Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 257: Northwest Laboratory Agents Develop

February 1, 1963, Longxing Research Institute, Guozi Lane, Beijing.

The New Year has passed, many workers have returned to work, and Zhao Mancang has also officially started working.

But he never expected that He Changyun, who had just been discharged from the hospital, would appear at the Longxing Research Institute in Guozi Lane.

Seeing the other person's pale face and still very thin smile, Zhao Mancang couldn't help but exclaimed:
"Comrade He, shouldn't you have just been discharged from the hospital? Why are you here? You should be resting more instead of running around. Have you forgotten everything I told you before?"

"Director Zhao, I haven't forgotten. I just wanted to come over and tell you that I want to come to your Longxing Research Institute, or more precisely, I want to go to the Shaya Laboratory you established in the northwest."

Zhao Mancang heard this and shook his head:

"The Shaya Laboratory hasn't officially started yet. Even if it was to start, it wouldn't be at this point in time. Besides, you haven't recovered from your illness yet. It's too early to talk about this now."

"Comrade He, I suggest you go back and have a good rest first. We can talk about this after you recover from your illness."

The environment in Northwest China is simply not suitable for patients like He Changyun.

What's more, there are no medical resources there at all. Even if it is started, it will be difficult for Zhao Mancang to invest much medical resources there.

The most important point is that it is too difficult to communicate with the outside world there. The nearest inhabited place is at least 500 kilometers away from the Shaya Laboratory.

Five hundred kilometers is a very long distance, and many people would despair.

So no matter what, He Changyun is not suitable to go there.

After rejecting He Changyun, Zhao Mancang called professors Hu Baoshan, Peng Xitian, Wei Changyuan, Gan Guangde and others to come for a meeting, mainly to determine the work of recruiting college students this year and the quota issue at Shaya Laboratory.

The first task of recruiting college students was relatively simple and was finalized in less than five minutes. It could be said that all we had to do was notify Hu Baoshan and others. However, the second task was not so easy to carry out.

Because that is the Taklamakan Desert area, the largest desert in the eastern part of China. To outsiders, this place in the Northwest is majestic, rugged and thick, but to the locals, it is an endless desolation.

Whether it is Hu Baoshan or Peng Xitian, these professors have either been to the Northwest or have colleagues or friends working there, and they are well aware of the environment there.

Hu Baoshan and others were somewhat reluctant to work in such a place.

Zhao Mancang saw that they didn't say anything for a long time, and he already understood.

"Professors, the laboratory in Shaya is actually not as bad as you think. But I won't force you. Since you are not willing to go there, then forget it."

"Then I'll go to the lab and ask other people if they have anyone willing to be the project leader."

This is not a provocation, but just a statement of fact, and it is indeed what Zhao Mancang is thinking at the moment.

It is now February, the worst time for Shaya Laboratory. Zhao Mancang will definitely not send anyone to start the laboratory at this time.

Gan Guangde and others remained silent upon hearing this. After a long silence, Wei Changyuan finally spoke.

"Director Zhao, it's not that we don't want to work in the Northwest, but we're all old and tired. Going there would be too much trouble. We really can't handle it."

Hu Baoshan and his friends were actually not very old, around 40 or 50 years old. However, in an era when life expectancy was relatively low, people in their 40s and 50s were indeed considered old.

"Well, I understand. Then we're relying on you to support the rear of the capital. I'll select some young people to go to the Northwest. Anyway, things won't start up there soon. So let's leave it at that for now. Dismiss."

Zhao Mancang ended the meeting decisively and without wasting anyone's time.

Half an hour later, a piece of news spread throughout the Longxing Research Institute. Hundreds of researchers knew that Zhao Mancang was recruiting leaders for several new projects, and the salary and benefits had also increased significantly.

This is a very rare opportunity for young people, so many people actively signed up to participate.

Zhao Mancang handed this matter over to Hu Baoshan and others to select enough personnel and persons in charge to go to Shaya Laboratory, while he left early.

Zhao Mancang landed his plane at the Yumenguan Camp in the northwest. The place was still the same as before, with no changes.

"Leader Zhao, your plane is ready. Would you like to use it now or wait a while to rest?"

