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Chapter 103 Arrogant Ideas

After staying at Liang Su Kee for a while, Xian Yaowen visited an umbrella factory called Tai Shing in Nam Cheong Street, Sham Shui Po, where he learned about the umbrella production process and discussed with the boss the technology and cost of umbrella printing.

Fortunately, the cost was within Xian Yaowen's affordability, and he and his boss finalized a preliminary cooperation intention to order 100 umbrellas. The umbrella ribs were made first, and the umbrella surface was not rushed.

At noon, I bought a glutinous rice chicken outside and took it to the 4A company. After filling my stomach, I started drafting a contract. Party A, Zhonghua Garments, and Party B, the 4A company. Party A entrusted Party B to design and produce bottle openers, chopstick holders, and paper fans. , Party B promises to complete it within 15 days.

The contract was drawn up and printed out. Party A's signature column was signed "Xian Yaowen" and Party B's signature column was signed "Adam Hepburn." In this way, 4A Company had its first formal order.

Then, Xian Yaowen urged Adam Hepburn to move quickly. Adam Hepburn followed suit and gave the design draft he had made to Hu Jinquan for reference, and explained his requirements. Without waiting for his butt to get hot, he went out to look for someone who could do metal processing. factory.

From afternoon to evening, Xian Yaowen’s basic trajectory is as follows:

I went to a store on Guangdong Road that sells mechanical parts and metals to inquire about hardware processing factories. I visited three of them and selected one for preliminary negotiation;
After it is basically finalized, go to William Chen Law Firm for a new registration entrustment - to register a people's retail company in London;
In the evening, I went back to 4A Company to pick up the design draft of the bottle opener;

Go to the factory to finalize the order;
go home;

Carrying the noodles cooked by Wang Xiamin, I went to the shop downstairs to meet with Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Dong. The meeting had two themes. First, to expand the business scope of the shop and increase the wholesale business of some goods in addition to retail. Second, The store has never had a front door, but now it can have a front door with just four words, "People's Convenience" from right to left, and a wooden sign hanging on the wall behind the counter, which reads "People-oriented, never fake."

Night and day, busy again.

Xian Yaowen then visited the hardware processing factory that he had not finished yesterday and picked one to place an order for chopstick holders; he went to a workshop in the Kip Mei wooden house area in Shek Kip Mei to discuss paper fan business and produced a fan sample. He was not very satisfied. After Xu Leping's guidance, he gave the job of painting the fans to a few poor painters, and out of "respect" allowed them to sign and stamp the fans.

If one of them is lucky enough to get ahead, today's paper fan will become a good story and make a lot of people regret it.

In the evening, I had dinner with a senior executive of Cathay Pacific Airways. The other person did not know how to flatter me and was not interested in the creativity of his fuselage inkjet advertising. We could talk about the uniform order, but we had to go through a trivial process. He had no time to talk to him. I practiced Tai Chi to cope with it, and started working for the film company the next day.

Great China Film Company, which has a cooperative relationship with the Shao family, Li Zuyong's Yonghua Pictures, Zhang Shankun's Great Wall Pictures, a group of filmmakers from Shanghai who raised funds to set up Fifties Pictures, and Wu Xingzai's Wenhua Pictures As well as Longma Pictures, which was established with the support of Wu Xingzai...

Film companies take turns visiting each other to talk about sponsorship and product placement. If the film company needs shirts for filming, Good Luck will sponsor them for free. If the male protagonist wears a shirt as his main appearance in the film, Luck will also be able to target the character. Personalize the costume design, and in return, the film company only needs to add good luck names to the credits at the beginning and end of the film.

For other things such as the Good Luck Lai store scene appearing in the camera, and content praising the Good Luck Lai brand in the dialogue, Good Luck Lai will pay a certain amount of advertising fees. The amount depends on the length of time and the relevance of the content. If there are long shots and long dialogues, , the advertising fees paid by Good Luck may be able to cover the cost of filming.

Sponsorship is easy to negotiate, no company is unwilling, but advertising placement is not so easy. The best case scenario is that the two parties have another chance to talk about the specific details before the filming of the next modern drama starts. The worst case scenario is to flatly refuse.

In the 1950s, Film Industry read him its entrepreneurial declaration: "We have a common goal and a common ideal. We intend to fulfill our intention to serve society through film art - especially to inspire and educate the masses. It should be the truth. A product that is consistent with art.”

Since they can't come to an agreement, it's okay not to talk. If they can't pee in a pot and force themselves together, they will only wet their shoes.

After running around the film company, a batch of bottle openers and chopstick holders had been prepared. Xian Yaowen picked a few good ones and delivered them to a food stall in person. He guarded the food stall from the opening to closing, carefully observing the diners. to two items.

The observation results are quite good. Nine out of ten diners who notice it will pick it up and look at it, and about 60% of them will talk to their companions.

The next night, Xian Yaowen assigned Lin Xingliang a task. The sales department began to deliver bottle openers and chopstick holders to food stalls and tea restaurants, as well as bottle openers to all places selling soda.

