Under the greeting and direction of the Tang family's butler, Jing Gao and his party drove to the luxurious villa in the middle of the manor in three cars.
Tang Jinxue's eldest son, Tang Shizhong, greeted him in the foyer. The butler made an introduction, "This is our eldest son, Mr. Tang Shizhong."
Tang Shizhong smiled and said: "Hello, Mr. Jing, welcome to my humble home."
Jing Gao smiled and shook hands with him, "Hello, Mr. Tang. It's a great honor to come and visit." With that, he took the gift from Ouyang Wan behind him and handed it to Tang Shizhong. This is a red wine produced on his estate.
"Mr. Jing, please!" Tang Shizhong handed the gift box to the butler with a smile, and led Jing Gao and his party in.
Tang Jinxue, dressed in an old-fashioned Tang suit, was waiting in the main hall. After introductions and handshakes, he exchanged greetings with each other and asked Jing Gao and others to sit down. "I heard from Tan Qin that Mr. Jing has done a lot of business in China. He is really young and promising." !”
Jing Gao said modestly: "Compared with seniors like Mr. Tang in Shanghai, my achievements are insignificant."
Tang Jinxue laughed and introduced his third son Tang Shijie and granddaughter Tang Wenxin.
Tang Wenxin quietly looked at the young man in front of her. He had an ordinary appearance, a slender figure and was slightly thin. After her grandfather finished the introduction, she said calmly and generously: "Mr. Jing, it's nice to meet you. Can I add your WeChat ID?"
This request is slightly bolder. But the meaning of getting close and making friends is very obvious. Everyone watched.
Jing Gao smiled politely and said, "Hello, Miss Tang." He took out a business card from his pocket, handed it to Tang Wenxin, and said, "This is my business card, and the phone number on it is my WeChat ID."
"Okay. Thank you." Tang Wenxin accepted it with a smile. He took another look at the extremely outstanding woman next to Jing Gao, who was looking at her warily. I smiled softly in my heart.
Her initiative to add Jing Gao on WeChat was a bit out of line, but it was still within the scope of etiquette. After all, she is a junior, a young person.
And when she did this, it was certainly not because Jing Gao was particularly attracted to her. Or maybe she wants to throw herself into someone else’s arms. Rather, she could see that her grandfather valued Jing Gao, so it was not normal for her to ask for a contact information.
Competition among large families is very stressful. She needs to seize every opportunity she can to expand her network. If she doesn't need it, she can give it to her dad to try.
After saying hello, they learned that Tang Jinxue's second son, Tang Shixin, was in charge of a business in the UK. Everyone sat down in the living room. Servants serve tea.
Jing Gao took a sip of tea and said without going around in circles, "Mr. Tang, I'm taking the liberty of visiting you this time because I have something very important that I need your guidance on."
Tang Jinxue nodded, stood up with a cane, and looked like an old money man from the Republic of China. He stretched out his hand and said, "Mr. Jing, please come this way."
Take Jing Gao to a small living room.
The decoration here is luxurious and Western style. Sofa, coffee table, TV display. There are also various decorations in the wall cabinets. The aura of luxury hits my face.
"Mr. Jing, sit down wherever you want!" Tang Jinxue made a gesture, and the old servant came in and brought two cups of tea.
Tang Jinxue said: "Mr. Jing, I learned something from Tan Qin. Is it something related to Zhaoshi Group?
Jing Gao nodded, calmly picked up the tea cup and took a sip. The tea was not as good as his, and said: "Mr. Tang, I would like to know which is the best lobbying company here in Paris? I hope to prevent French administrative and The judicial department has launched an investigation into Zhaoshi Group. The public opinion has been particularly tight recently."
Tang Jinxue was a little surprised, but he didn't show it.
He also thought that Jing Gao wanted to play games among capitals and join forces. As far as his network is concerned, LVMH is not the only one currently eyeing Zhaoshi Group. There are also Hermès and Gucci. These are France's top luxury goods companies.
