Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 206: The Su-style Mansion in Peach Blossom Spring

It was not until both parties sat down and Ms. Kelly, Executive President of Hermès Greater China, directly put on a serious attitude that Zhang Shihao confirmed that the other party really wanted to cooperate with Wuyou...

There was a reason for Zhang Shihao's shock.

Among many luxury brands, Hermès' position is undoubtedly unique.

And... Hermès almost never advertises.

Among all the top luxury brands, Hermès is probably the only one that does not have a marketing department.

It’s not that it doesn’t do marketing, but its marketing concept is unique. In other words, after having today’s top status in the world, it no longer needs to lower its profile to cater to anything. Instead, it is the trend that is chasing it.

It’s not like Hermès has never been a sponsor, but let’s take a look at the organizations it has worked with in the past…

World-renowned foundations, the Paris Olympics, various top charity dinners...

Therefore, Zhang Shihao still finds it quite dreamy that he is actually discussing cooperation with Hermès at this moment.

But he was a seasoned veteran in the business world after all, and he quickly calmed himself down, got into the moment, and began communicating with Ms. Kelly in fluent English.

As for Zhou Wang, after reaching this point, he was actually not very interested in participating, so he just chatted with Lin Xiaoxiao beside him.

If Wu Nara is a microcosm of white-collar women in the workplace in a big city, then Lin Xiaoxiao is probably her advanced version.

She is a little over 1.6 meters tall, wearing a pair of rimless glasses, with simply trimmed facial features, charming red lips, and her hair is simply tied up. She is capable yet exquisite in every way.

The key point is that she is not only beautiful, but also well educated. She is a graduate of Zhejiang University with a master's degree. She was supposed to study abroad, but she just happened to catch up with those years, so she didn't go...

Originally, Zhou Wang and Lin Xiaoxiao were chatting happily. After all, they were both good-looking and educated, and they were of similar age, so it was easy to find common topics. Until Lin Xiaoxiao's beautiful eyes turned, she giggled, and asked casually:

"Mr. Zhou, a guy as outstanding as you should already have a girlfriend, right?"

Zhou Wang was startled when he heard this. He glanced at the expectation hidden in Lin Xiaoxiao's beautiful eyes under the transparent lenses, and he suddenly felt bored...

Turns out, she was just another superficial woman who coveted my body.

"Yes, yes."

Zhou Wang nodded and smiled faintly, "We just talked for a while..."

Hearing this, Lin Xiaoxiao's originally disappointed heart suddenly felt a glimmer of hope. Her eyes lit up, and she soon started chatting and laughing with Zhou Wang again.

Zhou Wang just thought it was quite interesting——

After nearly two months of growth, the once innocent boy has begun to show a tendency to "be too clever" in controlling people's hearts...

After about 40 minutes of discussion, Zhang Shihao stood up with a smile, stretched out his hand and shook hands tightly with Ms. Kelly.

Although Zhou Wang only used half of his ear, he could probably hear the content of the cooperation.

Due to its own brand strategy, Hermès still failed to become the official sponsor of Wuyou Night, but Hermès will provide a batch of dresses for Wuyou artists whose sizes are suitable...

Although it was too late to have them tailor-made, these dresses are high-end styles not available on the market.

In addition, Hermès will also provide some internal gifts as small gifts to be distributed at the party, and all Wuyou Media needs to do is to post the following sentence in a prominent place in the exhibition hall and at the end of the official video:

“Some dresses and merchandise for the 2024 Night of Nouvel are kindly provided by Hermès.”

Zhang Shihao simply couldn't think of a more favorable cooperation condition than this. After all, this level of publicity is like chicken ribs to Hermès, and its target group has never been the general public. But for Wuyou Media...

Hermès' friendly sponsorship entry can greatly enhance the quality of the entire ceremony. If used properly, it will be a huge publicity highlight.

Even from a long-term perspective, the sponsorship fees will inevitably increase significantly next year. Even so, I am afraid that there will still be countless brands scrambling to get on board...

This cooperation with Hermès can be extended to become the beginning of some new strategies. To exaggerate a little, this is a step that can really affect the future of Wuyou Media.

With many thoughts in his mind, Zhang Shihao's eyes changed a little when he looked at Zhou Wang.

Bro, you are not the illegitimate son of the CEO of Hermès, are you?

Although the times are very different now than they were a few years ago, all the luxury brands Zhang Shihao has come into contact with are very ambitious. After all, the form of e-commerce live streaming is not suitable for these brands with too high unit prices. Who would have thought that Hermès, the big brother of luxury brands, would be so easy to talk to...

