Chapter 55 Section ten

Before Qian Liangliang entered the VIP room, he heard the hearty laughter of A Jiao and Director Zhang.Just soaked in the sad atmosphere of the bird's egg's farewell, Qian Liangliang's mood has not been able to break free from the depression and sadness, and suddenly heard the hearty and bright laughter, the contrast is too great, Qian Liangliang is emotionally difficult to accept , so when I went in, I looked like a famous dish in the Northeast, patting cucumbers. Hao Dongxi saw that Qian Liangliang's face was not straight, and asked, "What's wrong with the bird's egg? What did I say to you?"

Qian Liangliang forced himself to put on a smile on his face: "I didn't say anything, just a bird, what can I say." Ajiao also saw that he was not normal, so he quickly greeted him: "Boss Qian, come on, sit down, what wine do you want?" In a Chinese-style dinner, as long as there are officials, the officials must be the core, and the personal feelings of the officials will definitely be absolutely good, which is also the characteristic of the Chinese-style dinner.Director Zhang and Qian Liangliang have been in contact several times, so they greeted loudly: "Old Qian, Mr. Qian, you know that Director Li and I are here, and you don't even show your face. If Dongxi didn't invite you, you Why don’t you come? Fine wine, fine wine, fine a glass before speaking.”

Hao Dongxi poured a glass of red wine for Qian Liangliang: "This is French red wine, a bottle of one thousand and two. If Director Zhang and Director Li hadn't arrived at the same time, I would be reluctant to part with it. Respect is worse than obedience. Old Qian will punish you with a glass." Without further ado, Qian Liangliang took the wine and drank it down.Everyone present clapped their hands and applauded, and Director Zhang would continue to increase: "Drink a double cup, double happiness." Director Li is a fat, white man wearing glasses. He is quite kind, so he hurriedly stopped him: "Forget it, you've already drunk enough without looking at the money. We Lumen people don't pay attention to pouring wine into people. Let nature take its course and do whatever you want." most."

Ajiao also came forward to help Qian Liangliang: "Yeah, our President Qian has just dealt with it, and Dong Xi was caught before it was over. Come on, eat a few bites of food and drink." Qian Liangliang took a chopstick of hot and sour jellyfish head and chewed it in his mouth.Director Zhang and Director Li changed the topic and continued to chat with Hao Dongxi about them. According to the formula designed by American scientists, human beings don’t involve their own sorrows, and the time for sad emotions can only be counted in minutes. Qian Liangliang’s reaction at this time is just like the annotations of this formula. Shi was quickly attracted by the topics of Director Zhang, Director Li and Hao Dongxi, and his gray heart disappeared immediately.Qian Liangliang threw the egg aside and listened intently to their conversation.

With Qian Liangliang's level of knowledge and life experience, he quickly understood that what they were talking about was the current economic situation.Director Zhang is obviously an optimist. He believes that the downturn in real estate in Lumen City is temporary and short-lived, and a new round of price increases will soon be set off again: "Don't worry." Director Zhang wiped the oily mouth with a face towel, After he wiped the snow-white face towel, it immediately turned into an oily rag in the hands of a car mechanic: "The policies introduced by the state really have a restraining effect on the housing market price, and that is just for the comfort of the people. The common people can't afford houses anymore. The house is living, screaming, can the government not show a gesture? However, the housing price has really dropped to the point where ordinary people can afford it, and the government and developers can’t stand it. First of all, the government can’t stand it. Let me tell you a secret. The government is already doing research on how to stabilize housing prices. It is said that stabilization is actually how to increase housing prices. Why is this happening? The finances can’t stand it. Last year, the municipal government received more than 50 billion yuan from real estate development. In the last two quarters of this year, only 300 million was taken, and the biggest loss is not the developer, but the government, can the government not be in a hurry?"

