The Marina Peninsula Hotel, one of the many four-star hotels in Hong Kong.

It is said that it is ordinary because there are many star-rated hotels in Hong Kong, and the opulence and luxury in Hong Kong far exceed that of the Marina Peninsula Hotel.

It is not only the first Chinese-owned four-star hotel in Hong Kong, but also the only hotel where the British royal family, the British Prime Minister, the three governors of Hong Kong, and the two Hong Kong bureau chiefs of Xinhua News Agency have stayed.

It's just because the owner's ability is really good, because the Marina Peninsula Hotel is one of the properties that the red-roofed businessman Fok Yingdong invested in in the early 60s.

"Master, it's time to get to the place"

The car slowly stopped on the side of the road, and with the reminder of the driver sitting in front, Lin Xiaozhi, who had been closing his eyes in the back seat, opened his eyes and looked outside, and found that he had arrived at his destination.

"Peninsula Marina Hotel"

His eyes were attracted by the six gilded characters, and Lin Xiaozhi's eyes stayed for a while on the hotel not far away that didn't look eye-catching from the outside, and then he loosened his tie, "Wait for me in the parking lot...

"Good"

After explaining to the driver of the Lin Mansion, he pushed the car door and walked out of the house, walking towards the hotel not far away.

It's finally going north

Every step is heavy, every step is exciting

Knowing that politics is a puddle of troubled water, he should have made money honestly, and he shouldn't have rushed into it. In the past month or so, he has also thought that there may be many politicians and Hong Kong elites behind his back to ridicule him for not being able to do anything, but the boss of a film company also dares to organize a delegation to visit the mainland, so many Hong Kong elites want to do but do not dare to do.

Yes, it is true that forming a group to go north is not something that ordinary people can do. In the past ten years since the 80s, dozens of delegations from Hong Kong have gone north, except for a few times initiated by Hong Kong education groups and literary and art circles, the entertainment industry has never taken the initiative to organize a visit to the north, most of them are either Hong Kong political politicians and politicians, or Hong Kong's super-rich people have gone north together.

But seeing that the opportunity is very good, he can obviously take advantage of the political crisis before Hong Kong's return to the motherland to soften the mainland's attitude and make some concessions and compromises to Hong Kong's entertainment industry, especially Hong Kong's film industry, he really doesn't want to miss such a good opportunity.

Lin Xiaozhi knows what he said, precisely because of the turmoil in the Hong Kong entertainment industry around 89, coupled with the continuous smearing of the mainland government by some Hong Kong film companies, directors and actors who committed their own deaths in the following years, which completely angered Beijing. In the end, the evil result was that after Hong Kong's return to the motherland in 1997, Hong Kong films were not only isolated to integrate into the mainland film circle, but were isolated and equal to Taiwanese films, and in a sense, they were even inferior to American films. It was not until 03 that Hong Kong and the mainland signed the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CPp) that there was a slight improvement.

It is almost impossible to take advantage of the opportunity to make mainland films follow Hong Kong's example and introduce a system, and it is almost impossible to make the mainland market completely open to Hong Kong films in a short period of time, and it is almost impossible to allow Hong Kong films to enter the mainland for free release. But after Lin Xiaozhi's calculations, if this trip to the north works better, the worst estimate can replace the results of Jiahe's previous efforts in the mainland for more than ten years. And his ultimate goal is not so high, as long as the mainland is willing to invoke some of the regulations in the CPpAT agreement on the release of Hong Kong films on the mainland, and agree to allow the films made by Media Asia to be screened on the mainland after review. Take your time step by step, and you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

As for those Hong Kong filmmakers and film companies who are dead, love to die and continue to die, he Lin Xiaozhi doesn't have such a big heart of fraternity, and people have to pull hard to find death by themselves.

Lin Xiaozhi has always felt that Zou Wenhuai has been shrewd all his life, and he has done three foolish things when he is old. First, the old man of Jiahe has always held the power of management, and did not introduce professional managers to modernize and manage the company as a group, resulting in the aging of his son and He Guanchang, several sons are unwilling to take over, and the daughters are not talented enough. Second, I didn't dare to allocate a large amount of money to invest in real estate when the Golden Harvest film industry was the most profitable. As for the third, that is, in 89 years, the confused Shun Daliu made a bombardment of the mainland, which led to the situation of hard work on the mainland for several years in the water.

