Chapter 2890

Tang Lin walked out with a heavy heart, and Zhang Zuo followed behind, gloating. The two returned to their own rooms, Tang Lin plopped onto the sofa, flipping through the documents. He recognized all the words, but they seemed poisonous—just looking at them gave him a headache.

So he picked up the phone and dialed a number. After two rings, the call connected, and Nie Wen's lazy voice came through: "This is Nie Wen. Who is it?"

"Wife!" Tang Lin said pitifully: "I've hit a snag—a big one I can't get past. I need your help."

"Ha!" Nie Wen chuckled lightly: "Tell me first, who set this snag for you?"

"It's Dong Ge!" Hearing his wife's words, Tang Lin instantly gained confidence, his voice rising several pitches: "We're in Coconut City. Dong Ge said the future core industry of Coconut City is tourism.

He asked me how much money your word is worth, and told me to buy a few buildings here. Then he gave me a copy of Coconut City's development plan to take back to the room and study, so I can tell him tomorrow morning which core area to invest in and why."

Saying this, Tang Lin's voice weakened again: "You also know, you also know—except for martial arts novels, any paper with words on it, I look at and my head hurts."

"I can't even see the plan, how can I give you advice?" Nie Wen said helplessly: "Look at the plan. The core area of urban development planning will definitely be marked. Find it and read it to me."

"Okay!" Tang Lin put the phone on speaker, then began flipping through the plan.

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In Zhou Andong's room, he sat on the sofa finishing his cigarette, then got up and walked to the window, gently pushing it open a crack. Over a million home appliances—Wang Hui's side was still negotiating, no idea how it was going. Plus Shen Mingsheng, over a hundred thousand smuggled vehicles, inspection, paperwork—estimated it wouldn't be done in less than a month.

And since he arrived in Coconut City, Zhou Guodong should have notified them. If nothing unexpected, Shen Mingsheng and Wang Hui would definitely come tomorrow morning. Time passed bit by bit, unnoticed, when soft footsteps came from behind.

Zhou Andong turned around and saw Qiu Qiu wearing the hotel's bathrobe, holding a towel, walking while drying her hair: "Did Tang Lin and Zhang Zuo go back?"

Zhou Andong nodded: "They went back!"

Qiu Qiu stood beside Zhou Andong, looking out at the night scenery: "You're not looking at that plan?"

Zhou Andong said with a smile: "Today I walked around Coconut City once—I don't need to look at the plan; I already know where the future regional core is."

Qiu Qiu also smiled: "Then tell me where!"

Zhou Andong took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it: "Jinmao Zone!"

Qiu Qiu asked again: "Why not the De Sheng Sha and Bo Ai Lu area? That's the most prosperous part of Coconut City—future development won't be bad there."

Zhou Andong shook his head: "The De Sheng Sha and Bo Ai Lu area belongs to the old city, its space capacity is trending toward saturation, infrastructure is severely aged, completely unable to match the expansion needs of the special zone construction.

Although I haven't seen the plan, the Jinmao Zone is adjacent to the Qiongzhou Strait coastline, with unobstructed coastal scenic resources, and it's only three or four kilometers from the old city.

It can absorb the population and commercial supporting facilities outflow from the old city, while having large tracts of completely undeveloped land, avoiding the demolition and reconstruction costs of the old city and the long implementation cycle problems—fully capable of meeting the spatial requirements for large-scale cluster development.

Moreover, this afternoon when I was there, you also saw it. That area currently looks desolate, with abandoned buildings everywhere. But as early as three years ago, it had already completed full coverage of the seven utilities and one leveling.

Additionally, the bidirectional eight-lane urban main road has already been constructed, plus independent power, water, and communication pipeline networks—all completed, fully able to meet various companies' office needs."

Zhou Andong turned to the coffee table, bent down to pick up the ashtray and tapped off the ash, then returned to the window, placing the ashtray on the windowsill: "All this shows that the Jinmao Zone has completed the supporting conditions for core area development."

Qiu Qiu pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "You've convinced me, but tomorrow I want to look at the plan to see if your analysis is correct."

Zhou Andong yawned, pressed the half-smoked cigarette into the ashtray: "I'm going to take a shower."

"Go ahead!" Qiu Qiu turned and walked with Zhou Andong to the bathroom, then hung up the towel, found the hairdryer, and started blowing her hair with a buzzing sound.

Zhou Andong finished his shower quickly—just a few minutes, rinsed off the sweat and came out. Qiu Qiu's hair was still not dry.

"Can't you just wash properly?" Qiu Qiu said unhappily.

Zhou Andong snorted: "It's not a bathhouse—I can't scrub a bath. Here, just rinse off and it's fine."

"Get in!" Qiu Qiu put down the hairdryer, pushed Zhou Andong into the bathroom: "I'll get you some body wash."

Zhou Andong was utterly helpless, being fussed over by Qiu Qiu in the bathroom for over ten minutes before coming out. It was already past ten at night, and the two returned to the room and got into bed.

Zhou Andong's hand naturally slipped into Qiu Qiu's collar; she slapped his mischievous hand: "Don't move around."

"Wife!" Zhou Andong said with a nasal tone: "I want to ride a big horse."

Qiu Qiu froze for a moment, then puffed out a laugh, turned to face Zhou Andong: "What day is it today? You forgot?"

Zhou Andong blinked, then sighed: "Alright, I can only wrong my little brother for a few days."

Qiu Qiu helplessly yet affectionately kissed Zhou Andong: "Okay, okay, you've been tossed around all day—hurry up and sleep. Tomorrow's matters aren't few either."

In just a few minutes, Zhou Andong let out a soft snore. Qiu Qiu opened her eyes, suddenly laughed, looked at Zhou Andong's peaceful sleeping face, reached out and pinched his cheek with her fingers, her affectionate gaze making her unable to look away.

Dawn came. Originally Qiu Qiu wanted to drag Zhou Andong up to go running, but seeing him sleeping so soundly, she couldn't bear to wake him, and then she also went back to sleep.

"Bang bang bang..."

A series of heavy knocks on the door woke Zhou Andong and Qiu Qiu at the same time. They opened their eyes—it was already past nine.

"Bang bang bang..."

The knocking came one after another. Zhou Andong said unhappily: "Knocking like this—definitely that idiot Zhang Zuo."

Qiu Qiu yawned: "Is it him? Hurry up and go open the door."

Zhou Andong put on his clothes, came out of the room, and went to the door to open it. Sure enough, outside stood Zhang Zuo and Tang Lin—but to his surprise, Wang Hui and Shen Mingsheng were also there.

"What a coincidence—you all showed up together?" Zhou Andong turned to walk back: "Come in!"