Chu Xinghua's heart skipped a beat, and he smiled, "You said before that you had a conflict with Li Ka-shing, is that what you were referring to?"
Shen Dong nodded and said, "He wants to use the issue of building materials to forcibly buy my project. I have no choice but to fight back. Brother Chu, you must help me."
Chu Xinghua said, "Our Xia country is a major exporter of building materials, and the last thing we lack is river sand and cement. The key question is whether the Hong Kong government will allow you to import these things from the mainland?"
Shen Dong took out the license from his pocket and said, "I have obtained the approval."
Chu Xinghua took the license, glanced at it, and said, "The only inland importer for the next five years. Ah Dong, to be honest, it must have cost you a lot of money, right?"
Shen Dong said, "It's a lot, but it's worth it. Li Ka-shing and his ilk have driven the prices of river sand and cement to the sky, and I want to bring those prices down."
Chu Xinghua thought for a moment and said, "I can introduce you to two owners of a sand plant and a cement plant with export licenses. Whether they agree or not is up to you."
Shen Dong said happily, "Thank you, Brother Chu."
Chu Xinghua was very efficient; that very evening, he brought two bosses to Shen Dong.
At the dinner table, Shen Dong chatted and laughed happily with the two bosses.
The two showed great interest in exporting cement and river sand to Hong Kong Island and quickly reached a preliminary verbal agreement.
A specific cooperation agreement needs to be discussed in detail by all three parties before it can be signed.
Three days later, Shen Dong received two pieces of good news.
One is that Tengfei Real Estate Company signed a cooperation agreement with Longhai Cement Plant and Xinda Sand Plant.
Another factor is that, after careful discussion, the leaders of Guangdong Province decided to entrust the construction of Yantian Port to Shen Dong.
Shen Dong immediately established a Tengfei Port Operation Group, and used high salaries to recruit more than ten talents with rich construction and management experience to form the prototype of the company.
The CEO of Yantian Port Operation Group is Liang Xiaomeng, who was Chu Xinghua's high school classmate. Mawan Port was built under his leadership.
Shen Dong had a four-hour conversation with Liang Xiaomeng and found that the guy was clear-headed, sharp-minded, and had unique insights into the construction and operation of the port.
Liang Xiaomeng also looked at Shen Dong with new respect. He did not expect that this young tycoon would have such a deep understanding of all aspects of port construction. Some of the questions could not have been raised without several years of management experience.
Little did he know that, for this conversation, Shen Dong had used 50,000 merit points to exchange for a considerable amount of knowledge about ports from the system.
After confirming that Liang Xiaomeng was the right person for CEO, Shen Dong said, "Old Liang, the construction of Yantian Port is in your hands. My requirements are not high, just make it the largest and most advanced port in the country."
Liang Xiaomeng said with a wry smile, "President Shen, your request is the highest one."
Shen Dong raised an eyebrow and said, "What? Scared?"
Liang Xiaomeng said, "The word 'fear' doesn't exist in my dictionary. President Shen, I can give you a solemn promise: as long as funding isn't an issue, I will show you a state-of-the-art super port within a year at most."
Shen Dong said, "Okay. Lao Liang, your old classmate told me that if Guangdong Province is satisfied with the ports we built, they will entrust us with the construction of some other ports. In other words, Yantian Port is just the beginning."
Liang Xiaomeng said excitedly, "That's great. But Mr. Shen, do you have that much money? You know, it takes at least ten years for a port to recoup its construction costs."
Shen Dong said irritably, "Are you stupid? Yantian Port is worth 12 billion, and we own 90% of it. I think it's okay to use it to get a 9 billion loan from the bank, right? With that money, I can build a second port, right? Once the second port is built, I can mortgage it to the bank and build a third port. And so on, I can invest at most another 1 billion US dollars, and Tengfei Port Operation Group will become one of the most powerful companies in the country."
The Xia Kingdom is currently in dire need of reconstruction, and in order to develop its economy, the government has offered investors extremely favorable conditions.
Large investors like Shen Dong, who mortgage their assets, are able to obtain three years of interest-free loans from banks.
Three years later, the loan interest rate was only 1.2%, which was shockingly low.
If Shen Dong doesn't make good use of such favorable conditions, he'll truly be struck by lightning.
Liang Xiaomeng gave a thumbs up and said, "Mr. Shen is wise."
Shen Dong said, "Alright, I'm handing the company over to you from now on. I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer."
Liang Xiaomeng said confidently, "I will."
While establishing Tengfei Port Operation Company, Shen Dong entrusted Ahua with the construction of Tengfei Beverage Company and Jimmy with the construction of Tengfei Bicycle Company.
Both men had experience in building large factories and had recruited a lot of talent, so running these two factories was not difficult for them at all.
As for the production lines in these two factories, Shen Dong had already sent the relevant blueprints to a foreign company for them to build.
Once the factory is completed and management and staff are in place, these production lines will be immediately transported over and put into production.
After spending a full two weeks in Shenzhen and settling everything down, Shen Dong finally returned to Hong Kong Island.
At this time, the Hong Kong underworld was far from peaceful.
Big D and Ding Yao of the Sanlian Gang joined forces to fight Hung Hing, and dozens of people died almost every night.
Regarding the fierce battle between the three major clubs, the attitude of the other clubs was surprisingly consistent: they would not interfere and would remain indifferent.
In addition, all of Tengfei Real Estate Company's projects have been halted.
At a banquet, Li Ka-shing told some business owners that he wanted to bankrupt Shen Dong's Tengfei Real Estate Company.
Clearly, Li Ka-shing succeeded.
On the night Shen Dong returned to Hong Kong, Da D received the news and brought Ding Yao to his home.
Upon entering the living room, Big D saw Chen Dong drinking tea with Han Bin, Chen Haonan, and Thirteen Sister from Hung Hing, and his expression immediately turned ugly.
Chan Ho-nam sneered, "Big D, Miss Ting, you two don't actually think Brother Tung would help you fight against Hung Hing, do you? Don't forget, he used to be one of our Hung Hing members."
Big D snorted and said, "Given my relationship with Ah Dong, he's even less likely to help you beat me up. Isn't that right, Ah Dong?"
Shen Dong stood up, invited Big D and Ding Yao to sit down, and said with a smile, "I am now a legitimate businessman, and I will not interfere in your affairs. Miss Ding, we meet again. Congratulations on becoming the head of the Sanlian Gang."
Compared to last time, Ding Yao's temperament now exudes a more mature and composed air, in addition to her sexy and charming demeanor.
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