'Knock, knock, knock!'
That morning, after Xia Yu had come to the company to handle some work, Fok Kin-ning appeared at the door, tapping his fingers on the office door.
'Kin-ning, is it time?'
Xia Yu looked at the person approaching him, a look of realisation flashing in his eyes as he glanced at his watch.
'Yes, Chairman, are you coming now?'
Fok Kin-ning said softly as he entered.
'Let's go and see what it's become after all this time.'
As he spoke, Xia Yu got up from his seat, straightened his clothes and walked towards the door.
Half an hour later.
Accompanied by Li Qian and Fok Kin-ning, Xia Yu's convoy arrived in Yuen Long, New Territories.
As the convoy passed through the newly developed Tin Shui Wai New Town, the sharp-eyed Fok Kin-ning reminded Xia Yu that he had seen the Governor's car by the roadside, and that there was a large sign for Kading Infrastructure Limited hanging nearby.
Xia Yu simply told the convoy to turn around and park directly near the Governor's convoy, then got out of the car.
Soon, the bodyguard told Xia Yu what he had observed.
After learning the location of Governor Su Xingjian, Xia Yu strode over in that direction.
Su Xingjian, who was looking at the construction site, was reminded by his subordinate and noticed Xia Yu and his entourage walking towards him.
'Hello, Mr Xia!'
'Good morning, Governor Su!'
'Mr Xia, I came to Tin Shui Wai today to have a look. I heard from the people below that your company is basically developing it, and the safety and quality of the construction is the best, so I dropped by to take a look. I didn't expect to run into you.'
'Governor So, I also happened to see your car. I was planning to go to the Yuen Long Science and Technology Industrial Park to check on the construction of some of my factories. What a coincidence! Haha...'
'Oh? According to my schedule, I also plan to go to the Yuen Long Science and Technology Industrial Park later. It seems we're going the same way...'
'Then shall we go together?'
'Sure!'
...
After a brief exchange of pleasantries,
Xia Yu looked at the property under construction in front of him and asked Su Xingjian, 'Governor Su, is there anything wrong with my construction site? I am the one in charge, so if there is a problem, please point it out and I will have them rectify it immediately.'
Upon hearing this, the person in charge of the construction site, who had been silent since Xia Yu's arrival and had only said hello, trembled and looked at Su Xingjian with a worried heart.
Su Xingjian, however, shook his head with a smile and said, 'Mr Xia, I have seen many construction sites along the way. Overall, the site management of your Jiuding Construction Company is very strict, and the construction standards are very high. Where would there be any problems?'
'I heard them say that this is a public housing project that you built in collaboration with the Hong Kong government last year for hundreds of thousands of citizens in Tin Shui Wai. I am amazed by your generosity and the construction progress of the project!'
Xia Yu smiled and waved his hand, saying, 'Governor Su, this is what we should do, and it's not worth your praise.'
As he spoke, Xia Yu also glanced out at the boundless construction site, where residential buildings were rising in the near and distant distance, each with more than 20 floors, and bricklaying was already underway. It was presumed that the construction would be fully completed this year.
He was very satisfied with the progress.
Next, Xia Yu simply accompanied Su Xingjian to look at other projects, such as road construction and power system construction projects, which were being built by Jiuding Infrastructure and China Power Limited respectively.
The inspections were very good, and they could be considered conscientious projects that did not violate his principles.
Afterwards, Xia Yu's convoy merged with the convoy of the Governor's Office and they went to the Yuen Long Technology Industrial Park together.
The Yuen Long Technology Industrial Park is much closer to the Tin Shui Wai New Town, just a few minutes' drive away.
When Xia Yu got out of the car, he noticed that the area had undergone tremendous changes.
The endless fields, fish ponds and wilderness that once existed had all disappeared.
In their place were low-rise modern industrial plants or busy construction sites still under development.
Between the factories are wide, flat, tarmac roads, and there are a lot of vehicles on the roads, which shows that the industrial park is already functioning.
'Governor Su, would you like to go and have a look at the Tiangong Motors factory?'
Xia Yu smiled and extended an invitation to Su Xingjian.
Su Xingjian was moved inside, and he nodded happily in response, saying, 'Of course. I've heard that the largest factories in the Yuen Long Science and Technology Industrial Park are those of Tiangong Motors and the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Group, and many companies are supporting enterprises of these two companies.'
