Reborn Tycoon Rise

In this era, no one would have guessed the future development of Shenhai City. Even the current mainland government’s goal of reform and opening up is only to reach the level of a country like Brazil: the people can solve the problem of food and clothing, and the country can solve the economic problem. difficulty.

No one thought that in 40 years, the mainland would become the second largest economy in the world, and Shenhai City would become a top metropolis comparable to Hong Kong.

In fact, investing in hotels is not the investment with the highest return. However, there are currently only a handful of project types that can be invested in in the entire mainland: ports, highways, hotels, bridges, etc. Only these infrastructure projects are currently open to businessmen in Xiangjiang, or they can go to Shekou Invest and build factories in industrial zones.

After Huo Bao and the two left, Xu Zhi opened the door and walked out, found the front desk, and asked: "Do you have a phone number that can call Xiangjiang?"

The little girl at the front desk knew Xu Zhi's identity and hurriedly replied: "There is no international long-distance phone in the guest house. If you want to make a call, you have to go to the post and telecommunications office, but it is closed now. You can't go there until tomorrow morning."

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go there tomorrow."

Just as Xu Zhi was about to leave, one of the little girls suddenly said to him in Mandarin: "The people in Xiangjiang are very polite."

Xu Zhi looked back and asked with a smile in Mandarin: "Are other Xiangjiang people fierce?"

"Ah!" The female employee who spoke was startled, but she still asked boldly: "Mr. Xu, can you speak Mandarin?"

Xu Zhidao: "Although the people in Xiangjiang mainly speak Cantonese, there are also some who can speak Mandarin, but most of them have immigrated in the past ten years."

In Hong Kong in the 1950s, Mandarin was even more common than Cantonese. As time went by, more and more people moved from Guangdong. In addition, the British Hong Kong government vigorously promoted Cantonese, and all TV stations, radios, and movies The consequence of being restricted from using Cantonese was that by the 1980s, young people born and raised in Hong Kong could not even understand Mandarin.

Even among the mainlanders who immigrated to Hong Kong in the 1970s, most of them were from Guangdong. Some people who could only speak Mandarin were excluded. However, those who can come to the mainland now are considered successful and can speak Mandarin completely. Not much.

The female employee nodded to show that she understood. Seeing that Xu Zhi seemed to be easier to talk to, she became bolder again and asked, "Mr. Xu, I heard that the salary in Xiangjiang is very high?"

Xu Zhi smiled and joked: "How about you tell me how much you pay per month first, and then I'll tell you?"

The female employee looked around and saw that only Xu Zhi and another receptionist were around, so she said: "I only have 30 yuan a month, plus a few yuan for meat and gas stamps."

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "The price in Xiangjiang is much higher. For ordinary people, it's about 400 to 500 Hong Kong dollars a month."

"Four to five hundred Hong Kong dollars!" The little girl's eyes suddenly lit up. You must know that her treatment in the guest house is already good, but compared with Xiangjiang, it is far behind!

Xu Zhi knew that the other party might only see the difference in amount, and said: "The salary in Xiangjiang is much higher, but rent alone requires 1/3 of the salary. Prices are also high, and vegetables and meat are very expensive."

The little girl didn't understand what prices were at all, but she still said: "That's a good profit! I saved half of my salary here by frugally. If I were in Xiangjiang, I only need to save 1/4, which would be higher than my current salary." .”

"Okay, that makes sense!" Xu Zhi couldn't help but shook his head. Generally speaking, the current quality of life in Hong Kong or Europe and the United States is much better than that in the mainland. Otherwise, in a few years there would be no mainland university professors smuggling to the United States to wash dishes and sell food. There are stories like leaving the courtyard in Kyoto and going to work abroad...

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Early the next morning, Director Shen rushed over. Hearing that Xu Zhi's request to make a phone call last night was dissuaded by the front desk, he immediately scolded the front desk with a straight face. If not for the presence of many Xiangjiang tycoons, he would have lost his temper. .

Xu Zhi interceded: "Director Shen, this is just a small matter, let's get going, shall we?"

Director Shen asked: "Mr. Xu no need to call?"

Xu Zhi said: "No, I have already arranged for someone to go to the post and telecommunications office. I can't waste everyone's time. If my person comes back late, please ask Director Shen to arrange another car to pick him up in Shekou."

Director Shen nodded and said, "Okay, no problem."

When I came to the mainland this time, I was originally just planning to build a small factory. Xu Zhi was accompanied by a manager from Midea's manufacturing department. But now that I am planning to build a hotel, of course I have to arrange for professional people from Xiangjiang to come and take a look.

Bao Yugang, Xu Zhi and others discussed it again in the morning and decided to wait until the Shenhai City Secretary returned from Japan to talk to him about the hotel alone. Now they still go to Shekou as planned.

Currently, in the Mainland, apart from Hongqi, the highest-end cars are Shanghai-branded cars. Before the Volkswagen Santana entered the mainland market, Shanghai-branded cars were truly sacred cars, even rarer than Ferraris in later generations. Under normal circumstances, a county seat might have just There are several cars, one for the secretary, one for the mayor, and one shared by several deputy mayors or directors. As for other cadres, they should ride bicycles.

The car that Xu Zhi and others were sitting in was the highest-end Shanghai brand car of this era. In the eyes of mainlanders, it was a sacred car, but to a group of people in Xiangjiang, it was...

On the muddy road from Shenhai City to Shekou Industrial Zone, several Shanghai-brand cars were driving bumpily.

Xu Zhi grabbed the handle above the roof of the car. Not to mention, this design is really good. It will make the shaking of the people behind him much smaller.

The sun was already high at this moment, and the blazing sunlight shone on the interior of the car like a boiler. Xu Zhi, who was already shaken, asked: "Master, does this car have air conditioning?"

"Air conditioning?" the master said while driving: "Does the car also have air conditioning?"

"..."

Director Shen, who was sitting in the front seat, was relatively well-informed and said, "Sorry, the conditions in the mainland are too bad. Currently, domestic cars do not have air conditioning, unless they are imported cars."

"Okay!" Xu Zhi said, enduring the heat and bumps, "Then how long do we have to drive to Shekou?"

Director Shen looked at his watch and said: "It will take another hour, the road is a bit winding, and it has just rained recently, and the road is not very good, so..."

Shekou is actually not far from Shenhai City, but at this time, not to mention highways, there are no decent cement roads. To go to any place, you have to go around the town in the middle. In addition, the roads are not good, so the delay is extremely long. .

With the sound of "swaying", the people in the car almost jumped up. Just after passing a large pothole, the driver was so frightened that he immediately stepped on the brakes and reduced the speed of the car.

Suddenly, Bao Yugang next to him asked: "How far is Shenhai City from Shekou?"

Director Shen thought for a moment and said, "About 20 kilometers, right?"

Bao Yugang nodded and said, "Well, I'll fund the construction of a cement road directly from Shenhai City to Shekou. What do you think, Director Shen?"

"This..." Director Shen was overjoyed. He didn't expect such a large investment before arriving in Shekou. He said, "Of course there is no problem with building roads, but this matter affects many areas, and we have to discuss it with the city leaders. Just report it."

"Count me in!" Xu Zhiye said with a smile. It's just a cement road, and it doesn't cost much for 20 kilometers. The important thing is to participate, so that it will be easier to talk about when thinking of ways to hoard land in the future.