Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 428: Aftermath

Two days passed quickly, and on the morning of the third day, Lu Shaohui set off back to Hong Kong. After arriving in Hong Kong, the first thing Lu Shaohua did was to arrange two large container trucks to go to the airport to pick up the goods.

There is no way. Africa is too far away from Hong Kong. It is impossible for a helicopter to fly over. Even if it can fly over, it is hard to say how many times it will need to refuel along the way. In addition, each country has its own airspace. If a helicopter flies over and is mistaken for an enemy and bombed, it will be troublesome.

Therefore, the only way to bring the anti-helicopter type to Hong Kong is to attach it to a transport plane, but a helicopter is a big thing and the equipment cannot fit into a transport plane. In the end, they had no choice but to dismantle it and ship it over in parts.

The large container that Lu Shaohua prepared was used to load spare parts for the two helicopters at the airport. After transporting them back to the villa, they would be assembled piece by piece to restore the helicopters to their original shape.

In the evening, the plane from Africa to Hong Kong International Airport landed. Lu Shaohua had already arranged for Li Shangkui to pick him up at the airport. In addition to transporting spare parts back to the villa, he also had to pick up a dozen people who were escorting helicopters and assembling helicopter upgrades.

Since the plane landed at the international airport at around seven in the evening, we unloaded the equipment and loaded it into a large container truck, which was then taken back to the villa and unloaded again. Before we knew it, it was already ten in the evening.

It was already late, and Lu Shaohua did not ask the personnel to start assembling. Instead, he let them rest for a night and start assembling the equipment the next day.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, the experts from Africa got up, had a prepared breakfast, and started working outside the villa to assemble two helicopters. Fortunately, the helicopters were not disassembled piece by piece, but only the propellers and some other accessories were removed. It was not a big project to assemble them, but it was enough to keep them busy.

Lu Shaohua was also awakened by the noise outside a long time ago. After getting up, he stayed in the yard of the villa and watched them assemble the helicopter.

"Oh! Fortunately, the yard of the villa we bought was relatively large, otherwise I would not know where the two helicopters were parked." Lu Shaohua murmured to himself.

Facts have proved that when Lu Shaohua bought the villa, he was greedy for the large yard and it looked grand enough, so his decision was right. Now, two helicopters can be placed in the yard, and there is a road in the middle where two cars can drive side by side, so there is enough space.

Watching the busy people assembling, Lu Shaohua soon lost interest in watching and prepared to go back to the villa to watch TV. But just as Lu Shaohua turned around, a luxury extended version of Phoenix car drove into the villa. After looking at the license plate number, Lu Shaohua knew who the visitor was.

The car drove to Lu Shaohua and stopped. The door opened and Huo Yingdong got out of the car. He looked at Lu Shaohua with a smile, then turned back to look at the two helicopters being assembled and asked, "Helicopters? Assembling?"

"Yes." Lu Shaohua nodded and continued to explain. "It was shipped back from abroad. It was too big to fit on the plane, so we had to dismantle some parts and reassemble it after shipping it to Hong Kong."

"Yeah." Huo Yingdong nodded, looked at the helicopter again, and suddenly frowned and asked, "These two helicopters don't look new? Well, more like old ones."

"Haha, you have a good eye." Lu Shaohua praised Huo Yingdong, and then pretended to be pitiful and said, "I am a poor man, I can't afford a new helicopter, I can only buy two old ones to make do, and then buy a new one when I have money in the future."

"That's right, you even bought two old ones to make do. Do you think a helicopter is a bicycle? You can buy it for a few hundred dollars!" Huo Yingdong was not going to be polite with Lu Shaohua and retorted directly.

"Hehe!" Lu Shaohua chuckled. He was also making a joke.

"Hey! In Hong Kong and even in the world, there are many people richer than you, but not many. If you say you don't have money, then no one dares to say they have money." Huo Yingdong said with some emotion. When he thought of Lu Shaohua's terrifying assets, he couldn't help but complain. However, this emotion came and went quickly. After a while, Huo Yingdong returned to normal and asked seriously. "How much did you buy these two helicopters?"

Lu Shaohua did not answer Huo Yingdong's question, but asked, "Why? You always want to buy it?"

Huo Yingdong shook his head and said, "I can't afford this thing. Besides, I'm already old and can't stand the tossing of a helicopter in the sky. It's better to take a car."

"Haha!" Lu Shaohua laughed, avoiding the previous question and said, "Let's go in and sit inside."

