Chapter 787 Invitation from the Mainland

What has been reached with the CEO of Citibank now is just a verbal agreement, a rough cooperation plan;

The specific cooperation in the future still requires the cooperation of professional teams. For Citibank, it is a century-old top enterprise, and it must have its own internal processes. It is not decided by the CEO alone. This is completely different from HSBC.

However, judging from the performance of "Jaws" and the development trend of the electronics industry, this is not a big problem at all. What he cares about is just to seek an opportunity. Once Apple goes public, its astonishing market value will not only bring him a rich cash return, but also prove the huge value of Best Buy to everyone.

Just wait a few more years and Best Buy will be able to develop into a top retail giant in the United States like Walmart, and then the founder Yang Wendong can relax a little.

On the second day in New York, Yang Wendong also went to a local bar to see the popularity of Honor Electronics' new game "Space Invaders", which was even more popular than the previous "Chinese Cube";

In less than a year, "Chinese Cube" brought Honor Electronics nearly $5000 million in profits. In theory, "Space Invaders" will bring more.

In fact, with these two games as collateral, Yang Wendong could also get funds from Citibank or other banks more easily, but now that arcades are popular, many people have seen it, but they don’t know how high the profits are, unless they deliberately investigate;

This is also what Yang Wendong does not want to see. Making a fortune quietly is the best way. If other big brands know about it, they will all enter this industry. Although he is not afraid, this market will inevitably be divided up to a greater extent. After all, it is impossible to achieve a monopoly in the game industry, unlike other industries.
The Japanese company behind Space Invaders was a listed company. Due to legal regulations, they had no choice but to announce the results. This shocked other electronics giants. They actually paid attention to the popularity of arcade games, but they didn't expect it to be so profitable.
However, this industry, like the film industry, depends entirely on luck. Only a time traveler like Yang Wendong can have a certain degree of confidence that it can continue.

Of course, the core games are still home game consoles and future computer games. In 1982, the former created an Atari with annual sales of 20 billion and a net profit of 4 million US dollars. The computer game market will be even bigger in the future, but it will take a long time to wait. In the short term, arcades, home game consoles and handheld game consoles will still dominate the market.
After finishing his business in the United States, Yang Wendong returned on a private plane; the Chinese New Year was approaching, and every year, the Yang family would celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong.

After the New Year, it was March soon;
One day, Yang Wendong was reading a newspaper on the market in Hong Kong when his assistant Aying suddenly came over and said, "Mr. Yang, Mr. Zhang Guangdou from China Resources and Liang Weilin from Xinhua News Agency want to visit you?"

"Did you talk about anything when you visited me?" Yang Wendong asked back.

Ah Ying shook her head and said, "No, they didn't tell me."

"Okay, let's arrange a time period based on my recent schedule and meet here." Yang Wendong said.

Ah Ying agreed: "Okay, your nearest free time is tomorrow afternoon, so I'll make an appointment for that time."

Yang Wendong said: "Hmm"

The next afternoon, Zhang Guangdou and Liang Weilin came over together. Yang Wendong smiled and stood up to greet them: "Mr. Zhang, President Liang, welcome to my humble home."

Liang Weilin laughed and said, "Haha, Mr. Yang, if your Connaught Building is considered my humble home, then all of Hong Kong is mine."

"Thank you for the compliment." Yang Wendong motioned for the two to sit down. The assistant immediately brought the prepared tea and then they all left.

After the three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, Liang Weilin said, "Mr. Yang, I came to see you this time for two reasons. The first is that the Municipal Party Committee of TS City has entrusted me to express gratitude for your previous help. The 10,000 tons of sugar you sent over will be of great help to the local people's livelihood recovery."

"It is my honor to be able to do something for millions of people." Yang Wendong was very happy to hear that his preparations were effective;
Ten thousand tons of sugar is worth a lot of money, but for Yang Wendong's current net worth, it is of little significance. This amount of money may not be as good as a yacht.
But this money was well spent. He was very happy to be able to participate in such an event, even if his name would not be recorded in history.

Liang Weilin went on to say: "In addition, Mr. Zhang has also started to carry out targeted procurement for TS's industry, which has brought a lot of foreign exchange to the local area."

Zhang Guangdou also said: "This is all thanks to Mr. Yang. I am just a helper, haha."

