Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 344 Energy, Arrival

On the surface, arranging the reception of guests seems to be an extremely simple matter, but Lu Chang is only the deputy director of the Investment Promotion Bureau and not the director. Although he has the mayor Zeng Aimin to support him, it still requires some effort. Moreover, as luck would have it, the current director of the Investment Promotion Bureau is the man of the current municipal party secretary, so Zeng Aimin needs even more effort to bypass them.

After thinking for a long time, Zeng Aimin finally spoke. "Xiao Lu, call your Director Cai right now and briefly tell him about this matter."

Zeng Aimin is very skillful in speaking. When he talks about the word "simple", he emphasizes the tone, as if it has a different meaning. This is indeed the case. Zeng Aimin is expressing another meaning. It is already simple, and when he emphasizes the tone it becomes "simple again".

What does "emphasis on simplicity" mean? It means that it can be ignored and mentioned in one or two sentences.

Having been on the official career path for six years, Lu Chang had learned a lot and naturally understood this kind of "official language". He nodded and called the director surnamed Cai. After muttering a few words, he hung up.

Seeing Lu Chang hung up the phone, Zeng Aimin asked calmly, "What did he say?"

Although Zeng Aimin's words were very plain, Lu Chang could still hear the urgency in them, and replied, "He didn't say anything, just let me do it."

"Haha!" Zeng Aimin laughed, a rare smile appeared on his stern face, and then he sighed and said, "He is my life."

"Oh?" Lu Chang was a little confused.

"Hey! He has two concerns when doing this. The first is me, and the second is you." Zeng Aimin said to Lu Chang.

"…." Lu Chang looked puzzled.

"Don't you understand? Think about it more deeply." Zeng Aimin seemed to be testing Lu Chang, but after he said it, he saw that Lu Chang still shook his head blankly, so he said, "The first is that I don't need to explain, you understand, the second is your own background. Everyone in the officialdom of Shenzhen now knows that you are the uncle of the chairman of the Phoenix Group. They are not stupid enough to offend the Phoenix Group for a little political achievement."

When talking about Phoenix Group, we have to talk about Phoenix Group's status in the country. Not to mention the production base in Bao'an alone, its influence is huge. But the problem is that Phoenix Group is not just a production base, there are also Phoenix chain supermarkets and Phoenix Real Estate. These two major subsidiaries have been in the limelight recently, especially Phoenix chain supermarkets, which have opened all over Guangdong Province.

Hearing this, Lu Chang's face showed a relieved expression, and he couldn't help but recall the changes in the past year. Since Deng's last southern tour, Lu Chang's nephew who was the chairman of the Phoenix Group was exposed, and the attitudes of many people around him towards him changed drastically, which can be summed up in two words: "fawning".

"Ah!" Lu Chang sighed, and at the same time expressed his long-standing doubts, muttering, "It seems that having a rich nephew like Xiaohua can't make those people change so much."

"Haha! I think you've become stupid today." Zeng Aimin shook his head and said, "Can someone who can run a huge company like Phoenix Group in this era be a simple person? In the eyes of others, Phoenix Group must have a powerful background."

This statement speaks volumes, but the funny thing is that Phoenix Group currently does not have any strong political background. If one has to say that there is one, it is only Mr. Deng and the Zeng family.

"Haha!" Lu Chang laughed, but his laugh was all bitter. As Lu Shaohua's uncle, he knew exactly whether he had a background or not, so he said with some mockery. "They have such a rich imagination!"

The 'they' Lu Chang was referring to were naturally politicians, and those who stood on the opposing side to Zeng Aimin.

Zeng Aimin waved his hand, his face turned serious, and said, "It seems that you, as an uncle, don't understand your nephew. His power is far more powerful than you think."

Zeng Aimin was telling the truth in every word he said. According to Zeng Jianguo, Lu Shaohua still held shares in many large foreign companies and some secrets that even the country could not find out. What did this mean? It meant that once Lu Shaohua got angry, even the top leaders of the country would have to give in to him.

This statement is not an exaggeration. With Lu Shaohua's current strength, he does have the ability to make the country's top leaders give him some leeway. Not to mention the financial resources, the African base alone is not simple. Of course, the country only knows that such a base exists. As for where it is and what is done inside, no one knows. It is precisely because no one knows and cannot estimate Lu Shaohua's strength that people are more wary of Lu Shaohua.

Lu Chang did not continue Zeng Aimin's words. There were some things he did not know. He shook his head and changed the subject. "Do we need to inform others about the reception tomorrow?"

"Yeah." Zeng Aimin responded, and after thinking for a while, he said, "You can take more people with you, and I'll take a deputy mayor in charge of the economy. Yeah, that's it."

"Okay." Just one simple word, no drag. "If there's nothing else, I won't disturb your rest."

"Okay, you go back first." Zeng Aimin said after a while with concern. "Drive slower."

"understood."

