I want to be emperor

Chapter 908 Skyscrapers and Hometown
Suzhou Creek Hotel, one of the well-known luxury high-end hotels in Songjiang City and even in the entire Great Chu Empire, was built in the early development period of the Northern District of Songjiang City, and it is also the earliest high-end hotel in the Northern District.

The store is located at the mouth of the north bank where the Suzhou Creek and the Huangpu River meet, with the Huangpu River on the east, Suzhou Creek on the south, and the earliest and largest public garden in Bei'an City on the north, namely Beicheng Park...

Beicheng Park is quite special. As the area along the river in the north bank becomes more and more prosperous, it has become a financial and commercial center, bringing together countless banks, financial institutions, and headquarters or branches of large companies, as well as the most expensive residences in Songjiang City. Among them, the large flats in a multi-storey apartment on Beijiang [-]nd Road are worth tens of thousands or even more.

All these have made the area along the river in the North Shore City an area where every inch of gold is every inch of land.

In this area where every inch of gold and every inch of land is available, Beicheng Park occupies the largest area...

All kinds of things have given way to the Suzhou Creek Hotel, which is located in the prosperous core area of ​​Songjiang City, taking full advantage of its geographical location!
In the following years of operation, relying on its unique location, luxurious and huge buildings, and high-standard services, it has gradually become the premier luxury hotel in Songjiang City. luxury hotel.

In the entire city of Songjiang, Suzhou Creek Hotel can rank among the top five in the hotel industry, and the one that clearly surpasses Suzhou Creek Hotel in all aspects is the 'Imperial Hotel' invested, constructed and operated by the Royal Assets Division.

The Imperial Hotel is also on Yanjiang Avenue in Beicheng District, not far from the Suzhou Creek Hotel, just over 1000 meters to the north. The reason why the Imperial Hotel is famous is not because of other things, but because it is the property of the Royal Property Division, and the Royal Property Ke invested in and operated this hotel. The original purpose was to provide a place for the royal family members to stay when they came to Songjiang City.

It was necessary to provide the members of the royal family with accommodation for temporary visits, but for the sake of saving money and even long-term preservation and operation, they did not turn it into a palace like a private garden, but simply set up a luxury hotel.

Luxury hotels are usually open to the public, and they are closed to receive royal family members when they are traveling.

The Royal Assets Division has built similar hotels in many places, mainly in some large industrial and commercial cities, and they all have the same name. They are all Imperial Hotels, and they have been built in Hantian, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Xi'an and other places.

In addition to these imperial hotels, the Royal Assets Division has also built and operated a large number of resorts and royal villas for the royal family to go out for summer and winter, such as the Moganshan Royal Summer Resort in Zhejiang, the Lushan Royal Summer Resort in Anlu, and so on.

Luo Zhixue often took a group of concubines to Mogan Mountain to escape the summer heat in recent years.

However, Luo Zhixue still seldom travels by himself, but some of his sons and daughters go out for vacations more... Luo Zhixue did not say to lock his children in the deep palace to grow up, but let them maintain as much as possible Normal people's life rhythm, such as going to school, going on vacation, etc.

The Songjiang Imperial Hotel has received members of the royal family many times, and has become Luo Zhixue's temporary residence many times when he inspects Songjiang, so this hotel can stabilize the Suzhou Creek Hotel.

But apart from the Songjiang Imperial Hotel, the other first-class luxury hotels in Songjiang City and the Suzhou Creek Hotel are on par with each other, and each has its own advantages, so it's hard to say which one is better.

This kind of Suzhou Creek Hotel has naturally become one of the first choices for dignitaries and nobles when they come and go to Songjiang City, and local dignitaries and nobles in Songjiang City even often come here to stay for a period of time for vacation.

Not to mention daily banquets and meetings, Suzhou Creek Hotel is well-known for its business services, which also gives Suzhou Creek Hotel a relatively strong business attribute, which is also a major feature of Suzhou Creek Hotel It is difficult for other restaurants to be like the Suzhou Creek Hotel. When people talk about treating guests to dinner at the Suzhou Creek Hotel, they all know that they are talking about business...

This is also the reason why Song Erniu chose Suzhou River Hotel as the place to stay when he came to Songjiang City. Apart from its own luxury, its business attributes are also a major consideration.

After all, he came to Songjiang City to do business... not for enjoyment or anything like that. If it was purely for enjoyment, then he would prefer to stay at the Imperial Hotel and enjoy a full set of royal standard services.

The Imperial Hotel is most famous for the word "Royal"... Many people go to this hotel to stay and eat, just for the so-called royal standard service...

As for whether it is really a royal standard service, this must be nonsense. The business of the Imperial Hotel is usually the same as that of ordinary luxury hotels.

