National Tide 1980.

Chapter 262

The Jianguo Gate in the capital was originally a city gate built during the Japanese and puppet rule.

It was a gap opened on the east wall of the inner city, which was called "Qiming Gate" at that time.

After the surrender of the Japanese invaders, under the strong request of the broad masses of the people, on November 1945, 11, the Beiping Municipal Government renamed the city gate "Jianguo Gate".

The situation on West Chang'an Avenue is similar. The "Chang'an Gate" that was opened during the Japanese Puppet Period was also renamed "Fuxing Gate".

As for after the founding of the People's Republic of China, both Jianguomen and Fuxingmen have become the intersection of Chang'an Avenue and the Second Ring Road.

The old city gate is no longer there.

Take East Chang'an Avenue as an example. The main buildings here include Jianguomen Bridge, Ancient Observatory, Friendship Store, etc.

Our country's batch number is "002". It is jointly established by the Beijing Branch of China International Travel Service and Huamei Hotel Development Co., Ltd., and the Peninsula Hotel Group is appointed by the foreign party to be responsible for the management and operation of the country's first joint venture hotel pilot project.

It is precisely because the site was selected here that the name "Jianguo Hotel" was finally given.

And this one covers an area of ​​580 square meters, a construction area of ​​2000 square meters, a nine-story building, a total of [-] rooms, and a Sino-US joint venture tourist hotel with an investment of up to [-] million US dollars.

Counting from the groundbreaking on June 1980, 6, the construction period took less than two years.

It opened for business on April 1982, 4.

There is no doubt that the opening ceremony of the day is a very important event for the capital.

Chinese and foreign reporters gathered at the scene, and even the "People's Daily" and the national TV station sent people.

And whether it is a camera lens or a camera lens, there is no time to stop shooting during the whole process.

Because apart from the grand ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by the Chinese leaders in charge of the project and foreign investors, Jianguo Hotel is unique in every way.

The most obvious is the appearance of Jianguo Hotel.

Compared with other buildings on Chang'an Avenue, although it looks very short, it is long.

But the arched and flying eaves, the brown glass, and the flags waving in the wind are very novel.

It always makes people feel that Jianguo Hotel is particularly like an ocean-going ship that sails from nowhere and does not know where it is going.

Quite a metaphor of "coming across the ocean".

So much so that until 30 years later, it is still a landmark building in the capital.

For another example, the interior of Jianguo Hotel also has the unique garden style of the capital.

The artificial courtyard landscape here unexpectedly created a winding stream.

The stream flows, turns, bounces, and swings in the center of all buildings, changing in myriad ways.

There is also a gurgling spring in the middle, which can be described as extremely natural and wild.

What's even more fascinating is that some of the guest rooms' buildings are adjacent to the creek, highlighting small terraces one by one.

It is entirely conceivable that when the residents sit on the small terrace, watching the greenery and listening to the murmur of the water.

How carefree it is to sip a pot of fragrant tea, or clink glasses for a drink.

What's more, the facilities in all 520 eight guest rooms are also extraordinary.

Surprisingly, each room is equipped with a color TV, a key-dial telephone, and is also equipped with an independent toilet and central air-conditioning.

All of these things are modernization beyond ordinary people's imagination.

Even the white collar flower and black waistcoat of the waiters are completely different from the blue trousers and white coats of other hotel waiters at that time.

Moreover, Jianguo Restaurant also opened the first authentic French restaurant in the capital, Justine's, ahead of Pierre Carton.

You know, how difficult this matter is, the key depends on the situation in our country.

At this time, the Republic could not even find a loom that could weave cloth with a width of three meters, and could only import curtains, bed sheets and mouth cloth from abroad.

And decent pastry raw materials are even more rare.

As small as a piece of butter, a bottle of jam, and a bag of special flour, all have to be purchased through the port city with foreign exchange.

From this we can see what kind of huge investment this is.

Another thing is the unimaginably clean toilet conditions, which have also become a symbol of Jianguo Hotel's high-end standards.

This is because the toilet conditions in the capital were extremely bad at that time, even the ones in restaurants were just as smelly.

In addition to not being able to eat real bread when foreigners come to our country, they are even more afraid of going to our toilet.

Especially getting out of the hotel to catch up with internal emergency, it must be a nightmare experience, no matter how far away you have to go back to your residence to solve the problem.

But what happened at the Jianguo Hotel completely reversed everyone's inherent understanding of the Republic's toilets.

All imported ceramic products are used here, and there are special personnel on duty to clean up at any time according to regulations.

It is indeed turning your own toilet into a toilet, which is quite close to international standards.

Female guests can wipe their faces and put on powder and make-up, which can be done here.

In short, these rare modern facilities far exceed the way of life imagined by Chinese people.

All of them remind people that the Republic has since then owned the first truly international hotel!

It can be said that this day is a milestone in the history of hotel development in our country.

Because it was with the Jianguo Hotel that the Republic finally broke the decades-long guest house-style tourist reception model.

It is no wonder why the opening of Jianguo Hotel has attracted the full attention of so many media reporters, and they can't wait to report everything that happened here.

Like that night, this incident was reported on the "News Network" of the national TV station, and all newspapers and periodicals in the capital used important pages to report.

The Reuters article said, "The first truly Western-style hotel opened in Beijing, bringing the necessary charm to this drab and windy city."

"Agence France-Presse" also commented, "In a city where the hotel service industry ranges from poor to medium, Jianguo Hotel has been hailed as the best hotel in the capital overnight."

Of course, this day is extremely important to Ning Weimin and Song Huagui.

Because of the "PC" clothing franchise store in Jianguo Hotel, can it get off to a good start with the opening of the hotel and gain market recognition.

Not only will it determine whether Ning Weimin's personal career can enter a new rising period, but also his future.

This is even related to whether Pierre Carton can maintain trust in Song Huagui in the future.

And whether Song Huagui's personal prestige within the company will be damaged.

After all, so much money has been invested, if the blood cannot be returned in time, I am afraid that there will be problems in the capital circulation of the Republic.

And Song Huagui, who was extremely determined to invest funds in these projects, would find out that his decision was actually wrong.

Surely there will be no shame in asking the head office for material support.

She will definitely be criticized privately by her subordinates, which will inevitably make employees doubt her ability.

On the other hand, everyone is happy.

Not only Ning Weimin and Song Huagui could give a satisfactory explanation to their superiors.

It also means that the management direction of Pierre-Carton Company is correct, and it has passed the actual test of the market.

Since then, it has been as stable as Mount Tai and has taken the lead, so it can be fully rolled out, and it can be operated and expanded according to the plan with peace of mind.

It can even be said that Peel Carton has also set a successful benchmark for domestic garment industry counterparts.

The high-end clothing business model created by them is destined to be used as a model by countless colleagues in the future to imitate and learn from.

(End of this chapter)