Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 1061 Nineteen Ninety-Seven

Since the founding of the Celestial Empire, the first battle was against the 19-women coalition represented by Mei Women.

In the 1960s, they fought with Tianzhu again, and at that time Tianzhu had the support of Magnesium Women and Polar Bears.

But even so, the capital was almost occupied by the Celestial Empire.

It can be said that this war directly destroyed India’s international deterrence and image.

After that, they had another fight with the polar bear. Although the fight was not large-scale, the polar bear did not gain any advantage.

A few years ago, they beat up Yue Nan, who was known as the third most powerful military in the world and almost brought down all the women in the country.

Although the war is not over yet, any discerning person can see that the Celestial Empire, which is actively on the defensive, is only constantly consuming Vietnam and South's war potential and dragging down their economy.

Just thinking about fighting an opponent of this level makes people feel a little breathless.

Thatcher and others went to see Chu Xiangqian just to hear whether he had any way to persuade the Celestial Empire to compromise.

The best territory belongs to the Celestial Empire, but the management rights belong to Dai Ying.

But it would be strange if Chu Xiangqian agreed.

Not to mention, he was also thinking that after Yingguo Capital left Hong Kong Island, he could buy some high-quality real estate at a low price.

So Chu Xiangqian thought about it and said cautiously, "Maggie, if I were the upper echelons of the Celestial Empire, simply cutting off the water supply to Hong Kong Island would cause it to fall into panic.

Of course, China will definitely not do this unless it is necessary.

But if you break the agreement first, the Heavenly Dynasty won’t have so many concerns.”

Thatcher and others naturally understood this, but how could Dai Ying be willing to compromise like this?

Not to mention, Thatcher had to be tough in order to win votes.

Chu Xiangqian knew that she would definitely be concerned about the election in two years, so he smiled and said, "Maggie, you have to understand that what we need to focus on most now is to ensure victory in the Falklands War."

Thatcher and the others nodded, and Chu Xiangqian continued, "If you fail, you must be tough on the Celestial Empire.

But if we win, in my opinion, there is no need to be too tough.

Everything is based on one's own interests. Making some concessions is always better than actually fighting a war with the Celestial Empire.

And I think we all understand that Britain's economy and finances can no longer support a second expedition.

In particular, Dai Ying is too far away from the Celestial Empire.

If it were me, I would try my best to attract capital investment from Hong Kong Island to Dai Ying in exchange for economic improvement, which might help you win the second or third election.

That would make you the longest-serving president since the 19th century."

Chu Xiangqian’s words were very clear: if a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth.

Thatcher and others fell silent.

Chu Xiangqian didn't say anything more. The ending was already determined anyway.

Thatcher wanted to use the great victory to force China to compromise, but unfortunately China ignored her.

To put it bluntly, even Chu Xiangqian could see that Dai Ying was already a paper tiger, and the people at the top of the Celestial Empire saw it even more clearly.

In particular, if Dai Ying had not used her influence to force Fa Guo to stop selling flying fish eggs to Agenting.

It is not as simple as losing two destroyers, two frigates, a landing ship and a cargo ship.

Even though they had all the advantages, Dai Ying's navy was still so weak, so the Celestial Empire had nothing to fear.

If you dare to send an expeditionary fleet to East Asia, I guarantee you will defeat them all.

The Harrier fighter really has no advantage over Mr. Ba.

Without the advantage of carrier-based fighter jets, the ocean-going fleet is just a rake.

The people of Yingguo are not stupid. On the contrary, they often make the right choices when it comes to important decisions.

Therefore, the Dai Ying of the previous world would not dare to bluff, and it is even more impossible for the Dai Ying of this world to stay and not leave.

In June, the whole country rejoiced over Dai Ying's victory in the Falklands War.

Just as Chu Xiangqian had reported to his superiors, Thatcher wanted to take advantage of the great victory to go to China for talks.

But all the cards were seen through. Even what Thatcher and the cabinet said and what bottom line they set in the past two or three months were heard clearly by Chu Xiangqian through Huang Diaoer.

With this information, the superiors were able to negotiate with Thatcher more easily.

After the meeting, the same scene as in the previous life appeared.

Thatcher left the meeting place in a trance and when she was going down the stairs, she missed a step and fell on the stairs.

This scene was reported in major newspapers, and many European and American media directly reported the incident as "The Fall of the Empire."

While Dai Ying felt ashamed, he also realized that things were no longer under their control.

Especially once the Celestial Empire cuts off the water supply, most people in Hong Kong will stand up and drive Dai Ying away.

Rather than being kicked out within two or three years, it is better to sign an agreement and leave after more than ten years.

