Rebirth 98, the rise starts from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 768 Wuzhen [Please vote for me!]

Author: Linjiangxian

Chapter 768 Wuzhen [Please vote for me!]

Lu Yiming went offline after chatting for a few words, but the excitement in the QQ group did not dissipate.

Zhou Hongyi: @Jackma, where is Wuzhen? I feel like I’ve heard the name before, but I don’t know exactly where it is. It’s not a big city, right?

Ma Teng: I know, it seems that Wuzhen is not far from Hangzhou. But there seems to be nothing special there. @Jack Ma, you just hang out in Hangzhou, quickly analyze why Mr. Lu chose that place.

Jack Ma was actually also confused - even more confused than everyone else. Because it is true that Wuzhen is right next door to Hangzhou, and he also has a certain understanding of the situation there.

"Is there anything special there?"

"Yeah, why did Mr. Lu choose to be there? @JackMa, tell me, we will understand a little better."

Jack Ma couldn't stand everyone's questioning, so he said: "To be honest, there is really nothing special about Wuzhen. If there is, it is that it is extremely poor and backward!"

Regarding Jack Ma's statement, people in the group didn't seem to buy it.

"Are you sure?"

"Are you kidding?"

"If this is really the case, how could the richest man Lu hold our industry conference in Wuzhen? Stop joking and say something more reliable."

There is no doubt that everyone has acquiesced that Lu Yiming will not put forward unreasonable opinions, so Lu Yiming must have a special intention in choosing Wuzhen.

This made Jack Ma very embarrassed and said: "I really don't know. The West Gate Protection Project was just launched there not long ago. I heard that it is going to be a tourist city, and now it is undergoing large-scale development and construction."

He passed through Wuzhen once when he was a child, and his impression of the place was only three words: dirty, messy, and poor.

And this is not his idea alone,

In 1990, tractors were everywhere in the Ivory Mountains, but Wuzhen had just built its first road leading to the village.

It is said that one can become rich if one has a road, but Wuzhen is an exception. After the road was built, the area was still dilapidated, the rivers were smelly, and garbage was everywhere.

Even the artist Chen Danqing once complained: Wuzhen at that time was like a hell with roosters crowing and water flowing.

This is Wuzhen, a broken place with both inherent deficiencies and slow development.

After Jack Ma introduced the general situation of Wuzhen, there was a brief silence in the QQ group.

After a while, Ma Teng said: "Then why did Mr. Lu choose that place?"

"Yeah, from what you said, it's too much there, isn't it?"

"Did the richest man Lu say something wrong?"

Everyone was confused, and they all doubted the reason why the richest man Lu chose Wuzhen. After all, there are so many places to choose from across the country, why would he choose such a remote place in the mountains?

On the other side, Lu Yiming called Li Yiwen and asked him to prepare for the meeting in Wuzhen.

Li Yiwen was well-informed. After hearing the name Wuzhen, he immediately said: "Hu Xueyan once did the rice market business in Wuzhen and made his first pot of gold. Later, he became a red-top businessman based on this. You run now

Are you holding a meeting there because you want to imitate Hu Xueyan? Then this is not your first pot of gold. Apart from that, is there anything special about this place?"

Lu Yiming smiled and replied: "There is nothing special about it yet, but it will be there soon."

Li Yiwen complained: "You sound like a fortune teller. Why, have you recently learned to read people's Feng Shui?"

Lu Yiming laughed and said, "I don't understand Feng Shui, but I can read people."

Li Yiwen asked: "So, this is not about feng shui, but about facial appearance?"

Lu Yiming said earnestly: "Cousin, can you not be so feudal and superstitious? Forget it, come with me to Wuzhen, meet a person, and listen to what he says. Then you will understand the reason why I chose Wuzhen.

.”

Hearing that Lu Yiming was going to Hangzhou, Li Quanwang, who was busy at home, immediately ran over and shamelessly wanted to follow him, so Lu Yiming had no choice but to take him with him.

Riding on the plane that had just been overhauled, the group flew from Baiyun City to Hangzhou.

Jack Ma, who had already received the news, was already waiting at the entrance of Xiaoshan Airport.

