Chapter 209. Visit the Governor's House
Anyway, Chen Xuanting was just about to rest for a while, when Sister-in-law Zhen knocked on the door outside: "Ah Ting, you didn't fall asleep, did you?" ”
"I haven't slept yet, come in!" Chen Xuanting said, "Sister-in-law Zhen, what's the matter?" ”
"Just now, the Hong Kong Governor's Office called and said that there was something I wanted you to visit." Sister-in-law Zhen said with a smile. Even the governor of Hong Kong came to invite himself to this boy, the Chen family is really beautiful.
"The Governor's Office?" Chen Xuanting stretched his waist and asked, "It's so late, what's the matter with me?" But in his heart, he was thinking, it seemed that Chris Patten couldn't sit still.
Sister-in-law Zhen shook her head and said, "I don't know, I didn't say it on the phone, I just said that I asked you to come over and discuss important matters." ”
Chen Xuanting nodded, rubbed the corners of his eyes and said, "I know, sister-in-law Zhen, you can get busy first."
"Look at how tired you look, or I'll help you excuse yourself." Sister-in-law Zhen said with concern.
"No, I'm fine." Chen Xuanting got up and got dressed and said, "Since the Hong Kong Governor has spoken, it seems that the matter is quite important, so I'd better go for a trip." ”
"Well, then there you go. Do you want to come back for dinner in the evening? Sister-in-law Zhen helped him pick up his clothes, "Your dad said it had been a long time since he had a meal with you." ”
Chen Xuanting was a little ashamed, he cared less about his family during this time, but he had no choice but to say: "No, I may have eaten dinner at the governor's house." Chen Xuanting changed his clothes, smiled apologetically and walked out of the villa.
Later, Sister-in-law Zhen looked at his emaciated back, shook her head and said, "It's really time to marry him a wife, take good care of him!" ”
"Mom, what did you say?" Xiao Zhou Xiuna jumped over and asked him.
"I said, I want to find a good wife for your brother!"
"Don't, I don't!"
"What?" Sister-in-law Zhen was stunned.
"I said I don't want my brother to marry a wife!" Xiao Zhou Xiuna pouted.
"Silly boy, why?"
"Because I'm going to marry him when I grow up!"
“……”
Sister-in-law Jane almost fainted. Come to think of it, maybe it's just my daughter talking nonsense.
But how did she know how serious and serious Xiao Zhou Xiuna was when she said this.
Besides, Chen Xuanting, when she walked out of the door, she would call Qi Qingsi - after all, she is still the major shareholder of Wireless, and she has a lot of business, and she will need to do the main work of Wireless in the future. After making the call, Chen Xuanting went straight to the Hong Kong Governor's Office.
Hong Kong's Hong Kong Governor's Mansion is not so easy to enter, but Chen Xuanting's identity is there, and he is also the largest creditor in Hong Kong - all the money he made from recent property speculation was used by him to sell Hong Kong's bonds, so he just arrived, and Patten ran out in person.
At this time, Qi Qingsi also happened to arrive by car.
Chris Patten greeted the two of them very warmly and greeted them all the way. Only then did they enter the Governor's Mansion together.
"I'm sorry, dear Chen, I asked you to come over so late." Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten said apologetically, "Originally, there was nothing big about it, mainly about your wireless want to buy Tseung Kwan O Nakuai, I have studied it with the political axe for a long time, and I think that if Hong Kong wants to develop, it must have businessmen like you who dare to innovate and struggle!" That's why we decided to put that lot up for auction! ”
Seeing that Chen Xuanting didn't speak, Patten changed his words and said: "But there have been difficulties in the political axe recently, especially in terms of funds, due to the misdeeds of some real estate developers, we have to come up with some savings to help the public repay some loans, so the price of that piece of land may be a little higher." ”
"That's no problem, as long as the Governor of Hong Kong speaks, I can still get the money!" Chen Xuanting said with a smile.
