After playing seven or eight entertainment facilities they had never seen before, Ma Feng and Ding Sanshi changed into decent formal clothes and returned to the second floor of the main deck. The luncheon soon began.
Because there are many guests, the organizer adopts a combination of round table and buffet mode. Each person at each table will be served nine courses by the waiter in order - the portion of each course is based on the etiquette of a twenty-three-course French meal.
The portions are calculated based on the portion size, so you won’t be full after nine dishes.
This is just for the guests to gracefully rest while listening to the host's speech. After the speech, everyone can continue to help themselves freely. Everything is guaranteed to be in sufficient supply, and it is also convenient for making friends with each other.
Ma Feng and Ding Sanshi were assigned to the same table. The people at the same table were also executives from other mainland Internet companies who had received investment from Gu Kun, or who had obtained some equity shares through various twists and turns by Gu Kun.
For example, Ma Feng brought CFO Cai Chongxin, and Ding Sanshi came alone. Opposite them were the bosses of Zhonglian Technology, an online chess and card platform, and the boss of Tengyun Technology.
Ma Feng is an acquaintance. Although he has never met the bosses of Zhonglian Technology and Tengyun Technology before, he still enthusiastically exchanged business cards and talked about some prospects for how to survive the Internet winter.
The nine dishes of the banquet began to be served in sequence soon. The first dish was the decent asparagus, truffle and foie gras, which was considered a combination of Chinese and Western that took care of the local culture of Xiangjiang and gave some face to the local wealthy people in Xiangjiang.
The second dish is a section of deboned steamed squid for each person. Of course, the top-quality Malaysian squid is used. What each guest has on their plate is the belly of the front abdomen of the squid, as well as the pectoral fin muscles near the gills.
The chef removes the ribs without damaging the overall shape of the fish.
This means that at least hundreds of Su Mei were used in today's meal, and only the belly and pectoral fins were taken from each one. The other parts should be cooked and burned for the next people to eat afterwards. It must be coordinated with the meal sharing system.
According to the serving etiquette of flowing water banquet, the dishes are also arranged in the shape of appetizer-style pan-fried fish fillet.
The boss of Zhonglian Technology didn’t understand the benefits of Sumeiyu, and felt that this second dish was detrimental to Gu Kun’s character. It’s not that the food was bad, but that they felt that the quality of this dish was only suitable for
It's a little low to be treated by an ordinary rich man with a net worth of several hundred million dollars but not rich. It's a bit low for someone like Gu Kun, who is worth at least tens of billions of dollars, to have this as an opening dish for the first few courses.
Ma Feng knew Gu Kun relatively well and took the initiative to explain after observing his words: "Mr. Gu probably wants to highlight the characteristics of Lanfang. Su Mei is the most precious fish species in Malaysia. Especially in recent years, Lanfang's industry has been upgraded. It is said that
We also carefully selected a new grading standard and named the most selected batch 'Lanfang Sumei', which is independent from the old Malay Sumei. These are all good products."
Another Tengyun Technology executive who was silent at first also coughed lightly: "This dish is also a trendy dish in the upper class in Hong Kong in recent years. It is a special health regimen created by Master Dai for people like Chang and Boss Li.
The selected Su Mei has the lowest purine, so people who eat seafood every day are not afraid of gout.”
Ma Feng raised his eyes and said, "Is this brother very familiar with Boss Li?"
The other party showed a slightly ashamed and self-effacing attitude: "I can't say, but I'm just a fellow villager. They are all from Chaozhou. I took some investment from Mr. Li during the initial stage, and I have met Boss Li a few times.
It's a pity that Mr. Li didn't have enough vision to seek benefits and avoid disadvantages. When the bubble reached its peak, he pledged so much equity, and finally liquidated the position and lost everything. Mr. Gu took away those shares from Mr. Li through auction, and it has nothing to do with me.
We just have to be ourselves. In terms of etiquette, we should support you when we should support you."
Ma Feng nodded: "Then you are a blessing in disguise. They are all purely financial investors who do not interfere in business operations. Choosing Mr. Gu has a better reputation than choosing Boss Li. Mr. Gu is now well-known for his vision in the investment world, and he is willing to buy you."
If you own shares, others will take a high look at your business future."
The other party just smiled and did not answer the question.
After two dishes were served, Gu Kun appeared, walked from the first table to the podium, and gave a brief speech to everyone.
As soon as Gu Kun went up, it immediately became quiet down below, and even the wealthy young men who were having sex with the female stars stopped.
"Everyone, there's actually nothing going on today. I just got these new toys and I want to experience them with all my old and new friends. Don't think I'm looking for trouble." Gu Kun didn't follow any rules when he spoke. He wasn't talking about business anyway.
The more occasions this happens, the more genuine and genuine the person becomes, and the more prominent the persona of a wealthy person is.
"Mr. Gu, you are too polite. You are so humble that you have nothing to do, and we have nothing to do. You are a useless old man, just here to gain some knowledge." Several highly respected wealthy businessmen from the four major families in Xiangjiang had to take the lead in cheering.
Others are even more comfortable making fun of themselves.
Gu Kun raised his hand and pressed it slightly: "Don't be humble, everyone, eat well, drink well, have fun, I don't have so many red tapes here. If you are really busy with something, you can come and go freely without being restricted. Okay, brothers, no worries
Say more.”
