America's Road to Wealth

First, Shilla Hotel.

As the most famous hotel in the entire Han Kingdom, it assumes the responsibility of the Han Kingdom State Guesthouse to a certain extent.

Foreign dignitaries who visited Han State usually stayed here.

In Hanguo, it can be said that it is a very honorable thing to stay at the Shilla Hotel for one night.

For ordinary people, only when they get rich can they be qualified to stay for a few nights.

But what many Han people don’t know is that not long ago.

This highest-end hotel brand under the Samsvng Group has quietly changed its name.

Its current name, its full name should be Smith Hotel Group Hanguo Shouer Shilla Hotel Flagship Store.

Affiliated to the Smith Hotel Group, which was just established last year, it is a hotel currently positioned as high-end under this hotel group.

The eldest princess of the Samsvng Group is now known to everyone in the Seoul chaebol circle.

Even Li Zaixi himself wanted to give face to Li Fuzhen, who was the CEO of this hotel chain.

Oh, in Han Kingdom, she is generally called President Li.

She is now in Hanguo, first as the president of Smith Hotel Group, secondly as the president of Forging, and thirdly as the eldest princess of Samsvng Group...

On the afternoon of March 20, 2002.

The weather in Seoul is still a bit cool.

Many of the sexy girls on the streets have already put on summer equipment such as miniskirts and hot pants.

At a glance, the white streets are all charming.

I have to say that after entering the 21st century, with the launch of the Korean Wave.

In the area of ​​fashion and aesthetics, Han people are at the forefront of Asia for the first time, and they are still developing rapidly.

Ten years later, this influence reached its peak.

In just a dozen years, this country has spread the aesthetic style of a small country crazily throughout Asia and even the world.

When the hot girls all over the street start to dress coolly before summer arrives.

A Hyundai Motor Group Genesis was driving on the avenue in downtown Seoul.

Genesis is Hyundai Motor's first high-end brand model.

Hyundai Motor Group has invested approximately US$600 million to develop Genesis, aiming to compete with high-end German and Japanese brand cars while increasing its own brand value.

Within the Hyundai Motor Group, its status is similar to Toyota's Lexus, Honda's Acura, and Nissan's Infiniti.

This car was in a high-end Genesis sedan that was stuck in traffic on the road.

Sitting at this time is one of the artists of Forge Craftsman Entertainment.

It’s actress Kim Tae Hee who just made her official debut last year.

Kim Tae Hee was sitting in her seat at the moment. She was in a complicated mood and was talking to someone on the phone with a little anxiety.

In 2000, she debuted as an advertising model. In 2001, he entered the entertainment industry with the love movie The Gift.

Due to her decent family background, she was later known as one of the cleanest female stars in the Korean entertainment circle, which was darker than Hollywood.

...I'm already on my way. Director Li, I understand. Thank you for the notice.

I know, I understand, that's it.

The phone call with the director of the artist department of Forge Entertainment ended quickly.

Before Kim Tae Hee could take a breath.

Her beautiful LG flip phone started ringing again.

Kim Tae Hee looked down and found that the contact name in the note was .

Translated into Chinese, it means Li Yingai.

Lee Young-ae began her acting career in 1993.

Han people have strict office order, especially in the entertainment industry, and it may be even more serious.

According to this kind of workplace rules, to Kim Tae Hee, Lee Young Ae is already one of the top ten seniors in the industry.

However, before last year, Kim Tae Hee was not familiar with this senior in the industry at all.

But...

After what happened, it would be nice to say that they sympathize with each other.

It would be better to say that they have become the same kind, or companions.

After that anyway.

Kim Tae Hee, Lee Young Ae, and several other Korean entertainment actresses of similar ages have become very close.

Not only do they belong to the same company, Forge Entertainment, but they often get together in private.

When they were young, they were often even asked to live together.

They lived in a luxurious villa in Jiangnan District, Seoul, prepared for them by the company.

Externally, the company claims that this is a benefit for artists like them.

In this era, it is incredible that even the top Korean entertainers can buy their own houses.

But they can live in villas and mansions in wealthy areas.

It is indeed worthy of the envy of colleagues.

Only they themselves know that the reason why they are able to live in such a mansion is not as high-sounding as the company said.

Hey, Ernie, I'm almost there. There's a traffic jam.

Kim Tae Hee answered the phone again. She looked at the traffic in front and said softly.

Oh, that's fine. Secretary Kim just called and said that the president and him are almost here! Ye Jin, Ji Hyun, Hye Kyo, and Ji Won, they and I are all here. You haven't come yet, so I called Give me a call and ask.”

Hearing the gentle voice of Li Yingai, the eldest sister in private.

Kim Tae Hee couldn't help but curl her lips.

