Chapter 57: Extravagance is not my wish

The next day, Happy Valley, open-air arena.

A few Englishmen were caught up in the back like dead dogs, but they couldn't catch up.

After running three laps, Gu Biao turned over and dismounted in a dashing manner, and took the white towel handed by Xiao Sui.

"Why are you so powerful?" Xiao Sui asked softly with a slight blush.

"No accidents!" Gu Biao ordered coldly with a suppressed volume, but his expression seemed to people in the distance, but he looked like he was in love with his sister.

Xiao Sui was distracted, realizing that he should be acting as an omniscient expression about Gu Ao's little secret, and hurriedly changed his proud expression.

"Gu Shao's horse is really good, this looks like a purebred Arabian horse, right? Captain Wilson finally arrived, panting and asking.

"No, why should I answer this question, which is an invasion of privacy? Gu Biao proudly refused, looking domineering as a rich man should have.

"I'm sorry, I was rude. Then I ask you to play golf and make amends. Captain Wilson was a little loud and hurriedly agreed.

If you don't say that the British dog is cheap, the more you look like a real arrogant man, the more it will not dare to offend you.

Xiao Sui said to help solve the siege: "No, Hani, people also want to ride, you take me to ride a lap first, what is there to play in golf~"

Gu Biao looked lustful: "Okay, you haven't seen my horse yet, have you? I still have a lot of good things, this time I will take you to see it slowly - this horse was given to me by someone when I was talking about big business with President Hussein of Iraq." Originally, I was raised in Baghdad, but later I heard that I had bought a foothold in Xiangjiang and had people fly all the way over. ”

The Brits, of course, also listened to them, but the nature was completely different.

Gu Biao is not submissive to the investigation like other mainland visitors, but to show off in front of his own woman, which is much more natural.

"It seems that the people in the mainland have discipline in foreign affairs, right? If you dare to accept such a heavy gift from a foreign president, you will be shot even if you become an official...... "A group of Britons made up their brains.

After all, they come from a racehorse nation and know that Arabian thoroughbred horses are worth a lot.

As everyone knows, when the country accepts gifts for filing, the value is only calculated according to the ordinary agricultural animals.

Just like something like the Assyrian gold coin, it only made Gu Biao pay the same amount of gold, and the rest was not counted as "commemorative significance".

A truth.

On the other side, Gu Biao helped Xiao Sui to get on the horse, and then sat behind her by himself, wrapped one hand around her entire waist, and controlled the reins with the other hand, galloping briskly.

Xiao Sui was slightly nervous at first, but then he was driven away by the trust, and lay down in Gu Ao's arms relaxedly, acting very urgently.

Gu Biao, like all arrogant and unrestrained, must satisfy the women around him before he can consider socializing.

"One shot on the ridge!"

"Birdie!"

On the golf course that followed, Gu Biao humiliated several Britons again.

His putting on the ridge may not be very accurate, but he still has to put two putts on the ridge, and the performance of the par-3 hole naturally cannot surpass the escort of his peers.

However, on the par-4 and par-5 holes, he often hit a dashing shot on the ridge because of his strong long-distance throwing.

In the process of playing, the British often lead the topic to Gu Biao's work and career, and Gu Biao can always control the rhythm consciously or unintentionally and complain about his colleagues.

A strong image of "hating egalitarianism and yearning for individual heroism and ability" leaps onto the page.

The British did not see the flaw in any aspect, so they could only come up with the last fundamental question: "Mr. Gu, I heard that you are in Xiangjiang, but you just asked your business partner to rent a house for you." With your future development, don't you plan to buy a house here secretly?

If you are afraid of being exposed, I can help you find someone to ensure that the relevant departments in the mainland will not find out that you have real estate in Xiangjiang. ”

This problem is very vicious, and it is also summed up by the British on this side of the Xiangjiang River for decades of dealing with the other side.

As early as the 1930s, our side had strict discipline, and the personnel of the secret front must be frugal and resist corruption and degeneration.

The underground workers in the anti-Japanese dramas or spy war films in later generations who are beautiful and beautiful in brocade clothes absolutely do not exist, and they are all made up by the screenwriter.

If Gu Biao's business is not really completely owned by him, but is held by some forces, then it is absolutely impossible for him to spend at least 100,000 US dollars to buy a house in Xiangjiang.

So this is also the ultimate bargaining chip to verify whether the people on the other side are really private capitalists.

Of course, Gu Biao also knew this.

Money, he can get it. However, he also knows that the most important thing for his capital now is to invest in reinvestment, expand production, and engage in other businesses in the future. It's a bit early to buy a house now, and he doesn't plan to live in Xiangjiang permanently.

More importantly, he knows that around 82 years, that is, in more than two years, there will be a wave of housing price declines in Xiangjiang, and the lowest trough will not only wash away the increase in the next two or three years, but even more than 10% lower than now.

The reason for the decline is naturally that the sovereignty negotiations between the two countries have made some wealthy people afraid of liquidation, so they sold their real estate and fled to Vancouver, causing market volatility.

