Chapter 3: Mansions
After watching the flag-raising ceremony, Chen Feng and the others couldn't calm down for a long time, and this patriotic education was really strong.
Along the way, everyone was still happily talking about the sassy and heroic posture of the PLA honor guard just now, and walked towards the Palace Museum while talking.
So, for a morning, the group spent time in the Forbidden City, Chen Feng and Wang Meixue were not here for the first time, but this time they accompanied others to come, and they were still very interested.
At about eleven o'clock, under Wang Meixue's suggestion, everyone went to Quanjude to eat Peking duck.
Chen Feng had never eaten this Quanjude roast duck when he came to Beijing several times before, but of course, his big name Chen Feng knew that it has a history of more than 100 years, and it is a time-honored brand in China's catering industry. Quanjude roast duck, with its crispy skin, fresh and tender meat, bright color, fragrant smell, well-known at home and abroad, is listed as the top of the capital's specialties, there is "not to the Great Wall is not a hero, not to eat Quanjude roast duck is a pity!". In fact, in addition to roast duck, Quanjude also has "whole duck seat" and more than 400 special dishes, forming the so-called Quanjude cuisine, which is loved by heads of state, government officials, people from all walks of life and domestic and foreign tourists, and is known as "China's first food". The late Premier Zhou Enlai had repeatedly selected Quanjude's "All Duck Banquet" as a state banquet.
This time, it is rare that Wang Meixue and Hongye are not afraid of gaining weight, and of course others do not object.
Under the leadership of Wang Meixue, the landlord, and under the leadership of Jian Yì, everyone went to the Qianmen store of Quanjude in Beijing, which is the origin of Quanjude, with a simple architectural style and rich in traditional Chinese characteristics. Heads of state and dignitaries of various countries have eaten here and have written inscriptions to commemorate them.
Chen Feng and his entourage came to this front store, Wang Meixue obviously had a certain understanding before, and asked for the Imperial Hall.
Tasting roast duck in Quanjude is of course a good food enjoyment, and eating roast duck in the Imperial Hall in Quanjude is a supreme enjoyment. This imperial hall is a "signboard" of the old shop of Quanjude in Qianmen, Beijing, which reflects a kind of palace culture. Because of its luxurious style, the "Imperial Hall" single room has always been used as a private room for VIPs. It was modeled after the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City, and there was also a dragon chair built inside. After Chen Feng and the others entered, they felt that the style here was gorgeous and elegant, simple and solemn. In the sound of ancient music, the fragrance of tea is undercurrent, accompanied by delicious utensils, and you can truly experience a supreme feeling.
plus a few bodyguards and two guards, a total of more than a dozen people, an average of one excellent roast duck per two people. Not to mention this eating, it is really crispy skin, fresh and tender meat, fat but not greasy, and there is a faint fragrance of fruit wood, accompanied by lotus leaf cake, green onion, sauce, garlic paste to eat, mellow and mellow, and the aftertaste is inexhaustible.
A few people still wanted to try the "whole duck seat", but after an average of two people and a fat duck, they basically couldn't eat it, so they had to plan to come again next time.
After eating the roast duck, everyone rested for a while, and Chen Dayong, Chen Feng, and Hong Zhongguo all went up to the dragon chair above to sit down, and they all took pictures.
After coming out of Quanjude, everyone has no nature to play for the time being, after all, everyone got up early in the morning today. So they all went back to sleep.
Back in the courtyard, Wang Meixue greeted everyone, and went back to the room to sleep first, and Hongye was also tired, Chen Dayong and his wife were slightly better, but not much better, and they all went back to the room to make up for sleep.
Only Chen Feng has greatly reduced his usual sleep time after practicing Arhat Divine Skills, and now it is basically enough to sleep for four or five hours a day, and his spirit is not bad at this time.
After Chen Feng returned to the room, he opened his laptop, went on a private chat, and immediately received a message from Karina: "Boss, today "Huateng Daily" has opened a special page to report on the time of the FBI's lost guns. β
Chen Feng saw that she was offline, and also sent her a short message: "Very good!"
Immediately afterwards, Cai Shuqing sent a message: "Chen Feng, my old classmate has agreed, she has always wanted to contact you, but your mobile phone has been turned off." She has now helped you go to Deep Water Bay to see the house. β
"I can't help it, now as soon as my phone is turned on, it keeps going all the time, so I can only turn it off. Chen Feng said truthfully.
"Hehe, this is probably the trouble of celebrities, I used to be famous because of you, and I was the same as you are now, as long as I turned on the phone, I kept calling, and finally had to change the number. Cai Shuqing said very understandingly.
"I'm going to change my number now, too. Chen Feng said a little bitterly, this mobile phone is indispensable, but as soon as it is turned on in the past two days, if the call is non-stop, you can only change the number.
