My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 746 The difference is huge

In fact, Cheng Lang and Rang Weidong returned to the mainland together.

The gossip newspapers throughout Hong Kong were filled with noise and dominated the pages.

Nearly thirty years ago, Cheng Lang predicted that Li Bancheng would become the richest man in Hong Kong.

At that time, Li Bancheng was just starting out, working overtime at a plastics factory making plastic flowers.

No one expected that their words would come true.

Just last year, Li Bancheng expanded his company to a scale of hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars through international investments.

His personal assets have reached tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars, making him the undisputed richest man in Hong Kong.

It can be said that Cheng Lang's fame in the feng shui world soared to its peak in that year.

Li Bancheng also treated him with great respect and courtesy.

Unexpectedly, it was just a seemingly insignificant exchange between mainland China and Taiwan.

This top-notch feng shui master actually jumped ship and left without hesitation!

Moreover, they were eager to become disciples and follow along.

You should know that he was once a member of a wealthy family, and people would come to him to ask for fortune telling.

Now they are actively seeking to become Wei Dong's private team.

When he moved to the dock, which was full of warehouses and temporary dormitories, to set up a stall, he emphasized that this recently abandoned dock was the place where Hong Kong would rise in the future.

This caused a huge uproar.

Everyone is asking why?
What is it about that mainland guy that makes him want to follow him?

Right now, they've simply chosen that dock area to develop basketball.

It doesn't even qualify as a legitimate investment business.

Of course, there are also rumors that a movie will be made.

That's it.

Li Bancheng's assets of tens of billions have already extended beyond Hong Kong to include global investment businesses.

As for this young man's business in mainland China, it's nothing.

So, wherever Mrs. Rang appears here, she is surrounded by cameras and microphones.

Want to gather all sorts of information,
Qin Yuye clearly enjoyed this feeling, which Shen Cuiyue could not help but shake her head at.

In contrast, this made Wei Dong much more clear-headed.

No matter what tricks you use, I will only do business in the end, and only do business that is beneficial to society.

Treat everything else as entertainment.

Mount Qingcheng is a well-known tourist destination for local residents in Chengdu.

Therefore, its visitor traffic is definitely more popular than the current top of Kuimen Mountain, but it can't compare to the top-tier attractions like the Great Wall.

Let Wei Dong sit by the lake at the bottom of the horseshoe-shaped valley and drink tea.

Seeing the winding paths leading to the top on both sides, and then the numerous Taoist temples and halls stretching out at the top, I truly envy the resources of this tourist attraction. He even has to ask the eccentric Taoist priest to build a Taoist temple on the spot.

Therefore, if a cableway is built on one side of this mountain, the business of the Taoist temple on the mountaintop will be revitalized.

The sect leader, who was originally waiting on the mountaintop, received the report and immediately descended on a "lucky cloud," happily inviting them to come up the mountain for a chat.

Wei Dong then asked which road was more difficult to travel and which road had fewer attractions, so we decided to take that road.

The cable car usually goes this way as well.

Even though Mao'er Shitou didn't come along, Wei Dong still carried a small photo album with him.

There are at least two or three photos of the summit of Kuimen Mountain and the cable car, which show what it looks like.

When they happened to flip through the page, they found that the X camera was the mountain lord's business. The attitude had changed, and the sect leader was actively explaining to his grandmaster that the mountain lord's business was really big.

Look at all these tourists carrying X cameras...

Taoist temples everywhere have X-ray recorders for chanting sutras...

We're wearing X-Tex jeans...

The convenience store sells vacuum-packed snacks from X...

Wei Dong even saw the X Computer at a Taoist temple!

They somehow created a program that makes fortune telling at a high level!

Seriously, I think I saw it in some video in my past life, saying that Taoism is the most secular religion.

This time, Wei Dong really learned his lesson.

Cheng Lang finally got into the sedan chair, but asked that the two of them follow behind and keep as low as possible.

Stretch your neck to look at that computer. Just enter your birth date and time, and it will spit out a life prediction as thin as a payslip from the dot matrix printer next to it!
Many people are lining up to pay!
Isn't this stealing business from our Iron Fan Sect?

He couldn't help but scrutinize his lord repeatedly.

Wei Dong was both amused and exasperated: "I didn't make this. I sold this equipment. Where did you get the software? Give me this person's contact information. You're not taking the honest route!"

The result was that the kid from the Taoist temple on the front mountain got into Rongdu Electronic Engineering College. The stuff he tinkered with during his winter break has already generated revenue for the temple… Hehehe, a few Taoists with little mustaches rambled on and on, refusing to tell the truth. Then Cheng Lang glared at them from behind, and the sect leader quickly told them to reveal the kid's identity: “Give him to the Iron Fan Sect. Following the mountain lord would definitely be better than him coming back here. He got extra points for his Taoist certificate when he took the university entrance exam; he should go back to the sect and work for them!”

Rang Weidong also advised religious figures: "The computer age has begun. Even the management of Taoist temples and monasteries needs to use computers. I told them to come with us to learn more. They have a bright future."

These guys quickly wrote down their contact information and handed it over.

Wei Dong casually put the hand in his pocket before observing the terrain from a high vantage point to confirm that he would immediately call an engineer over to conduct a survey and make preparations.

He also instructed them to arrange for someone to accompany him to the office in Chengdu to sign the contract.

Wei Dong is now an expert.

The management of tourist attractions in China is still in a state of chaos.