Camp director Zhang Wenhong personally welcomed Zhao Mancang with several airport staff and young soldiers. Zhang Wenhong was grateful to the latter from the bottom of his heart.

why?
Because Zhao Mancang had left a Mario M6147 passenger plane at their camp before. It was nominally owned by the Jiaolong Comprehensive Agency, but part of the usage rights fell to the Yumenguan camp.

From October last year to early February now, for a full four months, this aircraft was used entirely by their Yumenguan camp.

So far, it seems to be well maintained.

Zhao Mancang heard this and shook his head. "No, I don't need this plane right now. I need a helicopter. I'm leaving now."

Before coming here, he had already sent a telegram here. He thought there might be some problems, but now it seems that the cooperation is pleasant.

Since they were all soldiers, there was no excessive greeting between the two sides. Zhao Mancang drove the helicopter away first.

In Shaya area, near the airport, Zhao Mancang took a look at the airport runway covered with a layer of sand, and couldn't help but feel secretly happy. If he hadn't been smart and thought of this, he would definitely have to return now.

Just because this damn place has sandstorms from time to time, the airport runway will definitely be covered with sand. Landing here in a Mario M6147 passenger plane at this time is tantamount to seeking death.

The helicopter was not a big problem. After landing, Zhao Mancang began to clean up.

The entire Shaya area is very large, and it is almost March. Zhao Mancang didn't care about anything else and started a major project.

That is to start transplanting trees, flowers and plants on a large scale in the system space and turn this place into a desert oasis.

Over the past year or so, Zhao Mancang has not collected many plants from Central Asia and other places, so he can only barely plant a part of the area.

While clearing the sand in the area, Zhao Mancang was transplanting trees from the system space.

Half a day later, looking at the scene in front of him, Zhao Mancang let out a breath.

He left here first and ran to the nearby Lake Balkhash, intending to get some water and plants to bring back.

Lake Balkhash, the water level of this lake dropped by 1.2 meters last year, but now it has fully recovered. Because it is fed by the Ili River, it is relatively easy to store water, which is also good for Zhao Mancang.

The lake is surrounded by an oasis with many plants planted there, such as reeds, pine and cypress trees. Zhao Mancang accepted all of them and dug them all up.

But it wasn't a lot. In total, they took away more than 300 pine and cypress trees.

There are not many trees in the entire Lake Balkhash area. After Zhao Mancang stole some trees, he ran to other places nearby to collect trees.

The system space is large enough, so Zhao Mancang did not run back and forth, but planned to get more plants and fresh water resources from Central Asia and bring them back.

Anyway, the Taklamakan Desert is big enough, so his idea is to use the Shaya Laboratory area as the center and irrigate more fresh water in the surrounding desert areas. Maybe then some plants will grow naturally there.

In addition, Zhao Mancang also plans to build a reservoir around the Shaya Laboratory, not only a reservoir on the ground, but also a large amount of fresh water will be stored underground.

In this way, the entire Shaya Laboratory area will not be too short of water in the short term.

From Lake Balkhash to Lake Sassyk and then to Lake Alakol, the water and plants in these places have gradually and mysteriously become less, causing panic among the locals.

The news also reached Moscow, and Rublev was the first to know about it. Almost instantly, his vision went dark, and he became furious. He slammed the table:
"Mr. Zhao, you are going too far!"

This method is exactly the same as what Zhao Mancang did last year. It was he who destroyed the Lake Balkhash camp at that time. Unfortunately, the KGB has not been able to catch him until now.

I thought Zhao Mancang would never come again, but I didn’t expect him to come out again now. This is really too much!

Rublev reported this news to Sholokhov, but after hearing it, the latter was full of doubts:

"How can you be sure that this was done by someone named Zhao? This kind of thing is unpredictable. Do you think Zhao Mancang is not a human but a god?"

What god? It's possible that he was playing tricks on me, but Sholokhov didn't believe in ghosts or gods anyway.

For so many years, the KGB has never even seen Zhao Mancang, but has been pinning all these false charges on this person, as if this is the only way these cases can become unsolved cases.

That's why Sholokhov was so suspicious.

