Chapter 84 Bank of China in the Capital
Guo Yifei's mother is sick.
After settling down, Guo Yifei's mother felt a little tired and wanted to rest, but she didn't expect to have a high fever, followed by vomiting and diarrhea, and she couldn't be tossed.
The Summer Palace definitely couldn't go, so inform the hotel waiter and Zhang Shaohua to send the old lady to the hospital quickly.
There are many people who come to the hospital to see a doctor, but we are compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao, and Zhang Shaohua has communicated with the hospital, and the hospital has opened a fast channel for the old lady, so that there is no need to queue up for medical examination.
The results came out quickly, acute gastroenteritis, coupled with the fatigue of the journey, and not very adaptable to the climate of the capital, a little wind chill and the old lady was old again, so it came so violently.
The doctor told them that it was not a big problem, and that they would just take some medicine on a drip.
Since she came from Hong Kong, the hospital arranged a separate cadre ward for the old lady, and after two bottles of injections, the old lady's condition stabilized, and a little blood appeared on her pale face.
Li Yixuan breathed a sigh of relief, if the old lady really had a good idea, he really didn't know what to do.
After all, here is Hong Kong, and Li Yixuan has no familiar people here, so it's really difficult to deal with something wrong.
After thinking about it, Li Yixuan decided to call Hong Kong and call Leon over, at least there is someone who can be called by his side, Zhang Shaohua is a person from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after all, and he can't be called as a servant.
"I can't go to the Summer Palace with you in the afternoon, you can go alone. Guo Yifei said.
"No need, it's not fun to go alone, let's take care of the old lady with you. Li Yixuan sat down on the sofa.
Guo Yifei did not speak.
An afternoon and an evening passed like this, and Li Yixuan didn't go anywhere.
Although the old lady's illness came urgently, it was not an incurable disease, and she recovered after two days in the hospital, and she returned to the door of the hotel after completing the formalities and saw Jack.
"How about you, Leon?"
Jack replied, "Follow the old lady, she thinks I've been with you the longest, and she sent me to you with ease." ”
"Okay, it's all the same. Lift the old lady up first. Li Yixuan opened the trunk of the car and took out his luggage.
After sending Guo Yifei back to the room, Li Yixuan also returned to his room.
After staying in the hospital for two days, I felt that my body was going to be moldy, so I quickly found my clothes and changed them into the bathroom.
After washing, I feel refreshed, this friendship hotel is different, the living configuration is very complete, which makes Li Yixuan a lot more convenient, if it is a general mainland hotel, it is not so convenient.
I opened the window in the bathroom and dried the underwear I had changed. As for the coat, Li Yixuan threw it aside and went back to Hong Kong to wash it again.
At this time, the knock on the door remembered that Jack opened the door, and it was Guo Yifei.
I saw that her hair was a little wet, and she had obviously just taken a bath.
Looking at the clothes thrown on the bed, Guo Yifei said, "Give it to me, I'll wash it." ”
"How can it be done, besides, there is no washing machine, how can you wash it?" Li Yixuan said embarrassedly.
"You can't wash it by hand without a washing machine. Directly picked up the clothes on the bed, "Where's your underwear?"
"I washed it and hung it in the bathroom. ”
Guo Yifei walked in directly without saying anything, and took out the ** he had just washed.
"**It's better for me to do it myself, I've already washed it, don't bother you. ”
Guo Yifei rubbed Li Yixuan's chest with her hand, "What are you washing?" "Picked up the clothes and left.
After eating at noon, Li Yixuan felt that he had nothing to do, so he asked Guo Yifei to go out for a walk with him, but the family refused on the grounds of taking care of his mother.
There was no way, Li Yixuan had to go out alone. He asked Zhang Shaohua to take him to the Bank of China first to exchange some foreign exchange papers, and at this time, only the Bank of China was the designated Hong Kong dollar exchange point.
Designated foreign guest reception units such as the Friendship Hotel do not accept RMB, only foreign exchange rolls, so Hong Kong dollars and US dollars cannot be used directly in the mainland, and must be exchanged for foreign exchange rolls before they can be used.
At this time, according to the official foreign exchange rate, it was 3.25 Hong Kong dollars for 1 foreign exchange volume, and Li Yixuan directly exchanged 20,000 yuan for foreign exchange volume for domestic accommodation and entertainment during this period.
Foreign exchange rolls are not common in the mainland, but they can be spent like RMB, and they are more popular than RMB.
Theoretically, 1 foreign exchange coupon is equal to 1 yuan, but since foreign currency coupon shopping does not require a plan ticket, it is worth more than yuan. Domestic black market 1 foreign exchange coupons can be exchanged for at least 1.3 yuan, and sometimes, even 1.5 yuan!
In exchange for 20,000 yuan of foreign exchange papers, the foreign exchange earned more than 60,000 Hong Kong dollars, and if you exchange US dollars, there are also more than 10,000 US dollars, which made the BJ branch manager of the Bank of China shocked, and personally handled the exchange business for Li Yixuan, with a very attentive attitude.
made Li Yixuan realize that the mainland was extremely short of foreign exchange at this time.
