1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 214 Welcome to Yanjing
It was not until the morning of the third day that Zhai Yuan saw the promotion for the second voyage of the Natural Selection through the Jade Channel broadcast in Yanjing City.

On the TV screen, all the artists under 91 Entertainment were present. The stars from the "God of Gamblers" crew all changed into their costumes from the show, from Wan Ziliang and Liang Jiahui in suits to Lan Jiuying in radiant style, all of them attended the grand cocktail party on the gambling boat.

Ye Zhiming's popularity is much better than Zhai Yuan's. In addition to the artists from 91, he also invited the Five Tigers of TVB and some other stars from the film, television and music circles to support him.

People from Jiahe and Xinyicheng arrived one after another.

Among them, the most famous group is the Wynners.

Tan Yonglin led the team to sing a song "Da Jia Le" on the stage and privately took a check for 200,000 yuan from Ye Zhiming.

Ye Zhiming also formed a model team of young ladies from Hong Kong, who exposed their white thighs in front of the camera.

The music is soft and the dance is gentle~
Regardless of whether or not the people of Yanjing can receive Cantonese TV channels, most of the time they will not pay attention to a group of celebrities who speak Cantonese. However, based on the image of the model team showing their thighs alone, I believe the ratings of Jade Channel must have increased a lot last night.

Three days.

Zhai Yuan didn't do much serious work in Yanjing.

The city of Yanjing in the 1980s did not yet have the fast-paced life that it has today. In the hutong courtyards, restaurants and teahouses, although people lived a simple life, their brows were more relaxed than those of Hong Kong white-collar workers who could not afford to buy houses.

Thinking of the "bold remarks" made by Wang Zengqi, Liang Shiqiu, and Hu Jinquan, who said that one has not been to Yenching University if he has not drunk soy milk, Zhai Yuan specially ordered a set meal of soy milk, rubber rings, and shredded pickled vegetables from this era, thinking that it would be different from later ones. After taking two sips, he threw the bowl into the trash can.

It’s still the familiar recipe, the sour smell of burning matches mixed with fermented swill.

I listened to two excerpts from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the library, watched "Silang Visits His Mother" at Sanqing Garden, and someone was performing crosstalk in the teahouse...

Zhai Yuan felt that if he could carry a bird cage and hold two walnuts in his hands, he would be able to retire early.

During these three days, Jet Li became Zhai Yuan's full-time driver in Yanjing.

Upon learning that Zhai Yuan had come to Yanjing, the Kung Fu Emperor was the first to come over and drove his Fiat 126P, which cost more than yuan, and took Zhai Yuan for a stroll around the city.

At a time when the streets are still full of bicycles, Jet Li's private car has attracted a lot of attention.
Zhai Yuan could understand his desire to leave the martial arts school and enter the film and television industry.

He was able to afford a private car after shooting two movies in the mainland. When he arrived in Hong Kong where wages were higher, it was a foregone conclusion that he would soar to the top with his talent.

Unfortunately, my health is not very good.

After filming "Shaolin Temple", Jet Li suffered a lot of injuries. Now he can't do many difficult moves and is far less durable than Chen Shilong.

However, Jiuyi Entertainment still needs a leading action star.

Sitting in the car, Zhai Yuan said to Li Lianjie who was in the driving seat: "I talked to the instructor of your martial arts school yesterday. I can apply for you to retire due to illness. You can go to Hong Kong with me for treatment later."

If Jet Li had applied for this himself, it would have been almost impossible for the martial arts school to let him go. However, Zhai Yuan was able to speak to the comrades in the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and asked a middleman to smooth things over. He prepared a meal of mutton hotpot and a few bottles of Niu Er, during which he vomited twice and said a lot of positive words. Finally, they were willing to give in.

Jet Li slightly exerted force on the steering wheel and took a deep breath to suppress his excitement: "Thank you, Mr. Zhai!"

His girlfriend Huang Qiuyan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was even more excited. The martial arts girl spoke boldly, "Where else do you want to go today, Mr. Zhai? I'll treat you!"

