British 1986

In the evening of the next day, when the night was dark, Wei Dewei took a very low-key Honda Crown to the mountaintop villa.

It wasn't that he wanted to keep a low profile, but that Allen specifically told him that he didn't want too many people to know that he was now in Xiangjiang.

I haven’t seen Wei Dewei for a long time. This old guy has a completely different image from the previous two years.

What a nice old guy he was.

Now his hair is white and his waist can't straighten up. I don't know if it's his own imagination, but Allen always feels that Wei Dewei is particularly haggard now.

Is this because Boss Cha is about to come over and is he ready to make a misfortune?

Allen is very familiar with this trick. He is a veteran himself. He didn't expect that Wei Dewei would also play this trick.

And this old guy is quite cruel to himself.

Preparations had been started months in advance, and the effect was completely different from Allen's haggardness caused by not sleeping a night in advance.

Only Wei Dewei seems more real.

Looking at Wei Dewei's ill-fitting suit, Allen did not get up to greet him, but pointed to the sofa next to him and motioned for him to sit down.

After the servant served tea, neither of them spoke first.

Wei Dewei looked at Allen with emotion, who seemed to have not changed much. He couldn't say that he hadn't changed much. Anyway, he hadn't seen Allen in almost two years. This gentleman was still so young, but his hairstyle had changed. He has changed and his face looks better.

The overall temperament is a little more restrained than before, and not as aggressive as before.

"Patrice said you wanted to see me and have an interview. Why don't you want to talk now that you've seen me?"

Allen crossed his legs, took out a cigarette from the coffee table, handed one to Wei Dewei, and just put the cigarette to his mouth, Wei Dewei quickly put down his handbag, picked up the lighter on the table and lit Allen's cigarette. .

Then he lit it for himself, took a deep drag on the cigarette, and sighed: "I finally see you, Your Excellency. I just didn't remember how to say it."

"Haha, do we still need to be so estranged from each other?"

Looking at Wei Dewei who seemed to be relieved, Allen laughed.

This old guy was very nice to him. We all worked together once, and then Allen asked him to help take care of Li Zhi here, and he didn't hesitate.

Wei Dewei nodded, took out a thick stack of information from his handbag and handed it to Allen.

"what?"

"Your Excellency, take a look, it's shocking!"

Allen opened the information with some curiosity. These were statistics from several British banks.

The statistical objects are several large real estate companies.

Looking at those huge amounts, Allen could somewhat understand why Wei Dewei was like this.

How big is the whole Hong Kong?

Just looking at the area, it doesn't seem that big. Looking at their buildings and population density, they seem very small.

But is there no land in Xiangjiang?

No, no, there is still a lot of land, but most of it has not been developed.

In addition to the purpose of hoarding and raising housing prices, there is actually a more important reason.

Currently, a large part of the undeveloped land in Xiangjiang is controlled by various British consortiums and families.

Seeing that housing prices are so high and will even get higher in the future, as long as they are slowly released, those lands are like countless gold bricks, representing endless wealth.

And if we rashly release large tracts of land, there will be no benefit except lowering housing prices.

Under such circumstances, large areas of land remain undeveloped and are not allowed to be developed.

And the more land is tightened like this, the more housing prices will rise.

After all, Xiangjiang is so developed. The population must increase. These people must have a place to live, and there are so many commercial lands for companies.

But now, since the two parties signed the treaty a few years ago, the British withdrawal has become a foregone conclusion.

Under such circumstances, many British investors who still hold a large amount of land in Xiangjiang are a little anxious.

In recent years, land has been flowing out intermittently, and various development projects have been put on the agenda.

But this kind of behavior of driving down housing prices makes some groups who also hold land but have not yet sold it feel a little disgusted.

Are you going to sell it?

Everyone will suffer.

Even if they are making money on the surface, greed is human nature. If they do not get the expected benefits and make less money, this is a loss!

It's not chaotic outside yet, but the management of Daying is about to start a fight internally.

It could still be suppressed, but this year the competition, stumbling blocks, and disruptions have intensified, and they have all been brought to light.

In the end, it’s not like even the boss has to go out and come to maintain and shock him.

And now the information Wei Dewei showed Allen was the information he could mobilize on real estate loans issued by various British banks and a large part of the records of land sales by British groups.