In 1980, no one believed the amount of foreign exchange held by the Chinese government, 200 million US dollars, but it was the truth at that time.
In this era, about half of China's foreign exports and foreign exchange earnings relied on the Canton Fair. The Canton Fair is held twice a year, which makes the local hotels in Guangzhou overcrowded. Every year, the Bank of China relies on the Canton Fair to obtain a lot of foreign exchange income.
But in the capital, it is different, it is more deserted. Since the reopening, although many Hong Kong and Macao compatriots come to the capital every year, the exchange of foreign exchange is very small, and it is the first time that the branch president of the Bank of China has seen such a person like Li Yixuan exchange so many foreign exchange rolls at one time.
The president was in his fifties, looked ordinary like an old man next door, and wore four pockets of the standard cadre uniform of this era.
In the past two years, there have been many Hong Kong and Macao compatriots who have traveled to the capital, and it is the first time that a Hong Kong person like Li Yixuan with a white bodyguard has seen him.
felt that Li Yixuan's identity was unusual, so he exchanged foreign exchange for Li Yixuan and said, "Mr. is the first time to come to the capital?"
"Well, for the first time, I accompanied my girlfriend and her mother to investigate. Li Yixuan knew that he was cross-talking, and did not hide the purpose of his trip. After all, if you want to invest in the mainland, you must first understand the mainland's investment promotion policies, and as the branch manager of the Bank of China, he must know a lot.
The president paused for a moment, and generally foreign businessmen only use the word inspection when they come to invest, and it seems that the young man in front of him is here with a mission.
He continued to move his hand and said: "Now the mainland is different, and at the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, Comrade Xiaoping proposed that practice is the only criterion for testing the truth. We will no longer engage in class struggle, and the focus of the country's development will be shifted to economic construction. That's why the state established SZ City on the other side of the Hong Kong River as a pilot city for economic construction and reform.
Compared with the developed countries in the West, the country's science and technology and economy are still very backward, and the consumption power of the domestic people is very low, so we very much need Hong Kong and Macao compatriots like you to help us build the economy and promote the country's modernization and development. The country is rich and powerful, and you Hong Kong compatriots can also follow suit. Only the country is the strong backing of your overseas Chinese compatriots......"
The president told Li Yixuan about the relationship between the state and the individual, but Li Yixuan did not speak, and listened expressionlessly.
The president said that he was a little thirsty, and just picked up the teacup before he remembered that the two of them were still standing. hurriedly beckoned the two to sit down, and personally brewed tea for the two.
The president put the brewed tea in front of Li Yixuan and asked, "I don't know your surname, what do you want to inspect in the mainland?"
"Your surname is Li, a Hong Kong Oranges company, who makes computers, and the purpose of my visit this time is to build a computer display tube factory in the mainland. Li Yixuan said honestly.
"Computers are high-tech, I heard that only the United States is the most advanced, but I didn't expect Hong Kong compatriots to also engage in computers. I don't know how your computer compares to the United States,...... "The president didn't know what a computer picture tube was, but he understood the computer, but since the picture tube is related to a computer, it must also be a high-tech thing, and his attitude is a lot more enthusiastic.
"I'm not satisfied with you saying that our bank also imported two computers, which are imported from your Hong Kong, small ones, called oranges. ”
"The Oranges I computer was designed by our company. Li Yixuan corrected: "I didn't expect the computer you used designed by my company, is it easy to use?"
"All Chinese, but also simplified characters, it is very convenient to switch between traditional and simplified, and the operation is much more convenient than computers in Western countries, which is very easy to use." "The president is full of praise for the Oranges I computer.
Domestic units have also purchased Western computers, all in English, not incomprehensible at all, very inconvenient to use, find a translator, the result is that the translator does not understand the computer, plus the English vocabulary above is very professional, the meaning of the translation is even more different from the original meaning of 108,000 miles, engaged in computer users even more incomprehensible.
But the Oranges I computer is different, the operation interface is all Chinese, due to the use of simple and mature professional vocabulary and illustrations in later generations, the user is understandable at a glance, plus the Chinese vocabulary input is used in the domestic commonly used pinyin input method, I don't know how convenient it is to use.
In addition, several sets of software supporting the Oranges I computer, Words, Excel and Access are also all in Chinese, and the design logic of Chinese is very suitable for the use habits of Chinese people, so the Oranges I computer is very popular as soon as it enters the mainland market.
However, due to the limited foreign exchange in the mainland and the high price of the Oranges I computer, the standard configuration of the whole series exceeded more than 20,000 Hong Kong dollars, so it was not dared to introduce it on a large scale.
For example, the Bank of China BJ branch bought two computers, which were brought to the mainland by the Bank of China Company in Hong Kong, and other banking units in China, as far as he knows, bought parallel goods brought by backpackers.