Director Li is not so optimistic: "I think the recession of the real estate market is not so easy to contain, let alone push it up again easily. The trend of the real estate market depends on the overall structure of the economy. This is the law of the market economy. Now the overall The economic situation is not good. Inflation from last year to the first half of this year pushed up housing prices and stock prices soared. At that time, the most important thing to solve was inflation. However, the policy measures to control inflation have not been implemented, and the market suddenly tightened The trend is that inflation and deflation are coming at the same time. The whole world has never seen such a situation. Let alone the energy of our Lumen City Government, even if the country is facing this situation, it is impossible to change the economic law immediately and let the real estate industry The tide of industry and business decline is soaring against the market." Director Li held up the wine glass and asked Hao Dongxi, "Dongxi, we Lumen people have a saying that the snails are full of water and endure the winter. You must be mentally prepared for the winter. "The snail contains water and survives the winter" is a proverb in Lumen, which means that in winter, the snail will be saturated with water and nutrients and drill into the cave to wait for the arrival of spring. snail shell.

Hao Dongxi clinked glasses with Director Li, and the two of them did it. Director Zhang dismissed Director Li's pessimism: "It's not that serious. How fierce was the Asian financial turmoil back then? Didn't our country get through it as usual, and the economic construction is still going on?" We have made great strides forward. Now our country’s national strength is higher than that at that time. What are we afraid of? Take Lumen City as an example. The gross national product has tripled compared with that of the Asian financial crisis, and the fiscal revenue has increased. The economic scale has increased by five times, and the ability to resist economic risks must be stronger. It is impossible for us to have much impact on us with such a small amount of austerity. Besides, our Lumen has its own particularity. It is an island with beautiful scenery and fresh air. The land resources are limited, and the urban construction has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent years. Many foreigners, including compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, yearn to buy properties and settle down in Lumen. In the long run, even real estate in the world will collapse. Yes, the real estate industry in Lumen City will always maintain an upward trend.”

Director Zhang's exposition excited Hao Dongxi, and raised his glass to toast him.After the two had done it, Director Li coldly said something that made Hao Dongxi break out in a cold sweat: "Don't forget, but three years ago, the average price of housing in Lumen City was only over 3,000 yuan. Is Hong Kong an island? Is there a shortage of land resources? When the Asian financial turmoil hit in the 1990s, the average house price plummeted from HK$30,000 to HK$4,000 to HK$4,000. How many real estate developers jumped off the building? As far as I know According to the data, Lumen’s main source of tax revenue is no longer real estate. It is completely supported by exports. At this time last year, the tax revenue of the real estate industry was still firmly in the top spot in Lumen City. What is the current vacancy rate? You are from the Land and Real Estate Bureau , I know better than me that real estate has entered a stalemate stage where there is a price but no market, and the seller is urging the buyer to wait and see. If there is another change in the export market, we may really have to tighten our belts."

Hao Dongxi made Director Li break into a cold sweat again. As a private entrepreneur who was born as a fisherman, the analysis of the big economic situation and the various policies issued by the state in response to the economic situation are far away from him. Real money and goods transactions are customers that can be seen with eyes and touched with hands. Moreover, the economic situation described by Director Li is very similar to his own situation. It is because he can't sell the real estate that he relies entirely on the import and export company. Supported, so he quickly asked Director Li: "Director Li, if it is really like what you said, what should I do?"

Director Li said very decisively: "Cash is king, return the funds quickly, hold the money tightly in the palm of your hand, everything else is nonsense." Hao Dongxi was extremely frustrated, everyone understood this, and it was very simple to say, but can the funds be returned? None of them thought that when they were sitting in the VIP box of the Chinese-style restaurant and leisure club, eating delicacies from mountains and seas, drinking French red wine, and studying the uncertain prospects of the national economy and enterprises, at their feet, across the other end of the earth, The subprime mortgage crisis broke out in the United States, the leader of the world economy, and the subsequent collapse of the Lehman Brothers financial institution finally made the whole world start to shiver.

