The next evening, when it was getting dark, Wei Dewei arrived at the mountaintop villa in a very low-key Honda Crown.

It's not that he wants to keep a low profile, but Alan specifically told him that he didn't want too many people to know that he was in Hong Kong.

…

I haven’t seen Wei Dewei for a long time. This old guy looks completely different from what he looked like two years ago.

What a nice old guy he was.

Now his hair has turned white and his back can't be straightened. I don't know if it's his illusion, but Alan always feels that Wei Dewei looks particularly haggard now.

This is... Seeing that Boss Cha is about to come over, are you preparing to play the victim?

Alan was very familiar with this trick. He himself was a veteran. He didn't expect that Wei Dewei would also use this trick.

And this old guy is very cruel to himself.

Preparations had started several months in advance, and the effect was completely different from Alan's haggard look from not sleeping the night before.

People like Wei Dewei seem more real.

…

Looking at Wei Dewei's ill-fitting suit, Allen didn't stand up to greet him. Instead, he pointed to the sofa next to him and motioned for him to sit down.

After the servant served tea, neither of them spoke first.

Wei Dewei looked at Alan with emotion, as he seemed to have not changed much. It couldn't be said that he hadn't changed much, anyway, he hadn't seen Alan for almost two years. This gentleman was still so young, only his hairstyle had changed, and his complexion was okay.

The overall temperament is a little more restrained than before, and not as aggressive as before.

…

"Patrice said you wanted to meet me and have a talk, so why don't you want to talk now that you see me?"

Alan crossed his legs, took out a cigarette from the coffee table, handed one to Wei Dewei, and just as he put the cigarette to his mouth, Wei Dewei quickly put down his handbag, picked up the lighter on the table and lit the cigarette for Alan.

Then he lit up another cigarette for himself, took a deep puff, sighed and said, "Finally I am glad to see you, sir. I just couldn't think of how to start the conversation."

"Haha, do we still need to be so distant from each other?"

Looking at Wei Dewei who seemed relieved, Alan laughed.

The old guy was very nice to him. They had worked together once, and then Alan asked him to help take care of Li Zhi here, and he didn't say a word.

…

Wei Dewei nodded, took out a thick stack of information from his handbag and handed it to Allen.

"What?"

"Your Excellency, please take a look. It is shocking!"

Alan flipped through the documents with some curiosity. These were statistics from several British banks.

The statistical objects are several large real estate companies.

Looking at those huge amounts of money, Alan could somewhat understand why Wei Dewei was like this.

…

Is Hong Kong as a whole big?

Judging from the area alone, it doesn't seem very big. Looking at their buildings and population density, it seems very small.

But is there no land in Hong Kong?

No, no, no, there is still a lot of land, but most of it has not been developed.

In addition to the purpose of hoarding properties and driving up housing prices, there is actually a more important reason.

A large part of the undeveloped land in Hong Kong is now controlled by various British consortiums and families.

Seeing that housing prices are so high and will even go higher in the future, as long as we slowly release them, those lands will be like countless gold bricks, representing endless wealth.

If everyone rashly releases large tracts of land, it will do no good except lowering house prices.

Under such circumstances, large tracts of land remain undeveloped and are not allowed to be developed.

The more land is tightened, the more housing prices will rise.

After all, Hong Kong is so developed, and the population is bound to increase. These people will always need a place to live, and there are so many companies' commercial land and the like.

…

But now, since the two sides signed the treaty a few years ago, Britain's withdrawal has become a foregone conclusion.

Under such circumstances, many British investors who still hold a large amount of land in Hong Kong became a little anxious.

In recent years, land has been outflowing intermittently, and various development matters have been put on the agenda.

However, this behavior of lowering housing prices makes some groups that also hold land but have not sold it feel a little disgusted.

Let’s sell it together?

Everyone will suffer losses.

Even if they are making money on the surface, greed is human nature. If they don’t get the expected benefits and make less money, that is a loss!

The situation outside is not chaotic yet, but the investors in Britain are about to start a fight among themselves.

It could have been suppressed, but this year the competition, sabotage and sabotage have intensified and have come to the surface.

