Seen from the sky, large areas of Shanghai's urban area are pitch black, dotted with scattered bands of light.

Shanghai was engaged in the development of Pudong and contacted all the foreign companies that had invested in Shanghai before. The only person who responded was Liao Liao, and they were all in a wait-and-see mode. No foreign businessman was willing to take the lead.

So it's not surprising that the top leader came to pick him up personally.

After chatting for a while, everyone got in the car.

The Shanghai authorities arranged for Lin Chaoyang and his party to stay at the New Jinjiang Hotel. It was already past nine o'clock when they settled down at the hotel. It was too late and the journey was tiring, so everyone took a rest early.

The next day, the government leader came to the New Jinjiang Hotel early in the morning. Last night, he said he would have breakfast with Lin Chaoyang and his wife.

The New Jinjiang Hotel, opened in 1988, is the tallest building in Shanghai today, with a height of 153 meters overlooking the entire Shanghai.

Accompanied by him, the group took the elevator to the observation deck on the top floor, and then took the elevator down to the revolving restaurant on the 41st floor.

"This is currently the largest revolving restaurant in Asia, with 424 seats. If you gather here to have a meal and drink tea, you can enjoy the seamless view of the stars in the sky and the beautiful scenery of Shanghai."

When the top leader introduced the revolving restaurant, there was a bit of pride in his tone.

What he is proud of is not the restaurant itself, but the warm land beneath his feet.

Today's breakfast is better said to be a breakfast than a promotion meeting specially held by the top leader for Lin Chaoyang and his wife.

As soon as they entered the restaurant, everyone's eyes were attracted by the huge round table in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass window. There were two large photos on it. One was a map of Shanghai and the other was a map of Pudong.

It contrasts with the scenery of Shanghai below and complements each other.

In addition, there is a sand table on it, which is a lighting model of the central area of ​​Lujiazui to be precise.

"This is the model we plan to report to the elderly after the new year. It's better to come sooner than later. How about I practice it with Comrade Chaoyang and Comrade Yushu and introduce it to you two?" the leader said wittily.

Lin Chaoyang and his wife are doing nothing wrong, this kind of thing is how it should be.

"To develop Pudong, the first thing we need is money. To be honest with you, we have no money. It's not that we don't have a penny in our pockets. It's that our government's money has more important uses and cannot be diverted to development.

You two can come, I would like to express my gratitude on behalf of the Shanghai Municipal Government and the people of Shanghai -"

The first step in developing Pudong is to develop Lujiazui. Our plan for Lujiazui is as follows.

Lujiazui currently has a road network, but it runs along the Huangpu River coastline and is relatively narrow. The widest Pudong Avenue only has four lanes in both directions.

As the amount of development increases, the traffic will definitely not be able to carry it——"

The introduction of the top leader was different from ordinary investment promotion speeches, and was somewhat aloof. This was not only because he stood at a different height from ordinary investment promotion leaders, but the most important thing was that he did not treat Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu as ordinary people.

Businessmen who come for profit.

Who can come to Pudong to invest without any hesitation at the call of the motherland? How can he be an ordinary businessman?

This breakfast lasted much longer than usual, but everyone did not find it boring, but listened with great interest.

After the talk was almost finished, the leader planned to take Lin Chaoyang and his party to Pudong in person.

But at this moment, the secretary came over and whispered a few words to the leader, who looked serious.

After the secretary retreated, he smiled at Lin Chaoyang and his wife.

"You two, come with me to the Xijiao Hotel."

Xijiao Hotel?

Seeing that the couple was confused, the leader explained a few words softly.

In the afternoon, the top leader still had something to do, so he asked his deputy, Comrade Ni, to accompany Lin Chaoyang and his wife to Pudong for an inspection.

People in Shanghai say: I would rather have a bed in Puxi than an apartment in Pudong.

Before the 1990s, the urban area of ​​Shanghai was very small. From the map, the vast Pudong was more attractive.

It is a pity that since the opening of Shanghai as a port, its development has been towards the west, starting from the west of the Huangpu River.

Later, there was the Public Settlement, the Bund, Nanjing Road, and the International Hotel as the starting point of the city center.

After a century of development, Pudong and Puxi are no longer the same.

Today's Pudong, along the west side of the river from south to north, forms the main port area of ​​Shanghai.

In the port area, factories, businesses, and living areas are crowded together. This is also the earliest urbanized area in Pudong.

But unfortunately, there has not been a situation where cities like New York, London, Paris and other cities can prosper together on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

For many years, Pudong's municipal construction has lagged behind that of Puxi, with narrow roads, poor living conditions, few cultural facilities, and extremely inconvenient water and land transportation.

Under the leadership of Comrade Ni, Lin Chaoyang and his party came to Dongchang Road.

This is the most prosperous commercial street in Pudong. It is jokingly called Nanjing Road in Pudong by the people in Shanghai. The T-shaped intersection with it is called Lannidu Road.

The mud crossing road is about four to five meters wide. When it rains, water will flood the mud road.

