Korean TV series: King of Peninsula 1997

Chapter 547 Hotel Plan
In addition to the two companies' headquarters in Kent and Hawthorne, they also went to Blue Origin's suborbital vehicle launch base and engine test base in Texas, which made Musk extremely envious.

The idea of ​​moving the company to Texas became even stronger.

It only took them a week to basically establish a cooperation plan, including the journey, the tour and the final discussions.

In a hotel in Los Angeles, the negotiations reached the final stage.

The current plan is for Li You to invest US$100 million to establish a private aerospace company.

Each of the three private aerospace companies held by the three men will exchange part of its equity with the other two. The proportion needs to be further studied after Li You’s private aerospace company is established.

The cross-shareholding cooperation model is relatively close. Under this model, the three companies check and balance each other, and the possibility of one company becoming dominant and encroaching on the other two companies will become very low.

Since Bezos and Musk have the technology in their hands, they only need to provide complementary technology. Li You will also make two additional investments, injecting them into Blue Origin and SpaceX, and become a shareholder of these two companies.

Each company has three people's shares. Li You is undoubtedly the one who contributed the most. This time he spent a full 300 million US dollars. However, as a private aerospace company starting from scratch, the technologies developed by the other two companies are what he values ​​most.

Because the latitude of the Korean Peninsula is too high, and the higher the latitude, the more fuel is needed to launch a satellite. Saving fuel is equivalent to increasing the rocket's payload. Therefore, Li Youcai would not choose to build his headquarters on the Korean Peninsula. Texas, USA, is the most appropriate choice.

At most, he could build a launch base on the Korean Peninsula. Li You didn't believe that once "national space flight" came into being in the future, the Korean Peninsula government would still be reluctant to spend money to buy his satellites and rockets to launch into space.

In theory, this is actually a private American aerospace company that contracts the Korean Peninsula.

But the boss is Li You, a Korean, and this is enough to make the people of the Korean Peninsula happy. Besides, the Korean government has been marketing national brands for so long, it should spend money on these.

"Pleasant to work with."

Musk said goodbye to the two men in a hurry. He was about to get investment from Li You, and he couldn't wait to go back and tell the board of directors the good news.

Watching him leave in a hurry, Bezos had a smile on his face, and he was certainly in a good mood.

"President Li," Bezos looked at Li You, "You must come to the dinner tonight. I will introduce some friends to you and Miss Chen."

"Be sure to be on time."

While waiting for Bezos to leave with his people, Chen Yijun held his chin with his hand and asked, "Is this a business worth hundreds of millions of dollars?"

"I've learned a lot."

"What do you think of yourself?" Li You pinched her cheek. He felt that as their relationship became closer, Chen Yijun became bolder and bolder. He began to speak in a sarcastic tone, "Your grandfather has a lot of business."

Chen Yijun broke free from his hand, turned his head and bit his finger, "This is different. My grandfather couldn't control the American business at that time."

"I'm not in control now," Li You pulled his finger back, "It's just that they spent a lot of money. These two are both very arrogant. How can the three of us have the ability to be in control?"

Jeff Bezos, the founder and first chairman of the board of directors of Amazon Group, became the world's richest man for the first time in 2017 thanks to the wealth accumulated from Amazon Group and years of investment.

The other Musk became the richest man in the world in Forbes' statistical history in 2021, and the first person to reach a net worth of 400 billion US dollars.

These two people can let Li You take the lead. It will be useless even if they are possessed by a ghost.

In the ballroom on the 17th floor of the Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, carefully matched flowers have been placed to ensure that there are no cheap scents.

The background music was soft and gentle, and the ceiling was decorated with golden strings of lights, which together with the central chandelier cast dreamy light and shadows.

Many familiar celebrities in Los Angeles, wearing expensive rented dresses, have already entered the banquet hall.

Chen Yijun took Li You's arm and they walked into the banquet hall together.

Chen Yajun was wearing a fiery red evening gown, like a red rose blooming in the night, which matched well with Li You's white suit.

Li You held Chen Yajun's arm with one hand, and the hem of her skirt swayed gently with her steps. The diamonds inlaid on it sparkled under the light, like bright stars in the night sky.

When Li You brought her here, the band was playing a soft serenade on the side, and the classic melody was particularly soothing.

