March 29, 1980, fine weather:

A Cathay Pacific business jet, a Boeing 737, took off from Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport and headed north to Yenching.

In the past few years, many media and ordinary people have paid more attention to the attitude of some powerful people in Hong Kong, but most of them are wise and self-preservation, and never express their attitude, such as more than a year ago, many rich people in Hong Kong have actually been to the mainland, and even many people have been to Yanjing City, but they are all indirect paths.

For example, flying from Hong Kong to Tokyo, and then from Tokyo to Yanjing, or going to Yuezhou City first, and then taking a plane, etc., the Hong Kong government knows that these people have been to Yenching, but as long as they don't deliberately show it, they will acquiesce.

This time it was different, the central government of the mainland stepped forward and sent Liang Liang, president of the Xinhua News Agency, to issue an invitation letter, and everything was on the bright side.

The main force to go to Yanjing this time is naturally the Chinese billionaires in Hong Kong, such as Huo Yingdong, Li Jiacheng, Bao Yugang, Hu Yingxiang, etc., and some are people in the political circles, literary and artistic circles, etc., Chen Zhiwen basically knows them, after all, Hong Kong is such a small city, there are so many well-known people.

After the plane stabilized, the cabin entered the leisure mode, although this business jet is not as luxurious as the 747 that Chen Zhiwen bought in the United States, but there should still be something, a small bar can provide a variety of alcohol, however, this is obviously not suitable for Chinese, especially if they are about to enter Beijing, how can they drink now.

After ordering a freshly squeezed orange juice, Chen Zhiwen picked some newspapers to watch to kill time, these are the official newspapers of the mainland in the last month, and in this era when the reform has just begun, a lot of useful information can be reflected in the newspapers.

"Chen Sheng, can you sit here?" A familiar voice suddenly came from the other side, Chen Zhiwen put down the newspaper and saw that it was Li Jiacheng, so he said, "Li Sheng, please take a seat." ”

After Li Jiacheng sat down opposite, he said with a smile: "Chen Sheng, my youngest son has been playing this a lot recently, and after I played for a while, I also think it is very good, no wonder Chen Sheng's electronic product can sell well overseas." ”

"If Li Sheng is interested, I'll send you a few arcade machines, this small handheld machine is just a little more convenient, but the playability is far behind." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile after seeing the game boy in Li Jiacheng's hand.

"That's okay, my eldest son is fine, my younger son is naughty, he always likes to tinker with some strange things, and he also likes electronic products." Li Jiacheng shook his head and said.

"That's not bad, in fact, you can send it to the University of Science and Technology in the United States in the future, and maybe you can also make a career in Silicon Valley." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile.

Lao Li's second son, although his achievements in the original history are far less than some of the richest people in Silicon Valley, but he is still relatively "high-tech" in Hong Kong, at least he is willing to invest in technology companies, such as the most famous Teng Xun, he invested 20%, but unfortunately he made a mistake in judgment and sold it, otherwise, with only this one investment, his achievements would not be lower than Li Jiacheng's achievements in his life, at least from the book wealth can be said to be so.

However, after all, he was too seriously affected by Hong Kong real estate, and he finally gave up technology and embraced real estate.

"I don't want to." Li Jiacheng said with a smile: "Chen Sheng, in fact, before you acquired HK Electric, I, Cheung Kong Industrial, were about to reach a very large real estate cooperation project with HK Electric, I don't know if you have heard of it?" ”

"I know this, but no matter how good the intention is, it is just an intention, and it doesn't mean anything if you don't sign a contract." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile, in fact, if Li Jiacheng was not ready to cooperate with HK Electric, he would not need to be in such a hurry to buy HK Electric immediately, fortunately, he was well prepared, otherwise he might be harmed by this goods.

"I didn't sign a contract, but my previous agreement with HK Electric was also very cost-effective for HK Electric itself, so Chen Sheng can think about it again." Li Jiacheng said with a smile on his face, he had invested a lot of energy before, and finally talked with HK Electric, but he didn't expect Chen Zhiwen to suddenly launch a takeover war against HK Electric, which led to all the investment falling short, and now he has to try to save a little.

"Galaxy Property is already preparing to cooperate with HK Electric, and Li Sheng can actually look for other British investors, such as Wheelock, who also have a lot of high-quality land on their hands." Chen Zhiwen said lightly, even if he has more funds, he can only select a few high-quality companies for mergers and acquisitions, and in Hong Kong, there are still too many companies with good land.

"I also know a little bit about the cooperation between Galaxy Real Estate and HK Electric, but the scope of coverage is not much, and the rest can completely cooperate with me Cheung Kong Industrial." Li Jiacheng said.

"Then there is no need, I am ready to keep some land for later development, and some are ready to develop self-owned properties." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.

The next round of real estate crisis will break out in September 1982, but in fact, in the second half of 81, the entire Hong Kong real estate market has fallen into stagflation, housing prices remain high, but the transaction volume is very low, obviously it is almost unbearable, but many people are holding on.

He is only planning to develop a small part of the small area of high-quality land owned by HK Electric, which will be completed by the middle of next year, and the rest will be held for a few more years until the next round of real estate begins to enter the bull market.

