After a day, Zhang Shaoping had a more direct impression of the current Suicheng.

Suicheng and Yangcheng are both other names for Guangzhou, which are the self-names of the locals.

If Shenzhen is the forefront of China's reform and opening up, then Suicheng is the command center of reform and opening up. Whether the reform of Shenzhen is good or bad, deep or wide, all of them must be summed up and evaluated by the political leaders of the Suicheng Provincial Government, and the experiences summed up and the difficulties encountered should be reported to the central authorities one by one, so as to provide a factual basis for crucial policy decisions.

In a word, the whole country looks at Guangdong Province, and Guangdong Province looks at Shenzhen City. Therefore, what has developed well in Shenzhen has now begun to be in full swing in Guangdong Province, especially in Suicheng, the provincial capital.

Back at the guest house, everyone was busy, and Zhang Shaoping immediately called Chen Guanzhong and Pan Ming to go into the room together to discuss investment matters.

"Today, I have walked down all day, I think you also have the bottom in your heart, and what you think of our trip to Suicheng, come and hear it." As soon as he sat down, Zhang Shaoping got straight to the point and went straight to the point.

Chen Guanzhong and Pan Ming glanced at each other. Pan Ming nodded slightly, and Chen Guanzhong muttered, "I'll talk about it first." Among the people Mr. Huo brought, there was an old friend of mine, and I met and chatted with him for a while on the steamer when I came. He is now the general manager of Suicheng China Hotel, and with the full authorization of the board of directors, he came to sign a contract with Suicheng City Government. And when I met him again today, I specially asked him what the origin of this China Hotel was, and he read out the names of several members of the board of directors, which immediately startled me. ”

"It's New World Development, Cheung Kong Holdings, Henderson Land, Sun Hung Kai Properties, Hopewell Industries and Sun Hung Kai Securities!" Chen Guanzhong raised his voice steeply and said these well-known group companies in Hong Kong in one breath.

Although Zhang Shaoping had been mentally prepared, he was still taken aback by this series of names.

Pan Ming took a deep breath, shook off the shock in his heart, took over the conversation, and said, "The location of the area I walked through today is good, and it is quite suitable for investing in building hotels and guesthouses." If I'm not mistaken, it should not only be the China Hotel that Brother Chen said will be signed and built next, but there will also be other hotel or guesthouse projects one after another. Moreover, I bet that all the other people except us have signed a letter of intent with the provincial government of Guangdong Province, and this time it is purely for the purpose of signing a contract. ”

"It's very likely that you're talking about it, it looks like I'm going to catch the ducks on the shelves." Zhang Shaoping stood up and paced back and forth, "At least we have to sign some letters of intent with them in Guangdong Province, otherwise, when everyone signs a contract to invest, we will not pull out a dime, it will be too different." ”

"What is Zhang Sheng going to invest in? Do you also invest in the hospitality industry? Chen Guanzhong asked.

"No! It is unwise to invest in a hurry! Pan Ming made his attitude clear.

Zhang Shaoping also shook his head and said: "Modern hotels have at least hundreds of millions of investment, like the White Swan Hotel, more than 200 million." This is too expensive and risky, and with my strength, it is difficult to bear it alone. Originally, the best way was to join forces with a number of group companies to jointly invest like China Hotel. However, I couldn't find a suitable partner in a short period of time, so investing in the hotel industry is now my top priority. ”

"In this way, we all use our brains and slowly think about what projects can be invested in and are worth investing in."

Zhang Shaoping couldn't think of a way for a while, so he said a word and sat down again. Feeling a little thirsty, he picked up the teapot and tried to pour a glass of water, but when he found it empty, he got up again and brought a plastic thermos to fill the kettle.

He fell down, and it was gone, and he couldn't help frowning: "This guest house, the TV show is barren and nothing, the main thing is that drinking water is too inconvenient." I really don't understand Brother Huo, they don't live in a good White Swan Hotel, but they stay in a guest house in Guangdong Province, and they are reserved and kill people. ”

When Chen Guanzhong heard Zhang Shaoping's words, his heart suddenly lit up, raised his head, looked at the other two, and said, "I think I know what we should do." ”

"Huh? How do you say that? ”

"Yes, Brother Chen, you should be clear."

Chen Guanzhong said: "The reform and opening up on the mainland side is one for reform and the other is for opening up, which is actually to promote internal reform through opening up. They have been closed off for decades, and the most important thing at this stage is to get in touch with outside information and change the people's backward concept. There is also the need to relax control and increase the understanding of the mainland from the outside. ”

"Be specific." Zhang Shaoping frowned and said.

"Let me put it this way, modern hotels and guesthouses will have an impact on the mainland's conservative concepts, but they will not completely destroy their worldview all at once, but a subtle change. The most important thing is that these advanced social concepts are what the people of the mainland, who are gearing up for economic construction, urgently need to understand and master. ”

Chen Guanzhong picked up the cup, took a sip of the tea that Zhang Shaoping poured for him, and continued: "Like the Huo family, Changjiang Industrial, Henderson Land, etc., they are all consortium giants, and they have advantages in real estate and infrastructure that are difficult for outsiders to match. They have been involved in catering investment since Hong Kong, so they are no strangers to investing in hotels and guesthouses, and the mainland happens to have this urgent need, so the two are of course a perfect match and support each other. But what we're best at isn't dry catering, and in my vision, film and television advertising media is the best choice. ”

"Keep talking!" Zhang Shaoping's eyes were full of approval when he looked at Chen Guanzhong.

