My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 282: The first-class

Maybe you won’t have such a strong feeling even if you come during the day.

Just two gray brick factory buildings that were very common in that era.

But at night, if there is an incandescent lamp hanging in the corner, it might be a bit confusing if you come alone.

The crew of more than 20 people saw a terrace built between two small buildings standing at an angle, and huge white tarpaulins were pulled out on both sides.

It was a hot September day, so perhaps the original intention was to add an awning.

But the old house, which was already twenty or thirty years old, has now spread its wings like a butterfly and undergone a transformation with vitality.

Especially since this place is right on the cliff by the river, next to it is the mighty Yangtze River, with a few fishing lights dotted here and there.

So at night it seems unreal and dreamy.

Those who can participate in the filming of TV dramas generally have some artistic appreciation.

I immediately fell in love with this little-known prefecture-level city.

More than a dozen rooms, upstairs and downstairs, were immediately divided into sections.

Let Weidong encourage everyone to use the firewood nearby to build a bonfire in the fire pit in the yard, and sit around the fire to hold a meeting and drink tea, which is as comfortable as being in heaven.

But he himself doesn't enjoy it.

I took Wu Xi with me and walked along the path behind the match factory to visit the back door of the sanitary napkin factory.

It was past nine in the evening, but the lights were still on in the sanitary napkin factory, which had nearly two thousand employees working in three shifts.

"There are nearly two thousand people in each shift." As Weidong passed by employees who were busy delivering materials and moving finished products out of the warehouse, many who recognized him greeted him.

He felt it was worth it: "We have people trying their best to dismantle and learn from the imported production line in the Pingjing factory. Once the imitation is successful, the production capacity will be greatly improved, and so we won't need so many people. So I'm not very active in promoting it. No one can predict what the future will be like. I'm trying my best to ensure that more people can have a better life during this period."

Wu Xi watched very seriously and even took some pictures with a cheap X camera.

These days, Weidong often goes to the city to organize a large number of photos of the trip to HK into slides, and distributes them to various departments such as municipal administration, environmental protection, transportation, and construction in different categories.

Hong Kong is indeed far ahead of the mainland in terms of urban appearance at this time. Even though there are still many dilapidated buildings and bad land in different corners, it is obvious that money can flow into people's livelihood even if it is just a little bit from the cracks in their fingernails.

Wu Xi also went there every time, and then took the camera that Weidong had given her and took pictures frequently: "You are very rare. Many people have gone crazy when they find ways to make money at this time, and they just want to desperately make more money."

Haha, the tax system may still subconsciously remind Weidong to respect the state apparatus. Besides, he subconsciously looks at the long term, at least forty years from now.

No matter what, I want to experience that era safely.

At the current pace, if one only has billions of wealth in forty years, the family will be considered to have fallen on hard times.

How to run smoothly is the most interesting part.

So rebirth not only gave Wei Dong the golden finger to open his third eye, but also gave him the instinct to see the long term.

But he was invincible: "You are very rare. Many people with your background can't wait to start grabbing the opportunity to make money."

"I also want to make money. How about you show me the way?" Wu Xi said slowly.

Rang Weidong waved his hand: "No, if you care about making money, then all fairness will be lost. Who can grab opportunities as good as you? I only choose the third-tier factories with difficult operations and poor restructuring, and the scraps in the impoverished areas. No one will look down on these."

"Well, just like the characteristic of Sichuan cuisine, which is to make delicious dishes by adding strong seasonings to various leftovers, you didn't choose fresh seafood or precious ingredients, but you finally made them into delicious dishes."

Rang Weidong suggested again: "I'm mainly here to check on the operations of the food factory, sanitary napkin factory, and industrial park. If you have time, you can come with me to the rural mountainous areas of Shangzhou to see what the poorest people are like. I also need this kind of motivation to push myself forward."

Wu Xi agreed.

Of course, they slept in the same room at night and talked all night long.

The next morning, before dawn, the crew had not yet gotten up, so Wei Dong took Wu Xi to the free purchase and sale wholesale market outside.

And there are huge crowds of people with lights on!

I don't know who started this trend, but people are jumping on it from all directions.

If you come early, you can queue up to buy the limited-edition and low-priced wholesale cloth, washbasins, steel pots and other industrial products in the market.

At around seven or eight o'clock, they would rush back to their respective towns and villages to welcome the villagers who were going to the market so as not to delay their business.

Therefore, the villagers who sell agricultural and sideline products also come early.

Citizens have all figured out the trick and can now have better and fresher chicken, duck, fish and meat for breakfast.

So everyone competes with each other to see who can get up earlier.

Weidong was a little amused and confused. There was no need for this at all.

But business was indeed booming, and they walked around, taking a few more photos. Across from the market, the two-story office building in the Beijiaochang Industrial Park, also owned by Beijiaochang Urban Development Co., Ltd., was closed.

I asked Weidong to point and signaled that I could take a picture, then walked across the bridge to take a look at the food factory.

The progress of the building here has slowed down a lot. Although there has been no shortage of cash flow recently, the construction of Liujin Building is a bottomless pit. Therefore, Dong Xueying is very strict in supplying small amounts to control construction costs.

In fact, it was the two factories in Shangzhou that were providing financial support to Jiangzhou Company. In any case, all the payments from all over the country had to be intercepted from Jiangzhou.

Of course, the biggest contribution comes from the increase in income of local labor force in Shangzhou.

The pork liver and intestine noodles on West Second Street are gone, only mixed sauce noodles and beef noodles are left, and now a lot more people are eating them.

