If the CEO isn’t suitable, the current general manager of the Bulgari Hotel, Ms. Yang Qiu, would also be a suitable candidate. In any case, as long as it helps establish a closer relationship with Zhou Wang, they welcome it.
Zhou Wang could guess their mindset. During the meal, he chatted amiably with Ms. Yang Qiu but remained noncommittal about her desire to have the Beidou Bulgari Hotel join the Wangyuan Association.
It wasn’t until the meal was almost over that Zhou Wang lit a cigarette for himself and suddenly spoke:
"Mr. Yang, I’d like to book your Bulgari Suite. Is it feasible?"
Ms. Yang Qiu was just asking someone to get an ashtray when she was taken aback by his words. She quickly nodded, "This doesn’t align with our business philosophy, but if it’s a request from Mr. Zhou, we’ll certainly accommodate... I just wonder how long Mr. Zhou would like to reserve it?"
"Not sure."
Zhou Wang shook his head, "Just temporarily. I don’t want anyone else staying in that room."
Yang Qiu turned and softly inquired a few things from the suite manager, then pondered for a moment before saying: "Well, Mr. Zhou, how about this: normally, the price for the Bulgari Suite is just over 300,000. I’ll give you the lowest discount, let’s say a lucky number of 188,800 per night..."
"Alright, I’ll have people from Jingwang Club coordinate with you later."
Zhou Wang nodded and agreed.
Close to 200,000 per night, booking for a month would be six million. In the past, even if Zhou Wang had this idea, he wouldn’t have had the capability.
But fortunately, at this stage, his finances are relatively comfortable. Not mentioning the cash surplus of over a hundred million, Jingwang Club, on its opening day, already recouped all costs and even had a surplus.
With numerous members joining over these days, currently, merely the account balance of Wangzhou Culture Beidu Branch has exceeded a hundred million and is continuously increasing, having already started a positive cycle of advance.
Although a good portion needs to be reserved for club operations, Zhou Wang can still mobilize substantial funds.
... Speaking of which, these days, he also received numerous interview invitations from financial media seeking to explore the wealth myth created by Jingwang Club overnight, with some even praising him as a rising star in the Beijing Circle, but Zhou Wang declined them all. If necessary, he had Jiang Qingkui handle them.
After all, he is a mediocre talent and wouldn’t know what to say if faced with an interview.
Responding positively to Ms. Yang Qiu’s goodwill, he said, "I will consider placing your Bulgari Hotel on the second batch of invitation lists for the chamber of commerce."
"Thank you, Mr. Zhou, for your trust!"
Finally receiving some confirmation, Ms. Yang Qiu felt relieved and joyful simultaneously, as she could now report back to the headquarters.
After dinner, Zhou Wang returned to his room.
Walking down the corridor, bathroom, bedroom, everywhere he went, images from last night involuntarily surfaced in his mind—those wild moments, and Ji Xiaoxi’s various poses at every place.
Clear yet distant.
Finally, Zhou Wang reached the bedside of the master bedroom, tidied up Ji Xiaoxi’s torn clothes, and found scissors to cut out a special piece of the bedsheet.
Previously, the senior and Su Yajing took care of their belongings themselves; not sure if they kept them, although modern women rarely engage in such practices...
Lost in random thoughts, Zhou Wang took another shower and changed into new clothes brought by the housekeeper before finally leaving the hotel.
...
Over the next two days, Zhou Wang became embroiled in a new round of busyness.
Apart from routine social engagements, he focused on further organizing personnel relations at the Beidu Branch, striving to create as stable a situation as possible before departing from Beidu.
To achieve this, he swept aside dissent... Oh, almost forgot, he is dictatorial, and no one opposes him.
In short, after consulting Jiang Qingkui’s opinion, Zhou Wang directly promoted Huang Duming, who was approved by Jiang Qingkui, to the position of deputy general manager of the Beidu Branch.
Jiang Qingkui still holds the general manager position, but the regular daily affairs will gradually be transferred to Huang Duming, exactly like Zhou Wang initially anticipated, grooming Huang Duming as his representative in Beidu.
Furthermore, the Beidu Branch expanded significantly, such as hiring a manager who previously oversaw the operations of Chang’an Club through a headhunting company to take the role of manager at Jingwang Club, further freeing the exhaustively busy Jiang Qingkui.
Qi Jiayi also officially resigned from the Yunshangyun Law Firm to become Zhou Wang’s private lawyer. However, these past two days, she has deliberately avoided Zhou Wang, spending all her time with Jiang Qingkui.
Regarding this, Zhou Wang remained indifferent, since she’ll accompany him to Magic City; let’s see where she tries to escape then?
Because of the incident with Ji Xiaoxi, Zhou Wang has been reflecting on himself these days, wondering if he had become overly lost from rising too quickly, leading him to refrain from touching any woman for the purpose of celibacy... including Yun Rou and Yun Lan sisters, who overly demand and slightly drain him.
There was also a little incident; after passing the interview with the HR of Lin Ran’s union company, Ji Xiaoxi’s prospective brother-in-law, Li Fei, has joined Wangzhou Culture. But during Zhou Wang’s unintentional probing, it was apparent that the other party was also clueless about Ji Xiaoxi’s situation.
The only thing that amused Zhou Wang was, not sure if Li Fei followed Cheng Xueqing’s advice, he even sent him a couple of packs of cigarettes and bottles of wine.