The background of the construction of the White Swan Hotel was in 1978, when the strategic decision of "internal reform and opening to the outside world" was about to be introduced, and the National Tourism Administration formulated eight Sino-foreign joint venture hotel plans, that is, eight Sino-foreign joint venture hotels were built in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Nanjing.

Boss Huo responded positively, and there was this White Swan Hotel.

Among them, Huo's invested 50 million Hong Kong dollars, another Chinese businessman, Peng Guozhen, invested 12.5 million Hong Kong dollars, and the Guangdong Provincial Tourism Bureau invested 4 million yuan.

In 1981, the White Swan Hotel borrowed US$36.31 million from the Guangzhou branch of the Bank of China.

At the current exchange rate, the total investment in the construction of the White Swan Hotel is close to 180 million yuan.

The reason why the cost is so huge is not unrelated to the geographical particularity of Shamian Island, the location of the White Swan Hotel, which to a certain extent reflects Boss Huo's personal preferences.

If the suggestion of the Guangzhou Municipal Government to locate the site along Huanshi Road is really adopted, the construction of the White Swan Hotel may not be so laborious.

Just like Tang Huan, with the operation of the Zheru R&D Center, it tends to be practical, and he also invested in the construction of a hotel, but it was not so laborious.

Of course, it is precisely because of this that the White Swan Hotel has become a landmark in Yangcheng once it is completed, and the huge influence generated by this is enough to be worth the ticket price.

Boss Huo, who has always been good at building momentum, wants to add a halo of the world's richest man to the newly opened White Swan Hotel this time.

Tang Huan deliberately kept a low profile at the production base of the Special Economic Zone, and after personally inquiring about the preparations for the inspection, he went to Yangcheng with great fanfare.

After entering the boundary of Yangcheng City. He switched to a brand new Rolls-Royce. Travel through most of the Old Town. Drive to the White Swan Hotel.

"This battle is not small." Looking at the crowd of curious people on the side of the road, Tang Huan quipped.

"How can I slow you down." Huo Dagongzi, who came to greet him, complimented with a smile, "This is the first Rolls-Royce in Yangcheng, which just matches your identity, brother." ”

Tang Huan smiled and said nothing, the word "face" is really too knowledgeable.

Wait for the driver wearing a big cap and white gloves to stop the car, under the guidance of the manager. Tang Huan walked into the White Swan Hotel, which has set several domestic firsts.

These records include: China's first self-designed, self-built and self-managed modern large-scale Sino-foreign cooperative hotel; China's first high-end hotel with four doors open to the public; The first hotel in China to operate a Japanese restaurant in cooperation with Japan and Xiangjiang in the hotel; The first hotel in China to fully implement full computerized management; The first hotel in China to use credit cards for payment and implement eight foreign currency payment methods.

It is worth mentioning that the realization of the last two points relies on the computer information solutions provided by Zheru Xiangjiang Company.

The hotel management system, in addition to fully supporting Chinese, also provides a graphical operation interface, which greatly reduces the difficulty of training grassroots operators.

Tang Huan deliberately followed the process of this hotel management system and walked through various departments in the White Swan Hotel.

When he heard Zhou Weikun introduce that the other seven of the eight hotels in the National Tourism Administration's construction plan will also adopt their own hotel management systems, he ended his exploration with satisfaction.

"Dude. You're such a workaholic. Grand Master Huo shook his head with a smile.

"Don't worry, I won't forget what I promised you. If there's anything to eat and drink, just go ahead. Tang Huan waved his hand and walked to his guest room.

The architectural design of the White Swan Hotel is undertaken by the Chinese themselves, but the interior design, Boss Huo insists on inviting foreign designers from the famous HBA Hotel Design Company in the United States to do it.

Therefore, the interior design of the White Swan Hotel is definitely the most high-end in the mainland, and Tang Huan really can't see any shortcomings in terms of hardware, so he simply directly experiences and evaluates the more important software services.

"I don't know what kind of flavor Mr. Tang likes?" The manager asked respectfully.

"Yes, whatever you want to eat, just order. Then this dish was fixed and called the recipe of the richest man in the world. Master Huo smiled, unabashedly wishful thinking.

"Then in the future, I will eat and live here for nothing, and I will have the right to collect advertising fees." Tang Huan's complaint made everyone laugh out loud.

"Let's have a roast suckling pig." After Tang Huan said a word, he turned his head and instructed Xie Ning, "A-Ning, you are from here, you can help me order a few other distinctive Cantonese dishes, meat and vegetarian pairing." ”

After everyone dispersed and the room was quiet, Tang Huan, who wiped his face with a hot towel, sat on the sofa and thought about the details of meeting Chief Deng on the southern tour next month.