"No, he is indeed a human, but this person is very strange. Just as I suspected before, he is not necessarily just one person, but may be a group of people."

Hearing Rublev's speculation, Sholokhov shook his head and said:

"Comrade Prohot, you have to understand one thing. You are the head of our KGB intelligence department. You are not a soldier or an ordinary person. Don't try to fool me with this nonsense. Either find evidence that Zhao Mancang did it, or bring him back. I don't want to hear such unfounded speculation anymore. Do you understand?"

This was a complete waste of his time and he didn't want to hear about it anymore.

Upon hearing this, Rublev felt very angry, unwilling and helpless, but he could only accept the reality.

The higher-ups couldn't give him much help, and without sufficient funds and manpower, how could he send people to investigate thoroughly?

Not to mention what happened in Moscow, Zhao Mancang has already arrived at the deepest lake in the world, the famous Lake Baikal.

Lake Baikal has very rich freshwater resources, and the same is true for the vegetation types here, so Zhao Mancang was very rude and directly took away large tracts of it, even taking away the soil.

After nearly a week of hard work, Zhao Mancang finally returned to the Shaya Laboratory, and then planted all the water and plants he brought back in the surrounding areas of the Shaya Laboratory.

In the future, we will arrange for people to grow seedlings and plant them, and the entire Shaya area will become a real desert oasis.

After finishing all this, Zhao Mancang returned to Yumen Pass and asked Zhang Wenhong for a team.

This application has been submitted a long time ago, but it is only being used now.

In the past, the Shaya Laboratory naturally did not need soldiers to guard it, but now that the laboratory is about to be put into use, soldiers will definitely need to be arranged to guard it.

The soldiers at the Yumen Pass camp are the most suitable because they are already accustomed to life here. There is no problem in arranging them to help with guarding.

The team consists of 32 people in total, which is the strength of a platoon, but it is enough for the Shaya area.

The team leader is Qi Zizhou and the deputy team leader is Pan Enzhi. The two of them lead the team.

When they got off the plane and saw the Shaya Laboratory, they were stunned: "Leader Zhao, is this really a desert? How can there be so much vegetation?"

"This is the desert. You don't need to know its specific location. Your job from now on is to protect every plant and tree here. When the scientific researchers arrive here, you will also need to protect them."

Zhao Mancang pointed at the entire area of ​​Shaya Laboratory in front of him and said:

"You will stay here for the next few days. First, familiarize yourself with the terrain. The first priority is to ensure the cleanliness of the airport. If there is a sandstorm, be sure to protect yourself immediately. After the sandstorm passes, clean up the airport immediately."

"These lakes, vegetation, and so on, you can take care of them when you have time. If you don't have time, just ignore them. I will arrange for someone to deal with them later."

"The airport warehouse is here. There are more than a dozen cars here. You can drive around here. There are only a few roads here, and they will be gradually built later. Do you see those stones? Those are the materials needed for the subsequent road construction."

The sand in the desert is not suitable for use as building materials. Zhao Mancang is of course very clear about this, so he will not do such things.

Anyway, there is system space, and I can easily bring back more building materials, so there is no need to worry about these problems at all.

Soldiers like Pan Enzhi and Qi Zizhou nodded dully, never expecting that the place Zhao Mancang found was so awesome.

Logically speaking, isn't the Taklamakan Desert a super desert? How could there be such a large oasis?

However, no one knew these things before. After all, who would have the audacity to run to the heart of the desert to look for an oasis?
Anyway, no one would do this in the past.

After making the arrangements, Zhao Mancang returned to the capital.

In Guozi Lane, in the office of Longxing Research Institute, Zhao Mancang met several selected leaders.

"Comrades, you may have heard that from now on, your project teams will no longer be working in Beijing, but will be heading to the Northwest."

"Don't worry, although the natural environment in the Northwest is relatively harsh, the overall situation is not as dire as you imagine."

"I'll give you two days. Once you're ready, we'll set off!"

Xu Qinggong, Wu Shaoyun, Yang Yongfu and others nodded repeatedly, their eyes full of anticipation. After all, it was a new life.

After the meeting with everyone, Zhao Mancang went home and stayed for two days.

