Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Circle of the Rich
Holding a glass of red wine, listening to the small talk of several people in front of him, and occasionally picking up the cup and taking a sip, Li Xuechu frowned. I still don't drink much red wine, although the wine served on this occasion should be good, but it is still no different for people who don't drink much, and it feels better than the juice.
After finally getting his driver's license, Li Xuechu was finally interested in the invitation to the cocktail party, after all, it was still a bit embarrassing to think about taking a taxi on this occasion.
The organizer of this cocktail party, Li Xuechu, has also heard a lot in later generations, Huo Zhenting, the eldest son of Huo Yingdong, the eldest son of Huo Yingdong, the eldest son of the 'land lord' of Xiangjiang, who married the 'most beautiful Hong Kong sister' three years ago, is now only in his thirties, and his later life married the eldest son of the diving queen is now less than two years old.
Unlike most other wealthy families in Xiangjiang who rarely interact with the entertainment industry, although Huo Zhenting has not directly invested in the film and television market, he has a good relationship with many celebrities in the entertainment industry in Xiangjiang. may be some Taoist background in the early days of the family, although the Huo family already had a lot of money more than ten years ago, but it was not accepted by the mainstream rich circle, so they found another way and began to make extensive friends with celebrities in the film and television and cultural circles. Three years ago, Fok Zhenting married the 'most beautiful Hong Kong sister' of the year, which was greatly exposed in the media and has been talked about by the small citizens of Xiangjiang for several years. As a result, the Huo family was familiar to the citizens of Xiangjiang and became famous.
Another side effect is that the number of people who signed up for the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant began to skyrocket, and it seems that being elected as Miss Hong Kong to marry into a wealthy family has also become a shortcut to success and is sought after by the public. Wireless also took the opportunity to greatly publicize it, making the 'Miss Hong Kong Election' in later generations a fashion. Now every time the Hong Kong sister is elected, the audience and citizens of Xiangjiang stay in front of the TV early to comment on the quality of the beauties participating in the election, and once the candidate with high popularity among the citizens loses, the tabloids and the people will inevitably criticize and write, quite like the women or good voices of later generations.
When Li Xuechu originally came, he was still worried about whether he would be left out in the cold on this occasion, and his net worth still seemed a little inadequate in front of this group of rich people. The money from selling the script, the royalties of the novel, and the box office share of the three films...... Lin Lin still has a cash flow of about 7 million. Of course, with the continued hot sales of the out-of-town industry and novels that will start in the 6th sequel, as well as the release of other subsequent movies, it will only be a matter of one or two months to reach 10 million. However, the net worth of tens of millions can only be regarded as the last in this circle.
However, after coming, there are still many people who are quite enthusiastic about themselves. In the eyes of others, at the age of teenagers, starting from the grassroots, earning this net worth within half a year, it feels quite amazing, and the source of wealth is not a relatively high luck component such as the stock market and finance, it is all real salary and investment shares. The rich circle is relatively well-informed, once someone enters their sight, they can find out their assets and sources in a few days, not to mention that their income is relatively public, which is quite easy to check. Recently, in addition to being warmly touted among the citizens, there are also quite a few people in the circle of the rich who are quite optimistic about him. Like when he first came in just now, he was also welcomed by Huo Zhenting and some obviously businessmen, and there was some friendship between the conversations, and some rich people who looked at their forties and fifties also jokingly said that they wanted to introduce their children to Li Xuechu.
Like the small circle that Li Xuechu has participated in now, it is composed of some people who have a strong sense of attraction at the beginning. Li Xuechu listened most of the time, except for some greetings and polite conversations. But I don't feel very bored, because I am still quite interested in the things that several people are talking about now.
It is now '81, and the Sino-British negotiations on the return of Hong Kong have begun to enter the formal agenda, and Li Xuechu remembers that the negotiations at the leadership level will begin in September next year, but the British government in Hong Kong has conducted exploratory negotiations with the central government on going north the year before last. Before the negotiations were about to begin, the public opinion offensive and economic policies of the British government in Hong Kong were also launched. First of all, he advocated the argument that the economy of Xiangjiang would inevitably collapse after the handover, and this conclusion is quite marketable in Xiangjiang at present, and even in the later life of Li Xuechu, some people blamed the decline in the economic status of Xiangjiang on the return. In fact, the decline of Xiangjiang's status in later generations was mainly due to the relative decline of the rise of domestic economic strength. In later generations, with the deepening of domestic economic reform and the gradual stabilization of policies, the international enterprises originally stationed in Xiangjiang have chosen to move their focus to the mainland, after all, in Xiangjiang, there is still a detour, and the import and export trade has also changed from the original transshipment by Xiangjiang to directly choose dozens of large and small ports in China such as Shanghai and Shanghai, Xiangjiang's port throughput has been Shanghai and Shenzhen Zhenyue, and it is unknown whether it can hold the top three in China in two years, after all, there are several large ports in China The throughput has risen year after year. Hong Kong, on the other hand, continued to fall. The wealthy circle of Xiangjiang is keen on finance and real estate, and does not pay attention to industry, which also leads to the fact that Xiangjiang's economy has no foundation, and the only brands that Xiangjiang can get their hands on in later generations are a few light industries such as shoes and clothing, which are clumsy compared with the other three tigers in Asia. But the most important point is that Xiangjiang has not participated much in the reform and opening up of the country except for real estate, and the only pillar industries in later generations are finance and tourism.