"---In the coal dock over there, in the early years, most of the dock workers came from rural areas in northern Jiangsu, fled to Pudong, and built simple shacks in Lannidu as shelter from the wind and rain.

Therefore, there is a saying in Shanghai that goes, "If you want hardship, come to Yangshupu; if you want hardship again, come to Lannidu."

People here are used to calling people going to Puxi ‘Shanghai’ because Pudong is not Shanghai, it’s the countryside.”

Comrade Ni's tone of introducing the situation was somewhat self-deprecating.

Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "You are looking at the problem from the perspective of the people of Puxi. From my perspective, the situation here is much better than 90% of prefecture-level cities across the country."

Just now Comrade Ni introduced some details of Pudong. Taking their current Lujiazui as an example, there are 39 large central enterprises and Shanghai key enterprises, 14 dock warehouses, and more than 250 small enterprise stores in the 1.7 square kilometers of land.

With such a dense industry and commerce, only the people of Shanghai can agree that this place is underdeveloped.

Comrade Ni smiled bitterly and said: "Compared with the areas in Jinqiao and Waigaoqiao that are mainly farmland, the conditions here in Lujiazui are indeed much better. But now that we are going to develop, these original advantages have turned into disadvantages."

To engage in development, relocation is a big problem.

Lujiazui has a large population, buildings, and enterprises, so the future relocation task will be extremely arduous.

Half a day was too short to inspect Pudong. Out of caution and enthusiasm, Shanghai arranged a several-day itinerary for Lin Chaoyang and his party.

The purpose is to enable them to have a clearer and more comprehensive understanding of the current Pudong and strengthen their investment confidence.

But Lin Chaoyang and his wife did not give them this opportunity at all.

After spending the afternoon shopping in Pudong, Comrade Ni appeared again downstairs at the New Jinjiang Hotel early the next morning, intending to invite them to continue their inspection, but the couple pulled Comrade Ni and said:

"Let's talk about investing!"

Comrade Ni: Huh?

Lin Chaoyang and his wife did not act according to common sense, but Comrade Ni had seen the world and calmed down immediately after the initial surprise.

If Shanghai wants Lin Chaoyang and his wife to buy land and directly develop it, the couple may not invest because real estate is indeed not within the scope of their business.

However, in order to develop Pudong, Shanghai innovatively proposed to invest in land and establish joint ventures with foreign companies.

A model for joint development.

To put it bluntly, one party provides the land, the other party contributes the money, and both parties jointly operate, but mainly with state-owned assets.

For businessmen who specialize in the real estate industry, this strategy is not very friendly, but for Lin Chaoyang and his wife, it is just right.

Comrade Ni invited the couple to the revolving restaurant on the 41st floor and pointed to the bay in the center of the Huangpu River on the map of Pudong.

"We plan to develop a 24-hectare piece of land here. What do you think?"

Tao Yushu's slightly invisible jaw. Geographically speaking, this location is the most elite location in Pudong and Lujiazui areas, and it is also the closest to Puxi. Taking out this land is enough to prove Shanghai's sincerity.

Lin Chaoyang looked at the land and felt even more emotional. Tao Yushu didn't understand the content of the land, but he did.

Isn’t this the rich world built along the river in later generations?

It is said that many people in Fudu World have no idea. Across the Huangpu River, on the opposite bank is the famous Bund. After introducing the situation of the land, Comrade Ni also introduced the joint venture model.

This time the Shanghai government will jointly establish a Sino-foreign joint venture with a registered capital of US$30 million.

Shanghai invested 24 hectares of gross land at a 55% ratio, while Lin Chaoyang and his wife invested 45% of the corresponding capital, or US$13.5 million.

Because he was too excited, Comrade Ni spoke very quickly. He talked for more than ten minutes and his mouth was dry.

After the introduction was finally completed, he took a tactic to drink water, and then observed the expressions of Lin Chaoyang and his wife.

"If you two have any ideas, please bring them up and we can discuss them!"

"I do have some ideas," Tao Yushu said.

Comrade Ni was already prepared in his heart. It was nothing more than bargaining. People came from afar and had a strong heart. It was reasonable for the government to make some concessions.

"I think this land is a bit small!" Tao Yushu said again,

Comrade Ni fell silent.

Tao Yushu explained: "Lujiazui is the essence of Pudong, and the government is indeed very sincere in offering this land.

But this is what I think. To develop a place as big as Pudong, we cannot rely on the financial resources of one or two rich people. Instead, we should mobilize the efforts of the whole country and even the world.

Under current circumstances, since we, the couple, are the first to come, although our financial resources are meager and what we can do is limited, we still have to do our best.

The first development project in Pudong should be able to bring together the best of the world, focus on developing a display belt along the river, and create a ‘world card’.

Let the world see China’s determination. Only in this way can we strengthen the confidence of those foreign investors who are hesitant to invest in China——

Tao Yushu's words were so powerful that Comrade Ni's blood boiled when he heard them.
To be continued...