On Shanghaihuangdu Road, Xu Ziming toured the side of the road in the car, with Spanish style spiral window columns, light yellow cement pebble brush surface, and clear water brick walls at the bottom floor.

This is the appearance of some buildings in Shanghai at this moment, Xu Ziming pinched the green ticket from Guangzhou-Guangzhou to Shanghai-Shanghai, and for the first time there was an unprecedented sense of excitement in his heart.

Xu Ziming, Pan Weiguo, Li Guozhong, and Sun Wugao were sitting on this caterpillar-shaped bus.

In the 80s, the people of Shanghai called it "caravan" and "dragon car".

At this time, there was no subway in Shanghai, and there were fewer taxis and private cars, not to mention that the dragon cars at this time had no air conditioning, and the seats were few and uncomfortable, and they were often overcrowded.

Where Xu Ziming goes, he needs to change two trains.

On the second trip, a group of people had just gotten into the dragon car, Sun Wugao was almost caught in the head by the door, and half of his body was still outside, and the car started as if nothing happened, so scared that he almost ran out of diapers.

For a while, Pan Weiguo and Li Guozhong could only hold back their laughter as much as possible. Sun Wugao complained a little: "Mr. Xu, why don't we just take a taxi to the hotel, we have to walk a lot to take this." ”

Xu Ziming was too lazy to explain, for places where he was not familiar with life, Xu Ziming felt that taking a taxi was not only difficult to find a car, but also might be abducted by the pit, on the contrary, it was safer to take the bus.

The dragon car passed by the Baidu Bridge outside the Bund and the Bund on the Bund and the Bund Financial Street and Nanjing Road Commercial Street were close at hand, Xu Ziming and others were staying at the Shanghai Mansion Hotel, so they waited for the car to get off after they were close to the Shanghai Sea Mansion Hotel.

The municipal government attaches great importance to Xu Ziming, a group of Hong Kong businessmen who came from Hong Kong, so they arranged to stay at the Shanghai Mansion Hotel.

As soon as a group of people reported their names at the front desk and asked about the room, a special person came to lead the way, and before they could go up the stairs, the pagers of the passers-by began to call non-stop.

Pan Weiguo's eyes revealed amazing disbelief, and he was surprised: "There are pagers, and the inland has developed rapidly in recent years." ”

Sun Wugaotong said very lightly: "I remember seeing such a thing in Hong Kong. The price seems to be quite expensive, but it is still insufficient to use, and there are many shortcomings. ”

Pagers have been around in Hong Kong since the 70s, but the people who are equipped with pagers are basically police officers, and they can receive the signal and follow the message.

The mainland only started to set up a wireless paging service in Shanghai last year, and Pan Weiguo has been in Hong Kong for more than five years, so he naturally does not know about many changes in the mainland.

Compared with Big Brother, although Big Brother is convenient in terms of communication, it is not popular at all, and there are very few that can be used in Hong Kong.

Xu Ziming said with a smile: "It's a pity that the pager business has not been taken seriously now, and the development of the pager business in the mainland is still watching." However, the development of the electronic technology industry is very promising. However, it is also difficult to develop vigorously in the end. ”

Xu Ziming remembers that during those days in the United States, Apple, Microsoft, and Intel have begun to develop vigorously in this era, while in China, although they are developing, the speed is still slightly slower.

Li Guozhong, who has rarely spoken, said: "It's not convenient to call now, I really hope that the old family can have a pager, so that they can chat with the family from time to time." ”

Xu Ziming originally just wanted to investigate the real estate market in the mainland, and when he heard a cadre talking about pagers in the aisle, he was very interested, and he suddenly became interested in pagers, and said with a smile: "There will be, and there will be Chinese subtitles for pagers in the future." ”

After Xu Ziming finished speaking, he went to his own room number, and the other people's rooms were next to Xu Ziming.

After washing up, Xu Ziming instructed Sun Wugao to contact people, and listened to a beautiful background music of the weather forecast.

This piece of weather forecast music is all too familiar. It is a short piece selected by CCTV radio not long ago from part of the music in "Fishing Boat Singing Night", Xu Ziming sounded like he didn't have a sense of disobedience, and later generations still remembered the interesting scene when he was a child, sitting by the TV with a rice bowl in his hand, and watching the weather forecast.

At noon the next day, Sun Wugao came to knock on the door to inform that Xu Ziming quickly changed into a suit and waited in the conference hall on the first floor of the hotel under the guidance of the arrangers.

