Wealthy after rebirth

Chapter 229 Castle Hotel
The plane departed from the capital in the morning and arrived in Düsseldorf, Germany at nine o'clock in the evening, China time, and three o'clock in the morning, Germany time.

The time difference is not very big. Because I have rested but not fully rested, I am more tired after the rest. After arriving in Germany, I can continue to sleep until dawn. It will be more convenient to adjust the time difference...

The flight was uneventful, and at 380:[-] a.m. German time, the A[-] with the logo of Etihad Airways pierced through the clouds and appeared over Dusseldorf.

Dusseldorf is located on the banks of the Rhine River and is the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of about 60 people, it is the ninth largest city in Germany.

Dusseldorf International Airport is about eight kilometers away from the urban area. It is the third largest airport in Germany after Frankfurt and Munich, with an average annual throughput of about 200 million passengers.

The average annual throughput of 200 million can be ranked third in Germany, but if viewed in the world, it is inconspicuous...

The average annual passenger throughput of Kennedy International Airport in the United States is 6000 million, that of Heathrow International Airport in the United Kingdom is 8000 million, and that of Beijing International Airport is [-] million!

In terms of data, the annual throughput of Dusseldorf International Airport is only one-fiftieth of that of Beijing International Airport, and its volume is pitifully small.

Even so, it does not prevent Dusseldorf from becoming an important city in Germany's advertising, clothing and communication industries. At the same time, Dusseldorf is also a famous exposition city, holding large international exhibitions in various industries every year.

Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Paris, Cologne, Milan, Munich, Barcelona, ​​Berlin, Bologna, Basel and Nuremberg are 12 first-tier cities for international exhibitions.

The Dusseldorf International Boat Show is one of the largest boat exhibitions in the world, and also the largest boat show in Europe. The International Hospital and Medical Equipment Exhibition, the German Medical Exhibition, and the European Biomedical Conference are all held in Dusseldorf held in Aldorf.

Since it is located in the Ruhr area, Düsseldorf is naturally inseparable from industrial development.

Dusseldorf, known as the "desk" of the Ruhr area, is located in the center of Germany's Ruhr heavy industrial area. The steel, machinery, chemical and glass industrial enterprises located in this city are world-renowned.

However, Düsseldorf is not only dedicated to cold metals and machine tools. It has unique advantages in the fields of chemistry and medicine, especially life sciences and biotechnology. Enterprise giants and top research institutions in these fields gather on this foundation In a city with first-class facilities.

Global well-known companies in the fields of chemistry and life sciences, such as Bayer, Henkel, Johnson & Johnson, Monsanto and 3M Medical, as well as Germany's leading biotechnology companies have chosen Düsseldorf and its surrounding areas as their office locations.

Etihad Airways' A380 landed smoothly at Dusseldorf International Airport. When the plane came to a stop, three Mercedes-Benz S parked next to the plane.

Even though it is late at night, transportation hubs like airports and train stations never sleep. Tourists waiting for boarding notice the appearance of the big guy A380 immediately.

In fact, the appearance of the A380 is not uncommon. There are several A380s taking off and landing in Dusseldorf every day. What is strange is that the A380 is not close to the terminal building, but has installed a boarding ladder, and there are three luxury cars waiting beside it... …

This means that there are top rich people haunting!
Everyone has a heart of gossip, and many tourists who have not fallen asleep have begun to pay attention to the situation on the apron.

"Mr. Shi, welcome to Dusseldorf!"

Three middle-aged men wearing white gloves stepped out of the Mercedes-Benz S and saluted Shi Yining very respectfully.

Shi Yining and several staff sent by the hotel to pick him up nodded slightly. After walking down the boarding stairs, he stamped his feet on the ground. After nearly twelve hours of flying in the air, it felt good to be down to earth again.

Huang Jiayan and his two bodyguards were not the only ones who followed Shi Yining off the plane. The flight attendants on the plane also walked down the boarding stairs collectively, expressing their farewells very enthusiastically.

Such a battle made the three hotel staff who came to pick up the plane speechless.

They rarely envy others, unless they are really very enviable...

"Mr. Shi, it is an honor to serve you at the Kempinski Benterra Castle Hotel. I am the butler, Femis. We have prepared a vehicle for you. It is dark at night. Would you like to go back to the hotel to rest?"

The leader of the three men spoke very fluent Chinese but the pronunciation was not very accurate.