After flipping through the pages casually, Allen closed the document and threw it to Wei Dewei with a smile: "What do you want? Get a piece of land and participate?"

"How dare I, Your Excellency? You are really joking. Your Highness will be here soon. Am I rushing to hit the muzzle?"

Wei Dewei had a headache. His duty was to maintain stability, which was determined before he took office.

Now he can't hold on any longer. With the situation like this, how dare he want to get involved and risk his life?

"Hmph, if it were me, since I can't solve the problem, wouldn't I just solve the person who caused the problem? You should be able to do it, right?"

Allen still smiled and continued to stimulate Wei Dewei.

This does not mean that these lands cannot be sold, but they need to be sold slowly, slowly and in accordance with the rules while maintaining stability.

Nowadays, these people are rushing to sell, and they even start it internally. This is breaking the rules.

In this case, why can't we be cruel?

Wei Dewei broke into a cold sweat when he heard the bad idea Allen gave him.

Of course, your Excellency is not afraid. If he is really allowed to do this, and the trouble becomes big, he will at most be taken back to London, and then...

After being scolded by the Queen and grounded at home for a while, the rest of the shit was gone.

But if it were him, Wei Dewei, he would not dare to do this. He is just a lord, a small knight. If he really dares to do this, he will die without a burial place.

Looking at the embarrassed Wei Dewei, Allen finally stopped teasing him.

It’s still the same concept, to maintain stability. As long as some people’s liquidity is gone, things will be relatively stable.

This was Allen's earlier thought, and Wei Dewei also agreed.

And this can be regarded as a disguised form of not solving the problem, just solving the person who caused the problem. If the money is gone, what else can you do?

But for these British talents, Allen had nothing to do.

He couldn't handle it, and he didn't want to take the initiative to make enemies.

After thinking about it, the construction of his new castle has already started, so he can't afford this money, right?

It’s up to those people in Xiangjiang who have their hearts set on Great Britain to come forward.

The second phase of the long-awaited large-scale high-end villa project in Wales is now ready to be launched.

After putting out the cigarette butt, Allen picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea. He thought for a moment and said seriously: "His Highness is coming soon. That's what I thought. After His Highness leaves, this place will definitely be stable for a while. Let's take advantage of this." If you have time, you can take the lead in making the second phase of the plan, but"

Allen thought about it carefully and said, "Prices have risen dramatically in recent years, and many things have increased in price. We have to take this into consideration."

Although the first phase of the last real estate project ended in failure, many wealthy people still have confidence in Allen.

We are all looking forward to your Excellency to restart the second phase of the plan and start the project. There is no reason why it will not fail.

With the last failure experience, wouldn’t the success rate of the next plan be greatly increased?

Besides, when it comes to things like real estate, as long as you have suffered losses once or twice and have experience later, as long as the funds are in place, you can just play casually?

but.

This is entirely the wishful thinking of the rich.

Allen never wanted to engage in any real estate projects in his territory.

His motives were impure from beginning to end.

Not to mention engaging in real estate in his territory, he just hoped that Carmarthen would maintain its status quo. Allen didn't even want to take care of the town of Carmarthen, which was so close to his manor.

Those local people's careers have failed, and it's good to have a job. Allen has never thought of making them rich or anything.

People, as long as they have enough to eat and drink, they will have other thoughts and it will be easy to cause trouble.

It's better to just let them maintain the most ordinary living standards and live tightly.

In the entire town of Carmarthen, apart from the police station, the only thing Alan cared about most was the Carmarthen Public Hospital.

He didn't care about anything else. It didn't matter whether it was prosperous or not. Even if he wanted to go shopping, couldn't he go to London?

Carmarthen had to be quiet, it was a place of life, and Alan didn't want to cause chaos in his territory.

When he heard that Allen finally mentioned the plan for the second phase of the real estate, Wei Dewei's face lit up.

What should he do here in Xiangjiang? He was ready to let it go, as long as he could live with it.

In the remaining one or two years of the term, it is only right to make a fortune. When the term is over and I return to Great Britain, I will not care about whether Xiangjiang is Xiangjiang or not.