If you really want to follow the royal standard, few people except the royal family dare to enjoy it... After all, in a traditional feudal dynasty, etiquette is also graded, and many etiquette things cannot be used if you are not high enough.

Besides, when the members of the royal family stay, they will not use any service personnel in the Imperial Hotel at all. They all bring a large number of various service personnel, ranging from maids to chefs. The Imperial Hotel itself only provides hardware facilities. That's all.

It's just that people outside don't know, or pretend not to know.

Song Erniu belongs to the one I really don't know, so I still yearn for the Imperial Hotel in my heart, and I will live in the Imperial Hotel for a while when I have the next opportunity.

As for now, let's settle down at the Suzhou Creek Hotel first and settle the business.

After officially settled in, Song Erniu couldn't help sighing that the local hotel industry has a high standard...the service quality is extremely high, not only makes people comfortable, but also doesn't make people feel that they are humble...the decorations in the suite are also all It is extremely luxurious, and there is a strong cultural atmosphere everywhere.

He even saw several landscape paintings of Taoist Shi in the corridor. This Taoist Shi is one of the most famous contemporary painters, and his works are hard to find and not cheap.

Song Erniu only heard of this person's name when he was occasionally bragging about it. He didn't expect to see this person's work in this corridor, but he didn't know if it was the real work or a copy...

What shocked Song Erniu the most was that there was an elevator in the Suzhou Creek Hotel, which felt very fresh when sitting. After asking casually, he found out that the Suzhou Creek Hotel was installed in its new ten-story main building in the same year. The steam lift.

The development of elevators in the Great Chu Empire began more than ten years ago. After all, this thing is actually not that complicated and difficult. A steam engine can drive a cable to go up and down. Of course, the earliest elevators were actually very dangerous and there was no insurance. Once the cable breaks, there will be serious risks. However, with the continuous improvement of technicians, many insurance measures such as safety gears have been installed, and various technologies have been improved.

The current steam engine-powered hydraulic lift is actually relatively complete and mature, and it has also begun to be applied on a relatively large scale in recent years!
And the emergence of this kind of mature elevators is also the direct reason why a large number of medium and high-rise buildings began to appear in the Great Chu Empire.

If there is no elevator, it would be very troublesome to go up and down such a tall house. However, with the elevator, the designer can build the house higher.

Of course, limited by cost and other factors, the current residential or ordinary commercial buildings are generally limited to three or four floors...but some palaces, religious buildings and the like will be relatively high, and can be as large as tens of meters high or even Hundreds of meters, but it cannot be regarded as universal.

Generally speaking, in the urban buildings of the contemporary Great Chu Empire, three- and four-story buildings are the most common. For example, in Songjiang City, a large number of low-cost residential apartments in the city are basically four-story buildings. Many commercial buildings, whether it is office buildings or shopping malls , It is also generally on three or four floors or two floors, but the height of the single floor is higher.

But there are also high-rise buildings. Five-story or even six-story buildings began to appear in the 20s, and more buildings were built after the 30s. At the same time, this kind of land in Songjiang City is expensive, and there is no surplus land for development. In some places, taller buildings began to appear, such as seven or eight-story buildings and even ten-story buildings like Suzhou Creek Hotel.

However, these buildings are still limited to commercial buildings, such as office buildings, restaurants, etc. The construction cost is high, and the daily maintenance cost is also high. The daily maintenance cost reduced by a steam generator alone is not low.

The new main building of Suzhou Creek Hotel adopts a ten-story building design. The height of the main building reaches 40 meters. When it was completed, it was Songjiang City, and it was also the tallest ordinary building in the entire Great Chu Empire (excluding palaces and religious buildings). , can be described as a sensation.

It's just that this title was taken away by the Huangpu River Hotel next door... The building of the hotel next door is actually ten stories high, but they were extra careful and directly built a towering spire. It was raised by seven or eight meters, taking away the title of the first tallest building.

However, the title of the tallest building, the Huangpu River Hotel, can't last long, because the Lee's Building invested and constructed by Lee's Steel Manufacturing is already under construction. This new building uses a steel structure frame and a lot of concrete, and its design height reaches an astonishing height. 88 meters, and there is no false height such as the spire, the 88 meters is the actual height of the building...

This building has aroused extensive discussions from the beginning of its design... mainly because the outside world has doubts about whether the contemporary architectural circles can build such a tall commercial building, and then its subsequent use has also aroused many discussions, such as such a tall building What if there is a fire?There is no way for other fire patrols to put out such a high ignition point for you.

Then in such a tall building, how to solve the water supply problem, how to solve the elevator problem, and so on.

