Out of the Shanghai Daotai Yamen, Yang Yuxin said: "Director Liu, where will we go next?"

Liu Lantao said: "If you are not tired, let's go to Zhang Yuan to have a look, or go back to the office to rest first, and after lunch, we will go to Zhang Yuan in the afternoon." ”

Yang Yuxin said: "How is the negotiation with Sheng Xuanhuai, when will it end." ”

Liu Lantao said: "There will definitely be no result today, I estimate that there will be no five or seven days, I am afraid that there will be no results, even if it is not impossible to talk for more than ten days." ”

Yang Yuxin was stunned for a moment, and said, "How can it be so troublesome, isn't it that the Qing court has already ordered it?"

Liu Lantao said with a smile: "What is the use of the Qing court's order, after the Eight-Nation Coalition Army went ashore, the Qing court also ordered the governors of various localities to lead the army north to Qinwang? This Sheng Xuanhuai is not a fuel-efficient lamp, after making the southeast mutual insurance, he still plans to let Li Hongzhang take the Qing court and replace him?"

When Yang Yuxin heard this, he couldn't help but be startled, and said: "I only heard that Yuan Datou had been called emperor before, but I didn't expect Li Hongzhang to also want to be emperor?"

Liu Lantao smiled and said: "It's not about being the emperor, but about being the president, Zhang Zhidong and Liu Kunyi also agreed, if Cixi and Guangxu really died in the chaos, they would promote Li Hongzhang as the president." However, Cixi and Guangxu did not die, so it was gone, but this also shows that the order of the Chun Court does not play much role here, not to mention that there are foreigners mixed in. ”

Yang Yuxin said: "What does shipping matter to foreigners?"

Liu Lantao said: "Of course, it is related to foreigners, the original China's main river transport and shipping is mainly operated by the British Swire, Jardine Matheson, and the United States Qichang, the three steamship companies, and after the establishment of the steamship China Merchants Bureau, squeezed and acquired Qichang, so the current Chinese shipping industry is the steamship China Merchants Bureau, Taikoo, Jardine Matheson three-legged, but the steamship China Merchants Bureau occupies the largest share, and now we want to insert a bar in, it has become a four-nation war, not only Sheng Xuanhuai will not easily agree, Taikoo, The two steamship companies did not want to have another person to share the cake, so this negotiation was not easy, and it was by no means something that could be negotiated in a short time. ”

Yang Yuxin understood a little after hearing this, so he said: "Okay, let's go to An Kaidi first, and then rush back for lunch, after eating, I will go back to Shanghai New Area a little earlier, I won't wait for the result of the negotiation today, and I'll come back in two days." ”

Liu Lantao said: "District Chief Yang, don't be in such a hurry to go back, the conditions over there are very difficult, stay in the office for one night today, and it's not too late to go back tomorrow." ”

Yang Yuxin shook his head and said: "It is precisely because of the difficult conditions in Shanghai New Area that I have to rush back, otherwise I, the district head, will not take the lead, how can I ask the staff below!"

Liu Lantao nodded and said, "District Chief Yang is really leading by example, okay, let's go to Zhang Yuan." ”

It didn't take long for the carriage to arrive in front of Zhang Yuan's Ankaidi Gate. The two got out of the car and walked into An Kaidi, at this time, the film crew was measuring the dimensions and checking the structure in An Kaidi, and two people were drawing An Kaidi's drawings with laptops and arranging the partition of the cinema.

Ankaidi can accommodate a thousand people gathering, covers an area of about 1,500 square meters, is rectangular, the interior is a two-story cloister structure in European decorative style, towering with tall marble columns, the railing of the cloister is also made of marble, it looks really gorgeous, if it is in the old time and space, when the lobby of the hotel or club is more than enough.

The leader of the film team is called Yao Qi, who turned out to be the director of the audio-visual department on the passenger ro-ro ship, and also Yang Yuxin's subordinates, and when he saw Liu Lantao and Yang Yuxin coming, he immediately greeted him and said, "District Mayor Yang, Director Liu, you are here." ”

Yang Yuxin nodded and said, "Old Yao, how is the situation here?"

Yao Qi looked back at An Kaidi's internal structure, and said: "To be honest, although this kind of cloister-style structure is beautiful, it is not suitable for transformation into a movie theater, because the sound insulation is very poor, and it cannot be changed in the structure, so that even the new wall inside must be avoided as much as possible, and it cannot cause great damage to An Kaidi, after all, this is a cultural relic." ”

Yang Yuxin is not good at cinema or anything, but the two are more familiar, so they speak more smoothly, and said: "These are all nonsense, it's good to have such a position now, and people in this era, what audio-visual effects do they want, it's already very good to watch movies, and you have to find a way to change it." ”

Yao Qi smiled: "Of course there is a way, we have just negotiated, not to make a partition wall here, all with a curtain to cut off and block, and it is a double-layer curtain, which is not only simple construction, but also shading and sound insulation, and we will withdraw it in the future, so we can remove it." ”

