Baojian

Chapter 240 Storefront

From after liberation to the end of the 70s, the country has undergone several major changes, causing panic. Even in the early days of reform and opening up, many people still hold a wait-and-see attitude.

In addition to the self-employed individuals who were released after serving their sentences mentioned above, families who owned many industries before liberation and transferred those industries overseas did not dare to enter the domestic market rashly.

It can be said that from the end of the 80s to the beginning of the 90s, there was a blank period in many industries in China. Those who entered those industries at that time all made a lot of money.

This is the case with Fang Yazhi. His extraordinary vision and courage allowed him to almost monopolize the domestic jade industry in the early and mid-90s.

At that time, there was no price regulation in various industries, and jade raw materials were cheap, and the selling price after processing could often increase ten times or a hundred times. ,

Under such circumstances, Fang Yazhi invested nearly 1000 million yuan to open the flagship store of "Yazhizhai" in the newly built Panjiayuan in order to establish a century-old signboard.

Of course, the main store of "Yazhizhai" in Liulichang is still preserved. After all, the hundred years of wind and rain and vicissitudes are the plaque cast by the years.

After the opening of the new store, the leading position of "Yazhizhai" in the domestic jade industry has been confirmed.

"Yazhizhai" in Panjiayuan is not only engaged in retail business, but more customers from all over the world come here to buy goods. Often, the fluctuation of "Yazhizhai" jade market can affect the jade industry across the country.

However, this good situation only lasted for a few years.

After entering the mid-90s, not only some old-fashioned antique dealers in Beijing have their eyes on the jade industry, but even those traditional jewelers on Hong Kong Island are interested in taking a share of this cake.

The monopoly of the jade mines in Xinjiang was quickly broken by powerful merchants, and all kinds of low-end and high-end jade jewelry shops have sprung up in every corner of the capital.

As a result, facing the rising price of jade raw materials and fierce competition, Fang Yazhi's share in the jade kingdom has shrunk quickly, facing a huge test from the market.

Although it entered the market early, "Yazhizhai" has a solid position in the domestic jade industry, but the impact from major jewelers in Hong Kong and Taiwan also made Fang Yazhi feel a lot of pressure.

Because Fang Yazhi's stall was too large before, the return of funds was relatively slow, and some mistakes in decision-making made it difficult for "Yazhizhai" to turn over cash.

Fang Yazhi is also a decisive person. He immediately transferred dozens of domestic branches, cashed out hundreds of millions of funds, and stabilized several stores in the capital.

However, Fang Yazhi is a person unwilling to be lonely. From being a leader in the domestic jade industry in the past to sticking to the rare place of the capital, Fang Yazhi was not reconciled, so he began to look for other opportunities.

In [-], Fang Yazhi came into contact with jadeite jewelry during a visit to Guangdong Province. This kind of jade, which is green for beauty and green for precious, fascinated him very much, and he smelled a huge business opportunity from it.

So Fang Yazhi personally went to Myanmar, the place where jadeite is produced, to investigate. After many market analyzes, Fang Yazhi made a decision and decided to launch mid-to-high-end jadeite jewelry in "Yazhizhai".

This kind of jade, which was once loved by Empress Dowager Cixi and Soong Meiling, received strong feedback from the market once it was launched, especially the Yanggreen cat's eye ring face, which was sought after by many upstarts.

"Yazhizhai", which had been silent for several years, finally became proud again thanks to the strength of the jadeite market. This made Fang Yazhi excited, and began to plan ahead again.

In the jade business, raw materials are a very important link. Without a good supply of rough jade, no matter how strong the distribution channels are, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

A few years ago, Fang Yazhi's jade business was attacked because the raw material market in the Xinjiang region was jointly broken by many jewelers, which led to the collapse of his monopoly on the market.

After seeing the business opportunities in the jadeite market in the future, Fang Yazhi no longer wanted to make the mistakes of the past, so he thought about hoarding more high-quality rough jadeite. Even if someone enters the jadeite market in the future, he will not be as passive as before up.

However, the rough jadeite is different from ordinary jade, its outer skin is wrapped by a layer of stone skin.

Before the stone skin is wiped off, no one knows whether there is emerald in the original stone. The saying "It is difficult for an immortal to break an inch of jade" should accurately describe the original jadeite.

Therefore, since the 40s and [-]s, there has been a custom of gambling on jadeite, that is to say, when customers choose stones, they can only choose by virtue of the appearance of the stone skin.

All stones are sold by the weight of the catty. If the rough stone bought by the customer cuts out emeralds, it is called a bet. If there is no emerald in it, it is a bet.

In order to avoid risks, the jade mine owners in Myanmar basically sell rough stones for gambling, so businessmen from China and Southeast Asia have also participated in such transactions.

