Volume 6: The Great Change Chapter 0807 Ups and downs
Xian Jitang did not stay in Fang's manor for long. He downloaded files from several floppy disks and set off back to Wenchangwei after lunch.
In the afternoon, Nan Yi sent an email to the talent team, asking them to look for candidates for the head of Ganfeng Technology. It would be best if the head of Ganfeng Technology is a mainlander, as this would make it easier to launch subsequent marketing plans.
After writing the email, Nan Yi took out the phone book and called Zheng Xiaolong, asking him to recommend a documentary director to shoot a documentary called "Times: The Nineties".
Nan Yi’s idea is to select representative figures to record the changes of the times. It will be divided into two parts. One part records adults, including farmers who have been farming at home, migrant workers who go out to work, workers in state-owned enterprises, migrant workers who go south to work, self-employed people, and entrepreneurs;
Another article records students, including students from poor mountainous areas, students from ordinary rural areas, students from poor families in cities, students from ordinary families in cities, and students from well-off families in cities.
These characters have been followed for ten years, from 1991 to the turn of the century. The official statement is that it is to record the changing times, but in fact Nan Yi wanted to smuggle in his own agenda.
He already had an entrepreneur and a student from a well-off urban family as candidates in his mind. To put it bluntly, his purpose in making this documentary was to film these two people, and the others were just there to provide cover and make the "documentary" look like a real documentary.
During the call with Zheng Xiaolong, Nan Yi did not mention the remuneration conditions for the director. He only asked Zheng Xiaolong to help spread the word in the circle first. The salary would be decided after he met and talked with the candidate.
It is not easy to find a director. The filming has to continue for ten years. Although each character only needs to shoot a few representative pain points, shining points and turning points, the story has to be connected after all. Once a point worth shooting appears, you have to rush to the character to shoot without stopping.
This means that the directors' main focus in the next ten years will have to revolve around documentaries. Most of them are passionate about art, and when inspiration comes, they may put down everything at hand to create, and just forget about what is happening in front of them, which is a shackle for them and is not as important as creation.
Isn’t the meaning of art to break free from shackles?
Therefore, the candidate for director must not be so artistic and his inspiration must not be so overflowing. If you can find someone who is willing to spend ten years to hone his skills, it would be a match made in heaven.
Nan Yi spent an entire afternoon dealing with tedious work, jumping from art to food, and then to technology and minerals. He also received several phone calls near lunchtime.
Zhao Jinshui called to report that Yiwan International had won a large contract of 30 million US dollars from Jinsi Trading. Although the gross profit was very thin, being reduced to 15%, and it was not a one-time purchase, the contract fulfillment period would span about one and a half years, and Yiwan International would have to assume many obligations, Nan Yi was still very happy.
The official exchange rate of the RMB has been falling recently. When this contract ends, Yiwan International will have a good chance of making a net profit of nearly 30 million RMB due to exchange rate differences and tax refunds.
If the situation continues to develop in this way, by 1993, Yiwan International will have the strength to make a splash in the international market and disgust those grandsons who compete with domestic silkworm farmers for profits. If it continues to grow stronger, it will be able to fight all the way from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.
Liu Zhen called and said that Nan Wuwei fell while skateboarding, and his right arm rubbed against the ground, causing a large area of skin to be abraded. Nan Yi directly replied that it was a big fuss, because which boy didn't grow up through falling and fighting?
Guan Erfu called and asked Nan Yi to go to the Oriental Nightclub again in the evening. Nan Yi readily agreed. He was about to leave Xiangkeng, and he also had to see Long Huiqing again to ask her if she had made up her mind.
Long Huiqing's background has been figured out. She is just an ordinary person from Xiangtun. There is nothing too dramatic or strange about her. The only thing that makes her different from ordinary people is that she had good grades when she was in school and was a tennis player in the school.
Back then, Long Huiqing's father followed his boss in stock trading and made a profit by margin trading. When the stock market crashed in 1973, his boss jumped off a building. Her father did not commit suicide, but he was burdened with debts, so the family naturally fell into poverty and moved from a small villa to a resettlement building. Long Huiqing could not play tennis, so she had to go out to work early to supplement the family income.
As for how she got into the nightclub, there is a very clichéd story - a once innocent girl fell in love with a man, and this man was a professional gigolo. After a period of sweet words and caring for her, he tricked her into going to the nightclub to make money for him.
Long Huiqing realized her mistake early and kicked the man away within half a year. She found an ordinary job outside to become a good woman. She only made quick money in a nightclub, not hard-earned money. In less than three months, she returned to the nightclub and became a hostess within less than two years. At that time, she was less than 20 years old.
After more than ten years of ups and downs in the nightclub, she had never encountered any major setbacks. At most, she was slapped by a short mule when she was defending her daughter. From this, it can be seen that Long Huiqing's communication skills should be very good, and she is definitely a good business person.
