Chapter 371 A blockbuster (please subscribe)

In the 1980s and 1990s, the Maxim Restaurant on Chongwenmen West Street should be regarded as one of the fashion trendsetters in Beijing. At that time, Maxim Restaurant gathered the most fashionable people in Beijing, including Chinese and foreigners.

Before 1998, the Maxim restaurant still belonged to Mr. Pierre Cardin, the same Pierre Cardin who sold clothes.

In the mid-1980s, Pierre Cardin spent millions of dollars to buy the 14-year operating rights of Maxim's restaurant, which seemed very crazy at the time. After all, with China's consumption power at the time, who knows?

How long will it take to earn back this investment of millions of dollars?

However, this crazy behavior eventually brought rich rewards to Mr. Pierre Cardin, that is, Pierre Cardin's brand became China's top luxury brand.

Today's post-2000 generation may not be interested in this brand, and may even think it is a very low brand. However, in the 1990s, the status of the Pierre Cardin brand in China was equivalent to that of Hermès today.

Li Weidong took He Anan to Maxim Restaurant and ordered the signature Bordeaux wine foie gras and Burgundy baked snails.

Soon after, the dishes were served, and He Anan shouted happily: "I'm going to kill the local tycoon!" and then started to use the knife and fork.

With the consumption level of Maxim's restaurant, ordinary people's wages are definitely unaffordable. Foie gras and snails are all imported by air from France. They are absolute luxuries in China. Of course, only rich people can afford them.

After finishing the meal, He Anan said, "Do you have time on the second Sunday of next month?"

"What to do?" Li Weidong asked.

"My grandpa is celebrating his birthday, and I want to take you there by the way so that grandpa can meet you." He Anan said a little shyly.

"Your grandpa is celebrating his birthday, so your parents must be here!" Li Weidong asked subconsciously: "Are you taking me to meet my parents?"

He Anan lowered her head even more shyly, and said in an increasingly quiet voice: "In addition to my parents, my uncle and my aunt will also come."

"Okay, I will definitely go then." Li Weidong paused, then asked: "What do you think I should give him as a birthday gift?"

"Whatever, whatever comes to mind, he doesn't need anything anyway," He Anan said.

"Why don't you give me a golden longevity peach? I think this is the popular way for people in Hong Kong to celebrate their birthdays! It has a good meaning and is also valuable." Li Weidong asked with a smile.

"That's so vulgar!" He An'an curled her lips and continued: "Grandpa lives in a nursing home now. It's useless to ask for valuables. On the contrary, it's an eyesore."

Although He Anan didn't mention much about his family background, Li Weidong could also guess a rough idea. Li Weidong also knew that those who could live directly in the capital and enter a nursing home after retirement were not ordinary cadres, and they would definitely not be lacking in material terms.

If you just give some valuable items such as gold, silver and jewelry, people may not really appreciate it. Instead, it will make Li Weidong look like a rich man who has no taste.

"How about I go buy some antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc., and give them to his old man?" Li Weidong asked subconsciously.

"My grandpa doesn't care about those things! And he doesn't understand. If you give him antique calligraphy and painting, he will definitely donate it to the cultural relics department in the end! It's better not to spend that wasted money." He Anan said.

Many old revolutionaries were born in the military, like Li Yunlong, who was really good at fighting, but they couldn't understand elegant things like antiques, calligraphy and paintings. Giving antiques to them was simply a waste of natural resources.

"What should I give you?" Li Weidong thought for a while, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind.

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On the day of the symposium, someone specially brought Li Weidong to the meeting site.

This is a very ordinary reception room, with a circle of sofas and snacks and seasonal fresh fruits placed on the small table between the sofas.

When Li Weidong came to the reception room, he found two scholars-looking people already sitting there, looking at the documents in their hands.

Li Weidong didn't recognize them either, so he smiled and nodded at the two people as a greeting. However, the two people ignored Li Weidong and just stared at Li Weidong expressionlessly before continuing to read the documents in their hands.

These two people probably thought that Li Weidong, a young man in his twenties, was a staff member here and there was no need to pay attention to him at all.

Li Weidong also planned to learn how to use condoms with these people and ask what should be paid attention to when participating in this kind of symposium. However, seeing this scene, Li Weidong stopped putting his hot face on his cold butt and simply found a seat in the corner to sit down.

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After a while, professors and scholars who participated in the symposium arrived one after another.

Among economists, there are not many scholars who can participate in this kind of think tank-level meeting. Among them, those who have relatively in-depth research on the Japanese economy can be counted on their fingers. Therefore, these scholars who come to participate in the symposium are very familiar with each other.

They all knew each other and started to say hello to each other after entering the door.

Only Li Weidong was a new face and no one knew him. What's more, Li Weidong was only twenty-five years old. He was definitely not a well-known scholar at such a young age.

Some people were also curious about Li Weidong's identity. One of the scholars asked the people around him: "Old Zhao, who is the young man sitting over there?"

"I don't know, he was already there when I arrived. Judging from his age, who brought the student here to listen, right?" Lao Du replied.

Another person next to him said: "I don't think it's like it. If you are a student, why would you be sitting on the sofa carefree? I think it may be a staff member here, such as a meeting recorder or something like that!"

Everyone had some guesses about Li Weidong's identity, but they all pretended to be scholars. No one went to ask Li Weidong, but absolutely no one expected that Li Weidong also came to attend the meeting.

This is what a "circle" is like. People in a circle gather together. If you are not from this circle, people will ignore you.

