Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 697 Community of Interests

Chu Qianqian took out a dozen photos from the bag, and then heard Deng Fei say that the Cao family was directly related to the family, and now even the married daughter's husband's family was dead.

Only then did I feel relieved.

However, he was not in a hurry to bring back his women.

This was an advantage for Linda. For half a month, she was alone with Chu Qianqian.

Afterwards, Chu flew to the ranch first, interrupted his money transport business for two months, and helped Pablo transport a full 6 million US dollars to Panama City.

After receiving 1800 million US dollars in cash, he stayed with Feifei, Zheng Shufen and Baoyi's mother and daughter at the ranch for a week.

Then he flew back to the capital to accompany Xue Jinglan and Hong Kong Sheng.

Occasionally I go out to play games with Qin Huairu and Lou Xiao'e, or I live near Jinxiu and Jinzhi in Yuetan Park.

Unknowingly, after Chu Xiangqian flew to the ranch again and made another deal with Pablo, news finally came from London that Elizabeth was going to confer a medal on him.

If you want to build pipes into ordinary people's homes, you can only target newly constructed high-rise buildings.

In the future, the prices of these basic living necessities will continue to rise, even to the point where many low-income people cannot afford to turn on the heating in winter.

Moreover, after the privatization of basic enterprises, they will become more dynamic, but this also means that the people of Yingguo will lose cheap water and electricity resources.

But in the beginning, it was more about building large pipelines from terminals or natural gas exporting countries to liquefied gas stations in the city.

It was agreed that after withdrawing from the EU, he would take them to play, but the result was that after withdrawing, he would not take Ying Guo to play.

Mountbatten and other real nobles also took the initiative to form a small circle around him and chat.

However, after all, it is still related to business.

This model is naturally more costly than pipes to thousands of households.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many nobles willing to marry girls from wealthy families in Magnesia who they teased as country bumpkins.

As for why natural gas companies have lax control, it is entirely because oil and gas prices are basically fixed these days.

Failure in exports also means that imports will increase and deficits will inevitably accumulate little by little.

Equal to the number of pipeline users, it is not enough to spread the cost of building pipelines, and there is also the cost of household supplements.

But relatively speaking, basic industries, such as terminals, water plants, electric power and the most important North Sea oil fields, still have a lot of room for profit and appreciation.

Without the cheap labor force and European market in Eastern Europe, finance alone cannot support the country's economy, let alone the fact that Chinese people are not trustworthy.

Natural gas pipelines have actually emerged in the United States and Canada as early as the 1920s and 1930s.

Before Thatcher came to power, many basic industries in Yingguo were state-owned.

It can even be said that, except for real estate and farms and pastures, the nobles of Yingguo have basically become outdated.

However, this model has been used for decades, and many people have become accustomed to it and are not willing to accept piped home access at all.

So although Chu Xiangqian was thinking about these four industries, he also knew that now was not the best time to take action.

As long as a gas field acquisition plan is signed with the wealthy people in the Middle East, seven or eight years in advance, before oil and gas prices soar several times, the right to use the gas field for thirty or fifty years can be purchased first.

He also took the opportunity to kick him hard.

Several natural gas companies in England are already facing a situation where they are losing money as they sell more gas.

It can be said that anyone with a little foresight knows that Yingguo is not a good investment place.

Fortunately, Chu Xiangqian knew the general trend of the future.

Otherwise, Li Gongzhan would not have spent so much money investing in England in the future.

Flying to London, under the gaze of more than a dozen nobles, he accepted the Grand Cross of Medal awarded by Elizabeth.

Without the supply of low-cost raw materials in the colonies, and losing the huge market in the colonies, many of Ying's products would naturally have no cost advantage when competing with similar products in Europe and the United States.

At least if you want to buy a natural gas company that is not strictly controlled, you must first give Yingguo Capital a little sweetener.

At the dance in the evening, Chu Xiangqian also came into the sight of the upper class of Ying Kingdom for the first time. Several young and beautiful noble ladies invited him to dance.

Chu Xiangqian naturally doesn't mind helping others make money while expanding his business circle.

In fact, as early as the early 20th century, those small and medium-sized nobles had begun to make ends meet and could no longer sustain themselves.

Officially become a lifelong knight.

Not to mention, he had actually been eyeing Yingguo's electricity, tap water, gas and docks as early as the year before last.

Even for great nobles, even nobles at the Duke level, it has become increasingly difficult to make money as their overall power has been weakened.

