Ning Weimin really didn't expect that the old man would use his garden to receive foreign guests and would come up with such an idea!
But it should be said that this is indeed a very, very good idea.
Ning Weimin didn't need to think too hard to fully realize the many benefits of doing so.
First of all, from an official perspective, joint venture hotels also introduce foreign investment and belong to the commercial category supported by policies.
Externally, it can supplement the capital's insufficient conditions for receiving foreign guests. Internally, it can provide many job opportunities for young people in the capital and relieve employment pressure.
The Beijing city government will definitely support such a good thing.
As long as they can open this business, they can enjoy various preferential policies of the joint venture.
What's more important is that with this name, no matter what the garden is like inside, it can be explained to the outside world.
After all, foreign-funded enterprises are still very popular these days, and most people don't dare to offend or embarrass them.
What's more, many high-end joint venture hotels have been opened in Beijing, and more and more will be completed in the future. No one will question this cooperation model anymore.
Compared with those hotels with more than ten floors of buildings, Huayuanzi is a bungalow even though it is large, and it is not very conspicuous.
Anyway, in a word, as long as a sign is put up and the business is started, the existence of this garden will be reasonable. At least it will be reasonable on the surface, and it can solve many troubles that arouse curiosity.
Secondly, the hardware conditions of Majia Garden are indeed suitable for hosting a high-end hotel to entertain foreign guests.
You know, Ning Weimin had similar thoughts when he saw the ice cellar under the rockery in Majia Garden for the first time.
At that time, it was just because of the old man's feelings that he was too embarrassed to continue the conversation.
Otherwise, it seems like he is thinking about the old man's property.
After all, this was the private residence of the richest man in Beijing back then.
I think the Ma family has hosted many celebrities in the past, and even Dai Li once stayed here temporarily. This is not an ordinary place.
Regardless of the landscape, the layout, or the functional facilities of the house, or from the perspective of historical and cultural heritage, it must be said that this is the best garden in the capital, no less than the level of the royal garden.
Even compared to ordinary palaces, it is even worse.
The key is that there is currently no similar place in Beijing. Private gardens like this, which can be called the essence of national architecture, are absolutely scarce resources.
Especially considering that every building in the garden has at least several rooms connected together, and there are also beautiful gardens, ponds, fountains, rockeries, various halls, and even ice cellars and theaters.
In addition to being suitable for receiving high-end customers who flock together and travel with groups, this place is also particularly suitable for holding art exhibitions, celebrations and large banquets.
Even four to five hundred people can be accommodated.
These characteristics are immediately different from those stereotyped five-star foreign-related hotels, and are particularly in line with the needs of the development of the times.
It can even be said that this place is the face of Beijing people.
Only this kind of building can fully reflect the essence and style of the courtyard house in Beijing.
So there is no doubt that if anyone wants to rent a few rooms here for a day, it will definitely be much more expensive than the presidential suite at Shangri-La or the Great Wall Hotel.
Only then can it be worthy of the layout of this house, and can it live up to the energy and painstaking efforts that Ma Huitang, the royal architect, spent on this house.
As for the business prospects, let’s not talk about them from afar, but only what we can see in front of us.
This month, Motorola has officially stationed in Beijing to launch mobile phone business.
Procter & Gamble also entered Shanghai almost at the same time with products such as Rejoice and Safeguard.
Unilever has brought dairy products to mainland China.
These foreign companies have come to the mainland to conduct business and set up branches, which not only aroused the enthusiasm of Chinese people to find jobs in foreign companies, but also provided a steady stream of customers for high-end business places in the mainland.
And it will be the Asian Games soon.
One wonders how many foreigners will come to the capital by then.
These international business activities and official activities are the basis for Beijing to vigorously develop foreign-related hotels. How can there be a lack of guests?
So to say the least, don't worry about it. As long as you use this garden to receive two or three groups of guests every year, the money you earn will be enough to cover the annual expenses of this garden.
Losing money is completely impossible.
What's more, since we want to turn this place into a business, it will not only benefit from making money, but also be very affordable in terms of life.
Because by then, there will be exclusive permanent employees here.
From the perspective of daily maintenance, from now on, whether it is taking care of the yard or cleaning, or repairing the house, preventing fire and theft, or even serving tea and water, washing vegetables and cooking, there will be a dedicated person to take care of it, so there is no need to trouble others.
