On the morning of October 23, 1976, after seeing off Mr. Tao, we returned to the Magic Star Villa.

Since Yanfang wanted to discuss with me about the renovation of the villa in the rose garden, Yanfang and I went to sit on the grass by the sea outside the magic star villa and talk about things.

Yanfang said: "Ah Cai! Dr. Wei and Zhou Xiaoming have already started to renovate their villa in the Rose Garden, and they are ready to move to live and live there before Christmas! I also heard that Dr. Wei and Song Ailing, Zhou Xiaoming and Xue Meifeng, the two of them may get married next year! I think that our villa in the Rose Garden should also be renovated with new furniture, electrical appliances and daily necessities, so that we can live there in the future! Also, parents and other relatives can live there when they come to Port City! Alas, the Magic Star Villa is indeed not bad, but it is separated from the CIA's territory by a wall, and there are sentry posts and cameras everywhere, so it is really inconvenient for everyone to live here! ”

I said, "Okay! Xiao Da is also ready to decorate his villa, Xiao Da is familiar with decorating the house, I asked Xiao Da to help us with the decoration, as well as the purchase of furniture, electrical appliances and daily necessities and other things! Wait a minute, I will give you 5 million US dollars, and in the future, you can use this money to arrange the decoration of the villa and configure the things inside, and in the future, your parents, younger brother and other relatives will travel to and from Hong Kong City, as well as the expenses in Hong Kong City, etc., you can use this money to spend! ”

Yanfang smiled and said, "Ah Cai! You're so good to me! I'll put the money to good use! The $2 million you gave me last time, I have already deposited it for a fixed time, and I will pay more than $200,000 in interest every year! Combined with my salary, I still have hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash! Ahh The 100,000 ounces of gold promissory note we got last time, should we cash it in? ”

I said, "Don't cash out the golden cashier's check for the time being!" I'm afraid it will come to me! In addition, the price of gold is still consolidating at a low level! Let's stay for a while! ”

Yanfang said: "Ah Cai! Otherwise, I'll keep your valuables like the golden cashier's check, my proof of property in the Rose Garden, and so on! I don't dare to keep these things in my office and dorm, so I keep them with me all day, and I'm afraid I'll lose them! ”

I said, "Alas! I've got a lot of valuables there! You go to UBS to open a safe, and valuables are stored in the bank's vault, which should be very safe! That way, all you have to do is hide the key to the bancassurance! ”

Yanfang smiled and said, "Okay! Now let's go to the bank! ”

So, we drove to a Swiss bank.

At the bank counter, I transferred $5 million from Zhou Zilong's account to Yanfang's account.

After Yanfang checked it, she converted the money into a fixed deposit and opened a bank safe to store her personal valuables.

After taking care of things, we returned to the Magic Star Villa.

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In the days that followed, Yanfang, Kexin and Xiaoda began to be busy decorating the house.

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At 9 o'clock in the morning of December 18, 1976, I, Xiaoda, Wei Dafu, Yanfang, Tang Hairong, Zeng Yafang and other senior executives of Haolong Company, as well as senior executives and technical personnel of Long's Engineering Company such as Brother Long Haitao, listened to and reviewed the report of Zeng Dawei Design Company on the overall planning, engineering construction, equipment configuration and installation of the Haolong Port City and Logistics Base Project in the conference room of Rose Garden Haolong Company.

The content and planning indicators of the Master Plan of Haolong Port and Logistics Base are consistent with the indicators of the preliminary plan, and there is no change.

The contents include: reclamation and terminal operation area, open-air freight yard area (including bulk cargo yard and container yard, etc.), warehouse area (including: normal temperature warehouse, constant temperature warehouse, dangerous goods warehouse, etc.) and processing area, logistics and transportation hub area, port office and living area, CIA special office and living area and other six parts of detailed planning and layout.

