Siheyuan (courtyard house): My name is Shazhu!

"The Iron Woman has won the Falklands War, and a historic fall is about to happen. This silly woman still can't see where Hong Kong is?"

"Do we need to make some money from this fall? The drop this time is quite significant."

"It's not that interesting. We can still buy at the bottom. A few more companies have emerged. If they do well in their respective companies, we can follow suit and make a few dollars."

Are there still no changes to the Kadoorie family's projects?

"There's one thing that's still not significant: they reduced their stake by 4%, holding 45%, while we only have 43%. We can't find the remaining 12%; I suspect they're still their people overseas!"

"We won't increase our stake; let other unrelated people buy shares until we acquire 51% and consolidate. I don't like them!"

"I don't like it either. Does Bao Sheng have any?"

"Let me ask you something!"

He Yuzhu put down his phone. "He has 4%, but that's still not enough; he's continuing to acquire more."

"We own a 47% stake in The Peninsula Hotels, and we're about to acquire them."

"Okay! Let's play it safe and not get proven wrong; 47% isn't a sure thing."

With so many shares, it must be very difficult for them to not reduce their holdings too much when the stock market is doing well.

Before last year's downturn, we reduced our stakes in seven stocks by about 35%, netting a profit of 47 billion. The stock market is going crazy again, and now it's falling due to ownership issues.

September 24th!

"Let them drive down our stock price around 700 points, then we'll buy at the bottom. Since we've chosen to stay, we should hold more shares, no less than 40%."

"Buying the dip in the stock market is great, I love it!"

"The 'Niu Niu' people still hope our manufacturing plants, car factories, and pharmaceutical companies will go public. They haven't given up; they want to buy some shares to make money."

"Our car factory makes a profit of HK$10 billion a year, the manufacturing plant HK$17 billion a year, the pharmaceutical plant HK$36 billion a year, and the real estate company HK$29 billion."

Each of these companies is highly profitable, and their combined revenue exceeds 110 billion. It's impossible for them to pay such a large amount of taxes!

Ignore them. We'll back up the cash transactions next year and quell their panic!

"We've been advertising on TV and in newspapers since the year before last, hoping things will get better by then."

"Make a note of those elite individuals; send anyone who dares to speak recklessly to wherever they want to go."

"No holding back."

"Why be polite to them? Especially the leaders, they really don't know anything, so why are they spouting nonsense?"

"good."

The system's offerings on July 1st delighted He Yuzhu; he desperately needed all three items.

First, there's the low-level upgrade card. Second, there are two sets of bio-engineered humans, totaling four hundred. Third, there's a five-year lifespan!

So beautiful!

He bought them all without a second thought; it seemed the system liked to cause trouble this time.

We must continue!

The low-level upgrade card increased He Yuzhu's 'divine sense' area by a hundredfold. If it were to reach 100 million kilometers again, he would be able to clear out all 'equalizers of all beings' and weapons of mass destruction, and would no longer need to worry about World War III.

Of the four hundred bio-engineered humans, two hundred were left in the port city, and the rest were arranged to stay in their hometowns. Thirty years later, someone would need to speak up for them!

Longevity is what He Yuzhu desires most. He fully understands why the First Emperor and Emperor Wu of Han wanted to live forever, and he also wants to after achieving success in his career.

This vast land is worth cherishing!

He Yuzhu is not a saint and hopes to live forever. His current lifespan is 115 years, and it would be even better if he could break the 120-year lifespan limit!

After being satisfied with the three products, He Yuzhu was in a great mood and decided to do something else to show his appreciation, since August 1st was approaching.

They were given 20 billion US dollars, equivalent to 70 billion RMB today. After He Yuzhu explained the exchange rate, the current exchange rate to the US dollar is 1:3.5.

I have so much money I could burn!

We plan to prepare HK$22 billion before the Lunar New Year next year to give employees an annual bonus of HK$100,000.

We'll have to wait and see how things go this year. We have too many employees there, and road repairs will cost a lot of money, so we'll save our money for now.

In mid-July, he took He Yushui and her husband, along with the other two, back to their hometown.

After handing over 20 billion US dollars in drafts to the military, he led He Yushui and the others on a tour of Yanjing City, under the watchful eyes of many.

"Brother, the snacks here haven't changed. They taste the same as they did thirty years ago, unlike other places where you can find all sorts of flavors."

There are so many bicycles here, but not many cars? It's much better than before!

"Just eat. All you do when you get back is eat. You're almost forty and have two sons. Be careful they don't laugh at you."

"If they dare, beat them to death."

"Mommy, we weren't laughing at you. You can't just hit us like that, Uncle said so."

"You'll just tattle, I won't hit you! Let's go to Quanjude for Peking duck tonight, I'm craving it."

"Is the roast duck delicious?" Jian Zhiyuan's Mandarin was hard to describe.

"It's alright. I used to like eating here, and my brother often brought me. It wasn't something most people could afford. I wonder if the price has gone up?"

"The price hasn't gone up. They still come in different sizes, 8 to 10 yuan each. No receipt needed."

"It's alright. The wages are low, but the prices of goods are also low. I'll go eat braised pork belly tomorrow."

"All you do is eat."

"You once said that eating is the most important thing in life!" He Yushui recalled.

"I already said that, so it's alright now."

"The people here look very happy; their smiles are genuine and more sincere than those of people in the port city."

"Zhiyuan wasn't wrong. This is one of the reasons I like it here: 'Man can conquer nature!' We have confidence!"

"Brother, when do you think the wages here will be the same as in Hong Kong?"

"It's impossible within the next fifty years, and there's absolutely no possibility after that. The port city is an exception. It has too large a population, so it's impossible to develop only finance, real estate, and high technology."

They are best suited to develop manufacturing and labor-intensive industries to address the issue of population employment.

After Hong Kong's return to China, with this place as a strong backing, even without other industries, it can cope with some risks, especially financial risks!

"Does he have to come back?"

"Yes. It's okay for such a large country to have one or two cities without real industry, but if it's the whole country, it's a disaster!"

"Brother, why?"

"The simplest example is that without a physical industry, you can't even manufacture advanced weapons. No matter how wealthy you are, what will you do in the event of war? Money isn't a weapon!"

"That seems true, brother. How big is your military factory in Malaysia? Is Mingzhong doing well there?"

"My weapons factory has formed an industrial chain, from pistols to firecrackers to the Navy! Various types of aircraft for the Air Force will start production this year."

I'm aiming to take down those little eagles! Mingzhong's doing well there.

"Let's beat up the Japanese first. Just seeing them makes me uncomfortable. Now that they have some money, they act all high and mighty in Hong Kong."

"If you don't like them, just slap them. In Hong Kong, you don't need to be afraid of anyone, except me!"

"I'm not afraid of you at all. I beat them up once. The four of us went to eat hot pot, and three of them got drunk and started harassing the waitresses."

I didn't hold back either; I beat them all to the ground. Then the police came and took them away, and I never asked them about it again.

"If you find them annoying, just beat them up, especially in Hong Kong and Malaysia. Not many people here know us, and we have bodyguards, so nobody will mess with us."

"There were bodyguards? How come I didn't know?"

"All you care about is eating. If something happens to us here, how many people can bear the responsibility? It will be a huge disaster."

"That seems to be true."

"Definitely."