The Chateau Lafitte Hotel in the northern suburbs of Beijing is located in Beiqijia Town, Changping, adjacent to the scenic Wenyu River. It is only 10 kilometers away from Beijing Airport to the east and the Olympic Village to the south.
It covers an area of more than 3,000 acres and has a construction area of 55,000 square meters. A comprehensive resort hotel integrating hot springs, wine, conferences, banquets, and golf.
More than 90% of its park is covered by woods, green belts and lakes. The entire hotel is built in the European Renaissance Baroque style.
The main castle draws on the prototype of Maison Lafayette Castle in France, and the east and west annex buildings reproduce the style of the Fontainebleau Palace in France. The architecture and appearance are majestic, and the interior decoration is magnificent.
A 3.5-kilometer moat surrounds the castle, and there is a 350,000-square-meter Wild Duck Lake, which is currently the most beautiful and original wetland landscape in Beijing. Wild ducks, egrets and swans live in the lake all year round.
The scenery is picturesque and breathtaking.
In 2008, it hosted members of the Puti and Mao Xiong delegations. In 10 years, Bill Gates and Buffett jointly held a charity dinner here, inviting the country's richest people to participate. Of course half the rich people on the list didn't come.
If Jing Gao was invited, he would not go. Where are you, the rich Americans, asking us to avoid taxes?
The taxes paid in China are really pitiful, even lower than those of the middle class. I don't know how to write the word "death". You don’t have to pay taxes, so what do you need?
The morning sun shines down, making the hotel room bright and fresh.
Jing Gao came back from working out and took a shower in the bathroom. His wife couldn't stand it if he wanted to go all out. He does sports every day, which can be regarded as consistent exercise. After a while, Li Mengwei came in after waking up.
No matter how beautiful the goddess is, she is still an ordinary girl when she wakes up in the morning without washing herself. Of course, the lazy style is still dazzling. But he naturally loves the life-oriented side of his beloved wife.
"Good morning, Weiwei." Jing Gao stood under the bathtub and greeted his beloved wife, who was wearing autumn light pink pajamas.
Mid-October in Beijing is late autumn, which is still a bit cool.
"Jing Xiaogao, you went to exercise again!" Li Mengwei was still a little awake and replied with hazy eyes. She glanced at Jing Gao secretly, covered her mouth and chuckled. He has a good figure.
Holding the pregnancy test box in her hand, she went out after completing a set of testing procedures. After a while, she came in. When she saw the color, she exclaimed in surprise, "Ah..." holding her husband who had just put on his pajamas, "Hubby, I Pregnant."
Jing Gao smiled and hugged his beloved wife gently, stroking her hair, "Weiwei..."
He was not as excited as Weiwei. He and Weiwei had already done pre-pregnancy examinations, and all indicators were good. Wanting to get pregnant is not a problem. However, Weiwei's excitement still infected him, and he was very happy.
"You need to eat more in the morning from now on."
"Yeah." Li Mengwei said, "I'm going to call my mother and ask her what to pay attention to."
"good."
At around ten o'clock in the morning, Jing Gao asked Xiao He and others who were following him to pack their luggage, and he and Weiwei returned to the courtyard. Since the two nannies in the courtyard, Sister Lan, and others were on vacation and went back to visit relatives, he called Li Xin, the housekeeper of Yuntu Villa, and asked her to assign a cook to cook.
The circle around him was suddenly shocked. Everyone knew that he had returned to the capital in the middle of his honeymoon. People close to him like Guan Guan basically knew that Weiwei was pregnant.
Jing Gao also called his parents in Haizhou to tell him the good news.
Mother Gao Lijun said: "Oh, Xiaojing, I was so anxious before. You are going to have a baby just after you get married! You are already 29 years old and will turn thirty soon. Book a ticket for me and I will go to the capital to see you tomorrow. go."
Father Jing Jianguo interrupted, interrupting his wife's ramblings, "He has a nanny at home. How are you so anxious? At least tidy up. Bring some local specialties from Haizhou." He added, "Xiaojing, you and I Mom goes and takes a look, this is what should be done. I want to ask your opinion first, would you like your mother to stay in the capital to take care of you?"
Nowadays, young people have completely different eating habits and work schedules than older people like them. Xiaojing's career is now prosperous, and he has been living in a courtyard with a nanny all year round. There is no need for them to take care of Weiwei.
Don't do bad things with good intentions. Any conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will cause trouble. Sometimes, distance creates beauty.
