Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

The newly built textile wholesale mall is a three-storey building. In today's view, this wholesale mall is ordinary, but from the perspective of the 1990s, it is definitely a high-end atmosphere.

The bus stopped in front of the wholesale mall, and a dozen foreigners got out of the bus.

"Mr. Ford, this is our newly built textile wholesale mall in Qinghe City." The translator quickly introduced.

This foreigner named Fude is the head of the economic and trade delegation.

At this time, Li Weidong also greeted him, and the translator introduced Li Weidong to the US economic and trade delegation.

Li Weidong and Fude exchanged a few words, and then began to introduce the wholesale mall.

"Our wholesale mall is currently planning to use 500 acres of land, which is almost 82 acres. Now the building you see is the first phase of the project, with a construction area of ​​37,000 square meters, which is equivalent to 40,000 square feet. There are a total of 3,500 booths..." Li Weidong introduced incessantly.

While Li Weidong was introducing, the foreigners in the delegation nodded. After Li Weidong's introduction, he was just about to lead everyone into the inside for a visit, but a voice suddenly sounded.

"Mr. Li, isn't the location of your textile wholesale mall too remote? The surrounding area looks a bit desolate, and it doesn't look like someone will come."

Li Weidong followed the voice and saw a slightly emaciated middle-aged man. This man looked in his forties, with gold-rimmed glasses, black hair and yellow skin. At first glance, he turned out to be a yellow race.

But if you look closely, you can clearly see that his facial features still have some European and American characteristics. Obviously, this is a mixed-race child of Asian descent.

"Is it the translation provided by the economic and trade delegation? But he speaks standard American English! It should be a Chinese-American mixed race." Li Weidong thought to himself.

Then Li Weidong replied: "This is indeed not a prosperous urban area, but at the speed of China's development, it will be as prosperous as an urban area in a few years."

"Mr. Li, I think you're too optimistic. Urbanization requires a process. It takes a few years to save time, and the city can't expand here." The mixed blood said again.

Li Weidong was too lazy to argue with the other party about the development speed of Chinese cities, he said: "We don't discuss the future, just talking about now, building a wholesale mall here, I don't think there is any problem. Many supermarkets in the United States are not the same. Is it built in the suburbs, not the city center?"

The biracial child retorted: "Many supermarkets in the United States are indeed built in the suburbs, but they are not built in remote rural areas. I just looked around, and there are many crops!"

Li Weidong frowned slightly, thinking in his heart that this half-breed was deliberately trying to raise the bar?

Beside, the translator in the city whispered to Li Weidong: "Chairman Li, this is Mr. Chang, a lawyer."

"Lawyer, no wonder you're arguing with me here!" Li Weidong thought to himself.

At the same time, the head of the business delegation, Fude, opened his mouth and said to the half-blood: "Gordon, let's go and see first!"

Commander Ford spoke, and lawyer Chang didn't say anything, but nodded with a smile and made a "please" gesture.

So everyone walked into the door of the wholesale mall.

At this time, the interior of the wholesale mall has been renovated, the grids are neat and tidy, and the cleaning is very clean, but there are no vendors yet.

However, in order to welcome the business delegation, some arrangements were made in the hall after entering the door, such as hanging welcome banners, arranging several flower baskets, and the loudspeakers in the mall were also turned on, playing elegant music.

Seeing these decorations, Zhang Jiagang, who accompanied the delegation, nodded with satisfaction. He knew that Li Weidong also arranged it carefully.

"It's very clean here!" Commander Ford said.

"But it's also empty!" Another somewhat dissonant voice sounded.

It was the Chinese-American lawyer Gordon Chang who spoke.

Li Weidong once thought that American lawyers are so annoying!

I just heard Gordon-Chang continue to ask: "Mr. Li, your textile wholesale mall is very beautifully decorated, but not only does it have no customers, but there are no merchants! I really can't find a textile-related product. !"

Gordon Chang's words were full of irony, as if to tell everyone that his judgment was correct and that the wholesale market should not be built here.

Li Weidong said, "At present, it is still in the investment promotion stage, so there are no merchants, let alone customers. After the investment promotion is over, the merchants will all settle in, and you will see people everywhere."

"People everywhere? Mr. Li, I think you're too optimistic. It's not an easy task to fill such a big shopping mall." Gordon-Chang said contemptuously.

