Chapter 84: Puzzles
The black gold club, if it is more luxurious, is actually not ranked among the high-end clubs in South Korea. Later, under the impetus of South Korea's "Island Occupation Movement", the South Korean government gave subsidies, and fishermen gradually landed on the island, but it was also used as a temporary residence when the waves were too big and they could not return to land.
Even the wharf here was filmed here at three o'clock and three meals, attracting a lot of tourists, and the government decided to allocate a budget to build it. It was only a matter of the past three or two years that someone really settled.
It took Ah Jiu more than a month to build the airport and build the five-story building of the clubhouse, which is already fast. Naturally, the South Korean construction team can't do it so fast, this is the construction team he pulled from China through his connections, and the speed and quality are much stronger than those of South Korea.
The main body of the clubhouse is all stone. First, there are many stones on the island, and secondly, Ah Jiu has wanted a stone building since a long time ago, which is not something that ordinary craftsmen can do, and requires specialized stonemasons, which is rare in Korea. In fact, there are not many in China, and most of China's ancient buildings are made of wood with mortise and tenon structures, so these stonemasons are all from the Middle East.
With the help of craftsmen from the Middle East, China, and South Korea, the building was able to be put into use within a month. Of course, a lot of money was spent, but compared to the profits that the Black Gold Club could bring, it was still a drop in the bucket.
These craftsmen have not left yet, they are busy building on the island. The policy given to the residents of the island is that their current houses will still be inhabited by them after they have been renovated, and they will be paid as the staff of the resort to serve tourists. If you are unwilling to accept it and want to return to live on land, you will be compensated according to the Korean demolition standard. There were very few people who chose to compensate, all of them were old people, or children who needed to go to school, and there were also some nail households, but after Aru sent a few people over, they all disappeared, and the rest were cooperating 'Shunmin'.
These craftsmen are gradually renovating the houses on the island in order to achieve a sense of natural harmony. Among them, Korean craftsmen are mainly 'laborers' and mainly contribute to the work, Middle Eastern craftsmen are stonemasons and technology-based, and Chinese craftsmen, pavilions, and designs that follow the mountains and seas are all from their hands.
It's not the most luxurious, but it's quite ancient, and because the craftsmen come from the Three Kingdoms, this ancient style is not completely Chinese, nor is it completely Persian, but there is a little bit of it everywhere, which is very interesting.
This part of the construction is not yet finished, and although the island is not large, it is expected to take about half a year. However, the black gold club is no longer affected, it is only the resort side and the tourism industry that is affected.
But Ah Jiu didn't want to develop this island as a tourism industry at all, so it was actually nothing.
The clubhouse has dinner time starting at 8 o'clock in the evening. After the start, all qualified people can come here, in addition to the main banquet hall, there are also private rooms designed with a number of partitions to facilitate some discussions. If you want to eat, you can tell the waiter that the theme of each dinner is different, and the ingredients are different.
At 10 o'clock in the evening, the auction on the three floors starts at the same time, and the auction is once a week, and occasionally there are additional auctions, which are special circumstances, not counted. Members will receive the specific information of the lot in advance, and at this time, members who need to auction things can go to the corresponding floor to auction.
The second basement floor is 'non-enterable', if necessary, you can apply through the private channel, and after applying, you can only enter if you are recognized.
Today's theme is 'yakiniku', so it's full of yakiniku. You can grill your own or eat ready-made, ready-made Turkish barbecue, Korean barbecue, Japanese barbecue, Chinese barbecue, chicken, duck and fish, seafood prawns, from beef ribs to baked potatoes, as long as you want to eat it grilled, you can eat it here.
For a high-end club, this naturally seems a bit LO, but it depends on who the owner is. Ah Jiu's current fame in South Korea, what he does, can be regarded as personality, which makes people speculate about his intentions, rather than making people feel that LO, a simple truth, a LO person, can have such great power, courage, and ability?
Don't talk about human reality, reality is like this. Successful people and failed people are both human beings, but the difference is that successful people have a greater right to speak. The Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were all crazy people, eating five stones, but later generations were called celebrities. People nowadays who do the same thing will be thrown into a drug rehabilitation center.
