Chapter 419

After the meeting, Li Xin went to Li Yunfei's office to discuss a major matter with him.

Li Xin took out a commercial complex plan he had organized.

He said to Li Yunfei: "Old Li, I have a small idea here; take a look."

Li Yunfei finished looking at this crude plan, his eyes widened, and his gaze fixed on Li Xin without letting go.

Finally he only said one sentence: "A Xin, you are a genius!"

Li Xin felt nothing about this praise; he was standing on others' shoulders to view the world, so of course he saw things more clearly.

Old Wang's idea—what's the big deal if Old Li uses it once?

Li Yunfei pointed at the plan and asked: "A Xin, the pedestrian street, large commercial center, five-star hotel, office building, and apartments in this complex are all major land users; to complete this multifunctional independent large commercial district, the land area required will be huge."

"Everything else is trivial; as long as this commercial district is built, we'll have a golden goose, and money will definitely not be a problem."

"But the area of Kowloon Walled City is definitely not enough; how do we solve the remaining part?"

"You should know, this place is only two kilometers from Victoria Harbour; no one would be willing to sell the land here, and even a premium would be hard to arrange."

Li Xin took out his winning trump card, a map!

Pointing to the surroundings of Kowloon Walled City, he said: "Some of these plots were compensated to me by the Water Authority, and they are now in my hands."

"The remaining small part is also easy to handle; let the Longcheng Gang and the Jieshi Tang go talk to them, give them the price, and I believe they will give us face."

"I asked an actuary to roughly calculate, and these places added together are sufficient."

"Everyone says the area around Victoria Harbour is extremely valuable; we want to build a commercial district there, and once it's built, it will create a siphon effect."

Regarding the siphon effect, Li Xin knew many examples from his previous life; it was truly gratifying!

Some have sucked the surroundings dry to the point of being skin and bone; that's really ruthless!

Li Yunfei's face also flushed red from stimulation; excitedly he said: "Damn it, do it— as long as this deal succeeds, we'll have so much we can't finish even if we break our legs!"

Pointing at the schedule, he asked: "Why is the construction period eighteen months? Isn't that a bit rushed? Where are we going to find so many workers?"

Li Xin counted on his fingers and calculated for him: "The manpower from Red Letter, Mr. Jiang's engineering company, and we can borrow some from Old Huo."

"I can also pull in many people from the society; those lower-level members, many of them have no bowl to eat from, that's why they joined the society, and many also want to walk the right path."

"Also, in Kowloon Estate, you go to the entrance and shout, just say Brother Xin is looking for workers, and see how many people come— that's it."

"Short of people?"

"You Old Li are looking down on me, Little Li! I, damn it, may lack everything else, but I never lack people— however many you need, I have!"

Li Yunfei watched Li Xin's retreating back and fell into deep thought, always feeling something was off, and only after a long while did he react.

Pointing at Li Xin's back, he burst out cursing: "You bastard, good-for-nothing, heartless, and damn it, you shoved everything onto me again— damn it, you're like this!"

At this moment, Jiang Tian Sheng walked in and asked: "What's wrong? Why are you so agitated? Who provoked you?"

Li Yunfei plopped onto the chair, pointed at the plan, and said: "You tell me, is there anyone like A Xin?"

"He came up with a plan, gave a few rough suggestions, and then washed his hands of it!"

"Even an ox or horse, damn it, needs some emotional care, right?"

"Is there anyone like him?"

Jiang Tian Sheng was not at all surprised that A Xin did this; when this kid used to be the Leader, even handling numbers was done by smooth talkers on his behalf.

He opened his mouth to advise: "Enough! You still don't understand A Xin's temperament?"

"Being able to give a good suggestion is already not bad; he didn't give you a project name to work on, so just enjoy yourself secretly!"

His anger gradually subsided, and Li Yunfei consoled himself: "Exactly! Being able to give a few suggestions is indeed rare!"

……

Li Xin left the Red Letter Building, looked up at the weather.

Hmm! Not bad! It's good fishing weather; today I definitely won't come up empty-handed.

Tsuen Wan Silver Jubilee Reservoir.

Li Xin and Big D sat by the river fishing; Big D's wife directed Chang Mao to set up the grill, and Jianguo was observant, also lending Chang Mao a hand.

Big D sat on the fishing stool, shifted his butt, and laughed at Li Xin: "A Xin, let's not talk about whether we can catch fish; your gear is truly professional!"

Li Xin rolled his eyes and glanced at the back of Big D's head.

He muttered to himself: "It's not that Ah Le, damn it, asked you to go fishing; he really can't speak!"

What does it mean to not catch any fish?

Li Xin glanced at the bucket; isn't there a catty-weight crucian carp in there?

Having hair means it's not bald!

Li Xin snapped angrily: "Can you just shut up! I didn't have a big haul today; it's all your jinx bringing bad luck!"

Big D raised a middle finger: "Can't even take a shit, blame the Earth for lacking gravity!"

"Just tell me, over the past year plus, aren't there few times you've come up empty-handed?"

"However you came, that's how you'll go back, and you still need to bring some bait."

"I know exactly which market you bought those fish you bring back each time; those fish vendors even asked Chang Mao whether Mr. Li loves eating fish."

"Haha!"

Big D finished speaking, couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.

Li Xin muttered under his breath: "Fuck your grandpa, I'm not buying fish from your place next time!"

"Starve to death, you bastard!"

Big D saw Li Xin a bit unhappy, hurriedly comforted: "A Xin, it's truly not your fault for not catching fish; damn it, the fish don't know how to appreciate, and it's not really related to your fishing skill."

"Get lost, hurry up and get lost, look at how annoying you are to others!"

After Li Xin finished cursing, he again shouted loudly at Big D's wife: "Sister-in-law, hurry up and get rid of this guy; in a moment I'm afraid I won't be able to hold back from beating him!"

Big D's wife glanced at the two of them, ignored Li Xin's remark, they were fine when they came; what's going on?

Returning to the car, he took out a fresh-keeping box and handed it to Chang Mao, saying: 'Handle this squid cleanly, Brother Xin likes to eat this.'

Chang Mao nodded: 'I know, sister-in-law; I know Brother Xin's taste.'

A Bu took the fresh-keeping box from Chang Mao's hands, saying: 'Let me do it! The boss loves my grilled squid the most.'

By the river.

Li Xin held a fishing rod, saying to Brother Da D: 'I've received news that the customs checkpoint will be constructed in May; this project is huge, likely taking several years.'

But you need to first set up the frame, first open the logistics point in Gangdao, first get familiar with the operating mode.

Once the timing is ripe back home, you'll be able to seize the market at the fastest speed; others can only follow behind you, eating dust.

Da D gazed at the river surface, feeling somewhat moved, saying: 'A Xin, thank you!'

'Thank you for still remembering me today; I have many friends, Big D, but there really aren't two who can be called brothers.'

'Those who can truly treat me sincerely are probably only you, A Xin, and then only Chang Mao left.'