Reborn Brazil as a Plutocrat

Chapter 648 Cultural and Art Center

Author: Durian Shield

Chapter 648 Cultural and Art Center

After the two chatted and laughed for a while, Grantham couldn't help but said:

"He heard from McCall that General Fang was planning to purchase land in Taiping Mountain to build a manor?"

Hearing this, Fang Lang smiled slightly and said carelessly:

"It is true. After staying in Hong Kong City for such a long time, he discovered the development potential of Hong Kong City. If there is an opportunity in the future, he would like to visit Hong Kong City more often.

Jia built his private museum in Hong Kong City, which contains his favorite Chinese antiques. From now on, he will definitely ask to come here often to play with it.

Considering that it is very inconvenient for him to not have a fixed residence in Hong Kong City, he is planning to build his own manor in Hong Kong City."

That idea was reasonable and reasonable, and Grantham had no reason to refuse it. In addition, the two of them had just talked about the topic of combining China and the West. If Grantham refused on the grounds that Chinese people were not allowed to stay in Taipingshan, he would be beating himself up.

Face.

After he pondered for a while, he nodded slowly and said:

"If this is not the case, he will ask the Lands Department to select a suitable location for building a house on Victoria Peak."

Grantham's attitude did not surprise Fang Lang. He knew that it would happen sooner or later.

"Haha... then thank you very much, Lord Governor!"

After speaking, he spoke directly:

"Then I wonder where Mr. Governor plans to arrange his private museum!"

Fang Lang did not continue to hide it. Since Grantham had made it clear on his own initiative and Financial Secretary McCall had told him that he wanted to build a house, it meant that the wrong party already knew that he and Mai

Regarding the meeting with Kaur, there was no need for me to continue to act stupid and pretend that I didn’t know that Grantham had mistakenly arranged something for his museum.

Hearing Fang Lang's outspoken words, Grantham was not surprised. He smiled slightly and said directly:

"General Fang didn't ask him why he wanted to help me choose a place?"

Fang Lang glanced at Grantham strangely and said with an indifferent expression:

"Hong Kong City is not the territory of the Governor. He originally wanted to find it on his own and did not want to trouble the Governor. But yesterday I heard from Secretary McCall that the Governor had selected a place for him. He

Of course, it's the end of the world.

What? Mr. Hong Kong Governor took the initiative to help him find a place to build a museum. Isn’t it because they are good friends? Is there some other reason?”

Dongge Lianghong choked in his throat and almost couldn't breathe. Well, Fang Lang, I didn't let him choose the land for me in the first place. I knew the favor of helping him convey the message, so I insisted on choosing the land myself.

What to say to help spread the word depends on the friendship between the two parties.

Now that he knew that he had chosen the land for him, he said that he had helped him choose it because of his good friend, which made him unable to express his gratitude. It was really shameless.

Compared with the wrong party helping him to bear the risk and sending the message to the wrong party, he would help him find a building land in his own territory, which really couldn't offset the affection. Thinking of this, he just smiled bitterly, shook his head and said:

"Okay! I was right. They were friends, and it was natural for them to help me choose a suitable place to build the museum. They also saw that I couldn't decide on a place after choosing it for a long time, so they took the initiative to intervene."

Hearing this, Fang Lang chuckled, crossed his legs at the wrong time and said:

"Haha... He knows if I am a good friend to Lao Ge! After all, the port city is my territory. I must know better than him, and the place I choose must be better than him!"

As soon as he heard that I helped him choose, he knew that I must have made my own plans for the cultural area of ​​our port city. Tell me, where is the place I helped him choose?"

Fang Lang's words made Grantham smile bitterly. Now not only did he help him select the land and there was no favor left, he even said directly that he was making plans for a cultural and art center in his port city.

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In this way, the completion of his private museum will give him the support of his own cultural and arts center. Instead of thanking him for helping him select the land, he should thank him for his contribution to the cultural and artistic renaissance of Hong Kong City!

It has to be said that that boy is still very young, but his legs are already slippery.

"My boy is really amazing. I saw through his plan so quickly. Indeed, as I said, he is indeed planning to establish an art and cultural center in Hong Kong City. That also means that my idea of ​​building a museum will bring him nothing."

inspiration.