Because these areas were not primarily profit-driven and were mostly government-funded but ultimately ineffective, the ownership of scenic spots varies greatly across different regions.

The Education Bureau, Tourism Bureau, Cultural Relics Bureau, and even the Finance Bureau may all be the superior departments of the scenic area.

The ownership of land, buildings, and cultural relics certainly belongs to the state, but the right to use them belongs to the Taoist collective ownership system, which is more complicated because it involves religious figures.

Therefore, it is most appropriate for him to form a joint venture with the Taoist group as a Hong Kong businessman.

They signed the contract before various state-owned enterprises took control.

The goal is not to make money, but to retain this fixed asset.

The Taoist priests listened to the sect leader no matter what he said, as long as they could get money and increase business.

Moreover, they also get tired of walking several kilometers up and down the mountain every day.

This type of suspended cable car also functions as a mechanical transport vehicle, which greatly improves mountain conditions.

Those who finally understood repeatedly said "good".

Wei Dong finally stated, "It cost millions; this money wasn't given away for nothing. What do I want?"

What he fears most is that after operating at low prices for two or three years, if someone in the local area thinks it's too profitable and tries to take it away, that would be troublesome. The most important thing is for the Taoists to actively maintain the overall order.

The group of Taoist priests looked at each other, puzzled as to how they came up with this idea: "You're family, so it's only right that we share the money with you after we recoup our costs and start making a profit. It would be best if you had a fellow Taoist practitioner; then there definitely wouldn't be any problems!"

And they immediately all declared: "Yuan Yuanzi! Yuan Yuanzi will go with you..."

Before Wei Dong could even process what the pronunciation of "Daoist companion" meant, he saw the female Taoist priest who had been operating the fortune-telling computer being pulled over.

She's actually just a young girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old, and hasn't fully grown up yet.

Wearing a slightly oversized Taoist robe, perhaps because he's used to playing the role of a deity, he has a somewhat mystical and pretentious air of maturity, yet his eyes reveal the carefree curiosity that comes with his age.

He was still a little confused when he heard his elders' instructions: "Yuan Yuanzi, you go with the mountain lord to see your brother. Go down the mountain to cultivate for two years and then we'll talk about it..."

Several middle-aged female Taoist priests crowded around to observe Wei Dong, who squeezed in with satisfaction to introduce her: "Her brother got good grades and was admitted to university. Yuan Yuanzi has loved fortune telling, drawing talismans, and performing rituals since she was little. She started working here after finishing junior high school..."

"Our parents passed away early, and both siblings worked very hard..."

Wei Dong felt as if he were seeing Lamu Zhuoma, who was about the same age.

The two sisters were always diligent and conscientious in their work, and never mentioned missing home, which Wei Dong noticed.

They all take good care of each other like their own children, younger brothers and sisters.

Looking at him now, it's a bit ridiculous that he's so old and already starting to make money as a Taoist priest. Maybe he even has some dark thoughts like pushing helpless children out of the profession.

He didn't care: "Let's go, send someone who understands the company's finances to come with me to the Rongdu company to complete the formalities and sign the contract."

Actually, this is a genuine big family: "Then let Yuan Xinzi handle the formalities for you. He is the most educated, and who knows, he might come back to be the abbot or head of the sect in the future. We don't know anything about these things."

Wei Dong immediately realized that this made sense; after all, things like Shaolin Temple eventually needed monks who knew how to manage things to run it.

When religious sites grow large, what's needed is management ability, not boundless magical power.

He nodded and led the excited female Taoist down the mountain, finding it a little strange that the little girl was sitting in the back of the 212 and kept peeking at him.

Actually, Wei Dong rested quickly after watching the martial arts and light-foot skills performance last night, but Cheng Lang chatted with the sect leader of the back mountain for half the night.

He's sitting upright in the passenger seat now, not even glancing back at his homeland.

Wei Dong teased him, "I thought you were going to stay here to cultivate for a year or two."

Cheng Lang said solemnly, “Now is the most important period for the mountain master in Hong Kong, so I naturally have to follow him. Moreover, I also want to see the top of Kuimen Mountain. It has been almost forty years, and I really want to see what it looks like after the changes.”

Wei Dong could tell from his words: "I thought you felt that nothing had changed. Yesterday's town felt like it had been the same as it has been for decades or even centuries."

Cheng Lang shook his head: "No, maybe the houses, streets and pagodas are still the same as they were decades or hundreds of years ago, but the people are not like that... I actually remember very clearly how miserable the people were back then. When I came to Hong Kong, I watched the city gradually go from chaos to order, and then there were undercurrents again."

Wei Dong glanced at the old feng shui master with some surprise.

This feeling became even clearer after arriving at the School of Electronic Engineering.

Wei Dong hadn't paid much attention to it at first, thinking it was just some junior college. But after returning to the city, he glanced at the female Taoist priest who was fast asleep in the back, with a glistening smile on her lips.

I decided to ask for directions from the side of the road, and soon arrived at the rather large campus in the northeast of the city.

He began to sense that this area was of a higher standard. Moreover, wasn't this the area where he and Yu Songhai had come to investigate and cooperate with various electronic companies a couple of years ago? The Xishan Electronics Industrial Cluster, which he controlled, also had a piece of land here.

Cheng Lang looked at the groups of college students outside and asked, "Do you think there's a big difference between this and what it was like decades or even a hundred years ago?"

The difference is huge.

(End of this chapter)