Patten said with a dry smile: "Of course I know that Mr. Chen, you have that strength, but you also know that now the political axe has just stabilized the land price in Hong Kong, and it has been lowered by 20% on the original basis, if our land is still auctioned at a high price, some people will say that we do not abide by the principles, and things will make a big fuss!" ”
Chen Xuanting thought it was funny, what kind of Hong Kong British political axe is this, he wants to make money, but he wants to save face, how can there be such a good thing in the world? !
Qi Qingsi also heard the Tao here, and glanced at Chen Xuanting with a smile in her beautiful eyes.
Chen Xuanting pretended to be pondering for a while and said, "Your Excellency, I deeply understand your difficulties, but as the legitimate chairman of the wireless company, I also have to think about the interests of the wireless company." You can't give so much money and you can't talk about it, right? It doesn't make sense! ”
Patten Blushed, "Ahem, I also know that this will make it difficult for you, but you have to take into account the overall situation, and you have to consider the stability and prosperity of Hong Kong!" ”
Chen Xuanting said in his heart, Hong Kong's stability, instability, prosperity or prosperity are none of my business!
On the surface, he still smiled and said: "Hong Kong Governor, what you said is reasonable, as a citizen of Hong Kong, I very much hope that under your wise leadership, Hong Kong can maintain stability and prosperity, but my own ability is limited, even if I have more than enough heart and insufficient strength, let alone help for a while, I can't help for a while!" ”
Chen Xuanting's Tai Chi boxing hit the flying flowers month by month without leaving a trace.
Patten was speechless, took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said in his heart, this Chen Xuanting is an iron rooster, why can't he pull out a hair? !
Seeing that Patten's face was ugly, Chen Xuanting knew that he had almost forced him, so he took a sip of coffee lightly and said: "Of course, I am not such an unreasonable person, although I can't help much with the funds of the political axe, but I can still help a little bit in your life, Lord Governor." ”
Chris Patten: "I don't know what you mean by this, dear Chen?" ”
Chen Xuanting: "What I mean is that I can help you invest!" ”
Chris Patten: "Investment? ”
Chen Xuanting: "Maybe you already know that my amazing wealth is all invested in the stock market, as well as my money invested in filming, real estate, etc., my investment is all over the region, and it is invincible!" If you can trust me, I can do you a little favor! ”
As soon as he heard this, Patten's eyes straightened. You must know that Chen Xuanting helped Fok Yingdong and Stanley Ho invest, and earned 1.4 billion yuan in less than half a year, which is a figure that I never dreamed of. But not everyone can help, many rich people take the money and cry and shout to ask others to help invest, people just don't want to, now the great good thing has fallen on his head, Patten really doubts that he is dreaming!
"My dear Chen, what you said is true?"
"It's true, of course, if you can trust me!"
"Trustworthy! Absolutely trustworthy! Patten was overjoyed at the moment as if he had picked up a big ingot.
"Well, I don't know how much the Governor wants me to invest for you?"
"This?" Patten glanced around sneakly, and then said: "I want you to help me invest some private money, private money, you know, you can't let my wife know, so it's not too much-"
"It's okay, I'll take as much as I want!" Chen Xuanting smiled firmly.
Patten was a little embarrassed, after all, he couldn't fully believe that Chen Xuanting would be so kind, so he first took out his private money to test it and explore the depths of the water.
Since the two have finalized such a "private business", for the political axe business, Patten is no longer so insistent, dependently, as long as he can make money, it is okay for the British political axe to collect some real estate auction taxes from Hong Kong. So his mouth loosened and he said: "As for the piece of land in Tseung Kwan O, our political axe will definitely handle it impartially and auction it according to the 20% reduction, I hope you can successfully buy it, dear Chen!" ”
Chen Xuanting smiled: "Thank you for your concern, it will definitely be!" ”
There was not much to talk about, Patten's wife personally served a delicious dinner for everyone, and Chen Xuanting also ate and drank unceremoniously, and everyone talked and laughed in the cups of wine, which was very lively.
