Fortunately, the embarrassing time was not long, because the convoy had arrived at Tianjin New District at this time and was moving along the Lishunde Hotel where Hongzhang and others stayed at Victoria Yali Road (Jiefang North Road).

Although the roads in the Tianjin New District are relatively narrow, there are a few roads that are relatively wide. Victoria Road is the main road of the former British Concession in Tianjin, so the roads are relatively wide. In the old time and space, it can meet the four-lane standard, which can fully meet the driving requirements of buses. Although the crosser occupied Tianjin for four months, due to various reasons, the road names in the Tianjin Concession area have not been modified, and the past foreign names are still used, and they are only converted into Chinese pronunciation.

Li Hongzhang looked through the car window and looked at the street scenes on both sides of the street, and felt quite sighing. The Tianjin British Concession is not unfamiliar to Li Hongzhang. When Li Hongzhang was the governor of Zhili, he would go to the Tianjin British Concession almost every few days. He was either invited to participate in various activities in the concession or negotiate with the British. Although Li Hongzhang was a VIP guest on the seat, the entire concession was the world of British people. Therefore, foreigners walked here with their heads raised. Although there were a large number of Chinese living and working in the concession, they were obviously lower than those of foreigners in the spiritual temperament, and they didn't even dare to straighten their waists when walking.

But this time, through the car window, Li Hongzhang saw that the Chinese people walking on the street were obviously raising their heads and chests, and they were much more confident. On the contrary, foreigners seemed to shrink, which was quite contrasting with the past.

Not long after, three buses drove to the entrance of Lishunde Hotel, and at this time, the Lishunde Hotel had already prepared to welcome Li Hongzhang and his team.

The last time Zhang Peilun was greeted, the Lishunde Hotel held a grand welcome ceremony. Li Hongzhang's identity, status, influence and popularity were far above Zhang Peilun, so this time it was naturally more grand.

However, when Zhang Peilun visited Tianjin, the time traveler had just taken over the Lishunde Hotel. Many of the hotel's facilities were not perfect, so they were a little restricted. Nearly three months have passed, and the renovation of the Lishunde Hotel has basically come to an end. You can fully let go of your hands and feet.

In order to welcome Li Hongzhang and his party, Yang Yuxin, general manager of Lishunde Hotel, started preparing two days in advance. He first drew lights at the hotel gate, hung nearly a hundred big red lanterns, arranged 24 etiquette ladies, and also set up a guard of honor with drum musicians. He also pulled up several dragon dances and lion dance teams from the locals to increase the atmosphere. Finally, he also assisted the red carpet on the ground. Although this red carpet was criticized by many time travelers, whether to welcome Li Hongzhang or movie stars, Yang Yuxin finally decided to do this.

After the bus convoy entered the field of view, it set off firecrackers on both sides of Victoria Road. When the bus stopped at the entrance of Lishunde Hotel, the firecrackers ended. The guard of honor immediately started to play drums and music, and the dragon dance and lion dance also danced and performed on both sides of the bus. The atmosphere was indeed very warm.

After Li Hongzhang got off the car, led by two etiquette ladies, he walked along the red carpet with Qin Zheng and got up to the front of the Lishunde Hotel. Zhang Peilun, Li Jingfang, Observation Group and others were all following behind them.

Yang Yuxin, general manager of Lishunde Hotel, led a large number of local gentry, businessmen and celebrities from Tianjin to welcome Li Hongzhang at the entrance of the hotel. This time, there were more than 120 distinguished guests to visit Li Hongzhang, including 90 foreigners, most of them were staff and merchants from consulates in various countries, while less than 30 Chinese were basically local gentry and celebrities from Tianjin. This was mainly because of the war. Most of the local gentry and celebrities in Tianjin fled abroad, and they were left with some connections in the concession and escaped the war in the concession.

Among the Chinese who welcomed Li Hongzhang and his party, Zhao Weizhong also included. In the past, Zhao Weizhong was just a small businessman who was dependent on Li Hongzhang's survival. His assets were only a few hundred taels of silver, and he was not in the Tianjin business world at all. However, in just a few months, Zhao Weizhong's status in Tianjin business world rose sharply and he was already squeezed into the upper class. On the one hand, Zhao Weizhong was the first local to establish a relationship with time travelers and helped the time travelers and Li Hongzhang to pave the way, so he was highly valued by time travelers and Li Hongzhang. Zhao Weizhong also made full use of his advantages of having access to both sides of Tianjin and Shanghai. He took advantage of Tianjin's newly recovering from the war and lacked supplies. He bought a large amount of goods from Shanghai to Tianjin for sale. His business was excellent, so his personal property also rose sharply.