"Li!" Bezos walked up to Li You and greeted him. As the organizer of the dinner, he certainly wanted to introduce this new friend to everyone.

Investors were chatting and laughing, while the star-studded female companions whispered softly in their ears.

That was pretty much the tone of the dinner.

Most of the female companions are stars in this "City of Angels" today, and not many of them are like Li You who bring people with them.

Li You brought Chen Yajun and followed Bezos through the crowd, constantly clinking glasses and sipping wine, occasionally stopping to chat with people, listening to Bezos' greetings with others, and nodding and smiling from time to time.

People talk about everything here. Movies, investment, and real estate are the most popular. There is even talk about a basketball game a few months ago where someone scored 81 points.

"Many of these people are people I haven't seen for a long time," Bezos sighed. "These people in Los Angeles think they are in a big city, and now they are so arrogant."

Bezos gave him a general introduction, then clinked glasses with Li You, said goodbye, and went out to socialize.

Li You and Chen Yijun sat down on the sofa on one side of the banquet hall, looking at the tycoons and celebrities who were standing or sitting, the champagne in their hands forming tiny bubbles in the glasses, accompanied by soft whispers.

"What does it feel like?"

Chen Yijun shook his head hesitantly, "It feels no different from the Korean Peninsula."

"People in the financial industry are mostly similar in their words, deeds, demeanor and temperament," Li You chuckled. "Bezos and Musk are among the few with unusual personalities."

Chen Yajun's mentality is a bit complicated. She is the third generation of a chaebol who has lost her power. After all, she still has some desire to go to the United States. Now she finds that it is just that.

"I'm going to the bathroom," Li You patted her back encouragingly, "If you want to communicate with those investors, go up and talk to them."

He gave Chen Yajun some space and walked out of the banquet hall and continued along the corridor. However, before he reached the restroom, his steps suddenly stopped because the restroom was under maintenance.

Li You, who was about to turn around and leave, suddenly raised his eyebrows and started listening outside the door.

He didn't want to be an eavesdropper, but what the two people inside were saying was really interesting.

Besides, he had met the person inside once before.

In a small cubicle of the toilet, a black long skirt outlines the roundness of a peach, and a pair of slender legs stand gracefully. Someone is supporting her hands weakly on the wall of the toilet.

“Paris,” someone said gruffly, “I understand your pain.”

"It's not your fault, it's that bastard Rick's fault."

Paris Hilton, founder of Hilton Group and great-granddaughter of world hotel tycoon Conrad Hilton.

Now 24 years old, she joined Willump's modeling agency when she was 19, and she met Li You at a dinner party when he visited Willump last year.

Today's dinner is also held at the Hilton Hotel.

A few years ago, a sensational videotape incident broke out in the United States. Since then, I no longer believe in love and my private life has become decadent.

This happened during her first relationship when she was only eighteen years old. Her boyfriend, Rick Solomon, took out a video camera and pressured her to say that famous quote that epitomizes scumbag status.

"You're so boring, do you want me to call someone?"

Although Rick repeatedly stressed that no one would see it, the video was leaked soon after, and then the front page headlines of newspapers took turns.
Because of this incident involving Hilton's daughter, Hilton's reputation was extremely bad in those two years, and its stock price fell a lot.

However, in contrast, her pursuit of career became more and more fanatical.

She knows how to hype herself up and capitalize on her fame.

For example, appearing in various fashion blockbusters, creating those 'perfect photos', and then monetizing the traffic.

This woman is doing the most profitable thing in a decade or so.

Li You did not pry too much, but just waited quietly at the door.

The sound inside gradually disappeared, and the bathroom, which was originally dimly lit, was lit up with golden light.

"You go first. There's no benefit in being associated with a celebrity like me," Paris said in a lazy and indifferent voice.

The man "Paris" hesitated for a moment, and when he came out, he was startled by Li You, "Are you. Li?"

Don't expect the door of this bathroom to have any soundproofing effect. Li You clearly felt that the people inside had stopped moving.

"Don't worry," Li You patted his shoulder, and the man left in a daze.

Li You waited in the corridor for a while before Paris Hilton came out.

