Chinese billionaire Li Jinyuan, President of the Tiens Group, has treated over half of his company's 12,000 workforce to a four-day holiday to Paris and the South of France – at a total cost of around €33m (£24m).
Jinyuan booked up 140 Paris hotels for 6,400 of his workforce, who were treated to tours of local sightseeing attractions including the Louvre and Eiffel Tower. He then booked 7,600 TGV seats for the trip south to the Cote d'Azur, meaning extra trains had to be booked and extra staff hired at Gare de Lyon.
Around 4,760 rooms were booked in four- and five-star hotels in Monaco and Cannes for the workforce, 5,400 of whom were from China and the remainder from other locations around the world. In total, Jinyuan booked 30,000 hotel rooms over four nights.
The culmination of the trip, which was organised to mark 20 years of partnership between Tiens and the French region, was along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, where all the workers spelled out the words "Tiens' dream is Nice in the Cote d'Azur" in the world's longest human chain.
Now a huge multinational company, Tiens works in a number of sectors including tourism, e-commerce, health management and biotechnology.
Jinyuan, who is on the Forbes Rich List and the 24th richest person in China, founded the company in 1995.
The expensive gesture by Jinyuan is an example of the growing economic power of China – and the enduring attraction of France, the world's most-visited country. Now 85 million foreigners visit France, spending €150bn (£108bn) and last year 1.7 million tourists came from China.
According to The Economist Chinese travellers, now account for one in ten tourists round the world, spending more than any other nation – $129bn (£83.54bn) in 2013.
Jinyuan's gift will be a huge bonus for the struggling French economy, which according to The National Institute of Economic and Social Research is set to be overtaken by the UK as the second-largest European economy after Germany.
*Shame on you if you are rich and are stingy with your blessing...This man is a human being,what are you?
This is the kinda thing Shobanjo can do!
ReplyDeleteNot some evil business owners who just want to frustrate people just because they are employed under their establishment. E.g Ikhide Johnson Arumemi
Oh lord! Take me to that level oo, chai, 6400 staff not even relatives...
DeleteDangote! Dokpesi! Adenuga! Okoya! Bruce! Dantata! Ndimi! Ovia! Babangida! Atiku! Tifnubu! Etc...se una de see una mate? Liitle drops makes an ocean!! Make una try de encourge una staffs..all des money una de pile up for una great gran children! Deris God oooooo!!!!
DeleteLmao....This anonymous sef. ..Lmao!!
DeleteWooow!! Why won't God bless him?
DeleteDangote Oya show your money. Respect à ce Monsieur. Thats how it should be done. Merci à vous. Millions euros already in shopping. France Economy dey happy oooo. Bonjour stella. Lol.
ReplyDeleteNaija Billionaires would rather spend on beauty queens and numerous orgies.
Delete...And right there's the secret of his success!By this time in 2017 he'd have moved up the Forbes list because his staff would work their asses off for him as a show of appreciation and loyalty.
DeleteBetter boss!
ReplyDeleteNice gesture! Stella, A Nigerian business man won't even help his family members how much more staff, smh. Story for another day.
Deleteif i hear!!!
DeleteWhen there are mistresses to take care of, they will rather buy a gf a house or car and send her to exotic places for vacation and shopping.
Dagote take note!
ReplyDeleteDangote is saving money to buy Arsenal FC...
DeleteSo,no excess cash now...
That's so Nice of him.
ReplyDeleteMay God continue to bless and enrich him.
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This is what we are talking about.
ReplyDeleteKudos to him.
The loyalty the staff will have for him cannot be paralleled.
Dey are monsters o. Jinyuan, may ur pocket never run dry in Jesus....Amen!
ReplyDeleteMoney speaking, d guy has a good heart and appreciate his employee.
ReplyDeleteAwwwwwww! Dis iss really nice
ReplyDeleteSide eyes at those glo people paying staff peanuts and still laying them off...
ReplyDeleteHahahahahahahah! Glo Mata no b here
DeleteWow! D man try wella.
ReplyDeleteNaija rich men are goats stella
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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I wanted to wish something but i dont like asians so am no longer wishing but i just pray his pocket will never go dry simple.....
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O. My gooooosssssh.....God bless this man! Amen. I can do better if am this bless!
ReplyDeleteDangote,Adenuga,Bola shagaya,Alakija,Jide Omokore,Femi Otedola,and so on and so forth should take note!
ReplyDeleteIn Nigeria,it's always monkey dey work,bamboo dey chop!
Bamboo kwa?
DeleteI hope our own Nigerian billionaires get to see this. It's not by answering billionaire you should also make an impact in the lives of people who have helped you get to where you are today. Our own billionaires are chop alone.
ReplyDeleteA move in de ryt direction.
ReplyDeleteNice gesture..
ReplyDeleteA naija billionaire will rather take his female staffs two by two or in groups of fives for threesomes n orgies.then pay them for it thats how naija billionaires reward their staff
ReplyDeleteLOL
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DeleteMy belle oo...
