The day of the official vote is getting closer and closer, and it seems that the success is getting closer and closer, Lin Shixuan's team is immersed in joy and begins to think about what position he can get after Lin Shixuan is elected.

Only Shi Haodong has always had a hunch that Guan Jiangnan will never admit defeat so easily, and will definitely find a way to save the decline, so the closer to the day of voting, the more cautious he is.

Since Lin Shixuan is the core figure of this campaign, her safety is the top priority, Shi Haodong not only told Lan Ying that he must fight twelve points to protect Lin Shixuan's safety in the next time, but also secretly sent two teams of East Gang brothers to protect Lin Shixuan in shifts 24 hours a day to ensure Lin Shixuan's safety.

In terms of casinos, the design competition has also reached the final stage, this night, Shi Haodong went to the playground to practice and came back, and was talking to Xiang Yuchen in the living room on the first floor, when he received a call from Xu Qing.

"Hey, tomorrow is the quarterfinals, are you busy tomorrow, if you are not busy, accompany me to participate in the selection tomorrow."

"Is it the quarterfinals tomorrow, so soon?"

"It's been more than a month. This time, I asked the participating designers to redesign the proposal, especially emphasizing that they should pay attention to originality, and I don't know if there will be any refreshing works tomorrow. ”

During this period, although Shi Haodong was busy with the mayoral election, he occasionally went to learn about the design competition, and until now, he has seen the design drawings of the top 50, but he has never found a satisfactory design plan.

A few days ago, when he talked to Xu Qing on the phone, he mentioned the problem of the design competition, and heard Xu Qing say that the strength of the top 50 designers is not bad, but the traces of following the trend and imitation are too heavy, so Shi Haodong said casually, let these designers redesign, see if they can find a suitable plan.

He just said it casually at the time, and then forgot about it, but he didn't expect Xu Qing to really do it.

At this time, when she heard Xu Qing say this, she became interested, and hurriedly said: "Okay, let's go to the bookmaker tomorrow to have a look." ”

"Well, I'll ask Xiaogui to drive you up tomorrow. By the way, how did you think about the loan? ”

After this period of consideration, Shi Haodong finally decided to adopt the second plan, after all, if Jinshan Bank occupies the equity of the casino, the casino will no longer be simply his own, which is inconsistent with his original intention, and it may also let Jinshan Bank eat away and make wedding dresses for others.

Although it is said that if something happens to you, you will become nothing, but if you want to develop, how can you not take risks?

At the moment, he said, "Let's meet and talk again." ”

Then Shi Haodong made a phone call to Lin Shixuan, telling Lin Shixuan that he would not go over to do publicity with them tomorrow, and now that Jiangnan is settled, it doesn't matter if Shi Haodong doesn't arrive, Lin Shixuan agreed without saying anything.

Early the next morning, Xiaogui drove to pick up Shi Haodong, after Shi Haodong and Xiaogui met, Xiaogui said that Xu Qing had gone to the gaming company first, and Shi Haodong and Xiaogui rushed to the Boao gaming company.

When they arrived at the Boao Gaming Company, after Shi Haodong and Xu Qing met in the general manager's office, they looked at the design drawings of the eight designers.

Shi Haodong looked at it for a while, saw Xu Qing looking attentive, and saw that her stomach was slightly bulging, and she was a little distressed, so he put down the drawings in his hand, walked over to hold her hand, and said a few thoughtful words.

Xu Qing said with a smile: "I have already entrusted most of the work to the heads of various subsidiaries, and it is very leisurely, so you don't have to be so surprised." ”

Shi Haodong said: "That's good, I'm afraid that you will work hard and don't take care of your body." ”

Xu Qing said: "The company is its own, no matter what, you always have to keep an eye on it, but fortunately, you don't have to be so careful in a few months." As he spoke, he touched his stomach, and his face was tinged with happiness.

Shi Haodong put his head on Xu Qing's stomach and said, "I'll listen to it first, see if this little guy is naughty!" ”

Xu Qing said angrily: "It's only been a few months now, how can it be so fast?" ”

Shi Haodong straightened his head and said with a smile: "When this stinky boy is born, I must beat him hard." ”

Xu Qing said: "Why are you beating him so well?" ”

Shi Haodong said: "It's that he made my wife so tired, and if he doesn't beat him, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart." ”

Xu Qing smiled: "I love to talk nonsense, I'm afraid that he is really going to be born, and you still don't treat him as a baby?" ”

Shi Haodong smiled, turned behind Xu Qing, put his head on her cheek, and said, "How is it?" Did you find the one you liked? ”

Xu Qing picked up the three design drawings and said, "I've seen them, these three are more innovative, can you take a look?" ”

Shi Haodong smiled: "I don't understand, what can I watch?" Having said that, he took the three design drawings in Xu Qing's hand and looked at them.

Xu Qing said angrily: "You person, I don't know your mother yet, I can't say anything, in fact, I have an idea more than anyone else, and the ideas I came up with at a critical time are amazing, and I am still pretending in front of me." ”

Shi Haodong smiled, kissed her on the cheek, and said, "It's still my wife who understands me." Speaking of the word "wife", I couldn't help but think that now Xu Qing is pregnant, and because the date of the presidential election has not yet arrived, the method of amending the marriage law cannot be implemented, and considering Xiang Yuchen's factors, I can't marry her, I feel a little guilty in my heart, and said: "I really wronged you to let you have a child out of wedlock." ”

No matter how free and easy Xu Qing is, she can't help but be a little disappointed in this section, but she pretends to be generous and smiles on her face: "Isn't it the same for us to make up for it in the future?" Anyway, you won't leave me alone. ”

Shi Haodong said: "How could I leave you alone, even if the whole world doesn't want it, I want you." ”

Xu Qing said: "That's not it." Let's see if there's a suitable one. ”

Shi Haodong took a serious look at it.

