Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 484
No matter how good a Broadway musical is, it will always run out.

Taking advantage of the interval between the next performance, the guests stood up and moved around, chatting and toasting each other.

Li Bingbing and Zhang Ziyi at the next table seized the opportunity to come over and get close to the big guys.

They had no idea that just a few minutes ago, a group of executives had already finalized the candidates to endorse the advertisement.

No matter how attentive and flattering they are, it will not help.

Whether it's because of Montblanc's advantage or because of Yan Bing's face, the advertising spokespersons of several major brands here in the Asia-Pacific region have basically been finalized.

Li Bingbing and Zhang Ziyi are destined to be in vain. Let alone them now, even if the actress Gong Li comes, the result will be the same.

The two of them worked on the pole for a long time, but in the end there was no result.

Just when they were worried, several more guests came to the main table to exchange pleasantries, which immediately turned their sorrow into joy.

Moreover, even Yan Bing couldn't help but stand up to greet this array of guests.

She knew two of the ladies, one was the editor-in-chief of "Harper's Bazaar" Su Jie, and the other was Zhang Lan, the boss of South Beauty.

Although Su Shi was not a good person, as the editor-in-chief of a big magazine, he was definitely qualified to be invited, and Zhang Ziyi's original C-position modeling opportunity was recommended by the editor-in-chief of Su University.

In order to gain strong connections in the fashion industry, Zhang Ziyi spent 128888 yuan to buy a pair of Tiffany bracelets at last year's "Harper's Bazaar Charity Night", and immediately gave one of them to Su Shi.

Su Shi was also very surprised when faced with the international chapter's favor, and the two became "good besties". She sincerely recommended various fashion industry resources to Zhang Ziyi.

But neither of them are good birds, so how can they have true feelings.

When Su Jie was overthrown more than ten years later, the international chapter turned against each other at every turn, and actually followed suit and deliberately cut off the other person when posting group photos on social networking sites.

The two of them were so in love before that they often went out together.

As a result, after Su Shi's house collapsed, Ji Ji Zhang cold-bloodedly and ruthlessly drew a clear line, truly demonstrating what plastic sisterhood is.

Of course, the two of them just happened to be in love now, which is the time when they are most "deeply affectionate".

Otherwise, the International Chapter would not have the opportunity to model for Montblanc.

Zhang Ziyi originally thought that Su Shi would say something nice to her when she came, but she didn't even bother to look at her and directly introduced Zhang Lan, the big boss next to her.

Although Boss Zhang has some money, he is not a person related to the fashion industry, and he was not qualified to be invited to the dinner.

But in order to join the circle, she came here tonight because of Su Mang's light.

The reason for this is because now that rich woman Zhang has become rich, she wants to squeeze into a higher-level circle, and the fashion circle is the best channel to meet dignitaries.

For this reason, this eldest sister also went all out and spent hundreds of millions to build two fashion-themed clubs in Shanghai and Beijing.

It's just that Zhang Lan may be too arrogant. The clubhouses are actually named after him, called [Lan·Yanjing] and [Lan·Shanghai]. These names are really as earthy as you want them to be.

In order to gain connections in the fashion circle, she generously lent the club space to Su Shi for free to hold various fashion events.

In the past two years, he even spent a lot of money to participate in the auction at the "Bazaar Star Charity Night" and donated large sums of money to support Su Shi's platform to participate in charity events.

I have to say that Sister Zhang’s idea is still right. In the past two years, she has indeed expanded her network of contacts through the fashion circle.

Her [Beauty Jiangnan] catering company will win the bid next year and successfully become the only official Chinese food cooperation brand for the Beijing Olympics, undertaking catering services for eight venues.

For a time, [Beautiful Jiangnan] became popular all over the country, and Zhang Lan, as the founder, is naturally very famous.

With subsequent financing and the introduction of top private equity institutions as shares, everything seems to be falling into place.

As for the follow-up of [Beautiful Jiangnan] being kicked out by capital due to poor management, at least the past two years of sexy operations have proved that Sister Zhang is really a ruthless person.

But so what, if it was just Su Shi and Zhang Lan, Yan Bing wouldn't be able to get up and greet them.

It was the other three men who really made her respond enthusiastically, because they were also old friends.

If Ma Liang were present, he would definitely recognize two of the big guys.

