After getting the planning approval and relevant agreements, it was almost the end of August.
With Gu Kun's temper, every time school started, he would procrastinate for several weeks to take care of his own business, and then he would be the last one to report to school like a Hong Kong movie boss.
But this time, he decided to be more proactive: before September 1st, he would go back and report in advance, and then ask for leave after a while when he was busy.
So, on Sunday, August 27, he flew back to Hujiang with classmate Tang Jia to discuss a bigger conspiracy with people from COSCO.
Lin Ying, Chen Li, and Gao Jianxiong went to the airport to see them off.
Gu Kun casually said a few words of concern: "Brother Gao, when I'm not around, you have to take care of everything on the engineering team's side. It doesn't matter if you don't understand. Just give us timely feedback so that we can know the situation remotely. Ying'er
Sister Chen and I are both prostitutes, so it’s not convenient for us to come forward about those things."
"Don't worry, boss, I'll keep an eye on it." Gao Jianxiong agreed obligingly.
Anyway, his security company must perform other tasks during its free time to maintain order and coordinate conflicts.
Then Gu Kun turned to Lin Ying:
"Ying'er, you're only going to report for half a month at most. Since your family has always been running hotels, is there anyone you can trust? Hire one to be responsible for following up on the design and development of the conference hotel project.
Planning, follow-up progress.
Anyway, I have no interest in the shares of the conference hotel. It is just a fig leaf for me to give to the conference group in China. If your family can afford it, I will give you this business, and I can also invest some money in it for you, no matter what.
"
When Gu Kun did this, he didn't mean to give money or business to his woman, but he was really not interested.
Even if a conference hotel is fully booked for several consecutive years, with an occupancy rate of 100%, and the conference hall and banquet hall can be rented out for meetings every day, the absolute profit will not be enough to attract Gu Kun.
For him, having a conference hotel in Lanfang can help him attract more Chinese tourist groups who "would be embarrassed to come to Lanfang if they don't have meetings." This is the main benefit.
For example, a conference group comes and stays for a week, with an average consumption of 5,000 per person. Excluding air tickets and other things that do not belong to Gu Kun, his turnover of 3,500 is Gu Kun's business, and this does not include other shopping expenses.
Here, the accommodation fee for the conference hotel may be less than a thousand yuan.
Gu Kun has taken away the bulk of other pulls. Of course, the hotel industry must focus on the big ones and let go of the small ones, and leave it to professional people to do professional things, which can also stimulate the enthusiasm of operators.
Lin Ying was a little embarrassed. Apparently she felt that her family's business was too small and she was afraid that her subordinates would not be competent, so she hesitated before agreeing: "I'll try my best to find a way and tell my parents... Just say that I have a classmate.
We want to open a conference hotel in Lanfang and transfer a manager from my store. However, I'm still afraid that I won't be qualified."
Gu Kun smiled and patted the woman's shoulder: "Competency comes from experience, it's no big deal. By the way, I used to set up a student fund in Blackland and found an assistant named Midlova, who worked as a foreign receptionist.
The middle-level management of the hotel can speak quite a lot of Chinese now. Let her help you when the time comes and learn from your manager. I will give her a salary. If you have any problems, just report them in time and I will find an outsider for you.
co-resources.”
Gu Kun did not reveal his relationship with Midlova, so Lin Ying only knew that Midlova was Gu Kun's secretary in some business matters.
Gu Kun felt that there was nothing to explain, and speaking out would only make the girl more embarrassed or sad. It would be better to save a problem than to worry more.
After explaining everything, Gu Kun and Tang Jia got on the plane.
…
Two days later, the headquarters of COSCO East China Company in Hujiang.
Gu Kun carelessly took Tang Jia to find his contactor He Lan to discuss business.
"Manager He, you have worked hard during the summer vacation." Gu Kun personally handed He Lan a pack of Lanfang's specialties with a cheerful expression on his face.
He still respects the managers of China's central enterprises very much, so he will never do anything evil. Local products are really just local products.
However, He Lan also went to Lanfang with a cruise group for half a month during the summer vacation, and he did all the things he should do. Gu Kun's benefits are indeed not lacking.
She met Gu Kun in the office, and even poured a cup of tea for him with her own hands: "It's not about the hard work during the summer vacation. We don't have a summer vacation. Tell me, what do you have in mind this time? What did you do during the summer vacation?
You disappeared, but it gave me a hard time. Many people from relevant departments couldn’t find you, and they thought that we, COSCO, were colluding with foreigners and were picking up the pieces."
"No way, it's one thing after another. I'm still very patriotic. I'm hiding during the summer vacation. It's for everyone's safety. It's good for you and me." Gu Kun held a cup on the sofa unceremoniously.
sit down,
"Sister He, you are also a sensible person. What are the levels of those who came to my place during the summer to get credit? I guess you don't know whose orders they are taking. But you can definitely guess that those people's origins should be relatively complicated.
, the government has many doors.
The most critical point in engaging in shady business is one-line contact. This is common sense. Since you are my contact person, I will not trade with other people. Safety comes first. And only with one-line contact can everyone have more
You have no room for manipulation, you can disappear, pretend to be innocent, and pretend that you can’t find the right person to do things..."
"Okay, no need to explain, I understand these." He Lan raised her hand to stop Gu Kun from continuing, "Then tell me if you have any transactions that require me to have a 'single line of contact' this time."
"I want Costco to help me continue to do business for two years. I want to build a new airport in Lampang, an international first-class conference hotel, and hundreds of more bungalows in my Kep Atoll.
