After a long while, the sixth uncle spoke: "I don't think there is much of a problem in this matter, as long as their construction group can settle the Hong Kong British government, then it will not be too much trouble for us to let them come over to work." After all, they can let us invest in the mainland, and we can also let them come over to help, and the global trade market is free, and there is no reason why other local construction companies can't get through. ”

The sixth uncle is a knight canonized by the British side, and he has a good relationship with the authorities, he has said so, so even if there is a problem with this matter, it will become no problem. Besides, the United Cinema Line is not a small family, any shareholder in it is a big man, so many bigwigs gather together, as long as it is not too much, the Hong Kong British government has no reason to be embarrassed.

After hearing that Uncle Sixth said that there was no problem, several other people also said that there was no problem, and it was meaningless for Cui Xiaoming to oppose it, so he simply didn't speak, not to mention that he had no right to speak about such a thing, even those overseas filmmakers behind him also had no right to speak.

At this moment, Li Mingbao suddenly interjected: "Sixth uncle, when the time comes to get an invitation letter over there, we must indicate that we pay in US dollars." Then maybe we'll get further preferential treatment. ”

Hearing Li Mingbao's words, even an old Jianghu like the sixth uncle didn't quite understand what Li Mingbao meant. Why does it have to be the US dollar, the Hong Kong dollar and the US dollar can be freely exchanged in Hong Kong, why bother to exchange the US dollar in Hong Kong?

Seeing the puzzled look on Uncle Six's face, Li Mingbao explained: "The mainland is different from our Hong Kong, even if our Hong Kong dollar is not valuable, it will have its own exchange rate, and it is easy to exchange Hong Kong dollars for huàn dollars." Although the mainland also has an exchange rate, their foreign exchange against huàn is not so free. In Hong Kong, it is easy to exchange Hong Kong dollars for US dollars, but it is more troublesome for the mainland to exchange Hong Kong dollars for US dollars, because their foreign exchange reserves are very strict, even if the construction group wants to exchange Hong Kong dollars for US dollars, they have to report to the above.

It will take a lot of time to come and go, so we might as well get them done in Hong Kong. Besides, it is not easy for them to earn foreign exchange, although the Hong Kong dollar is also a hard currency in the mainland, but their favorite is the US dollar, and being able to earn US dollar foreign exchange is also a political achievement for them. So if we pay in dollars, we can not only pay them well, but also save more money. Because we pay dollars, they will do it for us even if we lose money. ”

"Do it at a loss? How can these companies last long? Especially for a project like ours, more than 100 movie theaters need to be renovated, which is not a small amount of work, and a loss of one percentage point is not a small amount. "Uncle Liu, who has no understanding of the mainland's foreign exchange urgency, is difficult to understand the thinking of the mainlanders.

The big guy in Li Mingbao's memory also came from this era, and in this era of the mainland, the madness of foreign exchange is not something that outsiders can understand at all. Commodities that are actually worth ten dollars, as long as they can be sold for dollars, even if it is only five dollars, they will have to export. Anyway, in the end, the state will subsidize their losses, and in the end, it is the state, not the individual collective, that loses in the end.

As far as the mainland is concerned, it is actually not too much of a loss, after all, the renminbi is printed by itself, and the foreign exchange is someone else's. If Hong Kong's construction companies want to do this, they will have to be crippled if they don't die, but if they want to do this, the mainland companies will not only not be crippled, but will also vigorously develop. In these years, even leaders have to pay great attention to companies that can earn foreign exchange.

At present, these construction companies are not aware of making money abroad, although there are also foreign aid projects, but they are all image projects, and they are bought and sold at a loss. I didn't even think that I could make money by helping others with construction.

"What the mainland lacks now is global hard currency, not the renminbi. It's a loss for us, but it's a good thing for them, and they never have too much foreign exchange. In fact, they also need Hong Kong dollars, but the demand cannot reach the height of the US dollar, if we give US dollars directly, they will have a better impression and work harder.

Even if we do something to reward them, they'll be faster. Don't look at our cinemas, there are more than 100 of them, and the amount of work is very large. If they were to do it, even if all the movie theaters were bulldozed and rebuilt, it might not take more than a month. "Li Mingbao looks at the problem from the perspective of a person who has come before, and it is easy to find the weakness of the mainland.

And the sixth uncle, who heard Li Mingbao's words, was not surprised that Li Mingbao knew the mainland so well, even if it was a few other people, including the Xiang brothers, there was nothing strange about it. After all, they all know the details of Li Mingbao, and it is not impossible to have ties with the mainland. Or now the only ones who are kept in the dark are Li Mingbao and Cui Xiaoming.