The matter was handed over to other people in the sales department. Lin Xingliang did not need to personally participate. Xian Yaowen took Lin Xingliang with him to two soda fountains in Shiba and Datong to demonstrate how to negotiate brand co-operation with the soda fountains:
Good Luck Comes sponsors bottle openers to the soda water factory. One side is printed with the logo of Good Luck Lai and the other side is printed with the logo of the soda water factory. The soda water factory can use the bottle opener as a gift with the box; there is a come and go, and the soda water factory sells half of it every month. Half sent a batch of soda to Good Luck, and Luck would place the soda in the store to entertain customers for free.

The demonstration is over, and the remaining East Asia soda, Chinese soda, Green Baby orange juice, TOEIC orange juice, New York soda, Depot Cola, Sunkist, Baoli, Baibao, Li Nai, Wei Li Nai, 7-up, Yuquan Cream, etc. Leave it to Lin Xingliang to negotiate. Each family will have to negotiate once, and whoever offers the most favorable terms will cooperate.

After controlling Lin Xingliang like a spinning top, Xian Yaowen himself was not idle. In addition to managing the normal affairs of the factory, he also had to care about small advertising matters. In addition, he was also studying information on the British Conservative Party.

If he remembered correctly, Churchill would return to the throne of Prime Minister in the next two years. It would be a wonderful thing if he could be the spokesperson for good luck.

However, there is no precedent for a politician to endorse a brand in the world. It is very difficult to make Churchill the official spokesperson of Good Luck. The only way is to adopt a more euphemistic way. Juliet No. 2 is a good learning object.

In his previous life, his family's business in the UK made donations every year to an organization called "United Entrepreneurs of Britain". This organization is one of the peripheral organizations of the Conservative Party and is responsible for a large part of the funds needed by the Conservative Party. Therefore, in name only It is a donation, which is actually a political donation. One party contributes money, and the other party includes content that is beneficial to the former in its political opinions.

It is a pity that when he absorbs certain information, he will take it with a utilitarian tone and filter out useless information. For example, this British joint entrepreneur has never cared about its history and has no idea whether this organization already exists. Even if it does, , and he didn’t know how to contact this organization.

Moreover, during the period when he was in charge of the family, the British economy had been in relative decline. In addition, the family's industrial structure in the UK was relatively simple and stable, and there were very capable people in charge. The UK had never been his focus. Compared to other countries, his focus was The UK's understanding is rather poor.

Regarding the Conservative Party, he only knows two figures who are relevant to the present, Churchill and Thatcher. The former can still get some information from newspapers, and the latter is probably still an unknown person.

He racked his brains to push back on Thatcher's resume from 2013 to 1975. He only knew that Thatcher graduated from Oxford and had been keen on participating in politics since she was a girl. He should be a member of the Conservative Party by now. No matter how much more, he didn't know. Even the year she got the surname Thatcher was unclear.

The idea is very constructive, but I am confused about how to move forward.

After pondering for a moment, he thought of a breakthrough, picked up the phone on the table and called William Chen.

"William, did you spend your college career at Oxford?"

William Chen remembered Xian Yaowen's joke last time and deliberately said: "Cambridge."

"Okay, I know it's Oxford. In order to bring my shirt brand to the UK, I plan to donate a batch of shirts to Chinese students in Oxford, but I don't know who to contact. Can you help?"

"Edmund Laughlin, my classmate, is now a professor at the law school. You can write him a letter and he will help you."

"Thank you. I'm a little anxious. Can I send him a telegram?"

"It should be no problem. Edmund is a warm-hearted person and I have always maintained a good friendship with him."

"Thank you again. Qingming snails and fat goose. Now is a good time to eat snails. I invite you to come to my place tomorrow to eat snails. There is still a bottle of Bowmore whiskey left in the wine I brought back from London."

"Bomore, the legend of Islay, as long as you have it, you can eat anything."

"Seven o'clock."

"OK."

After the call ended, Xian Yaowen started drafting the contents of a telegram. After writing it, he checked it again. When he wanted someone to send the telegram for him, he suddenly realized a problem. The factory's position configuration still lacked tea waiters.

"I was negligent, there are no university intern positions now."

Xian Yaowen slapped his forehead and glanced in the direction of Zhong Lin's office. He thought that Zhong Lin couldn't be unaware that the factory needed tea waiters. He probably thought that I wanted to save some labor costs.

"Manager Zhong, please come here." Zhong Lin heard the call and quickly came to Xian Yaowen, "General manager."

Xian Yaowen looked at Zhong Lin and smiled and said: "That's right, I was negligent before. We should have a few tea attendants in the factory, so we should have five. Two are responsible for tea cleaning, and are usually responsible for the office, the interior and exterior of the factory area, and the workshop building. You are not responsible for the cleaning of public toilets or the hygiene in the workshop;
Two are tea assistants, doing what ordinary tea assistants should do, helping everyone post letters, deliver things, and pour water;

There is also one who serves me specifically, and the working hours are relatively long. When I was in the factory, I was asked to leave before I could get off work. He must be patient, careful enough, not too old, and under the same conditions, women would be given priority.

