The private rooms on the sixth floor of the "Yunding" club are magnificent: soft dark wool carpets, gorgeous crystal chandeliers, and expensive furniture. There is also a chess and card room and a reception room. Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows is the bright night view of Beijing.
At about 10 o'clock in the evening, the box was brightly lit. The large round mahogany dining table is decorated with wine and food, all of which are the signature dishes of the club: a hot pot, a seafood tabby, a pair of Australian blue dragons, and a few companions.
The wine is Maotai.
"Come on, let's get to know each other today. Let's have a drink first!"
Jing Gao raised his glass with a smile and looked at the man in front of him, Wei Huandong, who suggested a toast. He was the son of an uncle of Tan Qin and was in his mid-thirties. A rather wealthy middle-aged man, wearing a pair of glasses.
A little bigger than him, but a little smaller than Tan Qin. But at this time, he was doing his part at the dinner party, and he was indeed a strong person.
It is said that he is quite famous among the children of aristocratic families in the capital.
He had just finished reporting to the leader about the Zhaoshi Group, and when he came out, he took a car to the outskirts of the city to attend Tan Qin's dinner.
The Genting Club is located in the northern suburbs of Beijing. It does not have a golf course, but the environment inside is really first-rate: it has a majestic foyer with Roman columns, and there are also elegant and quiet private rooms where no one can be seen.
Jing Gao couldn't just use Tan Qin two days ago and ask him to help send a message to Ma Yun, and now he turned his back on him. Therefore, he must attend this social dinner. However, he had already sent a WeChat message to Weiwei on the way here, asking Weiwei to sleep first.
In the past few days since returning to China, he has been in the capital.
Tan Qin was also stamping his feet in the Magic City. He was a trembling figure in the business world. At this time, he smiled and raised his glass. There was nothing unusual, and he said: "Huandong, Mr. Jing, please!"
It roughly means neither humble nor arrogant.
At this moment, there was a beautiful young woman with jewels and elegant manners at the same table. She is Wei Huandong's sister Wei Minjun, who works in a state-owned enterprise and is 32 years old. She looks like a woman in her twenties.
She raised her glass with a smile and said, "You men drink white wine, and I drink red wine. Mr. Jing, are you not surprised?" As she spoke, she looked at Jing Gao with interest.
Jing Gao was dressed very formally: shirt and trousers. He was slim and well-proportioned. He was tall and had a calm and calm demeanor and the charm of a mature man. He smiled and said, "Miss Wei, you're polite, of course not!"
"cheers!"
After drinking a few glasses of wine, we ate the food and wine, and then talked about Jing Gao's business wars and experiences in Europe. Rumors that he had been shot had spread all over the place, and the atmosphere at the wine table slowly heated up.
Wei Huandong put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "Mr. Jing, I'm actually quite curious, what do you think about the Zhaoshi Group? How should I put it, your approach is actually quite strange.
First, most domestic foreign trade companies actually paid more attention to overseas markets in the early years. There is an export subsidy policy here. This is also because the domestic consumer market has not taken off before. Exports to domestic sales are very small.
Domestic sales business is now forced by the general environment. What a big change in a century!
Secondly, most companies have switched to exports because of sanctions imposed by the European and American markets, so they can only export through Vietnam and other places.
Mr. Jing, you are doing the exact opposite! Wear a French vest and sell it domestically. "
Jing Gao has been listening to Wei Huandong's words, holding a wine glass in his hand, his expression calm and steady.
Wei Huandong's words are actually the most criticized part of Zhaoshi Group in current public opinion. It is certainly an exaggeration to say that Zhaoshi Group is being used as a dog to the French, but it does qualify as "dishonest".
This has a huge impact on consumers’ minds!
Should I spend money to buy packaged domestic products? If it is a purely domestic brand, such as Li Ning, Anta, etc., this can be called supporting domestic products. Why don't you just wear the skin and collect the IQ tax?
The situation of Zhaoshi Group in France is stable and it is preparing to go public, but the reputation of its brands has been really affected. At least, don’t think about taking the “high luxury” route in the short term. There is absolutely no way for first-tier brands to squeeze in. In the past, there was a quasi-first-tier status, but now it is really a second-tier or third-tier brand, and some brands are moving towards niche and affordable luxury.
This is still the first level. The second level of harm is endangering Jing Gao's personal image.