As for the past of men and women, it has nothing to do with Nan Yi. He just wants to make sure that there is no big thief among Long Huiqing's past men. He doesn't care about the number at all. It's just a fleeting relationship, so he has no right to care.
…
In the blink of an eye, it was night. After sitting in the nightclub box until just after twelve o'clock, Nan Yi took Long Huiqing out for a midnight snack. This time there were not two people, but three. Long Huiqing also brought a light bulb with her, her period.
Still eating porridge, but this time at a different restaurant.
Nightclubs are all about romance, while porridge shops are all about grains.
Nan Yi, the heretic, actually ordered a bowl of raw white porridge and asked the boss to boil two boiled eggs for him. He peeled the shells, broke the eggs into two halves, pinched the egg whites to crack the yolks, then poked four "half eggs" on the porridge, sprinkled a few grains of MSG on each, poured some soy sauce on it with a spoon, held the bowl with both hands and shook it to allow the soy sauce to fully penetrate the egg yolks.
I picked up a piece of egg yolk with the chopsticks, put it in my mouth and sucked it, then used the chopsticks with the egg yolk residue to scoop two mouthfuls of porridge into my mouth. The porridge still tasted very fresh, but it was not the original taste.
"It's been several days and I haven't received any call from you. Have you not thought it through, or have you simply not thought about it?" Nan Yi asked vaguely while picking up a piece of pork tongue from the braised food platter and chewing it in his mouth.
"I have thought about this. Although I have saved some money and bought a house, I will have no income when I stop working in the nightclub. When I get old, I will only have fruit money [old age allowance, the amount is very small, only enough to buy some fruit, so it is jokingly called fruit money], and I am also worried about not having food, but..."
Long Huiqing stopped talking here.
"You're worried that I can't be trusted, that I'll ask you to bring the goods, and that you can't do what I ask you to do, and when you come back you'll find that you have no way out?"
“Both.”
Long Huiqing nodded honestly without any polite words.
"First, I have to go back to the mainland in the next two days; second, my grandma is Fang Mengyin; third, I only do serious business; fourth, we are all adults, and there is no conflict between having fun and working. If both of us are happy, we can continue the fun we had that morning. If one of us is not happy, then we can stop.
Whether I'm putting on or taking off my pants, I'm a ghost, reaching out from the coffin - I'm desperate for money, and I'm looking for you because I think you can help me make money. If I make 10 dollars, you can take 2 dollars.
According to this ratio, you have to get at least 5 million every year to satisfy my appetite, so I want you to help me do a business that can make at least 25 million a year.
As for what you are worried about..."
Nan Yi deliberately stabbed Long Huiqing hard from head to chest, "Killing you will do me no good at all. How much can I get if I hollow you out and sell your organs? Speaking of bringing goods, my last name is Nan, not Li, and my ancestors don't have the tradition of selling opium.
The only thing you need to worry about is that you won’t be able to do the job well and come back dejected, only to find that the mommy’s position has been taken by someone else and all your accumulation over the years is gone.
We have been happy together, and we will probably continue to be happy in the future, so if you fail to pass my test and are not competent for the job I want to give you, I will cover for you and help you find a new nightclub to continue being a madam. "
"Fang Mengyin from the Fang Group?"
"yes."
Long Huiqing nodded and said, "Okay, I'll try."
Nan Yi smacked his lips and couldn't help but complain, "Well, we still have to rely on people."
"I'll give you three days to sort out the chores. Resign, apply for a return permit, and say goodbye to your family. After three days, come back to the mainland with me."
"Okay, now you can tell me what you want me to do?"
“Do you know about direct selling or pyramid selling?”
In 1991, direct selling and pyramid schemes actually meant the same thing, neutral terms, neither positive nor negative. Only after pyramid schemes went astray and were explicitly banned did this term become a derogatory term in China.
Pyramid schemes are neither a good thing nor a bad thing, but they are misinterpreted by greedy people.
“I’ve heard of it.”
"Yeah." Nan Yi nodded and said, "In 1988, a mainlander working in Japan introduced a product from Japan called a magnetic health mattress. The mattress is a real mattress, but it has no health benefits. It's just a few magnets stuffed inside the mattress.
This mattress is imported from Japan and has health benefits, so it is very expensive, almost the annual salary of an ordinary worker in the mainland.
Last year, a swing machine of the Shuangankang brand, which was used for foot and leg massage, was introduced from Taiwan to the mainland. I saw it being sold in Hong Kong for more than 800 yuan, but it was sold for 6,980 yuan in the mainland.
I am not too clear about how it is sold specifically and how the sales volume is, but I know that those engaged in pyramid schemes in mainland China are now concentrated in Danshui, Zhucheng and Echeng.
