Chapter 349 Huaqiangbei
At the school gate, Lu Yiming was carrying a simple shoulder bag. On this trip, he only carried some necessary documents and a few thousand yuan in pocket money.
Around him, there were people carrying large and small bags and even suitcases. If you didn't know, you would think they were moving like ants or making some strategic shift.
Lu Yiming, who was "feeling light", had the leisure to buy a few bottles of ice cola from the store near the school gate, planning to drink them in the car before leaving.
A Mercedes Benz came closer and stopped by the roadside.
The car door opened, and Shi Qingxue jumped down from the passenger seat. She took out a pink bear-shaped backpack from the back seat of the car.
When she turned around, her eyes lit up and she saw Lu Yiming. She immediately waved happily and said, "Lu Yiming, good morning."
Lu Yiming turned around and just happened to see Su Yunjin, who was wearing a purple dress with a calm smile on her face. She was sitting in the driver's seat and rolled down the window.
"Aunt Su, Xiaoxue, good morning."
Obviously worried about her daughter going on a long journey alone, Su Yunjin immediately opened the door and got out of the car, and walked up to Lu Yiming with Shi Qingxue.
Su Yunjin began to instruct seriously, "Lu Yiming, I'll trouble you to help look after Xiaoxue when we go to Pengcheng this time. Xiaoxue is a silly child. If you don't take good care of her, she might get lost without you even noticing."
Shi Qingxue heard this and was naturally ashamed and annoyed. She angrily pushed Su Yunjin back into the car and argued unconvincedly, "Mom, I'm not a child anymore!"
Su Yunjin rolled her eyes at her, and without avoiding Lu Yiming, she complained directly: "You can't even cook, what else are you but a child?"
Nowadays, it is really unacceptable for teenagers not to know how to cook.
Because Lu Yiming was also present, Shi Qingxue felt a little embarrassed, pinching the corner of her clothes and pouting: "Well, am I not learning? Now at least I can fry scrambled eggs with tomatoes!"
In front of Lu Yiming, Su Yunjin did not continue to spread Shi Qingxue's dirty laundry. She smiled and said to him, "Alright, alright, just behave yourself when you go out, okay? But don't be too reserved. It's a rare opportunity to go out and have fun. Let Xiaoming take you to eat and play whatever you want. I'm leaving now. Millionaire Painters has reached the crucial quarterfinals, and I have to keep an eye on it."
After Su Yunjin left, Shi Qingxue suddenly became lively again. It seemed that her personality had become more and more cheerful in recent times, which was completely different from her previous cold temperament.
She completely ignored the gazes of the people around her, and came to Lu Yiming's side, half of her body pressed against Lu Yiming's arm, like a little bird leaning on him, with a smile on her face. Everyone could feel her joy and excitement from the bottom of her heart.
I saw that Shi Qingxue was wearing a pink sportswear today, which complemented the cute backpack very well, and she exuded a youthful and lively aura.
"Lu Yiming, when we get to Happy Valley, I want to go to Hurricane Bay to ride the pirate ship, and I also want to go to Gold Mine Town to ride the roller coaster. Oh, and there's also Sunshine Coast, the scenery there is so beautiful."
Lu Yiming looked at her face which was flushed with excitement, and felt a sense of peace and joy in his heart.
These millions were not spent in vain.
"Lu Yiming, are you listening to me?"
"Yes, I will accompany you wherever you go."
"That's more like it."
The two walked into the school arm in arm, talking and laughing.
At nine o'clock, when other grades were having classes, more than a dozen luxury air-conditioned buses drove into the school and formed a convoy on the boulevard.
Seeing this luxurious bus, many students became excited.
In the past, when people traveled, they all took old-fashioned buses. The seats were so hard that your butt would hurt. As for air conditioners, which are such power-consuming things, don't even think about it.
Besides, it was 1998, and even in the southeastern coastal cities, air-conditioned buses were a rare commodity, and at least they were definitely not cheap.
Just looking at the appearance of the bus, it is far superior to those old antiques I have ridden before.
Zhu Hanwen was completely confused by the school's generosity and couldn't help but sigh: "What's wrong with Principal Yang? This is Happy Valley and luxury air-conditioned buses. Is the school going to live like this?"
Even he was a little scared when he saw how much money was spent.
However, this matter had nothing to do with him as an ordinary class teacher, so Zhu Hanwen quickly came to his senses, holding a notebook in his hand, and began to call the roll one by one.
After the roll call was finished, he realized that Lu Yiming and Shi Qingxue were not there yet. He looked up and saw them leisurely walking towards him. He immediately shouted, "Lu Yiming, Shi Qingxue, hurry up, you two are the only ones missing, why are you dawdling?"
