Chapter 169: Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
After the afternoon auction, the provincial Taiwan and Tianze jointly held a reception, which was attended by 36 foreign units and local media. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
From the beginning of the reception, Zhao Zejun was surrounded by the media almost the whole time and became the focus of the audience.
The local media people in Jianwu City are very familiar with this young entrepreneur, starting from the Internet, to real estate, and now involved in the cultural and entertainment circles.
Of course, the reception was not a press conference, and it was impossible for a large group of reporters to wear professional changes and hand the microphone to Zhao Zejun's mouth. On occasions like cocktail parties, beautiful women naturally have certain professional advantages, and major media have basically sent out leading women.
So judging from the scene, Zhao Zejun was surrounded by a large group of warblers and Yanyan in dresses.
"Mr. Zhao, Tianze Media has inherited your style, and it is extraordinary as soon as you make a move, becoming the No. 1 program on Sunan Satellite TV. Next, are you ready to challenge the No. 1 throne in the country and benchmark against the super girls who broke 8 ratings this year?" asked a female reporter in a low-cut dress with big waves.
"You should ask Miss Zhou and Miss Yang this question. Zhao Zejun smiled and pointed to Zhou Yuanyuan, who was chatting with Yang Xiaojing not far away, and said half-jokingly: "Tianze, Miss Zhou can represent me with full authority." ”
There was a short-haired girl who was not tall and blinked her eyes and said, "Mr. Zhao, I heard that you suddenly withdrew from real estate and started Tianze Entertainment, which has a lot to do with Miss Zhou?"
Everyone loves to listen to this kind of gossip, whether it is because of young women's natural affection for successful men, or the human gossip psychology, or the huge attraction of lace news topics, the eyes of the surrounding female reporters lit up one by one, and they were waiting for Zhao Zejun's answer with a smile.
"What does it matter?" Zhao Zejun laughed: "What does it matter?"
Obviously, Zhao Zejun was unwilling to answer this kind of question directly, so the reporters stopped asking questions in a knowing way.
"Mr. Zhao, there is a saying in the society now that you created and led the 'Zezi Department' financial group, what do you think?"
"Financial group?" Zhao Zejun shook his head and said: "This hat is too big, whether it is the funds I have in hand or the fixed assets, if you look at it nationwide, at best, it is just a small and medium-sized enterprise, where can you talk about any financial group, this department and that department." ”
"Today's auction and title tender, you have made a profit of close to 70 million, and there will be further income from various copyrights in the future. Is this money going to continue to be invested in Tianze in the future to further lay out the entertainment industry, or will it use the entertainment industry funds to feed back the Zeye Plaza project?"
This question is a bit deep, in fact, it is asking Zhao Zejun whether the next main direction of business is entertainment media, real estate, or both. From the answer to the question, Zhao Zejun's true financial resources can also be judged.
Zhao Zejun smiled: "70 million is not enough, the production cost of If You Are Honest Do Not Disturb is more than 20 million, deducted piecemeal, the annual profit of the entertainment industry is not compared with my other industries." ”
As he spoke, Ding Lan's laughter came from outside the crowd.
"Ladies and gentlemen, can you lend me Mr. Zhao a few minutes? By the way, tell you a good news, in order to thank all media friends for their support, every visiting friend in the press will receive a small gift from Tianze to show their gratitude. If I'm not mistaken, it's a famous watch, and you can now choose your favorite style. ”
Beside Ding Lan, there was a middle-aged foreign man with blond hair and blue eyes, with an expression on his face that didn't look like he was smiling, but it made people feel very kind at first sight.
Very affinity.
Seeing this, several reporters knew that Zhao Zejun had something serious to talk about, and they left one after another.
Ding Lan smiled at the foreigner and said to Zhao Zejun: "Mr. Zhao, let me introduce, this is the representative of the Malaysian Guo Group in East China, Mr. Daniel. Mr. Daniel, this is the chairman of Zeye Real Estate Company, Mr. Zhao Zejun. ”
"Hello Mr. Zhao, I have heard of the name for a long time. Daniel spoke very authentic Chinese and stretched out his hand to Zhao Zejun.
"Hello, Mr. Daniel. Zhao Zejun nodded slightly: "If I remember correctly, is the Kwok Group in Malaysia founded by Mr. Guo Henian, the king of the Asian sugar industry?"
"You are very knowledgeable. Daniel smiled and nodded.
This Guo Henian, Zhao Zejun has heard of it in his previous life, his ancestral home is in the mainland, a big businessman in Malaysia, and the real head of the Guo family, one of the top big families and big conglomerates in Malaysia.
Zhao Zejun now has less than ten companies under his name, and it seems that he has 'blossomed on all sides', but compared with the Guo Group, Zhao Zejun is still a child who has just started.
Under the operation of Guo Henian for decades, the Kwok Group directly and indirectly controls and mainly holds more than 120 companies, and its business has penetrated into Singapore, Thailand, China, Indonesia, Fiji and Australia, and its main business scope starts from sugarcane planting and sugar refining, and then enters the food and mining fields, and derives into finance, hotels, plantations, aviation and trade, etc.