The two helicopters were brought from a base in Africa, and Lu Shaohua had no idea how much they cost. He could only use this method to fool people, otherwise if Ho Ying-tung asked him about it, he really wouldn't know how to answer.

After entering the villa and sitting down, Huo Yingdong took a document bag from his bodyguard and passed it to Lu Shaohua. When Lu Shaohua took it, he spoke. "This is the approval document for the route. It will be approved tomorrow, but it's too late and I went to bed early, so I didn't send it to you. I just got it now."

"I'm sorry to bother you." Lu Shaohua said sincerely, without even looking at the contents of the file bag. Instead, he put the entire file bag aside and said, "Hey, you can just give me a call and I'll send someone to get it. It's a pity for you to deliver it in person."

"Don't be so formal. With our friendship, this is just a small matter." After a pause, Huo Yingdong continued. "As for my personal delivery, well, I don't have anything to do today. Besides, I have something to tell you, so I came here directly."

"Oh, something's up!" Lu Shaohua responded, then asked, "Tell me, what's up?"

"The one in Shenzhen." After saying that, Huo Yingdong paused for a moment before continuing. "The project in Luohu District is almost finished. I plan to start operating it as soon as it's finished. What do you think?"

This was a test. What Ho Ying-tung had invested in was real estate in Luohu, Shenzhen, and Lu Shaohua's Phoenix Group was now the dominant force in Shenzhen and was about to start operating. It was only natural for Ho Ying-tung to come and tell Lu Shaohua about it.

Lu Shaohua did not rush to answer. He paused for a long time, as if he was considering something, and then continued, "My real estate company in Shenzhen has now shifted its focus to other cities. Shenzhen only has a few projects under development. Your real estate company is now running and can fill the gap in the market. I think this is great."

Lu Shaohua was not lying. He did shift Phoenix Real Estate's focus to other cities. Of course, he did not give up on the Shenzhen market, but it was just a little less than before.

"Oh, is that so?" said Ho Ying-tung in surprise.

"Well, we turned to Shanghai." Lu Shaohua said truthfully, and then asked, "I wonder if your old real estate company has any plans to set up an engineering team?"

There is no need to think about it. The real estate company invested by Huo Yingdong must be large, and it is necessary to set up a construction team of its own. "An engineering team must be set up, but we don't want to make it so large. We will set up a medium-sized one first, and then expand it slowly if there is a need in the future."

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua nodded in agreement, paused, and then continued, "I have a large engineering team in Shenzhen, but with the current market center shifting, that engineering team may lay off most of the people in the near future. If you are still interested, take over!"

Lu Shaohua is not like other bosses who would hire people when they need them, and then fire them when they don't need them, and then ignore their lives. But now Lu Shaohua has no choice. He can't support a large number of idle people, and he can't take them all to other places. He can only find a new employer for them.

It just so happened that Ho Ying-tung was setting up an engineering team, a medium-sized one, which could be used to deal with the people who had just been laid off, and it could be considered as a good way out for them.

"That's why I came here today." Huo Yingdong patted his thigh, which was somewhat consistent with Lu Shaohua's idea. Of course, it was not entirely coincidental. Huo Yingdong's consideration was to borrow a construction team from Lu Shaohua to replace the current needs, and then slowly recruit people. After the initial stage was over, he would return the staff to Lu Shaohua. Now, Lu Shaohua wanted to lay off employees, and he had to recruit those who were originally borrowed. This solved Lu Shaohua's problem and saved him trouble by not having to recruit new people. "How many people are you going to lay off?"

"This?" Lu Shaohua was embarrassed. He didn't know how many people were in the engineering team in Shenzhen and how many should be laid off. He could only ask in return. "How many people do you need to form an engineering team?"

Huo Yingdong did not rush to answer. He thought for a while before saying, "Probably about 700 to 800 people."

"Okay, I'll give you as much as you need." Lu Shaohua agreed immediately.

Ho Ying-tung needs seven or eight hundred people, plus some people transferred to other cities. The remaining people are probably enough to handle Shenzhen, and there is no need to lay off employees or recruit new ones.

"Haha!" Huo Yingdong laughed and said, "Then it's decided. I'll send someone to take over in a few days. You can also give instructions."

"Okay." Lu Shaohua nodded heavily and said.

At this point, the engineering team's problem was finally solved. Lu Shaohua felt relieved and chatted with Ho Ying-tung for a while. Ho Ying-tung also said goodbye and left. Lu Shaohua sat in the hall for a while and then went to check the progress of the helicopter assembly.