Chapter 510, the real estate and waiter with a high degree of discernment
The crown prince's visit can be described as an inspection of the company by investors, and that's all, so it won't stay long. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but Alice can do a lot of things, after all, she has a career all over the world, even if the information age has not been completely opened, is it not possible to sit in the office to make phone calls, send and receive faxes?
But of course, she didn't stick to the Roswell Building, but found a company Mercedes and drove it towards the south bank of the Thames, not even the secretary Monica. Vanda Plaza is there, and it's not wrong to go over and inspect it in person.
It was five o'clock in the afternoon, and there were already a lot of pedestrians around the square. Not far from the south is the residential area, the north is across the river is the commercial area, and the six buildings of the square itself are also stationed with many companies.
Of course, this is also not unrelated to the grand opening of Alice's supermarket, at five o'clock, how many housewives are coming out of the direct exit with large bags? Of course, the supermarket is located underground, with escalators directly to the ground, and the height of the shopping center is six, seven or eight floors, and a large number of businesses such as branded clothing and jewelry stores, restaurants, and cinemas have either settled down or are in the process of settling down, which is a large amount of rent.
"Urban complexes, Rockefeller Center in New York, La DΓ©fense in Paris, Roppongi in Japan, Pacific Place in Hong Kong, are all locked shopping destinations. Hmph, our Vanda Plaza is going to take the route of world domination, let's see how I build more and more...... Eh, wait! β
Alice was thinking wildly, but of course she didn't stop, but stalked into the mall. With the Ashley family's connections in Italy, it's not too easy to list brands such as Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Dior and Armani on either side of the entrance on the first floor. The first business project of the whole company, or a place like London, how can there be no reason not to put international first-line brands at the forefront?
"The more you cover, the more you ...... It seems to be full of uninteresting. β
Standing next to Dior's store, Alice suddenly felt a pain.
For no other reason, while it would be nice to have Vanda Plazas all over the world, it's not good for diversity.
Even if she could make each of the plaza buildings unique, at least in terms of name and actual impression, there would be a big question - what would Vanda Square in London look like? What's Paris like? What about Sydney? What about New York and Los Angeles?
In other words, discernment is poor.
Take a look at the "normal" well-known buildings.
China Zun, Oriental Plaza, World Trade Center Steps; Shanghai Tower, World Financial Center, Oriental Pearl Tower; Chow Tai Fook Finance Centre, International Finance Centre, CITIC Plaza......
Hafarita, Royal Clock Tower, Makkah Royal Clock Tower, Kuala Lumpur Petronas Petronas Twin Towers, Willis Group Tower, ......
Theoretically speaking, Alice, who has a historical advantage, can completely grab many of these buildings and include them in the category of "Vnda Square......
For example, if the Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai takes the central green space of Lujiazui as the endpoint and draws a fan shape with a radius of 800 meters facing the Huangpu River, how about making the site of her "Shanghai Lujiazui Vanda Plaza"?
If this is true, then many office buildings in the financial district with their own names will become monotonous "Vanda Plaza Buildings A to N......
Well, yes, Alice didn't think about how much of an achievement this would be at this moment, and she didn't care about how to get past the mainland government, she just thought about how monotonous this should be~
"Looks like I need to adjust my development strategy? Let the Yangtze River Group take advantage of it and pull it down, what's the matter, is it not enough for Cisco, but also to support the development of a Country Garden? Let's pull it too, I'll pay back Vanke...... So, to create another product system for my Vanda company? β
Vanda Group is not only Vanda Plaza, we also have ......
What else?
"SOHO China?"
That's it, that's it, in this time of people, in the lobby on the first floor of this shopping mall full of shoppers, Alice guards the door of the Dior store and begins a series of unknown brain holes.
"If you look at the product system alone, you can include SOHO China in Vanda. But Vanda's development system is completely copied...... Wanda, the integration of squares, office buildings, shopping malls, hotels and cinemas, the company is the product, the product is the company, and the brand recognition is one of the best in the world. If we really include projects like SOHO China, it is feasible, but it is not a good one......"
SOHO China is also a chain commercial real estate model, although the scale is far less than Wanda's, and its products are still limited to Beijing and Shanghai, but it is also a model of commercial real estate with unique shape and chain operation. Undoubtedly, this company has also tied its name to its products, and the so-called Jianwai SOHO, Wangjing SOHO, SOHO Modern City and other industries are also recognizable.
All are diametrically opposed to Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Group......