I need you to continue to support me with business volume."
He Lan was indeed an expert and exposed it with a smile: "What a plan, I actually thought of opening a conference hotel. Are you eyeing our domestic market for publicly funded conference groups?"
Well, to tell you the truth, I actually saw clearly in June that the most lacking thing in your tourism development in Lanzhou is conference hotels, but I didn’t tell you. Just tell me the number. What do you need?
, and what can it provide?”
Of course He Lan didn't want to take the initiative to remind Gu Kun, because she knew that as long as Gu Kun could provide friendly assistance in other aspects of military and diplomatic cooperation, then based on Gu Kun's behavior, he would definitely be greedy and demand compensation in terms of financial benefits.
Just like those small foreign countries in the ancient tribute system, they regard you as the Zhengshuo of the Ming Dynasty and come to pay tribute to the patriarch every year. Are they paying tribute in vain?
No matter it is Korea or Ryukyu, neither one can make ten or eight times profit from the tribute trade.
Therefore, North Korea only came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty seven times a year when it received the most tribute, because the country had a bumper ginseng harvest.
Big Brother is not recognized for nothing.
In this case, He Lan's warning would give Gu Kun one more blood-sucking trick.
Therefore, although she was much smarter than those under Gu Kun, she could only imitate Lu Su and remain silent, but she actually knew it in her heart.
It is easy to talk to smart people. Since there is no need to pave the way, Gu Kun directly made the price:
"I have calculated that the resort villa area plus conference hotels, as well as the existing idle tourist facilities in Lanfang City, can initially provide rooms for 3,000 households. I want you to ensure that an average of 3,000 households can be provided uninterrupted throughout the year.
Give me a guarantee on the source of tourists. I will definitely make you feel that it is worth your money..."
Gu Kun hadn't finished speaking yet and was about to go on to talk about what he could give. However, He Lan was so shocked that he interrupted him directly after hearing the previous numbers:
"You're kidding! Provide you with that many customers on average throughout the year? Gu Kun, have you ever done the math? Do you know how big this is? Three thousand households, each batch has five or six thousand people. Each group is waiting for
That’s 300,000 people a week or a year!
Do you know how many people in our country currently travel abroad a year? Only a few million in total! Even if we are the largest foreign-related logistics state-owned enterprise, where can we find so many for you? How big a favor is this?
300,000 people, each spending 5,000 yuan, is a turnover of 1.5 billion yuan a year! The gross profit of the tourism industry is quite high. If you saturate the operation, you can quickly amortize other costs, and finally make a net profit of at least one year.
500 million yuan!"
Gu Kun looked indifferent: "Don't worry, I don't have a turnover of 1.5 billion, just give me 1 billion first. It doesn't mean that you won't be allowed to bargain. Besides, you are just helping to introduce customers, and you are not required to provide entertainment.
Fei, please listen to what I can offer."
He Lan was so angry that she lost her temper and could only make Gu Kun fart quickly.
Gu Kun threw out several big cakes one by one: "First of all, I want you to donate to the radar station at Lanfang Airport. I believe you are willing to donate and build it."
He Lan: "This is no problem, this is what it should be."
Gu Kun: "Secondly, in fact, I have allowed the current hotels, theme parks, and resorts to operate at full capacity in order to put on a show for the imaginary enemy country. Recently, I am planning to further increase the ticket price of the aircraft carrier theme park. I just
I charge 20 ringgit for a ticket, and now I want to charge 100 ringgit. Of course, the area on the ship for sightseeing will also become larger, and you can spend a day on it."
He Lan: "What does this have to do with us?"
Gu Kun smiled sinisterly: "If you think about it this way, only the first aircraft carrier theme park I tried for the tourism industry actually made money, and it was really true that accounting firms in Western countries looked at it with a magnifying glass.
Really made money——
Well, it would be very realistic for a young and arrogant upstart like me to go to Blackland to buy a second aircraft carrier and come back to engage in tourism industry. If the first aircraft carrier theme park loses money, wouldn't this drama be played out by gangsters?
Already?
As for you, you have paid 5,000 yuan for the tour fee per person, which is not less than 240 yuan per person for the ticket. Use your tickets as soon as possible to add two to three hundred yuan to my more than 4 million US dollars for the boat purchase.
If I can make back the money I spent on decoration and cultural relics worth ten thousand yuan, can I just go shopping again in good faith?"
Are you in a trough? Is this still done in business?
Too damn sinister, right?
He: "You...you are not afraid of leaking secrets."
Gu: "So I will contact you through a single line. At most, you can discuss it with Mr. Ye and come up with a solution."
He: "Mr. Ye can't afford this favor. And he won't gain much from doing this."
Gu Kun couldn't help but laugh: "Sister He, I think you are too hasty and haven't figured it out yet? You are a central enterprise. You save money for the country and pay more profits and taxes. How many personal benefits will it bring? Isn't it just good political performance?
?Isn’t the picture just for future promotion?
If I buy the 'Isakov' back, over time, it will really make indescribable achievements. Isn't that enough for Mr. Ye to take away the 'points' from the East China Branch and be directly promoted to the head office?
It's only natural to use this money to serve the country, and it's not like keeping it in your own pocket.
This is just a favor, not asking you to take care of my business with 1.8 billion in real money - the country has to spend 1.8 billion every year, but it may have been spent on Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, but now
The flowers were given to me, not extra money out of thin air."