Volume 5: The Age of Storms Chapter 0760: Glue to Oneself
"Annabelle, my name is Annabell."
"Oh, sorry, Annabell, would you accept my invitation?"
"If you invite me in person, I might agree to it." Annabelle said in a slightly naughty tone on the other end of the phone.
"There is a chance. I believe it won't be long before I appear in London again. Of course, I need your help."
"Hey, how can I help you?"
"You understand."
"Aha, I see. I'll transfer the call to you."
After a while, Nan Yi's call was transferred, and a man's voice came from the microphone, "I'm Matt, who are you?"
"Hi Matt, this is Adam, I'm sorry to call you so early, I have good news for you..."
Before Nan Yi could finish his words, he was interrupted by Matt, "Chinese boy, I get at least four or five calls a day from people who want to tell me good news. This is a common trick used by you salesmen. I don't buy it. Just tell me what you want to sell. If I need it, maybe I can let you earn a few pennies."
"Haha, Matt, I am indeed a salesman, but what I want to tell you is really good news, no, it should be said that there are two good news."
The phone bill was too expensive, so Nan Yi didn't waste time on being mysterious. Instead, he said directly: "First, our company has channels to purchase affordable factory silk. Second, we can give you a batch of SPA mulberry silk fabrics. You only need to pay a little more than the normal price."
"SPA? Ha, not so good. If it were Taishan, I'd take whatever you have."
"Matt, I'm being honest with you, and I hope you'll be honest with me, it's impossible to get the Taishan brand. It's always in short supply, and only big customers who purchase in large quantities can get it."
"OK, how much can you give me for the SPA?"
"Add 10% and I can get it for you within two million pounds."
"Too many."
"Oh no, I'm such an idiot, I didn't do my homework, it turns out Matt Textiles can't come up with two million, sorry to bother you Matt, have a nice day."
"Oh, damn, Adam, you misunderstood me. I meant that your markup is too high. The market is not good this year, and the price of silk in Yokohama, Japan is plummeting..."
"Damn it, Matt, factory silk is factory silk. We are talking about mulberry silk now. Moreover, the price of factory silk below 2A is falling. The prices above 3A are normal. Forget about 2A. Only Indians want such low-quality goods.
SPA only needs to increase the price by 10%. I can give you a 5% discount on the price of factory silk, and I can provide you with long-term supply. You should be in Guangzhou on October 14th. How about we meet on that day to discuss in detail?"
"Where is the silk from?"
"Hangzhou."
"OK, here's your phone number. I'll contact you when I get to Yangcheng."
After telling the other party his contact information, Nan Yi quickly hung up the phone when the call ended. However, he was still a step too late, as the second hand had already passed the XII point.
"Shit, twenty bucks more."
Seven minutes and two seconds, and a phone bill of one hundred and sixty yuan. Nan Yi regretted not managing his time well.
After writing down the company name of Matt Textile, Matt and Annabell's names, and the main points of the conversation in his notebook, Nan Yi looked up and was about to call Pan Wuju when he found that the three people in the office were staring at him.
Seeing Nan Yi looking up, Zhao Jun exclaimed: "Boss, you are amazing. You got a potential customer with just one phone call."
Nan Yi smiled faintly, "This is not that impressive. The potential customer I found already has a need. We can provide him with the products he needs, and the price is very affordable, so it is naturally easier to reach an agreement. The truly amazing people can make potential customers buy products that they don't need or don't plan to buy for the time being by making phone calls.
You don't need to have such great powers. You just need to read and analyze the information carefully, bypass the staff and talk to the boss directly, and you will basically succeed, because the price we can offer is very competitive.
By the way, next time you make a phone call, pay attention to the rhythm and duration of the conversation. My call just now did not end within seven minutes, it exceeded by two seconds, and I had to pay an extra twenty yuan for the call. Oh, I can have a good meal now. "
"Hahaha!"
Nan Yi’s last words made the three people in the office smile, and then they devoted themselves to work with greater confidence and a more relaxed mood.
Nan Yi was lucky to have secured a potential customer on the first phone call. The sample had been created and his image had been established. He would not easily make a second call. Only when Su Meng and the others lost confidence and questioned whether this operation was feasible, would he make another move, and he would ensure that it would be a hit.
Therefore, Nan Yi had to arrange a "fake customer" to maintain his invincibility.
On that day, Cheng Hainan did not come as promised. After six o'clock, Nan Yi set off for Wanghai Tower. He wanted to sit in the dance hall in Wanghai Tower.
The unsophisticated businessmen in Hong Kong are most fond of the idea of having affairs with young girls. Nightclubs and dance halls are places where they like to while away their time and entertain guests.
During the trip to Chuncheng that year, Nan Yi discovered that there were people from Xiangkeng and Lijiaopo behind Clivia. They also joined the Clivia hype and withdrew before Clivia reached its highest point.
