To win the trust of someone like Savu Yang who has been in power for a long time, of course it cannot be done over a meal and a chat all day long.
Gu Kun had never expected that.
Therefore, after having had enough wine and food, and having thoroughly analyzed the pros and cons, Gu Kun forcefully invited the other party to sit on his boat for a while.
The reason why he chose to treat guests at Xichun Garden was because Xichun Garden is located on the banks of the Sarawak River, not far from the fishing port in Kuching South City, and it can be reached by just walking and stretching one's legs after the meal.
Sa Wuyang also wanted to know the true strength of this new "chess piece", so he happily went to observe in secret.
Even though he is a drunk and wealthy man now, after all, he was born into a naval family. When he was young, he traveled all over the world, so he felt a natural sense of intimacy when he boarded the ship.
"Is this ship entirely yours? As far as I know, you have only been missing for the past two months."
After boarding the ship, he briefly glanced at the facilities and estimated that if the ship was built in Nanyang, it would cost no less than 1 million ringgit (2.4 million yuan).
Moreover, the ship has a high-end segmented cold storage, which shows that Gu Kun is determined to do ocean-going business - the kind of person who goes out for a week, catches whatever he sees, and then returns home is reluctant to spend the money.
Faced with the other party's doubts, Gu Kun was very generous: "Don't believe me? Then look here."
Gu Kun naturally pointed to a drawer on the desk in the captain's cabin, casually pulled out something from it and handed it to the other party, and added:
"Not only do I have full property rights, but I also own three of them. However, I still owe a lot of loans, probably several million. The other two are currently at sea and have not been driven back. This one just docked in the port yesterday."
Sa Wuyang took a few glances, and his pupils instantly zoomed in: "You actually have three fishing licenses from China? Can you get a bank in China to allow you to borrow millions of dollars?"
When Gu Kun described his loan amount, he actually made some false claims.
The total value of all his ships and cash is about more than 7 million yuan, but he still owes 1.8 million yuan in loans, so the actual total assets are about more than 5 million yuan.
However, Gu Kun doubled the loan quotation, and Sa Wuyang completely believed it.
Because he thinks it's easier to understand this way, at least Gu Kun's net worth after deducting his debts doesn't look so exaggerated.
This misunderstanding will not make him underestimate Gu Kun's strength at all, but will make him overestimate it even more.
Because you have the ability to owe a lot of loans, you are the boss. Especially in the maritime trade industry, if you can get a lot of money, it means you have a strong background and a strong backing.
Think about how many low-interest loans there were when Mr. Huo rose to prominence thirty or forty years ago? They were all obtained by working diligently in state affairs and being a red capitalist for many years.
Seeing the uncertainty in Sa Wuyang's eyes, Gu Kun waved his hand to dismiss Sa Wuyang's assistants, pretending to be very confidential and said to them in private: "Uncle Sa, I won't hide it from you. As for me, I just left the country two months ago."
That day, I did get a piece of Oceania equipment with great background. After selling it for money, I actually got interviews and promises from many important people in the north..."
His half-truth and half-false show of power, including photos and information showing him chatting and laughing happily with those import and export state-owned enterprises and even personnel from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs in Guangdong, were so casually displayed that Sa Wuyang did not dare to look down upon him.
To put it bluntly, the size of Lanfang's country, in terms of population, is the largest town or the smallest county.
However, considering the international relations, "all countries are equal regardless of their size", and taking into account this BuFF, the actual status of Grand Duke Lanfang is estimated to be equivalent to the most powerful county magistrate in China, or the deputy position of a prefecture-level city.
But Savu Yang is not the Grand Duke, he is just the Grand Duke's brother-in-law. In Lanfang, there are dozens of people with his strength in all aspects (although others are not necessarily famous for their money and business)
So Sa Wuyang thought to himself that he had the social status of an ordinary deputy county magistrate or the strongest town mayor in China.
Gu Kun was able to talk and laugh on equal terms with the department-level cadres of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economics of China, and they were so cooperative with him and provided him with so many loans...
Gu Kun's strength is indeed enough to qualify him to cooperate with him. If he can maintain it in the future, just maintain it. It's best not to offend him.
"No wonder my nephew suddenly rose up and got so many resources. From now on, we will have to interact with each other more often. You are really lucky." Sa Wuyang put on a smile, and his attitude was completely different from the business-like attitude just now.
Little did he know that Gu Kun had installed relatively quiet mini camera equipment in this cabin.
At that time, the scene of Sa Wuyang and Gu Kun having a "happy conversation" and other materials will be collected.
Then cut off the beginning and end, take the words out of context, and make it look like "Gu Kun is also close to Lanfang's senior management and has deep connections." When Gu Kun returns to China to do follow-up business in the future, maybe he can bring it out when the time is right. The fox pretends to be the tiger's power.
It can be said that he has used the skill of being a white wolf with nothing but fat men on both sides to the extreme.
It was only after doing this kind of thing himself that Gu Kun truly understood why Ma Feng in his previous life had to ask Ma Zai to follow him everywhere with a camera when he founded Huaxia Yellow Pages/Ali Baba.
All the camera footage of chatting and laughing with big shots can be turned into blackmail props to show off the strength of one’s connections!
You "inadvertently" make big shot A mistakenly think that you and big shot B are buddies, and you "inadvertently" make big shot B mistakenly think that you and big shot A are buddies. Over time, you will actually become buddies with those big shots.
…
After deceiving and stabilizing his temporary allies, Gu Kun could free his hands and implement his next plan.
