My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 756 The Road Ahead is Long and Arduous
Having Wei Dong and Cheng Lang take half of the six Taoist priests and half of the nuns to Citibank and Hong Kong was a rather unconventional way of having bodyguards and thugs.

After all, every spot to go abroad is very precious these days.

He had considered taking Lao Huang from the software company abroad, but considering the actual situation, Lao Huang, who was over forty, needed to shift his focus to leading the team.

Most of the software engineers at the Southwest Institute are in their thirties or forties, and they are not very adaptable to new things.

In the end, this opportunity was given to He Yuzhu.

Yuan Yuanzi's older brother, Lu Tao, is only a sophomore in college, so he will definitely have an easier time in the future.

Therefore, the focus this time is still on construction. Taking them out to learn new things while the real estate industry is booming can provide new ideas for the construction industry in various regions that are accelerating.

Decoration and renovation should take a backseat. The three budget hotels that have already opened in Shanghai, converted from old buildings, are enough to keep domestic professionals studying for several years.

North American country style, minimalism, and humanistic atmosphere are all reflected in the three types of hotels at different price points.

In contrast, the Hong Kong-style interior design that is now spreading from Shenzhen to Guangzhou seems to have an old-fashioned feel, like something out of Chinatown.

Therefore, in a construction market across the country where brick-concrete structures are still the norm and elevator buildings are rare, the injection of this fresh air is of utmost importance.

Wei Dong didn't even intend to keep these people under his command; he was merely helping to provide this opportunity for others.

In the end, it doesn't matter where I develop my career.

Before leaving, they still set up a few tables at Building 5.

It was Zhong Zhenhua who insisted on hosting a banquet to express his gratitude.

Because he has indeed secured orders for dozens of quay cranes, which is worth at least two to three hundred million US dollars.

The deposits alone amounted to tens of millions of dollars, all of which were the most valuable foreign exchange reserves at that time.

This ensured that Zhenhua Machinery, a company transformed from Shanghai Port Machinery Factory, was able to fully embark on a virtuous cycle.

Li Bancheng, in particular, ordered twenty units in one go, and it is said that these are only initial equipment to be used as a supplement at his container terminal in Hong Kong.

The planned wharf in Pengzhen East District will start with fifty wharves, and orders will only be placed once the port infrastructure is almost complete.

A mature capitalist will not turn down money.

Although the whole of Hong Kong was gossiping, vividly describing how Li Ka-shing's feng shui master ran off with a mainland guy, it was as if his wife had cheated on him.

However, this does not prevent capitalists from choosing the most affordable and high-quality basic equipment.

Half the price, with no difference in quality and function, only a fool wouldn't choose it.

Therefore, other Hong Kong consortia are also placing orders as agreed, while Lao Heng canceled his original order of five to ten units.

Because his original idea of ​​using the old wharf for something has now been completely changed to the Seaside Sports City project, he is starting to reduce his investment and focus on transforming the old wharf.

Zhong Zhenhua possessed the shrewdness and meticulousness typical of Shanghai's tech professionals, yet also displayed a magnanimity rarely seen here. Holding his wine glass, he emphasized that he would be setting up a branch factory in the western district of Pengzhen.

This not only makes it convenient for major clients in Hong Kong to maintain their businesses, but also supports the industrial scale of the Western District Dockyard Industrial Park.

Furthermore, we will help the West Wharf develop into more and better international wharves, and guarantee to provide various port machinery to the West Wharf at the most favorable cost price.

Wei Dong also expressed his gratitude.

After sitting down and having a few more cups of Shaoxing wine, Lao Zhong quietly relayed a message to him.

The city has already raised the bar, and the new city leaders have basically approved the previous survey report on the Shanghai deep-water port. So Wei Dong should go and report to them now.

Wei Dong was slightly surprised.

Let's not talk about it anymore.

On the contrary, Cheng Lang sat calmly at the side table, slowly sipping his tea, and finally gave Wei Dong his evaluation: "Of those seven young people, you need to pay attention to two of them."

Wei Dong raised an eyebrow and looked over in the direction of the old feng shui master's comments.

These seven architectural professionals who emerged from their work have a much stronger foundation than the few infrastructure surveyors from back then, and most of them have domestic university degrees in architecture.

It's not at his level to see through the clues.

Based on my past behavior, I simply abandoned my passport on the Bund and cancelled my chance.

But he climbed more than a little higher that year and didn't care much.

Instead, he jokingly described to the feng shui master the incident where he later suffered retaliation from detonators.

Cheng Lang's reaction was: "This is destiny, and no amount of petty people can shake the process. I hope our boss will be safe overseas and return in triumph."

Let Wei Dong take it as clever flattery and advancement.

He only took Lao Zhang and Wu Shengyun with him to the city to report and exchange information about the progress of Zhenhua Port Machinery's work in Pengzhen HK, and also to talk about his debate with Hong Kong businessmen about the prospects of post-Panamax ships.

He didn't mention at all the Shanghai deep-water port project that Lao Zhong had suggested to him. That was a national strategic project; it was already good enough that he could offer advice, so Wei Dong had no intention of getting involved.

Instead, they shifted their attention to promoting the development of large container ships.

Sure enough, while the Hong Kong businessmen were still somewhat hesitant, even the new leadership in Shanghai immediately took the matter seriously from a strategic perspective.

This is also more decisive than the previous hesitation that led to the stereotype of Guoyuan Group as an industry insider.

