Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

  Chapter 648 Cultural Arts Center

  After the two chatted and laughed for a while, Ge Lianghong couldn't help but said:

   "I heard McCall told me that General Fang is going to buy land in Taiping Mountain to build a manor?"

  Hearing the words, Fang Lang smiled slightly, and said indifferently:

   "That's true. After staying in Hong Kong City for such a long time this time, I discovered the development potential of Hong Kong City. If I have the opportunity in the future, I would like to visit Hong Kong City more.

  In addition, my private museum is built in Hong Kong City, which houses my favorite Chinese antiques. In the future, I will definitely come here often to play.

  Considering that it is inconvenient for me not to have a fixed residence in Hong Kong City, I plan to build a manor of my own in Hong Kong City. "

  This idea is reasonable, and Ge Lianghong has no reason to refuse at all. In addition, the previous two just talked about the topic of combining Chinese and Western cultures. If Ge Lianghong refused on the grounds that Chinese people were not allowed to stay in Taiping Mountain, he would be slapping himself in the face.

  He could only ponder for a while, then nodded slowly and said:

   "Since that's the case, I'll ask the Lands Department to select a suitable location for building a house on Victoria Peak for you."

  Ge Lianghong's attitude did not surprise Fang Lang, he knew it would happen sooner or later.

   "Haha... Then I would like to thank Your Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong!"

   After speaking, he said directly:

   "Then I don't know where the Governor-General plans to arrange my private museum!"

Fang Lang didn't continue to hide it. Since Ge Lianghong had already taken the initiative to make it clear, Financial Secretary McCall told him about his idea of ​​building a house, which means that the other party already knew that he and McCall I met you. There is no need to continue to pretend to be stupid, pretending not to know that Ge Lianghong has made arrangements for his museum.

   Hearing Fang Lang's outspokenness, Ge Lianghong was not surprised, he smiled and said directly:

   "General Fang, why don't you ask me why you want to help you choose a place?"

  Fang Lang glanced at Ge Lianghong strangely, and said indifferently:

"Harbor City is the site of Mr. Governor of Hong Kong. I originally wanted to find it myself, but I just didn't want to trouble Mr. Governor of Hong Kong. But yesterday, I heard from Secretary McCall that the Governor of Hong Kong had already selected a place for me. Of course I wanted to find it. But it's disrespectful.

how? Mr. Governor of Hong Kong took the initiative to help me find a place to build a museum, isn't it because we are good friends? Is there any other reason? "

   This time Ge Lianghong choked on his throat and almost couldn't breathe. Well, Fang Lang, in order not to let me use it to choose the land for you, and to pay off the favor for helping me spread the word, I insisted on choosing the land myself, saying that helping spread the word is based on the friendship between the two parties.

   Now that he knows that he has helped him choose the land, he says that he helped him choose it because he is a good friend of the other party. It is really shameless to make himself unable to say what he wants to pay back the favor.

  Compared to the other party helping him to take risks and passing on the message to the other party, I only find him a building site on his own site, which really can't offset the affection. Thinking of this, he could only smile wryly, shook his head and said:

   "Okay! You are right, we are friends, and it is only natural to help you choose a suitable place to build a museum. I also took the initiative to intervene because you couldn't make a decision after choosing for a long time."

  Hearing the words, Fang Lang chuckled, cupped his hands at Ge Lianghong and said:

   "Haha... I knew you, Lao Ge, are good enough friends! After all, this port city is your territory, you must know better than me, and the place you choose must be better than me!

  As soon as I heard that you helped me choose, I knew that you must have your own plan for the cultural area of ​​your port city. Tell me, where is the place you helped me choose? "

  Fang Lang's words made Ge Lianghong smile wryly. Now not only is he helping him choose the land, no favors can be left behind, but the other party also directly stated that he is making plans for his cultural and art center in Hong Kong City.

  In this way, the completion of his private museum has become a support for his own cultural and art center. Instead of thanking him for helping him choose the land, he should thank him for his contribution to the cultural and artistic revival of Hong Kong City!

   I have to say that this kid is already very slippery at such a young age.

"You kid is really amazing. You have seen through my plan so quickly. It is indeed as you said, I am indeed planning to set up an art and cultural center in Hong Kong City. This is also your idea of ​​building a museum, which inspired me .