"Mr. Zhang, our two magazines, Film Times and TV Times, can serve as a bridge to deepen mutual understanding between Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, the outside world and the mainland. If we do not touch the high-voltage line and bottom line of the hinterland, we will be able to bring useful information from the outside world into the hinterland, and bring the progress and achievements of the hinterland since the reform and opening up to the world. In this way, we can not only expand the influence of our Dingsheng Culture Company and deeply cultivate the motherland, but also act as the mouthpiece of the mainland to a certain extent, and publicize their policies and achievements. If we do this, our relationship with the mainland will be greatly deepened, and it will not be better than building hotels? ”

Hearing this, Zhang Shaoping couldn't hold back any longer, slapped the case, and shouted: "Okay! That's a great point to say! To me, your words are simply Zhuge Liang's Longzhong pair! ”

Hearing such a high praise from Zhang Shaoping, Chen Guanzhong was so excited that his face flushed for a moment, but he tried his best to restrain himself, and said modestly: "Zhang Sheng's words are too much!" How can Chen Mou dare to be comparable to Zhuge Wuhou, he deserves such praise! ”

"Deserved! Absolutely! ”

Pan Ming also sighed: "Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years!" Brother Chen, I'm convinced of you. ”

Zhang Shaoping said with a smile: "Of course, the two magazines "Film Times" and "TV Times" will enter the mainland, but there is another point, we can also do it. That is, Hong Kong and Macao films and TV dramas should also be introduced to the mainland for screening, and we should also introduce mainland films and TV dramas that are relatively good, and we should also introduce them to Hong Kong. Not only that, after we have a closer relationship with the mainland, through our bridge-building, each other's entertainers can communicate with each other and enhance and expand the Chinese film and television cultural industry. ”

"The introduction of film and television dramas into the mainland is unprecedented, will the mainland allow it?" Chen Guanzhong asked.

"Definitely! Their TV dramas are relatively poor, so they introduce a lot of foreign dramas. Our Hong Kong TV dramas are no worse than foreign dramas, and like "Hero Huo Yuanjia", they are full of patriotism and national temperament, which is exactly what they need. Zhang Shaoping said confidently.

In Zhang Shaoping's memory, in March next year, "The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia", as the first Hong Kong drama introduced in the mainland, was first broadcast on the Cantonese channel of GD channel in Guangdong Province. Zhang Shaoping doesn't remember the specific number, but when "Hero Huo Yuanjia" was broadcast, it caused thousands of empty alleys and caused huge repercussions. Subsequently, a series of excellent Hong Kong dramas began to be introduced, such as "SH Beach", "Thousands of Rivers, Thousands of Mountains Always Love", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and so on, which have influenced several generations of people in the mainland.

Guangdong Province, as the forefront of reform and opening up, GD also has a unique authority, that is, it can introduce foreign dramas. It is this permission that Zhang Shaoping rushed to. As long as the price code is negotiated with GD and the authorization to introduce dramas is obtained, then Zhang Shaoping will immediately have a great say in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, at least wireless and ATV cannot ignore him.

With the investment project settled, Zhang Shaoping suddenly felt a lot more relaxed and began to think about how to convince the collective leadership of Guangdong Province. In fact, Zhang Shaoping is quite sure of persuading enlightened reformers such as Ren Lao and Liu Lao to introduce Hong Kong dramas, since the historical trajectory of the previous life, they allowed it, and they should not oppose it now. The only thing to worry about is whether these people will approve the GD's plan to cooperate with him.

Zhang Shaoping said the doubts in his heart, Chen Guanzhong thought about it, and said: "Zhang Sheng is too worried, with our signboard of cross-strait cultural exchanges, plus the benefits we just mentioned, as long as the central high-level leaders on the mainland side are not kicked by a donkey, there is no reason for them to refuse." ”

Pan Ming smiled at this time: "If you don't think it's safe, we can bundle other investments." ”

"Oh, do you have any good calculations?" Zhang Shaoping looked at Pan Ming expectantly.

Pan Ming said: "If we can't open a hotel, we will open a tea restaurant." Like Café de Coral, Happywood, and Maxim's in Hong Kong, let's make a copy and open a chain store in mainland China. After all, not everyone can afford to go in the hotel to consume, but the tea restaurant is different, and it is for the general public. Unified trademarks, unified service quality, unified purchases, unified management, unified standards and other essence of chain stores, I think these should also be the urgent need for the mainland to learn! ”

"Hahaha...... you are waking up the dreamer with a word! I've read the newspapers, and it seems that after they went out to investigate, they came back to advocate that all walks of life should be chained, but they didn't succeed, and they suffered a lot. In this case, we will simply open a tea restaurant and hand them over to be a chain. Zhang Shaoping said with a smile, "Well, in addition to tea restaurants, we also want to do Western-style fast food like KFC and McDonald's." It is simply two sides of the same body, one side is a tea restaurant, and the other side is Western-style fast food, which is different from other places and has more mainland characteristics. ”

Thinking of Western-style fast food, Zhang Shaoping suddenly thought of the famous Jianlibao drink before the turn of the century, yes, you KFC and McDonald's have a drink like Coke, and my chain restaurant must also have Jianlibao support.

The three of them worked together to improve the two major investment plans. From the very beginning, Zhang Shaoping's business focus was completely on the mainland, and in his words, only by managing the mainland market well can it be sustainable.

The plan is already there, and of course the matter of this negotiation is to be handed over to professionals such as Chen Guanzhong and Pan Ming. Zhang Shaoping no longer plans to do the specific work himself. One is that he only has the aura of crossing, so he has a prescient understanding of the general trend and some major events, and when it comes to true skills, he may not be as good as Chen Guanzhong and others. The second is that it is too hard to do everything by himself, and with the growth of his career, it is impossible for him to take care of everything, so it is better not to do it.

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