In fact, Thatcher was already thinking about following Chu Xiangqian's suggestion and attracting as much capital from Hong Kong as possible into Daiying.

As long as he improves the economy, let alone being re-elected for one term, he might really be re-elected for three or four terms as Chu Xiangqian said, becoming the longest-serving ruler since the 20th century.

However, although Dai Ying compromised, the subsequent negotiations were repeatedly delayed.

Fortunately, Chu Xiangqian used Huang Diao'er and always knew Dai Ying's bottom line, so during negotiations, Dai Ying was often easily at a disadvantage.

Chu Xiangqian was also smart enough to stay in Meiguo, neither going to London nor to Beijing.

Even Margaret, Jingxing, Xue Jinglan and the children were brought by him, living either in New York or on a ranch in Los Angeles.

Finally, he got rid of the suspicion of spying on Dai Ying's bargaining chips.

Moreover, someone on Meiguo's side was secretly investigating him, but Chu Xiangqian's way of passing on information was to write down Dai Ying's information and let the Golden Eagle take it to the capital.

The golden eagle is already over level 30, with a physique of 5, strength of 24, and agility of .

It only takes seven or eight hours to cross the Pacific Ocean.

When he arrives outside the capital, he will hand the information to a tabby cat, which will put it in the mailbox agreed upon with Xue Jianguo at night.

Moreover, this mailbox is watched by sparrows and cats 24 hours a day.

Not to mention Dai Ying and Mei Guoren, even Margaret and Xue Jinglan knew nothing about it.

However, Yingguo was not stupid. She realized that her cards might have been leaked during the negotiations.

He released false information several times in an attempt to find the internal traitor, but Chu Xiangqian only needed to let Huang Diaoer keep an eye on Thatcher to know whether it was a trap.

So the Yingguo people investigated for more than two years, but in the end found nothing.

In the past two years, Chu Xiangqian has not been idle in Meiguo.

Continue to purchase shares of KFC and McDonald's.

By the way, he also bought two kinds of colas, stocks of the top five supermarket chains, and Nike and Adidas.

Nike at that time was completely different from its later generations. It had operational difficulties and almost went bankrupt at one point.

Chu Xiangqian easily bought 30% of the shares, and then insisted on signing Jordan, who was still a senior.

In its first three years, this five-year contract worth $250 million looked like a huge loss.

Especially in 85 when playing against the Golden State Warriors, Jordan broke his leg and missed 64 games. Chu Xiangqian also got the opportunity and directly bought the contract between Nike and Jordan with his private company.

By the way, Jordan was signed with a 700-year contract worth $12 million and a series of rewards such as championships and points.

By 86, Jordan became the scoring champion and his commercial value skyrocketed.

Nike started trying to sign Jordan back.

Chu Xiangqian didn't hold back and refused to let go. He knew very well that no matter how rich he was, he couldn't always focus on Jordan.

It would be better to take the opportunity to ask for more favorable conditions and let Nike support Jordan.

By the way, Chu Xiangqian also acquired a 30% stake in the private brand established by both parties.

And Jordan only trusts Chu Xiangqian.

In the future, this investment will become the best investment in NBA history because of Jordan.

The large amount of investment, and those are only in consumer companies, has made Chu Xiangqian a major investor and investor that is frequently followed and reported on by Wall Street in the past two years.

No one created any obstacles for him to buy shares in these companies.

In December 84, Chu Xiangqian returned to Beijing and witnessed the signing ceremony in person.

After this, Chu Xiangqian began to invest heavily in the Celestial Empire.

Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen invest in the construction of hotels, office buildings and fast food restaurants every year.

To this end, Chu Xiangqian spent US$85 million in 1 and successfully obtained the permanent operating rights of KFC and McDonald's in China.

At least 40 stores are opened every year in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

Moreover, they are all located in the most prosperous areas, and by the way, the property rights of the stores will inevitably be purchased.

Many stores have even started construction of independent three-story buildings.

But even though it can seat four or five hundred people, there are often queues when it’s time to eat.

This came as a surprise to many capitalists who felt that China was poor and lacked spending power.

But think about it, Chu Xiangqian spent a full 1 million US dollars to obtain the permanent independent operating rights of Tianchao.

Many people still feel that it will take twenty or even thirty years to recoup the costs.

But no one realized that what Chu Xiangqian actually wanted was land and stores.

If you want to occupy more land, opening a fast food restaurant is definitely an excellent reason.

Although we only open 40 new stores every year now, in a few years or ten years, the number of stores will surely increase several times.