   It turned out that our Hong Kong City had a city hall, which can be regarded as the cultural and art center of our Hong Kong City, but it was demolished in 1933, and the land was sold to HSBC Bank as the headquarters building.

  Now that the war is over, the port city has also ushered in peace. It is indeed necessary for us to revive culture and art in Hong Kong City. Therefore, I plan to set up a cultural revival committee to build a new cultural and artistic center in Harbor City around your private museum.

  The address is near Central. In addition to your private museum, you are planning to build a history museum in Hong Kong City, as well as a series of buildings such as concert halls, grand theaters, art galleries, and gymnasiums. what do you think? "

   Hearing the words, Fang Lang couldn't help raising his brows, good guy! This old boy Ge Lianghong has a lot of ambitions! If it is really built according to this plan, it will definitely become the cultural and art center of Hong Kong City in the future.

"I said Brother Ge, you are not authentic! I said, why are you so kind, helping me choose the land! It turns out that you have bad intentions! My museum is a private museum, and I never thought of opening it to the public. Yes, now you want to use my museum as a guide to develop the cultural and art center of the port city. It's not appropriate!"

  As soon as Fang Lang said this, the old fox Ge Lianghong couldn't help but blushed slightly. It was indeed as Fang Lang said, he had this idea in his heart, and now Fang Lang directly exposed it. He could only smile awkwardly to cover up his embarrassment.

   "Hehe...Brother Fang! I know that this is a private museum of yours. But, think about it, do you have to arrange manpower to maintain the collections of the museum on a regular basis?

  The usual management cost of the museum is not low! In this case, is it not cost-effective to rely on your own funds for maintenance? I'm also thinking that I can help you reduce the burden!

  As long as you are open to the public, you can collect tickets, and the income from these tickets can guarantee the normal operation of the museum. In this case, your maintenance costs can be equal! If you manage well, maybe you can have an extra income too! "

  Looking at Ge Lianghong's expression, Fang Lang couldn't help but feel amused. As a future soul, he certainly knew that opening up to the outside world was the best way to operate the museum.

Besides, opening to the outside world does not necessarily mean completely opening up to the outside world. I only need to take out a part of the place to display to the outside world, and the other places can be completely kept secret from the outside world. Collection, why not do it?

  As long as I can ensure that I own the absolute ownership of the museum before the return of Hong Kong City, I will not allow any Hong Kong British government personnel to participate in the management of the museum. At that time, it is natural to donate the entire museum to my hometown.

   It's not that Fang Lang wanted to pretend to be great on purpose, and the Grand Duke selflessly returned these cultural relics to his hometown. In fact, with such a meeting gift, the benefits Fang Lang can get from his hometown will definitely not be lower than the value of this museum.

  Since Fang Lang had already planned in his heart, Fang Lang still told Ge Lianghong like this, of course it was to get greater benefits! After pretending to think seriously for a while, he slowly opened his mouth and said:

   "Brother Ge is not unreasonable, but I still don't lack the small money to maintain the operation of this private museum.

  But since my brother wants to build a cultural and art center in Hong Kong City around my museum, if I don’t support such a big thing, it seems a bit unreasonable. "

   After finishing speaking, he paused, and looked at Ge Lianghong who was still smiling wryly.

   Seeing this, how could Ge Lianghong not understand Fang Lang's meaning, he shook his head helplessly and said:

   "Okay, okay, it's no wonder that you kid can achieve what you are today in such a short period of time. This bargaining effort really makes me feel ashamed.

  I understand what you mean, let's do it! The land where you build the museum will be provided by our Hong Kong government for free, so this is the head office! "

  Hearing this, Fang Lang was not at all happy, but frowned, and looked at Ge Lianghong suspiciously. He didn't believe that the British guy would have such kindness. He came from later generations and he deeply understood a truth, that is, "free things are often the most expensive."

  If the land for my museum is really given away by the British Hong Kong government for free, if another governor of Hong Kong proposes to take it back in the future, I will be in trouble. He didn't believe that Ge Lianghong didn't understand this truth, so now he couldn't help but suspect that Ge Lianghong had some bad intentions.

