Time flies.
In a blink of an eye, it’s the end of the year and New Year’s Day is approaching.
The year 2007 in the Gregorian calendar is coming soon, and there is still more than a year left before the 2008 Beijing Investment Conference. It has been more than a year since Lorraine was reborn as a human being. Over the past year, too many changes have taken place. It can be said that Lorraine today can no longer deduce what will happen in the future, because due to his appearance, his changes, and the trajectory of time, subtle butterflies have occurred. effect.
He has grown into a rich young man with great potential.
Within a few months, Luoshui International, under the name of Luo Group, went from initial completion and trial operation to its current booming business without any deviation. Although there were occasional declines in revenue in the meantime, in a timely manner After adjusting, he recovered quickly. Rock Group now has Qin Wanshu, a manager of the business development department, who can do many things with half the effort.
During this period of time, Kang Shaojie has also officially extended his business to Laoshanjiao. In the industrial chain under the name of Lao Qin's family, many shares belong to Kang Shaojie. Originally, the Lao Qin family felt that they were at a loss. However, in just a few months, Kang Shaojie used his strong financial resources and connections to open up more leisure and entertainment markets in Laoshanjiao, using the industry in his hands as a As a foundation, we use the industry under the name of Lao Qin's family as a springboard to gradually reach a consensus with peers in other leisure and entertainment industries in Laoshanjiao. And the Lao Qin family also gained a lot of advantages in this process, and the unpleasant feeling at the beginning was gradually diluted by the benefits.
From beginning to end, Kang Shaojie was not acquiring, but cooperating.
Just like the old Qin family.
At the end of the year, a very interesting situation occurred in Laoshanjiao, that is, none of the leisure and entertainment industries here belonged to Kang Shaojie. However, every leisure and entertainment venue that is on the market has at least 25% of Kang Shaojie's shares.
What a clever method!
True possession is not possession, but enjoyment.
Under Kang Shaojie's hands, there were suddenly many more leisure and entertainment venues in Laoshanjiao. At least, he had enough say, enough restraint, and enough influence, and he could be found in any place. No matter what happens, he doesn't have to take the blame. Furthermore, even if a business competitor annexed some of the properties in Laoshanjiao that he owned, he would not be able to completely contain him in one fell swoop.
In just a few months, Laoshanjiao has easily developed into a new stronghold for Kang Shaojie. I have to say that this guy is a character.
Lorraine also expressed deep admiration for Kang Shaojie's beautiful business skills.
On the other hand, Lorraine got the news that Shen Zheyu, the eldest young master of the Shen family, has now officially entered the business world. In fact, that night he spent a lot of time, energy and connections to hold the capital college themed event. The purpose of the dance was to announce to the outside world that he, Shen Zheyu, was not an official but a businessman!
What surprised Lorraine a little was that Shen Zheyu also chose the leisure and entertainment industry, but it was still somewhat different from Rock Group and Kang Shaojie. His direction is the Internet! On the Internet, he established a large-scale shopping mall. Through the Shen family's connections, he successfully became partners with many well-known brands.
In a short period of time, his online mall named [Kyoto People] quickly entered a profitable state and gained a high reputation within the capital. Of course, he is targeting high-end consumer groups. In fact, the nature is very similar to that of Taobao Mall, but the difference is that Taobao Mall is for middle and low-class consumption, but the Kyoto people are very high-end.
This Shen Zheyu's eyes are actually locked on the Internet. It can be seen that this guy is a person who keeps pace with the times. Kang Shaojie, on the other hand, is a standard hard-core businessman. He will expand wherever he has the resources and foundation, either steadily or by surprise. In short, from a certain perspective, both of them are talents. No wonder they can become friends. Of course, the reason why they can become friends is because they are both very good characters.
And Lorraine, who was lucky enough to be friends with both of them, naturally couldn't be too incompetent, right
Under Lorraine's series of unconventional ideas and plans, the scale of Luoshui International has grown stronger, and its leisure projects have gradually expanded, and the response has been very good. During this period, Luo Jianrong, under the suggestion of Lorraine, opened up a new entertainment world behind Luoshui International. After walking out of the coffee shop or cafeteria, you can see an area of nowhere. The small swimming pool, the style here is a bit imitated by the well-known European leisure and entertainment venue [Caesar Palace]. Although the scale is not as large as others, it still feels good.
This place is mainly provided for high-end consumer groups to enjoy in summer and autumn. It is expected to be officially completed at the end of April or early May next year.
"Shaojie, you have been developing very smoothly recently." Lorraine dialed Kang Shaojie's number in a small office lounge arranged by her parents.
"Haha, each other." Kang Shaojie on the other side of the phone said with a cheerful face, "How about, according to your style, the next step should be to take advantage of the period between New Year's Day and Spring Festival to come up with some new tricks, right? Or... your idea, Already completely formed?”