It’s not surprising to target Zhaoshi Group’s assets.
Even though he is said to be the leader of Chinese businessmen, his words are considered to have some weight among Chinese businessmen in the EU, but this level of commercial war is beyond his ability to mediate.
LVMH Group has a market value of 140 billion euros!
The Tang family came to France and after two generations of hard work and expansion, the entire family's assets were only at the level of eight billion US dollars. This property is enough for them to live a comfortable life in Europe.
Then, if you think about it from another person's perspective, you can understand what the Alt family's total wealth is about 70 billion euros, and they are known as the richest people in Europe.
Now Jing Gao wants to play against such people.
Tang Jinxue thought for a while and said: "Mr. Jing, we Chinese businessmen settled in Paris are like wanderers, we also need lobbying companies to help fight for our interests. However, many of our donations cannot be disclosed. You know this. If that politician takes our money, his political career is basically over.
The overall environment and atmosphere in Europe and America are like this. There are some areas that we cannot enter. When it comes to the best lobbying firm, I can't give you a conclusion on this. I can recommend to you the lobbying firm that I think is more powerful.
But you need to negotiate the specific price and contract yourself. However, I want to remind you that the law of the jungle is followed here. These people will take advantage of everything written in black and white on the contract, so it must be carefully reviewed by lawyers and assistants. "
Jing Gao said: "I understand. Mr. Tang, thank you very much."
Tang Jinxue smiled slightly and said: You're welcome. I will also have trouble going to Mr. Jing’s place in the future. Our Tang family also has business in the country. "
"No problem." Jing Gao agreed.
"Okay, now that we've finished talking about the business, there's still a little time before lunch. I'll take Mr. Jing to visit my manor? Are you interested?"
Jing Gao smiled and said: "The guest does as he pleases." "
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The Tang Family Manor covers an area larger than Jing Gao's visual inspection, covering nearly three hundred acres. The main building is a large villa in the middle of the manor. Then according to the design and planning, large and small auxiliary areas are derived.
There are living areas for servants and bodyguards, guest rooms, wine cellars, horse farms, kennels, back gardens, exquisite woods, rockeries, ponds, various arenas, helicopter airports, etc. The area is huge.
Because the servants are diligent in cleaning and designing, the entire manor has both natural scenery and modern style. And there are no problems such as the proliferation of insects and snakes. The living environment is very good.
Tang Jinxue took Jinggao on a tour and said with a smile: "Many people say that the villas where British people live must have a garden. This is a British style. In fact, in my opinion, it is just a garden in front of British people. It was just the world hegemon for hundreds of years.
In our ancient dynasty, there was no back garden in the courtyard where we lived? Cang is practical and knows etiquette. This is true for every nation in the world. "
Jing Gao laughed, "Petty bourgeois sentiment. I like to write travel notes and essays this way. Expressing some specious things is actually not nutritious."
He actually said it more politely.
What is petty bourgeoisie? This kind of pursuit is normal. With some money in hand, who doesn’t want to live a more romantic life? Life requires a sense of ritual.
But some things are just too much.
Blowing English gardens, German water pipes, Japanese benzene craftsmen, Medici..., it is known that monkeys can be familiar with doing this kind of thing.
Why are you clamoring again: I don’t care about the rise of great powers, I only care about the dignity of small people;
Developed countries can solve the problem in just three days;
Country X, please stop your steps and wait for your people.
Institutional issues.
Ouyang Wan, Dong Youwei, Tang Jinzhong, and Tang Wenxin all laughed. Whether it's funny or not is another matter. You have to learn to look at the atmosphere. In Japan, this is called "reading the air." In Britain and the United States, it is called "ritual." In China, it is called "gazing at words and emotions."
After visiting Tangjia Manor, we had another authentic Chinese meal and drank Shaoxing rice wine. Jinggao and his party said goodbye and left.
Naturally, I got the contact information of the lobbying company.