Seeing that Chen Xuanting drank so much wine and his face did not change, Patten couldn't help but smile and said: "Dear Chen, you are so beautiful at a young age, writing scripts is called a genius, writing songs is called a genius, being a boss is called a geek, even engaging in real estate is also a handsome talent, and making a lot of money is even more talented...... Hehe, I have to admire you! ”
Chen Xuanting smiled, shook his head and said, "The governor is falsely praised!" I'm just a little better than other people's luck, alas, I deserve the name of genius! ”
"Well, you can't say that." Patten said seriously: "A success may be said to be luck, but you calculate, how many times have you succeeded in just two years?" Haha, the name of genius belongs to you! As he spoke, he raised his glass and shouted happily, "Cheers to genius!" ”
"Cheers!" Chen Xuanting touched a glass with him, and drank half a glass of red wine.
"Come, eat the vegetables, eat the vegetables." Patten looked very happy, and said with a smile: "If you just drink alcohol and don't eat vegetables, stomach problems often attack, you are still young now, you can't experience this, hehe, I eat first and then drink, generally can't get drunk, and the injury is not serious, come, even if you eat, my wife's craftsmanship should be okay!" ”
"Hehe, thank you, we're not polite." Of course, Chen Xuanting will not be polite, he has always refused to come to wine and food.
In this kind of eating and drinking, a bottle of excellent red wine quickly bottomed out, and when Patten was about to ask his wife to take the wine, Chen Xuanting grabbed him and said with a smile: "There is still time to drink after the wine, I am too full to drink today, I can't drink it anymore, in the future, let's eat some fruit and drink some tea or something!" ”
"Okay, then make tea, make tea!" Chris Chris shouted to his wife, then walked out of the restaurant.
The house in the Governor's Mansion is very large, although it is not as good as Chen Xuanting's villa, but the decoration inside is very luxurious, and some precious oil paintings are dazzling.
Although it was the first time to come here, Chen Xuanting seemed very calm, and in comparison, Qi Qingsi was a little restrained.
"Come, sit down, have a good cup of tea, and taste life." Chris Patten is barely a China expert, and his research on the Chinese tea ceremony is much better than that of Chen Xuanting, and while fiddling with tools, he said: "I used to drink coffee all the time, and even looked down on Chinese tea, hehe, I don't understand why tea is sold so expensive, but since I came to Hong Kong and really realized the thing of tea through some things, I don't drink coffee anymore." ”
Chris Patten washed the cup, and then said, "I consulted a famous tea ceremony gentleman, and he told me that the tea ceremony should follow certain rules. Hehe, I asked him at the time, isn't drinking tea just to quench his thirst? What other rules do you pay attention to? Haha, but he told me that drinking tea is not only to quench thirst, on the contrary, it is a process of self-cultivation and family building, because tea itself has a good healing effect, drinking more tea can play a role in health care, but also through the process of making tea calm, and then when drinking tea, you will experience a taste of life. ”
Chen Xuanting glanced at Qi Qingsi, and suddenly, the two of them became wide-eyed, and said with a wry smile: "Hehe, I like to drink tea, but I only like to experience the bitter and sweet taste, not as good as you, Lord Governor!" ”
"I'm also studying, so I don't have enough to worry about!" Patten said very self-awarely: "The old gentleman said that drinking tea is an art, an art that everyone can access, whether it is noble or inferior, in short, this tea water is definitely a good thing, much better than those so-and-so coffee." ”
"Hehe, thank you, Lord Governor, for your admiration for Chinese culture, I'm really grateful!" Chen Xuanting stretched out his hand and picked up a cup, sniffed it gently, and said very intoxicated: "I can't drink any different tea, but I can smell the fragrance, good tea, it must be good tea!" After finishing speaking, he drank it all, closed his eyes for a long time, and sighed: "It's been a long time since I've drunk such a good cup of tea so casually, Lord Governor is a good craft."