One is Liang Qingsong, President of Jones Lang LaSalle Greater China, and the other is Ding Mingyan, CEO of CapitaLand.

Finally, this young man has a bigger background. He is the executive vice chairman and co-general manager of Xiangjiang New World Group.His other identity is even more exaggerated, the eldest young master of the Zheng family in Xiangjiang - Zheng Zhigang.

His grandfather, Zheng Yutong, was a real estate tycoon of the older generation in Hong Kong. The New World Real Estate Company and Chow Tai Fook Group he founded were household names and were making money every day.

The Zheng family's family wealth is not far behind that of Xiangjiang Old Man Li, and can even compete with Old Man Li for the position of first brother.

As early as 2000, the Zheng family built a 278-meter-high New World Building with a total of 61 floors in the center of Huaihai Road in Shanghai. It has been one of the landmarks of Shanghai for a long time.

As for New World Department Store, there are countless stores across the country.

Because of New World Department Store, Zheng Zhigang, the newly appointed executive vice chairman, naturally has to deal with major luxury brands, so it is reasonable to be invited.

Tonight, all the big guys in their real estate industry were arranged to dine at the same table by Montblanc.

Young Master Zheng is not a second-generation man who just hangs around and waits for death. He is a top student who graduated from the prestigious Harvard University. He recently became the founder and chairman of K11 Group.

You must know that the famous K11 shopping mall in Ma Liang's previous life was designed by Zheng Zhigang.

The wealthy young man convinced his parents and received an investment of HK$30 billion from his family to establish the K11 Group.

Soon, the New World Department Store, which was already in decline in the family business, was renovated.

The K11 shopping mall was born amid skepticism and ridicule, and was often criticized by the media as a playground for rich kids.

But Young Master Zheng did not respond to the media and went ahead despite the pressure.

When the first K2009 shopping mall in Tsim Sha Tsui opened in late 11, it completely slapped the media in the face.

Not only did it achieve profitability in the first year, but its revenue tripled compared to before the reform.

Moreover, in this shopping mall, thirteen groups of artworks worth HK$2000 million are permanently displayed, all from Cheng Zhigang’s collection.

K11's operating model is very different. It is the first large-scale high-end department store in China that combines an art center and a shopping mall. It is also a new exploration that subverts the traditional retail format.

Because besides shopping, there are many things people can do in K11.

For example, you can go directly to the art space on the third basement floor to enjoy a contemporary art exhibition, or go to ABC Cooking on the second basement floor to take a baking course.

Or take a sketching class or a pottery class, and occasionally come across interesting decorations sold at the creative market.

If you move upstairs, you will encounter a band's performance, although this band may not be well-known.

If you go to the restaurant on the fourth floor to wait for a table, you can also play table football... The director of the Marmondin Monet Museum in Paris used the word "contemporary space" to describe K11 when he first saw it.

With the success of Xiangjiang K11, Mr. Zheng is finally proud.

It is even more aggressive in expanding in the mainland and transforming New World Department Stores in the mainland one by one.

You must know that during the heyday of K11 Mall in Shanghai, it was really hard to find a store.

Countless big names are vying to move in, various art and cultural activities are held non-stop, and store rents are on par with those of the established Plaza [-].

Although the first K11 mall is still under renovation at the moment, as the eldest son of the Zheng family, how can Yan Bing not pay attention to it.

Although she is also from a famous family, the Yan family has long been in decline. Compared with the prosperous top wealthy families like the Zheng family in Xiangjiang, they are now far inferior.

Moreover, if its fashion brands want to develop, they will inevitably need the help of the Zheng family.

So after Yan Bing exchanged simple greetings with Liang Qingsong and Ding Mingyan, he greeted Young Master Zheng very politely: "Mr. Zheng, we meet again.

I heard that you have made a big move recently. Is there any chance of cooperation? "

When I wanted to go to Xiangjiang to expand the [MiMo] flagship store, Sister Bingmeiren had met Mr. Zheng once.

Although the friendship is not deep, we are all in the same circle, so we will still give him face.

"Mr. Yan, thank you!" Zheng Zhigang responded very politely: "It's not a big move, it's just doing something based on the legacy of my father's generation.

Speaking of cooperation, I just want to visit Mr. Yan. "

(End of this chapter)