"Mr. Li is waiting for me specially?" Paris frowned and looked Li You up and down. Although she felt that this man would not do something like Rick, if such a thing happened in the bathroom and spread out
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"Don't worry," Li You shook his head and pointed to the location of the banquet hall, "I just met with Miss Hilton and didn't have time to talk in detail."

Seeing the two of them walk into the banquet hall together, many celebrities had doubts in their eyes, and when they saw them talking, many of them thought about it a little more.

The two were on the balcony. Li You handed Paris a glass of wine in a gentlemanly manner and glanced at her. She had some gaudy makeup on her eyebrows, but she was younger and had seven points more hostility than the usual gaudy women. She looked difficult to approach.

"What do you want to talk to me about, Mr. Li?" Paris took the wine and took a sip.

"Ms. Hilton may not know." Li You said lightly: "I started out in the real estate business in the Korean Peninsula, but the hotels under my management are not doing well enough, so I want to learn from you."

"Learn something?" Paris now has multiple identities: artist, businessman, luxury jewelry designer, and most importantly, one of the heirs of the Hilton family. She looked at Li You in surprise.

"Mr. Li's development speed is already amazing enough. Hilton Hotels in the Korean Peninsula even asked Mr. Li to take care of it. What can you learn from me?"

"Is the Hilton Hotel in the Korean Peninsula now handed over to a Korean Peninsula company?" Li You looked at the traffic outside and said, "Leave it to me."

Paris looked at Li You in surprise. "Let's not talk about the fact that I haven't inherited my share of Hilton's business yet. I may not be able to do it. Even if I can, why should I help Chairman Li?"

"I have a successful career and I have made a lot of money," Li You said softly, "Since Miss Hilton has investigated me, she should know that there are still a lot of opportunities to make money on the Korean Peninsula. Why limit it to the Hilton Hotel?"

Paris was silent for a while. At present, the Hilton family has signed a management contract with a businessman named Park for the Hilton Hotel in the Korean Peninsula. Although Chairman Park's business is not good, the long-term agreement cannot be torn up without authorization. The family has discussed this matter several times and even scolded the Korean Peninsula people at the meeting.
"I guess the Hilton family doesn't want to be locked up by that agreement anymore, so why not let me handle it," Li You shook his wine glass.

"Do you know Chairman Park?"

"Yes, an acquaintance from a long time ago."

Speaking of which, we are actually acquaintances. The person who has signed the hotel entrustment management agreement with the Hilton family is the former Chairman Park of the Han Jiangzhi Mutual Aid Association.

Kinmen Real Estate has always been defective in the hotel sector and does not have a real system industry. Li You has never touched Chairman Park because it is useless to do so because the real owner is the Hilton family.

"I see," Paris suddenly realized, "President Li needs the Hilton Hotel's sign."

"That's right," Li You smiled. "Mr. Hilton is a well-known hotel tycoon. The Golden Gate Group, which has just entered the hotel industry, naturally hopes to cooperate with the Hilton Group for a win-win situation."

"Chairman Lee is too modest," Paris was no longer in the mood to talk. She was keen on business opportunities and smelled the scent of money. She smiled and said, "Within the Korean Peninsula, whether it is Hilton or other American groups' industries, they all need Chairman Lee's care."

"It's just mutual benefit," Li You narrowed his eyes, "Then Miss Hilton, can you make the decision now?" "Just call me Paris," Paris nodded after thinking. She was only 24 years old, and the reason why she had not been abandoned by her family despite her bad reputation was because of her talent for business.

She looked up at Li You, "What mode does President Li want?"

After asking, Paris shook her head again, "President Li must want a privileged business model. I asked too much."

There are mostly two types of management contracts in the hotel industry: the entrusted management model and the franchise model.

Take the current Seoul Hilton Hotel as an example. In the traditional entrusted management model, the ownership and management rights of the hotel are separated, and the Hilton family owns the hotel.

After the hotel was built by the Hilton family in accordance with the brand standards of the management company, it was entrusted to Chairman Park for operation and management, and various management fees were paid to Chairman Park, while all risks of the hotel were borne by the Hilton family.

The franchising that Li You wants is different from entrusted management. For hotels under the franchise model, Li You will obtain authorization from relevant brands and then form a hotel management team based on specific circumstances.