"Sir, is there anything I can do for you?"

As soon as he walked into the hotel lobby, a greeting greeted him, interrupting Lin Xiaozhi's flying thoughts

"I'm here to make an appointment......"

After Lin Xiaozhi replied calmly, the welcome guest politely retreated. In addition to serving guests, the welcome of star hotels also has a job to prevent some troublemakers who are not ready to spend and have no money to spend, which is almost an unfamous rule.

Although it was the first time to come to the Marina Peninsula Hotel, the design of this hotel was clear, and everything in the lobby was clear at a glance, Lin Xiaozhi just stopped and looked at it a few times, then saw where the elevator was located, and walked straight towards an elevator.

Coincidentally, when he walked over, he happened to find that the elevator was coming down, so he stood patiently and waited. After the elevator stopped for more than a minute, he finally went down to the first floor, after the elevator rang, the door opened and five or six people walked out, Lin Xiaozhi gave way to the back, and was about to wait for people to come out before going in, when he heard someone shouting to him: "Lin Sheng......"

Following the prestige, he found out that there was an acquaintance standing in the elevator, who was Xiao Nianqi, the president of the Bank of China. Before he could speak, Xiao Nianqi opened his mouth first: "I just heard your phone call saying that it will be coming soon, why don't I come down and take a look......"

Listening to his tone, it seems that the Hong Kong branch of the Xinhua News Agency also invited him today. Although Lin Xiaozhi was surprised in his heart, he was not surprised when he thought about his identity carefully. smiled and nodded, "But Mr. Xiao, you are too polite......"

At the moment, he was about to walk into the elevator, but Xiao Nianqi stepped forward to block the way, Lin Xiaozhi was surprised to ask, Xiao Nianqi opened his mouth first: "Don't be in a hurry to go up, it just so happens that there are two other people who have also arrived, it is estimated that this will be parking, and I will help Lin Sheng introduce you later......"

Judging by what he meant, it seemed that the other two people who were about to come were very unbelievable. Anyway, he was invited to come today, and Lin Xiaozhi had nothing to do. nodded happily at the moment, let go of the elevator door, and the two stood aside and talked quietly, but they didn't let the two wait long. I heard a hearty laugh: "I just heard that you Mr. Xiao said that you would come down to greet me, and I was still thinking that I must not have this face." I can see you today, Mr. Xiao greets you in person, it seems that it is stained with the light of Boss Huo and this young hero......"

Lin Xiaozhi turned his face when he heard the voice, and his eyelids jumped suddenly. Because he knew a middle-aged man who was not tall but energetic from the entrance of the hall, and another short old man, it turned out to be Prince Rong, chairman of CITIC Pacific, who has become more and more famous in Hong Kong in recent years, and Huo Yingdong, a well-known pro-communist businessman in Hong Kong. These two people are very famous in Hong Kong, and they can often see their photos in financial newspapers and magazines on weekdays, so although it was the first time they met, Lin Xiaozhi recognized the two at a glance.

"You, don't forget to hurt me at any time"

was made a joke that was not big or small, Xiao Nianqi replied to Prince Rong angrily, but even Lin Xiaozhi also saw that his relationship with Prince Rong was extraordinary.

Xiao Nianqi first said hello to Huo Yingdong, who was standing on the side with a smile on his face, "Huo Lao is in good spirits today, let me introduce you to you, this is Mr. Lin Xiaozhi, the chairman of Media Asia Group......

He hadn't finished speaking, but he didn't expect Huo Yingdong to wave his hand and interrupt him: "I don't need you to introduce me, speaking of which, Lin Sheng and I are still half neighbors." You may not have noticed, but your dad should know that I also have a property near your Lin Mansion, and I have lived there before......"

The previous sentence was said to Xiao Nianqi, but the back was directly directed at Lin Xiaozhi. When he said this, Lin Xiaozhi was really surprised to hear it, he knew that Huo Yingdong had a luxury villa of more than 30,000 square feet in Sassoon Road, but he didn't know that there was another villa in Austin Road. However, after thinking about the Huo family's tens of billions of family assets, he suddenly knew it in his heart. Yes, with the Huo family's status as a top wealthy family in Hong Kong, it is normal to have a few villas, even if they are luxury villas worth hundreds of millions in the eyes of ordinary people.

