Can you be called a rich man if you don’t indulge yourself?

Chapter 123 The First Step to Open Your Eyes and See the World

Just as Gu Heng was about to go to the French window and use the telescope to take a look at the canal on the other side of the harbor, Xu Ying reminded him, "Boss, we still have to go to the Landmark Plaza in Central, Hong Kong Island this afternoon.

What time do we leave?"

Gu Heng: “?”

Gu Heng gave her a puzzled look.

"You asked me to remind you when you were in Shanghai. When I was preparing to pack your luggage, you told me that I didn't need to bring clothes and other things, it was too troublesome, and you said you could buy them when you arrived in Hong Kong.
Now there are only a few sets of underwear in your suitcase. If you don’t prepare in advance, it may affect your subsequent travel.”

Listening to Xu Ying's words, Gu Heng couldn't help but pat his head.

If Xu Ying hadn't reminded him, he would have really forgotten it.
When he has no money, he is a lazy dog. He will never take an extra piece of clothing if he can go out empty-handed.

Now that I have money, I am even lazier.
My suitcase is filled with daily necessities such as pants.
I didn't bring any coat except the one I was wearing.

Moreover, the temperature in Hong Kong Island is very different from that in Shanghai.
It was not long after the Chinese New Year. When I came here, people in Shanghai were still wearing down jackets and long sleeves, but the temperature in Hong Kong Island had exceeded 20 degrees, and many people had already put on short sleeves.
My outfit is normal in Shanghai, but it looks a bit strange in Hong Kong Island.
Thinking of this, Gu Heng could only say, "Okay, let's go to the Landmark Plaza you mentioned first."

He said with a sigh.
Originally I didn't bring any clothes because I was lazy.
I'm too lazy to take pictures now, and I have to go shopping for clothes before I even have a break.
Zheng Jiayi, who had not yet left, heard what Gu Heng said and quickly asked, "Mr. Gu, are you planning to go to Landmark Plaza to buy clothes?"

Gu Heng nodded: "Yes."

Xu Ying also followed suit and gave instructions for Gu Heng: "Ms. Zheng, please communicate with your hotel concierge, we need a car."

Zheng Jiayi nodded quickly, but then suggested, "Mr. Gu must be tired after sitting on the plane and car for so long. I see that Mr. Gu looks a little tired.

In fact, in Hong Kong Island, many wealthy people do not need to go to the stores in person to buy luxury brand products. Generally, they rely on the shopping guides of various brand stores to provide door-to-door services. If you need it, Mr. Gu, I can contact the shopping guides of these luxury brands to come to our hotel to introduce them to you.

This will also save you time going back and forth, allowing you to have a good rest.”

Ok?
Hearing this, Gu Heng raised his eyebrows.

He said, "Can you call someone over?"

“Of course, the parent company of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Marriott Group, has cooperated with many luxury brands around the world. All the daily necessities in our hotel are provided by brands such as Gucci and Chanel.

As the most distinguished guest of our hotel, it is their honor to serve you. "

Then Gu Heng nodded without saying anything more: "Okay, let them come directly to our door. They can buy it at home anyway, and it saves them the trouble of running back and forth."

"Okay, I'll arrange it for you right away, Mr. Gu."

As he said this, Zheng Jiayi bowed and said goodbye, then slowly backed away.
after an hour
The office area is surrounded by valuable decorations and collections, making it look extremely elegant.

Xu Ying also lit the incense burner beside the table, which gave off a faint fragrance. I don't know what it is made of, but it's the kind that makes you feel more energetic the more you smell it.
Gu Heng was sitting at his desk, playing games on his computer, with a cigarette in his mouth. He was choking so much that he could only squint one eye to feel more comfortable. The ash fell on the precious wooden desk.
Xu Ying was standing by and accompanying him.
When we didn’t have money, there was only one entertainment activity we could do regularly.
Go to an Internet cafe.