Unfortunately, what Lao Li did not expect was that Yingguo would withdraw from the EU.

Only after Thatcher came to power would she sell off most of the state-owned companies to generate a large amount of funds for Downing Street to use.

Coupled with the North Sea oil and gas fields, the cost of using natural gas for Yingguo people will be lower than that of France, West Germany, and Italy.

That's why Chu Xiangqian was given the opportunity to acquire a natural gas company, but it was also difficult to continue running it.

By the 60s, as Yingguo lost its main colonies and lost the management rights of the Suez Canal, the trend of Yingguo's decline became more and more obvious.

Unfortunately, it may not have been difficult to enter these industries in the 8s and 90s, but now, it is not that difficult.

In other words, Yingguo also has state-owned enterprises, and they are enterprises fully controlled by the government.

Losing money for three to five years and making profits for decades, only a fool would not do this business.

But before doing so, we still have to win over the big nobles like Philips and Mountbatten.

Although their influence in Yingguo is getting lower and lower, and they are constantly suppressed by politicians, their relationship network is still there, and through them they can win over politicians in Yingguo, and even win them into partnership.

Only then can we truly enter these industries where appreciation is stable, profits are not much, and losses are not too high.

To put it bluntly, what you earn is money from the increase in market value brought about by the rise in real estate and industry.

When oil and gas prices skyrocket, that’s when the real money will be made.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but think of the Knightsbridge Cultural Oriental Hotel that he had started talking about the year before last.

Opening a hotel in London, and it is a luxury hotel, depends more on reputation.

Only the famous, famous and wealthy people will pursue a certain hotel.

So while Chu Xiangqian planned to use the hotel as bait, he also decided to leave Ge Bai and other ghost guys aside, as well as Fei Bo, Lan Gang, and Renault.

Purchased a building in Knightsbridge for £400 million and renovated it for £200 million.

Chu Xiangqian could easily find the money by himself, but Mountbatten, Philips and Duke Cavendish soon showed interest after hearing his plan.

The most attractive thing is that Chu Xiangqian will let Universal Pictures shoot scenes in the new hotel.

Once a movie comes out, like Roman Holiday, it is released all over the world and gets a great response.

In the future, there will definitely be many movie fans staying in the new cultural east, and even just coming to take photos will be enough to make the hotel famous all over the world.

In addition, the Chu Film Company of Hong Kong Island also filmed scenes in the hotel. After the movie is released in Southeast Asia, I believe that wealthy people from Hong Kong Island, Tianzhu, Malaysia, Singapore and other Asia will most likely come to London for vacation and business activities. The first choice is the cultural east.

If it is rumored again that Philips or Margaret often appear in the hotel to hold banquets and business events, it will be even more attractive to Southeast Asian guests. When Philip and others heard this, their eyes lit up.

Many people in Yingguo hate the aristocratic system, but there are also many ordinary people who support this system very loyally.

The addition of foreign guests can make this hotel's business boom.

Margaret and Norton were the first to take the initiative to join the project.

Philips has a certain understanding of Chu Xiangqian's ability to make money. After all, this guy has only been worth hundreds of millions in just two or three years.

But he didn't have much cash in his hand. Fortunately, Philips was thick-skinned enough. Since the hotel needed to rely on his fame, his fame would naturally count for money.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he said that he only offered 50 pounds, but he wanted 25% of the shares.

Not to mention Chu Xiangqian's refusal, even Mountbatten and Duke Cavendish and his son would not let him take such a big advantage.

After some final bargaining, Philips paid £50 for 15% of the shares.

Chu Xiangqian originally wanted to take 85% of the remaining 51%, but others did not agree.

The shares held by Mountbatten and Cavendish were too small, which made Mountbatten and Cavendish find it meaningless.

Chu Xiangqian could only take a step back and only wanted 35%, and the shares were placed in his and Margaret's fund.

Mountbatten and Cavendish split 50%.

With Margaret coming forward, even Philips, Mountbatten and Cavendish joined forces and kicked themselves off the board of directors.

You also have to get through Margaret first.

In fact, Chu Xiangqian had no intention of focusing on the Cultural Oriental Hotel in London.

Instead, they plan to obtain the brand authorization of Hong Kong Island Cultural Oriental Hotel and build a wholly owned hotel branch on Hong Kong Island.

From now on, in addition to paying tens of thousands of pounds in brand royalties to the head office every year, the hotel on Hong Kong Island will be owned by Chu Xiangqian.