Yang Yuxin nodded and said, "This suggestion is still a bit reliable. ”

Yao Qi took a laptop and looked at the floor plan that had been drawn on the screen, and said: " Our plan is to divide the interior into two parts, one large and one small, the large one is used as a cinema, the partition wall is made of screens, and the stepped seats are made of wood, and they are not fixed on the ground, so that there will be no damage to the structure of Ankaidi, and some seats can also be arranged on the corridor on the second floor, a total of about 300 seats can be designed, the first floor is 240 seats, and about 60 can be arranged on the corridor, and broadcast with a projector, as long as the curtain can be bought, it is estimated that it will take up to 15 days. The small part is a small hall, with a large LED screen, and the seating arrangement is in the form of a tea house, and also provides snacks, food, Tea service, so the furniture is best to be shipped from us, the original passenger ro-ro ship has it, and also installed a set of audio equipment, not only to play movies, but also to hold song and dance performances, and even to open a small dance party, but the LED screen power consumption is too large, we now have not enough solar panels, but we have to add two more pieces, or add two more generators, but this is beyond the original budget. ”

Yang Yuxin listened, nodded again and again, and said: "This is easy to do, I can apply to the Executive Yuan, first get the cinema as soon as possible, as long as our cinema opens, it will definitely be able to attract Shanghainese, including the rich in Shanghai, and the small hall is a VIP hall, in addition to not being open to ordinary people, there can be a variety of business methods, you can charter the venue, You can also watch it on demand, you can watch whatever you want, as long as you give money, as long as it makes watching movies a fashion in Shanghai, business will definitely be good, and the Executive Yuan will definitely be able to agree to our application. ”

Yao Qi nodded and said: "You have a lot of ideas in this regard, since this is the case, I will go to find a curtain seller in the afternoon, and then transfer a few carpenters from Qingdao." ”

Yang Yuxin said: "Carpentry is there in Shanghai New District, and I will send you over early tomorrow morning, the curtain matter," he turned to Liu Lantao and said: "I have to ask Director Liu for more help, we are not familiar with the place in Shanghai, so we know that there is a curtain for sale there." ”

Liu Lantao smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll leave the matter of buying the curtain to me, but you don't have to go this afternoon, let's go again tomorrow morning, that place is still a little far away." ”

Yang Yuxin said: "Okay, it's up to Director Liu's arrangement." ”

Liu Lantao said: "It's still early now, go back to the office to sit for a while, although it's a little late, but you still have time to eat lunch, and after lunch, I'll take you around in Shanghai, and finally come back, then you can go back without looking at the Shanghai scene of this era, I'm afraid there won't be too many opportunities here, bring a little souvenir to the family, anyway, I'm going back today, a little earlier and a little later." ”

Yang Yuxin listened, and also remembered that Jiang Yi, Su Wenxiu, and Su Wenqi sisters should indeed bring them some souvenirs, and take a look around the Shanghai market to see if they can find any business opportunities, so he also nodded and said, "Okay, it's arranged like this." ”

At this time, Yao Qi and others' current survey work was also over, so they returned to the Shanghai office with Liu Lantao and Yang Yuxin, and they all came by carriage, so they didn't have to squeeze the car.

A group of four carriages drove back to the Shanghai office, and Yang Yuxin followed Liu Lantao into the office and found that the negotiation team had returned. The leader of the negotiation team is named Chen Jianning, who is the vice minister of the Ministry of Commerce under the Commercial Committee, and has participated in several business negotiations before, has certain practical negotiation experience, and has a relatively good performance, this is the first time he is in charge of business negotiations.

Seeing Liu Lantao, Yang Yuxin and others coming back, Chen Jianning also immediately greeted him and said, "District Mayor Yang, you are also here." ”

Yang Yuxin nodded, Xiao: "How is the negotiation going, is it still going well?"

Chen Jianning shook his head with a smile, and said: "That's such an easy thing, today is just to test each other, it is estimated that there will be no results in the next few days, that is, to compete with each other for patience and confidence, if we really want to talk about substantive issues, it is estimated that we will have to wait for another three or four days, so we came back so early." ”

Originally, Chen Jianning, on behalf of the East China Group, had started negotiations with representatives of the two steamship companies, Sheng Xuanhuai, Swire Pacific, and Jardine Matheson, but the two sides had a stalemate at the beginning, because Chen Jianning demanded that the East China Group should participate in the navigation rights of the main rivers and sea lanes of the Qing court; this demand naturally met with strong opposition from Swire and Jardine Matheson, and the condition they put forward was that the traverser could only operate the route from Tianjin to Shanghai, and that it must be equally divided with the steamship China Merchants Bureau, Swire Pacific, and Jardine Matheson, and that the other routes should not be allowed to be touched by the traverser at all.

However, this is not the real goal of both sides, just the skills of negotiation, at the beginning deliberately opened their own asking price, not only to leave a huge room for flexibility, but also to test the other party's attitude, as a result in the subsequent negotiations, both sides behaved very tough, no one was willing to give in, the first day of negotiations was unhappy.