Zhao Huijun has already started school. According to her situation, if she can do well in the exams this semester and successfully pass the final exam of the second semester of the third year, she can skip to the fourth grade in September this year.

Last semester, she also took the final exam for the first semester of her third grade and passed it successfully.

If you want to skip grades, you will of course have to pay a price that ordinary people cannot afford. Otherwise, you can only proceed step by step.

After staying at home for two days, Zhao Mancang left the capital again on the third day.

The first batch of people going to Shaya Laboratory consists of 134 people, including project leaders such as Xu Qinggong. They will all be stationed at Shaya Laboratory.

Everyone, who had already prepared themselves mentally, set off for the airport of a military base in the suburbs of Beijing, where Zhao Mancang personally piloted a Mario M6147 passenger plane.

After the plane landed at the airport near the laboratory in Shaya area, Xu Qinggong, Yang Yongfu, Wu Shaoyun and others were shocked by the scene in front of them the moment they walked out of the cabin door.

The scene of the combination of desert and oasis was something they had not expected. The key point was that looking into the distance, there seemed to be quite a few lakes. Although the lakes were not big, they were indeed lakes.

What exactly is going on?

They have all prepared themselves mentally, believing that coming here is just like going to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, and that they must go through hardships.

Now it seems that there are a lot of green vegetation, lakes, and a straight airport here. Although everything looks very simple, it is beyond their imagination.

"Comrades, welcome to the Shaya Laboratory. This is the airport. In front of you is the airport warehouse. Look over here, that's your office area, and over on the other side is the living area."

Zhao Mancang gave them a brief introduction. Qi Zizhou, Pan Enzhi and others who were guarding here came over to help with the luggage and lead the way.

However, Zhao Mancang still waved and called out to Qi Zizhou, "Xiao Qi, arrange for a few people to drive to the belly of the cabin. Yes, right here. These supplies are shipped from the capital. Be careful."

After all this was done, Zhao Mancang called Xu Qinggong, Qi Zizhou and others to a meeting.

"Comrades, from now on, the Shaya Laboratory is officially in operation. You were all very clear about what projects you are responsible for when you were in Beijing. Now that you are here, if you need anything for work, please let me know as soon as possible." "As for daily needs, I don't think I need to say more, because we have prepared five warehouses here, which already store a large amount of food supplies. The only thing we lack is fresh vegetables."

"If you need fresh vegetables, you can build greenhouses here. However, these greenhouses cannot be too large, otherwise they will be easily buried by sandstorms. This area is the botanical garden planting area I have reserved for you. You can come here to plant whatever you need, and then you can harvest it yourself."

"In addition to the vegetable greenhouse, we also have a project called indoor vegetable cultivation technology. This project will be gradually launched in the future to ensure that everyone can eat fresh vegetables."

"Of course, we come here once every two weeks or so and bring in a lot of fresh vegetables to ensure that everyone has fresh vegetables to eat."

Zhao Mancang made these arrangements for them as soon as possible, so that these scientific researchers would have something to do after work instead of just working and doing scientific research all day long.

Along with the scientific researchers came several cooks, who were in charge of the canteen and ensured that Xu Qinggong and other scientific researchers had food to eat.

In a place like this, you definitely eat from a big pot instead of cooking your own food.

And everyone has a quantitative standard. This quantitative standard is not an external standard, but the standard of Shaya Laboratory.

For example, in the meat sector, one of the warehouses has a frozen meat warehouse, which stores more than one thousand tons of frozen meat.

One ton of frozen meat is enough to feed one person for 5.4 years. If it is one thousand tons, it is enough to feed one thousand people for more than five years.

There are only more than a hundred people in the current Shaya Laboratory, and a thousand tons of frozen meat can last for a long time.

However, the number of personnel will definitely continue to increase in the future, not just the hundred or so people including Xu Qinggong.

As for domestic water, there is no need to worry about it. The water in the lake is clean and drinkable. Many wells have been drilled in the living area. These wells are very well protected, so there is no need to worry about water problems.

Everything from food, accommodation and transportation has been arranged. Zhao Mancang's words made everyone very happy because it meant there was no need to worry.

