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Chapter 1100: Chapter 960: Raise
Tang Kai ended his last call.
Soon after,
Wangsa also walked down from the second floor of the villa.
"It’s finally quiet."
He received twice as many calls as Tang Kai, having contacted almost every major Thai family involved in trade with the Myanmar Economic Zone. There was no helping it, as he was the only Myanmar Asia Chamber of Commerce member in Thailand.
Even those with no trade links wanted to join in on the action.
Wangsa despised these people.
People who were utterly unrelated wanted to reap benefits. Did they think they were so important, or just plain foolish? It was because a member of the Myanmar Chamber of Commerce had previously let slip about the chamber’s benefits.
Fortunately, it wasn’t a secret.
Ling didn’t care much.
He just mentioned it during a meeting once.
Tang Kai admired the scenic garden and the glittering artificial lake beyond the iron gate.
A thought suddenly occurred to him.
"This place has a really nice environment. Wangsa, what do you think about me finding a location here to build a villa-style resort hotel? Once tourism picks up here, I might be able to make some money."
"You’re thinking of entering the hotel industry?" Wangsa asked, walking up to Tang Kai.
"I’m considering it," Tang Kai nodded.
In the future, moving around,
staying at his own hotel would be quite nice. If Tang Qing and others came here for tourism and there were no rooms available, it wouldn’t be fun. Besides, it wouldn’t cost much, given the land prices here; at most one billion RMB.
Given his current pace of earning money, counting on his fingers,
it would take less than a week to earn that amount.
"Then go for it. Once Inner Myanmar’s tourism industry booms, the hotel industry will definitely be the second most profitable. The most profitable would be operating tourist spots. You could give it a try. I’m just not sure how easy it is to buy land here," Wangsa laughed heartily.
Wangsa wouldn’t discourage a tycoon closing in on ten billion worth of assets from spending a little money to build a few ’small houses.’
"That’s a point. I’ll ask around."
Immediately, Tang Kai called a local friend.
This person was also someone he planned to invite tonight.
Three minutes later.
Tang Kai hung up the phone, looking resigned.
"You were right. Ling froze the land transactions in Inner Myanmar’s urban and suburban areas just yesterday morning. All incomplete land transactions are now on hold; even the mayor of Inner Myanmar has no authority to approve land deals."
"Ha, ha, that’s typical of Ling’s style—freezing land transactions right off the bat. Impressive. It seems a major construction project is indeed coming. Ling wouldn’t act without reason. Did they say how long the freeze will last?" Wangsa laughed.
"They didn’t specify, but given Ling’s efficiency, I expect the transactions will be unfrozen soon. Once the new plans are released, I can buy the land later, even if it costs a bit more," Tang Kai shrugged.
Tang Kai didn’t mind.
After all, no one else could buy either.
It was fair.
His biggest worry was if suddenly, someone was able to buy. That would be irritating. But given Ling’s style, if she said no approvals, there would be no approvals. Such initial political directives were not likely to allow any loopholes.
Otherwise,
where would her authority stand?
"I heard that Inner Myanmar’s mayor, Chong Xin, was replaced yesterday,"
Wangsa suddenly brought up.
"I didn’t know about that. What happened?" Tang Kai didn’t know Chong Xin.
"He’s related to Kundun. Rumors last night suggested that Kundun was arrested for corruption, which clearly is just a pretext given his status—they wouldn’t arrest him over just that," Wangsa whispered.
"What are you suggesting?" Tang Kai asked, puzzled.
"I also heard something else. After Lang Cai was critically ill, Kundun met with Annesley from the United States here. Chong Xin was also very close to Annesley. I suspect it’s because the United States wanted to interfere with the succession in Myanmar, so that’s why he was arrested,"
This was information his father had shared with him.
Only in this way could they explain, based on the information at hand, why Kundun had his succession rights revoked and then was arrested without enough information; they could only analyze up to this point.
"Hmm... your analysis makes a lot of sense."
Tang Kai pretended to understand.
At this moment.
The advantage of information.
Made Tang Kai feel very good.
"Let’s go, time is almost up, we can talk more in the car." Wangsa glanced at his watch, they were due to visit a member of the Chamber of Commerce at his home this Friday morning, and all the Myanmar officials they knew were busy.
The efficiency of Ling.
Had them working overtime every day. Chong Xin had just left, and the new mayor had taken office, all of Chong Xin’s former subordinates were walking on eggshells, none dared say ’the task is too heavy, I can’t do it’ at this time.
Once said.
The higher-ups could replace them in minutes.
Ling had indeed set a firm task.
If not completed.
Someone else would be brought in to complete it.
Moreover, by putting in a bit of effort, they found it wasn’t so hard after all, and from the rumors, Ling was brewing reforms to the institution’s operations, upgrading their work and processes.
Simplifying various procedural approvals.
Promoting paperless office operations.
Increasing the popularization and trial use of intelligent office equipment.
If it had been before, they might have resisted, but now, finding themselves buried in so much work that they were going crazy, if the processes could be streamlined, perhaps a lot of work could be cut down.
Efficiency.
For the first time made them so eager. After Ling promised a salary increase of twenty percent and higher year-end bonus rewards, as well as improved benefits, they endured these few days in painful bliss.
They actually understood the underlying reasons as well.
Salary increase.
Like spending hundreds of billions to silence many people, aimed at eliminating some of the opposition to radical systemic changes. This was not a company, and Ling didn’t have absolute authority yet to dismiss anyone at will.
...
Twenty minutes later.
The two men, along with the bodyguards, drove to a manor in the suburb.
All these cars were bulletproof Mercedes-Benz passenger cars leased to them by the Myanmar Asia Chamber of Commerce. Speaking of leasing, it was actually free of charge to ensure the safety of their uncle, and Tang Qing also thought of many membership benefits.
As for the safety of others.
That was secondary, merely enjoyed incidentally.
Seeing the same ’Bulletproof Mercedes’ as the one his nephew had sent, Tang Kai couldn’t help but feel that Tang Qing’s friend and Ling had a great relationship, after all, they used the same place for modifications.
No wonder he knew so many confidential things.
Entering the manor.
Tang Kai looked around.
Trying to see if there were any features that his own manor could draw inspiration from.
The style of the Qingyan City manor was not monolithic, a blend of East and West, outwardly Chinese and inwardly Western. If it had been purely traditional Chinese garden landscapes, there would be no need for inspiration, as Huaxia already had mature styles.
"What’s up? Thinking of renovating your manor again?" Wangsa couldn’t help but laugh.
"Sort of, my manor is a bit too big, still a lot can be added." At that moment, as their convoy passed a Bodhisattva statue, Tang Kai immediately thought about having Tang Qing design a statue of a goddess for his own manor.
Perhaps.
He could use his daughter, Tang Nian’er, as the model for a statue twenty to thirty meters high, just like a new car owner wanting to add a ’unique flavor’ to his beloved car.
Yes.
He would have Tang Qing prepare a plan once he returned.