And its operations and financial transactions are independent of the head office.

To put it bluntly, they are using the ghost guy's personality to trick Hong Kong people and gringos who come to Hong Kong for vacation and travel to stay at the Island Culture Oriental Hotel.

But when it came time to actually talk about the investment ratio, there was another quarrel.

Chu Xiangqian finally became impatient. On second thought, he simply pulled Margaret, Norton and little Cavendish in together.

Although little Cavendish and his father were father and son, Chu Xiangqian had long known from Margaret that the relationship between father and son was not actually good.

Plus, when it comes to money, neither father nor son can help.

There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. When the quarrel between father and son becomes more serious, they can trick little Cavendish into confronting his father.

As long as the father and son are not of the same mind, leaving the hotel to be managed by Cavendish, and siding with him on the board of directors, Chu Xiangqian is willing.

There is no need for the father and son to turn against each other, only to find trouble for them both, and Chu Xiangqian's shares will be safer.

Nord and Mountbatten can also be differentiated using this kind of thinking.

In the end, Chu Xiangqian only had 30% of the shares, but Margaret got 10%.

Philips 15%, Mountbatten 17.5%, Norton 5%.

For the Cavendish father and son, one is 17.5% and the other is also 5%.

In terms of investment ratio, Chu Xiangqian got 5% more shares than before.

Therefore, the 40% combined with Margaret paid 270 million pounds.

That's an extra 30 yuan.

Chu Xiangqian doesn't care how other people contribute funds.

Margaret was so excited that she was about to become a shareholder and board member of a future five-star hotel.

Not only was he very active in the construction of the hotel, he also took the initiative to learn management.

Norton and Little Cavendish were also looking forward to the pie that Chu Xiangqian spent.

Chu Xiangqian did not fool anyone. In the future, Mandarin Oriental Hotel will definitely open branches in major capitalist countries.

The etiquette passed down by nobles for hundreds of years, as well as the way they manage servants and housekeepers, are used in the hotel industry. In terms of service alone, most hotels are inferior.

And despite the fact that Yingguo cuisine will be called dark cuisine in the future, in fact, the menu of the nobles is very secretive and complicated.

The kitchen serving Margaret consists of a head chef, two assistant sous chefs, and four assistant maids.

For breakfast alone, there are six or seven kinds of dishes, and they are not repeated every day.

Ordinary people in Yingguo have the habit of eating fish and chips, barbecued chips, bacon, fried eggs and fries all day long. This is entirely because the entire Yingguo was in urgent need of supplies during World War II.

On the contrary, the fishery was preserved, and only fish and potatoes were available all day long. Naturally, the habit of fish and chips or baked potatoes was formed.

It can be said that people born before and after World War II grew up eating these.

When they have children, they will naturally eat the same way.

But the food of nobles is different.

At that time, the cuisine of the Tudor Dynasty was the best in Europe. When the king hosted a banquet, there were 14 appetizers, which shows how rich the dishes were.

But this is also related to the fact that Ying Kingdom was at its peak at that time.

A large amount of gold, jewelry and spice slaves brought back from the colonies could maintain the luxurious life of the nobles.

This gave birth to a lot of delicious food.

To put it bluntly, when it comes to food among European royal families, you learn from me and I learn from you.

I visited your home this year and found it delicious. Within a month of keeping it, this dish will be included in the menus of other kings and nobles.

Even French cuisine is actually an integration of Italian cuisine, Germanic meats, Mediterranean vegetables, dairy dishes, and Viking fish and pickled dishes.

As long as she is willing to hire Margaret's chef wife as the hotel's head chef, she can make dozens of desserts alone.

On the contrary, Philip and Eliza, the couple, seemed a bit simple in their daily meals and drinks.

This is actually normal. When Eliza ascended the throne, she was cautious.

Philip was a declining prince who once had no place to live and had to seek refuge in the Kingdom of Ying.

If Eliza had not fallen in love with him at the age of 13, it is foreseeable that Philip's life would be more difficult than that of ordinary nobles.

When Margaret was a daughter, her parents pampered her.

When I was a younger sister, I had the queen sister to accommodate me.

After meeting Chu Xiangqian, and being doted on by Chu Xiangqian, the expenses that were only tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of pounds a year in previous years suddenly increased four to five times.

Life naturally develops in the direction of luxury.

Mountbatten and others agreed with Chu Xiangqian's proposal to set up a special aristocratic dish in the hotel, but were hesitant at the same time.

(End of this chapter)