Mayor He is still on his way, but Director Zhang of the Shanghai Industrial and Commercial Bureau, as well as people from the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, are already doing their best to communicate with Hong Kong businessmen, and everyone is using familiar Mandarin, which may have a strong accent in different regions.

Xu Ziming glanced over and found that Qiu Degen was also among the people who invested in Hong Kong businessmen this time.

Qiu Degen has been very busy recently, on the one hand, he is busy with investment and construction in the mainland, and on the other hand, he is actively applying to the International Tourism and Cultural Development Research Association to host the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant.

When Xu Ziming was just about to go to talk to Qiu Degen, Director Zhang, who was wearing a Mao suit, had already transferred to his place where Xu Ziming was, and was enthusiastically holding Xu Ziming's hand and saying: "Welcome Hong Kong compatriots to return to the motherland to invest in construction!"

Hong Kong businessmen's investment in construction and development is supported and encouraged by the local authorities in order to promote urban construction and development and improve the people's living standards.

Xu Ziming smiled and thanked: "Thank you for your concern, thank you for the help of the motherland,"

Director Zhang was full of smiles, and he didn't simply say condolences to other Hong Kong businessmen, and then asked curiously: "You are Comrade Xu Ziming Xu, right?"

Xu Ziming was a little surprised, he didn't expect the other party to know him, so he nodded and said, "I am." ”

In fact, Xu Ziming was surprised, because he felt that the white-haired old man in front of him, who was nearly seventy years old, would know his junior.

Director Zhang was a little surprised and said, "You are really the eldest grandson of the late ship king Xu Guoren." Guoren is the word of Xu Ziming's late ship king, and this title is more respectful.

Xu Ziming nodded proudly again. Behind Xu Ziming is the Xu family, which has assets of nearly 10 billion yuan in Hong Kong, and the Xu family actually has a deep relationship with the mainland.

Although Xu Aizhou was the late king of ships, he was indeed a well-known patriotic giant businessman who did many meaningful things for the construction of the mainland.

Putting aside the past, just talking about the recent construction of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, the Xu family's approach has also been praised by the mainland.

Director Zhang did not stop talking, but said excitedly: "Your second uncle Xu Shifen and I used to be classmates, and we studied civil engineering at St. John's University in Shanghai. The relationship between the two is not bad. By the way, how is your second uncle's health?"

Xu Ziming was flattered, "Thank you Director Zhang for your concern, my second uncle is in good health." Xu Ziming didn't expect that the Xu family would have a good relationship with this Director Zhang.

"Come on, come on, I'll introduce you. Director Zhang's attitude became very enthusiastic, pulling Xu Ziming over and introducing the other personnel one by one, but those unfamiliar faces were the heads of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office.

Director Zhang pulled a man in a Mao suit and said: "This is Xiao Chen of our Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, and Mr. Xu can contact him when he comes to invest in the mainland in the future." ”

Xiao Li is about 30 years old, looks very gentle, and his hairstyle is shiny, he held Xu Ziming's hand and introduced himself: "Hello Mr. Xu, my name is Li Xincai." ”

Xu Ziming said with a smile: "Hello, hello, I will want you to help Comrade Li Xincai in the future." ”

After chatting with a group of people for a while, Director Zhang finally went to greet the others, and Xu Ziming could finally go to talk to Qiu Degen.

However, Mayor He has not yet arrived, and everyone can only get together to chat about the projects they plan to invest in.

The city government has not yet made it clear what area it is proposing to develop, and many people have begun to talk about financing the development of the Puxi area.

In the 80s, Shanghai has always liked to spread such a saying, "I would rather have a bed in Puxi than a room in Pudong". This is why people are more inclined to talk directly about Puxi investment.

Qiu Degen is not very interested in making a little money, and there are not many topics to talk about with the people around him, Xu Ziming stepped forward to say hello, Qiu Degen saw that he was an acquaintance, and said with relief: "The Xu family is also ready to be optimistic about the development of the mainland." ”

Xu Ziming said: "I am not optimistic, but I firmly believe that the mainland will develop better and better." ”

Qiu Degen's eyes were like torches, and he said indifferently: "I guess the two of us should talk about the same topic." ”

Xu Ziming smiled politely: "Invest in Pudong." ”

Qiu Degen frowned slightly, and laughed: "That's right." ”