For these upper-class people in Korea, it's not that they don't eat barbecue, in fact, sometimes, drinking some beer and eating some barbecue is also quite beautiful. It's just that I'm worried that people of the same grade will laugh at me, so I can't do that.
When I came to Ah Jiu's banquet today, everyone was of the same grade, and they were all eating, so there was nothing.
Ah Jiu is also eating, and it is very imageless, it is completely a feast. He really hasn't eaten authentic roast duck for a long time, and today this master is 'airlifted' from China, which is quite authentic and suits his appetite.
Xiuying looked at him from the side and muttered, "Honey, do you pay attention to your image, everyone is looking here." β
"Just look at it, afraid to see it?"
"You're really ......" Xiuying wiped his mouth for him and said, "Didn't I think about your image?" Look at those successful people, which one is as unstable as you? β
"Okay, okay, I'm almost full." Ah Jiu can't completely rely on his own temperament, he knows that Xiuying cares about face very much, although he doesn't think that who dares to say anything about his appearance, but he always has to consider Xiuying's feelings.
Now in this family, Xiuying completely usurped his qualification as a female companion when attending the cocktail party, and for this qualification, she even privately promised Sunny an "unequal treaty", and even then, she had to agree, she liked this kind of occasion.
Ah Jiu is also willing to take her to attend, first, because Xiuying likes it, so she will do well. Moreover, her height is even more slender in a dress, which also matches his height. If it was Sunny, his feet hurt after stepping on high heels for a while, and he was also distressed.
"Brother-in-law, why didn't my sister come." Ah Jiu turned around when he heard the voice and saw Lee Hyun-gyu. He came today with Li Xiuman's invitation, and Li Xiuman's qualification was the invitation letter obtained by the 95th rank among the first batch of 100 people invited.
This is really not going through the back door, with Li Xiuman's status, he can rank 100th in South Korea. After all, South Korea is so big, except for a few big chaebols that can be said, the rest are all at the level of Li Xiuman, and they are almost the same.
Lee so-man is in Japan, and the issue of the agencyship of artists in Japan is a problem, so Lee Hyun-gyu is here. Worried that Ah Jiu would pick up the matter, he called in advance.
In fact, Ah Jiu didn't really want to see Lee so-man, Lee Hyun-gyu, he really wanted to see it, because of the split of the biker party, part of the business that Lee Hyun-gyu was in charge of was replaced by Cui Zi. And because of Lee Hyun-gyu's relationship with Ah Jiu, it is naturally impossible for him to get a half-official position with Park Chanyoung, although if he wants to, Park Canrong will also give him this opportunity.
Lee Hyun-gyu was so idle, idle all day long. He originally planned to follow Cha Tae-hyun to run the NE Film and Television Center, but was stopped by Ah Jiu. Since he handed over all the things in that beach to Cha Tae-hyun, it would be bad to let Lee Hyun-gyu go, as if he had put an eyeliner to watch. Now that he is married to Sunny, Lee Hyun-gyu's identity has become embarrassing, and it is not surveillance, and it is not clear that this kind of thing is not clear, so in order to avoid trouble, Ah Jiu did not let him pass.
Because of this, Sunny was still a little unhappy. However, she can distinguish between inside and outside, and when something happens, as long as Ah Jiu decides, she will not trouble him for her younger brother.
Li Xiangui also knows how to advance and retreat, as Ah Jiu's brother-in-law, this identity is his guarantee, and he doesn't care very much about temporary gains and losses. But he still couldn't help but defend his sister, he wasn't married before, he didn't dare to say anything, but when he got married, Ah Jiu always didn't take Sunny with him when he went out, which made him have some opinions.
Ah Jiu didn't realize it, but Xiuying found out, raised his hand and knocked on Li Hyun-gyu's head, glared and said, "What's the matter, you're not happy to bring me out?" Isn't it underwhelming? β
Others may let him a little because Lee Hyun-gyu is Lee so-man's son, but so-young never cares, when she didn't have a relationship with Ah Jiu, in girls' generation, only Sunny and so-young didn't take Lee Hyun-gyu, the SM eldest son, in their eyes, and the difference now is that she doesn't care even more, and she does it from time to time.
Lee Hyun-gyu is also cowardly, he is cheap, but Xiuying is angry, he is also afraid, and he immediately stopped speaking.
