Everyone in Deep Water Bay got up early, and the servants at home had already prepared various breakfasts. The Lou family happily ate breakfast in the restaurant, and then went out to find Zhang Zhonghua next door.
"Uncle Ahua, I want to ride an elephant today."
Lou Xiaobao said excitedly as soon as he saw Zhang Zhonghua.
"Uncle Ahua, I want to ride the merry-go-round."
Lou Xiaobei also followed Lou Xiaobao and said.
"I want to take a pirate ship."
Lou Xiaobao said.
"I want to ride a lion and a tiger."
Lou Xiaobei's words made everyone present laugh. The little guy is so awesome. After riding a lion and a tiger, do you want to get a dragon to ride for you? You are not going to heaven!
"Xiao Bei, we don't ride on lions, tigers or anything like that. Lions and tigers can eat children. Can my aunt take you to ride a bumper car?"
Lou Xiao'e said to Lou Xiaobei.
"Brother will take you to ride an elephant. It must be fun to ride on an elephant that is so big."
Lou Xiaobao said to Lou Xiaobei.
"Okay, then I won't ride the lion or tiger, but brother, you have to take me to ride the elephant."
Zhang Zhonghua and his group of nearly 20 people arrived at the pier in a mighty car and took a yacht towards the New Territories. Zhang Long had already arranged for a team of people to go to the amusement park in advance for security.
Last night, Zhang Zhonghua also learned about some situations at the Hong Kong Island Amusement Park.
In the 1960s and 1970s, there were two large-scale playgrounds on Hong Kong Island, one was Lai Yuen on the seaside in Lai Chi Kok, and the other was the Kai Tak Playground in San Po Kong.
And in terms of history and scale, Lai Yuen is better than Kai Tak. Lai Yuen Amusement Park is the most classic brand in the history of Hong Kong Island amusement parks.
As early as 1947, the first-generation prototype of Liyuan Amusement Park was already in existence. The owner of the first-generation amusement park was Shi Zhongshan, who was born into a wealthy Catholic family.
In the beginning, the playground used the swimming pool as its selling point. Later, some large-scale motorized children's games imported from China were gradually added next to the swimming pool, thus opening up the children's world.
In 1949, the amusement park was built as the first roller ice rink in Hong Kong. This allowed Lai Chi Garden to accommodate everyone from adults to children to young people, and also made Lai Chi Garden a large-scale comprehensive playground.
In 1950, Shi Zhongshan resold the management rights of the litchi garden to Zhang Junguang, a wealthy businessman in the weaving industry.
After Zhang Junguang took over the Lychee Garden, he changed the name of the Lychee Garden to the Lychee Garden Playground and expanded it aggressively. On the original basis of the playground, a water dance hall, a Manila band, a Western-style restaurant, a theater, and an open-air cinema were added. Of course.
What attracts young people most are the Ferris wheels, roller coasters, airships, bumper cars, fun mirrors, carousels, etc. purchased from the United States.
In 1952, a zoo was added. The entire amusement park included lions, tigers, elephants, crocodiles, monkeys, giraffes, etc. It was relatively comprehensive and now it was complete.
In the 1960s, Lai Yuen Amusement Park welcomed its third owner, Qiu Degan. Hong Kong tycoon Qiu Degan bought Lai Yuen Amusement Park for HK$1.5 million in 1962 and became a cash cow under his ownership.
Zhang Zhonghua didn't know much about the history of Liyuan Amusement Park, but he was more familiar with what happened later.
In 1979, Qiu Degen invested tens of millions of yuan to build Songcheng, a historical and cultural amusement park.
Songcheng has also become a film shooting base. The buildings in the city are all imitated from the Song Dynasty. The shops, banks, theaters, courtyards, etc. are like ancient cities. The shopkeepers and performers in the city are all dressed in Song Dynasty costumes.
Many Hong Kong Island movies I saw later were shot here.
However, after the opening of Ocean Park in 1976, Lai Yuen Amusement Park began to directly compete with Ocean Park.
However, Lai Yuen Amusement Park began to decline, and the number of visitors every day continued to fall. Although another amusement park on Hong Kong Island, Kai Tak Amusement Park, closed down in 1982, the business of Lai Yuen Amusement Park did not disappear due to the closure of Kai Tak Amusement Park. And got better.
In the end, the Hong Kong Island Government decided to take back the land in Lai Yuan, and the zoo at Lai Yuen Amusement Park was the first to bear the brunt. It was closed on July 31, 1993, and more than 100 animals were sent to the Shenzhen Wildlife Park.
Zhang Zhonghua and his party took a yacht and quickly arrived at Kwai Chung Pier. The weather today was good, the sun was shining brightly, and the sea breeze was very refreshing. Needless to say, there were many tourists at Lai Yuan Playground today.
