Section 1478 at the Staples Center
"Let me arrange it."
Hearing Li Jingyuan say this, several girls showed curious looks in their eyes, wanting to see how he managed to deal with this matter.
Originally, I thought that Li Jingyuan was in contact with a player or staff member of the Lakers team, so he was able to go through the back door to get a seat behind the player's bench. But what a few girls didn't expect was that he first took out a card from his wallet and shook it, and then took out his mobile phone and dialed a call according to the number on the card.
After talking for about five minutes, there was a reply on the other end of the phone, 'Please wait, I will help you contact you immediately', and Li Jingyuan put down the phone and showed a satisfied smile.
"OPPA, who the hell are you calling? Will it work? Finally waited for the end of the call, and the girls who were already curious couldn't help but ask.
"Hehe, it seems that you still don't know much about OPPA's ability, look, do you know this card?" Before the card was taken back into the wallet, Li Jingyuan handed it out to the girls to see, and asked with a smile.
"It's ......, ah~! I see, this is the legendary black card~! "A few girls born in South Korea can't understand it, after all, this card has not been issued in South Korea. In the same way, although Xiao T, who was born in the United States, has never been exposed to this kind of card, she has more or less heard some rumors, so after carefully studying the English logo on the card, her eyes suddenly lit up and she couldn't help shouting.
That's right. The card Li Jingyuan took out was the legendary Yuntong Centurion Black Gold Card, which is also one of the top credit cards in the world.
Globally, there are about 60 million customers who use Amex credit cards. And out of these 60 million people. The vast majority of people use the most common charge cards, on top of ordinary cards, silver cards, gold cards, platinum cards, the use of these three 'special' credit cards accounted for about one percent of the total number of customers, and according to the order of silver, gold, platinum upgrades, the number of people holding these types of cards is decreasing in turn, and finally. The number of platinum card holders is the lowest.
On top of the Platinum Card, there is also the last Unlimited Card, which is the so-called Black Gold Card. Unlike the previous grades of credit cards, black cards do not accept applications at all. It can only be processed by the issuer after screening among the platinum card holders and actively issuing an invitation. In terms of probability, the number of people who can be invited to use the black card is only about 1% of all platinum card holders.
There are many restrictions when it comes to screening, but the most basic one is that the cardholder must have sufficient financial strength - in addition to being able to earn money. You also need to be willing to use a credit card to spend money.
Of course. With the high consumption at the same time, the company will also give the corresponding service in return. "You can take nothing with you when you go out, but don't forget to bring a black gold card", is the slogan of the company, and in the mouth of the cardholder, "a card in hand, I have the world" is also not less. From here, it can be seen how meticulous and considerate the service of the Amex Black Gold Card is.
In addition to being thoughtful and thoughtful. The Amex Black Card also has a special use. That is, with this card, you can get special treatment in many places.
For example, when you get on a plane with your card. You can upgrade your seat for free, but you buy a business class ticket and go straight to first class. For example, when you live in a hotel, you can upgrade the room for free, book a business room, and the hotel will take the initiative to provide you with a more advanced presidential suite. For example, if you have crossed many time zones and traveled to a place on the other side of the world, and you can't sleep in the middle of the night because of the jet lag, and you suddenly want to go to the store to shop, you can ask the store to open for you alone during non-business hours.
There are also some more exaggerated and unsubstantiated legends such as 'let the plane turn back, let the train turn around'.
In general, as long as you have such a black card, many things that would have been troublesome will suddenly become simpler. For example, now, Li Jingyuan wants to buy tickets behind the player's bench, which is originally a very troublesome and impossible thing, but when he contacted the customer service of Yuntong, this matter has changed from impossible to possible.
Of course, whether the 'possibility' can really turn into the 'result' in the end is still a bit of a statement.
Although they are all holding black and gold cards, there will still be a little difference between these cardholders when they are served. For example, a customer who will get a black gold card will definitely receive far less service than Bill Gates. It's not that the person who will get the black gold card will be overlooked, but Bill Gates' side will get more special treatment because of his strong assets.
Although the average black card holder can also get 24-hour uninterrupted standby service, the specialist who serves them may not be the only one who provides service. When dealing with the most elite customers, Amex will arrange a special specialist or team to provide services.
What Li Jingyuan got was the service provided by this exclusive team.
Although it is necessary to use the various relationship networks operated by Amex when serving customers, it is obvious that the dedicated team will get a higher priority within the company when providing services, and the efficiency of the service will naturally be higher.
