Chapter 533: 519 National Day, Guan Zu's Imperial Capital Trip

Imperial Capital, small alley.

Red flags were inserted all over the alley. Although the day hadn't arrived yet, the entire alley already had the lively and festive atmosphere of National Day.

Fatty stood at the entrance of the alley early in the morning, like a 'friend-waiting stone'.

"Xiao Pang, what are you doing?"

"I'm waiting for Xiao Gu!"

"Gong Gu? Is he coming back?"

"Yeah, Gong Gu said he's coming back with his dad, and he's going to bring a lot of things for me."

The news quickly spread in the alley,

Neighbors started discussing one after another.

"Heard Gong Wei followed a big boss in Hong Kong and made a lot of money."

"Pfft, it's all capitalist corruption."

"Just tell me if you're envious or not!"

"…………"

Soon, it was noon.

Xiao Pang's parents called him to eat lunch.

Xiao Pang went home once, then not long after, he carried a large basin piled high with food and ran back to the alley entrance to continue waiting.

Waited for another hour,

Xiao Pang's eyes were strained, and finally, he saw a familiar figure.

Gong Gu's dad, Gong Wei, and someone short.

Xiao Pang rubbed his eyes and looked again.

It really was Gong Gu.

At this time, Gong Gu had already run over quickly, shouting loudly while calling out.

"Xiao Pang!"

"Xiao Gu!"

Xiao Pang shouted in surprise and ran out frantically.

Then, because he rushed too hard, he collided with him. Gong Gu wanted to hold him, but Xiao Pang was too big and rushed too hard, so he didn't hold him, and they rolled into a ball, looking very disheveled.

However, it was clear that neither of them cared, and they laughed happily on the ground.

"Xiao Gu, you're finally back."

"I'll come back every year from now on, and when I grow up, I'll come back every half year!"

"How about every three months?"

"Okay!"

Then Xiao Gu climbed up: "Look what I brought for you... I bought so many things for you, they're in the suitcase... Let's go, let's go home and unpack them!"

The two held hands and went home,

Gong Wei followed.

"Xiao Gu, how is it over in Hong Kong?"

"It's pretty good, I have three new friends, one of them often fights with him, he's super amazing..."

Xiao Gu said endlessly.

"By the way, how about Auntie? How is her health?"

"She's almost better now, no big problems, just a bit weak."

"That's great."

"Xiao Pang, next time you come to Hong Kong, I'll cover your airfare, food, and lodging."

"Okay!"

Blah blah blah~~~~ the two little guys excitedly talked about things that couldn't be finished.

Gong Wei dragged the suitcase and followed behind.

Many neighbors greeted Gong Wei after seeing him.

"Wow, Da Wei is really back."

"This suit, it looks good, it must be very expensive~~~"

"Feels like A-Wei has become even more handsome."

"A-Wei, heard your salary is several thousand a month~~"

Facing the neighbors' many envious and jealous greetings, Gong Wei was even more composed than before. What scene hadn't he seen? He gave gifts one by one to those who were good to him before, and didn't give any to those who were sharp and mean before.

And Gong Gu had already arrived at Xiao Pang's house and started opening the suitcase, taking out the gifts one by one.

"This is the pair of shoes I bought for you..."

"This is chocolate..."

"This is a four-wheel-drive car..."

"This is a Transformer..."

Xiao Pang was dazzled.

Forty or fifty toys, he was just happily laughing.

"Xiao Gu, you're so good!"

"You're my friend!"

Gong Wei said at this time: "Xiao Gu, you stay at Xiao Pang's house, I'm going out for a bit."

He said goodbye to Gong Gu and carried the gifts to the Director's house.

Although the Director was sometimes quite a pit, he should thank the Director for approving him to go to Hong Kong.

At the Director's house,

"A-Wei, why are you back?"

The Director was a bit surprised and happy after seeing Gong Wei.

Gong Wei carried the gifts in: "I came back with my boss."

Director: "Your boss? Came to talk business?"

Gong Wei: "No, he was invited by the higher-ups to attend the National Day."

Sss~~~~

The Director gasped.

Could be invited?

What level is this?

He asked in detail about the general situation, and the more he heard, the more shocked he became.

"Didn't expect your boss to be such a big shot..." The Director looked at Gong Wei and sighed, "Didn't expect you to have such an opportunity."

Gong Wei: "Still have to thank you, Director, for approving me to leave back then."

The Director waved his hand.

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On Guan Zu's side,

The people who came to the Imperial Capital this time, besides him, Boss Li, Boss Zheng, Tycoon Huo... they all came.

However, Guan Zu wasn't with them.

Guan Zu saw the legendary painting "Ode to Life" at the airport.

This painting is a painting with very historical significance.

In 1979, the Beijing Capital International Airport was completed, and the Central Academy of Fine Arts organized artists to create murals for the departure hall. In October of the same year, a group of Chinese murals was completed, causing strong repercussions domestically and abroad.

Among them, the most controversial mural, "Ode to Life", boldly painted naked Dai girls bathing, depicting the scene of the Dai people in Xishuangbanna celebrating and blessing during the traditional Water Splashing Festival.

