Chapter 113 The Wind from Victoria Harbour

"Lu, Lu Ji Construction, which Lu Ji Construction?"

Lin Wei glared at Li Huayong: "Which other family, I didn't say it just now, it was Lu Ji of Uncle Quan's family." ”

"Is that really the one?"

"Of course. ”

Li Huayong had a smile on his face, and at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief. If it is really "that Lu Ji Construction", then there is indeed a great certainty of passing the preliminary examination of qualifications.

"Isn't Mr. Lu supposed to be over there now?"

Li Huayong's finger pointed in the direction of the east, Lin Wei understood what Li Huayong meant, and knew that the place he was pointing to was Taiwan.

"The situation of their family is more complicated, if you have the opportunity in the future, you can find out for yourself, now you tell me, where does your confidence come from?"

Li Huayong nodded, when he was in the mainland before, he talked about related topics once, and Li Huayong also guessed Lu Yuquan's identity. It's just that Lao Lu didn't want to say more at that time, and Li Huayong didn't want to ask in detail.

So what is the origin of this "Lu Kee Construction"? Everyone knows that it is a little special when you hear the name, and you know that this is a construction company with a little history and a little bit of history.

That's right, this is a construction company with a very high position in the history of Chinese architecture. The former "Lu Ji Construction Factory" was known as one of the four major construction factories in China during the Republic of China, and it was regarded as the "industry giant" of that era. This construction plant may not be the strongest at the time, but after it has been passed down to modern times, it is definitely the most famous.

The representative works of this construction factory include the famous "Paramount Gate" in old Shanghai, the "National Great Hall" in Nanjing (which is actually equivalent to the "Great Hall of the People" during the Republic of China), the "National Museum of Fine Arts" and the "Inspirational Society Auditorium".

In addition, in Chongqing, the "accompanying capital" of that year, in Kunming, Yunnan, this construction factory also left many masterpieces, such as the former "Kunming Grand Theater", "Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall", and the "Plum Garden" of Chongqing Zhongshan Family, etc.

The founder of this construction factory, that is, the ancestor of Lao Lu, is a very legendary figure. This person came from a poor background, and was the lowest born among the four major builders in the Republic of China. He started out as a small tailor in Pudong, but later he may have thought it was not interesting to make clothes for others, so he actually changed his career to become a small bag foreman, and this change of career was really famous by him.

This person was able to make a career, in addition to his own ability, mainly because he was friendly with many dignitaries of the Republic of China government at that time. This can be seen from the many projects he has done, and in today's words, many of the projects he has done are actually "government projects". It can be seen that doing "government projects" can make money, which is not the case in ancient and modern China and abroad.

Later, some people studied the history of "Lu Ji Construction" and believed that the reason why this construction factory could develop rapidly was inseparable from two celebrities during the Republic of China, one of whom was Du Yuesheng, one of the "three tycoons" in old Shanghai, and the other was Dai Lidai, the boss of the "military command" at that time.

Needless to say, Du Yuesheng is doing construction projects in the old Shanghai Beach, and it is unimaginable if he does not have a good relationship with these people. It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that Lu Yuquan's ancestor and Du Yuesheng are sworn brothers, and they are of the same generation in the "Green Gang". Later, Du Yuesheng fled Shanghai to settle in Xiangjiang, which was arranged by the ancestor of Lao Lu. Even after Du Yuesheng got married to Meng Xiaodong after he arrived in Xiangjiang, it was this old man who single-handedly promoted and prepared.

In addition to Du Yuesheng, the relationship between this brother and Dai Li is even better, it is precisely because of his good relationship with Dai Da Boss that this gives "Lu Ji Construction" the opportunity to undertake so many "government projects".

I heard that this person and Dai Li's love is the same, and after Dai Li's accidental death in a plane crash, his tomb was repaired by this person's private money. In order to reflect his friendship with Dai Li, he spared no expense when repairing the tomb, not only built a tomb extravagant and extremely strong, but also built this tomb next to the "Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum", that is, buried Dai Li next to Mr. Zhongshan.

It's a pity that this tomb was destroyed soon after liberation, and it is said that Taizu felt pity after knowing that Dai Li's tomb was destroyed, and said something like this in private:

"There's no need to do that, even if it's good to stay there as a negative textbook..."

Of course, there is no need to interpret what Taizu and his old man mean by this. However, it is completely conceivable that it is precisely because of the background of "Lu Ji Creation" that Li Huayong fully understands why Lao Lu is reluctant to mention his family's past. In the past era, "Lu Kee Construction" was completely the background of the "reactionaries".

However, Li Huayong felt that Lao Lu's worries were completely unnecessary. Not to mention what age it is now, the mainland has long been inconsiderate of many things in the past. Besides, although "Lu Ji Creation" once stood in the lineup of "reactionaries", it is not the kind of heinous "reactionaries".

With the decryption of many historical materials, we found that there are still many merits in the "Lu Ji Construction" in real history.