"In that case, then we will pay the funds in dollars. Anyway, it's not a hassle for us. I don't know how many dollars it will cost to invite them. If you let those construction companies in Hong Kong do it, the renovation of more than 100 movie theaters will probably cost about 30 million. The number of screens will be doubled. After all, some movie theaters are very troublesome now, the land is there, but the space is not large, if you want to do the requirements, you can only tear down and rebuild, although such a movie theater is not much, but it costs a lot more than simple decoration. The sixth uncle said.

"If you use a company in Hong Kong, 30 million Hong Kong dollars is about the same, but in terms of time, all the decoration will be completed, and it will take them at least three months. But if we can invite the construction group, then we can pay in US dollars, two million US dollars can be done, and they will bring their own materials and everything, we don't have to worry about it at all, one-stop service, and the time it takes, maybe a month can be done. Li Mingbao thought for a moment before saying this number.

Two million dollars is not a big amount for Li Mingbao and them. However, if this invitation letter is really sent over, the construction group on the mainland side will definitely have to fight for a scalp, and you must know that there is not only one construction group on the mainland, but there are more than 10 or so many, and in terms of foreign exchange, the foreign exchange reserves on the mainland side are now less than $7 billion.

Don't look at the $7 billion is a lot, but in a place as big as the mainland, the foreign exchange reserves may not be as much as the money of the Chinese families in Hong Kong, so the hard currency of $2 million is definitely not small for them. How many resources do you have to sell to get it? Now just help Li Mingbao and them get a movie theater, you can get it, anyone will think that this deal is very profitable, not to mention the one-stop service of their own dry food, even if they help Li Mingbao and them build two more buildings, there is no problem.

"Two million dollars? Isn't it a little less? Local companies in Hong Kong still have to spend 30 million Hong Kong dollars, which is about 4 million. But if you have to cut half the price if you come from the mainland and bring your own materials, they may not be willing to take over such a project. The sixth uncle frowned and said to Li Mingbao.

Others say that his sixth uncle is dying to ask for money, but looking at Li Mingbao's current appearance, it is even worse than him to ask for money, the construction cost of 4 million US dollars, and Li Mingbao on the mainland side actually only gave 2 million US dollars, although it saves money, but looking for the construction group on the mainland is not simply to save money, in fact, it is also to pull relations.

Now Li Mingbao is doing this, saving money is saving money, but it is impossible to pull a relationship or something. How can a little money be able to pull a relationship? Therefore, although Uncle Sixth is a money-saver, he has different opinions on this issue.

It is rare to see the generosity of the sixth uncle, Li Mingbao said with a wry smile: "Two million US dollars is actually attractive enough for a construction company in the mainland." Sixth uncle, you may not know that if you go to the mainland to invest now, you have to attract at least one secretary of the municipal party committee at the department level for one million US dollars, and most of the people who even come forward to receive them are vice-provincial cadres. And the investment of 10 million US dollars can basically be received by the country's leaders.

The project cost of two million dollars is definitely not a small amount for them. If we pay four million dollars, as long as our cinema can meet the conditions, they can build us a three-story cinema that can go from two or three screens to seven or eight screens. And the material or something, absolutely the best. It's no problem to use it for hundreds of years. ”

"How can it be so cheap? Li Sheng, you're kidding, right? "Don't say that the sixth uncle doesn't believe it, except for Li Mingbao, everyone present doesn't believe that there will be such a cheap thing, if it is really like what Li Mingbao said, inviting a construction company on the mainland to engage in construction, it is not as simple as saving money and pulling relationships, it is purely to take advantage. If there really is such a good thing, even if the British government in Hong Kong is worried about it, it must be done. In the face of interests, the pressure of the British government in Hong Kong is all scum. Even Xiang Jia, who dislikes to deal with the government the most, is willing to offend the British government in Hong Kong.

"Whether it's a joke or not, in fact, a phone call can prove it. I don't believe that Uncle Six, you don't have contact information on the mainland, you should have a friendship with Xinhua News Agency, right? Call and ask them, and everything will be clear. If it's as cheap as I say, I'll do what I want. Li Mingbao simply pushed the matter to the Xinhua News Agency, and no matter how much he explained, it was not as strong as the official government's explanation.

"In this case, it seems that the problem of our theater decoration has to be discussed in the long run." The sixth uncle said with emotion.

Originally, it was just to talk about the renovation of the cinema in the cinema chain, but since Li Mingbao said that the mainland wants cheap money, the simple problem of cinema renovation has become farther and farther, and after hearing the cost, the sixth uncle can't help but want to take advantage.

Labor in Hong Kong is already expensive, and the news on the mainland at this time is actually not too transparent, so even well-informed people like Uncle Sixth don't know about the news that is common sense on the mainland. In these days on the mainland, when a house could be built for a few hundred yuan, there was no price at all. A pound of first-class meat is only a little more than a dollar, and this is still in a big city.

It is difficult for people in Hong Kong to understand the prices on the mainland.