Chapter 179 Club Car God
The celebration was quite formal, and we hired a special etiquette company that provided all the event props and etiquette ladies.

Fortunately, the sea breeze was not very strong today, so the bosses were able to endure it sitting on the reception chairs.

Fang Hexuan didn't intend to make this event particularly spectacular, so everything was done according to the standard procedures of the groundbreaking ceremony for a real estate project in Hong Kong.

Pao Yue-kong, Run Run Shaw and others took turns to come on stage and say a few words of blessing. Even the host, Fang Hexuan, did not give a long speech.

After the activities on the foundation, the guests were invited back to the large chartered yacht.

A banquet has been prepared for the guests to enjoy lunch.

After some toasts, the yacht took everyone back to the Shun Tak Center.

On October 10, Mr. Fang naturally made the front pages of major media again. Regarding the large water foundation of the island manor, some smart media even rented a helicopter to conduct low-altitude cruising and filming outside the foundation.

The bird's-eye view is indeed more shocking than the front and side views, especially when compared with the entire Huangmajiao Peninsula. The protruding square concrete base even looks like a medium-to-large aircraft carrier anchored on the coast.

In short, ordinary Hong Kong people finally got to see what it's like when the super-rich indulge in luxury.

Many wealthy people who like to be in the limelight felt shocked but also felt a great sense of loss.

After all, if you want to surpass today's richest man, it seems to be a long way off.

On the same day, the Hong Kong Association of Banks raised interest rates again, raising the preferential rate to 20%, a record high since the founding of the port.

To repeat, there was excessive speculation in the real estate, property and stock markets by hot money, which led to inflation in the entire Hong Kong society and a very obvious increase in the cost of living for Hong Kong people.

The Hong Kong dollar continues to depreciate against the U.S. dollar, and hot money is flowing out in large quantities. The Hong Kong government can only take the approach of raising preferential interest rates to reduce inflation.

Fang Hexuan has been keeping a close eye on these developments over the past year or so to prevent any unexpected butterfly effects.

On the same day, BYD announced to the whole of Hong Kong through several newspapers that it was recruiting 80 test drivers, and the remuneration offered was much better than that of being a taxi or minibus driver.

After all, this group of people are about to travel to the mainland, where the hardships are unimaginable.

Similarly, BYD is also recruiting 40 drivers from the mainland as backup drivers, and they will complete at least three months of road tests together with Hong Kong drivers.

There is no need to elaborate on how bad the current road conditions in mainland China are. In many places, there are not even national highways, county roads, or township roads.

Especially in high-altitude areas such as the southwest and northwest, there are no roads at all.

Therefore, recruitment conditions include various insurances, subsidies, bonuses, etc., which are even twice the monthly salary of many taxi drivers.

In some dangerous areas, three or five times the amount will be paid.

In addition, we also need to do some ideological work among Hong Kong drivers, as many of them may not have been to the mainland.

There is no need to worry about not being able to recruit test drivers from the mainland, as there will definitely be a large number of people who want to make money and are willing to take risks and come to apply.

Similarly, they enjoy the same treatment as Hong Kong drivers.

Fang Hexuan also sent invitations to all the communities in Hong Kong. As long as there is someone in their gang with good driving skills, they can sign up.

However, Fang Hexuan plans to send this group of gang drivers abroad, such as Africa, Europe and America.

Together with 40 foreign drivers recruited from abroad, complete overseas testing.

The risks faced abroad are even greater, so arranging these bad guys is a way to make the best use of their resources.

The stir BYD has made in Hong Kong is not small. At least, many ordinary people in Hong Kong now know that it turns out that the richest man Fang has quietly established a car brand in the past few years.

Now, the company has new car models and is conducting road tests around the world, and it is obvious that it is preparing for a big move in the future.

Some of the people who sold taxi licenses to Fang Hexuan finally realized that it was just preparation in advance to turn their cars into taxis.

Of course, Fang Hexuan will continue to purchase licenses, but the price will be much higher than before.

But this business plan will be figured out sooner or later, and he doesn't expect to take all the advantages. The next day, many citizens stood in front of the BYD R&D center on Hung Hom Road.

Even found a lot of women.

When BYD was advertising, it had already stated that it would not recruit women, and even explained the reasons in detail.

But now it seems that Hong Kong's exports have been blocked and many people working in factories have become unemployed over the past period of time.

There are more than a hundred small and medium-sized factories reported in the news that have gone bankrupt.

Many people are unemployed and have to endure high prices, and life is already very difficult.

This is also the reason why so many women come here to apply for jobs.

However, BYD will only recruit 80 people from the Hong Kong public, while the number of applicants exceeds a thousand.

90% of these people will be eliminated, they do not meet BYD's standards at all.

Not everyone who can drive a car can be a test driver.

If something goes wrong or someone dies, BYD’s car-making journey, which hasn’t even started yet, may be affected.

Among the people queuing, there was a young man who was estimated to be in his twenties.

He looks quite handsome and his name is Zhan Changsheng.

This person's nickname is "Blind Heng" and he is a member of He Anle.

Blind Heng possesses superb driving skills. He participated in the Macau racing for the first time in 1975 and won the electric bicycle championship in 1976.

He has 12 criminal records in the police station, six of which are related to driving, including illegal racing and driving without a license, and has been imprisoned several times.

In Hong Kong's underground world and illegal racing activities, Blind Heng is also touted by many as the "Hong Kong Racing God".

It was not his original intention to apply for the position of BYD's test driver.

But he has been out of prison for more than half a year and has been fooling around the whole time.

Apart from the delivery tasks arranged by the society, Blind Heng has almost nothing to do.

If his boss hadn't forced him to find a proper job, he would have worked for Mr. Fang, the richest man.

He won't be there at all.

In addition to this person, there is another talented person in the crowd.

He is Liu Guoxiong of 14K, born in 1960, nicknamed "Troublemaker".

In the 70s, when Liu Guoxiong was in his teens, he dropped out of school and went to work in a car repair shop closer to his home.

He loves what he does and is very good at repairing cars, and "auto repair" has become the cornerstone of his future career.

Because of his background in car repair and his familiarity with luxury cars, Liu Guoxiong became famous in the "speed racing" circle at the age of 18.

In addition, this person also had a good brother, who later became the famous "gangster of the century" Zhang Ziqiang.

When he was young, Zhang Ziqiang also liked racing, and he and Liu Guoxiong had similar tastes.

This time he came to apply for the BYD job, he actually wanted to see what kind of car the great devil Fang could build.

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