It is said that all history is modern history. Similar examples of what is happening now can be found in the long river of history, especially hoarding and speculation, which have happened in every corner of the earth over thousands of years of history.
No matter how the times develop or how technology advances, human nature, especially greed, has never changed.
The real estate bubble is happening in Tokyo, and the land speculation is all left over from the Hong Kong real estate developers. The Lijiapo businessman jumped out and laughed, "Hey, guess what my grandfather did in Shanghai back then?"
The land speculation strategy of Hong Kong real estate developers is actually not very sophisticated. They buy first and then hoard, creating a sense of crisis, and then collect rent or cash out at high prices. The pattern and steps are clear at a glance. Many Hong Kong people can understand this routine, but it is useless to understand it. They can neither afford to buy land nor integrate into this circle.
But it is different when you come to the mainland. Whether it is knowledge or capital, they are in a position of dimensionality reduction attack for mainlanders. A few screenwriters get together to write the script of "Genesis" and can explain the tricks of real estate clearly, let alone the Hong Kong businessmen who have personally experienced the ins and outs of it.
The real estate bubble in Qiongdao has become so big that Nan Yi doesn't believe that there is no catalyst at work. The businessmen from Hong Kong, the people from Qiongdao who went to Southeast Asia in the early years, and even the Japanese who speculate in land, these people have capital and knowledge. As long as they come to Coconut City for a walk, they should feel that this is a good breeding ground for land speculation.
The news that Kumagai Gumi (Xiangkeng) Co., Ltd. is developing Yangpu has been making rounds for a long time. This is a large Japanese construction contractor, and its Xiangkeng branch is a listed company. Its actions can be seen by both the Japanese and the people of Xiangkeng.
There have been all kinds of merchants in the country, and there have been groups of trendsetters distributed in different regions. For example, the Wen businessmen are quite active at present. They can be seen everywhere from south to north, from home to abroad.
But the Wen merchants have not yet grown up, and there is no top-notch strength among them. If they want to do something big, they will inevitably need to raise funds. If they fail, they will all go bankrupt.
To put it bluntly, Wenzhou businessmen are now just a group of ants and do not have much power.
The merchants who are truly powerful now should be the Chaozhou merchants. From Xiangkeng all the way south, as long as you are from Chaozhou and say "I am a Jiaojiren", you can have a bowl of rice to eat anywhere.
Since the Qing Dynasty when the Qiao family and Hu Xueyan were active, Chaozhou people began to travel around the world and go to Southeast Asia. And they went there with a strong purpose, which was to make a name for themselves.
With a far-sighted vision and the courage to fight, they are the ones who stick with their own people, and the police gang comes to help. The rich people in Hong Kong are either from Ningbo, Shanghai, or from Chaozhou, and the rest are from other places.
People from Ningbo are developing in their respective fields and do not have much contact with each other. It is different with people from Chaozhou. They gather in the real estate industry. From the largest Li Tongban to the real estate agencies on the street, they are all filled with Chaozhou people. They sit together in the morning to drink morning tea and discuss where there are opportunities to make a fortune. There will always be someone who will mention Qiongdao, and there will always be a few people who come to explore the way.
"Don't wander around at midnight on weekends, come to Apple Park quickly, we welcome homeless children, don't just stand there in a daze, shout out loud together, and say BYE BYE to the lonely midnight..."
When Nan Yi arrived at the dance hall, a male singer on the stage was singing the song "Green Apple Paradise" which was adapted from the song "What's Your Name" by the Boys Band by the Little Tigers.
It has to be said that the Little Tigers, which imitated the Boys Band in all aspects and even the looks of the group members were selected according to the appearance standards of the Boys Band, became a huge success once they were launched on the market. They became very well-known not only in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but also in the southern coastal areas of the mainland.
"It's just that it doesn't seem appropriate to sing this kind of song in a dance hall . It's better to sing "The sky is clear and bright" instead. Uh, this song doesn't seem to have been released yet."
After muttering something, Nan Yi was led by the waiter to a seat. He took a look at the drink menu, was stunned for a while, and ordered a bottle of Huangmei. As soon as the waiter left, Nan Yi started to think again.
In Coconut City, he didn't seem to have seen any local beer brands from Hainan Province. The most common ones he saw were San Miguel and Royal Sister. Doesn't Hainan Province have its own brewery?
South of the sea, Nanjia Brewing Co., Ltd. craft beer!
Nan Yi was a little hesitant as to whether he should get involved in the beer industry and retain some local brands, or just give it a push so that people all over the country can drink foreign (beer) as soon as possible.