Naturally, when it comes to Carrefour’s purchases, the cheaper the better. For many industrial products, it is obviously more cost-effective to purchase them from the southern part of the inland. If they are purchased from the north, the shipping costs alone will be quite a bit extra.

It is because of the deliberate request of the big boss Yang Wendong that Carrefour raised the price to purchase goods from TS City, so as to complete the entire business closed loop.

Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Of course I should. I am also a Chinese, so I should help my compatriots."

Money is now so much that it doesn’t really matter whether you have more or less. After all, as long as your descendants don’t work hard to start a second business or gamble, you basically won’t be able to spend it all in ten lifetimes.
Now he is still struggling for the following purpose: first, to have a goal in life, and second, to be able to help his compatriots out of trouble;
His goal in the early years was to help squatters in Hong Kong get out of their wooden houses, and now he has succeeded, although only a small part of the credit is his; and his future goal is to help as many poor people in the mainland get out of poverty as possible in advance;

Although the mainland would have developed economically with or without him;
While doing so, his industry will also gain access to the huge market in the Mainland, thereby completely moving out of Hong Kong and becoming a new international giant company.

"Okay, no matter what, thank you Mr. Yang." Liang Weilin paused and asked, "Mr. Yang, I would like to ask a question. What is your opinion on the mainland?"

"This question." Yang Wendong's face also became a little cautious, and he said: "For this kind of thing, it doesn't matter how you say it, but how you do it, right?"

Now in the mainland, although it is not yet time for reform and opening up, it is estimated that the policy should be almost finalized;

Once the reform and opening up are implemented, the model will be completely different from the previous closed model, and international support will naturally be needed. Hong Kong is a very sensitive place.

Liang Weilin laughed and said, "Haha, that's right."

"Is this the second thing?" Yang Wendong asked back.

Liang Weilin shook his head and said, "No, the second thing is that we want to invite Mr. Yang to go to the mainland. On the 15th of next month, the Canton Fair will be held in Yuezhou. There will be a lot of mainland products at that time. We also want to invite you to take a look and give us some guidance on our products and how to better meet the needs of the Hong Kong market."

"Canton Fair?" Yang Wendong's mind moved, and he immediately agreed: "Okay, I will go there. Do you have any other purpose?"

After traveling across in 58, he had never entered the mainland. He had occasionally visited the New Territories and was able to see the other side, but he had never entered.
After the 70s, the Canton Fair was actually an opportunity to enter the mainland, but according to current mainland laws, it can only be held in designated places;
He must have other purposes for being invited this time. After all, if it was just for commercial purchases, it wouldn't be his turn as a big boss to go there in person. He didn't really know much about goods. Liang Weilin smiled and said, "Yes, someone wants to meet you to discuss something, but I can't tell you the identity of these people for now. You'll know when you get to Yuezhou."

"Okay." Yang Wendong nodded;
He also knew that this must be some important person.

Liang Weilin said: "Okay, on the 15th of next month, I will accompany you to enter the country through Luohu Port, and then take a car to Yuezhou City."

Yang Wendong asked: "Can't I take a plane? If Cathay Pacific doesn't have any flights, can my plane enter the country?"

He also knew that the transportation in the mainland was not very good at present, and if he could take a plane, it would be better to take a plane, at least he could go directly to Yuezhou;

Liang Weilin said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Yang, it's better to keep your entry into the mainland a secret. Although rumors will definitely spread, it's better for both of us not to be so open about it."

"Okay." Yang Wendong thought about it and agreed.

I do have a lot of businesses in Taiwan, so it's not a good idea to do this. If the situation there is too sensitive, it will be a good idea to end it.
Anyway, it's just a few hours of bumpy ride.
After the discussion, Liang Weilin and Zhang Guangdou said goodbye and left. After getting in the car, Zhang Guangdou smiled and said, "I didn't expect Mr. Yang to agree so easily. I thought he would hesitate."

Liang Weilin said: "The more readily he agrees, the more it shows that his heart is on our side, or at least he is willing to contact us."

Zhang Guangdou nodded and said, "In fact, in recent years, a lot of China Resources' business in Hong Kong has been taken care of by Yang Wendong. Otherwise, facing the competition from Southeast Asian food, I would be under great pressure."

"Well, Yang Wendong is now the richest man in Hong Kong and he is very powerful in Hong Kong. His standing on our side will be of great help to our future work in Hong Kong." Liang Weilin's face was also full of smiles.

Zhang Guangdou said: "Yes, but we should report it quickly. If Yang Wendong goes to Yuezhou, they must be fully prepared."

