Siheyuan (courtyard house): My name is Shazhu!

Martha is no child either; the Iron Woman managed to win her over by not only buying an additional 5% stake in the public utility company but also agreeing to her restructuring her car factory and moving it overseas.

This also shows that Niu Feng Bank has considerable influence in their hometown, and they have gone to great lengths to save it this time.

He Yuzhu could only tell her to wait a few days before going to her hometown. The signing date was the 19th, and he wanted to see if there were still any "banana people" causing trouble.

After all, he holds the highest decision-making power in the Dongda Group, and he can issue any task with just a word, something Zhao Youcai simply cannot do.

On the 19th, the signing was completed, and the statements from both sides were immediately disseminated both domestically and internationally, becoming known to the world.

The suspense in the hearts of the people of the port city was resolved, and there was no major reaction!

"You should take it back here. The Iron Woman is still very pragmatic; she chooses the weaker opponent."

"Heaven is too far away from you and too close to us. This woman is very pragmatic, and there will be no shortage of people criticizing her in the future."

"You don't care?"

"We're all adults; we're responsible for walking the path we've chosen."

"You might be right; we adults are responsible for our actions. The SAS has done a good job in cracking down on bank robbery gangs."

"You've exaggerated their abilities. Their skill level is quite average. A 3:11 victory was achieved only with superior weaponry and intelligence, and it's not something to brag about."

Considering they only have a few hundred men, how long can they hold out if they continue fighting like this? Without surprise attacks, their advantage is minimal.

"I don't understand warfare, and I don't know how many of them there are. The outcome is not my concern."

The stock market here seems to be improving. How about I buy some stocks?

"what ever."

"I'm investing 500 million NiuNiu coins, which shouldn't have a significant impact on your stock market. I'll be entering the market in stages, so this time I don't need your advice; I'll buy stocks myself."

"Hehe, I'm still rich now, I'm not afraid of losing money."

"That's right."

I took Maserati to my hometown for half a month. The car factory was divided into two parts, located next to the Dongda Group's car factory. Both places have complete automotive industry chains.

Some parts factories are just adding one or two more workshops, which is not a big deal; we are very familiar with this.

Back in Hong Kong, He Yuzhu didn't go out again. The Lunar New Year wasn't too far away, and it was difficult for the family to reunite these days. They could only wait until the Lunar New Year.

This year's Spring Festival falls relatively late on February 20th, so He Yuzhu still has some company matters to handle.

Raising wages is the top priority. The last two years have seen a crazy surge in wages in Hong Kong, from a median wage of HK$1500 in 80 to HK$5900 in 85.

The increase was almost four times!

The price rose from HK$5900 in 85 to nearly HK$9000 in 97.

The net increase over twelve years was only 0.525 times, while the wage increases in recent years have been too exaggerated.

Dongda Group's annual salary expenditure has reached HK$155 billion, which is similar to that in the previous life.

The salary increase of HK$3000 over the next twelve years was acceptable, but by 97, all the manufacturing industry could be moved away, resulting in a hollow city.

Last year, more than a thousand workers finally reached retirement age. The normal retirement age for Dongda Group is 66 for men and 55 for women, with senior officials having a five-year delay.

This wasn't forced; it was a rule set by Zhao Youcai when the first company's garment factory was built thirty years ago.

With 1,400 people retiring, Dongda Group did not hire a single new employee. Everyone in the port city understands that the garment and toy factories are facing great pressure and are essentially laying off workers.

However, unlike many factories, they did not lay off any full-time employees without cause, but waited for them to retire.

This is already the most benevolent and righteous thing to do!

These retirees did indeed receive 55% of their wages from when they were working, which was 5% higher than expected.

"Mr. Ho, we will reduce our workforce by more than 61,000 in the next four years. We can now merge and relocate the factories without having to wait until after 2008."

By September 1994, our group had only 33,400 employees left across all its subsidiaries, all of whom had entered the real estate and service industries.

No manufacturing plants need to be left behind; over the next ten years, we'll see how the industrial zone is transformed.

