The clock was fast into November.

Capital:

The official start of the Sino-British negotiations, although there are still some details of the problem, but the breakthrough of the bottom line issue has given many Xiangjiang businessmen a very promising hope.

The Xinhua News Agency has made persistent efforts to prepare another visit to Beijing by a Hong Kong business delegation, one is to show the ordinary people of Xiangjiang the support of the central government, and the other is to hope that there will be greater economic cooperation between Xiangjiang and the mainland.

At the Capital International Airport, a Cathay Pacific 737 business jet fell from the sky, and a group of business tycoons in Xiangjiang walked out of the cabin in full view, which was the second time Xu Zhi came to the capital, and it has been almost three years since the last time.

In addition to Huo Yingdong, Li Jiacheng, Bao Yugang and other Chinese tycoons, John Shihuaiya of the Swire Group and Michael Kadoorie of the China Power Group all came together, but after all, these people were British nationals and did not appear in public, but secretly visited Beijing to discuss some economic cooperation, and then secretly left.

After Xu Zhi and his group left from the airport, they went straight to a hotel to live, and in two years, several five-star hotels have been built in the capital, and the ability to entertain foreign countries is also much stronger.

In the afternoon of the same day, they were arranged to go to the Great Hall of the Central People, where they met with the top leaders of the Central Committee, and under the CCTV camera, everyone shook hands with each other cordially and chatted casually about all kinds of interesting things.

Talks on the screen are always in the official language, but real cooperation requires more detailed negotiations.

Early the next morning, a director of the Beijing Merchants Bureau rushed over.

"Mr. Xu, this is Director Wei of the Beijing Merchants Bureau. Xinhua News Agency President Yu introduced.

Every time Hong Kong businessmen come to Beijing, the representatives of many provinces in Beijing also make calculations, and although the policies of the past two years have been somewhat unstable, one thing is always correct, that is, earning foreign exchange.

Since it is to earn foreign exchange, it is necessary to deal with overseas people, but the language problem is a big trouble, in the mainland of this era, there are few people who can understand English, and those who can understand and communicate are almost rare. Naturally, the business is inefficient, so overseas Chinese have become the primary target of various foreign exchange earning programs, and the wealthy people in Hong Kong are naturally the best targets.

Every time the Xiangjiang delegation came to Beijing, many representatives of the Beijing Office came to visit, and these were the spokesmen of the local government.

Later, after learning about the situation, the central authorities issued a statement prohibiting unwarranted harassment, and the personnel of the various provinces were settled, and every time an official from the capital visited a person in Xiangjiang, he generally had to be introduced by an official stationed in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, or the Xinhua News Agency.

"Director Wei, please be seated. Xu Zhi also replied politely.

Several people came to the sofa in the hotel, and the three of them sat looking at each other.

Director Wei spoke first: "Mr. Xu, the main reason for this visit is that two months ago, you promised to build the Guomao Building in the capital. ”

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Director Wei, please speak!"

Director Wei took out a map of the capital from his briefcase and pointed to a circled place on it.

He said: "Mr. Xu, although the International Trade Building is implemented by the Beijing Municipal Government, it is a project organized by the state after all, so the details also need to be reported to the central government, the first question is the location, the central government means that the building of the Guomao Building complex at the junction of the Chang'an Avenue extension and the East Third Ring Road, close to the international embassy area, I don't know if Mr. Xu has any ideas?"

Xu Zhi thought for a while and asked, "What kind of building is currently on this land?"

Director Wei replied: "This is an ordinary residential area, plus a small textile factory, please rest assured that Mr. Xu is responsible for this area?"

Xu Zhi looked at the map and said, "Since that's the case, I don't have any problems." ”

In this era, businessmen who come to the capital, Shanghu and even deep-sea investment, except for a few industries, are mainly real estate businessmen, such as Shenhai City, which is on the front line of reform and opening up, in the original history, from 79 years to the 21st century, foreign businessmen who come to invest every year will always do more real estate than open factories.

Of course, this life is completely different, and several large-scale industrial investments of Midea Group in Shenhai City have completely exploded Xiangjiang Capital, which came to speculate in real estate.

For example, in this era, many businessmen from Xiangjiang or overseas Chinese came to Shanghai or Beijing to invest in hotels, hoping to invest in the west or the second ring road of Beijing.

There is nothing wrong with this, but Xu Zhi doesn't care, especially in the capital, the more central the location, the easier it is to have restrictions, and the original residents are either rich or expensive, in the 90s in history, Li Jiacheng won the project of Wangfujing Oriental Plaza, but because of the height of the floor and the demolition problem, it took several years to toss and laborious.

Although the International Trade Building is not in the center of the city at present, it will be the most prosperous and modern place in the entire capital in ten years.

Director Wei continued: "Mr. Xu, the second problem is the issue of funds, according to the current law, domestic investment except for Shenhai City requires joint ventures, but the central government has given a concession order for the International Trade Building project, if Mr. Xu is willing, he can be completely self-proprieted, I don't know what Mr. Xu wants?"

"Why do you want me to be completely self-proprietorship?" Xu Zhi asked.

"This is the decision of the central government above, and I don't know very well, maybe the above has its own considerations. Director Wei explained with some embarrassment.

Since the reform and opening up, Director Wei has also received a lot of businessmen from overseas, and there are also many in Xiangjiang, and he has also found that in a capitalist society, most businessmen actually do not like to be completely sole proprietors when investing, which is completely different from the thinking of many people in China.

Later, after several years of contact, I realized that most businessmen are pursuing diversification and multi-party investment, especially heavy investment projects such as hotels, office buildings, large residential buildings, and infrastructure, which are extremely expensive and too risky for investors if they fail. Therefore, it is more popular for overseas businessmen to invest in the mainland in joint ventures, not only with the mainland government, but also with other overseas joint ventures.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as Bao Yugang and Li Jiacheng, a super rich project, a project that puts a lot of pressure on ordinary businessmen, is just a drop in the bucket for them, so it is normal for sole proprietorship to appear in this situation.

Xu Zhi in front of him is worth more, but the investment in the International Trade Building project is too huge, and Director Wei is not sure that the other party is willing to agree to this request.