The reason why I say women first is simply because women are generally more attentive than men. There is no other hidden meaning and you don’t need to bother to figure it out. "

"General Manager, I know what to do." Zhong Lin agreed.

"Manager Zhong, China Garments is a place where I can display my talents and realize my ambitions. What I seek is profit and a sense of career accomplishment. I have nothing else.

To put it bluntly, I will not have a relationship with any female employee outside of work. If I get close to a female employee, it can only be because I appreciate her talent at work. Do you understand what I mean? "

"Understand."

Zhong Lin really understood. The boss's meaning was very obvious. He stated that there would be no indiscriminate relations between men and women in the factory and that no female employees needed special treatment. At the same time, he also wanted to beat himself up, telling him not to speculate on his ideas and to speak out if he had anything to say. .

"Okay." Xian Yaowen nodded, "Recruit people as soon as possible. By the way, is there any news from the University of Hong Kong?"

"Not yet."

Xian Yaowen stroked his chin, "Then there is no need to wait passively. Get the student files back for analysis, screen out suitable candidates, and then proactively carry out targeted research.

We are going to make a big move abroad in the second half of the year. We don’t have a few highly educated talents who are proficient in foreign languages. So we have to hurry up and work hard as quickly as possible. It will take a while to recruit people back, and delaying things later will delay things. "

"I'll take Corey's people and hold on tight."

"Well, go get busy."

After a busy day, as it was getting closer to get off work, Xian Yaowen received a call from the Filipino female singer at the Metropolitan Ballroom last time, saying that she was off tonight and had time to meet.

Xian Yaowen asked the other party to set a meeting place, but the other party actually set the meeting place at Lichi Garden.

Litchi is Litchi. He arrived at Litchi Garden Nightclub ten minutes earlier than the agreed time. He didn’t know what day it was. Litchi’s business was so good. As long as he came one step later, he would probably be on the last sofa. The seat is about to be taken.

I sat down, ordered a cocktail, and looked aimlessly at the dance floor.

There are a lot of ghost guys today, and they are young men and women matching up. It is probably some foreign company holding a similar team-building activity, or it may be someone's birthday and everyone is invited to have fun together.

"Hello, sir, is there anyone else sitting here?"

While Xian Yaowen was thinking, a pleasant female voice interrupted his thoughts. Turning his face, raising his head and looking around, he saw a young woman standing next to him. She was tall, 1 meters tall, beautiful but not charming, chaste, peaceful, elegant and generous. She was the Xi Tzu in current aesthetics.

The woman wore light makeup and her outfit was deliberately mature. However, Xian Yaowen could tell at a glance that she was not very old. She was at least 28 years old and had small sharp corners. She couldn't escape the three numbers seventeen, eighty-nine, and she was definitely there. Less than twenty.

Xian Yaowen withdrew his appraising gaze and said, "I made an appointment with someone, but she hasn't arrived yet. If you just want to take a rest, please feel free to do so."

The girl nodded slightly and smiled: "I'm also waiting for my friend."

Xian Yaowen didn't speak, just made a gesture of invitation, then moved his seat and sat on the other corner of the sofa, taking the ashtray on the table with him.

Light a cigar and savor it carefully. When about a quarter of it was burned, another female voice sounded in his ears.

"Mr. Xian?"

Xian Yaowen turned around and smiled: "Yes, it's me. What's your name?"

"Marie Gigi Ofano de la Lana, you can call me Gigi."

Feeling up close, Gigi's tropical style is more intense, her tranquility is lessened, and she is more casual. Without waiting for Xian Yaowen's invitation, she has already sat down thirty centimeters away from him.

"Jiji, what would you like to drink?"

"You can drink anything except wine." Gigi said calmly and generously: "When I was working, I drank too much wine. It was rare to have a day off, so I didn't want to drink."

"Hmm, champagne? Soda?"

"Champagne."

"OK." Xian Yaowen called the waiter to him, placed the order, and said to Jiji: "In order to make our next conversation more pleasant, I have two questions to ask you. It's best if you tell me the truth. Answer."

Jiji grinned, exposing her upper gums, "You ask."

"Are you married?"

"No."

"Do you have a boyfriend now?"

"No."

"Very good. Before we start the conversation, let me tell you that once we reach an agreement to cooperate, I will make two requests to you. First, you are not allowed to have a boyfriend within three years, let alone get married; second... this is more complicated. , and there is more content. To put it simply, you cannot be a bad girl in the eyes of others, because your image will affect the image of the brand and products. When I say this, do you understand?"

"The requirements are so strict, how can I get a lot?"

"Yes, you will get a lot of advertising fees, a chance to become famous in the world, maybe a year later, you can stand on Broadway and sing, ah, I mean Broadway in New York, not Broadway in Hong Kong theater."

"Really?" Gigi opened her eyes wide and said.

(End of this chapter)