"Haha......" After hearing Chen Xuanting's admiration, Chris Patten became even more happy, and said to Qi Qingsi: "Come, Ms. Qi, you can also try it and see how my craftsmanship is?" ”
"That's great, thank you!" Qi Qingsi was not pretentious, stretched out his jade hand and gently picked up a cup and tasted it very gently, without waiting for her to speak, Patten shook his head and said: "Seeing Ms. Qi drinking tea, it is simply a beautiful enjoyment, and I don't know who will be blessed in the future to be able to marry a beautiful woman like Ms. Qi, hehe." ”
Qi Qingsi's beautiful face flushed, and said, "Qingsi only wants to accompany her daughter, not remarry!" ”
Patten shook his head and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity!" But Ms. Qi dares to say this, which shows that under your gentle appearance, you still have a tough heart! ”
Qi Qingsi had a smile on his face, nodded and said: "Close to Zhu Zhechi, I have worked with Mr. Chen for so long, and I am used to being vigorous and resolute when doing things, no matter what I have in my heart, I will say anything, but let you laugh at the Lord of Hong Kong." ”
"Haha, Ms. Qi is also a person with a surname, it's good, it's good." Chris Patten poured them full again, then put down the tea set, and said with a smile: "Now dear Chen, you have such a great reputation in the entertainment industry, do you have bigger plans in the future?" ”
"There are plans - I am ready to hand over the work of the TV station to our dear Ms. Qi for the time being, and I am ready to officially enter the film industry, and I will invest one billion Hong Kong dollars to shoot ten major productions within a year! I call it the Double Ten Program! ”
"Double 10 plan? A billion and ten plays?! Patten took a breath of cold air. Who in Hong Kong would have such a big deal?!
Without waiting for Patten to finish his surprise, Chen Xuanting said again: "Of course, investing one billion is a little less, if possible, this billion will not be Hong Kong dollars, but US dollars!" I will connect Hong Kong cinema with Hollywood and shoot international blockbusters with US dollars! ”
Poof! Patten couldn't hold back any longer, and a sip of tea squirted out.
Billion dollars filming?!
There are few companies in Hollywood that have such a big deal to do!!
This Chen Xuanting is either crazy or full of confidence! Why is he so confident? Why?!
Patten's mind was spinning very quickly, and he immediately said: "Dear Chen, I didn't expect you to have such a big plan, how lucky we should be if we have a filmmaker like you in the British film industry!" ”
He added: "Compared with Hong Kong, we in the UK also have a lot of actors who love art and love performance, but unfortunately now that British movies are weak, many people have to go to Hollywood to pan for gold, but what about Hollywood, after all, the cake is limited, so I hope you can help coordinate it!" ”
"Of course...... Well, if you can, I very much welcome your excellent British actors to come to Hong Kong to develop, after all, Hong Kong is an international metropolis, and the development of movies cannot be held with a narrow national frame, many excellent British actors can find their own roles in the play, for this reason I will propose the Hong Kong Film Awards, which will expand the scope of selection, if your British actors are excellent, you can also participate in the Academy Awards! ”
"Participating in the Academy Awards? Dear Chen, you are simply great! I really spare no effort for the development of Hong Kong films! ”
"My original intention is just to encourage everyone to compete together, and with competition, there will be a better atmosphere for development." Chen Xuanting smiled, "In addition, I am doing this to pay tribute to a respectable person!" ”
"Honorable man? I don't know who you are so respected? ”
"It's our great Empress Elizabeth!" Chen Xuanting said with a smile.
Patten was stunned, "Your Majesty the Empress?!" Then he nodded and said, "Yes, I have a lot of respect for her, she is our British symbol – but what does that have to do with what you said about paying homage to her?" ”
"It's very related" Chen Xuanting put down the teacup, and then said with a straight face: "As we all know, Her Majesty likes to watch movies very much, and has awarded several outstanding British filmmakers the Order of Noble. ”
"Of course it's worth ......" Patten nodded, took a deep breath and said: "It seems that compared with Her Majesty the Empress, I am a little shallow, I am by no means inferior to her in love for movies, but I am far from enough to make contributions to movies!" ”
"Haha, don't say that" Chen Xuanting said with a smile: "Know its shortcomings and work hard, I believe that your contribution to Hong Kong films will definitely surpass others in the future!" ”
"I hope so!" Patten laughed and stretched out his hand to Chen Xuanting, and sighed: "I hope you will help you a lot in the future, let us work together to govern Hong Kong better, so that Hong Kong films can also develop rapidly!" ”
"I will not shirk what is in my part." Chen Xuanting said: "Happy cooperation! "Raise your teacup and drink it down.
(To be continued)