Rebirth 1980: Marrying my sister’s best friend at the beginning

Chapter 571 New store opens!
With Li Yi's plan and An Hong, a practical expert, their entrepreneurial team was quickly put together.

Jiang and Ye's connections in the capital were undeniable. In just three days, Jiang Longcheng and Ye Jianhua found seven or eight large venues and sent them over for Li Yi to choose.

These venues all meet Li Yi's requirements for large area and convenient transportation. However, most of the venues can only be borrowed temporarily, and only a small number can be rented for a long time.

After all, this is the capital, and there are very few venues that are large enough to be idle for a long time!

After on-site inspection, Li Yi finally chose a very large warehouse located in the original glass factory in the east of Chengdu.

This large warehouse covers an area of ​​more than 3000 square meters. Including the abandoned factory building in front, it covers an area of ​​more than 5000 square meters.

As a venue for trade fairs, the area is sufficient.

The large area is one thing, but more importantly, due to poor profitability of the glass factory, production here has been suspended for more than a year.

Therefore, this is also the only place among several alternative locations that can be rented on a long-term basis.

For Li Yi, site selection not only requires consideration of area and transportation, but also subsequent investment issues.

After all, what he wants to do is a boutique exhibition, so the venue cannot be like other trade fairs, where he can just find a rainproof place.

According to Li Yi's plan, their trade fair venue needs to be completely renovated. People must feel that it is high-end and classy at the first sight when they come in!
Regarding Li Yi's idea, neither Jiang Longcheng nor An Hong felt it was necessary at first. After all, they had all been to the trade fair, and they had never heard that the trade fair would require large-scale renovations to the venue.

You should know that a venue can be at least a few hundred square meters, or even thousands or tens of thousands of square meters if it is larger. If it is all renovated, it will be too expensive.

But Li Yi insisted on doing this. He knew very well that the positioning of the fair he was organizing was to be high-end and high-quality.

High-end products should not only be reflected in the quality of the products, but also in all aspects of the entire exhibition, especially the venue decoration and layout. This is the first impression.

It's like when you go to a luxury store to buy something, don't worry about whether the items in the store are in line with your aesthetics or not worth the price that will shock you.

At the very least, the decoration in the store will make your eyes light up, and even make you smack your lips secretly.

Of course, it makes sense that these stores are so luxuriously decorated. After all, only stores that are luxurious enough can afford the positioning and price of these luxury goods.

On the other hand, if you put Hermès and LV bags and belts into an ordinary store, your first reaction would be that they must be imitations and knockoffs!

But to renovate such a large venue requires a lot of money. If it can only be used once, it will be difficult to make money even if the exhibitors are stripped of their wool.

Therefore, in Li Yi's plan, the exhibition venue is a one-time fixed investment. You can spend more money, but it must be able to be used for a long time.

At present, only the warehouse of the glass factory best meets their requirements.

Subsequently, under Li Yi's instructions, An Hong rented this large warehouse and part of the factory behind it at a price of 1 yuan per year for a five-year lease period.

After signing the contract, Li Yi immediately asked An Hong to find a construction team, and immediately repaired and renovated the exterior of the large warehouse while the capital was not yet frozen.

At the same time, a large number of decoration masters came in and decorated the interior of the venue according to Li Yi's decoration plan.While the decoration and construction work here was in full swing, Jiang Longcheng and Ye Jianhua also started to take action. They first made it known that they would hold a light industrial products exhibition in the capital.

As soon as the news spread, many people's minds became active.

For quite a few people, it doesn’t matter how effective this trade fair is. What’s important is that this trade fair is organized by Jiang Sanshao and Ye Liushao. If they participate in this trade fair, they might be able to catch up with Jiang Jiahe. The relationship between the Ye family.

As a result, many manufacturers took the initiative to sign up and prepare to participate in this trade fair!
But they soon discovered that things seemed to be different from what they imagined. The reply they received after signing up was not that the registration was successful, or a notification of when they could participate in the exhibition, but that they would be informed by a dedicated team and Their factories connect.

They also said that their products would be inspected, and only products that meet certain standards would be eligible to participate in this trade fair!
At the same time, some newspapers also began to report on this light industry boutique fair.

For a time, news about this trade fair continued to appear in newspapers, attracting the attention of many people.
While Li Yi and others were busy preparing for this trade fair, the two branches of the Grassland Beef and Sheep Grilled Shabu Shop were also ready to open.

On October 10, after nearly two months of preparations, the first branch located next to Dong'an Market officially opened.

On the opening day, Li Yi personally attended the opening ceremony!
At the same time, the Second National Cotton Factory, the Municipal Candy Factory and the Yanjing TV Factory all sent people to attend the opening ceremony, and also sent various plaques and congratulatory gifts. The whole ceremony was very grand!

What is even more gratifying is that the business at the branch was very good on the opening day.

And because the location is close to Dong'an Market, the flow of people is much larger than that in Beiguan Village. In addition, the store also held some activities on the opening day, so the store was full at noon and evening!
Seeing this situation, the second branch in Xizhimen also opened together.

So far, Li Yi's grilled shabu restaurants have three stores in Beijing.

And while Li Yi was busy, Xu Xinmao approached Li Yi again.

The news he brought this time was that the gold worth [-] million US dollars was ready and ready to be shipped to Hong Kong Island, and asked him what to do next.

Li Yi did not hesitate and immediately replied to him, saying that he would go and handle the matter personally.

As for the time, it will be set in the next few days, depending on which day there is a suitable flight.

Later, Xu Xinmao said that this time the superiors planned to ask Zhou Rui to accompany him to Yangcheng.

On the one hand, it helps him communicate with his comrades in Yangcheng, and on the other hand, he is responsible for receiving the foreign exchange.

Li Yi had no objection to this. After all, so much gold had to be transported overseas this time. It would not be easy without official communication.

Furthermore, the higher-ups asked him to withdraw US$[-] million in funds from Hong Kong Island. Ordinary people would not trust such a large amount of money, so it was reasonable for the higher-ups to ask Zhou Rui, director of the National Security Department, to come forward.

More importantly, with Zhou Rui's help, he doesn't need to worry about many things when going south this time, such as booking air tickets and finding someone to pick him up!

Very good, worry-free!
Soon Zhou Rui called and said that the air tickets and everything had been booked and the departure time would be 18:09 in the morning on the 30th.

By then, he will go to the courtyard to meet Li Yi in advance!
After receiving Zhou Rui's call, Li Yi immediately settled the matters at hand with An Hong, Long Zhanjun and others, and then prepared to go south!

But what he didn't know was that the situation on Hong Kong Island was already in turmoil at this time, and the atmosphere was very tense.
(End of this chapter)