My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 938 Those who recommend and follow are all behind, no one is in front.

Then let's go back with Hu Yongbin, who just got the paperwork done.

Wei Dong was given a brief tour of the entire bidding bureau's office building, signed a few documents, and sat in Lao Fang's office for a while.

It has a very simple, government-style layout.

We also visited the adjacent warehouse, which was filled with all sorts of gifts that Lao Fang had received from Hong Kong businessmen over the past ten years of his work in Hong Kong.

His work follows the standard organizational model: everything is submitted and registered.

The office director said this is a must-see project whenever leaders at all levels visit.

Wei Dong chuckled: "Why put it here? Land in Hong Kong is incredibly valuable. Why not transport it back to the Western District docks and build a museum there? Land in the Western District isn't worth much anyway. It's a testament to the arduous journey of the bidding bureau over the past ten years of reform and opening up."

The office director also took notes.

Wei Dong was slightly unaccustomed to this model: "Let me emphasize again, at most I am just a shareholder and director who invests in the project, helping Mr. Fang take over and stand guard at his age. I don't get a salary or talk about returns. I try my best to ensure that state-owned assets play a better role. So I will basically not talk about my role in the tendering and investment bureau in Hong Kong. As long as there are capable people, I will step down."

The office director had probably never seen such a work style before, where someone was ready to quit at any moment after just taking office: "So, in which areas will the work mainly be carried out?"

Wei Dong thought to himself, "Just give me a gun and I'll be all set," but on the surface, he still had to ponder, "Investment promotion... I personally think that we should focus on attracting investment from the mainland, as well as from Hong Kong and even overseas. This is the advantage of the Investment Promotion Bureau at this critical juncture."

Then, pointing to the opposite side of Victoria Harbour, he said, "This year, I have already started construction on the basketball stadium and the waterfront sports city project at the Yau Ma Tei pier. My investment scale is about 1.2 billion. If China Merchants Investment has the financial strength, I am inclined to invest in real estate in Hong Kong, just like Mr. Fang bought a property here. We should seize the time to buy more properties. If there are cash flow problems, there is China Merchants Bank."

He then lowered his voice and said, "The most brilliant thing about buying this building, Mr. Fang, is that it provides service windows for so many ministries and local units in the mainland. Four years ago, when I first came to Hong Kong, I was here on behalf of Jiangzhou to report for duty and conduct inspections. Now think about it, in five or ten years, as the handover date approaches, won't there be a need for more Chinese-funded institutions, or even official institutions, to set up offices here? This is a huge market demand. As long as the motherland is stable and resolutely takes back this place, it will be a sure thing."

He then pointed to the surrounding buildings, which were all bean sprout-shaped, long and narrow, and tightly packed together: "The disadvantage of this type of building is that it doesn't occupy much land and has limited future development space, but the advantage is that the single-floor area is small and the price of the whole building is not so outrageous. If we buy them one after another, two or three old buildings at a time and apply to renovate them into high-rise buildings, the profit margin will be huge."

I was chatting with Lao Heng and his friends at a karaoke bar yesterday when I learned that Hong Kong also experienced a stock market crash last October, which brought the previously high market sentiment and soaring property prices to an abrupt halt.

The price continued to fall around the Spring Festival, indicating a downward trend.

The only questions billionaires are whether the market has bottomed out and how much it can rise if they enter now.

Old Heng, who has already developed a massive sports city, doesn't pay any attention to this kind of speculative hype.

However, there were several speculators in the market who specialized in acquiring old buildings and merging their areas to build new high-rises. Wei Dong immediately thought that this was just a trick from the game Monopoly.

A single piece of land may not generate much profit, but if they are connected into a continuous stretch, the potential is enormous.

Seeing that the land here was all sesame plots, Wei Dong immediately had this idea.

The office director was a little nervous: "That means an investment decision that can easily reach hundreds of millions."

Wei Dong laughed and patted the other's arm: "You ask me where to start the work? As long as we can successfully collect the rent that is due, I think we should buy the building and rebuild to collect rent."

After saying that, I clocked out and went back to Pengzhen.