Zhai Yuan smiled and said, "I vomited up a bowl of soybean milk this morning. If you want to treat me, please treat me to a meal first."

The three men were of similar age and were not that reserved in their conversation. The only thing that Jet Li and Huang Qiuyan were curious about was that Zhai Yuan, the boss from Hong Kong, spoke surprisingly good Mandarin with a hint of Beijing accent.

Huang Qiuyan thought about the time she went to Sanqingyuan to watch an opera with Zhai Yuan yesterday. She had hoped to use his Hong Kong identity to get some privileges and get a front-row ticket, but the moment Mr. Zhai opened his mouth he spoke in authentic Beijing dialect.

Later, when she passed by the ticket office on her way to the toilet, she accidentally heard the ticket seller chatting with someone: "There are all kinds of people these days. I just met a fool pretending to be from Hong Kong..."

Huang Qiuyan couldn't stop laughing when she thought about this, and said to Zhai Yuan, "Okay, please prepare a good meal for us."

Half an hour later, the car stopped at the Yanjing Hotel in Dongcheng.

Jet Li used his celebrity status to book a table in the lounge, and happened to catch a small concert being held there, it was so elegant.

Jet Li sat at the dining table, his tone not without pride: "Mr. Zhai, ordinary people can't enter this place. I had dinner with several big leaders last time, and their managers are quite familiar with me."

Zhai Yuan thought to himself, I'm not Lu Yu, what's the point of you pretending to be like this in front of me?

Huang Qiuyan was much more honest. She rolled her eyes at him and said, "Didn't the martial arts school come here to attend the celebration banquet last time? The leaders invited more than a hundred people to learn from them. Why do you say it's as if you were the only one invited?"

Jet Li smiled awkwardly and scratched his head: "You don't understand, there are some things I can't tell others... Where do you want to go later, Mr. Zhai?"

If someone takes the initiative to change the subject, there is no need to dig into the matter.

Zhai Yuan smiled and said, "I'm busy with some business today. Come with me to the airport to pick up some friends later."

Zhai Yuan, a layman, did not have the ability to recruit technical talents from the mainland and was afraid of missing out on real gold. After settling down in Hong Kong, he contacted Guan Weiming and asked him to bring a few people from the factory over for exchanges and learning.

As long as the casino is up and running, money will be plentiful and there will be no need to worry about research and development funds. The next step is to put VCDs and optical discs on the agenda.

Jet Li nodded and agreed.

Huang Qiuyan said, "Mr. Zhai, there is news about the courtyard house you asked me to inquire about. There are two houses on Gulou Street that are priced at 200,000 yuan. When can I take you to visit them?"

Zhai Yuan said, "It doesn't matter if you take a look or not. Just book five or six apartments for me first, so that I have a place to stay when I come to Yanjing in the future."

Jet Li said: "What's so good about a Siheyuan? There's no heating. I have a friend who is in real estate. He recently developed high-end commercial housing in the South Second Ring Road. The new property costs more than 2,000 yuan per square meter. It's more comfortable to live in than a Siheyuan."

Zhai Yuan did the math in his mind and nodded, "Okay, tell your friend to reserve a few units for me after the sale starts."

Huang Qiuyan asked: "Do you still want the quadrangle?"

Zhai Yuan said: "Of course! I have a big family."

Jet Li and Huang Qiuyan looked at each other in bewilderment. How many people in your family can live in so many houses?

After coming out of the Yanjing Hotel, Jet Li was drunk but insisted on driving, and was forced by Zhai Yuan to sit on the passenger seat.

Hong Kong just introduced laws and regulations prohibiting drunk driving two years ago, but the mainland seems to have to wait until after the millennium. Zhai Yuan is afraid of following in Lausanne's footsteps.

Huang Qiuyan, who had not drunk any alcohol, drove the car to the international airport. Not long after they arrived, familiar faces appeared in front of Zhai Yuan.

Guan Weiming led the team, followed by three Japanese guys, Matsumoto Yu, Fujii Joe and Kobayashi Tetsuo, as well as several local Hong Kong technicians.