When Shi Haodong was watching, Xu Qing said: "What is the casino in your mind?" ”

Shi Haodong looked at it and said: "I can't describe the specifics, but I think our ideal is this casino, and it must be built to be magnificent and eye-catching, which is both a casino and a tourist attraction." ”

Xu Qing said: "Your heart is really not small, it is estimated that it will cost one billion just to build a casino, and I don't know how many years it will take to return to the capital." ”

Shi Haodong said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, we are still young, we can afford to wait, maybe the business of the casino is very good, and we will be able to return to our capital in a year or two." ”

Shi Haodong said that he had already looked at a planning map, and he didn't feel very satisfied, so he looked at the second one, and the second one felt right, this drawing showed a skyscraper, the whole building was angular and angular, and the lower part was straight, starting from the middle position, slightly inclined upward, and when it reached the top position, it suddenly gathered in the middle, and finally condensed into a bundle of lines, which looked like a sharp sword inserted in it from a distance, majestic and magnificent.

"I guess with your personality, you're probably going to like it."

Xu Qing saw that Shi Haodong's eyes were attracted by this drawing, and said with a smile.

Shi Haodong said with a smile: "Excluding personal preferences, this design scheme is indeed very good." ”

Xu Qing nodded in agreement: "This design plan is indeed very good, but if it is built according to this plan, the funds required will be huge, and I am afraid that the billion I said before will be less." ”

Shi Haodong frowned and said, "What? Isn't a billion enough? ”

Xu Qing said: "This designer is very bold, the preliminary design of the floor is 98 floors, according to the cost of several domestic skyscrapers, I am afraid that there is no 5 billion can't be done." ”

Shi Haodong gasped, five billion, he didn't dare to think about it before, and then muttered: "If it costs five billion to build a building, even if I mortgage all the entertainment venues of Huaxing City Transportation Company and Dongbang, I can't borrow so much money, and the budget is not enough." ”

Xu Qing nodded and said, "That's right, so unless the floor is lowered, this plan can only be abandoned." He groaned and said, "I don't think it's better to do this, I'll go meet the designer, talk to him, and see if I can modify the plan and lower the floor." ”

Shi Haodong is a perfectionist, either don't do it, you must do your best, think that if you lower the floor, it will be difficult to show the majestic momentum of this building, and it will inevitably be a fly in the ointment, so he immediately said: "Don't panic first, let me think about it." ”

In the loan plan originally negotiated with Jinshan Bank, the second set of plans bet on the right to operate the casino and the Huaxing City Transportation Company, which can borrow an additional 1 billion, plus the 2.3 billion yuan that can be borrowed by the mortgage of all the assets of Donghua Group, a total of 3.3 billion yuan, which is about 2 billion yuan different from the cost of building this building.

In addition, after the building is built, it is necessary to purchase facilities, interior decoration, etc., and the gap is even greater.

In the face of such a large funding gap, Shi Haodong really couldn't think of a solution, and he couldn't sell the equity of the casino, so he couldn't help but be a little short of breath, sighed, and said: "Let's see other plans." After speaking, I read the third plan, which is also very brilliant, but it does not have the sharpness that Shi Haodong wants, which is inevitably a fly in the ointment.

The two sat in the office for a while, and several of the leaders and judges who were responsible for organizing the design competition came to meet with them and ask for their opinions.

After listening to the judges' opinions, Shi Haodong and Xu Qing discussed with everyone and decided on the top four places on the spot.

In the subsequent process, Shi Haodong was a little absent-minded, and the question of how to choose was always lingering in his mind.

It was already evening when he came out of the Boao Gaming Company, so Shi Haodong and Xu Qing went back to Xu's house and had dinner at Xu's house.

During the meal, Xu Qing saw that Shi Haodong looked absent-minded, and knew that he was still thinking about building a casino, so he said: "Hurry up and eat, the dishes are almost cold." As he spoke, he sandwiched a piece of food and gave it to Shi Haodong.

Shi Haodong restrained his mind and concentrated on accompanying Xu Qing to eat, and after eating, Xu Qing asked Shi Haodong to accompany her for a walk.

Shi Haodong helped Xu Qing walk in the garden for a while, and Xu Qing said: "I know you want to build a casino that attracts the attention of the world, but we also have to do what we can." Let's not mention that we can't raise so much money at all, even if we really build it according to the design drawing, we can't open so many gambling halls at all, and it is also a waste of resources, do we want to rent it out? I'm afraid this is also contrary to your intentions. ”

Shi Haodong thought about Xu Qing's words seriously, Xu Qing was right, this skyscraper is expected to have 98 floors, and the space that can be used is very large, and the casino can't use it that much.

Xu Qing saw that Shi Haodong was still groaning, and said: "At present, our focus is on the mayoral election, and the matter of loans and building casinos will be talked about after the vote." ”

Shi Haodong thought that the mayoral election was about to reach a critical moment, and he really needed to deal with it with his spirit, so he nodded and said, "It's okay, anyway, the day of voting is coming soon." ”

Xu Qing said: "There should be no problem with the campaign." ”

Shi Haodong said: "At present, Lin Shixuan's support rate far exceeds that of Guan Jiangnan, and there is no problem for the time being." ”