"Mr. Chang, China has a population of more than one billion, and 70% of them live in the east. Our province is a populous province, and our Qinghe city is also a populous city, so we have huge business potential here, filling this wholesale mall and It's not a problem. I even think that there will be not enough here soon, and we need to build the second and third phases of the project!" Li Weidong said.

Gordon-Chang immediately retorted: "But it's too remote, and it's too far from the gathering area of ​​residents."

"Is it far?" Li Weidong smiled and asked, "Mr. Chang, how long did it take you to come here from the city just now?"

"I didn't calculate." Gordon-Chang seemed to have guessed what Li Weidong was going to say.

"If you drive, it only takes half an hour to get here from the city, but in the United States it is just from one neighborhood to another. I think most Americans, the time spent on the way to work, should be longer than this, and go to work. The distance should also be farther than this." Li Weidong said, deliberately staring at Gordon-Chang with a questioning look, as if asking, are you really an American?

"Our American households have cars, and most of them have more than one car, so the tens of kilometers is nothing to us! But the Chinese are still riding bicycles! To come here by bicycle, it is to participate in Tour de France!" Gordon-Chang retorted again.

"We not only have bicycles, but also public transportation. Our city has planned a bus route to come here. In the future, a passenger transfer center will be built here to facilitate people's transportation." Li Weidong said, looking towards Zhang Jiagang.

"Yes, we have already planned the public transportation to come here." Zhang Jiagang replied immediately, but he thought to himself, where did a passenger transfer center appear, why didn't I know?

Gordon Chang's eyes showed a sarcasm again, and he said, "For a shopping mall, planning for public transportation, don't you think this is a loss?"

Li Weidong pretended to be surprised and asked, "Why does public transportation pursue profitability? Public facilities were built with taxpayers' money, and they were originally intended to provide services to the general public. Does your US government still use taxpayers' money? Do you want to make more money?"

"Uh..." This is a sending proposition, even Gordon Chang, the barrister, was suddenly speechless when he talked about this issue.

In the United States, Democrats are more supportive of building public facilities, while Republicans are less interested in building public facilities.

But one thing is certain, no matter who is in power, the taxes paid by taxpayers will definitely not be used for profit, at least not on the surface. If anyone dares to use taxpayers' money to make money, that person's political career will come to an end.

...

After finally sending the US economic and trade delegation into the car, Li Weidong also let out a sigh of relief.

"Chairman Li, you've worked hard!" the translator said.

"I've completed the task, but you still have to deal with them, that's hard work!" Li Weidong paused, then said, "Especially the banana man, he looks very difficult to deal with."

"Banana man?" The translator was stunned for a moment, not understanding Li Weidong at all.

"Banana, yellow skin and white heart, it's that Gordon Chang. I always think this guy is here to find fault." Li Weidong explained.

"This description is quite apt." The translator nodded and continued; "Chairman Li, don't take it to heart, this Gordon-Chang is like this all the way, even when visiting scenic spots, you have to pick out points. I thought he was Chinese, so he should get along better, but I didn't expect him to be more difficult to serve than those white foreigners."

"Otherwise, he's a banana man!" Li Weidong pouted in disdain.

...

Fukang Engineering Company, Chen Yonghua is introducing the latest research and development progress to Li Weidong.

At this moment, Li Weidong's cell phone rang.

"I'll take a call." Li Weidong walked aside with the phone in his hand, and then said, "Hello, I'm Li Weidong."

"Chairman Li, I'm Lao Zhao from the Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department!" the other party said.

"It's Minister Zhao, do you have anything to do with me?" Li Weidong asked immediately.

"There's something wrong with your textile wholesale mall." Minister Zhao replied.

Li Weidong was stunned for a moment, thinking that this wholesale mall is not yet in operation, what could happen? Besides, even if there is an accident, it has nothing to do with the propaganda department!

Minister Zhao said, "Do you remember that a few days ago, a US economic and trade delegation came? They even visited your wholesale mall at that time!"

"Remember, what's wrong with the economic and trade delegation?" Li Weidong asked immediately.

"Yes, after the people from the economic and trade delegation went back, they wrote an article. The main content is that China's economic prosperity in the past few years is just an appearance, and the data are all fake. In fact, it's all a face project." Minister Zhao said.