Jing Gao thought about it and said, "Mom and dad, then, when Weiwei's situation stabilizes in three months, you come to live for a while, and we will just accompany you around." His father was indeed thinking about a problem. Living together brings more conflicts.
Moreover, he really likes to live with Weiwei now. Sister Lan and the others also get along well. Recipes and all, just give an order. Living with my parents is too restrictive.
Gao Lijun scolded unhappily: "Xiaojing, aren't you happy for me to take care of your wife? Then I won't go to the capital."
Jing Gao couldn't laugh or cry and scratched his head. We chatted on the phone for a long time, trying to finalize things. The day after tomorrow, her parents came to Beijing to visit Weiwei. They stayed at home for three to five days and then returned to Haizhou.
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Jing Gao met Yun Ruolin at a private restaurant in Haidian at noon on Friday, October 26, after his parents left the capital.
This private restaurant is located in a quiet street. It looks inconspicuous from the outside, but when you walk in, you'll see an antique courtyard.
Yun Ruolin booked the location. Jing Gao was accompanied by Kang Wenfeng and led by the waiter to the private room in the courtyard inside.
Kang Wenfeng's assistant gave the boss his briefcase and left it waiting outside the restaurant.
Walking in the courtyard of the private restaurant, the environment is elegant. Kang Wenfeng is holding a bulging briefcase and seizes the time to communicate with Jing Gao, "Mr. Jing, do we, Phoenix Financial Group, want to invest in real estate? The recent economic situation is not good. In the Magic City, Some companies want to mortgage their properties to us in exchange for funding.”
He has worked in many financial institutions such as CITIC Securities, Hua Xia Bank, Ping An of China, and China Merchants Securities. He has been in the financial circles of Shanghai for many years. The real estate situation has plummeted recently, so many friends have asked him to entrust their services to him.
Regarding the development and prospects of Phoenix Financial Group, there is probably an internal slogan, which is to benchmark against Ping An of China, mainly to develop insurance and credit businesses, and eventually become a giant in the financial industry.
The insurance business is not something he can get into if he wants to. This requires a certain amount of time and reputation accumulation. The performance can be clearly seen in the credit and asset management businesses. This is his duty in this position.
The company must move forward and deliver beautiful results!
Jing Gao said casually: "What type of real estate?"
"Mainly office buildings and commercial real estate."
Jing Gao admired the plump and round figure wrapped in the crimson skirt of the waiter who was leading the way. Weiwei was just pregnant, so he was busy with some chores and taking care of her. For example: I went to Yanda specifically to apply for suspension of study. After all, if a graduate student is pregnant, others will gossip about her. Looking for cribs and more.
According to the doctor's advice, he could not have sex with Weiwei for the first three months. It's made him a little angry recently. Said: "Who is there?"
Kang Wenfeng smiled and said: "The most famous one is Mr. Pan."
Jing Gao sneered and ordered: "Don't do business with him! I don't like him. His ancestral graves have been dug up."
Expansion into the real estate industry will wait. According to a report given to me by a think tank, profits in the real estate industry are declining year by year. Phoenix Financial Group can consider expanding overseas! In the domestic insurance business, it is difficult for us to grow bigger. "
Kang Wenfeng nodded and was silent for a few seconds before saying: "When we expand overseas, our first choice destination is to exclude Angsa's territory. In the remaining markets, the first thing we have to face is not competition from other peers, but us. Friends within the system.
For example, if we go to sea, our first stop will definitely be Hong Kong Island. Then it turned to the Nanyang area. This will conflict with Jiuge Capital and LP Investment Group, which integrated Bank of East Asia. The main reason is that the resources we can call are all overlapping. "
Jing Gao smiled and said: "There is still a difference, right?"
The main foundation of Phoenix Financial Group is a group of financial companies established by Cao Danqing when competing with An Xiaoqian's Hairun Group. In addition, the acquired business of Hairun Group are all very high-quality financial assets.
For example, Phoenix Financial Group holds 9% of the shares of Jingzhou Rural Commercial Bank. The annual dividends and financial conveniences brought by these shares are very valuable.
The core business of Phoenix Financial Group is still: insurance business. Jiuge Capital is actually an asset management company. Just a little more financial. There is no industry on Hong Kong Island either. The LP Investment Group after integrating Bank of East Asia is actually a large investment bank with mixed operations.
The businesses of these three overlap, because all financial capital is interested in high-return projects and businesses. For example, after an insurance company collects premiums, it will reinvest the funds to earn profits from the price difference. Where to invest?
For a financial asset management company, I will help you manage your assets and charge asset management fees. To maintain and increase the value of assets, you still have to invest.