You would not say that he is an internet addict.
Gu Heng did like playing games, but it was just a liking and he could not be considered addicted. Otherwise, he would not be like this now. Now that he was so rich, he spent all his time enjoying other things and had not even touched a game for more than a month.

Why do you always go to Internet cafes? Mainly because it saves money.
A large bottle of iced black tea for 4 yuan, plus a pack of Pu'an for 16 yuan, 5 yuan per hour in the general area, 30 yuan for 20 yuan free, 50 yuan for a whole day.
If this were to be a bar or something, I would just order two beers and sit on a step with few people for the whole night.
"Spray him Q!"

Listening to the passionate voice coming from the loudspeaker next to the computer, Gu Heng's mouth stretched to his ears.
I have been playing League of Legends for seven or eight years, and my highest rank is only Platinum.
Especially when you get older, it becomes even worse.
Now it is very difficult to get gold.
In the past, I could fight back and forth in the laning phase when I was in the platinum phase, but now in the gold phase, I might even be beaten and shrink into the defense tower and can't get out.
So now this game is rarely played.
Gu Heng always sneered at the sensational videos he occasionally saw on TikTok.
What the hell is going against life? It's just pure sentimentality.

How can you find time to play a few games even if you are busy all week? Even a low-level office worker like me can play a few games occasionally, let alone others.

Just an excuse!

Or maybe you're just not interested in the game anymore.

Or they are too old to beat the young players born after 05, and they get abused when they go online, so they don’t want to play anymore.

After all, we play games for fun, not for the happiness of others.

But did not expect
Because I suddenly wanted to play games, I downloaded League of Legends on the computer in my room, and then bought a Southeast Asian server account on Taobao. I was able to kill everyone on it.
It immediately awakened Gu Heng's youth.
Following this group of Southeast Asian colored pencils, we fought back and forth.
Room for 12 per day
One hour is 5000
Who would believe that an Internet cafe charges 5000 yuan per hour?
Just at this moment, the doorbell suddenly rang.

Xu Ying, who had been quietly playing games with Gu Heng, said quickly, "I'll go open the door."

Gu Heng was concentrating on controlling Yasuo at the moment, muttering "Soriyak hurts!" without even raising his head, and nodded perfunctorily.
Xu Ying walked out of the office area and came to the door.

Gently opening the door of the presidential suite, Zheng Jiayi was about to speak when she saw Xu Ying put her index finger vertically to her lips, and then signaled the direction of the office area with her eyes.

Zheng Jiayi understood immediately and lowered her voice quickly: "Secretary Xu, these are the professional shopping guides of the largest stores of major luxury brands in Hong Kong Island. I found them here according to Mr. Gu's instructions."

Hearing this, Xu Ying glanced behind Zheng Jiayi.
Seeing the seven or eight shopping guides wearing various uniforms following Zheng Jiayi, he was startled.
She had no doubt that Zheng Jiayi could call in the shopping guides of luxury brands, but such things required appointments. According to her estimation, she could only call in the shopping guides of two or three brands in such a short time.
But obviously
She underestimated the status of the Ritz-Carlton in Hong Kong Island.
Zheng Jiayi looked at Xu Ying's surprised eyes, smiled, and lowered her voice and said, "These shopping guides are all brands that cooperate with our Ritz-Carlton.

There are Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Chanel, Gucci, Versace, and Armani.

These are all brands with high international influence. As for some second-tier brands, I did not make decisions for Mr. Gu. If he is not satisfied with these brands, I will invite more brands for Mr. Gu to choose from. "

After that, Zheng Jiayi said to the group of shopping guides behind him: "Everyone wait a moment, Mr. Gu is working at the moment, let's wait outside the door for a while."

It was obvious that this was not the first time these shopping guides had encountered such a thing. They smiled and nodded quickly, and all of them kept silent.

at this time
Suddenly, an electronically synthesized female voice came from the room.
"Kuacha Q!"

Then, Gu Heng shouted in dialect, "Pentakill! My Pentakill! Don't steal my Pentakill!"

