Lanfang, located in the south, has no cold winter all year round.
The weather in late January is still in the 20s on average, with the highest daytime temperature reaching the early 30s, so people are wearing the thickest clothes of the year, but they are just T-shirts, trousers or dresses.
Except for January and February, girls cannot even wear long skirts at other times and can only wear the lightest skirts.
In the East Palace of Zhaoming Palace, a beautiful and delicate figure, wearing the most gorgeous light Hanfu dress, like a lady in the Peony Pavilion of Kunqu Opera, is sitting in the imperial garden admiring flowers and reading. Naturally, she will be ready in more than half a month.
Zhu Youran, the princess of Lanfang County, is about to turn 18 years old.
"Miss... Your Majesty, Your Highness, Mr. Gu is back! He will arrive at the port soon!" One of her personal maids trotted in like a deer, announcing the good news and whispering. At first, she subconsciously called Miss, but when she saw Zhu Youran was still sitting next to her
Seeing that my best friend was visiting, I quickly changed my name to Your Highness.
Zhu Youran's temperament is quite easy-going, and she is already in the modern era. There are so many traces of feudal ethics, so the maids around her usually call her miss, and she is used to it. Only outsiders need to maintain court etiquette.
"Brother Gu is back? He won't have to travel far away in the short term, right? Are there any plans for his return?" Zhu Youran was happy inside, but still embarrassed to show it on the outside, so she just asked lightly.
"That's not clear. The Grand Duke has already sent people to clean up and prepare to welcome him. He may just come to visit and report." How can the maid know too many details.
While the two of them were talking, the slight noise of a helicopter rotor sounded in the sky, almost as smooth as the sound of a Ferrari's engine. Zhu Youran looked up and searched for a few times, and saw the familiar helicopter.
Zhu Youran smiled and sighed: "It seems that there is no need to 'arrive at the port immediately'. He must have arrived by helicopter before the ship docked. Please clean up for me. After he finishes discussing state affairs with his father, I will
Go over there again.”
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A few minutes later, in the main hall of Zhaoming Palace, Grand Duke Zhu Youdong of Lanfang received Gu Kun, whom he had not seen for a long time.
Calculating the days carefully, Gu Kun has really not spent many days in Lanfang since the end of August last year - in late August, he set sail for Australia, training while preparing to participate in the Olympics, and other various rhythms
Preparation for work, if we count it from the time of his retreat training, basically he didn’t see many guests in the second half of last year.
September Olympics, and encountered the incident of Indonesian fishermen slaves when returning in October. Later, in order to strive for greater international honor, Gu Kun spent a lot of time and energy personally presiding over the extermination of slave owners, and was busy until the end of October.
Knowing that I had indeed won relevant international honors, I later took a boat to Northern Europe for safety and carried out a series of harvesting operations in the luxury goods industry. I have only been busy until now. In the meantime, just a few days after returning to China after the Olympics, I was interviewed by Zhu Youdong and said
Some scenes were spoken.
Counting the days, it’s been more than half a year since I had a family gathering with my future father-in-law and my future wife.
Top celebrities with tens of billions of dollars in wealth and so many big careers are just so busy.
After Zhu Youdong and Gu Kun said a few polite words of farewell, he said sincerely: "Xiao Gu, congratulations to you, this can be regarded as a national celebration for us in Lanzhou. After so many honors in the Olympics, you are in Sweden again."
You have received so many internationally recognized praises. I dare say that in the next ten years at least, you will have a great say in cooperation matters within Southeast Asia and ASEAN.
I have full confidence in you. You are not only the pillar leader of the Netherlands, but also an important opinion leader for future international cooperation within ASEAN. I hope you will make good use of your international prestige and lead everyone to develop together. Don’t let down what God has given you.
luck."
Although it was more than a month ago that Gu Kun won the latest international honor, after all, this was his first time back to Lanzhou. Regardless of whether he had congratulated on the phone before, the late congratulations had to be said again in person.
of.
"I will continue to work hard." Gu Kun nodded slightly and expressed his determination. Now he no longer starts every sentence with "Your Highness" when talking to Zhu Youdong. After all, they are so familiar with each other, and the comparison of strengths and cooperative relationship between the two parties is also obvious.
Continuously changing subtly.
Zhu Youdong nodded: "When you come back this time, you don't have to travel far away in the short term, right? What are your plans in the next few years? I don't know much about the economy, and I'm not good at business. When you went abroad this time, I only listened to the news.
It is said that in mid-November, the Nasdaq completely collapsed, with the index falling below the 1,000-point mark.
Observers say that this cold winter will last at least two or three years, and during the Internet winter, there are no new investment hotspots. Even the price of oil is currently showing no improvement. Many of my staff say that both the East and the West will turn to selling.
Selling land and houses to recover the capital will not work for the real economy. We may also have to prepare for a steady and conservative winter."
Zhu Youdong originally didn't really want to talk about the general economic situation on this occasion, but since Gu Kun hadn't been back for so long, he had accumulated a lot of questions, so it would be good to be honest.