Not to mention investment banks, Wall Street investment banks are world-famous for their bloodthirstiness. Go wherever there is money to be made. Of course, investment banks have another core business: helping companies go public! Collect the benefits before the company goes public.
Of course, there are also differences between these companies. At least the sources of funds obtained, the scope of external business, corporate structure, management culture, investment preferences, and stability are all different.
To give the simplest example, international insurance giant AIG, Wall Street investment bank ****, and BlackRock Group have completely different impressions on the public. But upon closer inspection, we find that the three overlap in some investment fields.
For example, **** also has an asset management department. BlackRock holds shares in HSBC and is the largest shareholder. AIG will finance developers to build hotels in Shanghai (this is the bank's business), in order to obtain part of the hotel's equity and long-term lease rights.
So, after all, it’s all business!
Jing Gao knew why Kang Wenfeng didn't want to explore overseas markets. This can easily be a thankless exercise with too little return on investment. But Jinggao hopes that all his companies can grow into international enterprises rooted in China.
Kang Wenfeng smiled and agreed: "Of course. Mr. Jing, I will arrange it."
Speaking of which, Jing Gao is still his junior brother. But now that Boss Jing is getting married and getting older, his business empire is running smoothly and continuously expanding, giving his subordinates a more and more majestic feeling. When the boss asked back, he didn't dare to argue anymore, but quickly agreed.
After arriving at the place, the waiter opened the box door, bowed slightly and asked Jing Gao and Kang Wenfeng to enter. Yun Ruolin did not invite Jing Gao to dinner alone, but with her friend Wei Minjun. She was a married woman, and it was easy for gossip to spread when she had a meal alone with a romantic figure like Jing Gao.
"Mr. Jing, hello." Yun Ruolin and Wei Minjun were drinking tea on the sofa next to the coffee table. She stood up and shook hands with Jing Gao gracefully.
"Hello, Ms. Yun." Jing Gao smiled and shook hands with the delicate and elegant young woman. He nodded to the graceful and round beautiful woman next to him, Wei Minjun, and then introduced: "This is the person in charge of my Phoenix Financial Group. Kang Wenfeng.”
"Hello, Ms. Yun." Kang Wenfeng is in his forties, calm and reserved. Looking at this beautiful lady. The first impression she gives people is that she has a sense of laziness. However, her temperament is elegant, which makes her not give people an aura of worldliness, a sense of laziness similar to temptation, but a laziness that overflows with the temperament of a wealthy and idle person.
"Hello." Yun Ruolin smiled and invited Jing Gao and others to sit down. "Mr. Jing, I made the food early. You can try it later. It tastes very good."
Yun Ruolin is very organized. She did not introduce Wei Minjun to Kang Wenfeng. At this time, he will not take the initiative to bring up the topic. Because this was Jing Gao asking her to do something. And her relationship with Jing Gao was not to the point where she would take the initiative to ask and care.
Kang Wenfeng sat at the Eight Immortals table and took the initiative to pour tea for everyone. There are many such dinner parties in the capital. Not everyone needs to know each other for a meal. Just look at this Miss Yun and her friends, they all look noble.
You also know that Mr. Jing personally came forward to hire someone to help coordinate the issuance of a bank license. What kind of family background must this woman have? If you think too much and too carefully, you will get a 404.
Jing Gao just smiled and drank tea: "Okay, I must try this. To say that the capital is the imperial capital after all, I have been in the capital for eleven years, and I have never been to many gourmet restaurants."
After saying that, he paused and said: "Ms. Yun, I'm going to tell you straight away during the break before serving the food. I also need you to help me clear up the matter of the Phoenix Bank license. If there is anything I can do in return in the future, Just speak."
He had communicated with Yun Ruolin before, so he didn't need to preface anything at this time and directly stated his request.
"Mr. Jing, you are serious. I don't know whether it will work or not. Have you brought the information?" Yun Ruolin smiled. What Jing Gao said is very accurate! It's just that this man, who has always been strong, actually also talks a lot when asking people to do things, which really makes her feel novel and very comfortable. I had made a deal with him before, but I didn't know what to do immediately.
Today she is wearing a white sweater, cyan casual trousers, and a gradient autumn jacket, looking beautiful. Her appearance is even better than that of Wei Minjun. The figure and temperament are even more excellent. With a figure of 1.7 meters, the peaks and ridges are round and straight, and the figure is graceful.
Jing Gao took a thick parchment paper bag from Kang Wenfeng and handed it to Yun Ruolin, "It's all here."
Yun Ruolin accepted it.
At this time the exquisite dishes were served.
