Rebirth of Hong Kong Island, leading the technology war

Chapter 535 The Tenglong Island Launch Site Was Overpraised
The next day, Hu Jiangshan returned to Hong Kong Island.

I rested for most of the day in my apartment in Victoria Harbour, lying in bed and not wanting to move.

Hu Jiangshan had expended too much energy on Tenglong Island; even with his iron body, he was starting to feel the strain.

However, by the afternoon, Hu Jiangshan felt that he had almost fully recovered, full of energy, and felt like he was back to normal.

Young people have an extraordinary ability to recover.

Just then, Hu Jiangshan's cell phone rang.

Caller ID: Hua Zi

It was Feng Hua who called.

Hu Jiangshan answered the phone and said, "Hey, Hua Zi, what's up?"

Feng Hua spoke up, saying, "Young Master Hu, this is really unfair of you."

"what's wrong?"

"Tenglong Island Resort has started advertising, you know?"

"I know, but I only found out about it a couple of days before you did."

Feng Hua was surprised: "You only just found out? No wonder."

Hu Jiangshan asked, "By the way, I haven't asked you yet, have you made a decision with Kathleen Guise?"

Feng Hua replied, "We held several video conferences, and the talks went quite well. I must say, Ms. Guss is really beautiful and elegant, with that kind of aristocratic air of the Western upper class."

Hu Jiangshan said helplessly, "Hua Zi, can't you pay attention to something else? You didn't talk about anything serious with her, you just looked at her looks, didn't you?"

Feng Hua laughed: "No, that's not it. Okay, you're right, let's get down to business."

“Ms. Gus and I have reached an agreement. The commercial street will be basically operated by my side, and Ms. Gus will take two or three shops. She will have a participation in the other shops. As for the profit sharing, it will be 30/70, with me getting 70% and her getting 30%. That’s the basic situation.”

Hu Jiangshan thought about it and realized that the terms were good; it seemed that Catherine had also given up a lot of benefits.

"Sure, that's great. It seems Catherine is easy to talk to."

Feng Hua chuckled: "Isn't this all thanks to Young Master Hu? As soon as I said I was Young Master Hu's brother, Ms. Guise became very enthusiastic and said that everything was negotiable, as long as the conditions weren't too unreasonable."

"That's good. Hua Zi, when do you plan to move into the commercial street? The resort is about to start its trial operation."

"It will be soon. I have already found managers for five stores and I plan to take them there tomorrow to do the preliminary setup. We should be able to start the trial operation of the resort in time. We will prepare these five stores first, and the remaining stores will open later. It is expected to be completed within a month."

Feng Hua added, "Oh, right, there's one more thing. Ms. Guss made a huge concession."

Hu Jiangshan asked, "What is it?"

"The resort can allow people from other departments on Tenglong Island to come and spend money, which will make the commercial street more lively and create a better atmosphere."

"Ms. Guss was initially hesitant, but she eventually came to a decision and felt that the atmosphere of the commercial street was the most important thing. It didn't matter if it was lively, as long as security was good."

Hu Jiangshan thought about it and realized it made sense.

The initial plan was that the commercial street inside Tenglong Island Resort would only be open to resort guests, but this would mean that the resort would not be very popular, at least in the early stages, and the commercial atmosphere would be much worse.

It would be much more lively if Tenglong Island staff or other visitors were allowed to go shopping and make purchases.

At this time, there are already several hundred staff members on Tenglong Island, and the number is still growing. When the space launch site enters formal operation in the future, the number of staff may reach thousands or even two thousand.

Hu Jiangshan said, "Hua Zi, then I wish you a prosperous business."

"Hey! That's easy to say. My business is thriving because of you guys. We all complement each other."

Feng Hua seemed to be in a very good mood. With his career going well, he was naturally quite pleased with himself, which is typical of young people.

Having lived two lives, Hu Jiangshan is not immune to this mentality. Or perhaps he is gradually developing a youthful mentality, with less and less connection to his previous life's mindset. I wonder if this is a good thing.

This should be considered a good thing, as Hu Jiangshan can better enjoy his life in the present without dwelling on the past.

At this moment, Feng Hua said again, "By the way, Mr. Hu, there seems to be more discussion about the Tenglong Island Space Launch Site in Hong Kong lately, haven't you noticed?"

"Huh? Tenglong Island Space Launch Site? Hong Kong Island? Are these media outlets from here?"

