1989 was very dull, which may have something to do with Li Yadong's presence in the UK. Far away in a foreign country, different cultural atmospheres have paralyzed the concept of time, counting the days, it is not far from the Spring Festival.

Li Yadong also put the matter of returning to China on the agenda.

Huang Deping lived up to his trust, and the manufacturing equipment of the first batch of Land Rover cars is now lying quietly on the ocean-going freighter of the Tung family, one of the four major ship kings in Hong Kong, and is expected to arrive at Hailan at the beginning of the year.

This matter is not all smooth sailing, if it were not for Li Yadong's establishment of the "Land Rover Asia Factory" as a reason, it belongs to the scope of normal business expansion and is protected by British law. It is almost impossible for this batch of world-class automobile manufacturing equipment to enter China.

After spending more than a week to deal with the urgent affairs of the Solihull factory, and also went to the Chinese Embassy in London to resign from Ji Chaozhu and others, Li Yadong chartered a Boeing 747 at Heathrow International Airport, took 27 designers, including Stephen, and 132 automotive engineers recruited by Huang Deping, plus his own team, left the United Kingdom and flew to Yangcheng Baiyun Airport.

……

"Boss, Hailan is an island, right?"

On the plane, Stephen kept inquiring about the situation in China, and like the other more than 100 Englishmen in the cabin, he had never been to that splendid civilization, but had been devastated by war, and heard that the ancient Oriental country was now impoverished.

There are too many things to worry about, I heard that many Chinese can't even eat enough, don't have money but can't buy food at that time, it will be embarrassing.

Also, as the so-called poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, they are all strangers, will they be bullied when they go to the local area?

Do they have access to coffee and bread, which are indispensable for daily necessities?

Wait a minute.

"Don't worry, China is not as poor as you think. Li Yadong didn't know what he was thinking, and replied with a smile: "Hailan is an island, and the scenery is no worse than your British Isle of Wight, but it is still to be developed, and many places still maintain a relatively natural feeling." When you get there, the living facilities have already been arranged, and I have also found a few professional Western chefs from Hong Kong, who will take care of your food. Security matters. Don't worry, you have to trust your boss to have the ability to handle both local black and white. Besides, we also have a professional security team over there who will keep you safe. ”

"That's good. Stephen chuckled.

In addition to apprehension, he also had a little excitement in his heart, he had two failed marriages, and the main reason was him, because he was an out-and-out workaholic, usually neglected to take care of the family, and the British woman was difficult to serve and could not understand him well.

He has a friend who is a photographer who had been to the capital of China five years ago, and from him, Stephen had a general impression of China. And among the many things he recounted, the Chinese woman left a deep impression on Stephen.

I heard that in China, men don't have to worry about women having affairs at all, because Chinese women value chastity more than life. His friend told him about a real incident published in the newspaper: a Chinese woman who was attacked by a gangster and committed suicide by biting her tongue in order to prevent the other party from succeeding.

Also, I heard that Chinese men only need to be responsible for making money, and they never need to worry about family affairs. My wife will get up early every day to make breakfast, and then when you come back in the evening, they will wash your feet away from your fatigue, and they will warm your bed before you go to bed.

Quarrels – as long as the husband can bring back the money to support the family, that kind of thing can happen. Chinese women will treat you like an emperor.

In Stephen's eyes, such a woman is simply tailor-made for him, is there any?

Moreover, he also likes Chinese women, the kind of faces that are slightly shy and contain oriental classical charm.

So yes, he really hopes to meet a beautiful girl in China who can accompany him to old age.

……

Baiyun Airport.

Li Yadong and his entourage of more than 100 people attracted the attention of everyone around them when they walked out of the airport in a mighty manner.

In this era, a foreigner appeared on the streets of China, which is the focus of everyone's admiration, and the scene of more than 100 foreigners walking by at once like this, the vast majority of people still only see it in their lives, and they have speculated about the identity of this person.

There were six buses parked next to the street, as well as two Tiger Head Ben, where Jack had been waiting for a long time.

When he returned to Hong Kong two weeks ago, Li Yadong informed him of his itinerary, and he rushed over to meet him.

The convoy did not stop in Yangcheng for long, and drove all the way to Xuwen while it was still early. At 3:10 p.m. on the same day, everyone successfully transferred to the ferry and arrived at Hailan Island.

Xiuying Pier.

There is still a lot of people here, and it seems that this scene has not stopped since Hailan was established as a province.

However, there is something different about Xiuying Pier today.

Colorful flags fluttered everywhere, red silk hung in the air, and hundreds of primary school students with red scarves lined up in two small squares, holding flowers. Next to them, there were dozens of adults with extraordinary bearings.

Li Yadong glanced at it casually and found many familiar faces. Yan Weixian, Qiu Junjie, Zhu Yunfu, Hu Shengbiao, and the leaders of the Hailan Provincial Party Committee, even Kong Siqing is there.

They obviously knew that they were going back to the island today, and they had specially waited here.

"Children, lay flowers for the heroes of the motherland and our foreign friends who have come from afar. Kong Siqing said with a smile, and everyone next to him was also smiling.

What kind of identity he is, Li Yadong doesn't know now, but seeing that he can directly contact the old man, no matter what his level, no one can afford to ignore it.

A person like him, if he comes to the place, I'm afraid that even Hailan's leader will have to be a foil.

A group of future flowers of the motherland stepped forward one after another, found their goals, and offered flowers in their hands.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I won't say anything about thanks, keep everything in my heart, and find a place for everyone to gather in the evening. Li Yadong held a bouquet of flowers in his hand and said with a smile.