The first point is that "Lu Ji Construction" has never been a traitor. It can even be said that this is where Li Huayong respects his predecessor. You must know that the era of the existence of "Lu Ji Construction" happened to be before and after the Japanese invasion of China. Several other large construction factories in China, such as "Bai Ji" and "Xiu Ji", whether it is out of helplessness or out of compulsion, there are always more or less traitors, and they have all worked for the Japanese. Only "Lu Ji", not once.

Not only did it not, but at that time, in order to resist foreign invasion, "Lu Ji" often took the initiative to send engineers and technicians to help build wartime fortifications. In the fortifications of Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing, you can see the figure of "Lu Ji" everywhere, which can be said to be the biggest highlight of "Lu Ji".

Another funny thing is that if you talk about the masterpiece of "Lu Kee Construction", you may choose "Paramount", or you may choose other buildings. But if it says that it has ever done the most "wonderful" project, then there is no other choice but one choice.

That's the bunker it built in old Shanghai. Note that "bunker" here is not an adjective, but a real bunker, and this bunker is not one, but more than 3,800.

It was on the eve of liberation, and in the face of the powerful offensive of "our army", the Kuomintang was actually already defeated. Before the "Battle of Crossing the River" was launched, the Kuomintang authorities ordered Tang Enbo to defend Shanghai. When Lao Tang received this task, he was worried, and he thought to himself that Shanghai was located in an alluvial plain, and there was no danger to defend, so how should this place be defended? Therefore, he made a very strange decision, he decided to build a large number of reinforced concrete bunkers on the outskirts of Shanghai.

This project was nominally led by the "Shanghai Municipal Construction Committee" at that time, but in fact it was commanded by the "Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Garrison Command Engineer Command", but in fact the direct executor or construction party was "Lu Ji Construction".

The entire "bunker project" is divided into three major areas, namely the area south of Suzhou Creek, the area north of Suzhou Creek and the Pudong area. Bunkers are divided into four types according to size: A, B, C and main forts, and each bunker can set up four to eight machine guns, with a total of more than 4,000 machine guns.

This large-scale project was not forced to stop until the "our army" launched the Shanghai Campaign, and more than 3,800 were actually built.

It is entirely conceivable that these bunkers did not play any role at all. It is also completely conceivable that this project has also become a big crime of "Lu Kee Construction". However, just as everyone was about to denounce "Lu Ji Construction", an interesting thing happened, someone stood up and said good things for "Lu Ji Construction".

It was none other than the underground workers of the "our party" lurking in Shanghai. They told the organization that they had already had all the information about these bunkers, including their distribution, structure, and even strength and firepower. It is precisely because of the knowledge of these things that these bunkers do not function at all.

So who told the organization about these materials? It was none other than Lao Lu's ancestor himself, Li Huayong's fellow senior.....

From this incident, it can be seen that Lu Yuquan's ancestor is an understanding person. He may be a "reactionary," as evidenced by his later move to Taiwan, but he is definitely a very clever "reactionary." For example, from this incident, we can see how he behaves in the world.

Thinking that he is likely to cooperate with such a company with a background and a story in the future, Li Huayong is so happy in his heart. At this moment, he even had a very wonderful feeling: Could all this be the will of heaven in the dark? He and the descendants of the Lu family were preparing to compete for the title of "Bank of China Building" in Xiangjiang.

You must know that all the prerequisites for Li Hua to bravely bid are because Bank of China is "Chinese-funded". What many people don't know is that the Bank of China, located in Xiangjiang, was almost accepted by Taiwan at first. Who made the Bank of China in Xiangjiang "Chinese-funded"? It is rumored that Du Yuesheng played a great role in this.

Of course, Lao Du also has his selfish intentions in doing this, in his later years, he really wanted to return to his roots, and wanted to be buried in his hometown Pudong after he died, so the Bank of China, and a few other things he did for the mainland, can be regarded as a kind of "vote" for the mainland. It's a pity that it backfired, and after Lao Du passed away, he was forcibly transported to Taiwan by the Taiwan authorities at that time for burial.

Thinking of these old events, Li Huayong at this moment was a little fluctuating. He felt that he must do a good job this time, if he couldn't win the bid this time, he would be so sorry for these seniors.

Thinking of this, Li Huayong suddenly smiled and said to Lin Wei:

"Director Lin, let's go, accompany me outside for a walk. ”

Lin Wei was stunned when she heard this, but she didn't refuse, just glanced at Li Huayong and said:

"There's something wrong with you, you don't go shopping during the day, and now it's not suitable for shopping, you want to go shopping, don't you see the wind outside. ”

Li Huayong laughed: "It is precisely because of the strong wind that I want to go shopping, didn't you just ask me, where does my confidence come from? Then let me tell you, the reason why I dare to compete with those multinational companies, the biggest source of confidence is from the wind, the wind of the Xiangjiang River, and the wind of Victoria Harbor!"

"Wind?"

Li Huayong laughed again: "Hahahaha, that's right, it's the wind!"

At this moment, Li Huayong smiled very happily, he said in his heart that it was not easy, he had traveled for so long, and this time he finally found a chance to get a golden finger in the bidding of the Bank of China Building.

And the most critical element of the golden finger I prepared this time is: wind!

Wind from Victoria Harbour!