Now the discussion is about the Sino-British negotiations and the future of Hong Kong. Now under the British rule of Hong Kong, Xiangjiang has an inexplicable fear and contempt for the red regime, and the reassurance of one country, two systems has not yet been thrown, Xiangjiang is now in the early stage of a wave of immigration, the immigration of middle- and high-income people has reduced the price of real estate in Xiangjiang, some time ago Wang Fatzi was still building yƬ he took advantage of the current decline in housing prices to buy a luxury house or something, but Li Xuechu knew that the real drop in housing prices was a year or two later, and the decline in housing prices at that time was collapse, directly led to the bankruptcy of a group of real estate tycoons, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to buy some land to sit back and wait for the appreciation in the future.
Judging from the remarks of several people, it seems that most of the Chinese and British sides in the negotiations are more optimistic about the British side, that is, they think that Xiangjiang will still be in the hands of the British after 97, and this Li Xuechu laughed off. Moreover, they are quite optimistic about the future of Xiangjiang if it 'falls' into the hands of China, and one or two people have revealed the idea of emigrating as soon as the negotiations 'fail'. The Huo family is still relatively close to the mainland family in Xiangjiang, and several people in this circle are still relatively pro-Chinese or neutral, and the views of other circles can be imagined. Li Xuechu's experience in later lives 'confirmed' the views of several people, and his heart was quite strange. And occasionally someone asked Li Xuechu's opinion, Xiao Li expressed the view that the return of Xiangjiang Jiuqi is inevitable and optimistic about the economic shape of the north, a few people laughed and passed, looking disapproving, and they couldn't convince a few people, although the domestic economy is beginning to improve, but the beginning of the earth-shaking exhibition period will have to be more than ten years later, and now there are no realistic deeds to support their views, and even if more than ten years later, when the country begins to exhibit more than ten percent of the year, the Xiangjiang media still selectively ignores, It was not until the status of his financial center was pulled down that he faced up to the facts, but it was basically impossible to get it back, and the status of the Shanghai market in the future was irreplaceable by Xiangjiang.
After discussing for about half an hour, several people also dispersed to talk to others. There were still three or four people left on the scene, including Huo Zhenting and Li Xuejunior. Huo Zhenting was quite affectionate to Li Xuechu, and he didn't show any contempt for his young age, and he was quite eager to talk.
"I'm also optimistic about the country, unlike others, I think the return is not a bad thing, those British and us Chinese have never been the same way, and we Xiangjiang people have also contributed a lot to the country, I believe the country will not turn a blind eye." Huo Zhenting said with a smile. Before and before the reform, Xiangjiang was almost the only channel for economic and cultural exchanges between China and the outside world, and the friendship between the Huo family and the country was also supported by actual interests, and the relationship between interests in the capital world was the most reliable. However, Li Xuechu knew that this 'ally' was still quite loyal to the country, and he spared no effort to help the country in the decades that followed, and did not swing between China and Britain like Li Weiren's 'four families', waiting for the price to be raised.
Li Xuechu also smiled: "I don't think of myself as a British, I still want to go back in a few years to see, if I can, I also want to make some investment or something, the domestic economy has just started, at this time, the profits after sowing seeds can not be underestimated, it is much more cost-effective than the current saturated market in Xiangjiang." ā
"Oh, Chu Zai, do you want to go back to the film company?"
"That's not it, co-producing a movie is a bit of a head, but it's a bit of a hang to open a film company. I'm going to do something else, but I haven't figured it out yet. "Film and television media are all industries controlled by the state, and there are many restrictions in Europe and the United States, not to mention the conservative domestic. It was not until the late 90s that foreign capital began to be deregulated, and it was not until after the new millennium that it was really liberalized. If you want to open a film company, you have to wait.
"Hehe, I just wanted to remind you, it seems that you already know." Huo Zhenting said: "It doesn't matter if you don't think about it, my old man also has the idea of going over to have a look, and I'll tell you when the time comes, if you are willing, you will go with you then." ā
"Well, let me know then, I'm very interested. Even if you can't find the project for a while, it's better to go back and have a look. ā
Huo Zhenting was a little surprised by Li Xuechu's attitude. In this era, many people who came to Xiangjiang from the mainland were either secretive about the mainland, bent on washing away the identity of the mainlanders and taking root in the local area, or simply scolding the north and denouncing the darkness and poverty in the mainland.
Li Xuechu, who came from later generations, didn't have too many ideas, and he couldn't guess Huo Zhenting's thoughts. Although the Huo family has always had a close attitude towards the mainland, it should still be indispensable to make a promise.
Although it feels a little weird, Huo Zhenting is still a little happy in his heart, there are relatively few allies of the Huo family who are close to the mainland, and he is still faintly squeezed out by some governments and wealthy circles in Xiangjiang, and it is a good thing to have one more person with a similar position.
"No problem, I'll let you know next time." Huo Yingdong, the old man of the Huo family, began to invest in the mainland as early as two years ago, and there are really many opportunities for this kind of opportunity in the future.
After the two exchanged contact information, Li Xuechu saw that the time was almost up, so he said goodbye and went back.
Out of the hotel gate, found his own Volkswagen surrounded by a bunch of British luxury cars, Li Xuechu secretly shook his head, Xiangjiang people like to buy British and Japanese cars, it may be related to the cars in these places drive on the left, but this habit makes Li Xuechu quite inconvenient. Open the door, sit in the right driver's seat, which makes you feel awkward, and carefully reverse the car and go home. Li Xuechu didn't dare to drive fast, this habit has not yet been adapted, and driving fast is easy to get into accidents. However, I thought that when I returned to the mainland in the future, my habits would have to be corrected again, and there would be some tossing and turning at that time.
"What a hassle!"
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