In 1984, following the opening of the four special zones, 14 coastal cities would also be opened, and under the impetus of Chief Deng, China as a whole began to clearly get rid of the state of being constrained, and it would be much easier for it to do things on its own.

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In the matter of the martial artist's private group beating, Fang Yihua was unable to get an explanation from Hu Yinmeng, and the sentence "I also have a lot of injuries here" made her speechless.

Next, Fang Yihua pinched her nose again and bid with Media Asia TV for DreamWorks' newly completed TV series "Senior Brother Xinzha".

In the past, when TVB and Li's TV competed, they could also use some means that could not be put on the table, such as when the TV series "Silkworm Transformation" was released, the artist who played the male lead was encouraged to disappear for a period of time.

But now that DreamWorks and Media Asia TV's powerful strategic weapons are too deterrent, Fang Yihua does not dare to use these methods at all, lest he provoke the crazy ambition of high-salary poaching.

Fight for financial resources, who can beat Tang Huan, the British's land and Jardine Matheson are lost like this, and they have a great reputation, which is really too fearful.

Therefore, when the dream factory, which knew how to engage in innovation, had been preparing for a long time, and cooperated with the Xiangjiang Police Force to shoot a TV series with the theme of the fashion police force, Fang Yihua just watched coldly.

At this stage, the image of the Xiangjiang police is not glorious, and is often associated with the impression that they mainly serve the wealthy. The police villains in the movie are even more abundant. The people generally hold the idea that "good men should not be soldiers". Stay away from this profession.

In this context, DreamWorks launched a TV series dedicated to the Xiangjiang police, and the future is really unpredictable, and only DreamWorks, which is not short of money, will be so fearless.

The experienced Fang Yihua is not optimistic about this TV series, especially DreamWorks also seems to have the idea of trying, and the cast is all newcomers, and Liang Chaowei and Zhang Manyu are borrowed from TVB. On his own side, Liu Jialing, Liu Qingyun and other unknown people were dispatched, and Wei Jiahui, the head of the screenwriting team, had never heard of it.

But after a traffic accident this summer, the winds seem to have changed.

This matter is related to Qiu Degen, a wealthy businessman in Hong Kong, founder and chairman of Far Eastern Bank, and founder, chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Far East Consortium Group. It was the person who bought Li's TV from an Australian consortium in the original time and space, changed its name to Asia Television, and personally served as the chairman of the board of directors.

The reason why Qiu Degen is talked about is that he carried out a number of reforms to Leigh's TV, which made the ratings and finances of the TV station improve, turning losses into profits, and becoming one of the few owners who can make money among the shareholders of ATV who have come and gone for decades.

As a matter of fact. To put it bluntly, there's not much mystery in this. Qiu Degen and Run Run Shaw took roughly the same path, that is, frugality.

During his time at ATV, this policy was implemented very thoroughly, even causticly.

For example, whether it is the Tang, Song, Yuan or Ming dynasties, the costumes in costume TV series are the same. There are also rumors that ATV employees can only access four frames of toilet paper a day, and the New Year's Lai is a coupon from the Far Eastern Bank.

As for this time and space, Qiu Degen has not sold all of his shares in TVB for about 10%, and is still an important shareholder of TVB.

is such an influential figure, and he has made a big deal.

In the early hours of July 14, his fourth son, Qiu Da, drove his girlfriend home while drunk, and while passing through Princess Princess Road in Kowloon, he knocked down police officer Cheng Menghui who was standing guard at a roadblock and dragged him for hundreds of meters.

After Zheng Menghui was taken to the hospital, he died of his injuries on the 23rd at the age of 20.

This case has not yet been finally decided.

As a result, there has been a lot of debate in public opinion about the positive value of the Xiangjiang police, and more and more people's impression of this profession has begun to change.

Of course, TVB keenly noticed this change and wanted to set up a project to operate, but DreamWorks has already done all kinds of work in front, and there is really no room for operation.

With the idea of giving it a try, after enjoying the sample of the TV series "Senior Brother Xinzha", Fang Yihua couldn't help but gasp, and said in his heart that Wei Jiahui, who was unknown before, is very good at screenwriting.

As a youth inspirational drama, the story content of "Senior Brother Xinzha" is set in the Xiangjiang Junior Police Training School. It is a senior secondary school run by the Hong Kong Police Force since the 1970s, where students receive disciplinary training in addition to general studies, and are given priority to apply for admission to the Force after graduation.