Gu Kun: "You are right. In the next two years at least, I will definitely keep a low profile and be more stable. There are not many good opportunities in various fields. However, since 1998, our instinct to act is too frequent. Slow down and digest
The fruits of victory are not bad at all.
The general trend of the world economy is that it will take at least five to seven years for a wave of wind to appear. It is normal to hold on to a steady hand during the recession adjustment. I just bought some top luxury brands and will spend two or three years working hard to spread them in the Chinese mainland market.
, harvesting the dividends of consumption upgrading, let us Lanfang people secure our position as the world's third largest luxury goods giant, wouldn't it be wonderful?
Let the Internet be cold in the winter. We can leave it alone. If real estate needs to be renovated, we can also follow the general trend of the world and upgrade and renovate together. In the past two or three years, we can upgrade Lanfang's national infrastructure and city appearance as a whole.
As for oil prices, I don’t think there’s anything to worry about. The three-year exploration and production plan we previously negotiated with CNOOC has now come to an end. We must continue to invest and produce oil in a timely manner. I believe oil prices can rebound. That’s what I’m betting on.
China will definitely be able to join wt0 this year - China has been negotiating for two years, and the differences between the two sides are getting smaller and smaller. The final step will definitely be completed this year. We must believe in China's determination to reform and the resulting
dividends.”
News of the initial discovery of Lanfang Oilfield was spread in the middle of 1998, but it was to cooperate with Lanfang's financing and to attack Soros all-in. In fact, Huahai Oil's report can only be said to be three points of solid information and seven points of information.
Bragging points.
Later, they carried out practical work to determine the precise reserves and oil layer distribution, and find the best drilling points. These tasks were basically completed in 1999. Then they began to prepare for production. In 2000, some small-scale experimental wells and single wells were drilled for trial production.
Production also looks very good. Basically this year, 2001, we can produce oil on a large scale.
However, the Southeast Asian financial crisis and the bursting of the Internet bubble have occurred successively, and their impact on international oil prices has been relatively negative overall, because the overall economic enthusiasm has dropped and e-commerce is far away, which will also make people have doubts about the development of the new logistics industry.
Pessimistic. In general, everyone currently feels that there is no solution to the long-term low international oil prices. Lanfang, an emerging oil-producing country, must rely on the persona of "per capita oil tycoon" to strengthen its positioning as a rich country and a luxury country. In the eyes of outsiders, it is indeed
It will be more miserable.
The only thing Gu Kun can bring to the table to encourage people is China's WTO issue.
However, he still had half a sentence hidden, which was that he bet on the impact of the Oceania people's renewed war in the Middle East under the leadership of the new commander. From Afghanistan to Iraq, so many future generations have pushed up international oil prices.
The factors are there, and the bellicose nuclear evidence will definitely cause trouble. Gu Kun, a reborn prophet, has nothing to fear.
But these reasons cannot be given.
"Listening to what you said, I feel a little more at ease." Zhu Youdong's mood eased a little, "Actually, we in Lanfang are not short of money. With the money we have now, as long as we can protect our capital, all the people can live a good life.
It's also very easy. I'm just afraid that I'll just sit back and have nothing. If my dear son-in-law feels that there is a lot to be done in the next few years for us to work behind closed doors and rectify the internal situation, you may as well tell me at any time that no matter what kind of internal rectification it is, I will support you.
However, I am not very optimistic about real estate speculation in Lanfang. After all, Lanfang has no scarcity, and the land is vast and sparsely populated. Although the country is rich now, national welfare is still not very high. If housing prices skyrocketed, ordinary people would not be able to live. In the past few years,
The construction of railways, cross-sea bridges and water diversion projects are good, but the return of costs is a little slower, and most of the benefits are taken by the people, and the country and the royal family's finances lack continuous blood."
Gu Kun: "I don't think so. I think that rising housing prices will not necessarily bring about an increase in the cost of living for our citizens. The key depends on the method. If we give all indigenous people the same 'Ding Rights' as the farmers in Xiangjiang, we will take away private ownership."
After the land was not used for construction, the state built houses several times the area to compensate them.
This will completely clarify the land management and coordination issues left over from Lanfang. It is very promising that the Lanfang market will take a high-end route in the future, and it can also improve the overall national image - the current city appearance of Lanfang is really not good enough in the eyes of international tourists.
It is qualified to be called a wealthy country.
In other words, the resorts, hotels, shopping malls, entertainment facilities and municipal infrastructure we invest in look very similar to those in Western developed countries. But as long as foreign tourists break away from the guidance of tour guides and go deep into the private sector to see ordinary people,
Residential areas, living supporting service areas, and the so-called CBD where office buildings are concentrated, everything is immediately ruined. They are all dilapidated houses from before 1996, when Lanfang was still very poor.
After China joins the WTO, a large number of export-oriented business owners and middle-class practitioners will definitely be released in the next few years, and they will join the ranks of those who have money to travel abroad. I think that during the cold winter, the country will need to carry out overall planning and transformation.