"The biggest domestic beer giant is Buffett InBev. The three largest shareholders behind InBev are Samba guys. What's their name? One of them seems to be called Lehman. The company should be 3G, known as the Brazilian Goldman Sachs. Hey, this company should have emerged, why don't I see any investment records in the report?"
Feeling confused, Nan Yi said hello to the waiter and ran to the lobby of Wanghai Tower to make a long-distance call.
The first places in China where private individuals could make international long-distance calls were telephone buildings and various foreign-related hotels. In the early years, foreign-related hotels could not make international long-distance calls, which was often criticized by foreigners. Later, after the submarine telephone cable was connected, foreign-related hotels immediately opened international long-distance services. Today, international long-distance calls have become a standard feature of foreign-related hotels.
“Are there any famous investment banks in Brazil?”
"BG Investment Bank, full name Banco Grantia, is a company in Rio de Janeiro. It is highly regarded in the industry and is praised as the Goldman Sachs of Brazil. It has three partners, Jorge Paulo Leman, Carlos Alberto Skupila, and Marcel Herman Telles. Leman is the largest shareholder and the initiator.
BG is making a big move. Lehman is planning to monopolize the beer market in South America. It will reorganize a series of acquired breweries into AmBev and expand rapidly in Brazil and Argentina. Lehman's management of the company is very strict, forcibly squeezing out unnecessary costs. It is ruthless but efficient. I believe that it will not be long before AmBev will become the largest beer manufacturer in South America. "
"OK, I got it, hanging up."
The names of the shareholders match, the industry evaluations match, but the company name does not match. It is very likely that the name was changed later. Nan Yi has seen the name Banco Grantia in a report before. Pan American Investment and Scarlett Fund are spending money everywhere. Except for those who were familiar to him in his previous life, Nan Yi would pay more attention to them. He cannot care about all the other invested institutions one by one.
Investment is very interesting. At the beginning, Nan Yi asked Liu Zhen to approach Bill Gates for investment, but he ignored her. But after Pan American Investment, especially after the richest man Wei Ye became famous, founders came to him one by one to ask for investment, and the conditions were very favorable. They invested less money but got more shares.
This is all because the money of Pan American Investment Holdings is so fragrant. As long as Pan American invests, many investment companies that are waiting will follow suit. This is the accumulation of reputation. Every investment Pan American Investment Holdings makes is successful, especially after Microsoft went public, its reputation has become even louder. Pan American Investment Holdings has gained a reputation as a weather vane in the investment field.
Back in the dance hall, another male singer appeared on the stage, singing the love song "Thinking of These Things" by the Prodigal Son. Last month, the lyrics of this song were rewritten, changing from the Mandarin version to the Cantonese version, and included in Danny Chan's album of the same name, it is called "What Do I Want in Life".
Drinking Huangmei's wine and eating the food that Tiger Cub brought him after filling his stomach at the tea restaurant upstairs, Nan Yi looked around with his eyes and ears. He saw the people of Xiangkeng, heard the Teochew dialect, and when a female singer came on stage to sing, he saw several pairs of eyes staring at him.
Following his gaze, Nan Yi looked towards the stage. The female singer was very pretty and had a good voice, but her stage presence was a little lacking. She stood there, facing the microphone with empty eyes. She had no verbal interaction with the God in the audience, not even eye contact or a smile.
However, I have to say that she sang very well. The song "Ping Ju" had a completely different flavor from the original singer. It seemed that there were a few people in God who came to support her. Halfway through the song , several flower baskets had already been placed on the stage.
Nan Yi estimated that one flower basket would earn at least twenty or thirty dollars. Even if the profit was split 30:70 with the dance hall, the female singer would earn more than a hundred dollars. But her eyes were still dazed. She neither acted coquettishly to the top brother nor gave encouragement to the second brother.
"Is it popular to fake orders now? No, isn't it popular in dance halls nowadays to arrange competitors for the big brothers on the list to compete for wealth?"
Nan Yi grumbled in his heart, feeling dissatisfied with the female singer on behalf of the nightclub owner, but he had to at least give the big brothers a smile, or maybe these big brothers just liked this tune?
After his mind wandered around the world, Nan Yi focused on the food in his hand. When he finished the last bite of the barbecued pork bun, he saw a shirtless man with his head covered with a T-shirt walking in from outside the dance hall. His T-shirt was stained with blood and there was a trace of red at the corner of his eye. The man walked straight to the table of Chaozhou people.
The Chaozhou people at that table stood up when they saw the bleeding man. One of the men, who was in his early thirties, asked anxiously, "Jiaren, who hit you?"
"I don't know him, Uncle Mu Jiu. He's either robbing me or coming for me."
"This is our first time in Coconut City. We are here for you, and we are here for all of us. It seems that we are blocking the way for others. Jiaren can't be beaten for nothing. Let's go and find the person."
