Chapter 182 The First Tower
Nowadays, building the tallest building in the mainland is not only a landmark of the city, but also a model of advertising effect.

Its existence will surely attract the attention of countless people and become the dream and pursuit in people's hearts.

Especially for this building's ribbon-cutting ceremony, the TV station will also send reporters to interview and prepare to broadcast it on the news.

At this time, the families who could watch TV were all economically well-off, and these people were potential customers of Liu Zhicheng's companies.

Almost two years have passed since Liu Zhicheng, Wang the boat charterer, Tai the airship and others came to Pengcheng.

In just two years, the rapidly developing city of Pengcheng has undergone tremendous changes.

As for the highway that impressed Liu Zhicheng the most, it has already undergone the biggest changes.

Nowadays, the road from Luohu Port to Pengcheng city is no longer a dirt road. A four-lane cement road has been built, and more vehicles are traveling back and forth.

Liu Zhicheng's motorcade soon arrived at today's destination. After getting off the car, Liu Zhicheng stood under the tall building and began to look up at the building involuntarily.

Liu Zhicheng smiled and asked Sun Lina: "How do you feel?"

Sun Lina also smiled knowingly and asked, "How tall is your building?"

Liu Zhicheng said: "The building above has a total of 56 floors and a height of 206 meters. With the 12-meter-high signal tower, the publicly announced height is 218 meters!"

Liu Zhicheng only learned the specific data a few days ago. The building cost a total of 2.3 million Hong Kong dollars and the construction period was one year and one month.

This construction speed can only be achieved in a place like Pengcheng.

When instructing Huangpu Group to invest in the hotel, Liu Zhicheng did not expect that Hao Qingwen would create another first.

"It's not very high. There are many buildings in Hong Kong that are taller than this one, but yours just feels different." Sun Lina said with a smile.

Liu Zhicheng glanced at Sun Lina and said with a smile, "Of course, the tallest one around here is only a few dozen meters high. It's definitely different if it stands out from the crowd."

"Are the buildings next to these also yours?" Sun Lina asked, pointing to several office buildings around the Huangpu Hotel Building.

"No way." Liu Zhicheng glanced at Hao Qingwen and said.

When he chose this piece of land, it was still a farmland. I don't think Hao Qingwen would build a complex on it.

Nowadays, there are several small buildings more than ten stories high around the Huangpu Building.

Not only that, there are also some streets nearby, and the rudiments of a commercial center have begun to emerge.

Seeing this, Hao Qingwen immediately explained: "Mr. Liu, I did not disobey the instructions and only built this hotel.
I just recommended this place to my colleagues in Hong Kong for the development of the whole project. I didn’t expect them to be so positive and invest in building some hotels and commercial office buildings.”

Liu Zhicheng did not criticize Hao Qingwen. He just looked at the vehicles coming and going around and said with a smile: "Is business around here good?"

"Yes, our Whampoa Hotel Building is currently the tallest building in the mainland. It just opened for trial operation some time ago. Many Hong Kong and overseas companies came here to visit. It was fully booked in two days.

Some mainland enterprises also wanted to book the rooms of our hotel, but because we have an agreement with the Pengcheng Municipal Government to give priority to receiving foreign exchange, these mainland enterprises had no choice but to give up. "Hao Qingwen reported.

"The title of the First Building is indeed very attractive." Liu Zhicheng said with a smile.

Not to mention the mainland, even in Hong Kong, the former Connaught Building and the current Hopewell Center are the favorites of countless law firms and commercial banks.

For no other reason than because they are the tallest buildings in Hong Kong.

What no one expected was that Huangpu invested in a hotel in Pengcheng and turned it into a commercial office building.

"Then how is the current property rights agreed upon?" Liu Zhicheng continued to ask.

"We currently own half of the shares with Pengcheng City, but the agreement stipulates that Huangpu Group has the right to acquire all the interests in the future."

Hao Qingwen glanced at Liu Zhicheng and continued, "When our hotel just laid the foundation a year ago, many Hong Kong businessmen came here to look for land investment nearby.

After these Hong Kong businessmen arrived, they began to build shops, residences, ordinary hotels, small office buildings, etc.

Our building hasn’t even been completed yet, but their business has already taken off. Many Hong Kong people who come to Pengcheng to invest or work now like to live in this area.”

"These people are quite cunning and have good vision," Liu Zhicheng said with a smile.

Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared and dare to try. Based on these current investments, these investors, as long as they do not make mistakes in the future, will definitely become billionaires in the future.

Because the Whampoa Hotel Building is the tallest building in mainland China, many people from nearby areas come here to see this tallest building in mainland China.

However, there were too many visitors, and the five-star hotels here were mostly occupied by wealthy people from outside the country, so they were basically blocked from entering the gate. Therefore, the gate looked quite lively.

As soon as Liu Zhicheng walked to the hotel entrance, the person in charge of investment promotion in Pengcheng City hurried over to greet him.

"Who is that person? Why are so many people going up to greet him?"

"Should he be a big boss in Hong Kong?"

"It seems to be Liu Bancheng, the richest Chinese in Asia?"

"What is Liu Bancheng doing in Pengcheng?"

"Isn't this nonsense? Of course I'm here to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Whampoa Hotel Building."

"It's just a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a building. Is it worth it for him to come in person?"

"How about you go up and ask?"

"I'm looking for death!"

Of course, Liu Zhicheng could not hear the discussions of the citizens watching in the distance. Accompanied by relevant leaders of Pengcheng City, he began to participate in the construction of the first Huangpu Hotel in the mainland.

The entire hotel is a five-star hotel decorated in international style. Half of the first floor is used as reception and the other half is used as rest area.

At the back are two rows of eight elevators that lead to different floors upstairs.

Hao Qingwen had already arranged everything, and the group went directly to the 50th floor of the hotel.

This floor is dedicated to serving the most distinguished guests. It has two presidential suites and surrounding facilities. Since Liu Zhicheng is here today, of course this floor is exclusively for him.

When the hotel was first designed, it was decided to set up the upper floors as presidential suites.

Standing high, seeing far! Hong Kong's wealthy people like to live in high-rise buildings, and the wealthy people in other countries should be no exception.

After putting their luggage away, Liu Zhicheng and his group went to the revolving restaurant on the top floor of the building.

Revolving restaurants are very popular in Western countries, and there are many in Hong Kong, but this is the only one in the mainland. According to the plan, it will be operated as a buffet in the future, and the entire restaurant will take 80 minutes to rotate once.

After finishing a buffet, customers can see most of the entire Pengcheng city from the window.

This will be a must-check-in spot for wealthy people from the mainland. In the words of the past life, this will be an Internet celebrity attraction.

Of course, the price is very expensive. With the current salary situation in the mainland, it is impossible to afford it here. The main purpose is to make money from Hong Kong businessmen.

Although it has not yet opened, all kinds of decorations and dining tables have been prepared, and the chefs are in place. After all, the entire building will have an opening ceremony tomorrow and the revolving restaurant will also officially open.

After arranging for the chef to cook a few of his signature dishes, Liu Zhicheng ate a little casually because he still had to meet with senior officials from Pengcheng in the afternoon.

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At two o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Zhicheng came to visit senior officials in Pengcheng as agreed.

After shaking hands as a greeting, the two sat down on the nearby sofa.

The Special Administrative Region had just been established at that time, and although the reception room was large, the furnishings were very simple, with only a few fabric sofas and a few small coffee tables.

After the senior official sat down, he took the initiative to greet him and said, "Mr. Liu, I'm glad that you can come in person to attend the opening ceremony of the hotel."

"You're welcome. As the mainland's reform and opening-up deepens, cooperation between Hong Kong and the mainland will naturally increase," said Liu Zhicheng.

"This is not a compliment. Since the reform and opening up of the mainland, Mr. Liu has made large investments. To be honest, there are many overseas businessmen who have visited the mainland.

But most people still have doubts about investing in the mainland, and there are not many investments that can be truly implemented. Efficient and large-scale investments like Liu Sheng are even rarer."

"I am also honored to have the opportunity to invest in the mainland," Liu Zhicheng also responded.

The two men exchanged polite greetings for a while before Liu Zhicheng found an opportunity to get down to business.

"My companies are mainly electronic technology companies, which need a large number of R&D talents. The lack of R&D talents in Hong Kong has become the main obstacle to the development of my companies. I think the development of Pengcheng will also face this problem."

The previous greetings were just a business courtesy. After going through the formalities, Liu Zhicheng started to get straight to the point.

When it comes to talent, senior officials also put away their smiles. The lack of talent has already been reflected in the development process of the Special Administrative Region.

Pengcheng City can do nothing about the issue of scientific research talents, but Liu Zhicheng would not bring up this matter for no reason.