"Mr. Lu."

"Mr. Ma."

Lu Yiming shook hands with Jack Ma and said with a smile: "Long time no see."

Jack Ma said with emotion: "It's been a long time since we last saw each other. A lot of things have happened during this time."

Lu Yiming smiled and said: "It's not a big deal. We need to go to Wuzhen for inspection. How can we go more conveniently?"

Hearing that Lu Yiming and the others were going to Wuzhen, Jack Ma immediately volunteered and said, "You want to go to Wuzhen? Then I will take you there. After all, I am half aboriginal, and I must fulfill my duty as a landlord."

In fact, Ma Jack was actually curious about why Lu Yiming set the meeting address in Wuzhen, so he wanted to go and find out.

Lu Yiming was not familiar with Wuzhen at all, especially the current Wuzhen. Now that Jack Ma took the initiative to ask for a job, he naturally got what he asked for. He followed suit and said, "Since you are so polite, then I will not be respectful."

A few hours later, Lu Yiming and the others entered Wuzhen in a commercial vehicle provided by Jackma.

As the car drove through a street, Majek introduced enthusiastically: "The TV series "In Time" that became a hit in July this year was filmed here."

After a while, he passed by another street, which looked a little dilapidated. Li Yiwen asked: "Where is this? Why is demolition going on?"

Ma Jie Ke looked back, his expression suddenly froze, and he said awkwardly after a long time: "Four years ago, there was a fire here. It was said that there was an old lady in the town who liked to chat and ended up cooking.

Halfway through, I went to someone else's house to have a chat. In the end, I didn't watch the pot and burned the house. It also burned down seven historical buildings along the road. The town has been raising money over the years and plans to repair this place.

build."

If it were an ordinary fire incident, that would be fine. After all, people make mistakes and horses make mistakes, but these burned down historical buildings have a completely different meaning.

In recent years, there has been a craze for ancient buildings. Antique buildings are being built in many places across the country. As a result, the real ancient buildings here were burned down. The comparison between the two feels very inconsistent.

This matter is not only a matter for the entire town, but also for the entire township and the entire city. If Li Yiwen hadn't asked about it, Jackma wouldn't have wanted to say anything.

As long as it is repaired again, no one will know about it.

While talking, Jack Ma had been paying attention to Lu Yiming's reaction.

Because according to the results of everyone's private discussions, Lu Yiming most likely wants to invest in Wuzhen. After all, Wuzhen has determined its tourism development route and is engaged in development and construction everywhere, and Lu Yiming has several real estate-related companies under his name.

This also explains why Lu Yiming chose the conference in such an inhospitable place.

And ancient buildings are of great benefit in attracting tourism investment.

Therefore, Jack Ma is now very worried that Lu Yiming will cancel the possible investment plan after learning the news.

After all, if Lu Yiming, the richest man in Asia, invests in Wuzhen, and it is he, Jack Ma, who brings Lu Yiming to Wuzhen, will he, Jack Ma, not be able to earn some fame and connections by then?

After seeing that Lu Yiming's expression didn't seem to change significantly, Jack Ma couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, I was even more confused in my heart. If Lu Yiming was not here to invest in construction, then why did Lu Yiming choose Wuzhen?

However, in any case, it is good for Lu Yiming to pay attention to Wuzhen. Jackma changed his tone and introduced: "Wuzhen is just a small town, but it has a history of more than 7,000 years, and the culture of Jiangnan Water Village is extremely

strong."

Li Yiwen couldn't help complaining: "Weren't the several historical buildings just burned down, so what else is there in this place?"

It has to be said that in a place with a backward economy, its thinking must be backward. After experiencing this fire, Wuzhen began to pay attention to the protection of historical relics, especially those ancient buildings that have been passed down. The development in recent years has actually used "rescue"

to describe it more appropriately.

At the same time, the neighboring water town of Zhouzhuang has been booming for more than 10 years, and Lijiang Old Town has also been included in the World Cultural Heritage List.

If Wuzhen wants to develop a tourism economy, it must work hard on its cultural heritage.

Li Yiwen's retort immediately wiped out the topic. Jack Ma searched for a long time before he found an idea and asked Lu Yiming: "Mr. Lu, are you coming to Wuzhen this time to prepare for the conference?"

