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I only stayed in the Shanghai Stock Exchange for a few days.

During this period, he accepted an invitation to have dinner with Alibaba's CEO Ma.

From his words and actions, Su Rui could tell that Boss Ma was not worried about the business model of Dongjing Mall, but was very worried about the development of Pinxixi.

Taobao originally relied on lower product prices than those in physical stores to grab market share from physical stores.

Now the prices of goods on Pinxixi are much cheaper than those on Taobao. Some stores bypass the middlemen and directly charge the manufacturer's cost price plus a meager profit, which is almost squeezing out many Taobao's e-commerce companies.

When it comes to internal competition, the mainland market ranks second, and no one in the world dares to claim to be first.

Pinxixi's development model is indeed very barbaric. It is probably equivalent to those factories that make profits by selling processing scraps. There is no logic to it.

Su Rui understood what Boss Ma was worried about, but he did not intend to easily adjust Pinduoduo's current business model just because he had a meal with him. After all, even if he did not make this money, sooner or later someone would target this high-volume track.

Due to the significant conflict of interest, it is destined to be difficult to become friends with Mr. Ma of Lin'an. The reason why he rejected Alibaba's proposal to repurchase shares is mainly because he thinks the value can still increase.

Anyway, the other party couldn't do anything to him, so Su Rui didn't take the matter to heart.

After inspecting several companies in Shanghai, we continued to head south. The "Dragon Ball" theme park in Shenzhen is currently reclaiming land and building roads to facilitate subsequent construction.

During the inspection at Warwick and the conversation with She Dazui, I could see that the R&D team of the "intelligent driving cockpit" has already built a prototype. Their company's main business is still communications, and the current quality of mobile phones is hard to describe.

However, the last time Su Rui preached to She Dazui, it was obvious that the other party listened to him. It is said that he invested billions of RMB in independent research and development this year, and will spend billions more next year.

As for the details, Su Rui did not ask and She Dazui did not say.

I only stayed in Shenzhen for two days.

We took a bus from the customs port to the port city and visited the construction site in Central before checking into the hotel.

Because there was no shortage of funds and the design drawings were prepared in advance, this commercial land that cost Su Rui a large sum of money to acquire had already had a deep pit dug and was entering the foundation laying stage.

Plot 3 of the New Waterfront, known as the “King of Land in Central”, is located next to Victoria Harbour. It is designed to have a total of six underground floors, and the construction is not easy.

Su Rui was just taking advantage of the end of the year to wander around. He just came to the Four Seasons Hotel to rest for a while and then went out to inspect the World Islands Group.

The company currently rents two floors of an office building in the Global Trade Plaza, and will move in once the construction site we just visited is completed.

Although Su Rui did not invest too many businesses in Hong Kong, he controlled assets worth tens of billions of dollars in Asia through the World Island Group. This was mainly because of the convenient capital flow in this city and the particularly low corporate taxes.

Unfortunately, apart from eating and drinking, there is really nothing fun in Hong Kong. After accompanying the executives of World Island Group and Hong Kong Monetary Authority to dinner, Su Rui took a boat to the neighboring Macau City for some gambling.

It's a coincidence.

During the card game, Su Rui also met the boss of a mobile phone manufacturer at the card table. Thanks to his cheating, he finally won a small win of more than 1100 million Hong Kong dollars.

The only way to describe this is "they are bad at it but they are also addicted to it", no wonder they eventually lost and the company went bankrupt.

At the Lisboa Hotel, I ordered a bowl of Emperor Fried Rice worth HKD 5000. The chef, who is known as the "God of Food in Hong Kong", personally prepared it in front of me. The fried rice, which cost HKD 5000 per bowl, was also made with leftover rice. After tasting it, Su Rui could only say that it was a pity that it was not served with pickled mustard and pickled radish. He just tried it for something new.

This time I went out at the end of the year, mainly to travel and relax.

Jiang Jiaya, who was far away in Los Angeles, couldn't stand the loneliness, so she flew all the way to find Su Rui and went to Thailand to go shopping and eat seafood together.

In the blink of an eye, it was December 12st.

On New Year's Eve, Suri took Jiang Jiaya for a walk on the streets of Pattaya, Thailand, accompanied by Mr. "Song Pasan" who came from Bangkok. They were surrounded by many police officers and were on high alert.

I suddenly thought of something.

At this moment, Su Rui took out his mobile phone and opened the map. He pointed to the narrow strip of land connecting Malaysia and asked Mr. Song Pasan:
"Have you ever considered digging a major transportation route here similar to the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal? Then cargo ships will no longer need to go around Malacca, and we can earn billions of dollars in tolls every year."

The reason I ask this question is not to lobby for anyone.

I attended a dinner party in Gangcheng a few days ago, and unexpectedly learned that as early as 1997, Lao Li’s company successfully won the 25-year operating rights of the ports at both ends of the Panama Canal through bidding.

Just the port, not the Panama Canal itself, helped Lao Li make a lot of money.

At that time, Suri immediately thought of the news he had seen in his previous life, which said that it was very suitable to dig a canal in Thailand, which might make more money than the Thames Canal and the Panama Canal.

Mr. Song Pasan, who was accompanying him on the tour, happened to know some news and told him in broken English:
"In fact, there have been many plans to build the Kra Canal in history, but they were shelved for various reasons. Once the canal is built, no ships will pass through the Strait of Malacca, which will cause tension in other countries."

"In addition, our finances cannot afford such high expenditures. It is estimated that it will cost 300 billion US dollars to build this canal."

"If you are interested in this project, I can ask for you."

Su Rui was not clear about the potential benefits. Seeing that Song Pashan's words were a bit vague, he guessed the reasons and did not continue to ask. He just smiled and said:
"We can study it if we have a chance. If we can generate more than 5% return every year, this business is actually quite good. Once the canal is built, it will generate stable profits for hundreds of years to come."

If a group of European and American investors were brought in to invest together, there would obviously be a chance to build this artificial canal.

But if Su Rui could discover this business opportunity, surely others could too. Since construction has not started yet, it means there is probably a lot of water involved.

If the returns from investing in the canal were similar to collecting rent from an office building or investing in a hydroelectric power station to generate electricity, then there would be no need to make a fuss.

The topic soon turned to other things, and Suri started looking for a fruit stall to buy durian, which he hadn't tasted in many years.

While waiting for the fruit vendor to help open the durian, Jiang Jiaya dozed off and said with emotion:

"This year has passed so quickly. It seems like I haven't done anything, and it's already New Year's Eve."

Suri nodded and said:
"I lived on Lanai for a few months in the first half of the year, and I spent more than 40 days participating in the show. We all joined the crew to film. Another year has passed in the blink of an eye. Is there anything you like recently? I can buy it for you as a New Year's gift."

Jiang Jiaya shook her head decisively and said sarcastically:
"I've bought you countless gifts for them, some of which you never even looked at. If you really want to give me a gift, why not go to the movies with me? I haven't seen your "Ex-Files 2" yet." (End of this chapter)