"Hello Mr. Gu, I am Huang Zhengqi, Director of the Liaison Department of the Hong Kong AO Office, and this is my work card." Seeing Gu Chen take the work permit, the middle-aged man continued: "That's right, this morning a Hong Kong business delegation came to the mainland for inspection, and I would like to invite you to the welcome luncheon at noon. ”

Now it is far from being like the endless emergence of all kinds of forged documents that are enough to be fake and real like in later generations, Gu Chen naturally does not think that the work permit in his hand is fake, and when the worker is returned to the other party, Gu Chen shook hands with the other party politely and said, "Director Huang is sitting inside." ”

Invited Huang Zhengqi into the living room, Gu Chen went back to the room to change clothes, and while tidying up, he thought about what mainland political uniforms would invite him to participate in the welcome luncheon of the Hong Kong business delegation. In terms of influence, because of the particularity of the industry, most of the rich people in the delegation couldn't catch up with him, but he didn't sign up for the delegation, he was completely invited by the mainland government, and there was no warning before, which is a bit intriguing.

The welcome luncheon will be held at the Fishing Tai State Guest. Pavilion, Huang Zhengqi directly brought him into a hall, only to see that in the innermost part of the hall are two chairmen, there are two rows of sofas on the left and right, and the person sitting on the chairman on the right is Huo Yingdong. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Huo Yingdong has always had a very close relationship with the mainland, especially in the Korean Peninsula War, he gave a lot of help to the mainland, and naturally he can be treated differently by the mainland center.

The lower seats are arranged in order of wealth and status, and it is worth mentioning that these seats are arranged in advance. From this, we can also see the weight of each person in the hearts of the mainland's political uniforms. The old man sitting on the chairman on the left made Gu Chen slightly stunned, this old man he knew, it was the old man surnamed Ye he saved on the Great Wall.

In addition, he also saw CCTV reporters and photographers in the hall, and it is estimated that the news broadcast in the evening will have the news that Ye Peisheng welcomed the Hong Kong business delegation in Diaoyutai.

"Hehe, Mr. Gu is here." The old man surnamed Ye saw Gu Chen and immediately got up happily and greeted him. Huang Zhengqi, who brought Gu Chen in, seemed to be worried that Gu Chen didn't know the old man, so he opened his mouth and introduced: "This is the political bureau. Venezuela, State. Ye Peisheng, deputy director of the State Council. ”

"Deputy Zongli Ye, I really didn't know Taishan before." Gu Chen behaved calmly, not nervous because he was standing in front of him with a super boss, he just shook hands with Ye Peisheng with a smile. He said polite words that didn't have much new meaning.

"I don't dare to Chen Taishan in front of you, Mr. Gu, please take a seat." A large part of the reason why Ye Peisheng was so polite to Gu Chen was because Gu Chen had saved him and Gu Chen's unfathomable height qigong, you must know that Wu Lao was a national treasure-level master of traditional Chinese medicine, even if he was the supreme chief, he would be polite when he saw it, so he was naturally a little more polite to Gu Chen, a person who was full of praise and ashamed of himself.

Since the seats in front are full. Gu Chen was arranged on the sofa at the back of the hall, which was also the closest to the entrance of the hall.

It didn't take long for Gu Chen to sit down. A young man who was supposed to be a secretary walked into the hall. whispered something in Ye Peisheng's ear, and then saw Ye Peisheng get up and said, "It's almost time, please banquet hall." The group followed Ye Peisheng towards the banquet hall.

The banquet was Chinese-style, with a total of four seats, half of which were members of the delegation and half were officials from various departments who participated in the greeting and reception. But this time, Gu Chen was arranged to be the chairman, and he sat next to Li Jiacheng. Since it was just an internal welcome banquet, the CCTV reporters and photographers who had been in the hall were nowhere to be seen, and there were only four waiters standing in the banquet hall. In other words, this welcome banquet is not open to the public, so there are not so many etiquette and rules, Ye Peisheng just said a few words, and the banquet officially began.

There is not much delicacies from the mountains and seas, but it can be seen that each dish is carefully cooked, not only to look pleasing to the eye, but also to taste that is by no means comparable to the hotels outside.

After the second course was served, Ye Peisheng got up and raised his glass and said: "I am really very happy that leaders from all walks of life in Hong Kong have formed an inspection group to come to the mainland for inspection, which fully shows that Hong Kong's return to the motherland is the desire of the people." For a better tomorrow for Hong Kong, I would like to toast to you. ”

As soon as he sat down after drinking, Li Jiacheng turned his head to look at Gu Chen, and took the initiative to start a topic: "I heard that Deputy Zong Li said just now that he also invited a well-known rich man in Hong Kong, and everyone and I are still guessing which well-known rich man in Hong Kong happens to be there, but I didn't expect it to be Gu Sheng." ”

From the arrangement of the position, Li Jiacheng, in fact, not only Li Jiacheng, everyone can see the importance of Gu Chen in the mainland political uniform, which everyone can understand, after all, Gu Chen himself is a public figure, has a huge influence in Hong Kong, and also has the tools of public opinion, these are the focus of the mainland political service.