The ownership and management rights of the hotel are in the hands of Li You, and the Hilton family only provides various support services such as hotel trademarks, brands, management systems, human resources training, and marketing systems.

In fact, the biggest difference lies in who holds the management rights of the hotel.

"In the agreement between us and Chairman Park, he has a 30% stake in the Korean Hilton Hotel," Paris recalled. "This is not an agreement that can be easily revoked."

"What's more, President Li wants ownership and management rights. How can we get back the money we invested before?"

"It's very simple," Li You shook his head gently, "The construction of Hilton hotels in other parts of the Korean Peninsula will be fully funded by Kinmen Group, and the Hilton Group's equity will be given to it."

If the normal franchise model is followed, the fees Li You needs to pay to the Hilton Group will be reduced by half or even more than the fees paid under the entrusted management model. After all, the bulk of the construction costs are paid by him.

But in this case, it would be equivalent to giving the profits from Li You's hotels to the Hilton family for free.

"How generous," Paris smiled, pursing her fiery red lips, "President Lee thinks the Hilton Hotel on the Korean Peninsula is worth investing in?"

Li You knew that she didn't understand the situation clearly and would not agree easily. He ignored Paris's temptation and just shook his head slightly.

In fact, Li You is more trying to strengthen his control over the Korean Peninsula.

The model of mainland hotels is indeed worth learning from, especially for Li You, who is determined to build an underground world on the Korean Peninsula, it is a very feasible point.

The reason why Li You did not agree to the High Table to build a Continental Hotel on the Korean Peninsula was that he wanted to build his own "Continental Hotel" rather than a Continental Hotel that needed to abide by the High Table's regulations at all times.

He joined the High Table only to increase its international influence, but one voice is enough for the underground of the Korean Peninsula.

Paris looked at Li You for a while, nodded slightly, and said no more.

"Lee, why are you standing on the balcony enjoying the breeze?" Bezos' voice came from behind him. He smiled when he saw Paris on the other side and said, "Ms. Hilton, thank you for your hospitality tonight."

"Mr. Bezos has paid, so there's no need to talk about hospitality," Paris shrugged and left leisurely.

Li You leaned on the railing and turned around lazily.

Bezos held two glasses of champagne and passed one over.

Li You took it, clinked glasses with him, and they each took a sip.

"Chairman Li and her..." Bezos paused and didn't say anything.

Prejudice in people's heart is a big mountain.

This is true. Although Paris has made a name for herself in the business world in the past two years and earned hundreds of millions of dollars for the Hilton family, her scandals are still unpopular among the upper class who value reputation.

The incident with Edison Chen was embarrassing enough, but at least it was not a case of sex between a man and a woman. Paris was directly backstabbed by her boyfriend. Even her ex-boyfriend named Rick kept selling extended versions of the video to make a profit, and even signed contracts with some action film companies.

Although the villain is Rick Solomon, after all
If the dinner hadn't been held at the Hilton Hotel, Bezos probably wouldn't have invited her.

"I was just taking a break and came out to see the sights of Los Angeles, and we happened to chat for a while."

When Li You and Bezos walked into the banquet hall from the balcony, they were stopped by Paris again.

This scene shocked the upper-class guests attending the dinner.

Of course, there will be people who think about things maliciously, and some women even have a mocking look in their eyes.

Li You glanced around, and when they met his calm eyes, many people still looked away, but they just didn't want to cause extra trouble.

Bezos brought him here, and most of the people he invited were people he knew, but these people in the United States.
Most of the people here are white, with a few Oreos that are black on the outside and white on the inside, and a few completely white-skinned, Latino coconuts that are brown on the outside and white on the inside.

Li You's skin color and nationality are naturally not taken seriously here. Even if he has opened several American companies and has money, it is all in vain.

"Mr. Bezos," Paris said, still smiling, but with sharp eyes, "I want to talk to Lee about something."

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Seeing that Li You did not refuse, Bezos did not make a decision on his own. He just shrugged and made way.

After communicating with Li You these days, he felt that Li You was not someone who would be tempted.

Paris returned to the balcony again with a serious look on her face, and her makeup no longer looked bright.

Looking at her expression, Li You roughly knew what she wanted him to do.

Paris said coldly: "For me, this matter is not purely about the Hilton Hotel..."