After staying one night in Kuching, he and Long Wu returned to Lanfang early the next morning.
Gu Kun didn't even go to meet his biological sister Gu Pan, just because he didn't want to cause more trouble. Neither Sa Wuyang nor Chen Mingcheng knew that Gu Pan was studying at the Chinese No. 1 Middle School in Kuching. They only knew that Gu Pan had transferred to another school.
Because Gu Kun changed his ship and had to dock at the main dock of Lanfang Port, the news of his return soon reached Chen Mingcheng's ears.
Before Gu Kun even had time to go home, Chen Mingcheng's younger brother rushed to the pier to greet him. On the surface, he politely asked Gu Kun to reward him, but he still rushed to pick him up.
Gu Kun looked relaxed: "I heard Aaron tell me yesterday that Boss Chen came to see me last week? Then lead the way."
Anyway, no one is angry yet, so it would be better to be more natural.
Gu Kun Shiran got on Chen Mingcheng's car and headed straight for the other party's sea view villa.
Chen Mingcheng has several mansions in Lanfang, and even a small outlying island of a few tenths of an square kilometer, which is his private island with a luxurious manor built on it.
However, for convenience, Chen Mingcheng also has a villa on the main island. It is located on a narrow sandbank beach in the southeast corner of the island. There are white sand and sea views on both sides, which is very pleasant.
It’s just that the sandy beach is too loose to support high-rise buildings, so the architectural layout of the villa is that of a Maldivian sand house hotel.
If you can’t imagine it, just go and live in the Maldives.
After getting off the car, Gu Kun took some time to dust off his clothes, and said to Long Wu with a smile: "Look at Boss Chen's house, this is what we call life. I am considered a rich man now, so I will build one like this later."
"That's right, given your career, this is what you should do." Long Wu said bluntly.
After hearing Gu Kun's words and deeds, Chen Mingcheng's gangsters next to him all felt that this young man was just a nouveau riche with no real depth, and they started to tremble even though he only had a little money.
No background!
Gu Kun was quickly led to the beach in the backyard and saw a linen tent there, with a bed and a coffee table underneath, several cups and bottles, and iced whiskey, cocktails and peach iced tea.
A middle-aged man in his thirties wearing a cowboy hat, a linen plaid shirt, and sunglasses was drinking ice tea and smoking a cigar. It was Chen Mingcheng.
It can be seen that he is trying his best to imitate the demeanor of a Caribbean island tycoon and a one-man country hero.
Even when he greeted Gu Kun, he used a somewhat awkward translation accent mixed with Hong Kong film accents:
"Gu Sheng, it's not easy to find you. Last time I went to Liu Min's house to look for him personally, and then through Long Wu. You must be avoiding me. It's not easy to find you to make a fortune together."
"My ship is not equipped with a satellite phone, so there are always missed calls. Isn't this what happened today? It's an honor for me to make money with Boss Chen." Gu Kun stepped forward and used another clean cup on the table.
, poured himself a cup of ice tea and drank it in one gulp.
Chen Mingcheng obviously didn't believe it all: "But I heard that your sister has also moved away."
Gu Kun said naturally: "Yeah, no matter how poor you are, you can't afford education. To be honest, Lanfang High School is really terrible. I just graduated last year. Wouldn't I know? Now that I have money, of course I want my sister to study abroad.
So that I can go to a decent university in the future. Why, does Boss Chen think I can’t afford it?”
Chen Mingcheng burst into laughter: "No, there's nothing I can't afford to study. Even if it's hundreds of thousands a year, I can still afford it."
Laughing, Chen Mingcheng couldn't help but think to himself: Is this guy really a nouveau riche who doesn't know the heights of the world?
Not wanting to waste any more time, he decided to ask some quick questions:
"You should also know that there are only a few businesses selling diesel in Lanfang. I am the general agent of Shell, and I know the output of the refineries in the three surrounding countries. The price of the oil you sell is obviously lower.
I want to know who supplied you with the goods. If you tell me, I won't hold you accountable."
"I didn't get the oil from any channel of Shell, I can guarantee it... We agreed to discuss making money together, isn't this just the question?" Gu Kun showed a disappointed look.
Chen Mingcheng finally lost his temper: "Young boy, are you kidding me? Do you think this matter can be revealed just by saying, 'It's not Shell that got the oil'? If it's not Shell's oil, just tell me where it was."
Oil."
Gu Kun: "Then it has nothing to do with you, right? General agent of Shell Lanfang, are you too lenient? If I tell you unconditionally, is it still called a fortune? Do you treat me as a three-year-old child?"
Gu Kun's words were a bit arrogant, and it was said that he overacted.
But Gu Kun knew that he had an advantage in smoke bombs.
The biggest smoke bomb is his own age.
He is not yet 18 years old.
In Chen Mingcheng's opinion, this was obviously the true expression of an impatient young upstart.
If Gu Kun tells the other party his trump card quickly, the other party will suspect whether there is a conspiracy or trap.
"Hahaha, it seems that Gu Sheng thinks doing business is very simple." Chen Mingcheng smiled instead of getting angry.
"Otherwise? Is there anything difficult? I don't seem to have noticed. I can easily earn a million a month."
"If you didn't tell me, you would only have kept it from me for half a month! Now, do you think I still can't guess it? Most of your cheap oil comes from northern China, or the surrounding places? I'll let you
Speaking out myself will give you face and give you a chance to cooperate!"
What should Gu Kun say to cooperate with the other party?
As expected of you, you actually guessed it?
It doesn't seem to fit the personality.
It's really tiring to act with self-righteous people.