Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 421
In his previous life in Ma Liang, Wanda Wang, the richest man in China, once said in an interview, don't pretend to be a man.

Don't listen to the foolishness of foreigners. Why is buying a dress, a bag, or a belt a luxury?
Is it all a marketing routine, and that little money is worthy of luxury?
For business tycoons, luxury has never been that stuff.

Private jets, luxury yachts, and high-end hotels, these are the real luxuries, and they are things that bigwigs should play.

Especially high-end hotels can be called the biggest and most expensive luxury.

Because high-end hotels often need to spend hundreds of millions of dollars, or even billions of dollars to build, and hotel brand management is a very difficult thing.

This field has been dominated by foreign countries for a long time, and it is a height that domestic hotel brands have never reached.

Although there are many star-rated hotels in China, even some five-star hotels, there are only a handful of them that can be recognized by the rich.

The [naked Heart] brand is one of the few that exist.

Although Gao Tiancheng, the founder of [Naked Group] is a foreigner, his wife, the co-founder, is of proper Chinese descent.

Moreover, the [naked Heart] brand was established in China, and it also borrowed domestic landscape resources, so it is not a problem at all to say that it is a domestic brand.

Ma Liang really has no chance to invest in those international high-end hotel brands.

But to become a shareholder of [Naked Heart Group], a ready-made opportunity is in front of him, and he can try to invest in it.

The reason why he changed his mind was, on the one hand, a joke from the witch, and on the other hand, Ma Liang figured out something himself.

After all, he got rich too fast in this life, and his mentality has not completely changed.

The long-standing behavior pattern is still operating according to the inertia of decades in the previous life, and does not look at things and problems with the psychology of a business tycoon.

Just like Wanda Wang said, once in a while you should play some real luxury after you earn money.

[Naked Heart Group] developed relatively slowly, but that was caused by Gao Tiancheng and Ye Kaixin's self-reliance.

If I am willing to intervene, maybe I can speed up the development of the [naked Heart] brand.

And like this kind of high-end hotel and homestay brand, once you miss it, you will have no chance.

Once Gao Tiancheng and his wife have thought about the taste and played around with the tourism and real estate model, even if they want to invest in others, they may not agree to it.

As for other high-end homestay brands, on the one hand, the brand is not attractive enough, and on the other hand, it may not have investment opportunities.

After all, most entrepreneurs who can afford high-end hotels or high-end homestays are not short of money.

It is almost rare for Gao Tiancheng and Ye Kaixin to start a high-end homestay business from scratch.

Not to mention [naked Heart], the number one homestay brand, so how could Ma Liang not invest in benchmark companies, but invest in hotels and homestay brands that accompany him.

The most important thing is that he is still thinking about the old castle on the top of the mountain.

Once Gao Tiancheng and his wife reconstructed the ruins into [naked Castle] based on photos and historical materials, it would be the only one in China.

Guarding this castle is an industry that can be passed down from generation to generation.

So for Ye Kaixin's ridicule, he answered without thinking about it.

It’s just that investment is okay, but the conditions still need to be mentioned in front.Otherwise, it would be meaningless to vote for [naked Group].

"President Ma, what's the condition, why don't you tell me?" Ye Kaixin asked with a smile.

Anyway, it doesn't matter if you ask, and it doesn't mean that you decide to accept the other party's investment directly.

Gao Tiancheng also looked over expectantly, he really wanted to know what made this young investor change his mind.

Ma Liang did not directly say the conditions, but first threw out a bait: "I plan to invest 3000 million US dollars for you [naked Group]"

"What, 3000 million U.S. dollars?" Ye Kaixin exclaimed when he heard the words.

According to the exchange rate at this time, 3000 million US dollars is equivalent to more than [-] million yuan, which is enough for the couple to realize their dreams.

Gao Tiancheng couldn't help but quicken his breathing after hearing this, and asked Ma Liang anxiously, "Marlon, invest 3000 million US dollars, how many shares do you want?"

"I only want a 30.00% stake in [naked Group]!" Ma Liang responded cheerfully.

This is also a reasonable estimate he finally made based on what he knew about Gao Tiancheng and his wife in the past few days and what he knew in his previous life.

If you want more shares, I am afraid that the other party will directly reject it.

After all, Gao Tiancheng was originally very resistant to financing, so 30.00% happened to be a relatively easy ratio to accept.

Gao Tianguo asked anxiously, "What about the conditions? Are there any additional conditions?"

The huge figure of 3000 million US dollars is almost going to break through his psychological defense line, because it means that the valuation of [naked Group] has reached as high as [-] million US dollars.

It is unbelievable that such a large amount of investment can be made in a start-up company not long after its establishment.

And Ma Liang only needs 30.00% of the shares, even those super unicorn companies don't have this kind of treatment!

You must know that [naked Heart Group]'s assets are nothing more than 8 dilapidated farm houses and homestays, and they are all rented.

To be honest, the operating conditions at this time simply cannot support a valuation of [-] million US dollars.

So Gao Tiancheng was really moved by the number reported by Ma Liang.

After all, the previous resistance to financing was due to the fact that they did not want to sell the shares at a low price, and on the other hand, they were worried that investors would seize power.

But after getting in touch with the young investor in front of me in the past two days, coupled with the figures he just reported, it seems that these two concerns are no longer necessary.

This made Gao Tiancheng into a tangle, and hurriedly asked about additional conditions.

"My conditions are actually very simple. The first is that [naked Group] can no longer accept investment from other institutions;

The second is to speed up your original plan and develop a larger homestay resort.

When formulating the development plan, I hope to include the top of the mountain, and include the rebuilding of the old castle of Villa No. [-] in Mogan Mountain.

Because I want that old castle! "Ma Liang didn't hide it anymore, and finally revealed his true intention.

If he develops it by himself, not to mention not being professional enough, his identity is also an embarrassing issue.

But it would be much easier for Gao Tiancheng, a foreigner, to negotiate with the local government and win the land on the top of the mountain and the right to rebuild the castle.

Although [naked Heart] brand is registered in China, [naked Heart Group] is essentially a foreign-funded enterprise.

It's just that Gao Tiancheng had set up a branch in Shanghai before, so he was able to successfully win the project of transforming 8 farm houses into homestays in [naked Heart Township] as a foreign-funded enterprise.

Therefore, it will be much easier for Gao Tiancheng to come forward as a foreign businessman to talk about the reconstruction and development of the castle on the top of the mountain.

After all, if the work of attracting foreign investment in various places attracts foreign capital, the achievements of the leaders will be much better, and the cooperation will be discussed more smoothly.

Foreign monks know how to chant scriptures, but in China, it’s just peeing, and it’s useless to get angry.

But Gao Tiancheng immediately became unhappy after hearing Ma Liang's words: "What? The castle belongs to you? It's impossible!"

He and his wife had long thought about that old castle, so they would not easily agree to Ma Liang's proposal.

　I don't know if it's the sun, or the cold is serious, and I said that my body is not right for the past two days.

　　Sorry sorry, this chapter is for tonight, get up tomorrow morning and continue coding!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)