After Gu Kun took his seat easily, the position on the rostrum was given to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, which Gu Kun had specially invited a few days ago, for the musicians to play music for the entertainment.
The waiters at the banquet served the next six or seven dishes in sequence. There were boiled cabbage and fish egg soup, Buddha Jumping over the Wall, Guan Yan Bamboo Sun, Ganoderma lucidum. In addition to pursuing high-end, they also attached great importance to uniqueness. The stuffing for the fish eggs was mainly produced in Lanfang.
The top-quality cedar trees, and the bird's nests in the Guanyan bamboo fungus are the top-quality bird's nests from Kalimantan.
The last two desserts and fruits, unsurprisingly, used the best Guadaquila red-flesh durian and cat poop coffee ingredients produced by Lanfang.
The organizer specially invited the dim sum chef Pei Ge from the Lijing Hotel, which is the most famous for Cantonese dim sum in Xiangjiang, to design special desserts for these orchid drinks and fruit ingredients. Before the banquet, they also specially invited Gu Kun himself to taste them, and Gu Kun nodded.
Only allowed to go up.
The reason why the band on the rostrum was invited from Germany is because Gu Kun's ship was built at the Luessen Shipyard in Hamburg.
The quality of the Berlin Philharmonic is of course extremely high. After all, the conductor Emperor Karajan worked here for thirty-five years, and the Vienna Philharmonic is the only one in the world that can be slightly better, not to mention the others.
For such a high-quality band, the price offered by the treater was indeed attractive. In addition, the potential honor of "being able to play for the banquet on the world's most high-end yacht" has some promotional value, so those German guys also
I half pushed and half acted aloof and finally accepted.
The guests tasted the delicacies and watched the performance of the Berlin Philharmonic. Lucia, a beautiful waiter, served around them, and their understanding of Gu Kun's pomp and circumstance deepened again.
"To be able to invite this kind of orchestra to accompany a private banquet, wow, it's really unfathomable."
"I have attended a few Berlin Philharmonic concerts, but I have never seen such a private banquet."
Everyone was whispering like this.
After all, Xiangjiang is also a quasi-first-tier international metropolis. Troupes such as the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic will always come here to hold a concert in as little as two or three years or as long as four or five years. But whether it is Li, Zheng, or Liu
These real estate tycoons are also the king of chartering, Sir Wang Shao, and no one has been able to ask each other to support them in their private capacity before.
This move made a decisive decision.
It has to be said that it is the credit of Gu Kun’s luxury yacht.
The nine course dishes were almost used up, and the banquet soon entered the self-service cocktail session where people were free to move around and socialize. Groups of beautiful white girl dancers also began to enter the venue to fill the gap of the lack of supporting dancers for female stars. The atmosphere soon became more harmonious and relaxed.
At this moment, everyone in the venue was suddenly awakened by a low noise that had been suppressed as much as possible. Everyone looked sideways in the direction of the noise, and then noticed the blue aircraft parked quietly at the rear of the yacht's rear deck.
The Mi-26 helicopter with gray matte paint actually took off.
"Everyone, please be patient. I have some gadgets that have just been delivered from Europe. I am currently on Lantau Island. I just went to pick up the goods." Gu Kun himself was holding a cigar in his mouth and holding absinthe as he walked among acquaintances and close friends.
When someone has a question, he explains it like this.
"Oh? The goods Mr. Gu ordered must be extremely noble." Many people cheered after hearing this, but Gu Kun just smiled and said nothing.
The distance from Causeway Bay to Lantau Island is only about 30 kilometers. For a helicopter, including the take-off and landing time, the round trip only takes 20 minutes. Therefore, everyone's suspense did not last long, and there was no chance to question Gu Kun to prevent him from telling the truth.
After the noise of the helicopter disappeared, only 15 minutes later, it sounded again, and the helicopter also appeared on the western horizon.
The moment the helicopter noise reappeared, everyone turned their attention away, regardless of the fact that the afternoon sun was slightly slanting to the west, which was a bit dazzling. Everyone wanted to see the answer to the mystery revealed as soon as possible.
People with sunglasses put them on one after another, while those without sunglasses covered their eyebrows with their hands and looked at the scene.
Some people with a little knowledge of military and transportation technology have already thought of a problem: Gu Kun bought a private helicopter with such a large payload tonnage as a supporting helicopter on the yacht because the cargo he wanted to carry was not light.
It should be a luxury car, right? Customers with some foresight have begun to speculate this way.
It took nearly a minute for the Mi-26 to completely stop the rotor. The cabin door on the rear side of the aircraft opened, and many guests wanted to turn to the tail of the aircraft to take a first look.
After waiting for more than ten seconds, they finally saw a car twisting out from the rear of the helicopter.
"Is this a Rolls-Royce? Bentley? It doesn't look like it, and Mr. Gu doesn't buy Britannia brand. Is this a brand I've never seen before?" The quick-thinking person has already had several thoughts in his mind.
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When the car drove out of the shadow of the helicopter and the afternoon sun shone on the car, everyone couldn't help but gasp.
"Ah, eyes, my eyes!"
"Is this a two-tone paint? Oh, no, I'm afraid it's a dual-material car shell!"
"Are the left and right sides made of platinum? Are the hood and roof made of gold? No, are they real or fake?"
"This car logo...is this Maybach, which has been bankrupt and delisted for decades? How come this brand has been resurrected?"
"Brother, what is a Maybach? Or if you have good eyesight, you can recognize it."