Starting from the second day, Han Ye-jin took the design team to inspect the plots of land. Victor now has five plots of land in his hands, and Han Ye-jin can choose any one of them.

If she took a fancy to other plots of land, Victor would try to buy them. The seaside was not a good option as Han Ye-jin thought they were too humid. Shatin was not a good option as it was too remote. In the end, he mainly looked at land in Kowloon Tong and at the foot of Lion Rock.

I dragged myself back to Master Situ's house, and Master Situ asked his servants to bring me some stew. "How is it, have you found a suitable place?"

Han Ye-jin took a sip of soup and said, "Both the land in Kowloon Tong and the area below Lion Rock are suitable, but Kowloon Tong has already been decided to be turned into an industrial area. If a large factory is built there, it would be a bit out of place to have a museum in the middle of it."

“Indeed.”

Master Situ nodded, "Isn't it okay to go to the foot of Lion Mountain?"

"Sure. If the land under Lion Rock is confirmed, a large area will be occupied to protect the safety of the museum. The current map is very simple. We are surveying the terrain to see which place is suitable." Han Yezhen said.

Master Situ thought about it.

"I know a good fortune teller. Do you want him to take a look at your Feng Shui?" said the old man.

"Feng Shui Master?"

Han Ye-jin's father is also an architect. In addition to studying Western architecture, his father also studied some Chinese architecture. Since he wanted to study Chinese architecture, he naturally had to get in touch with Feng Shui, so there were some books on Feng Shui at home.

After Han Ye-jin studied architecture, she also read some books on Feng Shui. She once asked her father how he viewed Feng Shui. Han's father thought about it and said to his daughter: "I believe that architectural Feng Shui exists, but I am not superstitious about it. It can be used but you don't have to be too obsessed with it."

At this time, the food was served. While the grandfather and grandson were eating, Grandpa Situ told Han Yizhen about the fortune teller.

"The fortune teller I'm talking about is called Cai Lianfang. His father, Cai Zuibai, once worked in the Qintianjian of the Qing Dynasty. After the Qing Dynasty fell, Cai Zuibai and his son Cai Lianfang wandered around. At that time, war was raging in China, and warlords were fighting for power. Finally, they settled in Hong Kong."

"Cai Lianfang inherited his father's business and studied I Ching and fortune-telling in depth. He gradually became a famous fortune-telling master in Hong Kong. You know that Hong Kong is full of people of all walks of life. It is inevitable that the Cai family will encounter unreasonable people. Once, he asked me for help, and I helped him solve his problem."

"Whenever I'm in Hong Kong, Cai Lianfang visits me once or twice a year. He has a son named Cai Boli, who has inherited the Cai family's knowledge of feng shui. Although he is only 26 or 27 years old this year, he has already become a little famous in Hong Kong."

"If you need it, I will ask someone to notify them tomorrow and let them take a look at it for you. Maybe they can be of some help." said Master Situ.

Han Ye-jin knew that her grandfather meant well. After all, people in Hong Kong believed in feng shui.

Han Ye-jin smiled and said, "Grandpa once taught me that 'listen to both sides and you will be wise'. Maybe this will really help. Can you please make a phone call for me?"

The old man smiled and said, "Eat, eat more. You came here from the United States. Are you used to eating Chinese food every day?"

"Haha, my appetite is a combination of Chinese and Western food." Han Ye-jin said with a smile.

......

The next day.

There were two more people in Han Ye-jin's team, one was a middle-aged man in his fifties, wearing a gray cloth gown, and the other was a young man in his twenties, wearing a suit.

These two people are the fortune teller Cai Lianfang and his son Cai Boli.

The group went to several places and finally came to the area at the foot of Lion Rock. The two foreign designers kept looking at the map, while Cai Lianfang and his son Cai Boli walked around the area, using a compass to locate the location and chatting from time to time.

Han Ye-jin looked at the two and asked, "Master Cai, what do you think of the environment here? Is it suitable for building a museum?"

Cai Lianfang handed the compass to his son and said, "Ms. Han, to be honest, it's a bit of a waste to build a museum here."

