Life 1984

Li Yunhai and Zhu Lin ate at the revolving restaurant on the top floor today.

In 1987, the Great Wall Hotel with all glass curtain walls was considered the most luxurious and beautiful in the country. Four sightseeing elevators led directly to the revolving restaurant on the top floor.

While they were chatting, they saw several young people come in and sit at the table next to Li Yunhai and the others. It seemed that these people were all locals from Beijin.

Li Yunhai looked at them and felt that they looked very familiar. When he heard that they were talking about antiques, literature, and Peking opera, he immediately remembered who these people were.

There is a very famous Beijin Cultural Circle in our country, commonly known as the Beijing Circle.

This circle was particularly popular in the [-]s and [-]s, and ordinary people couldn't get into it. There were a few novelists who wrote one popular novel and adapted it into a film and television series.

The one wearing glasses was named Hai Yan, there was another one named Wang Su who looked a bit stupid, and there was also a thin young man who seemed to be more loyal, who was later known as Mr. Ma in the antique circle.

Hai Yan had a special liking for the Great Wall Hotel and liked to come here to eat and party. These people were only slightly famous at the time and were discussing setting up a creative group of their own and looking for someone to invest.

Zhu Lin thought they were too noisy, so he and Li Yunhai got up and left.

Zhu Lin was sitting with her back to those people just now. When she stood up, those people recognized her, pointed at her and shouted, "Isn't this that person?"

Someone said: "Zhu Lin! She looks pretty good, but she's a bit old! Otherwise, she could still be the heroine of our next movie!"

Zhu Lin frowned slightly and ignored them.

Li Yunhai walked up to them and said: "Your literary quality is not bad, but your character quality is a bit average. Otherwise, your achievements in the future will be even higher. Now it seems that it is nothing more than this."

His words offended half of the people in Beijing.

Fortunately, these people didn't know Li Yunhai, so they just stared at him in shock.

After Li Yunhai finished speaking, he left with Zhu Lin and Shi Shiran.

The two walked into the sightseeing elevator.

The elevator is made of glass, and you can see the beautiful scenery of the capital outside.

Li Yunhai stood up for Zhu Lin just now, which touched her very much.

There were only two of them in the elevator, and there were thousands of lights outside the glass.

Zhu Lin suddenly hugged Li Yunhai and kissed his lips passionately.

Li Yunhai was stunned at first, and then responded crazily.

The two of them kissed in the dark as if no one was around in the slowly sinking sightseeing elevator.

It wasn't until the elevator stopped on the first floor and the elevator door slowly opened that the two of them separated.

Zhu Lin was grateful to Li Yunhai in his heart, but he didn't say it out loud. He just expressed it with a kiss.

The two of them walked out of the elevator affectionately and came to the hotel bar.

Li Yunhai ordered a glass of Angel Kiss for Zhu Lin, but he still drank Blue Hawaii.

Zhu Lin took a sip of wine and said, "This Angel's Kiss is quite delicious."

Li Yunhai smiled slightly: "An angel's kiss is not as good as a queen's kiss."

Zhu Lin's pretty face flushed, she caressed her beautiful face, and said, "You've all heard it, they all said I'm old!"

Li Yunhai shook his head gently: "To be honest, you don't look down on them, whether it's their people or their scripts. The words they wrote and the films and TV series they filmed may be forgotten by the world in a few years. , but the classic characters you create will last forever. They can only appreciate the young and beautiful body, but not the elegant temperament and beautiful heart."

Zhu Lin enjoyed the flattery and asked with a smile: "Do you know them?"

Li Yunhai said: "I don't know him, but I've heard of it before! If you're not in the same circle, there's no need to force your way in."

Zhu Lin said with a somewhat lost expression: "Actually, what that person said is not wrong. I am indeed a bit old, and it is not easy to mix in this circle. Every year, I don't know how many young and beautiful beauties graduate from the acting department and walk into This circle. My advantage will only get smaller and smaller."

Li Yunhai said: "Film and TV dramas are not just about youth, there are also family dramas and middle-aged dramas. You can make any kind of drama at any age. As long as it suits you and you can act well, then it is a good drama."

Zhu Lin is an actor. His mood was temporarily affected just now, but he quickly recovered and asked with a smile: "When I was chatting with Gong Jie, I told her that I wanted to imitate her in going to sea. Do you think I can do it?"