If Li Jingyuan is just an ordinary black card holder, even if he can get the ticket, it may still take a lot of time, and it is likely that he will have to wait until the start of the game. However, since he is a VVIP, there is no such thing as zài, and only ten minutes later, the exclusive team that provided him with services called and said that the tickets had been obtained.
It's just Li Jingyuan's own words, he must not be too lazy to ask again, 'How did you get it?' However, there are still girls from Girls' Generation around, and they are all very curious about the process, so Li Jingyuan had to turn on the public function, and asked more questions on the other end of the phone.
"Sir, you need seven seats in the same row. And it had to be at the back of the Lakers' bench, and we looked into it and found that several of the tickets for those seats had already been sold....... "It's a little different in the past. But since Li Jingyuan asked, the operator on the other end still explained.
Through the explanation of the operator, Li Jingyuan and the girls finally figured out the process. In order to meet Li Jingyuan's request, the exclusive team of Yuntong Company actually contacted the court management and the manager of the Lakers team, and borrowed the owner's box specially set up by the stadium for the team owner on the premise that the Lakers owner would not be present today. When the spectators enter the stadium, the stadium management and team manager will stay near Li Jingyuan, as long as the few spectators who bought tickets in advance come over. They will step forward and take these spectators away with the words 'you are lucky spectators, you can go to the boss's box to watch the game today', and then vacate the seats to Li Jingyuan and the girls of Girls' Generation.
Tickets are not available for the location of the boss's box. Therefore, the Yuntong company did not use additional expenses when contacting these things, but just took advantage of the relationship. On the other hand, if additional expenses are required, the account of the Express company is not suitable. Let Li Jingyuan pay for it. Although it's not a big deal, it's a bit likely to make Li Jingyuan feel embarrassed. And now, everyone is happy. I have to say that the service of the exclusive team is perfect, and even a little bit of small problems that may affect Li Jingyuan's mood have been taken into account.
"Big~~~Hair~!" After listening to the explanation, the girls all showed surprised expressions. Just looking at the outcome of the matter seemed to be nothing, but knowing the process, they couldn't help but admire it.
“OPPA~! How easy is this card? Can we get one for us? "After admiration and envy. Naturally, I was also interested in the black card. I already felt that Li Jingyuan was omnipotent, so I didn't think much about it at this time. Xiao Sun first hugged Li Jingyuan's arm, shook and coquettishly, and made a request to Li Jingyuan on behalf of others.
"Help you get one? I don't have that skills. As usual, Xiao Sun's request was expected by Li Jingyuan, but this time he did not give an affirmative answer as usual, but shook his head with a smile and said an answer that made Xiao Sun a little disappointed.
As mentioned before, the application for the YunExpress black card is not accepted, and the issuer can only be screened before taking the initiative to invite. There are many conditions, first of all, there is a 'cardholder must spend at least $250,000 a year', which has already decided that the girls have no way to get the invitation.
How much is $250,000 to Korean won? Multiply the exchange rate by 1,000 and that's 260 million won. After Li Jingyuan's intervention, the girls can earn more than this amount of income within a year, but it is impossible for them to reach such a high level in spending.
Moreover, before Lee Kyung-won crossed over, it seemed to be a TTS show, and he once heard the revelation of a VJ or PD - among the known Korean stars, only Quan Zhilong got the black card.
It's not Rain, it's not Uncle Bird who makes money everywhere with a song "Gangnam Style", but Quan Zhilong, a junior. What does this mean? It shows that no matter how hard you perform on the stage, the income you get still can't meet the selection conditions of the Yuntong black card, unless you have enough copyrights in your hands, and you can get an endless stream of stable income through these copyrights, so that you can get an invitation to the black card.
In other words, under the premise that the girls have no way to guarantee that they will have a large amount of stable income every year, it is impossible for the company to invite them. To put it more bluntly, as long as the girls are still idols, they will not be invited if they encounter a decline in popularity that will lead to a decline in income.
Even if Li Jingyuan came forward to intercede, it was useless. You know, people at his level can ignore the rules of the bottom, but on the contrary, they have to abide by the rules of the upper level, and the handling of the black card of Yuntong is obviously one of the rules of the upper level, even if he is given face, it is impossible for Yuntong to break the rules because of him alone, and offend other big-name customers of the same grade as him.
Of course, if Li Jingyuan handed over some of his companies to the girls, so that they could continue to obtain a stable income, maybe Yuntong Company would really consider inviting them.