The two of them slurped down a big bowl of steaming noodles and ran into a guy from the park management committee who also came to have breakfast before work.

Rang Weidong told him right at the table to take good care of the crew and take them to some of the most authentic neighborhoods in the city to shoot.

When the park was first being built, Rang Weidong boasted that a film crew would come to shoot a revolutionary TV series and even mentioned the name of the inscription.

The guy quickly gobbled it up and ran away laughing.

Weidong took his time to stroll and chat with the slaughterhouse about the recent number of live pigs slaughtered, and ask about the foreign trade export situation of the casings.

He then explained to Wu Xi why this slaughterhouse was so different from others and how it could have so many foreign trade orders in such an inland prefecture-level city.

Of course, I also told Wu Xi the story about the changed Qing Dynasty casing label.

Wu Xi is the typical know-it-all who likes to find out all kinds of news, and he particularly likes this kind of gossip that is both unexpected and reasonable.

After walking along West Second Street, there happened to be a delicatessen stall, so Weidong bought two kilograms of it with his own money, and also bought two bottles of local Taibai wine.

Take it to the city to meet the old leader.

Wu Xi noticed it and said, "No wonder you changed your coat before leaving yesterday. You're really thoughtful."

Qin Yuye asked Weidong to wear a corduroy casual suit in Jiangzhou. It was a new HK model that Qin Yuye helped him choose. It was very low-key and steady, and he would not lose face even when standing among Hong Kong businessmen.

But when she left yesterday, she changed into the down cotton jacket that Dong Xueying bought at the wholesale market behind. It was already quite fashionable, but when she returned to Shangzhou, the difference wasn't that big when she changed into the Western-style clothes.

Rang Weidong hummed: "We small-time people don't have that much room for error, nor do we have that many resources. Even if we want to do a decent business, we have to secretly accumulate money for several months. So we have to be careful and cautious. If we make a mistake once, we may never be able to recover."

Wu Xi pondered, "But many people in your situation tend to get caught up in local entanglements, obsessed with the means and forgetting the overall situation. In fact, your overall perspective is the strongest."

Wei Dong thought that since he had opened his third eye, he must have a broad perspective. “Luck, luck, I don’t dare to talk about a broad perspective.”

As he said this, he walked into the city compound that was completely open to him, and asked Weidong to sign in at the gatehouse honestly.

I'm all too familiar with the mentality of this position.

Wu Xi watched speechlessly, you are simply impeccable.

As soon as he entered the building, he greeted everyone along the way, thanking even the secretary, and everyone also greeted him warmly.

However, seeing the old leader, Weidong only mentioned casually: "Comrade Wu came to Jiangzhou and Shangzhou for an inspection with the TV crew. I also said that he would contact them in all aspects."

The old leader must have known who it was and didn't ask any more questions.

He lit a cigarette and listened to Weidong explain the situation of several Hong Kong businessmen investing in Jiangzhou. He also gave Wu Xi a brief overview: "Are there risks? Of course there are. Real estate is a hot commodity. These Hong Kong businessmen have amassed billions of wealth in real estate in Hong Kong."

"This time I went there to investigate and really get to know their real estate market. There's nothing in the suburbs. It's like the newly developed area behind the machinery factory across from Shangzhou. High-rise residential buildings are going for 5000 Hong Kong dollars per square meter."

So if you really go to Hong Kong, you'll find a lot of things you can say: "Ten thousand Hong Kong dollars in the downtown area is about two thousand five hundred or five thousand yuan per square meter, while the buildings we develop in Jiangzhou are only 350 yuan per square meter. Can you say their construction technology is more advanced, their individual buildings are taller, and their costs are many times higher? They're just making a killing."

Wu Xi was not shy: "Then you also said that selling houses to employees is to give them better jobs without the pressure of mortgage payments?"

Rang Weidong wasn't kidding. "But you can't make it too expensive. And even the government is joining in the real estate push to drive up prices. Everyone in Hong Kong is at fault for housing prices, including consumers, who fear losing money if prices fall. So real estate is a social issue, and we must be cautious. That's why I've never been involved in real estate. I'm doing well in product trading, so why would I get involved?"

As expected, the conservatives were more radical than him: "You understand the truth, so you should be included as the mainstay. Jiangzhou made a good move, but it is true that only Jiangzhou can take on this situation. Shangzhou should first stabilize the current industrial and agricultural mutual assistance situation, and then strive to participate."

Before Weidong even announced the total investment of 3 billion in commercial real estate, you sold me out directly.

But he had to admit that this was a brilliant position: "Indeed, at my instigation, they established seven Hong Kong-funded manufacturing plants, all of which will be located in the Economic Development Zone. Besides the original jeans factory, there are the four subsequent garment factories, an electrical appliance factory, and a printing factory. The biggest reason for placing them in Jiangzhou is that Jiangzhou has the foundation for supporting industries. We must strive to help these factories grow bigger and stronger. Shangzhou is sending a large number of workers to Jiangzhou, which can be regarded as an indirect improvement of Shangzhou's economic situation."

There is no narrow regional concept at all. Jiangzhou has the advantages of Jiangzhou, and Shangzhou, as a poor area, tries to send as much labor as possible, which in turn brings a lot of income back to Shangzhou.

As a result, Wu Xi, the bastard, actually said, "Then you have to develop real estate in Shangzhou. Otherwise, all the Shangzhou workers will buy houses in Jiangzhou, and their money will stay there."

The old leader agreed: "That's right! Weidong, you develop the real estate in Shangzhou. I believe there will be no mistakes. I will take the responsibility!"

Is this something that has to be forced upon us?

(End of this chapter)