"But it doesn't seem like it works if you don't buy it...... When you go to Hollywood in a few days and buy those state-of-the-art camera equipment, you may have to spend $200,000, and if you want to pretend to invest money to co-produce "Shanghai River Beach", the budget will be even more.

With a favorite sister and a small personality, she is willing to spend three or four hundred thousand yuan on a woman, but she is reluctant to spend money on herself, and the house has not been bought, which is too fake. Buy a small house first, and then buy a big one when you have money in 82. ”

Gu Biao secretly thought about it, so he agreed to the other party's proposal with a smile.

"Then you have to help me pay attention, I don't have time, I only came here for a few days and I didn't expect this, after all, Xiangjiang didn't live long enough." But if you want to trick me, go back and let Sir Shao clean you up!"

Gu Biao said very much in line with his temperament.

If the other party's intermediary came to the house was not cost-effective, it gave Gu Biao an excuse to look at it slowly after refusing.

However, it is a pity that the other party's introduction is quite cost-effective.

Nowadays, housing prices in Xiangjiang are no longer cheap, and during McDow's tenure, Xiangjiang began to develop low-rent public housing, and also allowed poor people who meet certain conditions to buy it. But a public housing of more than 30 square meters already costs 150,000 Hong Kong dollars.

(The house on this side of Xiangjiang is calculated according to the "ruler", that is, the square foot, in order to make it easier for everyone to understand, I directly converted 1:10.7 into square meters.) )

The price of commercial apartments is 20%~30% more expensive than low-rent public housing, and the unit type is larger, the smallest is 45 square meters (500 feet), and the remote blocks of Kowloon are worth 300,000 Hong Kong dollars.

In the end, Gu Biao spent a budget of about $120,000 and took a set of 60-square-meter apartments in Yau Ma Tei, a multi-storey house with two bedrooms and a living room with a kitchen and bathroom, and no elevator, so he chose the 4th floor.

It is not far from Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok, which is near the place where Gu Biao used to rent a house, with convenient transportation and inexpensive housing prices.

As for why he didn't buy better, Gu Biao's explanation was naturally "I want to gamble on the policy".

This excuse is very shrewd, enough to see the commercial hype mind.

When the British saw that he even understood the trick of speculating tenants to take advantage of market confidence, they naturally had no doubts.

……

If it weren't for the suspicion of the British, Gu Biao would have been ready for a showdown with Sir Shao on the first night.

However, it is good that the skeptics have emerged in advance, which can further strengthen Gu Wei's credit endorsement.

He believed that the British and Americans would share intelligence under certain circumstances. Once you go to Hollywood in the future and make some sensitive purchases, the CIA people will also routinely review them.

According to the way you came, you will naturally seek to get the situation and performance of the Xiangjiang side. With these endorsements, going to the United States will be much less troublesome.

After tossing around in Xiangjiang for a few days as a playboy, the house also temporarily signed a purchase contract, and after everything finally calmed down, Gu Biao asked to see Sir Shao again.

With the friendship at the cocktail party that night, the other party still agreed to meet them.

This time, Gu Biao was finally able to make it clear what he wanted the other party to cooperate with.

The first half of the conversation is about the specific business, and naturally there is no need to repeat it.

“…… Sir Shao, I hope you can cooperate, whether this film is filmed in the end or not, I hope to borrow the name of your company to go to Hollywood to purchase some things I need, you just need to endorse me. You don't have to pay, and the relevant departments will thank you when it's done, so why not. ”

Sir Shao was slightly surprised: "I can't see it, even Mai Du and the people next to him believe that you really want to step on two boats and become a capitalist......"

Gu Biao interrupted forcefully: "I am indeed a capitalist, there is nothing wrong with this. But I also want to make a bigger fortune, such as a business with odd goods. Isn't Mr. Armand Hammer of the United States also a pure capitalist? But when he found that he could make more money doing business with Comrade Ulyanov, he didn't do the same.

Business is to pick others out of fear and dare not do it, in order to make fewer competitors and grab the maximum profit. Huo Ye's future prospects, Sir Shao should know it, don't you want to accept a name without a foundation?"

Sir Shao's cloudy old eyes flickered a few times, and finally decided to cooperate with Gu Biao.

But he didn't mention that the money was paid by him.

It's not that he is reluctant to make money, but because Gu Biao's level is not high enough.

Sir Shao can donate money to the mainland, but only if he sees the right owner. A small character like Gu Biao remembers him well, and it is not worth the price.

"Okay, then I'll provide you with nominal convenience. Everything you do after you go to Hollywood can be co-produced with Shaw Brothers Pictures. ”

"Thank you, you will have the opportunity to become a red capitalist. Gu Biao got up and shook hands with Sir Shao in a dashing manner.

The next day, Sir Shao's concubine Fang Hua announced the plan to co-produce "Hujiang Beach" with Gu Biao's copyright company at the wireless production company, as well as several other cooperation intentions.

Of course, it doesn't mean that you have to shoot in the end, but just release wind and smoke bombs to facilitate others to investigate in the future.

Gu Biao also took a turn in the Xiangjiang entertainment circle, and took Xiao Sui to meet many celebrities, and they got along. Then boarded a transoceanic flight to Los Angeles.