In Myanmar, such transactions are also called "Jadeite Fairs". As jadeite jewelry becomes more and more popular in China and Southeast Asia, the volume of jadeite fairs is also increasing every year.

The price of a single piece of rough jadeite has skyrocketed from a few thousand dollars at the beginning to tens of millions of dollars, attracting emerald merchants and gamblers from all over the world.

According to Fang Yazhi's situation, as a channel dealer, he should buy the rough jadeite that has already been gambled from those stone gamblers. Although the price is much higher, he does not need to bear any risk of gambling.

But as I said before, Fang Yazhi is a very gambler. He often relies on his intuition to make some unreliable decisions, such as the decision to enter the jade market in the 80s.

Anyone who loves to gamble can't resist the thrilling psychological impact of betting on stones, and Fang Yazhi is the same. He claims to have played with jade all his life, and he knows jade very well, so he also joined the army of betting on stones.

In the beginning, Fang Yazhi was very restrained, and he gambled hundreds of thousands of rough stones, making some profits and some losses. In general, he earned more and lost less, which gave him a lot of confidence in his own vision.

In addition, since [-], there have been more and more businessmen dealing in jadeite in China. This made Fang Yazhi, who was once squeezed out by his peers, feel a sense of crisis, so his actions in the stone betting market became more and more serious. bigger.

Hundreds of thousands to several million, several million to tens of millions, Fang Yazhi can be seen not only in the Burmese jadeite fair held twice a year, but also in some small fairs held in Guangdong Province in China. Must be there.

However, Feng Shui took turns, and when entering the late 90s, good luck seemed to have left Fang Yazhi.

While pursuing high-quality rough jadeite, Fang Yazhi also invested a huge amount of money, but he was disappointed by the stone-cutting results again and again. Nearly 2000 million yuan was only exchanged for jadeite worth [-] million.

But at this time, Fang Yazhi was completely addicted to the thrill of "one sword in heaven and one sword in hell" of betting on stones. He couldn't stop it even if he wanted to. Fang Yazhi didn't wake up until his bank account, including the store's working capital, was in an emergency. come over.

Fang Yazhi, who had come to his senses, settled his accounts and almost fainted. In just over two years, he actually spent 8000 million yuan in the stone gambling market, which led to the business of "Yazhizhai". The problem is almost out of business.

Fang Yazhi now has a warehouse empty of mid-to-high-end rough jadeite, but he doesn't even have the money to process it, and he still owes his employees nearly a million wages. Inside "Yazhi Zhai", people are panicking.

In this case, Fang Yazhi can only shrink the scale of sales operations.

The three-year rent of Panjiayuan's store plus personnel expenses has become a burden that Fang Yazhi urgently needs to save costs.

Boss Zhou and Fang Yazhi have known each other for more than 20 years, and they are close friends. He naturally knows the dilemma Fang Yazhi is facing, so after agreeing to Qin Feng yesterday, he asked Fang Yazhi about his tone.

The result is what Boss Zhou and Qin Feng said. Fang Yazhi intends to change hands, but what the conditions are, Qin Feng needs to talk to the other party himself.

"So that's what happened?"

After listening to Boss Zhou's narration, Qin Feng showed a wry smile on his face. The other party's plate shop is really too big. With only more than 100 million funds in his hand, if he wants to sell this store, he is afraid It's a bit like a snake swallowing an elephant in it.

You must know that transferring a store is not just a matter of paying the rent. The decoration and various facilities that the other party invested in the store before also have to be borne by the successor.

Previously, "Yazhizhai" invested nearly ten million yuan in order to build a flagship store. Even if 400% of the depreciation was removed, Qin Feng still needed to take out [-] million yuan in cash, which Qin Feng could not afford.

Not only Qin Feng, Xie Xuan will not make a sound at this meeting, he and Qin Feng can put out about 40 together, even with the 100 million from Xin Nan and others, it is almost impossible to sell this store .

"Brother Qin, the store "Yazhizhai" is very famous in our capital's antique shop. You don't need to advertise for it. I think it's worth spending a little more money."

Boss Zhou didn't know about Qin Feng's family background, he just thought that Mr. Qi's disciples must be rich, so he encouraged Qin Feng to take over the shop.

After hearing Boss Zhou's words, Qin Feng thought for a while and said, "Boss Zhou, how about...let's go to the shop and have a look. This matter can't be decided in a short while."

"Okay, I'll take you to have a look, Brother Qin, I'm sure you will be satisfied."

Boss Zhou stood up when he heard the words. He and Fang Yazhi have a very good relationship, and he couldn't bear to see his old friend's store struggling there. Now "Yazhi Zhai" pays out every day it opens.

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