A dark red taxi was speeding south, and Dai Bin sat in the passenger seat, listening to his partner, photojournalist Lao Ni, and two colleagues from "Sing Tao Daily" chatting about various recent anecdotes.

The taxi they were in was supposed to be a new car that had not been in operation for a long time. The driver was cautious at first glance, and although there were few cars on the street, he still drove cautiously. Dai Bin raised his hand and glanced at his watch and found that it was half past four. They must rush to the Luohu port to cross the border and return to Hong Kong before the customs close at five o'clock, otherwise they will have to wait until tomorrow.

"It's not far away, I will definitely send you to you within ten minutes, and I won't delay the customs clearance!" The taxi driver obviously noticed Dai Bin's movement of looking at his watch, and said out loud.

"Is your taxi company just established? I don't think I've seen a red taxi here!" Dai Bin asked casually.

"Well, our Penghua Taxi Company has just been established for less than three months, and it is a new company jointly established by a female boss from Hong Kong and the Special Administrative Region Public Transport Corporation. These cars are all Toyota Corollas imported directly from Japan!" said the driver with great honor.

Corolla can only be regarded as a low-end cheap brand in Toyota, and most Hong Kong people are willing to choose the crown when buying a car, and the richer boss will consider buying Mercedes-Benz in Germany. The female boss Dai Bin mentioned in the driver's mouth is very clear that she is the confidante Li Mei of "God of Wealth Li".

Since her intimate relationship with Li Xuan was exposed by the media, this Limei has chosen to settle in Shenhai City, and usually only occasionally returns to Hong Kong. And this Miss Li seems to have a heart to be a strong woman in a shopping mall recently. The establishment of a paging company, the opening of a shopping mall, and the establishment of a taxi company have been frequently moved for more than half a year.

Of course. These stories about Li Zhi rarely appear in Hong Kong newspapers. Li Xuan was just caught by a reporter about the scandal. Let's just stir up this lace news. But if he still doesn't give up afterwards, it will be a provocation to the "God of Wealth Li", the world's richest man is by no means a vegetarian.

The general public has a great impression of Li Xuan, and they all stay on his huge wealth. Otherwise, it seems more mysterious. But a reporter like Dai Bin naturally has a much clearer understanding of Li Xuan. Dai Bin has been tracking Li Xuan's news for more than two years, and the other party usually gives him the feeling that it is not very difficult to get along with. Although Li Xuan is rarely willing to be interviewed, he will not deliberately embarrass reporters, of course, the premise of this is that you don't mess with him.

Dai Bin's most impressive incident was undoubtedly the kidnapping of Li Xuan two years ago. At that time, several masterminds of the attempted kidnapping. In a short period of time, they were found out, and their vertebrae were broken one by one and abandoned on the street. Such a decisive method of killing caused quite a stir at the time.

Anyone with a discerning eye could guess that this was an example, but the Hong Kong police then hastily closed the case, and had no interest in finding out who had committed the crimes, and these lifelong paralyzed criminals were sent to Stanley Prison to serve their sentences after their condition stabilized. And the media at that time did not hype up this matter, and soon treated it coldly.

At that time, Li Xuan was not the richest man in the world, and his reputation was far less famous than now, but since then, Dai Bin has had a better understanding of Li Xuan. Although many journalists in Hong Kong often joke that "Lee, the God of Wealth", is the best friend of the media. Every once in a while, we can provide you with news materials.

But almost all journalists are very cautious when writing press releases about Li Xuan. Most of the reports about "God of Wealth Lee" focus on the business sector, and very little is actually involved in his private life. For example, last year, he and Li Zhiyu were exposed. Within a few days of the excitement of the Hong Kong media circles, the focus was artificially diverted.

Thinking of this, Dai Bin began to think about his return to the club. How to organize today's manuscript. "God of Wealth Lee" has invested 200 million Hong Kong dollars to build a large-scale PCB (printed circuit board) factory in the Shenhai Special Economic Zone, and there are not many Hong Kong newspapers that rushed to Shenhai City to report on this incident today. For example, the two people who carpooled with Dai Bin were reporters from Sing Tao Daily.

Since the second half of last year, Dongfang Electronics' investment in the mainland has become more and more active. From Shanghai City to the Deep Sea Special Economic Zone, Li Xuan seems to have changed his previous conservative style. Is he really optimistic about the mainland's next development prospects, or is he buying political insurance for himself in advance?

Dai Bin thinks it should be a combination of both, and although Li Xuan has never taken a positive stance on the Sino-British negotiations, the Eastern Bloc did suddenly start investing in the mainland before the Sino-British negotiations began last year. Li Xuan's use of this kind of commercial means to the mainland is good, and it is difficult for the British to say anything.

This time, Dai Bin found that in addition to the PCB project independently invested by Dongfang Company, many other companies closely related to Dongfang Group have also begun to enter the newly established electronic industrial park of the Shenhai Municipal Government. For example, Li Tong Electronics Co., Ltd., which is one of the most important arcade machine production foundries of Oriental Games.