'It can be said that the future of the Yuen Long Technology Industrial Park depends on the pillar of the automobile industry!'
Xia Yu smiled and said, 'Governor Su, it's still a few hundred metres to the Tiangong Motors plant, let's take the car!'
'Okay,'
said Xia Yu, and the group got back into the car. Following Fok Kin-ning's instructions, the convoy arrived at the entrance to the Tiangong Motors plant in no time.
As Xia Yu got out of the car, he saw Chen Caijun, the long-awaited president of Tiangong Motors Group, a talent promoted from the original Jardine Motors Group.
'Chairman, welcome!'
'This is Governor Su Xingjian!'
'Governor Su, this is Chen Caijun, the president of Tiangong Motors Group.'
'Hello, Governor, welcome.'
'Hello!'
...
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Xia Yu ordered Chen Caijun to show everyone around the factory.
Since they had not yet started producing cars and were not entering a dust-free workshop, there was no need to wear special dust-proof clothing.
After entering Factory No. 1, Xia Yu found that the interior was very large, bright and spacious.
On the floor, many workers were busy, and there were also many machines and equipment piled up.
Chen Caijun immediately introduced, 'Chairman, Mr. Governor, Plant No. 1 was the first plant to be built, so it is now assembling and debugging the car production line.'
'The annual output of this production line is 50,000 vehicles, which is a medium-sized production line.'
'According to the plan, vehicle production will officially begin in January next year.'
Xia Yu nodded slightly and said softly, 'Let's go take a closer look!'
Saying this, the group walked forward and arrived at the automobile production line where the assembly was taking place. They watched as the white engineer was leading a few Chinese workers in installing and debugging the machine in front of them.
At Chen Caijun's signal, the white engineer stopped what he was doing, greeted Xia Yu and Su Xingjian, and then began to explain.
After listening to the explanation, Su Xingjian asked Xia Yu, 'Mr Xia, has Tiangong Automobile's production already reached maturity so quickly?'
He had some knowledge of the automotive industry, and it was not that simple to build an automobile company from scratch.
Xia Yu explained with a smile, 'Governor Su, Tiangong Automobile Group has a full set of production technology for automobile manufacturing, and this technology comes from the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Group.'
Su Xingjian suddenly understood.
Of course he had heard of the prestigious Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, the number one car manufacturer in the UK, and knew that it had completed a number of mergers and acquisitions in the past, so it had a plethora of car production technologies and patents.
Moreover, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars belonged to the Bright Foundation, so with Xia Yu's connections to the Bright Foundation, it made sense that he would have access to all the technologies for car production.
No longer dwelling on this point, he asked Chen Caijun again, 'President Chen, according to your company's production plan, what will be the annual production volume next year?'
Chen Caijun looked at Xia Yu and answered honestly, 'Governor, according to the first phase of the plan, the annual production capacity of the car can reach 100,000 units. If sales are good next year, then the second phase of the production line will be assembled immediately.'
'The second phase of the plant is already under construction and will definitely be completed this year. At that time, if we want to increase production, we only need to assemble the production line, and the efficiency will be very fast!'
Those around him suddenly understood.
Next, Xia Yu and the others toured for a while before ending their visit to the Tiangong Automobile Group and then going to the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars plant area.
The progress of the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars plant area was even faster than that of the Tiangong Automobile Group, with a production capacity of 100,000 vehicles. It mainly produced cars for existing Rolls-Royce Motor Cars brands and would not be opening any new brands.
An entire morning had passed in this way.
After arranging a casual lunch nearby, Su Xingjian and his entourage left.
However, Xia Yu stayed behind.
The companies under his banner that had entered the Yuen Long Science and Technology Industrial Park were not just the Tiangong Automobile Group and the Rolls-Royce Motor Group, but according to Fok Kin Ning's statistics, there were dozens of companies.
Among them was the main target of his visit this time, a company directly managed by Fok Kin Ning—the Tiangong Electronics Group.
To this day, the Tiangong Electronics Group is no small feat, and it is already one of Asia's electronics giants!
and has invested heavily in technology research and development.
With a sense of anticipation, Xia Yu arrived at the Tiangong Electronics Group campus under the guidance of Fok Kin-ning.