Li Fuming said with a wry smile, "Mr. Shen, I'm sorry, I still can't give you a definite answer about this matter."
Shen Dong shrugged and said, "It's alright. My third condition is that I plan to build a super-luxury Tengfei Hotel in each of the four directions of the second ring road of Yandu, with each hotel covering at least 30 acres and an investment of around 12 billion yuan. I wonder if the government can agree to this?"
Buying 120 acres of land in the most prosperous area of Yandu for 12 billion yuan is definitely a highly profitable business.
If Shen Dong didn't plan ahead, he would be no different from a fool.
Li Fuming was going completely insane.
They spent 1.6 billion to buy three textile factories, 2 billion to build the world's largest garment factory, 5 billion to build a private museum, and now they're going to spend 12 billion to build four ultra-luxury hotels.
These amounts of money are already close to 20 billion.
The total investment attracted by Yandu last year was less than this amount.
This Shen Dong is absolutely insane.
If Li Fuming hadn't known Shen Dong's background, he would have kicked him out.
Having worked in the Commerce Department for ten years, he had met countless wealthy people, but this was the first time he had ever met someone like Shen Dong who didn't care about money.
"Mr. Shen, do you have a fourth condition?" Li Fuming asked helplessly.
Shen Dong said, "I plan to spend four or five billion to build residential communities in various parts of Yandu. If you can sell the land to me directly, that would be best. If not, it doesn't matter, I will handle it myself."
Li Fuming was now somewhat immune to Shen Dong's outrageous remarks and asked, "Anything else?"
Shen Dong said, "That's all, that's all."
Li Fuming breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Mr. Shen, your investment amount is too large. I will report to my superiors as soon as possible and give you news by tomorrow night at the latest."
Shen Dong stood up and said, "I am very optimistic about the economic development of Xia Kingdom. Yandu is just one of the target cities for my investment. It would be best if the higher-ups agree. If not, I will go to other cities. Director Liu doesn't need to worry too much."
Li Fuming said, "An investment of over 20 billion is something no official in Xia Kingdom would be indifferent to. But I must ask him if I may be so bold as to ask, do you have that much liquid capital?"
Shen Dong smiled and said, "Two hundred and fifty billion Hong Kong dollars is equivalent to about four and a half billion US dollars. I have two billion US dollars on hand, and for the remaining two and a half billion US dollars, I can use the New Territories warehouse in Hong Kong Island to obtain a mortgage loan from Citibank or Standard Chartered Bank. With the assets of the New Territories warehouse, borrowing four billion US dollars is absolutely no problem. Director Li, you can rest assured about the money. Right now, all I have left is money."
Li Fuming was speechless.
Fifteen minutes later, the officials personally escorted Shen Dong to his car.
Watching the car slowly drive away, Li Fuming and many other officials stood there, motionless.
Everyone was deeply shocked.
There was no way around it; the impact Shen Dong had on them was simply too great.
An official muttered, "Is this the true face of a big capitalist? This goes beyond mere arrogance and domineering."
An official nearby chimed in, "It is indeed extremely arrogant, but not in a way that is disliked. An investment of over 20 billion yuan can at least create tens of thousands of jobs. This is very beneficial to the urban development of Yandu."
The official nodded and said, "Yes. More than 20 billion, that's terrifying."
Li Fuming snapped out of his daze and instructed, "Today's negotiations are top secret. No one is allowed to divulge them. I'm telling you, this investment of over 20 billion must belong to Yandu. Otherwise, Yandu will devour us whole. Do you all understand?"
Everyone answered in unison, "Understood."
Back in his office, Li Fuming immediately dialed the phone number of Yin Xicheng, a senior leader of the Yandu Municipal Government.
The two were old classmates, and Yin Xicheng was the top government official in charge of the economy, so Li Fuming naturally wanted to tell him about the huge investment of more than 20 billion yuan as soon as possible.
If people from other provinces found out, they would go crazy searching for Shen Dong.
"Old Li, what brings you to call me?"
As the deputy director of the Commerce Department, Li Fuming is extremely busy and is generally not contacted during work hours.
Li Fuming said, "Old Yin, there's an investment of over 20 billion yuan that wants to be located in Yandu. Are you interested?"
Yin Xicheng was silent for a moment, then said, "Old Li, I'm busy attracting investment right now, I really don't have time to chat with you."
Li Fuming said, "You mean you don't want it?"
Yin Xicheng said irritably, "Old Li, let alone 20 billion, even if it's 2 billion, as long as you can find it for me, I'll give you that case of 30-year-old Moutai that you've been longing for."
Li Fuming laughed heartily and said, "A real man keeps his word."
Yin Xicheng was taken aback and said, "Are you serious?"
Li Fuming said irritably, "Nonsense. You must have heard about the Hong Kong tycoon named Shen Dong who is planning to acquire three major textile factories, right?"
Yin Xicheng said, "Of course. Logically speaking, the matter of the three major textile factories should be handled by our municipal government. I never expected that you would take it over. It's simply outrageous."
Li Fuming snorted and said, "The three major textile factories have become such a mess, do you dare say that your municipal government bears no responsibility at all? It's good enough that the higher-ups haven't given you any trouble, so where do you get all this complaints from?"
Yin Xicheng said, "I've only been in office for half a year, okay? Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. You mean that the investment of more than 20 billion yuan is related to this Shen Dong, right?"
Li Fuming said, "That's right. We held negotiations this morning..."
After hearing Li Fuming's story, Yin Xicheng was overjoyed and shouted, "Old Li, where is this Mr. Shen? I'll go talk to him myself."
Li Fuming laughed and said, "I knew you would react this way."
Yin Xicheng said, "Nonsense. Yandu doesn't lack land right now, it lacks investment. If I don't agree to exchange more than 4,000 acres of land for more than 20 billion yuan in investment, the people of Yandu will not let me off the hook. What's more, they also want to build a residential community."
Li Fuming said, "This investment is frighteningly large. I need to report it to my superiors. It should be easy for you to find out where Shen Dong lives. You can decide what to do. Don't forget my case of Moutai."
Yin Xicheng said, "If you can get these 20 billion yuan to settle in Yandu, I will personally deliver that case of Moutai to your home."
Li Fuming chuckled and said, "You mean you won't give me Moutai if the investment deal falls through, right?"
Yin Xicheng said, "Think what you want. I'm going to find that tycoon now, and we'll have a good drink together in a while. It's on me."
After saying that, Yin Xicheng hung up the phone.
Li Fuming shook his head and said, "What a scoundrel who kicks away the ladder after crossing the river."
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