Zhang Shihao naturally attributed the reason to Zhou Wang.

This is the only explanation.

But at this time Zhang Shihao had no time to explore more. After he apologized to everyone, he hurriedly made a phone call to arrange for Hermes to enter.

As for what he said to Zhou Wang before, "It may be too late to enter the market now"...

What a joke, it’s not too late!
Lin Xiaoxiao also left at the same time. After all, time was urgent and she had to cooperate with Wuyou Media to arrange the dresses.

Fortunately, Hermès’ headquarters in China is in Shanghai, very close to Hangzhou, so everything is very convenient.

As for Zhou Wang, he chatted with Ms. Kelly alone for a while before leaving.

Ms. Kelly said that originally for this level of cooperation, she did not need to show up in person, but she came here specially today just to meet with Zhou Wang.

While chatting, Ms. Kelly was quietly inquiring about the relationship between Zhou Wang and the headquarters.

Yes, even Ms. Kelly didn’t know who Zhou Wang was and why he was rated so highly within the brand…

Hermès’ external VIC standard is annual consumption of tens of millions, and it must be continuous consumption. However, no matter how much money you spend, you may gain the friendship of Hermès, have executives celebrate your birthday, and participate in various activities hosted by Hermès, but in essence...

You are still a guest.

Although the idea of ​​cooperating with Wuyou Media came from Zhou Wang, Ms. Kelly only reported it to the headquarters symbolically. Who knew that the headquarters' reply would be "could try".

Ms. Kelly was stunned when she saw the email sent from Paris, France. Given the efficiency of the headquarters, it was incredible that they could reply to her within ten minutes. Moreover, they actually delegated the authority of cooperation to her. Although it was not in the form of a real title, it was subversive enough...

At that moment, Ms. Kelly realized that "VIC", the highest-rated institution in Greater China, was only Zhou Wang's superficial identity.

But she couldn't see more.

This is why Ms. Kelly's attitude towards Zhou Wang was so enthusiastic that it made him a little uncomfortable.

Unfortunately, Ms. Kelly is old after all. Although it can be seen that she was probably a beauty when she was young, Zhou Wang obviously cannot accept the age difference of more than 20 years...

Even though he had never ridden a foreign horse, he still longed to do so.

However, after talking with Ms. Kelly, Zhou Wang had some deeper associations from some of the information revealed in her words, while remaining calm.

He originally thought that it was only because of some passive consumption from the system that his internal rating of Hermès kept rising, and therefore he received extraordinary courtesy from Hermès. But now, according to what Ms. Kelly said, things might not be that simple...

Unfortunately, the system did not give any hints, so Zhou Wang could only guess on his own. Perhaps there was some hidden gift in the Hermès headquarters waiting for Zhou Wang to trigger it.

Today, from a larger and higher level, Zhou Wang has already sensed some "traces of the system's layout."

To give a very simple example, Zhou Wang checked the background of "Yunshang Trust" which had been transferring money to him, and "Yunshangyun Law Firm" which had law firms across the country and even overseas businesses.

Although Zhou Wang was not able to find much, there was one thing that was very strange: "Yunshang Trust" and "Yunshangyun Law Firm" were both established five years ago.

Five years ago, the computer game he was playing was launched.

So Zhou Wang felt very strange, as if the system had simultaneously set up a server in reality, but this online server from reality was finally launched five years later.

And Zhou Wang may be the only player.

There was no point in thinking too deeply about these things, so Zhou Wang soon stopped worrying about them.

After leaving his contact information with Ms. Kelly and accepting the small gift she brought, Zhang Shihao, who had arranged everything, returned.

After all, the cooperation does not require him to do it personally, but he needs to give instructions in person to express his importance to the matter.

Another 10 minutes later, Zhang Shihao and Zhou Wang saw Ms. Kelly off together.

Looking at the gift bag in his hand, Zhang Shihao couldn't help but laugh and said, "Brother, thanks to you, I also got a wallet for free, and it's made of crocodile leather, hahahaha..."

In theory, all products in Hermès' crocodile leather series are only available to VIPs, which means that you can only buy the crocodile leather series after spending a certain amount.

Of course, wallets can be purchased directly, but the two long matte crocodile leather wallets given by Ms. Kelly to the two people should be priced between 7 and 8 yuan, which is also a very expensive gift.

Zhou Wang just smiled when he heard this. In fact, from his own aesthetic point of view, this wallet is not as good-looking as the LV wallet that Wanda Hotel's private butler Bella gave him before, although the value of the two is dozens of times different...

"Brother, I wanted to have a good chat with you, but I really don't have time. I have to go to the venue first."

