Reborn Industrial Tycoon

In Xiangyang Town, the reconstruction work of the electric furnace factory has begun.

Once the funds are in place, it is not difficult to rebuild the electric furnace factory. In 1988, it was not popular for migrant workers to work in the city. There was a large amount of redundant labor in the countryside. During the slack time, they were given one yuan a day and a meal, and some of them were migrant workers.

Rush to work.

The construction site was a bustling scene. Although there was no construction machinery and even the cementing was done manually, the progress of the project was not delayed at all.

At noon, pork and cabbage stewed with vermicelli was the only dish. It was filled with white pork fat, which was shiny and shiny. The rice was white-flour steamed buns, and there was no limit on it. You could eat as much as you wanted.

For the migrant workers at that time, this was already the top lunch. A bowl of pork and cabbage stewed with vermicelli, dipped in steamed buns, one bite, and your mouth was full of oil and water, which made you greedy!

There are white-flour steamed buns placed in a big bamboo basket, and a simple and honest man in his forties is directing how to put the rice.

Li Weidong walked over from the side, handed a whole box of cigarettes to the honest man's hand, and said, "Director Ma, are you okay today?"

"Director Li, how many times have I told you, don't call me Director Ma? Just call me Lao Ma." The man said.

"Okay, old horse!" Li Weidong pointed to the big blue bird in the distance, and then said: "I brought you something. I put it in the car. Let's go and get it together!"

This old horse's name is Ma Zhongyi, and he was the former director of the Xiangyang Town Electric Furnace Factory. After the electric furnace factory suffered a fire, the entire factory was destroyed, and Ma Zhongyi lost his qualification as factory director.

Now that Li Weidong wanted to rebuild the electric furnace factory, he naturally needed someone familiar with the environment, so Li Weidong invited Ma Zhongyi back to work as a supervisor at the construction site.

Ma Zhongyi can be regarded as a local leader in Xiangyang Town, not only in Xiangyang Town, but also in the villages under Xiangyang Town.

Take the matter of rebuilding the electric furnace factory. Ma Zhongyi can easily call on the migrant workers from No. 100, so it is most appropriate to leave the matter of rebuilding the electric furnace factory to Ma Zhongyi.

Li Weidong called Ma Zhongyi to the front of the car, took out a box of liquor from the trunk, and then said: "Old Ma, take this wine back and drink it."

"Director Li, this is impossible. How can I ask for your things?" Ma Zhongyi shook his head.

"It's quite hard for you to watch at the construction site all day long. Take this wine back and have a few drinks at night to relieve your fatigue." Li Weidong said.

"It's my duty to stay on the construction site. I'm not afraid of hard work!" Ma Zhongyi sighed: "This electric furnace factory suffered a fire, and I, as the director of the factory, am also responsible. The town did not pursue my fault.

Thank God. But the jobs of the more than 200 workers in the factory have been ruined! I am now thinking about rebuilding the electric furnace factory as soon as possible so that the more than 200 workers can have jobs and not go home to farm.

.”

"Old Ma, you have to take it easy and don't exhaust yourself. When the factory is rebuilt, I still have to count on you to be my deputy director!" Li Weidong smiled and then said: "Actually, it's like this.

, I have to travel far away in the past two days, and it will take at least ten days to come back. During my absence, the electric furnace factory will be in charge of you."

"Director Li, don't worry, I'll be here watching every day to ensure that the project can be completed with quality and quantity! Maybe when you come back, the factory will have been built." Ma Zhongyi said.

Li Weidong handed a briefcase he carried to Ma Zhongyi's hand, and then said: "Old Ma, there are 30,000 yuan in it. You can keep it first. If there is any place on the construction site that needs money, use it first."

This money."

"I don't dare to take this much money." Ma Zhongyi refused.

"Old Ma, I'm giving you this money because I trust you. Besides, it will take me ten days and a half to go out. If there is money, you can use this money as an emergency to avoid delays.

Check the progress of the project." Li Weidong said.

Ma Zhongyi hesitated for a moment, and finally took the briefcase: "Okay, I'll take the money first. Don't worry, I will never spend the money carelessly. I will reimburse you when you come back!"

Li Weidong didn't really trust Ma Zhongyi. He gave the money to Ma Zhongyi because there was no one available for him at the moment, and he wanted to use the 30,000 yuan to test whether Ma Zhongyi was trustworthy.

Now Li Weidong is about to start his own career, and he also needs to build his own team. Ma Zhongyi is a good candidate.

As the former director of the electric furnace factory, Ma Zhongyi has experience in managing enterprises, and he is also a local leader in Xiangyang Town. For Li Weidong at this stage, a person like Ma Zhongyi is a suitable candidate to establish a team.

After leaving the construction site matters to Ma Zhongyi, Li Weidong went home to pack his luggage.

Li Weidong is indeed going on a long trip, and his destination is Hong Kong Island.

With the invitation letter from Chen Jiade, Li Weidong's entry procedures were successfully completed. Next, Li Weidong was going to go to Hong Kong Island to register the patent for the air fryer.

Li Weidong did not choose to enter Hong Kong Island by land, but booked a direct flight from East Island to Hong Kong Island.

Because if you enter Hong Kong Island by land, you must pass through the Special Administrative Region. In that era, you had to apply for a pass to enter the Special Administrative Region. For Li Weidong, it was not as convenient as flying directly.

At that time, direct air tickets from the mainland to Hong Kong Island were also hard to find. Li Weidong found a relationship with the Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and was able to buy a ticket to Hong Kong Island.

