On the night when the auction ended, it was a villa-style B&B hotel near Scheveningen Aquarium in The Hague.
This is where Gu Kun and his party stayed in The Hague these days.
Now that everything has settled and the income has greatly exceeded expectations, Gu Kun will of course hold a private cocktail party to celebrate with his colleagues.
"cheers!"
"cheers!"
A group of people stood on the terrace, watching the sunset over the sea in the evening, drinking champagne, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
Most of the sea view hotels in Dutch coastal cities are not built too high, mainly because the foundations are not up to standard - three-quarters of the Netherlands was reclaimed from the sea, and the altitude is negative, below sea level.
Of course, this geological condition does not allow any deep and complicated foundations to be built on the embankment, so we can only build some very short houses that do not require foundation piles next to the sea embankment.
Many high-end hotels have been split into small villas, which provide great privacy.
Gu Kun and Gao Jianxiong were good drinkers, so it would be okay to drink a little more. Tang Jia was relatively weak, so after a few glasses of champagne, he was no longer as cautious with his words as he was at first.
But she has nothing to worry about. Anyway, her boyfriend Gao Jianxiong is watching over her, so she is not afraid of danger if she drinks too much.
"Boss, to be honest, you are so happy, is it because the harvest this time has exceeded your expectations?" Tang Jia followed the drunkenness and asked what he originally wanted to ask but was too polite to ask when he was sober.
Gu Kun couldn't help but feel a little proud because of his drinking power, and he had nothing to hide from his own people:
"It's not bad, Miss Sophia and Mr. Van Bilson do have two brushes - I originally thought that according to the previous pace, the maximum price for this shipment would be 20 to 30 million US dollars, and it would definitely not exceed 30 million US dollars.
Unexpectedly, in the end, because of my good rhythm, it actually exceeded 50 million! It seems that I need to adjust my personality in advance. The low-key days are almost over, and I will start to work in those arrogant and high-profile industries later.
"
The three of them drank two more drinks, and Gu Kun ordered: "Jiajia, you should go back to China tomorrow. If you can apply for an early final exam, do it in advance. Anyway, get out as soon as possible. I want you to go to Lanfang and take charge of me.
Agent, no one else around me is capable of making up my mind. If you don’t understand maritime knowledge, you can ask them for advice.”
Tang Jia cheered up: "I can leave and go to Lanfang at the earliest in mid-June, but what do you want me to do? You haven't made it clear yet."
Gu Kun put down his glass and explained with gestures: "After I make a lot of money here, the media in Spain and the Philippines will definitely be noisy within two or three days. However, the domestic people are currently relatively slow to respond to these international cultural news.
I estimate that it will take more than a month for it to ferment and react and become a news sensation in the small circle."
In the era when the Internet was just budding, ordinary foreign news that did not belong to "international news" spread so slowly that it did not even deserve to be spread.
Tang Jia had no objection to this judgment and asked humbly: "What next?"
Gu Kun: "My aircraft carrier museum has been renovated and opened for business just recently. Even if this news is actively disseminated through the domestic tourism media and the overseas travel agency circle with connections to COSCO, it will basically take a month to ferment.
Expect.
So I am planning, through COSCO, to organize the first batch of Chinese cruise tourists to visit Lanzhou when you return to Lanzhou to visit the aircraft carrier and maritime museum and take a look at the ancient Western cultural relics brought back by Eastern countries.
Whether it is aircraft carriers or plundering Western cultural relics, this can greatly attract the attention of the Chinese nation to the wealthy.
At that time, by the way, I will let them go to the Benma Atoll that I bought to see the top-notch coral sand island sea view, paving the way for subsequent tourism development, and striving to make the related tourism industry popular after the facilities are improved in the future.
, to throw some light on things."
Tang Jia: "Are the relevant tourist facilities ready? Didn't you just start jointly building the port with COSCO last year? As for the island you mentioned where you are the owner, it has not been developed at all."
Gu Kun smiled confidently: "By June, Lanfang Port has been under construction for nine months, and the first 50,000-ton berth has been built. Although the warehouse and port lifting equipment still need to be debugged,
There is no problem in stopping the 50,000-ton cruise ship first.
As for the Penma Atoll where I am the owner of the island, I started to invest a few million dollars in construction funds in small batches a few months ago. I started with some simple buildings and focused on the original ecology. As long as tourists have a place to rest and drink after they go to the island.