The man called Uncle Mu Jiu shouted, and the others followed him out of the dance hall. Two of the men reached behind their backs as they walked, and judging from their movements, they were probably adjusting the angle of the knife.
Nan Yi touched his back and tried to figure out how long the knife should be so that it wouldn't bulge out too obviously when he sat down. He concluded that it couldn't be longer than twenty-five centimeters.
"A short dagger, no longer than sixteen centimeters." Seeing Nan Yi's actions, the tiger cub reminded.
Nan Yi pulled his hand back and asked, "A ruthless person?"
"Ruthless man."
Short dagger, ruthless man, if he doesn't move, it's fine, but if he moves, it's fatal.
In the days when banks could not easily transfer money, it was normal to carry weapons when going out for business. Long weapons were inconvenient to carry, so people usually carried daggers, but they were usually used to scare people, and not many people dared to use them.
A dagger is not suitable for chopping, but only for cutting and stabbing, both of which are very deadly actions, especially stabbing. No matter whether it is a vital part or not, once the artery is punctured, you will die if you don't seek medical treatment in time.
People go out for money. Who the hell wants to kill people for fun after having eaten their fill? It's fine if they can scare people away. It's okay if they suffer a little loss, as long as they don't lose money. This is the mentality of most people. But it's hard to say for ruthless people. You usually won't hear harsh words like "beat you" or "kill you" from them. They don't say it, and they usually mean it.
It would be fine if the fighting ability of the group beating people was very poor, but if their fighting ability was strong enough to force the ruthless people to use daggers, I don’t know how many people would die.
After sitting in the dance hall for a while, paying five dollars and winning the title of "the most stingy God" tonight, Nan Yi activated the anti-contempt device and, with the help of the contempt fuel contributed by the waiter, ejected from the dance hall.
the next day.
After breakfast, Nan Yi squatted under a tree and looked at the "Mountain Red Bird" perched on a branch. It was the first time he saw this bird. He had never seen it before. He just learned the name of the bird from a local who passed by. He said that this was a bird unique to Qiongdao and could not be seen anywhere else.
Looking at Shanchigu, Nan Yi's mind started to race again. He thought of Feilong from Shanchigu, and from Feilong he thought of the migratory birds that came to Qiongdao for the winter, and from the migratory birds he thought of the people from Northeast China who came to Qiong Province for the winter.
Coconut City can be developed into a retirement city, and can Ya be developed into a migratory bird nest?
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"Welcome, welcome, welcome Mr. Huangfu to visit Coconut City."
Near noon, Coconut City Mayor Duan Wenxuan and a group of people went to the ferry terminal to welcome Huangfu Ming who came to inspect.
After a long period of investigation and visits, Buer Pharmaceutical has collected and acquired many Chinese medicine formulas, and also found many prescription shareholders. For those secret prescription holders who are unwilling to sell the prescriptions, or who have a long-term vision and want to leave a way out for their descendants, Huangfu Ming will invite them to become prescription shareholders.
As long as the secret recipe is made into a Chinese patent medicine and sold on the market, the shareholders of the recipe can receive dividends based on sales without setting a time limit. As long as Buer Pharmaceutical still exists and remains an industry controlled by Nan's group, the shareholders of the recipe can continue to receive dividends.
"Hello, Mayor Duan, I'm really sorry to trouble you to come and greet me." Huangfu Ming shook hands with Duan Wenxuan and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.
"Mr. Huangfu, you are a distinguished guest, and it is my duty to greet you."
Duan Wenxuan's face was full of smiles. A few days ago, he received a letter of notification that Huangfu Ming and his party were coming to Coconut City for inspection. Although he had never heard of Buer Pharmaceutical, he had heard of it and knew very well what kind of company Temasek was. The letter of notification was forwarded by Temasek, so Buer Pharmaceutical was definitely not a simple company.
Nan's investment in Leekath is quite a lot, so it is natural that it cannot but be connected with Temasek, a company that is actually the financial purse of Leekath.
The Urban Agriculture Development Company was originally a company designed specifically for Lijiaopo. After making technological breakthroughs in urban farms, Temasek came knocking on the door and said that it was very optimistic about the urban farm project and wanted to provide some support to urban agriculture to speed up its development.
As a result, urban agriculture not only received support funds, but also gained equity funds and a shareholder.
Temasek's slogan is to invest in all enterprises in Leekathpur that have good prospects. It is a slogan and it does what it says. Now that there are no enterprises in Leekathpur that are worth its attention, it has begun to expand overseas and has extended its tentacles to other countries.
After careful consideration, the Information and Policy Committee felt that Buer Pharma needed a shareholder like Temasek, which would increase Buer Pharma's space for transfer and maneuver and provide an extra layer of security. So Buer Pharma threw a wink at Temasek, which was a signal to come to my room at three o'clock in the morning.