This person was asking about important events in her life, which were related to her future life direction. Li Yunhai did not dare to say anything casually. She thought about it seriously and then said: "You are different from Gong Jie. She is very interested in the film and television industry." She is really completely disappointed and tired of it. She wanted to start a new life, so she walked out. But your career ambitions are much stronger than hers."

"But I'm tired." Zhu Lin lowered his head, looked at the wine glass, and said, "I feel very tired during this period. I want to rest for a while."

Li Yunhai thought to himself that what was supposed to come had finally come. Zhu Lin's absence in the past few years seemed to be due to divorce, so he said, "Then take a rest! If you feel bored, do something for me."

Zhu Lin smiled sweetly: "Okay. I'll offer you a glass of wine."

Li Yunhai picked up the cup and touched it lightly with her.

Zhu Lin actually drank the wine in the glass in one gulp!
When Li Yunhai saw it, he had no choice but to drink.

While they were chatting, Li Yunhai's pager rang.

Soon, he saw Zhuang Yong walking over.

"Mr. Li, the leader of the leading group for the construction of tourist hotels using foreign capital and overseas Chinese capital is looking for you."

After my country's reform, there were obviously not enough hotel beds in the country. In 1978, my country received more than 180 million foreign guests, and in 1979 the number soared to 420 million.However, there are only seven hotels in Beijin that barely meet the standards for receiving foreign guests, with only 7 beds.

In the Beijin Hotel, which has the best conditions, there is often a scene at the door: comrades from the foreign affairs offices of various ministries and commissions queue up since early morning with letters of introduction in order to get a room.Even so, many foreign guests still have to crowd into hotel lobbies to spend the night.Some foreign guests simply take a tour of the scenic spots as soon as they get off the plane, and the rush is comparable to an elderly shopping group.

In the past few years, it has been difficult for Chinese people to enter Beijin Hotel to spend money, even if they have money.Because we are too busy to receive foreign guests.

The hotel problem has attracted the attention of Comrade Xixian, and his solution is to open up the door.

In 1979, he said in a conversation: "To engage in tourism, we need to build hotels and make up our minds quickly. The first batch can find overseas Chinese and foreign investors, and then develop on our own."

So in the early 80s, there was a special organization in our country called the "Leading Group for Utilizing Foreign Capital and Overseas Chinese Capital to Build Tourist Hotels." It didn't sound very lofty, but the person in charge was the Deputy State Councilor, and the executive was the Director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, and even the office The directors are all concurrently appointed by the Director of the General Administration of Tourism.

Li Yunhai was also surprised when he heard about this leadership group for the first time, but when he heard that the people were of high rank, he did not dare to neglect and said, "Then let's meet! Where are they?"

Zhuang Yong said: "They have been asking for your housing information at the front desk just now. The front desk checked their IDs and dared not say anything. I happened to hear it, so I came up and said hello. They were still at the front desk."

Li Yunhai nodded and said to Zhu Lin: "Sister Zhu, I'll go see them."

Zhu Lin put down the cup, stood up and said, "Shall I come with you? Can I meet someone?"

Li Yunhai smiled and said: "Of course, let's go!"

Zhu Lin pursed his lips and smiled slightly, and followed him.

There were several people standing in the front lobby. When they saw Li Yunhai approaching, they came forward to greet him.

"Ah ha, Mr. Li, nice to meet you!" Leader Zhuang held Li Yunhai's hand and said with a smile, "I just found out that Mr. Li came to Beijin. I'm sorry to be with you and disrespectful!"

Li Yunhai smiled and said: "I'm just here to receive an award. I didn't want to alarm the leaders. Li is scared!"

At this time, the few literary young people from Beijing who had been eating in the rooftop restaurant stepped out of the elevator. When they passed the front desk, they happened to see Li Yunhai shaking hands with Leader Zhuang.

People in the Beijing circle, of course, knew Leader Zhuang. When they saw Leader Zhuang being so respectful to Li Yunhai, they couldn't help but be shocked. They wondered who this young man was.
Thinking of what just happened on the top floor, they were very glad that there was no bigger conflict with Li Yunhai.

They stood there and watched for a while, then left when they saw Li Yunhai, Leader Zhuang and others walking into the coffee shop on the other side.

Li Yunhai, Leader Zhuang and others came to the coffee shop and sat down.