Shi Qingxue's backpack was filled with a lot of things, and Lu Yiming helped her carry them. She felt free and got into the car first.
Lu Yiming followed behind and got into the car. After putting his luggage away, Lu Yiming sat down. The faint fragrance of the girl wafted into his nose, which made him feel very happy.
Whether it is the soft and comfortable cushions or the cool air conditioner blowing on the body, it makes this autumn outing so wonderful and very different from any other time.
Seeing that the two of them were inseparable, their relationship was almost written on their foreheads, and Zhu Hanwen felt helpless.
Given the identities of these two people, he can't afford to offend either of them.
He could only comfort himself in his heart that there was only one last semester left, and he could do whatever he wanted after the college entrance examination. He prayed that nothing would go wrong before that.
After the headcount was completed, the convoy set off.
In previous years, we went to parks in Baiyun City for spring and autumn outings, just like old men and women going on a picnic, which was boring. But this year we went to Pengcheng, so everyone was very excited and chattered non-stop with the people around them.
More than an hour later, the bus convoy entered Pengcheng.
Shi Qingxue looked out the window curiously. Her beautiful eyes were full of life. She couldn't get enough of the novel scene in front of her. Then she couldn't help but say to Lu Yiming, "Why do I feel that Pengcheng is very different from Baiyun City?"
In Pengcheng of this era, everything starts anew.
Originally this place was just an unknown little fishing village with no historical heritage, but that also meant it had no baggage and could travel light, like a blank sheet of paper, free to express itself freely.
Therefore, everything in Pengcheng appears to be brand new. Everywhere you look, you can see tall buildings made of reinforced concrete, without any buildings that look old.
Lu Yiming smiled and explained to Shi Qingxue, "Of course it's different. Baiyun has been an important port city for our country's foreign trade for more than two thousand years since the Qin and Han dynasties, and it is also the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road."
"During the Tang and Song dynasties, it had even developed into a world-famous oriental port, and the country's first agency for managing foreign trade affairs, the Shiboshi, was established. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Baiyun City was a special open port. For a long period of time, it was the only foreign trade port city in the country. It has a historical heritage and is also an economic and political center."
Although these are clearly written in history books, Shi Qingxue was still surprised at Lu Yiming's erudition and memory: "You are really amazing. You can remember this clearly."
Lu Yiming looked out the window, his eyes were calm, but deep down in his heart, there were already waves of ups and downs, as if he could feel the tide of history coming towards him.
At this time, Pengcheng has already shown the momentum of soaring into the sky, and its determination and courage for domestic reform are unprecedented. Baiyun is actually just one of the frontier positions of reform and opening up, but the real main battlefield is still Pengcheng.
And this young city before us is destined to create countless miracles of wealth in the future.
Just at this time, the convoy passed by Huaqiangbei, where high-rise buildings were under construction everywhere. In the future, it will be known as the No. 1 Electronic Street in Xia Country and will be famous both at home and abroad.
In the era of electronic products, all kinds of refurbished machines, high-imitation machines, and assembled machines are flooding every corner of Huaqiangbei.
Shi Qingxue saw Lu Yiming looking out the window and not answering her, so she immediately looked outside curiously and said, "It's just a construction site, how can you be so engrossed in it?"
Lu Yiming pointed to the 46-story Electronic Technology Building not far away and said to Shi Qingxue with a smile: "Believe it or not, there will be countless millionaires and even billionaires coming out of the three-foot counter there in the future."
Li Zhengkai, who was sitting nearby, listened to Lu Yiming's boasting for so long, and he was also chatting and laughing with Shi Qingxue. He finally couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted the topic with a look of contempt: "Lu Yiming, you are really whimsical. How can you make money so easily? How big is a counter? What you sell here is electronic products, not jewelry and jade. How can you make so much money?"
Lu Yiming sighed and looked at Li Zhengkai earnestly, "Akai, you really know nothing about wealth."
Of course, it cannot be said that Li Zhengkai is short-sighted .
After all, Huaqiangbei is not a place that can be measured by common sense.
Here, in the years to come, countless entrepreneurial stories from "small and micro" to "big trees" will be staged.
As far as Lu Yiming knew, in the next twenty years or so, Huaqiangbei produced a total of fifty billionaires and countless millionaires. Even a penguin worth trillions of dollars was born in Huaqiangbei SEG Technology Park.
From this we can see that this is a true Feng Shui treasure land, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is a treasure pot.