Sure enough, according to his rank, Wei Dong should have been accompanied by two bodyguards at this point!
Thanks to Lao Fang's brilliant move back then, he managed to buy the property first.

Originally not the largest tendering and bidding bureau, it has become the headquarters for all window service units stationed in Hong Kong, so the level of security measures for relevant leaders has been raised.

But what's the point of keeping this building if I can't be a landlady?

Actually, there were four people. Wei Dong asked two of them to drive his Dynaudio and the Mitsubishi SUV that was assigned to him, and they followed the Taoist's business vehicle to the dock basketball court to report for duty. They didn't need to drive home because they were afraid of shattering the worldview of the young people from the front line.

The secretary also requested to work with the leader, because it was obvious that Wei Dong wouldn't come to the bidding bureau often.

Let's go check out the basketball court first; there's a sales manager for the container shop there.

We'll be heading back to the West District once we board the ship here. Why bring so many people?

A ticket costs eighty Hong Kong dollars.

What Wei Dong was actually trying to understand was whether high-speed boats could be transplanted to the Three Gorges Dam.

This ship belongs to the group under the gambling king Makan. Its main route is between Hong Kong and Macau. For this purpose, two super buildings with more than 40 floors each, each a skyscraper with more than 2,000 square meters, were built on the dock.

This area is also located above a newly opened MTR station on the Hong Kong Island Line, where the MTR and the speedboat pier overlap, making it hard for the area not to be in high demand.

Established families have long been adept at following established patterns, controlling key nodes in these economic lifelines.

Now, when Wei Dong walks across the street with his hands behind his back and enters the brand-new commercial building, all he thinks about is what he can learn and whether this model can be transplanted to Jiangzhou and Shangzhou.

The goal is still to boost the economic development of Jiangzhou and Shangzhou.

At only twenty-four years old, he's already thinking about this kind of situation.

Although Qin Yuye likes to dress her husband in designer clothes, Wei Dong still prefers to dress simply, modestly, and comfortably.

But wherever they went, there were two Taoist priests and two guards standing at the four corners, with Hu Yongbin closely following behind Wei Dong.

It looks like the Chinese character for "country" (国), and the veteran is represented by that dot.

This is the port for Makan and Pengzhen, where customs officials are responsible for checking entry and exit records.

Hu Yongbin fell silent as he smoothly passed through the gate with his new credentials.

Once aboard the speedboat, they simply gazed silently at the vast harbor and sea.

Wei Dong also asked a guard with experience traveling to and from the area. He learned that the large ships carrying around 200 people at the pier go to Ma Kan, while the smaller boats carrying a few dozen people go to the Western District. This is because there aren't many tourists on a regular basis, and the number of ordinary passengers coming to Hong Kong from the mainland is practically zero.

Therefore, there are only three shifts a day: morning, noon, and evening.

The main purpose is to transport Hong Kong residents who go to foreign-related hotels and some foreign-funded enterprises in the Western District in the morning, and then pick them up in the evening.

This time slot is designed to make it convenient for Hong Kong residents to commute, but it doesn't fit the work schedule in the Western District, so container salespeople who commute daily don't use this thing.

Including other Chinese-funded units in the bidding bureau building, why would they go to the West District for no reason? Most of their contacts are still in Pengzhen.

They don't use this much.

But it's incredibly convenient for those who occasionally need to travel to the West District for business or to report on their work.

The speed should be around 60 kilometers per hour, so it would take about four hours to travel from Jiangzhou to Shangzhou.

The streamlined design of the catamaran makes for a much better riding experience than that hydrofoil that cuts through the waves.

A colleague who had ridden in before joked that it was like riding on a vibrator the whole time, and his head was still buzzing for two or three days afterward.

Hu Yongbin remained silent throughout.

Wei Dong could only pat him on the shoulder and figure it out himself.

Instead of taking a long detour through Shatin and Pengzhen, we went directly to the Western District by sea. After disembarking and passing through customs, we were already near the five-star hotel. Li Xuehong came over with two cars to wait for us: "You didn't know either?"

