After reaching a strategic consensus, the two men returned to their respective cars, started the cars and drove towards the city.
Brabus's headquarters is located in the suburbs of Berlin. The speed limit on this rural road back to the city is 70kmh. Xia Yu and his friends can only drive under the speed limit. If they want to truly liberate themselves, they can only drive on the highway and the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
Isn’t that why they came to the country?
After returning to the hotel, Xia Yu dialed the Centurion Black Gold Card concierge hotline, and was automatically transferred to the US branch after the call was connected.
"Can you help me book a trip to the Nürburgring Nordschleife for the next few days? I'd like to book two afternoons!"
It would be more fashionable to just say that we can book it for a whole day, but Ji Yang is not up to the task. He runs one lap and then rests three laps. It would be a waste to book it for a whole day. It would be better to book it for two afternoons and have fun.
After learning about Xia Yu's needs, the concierge team on the other end of the phone immediately contacted him and received news about five minutes later.
"Mr. Sherlock, the afternoons of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th are all available for external contracting."
"Then let's go with No. 4 and No. 5!"
After the date was confirmed, Xia Yu hung up the phone. As for the price, he didn't need to ask because he would know when the time came.
Xia Yu opened WeChat and was about to tell Ji Yang, but this guy sent him a message first.
"Lao Xia, I'm going on an inspection trip with my dad. Do you want to come with us?"
After a night and a morning of rest, Huasu's inspection trip officially began. Ji Yang didn't have to follow every day, but he must not miss the first day.
"Go, I'll be right there."
Xia Yu also planned to go along. After all, he told his parents and senior classmates that he was here on a business trip, and it would be good to see more successful experiences in different industries.
After joining the Huasu team, the group first inspected the Steigenberger hotel they were staying in, and looked around carefully along the way.
Only then did Xia Yu realize that there were so many tricks in the hotel industry, and he could never understand them from the customer's perspective.
He focused on learning about the hotel's dining options. Steigenberger has a total of five dining venues with different styles for customers to choose from. Among them, the hotel manager mainly recommends the Berlin House Restaurant, which specializes in special dishes that combine modern flavors with local cuisine.
It looks good from the outside, but after having suffered a loss at lunch, Xia Yu and Ji Yang didn’t dare to try it. They should just stick to Western-style Chinese food for dinner!
It took less than two hours to tour the entire hotel, and then everyone walked to IntercityHotel a block away, a high-end hotel that is luxurious but economical.
Only by visiting the two hotels with different positioning together can we make a strong comparison.
In terms of many details, IntercityHotel is not as good as Steigenberger and provides much fewer services, but it is still remarkable compared to many domestic high-end hotels.
This also includes some of Huasu’s own brands. There is no need to look for many defects specifically, you can just look at the negative review rate to know, and most of them are about service attitude.
Some flagship stores in big cities are okay, but the business levels of employees in local franchise stores are uneven, and these need to be improved.
"Old Ji, tell me honestly, does your dad want to buy this company?"
Xia Yu had only guessed before, but now it has been made clear.
"I had this plan before, but it's been shelved for now. Whether it will be restarted depends on my dad."
Since they had already conducted an on-site inspection, Ji Yang no longer hid anything and just said everything he could.
"I think we still need to be cautious. The European market is not easy to enter, and now is not a good time."
Xia Yu briefly expressed his views.
A large part of the hotel's business relies on the tourism industry, which seems to be booming in the past two years, but is actually extremely fragile and can be affected by any wrong trend.
In addition, the refugee problem has always been there, so Xia Yu can only say that it is very risky.
"I find it difficult too. Business matters are really annoying."
Only when you manage the household do you know how expensive food, oil, salt and firewood are. It was only after Ji Yang got involved in the family business that he discovered there were so many messed up things.
If you give up the European market, others may eat the cake, so you have to do many businesses even if you lose money.
Xia Yu’s previous view was still one-sided.
"Take your time. The main purpose of our trip this time is to relax."
"Yes, let's go to Frankfurt tomorrow. I heard there's a place where you can find some nice classic cars."
Ji Yang took the initiative to suggest.
Frankfurt is more than 500 kilometers away from Berlin, and they can probably drive there in less than two hours using the highway.
"Okay, it's a pity the Frankfurt Motor Show isn't open right now, otherwise we could go to the show and have a look!"
Xia Yu said with a little regret.
There are five major international auto shows in the world, among which the Frankfurt Motor Show is the largest auto show in Europe. It was founded in 1897 and is known as the "Automobile Olympics".
It's a pity that the timing doesn't match.
"The Geneva Motor Show is also great. We can make it this time."
Ji Yang said with a smile.
"That's right, let's go to Ruishi next door."
Domestic auto shows are mainly for looking at car models, but these international auto shows are for looking at real cars. Many manufacturers will bring new cars to hold press conferences.
If there is someone he likes, Xia Yu can also take action, as long as he has not spent all his money at that time.
The itinerary for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow has been set, and today's inspection is almost over. Tomorrow Ji Qi will lead the team to Munich, so Xia Yu and Ji Yang will not go with them.
Nothing happened that night. Xia Yu still got up early to do morning exercises, reading, and playing music. Ji Yang didn't stay in bed either, and got up at 7:30. After eating and drinking, the two of them didn't check out. Instead, they drove the Bugatti Chiron directly onto the highway and headed towards Frankfurt.
"Ah~~Ah~~"
Amid the roar of their engines, two Bugattis sped past each other in the fast lane, and the owners of the cars in the adjacent lanes were overtaken before they even noticed.
Xia Yu in the cockpit was highly focused and felt very excited. The speed on the electronic instrument panel had exceeded 400kmh, a speed that even a helicopter could not catch up with.
This is what you call a highway. Xia Yu doesn’t believe it? The Chinese have oil-paper-wrapped parts buried next to their man-made sewers, but their highways are really awesome.
Mixing 27% concrete road with 73% asphalt makes the road surface smoother, has greater friction and better grip. The average thickness of 75 cm can even withstand aircraft takeoff and landing.
Secondly, it is prohibited to set up billboards on both sides of the road, so that drivers will not be distracted and can concentrate on driving. It will be difficult to give up this benefit in China.
"Old Xia, slow down. I can't catch up with you."
Ji Yang's voice came from the co-pilot's radio. He could also reach 400+, but he couldn't last too long, so he was soon left behind by Xia Yu.
"knew!"
After Xia Yu finished speaking, he slowed down the car. It was very exciting to maintain a speed of over 400kmh, but the fuel tank disagreed!
PS: The 2018 Geneva Motor Show was held in mid-March, but in the parallel world it was postponed to April. . .
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