Lu Yiming said: "This is just one of the reasons. The most important thing is that I want to meet someone this time."

"Meeting someone?"

When Jack Ma heard this, he immediately became interested and asked: "Who is it?"

He was in Hangzhou next door, and he hadn't heard of any awesome people coming out of Wuzhen. It was worth a trip for Lu Yiming himself.

Lu Yiming slowly said a name: "Chen Xianghong."

"who?"

Jack Ma racked his brains and couldn't remember that he had ever heard of a famous person named Chen Xianghong.

Ten years later, with the glory of Wuzhen, Chen Xianghong, who was called the "Godfather of the Ancient Town" by the industry and nicknamed "Mr. Chen, the Contractor", is now just a little person who goes around begging his grandfather and grandma.

Of course, although he is a small person, Chen Xianghong has also made achievements.

First of all, in 2002, he was named one of the top ten influential figures in the Xiaguo tourism industry by the Xiaguo Tourism Newspaper. A year later, he was awarded the Asia-Pacific Outstanding Achievement Award for Heritage Protection by the UNESCO World Heritage Center, which is quite famous in the tourism industry.

Rise up and achieve small successes.

However, this little achievement means nothing in the eyes of a real boss.

At this time, in a very ordinary house in Wuzhen, Chen Xianghong took off the towel on his forehead and looked a little dazed. He yawned and asked: "What time is it? It's almost time to leave for the event.

Have you had a drink?"

A young man in his twenties warned: "Mr. Chen, don't you still have a fever today? Why don't we go to this cocktail party?"

His name is Long Zhan, and he is Chen Xianghong's assistant.

Chen Xianghong said decisively: "How can that be done? Manager Gong is here at this cocktail party. If we don't go, we won't give him face. Do you still want the loan?"

Chen Xianghong knew that his subordinates were caring about him, but if Wuzhen wanted to develop, it would be impossible without money, so he was more concerned about whether the funds could be received than his health.

"But……"

"It's nothing to worry about. I have to get all the resources for our team."

Chen Xianghong said it categorically.

What is most needed to develop ancient towns?

money!

How to get money?

First, you need to find a bank loan.

In order to get the loan, Chen Xianghong went all out this time.

While talking, Chen Xianghong had already changed into his suit. He urged Long Zhan: "Hurry up, don't be late."

Seeing that the persuasion was ineffective, Long Zhan had no choice but to go out with Chen Xianghong.

In the hotel private room, among a large table of delicacies, the most eye-catching thing is a box of Maotai.

As soon as Chen Xianghong walked in, a bald man with a big belly stood up and said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, you are finally here."

Chen Xianghong forced a smile and said, "How dare I be late for dinner with Manager Gong?"

"Hey, what are you talking about? We are friends, don't get so angry. Come on, come on, take a seat first. The waiter can serve the food."

While he was talking, Manager Gong had already pulled the liquor box on the table in front of him, deftly removed the tape seal, and said, "I won't go home until I'm drunk tonight."

Looking at this box of liquor, Chen Xianghong felt his heart pounding, but he had no choice but to say with a smile: "Everyone needs to work together to make Manager Gong happy."

After a while, the food was served, and Manager Gong said to Chen Xianghong: "Mr. Chen, I have long heard that you are a big drinker, and I felt that your drinking capacity is indeed okay. How about today, I drink one bottle and you drink one too.

, Is this fair? If you drink a few bottles, I can lend you tens of millions. The interest rate will be the lowest."

Everyone present knew that Manager Gong had a lot of energy and never had a good time to drink. It was obvious that he planned to make fun of Chen Xianghong today.

Long Zhan looked at Chen Xianghong with some worry. Chen Xianghong caught Long Zhan's gaze, but did not flinch. He smiled and put a bottle of wine in front of him and said: "Manager Gong is an open-minded person. I do have a few

It’s been a long time since I drank. Why don’t you have a couple of drinks first to moisten your throat?”

"Look at you, aren't you angry? It's so troublesome to pour from a cup. Come on, just blow on the bottle."

"Ah this..."

