Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 819 Investment Promotion Conference

Harbin has two most impressive features.

Firstly, the local dialect is the standard spoken in Mandarin, which is basically the same as the standard used by announcers on China National Radio. Therefore, it's not surprising that there are a large number of announcers from Harbin on radio and television stations across the country.

Secondly, there's national defense education; you should check out Harbin Military Engineering Institute.

It's a pity that the earliest group of veteran generals created it, and then their children ruined it.

The investment promotion conference in Harbin was held at the Harbin International Hotel, which is considered quite high-profile. This hotel, located not far from the train station, is the oldest hotel in Harbin and has hosted many national leaders.

Directly opposite the hotel is the Soviet Martyrs' Monument, with two Soviet Red Army soldiers standing atop it, holding aloft the Soviet coat of arms. The Soviet Army, Navy, and Air Force memorial tower that once stood at the Harbin train station was demolished around this time in 92.

The hotel rooms weren't large, only about 20 square meters. Xiao Wei and his group booked seven rooms. The Harbin government was quite generous, not imposing any restrictions on the number of people. In this day and age, it's common for any activity to involve a group of people traveling with you. Everyone is used to it. It's normal for a group of over thirty people on an overseas inspection tour to only have three or five people actually conducting the inspection.

In this era, a group of people have become wealthy, and people's horizons are broadening and their minds are expanding, but they have not truly opened up in terms of behavior and thinking, so they do not have many opportunities to come into contact with the outside world.

Everyone went back to their rooms to tidy up and rest, then went downstairs to eat, buy maps to study travel routes, but no one thought about the business development.

Since the man and woman each had their own room, Xia's mother and Hao Dawei each had their own room, which was quite comfortable.

After washing up and getting ready, Chen Hui and the others went to Xiao Wei's room. Chen Hui looked at the map and suddenly asked Xiao Wei, "This hotel isn't very big. How many people can it accommodate? We've only been given seven rooms. It seems like not many people will come to the investment promotion conference."

Xiao Wei, wiping his hair, said, "It can't be that many people came. Those staying here must all have received invitations. How many could he possibly send out? Didn't he do any research beforehand? Our investment scale should be among the top, otherwise I don't think they would be so generous. With a hotel like this, a night's stay probably won't be cheap, at least a few hundred yuan."

Chen Hui laughed and said, "Well, we've stayed here and eaten here, looks like we'll have to spend some money. Do you think we could go crazy if we just played around for a few days and went back without investing a single penny here?"

Xia Maosheng chimed in, "You think it's all your fault? The government is very generous. Even if a deal falls through, we can still be friendly and come back next time."

Xiao Wei said, "It's just for appearances. The government is really good at manipulating people's minds. Actually, it's not much money in the end. Aren't we all at the same level here? But it makes things look good on the surface, and we feel comfortable. In reality, they only need to catch two or three of these people to make a profit. As for us, can we really run away?"

Chen Hui nodded and said, "We definitely want to acquire the land, but you can't just say it directly, can you? We have to let them show some promise, and eventually we'll be moved and grit our teeth and invest. It has to be that kind of process, right?"

Everyone laughed, and Liu Hongliang said, "I'm just here to eat and freeload, I don't need to worry about anything. Are you thirsty?"

Xiao Wei said, "Isn't there tea here?"

Liu Hongliang said, "I just saw a refrigerator in that room, there should be some good stuff inside." He ran over and rummaged through it, and there was a small refrigerator in every room.

A little while later, Liu Hongliang came over with beer, red wine, and cola, saying, "They're all in foreign languages, can you tell me what they mean?"

Xiao Hong took them and looked at them: "This is British red wine, this is American cola, and this is German dark beer."

Chen Hui said, "I'll try this beer."

Liu Hongliang said to Xia Maosheng, "How about we make this fruit wine?"

Xiao Wei said, "None of them taste good, I'll just have tea."

After a while, Xiaowei's mother, Aunt Wang, Aunt Xia, Chen Xiao, and Geng Hui all woke up and ran to Xiaowei's room. It got lively, with the adults talking and the children shouting, making a ruckus until it got dark.

Government staff came up and knocked on the door.

Liu Hongliang ran over to open the door, and a staff member said, "Hello, boss, we have prepared a welcome reception in the banquet hall downstairs. Please come down and join us."

Liu Hongliang turned his head and asked, "Want to go to the welcome party?"

Xiao Wei stood up and said, "Of course I'm going. How can I not go? Why ask such a silly question?"

Let the group of women continue arguing in the room, while the seven people followed the staff downstairs to the banquet hall.

The lobby was already crowded with people, decorated in a festive manner with a predominantly red color scheme. Nameplates were placed on the tables. The staff led Xiao Wei and the others to a table with the names of their sister companies and invited them to sit down.

Xiao Wei noticed that they had prepared two tables for him and his group. It seemed that the people here were really meticulous and thorough in their work.

The process is the same nationwide: a leader speaks, the host speaks, then another leader speaks, the host introduces the situation, the history, culture, development prospects, and then another leader comes on stage.

This time, they were really there to make a difference. They began by introducing the specific projects and objectives for this investment promotion, and brochures were distributed to everyone by staff. After the leader finished speaking, the host announced the start of the reception, wishing everyone a good time.

After the top leader finished speaking, he left. Only the last leader in charge of specific investment promotion stayed behind, leading a few staff members to toast each table.

Xiao Wei wasn't very hungry, so he slowly looked through the investment promotion materials. There were quite a few projects: old city renovation, parks, factories, urban landscape, municipal facilities, commerce, real estate, development zones. It was a thick booklet, probably containing everything he could think of. He was just casting a wide net and hoping to catch one.

Just then, the leaders from the Investment Promotion Bureau came over with their entourage: "This table is from Liaodong Brothers Group. Hello, nice to meet you. I hope you'll take good care of me in the future. I'll drink first as a sign of respect, please make yourselves at home."

Xiao Wei stopped him, saying, "Come on, boss, sit down and have some food. I've noticed you've had quite a bit to drink lately, are you sure you're okay?"

Following Xiao Wei's suggestion, the leader sat down, put down his wine glass, and said, "For the sake of work, what does it matter if it's possible or not? It has to be done whether it's possible or not. As long as you guys can stay, I'll drink myself to death with joy. Hahaha."

Xiao Wei handed him a cup of tea and said, "You still need to take care of your health."

The leader took a sip of tea, gave Xiaowei a thumbs-up, and said, "I know your company. You're good at real estate, with projects like Fengtian Xidu and Andong Dalian all over Liaodong. How about a project in Harbin? Harbin has a unique feature: a lot of foreigners, making business easy."

Xiao Wei licked his lips and said, "Boss, would you believe me if I told you we actually run a food factory?"

(End of this chapter)