They immediately notified Shanghai Shipyard to send someone to assign the cooperation task.

Wu Shengyun's shipping company, acting as a shipowner, collaborated with Shanghai Shipyard to explore the development of Panamax container ships.

Shanghai has its own advantages in this regard.

They had just built Panamax bulk carriers and could continue to pay patent fees to Mitsui Shipbuilding in Japan to purchase blueprints and technology.

Now, with the discount, you can get it for a million dollars.

It was an assembly model similar to Lao Zhong's, where key components were purchased from imports first. The main engine was a Swiss Sulzer diesel engine, the crankshaft was from Nanli, and even some load-bearing steel plates had to be imported from Japan, but more than half of the steel was still made domestically.

The cost of a single line is approximately 30 million US dollars!
All domestic purchases were initially financed by Shanghai Haikou through loans, while the overseas purchases in US dollars were paid for by the HK company.

First, get this ship built, and make sure everyone fully understands the equipment and technology before discussing domestic production and surpassing the Panamax model.

They spent almost all of Qin Yuye's US dollars, and even borrowed some from Lao Zhong.

This allowed Wei Dongcai to set off empty-handed.

This time, even people in Shanghai shook hands with him and wished him a safe journey and success in his work.

After passing through customs and security and entering the waiting area, Wei Dong seized the opportunity to privately remind Liu Xiaoyong to pay a little more attention to the two engineering designers who had been singled out by Cheng Lang.

The former surveyor nearly jumped up and killed someone, and was extremely annoyed by the person he had personally chosen.

Wei Dong chuckled and pulled him back, saying, "Even if something happens, it won't affect our overall situation. At most, it's just a pity that someone else could have improved. I'm telling you this so that you can also learn to observe and guard against things discreetly."

He also praised them, saying, "Actually, I'm very satisfied with the talent selection this time. You didn't act out of self-interest, thinking that you were selecting more outstanding and promising people who would surpass you in the future. That's excellent. I can say this clearly: when you train more and more outstanding architects and engineers, you should all move into management. Does Lao Geng have a degree? What degree do I have? But we have a stronger strategic vision. We're not confined to one city or one or two people controlling the situation. You'll be on the right track."

Liu Xiaoyong, who can draw beautiful engineering drawings, no longer displays any of the outward signs of being willing to risk everything; he is simply calm and collected, doing exactly what you say.

After boarding the plane, he was also responsible for taking care of the three Taoist priests in plain clothes.

The boss and his wife naturally flew business class; these days, there aren't many luxury first-class cabins on trans-Pacific flights.

Qin Yuye wasn't panicked about having his assets wiped out. Instead, he slyly showed Wei Dong a large stack of scripts, filming progress reports, and costume photos.

Wei Dong glanced at the photos and immediately understood her intention: "Want to go and film some movies?"

Qin Yuye's expression was lively: "The wealthy families in Hong Kong definitely look down on actresses. Most of the beauty pageant contestants marry directly into wealthy families. Even if they were stars and then got married, they basically all demanded that they could no longer act. It would be embarrassing for them, and they would feel uncomfortable in their hearts. But I just want to dabble in acting and record the best years of my life. I promise I won't film any romantic scenes, okay?"

Wei Dong found it amusing; could you really suppress the scheming, womanizing genes that you have in your bones?
He said nonchalantly, "Whatever... Did the director find Wang Xin?"

Qin Yuye immediately paid attention: "You don't like it? Last month, he was directing Chow Yun-fat's movie, so he showed Stephen Chow's script to him first and immediately wanted to film it. He... mainly makes low-budget comedies, which are not very profound, but his father is very famous and also likes Stephen Chow's movie."

Is this destiny's allegiance or its entanglement?
Wei Dong vaguely remembered that several of Stephen Chow's most popular films were directed by Wang Xin, at least in the early days before he became a director himself.

Qin Yuye began to focus on reading the already very detailed script. He said that this kind of comedy is not very common in Hong Kong. Usually, the director would describe a general outline of the scene and then let the actors improvise.

Unlike other shows where every line and expression is meticulously marked, especially the dialogue between Sing and Ng Man-tat, which has a joke density of almost three sentences and a punchline every five sentences.

Even a famously beautiful woman like Ah Qian is making funny faces and acting ugly in various ways.

Then, as expected, the wife made a fleeting appearance on screen, playing a country boy who sees the white moonlight of a noblewoman in the city.

Standard group management with investment.

This amused Wei Dong, and Qin Yuye confirmed it only after seeing him laugh: "You can act it out? They all say it will definitely be a good performance."

Wei Dong didn't really have that kind of mentality of hiding or concealing things, maybe because he didn't have any possessiveness: "Whatever, but it's best not to take off your clothes, so people won't keep talking about this..."

Qin Yuye's eyes widened, and she almost beat up her unreliable husband right there in the cabin!
"I'm married! It was just a casual trip, how could that be..."

Wei Dong just chuckled.

Qin Yuye strongly suspected that he might have some filthy thoughts; there are quite a few perverts among the rich.

I couldn't help but quietly interrogate them about what they were thinking!
She didn't get any answers, but instead ended up blushing furiously, making Wei Dong almost lose control.

So the flight, which lasted more than ten hours, wasn't lonely at all.

Wei Dong finally came to the conclusion: "Directing with Wang Xin is definitely fine, but I hope the film will focus on Xingzai and let him decide whether it achieves the effect he wants."

Let's see if we can maintain the essence of nonsensical humor.

(End of this chapter)