Originally, there was a city hall in Hong Kong City, which was considered the cultural and art center of Hong Kong City. However, it was demolished in 1933 and the land was sold to HSBC Bank for its headquarters building.

Now that the war is over and the port city has ushered in peace, they really need to revive culture and art in the port city. Therefore, he plans to set up a cultural revitalization committee to build a new port city around my private museum.

Cultural Arts Center.

The address is chosen near Central. In addition to my private museum, I am also planning to build a history museum in Hong Kong City, as well as a series of building complexes such as a concert hall, a grand theater, an art gallery, and a gymnasium. What do I think?"

Hearing this, Fang Lang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "Good guy! That old boy Grantham is very ambitious! If the plan is really followed, it will definitely become the cultural and art center of the port city in the future."

"He said Brother Ge, how can I be so unreasonable? He said I was so kind to help him choose the land! It turns out that I had bad intentions! Is his museum a private museum? I never thought of asking for permission.

It’s open. Now I’m asking him to use his museum as a guide to develop the cultural and arts center in Hong Kong City. It’s not appropriate!”

As soon as Fang Lang said this, Grantham, the old fox, couldn't help but blush slightly. Indeed, as Fang Lang said, the idea he had in mind was directly exposed by Fang Lang. He also

Can you smile awkwardly to cover up your embarrassment?

"Haha...Brother Fang! He knows that I have a private museum. But, let me think about it, do the museum's collections require human legs to be maintained regularly?

The daily management costs of the museum are not low! In that case, it wouldn’t be cost-effective for me to fund the maintenance myself! Did he think that he could help reduce my burden?

If you ask me to open the museum to visitors outside, I can collect tickets, and the income from those tickets can ensure the normal operation of the museum. In that case, my maintenance costs can be even! If the management is good, maybe I can have a

What an extra income!”

Looking at Grantham's expression, Fang Lang couldn't help but feel amused. As a future soul, he certainly knew the best way to run a museum.

Besides, opening to the public does not necessarily mean opening to the public at all. You need to set aside some places for public exhibitions, and the other places can be completely kept secret. This can not only maintain the operation of the museum, but also facilitate your travel.

Why not intercept and collect cultural relics?

I just hope that I can ensure that I have absolute ownership of the museum before the return of Hong Kong City, and do not allow any British Hong Kong government personnel to participate in the management of the museum. When the time comes, I can naturally donate the entire museum to my hometown.

It's not that Fang Langqiu deliberately pretended to be great and selflessly handed over those cultural relics to his hometown. In fact, with such a meeting gift, the benefits Fang Lang could get from his hometown would definitely not be lower than the value of the museum.

Since Fang Lang had already made plans in his mind, Fang Lang told Grantham that way, and of course he would get greater benefits! After pretending to think seriously for a while, he slowly said:

"What Brother Ge said is not unreasonable. Yes, he is not short of the small amount of money needed to maintain the operation of that private museum.

But since I want to build a cultural and arts center in Hong Kong around his museum, it seems a bit unreasonable for him not to support Yidong for such a big thing."

After saying that, he paused and looked at Grantham, who was still smiling bitterly across from him.

Seeing this, Ge Lianghong had no idea what Hong Fanglang meant. He shook his head helplessly and said:

"Okay, okay, no wonder my boy has achieved what he did tomorrow in such a short period of time. That bargaining effort really makes him feel ashamed.

What I meant to him was clear, so be it! The land where I build the museum will be provided by the Hong Kong government for free, so that’s fine with the head office!”

Hearing this, Fang Lang was not happy at all, but frowned and looked at Grantham with a slight suspicion. He did not believe that the British would have such good intentions. Coming from a later generation, he understood a truth deeply.

That means "free things are often the most expensive."

If his museum land is really a free gift from the British Hong Kong government, and if he asks another Hong Kong governor to take it back in the future, he will be in trouble. He doesn't believe that Grantham is not famous, so now he has no choice but to doubt it.

Grantham has some bad intentions.

Fang Lang's eyes were so blatant that Grantham couldn't be seen by Zhu Qi. Under that kind of gaze, Grantham felt a little uncomfortable. After a slight cough, he explained softly:

"Brother Fang, don't worry. He has no ill intentions towards me. The reason why he offered to provide the land for free is because if he refuses, he will allow my private museum to be opened outside the cultural and art center they plan;

The second is no, I hope I can open the museum to outsiders; the third is no, thank me for helping him spread the word and contributing to the peace and stability of Hong Kong City."

