December 1984, 12, the winter solstice, is a good time to open a business, break ground, seek wealth, move, move to a new house, travel, get married, and pray for blessings.

It is a good day. Harbor City, the largest shopping mall in Hong Kong and the largest commercial complex in Hong Kong, opened today. The newspapers of the day, Today Morning Post and Today Finance published celebratory advertisements on the front pages; a week ago, today Morning Post, Today Evening Post, Today Finance, and the four major magazines of Today Press began advertising.

ATV even carried out advertising bombings during prime time. 30 seconds before and after the evening news, popular TV series, all had advertisements. They also dedicated 10 minutes to introduce Harbor City, with pictures and facts. Seeing the huge Harbor City, The people of Xiangjiang were also very shocked.

The host of the opening ceremony was Huo Daban. He led the directors and executives of Wharf to greet them outside. In addition to a large number of reporters, ATV also conducted a live broadcast. This opening, but many people came, and hundreds of people were arranged for security. The police station also sent 50 people to help maintain law and order, including not only people from Pacific Industries, but also executives from Heung Kong Infrastructure, Heung Kong Utilities, the former Jardine Matheson Land, and many people from Today's Media who have business dealings with them. There were more than 300 people there.

Li Bu and his wife Liang Zhu didn't join in the fun. They found a place with few people. They said hello to acquaintances. It wasn't boring. Many people in Yuan Yizhi's department didn't know Li Bu. He appeared too often. Not much. Only a few people came over to greet him. Seeing that he didn't want to join in the fun, they stopped coming to disturb him.

When the auspicious time came, Huo Daban began to read the congratulatory message on the stage. Five minutes later, the ceremony was announced, with firecrackers blasting, gongs and drums noisy, and dragon and lion dance teams entering. The scene was quite lively.

Li Bu and his party went up to the second floor, found a good seat, and began to watch with gusto. Accompanied by a vice president of Wharf, Li Bu introduced the origins and characteristics of these dragon and lion dance teams, as well as their unique skills. The stunt made Li Bu and his family nod their heads.

After the ceremony, the guests and ordinary citizens entered the largest commercial complex in Hong Kong to visit. Because there were too many people, the directors and senior executives of Wharf acted as guides and began to lead the tour. This place is too big.

Li Bu visited Harbor City in his previous life. Compared with his previous life, the newly rebuilt Harbor City has a larger commercial area, a larger hotel area, and a larger office building area. It was originally designed as an apartment building, all of which Converted into an office building.

After it was completed, Li Bu took a tour. According to the area on the drawing, the total area was 37% larger than the previous one. This included the demolished and rebuilt New Ocean Terminal, Ocean Center, Marco Polo Hotel, Ocean Center and Gateway. building.

In order to reflect the high-end quality of this place, Li Bu moved all the luxury brands related to him here. He also opened a Latour red wine store here to sell Latour red wine. He also opened several stores nearby. There are small second- and third-tier Bordeaux wineries among them, which enhance the style of this place.

In order to open before Christmas, Wharf mobilized a large number of manpower. In the past two years, Hong Kong's economy was in turmoil and people's hearts were unstable. They hired a large number of construction workers and worked overtime to complete the remaining projects. With more people, things are easier to do, and the decoration is easier. soon.

This place will become the flagship store of dozens of brands such as LU, MH, LK, and Latour. The famous brand king has also rented several stores here. Li Bu met Li Bu through the movie, and he was very fond of this man who started his career in watches. The rich second generation admired him very much. When Harbor City was recruiting foreign investment, he also contacted the other party. The other party simply rented several stores and used them as his flagship store for the watch brand. Li Bu gave him a [-]% discount on the rent. Discounts; In addition to the famous brand king, Liang Guangtou also invited many people. People with discernment could see that this place would be one of the most prosperous commercial centers, and they would quickly come to rent shops here.

Li Bu owns a lot of shares in listed companies in Xiangjiang, most of which have one to three director seats, and can even be directly controlled. However, he has not done so for the time being, for fear of arousing the hostility of many businessmen in Xiangjiang. Those with more shares will have more directors, and those with less will have more directors. A director was assigned, but most of the financial personnel were assigned to supervise. Now that his Harbor City is open, retail companies basically rent one or two shops. Many non-financial commercial companies choose their office locations here. Not only is it convenient, but the price is [-]% cheaper than on the main island.

lk is the lk clothing brand of Pacific Industries. It is famous for its novel styles in Hong Kong and is very popular among young people. The design director is Kate Brown, whose Chinese name is Liang Xiaowei. lk’s store in Harbor City is the largest and has the best location. It is basically not profitable here. What money, mainly for advertising.

Near noon, the Marco Polo Hotel prepared a lunch for more than 300 guests. Today is also the opening day of the flagship hotel of the Marco Polo Hotel Xiangjiang. They are the first batch of guests and it is also a day that tests the capabilities of the hotel staff.

The red wine used that day was a very distinctive red wine from a small winery purchased by Latour. After Li Bu and his party entered the banquet hall, they began to communicate with these people. Everyone still respected this strong man who could acquire Yi Zhi. After Yi set up the system, he has a faint tendency to become the No. 1 company in Xiangjiang, of course, if he can pay off all his debts; now, the No. 1 Chinese company in Xiangjiang is still a shipping company.

Since the ship king acquired Hutchison Whampoa, he has gradually sold some old ships and used the collected funds to develop real estate; while increasing his holdings of Hutchison's stocks, downsizing them, and demolishing the old docks. During this crisis, we paid nearly [-] million in field fees and are now preparing to build a large housing estate. These were proposed by Baldy Liang, one of the shareholders of Hutchison, privately with Shipping King. Pacific Industries has many contacts with Shipping King in its global shipping business. , the two parties had close contacts, and the Ship King basically accepted all his proposals; the Ship King's prestige made it easy for him to accept Hutchison, unlike in his previous life, which took a long time.

After the daytime ceremony and dinner, Harbor City held a fireworks show at eight o'clock in the evening. After dinner, Li Bu's family stayed at the highest position of the villa complex to watch the fireworks show.

The fireworks show lasted for a full hour, illuminating half of Hong Kong as if it were daytime. Many people came to Harbor City, either at home or on the rooftop of the building, to watch this grand fireworks show.

"Wow, how much does this cost?" a beautiful girl watching at the scene sighed.

Her boyfriend sighed: "I guess if we work hard all our lives, we may not be able to release as much as we can in this hour."

"So exaggerated?"

"Of course, the Governor's Mansion opens for half an hour during the New Year, costing 30 Hong Kong dollars. The scale is much smaller than this." A middle-aged man next to him said with disdain.

"The boss of Harbor City is really rich."

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