The Bund, a place with a great reputation in the magic capital, even in the eyes of most Chinese, if you don't come to the Bund to visit, it is like a trip for nothing.

The Bund starts from Waibaidu Bridge in the north and reaches Jinling East Road in the south, with a total length of about 1.8 kilometers, and the terrain is crescent-shaped, which is actually not big, but it is a microcosm of the century-old magic capital and a portrayal of the old magic capital's capitalism.

The essence of the Bund lies in the complex of buildings known as the "International Architecture Exhibition". The famous Bank of China Building, Peace Hotel, Customs Building, and HSBC Building reproduce the style of the "Far Eastern Wall Street" in the past, although these buildings are not by the same designer, nor were they built in the same period. However, their architectural tones are surprisingly consistent, and the overall contour lines are strikingly harmonious. Whether you look far away or wander in the meantime, you can feel a kind of vigorous, majestic, graceful, and luxurious momentum, which makes people forget to return.

The one-story office building rented by Jack is located in a nine-story Barrot-style building in the middle of the Bund, and only 200 meters away from it is the famous "Dongfeng Hotel" in this era.

The flow of people in front of the hotel can only be described as shoulder to shoulder, because just last year, a foreign restaurant called "KFC" rented a floor here.

The food sold in KFC is luxurious and expensive for the Chinese people in this era, but it also reveals an unparalleled temptation, and people often save money for a while before they have the courage to go in and have a feast.

For children, it's more like a reward. Every time I get a double hundred in the exam, instead of buying toys or the like, children hope that their parents can take them to eat KFC, it doesn't matter whether the food is good or not, the important thing is the sense of novelty, and the satisfaction brought by eating "Western food".

People are not used to eating lettuce and salad, but they still love it.

The arrival of an unfamiliar food culture has also overwhelmed many people. When you enter the store to order, you directly ask the clerk to "bring a chicken", and you don't know how to use a knife and fork to ask the clerk for chopsticks, which is not uncommon and ridiculous.

When Li Yadong and his entourage arrived here, it was almost dusk, and when it was time for dinner, when Ah Zhan suggested whether to go to KFC for dinner, Li Yadong raised his hand and refused, "If you have to work overtime at night, let people go to the restaurant to get some stir-fry back, and we can eat as much as you want." ”

He didn't have the slightest interest in foreign fast food, and he couldn't wait to find out about the situation here, but he didn't know if Jack would return.

The group went upstairs, a whole floor of space, the area is not small, but there are not many employees, most of them came from Hong Kong with Jack, and only a few people have been recruited locally.

Everyone cast a look of admiration and awe at the big boss, but Jack didn't reply, Li Yadong signaled them to continue working, and under the guidance of Ah Zhan, he came to Jack's office, intending to wait for him.

There is a huge floor-to-ceiling window in the office, which is facing the Huangpu River, and across the river is Pudong, or more accurately, Lujiazui.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the turbid water surface of the Huangpu River is covered with a layer of gold leaf, several fishing boats swaying in it, it looks beautiful, even the barren Lujiazui, at the moment does not look dilapidated, the yellow land, with the golden glow, coupled with its special geographical location, gives people the feeling of more like a huge gold ingot left on the bank of the Huangpu River.

Pudong Lujiazui is undoubtedly a symbol of China's reform and opening up and is famous all over the world. However, few people know how this slightly strange place name came about.

It just so happens that Li Yadong knows this.

The origin of its name is actually associated with an ancient person.

The Huangpu River makes a nearly 90-degree bend here, leaving a prominent alluvial beach, which looks out from the west of the Pujiang River to the opposite bank, and this beach is like a huge golden horn sticking out its head and opening its mouth to drink here. This is the origin of the word "mouth".

And in this small land, there was once a great person, that is, the famous calligrapher and writer of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Shen. In addition, Lu Shen's former residence and Lu's ancestors were built here. Therefore, later generations will call this place Lujiazui.

Li Yadong looked at the floor-to-ceiling window for a while, and his thoughts wandered - it was also because he revisited the old place and felt something. After all, most of his memories of the magic capital are still stuck in the previous life, and it is inevitable that he will feel a little emotional.

This is not like a lifetime, but a lifetime apart.

I never dreamed that one day I would come to the Bund again with such a young body, and even enter the historical buildings that I dared not set foot in before, and stand in front of the luxurious floor-to-ceiling windows and look at the Huangpu River.

The circumstances of life are like white clouds and dogs, changing and embarrassing.

"Boss!"

A voice suddenly came from behind him, interrupting his thoughts. It's clear that Jack is back.

When I turned around, I saw that the suit was open-buttoned, and the tie was also hanging crookedly around my neck, and I looked a little disheveled.

I couldn't help but jokingly ask, "What's the matter, I was robbed by Shanghai girl on the road?"

