"That …" Facing everyone's gaze, Hong Dali's thick skin couldn't take it anymore. "Why are all of you looking at me like that …"
"Dali, hehe." Tang Muxin started to pinch Hong Dali's face again. "You are the mascot of Tianjing City. This time, lower your status and become the symbol of this city. When you come back, ask Uncle Li to build a statue of you and erect it in the city center!"
Once she said that, everyone around her nodded vigorously.
Speaking of which, if Tiandi City was really built and Hong Dali was made into a statue, it would be very cool just thinking about it!
"Aye!?" Hong Dali was shocked too. "Make me into a statue and put it in the city center?" This was good, this was good! Therefore, Hong Dali excitedly said, "Then, I want an abstract one!"
Therefore, this matter was decided …
Li Yuanshou smiled and said, "I think it's fine to use Young Master's image as the symbol! I happen to know two sculptors. I will look for them when I come back! With Young Master's generosity, you must build a big one! "
Why else would people say that construction and sculptors were often inseparable? Which residential district didn't have some sculptures to raise the grade of the place? Therefore, when it came to building a statue of Hong Dali, it was naturally time to do it!
Now, Hong Dali had become the first mayor of Tiandi City, and he was the one who appointed him!
Li Yuanshou continued to introduce. "Now that the symbol is here, the next step is the administrative management. However, this is not easy to handle."
"That's not a problem. I will ask my uncle later, hehe." This was an almost impossible task for others, but to Hong Dali, it was not a problem at all — with Uncle Chief's protection, even if he didn't have the actual power, it would not be a problem for him to at least have a name!
Li Yuanshou was indeed a wily old fox who had lived for more than 50 years. He was also in the construction business, so he knew a lot. "Next is the port, freight, trade processing, tourism development, telecommunications, water and electricity, high-tech industries, finance, and so on. Young Master, you will have to find someone to handle these. Otherwise, you won't be able to understand them. "
These were the basic necessities of a city. No matter how powerful Hong Dali was, he wouldn't be able to get these things. Therefore, he didn't go into detail. Anyway, the country usually wouldn't throw all these things into one person's hands. There would definitely be specialists sent over.
"The next step is transportation." Li Yuanshou pointed at the map. "Currently, we don't need air transportation. As for the other city buses, taxis, long-distance buses, and the like, we can take our time. Those will only be needed after there are residents."
"There's no need to consider the other young masters for now." Speaking up to this point, Li Yuanshou thought for a while and suddenly paused. He said, "Speaking of which … Young Master, it seems that there's really nothing to be busy with at the moment. It's just building the buildings."
Unscrupulous merchants, extremely unscrupulous merchants!
They circled back and returned to the construction site …
"Yes." Hong Dali rubbed his chin and looked at the map, acting like a great man. "Then, let's start with construction. The residential area will be built first. Don't worry about whether it's useful or not. Get one administrative building. Get two or three office buildings. Get five to eight roads. Hey, Xiaoyi, how much will all these cost? "
"Let me calculate." Ling Xiaoyi instantly reported the bill. "According to Young Master's usual style, the residential area will cost about 150 million. The administrative building cost 20 million, and the four office buildings cost around 60 million. The road repair cost 15 million. The total will be … 245 million. "
"Yes, not bad." Hong Dali finally approved. "Get another five million worth of statues to make it a round number of 250 million!"
Brouhahaha!
More than 200 million went in at once. That was at least 200 attribute points! Awesome!
Tang Muxin slapped her forehead. "Oh my god …"
But no matter what, at least this was not bad. At least she could earn some money back. Now, the country had expressed their support for the New Lanxiang campus city. Although Tang Muxin wasn't sure of the specific reason, as long as the country supported it, it definitely wouldn't be bad. Just based on this New Lanxiang, this area should be able to develop in the future. By then, with the support of the residential area, this piece of land would definitely be hers again. Then, she might as well let Hong Dali do whatever he wanted …
Hong Dali was happy, and so was Li Yuanshou.
Today, they had successfully negotiated a deal worth 250 million! 250 million, the most important thing was that he didn't have to pay for it himself!
Therefore, Li Yuanshou beamed with delight and said, "Young Master, when can I start work on this side?" He was really a little excited now. His eyes were smiling, and his hands were even rubbing together. From the looks of it, he really was Li Yuanshou!
"No rush." As for when to start work, Hong Dali naturally couldn't start immediately. At least, he had to wait for Uncle Chief to finish drawing the blueprints. Instantly, he waved his hand and said, "Wait for my school's blueprints to come out before we start work. Remember, hire the best designer. Dali's products must be exquisite, don't ruin our reputation! I'm a symbolic figure now! "
"Yes, yes, definitely, definitely!" Although they didn't sign the contract, Li Yuanshou wasn't afraid that Hong Dali would go back on his words.
This Young Master never went back on his word!
Now that everything was settled, Hong Dali was a little tired and instantly prepared to go home. "OK, let's go back to Chenhui Building first. I'll play with these stones. Everyone, get on the car!"
