Confession of Rebirth

As soon as Gu Chen returned to the bedroom, he was surrounded by Gao Haiyang and two other roommates.

The three of them poured water one by one, and the other one pressed Gu Chen on the chair very attentively, winked and asked, "How is it?"

Gu Chen was a little confused by the actions of the three roommates, and asked blankly, "What's the matter?"

"Didn't you go to the economic seminar with Professor Xing today?" Gao Haiyang rubbed his hands and asked gossipingly, "Did you see a lot of bigwigs who are very knowledgeable?"

"I heard that many bigwigs in the economic world have gone. Have you talked to them?"

Gu Chen smiled: "If you think too much, I'm just an assistant who writes meeting minutes."

"Too modest!" Gao Haiyang shook his head, disapprovingly: "You are an assistant who has published articles in The Economist."

"And I heard that after the meeting, you went to the restaurant for dinner. You all ate at the same table. I don't believe you didn't say a word to those big guys."

"Tell us quickly!" Zhao Shu urged, "How are those bosses different from those on TV?"

"It's almost the same!" Gu Chen thought for a while, excluding the meeting minutes that needed to be kept secret, he picked out some interesting stories about the bosses teasing and bickering with each other, and told his roommates a few.

The three roommates returned to their seats contentedly: "It's so cool. It would be great if I could be at the same dinner table with the bosses sometime."

"There will be such a day. Not only eating, but also working together." Gu Chen smiled, took his notebook, recording pen and several other books, and went to the common room for self-study.

He Qingchen shook his head and said with emotion: "Gu Chen is really self-disciplined."

Although more than 90.00% of the students in University A are self-disciplined, it is rare for them to work as hard as Gu Chen.

"You'll reap what you sow!" Gao Haiyang thought for a while, and then dug out the CPA review materials: "I'll study for a while."

Gu Chen went straight into the multimedia classroom with his books in his arms, chose a computer and sat down.First, I sorted out the minutes of the meeting with the recording pen, and then began to collect information on the old western city on the Internet.

In his previous life, Gu Chen had never been in contact with the project of renovating the old city.However, in what he has seen and heard, he has heard too many times in the process of economic development, in order to strive for immediate interests, some old houses and even historical sites in the old city with a long history were all razed to the ground to build new commercial centers.More than ten years later, looking at those new skyscrapers in the CBD, I regret the news of the historical civilization and custom buildings that have disappeared in the bustling metropolis.

"It took a lot of effort to demolish the old ones and build fake ones."

This seemingly absurd behavior has also become the main trend of urban renovation during Gu Zhong's lifetime.Among them, the rise of folk streets, theme streets and homestay inns, as well as the popularity of online celebrity check-in culture, have also become a new wave of promoting the revival of national culture.

Carry forward the history and culture, enhance national self-confidence and cohesion, attract investment, develop the online celebrity economy of homestays, and inject new vitality into the promotion of folk customs.

Gu Chen casually wrote a few lines on the straw paper, thinking that if he wanted to improve the competitiveness of the western faction, he could get the upper management to agree to locate the new commercial center in the old western city, and finalize the plan to transform the old western city. The planning plan finalized as "focusing on the restoration of cultural relics and buildings, supplemented by the creation of folk streets, and the construction of a commercial center with Chinese characteristics" should start from these aspects - not only about feelings and history, but also about economics benefit.As long as Gu Chen can prove that the economic benefits and political achievements of renovating the old western city are more dazzling than the achievements of building a new commercial center in the suburbs of the eastern city, there is no need for the Westerners to say much, and the higher authorities will naturally choose the path that takes into account both people's livelihood and economic development.

——The idea is quite beautiful, but it is difficult to start with a thousand things, and Gu Chen actually has no idea what to do.He scratched his hair at his draft, but he was a little bit at a loss.

What should be done!

Gu Chen's eyes were empty, and he stared at the computer screen for a while, then opened the webpage, and began to search for celebrities in the business world with household registration in Xicheng District of City A.Especially those entrepreneurs who are currently overseas, or have industries in Hong Kong, Macao and Bay, are over 70 and [-] years old, and are keen on charity.

Gu Chen remembered that ten years ago, the government still paid more attention to the achievements in introducing foreign capital.Moreover, Gu Chen had seen interviews with some celebrities in the business world in his previous life.Among them, many famous figures mentioned this matter during the interview.They regretted that in the process of urban construction, old buildings and old blocks were destroyed for economic development, and the same CBD commercial center was continuously built.Especially when some people return to their hometowns when they are old and want to return to their roots, all they see are brand new skyscrapers and spacious modern streets.Those alleys with red walls, green tiles and blue bricks soaked in childhood memories no longer exist.

"Things are different, people are different, it's like being full of nostalgia but can't find sustenance, I just feel empty in my heart, it's a pity."

Based on his own impression, Gu Chen found a few business celebrities who had participated in similar historical building restoration or old city renovation projects in his previous life, and wrote down their list.I also searched the growth trajectory of these people on the Internet, and the memories of their hometowns that they talked about in interviews with the media.Then, according to the content of these interviews, go online to collect the current situation of Xicheng District-see if you still echo the impression of these people.

