It was on New Year's Eve that Gu Kun received a confirmation call from Feng Liszt on his way to Zhaoming Palace for a New Year's Eve dinner.
By the time he finished talking and hung up, the car had already arrived.
"Everything is going well these days in Germany." Grand Duke Zhu Youdong of Lanzhou greeted Gu Kun very kindly and kindly.
"It doesn't look easy. I said it was a holiday shopping, but I got a lot of phone calls when I got back." The Grand Duchess also said warmly next to her.
"It's nothing, I just bought a limited edition luxury car. The people from Mercedes-Benz need to ask for details." Gu Kun told the other party not to worry.
Zhu Youdong nodded: "That's good. This child Youran's physique is much worse than yours. He's still suffering from jet lag. He went to bed very late today, but it will be convenient for him to stay up late. Come in quickly."
About half a year ago, when he called Gu Kun in private, he had already subconsciously called him "good son-in-law." However, Gu Kun and Zhu Youran had just returned from Germany in the past two days, and he uncharacteristically kept a distance from each other in terms of address.
Maybe this is also the natural mentality of a father. Before Zhu Youran returned to China, Zhu Youdong had already been mentally prepared for a bad outcome, thinking that even if Gu Kun succeeded Zhu Youran this time, he would admit it.
But in the end, Gu Kun was a gentleman, mostly because he didn't want to harm the little girl, so he didn't take advantage of the opportunity. Because when Zhu Youran went abroad with him, it was the Christmas season last year, and Zhu Youran was not even 16 years old at that time.
It was already February when he came back, and he had just turned 16. However, Gu Kun didn't want to be the kind of slut who "waits for time to wait until you are legal before attacking you", so he simply let it go for a while.
The Grand Duchess secretly tested her daughter and found that her daughter had not been eaten by the bad guys. She was quite relieved at the time and immediately told her husband secretly.
So during this period, Zhu Youdong planned not to call Gu Kun "a good son-in-law" anymore, but in fact, he felt a little more relieved about Gu Kun.
Gu Kun followed Zhu Youdong into the inner hall chatting and laughing happily. Zhu Youdong casually asked Gu Kun about the luxury car transaction just now. Gu Kun told the truth without reservation:
"They spent a nominal amount of 100 million euros and an actual payment of 70 million to give them a luxury car that nominally cost 5 tons of gold but actually only cost 3 tons of gold. It is the only one in the world. In fact, it doesn't cost that much money at all.
, just to brag in the future with multiple gimmicks, the gap is too big when bragging about hundreds of millions and less than hundreds of millions."
Even though Zhu Youdong was considered a wealthy man and was used to seeing battles, he was still shocked by Gu Kun: "So expensive? How do you operate the actual payment? Won't you be cheated? And you are considered an international leader.
Your reputation is quite big, so why don’t they give you some discounts for endorsements?”
Gu Kun smiled slightly: "Don't worry, do you still care about how the account goes? We will give 100 million on the surface, and they will give my driver 30 million euros in test fees, isn't that 70 million? Endorsement fees cannot be
Damn it, I'm not a bitch like an Oscar winner, so how can I collect money?
In addition, I signed a customization agreement with them. They promised me that this car will never appear on the earth in the future, so I paid this money. If a second car appears, it will be a breach of contract and I will be charged 100 million.
You have to get everything back according to the order - if you don’t change the other designs, just peeling off the gold shell will not work, it will also be considered a breach of contract."
Gu Kun was always very careful about his identity. It was his father who spent the money, and his younger brother who received the money.
Just like Princess Grace Kelly who is traveling with her. When she was an Oscar-winning actress and had a lowly career of promoting actors and actresses, she could collect advertising and endorsement fees, but after becoming the Princess of Monaco, she could not. She could
Continue to use Hermès, but only for use or to show off invisibly for the dignity of the royal family, and you cannot charge money.
Gu Kun wants to marry the princess now, which is the same as marrying a prince.
Of course, this is not to say that in modern times, singing and acting are still not classy. It just means that people from the top and upper class will look not classy if they do this as a career. If it is for hobby and not for profit, then it doesn’t matter and it does not harm them at all.
grid.
Just like the later generation Ma Feng, he also made movies and starred in "Gong Shou Dao", but he didn't get paid and was just playing for fun. This is a high level of professionalism, and those who know the industry will respect him as a fan.
In the early years of the Republic of China, the second son of President Yuan Da's family loved to sing Peking Opera. He was a senior member of the Qing Gang. He often went on stage to say a few words, just like Mr. Ma showing off his skills at a concert.
History books will only describe Yuan Kewen as a "famous fan of Peking Opera", but definitely not a "famous actor". To call him a famous actor would be an insult. People don't get paid to sing, but instead pay people to watch.
Gu Kun received a discount of 30 million euros from Mercedes-Benz today, and he must not get the money personally, because if he does, he will be cheap. In name, his driver can only collect the money, which is the "testing fee", and he is tested with the aircraft test pilot.
The new model earns a salary of one nature.