These women are so active in visiting and delivering sex.

We had promised to arrive at night, but it was only 4pm, yet they were all gathered except for me.

I understand. Unnie, it's just that I rushed back from Busan, and there's a traffic jam, so there's nothing I can do.

Ji Won and Hye Kyo came back from Jeju City. They are both faster than you. Tae Hee, I know what you think. But Oni wants to tell you that what you think is impossible to achieve. You understand. .”

Listening to Li Yingai's gentle and thoughtful voice.

Kim Tae Hee actually doesn't understand.

She has a privileged background, has been smart and beautiful since she was a child, and belongs to the best among her peers.

In fact, Kim Tae Hee also knew that even if her relatively capable father was willing to fight for his life, there was actually no way he could help him escape from that terrible whirlpool.

Ever since he was targeted and selected. It can be said that like the other five people, my future destiny has been determined.

Kim Tae Hee actually understands all this, but because she is so smart, she has hardly suffered any hardship since she was a child.

After encountering such a fate, she would think about struggling and trying to escape.

Unlike Li Yingai and the others, they accepted their fate early, and might even be happy with it.

At this moment, I heard Li Yingai repeating the same old tune, and I saw the sign of Shilla Hotel in front of me.

Why……

Kim Tae Hee couldn't help but sigh.

I understand, Ernie, I'm almost there.

Well, I won't say much more. Come up as soon as you arrive.

Li Yingai hung up the phone.

Kim Tae Hee put her beautiful flip phone on her lap, holding it in a daze.

I don't know what she is thinking.

After a while, the black female driver in front suddenly spoke softly:

Ms. Jin, we're here. Let's get off the bus.

The black female driver spoke English. Kim Tae Hee was a top student and a Han nationality, so of course her English was very good.

What's more, in the past few months, they have been intensively trained in English for a period of time.

Even Song Hye Kyo and Son Ye Jin, two poor students, can now communicate fluently in English.

There is no way, first of all this is the requirement above.

Secondly, they can enjoy the security and assistant services that even the top artists in the Han Kingdom cannot enjoy. All the staff speak English.

If they don't know English, even their daily work and life will be affected.

Okay. Kim Tae Hee said obediently.

So this person has recently emerged in the Hanguo entertainment industry.

Not long ago, a popular drama was staged. The female star, who was becoming more and more famous in Hanguo, got out of the car obediently and entered the Silla Hotel accompanied by a female driver and another female bodyguard.

Many well-known entertainers have traveled on board but are not eligible to use it.

According to Seoul rumors, only chaebol members or prosecutors are eligible to use the VIP elevator of Shilla Hotel.

Kim Tae Hee quickly arrived at the top floor of the hotel, led by a female staff member on the 23rd floor of the hotel.

Kim Tae Hee quickly came to the door of a room.

At the door of this room, Kim Tae Hee met several female bodyguards of the sisters.

More than half of them are foreigners, and the rest have Asian faces.

With inexplicable emotions, after the door was pushed open, Kim Tae Hee walked in.

In the spacious living room of the room, Kim Tae Hee met her familiar sisters such as Lee Young Ae and Song Hye Kyo.

Oh, it's finally here!

Seeing Kim Tae Hee walk in, Song Hye Kyo, who is actually one year older than Kim Tae Hee but has a baby face and looks younger, smiled and said briskly:

Then the rehearsal can begin. Time is urgent. Everyone, we only have a few hours!

Kim Tae Hee was still a little confused and didn't know what to rehearse.

The oldest among them, Li Yingai, already smiled and nodded:

Then let's all change clothes and come to rehearsal.

Hearing change clothes, Kim Tae Hee's heart moved.

She remembered what happened here a few months ago when she was wearing traditional Korean women's clothing.

Could it be that...are we going to play that kind of plot and wear that kind of clothes again?

Compared to other Christmas elk, stewardess, prosecutor.

If she still wears the same clothes as before, Kim Tae Hee thinks it would be acceptable.

Her beautiful eyes turned, and soon she saw some clothes on the sofa in the living room.

At a glance, Kim Tae Hee discovered that this time, they seemed to be traditional Korean women's clothing, or hanbok for short.

I haven’t seen the previous Christmas elk suits.

Is it possible that everyone is dressing normally like this today?

While they were wondering and wondering, Li Yingai and the others had already walked over.

Lee Young-ae also said:

Everyone is wearing the same style of clothes today. The only difference is the color and size. They all have their own names, so hurry up and get dressed. After getting dressed, it's time to rehearse. Time is urgent, don't waste time.

While saying this, the eldest sister had already walked to the clothes with her own name written on them.