Chen Xianghong choked up all of a sudden.

He was still having a fever today, so if he drank one glass at a time, as long as the time lasted and the alcohol would evaporate quickly, it wouldn't be a big problem to have one bottle.

But now Manager Gong demands a quick drink. Needless to say, even if you drink beer, you can easily get drunk.

Manager Gong raised his eyebrows and said with some displeasure: "What? Mr. Chen doesn't want to drink with me?"

Chen Xianghong said quickly: "Of course not. Since Manager Gong wants to drink, how can I not accompany him? I hope Manager Gong will keep his word."

"Of course. Come on, drink."

"good."

Chen Xianghong grabbed the wine bottle, gritted his teeth, and with a sudden heart, he took off the cork and blew into his mouth.

The sharp and stimulating white wine penetrated into his throat, causing his whole body to tremble, as if a ball of fire flowed from his mouth into his internal organs.

He didn't eat anything when he came here. Now he drank directly. After only half a bottle, Chen Xianghong couldn't hold on anymore. He put down the bottle and said to Manager Gong with his tongue hanging out: "I drank half a bottle, and I can borrow five hundred."

Ten thousand?"

Seeing Chen Xianghong's blushing face and swaying, Manager Gong seemed to have seen a clown's funny performance and laughed loudly: "Okay, keep your word, I will grant you five million."

"Thanks."

"Come on, come on, have some food, we will continue later, you still have five million in your hand."

After drinking a bowl of hot soup, Chen Xianghong felt much better. He looked at the wine bottle in his hand and started drinking again.

President Gong gave a thumbs up and said: "Well done!"

As a result, after taking a sip, Chen Xianghong couldn't hold it in anymore, rushed out of the box, and went to the toilet to vomit.

Long Zhan quickly followed.

"This Gong Xingzhi is too much. He knows you can't drink and yet he comes to make you drink like this. He's obviously just making fun of us."

Long Zhan complained while patting Chen Xianghong's back to induce vomiting.

Chen Xianghong held the wall with his left hand, bent over at 90 degrees, vomited wildly, waved his right hand behind him, and said weakly: "I'm fine, I just had a little drink, I still can't die, I can't get these five million."

? Now I can finally do something good."

In 1999, Chen Xianghong had already taken over the position of director of the Wuzhen Protection and Tourism Development Management Committee. At that time, he had no other team and didn't even have an office.

When he came to Wuzhen, he only had a car, 150,000 yuan in start-up expenses, and 13 million yuan in company equity allocated by the government.

Until now, no one could have imagined that Chen Xianghong would be able to revitalize a poor and destitute town into the No. 1 ancient town of Xiaguo in ten years.

After vomiting for a long time, Chen Xianghong felt that he was about to collapse. Naturally, he could no longer drink or eat, so he had no choice but to say goodbye.

On the way back, Chen Xianghong sat in the back seat with his eyes closed and meditated, while Long Zhan drove in front.

Not long after driving out, Chen Xianghong's cell phone rang. He took it out in a daze and pressed the answer button.

"Hello?"

The voice of another assistant of Chen Xianghong came from the phone: "Mr. Chen, why couldn't your phone call just now?"

Chen Xianghong had a fever and had drunk alcohol, so his consciousness was a little blurry, so he casually replied: "I was drinking with Manager Gong just now, so the phone was turned off."

"Oh, this is such a big mistake. A big shot came to our office just now and said he wanted to see you, but you weren't here and the phone couldn't be reached at all."

"Meet me? Who?"

"It's Lu Yiming, the richest man in Lu, who wants to see you! You were not here when he came just now, so he said he would come back tomorrow."

"Oh, I'll see you tomorrow then."

After Chen Xianghong hung up the phone, he shook his head. It was obvious that drinking while having a fever was so uncomfortable that he now had a splitting headache.

Long Zhan asked: "Who made the call?"

Chen Xianghong pinched his eyebrows and replied: "It's Xu Yi. He said someone wants to see me."

"Who?"

"What are you talking about, Lu Yiming, the richest man in Lu? Damn it, the richest man in Lu!?"

Chen Xianghong sobered up instantly.

(End of chapter)