"It's we who should thank you!" Kong Siqing took a few steps forward and patted him on the shoulder, "Comrade Xiao Li, you have done a great thing this time, and its role in the development of the motherland is immeasurable!"

"It's not that exaggerated. Li Yadong smiled, "By the way, Brother Kong, I was really surprised that you could appear here." ”

"What's so surprising, it should be. Kong Siqing smiled and waved his hand, then lowered his voice and said: "I came on behalf of the chief this time, and his old man personally sent a message to ask me to come over to greet you, and he spoke highly of you." ”

Hearing him say this, Li Yadong's attitude instantly straightened up, and he said sincerely: "Thank you for your concern, fortunately I didn't live up to his expectations." ”

"Of course not, you're doing a great job. Well...... Let's go, let's talk in the car. ”

……

Kong Siqing came this time with a mission, he asked Li Yadong in detail about the future plan of the automobile industry, and it can be seen that the central level attaches great importance to the two major brands in his hands.

When he heard that Li Yadong decided to build a Land Rover Asia factory in Hailan, and decided to use Land Rover as the basis to develop a national off-road vehicle brand suitable for China's national conditions, he was so excited that he clapped his hands.

"Great! What a wonderful idea!" Kong Siqing wanted to take a chisel and chisel open the skull of the guy next to him to see what was inside, why were there so many good ideas?

"To tell you the truth, Comrade Xiao Li, I originally heard that you had the idea of producing Land Rover cars in Hailan, and I was very surprised, because I heard that a Land Rover car costs hundreds of thousands of yuan, and there are several people in our country who can afford it. Well...... This idea of developing a national off-road vehicle brand is really good. I'm sure the chief will be happy when he finds out. By the way, is your national off-road vehicle brand also produced in Hailan?"

"Of course not. Li Yadong shook his head, "I have been thinking about this matter for a long time, according to the geomorphological characteristics of my country, off-road vehicles are more suitable for the northern region." Therefore, in the future, the manufacturing base of this brand must also be built in the north, which can better reduce costs. ”

"The north?" Kong Siqing's eyes lit up, and he said in a loud voice: "The capital belongs to the north, you can simply build a factory in the capital." ”

"Can you approve it?" Li Yadong was surprised, because he knew that there was a BJ jeep in the capital, and there were some conflicts to build two off-road vehicle manufacturing plants in one area, but he was afraid that the government would not approve it.

"Can that be the same? That thing is not biological, and you have to rely on someone to snort, and if the other party gives us a little technology, we will accept a little, and if you don't give it, you can only stare dryly. And you are completely biological, how can you not approve it?" Kong Siqing patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, leave this matter to me, I will help you negotiate, and I will make sure to get you a big and good piece of land." When the time comes, I will tell you, you will come over and get the plant and equipment together, and get this off-road vehicle brand out as soon as possible. ”

"Then thank you, Brother Kong. Li Yadong said with a smile, how else to say that there are people in the government who are easy to do.

With Kong Siqing's identity, since he patted his chest, he must not have run away from this matter.

As for the competitor BJ Jeep, to be honest, Li Yadong didn't pay attention to it at all - a brand with defective technology, how could he wrestle with him?

"By the way, there is another brand, what about Jaguar?" suddenly thought of something, Kong Siqing asked.

"Jaguar......" Li Yadong hesitated, not knowing how to speak. He knew that the national level would never approve of him selling Jaguar.

If you think about it, you can see that in recent years, China has tried in every possible way to get better heavy industry technology from Western countries, but it has never made any big gains.

Now that China finally has two world-class car brands, how can it be willing to sell them?

However, from Li Yadong's level, he has to sell one, because if he doesn't sell it, he won't be able to open the pot next.

The acquisition of the Jaguar and Land Rover brands emptied him of all his funds and owed the bank $1.3 billion. At present, there are more than 300 million left on hand, but there are more places to spend money in the future, and these 300 million US dollars may not be enough.

Besides, if he doesn't sell it, what will he give back to the bank?

After thinking about it, he still didn't plan to tell Kong Siqing the news now, and said with a smile, "The Jaguar brand will be put aside first, and the rice will be eaten bite by bite, our foundation is still too thin now." Brother Kong, do you think this is the reason?"

"Yes. Come one by one, first introduce Land Rover to become stronger and bigger. Kong Siqing nodded.

Li Yadong accompanied the smiling face, but he was smiling bitterly in his heart. He wondered if Jaguar was sold to the state, would the central government be reluctant to make money?

1989 was definitely not a good year. In this year, China's economy suffered the most serious "spring cold" since the reform and opening up.

One sentence can describe the Chinese economy in the past eight or nine years - surviving in times of danger and listening to thunder in a silent place.

This year, Jiang Xipei, the future chairman of the Far Eastern Group, gave his own investment of 1.8 million yuan in the cable factory to the collective and obtained a red hat.

And Li Jili, who was later known as the "car maniac", also chose to "donate" his private refrigerator factory this year and went to Pengcheng for further study.

Based on the background of this era, Li Yadong feels that his idea is both ridiculous and helpless.

It's hard......

Jaguar must be sold, otherwise the capital chain will be broken, but it can't be sold directly, so I am afraid that it will cause unhappiness with the central level.

No matter what the result is, it is not something that Li Yadong can bear.

So this matter has to be pondered carefully and come up with a compromise method......

No pop-ups(.)