Li Yingai started to take off her clothes very simply. It seemed that she wanted to change clothes directly in the living room in front of everyone.

Kim Tae Hee is a little uncomfortable with this, but fortunately everyone has already honestly treated each other.

We have seen various embarrassing scenes of each other many times.

This is nothing.

Several other girls also imitated Li Yingai at this time and began to take off their clothes and change clothes on the spot.

Kim Tae Hee started to feel a little strange again because they took off all their clothes completely.

Even the underwear and underwear were not spared.

Kim Tae Hee remembered that the last time she wore those shameful clothes, she still wore underwear.

Why don't you wear it this time?

Taehee, come quickly and change clothes.

While putting on the light green traditional Korean women's skirt, Lee Young-ae urged Kim Tae-hee.

Kim Tae Hee walked over quietly and started to take off her clothes in front of the name tag with her name written on it.

She moved a little slowly, waiting until she was almost done taking off her clothes.

Li Yingai had already dressed and came over to help her, or to urge her.

Kim Tae Hee couldn't help but widen her eyes at Li Young Ae who came over.

Because she saw Li Yingai wearing traditional Korean clothes, it was so traditional! !

She looked at the other people again. Song Hye Kyo and Son Ye Jin were also dressed, and the other two were almost done.

Their clothes, except for the color, are the same as Lee Young-ae's, special traditional, special Hanbok!

Kim Tae-hee, who graduated from the Clothing Department of Seoul University, knows that this traditional Hanbok was the normal clothing of most Hanguo women in the 19th century.

How do you say this traditional Korean dress?

If it appeared in China at the same time, or even in countries with the same cultural circle as Neon.

These clothes will definitely be regarded as something that even the brothel fireworks girls are not willing to wear.

It's so shameless and immoral.

But in history, the girls of Han Dynasty in that period really dressed like this.

Li Yingai still remembers that Li Demao, a great realist and scholar of the Han Dynasty during the Jeongjo period, once explained in his book Qingzhuangguanquanshu:

Because secular men like to have their wives and concubines imitate the coquettish postures of women, this kind of clothes appeared.

what clothes?

The traditional one from the 19th century only has 28 centimeters left, and there are even tops that are only 14.5 centimeters long, which is this kind of hanbok.

A true traditional Hanbok that can't even cover the armpits. If no cloth strips are worn, even the breasts of breast-feeding children will be completely exposed...

What Li Yingai and the others are wearing at the moment are brightly colored and made of more comfortable materials, but the styles completely imitate those from the 19th century.

The kind of clothes that completely expose their nakedness.

Seeing Kim Tae Hee's surprised look, Li Young Ae said calmly:

Hurry up and change them. After changing, you still have to rehearse the dance. Time is precious.

Looking at the indifferent eyes of the other women.

Even if I feel ashamed and unwilling.

Now that the time has come, Kim Tae Hee can only bite the bullet and put on a real traditional Hanbok that is completely different from the improved modern Hanbok from last time.

In the process of getting dressed, Kim Tae Hee discovered that the bottom of this traditional Korean dress was empty.

It is composed of several strips of silk, similar to a long skirt, but more revealing and completely transparent.

After changing the entire set of clothes, Kim Tae Hee thought it would be better not to wear them at all...

She changed her clothes bravely, but before Kim Tae Hee could breathe a sigh of relief.

Li Yingai began to call them over to rehearse and rehearse a set of dance moves.

This set of dance moves once again set Kim Tae Hee's lower limit.

She didn't expect that they could play like this, and she felt even more ashamed.

Kim Tae Hee knows.

Tonight, they will most likely be wearing these real traditional Korean clothes.

Accompanied by traditional Korean music, they performed traditional Korean classical court dances for the appreciation of the man who was no less than a king to them.

Not to mention that Kim Tae Hee, who still had a sense of shame, endured the shame and started rehearsing the dance with Lee Young Ae and the others.

Shortly after Kim Tae Hee arrived at the Shilla Hotel, Abel's motorcade also arrived.

Currently, there are four Shilla Hotels in Hanguo. Outside of Seoul and Jeju, Busan Shilla and another Shilla Hotel in Seoul just opened this year.

CEO of Smith Hotel Group.

Ms. Li Fuzhen got out of the car, held her pregnant belly, and said softly:

In addition to the Shilla brand, there is also the Fuzhen Hotel, which I define as a lower-end chain hotel brand. It is expected to be a 4-star or 3-star brand.

On the other side, he helped her get out of the car, and Abel nodded to express his understanding.

3-4 star hotels, the Vienna International Hotel that Chinese people are familiar with, are of this level.

It is higher-end than an express hotel, a little worse than a five-star hotel, and is considered a mid- to low-end hotel.