Zhang Shihao glanced at the time and said, "The first market to open is open at 2pm. When will you come?"

"I'll wait until the party starts. I still have to book a room." Zhou Wang said with a smile.

Wuyou Night is a series of activities that will last for a total of four or five days, but the highlight is only tonight's Wuyou Ceremony. Zhou Wang has no plans to participate from beginning to end, so attending the party will be enough.

"Closing the house?"

Zhang Shihao was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that Zhou Wang said he not only bought a car, but also a house. Just as he was about to ask Zhou Wang where he bought it, Zhang Shihao's cell phone rang.

Zhang Shihao gestured to Zhou Wang and then answered the phone.

"what?!"

At first, Zhang Shihao's volume was normal, until he heard something, his brows suddenly frowned, and he scolded mercilessly into the phone:
"The ceremony is tonight, and now you tell me there's a problem with the venue... I don't want to hear the reason, but your solution... What about your plan B... So what if it's the weekend? Is the weekend a problem... I don't want those shabby hotels. If you can't find a suitable venue that can accommodate one or two hundred people, you don't have to come to work on Monday!"

Zhang Shihao said this coldly and hung up the phone, his expression still looking a little ugly.

"Brother, is there a problem at the Olympic Sports Center?"

Zhou Wang asked with a serious expression.

"No, no, that's the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center. How could there be a problem? There was something wrong with the venue of the after party we specifically invited people to after the ceremony..."

Zhang Shihao quickly waved his hands and explained.

Zhou Wang was relieved after hearing this. When he heard "there's a problem with the venue", he thought there was a problem with the venue of the Wuyou Festival...

Then there is no need to hold this "Wuyou Night". After all, the invitations and tickets have been sent out long ago, and there will be at least tens of thousands of spectators present. If there is a problem with the venue at this time, the entire Wuyou Media will undoubtedly become a joke.

If it was just an internal party afterwards, then the impact wouldn't be that big.

"Okay, buddy, I have to go. The party starts at eight, but if you want to walk the red carpet, you'd better be there before seven-thirty."

Zhang Shihao said this jokingly and left in a hurry.

Walking the red carpet?
I feel a little moved for some reason...

After all, it is an experience I have never had before.

After shaking his head and smiling, Zhou Wang called Xiao An and said, "Let's go too."

……

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Wang, who had a simple meal in Wuyou's shared canteen, accompanied by Xiao An, took a Rolls-Royce Phantom to "Greentown Peach Blossom Land" located on the southern foot of Fenghuang Mountain in Yuhang District, Hangzhou.

"Mr. Zhou, what are we going to do over there?"

Xiao An probably couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked anyway.

"Closing the house."

Zhou Wang’s answer was also very simple.

This morning, Zhou Wang received a prompt from the system saying "Realistic interaction completed", indicating that the transaction of the property purchased for him from "Greentown Peach Blossom Land" by the system had been completed.

After Zhou Wang contacted Lawyer Zhu from Yunshangyun Hangzhou Branch, he thought for a moment and decided to take over the house during his free afternoon.

The house that the system found for him must be fully furnished and delivered. If possible, Zhou Wang would not have to live in a hotel anymore. It just so happened that he could not stay in Hangzhou for long, so he had to stay in his "own home" for a few days...

"Ah, Mr. Zhou, you bought the house in 'Taohuayuan'?"

Xiao An was obviously surprised.

"You know that place too?" Zhou Wang asked with a smile.

"How could I not know? It's one of the top luxury houses in Hangzhou. A guest I served before also lived there. I was lucky enough to go there with her once. It's my real dream house..."

Xiao An couldn't hide his amazement and envy.

Zhou Wang was not surprised that Xiao An knew about this. After all, as one of the top ten luxury homes in Hangzhou according to various rankings, "Greentown Peach Blossom Land" has too many titles to bear.

The entire "Taohuayuan" covers a total area of ​​2700 acres, but its floor area ratio is only 0.27. It is a typical representative of low-density villa communities in Hangzhou and even across the country.

The community is divided into three blocks, east, west and south, with diverse architectural styles, including American villas, hillside villas, Spanish villas, Chinese mansions, Italian villas, French villas and other types, embracing everything.

Therefore, it is recognized by many as the "mother model of China's top villas" and is known as the "China Contemporary Villa Expo Park".

It is about 20 kilometers from the urban area of ​​Hangzhou to the Taohuayuan community. After forty or fifty minutes of driving, the Rolls-Royce Phantom arrived at the "Green City Taohuayuan" surrounded by mountains and rivers.