Before Zhao Zejun crossed, there was a saying circulating on the Internet that Guo Henian is the real richest man in Malaysia, and in terms of economic strength, he actually slightly surpasses Li Ka-shing, but he is relatively low-key and has always rarely appeared.
"Although we met for the first time, we were already old friends. Zhao Zejun said with a smile.
"Oh, where does that begin?" asked Daniel curiously.
Zhao Zejun smiled faintly and said: "Tianlong Import and Export Trade Group in Southern Jiangsu Province is a partner of the shipping company under the name of Guo's Group, right?"
Daniel thought for a moment, "Yes, Tianlong Company rents Kuok Shipping's cargo cruise ships every year, and the two sides have cooperated for more than five years. However, I am not very familiar with the shipping part. Why, Mr. Zhao is interested in shipping, I can introduce friends from the shipping company to you. ”
"Not necessarily. Just since the beginning of this year, some of the ships of Kuok's Shipping have been transported to the Middle East. Zhao Zejun shook the goblet in his hand to Daniel: "So we should be old friends." ”
"Oh, I see!, that should be a toast to our friendship!" Daniel gently clinked glasses with Zhao Zejun.
When clinking glasses, Zhao Zejun keenly noticed that the upper edge of the other party's wine glass fell below the top edge of his own wine glass, which was one-third lower than the wine glass in his hand.
Judging from the other party's standard Chinese pronunciation and the small action of clinking glasses, this Mr. Daniel should be a Chinese expert.
However, Mr. Daniel's main responsibility in the Kwok Group is not the shipping sector. Ding Lan said.
Zhao Zejun took the opportunity to answer: "Oh, what is Mr. Daniel's major?"
"I am mainly responsible for the development of the hotel business in mainland China. Daniel finally made his intentions clear: "At the auction, I heard you mention that in the future, Zeye Plaza will have large office buildings, hotel apartment facilities, and will introduce partners, I am very interested." That's why I took the liberty of asking Miss Ding to introduce on my behalf. ”
"I see. Zhao Zejun smiled without changing his face.
didn't immediately say anything substantial, and glanced at Ding Lan quietly.
It's not that Lao Zhao doesn't want to say it, but he really doesn't know what well-known hotels are under the name of the Guo Group, and he has almost no understanding of the Guo Group's hotel operation capabilities.
Lao Zhao was also the deputy manager of a small company in his previous life, and it was already good to know the general situation of the Guo Group, how could he know all aspects of the group, and he was not an expert in Southeast Asian business.
So it's not good for him to take it rashly.
Ding Lan understood and naturally said: "Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, a subsidiary of the Kwok Group, is one of the top 10 well-known companies in the same industry in the world, and Mr. Daniel is responsible for the development of Shangri-La business in East China. At that time, the chairman went to Yuhang for inspection, and the Yuhang Hotel where he stayed was the predecessor of Yuhang Shangri-La Hotel, which has a high reputation in the country. ”
"Mr. Guo is optimistic about the economic development of the Mainland, and hopes to have more far-reaching cooperation with the outstanding talents in the Mainland, and I personally hope that we can continue to build on the past and forge ahead into the future to strengthen the Shangri-La Group. Daniel smiled and nodded.
Hearing Ding Lan say this, Zhao Zejun knew that the so-called hotel business of the Guo Group turned out to be Shangri-La Hotel.
Shangri-La Hotel Group, Zhao Zejun still has a certain understanding, he traveled on business in his last life and often lived in Shangri-La and Hilton. Shangri-La is the largest luxury hotel group in Asia, and is regarded as one of the world's best hotel management groups, because it started in Malaysia and is headquartered in Xiangjiang, so Asia is its business center.
There is indeed a need for large hotels and office buildings around Zeye Plaza, with Zeye Plaza as the center and surrounded by arches and guards to create a supporting business district.
Originally, in Zhao Zejun's plan, it was planned to consider the surrounding facilities after the completion of the main building of the first phase of the project and Zeye Plaza.
The investment in the hotel is too large, hundreds of millions or even more than a billion yuan will be smashed down, there is no foundation for the first phase, even if it is to attract investment and seek partners, Zhao Zejun can't play it at present.
I was worried that the hotel business of the Kwok Group, which Daniel was in charge of, was a small hotel with a little-known name, or even a simple chain hotel like Seven Days, which obviously did not meet the positioning around Zeye Plaza.
But at this time, since he learned that the other party is a well-known industry leader, Shangri-La, Daniel took the initiative to come to discuss cooperation, Lao Zhao's heart moved, this is a good opportunity to send to the door, and the original plan can be revised to advance the construction of supporting hotels.
"Mr. Daniel, do you have a more specific proposal?" asked Zhao Zejun.
"Of course ......," Daniel said.
"There's no hurry, let's go to the cigar bar next door, it's quieter and has some private space. Zhao Zejun interrupted him with a smile.