Chapter 802: Renting the Forbidden City
"......" East Pearl looked at the magnificent building in front of him, and couldn't help but hesitate.
East Pearl actually came to the Forbidden City, but it was more than 10 years ago, I just got married, and my husband came to visit the Forbidden City when he was on his honeymoon, at that time the two people spent three cents each to enter the Forbidden City, and now the ticket to the Forbidden City has risen to 5 yuan, which can't help but make East Pearl sigh the changes of the times.
But this time, the East Pearl is no longer coming as a tourist, but as a business negotiator, and at the same time, they also need to persuade the Forbidden City to lease the square in front of the Taihe Hall to them to hold a press conference.
However, even so, the East Pearl still chose to come to the Forbidden City to negotiate first, after all, compared with the Great Hall of the People, the Forbidden City feels more likely, after all, the Forbidden City is essentially a museum in the Celestial Empire, and the status of ZZ is far from being comparable with the Great Hall of the People.
After taking a few deep breaths, Dong Mingzhu took two secretaries to the door of the Forbidden City Management Office, and when Dong Mingzhu tried to go in, there was a small episode, that is, the two security guards guarding there stopped Dong Mingzhu, saying that this is not a place to buy tickets, tourists are prohibited from entering, and if you need to visit the Forbidden City, you can go to the ticket office to buy tickets.
"We are here to discuss business cooperation with the Forbidden City, and we have already called in advance!" Dong Mingzhu took a deep breath and said, but she was still ready to be kicked out by the security guards.
Although when I arrived in the imperial capital yesterday, the East Pearl did communicate with the Forbidden City Management Office on the phone, but the attitude of the Forbidden City on the phone was very flat, and the little girl who answered the phone was even reluctant to deal with the East Pearl several times, and finally under the continuous confirmation of the East Pearl, it was finally said that the East Pearl could come to the Forbidden City Management Office to communicate on the second day, and then hung up the phone.
This made Dongmingzhu already have a lot of ominous premonitions.
"Oh! You are the people of Daqian Group! Unexpectedly, this security guard actually knew the identity of Dong Mingzhu and his party, and then took the initiative to take Dong Mingzhu and others all the way into a large room in the Forbidden City Management Office.
Although this seems to be just a very normal etiquette, it makes the shrewd Dong Mingzhu keenly feel that the situation seems to be a little different.
Dong Mingzhu and the others did not wait for a long time, and a middle-aged man came over with a few people, took the initiative to shake hands with Dong Mingzhu, and then introduced himself, which turned out to be the director of the Open Management Office of the Palace Museum.
"According to your previous communication on the phone, Daqian Group hopes to borrow the venue of our Forbidden City to hold a press conference, right?" The director of the Open Management Division asked.
"Yes, that's right!" Dong Mingzhu nodded.
"And where would you like to hold a press conference?" The head of the management office asked with a frown.
"We hope to be able to do it in that area of Taihedian Square!" Dong Mingzhu hurriedly said, and this location was also discussed by Dong Mingzhu and Boss Jia.
Taihedian Square is the largest square in the Forbidden City area, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people at the same time, and it is more than enough to hold a press conference.
In addition, the background of the Taihedian Square is the magnificent Taihe Palace, which is also the largest palace in the Forbidden City, and the shock brought by the background is huge.
"Oh, are you just in the Taihedian Square? Didn't you guys want to hold a press conference inside the palace? There was an inexplicable look of surprise on the face of the head of the management office.
"No, we have no interest in holding a press conference inside the palace!" Dong Mingzhu hurriedly said, "We also understand the protection of ancient buildings, and holding a press conference inside the palace will definitely cause some damage to the palace, and we Daqian Group will not do this kind of thing." ”
"In addition, the functional interior is actually a little small, which is not suitable for us to hold a large-scale press conference with thousands of people and more than 1 billion TV viewers around the world, so Taihedian Square is more suitable for us!"