Lorraine smiled: "That's about it. If you have time, come out for a meal."
"Okay, where to meet?"
"Where are you now?"
"company."
"Okay, let's meet at William's Cafe on Garden Road in Kaiyuan District."
"No problem." Kang Shaojie pondered for a moment, then smiled mysteriously, "However, there is a friend here with me. If I go over to meet you alone, I will ignore him. "
Lorraine raised her eyebrows when she heard this, secretly thinking that there was some mystery in Kang Shaojie's words.
If it is just an ordinary friend, then Kang Shaojie will naturally handle it by himself, but if it is a "friend" worth pondering, then...
Lorraine was so smart and suddenly smiled: "If that friend likes to smoke Chinese cigarettes, then I will reserve a seat for one more person."
This was said beautifully, making Kang Shaojie on the other end of the phone laugh: "Okay, that's it, um... see you in an hour."
"Crack."
After hanging up the phone, Kang Shaojie smiled at Shen Zheyu beside him: "Haha, Lorraine is very smart, right? I guessed it was you right away."
Shen Zheyu was wearing casual clothes today, jeans, a white T-shirt, and a brown designer jacket. The clothes were very casual, but the brand and matching were not casual at all.
The corner of his mouth twitched slightly: "I am becoming more and more interested in him now... You tell me, he once told you that he has a good idea, but it hasn't been completely formed yet, right?"
"Yes. I have a hunch that this is what he wanted to tell me during today's meeting." Kang Shaojie smiled and put on the coat hanging on the hanger, "Besides, he has no objection to you going with me. That's all. It shows that he doesn’t treat you as an outsider.”
"Haha, that's because you, Mr. Kang, are saving your face here."
"You are wrong." Kang Shaojie shook his hand gently, "Lorraine, like me, makes friends casually on the surface, but in fact he is very cautious in his heart. He is willing to share his idea with you, so naturally he is very cautious. You may be considered a 'friend'. Young Master Shen, be mentally prepared, maybe you will get on our pirate ship for no reason."
With that said, Kang Shaojie blinked at Shen Zheyu.
Shen Zheyu laughed: "I can't ask for it!"
He came to see Kang Shaojie today because he wanted to cooperate with Kang Shaojie in some aspects, but Kang Shaojie told him that he was now cooperating with Lorraine. Hearing this, Shen Zheyu was even more delighted. In his eyes, Luo Lin's potential was absolutely extraordinary.
An hour later.
William's Cafe, Garden Road, Kaiyuan District.
Beautiful and tranquil environment, lazy and lingering jazz music, a secluded corner.
Luo Lin, Kang Shaojie, Shen Zheyu.
The three older men sat facing each other, each with a smile on their face, and seemed very satisfied with today's "date" which was not romantic at all.
"Young Master Shen, we meet again. It's an honor."
"Young Master Luo, I am the one who should be honored, haha." Shen Zheyu smiled. He looked very bold and cheerful today, not as arrogant as he was at the dance that night. Maybe, this is his original state
In memory, when Lorraine and Shen Zheyu met by chance on the train, the other party had such a character.
"Okay, you guys should stop being polite to each other." Kang Shaojie waved his hand at this time and interjected, "Don't let the young master come and go. Luo Lin, his name is Shen Zheyu, Shen Zheyu, his name is Luo Lin. You guys We all know each other’s names, right? Just call us by their first names from now on, don’t make it so formal, it seems too foreign.”
Lorraine and Shen Zheyu looked at each other and smiled.
Among the three, Kang Shaojie is the oldest, Shen Zheyu is the second, and Luo Lin is the youngest. Many times, Kang Shaojie's words are quite qualified to "rely on the old and sell the old."
"I'll call you Zheyu from now on."
"Okay, I'll call you Lorraine from now on."
At this time, the waiter brought three coffees and some side dishes.
"Tell me, Lorraine, did you make some progress when you asked me out today?" As he spoke, Kang Shaojie pointed to his head and smiled.
Lorraine shrugged noncommittally: "Before I say this, I have something to say to Zhe Yu."
"Oh?" Shen Zheyu smiled when he heard this.
"First of all, congratulations on the success of the Kyoto Online Mall operated under your name." Lorraine said sincerely.
"Thanks."
"But... I'm not very optimistic about the future prospects of Kyoto people. In other words... your Kyoto people can do better."
"Cough cough cough..." Kang Shaojie was drinking coffee and almost choked on Lorraine's words. People from Kyoto, the future prospects are not very promising? What can be done better? ? ...You know, before coming here, Kang Shaojie was full of praise for Shen Zheyu's development in this area. Unexpectedly, when he came to Lorraine, he became a not so good existence.
Shen Zheyu's face paled when he heard this, then he looked at Luo Lin's serious expression, and then he calmed down, without getting angry at all, and said humbly: "I'm all ears."