Qian Liangliang was not interested in their topics, and these things had no interest in him. However, with his knowledge level and life experience, he still believed in Director Li's arguments.Therefore, when Hao Dongxi turned to him and asked him, "Mr. Qian, you have also been in the government, and you think the future is good or bad", Qian Liangliang said without thinking: "It is safer to shrink." Hao Dongxi sighed secretly, this was another good idea that he knew but couldn't do. Ajiao served the wine and made a concluding speech: "Okay, no matter what, the sky will fall and there will be a big one to support it. No matter how difficult it is, we will not be hungry and have nothing to eat like we were in 1960. Come on, I A toast to everyone, thank you to Director Zhang and Director Li, I will do it first as a respect." A Jiao's drinking has always been a late attack. Anyone who knows her well knows that if she doesn't leave in time and break up the game at this time, the next situation will probably be A Jiao's let go, and A Jin sends her home in a state of embarrassment.So, after drinking Ajiao Jing's glass of wine, Director Zhang immediately said: "Enough is enough, let's eat and drink, let's go here." Hao Dongxi's mood made the dinner table gray, and he was not in the mood to continue drinking. She stood up and was about to see off the guests, but Li Shasha poked her head in panic at the door of the VIP hall and called Qian Liangliang: "Mr. Qian, Mr. Bird Why isn't your table moving at all?" It is definitely not good news for the chef. Li Shasha is concerned about the bear buns. She knows that most of the dishes served on the eggs today are cooked by bear buns. If the dishes are brought back intact, it will not be justified. Because of the reason, the face of the bear bag will be very ugly. Qian Liangliang understood that Li Shasha was worried about Xiong Bao, and told her: "It's okay, it's not that the food is bad, it's that the bird eggs and I don't want to eat, and it's not that we haven't moved at all, we don't move much." Li Shasha was relieved: "Oh, then I will remove the table." Qian Liangliang waved his hand: "Get out, get out." The conversation between the two of them reminded Hao Dongxi of the bird's egg again, and asked casually: "Old Qian, what's the matter with the bird's egg recently? He's exhausted, he's half-dead, and he knows how to treat guests all day long. What is he going to do?" Sample?" The secret of the bird's egg is stored here with Qian Liangliang. Under Hao Dongxi's repeated questioning, Qian Liangliang felt a little suffocated, and couldn't help forwarding the secret to Hao Dongxi: "You are right, he really only has a few days. It’s a good job, every day we have dinner, I’m the only one invited today, it’s probably the last supper.” Everyone present was taken aback at the same time, Ajiao and Hao Dongxi asked in unison: "What's wrong with him? Divorce?" Qian Liangliang said it in one breath: "He didn't get a divorce, he got cancer, stomach cancer." The scene suddenly turned cold, Hao Dongxi, Ajiao, Director Zhang, and Director Li looked at each other in blank dismay, Niaodan was more familiar with Director Zhang and Director Li than Hao Dongxi, none of them could believe it: "Really? Why don't I know anything about it?" Several people asked in unison, as if they had discussed it in advance. Ajiao also said: "Really? No way? Is it a misdiagnosis?" Qian Liangliang said: "I don't dare to tell the truth, but it looks real. Didn't you notice that he has lost weight recently? He said that he will have an operation in a few days, and his stomach will be cut. " Ajiao said to Hao Dongxi: "Whether it's true or not, we don't know if we don't know. Now that we know, we can't pretend we don't know. Let's go and see tomorrow." Hao Dongxi nodded: "Yes, let's go and have a look tomorrow." The news was like a ladle of ice water being poured into a pot. The lively dinner just now was no longer hot, and everyone's emotions could no longer be cheered up. This reminded Qian Liangliang of the idiom that the rabbit dies and the fox mourns.The two directors bid farewell without emotion, and Hao Dongxi and his wife understood through this conversation. Don't expect their two little directors to turn things around, and they can't even provide a valuable opinion. He didn't want to keep him anymore, he sent off the guests in a polite but moodless manner, Qian Liangliang went back to sleep without emotion, and the dinner party ended without emotion.