The only troublesome thing is that there is no possibility of contacting the outside world here. You are not allowed to bring a telegraph machine, and even if you bring one, it is useless because Zhao Mancang has already activated several signal blockers here.

After making all these arrangements, Zhao Mancang left.

But as soon as Zhao Mancang left, someone secretly started the telegraph machine and prepared to send a telegram.

"Researcher Guo, what are you doing here?"

Pan Enzhi was patrolling the Shaya area with a patrol team of ten people. Late at night, he saw Guo Taoshun wandering around here stealthily.

It can’t be said to be sneaky, because everyone is new here and is curious about the place, which is not surprising.

But Guo Taoshun ran so far away and was wandering in the woods. Isn’t he really afraid?

"Oh, I came here to take a look. I'm quite knowledgeable about plants and want to see why these trees can grow so well here."

Guo Taoshun looked unnatural and panicked, and hurriedly explained.

He was not a qualified spy and entered the Longxing Research Institute by chance. He didn't expect that he would be arranged to come to this remote place before he had even stayed in the capital for a few days.

"This is a desert area. It's unlikely that these plants would grow so well. This is common sense."

Listening to Guo Taoshun's clear and logical explanation, and because it was dark, Pan Enzhi didn't notice the other party's unnatural expression.

"Then you'd better be careful. Although this is a desert and the possibility of large carnivores appearing here is relatively small, it is an oasis after all, and the vegetation is so lush that no one can predict what will happen. Anyway, we just arrived not long ago and haven't completed the inspection yet."

After chatting with Guo Taoshun for a few words, Pan Enzhi took the team away.

Not long after leaving, someone in the team whispered to Pan Enzhi, asking why he didn't check on Guo Taoshun?
"Haha, do you have evidence to suspect he's a spy? If you don't have any evidence, don't alert him!"

Paine asked back with a smile.

Anyway, it is impossible for everyone to leave here, although no one knows how long it will take to reach the inhabited areas outside after leaving Shaya Laboratory.

But judging from the relatively lax management here, it is unlikely to leave here on foot.

The only means of transportation to escape from here is the helicopter that has been locked in the airport warehouse. As for cars, being able to drive ten kilometers in the desert is very amazing.

Because it is a desert area, there is sand everywhere, and no one knows what dangers there will be in the desert. It is better to ride a camel than to drive.

Helicopters have a greater possibility, but it is actually useless because they also have a mileage limit.

Not everyone is Zhao Mancang who can cheat.

For more than a month, Zhao Mancang either stayed in Beijing or traveled between Beijing and Shaya Laboratory. In the midst of his busy schedule, it was almost April.

The season of lush grass and singing birds is almost over, and the most beautiful April in the world is about to come.

The plants around the capital have regained new vitality, creating a thriving scene.

Taking advantage of such beautiful scenery, Zhao Mancang took his family out for a spring outing and played in the nearby suburbs.

Having a car allows you to go back and forth on the same day, and it is also nice to go out and relax during the holidays.

Taking a break from his busy schedule, time quickly entered April. Before the Qingming Festival, Zhao Mancang went out again. This time he went to Hong Kong Island.

He took a ferry from Baiyun City to Hong Kong Island, and after arriving there, he became "Zhao Changshou".

It is now April of 1963, and the economic development of Hong Kong Island is becoming more and more prosperous. Most of the real estate companies in Hong Kong Island, including Lixin Real Estate, have started to build properties, and a large number of houses have sprung up.

At the same time, due to the population explosion, the Governor's Office was busy building more housing estates to rent to ordinary citizens who could not afford to buy a house.

This is a typical case of "competing with the people for profits". Many real estate companies are very angry, but there is nothing they can do.

The Governor's Office is not stupid. Real estate is definitely very profitable. Although it is rented, it can still bring in considerable income and has a very good effect on the social stability of the entire Hong Kong Island.

At the Repulse Bay Villa, Zhao Mancang was looking after his two children while reading a newspaper.

Liu Baochan has gone out to buy groceries. She said she wanted to make a delicious meal for Zhao Mancang, so she went to select the ingredients herself.