Ah Jiu also understood, smiled, and said, "Your sister has been busy studying recently, and she will need to deal with more things at home in the future, do you need to worry about this kind of thing?" β
"Yes, yes, I owe it." Lee Hyun-gyu completely confessed, caught a glimpse of a piece of roast duck on Ah Jiu's plate, reached out and took it and stuffed it into his mouth.
Ah Jiu glanced at Xiuying and said, "Li Jae-yong's sister Li Fuzhen is here over there, you can go and say hello." β
"Hmm." Xiuying nodded, tidied up, and greeted the 40,000 euro Chanel bag that Ah Jiu had just bought.
"Sit," Ah Jiu motioned to the master to cut another half of the roast duck and gestured to Lee Hyun-gyu. Lee Hyun-gyu is also not polite, he is quite a true inheritance of Ah Jiu when he eats it, no matter what kind of food it is, if he eats it once, he knows the essence. didn't need Ah Jiu to remind him, he took the sweet noodle sauce and smeared it.
"Idle at home, aren't you?"
"It's okay, I've cleared Brother Mary recently." Lee Hyun-gyu said casually that he had been admonished by Lee so-man, and he didn't want Ah Jiu to think that he was an ambitious person.
"Oh, it's pretty fulfilling...... In that case, I'd better find someone else here. β
"Don't, brother-in-law." Li Hyun-gyu immediately changed his face and said, "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, my good brother-in-law, to be honest, I'm going to die of idleness, you hurry up and find something for me to do." Brother-in-law, I beg you, you find me a serious thing to do, you see what I do here, some time ago, you asked me to give my sister their support, I did a good job, but I can't always be a cheerleader, this kind of thing, just find a plan in the company and do it, let me do it...... It's too big and too much. β
"It's overkill...... Ah Jiu smiled and said, "You show me, where are you?" β
Lee Hyun-gyu is embarrassed, although he thinks he is talented, but he has been mixing with Park Chanrong and others for a long time, and he can see more and more clearly, although Park Chanrong and Aru also often giggle, but what they do, he can't do it, many things, understand what's going on, and be able to do it well, there is still a big difference.
"Brother-in-law......"
"Okay, I'm not going to tease you." Ah Jiu said, "I plan to set up a company to be responsible for the entertainment industry, and plan to hold my shares in major entertainment companies under the name of this company, and at the same time, this company is also responsible for integrating the resources of major companies and bringing forth the new, whether it is variety shows, or film and television, or even signed artists, all kinds of aspects can be involved, this company, I will give you 30 billion won to start, are you confident to do a good job?" β
"30 billion ...... Give me? Lee Hyun-gyu almost screamed, and hurriedly covered his mouth, his eyes widened. Ah Jiu's meaning seems to be to support him to start his own business and let him call the shots?
"Brother-in-law, yesβis that what I thought?"
"As long as you dare to think." Ah Jiu said: "But it's not a free lunch, 30 billion starts, if within two years, you don't lose or earn, I will give you a part of the shares, if you can earn back the 30 billion capital, that is, 100 percent of the profit, when I lend you 30 billion, the company is yours, I use the 30 billion to hold part of the equity, and I don't participate in decision-making." β
"Thank you, brother-in-law!" Lee Hyun-gyu immediately said that he was afraid that Ah Jiu would regret it. How can I find such a good thing, I don't have a penny, I take 30 billion angel funds for nothing, and I make money, the company is my own, and it fails...... It is impossible to fail, Lee Hyun-gyu is not arrogant, but the way things are, you know, he is not really a self-made entrepreneurial dog. Not to mention that he has been in this circle since he was a child, and all kinds of things are clear, let's just talk about his father, his father is Li Xiuman, and he has few connections? Can Li Xiuman really care about nothing and let his son trespass?
, will Li Xiuman worry about this? If Lee Hyun-gyu can really do it, he will only be happy, and by that time, the father and son's company will represent half of the Hallyu market.
And what about the forces and relationships on Ah Jiu's side? With Sunny here, Ah Jiu said that he would not participate, and he would help when it was critical. Even if he doesn't use any means, with his relationship with Luo Yingshi and Kim Tae-ho, he doesn't have to worry about having nothing to do.