  Fang Lang's eyes are so blatant, of course Ge Lianghong can't pretend not to see. Under the gaze of this kind of eyes, Ge Lianghong felt a little uncomfortable. After coughing lightly, he explained softly:

   "Don't worry, Brother Fang, I have no ill intentions towards you. The reason why I proposed to provide the land for free is to allow your private museum to open in the cultural and art center we planned;

   Second, I hope you can open the museum to the public; third, thank you for helping me spread the word and contributing to the peace and stability of Hong Kong City. "

   Fang Lang couldn't tell whether the other party's words were true or false for a while, but he would definitely not be willing to take any unnecessary risks. Therefore, without hesitation, he directly opened the mouth and said:

   "Brother Ge, it's not that I don't believe you. If I really get the land for free, I don't have to worry about it now that you are here, but after you leave! The next governor of Hong Kong may not necessarily approve of your approach.

   If you really want to thank me, then according to the relatively favorable price, the area should be as large as possible. Since your elder brother wants to build this place into a cultural and artistic center in Hong Kong City, I will not lose face. At that time, I will open part of the museum to the public.

  And, in order to show my support for Ge Laoge, my museum construction can be invited for bidding around the world to find the best design plan and build it into a new landmark building in Hong Kong City. What do you think? "

  Ge Lianghong obviously did not expect that Fang Lang would raise it high and put it down gently. He was ready to be brutally slaughtered by the other party, but he didn't expect the other party to agree to his proposal so easily in the end, and also strongly supported his art and culture center.

   This made him feel grateful to the young Chinese in front of him from the bottom of his heart. In order to express his gratitude, Ge Lianghong got up without hesitation, and stretched out his right hand to Fang Lang.

   "Thank you Brother Fang for supporting me, you are my true friend."

   Seeing this, Fang Lang also smiled slightly, got up and shook hands with the other party lightly, and said with a smile:

   "From the words you Brother Ge asked me to bring to the other side, I can tell that you are really thinking about the future of Hong Kong City, which I admire very much.

  So, naturally, I will fully support your plan to build a port city.

  If Brother Ge is really willing to treat someone from our side as a friend, please ask Brother Ge to take care of my Chinese compatriots during the management of Hong Kong City. "

  Hearing this, Ge Lianghong was obviously taken aback. He didn't expect Fang Lang to make such a request. As a colonial official, to put it mildly, he was working for the British royal family.

   To put it bluntly, he is the bandit leader responsible for plundering resources from the colonies for the British royal family. Asking him to take good care of the colonial people is obviously going against his job.

  If it was before World War II, he would have refused Fang Lang's request without hesitation, but now with the end of World War II, the British Empire's colonies around the world have become independent, and the royal family can do nothing about it, they can only pinch their noses.

   Now Hong Kong City is able to continue to maintain its rule here through negotiations with the new mainland government. It's really not good for him to directly reject Fang Lang's request.

   After pondering for a while, Ge Lianghong took a deep breath before slowly opening his mouth and saying:

   "As the governor of Hong Kong, it is my duty to help every common people living in Hong Kong to achieve a better life. As the largest group in Hong Kong, the Chinese are also my goal to make their lives better.

  Some things, I don't need Brother Fang to bring them up, I will take the initiative to do them. "

  Although Ge Lianghong didn't say anything about improving the status of the Chinese in Hong Kong City, he also indirectly accepted Fang Lang's request. Fang Lang had nothing to say about this.

   Holding the other party's hand that hadn't let go, Fang Lang gave the old guy a hug directly, and whispered in the other party's ear:

   "Okay, Brother Ge, I will write it down. In the future, if you need help from my brother, just ask."

   After finishing speaking, he did not forget to pat the opponent twice on the back.

Fang Lang seemed bold, but Ge Lianghong could only respond with a helpless wry smile if he actually warned him. He knew in his heart that the other party would definitely watch his actions. If he broke his promise, this guy would definitely find a way Take revenge on yourself.

  For a young man like Fang Lang who has achieved such an achievement at a young age, if he doesn't pay back the favor he owes him, the other party will not let him go easily.

  Seeing that his goal has been achieved, Fang Lang has no intention of staying in the Governor's Mansion for a long time.

   "Brother Ge, regarding the museum, I will let someone from the Universal Group come forward to communicate with you. If there is anything that cannot be resolved, you can also contact me directly.

  I have to deal with some fleet affairs in the past two days, so I won't come here to bid farewell to my brother. If the elder brother has the opportunity to go to Brazil to play, he must inform the younger brother, and the younger brother will definitely accompany him when the time comes. "

  (end of this chapter)