Returning wealthy individuals develop their hometowns and become rich in the 1980s

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The sky was clear and bright.

At the main gate of the first phase of the old city renovation project in Tuocheng, Wu Nansheng, accompanied by Zhou Haimin, the municipal party secretary, got out of the parked Dilu car, took the white safety helmet handed to him by his secretary, and put it on.

"Mr. Wu, the first phase of the renovation of the old city of Tuocheng started with the demolition of the family buildings around Tuogang. The demolition has now been fully completed, and the foundation has been basically completed. Next, we will prepare for the pouring of the building construction," Zhou Haimin said, walking beside Wu Nansheng with a blueprint in his hand, explaining to Wu Nansheng.

Wu Nansheng pointed to the tallest building and asked, "Is this also part of a residential development under construction? Why is it planned to be so tall?"

Zhou Haimin chuckled and said, "Old Wu, this isn't a residential building. It was invested and built by Huasheng Group. Comrade Chen Zaidong personally invested nearly 340 million yuan. It's over 400 meters tall, and I heard that once it's fully completed, it will be the tallest building in the world!"

"Wow! Over 340 million, that's a huge sum!"

"Huashang Group is truly extravagant."

After Zhou Haimin finished speaking, the central government officials following behind him couldn't help but click their tongues in disapproval. To spend 340 million yuan to build a building, it could only be said that in the entire country of China, only someone as wealthy as Chen Zaidong could afford to spend so recklessly.

The 340 million yuan that Chen Dong took out was actually the balance "deposited" in a secret account at the People's Bank of China. Over the years, Chen Dong had accumulated nearly one billion yuan by purchasing machine tools from the WTO system for the Ministry of Industry of China.

This was accumulated after Chen Dong accepted most of the paid methods for arms and minerals. In fact, Chen Dong didn't lose much; in fact, he made a small profit. The main reason was that Chen Dong was able to sell all the arms and mineral resources he obtained from the Chinese government to the system at a reasonable price.

In the international commodity futures market, prices have fluctuated greatly in the past two years. The unstable financial situation in Latin America has also driven up prices in the international futures market. Chen Dong sells his system when prices are high and sells at the best prices in the international market when prices are high.

"It seems that Comrade Zai Dong is ready to settle down in Tuocheng. He plans to move the headquarters of Huasheng Group to Tuocheng." Wu Nansheng saw through Chen Dong's plan at a glance. Chen Dong spent so much money, it was definitely not just to build a building for show.

He must be planning to relocate most of his business in America to Tuocheng. Thinking of this, Wu Nansheng suddenly asked Zhou Haimin, "Comrade Haimin, if the offshore financial trading center is really established in the future, have you considered where you plan to locate it?"

"Zai Dong told me that he built this Huasheng Building to prepare for the future financial center. Before the building is fully completed, people can choose to work in other parts of the city. Once it is fully completed, they can move in," Zhou Haimin said truthfully.

Wu Nansheng thought to himself, "As expected, this Chen Zaidong is really planning three steps ahead for every one step he takes. He dared to spend more than 300 million yuan to build such a building before he even saw any real progress. Did he calculate that the central government would definitely promote the plan he proposed?"

But Wu Nansheng has to admit that Chen Zaidong really made the right bet. The central government sent him over to further discuss the specific details of the financial center with Chen Dong, so as to conduct a comprehensive evaluation.

The main reason is that the central government is really optimistic about Southeast Asian Chinese businessmen investing in China. The reason why the central government accepted Wu Nansheng's proposal to include Tuocheng as a special economic zone was because of the presence of these Southeast Asian Chinese businessmen.

Reform requires a great deal of effort and money. Although China's foreign exchange reserves have improved in recent years, comprehensive reform still requires the injection of foreign hot money, and Chinese businessmen are the only choice in the eyes of the central government.

Since the War of Resistance against Japan, patriotic Chinese businessmen in Southeast Asia have donated money and supplies to support the country. Now that the country is determined to reform and open up, these patriotic Chinese businessmen will also contribute money and effort to help their motherland after hearing the news.

However, these overseas Chinese businessmen who came in were all working alone, and their investment amounts were not very high. The country overestimated the expectations of these Southeast Asian overseas Chinese businessmen for reform and opening up. Now, Chen Dong's proposal to establish a financial trading center has stirred up the central government's almost disappointed heart again.

Wu Nansheng nodded and said, "That's right. Once this building is completed, it will certainly be prestigious to have an offshore financial trading center located here."

Wu Nansheng and his group then spent nearly an hour looking around the construction site. During this time, Wu Nansheng asked the project manager, the director of the Urban Construction Bureau, and instructed him to ensure that the targets on the drawings were completed with high quality and quantity.

After leaving the construction site and getting into the car, the inspection convoy crossed the cross-sea bridge and headed towards Jinbu Industrial Zone along Nanzhao Highway. Zhou Haimin suggested that they rest first and go in the afternoon, but Wu Nansheng refused.

Wu Nansheng was full of energy. He knew that theory alone was not enough. Only by seeing how these companies operated could he make a direct judgment on the economic strength of Tuocheng.

Upon entering the Jinbu Industrial Zone, Wu Nansheng was immediately drawn to the bustling scene before him. Spacious, standardized factory buildings stood in neat rows, and a steady stream of Bull Type B trucks loaded with raw materials and finished products flowed in and out of the park gate.

The roar of machinery was deafening. The workers, dressed in neat overalls and unloading raw materials with forklifts, did not stop their work out of curiosity when they saw Wu Nansheng and his group of cadres in Zhongshan suits walking over.

For those of them working at Xiaochi Company, they had witnessed such scenes many times before. Last time, a deputy mayor of Huadu brought a group of people to come in person, going deep into the workshop and finished product area. They were amazed by the precision equipment and machine tools in the workshop and exclaimed repeatedly.

"Mr. Wu, this is a key light industrial manufacturing base that our Tuocheng is focusing on developing," Zhou Haimin reported from the side. "Currently, more than a hundred upstream and downstream supporting enterprises have settled in, forming a complete industrial chain, including state-owned supporting factories such as Shanghai No. 2 Automobile Co., Ltd.

"Oh, so strictly speaking, this Xiaochi car is still a domestic car, hehehe," Wu Nansheng said jokingly.

Zhou Haimin immediately chimed in, "Mr. Wu, Xiaochi cars are domestically produced cars. The workers are our own, the parts are supplied by state-owned and private factories in China, and even the engines and chassis are designed and provided by the America Lab of Huasheng Group, and then produced by our own workers."

"Yes, indeed, according to what you're saying, Comrade Haimin, it really is a domestically produced car."