Leader Zhuang smiled and said: "We have heard about Mr. Li's pioneering work in Hong Kong to acquire land for HK$9 million and build a building for US$7 million. We are deeply shocked! The emergence of a giant businessman like Mr. Li in our country is a blessing to our country! "

Li Yunhai laughed and said, "I am so ashamed of myself, Leader Zhuang!"

Leader Zhuang said: "Mr. Li, please stop being modest. Speaking of which, we still did not do our job well and did not contact Mr. Li earlier. This is our dereliction of duty. This morning, Comrade Xixian summoned the members of our team and gave personal instructions Us: You have been looking for foreign capital to build a hotel, but your domestic funds have been used to build a building in Hong Kong!"

Li Yunhai was shocked!
He didn't expect that his behavior had alarmed Comrade Xixian.Leader Zhuang sighed: "Comrade Xixian is right to criticize! We have been focusing on Hong Kong, Taiwan and foreign capital, but we have ignored the domestic giants and wealthy businessmen. We cannot always rely on foreign capital to build hotels. In a country as big as ours , so many people, don’t they even have the ability to build a five-star hotel of their own? Mr. Li, we come to you this time to ask you to invest in Beijin and build a five-star hotel of our own. hotel!"

Prior to this, the five-star hotels built by Beijin Investment were all Sino-foreign joint ventures.

In order to persuade Li Yunhai, Leader Zhuang told a story from the past with emotion.

When we jointly built Jianguo Hotel, from the perspective of the Chinese side, if you build a hotel here, of course I will manage it.But the U.S. side disagreed and said, "You can't do it, you can't manage it well."

The Chinese representative asked: “Why can’t we manage it well?”

The American representative replied: "You have no experience in managing a hotel, and your management concepts are not good."

Both sides came and went, arguing endlessly.The American representative became anxious and burst out: "Let me tell you frankly: there are no hotels in your country!"

His words hurt the self-esteem of the Chinese people: "Why don't we have hotels in our country? There are so many hotels in Beijin, Beijin Hotel, Qianmen Hotel, Xinqiao Hotel, and Minzu Hotel. What are those if not hotels?"

The American side was not polite and said: "Those hotels of yours can only be regarded as guest houses at best, not hotels! You will understand when you look at foreign hotels."

After Leader Zhuang finished speaking, he said with a dumbfounded look on his face: "When we designed a hotel, all the rooms were on the left and the bathrooms were all on the right. Foreigners laughed at us for a long time!"

Li Yunhai couldn't help but remain silent after hearing this story.

Leader Zhuang patted his thigh and said sadly: "Mr. Li! We must have our own five-star hotel! You are the only one in the country who has such a large amount of funds and the ability to invest in the construction of such a hotel. .”

Li Yunhai pondered: "Boss Zhuang, I do have investments in Xiangjiang, but what I built is not a five-star hotel, but an office building, which I want to rent out. What I built in Xizhou is also the Sihai Center , mainly used for office use. To be honest, I have no experience in investing or managing a five-star hotel."

Leader Zhuang said: "Mr. Li, please stop being modest. You have a Tianhua Hotel in Xizhou. Am I right? It's the right time for you to build another five-star hotel! I am here to express my sincere gratitude to you." You guarantee it, but what piece of land do you want in Jincheng, Jeonbei? I promise to get it for you! That piece of land in the Forbidden City is really not good!"

Li Yunhai smiled, thinking that what Leader Zhuang said was quite interesting.

He may not value the hotel, but he values ​​the land in the capital!

The future development of Beijin will definitely change with each passing day.

Building a hotel now is about politics.

If you want to build a hotel in downtown Beijin in the future, you may not be able to build it even if you have money!
Li Yunhai now agrees to the other party, and what he gets is not only the land, but also an honor!
Leader Zhuang said: "Mr. Li, tell me! What conditions do you want? We will try our best to satisfy you."

Li Yunhai said: "Boss Zhuang, thank you for thinking so highly of me. Li is not a bad person. That's good. I want to do something big! I only open a five-star hotel. I think the layout is too big." Too small!”

Leader Zhuang said in confusion: "Do you want to invest in two five-star hotels?"

Li Yunhai smiled slightly: "No, I want to develop a large commercial plaza! It will be built at the intersection of East Chang'an Street!"

Leader Zhuang was stunned.

Where is the intersection of East Chang'an Street?

That’s a great location on Chang’an Avenue!

Even Leader Zhuang himself cannot make the decision.

Li Yunhai said calmly: "I need 10 square meters of land! Connect Chang'an Street and Wangfujing Street. I can invest more than 10 billion US dollars in this project!"

