Chapter 304 You can't imagine the happiness of Lanfang people
Representatives of travel companies in Japan and the Middle East don’t really care about Alipay after all.
All they care about is whether Gu Kun can offer real preferential terms to attract Japanese and Middle Eastern customers, given the industry background of a decline in European and American white customers.
I found that there was no room for oil and water operations here, so I left in low spirits.
Of course, considering that some Middle Eastern colleagues and Gu Kun have the same positioning and are actually competing for performance, they will still pay attention to the effect of Gu Kun's measures in the future. What they don't care about is this.
The process and cause-and-effect relationship inside.
Just look at the results.
Gu Kun has no doubt that Ibrahim Ibrahim of Dibba and Mahathir of Abu Dhabi will send people to continuously inspect the financial performance of the Lanfang side as a frame of reference for peer comparison.
After the Japanese and Middle Easterners dispersed, the only ones who remained at the cocktail party and surrounded Gu Kun with great interest were a small group of Chinese guests represented by Hua Haiyou Mr. Yang, and the ones he brought.
Visitors from CTS and COSCO.
"Mr. Gu, when you were talking to the Japanese just now, were all these true? Didn't you try to bluff them?" Mr. Yang asked in passing on behalf of others.
Gu Kun smiled and admitted: "I wonder if someone has ever said something false. It's not that difficult to do such a small thing. If you are interested, why don't you just take a look at it recently - just for the past few days, I have been looking for Brother Ma
He helped me organize a group and invited many partners who agreed to the financial visa-free conditions to come to Lanzhou to have some fun, and we were responsible for the hospitality of some of the projects."
Mr. Yang was greatly surprised: "You really take care of such a trivial matter personally? No, the 'Alipay' you mentioned, no matter how promising its future application is, aren't the current users just a group of domestic Internet cafe owners? Such humble people.
You also asked? Aren't you afraid of insulting your identity?"
Gu Kun patted Mr. Yang on the shoulder: "It is true that they are just a group of Internet cafe owners, but they are also early users. The core of the credit system is to respect seniority and let the world see the high returns for early users.
I say it awkwardly because it is the cold winter of the Internet. Anyone who dares to enter the market in the cold winter is a warrior. Such people have a bright future and will not be just an Internet cafe owner. In the early days of business with few peers, it will take a few years
The profits are enough to expand the assets by an order of magnitude, and then they can launder their wealth and go ashore and change careers. How can we look at these people with a rigid eye?
Mr. Yang listened thoughtfully, and a China Travel Service executive who was traveling with him was inexplicably excited. He asked Gu Kun expectantly in the tone of "admiration for the far-sighted seer":
"Mr. Gu, do you really believe that the increase in our Chinese tourists can completely bridge the gap caused by the retreat of European and American customers? You can't even please the Japanese. This really makes me admire and appreciate you."
Gu Kun smiled calmly: "Is there anything to be grateful for? I'm just talking about business. I still say the same thing. I believe that in the high-end tourism market and the luxury consumer market, we can't count on the poor or the rich, but we must count on the poor.
It’s been a long time since they’ve just become rich. These people have enough potential and motivation to spend a lot of money just to show off and show off.”
In fact, it is to count on the nouveau riche, but the word nouveau riche is too ugly. Even if the words are rough and rude, it is not suitable to say it in front of customers.
The two parties then had a lively conversation, and the banquet ended peacefully.
Gu Kun fully demonstrated the explosive tycoon attributes of a small and sparsely populated country that had just become an oil-producing country, and further instilled the impression of "luxury brewing in daily life" into the memories of the guests.
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The next day, Lanfang International Airport.
An Airbus A330-200 passenger plane flying from Northland landed awkwardly on the runway.
Of course Lanfang International Airport can take off and land A330, because Gu Kun's special plane is a luxury customized version of the A330-200. The power and external structure are the same as those of civil aircraft, but the interior structure and decoration of the cabin are different. Gu Kun's
Special planes can land and take off, and civil aviation can naturally take off and land as well.
