help him contact Shanghai Shipyard.

What's a port machine compared to the fact that these two major wharves have been built around Pengzhen? It will definitely mean a whole new order for container ship construction.

Shouldn't Shanghai Shipyard and Guangdong Shipyard try every means to secure this order from Hong Kong businesses, or at least a portion of it?

This is the core aspect of the plan that he hasn't yet revealed to Li Bancheng and the Hong Kong businessmen who want to book the shore excursions.

As a long-time internet user, Wei Dong vaguely remembers that the Shanghai Shipyard was the main force behind the later mass production of warships, while the Yuezhou Shipyard seemed to be inferior. There was another shipyard in the north that was on par with the Shanghai Shipyard.

Therefore, the main purpose of bringing Wei Dong to Shanghai Shipyard was to seize the opportunity of this Panamax-class freighter upgrade, help Shanghai Shipyard obtain orders, and acquire advanced freighter technology during this transitional period.

How could he possibly focus his attention on consummating his marriage with his wife?

(End of this chapter)