Han Ye-jin was slightly surprised.

"Why do you say that?"

Cai Lianfang said: "Museums are mainly for collection. As long as they avoid places with water or fire, there will be basically no problem. And this piece of land is obviously a treasure land."

"To find the dragon trend in Hong Kong, you need to look at the dragon's movement before you know the situation. If the dragon's movement is strong, you need to trace it. In coastal areas, the water is scattered and the water is flooded, so it is more valuable to look for the mountain dragon."

"Ms. Han, look~~"

Cai Lianfang pointed to Lion Rock.

"The 'lion' of Lion Rock has a complete head, body and tail. The lion's head faces the west of Kowloon, and the lion's body and tail are completely lying on the mountain. The land of Kowloon is all within its protection."

"This Lion Mountain comes from the Caoshan and Tai Wai mountain ranges. After crossing the gorge, it rises and forms Lion Mountain. A small stream of it lies down in the Wong Tai Sin area. The land below the mountain is the end of the Lion Mountain cave. Although it is not large in scale, it is backed by mountains and faces the sea. It is located on the dragon vein and has a terrain like a "bat in a basket". It has excellent feng shui. Whether you build a house or start a business, this land is guarded by Lion Mountain. There are no taboos. This is a Feng Shui treasure land."

Cai Lianfang spoke for a long time, and to be honest, Han Yezhen only understood three-tenths of it. However, she understood a few points: this place is great and suitable for building anything.

But Cai Lianfang hadn't finished speaking yet, and continued: "But there is only one thing you need to be careful about."

"What?" Han Ye-jin asked.

"Feng Shui is all about topography. The topography of Lion Rock is already established and cannot be damaged. Once it is damaged, the Feng Shui here may change, and it will be hard to say whether it is good or bad at that time."

After the investigation, everyone went back.

Such a large project cannot be decided in one or two days.

Han Yizhen returned to Mr. Situ's house. The old man had just put down the phone and saw his granddaughter coming back. He smiled and said, "Cai Lianfang called me just now and told me about the fortune-telling. He said that the land at the foot of Lion Mountain is very good. He even said that it would be a pity to build a museum there. If it is built into a house, it will increase the fortune of the owner's family."

Han Ye-jin smiled and said, "If I turn it into a museum, it can also help Hardy make a fortune."

Master Situ smiled and shook his head.

Although Han Ye-jin already felt that the terrain at the foot of Lion Rock was good and suitable for building a museum, he still sent a telegram to Hardy.

After receiving the telegram, Hardy read it carefully, thought for a while and replied: "The museum will be located at the foot of Lion Rock. The 180 acres of land will be allocated to the museum. In addition, let Victor purchase the mountain land around Lion Rock to ensure that Lion Rock will not be damaged in the future."

180 acres of land is approximately 720,000 square meters. If you have no idea, the Forbidden City covers an area of ​​approximately 720,000 square meters.

As for Siam, although no one will touch Siam now, what about a few decades later? Hardy never underestimates the destructive power of human beings.

Hardy is a white-skinned man with a yellow heart. He would rather believe this stuff. He even checked the almanac when he opened his company.

It’s just a small amount of money. You can buy it and turn it into a park later.

It will be difficult to find such a Feng Shui treasure land in the future. Since it is a Feng Shui treasure land, we must keep it.

At the end of the telegram, Hadi added, "We can hire the Cai family father and son to hire Feng Shui masters for the Hong Kong branch of the Hadi Group."

......

After receiving Hardy's reply, Han Ye-jin finally made up her mind and contacted the construction team to formally discuss the construction.

As for the matter of purchasing the land, it was naturally handed over to Victor. After receiving the order from his boss, Victor immediately went to the government land management office to inquire. Fortunately, the land still belonged to the government, but the government had no intention of selling the ridge.

Because there is a reservoir further up, which is one of the reservoirs used by Kowloon residents for drinking water, in order to protect the surrounding environment and water and soil resources, the Planning Department has designated this area as an area that cannot be destroyed.

“After we buy it, we will not destroy it, but we want to build a park so that we don’t destroy the landscape.”

