Siheyuan (courtyard house): My name is Shazhu!

"Mr. He, are we going to sell the land to them?"

"We can sell to them. We have enough land in our hands. Now, wealthy people in the port city are investing in the real estate industry. We have already acquired 70% of the land in good locations. There is no need to leave them nothing."

I don't plan to focus on land development. Twenty years from now, if we want to continue developing land, we have the north; that area is quite large.

"The land in my hometown could be well developed in twenty years. What area should be the main focus for future development?"

"Malaysia, the future belongs to my family, my hometown next, overseas next, and lastly, this place."

"Malaysia may not meet your expectations. It still has significant shortcomings in some areas, especially in terms of talent pool; immigrant loyalty is not high in the short term!"

"Malaysia doesn't need to be strong in every aspect. It would be enough if we had seven or eight industries that were number one in the world. As for the rest, we are very close to our hometown."

Mineral resources, military industry, (including aerospace) high-end manufacturing (mastering the core technologies that define the industry), financial services, and manufacturers of civil and military aircraft.

It needs to be strong in industrial automation, process control, electrical equipment and energy management.

We aim to be a global leader in electrical engineering, automation, and digitalization, as well as in the medical and semiconductor industries!

You can also help me identify the economic lifelines a country must control twenty years from now. Having technology isn't enough; we lack talent!

"Some are fine. Malaysia was already quite good in its previous life. We have already solved the basic problems in the military, energy, electricity and water conservancy sectors, which are the foundation of a country."

We are gradually strengthening our capabilities in other areas. At least our manufacturing sector is already number one in the world in ships and automobiles, and also number one in medical devices.

There are several other projects, but we can only focus on doing a good job on some of them; it's unlikely we can cover everything.

"Let's raise wages for our employees. We'll stop suppressing prices in the port city, we can go back to our hometown soon, and we'll shift our focus."

"no problem!"

To celebrate securing two major projects, He Yuzhu decided to raise wages, as the average monthly salary here is less than 700 yuan, which is not keeping up with the development of the port city.

There's no need to wait for workers to demand a wage increase before raising it. This time, each person will receive at least 200 yuan more, which is basically equivalent to the wage level of 80 years ago in my previous life.

The average salary at Dongda Group is 1150 yuan, while the average salary for ordinary workers is around 1035 yuan.

In He Yuzhu's eyes, the future port city is no longer very important. High-tech industries are mainly in Malaysia, and who in the energy sector will be more powerful than him in 2050? The land here is the most useless.

Dongda Group just announced a 15% wage increase, and local real estate prices immediately rose by an average of 8% to 12%.

He Yuzhu and Zhao Youde were speechless upon hearing the news. They knew that the prices of daily necessities would also rise, and the price gouging was outrageous, with no room for hesitation.

"Our company has finally secured two projects. When do you plan to start construction?"

"The Kowloon Walled City resettlement housing 'public housing' has already started construction. We need to move people over as soon as possible. The new airport is estimated to be completed in March. I'll go and sign the contract with them on the first day of the Lunar New Year."

"That's good too. At least our company has basically secured the major projects in Gangcheng, and we can earn a considerable income every year just by collecting rent."

But as soon as you raise the wages of your employees, the local real estate developers immediately raise housing prices; they're obsessed with making money.

Many people are waiting for your public housing to be completed; at least the housing prices won't be too high, and it will take a few years to build.

"The first phase can be completed in three years. 65% of the construction teams in the port city are already building houses, and the remaining 30% will be building the new airport in two months. Some construction teams have already started preliminary work."

"That was fast. Just like some people thought, our company doesn't procrastinate. What's the room size and the total investment?"

"There are two types: resettlement housing in Kowloon Walled City, ranging from 60 to 90 square meters. Other public housing is around 30 square meters. The total investment is around 6 billion."

Two-thirds of the houses are for sale or rent; they don't require the company to subsidize them—they were built by us at the request of Niu Niu.

"Not bad! And is it true that our net income exceeds HK$30 billion?"

"It's true. We sold off some of the foreign firms' unused overseas businesses. Half of those businesses exported their goods, and because of rising exchange rates and prices, we made an extra profit of over six billion Hong Kong dollars."

"Aren't Malaysian companies even more powerful? What about their net income?"

"Revenue of 41 billion US dollars, after tax, amounted to 3.48 million US dollars."

"They broke 40 billion in just one year, that seems impressive. Will it reach 50 billion US dollars this year?"

"Yes! Last year, exports increased significantly, and after the middle of the year, all fourteen factories I built went into operation. Theoretically, this could increase profits by 80%."

Gold prices are also rising, which will bring substantial profits to the financial industry. The stagflation in some countries is actually a good thing for us; people with less money tend to prefer lower-priced items.

"Making more money is the best!"

On February 7th, the first day of the Lunar New Year, He Yuzhu and Mai Laoda personally signed the contract, and the Kowloon Walled City renovation and new airport construction were handed over to Dongda Group.

After cheerfully answering the reporters' questions, Boss Mai and He Yuzhu quickly returned home, not having much time to deal with the reporters on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

I promised to take some kids out to play!

"Sigh, those three are such a waste of money. They never invite us to go out, only asking you to take them."

"Work less and spend more time with them. You take the older ones out, and I'll take the three younger ones. Maybe we'll run into them somewhere."

"With so many people around, we won't run into each other. Minghui and Mingzhong went out on their own; they don't need us."

"Just bear with it, bye everyone."

"Daddy, let's go to Victoria Harbour. It's lively there on the first day of the Lunar New Year."

"Let's walk."

After the lively Lunar New Year celebrations, on the second day back at work, He Yuzhu brought Kuanglong to the Wong Tai Sin resettlement area.

We didn't even go inside. From a distance, we could see at least four thousand people doing preliminary work, and there were quite a few heavy vehicles as well.

He Yuzhu only saw dust flying everywhere and a bustling construction site; he had no interest in going inside to get covered in dust.

"This area is quite large. The initial construction work has about four thousand people on site, but we'll need thirty to forty thousand when construction begins. Mr. He, shall we go in?"

"Let's go back, I don't want to go eat dirt."

Back at the company, He Yuzhu felt there was nothing to do. He thought of the Japanese "chosen locusts" again, and the "divine toilet" was rebuilt.

What's there to brag about regarding the behavior of Japanese people on TV? Last time, we only punished you for the supplies you bought from Malaysia.

This time I'll deal with you all, including the Universe Kingdom. You think you're so great? You're no match for me. Go register for Li Bai's citizenship.

He Yuzhu has registered brands like Traditional Chinese Medicine all over the world, but he hasn't registered a single person, so they can't take it away.

Call Zhou Songyu and Qin Huairu and tell them that you are going abroad for a few days and will be back within a month.

He first went to Japan using the coordinates, didn't drink with anyone, and directly targeted their shipbuilding and precision manufacturing industries, leaving their automobile industry untouched, thus leaving the US to deal with them.

Like a whirlwind, it swept through, leaving some places barren. Refined and replayable!

Then a few more human pigs and a huge fire appeared. Why build a toilet out of wood? That's too poor!

No matter how angry they are, they will take two billion US dollars to the United States.

Wow, after a few years, they've made some progress. Their shipbuilding industry is alright, back to the level of thirty years ago, but their research personnel and technical data have been wiped out.

All supplies under 100 tons were destroyed, and ships that were built or about to be built were badly damaged. Let's rebuild.

They set off a few big fireworks. What are steel mills and chemical plants? They're all ruins!

It's only worth a little over 700 million US dollars, which is a bit small. Let's wait and leave.