Thirty years later, if there are one or two thousand self-operated stores, the property rights of these stores in prosperous locations alone may be worth tens of billions.

Including franchisees, if the company goes public, it will not be a problem for the market value to exceed 100 billion.

After the stores opened, Chu Xiangqian also cooperated with universities to provide 10 work-study jobs in each store.

Even decades later, some people may still feel unable to let go of their pride.

But in this era, Western fast food is a fashionable new industry.

The store not only reduced labor costs, but also gained a good reputation.
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Twelve years later, in Repulse Bay Manor, Hong Kong Island.

Chu Xiangqian, who is already 57 years old, was wearing a well-fitting Zhongshan suit. He stood next to the floor-length mirror and looked at his suit.

After confirming that there was no problem, he smiled and said to Xue Jinglan, "You really won't join me in today's return ceremony?"

Xue Jinglan smiled and shook her head, "Forget it. If I leave too, Aze and the others will definitely make a fuss and want to follow me."

Chu Xiangqian nodded helplessly, and although Xue Jinglan was already in her fifties, she still looked like she was in her thirties.

Chu Xiangqian started growing a beard many years ago, and now he looks to be no more than forty years old.

The couple went downstairs talking and laughing, and immediately several little kids, aged four, five, seven or eight, surrounded Chu Xiangqian and clamored to go out and play, too.

Xue Jinglan patted her eldest grandson Chu Chengze's little butt in annoyance, "Okay, okay, grandma will take you to the amusement park later, and then go to Second Grandpa's place to eat delicious food, okay?"

Chu Chengze, Chu Chenghao, Chu Chengwan and granddaughter Yang Xixi also wanted to go to their second grandfather Chu Aiguo's restaurant for dinner.

But what they wanted more was to get out through Chu Xiangqian, so they surrounded Chu Xiangqian.

They hugged his legs and insisted that Chu Xiangqian take them out to play.

Chu Xiangqian picked up his precious granddaughter and granddaughter helplessly and said, "Grandpa has something important to do. If I take you with me, you will definitely be bored.

And even if your grandfather is very capable, I can’t get an extra seat now.”

Chu Xiangqian actually didn't tell the truth. With his status, he should have received seven invitations already.

It’s just that Xue Jinglan doesn’t want to go, and it’s difficult for Gangsheng, Feifei and others to go even if they want to.

When the time comes, people from the security department will sit in the empty seats, disguised as guests.

Of course, Chu Xiangqian could also invite other people to accompany him, so he gave two cards, one for patriotism and the other for loving the people.

Aiyuan and Fuhuaquan didn't need it, as they and their spouses also received invitations.

I said all this simply because I don’t want to bring my four grandchildren to the scene.

As for Jing Rong and the others, they didn't need Chu Xiangqian's help at all, as they had already received the invitation letters themselves.

As he was talking, Jingyu, who was already 32 years old, hurried in and asked, "Dad, the time is almost up, are you ready?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw his beloved daughter Xi Xixi and niece Cheng Wan being held by Chu Xiangqian, one on the left and one on the right.

He quickly scolded, "Xixi, Wanwan, come down here, your grandpa doesn't have time to play with you tonight."

The two little girls shrank their necks and hurriedly got out of Chu Xiangqian's arms.

Xixi is most afraid of her biological mother, while Wanwan is afraid of Jingyu because her father Jingrong is afraid of her aunt.

Chu Xiangqian was unhappy and glared at his eldest daughter, "Why are you yelling so loudly?"

After saying that, he squatted down and hugged his granddaughter and granddaughter to comfort them.

Jingyu rolled his eyes at his father, but when he thought about how his father loved him so much when he was a child.

I couldn't help but feel warm and funny.

Rich people prefer sons to daughters, but my dad is different. He prefers daughters to sons.

The eldest and younger brothers have complained more than once that they were not valued or loved by their father when they were young.

When the brothers were younger, Dad only loved Jingyu.

When he was a little older, he started to love his younger sister Jingxi.

When Wanwan and Xixi were born, apart from Jingxi who was still her father's little cotton-padded jacket, even Jingyu, the eldest daughter, was disliked.

Jing Yu gave Chu Xiangqian a cold look and looked towards his biological mother, only to see Xue Jinglan also looking at him with dissatisfaction.

Jingyu instantly understood the pain of his elder and younger brothers.

But she didn't dare to yell in front of her mother and father, so she could only stamp her feet and go out to seek comfort from her man.

After Chu Xiangqian had comforted his two granddaughters and walked out of the main building alone, he saw Jing Yuzheng and his handsome and gentle son-in-law Yang Jinrong saying bad things about him as a father.

(End of this chapter)