Field trips!

Gu Chen wrote four words on the straw paper, and then carefully drew a circle.I plan to use my spare time in the next few days to visit the old western city in person.

In order to save time, Gu Chen also borrowed a small eDonkey from his classmates, and a SLR camera from his roommate.At this time, you can see how inconvenient it is to not have a driver's license.So Gu Chen put on the agenda the matter of going back to his hometown for the winter vacation to take the driver's license test.

Gao Haiyang looked at Gu Chen's ostentatious posture, and couldn't help asking gossip: "You borrowed a battery car and a camera, do you want to take pictures with girls?"

But Gao Haiyang has known Gu Chen for so long, and he doesn't seem to realize that Gu Chen is particularly attentive to that girl.

Gu Chen couldn't laugh or cry: "I want to go to Xicheng District to have a look."

"Xicheng District?" Several roommates looked at each other.The government wants to carry out urban construction planning and establish a new commercial center, and they have also vaguely heard Professor Xing's idea of ​​developing the old western city.Hearing Gu Chen's words, he thought it was a task assigned to him by Professor Xing, and his desire to gossip suddenly disappeared.

"Will it be boring for you to go alone?" Zhao Shu said on a whim, "Do you need me to accompany you, anyway, I have nothing to do recently."

Zhao Shu didn't plan to take the postgraduate entrance examination. He is a native of City A and planned to take the public examination directly after graduation.In addition, his graduation thesis had been prepared two months ago, and everything was proceeding in an orderly manner, so Zhao Shu had a lot of free time compared to some other graduates.

"Just ask Zhao Shu to accompany you." Gao Haiyang said, "Zhao Shu is a local and is familiar with Xicheng District. With him guiding you, you will definitely not get lost."

All three of them knew that Gu Chen was from out of town.And since school has started for so long, I have been busy studying and working part-time, so I haven't gone out much at all.They were very afraid that Gu Chen would not find his way.

He Qingchen also smiled and said: "It happens that Zhao Shu's family has a car, and he still has a driver's license, so let him drive you. It also saves you from riding a battery car. It's too cold in winter, and your hands are easy to freeze."

Zhao Shu answered with a smile: "Then there is no way to draw a map."

Counting his previous life, Gu Chen has lived in City A for more than ten years.He is very familiar with every street and alley in this city.But in the face of his roommate's kindness, Gu Chen's refusal came to his lips and hesitated for a while, then it became: "Will it be too much trouble for the senior?"

"If there's any trouble, don't bother!" Zhao Shu said, "It happens that I've been a little annoyed with writing my graduation thesis recently, so I'll go out with you to relax."

Afraid that Gu Chen would be embarrassed, Zhao Shu said again: "You are responsible for refueling the car, and just treat me to dinner."

Even if you don't mention the matter of stock trading, Gu Chenguang can earn hundreds of thousands of yuan a month just by selling properties at the sales office, and this "food and travel expenses" are of course not a problem.

Gu Chen also understood Zhao Shu's kindness, and said with a smile, "Then thank you senior."

"You don't have to be so polite between the two of us." Zhao Shu said "Yeah" to Gu Chen, and said with a smile, "I also managed to get a meal. Remember to treat me to a good meal."

The next afternoon, after finishing the last elective class, Gu Chen waited for Zhao Shu at the school gate.Zhao Shu went home at noon and drove the car out, pulling Gu Chen straight to the west.While driving, he asked, "Xicheng District is huge, where exactly do you want to go?"

"Confucius Temple, Mao'er Alley, Sheep's Tail Street, Fishbone Alley, Lotus Pond..." Gu Chen reported the names of several places in succession, and also the names of several teahouses and restaurants: "We will go to these places today."

"Okay!" Zhao Shu turned the steering wheel, and the car merged into the right lane: "This is the first time you have gone out shopping since you came to City A, right?"

Gu Chen nodded.

Zhao Shu said with a smile: "Sometimes I really admire you. You are so calm when you just entered college. Students in the same grade as you, no matter how hard they study, they will go out on weekends."

Gu Chen explained: "It's not that I can hold my breath. It's just that I don't have time."

The main reason is that I stayed in city A for too long in my previous life, and I have no novelty or even a good impression of this city.

"Then senior brother will take you to have a good time today." Zhao Shu said: "I am also a local, no matter what, I should do my best to be a landlord."

Zhao Shu is eager to try, and wants to have a good day with his elementary school brother.However, when the car arrived at the Confucius Temple, Zhao Shu originally wanted to take Gu Chen in and ask for a talisman, but he saw that Gu Chen got out of the car and walked around the Confucius Temple with a SLR camera and kept taking pictures. .I also talked to the old people who were walking nearby, and asked about anecdotes from decades ago.Not only did I ask, but I also carefully recorded it with a voice recorder and a notebook.

Zhao Shu was puzzled and couldn't help but ask, "Professor Xing asked you to do this?"

Gu Chen said with a smile: "Professor Xing didn't ask me to do it. But I will collect some information, write a paper, and let Professor Xing help me read it."

Zhao Shu immediately understood.After thinking about it, he said, "How about I take you to my grandma's house?"

Gu Chen: "...Huh?"