Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 659 Shi Yuzhu's Giant Building
Zhao Hongjun drove his Mercedes-Benz and took Fang Minghua straight to the construction site of Shengshi Building in Lujiazui.

Lujiazui is not as prosperous as it is now, and there are construction sites everywhere. The two got out of the car, and Zhao Hongjun pointed to a building under construction not far away with his mobile phone and said, "Here, that's it."

Fang Minghua looked around and saw that they were probably at the intersection of Pudong South Road and Shangcheng Road. He pointed to a building under construction not far from Shengshi Building and asked, "Who built that?"

"I heard that it was a joint project between a Japanese company called Yaohan and Shanghai's No. 1 department store." Zhao Hongjun replied.

"According to a director of the Municipal Planning Bureau I know, Shanghai's No. 2 subway line also passes through here, and there will be an exit. It's right there."

Zhao Hongjun pointed to an empty lot in the southeast direction. "It's less than 500 meters away from our building. Isn't it a good location?"

"Not bad." Fang Minghua said with admiration: "This is a prime location. Let alone this 20 mu of land, its value will increase many times in a few years."

"Minghua, you don't know how many times I went to the district government and municipal government for this piece of land! It was a sin to treat those directors to dinner, karaoke and sauna." At the end, Zhao Hongjun actually cried out for injustice.

"Thank you for your hard work. How about I treat you to a one-stop service tonight? Eating, karaoke, and sauna." Fang Minghua joked.

Zhao Hongjun laughed out loud: "Minghua hired someone for a one-stop service? That's rare. OK, it's settled!"

The two chatted and laughed for a while, and Zhao Hongjun suddenly said, "Hey, Minghua, when I was running this project last year, some people said that my 18-story building was too short and suggested that I build it to 33 stories. Some even said that 33 stories was not enough and it would be better to have more than 50 stories, so that it would look more impressive. They also told me to learn the boldness of Shi Yuzhu!"

"Shi Yuzhu?"

"Yes, he is the one who was selected as one of the top ten reform figures in China. He founded Giant Company in Zhuhai and started out by selling Chinese cards. This year, I heard he launched a health ball called "Brain Gold", which is selling very well."

"It is said that this guy is building a giant building in Zhuhai. He originally planned to build it to 18 floors, but later planned to build it to 78 floors, making it the tallest building in the country! He is so boastful."

Zhao Hongjun said.

"Then why don't you learn from others?" Fang Minghua asked.

"I'm a timid person. I will do as much as I can with the money I have. Besides, why would I bet all my money on this?" Zhao Hongjun said with a smile.

"It's right to be timid. Shi Yuzhu is too ambitious, and he will be in trouble!"

In the evening, Zhao Hongjun set up a banquet at Xinjinjiang to entertain Fang Minghua, and all the senior executives of Shengshi Books attended.

After that, they had singing and sauna, which lasted until midnight. Of course, Zhao Hongjun still paid for it.

The next day, Fang Minghua saw that the work was done and was about to return to Xijing, but was stopped by Zhao Hongjun.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Since you're in Shanghai, just stay here for a few days. We haven't had a good chat together for a long time."

Yes.

Now Zhao Hongjun is busy with business matters all day and is often not in Xijing, while Fang Minghua basically hangs out with a group of writers and literati. The two of them do not chat and joke together as often as they did when they were young.

"We can chat, but I don't want to climb the Oriental Pearl Tower." Fang Minghua stated in advance.

I've climbed that broken thing several times before I came to this era, but it's not that interesting.

“And I won’t go to Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street or Yu Garden City God Temple!”

"You're a weird person. Now the first stop for tourists from other places when they come to Shanghai is to climb the Oriental Pearl Tower, but you just declared that you won't go." Zhao Hongjun complained and said:

"Then let's go play golf? There is a golf country club in Qingpu with a nice environment."

"Oh, when did you learn this high-end entertainment?" Fang Minghua was a little surprised.

"It's just to keep up with the trend. Besides, if you want to invite someone to do something, you can't always just offer a one-stop service of eating, singing and sauna, right? You have to try something high-end. Now all the bosses in Shanghai are starting to like this." Zhao Hongjun said with a smile.

"Forget it, I don't know how to do it either, and I'm too lazy to learn now." Fang Minghua said with a smile.

"Look at you. Well, let's go play something you know how to play later!" Zhao Hongjun said. "What do you want to play?"

"You'll know when the time comes. Come back home with me to get something."

Seeing Zhao Hongjun's mysterious look, Fang Minghua agreed.

"Okay, I haven't visited your new home yet."

Fang Minghua drove Zhao Hongjun's Mercedes-Benz straight to his new home in Shanghai, which was a bit far from Xinjinjiang and located in a high-end residential area at the intersection of Hongqiao Road and Shuicheng Road in CN District.

When the two arrived, they saw rows of French-style residential buildings, all of which were multi-story and different from the surrounding buildings.

"Our community is called Diamond Apartments, and it's for export." Zhao Hongjun said as he slowed down and drove towards the gate of the community. When the two security guards standing guard at the gate saw his license plate, they immediately saluted him and watched the car go in.

The so-called export-sale houses were quite famous in Shanghai in the 1990s. They were developed and constructed by domestic and foreign real estate companies. The land was obtained in the form of bulk leases and were mainly targeted at overseas Chinese, foreigners, and people from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

Of course, wealthy people in the mainland can also buy it if they find ways.

But they don’t accept RMB, only Hong Kong dollars and US dollars!

Fang Minghua looked at the outside environment through the car window. The greenery was quite good, and the cars coming and going were all Mercedes-Benz and Audi, and the worst ones were Crowns and the like.

"This house is finely decorated, with imported Hitachi air conditioners, Kohler sanitary ware, intercoms, etc. The community is equipped with 24-hour patrols and video surveillance," said Zhao Honghong.

Sure enough, Fang Minghua saw four security guards in uniform walking along the roadside in neat steps. They were wearing berets and had walkie-talkies hanging on their shoulders, looking like the Flying Tigers in Hong Kong movies.

“How much per square meter?”

Fang Minghua asked curiously:
"It's not expensive. I bought it after the Spring Festival. It's 2000 US dollars per square meter. I spent about 150 US dollars for 30 square meters."

2000 USD?!
After the exchange rate reform, the RMB has suddenly depreciated to 8.6 yuan per exchange, which means nearly yuan per square meter!

What a rich man.

Zhao Hongjun is a guy who knows how to enjoy himself.

"Minghua, do you want one too?" Zhao Hongjun said.

"With more than one million yuan, I might as well buy an old villa in Shanghai instead of buying this thing?" Fang Minghua immediately refused.

"I know you're interested in old houses. I'll ask around for you later. If there are any old houses for sale, how about coming to Shanghai to take a look?"

This can be done.

Fang Minghua agreed happily.

They arrived at Zhao Hongjun's home, which was on the third floor. Fang Minghua followed him upstairs and it was Liu Xue who opened the door.

Liu Xue came to Shanghai and did not work at Shengshi Group. She became a housewife. Her daily job was to take care of her son who was already in kindergarten and do housework.

But we hired a nanny, but there wasn't much work for her to do.

Seeing Zhao Hongjun and Fang Minghua coming in together, Liu Xue hurriedly greeted them and went to pour tea but was stopped by Zhao Hongjun.

"Liu Xue, you don't have to be busy anymore. We're going out soon. Bring me my things."

"Okay." Liu Xue took out a black bag and a bunch of messy things from the storage room.

Only then did Fang Minghua notice that it was a fishing rod!
When did this guy become a fisherman?

(End of this chapter)