If this project can be won, Li Yunhai thinks that the construction of the building on the Xiangjiang side can be postponed and part of the funds invested in the Beijin project.

Li Yunhai now relies on Sihai Group to earn an income of two to three billion US dollars a year.

As long as his company survives, he can maintain the operation of these major projects at the same time.

Li Yunhai undoubtedly posed a big problem to Leader Zhuang.

Leader Zhuang was very happy to hear about such a large investment.

But Li Yunhai's desire for more than 10 square meters of land on Chang'an Avenue gave him mixed feelings.

Can he apply for such a good location and such a large piece of land?
Leader Zhuang said: "Mr. Li, I will try my best! Please wait for my good news. How do you plan to use this 10 square meters of land after you win it?"

Li Yunhai said: "I know that the houses near Chang'an Street have a limited height, so I plan to build 12 buildings for different purposes, including 8 Grade A office buildings, 2 high-end apartment buildings, and 1 large open-plan building." Shopping mall, 1 luxury five-star hotel!”

Leader Zhuang couldn't help but beam with joy after hearing this!
Is this more than what a big hotel can compare to?This is completely a city within a city!
The total investment of the Jianguo Hotel was US$2200 million, while the cost of the Great Wall Hotel was only US$7500 million.

Li Yunhai's total investment now exceeds US$10 billion. It is not impossible to build a city within a city!
Leader Zhuang will naturally try his best to promote this matter.

"Mr. Li, please rest assured, I will definitely win this big project!" Leader Zhuang said, "You must not go to other places to invest. We, Beijin, will secure this fund!"

"Okay!" Li Yunhai smiled slightly and said, "I'm waiting for the good news from Leader Zhuang."

Leader Zhuang shook hands with Li Yunhai again, said goodbye and left.

Zhu Lin stayed quietly beside Li Yunhai and never spoke.

On such important occasions, she knew what she should and should not say.

After the guests left, Zhu Lin said: "Mr. Li, do you really want to invest US$10 billion to build so many houses in Beijin?"

Li Yunhai said: "Beijin is definitely worth investing in. In the future, it will be no worse than Xiangjiang, or even better! My main investments in the future will definitely be concentrated in Beijin, Shanghai, Huacheng, Pengcheng, Xiangjiang, Xizhou and other places. "

Zhu Lin said: "It's unimaginable! An investment of US$10 billion!"

Li Yunhai smiled and said: "What's unimaginable about this? If you are willing, come and help me manage this investment and let you imagine it to your heart's content."

A blush flashed on Zhu Lin's face: "Really or not? I take it seriously!"

Li Yunhai said: "Then starting from tomorrow, the project organizing committee will be formally established. Well, this project will be called Sihai Plaza. How about it?"

Zhu Lin said: "People in Beijin prefer the word Dongfang. But Sihai Plaza is also okay. This is the name of your company."

Li Yunhai said: "Let's call it Sihai Plaza! You can tell at a glance that it was developed by our Sihai Group. There is a Sihai Center in Xizhou and a Sihai Plaza in Beijin! Not bad!"

The two drank wine and coffee. They were both a little drunk at the moment, but they were very sober. They talked for a long time before returning to the room.

Zhu Lin didn't say go home or find another room.

Li Yunhai didn't ask any more questions.

The kiss in the sightseeing elevator had narrowed the distance between the two.

Such a youthful beauty, no man can resist her beauty.

Of course Li Yunhai is no exception.

Even if you don't do anything, just staying with her and smelling her body fragrance is intoxicating.

After entering the room, Zhu Lin said: "I didn't bring any change of clothes. I didn't take a shower yesterday, so why don't I take a shower today?"

Li Yunhai said: "You wash it first, and I will buy it for you."

Zhu Lin said: "It's so late, where else can I buy it? Let's talk about it tomorrow! I've taken a bath, give me your clothes to wear. I've washed the clothes and maybe they can be dried tomorrow."

Li Yunhai said hello.

Zhu Lin went to take a shower first.

Li Yunhai took out his own set of pajamas, knocked on the bathroom door, and said, "Sister Zhu, I have a set of pajamas here. You can wear it for now."

The door to the shower room opened, and a delicate hand stretched out and took his hand.

Li Yunhai thought she was holding the clothes, but he held them in the wrong place, so he retracted his hand and put the clothes in her palm. (End of chapter)