When you arrive in the mainland, I will give you 100 RMB, and you can toss a coin to decide whether to go to Zhucheng or Echeng. I will give you two months to do pyramid selling. After two months, no matter how much you earn, you must immediately stop coming to Coconut City to find me.
If you earn 100,000 yuan in less than two months, you can come to Coconut City to find me immediately without waiting until the two months are up.
Finally, I'd like to give you a piece of advice. Asking you to do MLM is a test for you. Different results will give you different starting treatments. Please take it seriously.
In addition, a test is just a test. What you are going to do in the future is not MLM. If you find that MLM is quite profitable and you have the idea of getting involved in this business, then you will be in trouble.
You will be captured by some unknown person and taken to Manila, or maybe Yangon or Vientiane, and watch your heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys being plucked out one by one."
Nan Yi raised his hand and made a gesture as if he was holding something in his hand. "Look, this is your lung. It looks very black because of smoking. Tsk, there are blisters and cysts. Alas, it's useless and can't be sold at a high price."
"I'm so disgusting! I still want to eat porridge." Long Huiqing slapped the table and said fiercely.
"Haha, just kidding, you eat, you eat."
Nan Yi laughed out loud, ending the topic with laughter.
Long Huiqing felt very cold, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. She did not think that Nan Yi's last words were a joke. She could not help but think in her mind: "Is pyramid selling in the mainland magical and profitable?"
Chinatown, Manhattan, New York.
Jin Yan walked out of a building and was heading to her workplace. As soon as she walked away, three people got out of a car on the roadside. One of them walked to the entrance of the corridor and leaned lazily against the wall. The other two walked up the stairs to the third floor and knocked on a door.
"Who is it?"
"Hello, Mr. Zhang, we are from the fellowship hall, and we are here to offer you warmth."
The man called Mr. Zhang is Jin Yan's new husband, and they are in their honeymoon period.
Mr. Zhang muttered, "Is there still activity in the social hall?" while opening the door to see what the "warmth" was. But what he saw were two large gloved hands, one covering his mouth and the other strangling his neck, making him unable to move.
A pushed Mr. Zhang into the room, B looked around and followed him into the room, gently closed the door and went to the living room, turned on the TV and turned up the volume. Then, B walked into the bedroom, lifted the bed sheet, tore it into four equal parts, picked up a pillow, went back to the living room and tied Mr. Zhang to a chair.
A continued to cover Mr. Zhang's mouth, while B put the pillow on Mr. Zhang's stomach with his left hand, and then punched him three times with his right hand. As soon as A took his hand away, Mr. Zhang immediately coughed and vomited acid.
B looked around the living room, found a cup, went to the kitchen to get a glass of tap water, and walked back to Mr. Zhang, "Drink it, your stomach will feel better."
Mr. Zhang looked at the unmasked B in fear, coughing and trembling, saying: "I have no money, and I won't call the police, don't kill me."
"Relax, we are not here to kill you, we just want to negotiate a deal with you." A behind Mr. Zhang said, while helping Mr. Zhang untie the bed sheet, "I will let you go, you'd better not do anything that could easily cause misunderstanding."
While Person A was speaking, Person B, who was acting as the supporting actor, pulled out a pistol from under his armpit, held it in his hand, took out a silencer from his pocket, and slowly, slowly screwed the silencer onto the head of the gun.
The bed sheet was loosened, and A walked to the opposite side of Mr. Zhang, dragged a chair from the side and sat down, looked at Mr. Zhang and said slowly: "There is a Mr. X who hopes that you and Ms. Jin can have children as soon as possible, the more the better. If you give birth to one, you can get 50,000 US dollars, if you give birth to two, you can get 150,000, if you give birth to three, you can get 350,000, if you give birth to four, you can get 750,000, and so on.
Also, Mr. X doesn't want Ms. Jin to set foot on Chinese soil again. As long as you can persuade her not to go back, you can get a surprise from Santa Claus every Christmas, $30,000, which is enough for your annual expenses. Isn't it easy?"
"you……"
Bang, as soon as Mr. Zhang opened his mouth, A punched him in the stomach.
Pulling his hand back, he raised his index finger and shook it, "Mr. Zhang, wait for me to finish what I'm saying, OK?"
Mr. Zhang coughed twice.
"If you agree to the deal between us, just nod your head. We apologize for our actions just now." A said, taking out a wad of crumpled US dollars from his pocket, patting it in his hand, and continued to look into Mr. Zhang's eyes and asked, "Agree or disagree?"
Mr. Zhang looked at the US dollars in A's hand, then looked up at A's face, turned to look at B, retracted his gaze, looked at the US dollars again, and nodded.
"Very good. Every Christmas, we will come to visit Mr. Zhang. If Ms. Jin is pregnant, you don't have to worry that we won't know. The money will definitely go to Mr. Zhang on the day Ms. Jin gives birth."