Planning indicators: the total land area is 1,100 hectares, of which,

Construction of wharf and operation area: 400 hectares of tidal flats, 200 hectares of reclamation and other projects, with a project cost of 60 million US dollars;

Construction of port supporting facilities: construction of 700 hectares of wasteland and other projects, with a project cost of 250 million US dollars;

The total project cost of the Haolong Port Project is 310 million US dollars.

Other Planning & Cost:

Land cost: $18.8 million;

Design fee: $16.54 million;

Project port equipment procurement and installation fee: US$108.5 million;

Project property and facility renovation costs: US$62 million;

Project construction supervision fee: US$4.805 million;

Total direct cost of project construction: 535,941,100 US dollars.

After listening to the report of David Zeng's design team, the executives and technicians of Haolong Company and Long's Engineering Company were very satisfied with the design plan and budget.

At that time, in the process of listening to the report, I, Xiaoda and Dr. Wei had a full discussion and exchange with David Zeng and them on many details of the design plan, so the entire review was approved.

After the review was passed, Zeng Yafang and Yanfang paid the remaining contract money in full through the bank account of Haolong Company to the account of Zeng Dawei's design company in accordance with the provisions of the "Project Planning and Construction Engineering Design Task Entrustment Contract".

After David Zeng's company received the design payment, they billed Haolong a service fee of $16.54 million**.

After handling the money of Zeng David's company, I, Xiaoda, Wei Dafu, Zeng Dawei, Tang Hairong, etc., discussed with Long Haitao and other people from Long's Engineering Company how to sign the "General Contract for the Construction of Haolong Port Project"?

I said, "Brother Long! You have been learning about and inspecting the Opteron project for more than a month! Do you think this project can be done? ”

Long Haitao smiled and said, "Ah Cai! From the point of view of the difficulty, process and quantity of the construction of the Haolong project, now, our Longshi Engineering Company can fully complete the technology and means in engineering construction and construction! If, according to the Haolong Port Project, we can sign a general contract with us in accordance with the budget of the total project cost of 310 million US dollars, and pay us 30% of the contract advance, after the project progress is more than half, we will pay half of the contract! After the completion of the project, we will pay the full amount! In this way, we can help you undertake this vast and great project! ”

I said, "Good! However, in terms of payment, we must bet 10% of the total contract amount of your contract as a construction quality deposit for the Haolong project! After the overall project of the Haolong project is all accepted, we will bet 5% of the total contract price of your project as the quality deposit of the Haolong project for three years! This condition is a rule of trade, and you must accept it! ”

Long Haitao smiled and said, "No problem! We are the most disciplined! Ahh What are your requirements in terms of construction schedule? ”

I said, "The construction and construction period of the project we plan is two years!" However, the port office and living area and the CIA office and living area must be completed and accepted within one year, because we want to receive all the rent from the CIA headquarters as soon as possible! ”

Long Haitao said: "Okay! We can sign the contract according to this construction cycle, and we also want to receive your project payment as soon as possible! You are responsible for preparing the EPC contract according to the agreement between the two parties. Tomorrow morning, we will come here to sign a contract with you, and handle the contract advance, as well as the project technical disclosure and engineering business docking! ”

I said, "Okay! We'll see you tomorrow morning! ”

After we finished the negotiation, Long Haitao took him away.

After the meeting, Xiao Da, Dr. Wei, Zeng Dawei, Tang Hairong and others went to prepare the contract text, drawings and budget and other documents for the overall contracting of the signed project.

In the afternoon, Dr. Wei and Tang Hairong also went to the Ministry of Public Works of the Hong Kong Government to apply for planning permits and construction permits.

At the same time, they went to the engineering company of the Ministry of Public Works to go through the construction procedures for the construction of urban infrastructure facilities such as roads, electricity, water and communications for the Haolong project.

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At 9 o'clock in the morning of December 19, 1976, I, Yanfang, Xiaoda, Dr. Wei, Zeng Dawei and Tang Hairong signed the "General Contract for the Construction Project of Haolong Port Project" with Long Haitao and the financial and technical personnel of Long's Engineering Company in the conference room of Haolong Company.