Zhang Zhonghua has been to Ocean Park on Hong Kong Island before, and he vaguely remembers some of the introduction to Ocean Park.
Ocean Park opened on a trial basis in 1976 and officially opened in 1977. It was originally built with donations from the Hong Kong Jockey Club and was managed by the Jockey Club.
In the early days of the park, there were not many facilities and the area was very small. Starting in the 1980s, Ocean Park began to expand again, adding large-scale mobile games, and successively built facilities such as a water park, a shark aquarium, a bird's nest, a climbing elevator, and an ancient village. Later, , the park became independent from the Jockey Club and needed to be responsible for its own profits and losses. It changed to a commercial approach and began to continuously add new projects and introduce more large-scale mobile games.
"Boss, that's the famous Lantau Island in the Islands District. The existence of this mountain just blocks the entire Victoria Harbor, so that the entire Kowloon area will not be affected by typhoons. This is how the Kowloon area develops. Without Lantau Island, Kowloon would be It is devastated by typhoons every year.”
Zhang Long introduced to Zhang Zhonghua.
Zhang Zhonghua is even more familiar with Lantau Island. It is precisely because Lantau Island blocks typhoons that not only allows Kowloon to develop, but also because of Lantau Island, the future Hong Kong Island International Airport will choose to reclaim land in Chek Lap Kok, and Disneyland will also Built at the foot of Lantau Island.
The area of Hong Kong Island is too small, and the land that can be developed is really limited, so there is no way to choose land reclamation. As for building an airport in the New Territories, the location here is too remote.
"You know, this place just blocks the typhoons in Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung, so areas such as Sham Shui Wad, Mong Kok, and Yau Ma Tei are not affected by typhoons."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Everyone left the pier and got into the cars prepared in advance and rushed to Liyuan Amusement Park.
Driving into the Liyuan Amusement Park, today is the weekend. All schools in Hong Kong Island are closed, and students have come to play. The entire amusement park is buzzing with people, and it is similar to the scenic spot during the short holiday before rebirth.
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This amusement park should be quite profitable. Zhang Zhonghua also saw a CFC restaurant in the amusement park.
"Uncle Ahua, look, that's a merry-go-round."
Lou Xiaobei said excitedly.
"Xiao Bei, let's go to the zoo first. There are too many people here. The queue will take a long time. I'll have people queue up and wait until we get there and sit down again."
Zhang Zhong looked at the long queue in front of the carousel, his scalp was numb, and he said to Lou Xiaobei with a wry smile.
"Ah, we still have to queue up. It would be great if our family had an amusement park."
Lou Xiaobei said disappointedly.
Lou Xiaobei's words made the mouth corners of several adults around him twitch. It was impossible to build such a big playground.
Let’s not talk about whether the Hong Kong government will approve it, allowing you to waste land resources and build a playground. And even if you are allowed to build it, building a playground cannot be built in a short time. Building a playground is not building a house. It requires
There are many things to consider.
"Playground? Okay, no problem. Uncle Ah Hua will build you a small playground in Deep Water Bay."
Zhang Zhonghua readily agreed that building an amusement park would be a trivial matter, and that large-scale projects would not be built. There is no need to make it too grand for self-entertainment.
"What about a small playground? Are there any elephants or camels I can ride on?"
Lou Xiaobei said.
"Yes, I will buy some elephants and camels when the time comes, and you can ride them however you want."
However, the smell of elephants seems to be quite strong when raised, so a cleaning system needs to be established.
After comforting the two children, everyone began to walk to the zoo. Countless tourists gathered around the elephant, and several little guys fed the elephant with purchased bananas.
However, it is a pity that the elephants here are not well trained and cannot be ridden. If you want to ride an elephant, you can only go to Thailand. The elephants in the amusement park here can only be seen.
"Camels, there are camels there..."
"Look at the lion over there, its fur is so long..."
"Tiger has a big brain. He really has the word "王" on his head. It's so scary..."
"Xiao Bei, do you still want to ride lions and tigers?"
"Auntie, I won't ride anymore. They look so fierce."
"Mom, what is that in the water? It's so scary."
"That's a crocodile."
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In the morning, Zhang Zhonghua and others visited the zoo and then walked towards the CFC restaurant. Several little ones were already hungry.
"Su Qun, Su Qun, where are you? Ye Su Qun, where are you?" A woman looked for her daughter.
Zhang Zhonghua heard this and forgot, was this Sister Liu? This was the same Sister Liu who introduced him to high-quality employees when Zhang Zhonghua founded CFC in the early days and provided considerable guarantee for the early development of CFC.