Zheng Jiayi is still comforting these shopping guides
But Gu Heng's voice disrupted her thoughts and the smile on her face froze.
At first, she really thought Gu Heng was working.
After all, generally speaking, for rich people like Gu Heng, it is normal to be rich and busy at the same time.
But through the sound in the room just now
Even if they didn't understand what Gu Heng was saying, they could tell that his so-called "work" was playing games.
But soon Zheng Jiayi's expression returned to calm.
No matter what Gu Heng was doing, she had no right to disturb Gu Heng's private time.

As for those shopping guides?
I must be upset.
After all, they were picked up by the Ritz-Carlton Hotel from afar, and the owner left them all outside because he was playing games. Unless they were born slaves, no one would feel comfortable.
But capital has already smoothed their edges
No one showed any dissatisfaction on their face.

The time of the rich is real time. As service providers, their time is obviously not valuable.

more than twenty minutes later
Gu Heng's game finally ended
Looking at the data of 42-2-9 in the upper right corner, he stretched and stood up from his seat.
Cool!
So cool!
I was treated like a grandson in the national server, but when I came to the Southeast Asian server, I became a boss, killing people indiscriminately, it was so cool.

Gu Heng, who was planning to start another game, suddenly remembered that Xu Ying seemed to tell him that the shopping guide arranged by Zheng Jiayi had arrived. He quickly gave up the idea and walked out of the office area.

Walking into the living room, Xu Ying, who had been waiting for half a day, looked up and said, "Boss, are you done?"

"It's over. Where's the person you were talking about?"

Hearing this, Xu Ying quickly shouted outside the door: "Miss Zheng, you can come in."

Zheng Jiayi, who was standing at the door with sore legs, suddenly came in with a group of shopping guides.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Gu."

He first greeted Gu Heng respectfully, then turned around and said to the group of shopping guides: "This is Mr. Gu."

As if they were not the ones who had been standing outside the door for a long time, the group of shopping guides greeted Gu Heng in unison: "Good afternoon, Mr. Gu."

Accents
Although they all speak Mandarin, they all have a strong Cantonese flavor.
Gu Heng looked at them, and after a moment of hesitation, he couldn't help but ask Zheng Jiayi: "You guys were standing outside just now?"

Having said that, before Zheng Jiayi could answer, he turned his inquiring gaze towards Xu Ying.

Seeing this, Xu Ying quickly explained: "I asked them to come in and sit down after asking you, but they refused."

Zheng Jiayi: "This has nothing to do with Secretary Xu, we chose to wait outside the door.

There are too many people here, and we are afraid of disturbing Mr. Gu at work. If we accidentally hear your work privacy, it will be bad."

Work???

Gu Heng didn't react for a moment.
But soon I couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.
I was just playing a game, but these shopping guides mistook it as work, and ended up staying at the door for half an hour.
But what should be said or not
This kind of servant-like service is pretty good. Although it has no practical value, the emotional value is indeed strong enough.
This is the charm of capital soil.
Gu Heng didn't sigh for too long, and walked towards the sofa, saying as he walked: "Then let's get started, who's going first?"

Zheng Jiayi turned around and exchanged glances with several shopping guides. Then a tall shopping guide came out, holding two thick magazines in her hands and slowly walked forward and said, "Hello, Mr. Gu. I am a shopping guide for Chanel Hong Kong Island Store. I am honored to provide services to Mr. Gu." This topic is more or less a bit ambiguous.
One asked who would come first.
A pleasure to serve
It feels a bit like a technician in a foot massage parlor introducing himself.

"Chanel? Chanel also sells men's clothing?"

Of course Gu Heng had heard of the brand Chanel.
But Gu Heng always thought that these brands, which all have a feminine brand name, only do business with women.
Upon hearing this, the shopping guide quickly explained: "We didn't have a men's clothing business in Chanel before, but since the launch of Chanel Monsieur in the 2004 Autumn and Winter series, we have launched a few Chanel men's clothing every season.

And compared to women's clothing, we at Chanel pay more attention to the quality of men's clothing.