Isn't this much better than going to the triangle area of Chongwenmen to hire a few unprofessional nannies to take care of the daily life of two elderly people?
Even on weekdays, there are hotel employees who can chat with the two elderly people.
In addition, many information shackles can also be broken.
Not only can you apply for satellite TV signals in the name of a joint venture hotel, but you can also apply for international long distance.
You can set up a stage, bar, cafe, billiard room, fishing project, fitness equipment in the garden, you can also raise a few cages of parrots and get a movie projector.
Thinking about it from another angle, everything seems to be more convenient.
It can be said that it is equivalent to these two old people spending their own money to open a nursing home and an amusement park for themselves in a way that is most suitable for the current national conditions.
Not only do they no longer need others to worry about their lives, but their life content and material enjoyment have also become richer.
At the same time, all the expenses are paid back. In the end, instead of spending money, you can also make extra money. How great is this.
No matter how you think about it, there is nothing more appropriate than such self-sufficiency.
Finally, there is another option, that is, once this place becomes a garden hotel open to the public.
So Ning Weimin's wedding will be more extravagant. He will set up a large-scale wedding tent in Ma's Garden and hold a traditional wedding, which will not be so scary.
Although it is still ostentatious, if the garden is rented, this level of ostentation will be acceptable to the public.
Even with his professional characteristics and social status, this move can make him not forget his roots and value traditional culture.
And for the unknown Garden Hotel, it will also become a good thing to a large extent, because it is equivalent to advertising in disguise.
Needless to say, the level of society that Ning Weimin has access to now is already very high.
His guest list includes many cadres, businessmen, people from the literary and artistic circles, and foreign friends of all ages.
If these people come to the wedding banquet, they will naturally spread what they see and say, which will be of great benefit to the reputation of the Garden Hotel, and people will definitely come here in the future.
In short, the benefits are countless, and in comparison, the side effects have been greatly reduced to an acceptable level.
So thinking of this, Ning Weimin was completely enlightened. He no longer had any worries and decided to fully support it.
"Gao, old man, your idea is really great. Since you have such a good idea, I fully support it. It's just money. We are not short of money. One million is a bit less, so I will give you two million.
Even though I am filial to you as my apprentice, I would like to express my sincere feelings for you to take care of my affairs. I wish you and my fourth aunt a perfect match and a prosperous business..."
Ning Weimin really wasn't bragging when he said this.
Although his domestic assets and overseas assets are two different things, before he went to Japan two years ago, he transferred almost all of his assets to Japan through Axia's underground bank to make money.
But these two years have passed. In the capital, whether it is Yin Yue's clothing business, Luo Guangliang's car park and Donghua Gate rent collection, or the cigarette shop Zhang Shihui opened with him, there are alternative collections.
income from those handicrafts.
He has never used any party's money.
According to his own estimation, the income from these transactions, if added together, would be three to four million.
And this is nothing, the key is that he made a lot of money from the tape.
The album for Cui Jian sold more than 7 million copies, and the album for Zhang Qiang sold more than 8 million copies.
Feixiang was the one who picked up the leaks, and worked with others to create additional issuances, and eventually sold more than four million tapes.
Even though he was never embarrassed to take a cut of the performance fees from the three artists because he was staying in Japan, he still made a fortune just by selling their tapes, and he made more than 18 million in a reasonable and legal amount.
This is still the net profit that has been taxed in the capital in the name of Kei Matsumoto's subsidiary.
So even though he has not had any business expansion in China in recent years.
They also spent money to support agricultural research, cultural research, and set up a reading club that was almost a welfare one.
But if you want to support the old man in opening a hotel, you don't have to move from overseas. It's just as easy and effortless.
But what Ning Weimin didn't expect was that although his attitude was cheerful, he would be wrong.
The old man actually said, "What? My business is booming? Don't worry, I still have a big wine vat. I don't have time to take care of things here. It's your business, and I want you to bring the money to your Jiang family."
My aunt is a joint stockholder, and you still have to hold 51% of the shares."
Ning Weimin's eyes suddenly widened.
"Me? Old man, I have too many things to do. How can I..."
"Why can't you!"
Kang Shude, however, seemed to not allow Ning Weimin to shirk, so he interrupted him.
"It's not like you have to worry about actual matters. You just put up the money and then use the name of a shareholder. To put it bluntly, you just need to be a hands-off man. From now on, your Aunt Jiang's family will definitely be responsible for gardening here.
reason."
This arrangement made Ning Weimin even more confused.