The main contents of the contract are:

The general contract of the project: the overall construction of the harbor project of 1,100 hectares of land and 200 hectares of reclaimed land and the lump sum of the material cost of the property construction (see the project design drawing and quantity budget for details).

General contracting of the project: 310000000 US dollars.

Construction period: 24 months, of which the construction period of port office and living area, CIA office and living area is 12 months.

The total construction period was from December 20, 1976 to December 21, 1978, of which the construction period of the port office and living area and the CIA office and living area was from December 20, 1976 to December 21, 1977.

The risk collateral of the general contractor: 10% of the general contracting amount, i.e. US$31 million.

Contract prepayment start-up cost: 30% of the total contract price, i.e. US$93 million, and the actual contract prepayment after deducting the risk collateral is US$62 million.

When the project is more than halfway through, 50% of the total contract payment will be paid, and the actual payment of 62 million US dollars will be paid when due.

After the completion and acceptance of the project, 95% of the total amount was liquidated, and the actual payment was 170.5 million US dollars. The risk collateral of the original general contractor of 15.5 million US dollars is retained as the quality guarantee of the project without complaints, and the warranty period is three years. After the project payment is settled, the contractor will issue a tax of $310 million to the project party**.

After I signed the contract with Long Haitao, the finance department paid Long Haitao a start-up fee of 62 million US dollars according to the contract.

The technical department gives the engineers of Long's company to carry out technical disclosure and the transfer of architectural drawings and technical data.

Dr. Wei and others handed over the "Construction Permit" of the Haolong Project, the construction schedule and contact information of the urban supporting facilities of the Engineering Company of the Public Works Division to the construction site supervisor of Longshi Company.

After the contracting, payment, technical handover and project site handover were completed, Long Haitao and I had tea and chatted in my office.

Long Haitao smiled and said, "Ah Cai! After I took your money, the construction of the Haolong project immediately pressed on me! We are friends and fellow villagers, and I will help you do a good job no matter what! When we're done with the start of work, let's have a good drink together! We will immediately return to Long's Engineering Company for a meeting and arrange the start of construction! I'm worried that prices are going to rise soon! Therefore, we need to start purchasing construction equipment and building materials immediately! ”

I said, "Brother Long! I believe that your Longshi company can do a good job of the Haolong project! Next, I still have a few pieces of land to develop, if you help us do a good job in the Opteron project, in the future, we will cooperate a lot! ”

Long Haitao smiled and said, "Ah Cai! I just see that we still have a story in the back! Otherwise, I wouldn't have signed a contract with you so easily! In the future, you will know that the budget of the Haolong Port project is really low, and it is not easy for us to make money! ”

After we finished talking, Brother Long left with his people.

After Brother Long left, me, Yanfang, Xiaoda, Dr. Wei, David Zeng, and Tang Hairong had a meeting in the conference room.

I said, "Colleagues! Tomorrow the Haolong project will officially start! Next, the management of our Haolong company must keep up! We can't delay the progress of the entire Haolong project! Now, the first thing we have to do is, first, hire the supervision company of the project construction, let the technical personnel of the supervision company prepare to enter the project construction site, carry out the project quality supervision, and hire the supervision company by Director Zeng David and Director Tang Hairong are responsible! Second, the company is about to prepare the procurement and installation plan of the equipment of the Haolong project in the port and logistics base, and at the same time, the preparation of the entire operation plan of the Haolong project after it is put into operation, and the company's business plan, the procurement and installation plan of the Haolong project, the company's business plan, etc., must be based on full market research and research, and this work is presided over by the deputy general manager of Dr. Wei! ”

David Zeng smiled and said, "Chairman! I already have several alternative companies for the project supervision, and they have rich supervision experience in port construction, installation and commissioning of port equipment and facilities! Now, Mr. Tang and I will immediately go to these companies to inspect and supervise the negotiation of contract terms! We strive to sign a supervision agency contract with them as soon as possible, so that they can enter the supervision site on January 20 next year! ”

After David Zeng finished speaking, he and Lawyer Tang went out to run errands.

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