"A few days ago, I went to Zhejiang-Jiangning-Bo for some personal matters, so I stopped by to visit a crew that was filming, and I didn't expect the central government to invite me to come."

Li Jiacheng smiled and said: "Gu Sheng's words are modest, don't say anything else, at the beginning of the year, Gu Sheng and Mr. Huo joined forces to acquire Singapore Petroleum Company, but it was a big deal, it just so happened that I invested in Canada's Husky Energy Company last year, and everyone may have opportunities for cooperation in the future."

Ye Peisheng sat between Li Jiacheng and Huo Yingdong, and he was talking to Huo Yingdong before, perhaps because he heard Gu Chen and Li Jiacheng talk about business, so he turned his head and said to Gu Chen: "Tomorrow, the delegation will go to the high-tech industrial park in the suburbs of Beijing to investigate, is Mr. Gu interested in going together?" ”

Even if Gu Chen didn't want to go, he couldn't say it: "Of course there is, I also want to see the achievements of the mainland's reform and opening up in the past ten years." ”

The welcome banquet lasted for more than an hour, and according to the itinerary, from 2:30 to 5:00 in the afternoon, Li Kangle, director of the Hong Kong AO Office, will accompany the tour of the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace, and no activities will be arranged in the evening; Tomorrow morning the Supreme Chief will personally be at the People's Congress. The delegation will go to the suburbs and Tianjin for inspection tomorrow afternoon and the morning after tomorrow, and after the inspection is over, the delegation will take a special plane from Tianjin to Hong Kong the afternoon after tomorrow. This is what Gu Chen heard Li Jiacheng say when he was chatting, and it was a coincidence that the hotel where the delegation stayed was actually a hotel, and he couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: No wonder when he went out, he found that there were many policemen outside the hotel today.

At the same time, he also found a problem - this seemingly top-level Hong Kong business delegation did not negotiate with the mainland government on any substantive commercial projects, which has to be said to be a very interesting problem.

Leave the fishing tai state guest. The museum was only one o'clock, there was still more than an hour before the afternoon activities, the delegation was carried by bus to the hotel, Gu Chen was also open to traffic, after getting off the bus, the members of the delegation were taken to their respective rooms by the hotel commissioner, but Gu Chen did not go back to his room, but walked with Huo Yingdong, and came to Huo Yingdong's room, a luxury suite.

After opening the door, the waiter left, the two sat down on the sofa, Gu Chen said with a smile: "If I guessed correctly, this delegation should be organized by Huo Lao, and among the many rich people in Hong Kong, only Huo Lao will spare no effort to help the Communist Party." ”

Fok Yingdong smiled, neither refuted nor admitted, but said: "Since the signing of the "Sino-British Union HE Statement" in 84, a large part of Hong Kong people have felt confused about the future of Hong Kong, and many people with conditions have emigrated overseas, so that many Western countries have expressed doubts about whether the mainland can successfully recover Hong Kong in 1997, thus causing greater social unrest. ”

"It's a really good way to calm people." Gu Chen had already guessed that it was boring, first sent a ministerial-level senior official to wait at the airport to greet him, and then the Zhengguo-level Chang Committee welcomed the discussion at the fishing level, and then he will be personally received by the supreme chief tomorrow morning.

"Actually, I am quite optimistic about the future of the mainland and Hong Kong, there are 1.2 billion people in the mainland, which is a huge potential market, and the labor is cheap, and the products have a price advantage in the world, which is conducive to exports and competition. In this way, both domestic demand and exports are both, as long as the implementation of the reform. Reform the policy of opening up to the outside world, and it is absolute that the economy will maintain high-speed development in the next two or three decades. After Hong Kong's return to the motherland, if it wants to continue to maintain economic prosperity, it cannot do without the support of the mainland. Of course, Hong Kong's prosperity and stability are also beneficial to the mainland. ”

After a pause, he talked about what he talked to Huo Yingdong on the phone the day before yesterday: "What do you think of the Shanghai-Haipu Pudong thing I told you?" ”

Huo Yingdong didn't answer immediately, but got up and walked to the shelf next to the TV, on which there were two packets of instant coffee powder and two packets of tea leaves: "What do you drink?" ”

Gu Chen said lightly: "Coffee, Xie Lu Xie." ”

Pour two packets of instant coffee powder into two cups, then flush the water to the outlet of the water dispenser, and gently stir with a spoon a few times after the last time, and the two cups of instant coffee are completed. Taking a cup of coffee from Huo Yingdong's hand, Gu Chen thanked him again. (To be continued......)

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