Sister Liu’s child was lost?
Zhang Zhonghua immediately walked up and asked, "Sister Liu, why are you here? What happened?"
When Sister Liu saw it was Zhang Zhonghua, she immediately cried and said, "Sheng Zhang, my daughter can't be found. She disappeared as soon as she turned around."
"Sister Liu, don't worry, what kind of clothes is your daughter wearing, how old is she, and how tall is she?" Zhang Zhonghua immediately comforted Sister Liu and then asked.
"Zhang Sheng, my daughter Su Qun is 3 years old this year. She is 110 centimeters tall. She is wearing a red top and a white skirt. Her name is Ye Su Qun. Zhang Sheng, please help me find Su Qun! I kneel down for you!"
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Sister Liu cried and said to Zhang Zhonghua, pretending to kneel down to Zhang Zhonghua.
Zhang Zhonghua got down and hurriedly supported Sister Liu. Although Zhang Zhonghua called Sister Liu, in fact Sister Liu was more than ten years older than him, and he did not dare to let Sister Liu kneel to him.
"Where was the child lost?"
Lou Xiao'e also came over and asked with concern. She also knew Sister Liu.
"It's right here. It can't be found in the blink of an eye."
"Aaron, except for the necessary people, everyone else is looking for people. Go to places where there are many children."
Zhang Zhonghua ordered.
"Understood!" Zhang Long immediately ordered the surrounding security guards to disperse and start searching. Zhang Long and the remaining few people were responsible for continuing the security work. Don't lose the child and find it. The two young masters of the Lou family can't be found.
Lou's mother, Lou Xiao'e and Liu Xiaoli began to comfort Sister Liu. There were too many people in the playground today, and it was indeed easy for children to get lost.
"Boss, it's already dinner time now. Shall I go buy some food first?"
After searching for more than ten minutes, the security personnel who went out found nothing, so Zhang Long could only suggest eating something first.
"Go ahead, buy some more, and go directly to the store manager to get it from the kitchen. There are too many people now."
Zhang Zhonghua ordered.
"Understood, I'll go right away."
Zhang Long responded, and then said to the few security guards who were left behind: "You guys, please be on guard, and one of you can come with me to get some food."
Then Zhang Long led a person towards the CFC restaurant
When Zhang Long walked to the door of the CFC restaurant and was about to go to the kitchen, he saw a little girl who looked about three or four years old sitting on a chair staring at the fried chicken in the hand of a customer.
Then he was stunned.
A little girl, three or four years old, wearing a red top and a white skirt. Could this be the Ye Suqun you have been looking for?
Zhang Long stepped forward and asked: "Kid, where is your mother?"
The little girl raised her head and glanced at Zhang Long, a little embarrassed and did not dare to speak. Zhang Long continued to ask: "Is your name Ye Suqun? Your mother is looking for you."
"Uncle, where is my mother? I'm a little hungry and I miss my mother."
Ye Suqun said timidly.
"Just wait here while I ask someone to call your mother, okay?"
Zhang Long touched Ye Suqun's little head and said.
"Um!"
Ye Suqun nodded quietly.
Zhang Long took Ye Suqun to find the manager of the cfc restaurant in the playground. He showed his unique ID and asked the clerk to prepare hamburgers, fried chicken and drinks for Ye Suqun. He left the security personnel who followed him and quickly walked out of the restaurant to where Zhang Zhonghua was.
run in the direction.
"Boss, Ms. Liu, the child has been found. It is over at the CFC restaurant. When the child is hungry, he runs to the restaurant by himself. I have already asked the restaurant staff to prepare some food."
Zhang Long came to the crowd and said.
"Great, thank you for helping me find Su Qun. If Su Qun is really lost, I really don't know how to explain to her father."
Sister Liu said excitedly.
"Okay, Sister Liu, don't get excited. Let's go see the kids. Leave one person here to wait for the others. When everyone arrives, we will gather in the restaurant."
Zhang Zhonghua said.
A few minutes later, Zhang Zhonghua came to the CFC restaurant and saw Xiao Ye Suqun eating the burger. She was a very cute and beautiful girl, but Zhang Zhonghua felt that she looked familiar.
He thought about it seriously and felt that he might have thought too much. Who knows what a child like this will be like when he grows up? A girl who has grown up in her eighteenth year has no idea what she will be like.
"Su Qun, my child, why didn't you tell me why you came to the restaurant?"
When Sister Liu saw the child who was eating, she immediately rushed over and hugged her, her tears falling uncontrollably.
"Mom, I'm hungry! Mom, please stop crying. It won't look good if you cry. I will never run around again."
The little girl wiped her mother's tears with her hands and said.