"Well, that's it, Chen Feng, I'll give you her phone number, and you can tell her directly if you have something. Cai Shuqing told Chen Feng about Cao Yunfang's mobile phone number.
Chen Feng turned on his mobile phone and called Cao Yunfang, his entertainment agent.
As soon as the phone was connected, a very standard Chinese female voice came from there: "Boss, I'm glad you called, hehe, it's the first time I've spoken to you, a world star, I feel very honored." β
Chen Feng was a little surprised when he heard that she also had a little Beijing flavor of standard Mandarin, since the return of Hong Kong, many Hong Kong people are learning Mandarin, but there are few who can speak the standard, the most typical representative is the big stars in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong today, except for Liming and Faye Wong, who grew up in the mainland, there are few local Hong Kong stars who can speak Mandarin standardly, such as Stephen Chow, Aaron Kwok, etc.
Chen Feng smiled: "I'll call you Sister Cao in the future, don't be polite to me, just call me by my name like Sister Cai, I didn't expect Sister Cao to speak your Mandarin so standardly." β
Cao Yunfang also smiled: "You probably don't know yet, in fact, I grew up in the mainland when I was a child, I am a Beijinger, and I came to Hong Kong with my family after graduating from junior high school. β
Chen Feng was relieved of his doubts, so it was.
"Sister Cao, I'm glad you agreed to be my agent, in fact, I forgot to tell Sister Cai, as long as you do a good job, at the end of the year, I will pay you double or even triple and more times your salary. Chen Feng officially entered the topic.
"Hehe, my old classmate said that you are not a stingy person, otherwise you would not have invested so much money in the Homeland Foundation, it is right to follow you, and I have the same opinion as her, and now it seems that I guessed correctly. Hearing the news, although Cao Yunfang thought that she was not a very worldly woman, she couldn't help but be happy, after all, this salary was not only an economic factor, but also an affirmation of her ability, "However, if I want to declare it, in fact, the treatment you gave me is already very good." In Hong Kong, even those professional brokers who take commissions may not be the high salary you give me now. The reason why I agreed to be your agent is that in addition to the good treatment you offered, it is also because of your current status as a long. I know that Long is bound to usher in a new era in the history of music, or that you have already begun, and as the agent of such a legend, I don't think many people can refuse, and I am no exception, because I want to witness the glory and create a historic moment with you. β
Cao Yunfang's words were very passionate, which made Chen Feng feel fluttering for a while.
"Sister Cao, if you think so, it's good, I'm sure I won't let you down. Chen Feng said confidently.
"Chen Feng, before, I have already asked Shuqing, and she said that you plan to officially disclose your identity as a long. I don't think it's a big deal, we should think about it in the long run, and I'm not trying to stop you from making this decision, but I just think that we haven't reached the perfect time yet. "I have watched the news today, and the peaceful protests and marches in major cities in the United States are still continuing, but on the US side, only the White House spokesman has come forward to persuade the people of the whole country to remain calm and restrained, and neither the Secretary of State nor President Bush has come forward. Because in this way, you give the false impression that the U.S. government has privately asked you to come forward, which is very beneficial to your popularity. β
Chen Feng thought for a while and asked, "What if the president of the United States never comes forward?"
Cao Yunfang replied with confidence: "In the past few days, the number of peaceful protesters in major cities in the United States has not decreased in the slightest, and is gradually increasing, and the people are generally very dissatisfied with the FBI's practice of killing people and killing people, and even shouted the slogan "The FBI is the Nazi Gestapo", which has dealt a great blow to the prestige of the FBI, and has also caused a certain amount of damage to the national economy of the United States. The United States is a country whose interests come first, and they will never let this situation continue. Bush's approval rating has been declining since he took office, and if he doesn't do something, this approval rating will certainly be even lower. If I expected it to be good, President Bush would respond in two days. β
After listening to Cao Yunfang's analysis, Chen Feng more or less agreed with her statement, and she coincided with Adams's views.
Chen Feng nodded and said, "Well, your point of view is similar to that of the president of the company I signed with, and I have the opportunity to introduce you to each other." Oh, if there are no surprises, I'll arrange this press conference for the public to be in Hong Kong, and then he will come and you can meet him officially. β
"I know a lot about President Adams, and I'm looking forward to meeting him in Hong Kong. Actually, I'm very curious, how did he sign you with the discernment in the first place?" Cao Yunfang said with some interest.