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After Lu Chang left, Zeng Aimin did not go to bed immediately, but sat quietly in a chair, thinking about everything about Lu Shaohua. It has been more than five years since I met Lu Shaohua. I still remember the first time I met Lu Shaohua was when I bought the land for Window of the World.

At that time, Zeng Aimin thought it was a joke, but in the end, Lu Shaohua took out a passbook with more than 10 billion yuan in it. Zeng Aimin was convinced and sold the land to Lu Shaohua. Needless to say, Lu Shaohua built the Window of the World and also bought a large piece of land in Bao'an and built it into the current production base.

These are not important. What is important is that Lu Shaohua was able to obtain advanced military equipment from the Soviet Union, and then traded with the country through his father Zeng Jianguo. All of this seemed to be in the clouds, but Lu Shaohua, a teenager, did it, and was quite successful. Who in the world can compete with him?

He shook his head, sighed, and muttered to himself, "I wonder if it will be good or bad for Yuling to follow him in the future?"

It's a pity that parents all over the world are so heartbroken. Zeng Aimin is an open-minded person. He never stopped Zeng Yuling from staying with Lu Shaohua. Even when they were young, they had a spark of love. He never interfered. Of course, there was also the intervention of Zeng Jianguo, the grandfather. It was Zeng Jianguo who gave Zeng Aimin an order. To quote Zeng Jianguo's words: "Only someone like Lu Shaohua is worthy of my most beloved granddaughter."

Zeng Aimin was helpless about his father's narcissism. After all, Zeng Jianguo was his respected father, and he had always obeyed his father's words since he was a child, so he naturally would not refute him. Moreover, subconsciously, Zeng Aimin also admired Lu Shaohua very much.

"Ah! Children and grandchildren have their own blessings..."

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Lu Shaohua, who was far away in Hong Kong, naturally had no idea what was happening in Shenzhen. At this moment, he was lying on the soft big bed after taking a shower, looking at the white ceiling.

His eyes were indeed directed towards the ceiling, but his brain did not stop working. Instead, he was thinking about the arrangements for taking Ho Ying-tung and the others to Shenzhen tomorrow.

"Visiting the production base is an essential part." Lu Shaohua thought secretly.

"Well, it's necessary to go around Shenzhen. After all, how can you know the investment environment in Shenzhen if you don't go around?... Hmm? It seems that a whole day has passed in this tour. The next day I have to pick up another six, and then visit the production base again, and then go around Shenzhen again..."

Lu Shaohua thought for a long time and came up with a preliminary plan in his mind, but the plan was either to visit the base or to explore the investment environment in Shenzhen, which seemed a bit boring.

On second thought, it is a bit boring, but those are all people in their fifties or sixties, and they are almost past the age of traveling. This arrangement will not make them feel bored. On the contrary, letting them see the investment environment and find some projects to invest in and make money will arouse their interest.

"Well, let's decide it this way." Lu Shaohua murmured to himself.

In this way, Lu Shaohua took dozens of minutes to confirm the itinerary for Shenzhen. Seeing that it was getting late, Lu Shaohua had no energy to think about anything else. He adjusted his sleeping position, covered himself with the quilt, and fell asleep.

Nothing happened that night. The next day, Lu Shaohua woke up and had just sat down after breakfast when Ho Ying-tung called him. The content of the call was very simple, that is, Ho Ying-tung had already contacted the other three people and would leave for Shenzhen on time at one o'clock.

They decided on a time, and Lu Shaohua, who had nothing to do, naturally had no objection and agreed. Afterwards, Lu Shaohua called Lu Xiaoxian, who worked at the group, and told him that he would be back in Shenzhen in the afternoon, and that he would take Li Shangkui and the others out for lunch.

"Then I won't go back to cook lunch, let's eat outside." This was Lu Xiaoxian's answer, and then she asked another question. "How long do you plan to stay there?"

"Not necessarily." This was Lu Shaohua's answer. He really had no way of predicting how many days he would stay in China.

"understood."

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After finishing his phone call with Lu Xiaoxian, Lu Shaohua watched TV for a while. It was not until eleven o'clock in the morning that he ran upstairs to inform Li Shangkui and the others. Then he went back to his room to prepare two sets of clothes and went downstairs to go out for dinner.

After lunch, it was already half past twelve. Lu Shaohua didn't say much. He asked He Kun and others to drive to the place where they had agreed to meet with Ho Ying-tung and his friends, and took Ho Ying-tung and his team's convoy. A team of twelve cars drove towards the customs in a mighty manner.

When we arrived at the customs, we got off the car for inspection, which was a necessary procedure. Even the famous wealthy people in Hong Kong were no exception. It was just that it seemed that the customs had informed us in advance, so everything was kept simple. We passed the inspection quickly, and then there was another checkpoint on the Shenzhen side.

Needless to say, Zeng Aimin had also given notice here, so they kept it simple and passed smoothly. With Yang Yang driving a Mercedes-Benz leading the way, the twelve cars formed a long convoy and drove out of the checkpoint and stopped at the small square of Luohu Station.

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