"Huo Laohao, I really don't know what to do. This should be CITIC Pacific's Rong Dong, but I often see two ...... in the newspaper."

For Huo Yingdong Lin Xiaozhi is very respectful, after being diagnosed with cancer in 83, although the old man later claimed that the surgery was perfectly removed and cured, many people know that he has been fighting against cancer in recent years. He also had to drag his sick body to run for the north and south of the country, not only did he try to use his influence to mediate everyone in the middle when the contradictions between Hong Kong and Beijing were irreconcilable several times, but he also took a lot of effort to return Chinese sports to the world.

"I can be remembered by you, a talented little brother, you have to give me the first few autographs later, my daughter Mingfang has liked it very much since she watched your movie, and has been clamoring for your autograph" To say that Prince Jingrong is definitely one, he was born in a wealthy family in the Republic of China, he is very comfortable in Hong Kong's top rich circle, and he is full of top rich people like Li Jiacheng and Huo Yingdong, but he does not show a trace of arrogance in front of Lin Xiaozhi, a junior in the industry, but uses a bold joke to directly pull the distance between each other, It is undeniable that Lin Xiaozhi had a good impression of the Prince Rong who met for the first time in an instant, which shows his communication methods.

Fok Yingdong, Prince Rong, Xiao Nianqi, Lin Xiaozhi, none of the four are ordinary people, and there are many people who know them in Hong Kong, especially in places like the Marina Peninsula Hotel, which are often frequented by the rich.

After all, this is Huo Yingdong's industry, and he, the owner, can be regarded as the home field. After a few polite words, he urged to get on the elevator: "Let's talk below, and the top is still waiting, but others have been waiting for too long, let's talk about it later."

As soon as he spoke, several people couldn't help themselves. Immediately, they all got on the elevator and went straight upstairs.

I thought that I would see a few people from the Hong Kong branch of Xinhua News Agency at most, but after meeting Xiao Nianqi, president of the Bank of China, Prince Rong, chairman of CITIC Pacific, and Huo Yingdong, a red-top businessman, he had dispelled this thought, thinking that the people invited to come today were only afraid of a lot, and he was just stained.

"This should be the talented Mr. Lin Xiaozhi, hello, I'm Zhou Nan...... Taking the opportunity to invite you to dinner today, I invited a few more friends to join me, so don't be surprised......"

As soon as a few people entered the house, the old man didn't greet Huo Yingdong and them first, but took the initiative to shake hands with him, and his attitude was very kind. As the highest-ranking official retained by the mainland in Hong Kong, this old man's exposure in Hong Kong is not low, and it took him a lot of effort when he was invited to come, and he recognized the old man the moment he entered.

"What did President Zhou say, I was fortunate to meet Huo Lao, Rong Dong, and Mr. Xiao today, and I was already very surprised."

Lin Xiaozhi didn't dare to put on a show in front of him, because he knew that the President Zhou in front of him also had an identity, that is, the former vice minister of foreign affairs of the Republic, and he personally planned the return of Hong Kong and Macao. If it weren't for the fact that a certain president fled last year and was forced to be appointed in danger, perhaps he would be the next foreign minister of the Republic.

For another young man, the old man just gave a passing touch, supposedly to be one of his secretaries and translators. After a few people sat down, after chatting a few words, Prince Rong smiled brightly and pointed to President Zhou, "Although it was Zhou Lao who invited you to come today, he said that I proposed that everyone have a meal together and meet each other, and it just so happened that Huo Lao also had time to come over together." After all, everyone is their own person, and it is inevitable that they will have to go through the common ones in the future

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xiaozhi, who was sitting on the side and was already uncomfortable, noticed the gaze that fell on him in an instant. At this moment, no matter how stupid he was, he understood the meaning of Prince Rong's words. However, after muttering for a while, he nodded slowly, and as soon as his attitude came out, Lin Xiaozhi immediately noticed that the kindness in the eyes of several people in the room was getting stronger and stronger.

The farce, which lasted for more than ten days, gradually subsided with the counterattack of Lin Xiaozhi and Huanya.

Seeing that the situation gradually calmed down, Lin Xiaozhi officially announced that he would organize and invite people in the Hong Kong entertainment industry to form a delegation to visit the mainland in early March.