As powerful as the Hilton Group, in addition to the top Hilton Hotels and Resorts brand.

There are also mid-range Hilton Garden Inns and Hampton Inns below, all four-star hotels.

Another hotel group similar to the Hilton Group is the Marriott Group.

Its grading is different from Hilton's, and is carried out through different hotel brands.

Marriott's top brand is the Ritz-Carlton, a luxury five-star hotel that is even higher than Hilton.

Below are JW Marriott and EDITION, which are the same five-star hotels as the highest-end Hilton hotels.

Below that are more than thirty brands including Renaissance, Marriott, Delta, Gaylord, and Courtyard.

Compared with the Hilton Group, which is all named Hilton, the top and three-star hotel members are all called Hilton XX.

Abel feels that this approach of Marriott Group can better enhance the quality and class of hotels.

Of course, there are benefits to Hilton's approach.

That is the lower-level Hilton XX Hotel. It may look more luxurious and high-end because of the prefix Hilton.

This is a different brand strategy.

Smith Hotel Group, because Abel prefers the Marriott Group model.

Li Fuzhen naturally adopts a brand strategy with different names.

For example, Shilla Hotel is currently the highest-level brand of Smith Hotel Group, and Fuzhen Hotel is a 3-4-star mid-range brand.

Follow the plan planned by me and the senior management.

Being supported by Abel sweetly and enjoying Abel's rare tenderness, Li Fuzhen smiled and said:

Within Asia, the current dual-brand strategy will run simultaneously. However, outside of Asia, we unanimously believe that a luxury hotel brand should be designed on top of the Shilla Hotel.

In the hotel industry, luxury hotel brands are higher-end hotel brands based on five-star standards.

For example, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel of the Marriott Group mentioned earlier is a luxury hotel.

St. Regis, Raffles, and Waldorf Astoria are also luxury chain brand wines.

Any one of them is more upscale than any Hilton.

Abel nodded, feeling that Li Fuzhen's strategy was correct.

The Silla Hotel is indeed the best in Han Kingdom, and it is more popular with Han people than those luxury hotels.

But this kind of BUFF can only be enjoyed within the territory of Han Kingdom.

Outside of Han State, even in Asia, people from other countries will only recognize it as a five-star luxury hotel at most.

It is far inferior to the luxury level and has insufficient brand power.

Expanding to the whole world, in Europe and the United States, the Shilla Hotel does not even have much brand power.

On the Shilla Hotel brand.

Designing a higher-end luxury hotel brand is a very reasonable development strategy.

Okay. The two of them had already stood in the VIP elevator. Abel nodded and said:

“The top luxury hotel, I think, can be modeled on the model of Burj Al Arab.”

He said casually:

The focus is on scarcity, as well as extreme luxury and luxurious style. In addition to service, we also want to make guests feel that the high cost is worth their money.

Abel actually said it casually because he didn't care much about Smith Hotel.

Although this hotel group bears his surname.

But the foundation that forms it is actually Li Fuzhen's dowry, which is the hotel industry part of the Samsvng Group.

What Abel did was just use his influence to snatch this part from Li Zaixi in advance.

At the same time, he invested some of the funds he had previously plundered in the Hanguo stock market into the hotel group, allowing it to obtain a terrifyingly sufficient cash flow for the hotel industry.

For Abel, this part of the property, the bulk of it, would most likely be inherited by his descendants in Han or Asia.

Sisters Li Fuzhen and Li Xinyu, and their children, will be able to obtain most of its shares in the future.

This is Abel's advance plan for the future of his children.

Similarly, there are also some of his investments in Europe.

Europe and the United States come from the same origin. In the future, my children can also obtain dual citizenship as Americans and go to Europe to inherit these properties.

These have been planned early in the Smith Family Office.

In Abel's plan, he himself was like the king of lions in the pride of African grasslands, the only male lion in the pride.

Occupy a large number of female lions, occupy territory one after another, constantly capture prey, and let the female lions give birth to offspring one after another.

He then divided these territories among his children before he grew old.

There are currently two lionesses in the grassland of Han State, and their children will naturally inherit it in the future.

As for Kim Tae Hee and the others who are currently rehearsing hard in the guest room on the top floor, hoping to please him.

They are not even lionesses.

They are just female hyenas, doe, female antelopes, etc. who are forced to sacrifice themselves to the Lion King under the oppression of the lionesses.

The Elizabethan Angels in the United States, or the Mouth of France in Europe, and the Spanish National Treasure.

Generally speaking, they have this positioning.

Although it is absurd, telling it out may even cause an uproar among the people and public opinion.

But in Abel's heart, that's what he thought.

I know I still owe a chapter, and I will pay it back the day after tomorrow or tomorrow...