Wei Dewei glanced at Allen and thought for a while and said: "Sir, have you ever thought about getting a piece of land here and saving it for a few years before using it?"

When he first heard Wei Dewei's suggestion, Allen was still moved for a moment.

But, it was only for a moment. This period is very delicate.

A small piece of land is of little use. If it is developed into those pigeon houses, Allen has no interest at all.

In other words, even if these projects make money, Allen thinks these projects are too low and he is too lazy to do them.

If such a project is done and the Internet becomes so developed in the future, people will introduce this kind of pigeon-shaped house and say that it is the project of the British Earl Allen. He cannot afford to lose this person!

But getting a large piece of land would be too eye-catching, especially after the recent chaos caused by those people. If he gets it at this time, he will be the most famous. Wouldn't this mean that he is taking the initiative to be the leader?

They had already made their money and were ready to run away, so why did he rush here to get beaten?

"No, you are only responsible for making this second phase of the plan. We will talk about the rest later."

Allen glanced at Wei Dewei. He will be resigning in the next two years, but there will be a Hong Kong Governor who will replace Wei Dewei. Allen can cooperate with anyone, and it is not like Wei Dewei is gone without him. That won’t work.

Wei Dewei, who was exposed by Allen's words, had a trace of disappointment in his eyes. He suggested that Allen's idea of ​​acquiring the land, in addition to selling Allen a favor, also planned to wait until the situation stabilized in a few years before following him. Allen made a profit together, but he didn't expect that your Excellency would be so cautious. He wouldn't even get involved in any project that would have a bad impact on him.

"Okay. Then."

"When I go back, before Christmas, I will have someone bring you the plan."

Alan made up his mind, stood up and invited Wei Dewei to dine with him.

It was already past ten o'clock in the evening when we saw Wei Dewei off.

Allen, who had been a little tired recently, hid in the study and looked at the information Li Zhi had prepared for him.

Since she found a job for Li Zhi, she has been traveling between the Mainland and Hong Kong for a while, but most of her time has been spent on inspections in the Mainland.

Anyway, with the money Allen gave her in her hand, she would invest in whatever projects she liked.

Now these piecemeal projects are very conspicuous when brought together.

Anyway, Allen was in a daze holding the information in his hand.

From a certain kind of special porcelain from JDZ, to some ancient jewelry and exquisite trinkets. There are also some ancient costumes and so on, there is a mess of everything.

However, these projects all have one thing in common: they are relatively niche, require high production technology, and are relatively expensive.

For example, this one right now.

Allen frowned and looked at the introduction in the information. It was said that all efforts were in vain.

But there is a master craftsman who can make small bamboo baskets without leaking. Not only does it not leak, you can also raise fish in the basket!

This is not a bamboo basket made of glue or anything else, it is purely hand-woven with bamboo strips.

There are a lot of things like this in the information, but Allen got a headache just looking at them.

It's okay to talk about jewelry and the like, but where can I find sales for these weird things?

Some foreigners don't understand the benefits of these things. If these things are sold to them, regardless of whether Zhu Bajie eats the ginseng fruit, Allen will think they are spoiling things.

But if there is no sales, this cannot last long. You can’t keep investing money without getting a return, right?

After lighting a cigarette, Allen scratched his head and picked up a gold hairpin on the desk to examine it carefully.

This is jewelry forged using ancient methods, with a phoenix hollowed out on it.

The whole phoenix is ​​like clinging to a big tree. This craftsmanship can form a sharp contrast with the old foreign jewelry that only inlays gemstones.

That one has good materials, that one has good techniques and craftsmanship, and this kind of shape makes it look very high-end.

Can you combine those weird things?

For example, with this kind of bamboo weaving craft, the finished bamboo basket is golden.

Can we make this kind of bamboo basket smaller and make it into a small jewelry box or even a bag?

Doesn’t this just turn it into a luxury item?

It’s also damn environmentally friendly!

As long as this kind of bag-making material, which is different from animal leather and the like, is made, won't it beat those leather bags?

PS: I thought about it, I can’t ask for leave rashly, and I can’t just ask for leave with excuses just because others make me feel bad. Wouldn’t this be a pity to all the readers?

But I still feel uncomfortable thinking about it. I’m blocked every day, oh oh oh.