"I always thought that Chef Dai is most famous for his seafood fried rice, but I didn't expect that his steamed soy sauce is also so unique. It is better than the best chefs in Lanfang and Malay. What do you think, Xiao Gu? Have you considered starting from
Xiangjiang will recruit some high-end catering industry masters to raise the level of Lanfang’s hotel service industry."
"Hey, you can't say that, everyone has their own merits. If you ask me, Chef Yang's apprentice's Ah Yi abalone dish today is the most essence of Cantonese cuisine."
After the feast, He Lan and Boss Ye couldn't help but chat and laugh happily, and they commented on the quality of the famous dishes at the banquet.
He Lan was relatively familiar with Gu Kun, and even after drinking a little bit, he didn't pay much attention to formalities. On the contrary, Boss Ye always maintained the demeanor of a superior.
At this moment, they are all on the luxury yacht lent to Gu Kun by King Hedu of Aoxian County. They are taking a night cruise in Aoxian Bay, and then they will ferry to the "Isakov" to check the condition of the ship and talk about something by the way.
Private things.
They are also accompanied by seven or eight core confidants, who will take over the ship in the future and be responsible for daily operation, maintenance and transformation.
With the sea breeze blowing, Gu Kun seemed very open-minded. He didn't care at all about He Lan complaining about Chef Lan Fang's unprofessionalism, and explained in a landlord-friendly manner:
"Although sommei is a specialty of Lanfang and Malay, it is extremely expensive in eastern Guangdong. It is normal that the chef from Lanfang is not as good at cooking sommei as Master Dai, and there is no shame in it.
Because Su Mei is not only delicious, but also has some nutritional benefits that cannot be compared with other sea fish, shrimps, crabs and shellfish. For this reason, Master Dai spent many years studying how to make Su Mei.
"
Everyone was chatting in a relaxed manner. He Lan couldn't help but feel curious after hearing this, and asked jokingly: "Oh? Please give me some advice, so that we country bumpkins can also open our eyes."
Gu Kun looked at the aircraft carrier in the distance and explained calmly: "The purine content of Su Mei after cooking is very low, and it is not easy to cause excessive uric acid in the eater. Therefore, those super people who suffer from gout because of eating too much high-end seafood
The rich man couldn't help but be greedy, so he could only eat soy sauce.
This advantage of So Mei in the Hong Kong catering industry was only discovered by Master Dai in 1992. At that time, he was the chef of Regent in his first year. Every time Mr. Li, the richest man, went to dine there, Mr. Li's secretary would secretly check with him.
Mr. Li said that he has gout, so shrimps, crabs and shellfish must not be served, and fish and seafood should also be considered.
From then on, Master Dai devoted all his efforts to researching steamed somée, and successively pleased the appetites of Mr. Li and Mr. He, and then he took the position of the God of Cookery in Hong Kong. The skyrocketing price of somée in Hong Kong is also due to the status of these gout rich people.
To set it off. Speaking of which, my first pot of gold when I started my business was selling seafood in Guangdong. At that time, Su Mei could sell at least 300 yuan per catty, and I have to thank these chefs and diners."
Speaking of the bitterness of starting from scratch more than four years ago, Gu Kun couldn't help but feel a little vicissitudes of life. At the same time, his inner understanding of the luxury industry has become more solidified.
High-end seafood, in the final analysis, is the logic of show-off business. For ordinary rich people who do not have hidden dangers of gout, the taste of Su Mei is not necessarily higher than that of Dongxingban and Sandao. But since the top rich people with gout use Su Mei when hosting banquets
, those who don’t have gout can only treat it as a fashion.
Whoever is richest and whose consumption habits can lead the trend and become a symbol of high-end.
While the group was chatting and laughing, the yacht had already arrived not far from the aircraft carrier.
Because of the waves, the process of getting closer is still a bit dangerous, but Gu Kun and the people from Zhongyuan are both sailing, so of course they won't take this little trouble to heart.
The maintenance elevator was put down on the aircraft carrier, and He Lan and Boss Ye boarded the ship. Gu Kun couldn't wait any longer, jumped from the bow of the yacht, grabbed the lowered soft gangway, and climbed dozens of meters as the wind swayed.
High, turned over onto the deck.
"I kind of understand that he can win so many Olympic swimming championships. He is a person born for the sea." Boss Ye looked up and sighed.
After boarding the ship, Gu Kun, as the host, led the guests around for the last time and handed over the status of the ship. Finally, he took the guests into Cambridge, spread out a pile of handover documents in the captain's room, and both parties signed for them.
The inside of the bridge has not been renovated. Everything is still as it was when it was bought from Heikelan. Because this is a driving control area and is not open to tourists, no one will question Gu Kun if he does not decorate it.
Looking at the empty shells of instruments in the bridge control cabin, the visitors felt quite emotional.
"It's a pleasure to work with you. After signing these, I can forget about one thing on my mind. Come, let's have another drink and talk about new cooperation."
Gu Kun opened a bottle of champagne and tasted it with the two distinguished guests. At the reception banquet just now, because there were a lot of seafood, in order to prevent gout, everyone didn't drink much. The alcohol content of the champagne was very low, so it didn't matter.
"I knew you must have a new trick. Alas, I really don't know if you are plotting against Soros, or are you plotting against us partners in the name of plotting against Soros to squeeze more money out of us."
He Lan couldn't help but complain.