Most of Chanel's women's clothing is semi-handmade, but men's clothing is purely handmade, and some buttons and jewels on the clothing are inlaid manually."

Gu Heng was immediately delighted when he heard this.

It seems that Chanel knows how to do business.
Although they know that most of the target customers of luxury brands are women, the real main consumers are men.
Directly please men with the product's quality.
The Chanel shopping guide opened the two magazines in her hands and pushed them in front of Gu Heng: "The one on the left is the men's wear launched from 2004 to 2020, and the one on the right is the men's wear series from 2021 to now."

Gu Heng nodded slightly, picked up the magazine on his right hand, and started flipping through it while crossing his legs.

Looks pretty thick
In fact, a book is only a few dozen pages long.
Just flip through it and you'll find the bottom.
Then Gu Heng put down the book in his hand and picked up another one.
Gu Heng's simple action made Chanel's shopping guide's heart tremble.
Generally, customers like Gu Heng who require door-to-door service have very strong purchasing power.
Especially staying in the presidential suite of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, with a price of more than 100,000 Hong Kong dollars a night, is already a testament to one's purchasing power.

If this order is successful.
The commission is definitely not small, and in a place like Hong Kong Island, the commission for luxury shopping guides is very high.
I was able to get here because of my outstanding performance in the store.
In addition, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel has a close relationship with the Chanel brand, so it is the first to be introduced.
If nothing is sold, not only will it become a laughing stock for other shopping guides in the store, but it will also directly lose a huge commission.
Just as she was lost in thought, Gu Heng's voice rang out.

"This one is good."

Hearing this, the Chanel shopping guide's eyes suddenly lit up and she looked in the direction of Gu Heng's hand.

"This is our 2017 spring and summer windbreaker." Then there was a series of introductions.
"Although your Chanel brand name sounds sissy, the clothes are still quite tough, much better than LV. Their clothes are all sissy. You can't find a single proper men's suit even if you choose dozens of sets."

"???"

The LV shopping guide beside him had several question marks on his head as he listened to Gu Heng's complaints.
But she definitely didn't dare to argue with Gu Heng, so she could only smile awkwardly.
"Chanel men's clothing is not about nobility, but simplicity and elegance. The main types include shirt accessories and belts, so we have always followed the early style of Chanel. It fully demonstrates the masculinity of men and gives people a sense of indomitable will. People of all ages will exude their own unique temperament when wearing Chanel men's clothing."

Interrupting the Chanel shopping guide's introduction, Gu Heng pointed at the magazine and asked, "Is this windbreaker in stock?"

"Um no."

Gu Heng was about to roll his eyes, but the shopping guide quickly said, "Although this model has been discontinued, we can provide private customization! We have a Chanel handmade base in Hong Kong Island.

The tailors here are all international masters! If we rush the work, it only takes a few days to tailor this windbreaker to your body shape.

Moreover, our designers can also come up with a design that is unique to you based on your body shape, so you can avoid wearing the same clothes as others."

Personal order?

Listening to the shopping guide's words, Gu Heng asked directly: "Can it be customized?"

"Of course, we at Chanel accept private orders from any customer, of course.
In terms of price, private customization will be higher.”

Gu Heng could understand that the price was relatively high.

You get what you pay for.

Gu Heng then asked several other shopping guides, "Can you also accept private orders?"

Several people responded immediately and at the same time.

Although the voices were a bit chaotic, Gu Heng knew very well that there was only one response he could hear.

That's okay.

Just a few days ago, Gu Henggang spent more than 20 yuan at LV to buy several sets of clothes and bags for Gu Xinran.

At that time, I also gave myself a junior VIP membership that can only be obtained with an annual consumption of 40 yuan.
At that time, they vowed to me that only if I spent more than 100 million yuan a year and became a VIC, I could enjoy special privileges such as door-to-door service and private customization.
Now I'm in Hong Kong Island, all are the same brands.
I haven't spent a dime yet, and they told me they can customize it.
Even if it is differential treatment, isn't the gap too big?

