The Majestic Hotel in Kuala Lumpur was built in the 1930s and was once the undisputed most luxurious hotel in Southeast Asia.
The reason why it was named "Dahua" was because the number of Chinese in Kuala Lumpur accounted for more than half of the city's total population at that time.
To a certain extent, this can also be regarded as a means of ideological propaganda.
In order to win over the local Chinese as laborers and obtain economic benefits, the British bureaucrats gave this luxury hotel such a name.
To this day, the descendants of those former Chinese, that is, ethnic Chinese, still account for 36% of the city's total population and are a large voting group.
Because of this, the luxury level of this hotel is still among the best in Southeast Asia. The name has never been changed, it is still called "Dahua", and there are local Chinese as shareholder capital behind it.
As for whether there were any transactions with political purposes, there is no way of knowing.
This hotel is located near the Central Station. It only takes a few hundred meters to walk to the mosque, museums, Chinatown and the city center commercial street. It is also only one or two kilometers away from the popular tourist check-in places such as Independence Square and the Petronas Twin Towers. Its geographical location
The location is extremely advantageous and has truly become a landmark and nameplate of Kuala Lumpur.
In this ancient and luxurious hotel, two people said a warm goodbye at the elevator entrance on the restaurant floor.
"Mr. Chu, Miss Liu, and Ms. Huo, it's settled. On November 24th, I will come in person to have exchanges on film art with you."
"Mr. Mayor, thank you for your support."
"See you then. Everyone, have a good rest. I hope you have a good time in Kuala Lumpur these days."
"Okay, Mr. Mayor, walk slowly."
Under the smiles of everyone, the mayor of Kuala Lumpur, his subordinates and bodyguards entered the elevator.
After the elevator door closed, the faces of the group gradually returned to calm, and then they looked at each other again, looking at each other in confusion.
This time I came to another country for a road show, and the mayor personally came to entertain me. The meal just now was full of delicacies, and I have to say that it was extremely warm.
That's all. The mayor also took the initiative to propose that they hold a grand premiere in Kuala Lumpur, and he would also come to support it in person. What is the purpose of this?
Is this mayor a loyal fan of Liu Yifei?
This is obviously unreasonable.
"There will be a change of office next year. The mayor needs votes to seek further progress. Ms. Liu has a huge influence. If the mayor supports Ms. Liu's movie at the premiere, he will definitely win the favor of many people."
The speaker was Chen Lizhi, one of the bosses behind the Majestic Hotel and a Chinese-American.
Chen Lizhi is in his early 30s, quite young, wearing a pair of myopic glasses, and looks like a frail scholar.
He saw everyone's doubts and opened his mouth to explain.
After hearing this, Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Huo Wenxi suddenly realized, but they were a little doubtful. Can the mayor do this for votes?
As Chinese people, they found this situation very novel and a little difficult to accept. They felt it was degrading and downgraded.
Chen Lizhi saw their doubts and said with a smile: "This is the case in democratic elections in capital countries. It is not surprising to make any decision for the sake of votes."
He added: "You might as well look at how much the old American politicians in the past few years took advantage of Michael Jackson in order to get votes, how much influence they borrowed, and they made many enemies for Michael Jackson."
"This..." Chu Xuan seemed to have heard some shocking secret. He was slightly shocked at first, and then frowned and asked: "Then Liu Yifei... won't make enemies inexplicably, right?"
Liu Yifei and Huo Wenxi also frowned slightly and looked at Chen Lizhi, waiting for his answer.
Chen Lizhi couldn't help but laugh, shook his head and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Chu, you are Chinese and your roots are in China. In the future, we should try to have as little contact with each other as possible in Southeast Asia. It's not a big deal to occasionally benefit from each other. Nothing will happen. Let's talk about it."
Don't make enemies."
Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Huo Wenxi breathed a sigh of relief and nodded in relief.
"This time the mayor is supporting your film, I believe it will add more fire to your works in Southeast Asia." Chen Lizhi watched the elevator door open, stretched out his hand in a gesture of invitation: "Everyone, please, I will send you a gift."
Go upstairs."
"Boss Chen is so polite." Chu Xuan stepped into the elevator.
After Liu Yifei and Huo Wenxi also entered the elevator, Chen Lizhi stepped in last: "Everyone who comes is a guest. As a boss, you should naturally provide considerate service."
He looked at Liu Yifei: "Besides, you are not ordinary guests, but distinguished guests from the motherland. In addition, Miss Liu and I are half fellow countrymen, so you should be treated warmly."
Liu Yifei burst out with a smile: "Boss Chen's ancestral home is Xiangyang, Hubei, how come he came to Kuala Lumpur?"
During the meal with the mayor, this boss Chen was also accompanying him.
When I heard him introduce himself, he said that his ancestral home was Xiangyang, Hubei, and that he and Liu Yifei were half Hubei people, but he did not explain the specific origin at the time.
While riding in the elevator, idle and idle, Chu Xuan and Huo Wenxi looked at Chen Lizhi with curious eyes, waiting for him to continue his story.
"As for the original ancestral home, it can be traced back to the Han Dynasty of the motherland."