After a brief pause, the senior official said, "What does Mr. Liu mean?"

"What I mean is, why doesn't Pengcheng build its own university to solve this problem?" Liu Zhicheng said slowly.

The mainland is now carrying out reform and opening up, and there is a severe shortage of talent in all walks of life, especially technical and management talents, who are all within enterprises at all levels.

In order to get them to agree to let these talents leave and go to the reformed and open city of Pengcheng, a lot of meticulous work really needs to be done.

Pengcheng was established not long ago and does not have sufficient talent reserves. When it needs talents, it has to second them from all over the country.

However, the SAR government is only a local government. It has no direct affiliation or interest relationship with other local governments or ministries that manage industries.

Only after the old man's southern tour, the status of the Special Administrative Region has been truly established, and the first wave of entrepreneurship in the mainland has been formed, can the Special Administrative Region truly begin to form a talent siphoning effect by relying on its policy advantages.

But that was after 1984, and Liu Zhicheng couldn't wait that long. He had to find another way to break this situation.

"Mr. Liu, we actually have plans to build a university in our special zone, but we are still waiting for approval."

Pengcheng University was approved for establishment in 1983, which is next year, so Pengcheng must be prepared now.

The establishment of Pengcheng University received strong support from national universities.

Liu Zhicheng frowned and thought for a while, and gradually an idea came to his mind. "As far as I know, computers are very scarce in the mainland now, right?"

The senior official didn't understand for a moment. He was just talking about university issues, but how did he suddenly get involved in computers?

“It is indeed in short supply. In the past few years, foreign countries have imposed a strict blockade on computers, and the only way to import computers is through special channels.

Although the technological blockade has been relaxed in the past two years, due to the shortage of foreign exchange, the number of computers approved for import each year is not enough for each unit to distribute.
To be honest with you, Mr. Liu, even in Pengcheng, we are in short supply of computers.”

Liu Zhicheng nodded and said, "My Orange Technology Company has also started to produce computers.

I have a lot of investments in the mainland, and I have received a lot of care. Therefore, I would like to donate 1000 computers to Pengcheng. I wonder if it is convenient?"

In recent years, Hong Kong businessmen have made quite a few donations. This is also a common method for Hong Kong businessmen to build connections and establish a reputation when returning to the mainland, and it is not taboo.

Unexpectedly, Liu Zhicheng immediately asked to donate 1000 computers, so the senior officials were naturally a little surprised.

"Mr. Liu, of course you can. On behalf of Pengcheng, I would like to express my gratitude."

"Although this batch of computers is produced by us, they are the best-selling microcomputer models at the moment. I hope Pengcheng University can get approval soon." Liu Zhicheng said.

The senior official was able to be in charge of Pengcheng, and he himself was a college student in the 50s. He was somewhat familiar with computers and knew the approximate price of computers.

The price of a computer nowadays is definitely no less than 1000 US dollars. 1000 computers would be one million US dollars, so this donation amount is really not a small amount.

Of course, he also knew what Liu Zhicheng meant. First, he wanted to promote his own computers, and second, he hoped that Pengcheng would use these computers to pave the way and get the university approved as soon as possible.

This is certainly what Liu Zhicheng meant. After all, he is also a genuine capitalist. Although not so "pure", every decision he makes is either for profit or for benefit.

Afterwards, the senior official informed Liu Zhicheng of some of Pengcheng’s latest investment policies, hoping that Liu Zhicheng could help promote them after returning to Hong Kong and invest more in Pengcheng.

Liu Zhicheng also politely agreed that he would convey positive energy to his friends and encourage everyone to invest in the mainland.

Finally, Liu Zhicheng also said that if Pengcheng University is approved, Orange Technology is willing to build an educational network for it and contribute to the construction of the university.

The two sides ended the meeting with a pleasant exchange. When Liu Zhicheng came out, he suddenly found that the sky in Pengcheng was particularly blue and he was in a good mood.

Because Liu Zhicheng believes that his efforts will not be in vain and he will definitely contribute to revitalization.

As soon as Liu Zhicheng returned to the hotel, Han Chunxi came up to report: "Mr. Liu, Mr. Lu from Daya is here to visit."

Liu Zhicheng paused. When did Lv Zhihe come to the mainland? Did he also come to Pengcheng to develop real estate?

"Okay, let Mr. Lu come to the hotel for a chat."

(End of this chapter)