How can I justify myself as a Magnate if I don't indulge myself?-Chapter 291 - 143: Creating IDE Capital

An hour and a half later...

Even a state banquet would have finished in such a lengthy period.

Fu Songyang looked at Gu Heng putting down his chopsticks and asked with a smile, "How was the taste?"

Gu Heng shook his head, "To tell you the truth, not that great..."

"How come?"

"When you told me it was a state banquet, I thought it would be delicious, especially the boiled cabbage in clear broth. I often saw online about how awesome this dish was, and I always thought it would taste great...

But today, for the first time, how should I put it...

It’s pretty much like boiled cabbage with MSG. If there is any difference, it’s that the MSG-boiled cabbage is cheap, a few bucks can cook a pot, and a portion of cabbage from the state banquet could probably feed an ordinary person for a year..."

Gu Heng always spoke his mind...

He was actually quite looking forward to this state banquet...

But after eating it, he felt very disappointed. It couldn’t even compare to the Cantonese Cuisine he had on Hong Kong Island, with the only exceptions being the Buddha jumps over the wall and shark fin soup, which were not bad...

Listening to Gu Heng’s rant, before Fu Songyang could reply, Lizi on the side agreed vehemently, nodding her head like a pecking chicken: "Exactly, there’s really nothing special to eat. I think even the street snacks in the capital taste better.

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If it weren’t for Brother Yang saying there’s a new member joining HAC today, I definitely would not have come."

Lu Yuan put down his chopsticks and shook his head with a faint smile, "Actually, it’s not that the banquet food isn’t delicious, it’s that your tastes have been spoiled. Believe it or not, if a hotel outside served food like this, at the very least it would be a Michelin two-star, maybe even three-star?"

Both Gu Heng and Lizi shook their heads in disbelief.

Forget Michelin two-star, Gu Heng felt that even a Michelin one-star restaurant tasted better than this place...

Seeing the two shake their heads, Lu Yuan continued with a smile: "It’s normal to feel it’s not tasty. It’s mainly because the form has overshadowed the substance.

These state banquet dishes are mainly for the sake of show, with taste being secondary.

Look at the boiled cabbage in clear broth, with such a complicated process, using more than a dozen kinds of meat to stew the soup, then filtering out proteins and such from the soup, what do you think is left in there? Nothing more than some meaty broth flavor and MSG, right? Cabbage is a cheap vegetable from the market, and no matter how you dress it up, it’s going to taste the same in the end.

And this chrysanthemum tofu, don’t even start with how it’s cut to thread through a needle, even if you blend it to mush in a mixer, isn’t it still tofu?"

Fu Songyang also laughed after Lu Yuan finished speaking: "Lu’s right, when it comes to eating, there really isn’t much to the state banquet cuisine, but the elegance of the event is what we aim for; we just do this for fun."

Listening to Lu Yuan and Fu Songyang speak, Gu Heng also understood the meaning...

This was similar to the unnecessary services he experienced in a five-star hotel...

Take for instance the turndown service in hotels; does it really make you sleep better?

Of course not...

After all, who doesn’t know how to make a bed?

But this unnecessary service has become an indispensable part of five-star hotels. Why is that?

Because of the prestige.

It’s the same old story...

Form over content...

Eating banquet dishes at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, no matter how bad the food inside, the prestige is incomparable to what you can pay for at a regular hotel or restaurant. And the nearly 100,000 RMB meal, its price is all about the prestige...

Well...

I learned another piece of knowledge that rich people inevitably go through...

Show culture...

Indeed, to become rich, you first have to understand the rich...

Ordinary people talk about cost-effectiveness, rich people talk about show...

That’s also why there are so many people online saying rich people are easy targets...

Different perspectives, different ways of viewing problems...

.....

The waiter poured a cup of hot tea in front of Gu Heng and he picked it up to gently sip: "I’m planning to register a company in the capital, but I don’t know exactly what the process is like.

You guys are the big shots; can you share some experience with me?"

"Registering a company is simple. How about I help you take care of it?"

Hearing Fu Songyang’s offer, Gu Heng’s eyes lit up: "Can I get someone else to handle it?"

"What’s stopping you? There are plenty of shell companies on the market, with all qualifications complete, even those with international licenses can be done for a few hundred thousand, and the legal representative and everything else can be arranged for you. Even if you’re just dabbling, if something goes wrong with the company, you won’t be held responsible."

"There’s a business like this?"

Fu Songyang shrugged, "It’s just taking advantage of legal loopholes, skirting the edge of the law. What shady industry don’t we have nowadays? A single deal for them only requires some investment of time, but once it’s sold, it’s tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands in pure profit, it’s like a business that can be profitable without any capital for three years. There’s nothing they won’t do."

Once again, I’ve gained new knowledge...

"So, Brother Yang, do you have a contact?"

"Nonsense, I already asked you, of course, I have a contact.

What kind of company do you want to register?"

"A financial investment company."

"OK."

Upon hearing Gu Heng’s request, Fu Songyang immediately made a phone call, briefly explained a few things, and then turned back and smiled at Gu Heng, "All set, I’ve arranged it for you. I have a meeting with them at my company. Just come back with me later."

"That was fast?"

"Not too fast. The agency I contacted has hundreds of thousands of registered companies, covering all sectors. As long as the buyer has a request, they can immediately filter out options. Financial investment companies like you mentioned are a popular item; they don’t even need to look, as long as you set the conditions, they can get it done for you."