After living in Hong Kong for more than a year, Liu Baochan has become very accustomed to life here. She has even learned how to make soup. She will make soup to drink every week or every once in a while.

This is the custom in the south, people like to drink soup.

"I am back."

The gate of the villa was opened, and Liu Baochan's voice came over. Zhao Zhicheng's two babies immediately babbled and wanted to be held by their mother because they liked their mother more.

As for their father Zhao Mancang, the two children are not very fond of him because they are rarely together.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Zhao Mancang put down the newspaper. Although he still had a lot of work to do, he still held back.

After staying in the villa for two days, Zhao Mancang went to the major office buildings to start handling related work.

To be honest, he has already hired a management team, and even if he hasn't shown up for half a year, the names of these industries will not change.

But every once in a while, he would show up to make sure there were no problems with his business.

As the boss, Zhao Mancang only formulates major plans such as the development direction of the company. Specific plans, project formulation, profits, etc. need to be completed by the general manager and other management, and Zhao Mancang usually finalizes this part of the work personally.

Generally speaking, he would directly finalize a plan of one year, one and a half, or even two years. Since he had a better understanding of the economic development of Hong Kong Island, he could proceed step by step without any problems.

If major problems arise during the execution process and timely adjustments are required, and Zhao Mancang cannot be contacted, the general manager can pass the decision after convening a senior management meeting.

In any case, Zhao Mancang will not handle these actual management and execution matters personally, and usually leaves them to the management level to complete.

Therefore, Zhao Mancang did not interfere too much in the development of either the Changda Group or the acquired Hutchison Whampoa Company.

As long as we ensure that the financial and personnel powers are in our hands, and ensure the annual turnover, profit targets, industrial development, etc.

When it comes to catching corruption, Zhao Mancang currently does not have a perfect system, so he can only seek private investigation information after arriving in Hong Kong Island.

After all, Zhao Mancang can disguise himself at any time, and these private investigators think it is a personal grudge and will not suspect anything.

Zhao Mancang only needs to keep a close eye on senior managers at the general manager, deputy general manager and other levels. He pays these people a high salary. If there is corruption in the company, then these people will definitely not be able to escape.

Who makes the big boss Zhao Mancang not be in Hong Kong Island most of the time?
Since enterprises are not managed well, they will inevitably breed a lot of corruption.

From giant enterprises like the Island Development Bank, to multinational media groups like "Women's Health", to small businesses like the Hong Kong Island Auto Repair Shop, Zhao Mancang knows everything.

It took a total of half a month to finally finish the business in Hong Kong.

After the sorting was completed, Zhao Mancang also made subtle adjustments to the future development of these industries. For example, for the three companies, Changda Group, Wharf Holdings and Dairy Farm, detailed adjustments were made to the real estate sector.

Because if there are no major accidents, a bank credit crisis will break out in Hong Kong in the spring of 1965, and the Hong Kong real estate market will face a huge crisis. House prices will plummet and many real estate companies will go bankrupt.

In the meeting room at that time, Zhao Mancang said:

"Your three real estate divisions must pay attention to the overall development of Hong Kong Island. You may have noticed that Hong Kong Island is flooded with foreign capital. The land auctioned by the Hong Kong government each year is advertised to the world."

The heads of three companies including Changda Group are very aware of this situation, because ever since the Hong Kong Land Development spent HK$300 million to buy the land in Central a few years ago, the land price in Hong Kong Island has entered a crazy era.

What followed was a surge in housing prices, which rose at an even faster rate.

A lot of money flows into Hong Kong Island every year from Garden City, Malay Peninsula, Mindanao, Australia, even Kimura and Sam's Club.

A large amount of hot money flowed into Hong Kong Island, causing a sharp rise in real estate prices.

But in reality, Hong Kong Island currently has a population of only about four million. Why would it need so many houses?

"The deposits of depositors at the Island Development Bank have increased rapidly, from HK$1.3 billion in 1961 to HK$2.7 billion now. And this is just the Island Development Bank alone. HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, First Citibank, Bank of China, and other banks have even greater deposits."