In the late 1980s, China's main aircraft model for international routes was the McDonnell Douglas 82, and the Airbus A300 was very rare. At this time, Air China's free Moutai liquor had also been cancelled, so Li Weidong did not drink Moutai, but he ate it

A few pieces of dark chocolate from the plane had a strong cocoa flavor and tasted pretty good.

After arriving on Hong Kong Island, Li Weidong did not go looking for accommodation or go to the Donald Law Firm. Instead, he hailed a taxi and went straight to Fuji Bank.

Li Weidong only had a few hundred dollars of foreign exchange with him, which he exchanged on the black market. After all, it was quite difficult to get some foreign exchange in 1988.

This little money was not enough to spend, so Li Weidong first went to Fuji Bank to exchange the 15 million yen into Hong Kong dollars.

The 10 million yen that Li Weidong pledged to the bank has already been redeemed by him.

Nowadays, clothing is an export-earning foreign exchange enterprise. If you want a loan, you don't need to mortgage it. Just by being an export-earning foreign exchange enterprise, you can get a loan of several million yuan.

Of the 25 million yen extorted from Tianfeng Company, 10 million was used by Li Weidong to buy imported knitting machines, and the remaining 15 million yen has been appreciating. 1988

In 2007, one U.S. dollar could be exchanged for more than 120 yen, and Li Weidong's fifteen million yen could be exchanged for more than 120,000 U.S. dollars.

The Hong Kong dollar is closely tracking the exchange rate of the US dollar. The fluctuation range of one US dollar against the Hong Kong dollar is 7.75 to 7.85. Calculated based on the central parity rate of 7.80, Li Weidong's fifteen million yen can be exchanged for about 950,000 Hong Kong dollars.

For Hong Kong people at that time, 950,000 Hong Kong dollars was a huge sum of money. In 1988, the per capita monthly income on Hong Kong Island was more than 3,000 Hong Kong dollars. For ordinary people, millionaires were out of reach.

With more than 900,000 Hong Kong dollars, Li Weidong felt that his back was much straighter. He called a taxi and said in half-baked Cantonese: "Go to the Regent Hotel."

In his previous life, Li Weidong traveled all over the country to do business, and he could understand more or less the dialects of various places. For example, in Cantonese, Li Weidong could understand it as long as the other person didn't speak too fast, but it was a bit troublesome to speak it.

For the vast majority of northerners, it is not easy to master Cantonese proficiently. The pronunciation is probably like Zhang Zhahui's sentence "I am Zha Zhahui. If you are a brother, come and bite me."

The taxi driver started the car and chatted on the walkie-talkie while driving.

"I'll see you at the ice room later..."

"Let's wait until after the shift is over..."

"I have a cousin in the car, let's not talk about it for now..."

The driver spoke softly and very fast. Li Weidong could only understand a few words intermittently.

After a while, the driver parked the car in a chaotic downtown area.

"Here we go! Fifteen and a half!" The driver turned around and asked for money.

Li Weidong looked out the window and felt that the Regent Hotel should not be in such a messy area.

"Excuse me, which direction is the Regent Hotel?" Li Weidong asked in unfamiliar Cantonese.

"It's right there!" The driver pointed to the roadside.

Li Weidong looked in the direction pointed by the driver, and first saw a roadside store selling dry goods. There was a red paper on the wall offering half-price ginseng antler. Next to it was a corridor. There was a shabby sign on the corridor that said "

Regent Hotel, please go to the second floor."

"This looks like a health care place!" Li Weidong looked at the driver awkwardly and then said, "Did you go to the wrong place? This doesn't seem to be the Regent Hotel."

"Yes, many of your cousins ​​from mainland China live here," the driver said.

In the 1980s, Hong Kong people liked to call mainland people "cousin". This title naturally contained some mockery, rejection, and some fear. And many "cousins" were indeed misbehaving and would always find some

Special place, try local products.

Li Weidong looked helpless. He took out a hundred Hong Kong dollars from his wallet, handed it to the driver, and then said: "I'm going not to the Regent Hotel, but to the Regent Hotel, the five-star one. The rest is yours."

tip!"

When the driver saw one hundred Hong Kong dollars, his eyes suddenly gleamed. He took the Hong Kong dollars and extended his big finger: "Cousin, how are you?"

…

The next day, Li Weidong came to Donald Law Firm.

With the experience of taking a taxi, Li Weidong simply stopped showing off his half-baked Cantonese. After all, as soon as the half-baked Cantonese was spoken, people would know that he was from the mainland, and they might make another joke.

Arriving at the front desk of Donald Law Firm, Li Weidong said directly in English: "I'm looking for Mr. Zheng."

The young lady at the front desk was stunned for a moment, as if she heard something inexplicable. Then he confirmed in English: "Sir, are you looking for Libby?"

"I don't know his English name, I only know his Chinese name is Zheng Jiana." Li Weidong said and took out the note written by Chen Jiade.

The young lady at the front desk confirmed her name and asked, "Sir, how should I call you?"

"My surname is Li." Li Weidong answered.

The lady at the front desk picked up the phone, dialed a number, and said, "Libby, there is a Mr. Li looking for you."

The young lady at the front desk murmured a few words in a low voice before putting down the phone, smiling politely at Li Weidong, and said in English: "Sir, please come with me."

Li Weidong followed the front desk lady to a piece of office money and knocked on the door.

"Please come in." A woman's voice sounded from inside the room.

The lady at the front desk pushed the door open and said, "Libby, this is the gentleman who wants to see you."

Li Weidong also walked into the room and saw a mixed-race beauty sitting behind the desk!

Li Weidong realized instantly that he seemed to have made an own mistake.

"Look at how unlucky I am. I thought it would be easier to speak English, but it turned out to be a joke. I even said I was looking for Mr. Zheng, and Zheng Jia'an turned out to be a woman!"