"Then why are you doing this? Why don't you just invest in Huayuanzi and be the shareholder yourself? I can take out the money. The shares are all in your name. This is different."
"It's not the same. How can it be the same? A sale is a sale, and a house is a house. When doing business, you have to calculate the accounts clearly, one is one, two is two, Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao, otherwise it will be difficult to talk about some things in the future. What, you
Are you worried about me or your Aunt Jiang? Are you worried that we will lose all your capital?
"Look at what you said. How could I have meant this..."
"Well, just don't mean it. Let me ask you now, can I make this decision for you? Do you listen to me? Do you take the money? Do you want to be a nominal shareholder?"
Look at this old man, what song is he singing?
I don’t know if it’s because of the hot weather or if I’m just tired from being too busy lately.
As soon as he mentioned the opening of the Garden Hotel, before even saying a few words, he suddenly lost his patience and wanted to force himself to do it.
Ning Weimin didn't know why the old man was so anxious or what he was thinking.
But he knew that the old man had a stubborn temper and was quite serious about some things.
Especially when it comes to Ma's Garden, everyone has to obey him, otherwise it will be difficult to coax him if he gets really angry.
He has just come back, and he wants the old man to give him a hard time for this matter, whether it will be publicized or not.
Then doesn’t everyone have to think that he is disobedient?
So he had no choice but to think to himself, it's just two million, it's not a big deal, just think of it as spending money to make an old man happy.
There is no choice but to compromise quickly, "Okay, you have the final say. Isn't it okay for me to listen to you? As long as the fourth aunt doesn't object, I will be the shareholder. Isn't that okay?"
In this way, Kang Shude became a docile donkey again.
"Hey, that's right. We are a mother-in-law and we are a master and a disciple. You are right to listen to the master. How can I still make you suffer? Come on, then this matter is settled. I will come back later.
Just tell your Aunt Jiang. She will definitely agree."
Not only that, but once the matter was settled, the old man not only felt relaxed, but also seemed to be interested again.
The conversation that could have ended here did not end. He took the initiative to mention the two masters who built the wedding tent.
"Ah, by the way, as for how to prevent fire in the wedding tent, we, father and son, will think about it separately and come up with a charter later. I mean, we should try our best to make it possible. The first is to let you get married.
Your Aunt Jiang and I are happy to see you become so beautiful and respectable. This is a major event in life, and we should really invite all the people who are living well to liven up the human brain. Secondly,
These two old masters are both in their 70s, and they don't ask us to pay high prices. What they want is to make some extra money for their apprentices who have changed their careers to work as frame workers in the construction industry. The key is coming.
In order to show off my abilities, I can also give myself an explanation and open the eyes of these disciples. This matter is not all about money, do you understand?"
Hearing what his master said, Ning Weimin couldn't help but think of the late Chang Yuling.
To be honest, ever since I received the gift entrusted to him by the last descendant of "Grape Chang" before his death.
He added a bit of respect and gratitude to the old artists and craftsmen from all walks of life in the capital on top of his original closeness and admiration.
That's why he took the lead in setting up the "Palace Catering Research Association" and the "Beijing Industrial Art Industry Inheritance and Cultural Materials Compilation Department", hoping to record the life skills and glory of these old artists and craftsmen, make them famous, and make them famous.
Write books and biographies so that they can get the glory and recognition that should belong to them.
This was his original intention. Now the two old masters in this shed business are even in an endangered situation and are on the verge of extinction. Naturally, he has to take care of them.
So he said without any hesitation, "Old man, I understand your thoughts. I will try my best to act according to your thoughts. First of all, money is no problem. I will pay for all expenses and I will give it to you tomorrow."
Get 500,000 first and spend it first. This is probably enough for the wedding. Secondly, you don’t have to worry too much about the fire prevention of the wedding tent. The Temple of Heaven Park has the most experience. They have built colorful archways, and they do so every year.
We have to hold large-scale events. I will ask someone for advice later, and I think it will not be difficult to solve. In addition, I will also find someone to take pictures of the construction process of these wedding tents, so as to leave some memories for future generations. I even now
I was thinking that if the two masters are willing, I can help them find more work. No, summer is coming again, and the Temple of Heaven will hold a book fair during the summer. This will be a good use for their skills."
"Okay, okay..."
I don’t know whether Kang Shude praised his disciples or these methods.
Anyway, for this reason, the old man was finally happy.