Oriental Games' latest arcade machine, The King of Fighters, is about to hit the market, and UBI's new factory in mainland China is likely to be responsible for building the King of Fighters arcade machine. As we all know, arcade is the foundation of the rise of Dongfang Electronics, and it is still one of the most profitable departments in the entire group, and has a very special position in Dongfang Company.

The unfavorable proposition of Hong Kong's industrial development has been widely discussed by various circles in Hong Kong in the last year or two. It has been pointed out earlier that if the Hong Kong government fails to introduce policies in time to help Hong Kong's industry upgrade and transform, Hong Kong's industry may soon be hollowed out. However, the fact that the Oriental Group has even begun to gradually move its arcade manufacturing business to the north means that the entire Hong Kong industry has begun to move abroad? After all, Hong Kong's labor costs are at least three or four times that of the mainland.

The car had been steadily parked in the open space not far from the Luohu Customs Inspection, and Dai Bin was still immersed in his thoughts and did not come back to his senses. He felt that he could dig deeper on the idea just now and write an in-depth article, instead of just staying on the superficial report of "God of Wealth Lee" participated in the groundbreaking and ribbon cutting of the PCB factory".

The next day, most of the newspapers in Hong Kong reported that Li Xuan attended the groundbreaking ceremony of a large-scale PCB factory wholly owned by the Oriental Group in Shenhai City. As the richest man in Hong Kong, Li Xuan's every move will be subject to various interpretations.

There are obviously many people like Dai Bin, and many newspaper columns are analyzing whether there is a deep meaning behind the Oriental Group's large-scale investment in the mainland. From the commissioning of the joint venture picture tube factory to the construction of a wholly-owned PCB factory, the Oriental Group has successively invested heavily in the mainland, which will naturally attract speculation from all sides.

In particular, China and Britain have just reached a consensus on the procedural issues of the negotiations after more than half a year of wrestling. True, the previous rounds of talks between the two sides did not get to the point at all, but discussed the negotiation process.

However, in the first round of formal talks after the two sides decided on the process, the differences remained unchanged. The British side hopes to exchange sovereignty for governing power, while China adheres to the position that sovereignty and governing power are inseparable.

This also directly led to another round of roller coaster in the Hong Kong stock market. When the two countries reached a consensus on the negotiation process, Hong Kong stocks rose in response. However, after the release of the first round of negotiations, there was no change in the rhetoric of the two sides, and the stock market plummeted. And Li Xuan's large-scale investment in the mainland at this juncture is naturally easy to interpret as an expression of support for the mainland.

Just when everyone was discussing Li Xuan's position, the Dongfang Electronics Company suddenly released a bombshell news to the outside world! The Dongfang Group repurchased the land on the former site of the Central Fire Station that it had just acquired from Kunpeng Real Estate, and will use it to build the headquarters building of the Oriental Group.

The newly popped Kunpeng Real Estate picked up the first piece of land in a very domineering way at the Hong Kong government land auction. The outside world has speculated that "God of Wealth Lee" may be preparing to enter Hong Kong's real estate industry!

But now everyone finally realized that Li Xuan was not interested in the real estate industry, but just took a piece of land for the headquarters building of the Oriental Group. The real estate developers who were worried about the wolf before can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

In fact, it is expected for a large group like Dongfang Electronics to build its own headquarters building with a scale of tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars. What really surprised the outside world was that Li Xuan chose the timing to release the news.

As early as last year, when Li Xuan had just been promoted to the richest man in the world, there was a call within the Oriental Group that he should build his own headquarters building to demonstrate the strength of the Oriental Group. But at that time, land prices in Hong Kong were at a high point, and Li Xuan suppressed this voice.

Now, with the future of Hong Kong uncertain, Li Xuan suddenly decided to build a skyscraper as the headquarters of the Oriental Group. This undoubtedly directly shows the outside world that Li Xuan is still very optimistic about the future of Hong Kong. Stimulated by this good news, the Hong Kong stock market, which had just experienced a sharp decline, rebounded quickly!

Li Xuan's requirements for the skyscraper, which will be named Oriental Tower in the future, are not high, and he is not ready to compete with the 216-meter-tall Hopewell Center for the title of the tallest building in Hong Kong. However, the project budget given by the Eastern Group in the tender announcement is not low, as high as 300 million US dollars.

The design cost will account for 10% of the total estimated project budget, and Li Xuan hopes to get a set of solutions with novel design but high space utilization. After all, the total floor area of the Central Fire Station plot is only 22,900 square feet. To this end, the Oriental Group has invited bids from leading architectural firms around the world.

In the face of such a business of up to 30 million US dollars, world-renowned architectural firms such as DCM in Germany, SOM in the United States, and ACBI in Canada responded to the bidding at the first time. (To be continued......)