These issues have aroused widespread debate, but they still haven't affected the construction of this building... On the contrary, the official department is worried about the fire safety and other safety issues of this kind of high-rise building. Relevant restrictions have been issued before, and construction is not allowed in principle due to safety considerations 100-meter-high residential, office, commercial buildings...

You must know that the contemporary Great Chu Empire does not even have an elevator, only a steam hydraulic elevator... and the level of fire protection is not good. It is already difficult to ensure safety in a building that is tens of meters in size ahead of time, let alone There is a [-]-meter building that a group of architects are ambitious to build.

Really, if there is a fire or an earthquake, it will die...

For the time being, the 40-meter-high building in Suzhou Creek Hotel is already the second tallest building in Songjiang City, it can even be said to be the first skyscraper, and even one of the veritable landmark buildings in Songjiang City.

Song Erniu who lives here can give people a message that I am not short of money without saying anything...

Therefore, the business cooperation developed very quickly. The three secretaries in the secretary's office split up and visited several potential cooperative manufacturers in Songjiang City. Yes, happily signed the cooperation agreement between the two parties...

In fact, it can be signed without ostentation. After all, Song Erniu brought money to sign the canvas purchase order... There is no reason why people don't charge money for door-to-door delivery.

But Song Erniu's ostentation also made the cooperation negotiation easier, and won the other party's concession on the price... The other party thinks that Song Erniu is very strong, and there will be many purchase orders in the future, not a one-off deal, so he would rather accept the appropriate cut prices.

Naturally, a raw material supplier is not safe, so Song Erniu continued to find two other textile factories to purchase corresponding raw material orders, including canvas, ordinary cotton cloth and even silk.

Basically, the supply of all raw materials has been arranged, and two suppliers have been finalized for each raw material. For important raw materials, three different suppliers have been found to cooperate with each other to avoid problems with a single supplier.

Then I found the Pacific Shipping Company to sign a long-term transportation cooperation agreement.

In this way, the raw material supply problem was initially solved, and then the mess was cut quickly. First, an office was set up, and some ordinary office workers were recruited.

On the one hand, it is to investigate the local ready-made garment market, especially the canvas tooling market, and on the other hand, it is also looking for a suitable place to build a branch factory.

However, these matters cannot be finalized in a short period of time. Just the construction of a branch factory is more troublesome. Whether it is suitable to directly acquire a garment factory for renovation, or start from scratch, and where is the best place to build it? These are all needs There will be no rush for a detailed investigation.

It is naturally impossible for Song Erniu to stay here and stare all the time, let the three professional secretaries of the secretarial office stay here to deal with the related matters of the office, and he took the other entourage and set off on the train again, preparing to go to Anhui Province. Lu's hometown.

This journey took a first-class passenger train, which was fast, and it took less than two days to arrive at my hometown, a small county town under the administration of Yingzhou Prefecture, Anlu Province.

When he got off the train and set foot on the land of his hometown, Song Erniu couldn't help feeling excited... He went to Songjiang to work when he was 16 years old. When he was working in Songjiang in the early years, although he had no money, he Occasionally I can still go home.

But since Chengshun went to America 30 years ago, he has not been back for eight years... so much so that his memory of his hometown has begun to blur.

At least the train station in front of me didn't exist back then... because the last time, when I returned home about nine years ago, there was no train in my hometown.

When he left home to work in the early years, if he wanted to go home, he would first take the train to Yingzhou Fucheng, and then take a long-distance carriage to walk dozens of kilometers to the county seat; when he arrived at the county seat and then to his hometown in the countryside, there were still seven or eight kilometers to go. , This basically has to be on foot...or if you are lucky, you can get on some carriages traveling between business travelers or folks, so that you can go back to your hometown.

The whole journey will take many days... just the distance from Fucheng to my hometown, if I am lucky, it will take two days to ride in a carriage, and if I am unlucky, it will take three or four days.

But now... It is much more convenient and quicker to be able to take the train directly to the county seat.

Looking back from the county seat to my hometown, although there are still seven or eight kilometers to go, the carriage along the way is also in the way.

The only thing that made Song Erniu a little dissatisfied was that when they got off the train and the butler went to the car rental shop to rent a carriage, he found that the carriages available for rent were not very good, the best so-called luxury carriages in the car rental shop , in the eyes of the housekeeper, it is not high-end enough... and just looking at the style, it is known that it is a wedding car that specializes in wedding business.

This really can’t be blamed on other people’s car rental companies. After all, in this small place, there are very few foreign tourists like Song Erniu who directly rent a luxury carriage as a daily means of transportation... A billionaire worth a million is not a Chinese cabbage. It's so easy to meet!
As for the local wealthy people, they have their own luxurious private carriages, so there is no need to rent a car...

