Needless to say, as long as future generations of Chinese people ask themselves: How many noobs really think that Dubai is a wealthy city-state?
That shows how correct Gu Kun's business logic is.
In fact, the oil reserves in the entire UAE are inferior to those of Kuwait, and most of them belong to the tribes of Abu Dhabi. How much oil can the tribes of Dubai have? Even if there is history, by the 1990s and even the beginning of the 21st century, almost all of it has been dug
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If there was no subsequent media operation, it would be speculation.
The fate of Dubai is probably the same as that of the silver capital Potosi, just like those magical realism mining cities in Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude", which dispersed with the wind and perished when the mines ran out.
It's not even as good as Potosi - Potosi was the largest city in the Western Hemisphere for more than two hundred years, surpassing New York, Boston, and New Orleans, but how many people on earth know the name of Potosi now?
Not to mention Potosi, it is estimated that half of the Chinese women have never heard of the name of Bolivia, the country where Potosi is located.
But Potosi was the Silver Capital of the Earth back then. What does Dubai mean to you? Have you ever been the "Oil Capital of the Earth"? You are not qualified. If you include Abu Dhabi, it is not even among the top ten oil cities in the world.
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Dubai's success lies not in real wealth, but in pretending to be rich and showing off its wealth.
The Internet has made showing off wealth itself a way to make money.
Therefore, in China, there are people as big as Wang Xcong, as small as those up owners on site B who show off their wealth and personality, and then show off the money from their female secretaries.
In foreign countries, it ranges from the Hilton family and the cover models of some so-called celebrities to the YouTubers who show off their wealth by showing off their guns and cars, and posting about shooting their cars with guns for fun.
Their logic of getting rich is the same. I burned 10,000 yuan to show off my wealth, and the traffic can bring me attention worth 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, so I will continue to burn it.
The premise is that you have to be the first in the relevant field, because humans with this need for novelty will only have so much attention. If others see you showing off your wealth and burning money to make money, they will become jealous and imitate you, forming a money-burning arms race.
Then everyone's profits will fall, and the second place will definitely lose money.
After all, the Internet only allows the second place to drink soup, and the third place and below will die.
To succeed in this kind of business, the key is to form a deterrent. For example, if station B has such a money-burning up owner, he must at least deter other up owners at station b and not make them covet him.
At least one message must be conveyed: you don’t have as much money as I do, and you can’t burn mine. Even if you burn it, both sides will lose, and you will die first. When you die, you will also be in a state of huge losses, and you will not get any benefits.
arrive.
The reason why the second place is lingering on, rather than dying directly like the third place, is sometimes a conniving technique of the first place: If there is no second place in this industry, then people who are not involved in the industry may mistakenly think that this is the case.
If it’s not an industry where even the second runner-up can’t survive, there will be a steady stream of outsiders coming in to try the waters. How annoying would that be?
Leave a second place and keep it hanging there like a flag hanging for public display, so that outsiders can see clearly: Don’t enter this industry casually. Look, the second place is living like this. This is a zero margin
In the cost-intensive Internet thinking industry, the market has matured, and latecomers will die!
There can only be one successful case in Dubai that shows off wealth to win public attention.
Because Internet celebrities who show off their wealth cannot coexist. As big as the Internet is, there can only be one city that shows off wealth for humans covered by the Internet.
Therefore, the Burj Khalifa in future generations will be built several hundred meters higher than the world's second tallest building, in order to convey: Don't expect to surpass me if it is built later than me. I will spend three to five times more than the world's second tallest building.
Use your money to spend on this tallest building!
Whoever dares to rob me, I will risk my life to kill him!
The outcome depends on who is more determined to spend money and who can see clearly before everyone has estimated the power of the Internet.
If Dubai is only willing to pay twice or three times the money to be a little better than the second place.
Gu Kun was willing to pay five times.
Then, he will have hope in the future. As for the oil fields that Lanfang can discover in the future, it is actually not important in itself.
The important thing is that the gimmick that a little oil can attract can make people believe that Gu Kun's future "showing off wealth" is "real wealth."
What matters is confidence.