Zhai Yuan went up to them and said hello with a smile: "Everyone, Welcome to Yanjing!"

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Zhai Yuan came to Yanjing this time to do only three things.

Jet Li, buying houses and recruiting technical talents.

This ended up being a lot more troublesome than I had imagined.

The mainland has proposed the "march toward science" since the 1950s, with the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Ministry of Electronics Industry taking the lead. So far, electronic factories have sprung up in various cities.

However, the industry as a whole is still too weak, and many projects can only remain in the laboratory research stage and cannot enter the downstream market for commercial use.

In addition, due to the Batumi embargo, they were unable to obtain cutting-edge products and technologies. At that time, the total amount of integrated circuits produced in a year by hundreds of factories across the country was not even one-tenth of the monthly output of a large Japanese factory.

In this complex context, the concepts of VCD and CD were too advanced.

Zhai Yuan led his technical team to visit several electronics factories on the outskirts of Beijing over the next week.

The results were not satisfactory. The production focus of these factories was mostly on commercial televisions, and they imported JVC color TV production lines from Toyo, involving very little technology.

Finally, a state-owned factory manager gave Zhai Yuan some advice: "If you want to engage in technological research and development, you should try your luck at the Academy of Sciences. After all, our electronics factory has to consider output value."

Zhai Yuan had no choice but to ask Aunt Xia Meng for help, hoping that she could act as a matchmaker.

It was the first time that Xia Meng knew that Zhai Yuan had a factory in Yuen Long. After understanding the whole story, she made several phone calls.

Early the next morning.

Xia Meng found Zhai Yuan and said, "There is a company called Xianke in Pengcheng that is also doing CD research."

As soon as Zhai Yuan heard it, he knew which company she was talking about and shook his head, saying, "Xinke is still researching laser disc record technology from abroad a few years ago. It's not the same thing as the CD I want to make."

Xia Meng frowned and said, "I don't understand what you are talking about, but it may not be that easy to bring talents from the Academy of Sciences to Hong Kong."

Zhai Yuan thought for a moment and said to Xia Meng, "If you are willing to release him, I can provide the Academy of Sciences with 10 million Hong Kong dollars in research funding."

Xia Meng was surprised when he heard this and had a new understanding of Zhai Yuan's financial resources.

In fact, a few days ago, Zhai Yuan might have thought twice before taking out so much money.

But as the gambling ships from Hong Kong set out to sea, good news came one after another from Ye Zhiming.

During the few days when Zhai Yuan and his technical team were visiting, wealthy customers from Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand came on board. The Natural Selection sold more than 100 million mud chips in total, making a net profit of more than 42 million Hong Kong dollars.

Ye Zhiming always thinks of danger in times of peace.

The first thing he did after becoming rich was to import a batch of sophisticated equipment from the Soviet Union and recruit more security guards.

Even though the expenses were not small, after he and Zhai Yuan divided the spoils, there was still a large amount of ill-gotten gains in their accounts.

"I can ask for you, but it's best to wait until the negotiations are over and the situation is clear and stable."

Xia Meng pondered for a moment and said to Zhai Yuan, "Also, this kind of thing needs to be reported to higher authorities. You provided so much research funding, and a higher-level leader may meet with you in a few days."

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1984 years.

9 month 26 day.

The Iron Lady led a group of foreign officials headed by Youde to sign a joint statement on the Hong Kong issue in Yanjing City.

The statement announced: On July 1997, 7, Hong Kong officially returned to the embrace of the motherland.

The concept of 97 appeared on the stage of history on a large scale for the first time.

this day.

Zhai Yuan took out a pen and paper for the first time in a long time and shamelessly plagiarized a new song.

Pearl of the Orient

Lyricist: Zhai Yuan

Composer: Zhai Yuan

"The river meanders southward, flowing to the Xiangjiang River to take a look, Pearl of the Orient, my love, is your style still as romantic as before... The sea breeze has blown for five thousand years, and every teardrop seems to speak of your dignity. Let the sea tide accompany me to bless you, please don't forget my face that will never turn yellow..."

(End of this chapter)