However, Li Zhengkai knew nothing about this. He just thought Lu Yiming was bragging, so he was very dissatisfied: "How come I know nothing about wealth?"
Lu Yiming spread his hands helplessly: "You are just a test-taker, you know nothing about business."
"you……"
Li Zhengkai was very depressed after being criticized by Lu Yiming again. He couldn't think of any rebuttal, so he could only sit in his seat and sulk.
Half an hour later, the convoy finally arrived at its destination - a luxury hotel next to Happy Valley.
When everyone got off the car and looked at the magnificent hotel in front of them, many people were pleasantly surprised.
Someone said excitedly: "Are we going to stay in this hotel tonight?"
Someone next to him immediately poured cold water on him, saying, "Are you dreaming? Do you see these flags outside? One, two, three, four, five, five flags, representing a five-star hotel. Can you afford it?"
Another person next to him laughed and said, "That's right. It's already generous of the school to let us come to Happy Valley. You still want to stay at the Oriental Hawaii Beach Hotel. Do you think Principal Yang is crazy?"
Xiao Yuanyuan, who was not far away, looked up and boasted loudly, "This is Shen Junjie's family property!"
Although the two of them broke up and got back together, they are still in love now, but they are still high school students after all. Dating is like walking in the night in gorgeous clothes, which is really a bit uncomfortable. Now there is such a big hotel in front of them, which is just enough for Xiao Yuanyuan to show off.
The teachers didn't know about these students' secret love affairs, but many students knew about it. Now when Xiao Yuanyuan said that this was Shen Junjie's family property, they all looked at Xiao Yuanyuan with envy and jealousy.
"The Shen family is really rich."
"How much does it cost to build such a big hotel?"
"Most importantly, how much does it cost to stay here for a night?"
Hearing these people's exclamations, Xiao Yuanyuan felt very happy.
Someone asked, "Xiao Yuanyuan, if you stay at this hotel, they won't charge you, right?"
Xiao Yuanyuan was slightly stunned, then a smug expression appeared on her face, and her curved eyebrows seemed to be flying: "Of course, if I live here, I can stay in the presidential suite if I tell me my name, and I don't have to pay for it."
Shi Qingxue also asked Lu Yiming curiously: "How much does it cost to build such a hotel?"
Lu Yiming looked at the hotel in front of him and said with a smile: "I don't know how much it cost to build it, but when it was mortgaged to me, it was valued at 37.2 million."
Shi Qingxue was somewhat shocked, and asked in a low voice in surprise: "Mortgaged to you? What's going on? Isn't this hotel owned by Shen Junjie's family? When was it mortgaged to you?"
Lu Yiming told her that in order to acquire the land from Jingyi Real Estate, the Shen family had limited funds and had to mortgage some fixed assets.
After hearing this, Shi Qingxue couldn't help but laugh and said jokingly, "I never thought that you would do business all the way to Pengcheng."
Lu Yiming scratched her nose with his finger and said affectionately, "Not only that, my business has even crossed the ocean and reached the United States, okay? And the investment amount is not small. When I have time, I will take you around the world to see the great empire I have built for you."
Shi Qingxue knocked away Lu Yiming's mischievous hand, her face slightly red, and she pushed him away shyly: "Go to hell, what great country, you're panting when I say you're fat."
Although Lu Yiming said it lightly, in fact, the Oriental Hawaii Seaside Hotel is backed by Happy Valley, and its future appreciation potential is obviously not small.
If other assets under his name had not already been mortgaged to banks or other bond issuers, Shen Yiren would never have been able to mortgage such high-quality assets to Lu Yiming.
His idea was to redeem the hotel immediately after the South Bay project was completed and he made money. At that time, he would only have to pay Lu Yiming some interest, and the Shen family would still be able to make a lot of money from it.
However, man proposes, God disposes. Shen Yiren is not a reborn person, so he naturally doesn’t know how deceitful Li Chaoren is.
All the lands he acquired were centered around Plot No. 1 purchased by Li Chaoren. He could forget about making any money from it in the next ten years or so. Although it could appreciate in value and he could make a small fortune if left alone, Li Chaoren could afford to wait, but Shen Yiren could not.
When the deadline arrives and the Shen family cannot pay the money, the luxury resort hotel that Shen Yiren spent countless efforts to build will naturally have to be changed to the name of Lu.
Lu Yiming looked at the hotel's golden signboard and felt sad for the Shen family. Tears flowed from the corners of his mouth.
When Shi Qingxue saw this, she immediately felt disgusted: "Hey, Lu Yiming, your expression suddenly became so vulgar, are you planning something bad?"