Li Weidong was left alone and felt at ease. He looked at the cherries in the fruit plate and thought they were quite sweet, so he simply picked up the cherries and ate them by himself.

After a while, the scholars arrived, but the meeting did not start because the leader had not arrived yet.

After everyone waited for more than twenty minutes, a middle-aged man wearing glasses walked in and said, "Teachers, I'm very sorry. The leader has some matters that haven't been dealt with yet, so I ask all teachers to wait a little longer.

Teachers, you might as well eat some fruit plates and snacks first, and I will inform you when the leaders come this way."

As soon as they heard that the leader would not be coming for a while, the scholars present stopped holding on to their airs and began to clear away the fruit plates and snacks around them.

After waiting for nearly an hour, the middle-aged man wearing glasses came to inform that the leader had already left.

There were specialized staff members who cleaned up the peels and other garbage, and some people also gave everyone wet towels. Everyone quickly wiped their hands clean, tidied up their manners, and prepared to welcome the arrival of the leader.

After a while, the old man appeared in the reception room.

Immediately afterwards, the leader shook hands with everyone one by one, and the middle-aged man wearing glasses introduced everyone to the leader.

"This is Professor Zhao Yue from the Central University of Finance and Economics."

"This is Professor Du Zhengliang from the Academy of Social Sciences."

"This is Professor Qian Aimin of Capital Technology and Business University!"

Finally, the middle-aged man wearing glasses introduced Li Weidong.

"This is Li Weidong, the director of Qinghe City Puppy Electrical Appliance Factory, the director of Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory, and the chairman of the loader factory."

After hearing this introduction, the scholars attending the meeting were stunned, and then looked at Li Weidong in great surprise.

Everyone is a scholar studying economics, but Li Weidong is a businessman.

Huskies have joined the wolf pack again!

Moreover, Li Weidong's title is quite long. He is both the director of the factory and the chairman of the board, which sounds quite intimidating.

"This young man looks to be in his mid-twenties. How can he become the leader of three companies at such a young age? Is he a second generation?"

"Probably not. The second generation will either go to a company with a national prefix or a company in a monopoly industry. Why would they go to an electrical appliance factory, an agricultural machinery factory, or a loader factory?"

"Isn't our topic today going to discuss Japan's economic policy? Why would we find someone who makes electrical appliances and agricultural machinery?"

Several scholars discussed in very low voices.

These scholars will definitely have other identities, such as being established as the chairman of a certain association, but in this case, when introducing their identities, they will always mention the unit where they officially work.

Li Weidong is special. He is an entrepreneur and has three companies. It is difficult to distinguish between them, so the man with glasses mentioned all three companies.

After the introduction of the participants, the symposium officially began. These scholars and experts began to express their opinions and elaborate on their latest research results. The content was nothing more than what economic policies Japan has adopted in the recent period and what is the purpose of introducing new policies.

What impact will it have, etc.

The scholars were talking loudly one by one, while Li Weidong listened quietly. Anyway, he is not an economist and has no research results.

"The Japanese government began to levy land value tax in 1991, and at the same time increased the assessment tax of fixed assets tax. This tax is levied on the land retention link, with the purpose of curbing capital speculation in real estate. Currently, land price tax can only collect

I have been using it for more than a year and the results are good.

Since the issuance of the land price tax, Japan's housing prices have been in a relatively stable range. This shows that Japan's land price tax has indeed successfully inhibited capital speculation in real estate, and has also helped Japan to establish a stable and healthy real estate market!

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The person who expressed this view was Professor Du Zhengliang of the Academy of Social Sciences, and his view was also recognized by other scholars.

People who follow a lot of self-media will think that Japan burst the real estate bubble in the 1980s and Japan's housing prices collapsed instantly, but this is not actually the case.

At that time, Japan's economy was developing rapidly, and Japanese decision-makers did not actually believe that there was a real estate bubble, but believed that Japan's real estate was just too prosperous. Therefore, the decision-makers adopted a tightening policy, which was actually considered an act of regulation.

However, after the introduction of tightening control policies, Japan's real estate did not collapse immediately, but did not continue to rise, and remained in a stable high price state for a long time.

This can be seen from Japan's GDP figures. Japan began to implement austerity policies to regulate real estate in the late 1980s. Since then, Japan's economy has not stagnated. Instead, it has increased from a three trillion dollar economy to a fifty thousand dollar economy.

billion dollar economy.

If Japan's real estate collapsed during this period, this kind of GDP growth would never occur.

You must know that the value of real estate in Tokyo at that time could buy half of the United States. If the real estate collapses, it will mean the shrinkage of social wealth, which will also drag down GDP. Naturally, GDP will not be able to grow rapidly.

If it is a developing small and medium-sized economy, housing prices may fall and GDP rise. Because the real estate value of this kind of economy is not high, and the economy is small, it can fully use the vigorous development of one or two industries.

, to offset the impact of the real estate crash on the economy.

But for a mature large economy like Japan, it is absolutely impossible for housing prices to collapse and GDP to surge at the same time. Because the Japanese economy is so large and its industries are already mature, there are not such large-scale new industries.

, to compensate for the impact of the real estate crash on the economy.

So the real situation is that after Japan adopted a series of tightening policies, Japan's housing prices did not collapse immediately, but entered a stable state, but this stability is a kind of stability with prices but no market.

That is to say, at that time, Japan's housing prices remained at a high level, but the transaction volume was very small. The middle class held real estate. Although it was very valuable, they could not sell it because the price was too high and there was no room for increase, so no one

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To be continued...