The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 374 Going to the God Capital
After completing the filming plan for Xu's this year, Xu Guanwu felt that he had nothing to worry about and could go to the mainland for medical treatment.

On another quiet morning, Xu Guanwu and his wife took the King Air 200 and set off for the Divine Capital of the Mainland.Previously, President Liang suggested to take a domestic flight to BJ, but considering that most of the airlines in the mainland are old and probably haven’t been replaced for more than ten years, Xu Guanwu was a little worried.Persisting, the mainland made accommodations.

Xu Guanwu also became the first person to fly to the mainland by private business jet since the founding of the People's Republic of China.However, to be on the safe side, there were two more security personnel on board.When the plane flew over Shendu, escorting planes appeared on both sides, and it seemed that there was a huge battle.

"President Wang, this battle is a bit too big." Xu Guanwu said with a smile to an accompanying president of Xinhua News Agency.

"Mr. Xu, don't be offended. This is also for the sake of safety, and there is no intention to deliberately target it." President Wang said with a smile neither humble nor overbearing.

"I understand, I understand." Xu Guanwu nodded, looking out through the window, God is right under his nose.

At the end of the 70s, the capital of God, which had just gone through a catastrophe, still looked very dilapidated.There are basically no skyscrapers, and the tallest building is no more than ten stories high, which is not as tall as Xu's current headquarters building.The center of the city is even more of a shantytown, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but be speechless when he saw it.

The expression on President Wang's face at the side is very exciting, sometimes black, sometimes white, sometimes red, a little ashamed, a little embarrassed, and a little angry. "Mr. Xu, although the city of God is still not as good as Hong Kong, we are confident that we will catch up." He puffed his cheeks and said.

"I believe," Xu Guanwu smiled, "the mainland has a lot of advantages that Hong Kong does not have. Regardless of human resources, technological resources, energy resources, etc., they are far superior to Hong Kong. As long as the mainland really embarks on the road of reform and opening up, soaring It's just a momentary thing."

"Oh?! Mr. Xu seems to have great confidence in our mainland." After listening to Xu Guanwu's words, President Wang's expression instantly relaxed, and he nodded with a smile.

"Yes, we are all descendants of Yan and Huang. Hong Kong people have talents and wisdom, and mainlanders also have them. What's more, the mainland has so many advantages that Hong Kong does not have, so your foundation is much stronger than ours. As the old saying goes, Yun, with thick accumulation and thin hair, you will definitely come from behind." Xu Guanwu clapped his hands and laughed.

"Hehe, thank you, Mr. Xu, for your compliment." After hearing this, President Wang smiled even more happily, "I never thought that Mr. Xu, you have such confidence in the economic construction of the Mainland."

"That's natural, I'm also Chinese." Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "If the reform and opening up of the mainland allows foreign capital to enter the mainland, I will be the first to contribute."

"Okay, now there are a lot of messy voices abroad, looking down on the economic construction of our mainland. If you can take the lead in expressing your opinion, Mr. Xu, you will be worth a thousand words to us." President Wang clapped his hands and laughed.

Indeed, if Xu Guanwu ascends to the top, with his current strength and status in the Hong Kong business community, it will definitely affect a considerable number of people.Don't forget that Xu Guanwu also has a newspaper with the number one sales in Hong Kong and a TV station with the number one ratings. These are crucial propaganda positions.

How important the war of public opinion is, this has been recognized by the party since the early days of the party's founding.During the subsequent period of the Anti-Japanese War and the Civil War, the party focused on the war of public opinion, which not only mobilized the masses, but also disintegrated the enemy's camp, weakened the enemy's morale, and laid a good foundation for victory.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the party regarded public opinion as the most powerful weapon and firmly controlled it in its own hands.During the Republic of China, private newspapers were allowed to be created. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, all newspapers were changed to state-run, and privately issued newspapers were not approved.If you dare to publish in private, you will be arrested and jailed, and you will be charged with publishing illegal publications.

Of course, this kind of high-pressure method can be used unimpeded in the mainland, but for foreign media, this tactic is useless at all.Now in Hong Kong, apart from "Ta Kung Pao" and "Wen Wei Po" which are pro-China, all other newspapers are more or less out of favor.Even Ming Pao, which claims to be fair and just, actually often publishes articles critical of the mainland.

On the contrary, Xu Guanwu's "Daily Daily" basically does not report any negative news about the mainland because of his pro-China stance, but reports good news in a large space, so he is often criticized by the pro-Taiwan media as a Chinese Communist. running dog.

But Xu Guanwu didn't bother to talk to them. After [-], the mainland and the UK reached an agreement to recover Hong Kong, and then they would know how valuable the crown of "Zhonggong running dog" was.

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Under the escort of two fighter planes, King Air slowly landed at Shendu Nanyuan Airport.

Xu Guanwu and his wife got off the plane together with President Wang. The winter in the north of the capital of God is cold and dry. When the cold wind blows, it is icy cold.

Xu Guanwu was unprepared, and was caught by the cold wind, ah, sneezed, and sneezed. "Wow, I haven't encountered such cold weather for a long time, it's terrible!" Xu Guanwu couldn't help howling.

The coldest winter in Hong Kong is only more than a dozen degrees, and you can get through it with a sweater at most.But the temperature in Shendu in winter is at least ten degrees below zero, and the industry is not yet developed, and there is not so much exhaust emissions, so the heat island effect has not yet formed, which makes people feel even colder.