Chen Feng explained in a general way: "It's nothing, a friend of mine happens to be his friend, plus my song "All Sun" at that time, it was very smooth to sign the contract." β
"I see, despite the introduction of this friend of yours, your own strength still convinced him, I can think of his expression when he heard your song "All the Sun". Cao Yunfang said casually, and immediately changed the topic, " Chen Feng, I have inquired about this morning in Deep Water Bay, there are currently three sets of villas that I think are not bad, one of which is only five or six hundred meters away from the residence of the world's richest man FENGSAI President Messer, covering an area of about 20,000 square feet, which has swimming pools and tennis courts, all kinds of facilities are very perfect, the initial price is 150 million Hong Kong dollars, I expect the space to fluctuate, about twenty or thirty million, the lowest should not exceed 120 million Hong Kong dollars, the other two residences, the area is not as large as this, but the price is cheaper, both at 80 million Hong Kong dollarsββ100 million, in the afternoon I will invite a feng shui master to come and see feng shui, after reading, I will give you the photos and other information of these three mansions. β
"Okay, I'm sorry for you. Chen Feng said politely, "At that time, if you win the purchase, you will inevitably have a big red envelope." β
"I'm your agent, and you're in my business, so there's no trouble. Cao Yunfang said with a smile, "However, if you, the boss, really move to a new house, my introducer's red envelope will naturally be indispensable." β
"Definitely!definitely!" Chen Feng also laughed.
Overall, Chen Feng's first meeting with Cao Yunfang, an entertainment agent, was not bad, and his first impression of her was not bad.
After hanging up Cao Yunfang's phone, Chen Feng immediately called Adams, but after the phone rang a few times, Chen Feng suddenly remembered that it was one o'clock in the afternoon on his side, but it was one o'clock in the morning on the American side.
Just when he hung up, he didn't expect Adams to answer the phone.
"Hey, it's Long, is there anything important about you calling so late?" Adams asked on the other end of the line, a little nervously.
Chen Feng said with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, Adams, I just forgot that it's early in the morning over there. It's nothing, I wanted to ask you about the situation in the United States, but I'd better wait for tomorrow to contact you. Hang up first. β
"No! It's okay! I've been woken up by you anyway. Adams said very generously, and then briefly explained to Chen Feng the situation in the United States, which is roughly similar to what Chen Feng has now. There is only one point, that is, about the long fund, in just a few days, it actually received nearly 80 million US dollars in donations, one of the anonymous fans who claimed to be a long super fan, and directly remitted 30 million US dollars to the long fund account at one time, which became a small news, and the remaining nearly 50 million donations were donated by more than 10,000 fans in the United States and even other countries.
Adams was supposed to tell Chen Feng the good news tomorrow morning, but since he had been woken up by Chen Feng now, he would naturally tell Chen Feng the good news in advance.
When Chen Feng heard the news, he was stunned for a long time before he reacted, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, these foreigner fans are really rich, a few days of hard work, it is 80 million US dollars, which is N times the 20 million US dollars he donated at the beginning, and according to Adams, it is expected that in the next few days, this donation is likely to double, close to 200 million US dollars, or even more than 200 million, if this situation continues, the LONG Fund may become the largest charitable foundation in the world. Such a large amount of donated funds continue to be remitted to the account of the long fund, which made the fund management team based on Jupiter Records a little overwhelmed for a while, Messer worked overtime for this long fund until more than eleven o'clock before returning home, and just slept for less than an hour, he was woken up by a call from Chen Feng, and it was really a little weaker.
Although Adams did not complain to Chen Feng, Chen Feng also understood that it must be very hard to manage and operate such a large amount of money as this long fund, because his godmother Chen Yufeng is a clear proof of this. What's more, Adams, as the president of Jupiter Records, usually weighs him down enough on his own work, and now he adds this, last time, he also told his wife Suzanne to persuade Adams to pay more attention to rest on her behalf, but now it is increasing his workload.
Chen Feng said with some embarrassment: "Adams, early tomorrow morning, you will immediately open recruitment and find a professional fund management team from the public, and you will let go of the long fund to them." Pay more attention to rest and don't neglect the feelings of your family, just like this today, you can continue. I hung up. β
After Chen Feng finished speaking, he immediately hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, not long after, when Chen Feng was hesitating to turn off the phone again, Cheng Wei called and said happily: "Boss, you are really like a god, someone came to me early this morning to buy your photos, especially life photos, at the beginning he bid five hundred, I didn't dump him." Later, he added one hundred and one hundred, and he didn't let go until he added one thousand yuan. In the end, when I was about to hang up his phone directly, he added five thousand yuan to me at one time in a hurry, and I was almost moved at that time, but fortunately, I kept in mind the wise instructions of the boss, gritted my teeth and did not let go, and hung up his phone directly, I was afraid that if I didn't hang up the phone, I would agree to his offer. But it wasn't long before I rejoiced at my decision. Just ten minutes later, another person called me and asked for a direct quote of 10,000 photos of your private life. This time, of course, I firmly disagreed. Boss, guess how much this guy quoted me in the end?"