"Yes, it's been about the past week, and almost all the media here are reporting on the space launch site. It feels weird, and I don't know what's going on. You'd better keep an eye on it."

"Okay, I'll check online in a bit."

Hu Jiangshan chatted with Feng Hua about various things for a while, then hung up the phone, opened his tablet, and logged onto social media.

However, Hu Jiangshan posted on Hong Kong social media, not mainland Chinese social media.

For well-known reasons, Hong Kong Island primarily uses Western media platforms, such as Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and Ince Media.

Hu Jiangshan found some local media channels in Hong Kong and, after browsing them briefly, actually discovered several news items about the Tenglong Island Space Launch Site. Some of these were even commentary programs, featuring well-known Hong Kong current affairs commentators.

The reviews were exaggerated, almost entirely praising the launch site.

With its soaring success and triumphant beginnings, this milestone development in Hong Kong will usher in a new era for Hong Kong's aerospace industry.

These seemingly awkward words were all placed on the Tenglong Island Space Launch Site.

Feng Hua is right, it does feel a bit strange.

Why? Because Hu Jiangshan didn't spend any money on advertising with the media, nor did he invite them to report on the matter.

There are then three possibilities.

One reason is the spontaneous behavior of the media. They believe that the Teng Lung Island Space Launch Site is indeed very impressive, a future-oriented project that will bring great benefits to Hong Kong Island.

Another possibility is that the Hong Kong government secretly instructed these media outlets to promote the space launch site.

The Hong Kong government did indeed have this motive, especially since Hu Jiangshan was invited to Singapore to participate in the Entrepreneurs Exchange Conference, which was a great honor.

The Hong Kong government does indeed attach great importance to the development of the Teng Lung Island Space Launch Site and has given the green light to many things, such as the restricted and restricted areas, which is a typical example.

Of course, there is another possibility: someone is deliberately hyping this up, and their purpose is not pure.

That's right, it's a case of flattery to kill.

The Tenglong Island Space Launch Site has been touted as a pinnacle of the aerospace industry, comparable to the SpeyX. However, if a problem arises, the fall will not just be a bruise, but a complete annihilation.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in business warfare.

Although Hu Jiangshan was not a businessman in his previous life, he had been involved in many similar things; technology companies love to do this kind of thing.

This is the unpretentious reality of business warfare.

Hu Jiangshan watched several more media channels, and almost all of them reported similar situations.

The discussion was supposed to be about the future prospects of space launch sites, but it was all just hype.

One well-known commentator even said that the Tenglong Island Space Launch Site could rival the SpeyX, and its development prospects were very broad.

A direct confrontation, no pretense at all, right? Hu Jiangshan also saw that some Hong Kong self-media were doing this as well, all with positive analysis, no one saying anything bad, portraying Tenglong's journey to the space launch site as the future center of the universe.

These self-media headlines are all exaggerated, even more so than those of mainstream media.

[A New Landmark for China's Aerospace Industry]

Aliens may visit Tenglong Island

[Aaron Malak repeatedly liked the post, admitting defeat and willing to be called his brother]

What is all this nonsense? If these self-media outlets weren't getting paid, why would they work so hard?

Why are they so consistent in their statements?

Hu Jiangshan even discovered that the copywriting of these self-media and even regular media outlets was very similar, with some words and sentence orders being the same.

What does this mean?
They have a press release, and they are doing this according to the press release.

If it were an official press release from Hong Kong Island, it wouldn't be in such an excessive form.

Feng Hua is right, something is definitely not right, it feels strange, and there's a hint of conspiracy.

Hu Jiangshan was quite confident at this time, feeling that the media coverage would not have much impact on him, and was not worried.

However, Hu Jiangshan still called Zhou Yuezhu and told her to pay more attention to this matter.

Zhou Yuezhu said, "Boss, we have already discovered this situation and have conducted an investigation."

Hu Jiangshan asked, "Oh, are there any investigation results?"

"Boss, we don't have any definite information right now. All we know is that some individual media outlets have received money from a media company to do this intensively."

Which media company?

"Star Leap Media".

"Hmm? I've never heard of this media company."

"Yes, it's a media company that was recently registered, a company that cultivates and recruits internet celebrities."

Hu Jiangshan understood that this kind of company, to put it bluntly, was the same as MSN in mainland China.

"Alright, Yuezhu, you can continue investigating. Let me know if you find anything."