(Aerial photography - a corner of Taohuayuan)
At the entrance of the driveway on the south side, Lawyer Zhu Yunlong, a senior partner of Hangzhou Yunshangyun Law Firm, who had arrived early, was already waiting here with the house purchase contract in hand. Accompanying him were several staff members from Greentown Property Group.

The Rolls-Royce came closer and slowly pulled over to the side. After Zhou Wang got out of the car, he smiled and shook hands with Zhu Yunlong who was walking up to him quickly.

"Lawyer Zhu, I'm in trouble."

"Mr. Zhou, it is my honor to serve you. I have heard from Mr. Gao from Yunnan Province that Mr. Zhou is so charming. Meeting him in person is far better than hearing about him..."

Zhu Yunlong smiled slightly and threw all kinds of free flattery at him.

After the greetings, Zhu Yunlong introduced the middle-aged man who had been waiting with a smile beside him, "Mr. Zhou, this is Mr. Hou Debiao, the deputy general manager of Greentown Property Taohuayuan Branch..."

"Hello, Mr. Zhou, welcome to become the owner of Greentown Peach Blossom Land!"

Hou Debiao immediately came up and shook hands with Zhou Wang enthusiastically. "Our CEO Zhao wanted to meet you in person, but he is out of town and can't make it back..."

When Zhou Wang heard that the other party was the vice president of the property company, he was surprised at first, but then he was relieved.

As an established luxury residential community, it is said that among the 180 owners who have moved into Taohuayuan, there are more than 50 CEOs of listed companies, not to mention other bigwigs from all walks of life...

In other words, there are no ordinary people who can live here, so how dare the property management company neglect any owner...

Therefore, it makes sense for the vice president to come out in person to receive the guests.

"Thank you for the trouble." Zhou Wang shook hands with him and smiled politely.

"Mr. Zhou, you probably haven't come to see the house in person before, right?"

Hou Debiao asked as if to confirm.

"No, I bought it directly. This is my first time here." Zhou Wang shook his head.

Xiao An couldn't help but glance at Zhou Wang with a strange look when he heard this. In fact, the others were also very surprised...

After all, this is not online shopping. No one would place an order without seeing the product in person!
But maybe, this is the high-end and simple way rich people shop?
Everyone was complaining in their hearts, but that didn't stop them from being more amazed.

"Then I will accompany you throughout the inspection of the house. This will also be convenient for you if you have any questions. I can answer them for you at any time."

Hou Debiao laughed immediately.

Originally, Zhu Yunlong could also play this role, but the lawyer's perspective and the property's perspective are obviously different. Mr. Zhou naturally would not refuse, and immediately smiled and nodded in agreement.

Hou Debiao sat in the passenger seat of the Rolls-Royce, while Zhu Yunlong followed the property's convertible electric car to lead the way. The Rolls-Royce restarted and drove into the community.

When passing the lane barrier, Hou Debiao took the initiative to introduce:
"Mr. Zhou, our security system is connected to the official network. For any foreign vehicle, we only need to scan the license plate to see the owner's personal information..."

"Oh?"

Zhou Wang was slightly surprised. It sounded pretty cool. Although the public security in China was relatively poor, it could indeed avoid many hidden dangers.

After entering the community, the vehicle continued along the internal road with an extremely exaggerated degree of greening. Zhou Wang couldn't help but sigh as he admired the roadside scenery along the way.

The construction inside this community is more beautiful than that of ordinary parks, and looking at the villas passing by, they are all far apart from each other, which means that if you want to ensure privacy, you can completely avoid any interaction with your neighbors.

One interesting thing is that although "Taohuayuan" is a high-end villa community, the internal areas are divided into "villages".

For example, the area that the Rolls-Royce is passing through at this moment is called "Yuexiang Village", and the villa is named "Building X of Yuexiang Village". After walking a little further, you will arrive at "Fenghe Village".

After more than ten minutes of detour, Zhou Wang became familiar with the environment in the community. Then, under the guidance of Hou Debiao, the Rolls-Royce finally arrived at "Building 9, Yanyu Village" and drove in from the open courtyard entrance.

"Mr. Zhou, we're here. This is your residence."

Hou Debiao got out of the car before Xiao An and opened the door for the two of them.

Zhou Wang got out of the car, stepped onto the courtyard floor paved with white stones, and finally saw the gate of his Chinese-style courtyard house which was said to cover an area of ​​6 acres.

The sun shines through the mottled shadows of the trees. Under the shade of the two welcoming pines at the entrance, the door of the authentic Soviet-style mansion is open, waiting for the owner to come...

(End of this chapter)