However, most of the usual civil aviation flights use the A320 model. This is mainly because the passenger flow is not large at ordinary times, and the 150 passengers per time of the A320 is enough. The A320 is a short- and medium-haul passenger aircraft, flying routes within 5,000 kilometers.
, the overall fuel consumption is better than that of A330, and the airline cost is lower.
The advantage of the a330 is its long endurance, but the price is its bulky body. For short distances, the proportion of fuel consumption wasted on the weight of the body is much higher than that of the 320.
In a word, it's a waste of fuel.
"How can such a fuel-consuming aircraft have flights today? I haven't heard that Mr. Gu's special plane will take off and land on a different route today." The airport tower staff complained casually while handling landing matters.
After all, when people from the Air Traffic Control Bureau report to the airport, they only need to mention the aircraft model, route time, and the unit to which the aircraft belongs. As for the specific purpose of the aircraft, the Air Traffic Control Bureau has no obligation to report.
Another tower official next to him showed off casually when he was not busy: "Xiao Lu, you don't know this, right? This is a charter flight booked by Mr. Gu through China Travel Service. Today we are inviting a group of people to enjoy the new flight for the first time."
The guests who are exempted from financial visa are coming to visit us. The A320 cannot accommodate them, so we estimate that there are as many as 300 guests in this group."
Xiao Lu was shocked: "Don't we always offer discounts on Lanfang's tourism products? Are you hiring 300 people for free at one time?"
The older colleague continued to explain: "It's not that exaggerated, it's just a slight discount. I heard that an Internet company invested by Mr. Gu paid for the round-trip air tickets for these 300 customers. All other consumption in Lanfang is still the same.
The original price will not be discounted. If the price is reduced, it will be reduced by China Eastern Airlines.”
In fact, the mysterious person who paid for the treat he mentioned was the newly established Alipay company, backed by Lanfang Bank, and the money spent was also invested by Gu Kun. But after all, it was Gu Kun's overseas investment, so the treat was just that.
No more price reduction.
Gu Kun was very cautious about treating guests, and he strongly disliked discounts.
While the tower staff were chatting, the plane had stopped, and three hundred tourists filed out along the boarding bridge. There were ten brand-new luxury buses waiting to be picked up at the exit of the terminal.
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Luo Youyi is an Internet cafe owner from a small city in the western interior, and his business is not big.
Compared with his peers, his biggest advantage may be that in the city where he is located, there are very few peers who open Internet cafes. Most businessmen doing similar businesses are still opening game arcades and are reluctant to discard the old game consoles from previous years.
Use the remaining heat to get another vote.
Since the second half of 2000, the country has announced in many media that it will crack down on the game industry. Therefore, in 2001, businesses such as game arcades have entered the scope of crackdowns in first-tier cities and can only be found in large shopping malls and entertainment venues.
There is only a small number of stores left in the center that specialize in game consoles, and no new ones can be opened.
But inland and remote cities still need a process. Those who dare to decisively draw a clear line with game arcades and move to Internet cafes at this time are often those who dare to fight and have courage. (Although everyone knows that Internet cafes are still dominated by gamers.
Most of them, but after all, you can also learn online, and the reputation is much better)
Within a few months of opening an Internet cafe, Luo Youyi caught up with some online game companies and e-commerce companies from other places to promote their products. Although at first glance they looked like scammers, Luo Youyi, who dared to accept new things, still accepted them after getting to know them more deeply.
I decided to take a gamble and became one of the first users of Alipay recharge points.
Unexpectedly, today, because of my original decision, I got feedback from the Internet company and reimbursed the round-trip air tickets.
Although traveling is still very expensive, the air tickets represent the recognition and honor of the company. Even if you grit your teeth, you have to come to Lanfang to see if it is right.
At this moment, he and his companions were shocked when they saw that the buses coming to pick up the group all had Mercedes-Benz logos on them.
"Lanfang, it turns out all the buses are Mercedes-Benz? It's like a paradise on earth."