"Got it, boss."

Meanwhile, in Central, Hong Kong Island, at the Carlsberg Building.

The Carlsberg Building is very famous on Hong Kong Island. Twenty years ago, it was a landmark building in Central, Hong Kong Island. Later, a taller and more uniquely designed building was built, which made way for the landmark.

Even now, the Carlsberg Building remains extraordinary, situated in the heart of Hong Kong Island, and is also an important property of the Li family.

At that moment, a Mercedes-Maybach drove up to the building entrance from the main road.

Before the car had even come to a complete stop, someone came up to greet it and opened the back door.

Important people were sitting inside.

Sure enough, Li Changxi got out of the car and straightened his clothes.

A man in his forties said respectfully, "Mr. Li, you've arrived."

Li Changxi asked, "Uncle Jiang, have Mr. Howard and the others arrived yet?"

Uncle Jiang's real name is Jiang Yaoshan. He is one of the Li family's confidants and a senior executive of Changhe Group.

Jiang Yaoshan replied, "We've arrived. We arrived about ten minutes ago."

Li Changxi nodded, signaling Jiang Yaoshan to take him there.

The two took the executive-only elevator directly to the 30th floor and then arrived at a meeting room.

This reception room is extremely spacious, estimated to be two or three hundred square meters, and the decoration follows a simple and comfortable style.

As expected of the Li family's business, both the exterior and interior design are impeccable.

At this moment, several people were sitting in the lounge: three foreigners and a Chinese woman.

This Chinese woman was a young and beautiful woman with a great figure. Her name was Lin Chuyi, and she was one of Li Changxi's people. She was the one who had just been in charge of receiving these foreign visitors.

Among the three foreigners, one of them was Howard, whom Li Changxi had just mentioned. Howard is the consul of the United States in Hong Kong, China, and had also visited Tenglong Island before.

Another foreigner who had also been to Tenglong Island was Carl William, a top-tier intelligence agent from the United States.

Since William suffered a setback during his infiltration operation on Tenglong Island, he disappeared from Hong Kong Island for a while. Later, he found that nothing had happened and everything was calm, as if the infiltration had never occurred. So William decided to try again and boldly came out.

William was certainly not out wandering around intentionally; he had a mission, a long-term one, which was to seize every opportunity to obtain information about the Tenglong Island space launch site.

At this moment, Li Changxi exchanged a few pleasantries with Howard and the others, and then sat down.

Li Changxi asked, "What brings you here?"

Howard said, "It's definitely about the Tenglong Island space launch site. We'd like to discuss our next steps."

Li Changxi smiled and said, "Great! I couldn't be happier."

During this period, Li Changxi almost disappeared from public life, and even rarely attended family dinners.

This was very unusual for the Hong Kong media, which are always sensitive. Many reporters were using their connections to find out what Li Changxi was doing or where he had gone, and whether he had encountered any emergencies.
Actually, Li Changxi's disappearances weren't for creating mystery; they were to make things easier for him.

On the one hand, Li Changxi had to focus on the rocket launch site project.

This rocket launch site is a collaboration between SpeyX and the Gas Group, and it is the most important project for the Li family, bar none.

Therefore, Li Changxi has mobilized many construction teams to sprint ahead at full speed, with construction speed comparable to that of state-owned construction companies in the mainland, going all out.

The infrastructure of the launch site is expected to be completed by the end of this year, and the instrument and equipment debugging work can begin in the first half of next year.

Another thing Li Changxi did is not convenient to disclose.

That means focusing on dealing with the Hu family, especially Hu Jiangshan.

Hu Jiangshan's space launch site has given the Li family a considerable sense of crisis. Although the old man is so old, his judgment is still sound. He specifically asked Li Changxi to mobilize resources and find a way to slow down the progress of the Tenglong Island space launch site, or at least ruin its reputation.

Before the Li family's rocket launch site becomes operational, Hu Jiangshan absolutely cannot be allowed to steal the spotlight.

At this moment, Howard glanced at Li Changxi and said, "By the way, there's been a lot of noise about the Tenglong Island space launch site lately! I heard that a media company is behind it. I wonder if it's the Hu family or some other force doing this?"

Li Changxi smiled slightly: "Mr. Howard, to be honest, this matter is related to one of our media companies."

"Hmm? It's related to you? Why...why did you do this? Please give a reason."

(End of this chapter)