A few water park slides and snorkeling stations are enough——
You may not know that there is a country called the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. They have also been engaged in tourism in recent years. Their main selling point is the same original ecological coral islands and reefs as ours. They also have one island and one hotel on the island.
There’s nothing there, just sand houses, water houses and entertainment facilities.”
The Maldivian-style single-story wooden sand house was built very quickly. Gu Kun didn't even plan to paint it. He just entertained tourists for a few years and then renovated it when it got old.
Tang Jia asked for some details and roughly understood the boss's arrangements. As for other details, he could slowly read the materials and visit on the spot in the future.
"Is there anything else you should pay attention to?" Tang Jia finally asked humbly.
"I should have told you before that the reason why I sent you to take charge was for a 'drag trick'." Gu Kun analyzed slowly and calmly.
"I'm a bit impressed, but you haven't explained the details to me." Tang Jia nodded.
Gu Kun's expression suddenly became more serious, holding the wine glass and looking at the afterglow at the end of the sea to the west:
"I estimate that after Chinese tourists know that there is an aircraft carrier museum in Lanzhou, uninvited guests may come to us and ask us to cooperate in other aspects.
The reason I ask you to delay is to use the excuse that the boss is not here, not to give those secret uninvited guests who may appear a chance to speak, and to let you pretend to be ignorant.
Similarly, since I can think of the possibility of attracting uninvited guests to the aircraft carrier museum, there may not be other smart people in the country who can think of it. Therefore, you must also be responsible for helping me hold back, pretending to be stupid in front of those people, to prove it.
Our innocence cannot make them think, 'I am already China's puppet and spokesperson for its interests.'"
The rulers of Lanfang do not want their own country's big capitalists to become the spokesperson of foreign forces.
At first they didn't like Chen Mingcheng, the spokesman for Britannia and Shell Oil.
They also don't like that Gu Kun is the spokesperson of China's interests.
Although Lan Fang has the same culture and race, it is still a different country. This small Southeast Asian country should avoid openly taking sides. It is best to be able to play both sides in order to live well in the cracks.
Especially in the 1990s, China's navy was still so weak. At this time, even if Gu Kun or even the Grand Duke were interested in China and joined the team in advance, they might be secretly killed by Brittany or Oceania.
Tang Jia roughly understood some of the boss's ideas, but he still felt that there was an irreconcilable contradiction: "But even if you delay, you can't fundamentally solve the problem. You asked me to help you delay for two months, and the excuse was 'yourself'"
I want to participate in the World Universiade, but I don’t have enough time to do it.'
But what happens after the Universiade? At the end of August, you still have to go back to Lanfang. By then, all the people who have been holding back and looking for you will burst out. How will you deal with it? "
Gu Kun: "At the end of August, my strength will be different from what it is now. I will have a few more amulets, and I will take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to gain two more benefits. If you can't understand, you don't have to understand.
, just execute it.”
Just like this time last year, Gu Kun asked Long Wu and Chen Li to hold Chen Mingcheng back for two more months before breaking up. Long Wu couldn't understand it at the time.
Because they can't imagine how much strength will be gained by delaying two months of fighting monsters and upgrading in a cheating life.
"Okay, regardless of whether I understand the last point or not, I will execute it first." Tang Jia also agreed readily.
She is already eager to try and find an opportunity to practice the skills she learned as a top student at SJTU majoring in international relations.
"Boss, why don't we go together?" Gao Jianxiong was a little unwilling to see that his girlfriend was going back to China alone tomorrow.
"Of course we have to wait until the money is in hand before we leave. The auction house doesn't charge any money during the account period, but it's just an international money order this time. It will be faster." Gu Kun said without any knowledge.
A night of silence.
Gu Kun went to bed alone, while Gao Jianxiong went to his girlfriend to talk about their upcoming breakup.
The next day, Tang Jia took a flight back to China. Gu Kun and the bodyguards brought by Gao Jianxiong continued to stay in The Hague for a few days.
As a result, two nights later, Gu Kun suddenly woke up in alarm while sleeping.
He heard the roar of the sea outside the window.
"No! Did this section of the sea wall collapse?" He ran to the terrace and saw that seawater had poured in.