As a platform for first impressions Michael Gu's company car was impossible to forget.
A white-gold Rolls-Royce with bright orange leather trim, it had lambswool floor mats and 1200 fibre optic lights embedded in the roof to make it "twinkle like the night sky".
Angus GriggNational affairs correspondentAngus Grigg is an investigative reporter based in Sydney. He has worked as a foreign correpondent in China and Indonesia, and has won two Walkley Awards. Connect with Angus on Twitter. Email Angus at agrigg@afr.com
Ingrid Fuary-WagnerExplainer editorIngrid Fuary-Wagner is the AFR's explainer editor, based in Sydney. She previously wrote about property and before that was news editor at Domain. Connect with Ingrid on Twitter. Email Ingrid at ingrid.fuary-wagner@afr.com
