We're building a super chaebol in Hong Kong

After having dinner at the Government House, Su Cheng bid farewell to Murray MacLehose and left with Yang Chaoye.

"General Yang, I'm leaving the matters of Tseung Kwan O and Clear Water Bay to you. I only have two requests: help me acquire as much land as possible. Get as much as you can!" Su Cheng said earnestly.

If possible, he planned to turn everything east of Kwun Tong into his own territory!

If it was confirmed, he even planned to move his residence there.

Although being in Barker Road was indeed closer to the city center and convenient for getting around, he felt that the security was somewhat lacking.

Like last time, if he hadn't anticipated the Dragon River Association's attack and prepared an ambush in advance, he might not even be in this world anymore.

Although he now had bodyguards with him at all times and ten bodyguards protecting his home, security still wasn't 100% guaranteed.

If everything east of Kwun Tong became his sphere of influence, security would naturally be greatly improved.

After all, as his wealth empire grew larger and larger, there were bound to be people who became jealous and attacked him regardless of the consequences. Without a certain level of security, the risk was too great.

"Okay, I'll prepare the documents and discuss land purchases with the Hong Kong Lands Department when I have time," Yang Chaoye nodded.

"Then I'll go back first. You should go back and rest early too. You've worked hard today," Su Cheng said with a smile.

"Not at all. I didn't do anything. It was all negotiated by you, boss. If anyone worked hard, it was you, boss!" Yang Chaoye shook his head.

"Let's not chat anymore. I'll go back first. You should go back and rest early too. Your wife must be waiting anxiously at home," Su Cheng said with a smile. After speaking, he got into the car with his bodyguards and headed straight back to the villa.

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Su Cheng naturally wanted to witness such a meaningful event.

According to the message they sent, the first oil tanker would arrive in the deep-water area outside the Tuen Mun pier at around 11:00 AM. At that time, a 50,000-ton oil tanker would be used to transfer the oil from the VLCC supertanker to the Tuen Mun pier, and the crude oil would be transported to the oil storage tanks using pipelines.

The purchase of crude oil worth billions of dollars was already a hot topic, so many media outlets also learned about this through their own channels.

As a result, many media reporters drove to Tuen Mun with their interview equipment.

Today was Sunday. Since Guan Jiahui's father, Guan Shan, had returned from filming in Taiwan, Guan Jiahui didn't dare to come over here openly.

As for Zhong Chuhong, in addition to "A Step into the Past," she was also selected for the cast of "My Date with a Vampire," so she now had to film two TV series, greatly increasing her workload. She didn't have time to come over these past few days either.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Su Cheng left the villa and instructed the driver to drive directly to Tuen Mun.

Tuen Mun was relatively far from the city center, so Su Cheng hadn't been there since the groundbreaking ceremony for the oil base last time.

Although he had people reporting the specific progress to him, it was never as clear as seeing it with his own eyes.

Therefore, Su Cheng went there early also because he could take a look at how the progress was going.

Passing through Tuen Mun New Town Street, Su Cheng noticed that although the buildings on the street hadn't changed much, the number of people had obviously increased a lot, and the commercial atmosphere was much stronger.

The construction of the oil base had brought a lot of popularity to this area. Later, the Hong Kong government successively invited several oil giants such as Shell and ExxonMobil to settle in with preferential policies, so now there were several more large construction sites in Tuen Mun besides Su Cheng's oil base. These construction sites were all built near Su Cheng's oil base.

It could be said that Murray MacLehose was determined to build this place into an industrial zone with the oil industry as its core.

The journey of nearly forty kilometers was a bit congested in the city, so it was already nine o'clock in the morning when Su Cheng arrived at the oil base in Tuen Mun.

The government hadn't broken their promise. The former dirt road had now been completely transformed into an asphalt road, and the road conditions were very good.

Su Cheng directly asked the driver to drive to the parking lot near the pier. After getting out of the car, Su Cheng found that Zhang Qizheng was getting out of a car not far away.

"Uncle Zhang," Su Cheng greeted from afar.

"Boss, you're here so early too?" Zhang Qizheng said with some surprise.

"Yeah, it's been a long time since I came here last time, so I came to see how things are going," Su Cheng said with a smile.

"Then I'll take you on a tour, boss, and be your guide," Zhang Qizheng said with a smile.

This Tuen Mun pier wasn't very large, and could only dock two 50,000-ton ships at most, but for an oil base, it was actually enough.

Especially since an oil pier capable of docking 200,000-300,000-ton oil tankers was already under construction a few hundred meters to the southwest. In the future, whether it was oil tankers or ordinary cargo ships, they would all be able to dock here, which would be very convenient for the Tuen Mun oil base.

"Boss, look, that cargo ship is carrying refining equipment. This equipment was shipped from Singapore," Zhang Qizheng said, pointing to a cargo ship docked at the pier.

The cargo ship was very large. At this time, the gantry crane at the pier was hoisting equipment from the cargo ship, but it looked like it was about to finish unloading.

Singapore, as a major oil refining country, had complete oil equipment, so many of the equipment for this oil base were purchased from Singapore.

"Have the transfer tankers been arranged?" Su Cheng asked.

"They've been arranged. They're now anchored in the sea outside the pier, waiting for the Global Shipping Group's VLCC supertankers to arrive near the pier before they can be transferred. The weather is calm today, which is very conducive to our transfer," Zhang Qizheng replied with a smile.

Su Cheng looked at the sea outside. Indeed, the waves weren't very big at this time.

This season was the peak season for typhoons. A typhoon had just blown through Hong Kong three days ago, but it had already dissipated.

Su Cheng saw that there was also a construction team building something at sea in the southwest direction.

"That's our future crude oil pier. It should be completed in another two months or so," Zhang Qizheng noticed Su Cheng's gaze and said with a smile.

Su Cheng nodded and said, "Well, let's go and see the progress of the oil base."

"Wait, I'll get a tour bus over here so we can easily go around," Zhang Qizheng said.

At this time, the sun was already high in the sky, and the scorching sunlight was shining on the earth, making the perceived temperature exceed 40 degrees Celsius.

Next to Su Cheng, a bodyguard was holding a parasol, so he wouldn't be exposed to the sun.

"Okay, go ahead," Su Cheng looked at the sunlight outside, didn't decline, and nodded.

The oil base was very large. Walking wasn't realistic, and driving a car wasn't convenient for observation. A tour bus was more convenient.