"There are nearly a hundred small banks throughout Hong Kong Island. These banks must have a considerable amount of deposits, ranging from hundreds of millions to tens of millions. Adding them together, it's not a small amount."

"The increase in deposits, do you know what this means?"

After hearing Zhao Mancang's question, several responsible persons expressed their ideas.

"Also, as real estate operators, you must be more aware of the price increases in prosperous areas such as Causeway Bay, Tsim Sha Tsui, Mong Kok, and Central, right?"

"Three years ago, the price of housing in Central was only HK$800 per square foot, but now it has reached HK$2300, almost doubling. In Causeway Bay, it has increased from HK$650 to HK$1200, and in Mong Kok, it has increased from HK$500 to HK$1700."

Causeway Bay during this period was indeed not as good as Mong Kok. It was not only because the population in Mong Kok was more concentrated, but also because there was an auto parts factory in Causeway Bay, which caused the land prices here to rise more slowly.

"The rapid development of the real estate market has led banks to issue a large number of mortgages, which is one of the reasons for the outbreak of the crisis."

"So, you must keep a close eye on this. If a bank run begins, immediately follow the plan."

Zhao Mancang is still full of confidence in the future development of Hong Kong Island, but it is inevitable that a crisis will break out, which is the inevitable law of the capital economy.

Because the entire market has no reliable macro-control, it can only rely on the self-adjustment of the capital economy and society.

A large amount of hot money has flowed into the Hong Kong market. In addition to real estate, this hot money will also flow into other industries.

For example, there was a manufacturer that was a client of Hang Seng Bank. However, during the Spring Festival, the manufacturer had difficulty in cashing out and the checks it issued were not cashed, which caused panic and a bank run caused by the panic.

Hang Seng Bank is a subsidiary of HSBC, so a bank run is unlikely. But what if the bank is not Hang Seng Bank but another small bank?

There are actually many factors that lead to bank runs in Hong Kong Island, one of which is the Hong Kong government’s fragile management and the imperfect financial mechanism.

These aspects are not something that the heads of the three companies, namely, Changda Group, Wharf Holdings and Dairy Farm, could think of.

Zhao Mancang has already made plans for them, so they just need to follow these plans.

Judging from the past few years of interaction, there is absolutely no problem with the general direction of corporate development formulated by Zhao Mancang.

Everything he said was basically verified one by one.

When the company's development prospects are very bright and the profits are huge, and the company's boss is so wise and capable, none of the responsible persons are willing to leave or engage in corrupt practices.

Even if Zhao Mancang often does not show up, the person in charge will not ask too many questions about these situations.

Unless Zhao Mancang doesn't come for two or three years, the possibility of problems will become very high.

After finalizing these development strategies, Zhao Mancang finally left Hong Kong Island and went to Sam's Club.

Compared with Hong Kong Island, Sam's Club has fewer businesses.

Aucma, Stratton, etc. are located in New York, as well as the media group "Women's Health", and hundreds or thousands of other small financial companies on Wall Street.

These small financial companies are all under the management of Aucma, Stratton and others, so they are not very important.

The "Women's Health" Media Group has been renamed Mayflower Media Group on Sam's side. It owns the "Women's Health" magazine and has begun to enter the newspaper industry.

The newspaper industry has always been the advantage of Mayflower Media Group, as several newspapers such as the "Hong Kong and Kowloon Daily" in Hong Kong Island are doing very well. Therefore, after entering the Sam's Club market, with greater financial support, it quickly developed five tabloids.

The names of the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Daily News sound very impressive, but currently these newspapers have a circulation of only 100,000 and still need to work hard.

After staying in New York for five days, Zhao Mancang came to California.

Because there are several companies in California, including Mario Airlines, Wanjia Supermarket, Stephen Farm Group and other companies, especially Mario, which Zhao Mancang attaches great importance to.

In addition to the Mario M6147, a passenger aircraft that has already been produced and is profitable, the two technical projects, the Farmer and the Fish Nest Fighter, which he handed over to the engineering team for research and development three years ago, have now produced results.

At that time, Zhao Mancang also invested 200 million US dollars in these two projects. After three years, the production processes and production lines of all parts have been developed and are ready to be put into production.

Developed!
(End of this chapter)