In 1983, the White Swan Hotel in Yuecheng officially opened.
This was the first hotel in China that was a joint venture between China and foreign countries.
It was also the first five-star hotel in China.
In the first year, China's leaders visited the White Swan three times.
The Eagle Queen, the President of the United States, the Chancellor of Germany, and the King of Sweden had also been here.
Even in today's eyes, the White Swan was considered a high-end hotel, not to mention China in 1983.
The location of the White Swan Hotel was once the gathering place of foreign consular offices in China.
In the core area of the concession in Yue City.
There was also a "provincial and Hong Kong strike" that shocked the world.
As the most luxurious hotel in the world, it was destined that only foreign guests could stay in the hotel. Was it appropriate to choose the center of the concession?
Huo Yingdong thought it was very suitable.
This was because he announced that the White Swan Hotel would be completely open to the public. Any Chinese person could enter, and they did not need to be a customer.
For a time, countless citizens swarmed into the White Swan Hotel.
The hotel had even used up 500 rolls of toilet paper in one day.
Everyone felt that it was inappropriate to do so, but Huo Yingdong insisted.
Huo Yingdong's response was,"
"It's not a colony anymore. How can foreigners come in? Chinese people can't come in? If that was the case, there would be a lot of controversy. It's very simple. If you destroy the carpet, put it on my tab. However, he definitely could not accept a hotel where foreigners could enter but Chinese could not.”
Foreign guests could enter the White Swan Hotel, and so could Chinese people.
Moreover, ordinary Chinese people could enter.
After the excitement, the residents dispersed and didn't stay in the White Swan Hotel every day. It didn't affect the operation of the White Swan Hotel.
In 1984, the old man made his first southern tour. On the 28th floor of the White Swan Hotel overlooking the beautiful scenery of the Pearl River, he suddenly turned around and took Huo Yingdong's hand. He said in a deep Sichuan voice,
"Thank you. The white swan is very good, very good!”
The old man said 'very good' twice in a row, which was a full affirmation of Huo Yingdong.
He was very satisfied with the White Swan Hotel.
From the construction of these two hotels, everyone could see that Huo Yingdong's investment in the mainland was based on what the mainland needed most at that time, not what could make money the fastest.
In 1986, Huo Yingdong received a call from Yanjing, hoping that he would take the lead in developing Hainan.
Therefore, Huo Yingdong was ordered to develop Hainan.
Huo Yingdong would go to any place that needed to be explored or had great uncertainty.
As for the investment projects, the first consideration was to quickly help the local area open up, not to make money.
Not to mention the various bridge projects that Huo Yingdong had donated.
Moreover, they had specifically allowed the Chinese to build the bridge and not the foreigners. This had made an indelible contribution to the accumulation of the first batch of bridge engineering talents in China.
Therefore, Huo Yingdong entered the mainland as soon as Huaxia opened up and persevered until the end. He had eaten the benefits of Huaxia's opening up from the fish head to the fish tail.
Li Chaoren came in 15 years later than Huo Yingdong.
However, Huo Yingdong's money in the mainland was far less than Li Chaoren's.
However, the country knew what a person's contribution was.
It was definitely not judged by money.
In 1984, Huo Yingdong was invited again for the 35th National Day military parade.
This time, Huo Yingdong saw the country's newly developed intercontinental strategic missile, which was the first to appear in the world, and tears flowed down his face in public.
Li Chaoren was not invited.
From this moment on, Li Chaoren's position in the eyes of the mainland could no longer be compared to Huo Yingdong.
The two of them were no longer on the same level.
In the eyes of the mainland, Li Chaoren was just a businessman who could make money. He was no longer a " reliable comrade."
"There's no need to say anything more about this. You and I both know how much your Uncle Huo has contributed to the mainland.”Li Chaoren said calmly.
"Dad, will the Hunts come back to life after we return?”Little Superman didn't dwell on this anymore and changed the topic.
Li Chaoren pondered for a moment and shook his head."
"I don't know, but all the industries in Hong Kong have been divided up. If the Hunts want to enter the game again, we'll have to see if those people agree.”
"However, the Hunts have the support of the mainland. I'm worried that the mainland will influence the government of the Special Administrative Region to suppress us in order to support the Hunts. Help the Huo family rise to power." Little Superman voiced his concerns.
How did the four great clans rise to power?
Of course, it was the shameless suppression of the British Hong Kong government that forced Huo Yingdong to withdraw from the real estate market and sell all his land and assets.
After Huo Yingdong was forced to leave, the four major families bought land like crazy and became the new generation of real estate developers.
In the end, they earned an astronomical amount of wealth and became one of the four major families in Hong Kong.
If Huo Yingdong was still in the real estate industry back then, with his talent in real estate, it was impossible for the four families to become rich.
Not only that, but he also had the right to operate the Hong Kong container port.
Huo Yingdong was still suppressed by the Hong Kong British government's rogue and violent administrative means, and suffered huge losses. In the end, it benefited the Dong family.
In the end, Dong became one of the seven biggest shipping tycoons in the world.
Huo Yingdong was forcefully kicked out again.
These two failures had caused the Hunts 'wealth to shrink rapidly.
In order to avoid being attacked by the British Hong Kong government, Huo Yingdong took on countless projects that were not profitable but beneficial to the people of Hong Kong.
As long as someone wanted the project, Huo Yingdong would not be given it.
If no one wanted to do it but it was necessary, he would ask Huo Yingdong to do it.
Therefore, Wen Wei Po called Huo Yingdong the most influential industrialist in Hong Kong.
However, he did not earn much money.
Based on Huo Yingdong's experience, Little Superman was worried that the four families would experience the same thing and be suppressed by the government to help the Huo family rise to power.
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