Wen Ying didn't expect that she could come to Rongcheng Amusement Park again.
This place will be closed in 2008. The last time Wen Ying came here was in June 2004 in her previous life.
And now she came with Xie Qian. Neither she nor He Zhen had ever been to a place like an amusement park!
The tickets are not expensive, only 2 yuan each. After entering the park, you can buy tickets separately if you want to play any of the attractions. The more expensive ones are the thrilling attractions like the roller coaster, which cost 25 yuan each.
Slightly cheaper are the milder rides, like the super swing, which only cost 10 yuan per ticket.
Wen Ying stood in the amusement park at a loss.
The plan she made was not to visit the amusement park. After more than ten years, she had forgotten the layout of the facilities in Rongcheng Amusement Park. She could only follow the crowd. Wherever others went, she would take Xie Qian there.
After walking for a while, I felt embarrassed and asked Xie Qian what he wanted to play.
Wen Ying was a little excited when she thought that Xie Qian’s perfect image would be ruined by the exciting project.
Xie Qian suddenly stopped and pointed to the front right, "Is this okay?"
The sign read "Ferris wheel, 5 yuan/person", which was not expensive, but just thinking about riding the Ferris wheel with Xie Qian made Wen Ying's face turn sour.
When she was a young literary and artistic person, she was poisoned by many love chicken soups.
Some people say that every girl must have a Ferris wheel romance and ride a Ferris wheel with her boyfriend. When the Ferris wheel rises to the highest point, in the small, enclosed space, they can hear each other's heartbeats.
Wen Ying was still lost in thought, and Xie Qian turned to look at her.
"Are you afraid of heights?"
"……What?"
Wen Ying was at a loss.
Xie Qian said seriously, "If you are afraid of heights, let's try another activity."
What a joke! When lawyer Wen was practicing, he wasn't even afraid of the High Court, so how could he be afraid of the height of a Ferris wheel?
Xie Qian's straightforward question shattered Wen Ying's inappropriate pink bubble. In order to prove that she was not afraid of heights, Wen Ying immediately rolled up her sleeves and went to buy a ticket.
Handing the ticket to Xie Qian, Wen Ying gritted her teeth and said, "Don't save money for me by only choosing the cheap rides. After the Ferris wheel, there's also the tumbling train and the brave carousel waiting for us!"
Why.
Although he is small in stature, he is very strong-willed.
It’s not even acceptable to ask if you are afraid of heights.
Xie Qian was smart enough not to continue talking back. Girls' tempers always came quickly and inexplicably, and they would forget about it after a while.
Xie Qian's guess was correct. Before the Ferris wheel reached its highest point, Wen Ying leaned her face against the window and looked down, having already forgotten the argument about fear of heights.
"Xie Qian, have you ever ridden a Ferris wheel before?"
Xie Qian shook his head, "First time sitting here."
"What about the amusement park? Haven't you been there either?"
Wen Ying's questions were not very private. She really wanted to get to know Xie Qian better. Xie Qian wanted to talk to her about the "trouble" he encountered today, which was the real privacy. Wen Ying wanted to start with some easier questions to let Xie Qian let down his guard.
Xie Qian was slightly distracted by Wen Ying's question.
As for the amusement park, Xie Qian had been there when he was very young.
Not only did he go there with his parents, but the elders of the Xie family also loved to take him there. He was a little afraid of heights when he was a child, and he had played many projects, but he had never ridden a Ferris wheel.
The most unforgettable one was my visit to Tokyo Disneyland in 1997.
In 1997, Hong Kong returned to China and the Asian financial crisis hit Thailand, and then spread to Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, South Korea and China.
Major stock markets in Asia fell sharply, and foreign trade companies in various countries were the most affected. Many large companies went bankrupt, workers lost their jobs, and the social economy was depressed. However, Xie Jinghu's business was not only not affected, but he also took the opportunity to acquire some industries that were defeated by the financial crisis at low prices, and his business territory expanded by more than two times!
People feel happy when they are happy. On Xie Qian's birthday, Xie Jinghu specially took Xie Qian to Tokyo Disneyland.
That year, Xie Qian was nine years old, and the family of three took a lot of photos at Tokyo Disneyland.
After playing in Tokyo for a few days, Xie Jinghu arranged for Xie Qian and Zou Weijun to return home first, saying that he still had to meet a client in Japan. Zou Weijun said that Xie Jinghu worked too hard to make money, and took the opportunity to teach Xie Qian to be more considerate of Xie Jinghu.
What did Xie Jinghu say at that time? Oh, he said that he made money for Zou Weijun and Xie Qian, and as long as his family lived well, his hard work was worth it.
Later... Xie Qian accidentally learned that when Xie Jinghu took them, mother and son, to visit Tokyo Disneyland, the three of them, mother and son, had been staying in a Tokyo hotel, waiting for Xie Jinghu to send him and his mother away so that they could seamlessly transfer.
Xie Jinghu is really busy. He is not busy meeting clients, but busy being a "father" to his other two children!
Xie Jinghu would take the two children to ride all the amusement facilities that Xie Qian had ridden.
Where Xie Jinghu took photos hugging his wife Zou Weijun, he would also take photos hugging that woman.
Uninformed tourists would think that it was a happy family of four.
Xie Qian wouldn't reject all amusement parks because of this, but when Wen Ying asked him if he had been to an amusement park, Xie Qian recalled this not-so-good memory. In order to prevent Wen Ying from noticing his unhappiness, Xie Qian changed the subject:
"You asked me last night if I was in trouble. I did, and it was related to Zhao Dong. Zhao Dong runs the cultural tourism industry in Chengdu. I heard that Zhao Dong's attempt to acquire the franchise rights for a large theme park failed, so he's eager to find allies and backers in China."
Large theme park?
After the closure of Chengdu Amusement Park, the two largest parks in Chengdu are Guose Tianxiang and Happy Valley.
It seems that the first time that Guose Tianxiang will be open to the public is next year. It is not the amusement facility area that will be open, but it will host the Flower Expo, and the amusement facility area will not be completed next year.
As for Happy Valley, it will be even later, and will not be officially opened until 2009.
Judging from the time, what Zhao Dong and others were competing for was the franchise rights of "Guose Tianxiang" - "Guose Tianxiang" was not out of fashion until 2019, so many supporting projects were derived. The whole project took a long time and required a large investment. If Zhao Dong did not have sufficient funds and relevant qualifications, he would indeed not be able to compete with the development company of "Guose Tianxiang"!
Wen Ying came to her senses belatedly, "So you wanted to come to Rongcheng Amusement Park today. What did you want to do? Did you want to infer Zhao Dong's financial strength based on the scale of Rongcheng Amusement Park?"
"National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance" was opened in phases. The investment was too huge, and the company that obtained the franchise could not bear the pressure of development. They repaired part of it, opened part of it, and expanded slowly.
It’s not that Wen Ying looks down on Zhao Dong. If Zhao Dong had such strong financial strength, he wouldn’t have held on to Xie Qian.
After all, it is 2004 now, and the wealth of domestic wealthy people has not skyrocketed. There is no doubt that the Xie family is richer than Zhao Dong. Wen Ying boldly predicts that they should not be able to independently develop a large-scale project like "Guose Tianxiang".
If the Xie family can't do it, Zhao Dong is even worse off.
Xie Qian didn't say anything, Wen Ying felt a little strange:
"That's not right. If Zhao Dong wanted to find an ally or a backer, why would he bother you? Shouldn't he be trying his best to please you?"
From the change in Xie Qian's expression, Wen Ying realized that she had asked the key question.
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