And with his current asset scale, Hong Kong here in the general land development he is not much interested, when the capital is enough, Hong Kong's small market can no longer make his capital double development, just like a company is too large, the product covers the global scope of progress must be very small, therefore, Hong Kong's real estate, will slowly turn to similar to land, a large number of high-quality shopping malls, office buildings, hotels, etc., lying down to collect rent.

"That's a shame." Li Jiacheng didn't insist anymore, and asked again: "Chen Sheng, what do you think about the future of Hong Kong real estate?" ”

"As the country opens up and the economy begins to develop, Hong Kong, as a bridge connecting the mainland and overseas, will naturally get better and better, and the same will certainly be true for real estate." Chen Zhiwen said casually.

"That's good, if Chen Sheng has this opinion, then I will be more at ease, don't disturb Chen Sheng, I'll go back to my seat first." Li Jiacheng nodded, then got up to leave.

The time soon arrived at half past 10 o'clock, the plane soon arrived in the sky over Yanjing City, circled around, landed on the airport runway, and then, the plane slowly drove to the designated position like a car, in the window, you can see a large red carpet outside, a large number of people are waiting.

After the plane was stopped, President Liang arranged for everyone to get out of the cabin one by one in the order that had been prepared, with people from the political world in front and people from the business community behind, no way, in name, politics, business, politics and business, politics in front, and the people in the political circles also had an order to get out of the cabin, but Chen Zhiwen's group of businessmen didn't matter.

It is estimated that even on the news broadcast, it is mainly to report on Hong Kong's politicians, and these businessmen may not have names, after all, Chen Zhiwen, Bao Yugang and others are famous in Hong Kong, but not many people know each other in China.

At this moment, it is the end of March, Yanjing City is not so cold, everyone can prepare some thick coats, after leaving the cabin, the sun is shining, but it feels a little hot.

The two directors of the State Council and the State Administration of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade who were in charge of picking up the plane were also aware of the fact that the president of the Xinhua News Agency had already informed everyone when they were on the plane before.

Under the constant photography of the domestic media, mainland officials shook hands with all the visitors from Hong Kong one by one, as well as a bunch of primary school students wearing red scarves, holding flowers in their hands, and handed them to every guest from Hong Kong.

After more than an hour, the group went to the prepared accommodation in the mainland under arrangement.

Although it has only been a little more than a year since the reopening of China, compared with the last time he came, Chen Zhiwen always felt that there seemed to be some changes, the most obvious is that the buses in Yanjing City, many of them have been replaced with new ones, and the smoke at the tail is not as much as before. A lot of people's clothes have also changed, some young people have started wearing jeans, and some walls have started to have some murals.

After a while, the shuttle bus arrived at the destination, and Chen Zhiwen got off the bus to see that it was actually a state guesthouse.

President Liang said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, the central government attaches great importance to this visit from Hong Kong's political and business circles, considering that you may not be accustomed to the accommodation environment here in Yanjing, so we have specially arranged you in the State Guesthouse. ”

Bao Yugang, as a representative of Hong Kong businessmen this time, said with a smile: "It's so polite, I didn't expect to be able to live in the state guesthouse this time, it's a great honor." ”

"You're welcome, tonight, there will be a banquet to wash the dust, tomorrow morning, you will go to the university, the conference, the hall, please try to rest well, if you are not used to it, you can also find me." President Liang said with a smile.

"Thank you." Quite a few people said loudly.

Chen Zhiwen was arranged in the middle of the state guesthouse, there is a small lake next door, there are some rockeries and fountains in the middle, there are many willows on both sides of the lake, which have been developed and sprouted at the moment, and the scenery is very beautiful.

Chen Zhiwen took the camera and filmed while walking, and soon, he met an old acquaintance again.

"Chen Sheng is very leisurely, huh?" Bao Yugang said with a smile.

"It's okay, but why does Bao Sheng look sad?" Chen Zhiwen asked curiously.

Bao Yugang said: "Chen Sheng, do you know why our group of people stayed in the state guesthouse? ”

"Why?" Chen Zhiwen also asked with some curiosity, although the central government attaches great importance to this group of people, the National Soldier Pavilion generally only serves overseas dignitaries.

"Because in the whole of Yanjing, there is not a decent five-star hotel." Bao Yugang smiled: "I came to Yanjing City a long time ago, and I found out about this problem at that time, so I proposed to donate 10 million US dollars to build a five-star hotel in Yanjing.

Tens of millions of dollars, in Hong Kong may not be enough, but the mainland is more than enough, the government's project, the land price is basically 0, the building materials, the mainland is also much cheaper than Hong Kong, I thought it would be very smooth, that is, I proposed to name the hotel after my father, but it was stuck, I knew so, I didn't mention this request, and now I want to withdraw it is not good. ”

"I see, but don't care, this kind of request in the Western world is very common, but now it is still not suitable in China, I think it will be solved after a while." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said with a smile.

In the first few years of domestic reopening, this kind of thing was actually quite common, such as the White Swan Hotel built by Huo Yingdong in eastern Guangdong Province, according to domestic law, high-rise buildings need to have anti-aircraft guns, which made Huo Yingdong dumbfounded, and it took more than a year to solve.

"I hope so, Chen Sheng, if you want to invest in China, just invest purely, don't ask for any additional requirements, otherwise, I'm afraid you'll be the same as me." Bao Yugang said with a smile.

"I've been prepared, don't worry." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

(End of chapter)