"Hurry up and get a fur coat for your husband." Zhao Yazhi hurriedly ordered upon seeing this, and then gave Xu Guanwu a reproachful look, "Knowing that I'm weak, I shouldn't wear so little. Look, I'm being blown by the wind now." .”

"It's okay, it's just that I just walked outside from the warm room, and my body overreacted a little. Don't overreact too much." Xu Guanwu smiled and said.

Despite what he said, Zhao Yazhi still insisted that he put on a fur coat.This fur is made of arctic snow fox fur, and it is hand-stitched by famous masters. The price is as high as 20 US dollars, which is quite an expensive piece of fur.

"Hey, Mr. Xu, your fur is not bad. It is as good as the fur produced in the old forests in Northeast China." President Wang glanced at it and couldn't help admiring.Excited, even the northeast dialect was brought out.

Xu Guanwu nodded, "I heard that it is made of the fur of the Arctic snow fox. I haven't had a chance to wear it since I bought it. I didn't expect it to come in handy now."

"Arctic Snow Fox, no wonder. This should be a lot of money." President Wang nodded and asked casually.

Xu Guanwu smiled, "It's only 20 US dollars."

"Oh, it's only 20 U.S. dollars." President Wang greeted with a smile, and then jumped up as if biting his tongue, "How much did you just say?! 20... U.S. dollars?!"

Xu Guanwu nodded, "The snow fox fur in the North Pole is inherently expensive, plus it is hand-stitched by famous masters, so the asking price of 20 US dollars is not expensive."

"Oh!" President Wang clucked his tongue after hearing this. 20 U.S. dollars, a total of several million yuan, has caught up with our county's annual financial revenue. *** can't even afford such expensive clothes.

"Mr. Xu, if I had known that these clothes would be so expensive, I would have brought a few more from my hometown in the Northeast. The fur produced in our old forest is not much worse than this arctic snow fox fur. I don't want more. If one piece sells for [-] U.S. dollars, I will be satisfied." President Wang said with a grin.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help laughing when he heard it. In fact, the high price of this fur is not because of the snow fox fur, but because it is hand-stitched by famous masters, so it has a high added value.Although the quality of the fur that President Wang brought was not much worse than that of snow fox fur, but because the most important process was missing, the value could not be so high.

But then again, the so-called famous masters are just the praise of everyone.In fact, not everyone knows what is so special about this famous artist.

Xu Guanwu has always been suspicious of such luxury goods and works of art, especially key chains that cost tens of thousands of dollars, belts that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, or wallets, etc.

Keychains and belts still have a chance to be exposed. The wallet is always in the pocket. Only you know whether it is expensive or not. Is it worth spending 10,000+ dollars to buy it?It is purely a waste of money.

And those contemporary art that basically no one understands except for professionals, spray paint, sprinkle it, and say that my painting represents a certain meaning, and the irony is a certain behavior.Xu Guanwu has always been disdainful of this hype of contemporary art.

When he was in Hong Kong and the United States, he was also invited to visit contemporary art exhibitions.Xu Guanwu went there with great interest, and saw some inexplicable and completely meaningless so-called art.For example, strangely shaped sculptures, paintings with a few lines and dots, and even a rotten cow with many maggots growing on it. It was soaked in formalin for display, and Xu Guanwu almost spit it out. .From then on, if someone invited him to participate in any art exhibition, Xu Guanwu would not go if he died.

Xu Guanwu insists that the so-called contemporary art is actually promoted by the media.The reason why everyone touts the media is that there are actually people behind it all.It's like the mainland art auctions that were once very popular, repeatedly creating staggering sky-high prices.From a painting worth hundreds of thousands before, it has soared to tens of millions of RMB in just two or three years, which is faster than riding a rocket.

In fact, this is because there are big merchants operating behind the scenes. They first hoard some people's paintings in large quantities, and then send them to auction houses for auction, and then buy them back at high prices.This kind of auction, which frequently creates sky-high prices, will naturally attract media to report on it twice. If some advertising is spent on it, the effect of publicity will be more obvious.

A certain painter who was originally unknown before has also become a representative figure of a certain art, and his head is instantly blessed with layers of aura by the media.And these auras are enough to fool some collectors who don't understand and pretend to be elegant.

Most of these beginner collectors are nouveau riche with little knowledge.The purpose of their collection is, on the one hand, to pretend to be elegant.This has almost formed a culture called pretense (river crab) in China.Domestic nouveau riche hate being called nouveau riche the most. Apart from checking family trees and dating celebrities in the past few lives, the rest is to decorate themselves.Doing charity, playing golf, and playing yachts, these are just pretending to be beginners, and there is nothing too difficult.

It really costs more money, not everyone can afford to play, but to collect.Collecting works of art and antiques, on the one hand, sets off the fact that I am also very connotative, talented and learned, with a bit of the taste of a Confucian businessman with both civil and military skills.On the other hand, antiques are hidden in prosperous times, and gold is hidden in troubled times.Antiques are conducive to preserving value and are a good way to invest.However, antiques are limited after all. For the gadgets handed down from our ancestors, every broken one will lose one. It is a completely non-renewable energy source.The circulation of antiques is even more limited, most of them are on the state side, and private individuals who dare to buy and sell antiques at will will be sentenced to prison.Therefore, contemporary artworks that have the same collection value as antiques have become the objects of pursuit by a group of people.

(End of this chapter)