Unexpectedly, just as they were preparing to go home, Lao Deming suddenly received a call. At first, he was still quite calm, but very quickly, his expression started to change. He loudly shouted into the phone, "What!? What did you say!? Damn! This is too much! This is too much!! "
By right, people of Lao Deming's status shouldn't be so agitated. Therefore, when he shouted, everyone looked towards him. Hong Dali curiously asked, "Director Lao, what's the situation? Who bullied you? "
After he hung up the phone, Lao Deming walked over with a bitter face and said, "It's from Hollywood …"
"Hollywood?" This time, everyone around was curious. Even Li Yuanshou didn't leave and asked, "What's wrong with Hollywood? That bunch of people change every two to three days and torment people when they have nothing to do. "
"It's about technical support." Lao Deming despondently said, "Last time, James came to borrow Black Tortoise from Young Master, but Young Master didn't lend it to him. Now, they've withdrawn all their technical personnel from our Heavenly State. This time, the matter is very big. Our company has been scolded badly by our peers."
"Hm?" Previously, Hong Dali didn't think much about it. It was just that they didn't borrow Big Turtle, how big of a matter could it be?
But now that he heard Lao Deming say this, he felt that something was wrong.
Back then, when James came to borrow Big Turtle, the price he offered was only two million USD. By right, it shouldn't have caused such a big commotion. But now that he heard Lao Deming say that Hollywood had actually withdrawn all their technical support, it seemed that this matter wasn't so simple.
"Xinxin, what do you think?" Hong Dali turned around and looked at Tang Muxin. At this time, the two of them combined were comparable to Zhuge Liang!
"This matter definitely isn't as simple as not borrowing Big Turtle." Tang Muxin carefully thought for a while and said, "Dali, think about it. By right, if they want to borrow Big Turtle to film a movie, even if they don't lend it, the impact definitely won't be that big. The Western world isn't very interested in our Black Tortoise. They prefer giant dragons with wings."
"Hm, right. Then?" Hong Dali continued to ask.
"Then, I think that since they want to borrow Black Tortoise, the character they're going to act in is definitely not something decent." Tang Muxin mumbled, "Then, it should be … I reckon it's still because of Big Turtle's identity. Back then, when James came, he said that he understood the significance of Black Tortoise to the people of our Heavenly State. "
"Black Tortoise? Significance? " Hong Dali mumbled twice, and suddenly, his eyes lit up. "The reason must be because of Big Turtle!"
"Young Master, what do you mean?" Hearing Hong Dali say that, the surrounding people instantly became curious.
Tang Muxin naturally understood by now and hurriedly explained, "Think about it, ever since the Black Tortoise was born, the fighting spirit of our Heavenly State has been very high! But that half of Merika has always treated us as their number one enemy. If you were in their shoes, don't you think you'd be anxious? Therefore, this must be on purpose. Their goal is to pull Big Turtle down from its godly position and turn it into an ordinary creature! Filming a movie, then intentionally guiding the direction of public opinion and slowly infiltrating it. By then, Big Turtle will still be Big Turtle, just a big alligator snapping turtle. That way, it'll be a blow to the fighting spirit of our Heavenly State without any bloodshed! " Speaking up to this point, she excitedly hugged Hong Dali's arm and smiled. "Dali, you really have good foresight for not borrowing them back then!"
"Oh …" Hong Dali pouted. "That's for sure. Why would I borrow Big Turtle so casually!"
By now, Lao Deming had also reacted. He nodded in agreement and said, "En, that's indeed a good thing! If Big Turtle were to be lent out, the loss would definitely be much greater than the profit. Young Master, how about this, I'll hold a press conference to explain it properly. This way, everyone probably won't be too bothered. "
"That's up to you." Just then, Hong Dali was thinking of something else. "If they dare to play, I'll play with them. Humph humph, isn't it just Hollywood!" Saying so, Hong Dali instructed Li Yuanshou. "Build a few buildings beside my school! At most, I'll film a few more movies to play with them! "
Humph humph, in the movie business, I still have quite a lot of knowledge!
Although I don't know how to write the script, direct, edit, or produce, I know how to throw money! I know how to squander! I have actors!
Previously, I didn't think much about this. Now that they were jumping up and down, I'll decisively trample them to death!
Anyway, I have to spend money no matter what, then I'll play with Hollywood this time!
"Alright, let's go home first!" Since he'd decided, Hong Dali snapped his fingers. "Everyone, let's go home first. We'll slowly play with Hollywood!" Saying so, he got into the car. Alas, just as Tang Muxin and the rest were preparing to follow, Lao Deming stopped them. "Miss Tang, can you listen to me for a while?"
"En?" Why did Lao Deming stop them? Tang Muxin curiously asked, "Director Lao, what's the matter?"
Lao Deming looked around and sneakily said, "There's a little matter, and it's more or less related to Young Master …"
"Then tell Dali, why are you looking for me?" Tang Muxin curiously asked.
"Uh, it's like this …" Lao Deming saw that Ling Xiaoyi and Li Nianwei curiously came over and said, "In another half a year, on October 10th this year, it'll be the Falan International Film Festival! Young Master has too many things to consider. Doesn't he want to build a city? I don't want to trouble him, so I'm thinking that we should do a good job and give Young Master a surprise! After all, Young Master treats me quite well, I can't be an ingrate, right? "
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