It is also difficult to decide who should be in charge of the Planning Department.

"I need to consult the Governor."

Finally, they found Governor Grantham, and Victor told him very clearly that the Hardy Group bought this land not for development, but for the purpose of protecting the landform. A Feng Shui master said that if the landform of Lion Rock was destroyed, the Feng Shui of the land under their feet would be destroyed, so they bought Lion Rock.

Grantham thought about it and finally agreed to sell it, but asked for an agreement to be signed that no large-scale damage would be caused to the terrain of Sierra Leone. Victor agreed to sign.

More than 300 acres of mountains around Lion Rock were sold to the Hardy Group for a total price of 550,000 pounds. Now the barren mountains in Hong Kong are really cheap.

From now on, all the mountains around Lion Rock, including the reservoir, will belong to the Hardy Group.

The museum entered the formal construction phase.

......

During this time, Hardy has been working on the supermarket chain and logistics company. These two companies were planned by Hardy a long time ago and were included in the company's three-year plan.

Some time ago, the Hardy Group issued a recruitment advertisement, recruited two presidents, and asked them to form a team.

The teams from the two companies conducted business inspections separately and provided Hardy with future construction plans and programs.

Sam Walton, president of the supermarket chain, is 33 years old this year. He ran a supermarket at home before joining the army. He served as a soldier for several years when World War II broke out. After the war, he returned home and continued to run the supermarket. In a few years, it developed into a medium-sized supermarket and has relatively rich management experience.

Unfortunately, a fire last year reduced his supermarket to ashes, and he was left with a considerable debt.

After Hardy's Group announced the recruitment for a president, Sam Walton came to apply. His philosophy was very similar to Hardy's. He knew how to satisfy customers and was also good at sales, so Hardy hired him to be the president of the supermarket chain.

The salary is based on annual salary + dividend model, and Sam Walton is very satisfied with the salary given by his boss.

As for the logistics company, it hired a former vice president of United Parcel Service, named JB Hunter, and Hardy offered him an annual salary + dividend model.

Although there are supermarkets in the United States, there are no large chain supermarkets covering the entire country. It is very difficult to run such a large-scale supermarket.

It is not difficult to build a supermarket, but it is very difficult to operate it. A large supermarket may involve 20,000 to 30,000 companies, and the number of commodities is more likely to reach hundreds of thousands, which requires a strong management team.

And how to attract customers and what is your advantage? Hardy's strategy is "high quality and low price". This is not just talk, but really needs to be done. Only when the price is cheaper than others can you really attract customers.

This is even more difficult.

What Hardy meant was to sign a contract with the merchant. The supermarket would not invest in purchasing the goods, but would instead consign the goods to him and charge a certain percentage of the fees or take a commission. The planning team was not at all sure about this.

After all, no one has played like this before.

Then there is logistics. To move so many commodities requires an extremely powerful logistics system, and this logistics system must be very professional. According to their estimates, they may need to build 20-25 large logistics warehouses across the United States.

Hardy thought about it.

"Let's build a few stores first to test the waters. We also need to train our team and suppliers, and the logistics company also needs to get used to it. How many stores do you think are more suitable in Los Angeles and San Francisco?"

"Three in Los Angeles and two in San Francisco. We have already inspected all the locations." Someone said, taking out a map.

Hadi took a look and found that they were all located in the suburbs, but were all next to major traffic arteries. Hadi had told the team before that they should not be built in the city center.

One reason is that the land price in the central area is expensive and the available area is small. Another more important reason is that there will be more and more poor people in the city center in the future.

In the Chinese concept, the city center represents prosperity, wealth, convenience and safety, while the suburbs represent remoteness, poverty, inconvenience and unsafety. However, in the United States, it is just the opposite.

All relief agencies and relief houses were in the city center. Later, the city center became a paradise for the poor. It is not so bad now, but it became increasingly serious in later times.

In order to avoid trouble, Hardy planned to build in the suburbs from the beginning. Of course, these places were carefully selected. These areas will have good development in the future, and even selling the land can make a lot of money.