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The staff will be so glad to give him their best at work. Nigerian rich employers oya emulate this beautiful act not to be showing off with beauty Queens or yacht.
ReplyDeleteBigger boss,money talking
ReplyDeleteDear Lord, make my huge dreams and ambition come true as I know who I am and would defo do something like this for my staff and those I care about.......
ReplyDeleteUna de mention Dangote. Pesin wey never pay his staffs well. U c a PhD holder driving truck for Dangote and if anything, I mean anything happen to d truck, na repatriation back to ur house without benefit. Biko anako akuko Ndi ma ihe eji ego ha eme banyere inyere Ndi mmadu aka, Unu akpokwala onye ugwu. He is saving to buy Arsenal.
ReplyDeleteHahahaha u jus cracked me up
DeleteThe owner of Temple school, Mrs Shirley Okaradehia takes her staff on vacation during summer,last,year she took,about 50 something of them to Dubai.
ReplyDeleteA naija billionaire will only owe his workers salaries for months and frustrate their lives.
ReplyDeleteWhen I compare the Asians and English lifestyles to ours, den I knw the reason behind racism.
U see Nigerian CEOs acquiring wealth upon wealth and still stealing from the people, while workers wallow in abject poverty, even our so called men of God are not exempted!
All the rich people in nija should take note oh.see una fellow billionaire don dey show case how to treat employees.kai france all these millions for una pocket,I dey envy una.Oga abeg where you dey make I take leg come meet you as treaking dey reign for nija now.nigerians are always creative to survive as the rich are getting richer by the day and the poor,poorer by the day.
ReplyDeleteIf I hear say all these lebanesse thieves in Nigeria will ever take their work force to Obudu sef takeless of abroad...
ReplyDeleteWow.. This is how to live that life!
ReplyDeleteThat's the truth. These staff can die for their oga any day and time. Such persons don't lack helpers all through their lives.
ReplyDeleteCool!!!
ReplyDeleteUnlike our own that will be owing workers. They wont even pay for the work you have done talkless of giving you a treat at mama put.
ReplyDeleteBetter man
ReplyDeleteSo so nice of him
ReplyDeleteand 9ja billiomaires wud rather spend it on beauty queens.ya diba!
ReplyDeleteWaiting patiently for naija billionaires to bring their workers to Ghana. We need some cash here. Lol
ReplyDeleteWill never happen trudy
DeleteIt can happen oooo. Is cheaper for them to cut their cost
DeleteIt can happen oooo. Is cheaper for them to cut their cost
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DeleteDangote! Dokpesi! Adenuga! Okoya! Bruce! Dantata! Ndimi! Ovia! Babangida! Atiku! Tifnubu! Etc...se una de see una mate? Liitle drops makes an ocean!! Make una try de encourge una staffs..all des money una de pile up for una great gran children! Deris God oooooo!!!!
ReplyDeleteThere are lots of ways to reward staff - It does not have to be showy. Stella take note.
ReplyDeleteThese are the kind of people God blesses.
ReplyDeleteBetter person, God bless MrJinyuan
ReplyDeleteNice boss....very loyalty staff. But trust me, if a boss here in Nigeria does this, people will become so envious, calling him all sorts of names like "show off, or better still, saying he wants to buy their luck with favours....Trust me, naija mentality won't accept this! But I'm sure a lot of bosses do this, but it comes with 13th month package....Indimi is a good boss tho...
ReplyDelete@Nma,how bout u hook a sis up wiv indimi or his son?
ReplyDeleteChoi! This man is a blessing, make I just jam am, all I need is his 20k to start pant and bra business
ReplyDeleteLi jinyuan is da realest MVP
ReplyDeleteDangote Mike adenuga r uuuu hearing dis is una mate ooooo#ok cntinue since na only una walks cum
ReplyDeleteOr they'll say he wants to use them for rituals. Eheheh. If u are too nice to Nigerians, they'll say there's more to it.
ReplyDeleteLmao....
ReplyDeleteWhen you are Large,You are Large!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to the man for the kind gesture. Oya our billionnaires make una start ooo.
ReplyDeleteNot to give ashewo beauty queen. you can start by buying 2 bags of rice each for May 29 for your staff oo.
Even if the guy didn't pay salary honestly no one will leave.
ReplyDeleteNigeria Billionnaires abeg o, not only side chics deserve holidays, staff too can.
I for prefer make him give me the money instead in Cash make I carry am do business..Haha. Nwanna no go carry last oo...Its a kind gesture worth emulating though.
ReplyDeleteThis is what is called "good loss" every boss should embrace this idea.
ReplyDeleteAfricans are such hypocritical loudmouths who always speak from two sides of the mouth......dangote does this and they will say he is usiing the destiny of his workers..
ReplyDeleteIts sha a commendable feat from mr Ching Chong......