Chapter 284 The days of eating, drinking and having fun
A night without words.,
After breakfast the next day, Sun Dahai began to accompany Ren Kuai around the capital. He asked Battelle to accompany Williams, so he temporarily called Er Pang over to act as a driver for them.
Ren Kuei can drive. When he was in Xiangjiang, he drove a right-hand drive car. In the past year or so in the United States, he also learned to drive a left-hand drive car for the convenience of life.
You must know that the United States is known as a country on wheels, where it is inconvenient to do anything without a car.
It's just that when he comes to the capital, the company has many drivers, so he doesn't need to do anything anymore.
Although there are not many cars on the roads in the capital now, the roads are narrow, and the key is that there are too many bicycles, which are densely packed in a large area. No matter in Hong Kong or the United States, I have never had such a driving experience.
For several days, they visited the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, and the Old Summer Palace, braved the cold wind to climb the Great Wall, and visited the Ming Tombs.
The two of them not only visited all the well-known attractions in the capital, but also ate everywhere. There were almost no famous snacks in the capital. Regardless of whether they like it or not, let’s get one first.
To use Ren Tuanwei's words, in the past year or so, he has not had a good meal in the United States, and his mouth has become dull.
His academic schedule is quite tight, and he often solves problems by buying hamburgers and pizza.
Ren Kuanwei is not short of money, but the Chinese food ordered there is an improved version, and the taste can even be said to be a bit weird. Don't order according to your habits and imagine dishes that taste similar to those back home.
After returning to Xiangjiang, his appetite finally came back to life. Now that he has arrived in the capital, it is natural that Ren Kuang will gorge himself happily.
At the beginning of the year, Sun Dahai had to end this period of eating, drinking and having fun, because school started and he had to go to class.
Fortunately, Ren Kuang had recovered by this time and no longer had such a strong desire to taste delicious food.
Ren Kuang will stay in the capital for a few more days. His schedule has been told to Sun Dahai, and Sun Dahai has naturally made arrangements in advance.
During the Chinese New Year, Sun Dahai called Zhang Yimou who was far away in Guangxi. Zhang Yimou had also just finished filming the movie Yellow Earth and was commuting to and from work at the film studio according to his normal schedule.
Sun Dahai came to him, one to ask him about his schedule for this year, and the other to ask him to find help from his classmates who stayed in the capital to take Ren Kuehui to visit the film school.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yimou was really serious about this matter. On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, he took a train and made the dusty journey to the capital.
The year before last, he participated in the filming of the film One and One, and as one of the photographers, he won the 194 China Outstanding Cinematography Award. This film is also known as the first work of the fifth generation of filmmakers.
Last year, he collaborated with Chen Kaige to shoot the movie Yellow Earth. This movie is a literary film, carefully produced by Director Chen, and is preparing to compete for various awards at domestic and foreign film festivals in the second half of this year.
Because Zhang Yimou has a verbal agreement with Sun Dahai, he will go to Xiangjiang this year to film the filming of A Hero, but the specific time has not yet been determined.
Therefore, he did not take on too many films this year. In addition to completing some daily tasks in the film studio, he summarized the experiences and lessons learned from the first two films and laid a solid foundation for his future development.
Just during the Chinese New Year, he received a call from Sun Dahai. After paying New Year greetings, he asked him for help in finding someone to take Ren Kuehei to the film school.
Zhang Yimou knew that Ren Kuanwei was related to Sun Dahai and that he would play the villain in the movie, so he asked for leave from his work unit after the holiday and made a special trip to the capital.
On the evening of the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, Sun Dahai was in the lounge at home, listening to the discussion between Williams, Sheng Zhiwen, Ouyang Huihui and others together with Ren Kuangxi.
During the day yesterday, they formally submitted an application to the Capital Investment Promotion Office and prepared to open a branch in the capital.
Among them, No. 9 Hotpot Restaurant and Suijinghao Cafe will open two branches in Baiwangyuan Shiweitian Dormitory Area and Sanlitun respectively. Film Slow Shake Bar and California Bar will only open branches in Sanlitun.
The foreign businessmen who took the initiative to visit us were all investors from Xiangjiang, which was undoubtedly a piece of cake falling from the sky for the investment promotion office.
They are applying for investment in the catering industry, which hardly involves any policy minefields. It is a joint effort of multiple departments, with the purpose of handling special cases and providing a fast-track investment office for foreign investors. The process of approving such applications is very simple.
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The only troublesome thing is that Ouyang Huihui proposed to purchase the right to use the corresponding land for more than 50 years, and the government would come forward to complete the demolition and three roads and one leveling work.
Fortunately, this method is no longer uncommon, and there are already examples in many cities. The investment promotion office is just one more procedure, and requires convening relevant departments such as housing management, urban construction, and planning to negotiate and solve the problem together.
After Ouyang Huihui proposed the plan to purchase long-term use rights, Sheng Zhiwen and Williams were more interested. They are now discussing the issue, weighing the pros and cons to see if they can follow suit.
Ren Kuanwei and Sun Dahai seemed to be concerned about the progress of their negotiations, but in fact they were arguing in a low voice whether the hot-boiled mutton from Donglaishun or Jubaoyuan was better.
A few days ago, when Sun Dahai and Ren Kui were running around the capital, eating and playing, they once went to Donglaishun to eat boiled mutton.
Sun Dahai said casually that the mutton-shabu-shabu at Jubaoyuan in Niujie was better, but it was dinner time and there would be a long queue to go to Jubaoyuan, so he didn't go.
Ren Kuang thought that Donglaishun's restaurant was already very delicious and famous, but he didn't believe that Niujie Jubaoyuan could be better.
So, before ten o'clock the next morning, Sun Dahai took him to Niujie. At this time, there were already a dozen customers queuing at the door of Jubaoyuan.
Jubaoyuan opened before liberation. It was originally a halal butcher shop. Because the meat was good, it was very popular among customers and the business was very good.
During the planned economy period, meat was available on a ticket basis. Customers' purchasing power declined, and Jubaoyuan's business also declined.
After the reform and opening up, Jubaoyuan changed its thinking, expanded its business scope, and opened its own shabu-shabu restaurant. From then on, it became an instant success and the business was extremely good.
More than an hour later, Sun Dahai, Ren Kuei and Er Pang entered Jubaoyuan. It was exactly 11 o'clock in the morning, and many people were already queuing outside the door.
Unfortunately, they could only wait until the current group of customers had finished eating and left before they could enter, and it was not until an hour later.
Sun Dahai proudly said to Ren Kuei: "Uncle Kuei, you think I am right, right? If we had come here yesterday, we would have had to wait for several hours before we could eat anything.
This morning, you said we came out too early. Look at the queue. If it had been a little later, we would probably still be standing outside waiting."
Ren Kuanmei did not expect this to be the case. He whispered: "There are so many people. Doesn't it mean that mainlanders are not very wealthy?"
"After the reform and opening up, everyone's life is getting better day by day. Not many people can afford to eat like this every meal. But during the holidays, most people still have no problem treating relatives and friends to a meal.
Besides, have you forgotten the video I took to Xiangjiang last time, the grand opening of the Jingyue Jinghao Hengshan Road store?"
Sun Dahai, the forerunner and reborn beneficiary of reform and opening up, said this.11