In the midst of being busy, time unconsciously came to January 1976, which is also the coldest time of the year in the northern hemisphere.
After Gao Xian wandered into this era, he felt that Xiangjiang, a tropical city, was a little cold every winter. This winter, he set a record again. A strong cold wave swept southward across the Xiangjiang River. The morning temperature in the urban area was only 4.3 degrees above zero, which became the lowest temperature since the establishment of the Xiangjiang Observatory in 1883; Tai Mo Shan, the highest point of the Xiangjiang River, dropped to four degrees below zero; Extensive snowfall in the new territories; The plants on the mountain are frozen or frosted in a large area.
What does this data mean? According to Hong Kong media reports, a man in his fifties in the cabin area of Chai Wan Road on Hong Kong Island was frozen to death under low temperature.
More vividly, at present, it is a little difficult for Xiangjiang people to wear a coat for the winter. At least they need a sweater with good thermal quality to keep out the cold.
As a momentum before becoming the chairman of Donghua Third People's court, Gao Xian took time out of his busy schedule to participate in a public welfare activity of distributing materials to the needy people in the wooden house area.
Turning around, Gao Xian went to the magnificent Hilton Hotel to meet overseas business people who came to visit Gao Xian industrial estate.
This is the real society. There are always hungry and cold under the lights, and development is inseparable from flowering fertilizer and fuel.
The Hilton Hotel undertakes large-scale business entertainment business from Gaoxian, which is significantly different from the past, that is, it has become a member of Gao's banner.
For the hotel industry, it is a very common operation mode that the property where the hotel is located is separated from the daily management team of the hotel. This is the case of Xiangjiang Hilton Hotel in central financial district. It covers an area of about 39000 square feet and has 800 rooms. It is owned by Yonggao company, and the daily management of the hotel, Yonggao entrusted Hilton, a world-famous hotel brand.
Therefore, when nikkson came to Xiangjiang to attend the opening ceremony of Xinhua people's Bank, it was better to joke that after buying the Hilton Hotel, Gao Xian asked his subordinates to find the negotiator, Yonggao company.
In 1969, when Gao Xian came to this era, Xiangjiang stock market warmed up, and Yonggao company, controlled by US capital, became one of the five listed companies in that year and entered the constituent stocks of Hang Seng Index.
However, in 1972, when the stock market boom in Xiangjiang reached its craziest in the early 1970s, Yonggao company obviously fell behind compared with other companies with record share prices. As a result, it was kicked out of the constituent stocks of the Hang Seng Index, and the vacant position was given to Nanlian industry created by an Zijie and Zhou Wenxuan.
Of course, the assets of Yonggao company are not only Hilton Hotels in Xiangjiang Central District, but also Hyatt Hotel with 400 rooms in Bali, Indonesia.
However, after the tide of the Xiangjiang stock market subsided in the early 1970s, the board of directors was very dissatisfied with the poor performance of Yonggao company in the overall economic downturn cycle caused by the world oil crisis.
This phenomenon shows that although American capital looks strong, it is sometimes acclimatized.
As soon as Gao Yigang contacted Yonggao company, chase bank, the holder of Yonggao company's shares, expressed his attitude of being happy to see its success. Even David Rockefeller specially gave Gao Xian a suggestion. Don't just buy Hilton Hotel, just pack the whole Yonggao company and take it away.
At that time, Gao Xian took an indifferent attitude and asked about the price, about 130 million Hong Kong dollars, and chase bank was willing to provide all kinds of convenience.
In fact, in the global economic recession triggered by the world oil crisis, chase bank failed to escape, and the report data dragged down was very ugly. Even David Rockefeller, who penetrated Chase Bank into the Soviet Union and China, had to review as chairman of the board of directors.
Therefore, chase bank is not willing to miss any opportunity to revitalize its assets. Moreover, David Rockefeller is well aware of Gaoxian's operating ability.
Knowing the mysterious high string, he agreed, which is equivalent to solving the embarrassing situation of US capital acclimatized, and strengthening the relationship with US capital to check and balance the pressure from British capital.
After winning the Hilton Hotel without revealing the mountains and dew, Gao Xian did not make any big changes. He still let Hilton manage the daily operation of the hotel. After all, people have a reputation for international brands. As for how to improve to cope with the competition of Jardine's Mandarin Hotel and Kadoorie's Peninsula Hotel, it's better to go step by step.
After the Hilton Hotel was established in Xiangjiang, Gaoxian naturally took more care of its business. Business people from all over the world attracted by the opening of Gaoxian Industrial Estate were arranged to stay here.
Gaoxian industrial estate is located on the reclaimed land in the east of Tai Po New Town, New Territories, covering an area of 75 hectares. According to Gaoxian, the most popular settlement projects are those involving new or improved products or services, new or improved technologies, high value-added mainly using local materials and human resources, and related to products or services urgently needed by the local industry It has made significant contributions to Xiangjiang's export business.
At this time, the person Gao Xian met was Fei Jin, who flew alone from Intel and founded ZILOG, which undoubtedly met the needs of Gao Xian industrial estate.
In this era, for the purpose of military support, the United States has a mandatory provision of "second supplier".
For example, Intel's microprocessor intel8080 is licensed to AMD to manufacture compatible products, while the eight bit microprocessor Z80 developed by Fagin is the same. At present, several licenses have been issued, including one company.
Gao Xian's meaning is very simple. Since you want to authorize the outside world, you should also build one in Xiangjiang. Anyway, you use this CPU in many places.
"Z80 is compatible with Intel 8080 instruction set and has more powerful functions, but the manufacturing cost is always a problem." Gao Xian said to Fagin: "Xiangjiang has good conditions, especially friendly financial support, which should help Z80 enhance its market competitiveness."
Fagin nodded excitedly, "as soon as I got to Xiangjiang, I fell in love with this city. There are so many delicious food!"
Gao Xian was amused. He just wanted to say something more. Zhou Chengchang came over and whispered, "the second lady has something urgent to find you. It's in the next room."
He raised his eyebrows and nodded slightly. After telling Fei Jin to enjoy the delicious food of Xiangjiang, he got up to see Liang Xin, "what's so anxious?"
Liang Xin glanced about once. After confirming that there were no idle people, she whispered, "I just got a message that Duke Zhou died."
"I'm so busy!" Gao Xian held his forehead with his hand and muttered, "what should happen will continue to happen. China will inevitably fall apart this year."