"My ancestors were born in Xihai County, which is now the eastern part of QH Province."
"It's just that in QH Province at that time, Qiang and Yi people were all over the place, and they often invaded the border, burning, killing, and looting."
"My ancestors couldn't bear the disturbance, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty continued to fight for years, resulting in strict taxes, so they came up with the idea of leaving their hometown."
"At that time, the Western Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road were both emerging. If my ancestors took the land route to the west, the Yi people would block the road and rob them, so they had no choice but to go south."
"The Lancang River starts from Qinghai in the north, flows into Nanyang and becomes the Mekong River, passing through XZ, Yunnan, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, all the way to the coast of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, and finally merges into the South China Sea of the motherland."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Our ancestors took boats along this navigation route, following the official ships and merchant ships of the Han Dynasty that went south for business at that time. Due to the land routes in Southeast Asia,
The area was filled with miasma and was very harmful, and finally reached the terminus of the Nanyang Maritime Silk Road, which was Kuala Lumpur."
The elevator door opened and everyone walked out.
Unexpectedly, Chen Lizhi's ancestral roots were so ancient, which made people feel a profound sense of history, humanities and the changes of Chinese civilization, which made them deeply moved.
"Then it stands to reason that Boss Chen's ancestral home is Qinghai. How did it become Hubei?" Liu Yifei asked curiously.
Chen Lizhi continued: "During the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He's voyages to the West allowed the local people to appreciate the prosperity and strong military power of their homeland. At that time, my ancestors had plans to return to China, bringing their families and money with them.
He eventually went into business and settled in Xiangyang, Hubei Province."
"Until the beginning of the last century, the late Qing Dynasty was in a state of decay. Every household across the country could be said to have no control over life or death."
"According to the genealogy, I learned that there is an ethnic group of my Chen family in Kuala Lumpur, Nanyang. My great-great-grandfather took his family to Kuala Lumpur again, and that's how I became today."
"The surname Chen is now also the most common surname among the Chinese community in Kuala Lumpur."
Everyone nodded slowly. Boss Chen's ancestral roots and twists and turns are really magnificent. Moreover, Boss Chen's family is the largest Chinese family in Kuala Lumpur, which makes it even more remarkable.
"Boss Chen's family history spans two thousand years from ancient times to modern times. Hearing this made my heart surge." The elevator door opened and Chu Xuan stepped out.
Chen Lizhi walked out of the elevator and said with a smile: "Only I, the Chinese people, can have such a foundation that has stood firm after thousands of years of twists and turns."
"Wonderful." Chu Xuan and Yourongyan, Liu Yifei and Huo Wenxi also felt very comfortable.
Chen Lizhi's words were a double entendre. He not only praised his family's thousand-year inheritance, but also praised the long history of Chinese civilization.
The cultural accomplishment displayed by such remarks is truly extraordinary.
"Wonderful... Mr. Chu is indeed engaged in art. As soon as he hears this term, he knows that Mr. Chu is a man of great cultural heritage." Chen Lizhi complimented lightly.
"Excuse me, I just read a few more miscellaneous books." Chu Xuan said modestly.
Chen Lizhi nodded, ignored Chu Xuan's humble words, and said instead: "Several of my ancestors who went south in the late Qing Dynasty were unable to go south due to physical reasons, so I return to Xiangyang every two years to worship my ancestors."
"Every time I return to China, I see the rapid development of our motherland, which is really amazing and makes us feel proud."
"If you are only in China, where there are many shining people carrying the burden and protecting it, you may not know the beauty of the country."
"Every time I go back to China, I hear many people baselessly slandering and making evil remarks about the motherland. It is really ignorant and ignorant."
"If you go to any place in Southeast Asia, you can directly feel the majesty and atmosphere from China."
"In Southeast Asia, ten thousand words spoken by the United States and the United States are not as important as one word spoken by China."
"Except for places like the Philippines, which are deeply bound by the interests of the United States and the United States and cannot be independent, other regions respect China very much. Even Japan and South Korea are very afraid of China."
"Oh? How do you say that?" Chu Xuan and Chen Lizhi felt that they were late to meet each other. They just felt that this person was very interested in them.
"What South Korea is afraid of is the root of cultural inheritance."
"What the island country is afraid of is China's possible retaliation against it."
"What Southeast Asia respects is that every country here has Chinese and overseas Chinese, and every urban area in every country has its own Chinatown."
"Every Chinatown community celebrates the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival every year, completely abandoning local customs, and Chinese Americans in every country are a large group of votes."
Chen Lizhi looked at Chu Xuan with a smile and said: "This situation is as if Southeast Asia has been 'colonized' by the Chinese people. Do you think the local forces can disrespect them? Can they not worry about being assimilated?"
These remarks made Chu Xuan feel like spring breeze, and said: "I don't know whether I respect you or not, but it sounds very uplifting and very refreshing."
"Hahaha..." Chen Lizhi laughed heartily and said, "Mr. Chu is also a temperamental person, but this kind of environment really makes us feel refreshed."
Liu Yifei and Huo Wenxi were smiling, listening to the conversation between the two men and finding it interesting.