"My ex-boyfriend Rick has a good relationship with the gangs in Las Vegas," Paris looked at Los Angeles outside, "The gangs in Los Angeles can't cross the border to attack him, let alone openly."

She snapped back, "He always says he does this with other women, but I actually find it weird and uncomfortable."

Paris said faintly: "I told him that I couldn't and that it was too embarrassing."

She added: "He told me if I didn't do it, he could easily find someone who would, and I was young and having problems with my family and didn't want to be abandoned by my boyfriend."

Paris glanced at Li You and said, "When that video was circulated online, I was actually really scared."

Li You just drank and listened silently.

"When that short clip came out, I begged him not to release the full version, but he said he had every right to sell what was his."

"Do you think I'm ridiculous?"

"You don't have to say that," Li You shook his head. He had no intention of becoming Paris's confidant. "You want to kill him."

Paris looked at Li You blankly.

After a while, she nodded, "I want to kill him."

Paris said, "I thought my life was over, my self-worth was shattered, and my family was ridiculed for it."

"I said it publicly on the show, saying it may not be a bad thing."

"But who wouldn't want to kill him if they encountered such a thing?"

Paris ignored Li You's attempt to stop her and continued talking.

"On the TV show, everyone discussed it and used all kinds of humiliating words without mercy."

"The scandals of wealthy families have always been a source of amusement for Americans."

"Since then, I have to turn on the camera every time I go out, for fear that my boyfriend will bring other girls home while I am out at work."

"And how did he do it?" Paris said with hatred, "accusing me, a wealthy heiress, and the Hilton family of waging a vicious, cold-blooded and shrewd campaign to portray him as a criminal."

"I want him dead," Paris said coldly, "As long as he dies, I will immediately take the Korean Hilton Hotel from my family."

"Where is he now?" Li You took the last sip of champagne.

"Las Vegas," Paris sneered, "He's a good guy to block."

"Let's reach a cooperation first," Li You nodded slightly, "I can arrange it."

Paris' eyes lit up, "Deal."

She smiled somewhat heavily, "Just for what you said, I would be happy to have closer cooperation with Kinmen."

There were footsteps outside, reminding the people on the balcony that someone was coming. Seeing someone approaching the balcony, Paris changed the subject, smiling and acting like a celebrity, "It seems that our Hilton Hotel is still highly valued by President Li. Cheers."

As Paris spoke, the hostility between her brows disappeared, and she didn't know what was true.

Li You just smiled and said, "Cheers."

After Paris left, Chen Yijun stretched and leaned against Li You, looking at her back quietly, "You want the Hilton of the Korean Peninsula?"

"Have you seen it all?"

Chen Yijun pinched his waist in a reproachful manner, "I'm not as good as you big investors, how can I not see this? Your aesthetic taste is not hers."

"That's right," Li You laughed. He put his arms around Chen Yajun's slender waist and walked into the banquet hall leisurely.

Social dinners were originally the introduction for these investors to start cooperation. No one’s dinner party was really just for gathering people and chatting.

Within the Korean Peninsula, even if a franchise contract is signed with Hilton Group, as long as it develops better, Hilton Group's revenue will only be much higher than it is now.

The interests of both parties are common, and letting Lee You take over the Korean Peninsula Hilton Hotel for common development is a good choice for the Hilton Group. This kind of international star-rated hotel is not afraid of being usurped by others. As Li You gets the authorization and his business grows bigger, they can happily collect money.

Since Li You dared to propose it, he was sure that Hilton Group would not miss this opportunity.

As for why I agreed to Paris's extra request
Li You glanced around and found that Paris was no longer in the banquet hall.

The Hilton family was hit hard by this scandal in those years, but they were unable to take any action due to public opinion in the United States and attacks from their competitor Marriott Group.

Bezos, who was far away, took a sip of wine thoughtfully. He didn't expect that Li Youzhen could find an opportunity at a banquet.

Hilton Hotel. Bezos hesitated for a while, but still shook his head secretly and did not let Amazon Group get involved. The top priority now is to speed up the platformization of online shopping and simplify payment.

"What is your goal now?" Chen Yajun asked softly while the two were close together.

"No matter whether you do things overtly or covertly on the Korean Peninsula, you can't avoid me."

(End of this chapter)