It doesn't matter if businessmen of small and medium-sized enterprises, or businessmen with annual sales of less than 100 million, play this trick, "wear vests" and switch exports to domestic sales. Make money, not shabby.
A top businessman like Jing Gao, a top-notch business tycoon, still plays this way and does business this way. It gives people the impression that the structure is too low!
After all, to improve the visibility of companies and products, Suning and Huawei have both set examples. Suning acquired Serie A giant Inter Milan and tried to let Inter Milan win another league championship and regain its former glory. Even the young master was sent to stay there permanently.
Huawei is teaming up with top sports car brands in the luxury food chain to create mobile phones. For example, the Porsche version of Huawei mobile phones.
There is precedent for this.
In order to make money, deliberately wearing a French vest and selling it back to the country to defraud compatriots is a loss of face.
For a businessman with such a structure and ruined reputation, no one at a higher level would be willing to speak for Jinggao, Phoenix, or Taichu Group!
Wei Min Junyan smiled, and the precious pendant earrings on her fair earlobes dangled in the crystal lamp. Adding to her beauty as a young woman. She looked at Jing Gao and said, "Mr. Jing, are you inconvenient to tell me?"
This lady from the capital city. In fact, he is not an easy character to deal with.
Jing Gao said with a smile: "That's not true. The idea of going to France to form this Zhaoshi Group came to me when I was watching the European Cup in France in 2016. At that time, all my friends were interested in some relatively niche, second- and third-tier French companies. The clothing brands are very familiar to me, so I was thinking of acquiring a group of clothing companies so that we could control the upstream and downstream channels of the clothing industry chain ourselves."
Wei Minjun smiled and interjected, "This friend of yours is Ren He's little sister Ren Jiahui, right?" Obviously, she had done her homework.
Jing Gao nodded in recognition and said with a smile: "As you know, I have a textile group under my control. I also have a clothing group in China. I have cooperated with Zhaoshi Group on design all the year round. We also invest in some domestic fashion magazines. of.
Therefore, when I do this, first, my industry has this demand. It’s blooming both at home and abroad.
Second, I thought that setting up a company in France would not harm the national interests, and I was not too concerned about the affairs of the Zhaoshi Group in Paris. Just check the accounts regularly. This is my mistake!
After the rapid development of Zhaoshi Group in the past two years, it has achieved good results not only in clothing, but also in leather and other fields. So there is such a situation. "
These words are true and false. He never mentioned that he wanted to make money, the reason was too base! Mainly talking about the industrial chain layout and personal negligence.
But in fact, that's not what he said in front of the big leaders.
The industrial chain is just the situation and background, not the reason why we must do this. What he said is:
First, the establishment of Zhaoshi Group was my attempt to expand, enter the European market, and invade the fashion industry chain. But the world’s largest luxury sales market is domestic. As of now, this is a mistake on my part.
Second, I hope to reverse the Chinese voice that is missing in global clothing and popular aesthetics. It cannot be that a small group of people in Europe and the United States, the so-called top designers in the fashion industry, hold a few shows in Paris, New York, London, and Milan, and this year's popular elements will be determined!
A bunch of Chinese and foreign fashion media followed behind.
Is what they decided correct?
Why should we follow them? So far, their only knowledge of Eastern aesthetics is Chinese red.
I hope to make some of our voices heard in Paris. Before the incident at Zhaoshi Group, it had held several solo exhibitions for Chinese designers at the four major fashion shows. And advocated in domestic fashion magazines.
Designers from Xia Shang Garment Group also sell clothing domestically based on these styles!
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This kind of intention is in line with his identity as a powerful man with unlimited cards.
The rise of great powers, the rejuvenation of China, and some areas of soft culture. As a person who strongly loves his motherland, of course he wants to compete in the wave of the times! Do something!
In the future, the Chinese will definitely have a place in the global fashion field! It’s not up to a handful of fucking European and American designers who don’t even understand traditional Chinese aesthetics to define what fashion elements young people in our market should advocate!
The ultimate goal of the road to greatness is not Mr. In the lost confrontation, he contributed his own strength to restore the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties, leaving his own traces for future generations to comment on!
In other words, after Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs theory reached its peak and was exploded, what he had to think about was not how I want to be a great person, but what kind of person I want to be!
This needs to be found in Chinese traditional culture and philosophy! It's still his usual way of thinking: thinking on the shoulders of those who came before him. Because, what you are thinking about has been thought about by others in history.
And the answer he was thinking of was the ultimate goal of Confucianism: to achieve immortality through virtue, meritorious service, and words.