He was in a really good mood, especially after some realizations just now, and he felt more and more glad to be standing here at this moment, he was probably the legendary person who was favored by the heavens.

However, Jack didn't have the heart to chat and fart at all, and said with a sad face: "Boss, two pieces of land we enclosed were gnawed away." ”

After hearing him say this, Li Yadong also lost his smile in an instant. Dog's day, rushed over in a hurry, but it was still late!

"When?"

"It's today!"

“……”

Your sister, do you want to be so coincidental, don't make a moth sooner, don't make a moth late, just today?

Does that mean that if he is "diligent" and buys last night's ticket to rush over, there will be no such stubble?

I just thought I was a koi......

You're making a fuss about this...... Isn't it a naked slap in the face? Sure enough, you have to be reserved, and you can't get too carried away.

"Is the damage serious, how much area is missing?"

"One is 20,000 square meters, and one is 40,000 square meters. Jack replied.

"Oh, that's okay, that's okay......" Li Yadong let out a long sigh, he had heard Jack's report before, the land they circled was at least more than 650,000 square meters, but the loss was only 60,000 square meters, less than one-tenth, which should not be considered a break in the bones.

However, Jack looked very sad and said angrily: "Where is good, it is not good at all!"

“…… What's wrong?"

Li Yadong subconsciously glanced at him, thinking to himself, why is this expression? No, his boss is not depressed yet, why are you so distressed?

"Boss, I'll show you and you'll understand. As he spoke, Jack took a scroll from the vat next to the mahogany desk and spread it out on the table, the corners still pressed together with the bits and pieces on the table.

Li Yadong came over to take a look, good guy, a complete map of Lujiazui's landform, this is not the point, the point is that it is divided into dozens of pieces like a cake, and each piece has a standard number, and it is also distinguished by different colors.

"Where is our land?"

"Here. The map was made of offset material, but he was not afraid of getting dirty, and Jack used a black marker pen to circle a square of landscape at the head of the "Golden Horn Behemoth". It contains six numbered plots, ranging from 11-16.

"Yes, this land. Li Yadong said subconsciously.

The standard prime location, second only to Linjiang's No. 1-10 plots, but those ten pieces of land, how dare ordinary people touch it, the country must keep it for its own development, such as the Oriental Pearl TV Tower that will be built next year.

And the area is really not small, just from the map, it accounts for almost one-tenth of the entire Lujiazui plot.

"Yes, it is indeed a good land, it is not in vain that we have been preparing for so long in advance, except for the land reserved for development by the state, it is our best. And the area is also large, the total area of the entire Lujiazui is 6.89 million square meters, we have originally circled 650,000 square meters, nearly one-tenth, but now it is gone, because we have not been able to make a final decision, two pieces of land have been snatched away. ”

When he mentioned this stubble, Jack seemed very distressed, in order to get this complete square piece of land, he spent too much effort, it can be said that every square meter is the meat of his heart.

Now that he has been cut off in two pieces, do you think he won't hurt?

"Okay, okay, isn't the big head still there. Li Yadong couldn't help but comfort. He also had some responsibility in this matter, he came too slowly, wasted the efforts of his subordinates, and asked, "Which two pieces were snatched away?"

"Just these two small pieces, first of all, this one. Jack pointed to Lot 16 with a marker, which was a very small piece on the edge.

"That's it. Li Yadong waved his hand and said: "It's like a piece of cake with a corner missing, it doesn't hurt." ”

"And this one. Jack pointed to another plot of land marked with blue shading.

Li Yadong fixed his eyes, but he couldn't be calm. Surprised: "Number 13?"

"Yes. ”

", isn't it?" Li Yadong couldn't help frowning, staring at the map with his two eyes for a long time without reacting.

Plot 13 is not like Lot 16, which is on the edge of the whole plot, but in the very center, although the area is not large, if it is cut away, it is like a stain the size of an ink bottle cap in the middle of a white scarf, which is very ugly.

Of course, engaging in architectural development cannot be described as "ugly", it can only be said that it is very inconvenient.

To give a very simple example, according to Li Yadong's idea, this land is to be built into a high-end financial district, the kind of high-rise buildings, but what if the other developer insists on building a community, a vegetable farm, a meat market, and even a public toilet on the No. 13 plot?

You must know that the four plots 11, 12, 14, and 15 are all bad around the 13th plot.

It may not be practical to say that public toilets are analogous, and the state will not allow them, but if the other developer does something undesirable here, it will inevitably affect his future operation and development.

To use another inappropriate analogy, if a neighborhood is built next to a landfill, do you think the house price can be sold?

However, you can't control the ideas of the other developer, and anything can happen.

This makes things a little tricky.

Li Yadong suddenly had a feeling that he had been pulled out of the kettle.

What kind of bastard is this, giving himself such eye medicine?

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