Therefore, if this car rental company really develops a luxury carriage for ordinary transportation, it is estimated that it will not be able to pay back in 80 years... It might as well set up a good-looking product for the wedding banquet market.

Song Erniu is a millionaire, and the goal of returning to his hometown this time is very obvious, which is to return to his hometown in brocade clothes... This ostentation must be supported, otherwise why marry someone who has a century-old scholarly family, the daughter of his old club...

Song Erniu's butler was also experienced and well aware of Song Erniu's character. When he saw the carriage in the car rental shop, he immediately sent someone to the county carriage shop to inquire about buying a car.

After reporting to Song Erniu, he directly bought the most luxurious high-end carriage in the carriage shop, and bought a few ordinary carriages and draft horses along with it.

Don't rent a car anymore, buy it directly, it doesn't cost much anyway...

After Song Erniu saw these new carriages, he nodded slightly, this scene was worthy of his wealth...

It's easy to do things with money, and when the money is spent all the way, Song Erniu doesn't have to wait long to get on the carriage directly. As for the registration procedures of the carriage, the carriage dealer will naturally handle it on behalf of him.

As there are more and more horse-drawn carriages in the city, there are also more traffic accidents. In order to facilitate management, the horse-drawn carriages in the Great Chu Empire now also need a license plate, but just like driving a horse-drawn carriage, it is only limited to urban areas for the time being... As for Rural areas can't be managed even if they want to.

Because there are not only formal four-wheeled new carriages, but also all kinds of messy old dirt carts. Farmers in many rural areas make wooden frames by themselves, and then buy two cheap wooden wheels from carpenters. When you put it on, it becomes a wooden cart that is very common in rural areas... You still want to give it a carriage license?

The peasants will turn their eyes at you, so go lose your money... This has been going on for thousands of years, and you are the only one who has a lot of troubles and insists on getting a carriage license.

The same goes for the driver's license... If you want someone to take the test for a horse-drawn carriage driver's license, they will say that you are mentally ill!
Many things that can be implemented in the city, or even taken for granted, will not work in the countryside...

Therefore, the traffic laws of the Great Chu Empire had to be adapted to local conditions... Many things were only implemented in the cities, but they were turned a blind eye in the countryside.

Although Song Erniu and the others wanted to go to the countryside, they naturally had to be licensed to buy and drive in the county town, and even the driver needed a license.

But it doesn't matter, several of Song Erniu's entourage and security personnel can ride horses and drive cars, and even the two delicate-looking personal maids can actually gallop on horses...

That poor place in America, among other things, is Mado.

Especially in rural areas, almost every household has a lot of horses, because horse farming is common in North America...requires a lot of horses to cultivate.

Moreover, the land is sparsely populated, and travel is inconvenient, and horse-drawn carriages are needed to transport supplies and daily travel.

So in the vast rural areas of North America, basically an adult can ride a horse and drive...

This is a special situation caused by unique geographical factors.

Song Erniu's entourage also immigrated to the rural areas at first, and learned to ride a horse and drive early, and then entered Jinshan City to find a job, and then worked for Song Erniu.

So there is no problem for their group to travel directly by car.

And when the convoy of four carriages was driving on the streets of the small county, it naturally attracted the attention of many people. After all, one of the luxury carriages was very expensive.

There is a luxurious carriage in the convoy, and the four carriages are walking together again. The driver of the carriage is still a strong man, and even has a gun on his waist... It is easy to mess with at a glance... These four security guards are not directly employees of Song Erniu. Instead, the professional security team he hired from the North American Jinshan Security Company were all retired soldiers and all had legal certificates for holding guns.

Millionaires are not accompanied by security personnel in North America, it is very dangerous...

In North America, because of historical problems, the people generally hold guns, and because they fight with the aborigines for three days, and the land is sparsely populated, the folk customs are somewhat tough, especially Jinshan Mansion, which has risen from the gold mine... as early as Over the years, there have been a lot of gold diggers in this place, and the gold diggers are not ordinary people...

Jinshan Mansion seems to be a prosperous place, but the law and order is not good, far inferior to the local... Ordinary people are better, but millionaires like Song Erniu go out without security, which is basically for those daring criminals Delivering meat to your door... robbing you or even kidnapping you in minutes.

So Song Erniu usually brought security guards when he was born, and this time he also brought them habitually when he was born in China... That is, under the local law, security personnel can only wear pistols.

If it was North America, his security personnel would carry short-barreled shotguns in addition to pistols on weekdays.

Many people were puzzled when they saw this scene, where did this rich family come from?
(End of this chapter)