But then again. Even if Li Jingyuan is willing to send it, the girls may not be willing to accept it. In the original history, if it weren't for the tenacity in my heart. How could Girls' Generation carry the Black Sea and succeed? To be able to do it, the girls are definitely not the kind of character who is willing to be charitated. Usually, Li Jingyuan brings them a small gift, which can be regarded as a friendly exchange between friends, but if he suddenly gives away some actual industry, it is beyond the scope of the gift, and it will definitely not be accepted by the girls.
It is impossible to get a black card on your own ability. If you meet the conditions for getting a black card, you won't be in line with your character, anyway, it's not suitable for the left and right. So, the final verdict is. The members of Girls' Generation will definitely not be able to get a black card at this stage and even for a long time to come.
"Alas~~~." Li Jingyuan didn't explain in too much detail, but just slightly mentioned the conditions for getting a black card, and the girls already knew very well that their ideas were extravagant at all. Unable to grant wishes. Looking at the black card in Li Jingyuan's hand, his expression became more and more envious. So several girls couldn't help but sigh softly.
"Sigh what~, if you want to use it, just use the OPPA card. When we are doing our own activities, we don't have to use black cards for those scenes we encounter, right? And when we have to use a black card in a big scene, OPPA will definitely be by our side nine times out of ten. If you don't use the card, just use OPPA~. As Li Jingyuan's girlfriend, Jessica has more opportunities to borrow the black card, and she is not as envious as others. Maybe it's also because the psychological fluctuations are not large, so she understands it better than others think. At this time, after seeing everyone's expressions, I couldn't help but pouted and said a few words.
"Yes~."
"That's it. Or Sika shrewd~! ”
"Goodjob, come, Sika, kiss one~!" After being reminded by Jessica, the others also reacted, and their mood immediately became lighter. You don't have to bear the burden of spending $250,000 a year, and you can borrow Li Jingyuan's black card when you encounter problems, isn't it easier than the black card holder himself? Thinking through the joints, if the girls are unhappy, it is strange.
"Okay, okay, let's stop making a fuss about it." While the girls were cheering around Jessica, Li Jingyuan had already gone to the ticket window again and got the tickets from the exclusive team. After coming back, seeing that the girls were noisy, they had attracted the eyes of many people on the side, and even because of their youth and liveliness, there were already a few young men who wanted to come over to talk, Li Jingyuan hurriedly shouted to stop the girls, and then asked: "The ball game starts at seven o'clock in the evening, and there are still many hours, children, should we go in and wait while visiting, or will we go elsewhere first and come back later?" ”
At other times, there is a good chance that the girls will choose to go to other places first, but because Li Jingyuan used the black card to get the tickets just now, the girls subconsciously have the idea of 'I don't want to waste such a ticket, even a little bit'. So, after half a minute of discussion, they made the decision to visit the stadium.
A couple of hours may seem like a long time, but it's actually quite easy to pass the time.
The interior of the venue is so big, there are already a lot of places to visit, and it takes a lot of time just to see it.
When you're tired of walking, find a café to sit and rest, or order a few more food to fill your stomach, which can be worn off for another hour or so.
There are also specialty stores selling merchandise from the Lakers and Clippers at the venue. Although these things are usually of no nature, but since I am here today, I naturally can't miss them. Moreover, after a while, I still have to sit behind the Lakers' bench and watch the game, so naturally I have to pretend to be professional. Therefore, buying jerseys and other things in specialty stores consumes a lot of girls' time.
Finally, although the game started at seven o'clock, there was already a warm-up activity on the pitch at half past six or earlier. For example, the mascot performance, as well as the cheerleading performance, are all worth watching.
As a woman, of course, I like cute and naughty mascots, and as dance singers, the girls are also very interested in cheerleaders' performances. So, after buying jerseys and other items, and eating the hamburger that Xu Xian evaluated as 'eating too much and you will die', Li Jingyuan and the girls came to the edge of the court early and sat down in the reserved position.
There were about 40 minutes left before the start of the game, and many spectators in the stadium had already entered. Because the game has not yet been broadcast, the content on the 'four-sided screen' hanging on the court is a little different from what you see when you sit at home and watch TV, except for some short films related to the Lakers, and some pictures from the audience will be captured for broadcast.
Fortunately, Li Jingyuan, who sat behind the Lakers' players' box, and six members of Girls' Generation, became the sweetheart in the eyes of the on-site director. (To be continued......)