"Good evening, Phimis."

Shi Yining took a look at the butler assigned to him by the hotel. He had a lean figure, about 1.8 meters tall, very energetic short hair, and very western cheeks. He looked a bit like a rock singer in his impression.

If calculated according to the time of the Celestial Dynasty, it was just nine o'clock in the evening at this time, but Shi Yining was really tired, so he stretched his waist, and then waved his hand to indicate that he was going to the hotel.

At the time of parting, beautiful stewardesses and Shi Yining hugged and said goodbye, completely ignoring the cold gaze of the boss's secretary.

There are three Mercedes-Benz S's, one for Evans alone, one for Shi Yining, Huang Jiayan, Li Jieke and the butler Femis provided to Shi Yining by the hotel, and one for the other two pick-up personnel.

The location of Shi Yining's hotel in Düsseldorf this time is quite special, not in the bustling urban area, but in a relatively secluded suburb.

Kempinski among the Kempinski Bentra Castle Hotel is the Kempinski Hotel Group. It was founded in Germany in 1897 and has a long history. The founder Berthold Kempinski is a Polish Jew German-born entrepreneur.

Since Berthold Kempinski and his wife had no sons, in the end Berthold Kempinski decided to transfer the company to his son-in-law, provided that the Kempinski name was retained.

So the world-renowned Kempinski Hotel Group has continued to this day.

Bentra Castle Hotel is a very famous landmark project under the name of Kempinski Hotel Group, located about five kilometers away from the northern suburb of Dusseldorf.

The main body of the entire hotel is the Bentera Castle with a history of more than 500 years. Before the Kempinski Group remodeled, the situation of the Bentera Castle was not optimistic.

After hundreds of years of wind and sun, the outer walls of the castle are dilapidated, and the interior is also dilapidated due to long-term neglect.

All this began to change after the Kempinski Group bought the development rights of the entire land in 2010.

Kempinski refurbished the Bentera Castle according to the illustrations in the classics, and expanded it to a certain extent. It took three years to finally rebuild the dilapidated and dilapidated castle!
It then took another year for a modern renovation and finally became the Kempinski Bentera Castle Hotel today.

Due to the special internal structure of the entire castle hotel, only ten suites with different styles were created in the end, which means that the reception capacity of the Bentera Castle Hotel, which Kempinski spent hundreds of millions of euros on, is very limited...

The limited reception capacity does not hinder the Kempinski Group's profitability. Once the wonderful Bentera Castle Hotel opened, it immediately became the preferred residence of the top rich.

The ten suites are built according to the styles of different periods in German history, and the price is 1 euros per night!
On the banks of the Rhine, three Mercedes-Benz S drove through the night. The weather in Germany has been good recently, with no rain or snow, and a bright moon can still be seen in the sky.

After about half an hour's drive, a castle illuminated by lights appeared in Shi Yining's eyes.

"Mr. Shi, the Bentra Castle Hotel is in front of you!"

The butler Femis, who was sitting in the co-pilot, made an introduction at the right time. He was not idle along the way. Knowing that it was Shi Yining's first visit to Germany, he told him a lot of common sense about travel.

The castle in the light stands quietly in the darkness, the combination of modern and ancient, a wonderful sense of time and space collision arises spontaneously, the atmosphere is both fashionable and ancient traditional style.

On the whole, Bentera Castle is not particularly big. It is about 30 meters high, which is as high as a dozen floors of a modern building. The windows on the wall are dark, and the tenants must have fallen asleep.

After reporting the situation to Shi Yining, Fermis took out the hotel's internal communication system and chatted, and saw a suspension bridge in the castle hotel in the distance.

"Ok?"

Shi Yining immediately became interested when he saw the movement of the castle about [-] meters away. He learned about the basic purpose of the castle and some functional facilities through a series of film and television works. Of course, he knew the existence of the suspension bridge.

But he didn't expect to experience the real suspension bridge in reality. From this detail, we can see the seriousness of Kempinski Group.

"The castle's moat is connected to the Rhine River, and there are three bridges leading to the castle itself. The suspension bridge is generally only used for viewing and experience, and two modern bridges are in normal use."

Femis explained to Shi Yining very seriously.

The suspension bridge is no longer the previous winch-type lifting method, using a modern motor, but even so it is not suitable for multiple switch closures, so it is generally only used once when welcoming guests.

