Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 79 Injury (First Update, please add to your favorites, follow the story, and vote)

“Yes!” Inoue and Tashita dared not refute, because the Hojo family had a great influence in Japan.

The Hojo clan were samurai, and even today, samurai still wield considerable influence in Japan.

The influence of the samurai clans in Japan continued to expand, while the influence of local families in various parts of Japan was even greater.

These families control the economic lifeline of Japan, including ports. Some families briefly appear in the public eye before quickly disappearing into the background.

Hojo contacted some gangs in mainland China and then contacted some gangs in Hong Kong.

Because the Japanese occupied Hong Kong Island back then, some gangs on Hong Kong Island became the Japanese's lackeys. In addition, there was cooperation between the two sides in some black and gray business. However, most gangs did not cooperate with the Japanese because the gang organization on Hong Kong Island was loose, while the Japanese organization was tight. They often had conflicts due to their interests, and some gangs even went to the Japanese to steal their business.

On Thursday, March 20, 1980, Li Song, Tian Jiahui, and two legal assistants traveled to Guangzhou.

Taking a boat is much more comfortable, and it's also faster than traveling by land. Traveling by land requires going through a border crossing and then making a detour, while a boat can take you directly to Yau Ma Tei.

Li Song and his group disembarked in Guangzhou and stayed at the Oriental Hotel, as people from Hong Kong Island cannot stay outside at will.

"Mr. Li!" When Li Song arrived at his small building, Ma Shengli, Liu Qing, and Section Chief Zhou were all there. Zhang Jianshe had already met him earlier.

"No need to trouble Mr. Ma, we'll go to the factory ourselves," Li Song said.

“How can that be? We have some information to report to Mr. Li, all of it good news,” Ma Shengli quickly said.

“Let’s go to the factory and talk as we walk,” Li Song said.

"Okay!" Li Song nodded.

Li Song, Tian Jiahui, and two legal assistants went to the factory together, but in two cars. Li Song and Ma Shengli rode in Ma Shengli's company car, with Section Chief Zhou driving. Liu Qing sat in the front, and Li Song and Ma Shengli sat in the back.

"Mr. Li, these are two appraisal reports, involving the material processing technology of two special steel products. Liuzhou Steel has mastered the production technology and will provide special steel products to major enterprises in my country in the next step."

"Our Science and Technology Commission has established a subordinate service unit to supervise their sales of special steel. We have dispatched a supervision team to ensure that there will be no problems. In addition, these special steels are all sold at market prices."

"Guangxi Province is also cooperating with Guangdong Province to further establish an efficient transportation system, including shipping and rail transport."

"Another area is aluminum alloy manufacturing, which has already completed the industrialization process. The next step is to carry out production. The authorized unit is located in northern Guangdong. The province has decided to expand the development of aluminum mines in northern Guangdong and expand aluminum production enterprises."

"In addition, the wear-resistant rubber process has also achieved mass production, and the domestic demand is very high, which means that China needs to import rubber," Ma Shengli said.

Li Song vaguely remembered that there was synthetic rubber, which was a byproduct of petroleum. Moreover, the quality of domestic oil was not good, but there was no problem in producing synthetic rubber from byproducts.

"I remember that many industrial products can be made from petroleum byproducts, and rubber seems to be one of them?" Li Song asked.

"Sigh, our country is also lagging behind in large-scale chemical technology. Those foreign large-scale chemical technology companies are also very shrewd. Sometimes we know that there are some good things in the by-products of oil refining, but we have to export them to other countries as a whole."

"The same applies to ore smelting. Some countries even want to import our waste slag to reclaim land from the sea. We know that there are some rare elements in the waste slag, but our technology level is not up to standard, so we can't extract them. Or we can extract them, but the cost is too high. They block these technologies from us," Mr. Ma said.

"I'll go back and ask." Li Song seemed to remember that the oil refinery's process was also targeted.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Li." Ma Shengli was very happy.

"Mr. Li, rest assured, our Science and Technology Commission has been keeping a close eye on the supporting industrial chain of motorcycles, and we guarantee that it will not affect the production of motorcycle factories," Ma Shengli continued. In fact, it was Guangdong Province that was keeping an eye on things, and there were also people at higher levels in Guangdong Province who were keeping an eye on things. It was just that Ma Shengli, from the Guangzhou Science and Technology Commission, was the one who came forward to coordinate.

Anyone who disobeys Ma Shengli's orders will be transferred the next day to the most remote area, making it very difficult to return to the city. "We plan to build a large thermal power plant there to ensure the production of the port and businesses."

"A large-scale sewage treatment plant also needs to be built downstream!"

"In addition, a passenger port is planned to be built upstream of Huangpu Port."

"Furthermore, if needed, a train station can be built specifically for the motorcycle factory." Ma Shengli knew that this was the higher authorities returning the favor. Li Song had provided so many good things, and the higher authorities were also providing more convenience to the motorcycle factory in various ways.

"Thermal power equipment?"

"How is the domestic thermal power equipment manufacturing situation?" Li Song was thinking about how to send things, and he finally found a topic to talk about, and the conditions offered by the mainland were also very generous.

"Factories can't function without electricity; you could say electricity is the lifeblood of a factory," Li Song continued.

"It's alright, but we're lacking in large-scale equipment." Ma Shengli was a little frustrated. He didn't know much about power equipment, but he was definitely lacking in large-scale and high-end equipment.

“I’ve been learning more about this lately. It seems that large power generation equipment requires a 10,000-ton-class forging hydraulic press. We happen to have connections that allow us to get a 50,000-ton-class forging hydraulic press from Aramco…”

squeak!
Section Chief Zhou slammed on the brakes, but Li Song reacted quickly and, having fastened his seatbelt, managed to brace himself with his hand, escaping unharmed.

Ma Shengli was in a bad situation; he wasn't wearing a seatbelt and his head hit the back of the seat in front of him. Liu Qing also hit the dashboard, but luckily she reacted in time and managed to brace herself with her hand because the front seats had more space.

“There’s a stray dog!” Section Chief Zhou quickly explained.

"Ouch!" Li Song quickly pulled Ma Shengli up; there was a bump on his forehead.

"Is Mr. Li alright?" Section Chief Zhou asked, turning his head as he checked Liu Qing's injuries.

"I'm fine." Li Song shook his head, explaining that he had fastened his seatbelt.

"Let's go to the hospital for a check-up first. I'll take their car to the factory." Li Song looked at Liu Qing's bruise and bump on her forehead, while Ma Shengli's was in slightly better condition.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Section Chief Zhou quickly apologized.

Li Song got out of the car, while Tian Jiahui and two legal counsel were in the car behind. The driver of the car behind saw the car brake suddenly and quickly stopped, while cautiously looking around.

After Li Song got out of the car, the young driver quickly came up to him; "Mr. Li?"

"It's alright, there's just a stray dog, let's go first." At this moment, Section Chief Zhou also came down and quickly came over.

"Okay." Li Song then got into another car and headed to the motorcycle factory.

After Li Song's car left, two more cars pulled up quickly. As soon as they stopped, men in plainclothes got out and asked, "What's going on?"

"Boss!" It turned out to be Section Chief Zhou's boss.

"Mr. Li said he could get information on a 50,000-ton-class forging hydraulic press, which startled me," Section Chief Zhou quickly said.

"Quickly, send me to the hospital!"

Li Song knew, of course, that Section Chief Zhou had been frightened, because in this era, such a 10,000-ton-class forging hydraulic press was extremely important for military applications, including aircraft, submarines, thermal power equipment, hydroelectric equipment, and large chemical components.

(End of this chapter)