Zhu Youdong no longer questioned this issue, but reminded him kindly: "However, the countries in Southeast Asia are currently in a national crisis. You haven't even sold out the Hong Kong stocks in the financial tsunami, and everyone has not fully recovered from the crisis. So,
Showing off in a high-profile manner, even if it is to boost the economy, will probably attract people's attention."
Gu Kun explained sincerely: "It doesn't matter. I just placed the order now and didn't say the results would come out now. I will pay attention to confidentiality and will not leak any information to the outside world for at least half a year. Most of my harvesting actions, at least
The effects will not be seen until the second half of this year, and some other measures will not be effective until the Olympic Games next year at the latest. By then, the lingering pain of the financial crisis will have long been forgotten."
"That's good, that's good." Zhu Youdong nodded, let Gu Kun sit at the table, and ordered the maid to serve the food.
After a while, Zhu Youran also came out, chatting with his father, queen, mother and concubine Yan Yan about daily routines, and talking about New Year's prospects with Gu Kun. The family had a happy New Year's Eve dinner and watched mainland Chinese programs on satellite TV to stay up late.
Talk too much.
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After the New Year, Gu Kun stayed low-key and dormant for a long time as he promised to Zhu Youdong.
After all, all the money and investments that should have been spent previously have been spent, and there is nothing to worry about while waiting for the project to grow.
Southeast Asian countries are still dealing with the aftermath of a difficult period, and it is not appropriate to use high-profile measures to stimulate their own citizens or even neighboring countries.
Half a year of self-isolated farming time passed by in a blink of an eye, and it was the early autumn of 1999, when the summer vacation was coming to an end.
The first batch of Mao Niuer students sent to China by Gu Kun all completed their senior year internships, officially graduated and joined various companies under Gu Kun full-time, adding a batch of fresh and capable blood to Gu Kun's career.
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Lin Ying was also among that group of international students, but she did not need the scholarship sponsored by Gu Kun. She flew back to Lanfang immediately after receiving her diploma and degree certificate in July.
After the crazy infrastructure construction that started in 1997, Lanfang now has several high-end hotels such as Hilton five-star hotels. The first high-end SHOPPING-Mall project specializing in luxury goods will be completed at the end of this year.
, the grade is similar to the high-end version of Wanda Plaza 20 years later, which was definitely very impressive in 1999.
In the future, Gu Kun will definitely entrust Lin Ying to keep an eye on these projects such as hotels and shopping malls. Lin Ying may not be professional enough, but he is reliable enough as a supervisor, and the specific management can still be left to him.
Professional manager team.
Because the relationship between Gu Kun and Pablo, the little girl from the Hilton family, has been going on for three years now. Just a few months ago, Gu Kun estimated that Pablo would definitely be unable to bear the loneliness after she turned 18.
In the future, she wanted to be a playboy, so she kicked Pubouli out first, and the two officially announced their breakup.
Therefore, in the hotel industry in the future, Gu Kun cannot expect the Hilton family to be completely on the same page as him. The negotiation of interests has almost come to an end at this point.
It’s not about whether Gu Kun is worthy of Pablo. Everyone is just playing around. Pablo has been willing to guard Gu Kun from the age of 16 to 18. This is already the limit. Gu Kun doesn’t want to delay others.
Family business persona is not, people are destined to have that kind of persona from birth, to sacrifice for the family.
They are all on this path, and no one knows who the other is, and no one is mentally prepared.
As for the relationship between Gu Kun and Zhu Youran, it has continued to heat up, but since they are both in a state of isolation and farming, there is always a lack of an opportunity to ignite passion, so it is still in a state of indifference.
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Friday, August 20, 1999.
Lin Ying, Saranova, Anastasia and the others had just returned to Lanfang not long after graduation.
"Sarah, Anna, let's go to the old... boss's place together tomorrow." Lin Ying suggested casually. She originally subconsciously called her husband, but those two hairy girls have not yet been executed by Gu Kun on the spot, so she also
You can only change your words.
Of course the hairy girls readily agreed: "Okay, but isn't the boss at home? Is he traveling far away?"
Lin Ying: "I called in advance. He has been inspecting in Kuching in the past two days. There should be progress on the cross-sea bridge and other infrastructure projects over there. Brother Kun is inspecting there. I heard that he had previously paid a visit to Malay
The copper mines and plantations that people have invested in are also somewhat visible. Tomorrow we will go to try new varieties of durian and coffee.
Alas, Lanfang has developed really fast in the past few years. Last year, when I came back from summer vacation, I could take a flight directly from Guangdong to Kuching. Now the Kuching airport is almost closed, and there are no flights to Guangzhou.
All have been cancelled, except for flights to Kuala Lumpur and Lijiapo. In a year or two, the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Lijiapo may also be changed to Lanfang."
In terms of nationality, Lin Ying is still Malaysian. Her parents are also from Kuching, which is her hometown, so she is particularly sensitive to the construction gap between the two places.
"I wonder how expensive the new varieties of durian and coffee produced by the boss will be. Can Chinese people afford them? If they can't afford them, we can only ask the Japanese to support them for the time being."
In fact, everyone is still a little uneasy inside.