My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 865 And I will love the world you love.
If the release of "The Chess King" in Hong Kong left a ripple...

That leaves only the ending theme song, "As You Wish".

The film doesn't have a female lead, but Ah Ling still makes an appearance as a female educated youth, so she can be considered to have gotten a role by association.

Then he "sang" the ending theme song.

Dressed in the typical attire of an educated youth sent to the countryside, he stood thoughtfully on the streets of Shanghai, in the countryside of eastern Guangdong, and in various movie scenes. He "sang" this song in the end credits, using an MTV-style format.

Hong Kong film critics have almost all noticed this song, which is completely different from the style of the current patriotic songs in mainland China.

"While it seems to express the flow of emotions such as love, family affection, and friendship, what I feel from the description is not only the creator's expectations and hopes for himself, and his yearning and pursuit for the future, but also his dissatisfaction and resentment towards the status quo..."

"The melody is light and beautiful, the lyrics are concise and clear, and the emotions are deep and powerful. It expresses both the inner contradictions and aspirations of the people of mainland China, and also conveys a positive and uplifting sentiment..."

"This clearly expresses the expectations for 'mothers.' What has been gained from this unwavering devotion? Does a mother love her children? This is where the film touched me the most: what have the children gained..."

Wei Dong still reads Hong Kong newspapers every day to keep up with the latest topics in Hong Kong, and he sees more news about Chow Yun-fat leading the basketball team in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand.

It's quite a feat to finally find this little bit of information related to "The Chess King," and all I can say is that these writers really know how to make a fuss over nothing.

He tossed it aside dismissively and listened as Chi Shiming recounted the situation in Shanghai: "Haha, ever since you went to Beijing for the meeting, Shanghai has been extremely friendly to us, offering all sorts of support. Jenny's second brother is incredibly envious. A few days ago, he went to your brother-in-law's restaurant to ask us to host a banquet. He was just admitting his inferiority and wanted to use us to acquire land in the city to build a commercial center."

Wei Dong scoffed, "Then why don't you seize the opportunity? This land is definitely no problem. There are many capable people in Shanghai, but at this time everyone is watching the wind. You two are both from Hong Kong, so you can take it, but you have to use the state-owned enterprise private sector approach... sigh."

At this point, he still had to admit that the theory summarized by You Qili had become a powerful tool in actual operation.

Regardless of whether this has been publicly agreed upon, at least these four words convey a strong sense of policy.

It is also the best way to transition.

The biggest drawback of this approach is that once private operators become greedy and their assets become easy prey, state-owned assets become easy prey to be slaughtered, and in the end, they have no choice but to take drastic measures and leave a mess behind.

Therefore, any operation that gains the approval of Wei Dong's faction will most likely be agreed upon.

Wei Dong has now come to realize that this is an inevitable stage, and they must find a way to rescue those abandoned state-owned assets, such as the third-tier factories.

So during those meetings, he suggested that the operators of state-owned and private enterprises should ideally be capable people within the system, and that control over the operators should never be relaxed.

If you want power, don't want money; if you want to make money, don't cling to power.

This model has at least incubated a series of well-known large enterprises such as tobacco factories, refrigerator factories, and water plants, but problems will arise as long as the operators' desire for control exceeds that of state-owned assets.

Isn't Hong Tiancheng the same?

If he doesn't make a move, Chi Shiming doesn't need to either; Jenny's second brother can give it a try.

But we can't do something for nothing, right? "He definitely has to give something in return. We can't just ask for nothing. He was so rude at the wedding. He has to give something in return, right?"

Chi Shiming laughed loudly: "I admire you! Big brother, even that silly woman Jenny asked me why I can manage such a large business and understand the tricks of real estate in mainland China, so why I still need to follow you. I just gave her the trick of becoming the president of the Basketball Association!"

When Leung Ka-fai wasn't filming, he would just volunteer to be Wei-tung's driver, and he wouldn't say a word while the two of them were chatting in the van.

Wei Dong leaned back comfortably in the second row of seats: "Oh my, you're calling me a silly woman now that we're married. Didn't you used to call me Miss, Miss? How's Uncle De's health recovering?"

Chi Shiming wasn't particularly respectful to his father-in-law: "He's alright, he can still talk and got up with help. We'll try to help him recover in the next stage. Look at him, he's been involved in real estate, amusement parks, TV stations, and movie theaters for decades. He never expected you to do this, eldest brother. Everyone thinks that economic status determines social status, but actually, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort once you have social status!"

Intellectuals in the 1970s and 80s didn't have many miscellaneous books; they mostly studied the same few anthologies over and over again.

The theoretical level was actually quite high, but the educated youth had already begun to desperately want to return to the city and their hometowns, while the college students were just beginning to give their opinions, and were still quite naive.

As a child of overseas Chinese, Chi Shiming completed high school at the best official middle school for children of overseas Chinese in Jiangzhou, which is better than Rang Weidong's background from a county-level middle school.

But Wei Dong was a lord with divine insight. He chuckled and scolded Chi Shiming, saying his theoretical knowledge was far inferior to You Qili's, and told him not to show off: "Wait... what did you just say?"

Chi Shiming then pondered: "Does economic status determine social status?"

Wei Dong squinted: "Just now?"