Even if all the oil in Lanfang is sold, as long as the confidence is restored, as long as Dubai is crushed to death and it seizes its Internet celebrity status as the world's number one city to show off wealth, a mere two billion barrels of oil is nothing.
Cheryshev and Dimitri were really refreshed by Gu Kun. They felt that the generation gap between themselves and the outside world was not as big as usual.
They shamefully chose to drink and have fun, digest Gu Kun's theory for a while, and use it as a basis for collective decision-making after returning home to convince the public.
"Gu, thank you for bringing us business ideas from the outside world. Our learning is so out of touch with the outside world."
"Don't worry about this business. I know you can buy from anyone. I'll get rid of those guys who don't understand and are obstructive."
The two expressed their opinions one after another.
"Then I'll wait for your good news. I also hope that we can continue to have a happy cooperation. After all, it would be best if we can do one thing without bothering the other two. I don't like changing suppliers." Gu Kun firmly occupied a strong position and ended
ended this chaotic negotiation.
Everyone hugged the woman of their choice, went back to their rooms to rest, and enjoyed the moment of sharing the benefits.
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"You're not in this business! Why are you still a virgin?"
In the room, after a galloping horse ride and riding the wind and waves, Gu Kun threw out ten thousand dollars and couldn't help but ask.
Midlova tugged at her bikini covertly, pieced it together a little, stuffed the money into her clothes, gritted her teeth and answered with pain:
"I know who I am. No matter what profession I work in, there are always first times. I have been in this hotel for two and a half years. If the situation worsens, I might end up like them sooner or later.
In the past two years, I have met too many wealthy people, but unfortunately they are all greasy and fat uncles. Occasionally, there is a young rich second generation, and they all look overindulged and weak. How can I meet someone as strong and charming as you?
It’s not a loss if you help me make my debut.”
Gu Kun asked casually. He was a very ethnic-minded person by nature. He had never had any sympathy for the Ocean Horse. What's more, it was a deal that had been agreed upon in advance, but there was just a slight misunderstanding.
He stood up, poured himself a glass of wine, sat back on the bed, and continued to relax on his hands: "You performed very well today, and you made me look good at the pool party. To be honest, your charming social butterfly demeanor at that time was really...
You fooled me."
Midlova blinked her deer-like eyelashes and thought of a question: "How old are you?"
"18 years old."
"So you're so young! Then I've made a profit." Midrova suddenly became happy and kissed a few more times for free. "I'm already 20, and I didn't expect to find someone younger than me. No.
Thank you. You are very strong. Thank you for giving me a perfect memory."
When Midlova said this, she hesitated for a moment and asked reluctantly: "Will you come again in the future?"
She was not careless, her mental preparation for today was a deal.
It's just that I've been in love for a long time, and I was purely impressed by Gu Kun's performance, so I just wanted to lust after Gu Kun's body a few more times.
"Maybe, there are still a lot of good products here that attract me. Maybe next year, maybe even later, I will come to buy sooner or later." Gu Kun didn't trust the other party completely, so he didn't go into too much detail.
Midlova smiled: "How about I only do your business for a year? Do you want this surprise? Anyway, I am not that short of money to begin with. Even without you, I will
I can survive another year or two."
"Okay, then I also promise that whenever I come to Kherson and Nikolayev in the future, I will only take care of your business. This will save me the trouble of having to go back and forth every time I have a party with a client.
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There is no airtight wall in the world. He believes that if Midlova really lets go, her colleagues will definitely know. Therefore, as long as the other party's reputation is good and their loyalty has been tested, he will not
You cannot consider giving the other person a long-term job.
Like a secretary or something.
If the other party just let go of the jar and broke it after the first try, then Gu Kun would just treat it as a joke, and it wouldn't matter who was the green one or not.
In his previous life, he had done a lot of things like playing tricks on occasion, making a home all over the world, and spreading seeds all over the world.
"Then it's settled - how long will you probably stay this time?"
"It will take three or four days at most. Once the details of the order from Manager Dimitri are finalized, I will return to China."
"Well, that's a shame - why didn't you call for service earlier?"