On the other hand, as the first local person to join the time traveler, the time traveler also intends to support Zhao Weizhong, treat him as a benchmark, and also takes his relationship with Li Hongzhang, and handes many of the goods and materials he needs to buy on behalf of Zhao Weizhong. At this time, Zhao Weizhong also showed a good attitude of cooperation. Zhao Weizhong tried his best to reduce his profits in everything that the goods and materials purchased on behalf of the time traveler were only satisfied with making a little profit. Therefore, all the goods and materials purchased on behalf of Zhao Weizhong were much lower than those of other foreign merchants. In this way, the time traveler was naturally very satisfied with Zhao Weizhong, and the goods and materials he needed were also handed over to Zhao Weizhong as much as possible.

Although Zhao Weizhong only made a small profit from it, the actual income was quite considerable due to the large amount. In addition, Zhao Weizhong also had his own other businesses, and the time traveler also opened the door to convenience for him. As a result, in just over three months, Zhao Weizhong's personal assets rose to 5,000 taels of silver, and he owned four shops, two in the old city of Tianjin and two in the new district. He could squeeze into the ranks of first-line merchants in Tianjin. However, his relationship with the time traveler and Li Hongzhang is unique among the businessmen in Tianjin. This time, Li Hongzhang and his party were welcomed, so he would naturally attend.

This time, among the people from all generations who came to welcome Li Hongzhang, except for a few who were invited for free, although more than 100 people were invited, they had to pay the entry fee for themselves, which was 30 taels of silver. In this era, this was a considerable amount of funds that could provide ordinary people with a very abundant life of one or two years.

However, despite this, the merchants who received the invitation all paid out of their own pockets to attend the banquet. Because being able to attend such a banquet is a sign of status and status. Now the time traveler is the actual ruler of Tianjin. From the current form, the time traveler must be an important force in China in the future, let alone Li Hongzhang. Therefore, if you want to attend such an occasion, you can't just have money. Moreover, 30 taels of silver is of course a large sum of money for ordinary people, but for these gentry, merchants are nothing at all. Spending 30 taels of silver to give the time traveler and Li Hongzhang can support him. Maybe he can have some relationship. It's really worth it.

Another reason is that Lishunde Hotel is one of the best hotels in the Tianjin Concession, with luxurious decoration and considerate service. After the time traveler took over Lishunde Hotel, he transformed the Lishunde store, causing significant changes in the Lishunde Hotel.

Of course, the buildings and interior decoration of the Lishunde Hotel itself have been done well, so there is no need to make any changes. Time travelers mainly renovate the Lishunde store to add electrical equipment and leading equipment, and in addition, they have made some major changes to the kitchen of the Lishunde Hotel.

Although Lishunde Hotel introduced a motor in 1888, becoming the first hotel in China to use electric lights to light, the brightness and shape of the electric lights of this era are far from comparable to the old time and space. Therefore, after the transformation, Lishunde Hotel installed two solar panels to provide power and equipped with a diesel motor as a supplement. The lobby, vestibule, restaurant, aisle and other public places have been equipped with different shapes of lights, and a batch of outdoor lightings are also installed outdoors.

In addition to lighting, other renovations include installing a set of audio equipment, replacing the public bathroom with modern cleaning equipment, and replacing a set of stainless steel kitchen furniture in the kitchen. The Lishunde Hotel has a total of 15o rooms. The traveler did not renovate all the rooms, but only selected 18 luxuriously decorated rooms with light furniture and sanitary cleaning equipment.

Of course, the equipment used is all broken and strengthened from the passenger roulette boat of the Aoyama Island. A passenger roulette boat itself is a huge sea mobile hotel, and these equipment are naturally all-in-one.

After the transformation is completed, at night, the entire hotel is brightly lit inside and outside, as bright as daytime. It can be seen far away, which is quite eye-catching. Therefore, the passenger flow suddenly increases, and the daily operating income also rises sharply, and it has become one of the most profitable companies run by time travelers.

However, Yang Yuxin, general manager of Lishunde Hotel, is very clear that relying on gimmicks such as lighting and audio cannot keep the hotel's business prosperous. After all, these are all false. When this freshness is over, it will return to dullness.

In the old time and space, hotels and hotels compete for food quality, service quality, as well as backend management and business models, and are no exception in this era. But relying solely on these things is not enough to make Li Shunde Hotel stand out in Tianjin, and even the entire China, becoming the benchmark of the times. Others can do these things. If you want to dominate the industry, you must come up with something that others don’t have. Of course, for time travelers, there are too many cards to play.

In the old time and space, the most common thing was to engage in some entertainment programs. Now time travelers also have convenient conditions. It turned out that each passenger boat had a special multi-function theater, which could be inserted into movies or used as a stage performance. There was also a performance team composed of professional actors. Some staff could also make guest appearances and perform entertainment programs for passengers during the journey. The hotels of this era also had the function of organizing dance parties. The Lishunde Hotel had a large dance hall and held dance events many times, so it could be completely combined with literary and artistic performance activities and dance parties.
Chapter completed!