Thinking of this, Gu Heng couldn't help but speak out his doubts.

This time, the shopping guides of the major brands did not speak, but Zheng Jiayi spoke up to explain for Gu Heng: "Mr. Gu, regarding the question you asked, I can only say that the market situation is different.
All major luxury brands are quite popular in the mainland, so it is normal for brands to modify their brand policies according to the region.

In fact, luxury brands around the world attach equal importance to service quality in addition to product quality."

Listening to Zheng Jiayi's words, Gu Heng smiled.
Although Zheng Jiayi said it very tactfully
But Gu Heng understood.

To simplify this sentence, it is "habitual."

The so-called luxury brands that had to act like grandchildren to seize the market in other places, when they came to the mainland, because of the pampering of a large group of people, they turned into grandparents and started to make rules.
When he thought of this, Gu Heng no longer had the same feeling towards the so-called luxury brands.

It turns out that the big brands that I used to think were so high and mighty are actually just that.
It is also the first step to step out and open your eyes to the world.

"Since it can be customized, it won't be a hassle."

Gu Heng stood up from the sofa: "You should all have measuring tools, right? Please record my physical data."

After instructing the shopping guides, Gu Heng said to Xu Ying, who was recording the scene on her phone, "You and Miss Zheng will help me choose. At least one piece of each brand, no upper limit. If they have stock, I will buy it. If not, I will ask them to customize it for me."

Xu Ying nodded quickly.

But he didn't put down the phone he was taking the photo with.

This was one of the tasks assigned to her by Gu Heng.

Record every scene worth recording during your trip to Hong Kong Island.
Xu Ying felt that this scene was worth recording.
Several shopping guides' eyes lit up when they heard Gu Heng's voice.
At least one piece of each brand, and if it is not in stock, it will be customized. How generous does one have to be to say such a thing?

One custom-made item is worth at least three cash items.

In other words, almost every commission of these people present can eat as much as they want.
After enduring the measurements of these shopping guides, Gu Heng said to Zheng Jiayi: "Help me entertain them well. Also, when choosing clothes later, you can discuss it with me, don't ask me.

Just let me have a look after you have chosen it."

Having said that, he walked towards the office area again.
Gu Heng has always believed that professional matters should be done by professionals.

If I sit here and choose based on my own aesthetic taste, I actually won’t be able to pick out anything good.

But Xu Ying, Zheng Jiayi and these shopping guides are all women who have seen the world. At least in terms of dressing, they are definitely much better than me, a country boy who suddenly became rich just over a month ago.

It was not until she filmed Gu Heng's back as he walked into the office that Xu Ying stopped filming, put away her phone, and said to Zheng Jiayi and the others, "Shall we start?"

"Ok."

"I wonder what style Mr. Gu likes? We can also determine a rough target."

This was the first time Xu Ying handled affairs for Gu Heng formally after becoming his personal secretary, and she was very serious.

And she had no choice but to be serious.

It seems like just buying a few pieces of clothing.

But this is not shopping on Taobao or Douyin Mall, not the kind of clothes that cost dozens of dollars and have free shipping.
These are luxury goods that cost tens of thousands of dollars, and even custom-made ones can reach six figures.

Gu Heng is rich, so he can ignore it, but as his personal secretary, he certainly can't ignore it. After a moment's silence, he said, "Try to choose a simpler, brighter style.

Mr. Gu is only 24 years old, and simple styles are more suitable for this age. "

When Xu Ying said that Gu Heng was only 24 years old, the shopping guides couldn't help but glance towards the office area.
The age of a rich person cannot usually be seen from his appearance.
They had always thought that Gu Heng might be in his 30s, but they didn't expect him to be so young.
But soon, they gave up their unrealistic ideas.
Some people are not worthy of them. They are not spoiled fairies and are very clear about the nature of society.
quickly
The sound of games could be heard again in the office area.

Xu Ying and the others were concentrating on choosing clothes suitable for Gu Heng in the living room.
(End of this chapter)