At that time, overseas media exclaimed: "For the first time, a female body has appeared in a mural in a public place in China, highlighting China's true change..."

Subsequently, there was some covering, and it wasn't until the 1990 Imperial Capital Asian Games that the covering was removed, revealing the full picture.

This mural caused a sensation from the beginning. Although controversy was constant and opposition was fierce, in the end... it could be considered a witness to the changing times.

After arriving in the Imperial Capital,

First, he checked into the hotel, and then the reception team took Guan Zu and Sister Ruan Mei, accompanied by Xu Zhengyang, to tour the Imperial Capital.

The weather in the Imperial Capital at the end of September was a bit windy and cool, so they wore two layers of clothes.

They climbed the Great Wall, visited the Forbidden City, saw the Old Summer Palace, the Summer Palace, as well as Jingshan, Qingbei... and ate authentic Beijing roast duck, not the one in Wangfujing, but in a small bungalow, a very dilapidated place, heard that Nixon had been there too...

After touring for two days, in the evening, a reception banquet was held in the Great Hall of the People, with over a thousand people, extremely lively. Guan Zu followed Tycoon Zheng and others and met a group of leaders.

Evening, 22:00,

Gong Wei and the others saw Guan Zu's figure appear at the reception on the TV news.

"Leaders cordially met with patriotic Hong Kong businessmen from Hong Kong..."

"This is my boss."

"Wow, your boss is so young?"

"Too young, right?"

Many neighbors exclaimed.

A new day arrived.

Guan Zu and Sister Ruan Mei ran to Tiananmen Square at three o'clock to queue for entry. The number of people gradually gathered, at least over ten thousand.

Until 6:10,

The sun rose in the east, its path was bright!

On the big square, the flag-raising ceremony took place as the sun rose, and the red flag rose slowly!

When the singing floated, the instinct deeply engraved in the depths of Guan Zu's soul revived, solemn and head held high, eyes fixed, humming the song... his body was involuntarily surging with hot blood!

Sister Ruan Mei wouldn't understand this feeling; at least for now, she didn't understand this enthusiasm.

In the following days, Guan Zu met with leaders, chatted a lot, and then visited some Imperial Capital attractions.

October 4th, prepared to set off and return to Hong Kong.

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In the alley.

"Xiao Gu, must come back to see me next year~~~"

"Xiao Pang, wait until I save enough pocket money, I'll buy you a plane ticket to Hong Kong..."

"Okay~~"

The two little friends waved goodbye at the alley entrance, reluctant to part.

Gong Gu finally followed Gong Wei and left the alley entrance, waving from afar, getting further and further away, and finally disappeared...

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Evening, 18:42,

The great boss Guan Zu returned to his loyal Hong Kong.

A Dragonair plane landed at the airport, Guan Zu and Sister Ruan Mei finally returned to Hong Kong.

Returned to Causeway Bay in a black Chevrolet.

As soon as the car stopped,

"Brother Zu, did you bring gifts?!" Wu Ying leaned over to open the car door, greeted, and asked with a hehehe.

"Yes, do you want authentic Imperial Capital douzhi?" Guan Zu smiled and took out a bottle of douzhi.

"Yes~~~" Wu Ying was eager.

2 minutes later...

"Forget it, forget it, such a good thing, I don't think I'm worthy, I think A-Ren, A-Qiu and the others should like it..." Wu Ying said righteously.

Then he took the bottle and went to find Chen Yongren.

Returning from the Imperial Capital this time, naturally brought a lot of gifts, all Imperial Capital specialties, such as Forbidden City bookmarks, silk scarves, specialty snacks Jingbajian, lvdagun...

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A new day,

Guan Zu officially threw himself into work, striving to be a cow and horse!

Arrived at the Five Star Group building,

Walked into the office, drank a cup of cow and horse tea.

First wave of reports: Fang Zhanbo regarding the profit obtained from the "Swire Group short selling" settlement on September 30th.

After deducting commissions and interest, a total of 2.4 billion Hong Kong dollars was earned.

Because Guan Zu wasn't there, Gao Jin was authorized to sign.

Second wave of reports: Wu Lianqian regarding the progress of the electronics factory investigation.

"Currently, the more high-end electronics factories are concentrated in the Tai Po Industrial Estate."

Speaking of Hong Kong's electronics industry, it is very developed.

In the early 1960s, due to Hong Kong's free port import and export tax-free treatment and well-informed channels, several famous American electronics companies set up factories in Hong Kong to assemble discrete components, promoting the rapid development of Hong Kong's electronics industry.

By 1970, there were 230 electronics factories, employing 38,000 workers.

In the 1980s, Hong Kong's electronics industry ushered in a second wave of climax. In the Tai Po Industrial Estate, foreign technology and equipment were successively introduced, and many integrated circuit factories such as Xinghua, Huake, and Aika were built.

Hong Kong's electronics industry was no longer limited to the manufacture of simple products such as radios, tape recorders, electronic watches, and calculators, and began to get involved in multi-layer circuit boards, computer peripheral equipment, advanced communication equipment, audio, and other product fields.