In the end, even Boss Cha had to come and maintain the situation and provide a deterrent.

The information that Wei Dewei showed Allen now was the records of real estate loans issued by various British banks that he could mobilize, as well as a large part of the British groups' land sales and other information.

…

After flipping through the documents casually, Allen closed them, threw them to Wei Dewei and said with a smile, "What do you want to do? Get a piece of land and participate?"

"How dare I, sir? You must be joking. His Highness will be here soon. Am I just walking into someone's trap?"

Wei Dewei had a headache because his duty was to maintain stability, which was determined before he took office.

Now he can't hold on any longer. The situation is like this now. How dare he still think about getting involved? Is he trying to save his life?

…

"Humph, if it's me who's in charge, since I can't solve the problem, then I can just solve the person who caused the problem. You should be able to do that, right?"

Alan continued to provoke Wei Dewei with a smile.

It’s not that these lands cannot be sold, but they need to be sold slowly, while maintaining stability, and in accordance with the rules.

Now these people are rushing to sell, and even doing it internally, which is breaking the rules.

In this case, can't we be ruthless?

…

Wei Dewei broke out in a cold sweat when he heard the bad advice Allen gave him.

Of course, this gentleman is not afraid. If he really does this and the incident becomes serious, he will at most be taken back to London, and then...

After being reprimanded by the Queen and confined to his home for a while, the rest of the shit happened.

But if it were Wei Dewei, he would not dare to do so. He was just a lord, a small knight. If he really dared to do so, he would be killed without a burial place.

…

Looking at Wei Dewei who looked troubled, Alan finally stopped teasing him.

It's still the same concept, maintaining stability. As long as some people's working capital is gone, then things will be relatively stable.

This was Allen's earlier idea, and Wei Dewei also agreed with it.

Moreover, this is a disguised form of not being able to solve the problem. You are just solving the person who caused the problem. Now that you have lost all your money, what else can you do?

But Allen had no way to deal with these British capital.

He couldn't handle it, and didn't want to take the initiative to make enemies.

I thought about it and realized that my new castle had already started construction, so I couldn’t just pay for it myself, right?

It has to be those people in Hong Kong who are loyal to Britain who have to come forward.

The second phase of the long-forgotten large-scale high-end villa complex project in Wales is now ready to be launched.

…

Putting out his cigarette, Allen picked up the cup and took a sip of tea. After thinking for a while, he said seriously, "His Highness will be here soon. This is what I think. After His Highness leaves, this place will definitely be stable for a while. We can take advantage of this time gap and you can take the lead in making the second phase of the plan, but..."

Alan thought about it carefully again and said, "The prices have risen sharply in recent years. Many things are increasing in price. We have to take this into consideration."

Although the first phase of the last real estate project ended in failure, many wealthy people still have confidence in Allen.

We are all looking forward to your restarting the second phase of the plan. After all, when it comes to projects, there is no reason why there will not be failure.

With the experience of failure last time, wouldn’t the success rate of the next plan be greatly increased?

Besides, with real estate as an investment, as long as you suffer losses once or twice and gain experience, as long as the funds are in place, you can play with it as you please, right?

but……

This is completely wishful thinking on the part of the wealthy.

Allen never wanted to start any real estate projects in his territory.

His purpose was not pure from the beginning to the end.

Not to mention developing real estate in his territory, he just wanted Carmarthen to maintain its status quo. Alan didn't even want to care about the town of Carmarthen which was so close to his estate.

As for those locals, their careers were nothing special. It was good enough for them to have a job. Alan never thought of making them rich.

People, as long as they are full and have enough food and drink, will have other ideas and will easily cause trouble.

It would be better to let them maintain the most ordinary living standard and live a tight life.

In the entire town of Carmarthen, apart from the police station, the only thing Alan cares about most is Carmarthen Public Hospital.

He doesn't care about anything else, it doesn't matter whether it's prosperous or not. Even if he wants to shop, can't he go to London?

Carmarthen has to be quiet, it's a place to live, and Alan doesn't want to make his territory a mess.

…

Wei Dewei's face lit up with joy when he heard that Alan finally mentioned the second phase of the real estate plan.