Just as Gu Kun was about to get to the point, the intercom phone in the captain's room suddenly rang.
Gu Kun originally wanted to hang up, but He Lan and Boss Ye were very open-minded and let Gu Kun do what he wanted and deal with other things first.
In order to show that he would not avoid them, Gu Kun dealt with them generously.
He said a few words on the phone, and then Gao Jianxiong at the door sent in a satellite fax he had just received.
"Let Tang Jia step in to settle this matter. I don't know how exactly it will be settled." Gu Kun told Gao Jianxiong face to face.
"Understood." Gao Jianxiong nodded slightly and left neatly.
Gu Kun then turned around and explained to the guest: "At the beginning of the month, my 'Nightingale' fished out another very valuable ancient sunken ship in the Indonesian waters - definitely one of the top three sunken ships in Southeast Asia.
I asked my old friend in the Netherlands to help me arrange the shipment. The total price of all the above items is about 200 million US dollars - which is almost the same as the price I sold you the 'Isakov'. In this way,
This month I can gather at least another US$500 million in cash to invest in Xiangjiang, and I can add leverage on this basis."
Strictly speaking, Gu Kun has not made a lot of money from the boat salvage business in nearly two years. The main reason is that the scale of his business is getting bigger and bigger. Even among the ancient sunken ships he remembered in his previous life, the last few remaining ones are all
Ranked among the top three in Southeast Asia and among the top 20 in the world, a single fish can be worth at least hundreds of millions of dollars, but compared to his main business, it is already a bit unsatisfactory.
The reason why he took advantage of the trend this time was just to show off, showing that he had gone all out to raise money. And because Gu Kun was too busy, he did not follow up the whole process. He was only responsible for finding the sunken ship at the beginning, and the follow-up
Du Guowei was mainly in charge of the operation. Gu Kun also gave each salvage crew a bonus of at least tens of thousands of dollars, and the captain at least ten times more.
He Lan couldn't help but remind: "With all due respect, this money is only 10% or 20% of the increase in your principal, right? For people who are doing big things, this piecemeal approach will not work."
Gu Kun smiled: "But this money is very topical and interesting, and it can easily form urban legends in the mouths of small business people, causing them to overestimate my financial strength."
He Lan: "That's true, it's undeniable."
Gu Kun: "Besides, it was not convenient for me to do this kind of thing in the past years. I won't hide it from you. Don't think that I am lucky. I can always catch valuable sunken ships. It is as easy as eating and drinking. In fact, I found that
It is also old, at least a year or two. It is all data collected when I was exploring the seabed topography and hydrology around Southeast Asia.
The reason why I didn't dare to fish for it before was because this matter was too sensitive and would infringe on the legitimate interests of Indonesians. However, now during the financial crisis in Southeast Asia, I did it for the common interests of Southeast Asians and took advantage of the Indonesians, so they just paid lip service to it.
Protest..."
Gu Kun asked Tang Jia to take care of things privately, and things settled down.
Of course, Gu Kun will never leave any evidence, nor will he instruct Tang Jiaqi to take any specific measures. He has no knowledge at all, and even if Oceania uses the "Anti-Overseas FB Law" in the future, there will be no clue to him.
Everyone can testify that Gu Kun just asked Tang Jia to calm down the other party's anger and settle the protest. As for how to settle the matter, Gu Kun did not give any instructions on the technical details.
He Lan: "You really don't hide any dirty business from us. Okay, I made a note of it. If there is a possibility of cooperation in this field in the future, I will find you. Let's talk about today's business first.
Son, what new deal do you want to negotiate with us?
I can't guess what other cooperation can make your capital flow surge by several percent before the end of June. Even if you don't pursue a real surge, it's just a false shot to 'increase the confidence of retail investors in Leeks', it doesn't seem to be realistic.
."
Gu Kun didn't hide anything from the other party, of course it was to pave the way for subsequent cooperation, because what happened later would be a bit weird.
He cleared his throat and had a showdown with He Lan and the others: "You should have heard that when the financial crisis first came last year, I took advantage of the fact that Lanfang's local currency was changed from ringgit to renminbi, and did a wave of hedging, which also improved
National security welfare.
It was at that time that in order to raise money from me, the royal family sold me a large number of land ownership of offshore islands on the east coast of Lanfang, as well as a considerable part of the territorial waters and exclusive economic zone development rights.
This time, I want to give you a credit and ask you to help me liaise and invite people from Huahai Oil to Lanfang as guests. Let’s talk about the exploration of seabed resources and mineral deposits on the east coast of Lanfang.”
He Lan was slightly surprised: "Do you think there is an oil field in Lanfang?! That is a big deal, no joke!"
Gu Kun quickly made a false gesture to signal the other party to calm down: "Don't worry, don't you understand this? In fact, it doesn't matter if there is oil or not. When I bought those lands, I also
I didn't expect anything.
This time, I obviously want to create some news smoke bombs to confront Soros and exaggerate our financial strength. Even if there is no oil, I hope that the engineers and spokespersons of Hua Offshore Oil can help me.
Yuanyuan is panicking, let’s fabricate some fake news first, and temporarily say there is oil——
Doesn't this damage any goodwill? It's normal to make mistakes in seabed exploration. Don't Venezuelans and Bahrainis often do such dirty things? Every time they brag, their countries can attract international investment or other countries.
In some way, we can temporarily benefit and consume national credit. The international community has become accustomed to this kind of thing."