"From 1955 to 1994, over a period of forty years, 190,000 employees retired. Most of the new employees are around thirty years old, which reduces our burden by more than one-third."

The manufacturing plant equipment can be recycled; there's no need to move it. We'll look at the land in the five districts again and develop Saigon first.

By 97, the population had reached 650 million, and many people did not own houses. Judging from the attitude of the higher-ups, we should cooperate.

Land is expensive, and the real estate industry is profitable. Now, not many people are trying to obstruct the construction of public housing in order to make more money in real estate, and there will be far fewer pro-independence public intellectuals.

We can't let them gain any traction!

"That's the situation. The Big Circle Gang and the SAS are currently evenly matched. If the fighting continues, the SAS will be in trouble; they've lost their stealth and intelligence capabilities, and they're too short-handed."

"Isn't this normal? When the Niu Niu people don't have normal intelligence capabilities, they are bound to lose. Only 67 people came in the two waves, while the Big Circle Gang still has more than 700 people."

The Big Circle Gang's predecessors were not ordinary people; their numbers were vastly different!

"in spite of."

"Why should I care? The Big Circle Gang will take care of the Japanese and drive out the board of directors of Ngau Fung Bank. I'll thank them."

"Hahaha, they really lived up to their former military background. They were really into attacking the Japanese banks. The seven major and minor Japanese banks suffered the most losses, and they almost got their headquarters taken over."

The attacks on Niufeng Bank have simply decreased significantly!

"When the time is right, let Kuang Biao and his gang go have some fun. Niu Feng Bank is the key; it's the key for the Niu Niu people to plunder our territory."

"The port city will continue to be in chaos. The collateral we recovered from 56 entities may result in a loss of 4.7 billion. We don't know how much Niu Feng Bank will lose."

"Ignore them. We promised the Iron Woman we would heavily participate in cracking down on them."

"Ng Fung Bank seems to be hoping to make a profit in the stock market. After we divested some of our assets from the various shares, the stock price rose year by year, but their increase was very small."

"That's for the best."

The SAS was filled with resentment and bitterness in Hong Kong. The so-called world's number one special forces unit had performed a humiliating defeat, unable to even obtain reliable intelligence from the Sixth Division.

After fighting for almost a month, they had lost 24 comrades, 21 dead and 3 seriously injured, the latter of whom were discharged with severe disabilities.

Commander Gison slammed his fist on the table in anger. He only had forty-two men left, and without any intelligence, he could only hold out in Central, along Queen's Road Central, Des Voeux Road Central, Pedder Street, and Jackson Road.

They considered using the intelligence from the Sixth Bureau to launch a preemptive strike, outnumbering the enemy and eliminating these large gangs.

The idea was great, but the reality was harsh!

After Dongda Group successively purged "banana people" (people who are outwardly civic-minded but inwardly civic-minded), there were almost no people left to serve their Sixth Division, and even the few remaining dared not speak for themselves.

Or maybe they simply didn't know where the Big Circle Gang was hiding. This battle was so frustrating that the renowned Sixth Bureau couldn't even get any useful intelligence. Can you believe it?

"Kison, I'm very sorry, this is not the port city it was 20 years ago. There are people watching this place, and not many people are willing to cooperate with us. They are afraid of retaliation."

We can't do anything about it. If all else fails, we'll have to let them handle it. Sir Ho doesn't like us. This time, it was the Iron Woman who pleaded for us; otherwise, we wouldn't be able to get onto the Hong Kong land.

Ms. W, now fifty years old, is very composed and has lost her former impetuousness, truly becoming a leader.

"They're so terrifying, why shouldn't we do anything about it?"

"After we discovered them, they had already grown too big, and even if we had three to five times more troops here, it wouldn't make a difference."

In the past two years, our allies lost over three hundred elites here, their bodies never seen again. Fortunately, we didn't participate.

And that bear, along with Little Eagle, suffered the greatest losses. Special forces personnel alone lost over 130 people, without even touching a hair on the head of the Dongda Group. The total losses exceeded 400.

"Is it that scary? What do we do?"