"It has not been a day or two for foreign prosperous forces to smear our economic development. Their economic data is their usual routine. What's so strange!" Li Weidong paused, then asked: "Furthermore, Speaking of which, what does this have to do with my wholesale store?"

"The article took your wholesale mall as an example. It said that it was built in a deserted and uninhabited land, and there were no merchants and passengers. It was built purely to support the facade. It also said that the wholesale mall was a building." Ghost Castle'!" Minister Zhao said.

"Treasure?" Li Weidong said half-jokingly.

"What treasure! It's a ghost castle! Ghosts, ghosts and ghosts! Castles, castles' fortresses." Minister Zhao explained.

"Why are foreigners so superstitious, and there are no ghosts in my wholesale market! I don't believe in this kind of strange power and chaos." Li Weidong said with a smile.

"Chairman Li, foreigners are not superstitious, they mean that there is no one in the wholesale market, it is a place for ghosts!" Minister Zhao then explained: "Now this article is published in several foreign media. The reprint has caused a very negative impact on our Qinghe City, and the higher-level leaders also attach great importance to this, and have personally called to ask about the matter."

"I understand that in a small place like Qinghe, we have finally made a name for ourselves in the foreign media, and we are also said to have built a face project. This is indeed quite unpleasant." Li Weidong said.

Minister Zhao said: "Chairman Li, you have to come to the city for a meeting later, and let's discuss how to deal with it. Well, I will fax the report to you first, so you can take a look."

"Okay, I'm at Fukang Engineering now. I'll ask the secretary to give you the fax number immediately." Li Weidong said.

...

After a while, the secretary came over with the faxed article.

This is an English-language article, apparently published in English-language media.

Li Weidong's spoken English is okay, but his reading level is a little worse. After all, when he was the boss in later generations, there was a special lawyer who was in charge of documents, and he didn't need to deduct English words in person.

He hastily read it, and what was said in the front basically said that China's economy is going to end, the economic growth of the past few years is all fake, all fabricated figures, the entire economy is about to hit a hard landing, and so on.

There is nothing new in these descriptions, since the late 1980s, there have been similar remarks in foreign media.

And then there are a few examples, including Li Weidong's wholesale mall. It is said that Li Weidong's wholesale mall is a face project. There are no merchants at all, and it is completely a ghost castle.

"Who wrote this article, knowing the name Ghost Castle is quite creative."

Li Weidong looked at the signature of the article and found that it was an author named Gordon Chang.

"Isn't this the Gordon-Chang who is always nitpicking!" Li Weidong suddenly thought of the half-blooded banana man.

At this time, Chen Yonghua also came over and subconsciously glanced at the fax in Li Weidong's hand.

Li Weidong took the initiative to introduce: "This is an introduction to my wholesale mall by foreign media, saying that I built a ghost castle."

Li Weidong said and handed the fax to Chen Yonghua.

Chen Yonghua's English reading ability is obviously a grade higher than Li Weidong's, and he quickly finished reading the above content.

"Which media is it, so uncredible, it is completely fabricating news!" Chen Yonghua said.

Li Weidong said, "I don't know when I offended this Gordon-Chang. I have to take my wholesale mall as an example, and I can't get along with me."

"Gordon-Chang?" Chen Yonghua looked at the author's signature, and then said: "Mr. Li, I'm sorry, I need to correct it. The Chinese translation of this surname should not be Chang."

"Isn't it often?" Li Weidong looked at it again and said, "Eat... Ang... Chang, that's right!"

"If you follow the Chinese pinyin of the mainland, it seems to be translated like this, but in our Hong Kong Island, the correct translation should be Zhang!" Chen Yonghua replied.

Li Weidong instantly understood that the English translation of names in mainland China is different from that in other Chinese-speaking regions.

So Li Weidong asked, "Is it Gong Changzhang?"

"It can also be Lizaozhang!" Chen Yonghua replied.

"It turns out that this person is called Gordon Zhang!" Li Weidong replied.

"About this Gordon, there is also a corresponding Chinese translation." Chen Yonghua continued.

"How did Gordon translate?" Li Weidong immediately asked.

"Shao Shu? Or Jia Dun! That's roughly it." Chen Yonghua replied.

Hearing this translation, Li Weidong's face changed instantly.

"How did you provoke this guy!"

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