Chi Shiming repeated, "Movie theater, TV station?"

Wei Dong frowned: "Uncle De owns a movie theater, not a film company?"

Chi Shiming hadn't cared: "It's a small business. It's in the hands of Jenny's fifth brother, the second wife's. At its peak, it had fourteen cinemas. Later, Uncle De got involved in real estate and television, and gradually sold off some cinemas. Now there are still three or four in its hands, but they don't have much output value."

Wei Dong raised his voice: "Brother Hui, do you know what's going on?"

Leung Ka-fai, who wants to start a girls' magazine, is still quite gossipy: "They only operate cinemas and don't make movies. Uncle Tak made his fortune in Shanghai by operating cinemas, so he came to Hong Kong to develop in the same way. He only turned to the real estate boom in the 1960s. He made money from real estate and then acquired a TV station. He judged that television was the replacement for movies. He certainly didn't expect Hong Kong films to be so popular now."

Wei Dong suggested, "Let's make a movie theater then. If Jenny's second brother can hand over the movie theater business to us, we can help him get land for the commercial center in Shanghai."

Chi Shiming didn't even ask what their idea was about getting the movie theater: "Okay, I'll go pass on the message later."

Wei Dong casually asked, "At your wedding, you mentioned that you thought the mainland real estate industry would boom within two or three years. What was your basis for that judgment?"

Chi Shiming immediately leaned in from behind like a lackey and whispered, "You're always running around, meeting big leaders and big bosses, while I'm stuck in Shanghai... Let's put it this way, it's a consensus that real estate can make money, and it's easy for people in Shanghai to understand this. You haven't hidden your operations in Beijing, Shanghai, and Jiangzhou. The difficulty lies in the initial capital, right?"

This is why Wei Dong agreed. The main reason why Chi Shiming chose to pursue Jenny was because Wei Dong didn't have much cash on hand at the time. He preferred to invest his money in computers, semiconductors, or even cars. What technology is involved in real estate?
But Chi Shiming was a man determined to get into real estate: "Tell me, right now, besides us, who in the mainland has this kind of financial strength? Leaving aside those crazy people who have nothing but dare to make money out of thin air, who is the best person to get this kind of funding?"

Wei Dong understood a little, and glanced at it casually: "It's already appeared?"

Chi Shiming gave him an affirmative look: "It's here. You forgot? I went to Jiangzhou People's Primary School and People's Middle School when I was little. Most of my classmates back then were children of cadres, and quite a few were from leadership families. You could tell just by the smell. They didn't have money, but they could get notes, approvals, and all sorts of documents from the bank. I met one or two former classmates, and I also met some shrewd people who married into these kinds of families. They're even more familiar with that smell, aren't they? Exactly the same as me!"

Hearing the self-deprecating tone of the top real estate henchman, Wei Dong reached out and covered his hand: "Ah Ming, that's why I've always told you, treating Jenny well for the rest of your life is more impressive than building a bunch of real estate projects and succeeding. You're after Jenny as a person, never her family's business. On the contrary, they have to rely on you. That's the most awesome comeback!"

The slight extremism in Chi Shiming's eyes began to dissipate: "That's why I said you're the boss for life. I'm under a lot of pressure. I've been used to this kind of scene since I was a child. Why do they get whatever they want, and now they have to watch the faces of these rich kids and be looked down upon by them? Only you are the strongest, the president of the Basketball Association, hahaha, you're awesome!"

Wei Dong mocked him, "That's nothing. You do a good job. The day you move into your own Repulse Bay or Deep Water Bay house, I'll nominate you for president of the Bridge Association. Mahjong is fine too. That counts as exercise, right?"

Chi Shiming laughed so hard he could barely stand up straight, and he gave his older brother a thumbs-up with difficulty.

It's all about tactics. Once Wei Dong tests and establishes a pattern, this guy likes to buy in bulk.

Maybe they can use the same tactics to take over the leadership positions one by one.

The main issue is that it's quite far to Qingshui Bay, more than ten kilometers away. We visited the art village buildings, which are basically complete, but the final decorations won't be finished until after the Spring Festival next year. We'll see how the work is assigned at the upcoming Shanghai-Haikou Working Conference.

Chi Shiming complained that the main problem was that the automobile industrial park had taken away a large number of workers, which slowed down his construction progress in the international community, and the workers newly recruited from Jiangzhou and Shangzhou needed time to adapt.

Wei Dong then had to coordinate resources between departments: "How about this, when I go to Shanghai at the end of the month for the national work conference, I'll also help you with the sales of the international community properties?"

Chi Shiming was pleasantly surprised: "Really?! Are you sure it will sell well?"

Wei Dong was very confident: "Leave it to me!"

Chi Shiming happily let Wei Dong touch him all over, and he even acted a bit like the shameless and lewd character played by Leung Ka-fai.

His main investment in Shanghai is in international communities, and a portion of that has already been built, which requires a significant amount of capital.

If Wei Dong is allowed to sell a batch first, it will help him recover completely, and then he will officially embark on the healthy path of using sales to support construction.

However, the Shanghai market requires the price to be over two thousand US dollars per square meter. In the current market where it is still one thousand yuan per square meter, how can it be sold?

(End of this chapter)