He would definitely not be able to achieve such a big goal. But in life, you must leave some traces! Only in this way will your journey in this world be worthwhile!
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The banquet ended at around 12 o'clock in the evening, and Wei Huandong, Wei Minjun, and Tan Qin were sent downstairs to the Jinggao Hotel together. Wei Huandong smiled and shook hands with Jing Gao and said, "Mr. Jing, goodbye!"
After watching Jing Gao leave in his black Mercedes-Benz and seeing off Tan Qin affectionately, Wei Huandong lit a cigarette and returned to the suite with his sister. After pondering for a moment, he asked, "What do you think of Jing Gao?" The reason?"
Wei Minjun sat on the sofa and said with a smile: "False and false, true and false! Brother, you don't think he is a simple person, do you?"
Wei Huandong smiled and shook his head, smoking, "That won't happen."
Wei Minjun rolled his beautiful eyes and said with a smile: "Brother, is what you just said true?"
Just now her brother "warned" Jing Gao that Fan Yang's ex-wife Dong Lingxi followed Jing Gao, which made many children of aristocratic families in Beijing very dissatisfied. It wouldn't matter if he got married, but Dong Lingxi was his mistress.
Moreover, her brother also "warned" Jing Gao not to take Ning Xunchang, the upstart in the circle, too seriously. "He is not qualified yet." These are the original words.
Wei Huandong smiled slightly, lit a cigarette in the ashtray, turned to look at his sister, and said, "Minjun, can you take what you say while drinking seriously?"
Wei Minjun chuckled and rolled his eyes. I don’t know what this well-known socialite in Beijing circles is planning.
How could this meal be just a meal?
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It is the scorching summer in Beijing in early July. In the woods between high-rise buildings, the green willows are listless, and cicadas are neighing, announcing their existence.
At noon, Jing Gao hosted a banquet in Hall 2 of the Capital Club for Liu Feifei, her manager Sister Liu, Zhang Mingyue, Zhao Qinghan, Phoenix Film and Television CEO Fang Shaofan, a rising star from Phoenix Film and Television, and now Liao Rong, the head of Tiangong Games and the former head of Phoenix Entertainment, had dinner together.
Domestic security cannot be compared to France. Jing Gao had Chen Aiyang with him.
Tai Chi master Chen Aiyang was used to seeing the beautiful women in this room. He was waiting in the small room next door with Liao Rong's assistant, a tall young man who was handsome and fair but obviously a little weak.
During the banquet, there was cheering and laughter.
Liu Feifei's agent, Sister Liu, is about forty years old and wearing an off-white suit. Below, of course, is a hip-hugging skirt paired with stockings. The charm is still there, and she is pretty and fair. Generous and generous, meat and vegetables are not tabooed. Drinking is also particularly generous.
She got a little excited and stood up to toast Jing Gao for the second time: "Mr. Jing, thank you for taking care of Feifei all these years. As her agent, I toast you again. I'll do it, you can do whatever you want."
She really didn't expect that the big boss would treat her to dinner today. I originally thought it was "Ms. Zhao" hosting an internal company dinner. After all, former A-list actresses Zhang Mingyue and Liu Feifei are the two signatures of the "Miss Zhao" company.
Of course, meeting the powerful boss in Europe would not make her, a woman in her early forties, so excited that she kept toasting. It's because the big boss made it easy for Feifei to get the endorsement of Hermès.
You know, after Feifei's Hermès endorsement was suddenly removed more than a month ago, what was the rumor in the circle? This also casts a shadow on Feifei's seemingly bright and open stardom.
However, as the saying goes, the weather in June is a slap in the face!
How did Hermès resign Feifei from her endorsement contract? This is how she brought her back! The big boss had contact with Hermès boss Axel Dumai in Europe. According to the news in the industry, Hermès would rather spend money to terminate the contract of a top actress who just signed a one-year contract, and also change the spokesperson to Feifei.
Liao Rong was wearing an embroidered cheongsam, with a curved figure, and she said with a smile: "Xiao Liu, why do you propose a toast on behalf of Feifei? Tell Feifei to toast by herself, and have a drink with Mr. Jing."
Of course she is not as old as Sister Liu. He is only thirty-six years old this year. However, she once ran Phoenix Film and Television and took good care of Liu Feifei.
Liu Feifei stood up with a smile, shy and bright-eyed, and said softly: "Brother Jing, I respect you."