"Mr. Chu." Chen Lizhi called out and said, "I heard that your company plans to build Oriental Disney?"
Chu Xuan raised his eyebrows. He was a little surprised by the sudden change of topic. He shook his head slightly and said: "Oriental Disney doesn't dare to take it seriously. It's just developing along with the trend."
Chen Lizhi nodded slightly: "The film and television industry in Malaysia is weak, and the film and television industry is also relatively backward."
He looked at Chu Xuan: "Malaysia is surrounded by the sea. Not to mention other things, there are many scenic spots and land to be developed. There are physical industries such as surrounding production plants, studios, and film and television cities. If Mr. Chu is interested in coming,
We can cooperate on this investment."
"Does Malay need real industry?" Chu Xuan asked.
"If you don't engage in entities, what can you do with the Internet?" Chen Lizhi said with a sarcastic tone: "Whenever an Internet company appears in Southeast Asia, it will be penetrated and controlled by the United States and become their tool for cutting leeks. Only the entity industry can drive actual development.
economic benefits and jobs, and will not be taken seriously or interfered with by the United States."
Chu Xuan nodded slowly: "I understand, it's just that the Brilliant Era has yet to develop. If there are suitable opportunities and opportunities in the future, I am very interested in discussing this matter with Boss Chen again."
"Okay, I'm very much looking forward to it." Chen Lizhi smiled and saw Huo Wenxi stopping in front of a room door. He said, "How about I help you contact a cinema as a venue for the premiere? I'll see you at the dinner party.
Something unexpected happened due to the mayor's proposal, so I guess you haven't made much preparation in this regard, right?"
When the mayor brought up the topic of hosting the premiere in Kuala Lumpur at the dinner party, Huo Wenxi and his wife were a little caught off guard. After all, this was not part of their plan.
Due to the mayor's enthusiasm and courtesy, they could only agree. Mainly because there was still some time before the movie was released, so it was still time to prepare for the premiere.
But seeing that Boss Chen was so enthusiastic, Liu Yifei was a little undecided. She looked at Huo Wenxi and then at Chu Xuan.
"Okay, thank you very much, Boss Chen." Chu Xuan agreed.
"Okay, then I will contact you when I find a suitable place." Chen Lizhi said goodbye and left.
The door was open. Zeng Ni and Lu Tao did not go to the dinner. They had brought the couple's luggage and put it away in advance.
In addition to Zeng Ni and Lu Tao, Chen Musheng, Zou Zhaolong, An Zhijie, including Hui Yinghong, Zhang Yuqi, Zeng Baoyi, Chen Weiting, Lin Feng, Wu Mengda, Ti Lung and other actors responsible for road shows in Southeast Asia are all there. They must have been attracted by the arrival of the couple and their entourage
Attracted, they gathered together to chat and wait happily.
Seeing Huo Wenxi and his wife walking in, everyone's eyes immediately focused on Liu Yifei. Zhang Yuqi immediately cheered: "Princess Nihuang is here!"
The rest of the people had obviously discussed it, and they all stood up and made various weird greeting gestures: "See Princess Nihuang!"
"Oh! What are you doing!" Liu Yifei couldn't laugh or cry. She thought she had entered a lunatic's nest, and immediately stopped walking forward.
The people present laughed endlessly, Zhang Yuqi and Zeng Baoyi ran over and hugged Liu Yifei.
"Sissi, you're finally here. Did you know that actually none of us are coming to the Southeast Asia roadshow? It's enough for you to come alone." Zhang Yuqi said with a smile.
"Really! You are so popular! If we hadn't come to experience it on the spot, I can't believe you could have become so popular. The media at the roadshow are all asking about you, and the people here are also talking about you." Zeng Baoyi
Said in great amazement.
"Really or falsely?" Liu Yifei acted coquettishly to cover up her inner embarrassment.
"It's so cute!" Zeng Baoyi responded in her coquettish tone and raised her hand to pinch her face.
Chen Weiting came over and joked: "How does it feel to be picked up by thousands of people at the airport?"
Liu Yifei stamped her foot and complained to him with shame: "How can there be ten thousand people to pick up the plane! You are too exaggerated!"
"What's it like to have dinner with the mayor?" Lin Feng asked with interest from the other side of the sofa.
Chu Xuan came to sit down on the sofa and said, "I always thought that the ridiculous plots in novels were fake, but I never expected that because of my wife, I would experience the most painful experience in my life so far.
Magical things.”
"Hahaha..." The friends burst into laughter.
Chu Xuan crossed his legs and looked at Liu Yifei, who had a smile on his face, and continued: "You said that I am a bit chauvinistic and that I have a desire to control you. I tell you clearly that these are gone now.
real."
He said with admiration: "I found that hanging out with you is really good. This time we came to the road show to be received by the local mayor. Next time we go to the UK, the Queen of England will greet her? This makes me look forward to it very much.
The sense of honor is overwhelming.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the friends burst into laughter again. Some squatted on the ground, some were slapping the sofa, and some were slapping their thighs. They were all so happy.
Liu Yifei rushed to Chu Xuan with a single step and began to fight with him with a pinch in her hand.
For a time, the entire suite living room was filled with joy.