The head of an asset management company curiously peered over: "Who from Shenzhen would still come all the way from the Western District to Hong Kong? I've never seen it advertised, but it's really so convenient."

The main reason is that there are few people, making it like a private port. This is especially true for businesses in the Western District, which have a hidden passage from Sheung Wan, the most central part of the city, directly to this core area.

Wei Dong nodded in approval: "You can also go there often to report on your work, just like I do."

Li Xuehong calmly agreed and handed over a list: "Congratulations on becoming a leader of the Investment Promotion Bureau. My colleagues from various companies and I will follow your lead and work hard. This is the main data and changes in Pengzhen West District over the past month."

Therefore, nothing you go through will be in vain.

ATV's senior executive director, who strives to demonstrate his work ability, could not produce such thoughtful and meticulous work.

Production capacity data for various manufacturers in semiconductors, packaging, speakers, sound cards, headphones, clothing, sanitary napkins, etc., including last month's figures, target figures, and actual completion figures.

What are the construction projects, and what is their progress?

What is the occupancy rate of the five hotels from the city center to the western district, including the distinctive hotel behind the aircraft carrier library?
The number of employees under his command is accurate to the single digit, totaling 14687 people distributed across various companies.

Finally, there's the progress and changes at the West Wharf and the West Industrial Development Zone.

The key point is that after this Spring Festival, the villa area and modern office building developed by the West District itself were completed and delivered.

This part is definitely not something that Li Xuehong could access internally; it should be something she gathered herself through various information channels throughout the not-too-dense western district.

The office building is fine; you can see it from wherever you go.

There is now only one main road connecting the entire western district to the city center. It runs from the pier at the tip of the peninsula to Pengda, where it makes a 90-degree turn and is more than 10 kilometers away from the city center.

The construction site of this ten-story building, located between the Dongsheng Industrial Park, the dock, and the hotel, is not tall, but its area is quite prominent.

The old West District Management Building, which looked like a temporary structure, was just a 1970s-era tenement building in mainland China, and its image was long overdue for improvement.

This is nothing unusual.

But the fact that a cluster of high-end villas had been built next to the mountain forest in the West Wharf still surprised Wei Dong.

He had previously helped Lao Fang manage the shift work here, mainly focusing on the work content of the dock and industrial area.

I never touch the seemingly lucrative fields like hotels and real estate development.

The experts knew that the West District had been building dormitory buildings and low-rise villas on the side near the mountain.

Li Xuehong went to see it: "It's very high-end. I've never seen such a nice residence before. But I might go inside. The management is also very strict. Old Master Fang lives there."

Wei Dongle said, "Hehe, he's really bold. He shrinks back when I give him a little nudge. Look at him, he dared to buy a building in Sheung Wan back in '78. Anyone else would have to think twice about whether it would lead to disaster, but he dared to put himself in a do-or-die situation."

Li Xuehong really knows how to use her expertise: "I've inquired and the occupancy rate isn't high. Do you think we could talk to Mr. Fang about buying two buildings so you can be his neighbor? Also, it would be convenient for Mr. Lin, as a Singaporean businessman, to settle down."

Wei Dong shook his head: "Instead of being neighbors with the leaders, I should take the lead and set an example in order to inspire fighting spirit during this time of collective struggle."

Li Xuehong must have collected Hong Kong newspapers: "Everyone has watched and learned about your fight against the underworld in Hong Kong. We are very worried about you. Please make sure you are safe. So many people's hopes are on you."

Wei Dong smiled and pointed to the Toyota Crown following behind: "So they arranged a bodyguard for me. Lao Fang is still very supportive of my work."

Indeed, just those few words, as they glided to the office building next door, made Wei Dong finally realize why this intersection was called the Passenger Transport Center.

He thought it was just a bus station, but it's actually modeled after the subway station development in Sheung Wan, combining two modes of transportation together.

Then, going upstairs, Lao Fang, who supported him, demanded that China Merchants Bank be located in a brand-new office building, becoming the first joint-stock commercial bank in the country founded by an enterprise.

This is a full-fledged effort to push the younger generation forward.

(End of this chapter)