In 1989, the number of electronics factories in Hong Kong reached 2,009, and the export value reached 55.818 billion Hong Kong dollars.

"Xinghua, Huake... are these Chinese-funded?"

Guan Zu was very familiar with these names as soon as he saw them.

Wu Lianqian: "Xinghua and Huake are both Chinese-funded... among them, Huake, China Resources is still the major shareholder..."

Guan Zu: "…………"

Didn't expect it to come back around.

China Resources, an old acquaintance!

But why is this company heard less often in later generations?

The one heard most in later generations is Huawei.

What Guan Zu didn't know was that Hong Kong's electronics industry gradually declined in the 1990s.

The reason is that at this time, the governments of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore were all tilting a large amount of resources to the semiconductor and integrated circuit industries, while Hong Kong, under the influence of the British "positive non-intervention" policy, had basically no policy support for semiconductors and let them fend for themselves.

Another reason is that the financial and real estate industries are developed, and a large amount of capital and talent flowed into these fields, while technical talent did not increase much.

In addition,

Around 2000, the "Cyberport" project proposed by the Hong Kong government was originally intended to support the development of local Internet and other technology industries, but it eventually evolved into a real estate development project.

Finally, the opportunity to impact the electronics industry was directly lost.

Guan Zu: "How are these electronics factories doing now?"

Wu Lianqian: "Currently, they are still losing money, or not making much money..."

After the report,

Guan Zu's first reaction was to find Mr. Zhu from China Resources.

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October 7th,

Sunlight shone on the Tai Po Industrial Estate in Hong Kong.

Guan Zu, Fang Ting, Gao Jin, Ah Wah, and other Five Star Group personnel, as well as Mr. Zhu and others from China Resources, under the enthusiastic reception of Huake, arrived at the Huake Electronics Factory.

"Welcome Mr. Guan and everyone to visit the Huake Electronics Factory..."

Led by the general manager and engineers, the group walked towards the production area. Along the way, the general manager started to introduce.

Huake Electronics was established in 1983. It was a microelectronics enterprise jointly established in Hong Kong by China Resources Group in cooperation with the original Fourth Ministry of Machine-Building, Seventh Ministry of Machine-Building, and Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade. It built China's first 4-inch wafer production line and can be considered an important foundation for the development of China's semiconductor industry.

However, by 1988, several shareholders withdrew, and China Resources acquired their shares, becoming the largest shareholder.

As for the reason for the withdrawal, external speculation was that they were losing money.

Guan Zu and others visited the wafer manufacturing workshop...

Then they also visited the integrated circuit workshop...

And integrated circuit packaging...

As well as the optocoupler product production area...

The general manager said: "We can basically provide customers with one-stop service from chip manufacturing to packaging and testing."

Evening,

Guan Zu took Sister Ruan Mei to visit Mr. Zhu's house, had a dinner, and then Guan Zu and Mr. Zhu talked about his purpose in the study.

"I currently have a very complete technology called VCD..."

Guan Zu talked about the advantages of VCD.

Higher resolution, better color reproduction, and not affected by the number of playbacks, always maintaining clarity and stability; small size, easy to carry and store; in terms of storage, production costs are low...

The advantages of VCD are undoubtedly very great.

After Mr. Zhu heard it, he realized this huge market.

What is even more exciting is that this can earn international money, which is US dollars!

What are US dollars?

The foreign exchange that the country is short of!

"I now need an electronics factory, as well as a large number of technical personnel, to bypass other people's patents, while establishing my own professional barriers..."

"In addition, there is a need for a large number of parts manufacturing requirements, optical disc manufacturing factories..."

"Moreover, for VCD to be widely popularized, there needs to be a certain tilt in policy... such as the promotion of pirated optical discs..."

"As long as there is a lot of support, VCD can snowball, funds will continue to strengthen, technology will continue to improve, and a patent moat will be established... then enter those foreign markets, defeat opponents, and eat up all their markets..."

Guan Zu went to the Imperial Capital, and his status had already changed.

Therefore, some needs can be stated directly.

After Mr. Zhu finished listening, he directly made a decision: "Huake can take out most of the shares to facilitate this cooperation..."

"In addition, if there is a need, our China Resources can unite with other Chinese-funded electronics companies to establish more supporting industries in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, and work together to make this cake bigger!"

He realized that this is a very good opportunity for the electronics industry to take off!

Using VCD to plunder the world's profits, using these funds to recruit more scientific and technological talent, continuously deepening into fields such as chips and semiconductors, improving technical levels, and catching up with foreign countries.

Guan Zu smiled and reached out: "Happy cooperation!"

He had not invested and cooperated on a large scale in the country, and this VCD cooperation would be an opportunity.

Mr. Zhu: "Happy cooperation!"

Handshake!

With a preliminary intention, it was easy to talk next.

Both sides are people with a big picture, fighting for this little share is meaningless. For the Five Star Group, for the country, this little benefit is nothing.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 534 =====