According to the carrying capacity of the Bentera Castle Hotel, the frequency of use of the suspension bridge will not be too high.

The interesting setting really attracted Shi Yining. After the vehicle passed the suspension bridge, he even got out of the car and walked around on the suspension bridge. Then he went to the control room and pressed the switch with his own hands to put the suspension bridge away.

"It feels good to have the opportunity to build a Western castle to play with, haha."

Shi Yining, who already owns a modern Chinese garden, became interested in ancient residences from other cultures.

Entering the castle, the first floor has been transformed into a hotel lobby, but the original appearance of the hotel can still be seen from some subtleties, which are traces of time that cannot be concealed.

The space in the entire hotel lobby is not very large, probably to compress the space to create more rooms.

There are some exquisite stone carvings around the lobby, as well as medieval armor. Of course, they are all modern imitations placed to create an atmosphere. However, according to Fermis, one of the sculptures is an authentic work of the Renaissance.

"Oh?"

Shi Yining expressed doubts about what Femis said. He may not understand the other things, but he still knows a little about sculpture. When he heard about Renaissance sculptures, he immediately became interested!

Due to the limited space in the lobby, a total of four sculptures are displayed, and the one with the least area is a stone column similar to a Roman column.

"This pillar is a product of modern industry. The traces of chiseling are very new, and it is extremely impartial and rigid. It is lifeless. It cannot be it."

Shi Yining watched carefully.

As Femis introduced in the past, the usual guests were surprised at most. It is the tradition of the Kempinski Group to put family collections in the hotel, but few people have noticed it seriously...

Shi Yining didn't know what Phimis was thinking, and then he came to the second sculpture, a long-haired man was kneeling on one knee with his head lowered and his hands clasped together, as if he was bowing down to something.

Shi Yining watched carefully for a while, then his eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "You don't need to look at the two over there, if there is an authentic work, it can be this one, at least this work is done by hand!"

Shi Yining didn't know the characters of the statue and the background of the story, but he could see the clues from the carving lines. In Shi Yining's eyes, there was a big difference between machine carving and hand carving.

"Mr. Shi's appreciative ability is amazing. This Heron worship is indeed the work of a master in the late Renaissance..."

Fermis looked a little surprised. "Heron Comes to Pray" is just a very ordinary sculpture, which was born in the late Renaissance. The auction price at that time was only a few hundred thousand euros, so it was not very famous.

It was not impossible that no one had noticed that "The Adoration of Heron" was a Renaissance sculpture, but the other person was just a young man in his early 20s, and he could distinguish the authenticity from the fake very quickly. His profound appreciation ability made Femis feel admire.

Shi Yining smiled and waved his hands. There is no such thing as appreciative ability. He just started from the sculpture technique itself and saw that "Helen Comes to Worship" was made by a skilled craftsman (higher than him), so he judged " Heron Comes to Salute" is a fine piece of sculpture...

"Dear Mr. Shi, welcome to Bentera Castle."

While Shi Yining was admiring the sculpture, four women in red uniforms appeared in the lobby.

The ladies in red are Kempinski's brand image ambassadors. They all choose red as the main color of their clothing, with exquisite tailoring and local characteristics, showing pure European luxury to every guest.

It was getting late, there was no reason for the distinguished guests to check in at the front desk foolishly, the girl in red immediately led Shi Yining and his party to the hotel room, and someone would take care of those trivial registration matters.

The elevator in the old castle gives people a very strange feeling. The designer carefully made the elevator into a style centuries ago, including digital buttons and some metal panels, which has a sense of sight of the Flintstones.

The hotel room itself does not have too many bright spots. It is a standard five-star hotel. Perhaps the furniture that matches the style of the castle can be regarded as one of the characteristics, but in terms of luxury alone, it is not so brilliant.

Cleverly divided, each suite has a master bedroom and two secondary bedrooms, so the living space is sufficient without appearing cramped.

Since it was not early, Femis did not give too much introduction to the guest room, and left after leading Shi Yining and others to check in.

Feeling a little tired, Shi Yining took a simple wash, then fell down on the comfortable bed and fell asleep slowly.

The little secretary, Huang Jiayan, does not have such a colorful life in the air as Boss Shi. Even though it is past three o'clock local time, she is still not very sleepy. After all, her physical time is only past nine o'clock in the evening...

Turning on the computer to check some information, she felt a little sleepy before going to bed.

(End of this chapter)