He was ready to leave Hong Kong alone as to what to do, as long as he could keep looking good.

The right thing to do is to make some money in the remaining one or two years of his term. When his term is over and he returns to Britain, he won't care about Hong Kong anymore.

Wei Dewei glanced at Allen and thought for a moment before saying, “Sir, have you ever thought about taking a piece of land here and storing it first… and then using it in a few years?”

…

When Alan first heard Wei Dewei's suggestion, he was moved for a moment.

But, it was only for a moment, and this period is very delicate.

There is no use in getting a small piece of land. Alan has no interest in developing it into pigeon houses.

In other words, even if these projects make money, Allen thinks they are too low-level and he is too lazy to do them.

If he did a project like this, with the Internet so developed in the future, when people introduced this kind of pigeon-shaped house and said it was a project of Earl Allen of Great Britain, he couldn't afford to lose face!

But if he got such a large piece of land, it would be too conspicuous, especially after the chaos caused by those people in recent times. If he bought it at this time, since he is the most famous, wouldn't he be taking the initiative to be the first to be punished?

Others have made money and are ready to run away, but he just comes here to get beaten?

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"No... You just need to complete the second phase of the plan. The rest... we'll talk about it later."

Alan glanced at Wei Dewei. He would be stepping down in the next two years, but there would be a governor to succeed Wei Dewei. Alan could cooperate with anyone. It was not like Wei Dewei would be useless without him.

Wei Dewei, who was enlightened by Allen's words, had a flash of disappointment in his eyes. He suggested Allen to take the land not only to do Allen a favor, but also to wait for a few years until the situation stabilized and then make some money with Allen. He didn't expect this gentleman to be so cautious and would not even touch any project that would bring him any negative impact.

"Okay... then..."

"When I get back, maybe before Christmas, I'll have someone bring the plan to you."

Alan made the decision, stood up and invited Wei Dewei to have dinner together.

…

After seeing Wei Dewei off, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.

Alan, who has been feeling a little tired recently, hid in the study, looking at the materials prepared for him by Li Zhi.

Ever since she found a job for Li Zhi, she has been traveling between the mainland and Hong Kong, but she spends most of her time investigating in the mainland.

Anyway, she has the money given to her by Allen in her hand, so she can invest in any project she likes.

Now these fragmented projects, when put together, become very eye-catching.

Anyway, Alan was a little dazed holding the information in his hand.

There are all kinds of things, from some special porcelain from Jingdezhen to jewelry and exquisite trinkets made in ancient ways, as well as some ancient costumes.

But these projects have one thing in common: they are relatively niche, require very high production techniques, and are relatively expensive.

For example, this one now.

Alan frowned as he looked at the introduction in the information. It is said that it is a futile effort to draw water with a bamboo basket.

But there is a master craftsman who can weave a small basket out of bamboo that is completely watertight. Not only does it not leak, you can also raise fish in the basket!

This is not made with any glue or anything, it is just a bamboo basket woven purely by hand with bamboo strips.

There were many more things like this in the information, but Alan started to have a headache as he read through them.

Things like jewelry are easy to deal with, but where can we find a market for these weird things?

Some foreigners don't understand the benefits of these things. If I sell these things to them, Alan would think they are wasting things, not to mention that they are like Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit.

But if there is no market, it can't be sustained for long. You can't keep investing money without any return, right?

…

Lighting a cigarette, Alan scratched his head, picked up a gold hairpin on the desk and examined it carefully.

This is a piece of jewelry forged using ancient methods, and it looks like a phoenix has been hollowed out of it.

The whole phoenix looks like it is clinging to a big tree. This craftsmanship forms a sharp contrast with the old-fashioned jewelry from abroad that are often inlaid with gemstones.

That one has good materials, this one has good techniques and craftsmanship, and this one's shape looks very high-end.

Can you combine those weird things?

For example, with this kind of bamboo weaving craft, the finished bamboo basket is golden.

Is it possible to reduce the size of this bamboo basket and make it into a small jewelry box, or even further into a bag?

Doesn’t this become a luxury item in one step?

It’s also environmentally friendly!

This bag-making material is different from animal leather. Once it is made, won’t it be much better than those leather bags?