Liang Weilin said: "Well, okay."

Above the Kangle Building, after Liang Weilin and Zhang Guangdou left, Yang Wendong also fell into deep thought, and felt a little happy in his heart;
After 18 years, he can finally enter the mainland again. Although the times are completely different from before, it is still the same land;
I don’t know if he can leave Yuezhou and go to the Yangtze River.

Hong Kong's education is actually very peculiar. On the one hand, it prides itself on being a Chinese civilization, with all kinds of natural or artificial beauties such as the Yangtze River, the Great Wall, the Yellow River, and the Forbidden City, but even the teachers have never seen them.
The same was true for Yang Wendong's children. Yang Zhiwen and others came to ask him if he had ever been to the Great Wall or seen the Yangtze River.
In his previous life, he had certainly seen these things and even climbed the Great Wall, but now, he could only say that they were gone;
Aunt Guo, on the other hand, had seen the Yangtze River, so she was able to show off in front of the children.
In the evening, after returning home, Yang Wendong told his family about this incident.

Su Yiyi and Aunt Guo were surprised and asked, "Are you going to the mainland? Will it be unsafe?"

"Don't worry, I'm not worried about safety." Yang Wendong shook his head and smiled;
I have a high status in Hong Kong. If something goes wrong during my trip to the mainland, it will be unacceptable to the mainland. Therefore, all kinds of protection will be stricter than what I did in Hong Kong. After all, they really have a lot of hot weapons.
It is estimated that except for the external working group, other ordinary people would not know the three words "Yang Wendong". Even if they know him occasionally, they may not know his appearance. This has gradually become a secret in Hong Kong.

Aunt Guo said, "That's true. Are you going alone? Or are you bringing your family with you?"

Yang Wendong said: "I'd better go alone first, wait and see what the situation is, and then I'll take you guys out to play when I have the chance."

Once the mainland is reformed, people from Hong Kong can go there for tourism as long as they have money.

This time I am going to the mainland alone, perhaps for a special purpose, so it is naturally not appropriate to bring my family with me.

Su Yiyi nodded and said, "Okay, then you should be careful. Also, you need to call home at any time."

"No problem. As for phone calls, I'll arrange a number for you when I get to a place." Yang Wendong agreed.
In this era, even in Europe and America, let alone in the mainland, it is often difficult to find people. It is very annoying to not have a mobile phone.
However, if we wait a few more years, the United States will have developed mobile communication technology, but it is not yet mature and it will take time to popularize it. By 80 years later, there should be mobile phones.
Of course, the mobile phone can only be used in cities with signal. It still doesn't work in the mainland.
Or satellite phones, which are better, but still immature. If Hong Kong's technical foundation was not so poor, he would have studied these technologies long ago.

But the mainland may have this opportunity, and everything will have to wait until the reform and opening up.
The next day, Yang Wendong made an appointment with an acquaintance, who was Huo Yingdong. This person had close ties with the mainland and had often visited Yanjing in the 1950s and 1960s. Perhaps he knew something.

"Mr. Yang, long time no see." Huo Yingdong said with a smile, "I heard that the core of your recent business has gone to Europe and the United States. We are really envious of you."

Yang Wendong said, "Isn't Mr. Huo's business all in Southeast Asia?"

Huo Yingdong shook his head and said, "That's still different. I have no choice but to go to Southeast Asia. Mr. Yang, you have developed well in Hong Kong and then go overseas.

Moreover, Europe and the United States are different from Southeast Asia. We have not considered this. Besides, Mr. Yang has as much assets in Southeast Asia as I do."

"Haha, doing business has its ups and downs, it's normal." Yang Wendong smiled and then asked, "Mr. Huo, now that the mainland and the West are on good terms, has the conflict between you and the Hong Kong government not been resolved yet?"

Huo Yingdong said: "The Hong Kong government once sent me a message saying that I can do business normally in Hong Kong, but who knows if things will change in the future. I'd better not take risks. My business in Southeast Asia is also good."

"Yeah, that's true." Yang Wendong nodded. Unless he was a time traveler, no one knew the future policies of the mainland, not even the mainland itself knew.

Huo Yingdong then asked, "Mr. Yang, what is the matter that you asked me out?"

"It's like this." Yang Wendong told what happened yesterday;

PS: Please give me a monthly ticket
(End of this chapter)

previouscatalognext