"That's a good point!" The head of the management office immediately smiled into a flower on his face, "Then how much money are you willing to pay!" ”
"And that's the beginning of the money?" Dong Mingzhu was stunned for a moment and began to talk about money, which means that there is a play!
"The price, of course, is determined by your Palace Museum, we don't know!" Dong Mingzhu hurriedly said.
"That's ......" the director of the management department showed a hesitant expression on his face, and said after repeated entanglement, "Then you see, 1 million yuan, how about this price?" ”
"No problem, we totally agree with the price!" The management office originally thought that the other party would discuss with him for a long time for the price, but Dong Mingzhu replied immediately and did not hesitate at all.
"Then it's decided!" The director of the management office showed an even more anxious look than Dong Mingzhu, and directly agreed, and this business negotiation, which was almost impossible in Dong Mingzhu's opinion, was so smoothly successful.
In the next few days, Dongmingzhu also met with the director of the Palace Museum, and then signed a business cooperation agreement with the director on the spot, which also has a large piece of terms on the protection of ancient buildings, and how Daqian Group should compensate if there is damage.
Dong Mingzhu took a look, although the restrictions are stricter, but it will not have much impact on the holding of the press conference, so the two sides signed the contract very smoothly, and in less than three days, the matter was completely settled.
On June 6th, the Palace Museum was closed directly throughout the day, and all kinds of materials of Daqian Group could enter three days in advance, and after 8 a.m. on the 6th, they could arrange the venue in Taihedian Square, and finally hold this press conference at 6 p.m.
Although the conditions are relatively strict, this has made Dongmingzhu overjoyed, and after the agreement was signed, he immediately rushed back to Yuzhang to report the good news to our Boss Jia.
"I really didn't expect things to go so smoothly!" Dong Mingzhu looked at our Boss Jia and said in surprise.
"It was all expected by me!" Boss Jia smiled slightly, this sentence is not an afterthought, in fact, whether it is the Great Hall of the People or the Palace Museum, it was commercialized in the 90s and 10s, especially the Forbidden City, and then there were various commercial activities almost every week.
However, this cannot be blamed on the desire for profit of the Palace Museum, on the contrary, the Palace Museum needs a lot of money because it needs a lot of maintenance.
In the era of China, even many state-owned enterprises were forced to close down, how could there be a large amount of money to the Palace Museum, many employees of the Palace Museum were in arrears, so the Palace Museum could only find a way to save itself, and there were many commercialization things later.
In fact, even the Great Hall of the People, as long as you are willing to pay rent, during non-state meetings, it can be rented, even the Central Hall, this is a fact, not a joke.
But after the 10s, the country became rich and strong, and at the same time, various self-media gradually developed, and many things were stabbed on the Internet as soon as they happened, and the Palace Museum was questioned in commercialization one after another, so it gradually stopped all kinds of commercialization that may destroy cultural relics, and turned to engage in cultural and creative products of the Forbidden City, which can be regarded as a good turning point and development.
At this time, the Palace Museum was at the most difficult time for funding, and the state had already issued a document that allowed each museum to exert its own subjective initiative, allowing appropriate commercialization and generating financial revenue.
Therefore, the Palace Museum has long wanted to engage in some commercial things, but because of the resounding name of the Forbidden City, many companies dare not make ideas about the Forbidden City.
This time, Daqian Group's active contact actually made the entire Palace Museum very excited and happy, especially when they learned that Daqian Group was only using Taihedian Square and would not harm any cultural relics, they wanted to promote this cooperation more than Dongmingzhu.
And the price of 1 million is not negotiable, even if the East Pearl is pressed to 300,000, the Palace Museum will agree.
However, 1 million is not a dime a dime for Daqian, and there is nothing to worry about.
On the other hand, as Boss Jia requested, when the world learned that this press conference would be held in the Forbidden City, the eyes of the whole world paid great attention to this press conference!
Next, it's up to Daqian's own performance!