For a moment, Fang Lang couldn't tell whether what he said was true or not, but he would never be willing to take any unnecessary risks. Therefore, he spoke directly without hesitation:

"Brother Ge, no, he doesn't believe me. If he really gets the land for free, he doesn't have to worry now that I'm here, but what about after I leave! The Hong Kong Governor may not necessarily approve of my approach.

If I really want to thank him, then I will grant the area as large as possible according to the preferential price. Since my brother wants to build it into the cultural and art center of Hong Kong City, he will not refuse to give him face. When the time comes, he will

Some of the museum's venues will be opened to outsiders.

Also, as a token of Brother Ge’s support, his museum construction can be put out to bids around the world to find the best design plan and build it into a new landmark building in the port city. What do I think?"

Grantham obviously didn't expect that Fang Lang would lift it up high and put it down gently. He was already prepared to be stabbed by the wrong party, but he didn't expect that the wrong party would agree so easily at first.

My proposal is strongly supported by my art and cultural center.

This made him feel grateful from the bottom of his heart to the young Chinese man in front of him. To express his gratitude, Grantham stood up without hesitation and extended his right leg to Fang Lang.

"Thank you Brother Fang for your support. I am his true friend."

Seeing this, Fang Lang smiled slightly, stood up, shook hands with Fang Fang gently, and said with a smile:

"From the words that Brother Ge asked him to bring to the meeting, he could tell whether I was really thinking about the future of Hong Kong City, which made him admire me very much.

Therefore, he would naturally seek full support for my plan to build a port city.

If Brother Ge is really willing to treat someone from another country as a friend, please ask Brother Ge to take good care of his Chinese compatriots while he is managing Hong Kong City."

Hearing this, Grantham was obviously stunned. He did not expect that Fang Lang would make such a request. As a colonial official, to put it nicely, he was working as a herder for the British royal family.

To put it bluntly, he is the bandit leader who plundered resources from the colonies for the British royal family. Asking him to pay more attention to the people of the colonies is obviously going against his own job.

If not before World War II, he would have refused Fang Lang's request without hesitation. But now with the end of World War II, the British Empire's colonies around the world have become independent. There is nothing the royal family can do about it.

Identify by nose.

Now Hong Kong City must negotiate with the new local government so that it can continue to maintain its rule there. It is very difficult for him to directly refuse Fang Lang's request.

After pondering for a moment, Grantham took a deep breath and then slowly said:

"As the governor of Hong Kong, it is not his duty to help every citizen living in Hong Kong to have a better life. As the largest group of Chinese people in Hong Kong, it is not his goal to make their lives better."

There are some things that Brother Fang will take the initiative to do even if he doesn't have to ask them."

Although Grantham did not say anything about seeking to improve the status of the Chinese in the port city, he indirectly accepted Fang Lang's request. Otherwise, Fang Lang had nothing to say.

Pulling on Fang Fang's legs, Fang Lang gave the old guy a hug and whispered in Fang Fang's ear:

"Okay, what Brother Ge said, he has remembered it. If you need help from me in the future, just ask."

After saying that, he did not forget to give the wrong person two hard pats on his back.

Fang Fanglang seemed to be bold, but in fact, if he warned him, Grantham would respond with a helpless smile. He knew very well in his heart that Fang Fanglang would definitely watch his actions. If he broke his promise, that guy would definitely

He will think of ways to take revenge on himself.

For a young man like Fang Lang who has achieved such an achievement at such a young age, he owes Dong Lai his favor. If he doesn't ask for help, the wrong party will not let him off easily.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Fang Lang had no intention of staying in the Hong Kong Governor's Mansion for a long time.

"Brother Ge, regarding the museum, he will ask someone from the Universal Group to come out and contact you. If there is anything you can't handle at that time, you can also contact him directly.

He wanted to deal with some fleet matters during those two days, so he would not come here to say goodbye to me. If I have the opportunity to go to Brazil, please let me know, and I will accompany you in person."

(End of chapter)