In fact, regarding Li Ka-shing's real estate industry, Alice has always been full of slots. It is really just responsible for building buildings, whether it is an office building or a residential community, on the surface it is all completely independent products, if there is no industry person with the relevant documents to name and name the surname, how can the average person know which building and which building can have anything to do with Li Ka-shing?
A long time ago, Alice was complaining about Li Ka-shing's "lack of existence", but now, she may have to face the bitter fruit of "too strong a sense of existence......
"Oops...... Should it be said that the old man is wise? Ahh I'm not a rookie in the business world! β
Let's wait and talk about the egg pain, Alice pouted, looked not far away, and then her eyes lit up.
Hey, the one you can see from the patio on the second floor is "Oscar & Hannah"!?
The European branch is still open, although I have already received a letter from Sophie, but the feeling of seeing it with my own eyes is of course incomparably cool!
So as fast as she could, Alice took the escalator to the second floor and got into the store.
There are a lot of customers in the store, and they are obviously mainly young people, many of them are girlfriends hanging out with young white-collar workers, but more of them, many girlfriends are shopping with their high school and college boyfriends.
"Not bad~"
That's pretty good, Oscar & Hannah originally imitated ZARA's fast-selling route, and since they are all named after their brothers and sisters, how can there be any reason to play the style of successful people and rich young women? Thanks to the fact that it is also operating in the three major fields of men's clothing, women's clothing and children's clothing at the same time, almost everyone under the age of 30 can come here to shop!
"Hello Miss, is there anything you want to look forward to?" At this time, a small Asian waitress stepped forward: "Today happens to be a big sale of jeans, do you want to have one?" β
Alice nodded: "Okay, let's have a dark blue one." Hey, you have double phoenix eyes. β
The waiter's rare eye shape surprised her, and she naturally became interested in talking: "You're just twenty years old, aren't you?" β
The waiter paused: "Oh, no, I'm a Chinese-American, a college student, and I've been to the UK to experience life these days." β
The amount of information seemed to be a bit large, and Alice couldn't help but puff out: "Oh my God, still experiencing life!?" Hello hello, my name is Alice, and I am also Chinese-American, and I am from Los Angeles. β
Since the fellow met the fellow, the part-time waiter naturally lost his professionalism, laughed and shook hands with Alice: "Hello Alice, my name is Lucy, born in Queens, New York, majoring in Asian language and culture at the University of Michigan." Are you still a high school student? β
"I just graduated, I went to secondary school in the UK, but I haven't thought about university yet." Alice looked at the waitress, and the more she looked at it, the more wonderful it became. From the perspective of Asians, the other party is not beautiful, but with the classical aesthetics of Europeans and Americans, her typical square face, high cheekbones and red phoenix eyes have really become a typical oriental beauty in the eyes of many people.
From this purity, the mixed-race Alice is not beautiful enough!
Fortunately, she really doesn't envy this pure oriental beauty......
"Uh...... Wait a minute, you said your name was Lucy, right? β
Danfeng eyes, high cheekbones, square face, how typical you look, Queens, New York is a very unusual location, so Alice subconsciously turned over her memory bank: "You are a college student, and then go to London to experience life?" Isn't it the beginning of the school year? β
Lucy smiled brightly, "It's the beginning of school, so I plan to work part-time in two more days." What about you? Haven't thought about which university to go to after graduation? Are you going to be directly employed? Eh, that's not right, you said you didn't think about it......"
"My Chinese name is Wei Wei, which happens to be the abbreviation of the middle name Wei Wei'an." Alice interrupted the little waiter's gushing, "What about you?" β
"Oh, Lucy Liu! What do you think of my pronunciation? I've met a lot of Chinese people in Chinatowns in New York and London, but most of them speak Cantonese and Hokkien, what about you? Where is your hometown? β
Alice took a deep breath.
Although it's a good thing, she really feels like she's been by a dog.
"I understand all dialects, but I still speak Mandarin. Learn Mandarin and don't be afraid to travel all over China! Rest assured, your pronunciation is pretty standard. Well, Lucy, ask a question. β
Alice couldn't bear to show an abnormal expression: "Have you ever studied acting?" Do you have an ideal of being an actor? β
The targeted fatal blow made the smiling waitress suddenly break her face, and she with her phoenix eyes, high cheekbones, and square face suddenly grew up in amazement!
"Oh my God! Alice, how do you know I have such ideals? I joined the acting club on my first day of high school! β