"Brother Xinzha" tells the story of the growth experience of many teenagers who entered the school, from entering the school to graduation, and then after entering the police force. It includes the setbacks and development of each person in various aspects such as family, society, career, and love.

Fang Yihua understands too well that this kind of story of rising from the grassroots, mixed with love and hatred, has always been the favorite of Hong Kong people, coupled with the extremely novel background of the police force, it is difficult not to attract people.

After an urgent internal discussion, Fang Yihua officially asked Hu Yinmeng to purchase the first round of broadcast rights of "Senior Brother Xinzha".

Hu Yinmeng replied very simply, "This TV series, Media Asia TV also takes a fancy to it, if you want it, the two of you will enter the bidding process." ”

Previously, TVB purchased some dramas from DreamWorks such as "Bean Sprouts Dream", which the other party is good at producing, but basically did not compete with Media Asia TV.

The reasons for this are, firstly, TVB's own production capabilities are strong enough, and secondly, although Media Asia TV and DreamWorks operate independently, the bosses behind them are Tang Huan alone, TVB does not want to let his money be poured back and forth between the left and right hands of the other party, and finally become a laughing stock for people with a lot of money.

Therefore, this is the first time that TVB and Media Asia TV have bid face-to-face for the same DreamWorks TV series.

In view of the fact that Heung Kong has two competing TV stations, DreamWorks, which claims to be "neutral", has developed a slightly unique bidding process, that is, each TV station has only three chances to raise its cards, and the one with the highest price wins the final price, so as to prevent one party from deliberately causing trouble and maliciously inflating the cost of the rival's film.

Fang Yihua only complained about this, and said in a high-sounding manner that DreamWorks and Media Asia TV belong to two families, this rule is clearly that you both take care of each other, DreamWorks will not dominate Media Asia TV in the price of dramas, and Media Asia TV will not let DreamWorks lose money, but once TVB joins in, it may suffer from both sides.

Who made this time backward, Fang Yihua had no choice but to bite the bullet and sit with Zhou Liang Shuyi of Media Asia TV, playing a game on numbers.

In the end, TVB smashed out millions and snatched "Senior Brother Xinzha" from Media Asia TV.

Fang Yihua, who was secretly heartbroken, kept comforting herself, and she should be paid for the new artists Liang Chaowei and Zhang Manyu who trained herself in DreamWorks.

"DreamWorks is getting more and more profitable, and when I watched the sample film of "Brother Xinzha", I found a lot of sponsor advertisements." Fang Yihua complained sourly.

"Isn't everyone filming like this now?" Hu Yinmeng smiled and took the check from the other party's hand, "Thank you for your patronage." By the way, I forgot to mention that DreamWorks will give away a high-profile "Senior Brother Xinzha" press conference for free. At that time, Mr. Tang and the Commissioner of Heung Kong Police should make an appearance. ”

A hint of surprise flashed on Fang Yihua's face, and then she said dissatisfiedly: "You little girl has too many ghost eyes, why didn't you say it earlier, shouldn't you be looking forward to TVB missing "Senior Brother Xinzha"." ”

"Who would have trouble with money, I really just remembered it." Hu Yinmeng smiled and waved his hand.

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Fang Yihua felt that the money he spent was too worthwhile, on the day of the press conference of "Senior Brother Xinzha", Tang Huan's Rolls-Royce with a No. 3 license plate and the No. 1 car of the Commissioner of the Xiangjiang Police Roy Henry, Han Yili, were parked side by side, and the reporters were so excited that they held up their cameras and took pictures around for a long time.

The Heung Kong Police Force is a major client of Zheru Heung Kong Company, and everything from file management to ID card system is a big project. Therefore, Tang Huan has long been familiar with the senior management of the Xiangjiang Police Department.

This time, the two sides cooperated on "Senior Brother Xinzha", which was also a happy situation, the Xiangjiang police needed to improve their image, and DreamWorks also expanded its own drama path.

However, there is another interest claim that cannot be explained.

Tang Huan had some supplies that needed to be transferred to Siam through the port of Xiangjiang, and then sent to Funan, where his brother-in-law Han Anyuan was located.

Although several major countries have acquiesced in this kind of transportation, here in Xiangjiang, the Xiangjiang police are still needed to escort them.

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On December 22, "Senior Brother Xinzha" premiered in the prime time of TVB from 7 pm to 8 pm, and soon caused a huge sensation, in addition to Liang Chaowei, Zhang Manyu, Liu Jialing, Liu Qingyun and other pink newcomers The faces are remembered by the audience, and even the number of people who apply for the police exam has increased significantly, which is really exaggerated to the extreme. (To be continued.) )