Then, Jia handed the money in his hand to Mr. Zhang and stood up. "Mr. Zhang, you don't know us, and we haven't been here today. I hope you won't mention this to outsiders. This is a secret between us. Goodbye."
As soon as they finished talking, A and B left.
Mr. Zhang came to his senses after hearing a bang. He really hoped that what just happened was an illusion, but the US dollars in his hand reminded him that everything was real.
After counting the money excitedly, Mr. Zhang finally had the mood to think about why everything that had just happened happened.
Jin Yan told him that she had a daughter in the capital. It was not difficult to guess that her ex-husband or her husband's family did not want her to go back to see her daughter.
"I originally thought I was just marrying a woman for fun, but I didn't expect she was a bodhisattva who brings wealth. I have to worship her well, 30,000 a year, 50,000 for a baby, and then go out for a good meal to replenish myself, and then in the evening, hehehe..."
Mr. Zhang looked at the US dollars in his hand and chuckled.
A and B went downstairs and met up with the person who was keeping watch downstairs. The three of them got back into the car, started the car and drove towards the airport. The three of them had just completed training at the Peace Dove Training Center in Montana and were about to go to their assigned posts.
In another building, a man put down the binoculars in his hand, pressed his collar, and said, "Job Done."
Xiangkeng, Fang’s manor.
dining room.
"Grandma, your eldest grandson and his wife will be entrepreneurs. I am your second grandson and an economist. Your wife is a financial expert and banker. One of your great-grandsons is a capitalist, and the other is either a politician or a mathematician. I want to take over and let your eldest great-granddaughter be a chemist. What do you think?"
"What about the one in London? What do you want her to be?"
"She is not in a hurry. She has not shown any special talent yet. Let's talk about Ruochan first."
Fang Mengyin put down her chopsticks and thought for a moment before saying, "Is it appropriate for a girl to deal with test tube reagents every day?"
"There's nothing inappropriate about it. Ruochan likes it and has talent. If you agree, I will go back and discuss with my parents and eldest brother to pave the way for Ruochan. I hope she can become a professor in a university or a famous scholar before she turns 30."
“What if she doesn’t have enough potential when she grows up?”
"There are many unsung heroes in this world. No one knows their names, but their achievements will live on forever. Being indifferent to fame and fortune is an excellent quality. I don't have it, but I believe many people have it, regardless of race."
Fang Mengyin smiled knowingly, "My eldest grandson, you are becoming more and more shameless."
Nan Yi chuckled and said sheepishly, "Grandma, don't say that. We are still connected even if our bones are broken. We are a family. If I become smelly, you won't be able to smell good either."
"You little naughty monkey, you never behave properly in front of me." Fang Mengyin scolded.
"Oh."
Nan Yi smiled back, picked up the tea on the table and took a sip.
"We just had a meal, it's not good to drink tea, learn from me and eat some bird's nest." Fang Mengyin took a spoon and scooped a spoonful of bird's nest into her mouth, "The taste of blood bird's nest is not as good as white bird's nest, Xianghe, let Mrs. Chen cook white bird's nest in the future."
"Okay, next time I come back I'll eat bird's nest with you."
Nan Yi stayed in Xiangkeng for another three days, waiting for the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee to lift the food embargo on Iraq. Houji Agriculture (France) immediately rushed to Baghdad, waiting for the Iraqi National Food Bureau's bidding meeting to be held.
Iraq cannot be completely self-sufficient in food and has to purchase hundreds of thousands of tons of wheat from abroad every year. This time, Houji Agriculture participated in the bidding meeting. Based on the principle of focusing on participation, it did not have much hope of getting a large share. It wanted to test the waters first and wait until Iraq's post-war reconstruction in the future before it could really compete for a share.
In line with the noble sentiment that all people in the world are one family, the first batch of exported workers dispatched by Ikeda trainees has arrived in Kuwait City. After only one day of rest, they rushed to their respective posts, braving the scorching sun, and moved bricks and tiles in a hurry with the deepest sympathy for the Kuwaiti people in their hearts.
Houji Agriculture (Dubai) and Avanti Desert Agriculture Development Company rented a transport plane with tears in their eyes, and all kinds of vegetables were shipped to Kuwait one plane at a time. Houji Agriculture (India) and Houji Agriculture (Australia) were also busy, racing against time to deliver the second batch of vegetables to Kuwait City as soon as possible.
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Nan's idea is to help those in need and never take advantage of others' misfortune. He only adds a little shipping fee, and the price of vegetables is in line with that of relatively poor Dubai. A head of cabbage sells for 35 yuan in Dubai, but the price will not increase by a penny when it arrives in Kuwait.
On March 26, the Southern Cone Common Market was established, and the presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay signed the Treaty of Asuncion in Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay.
Before dinner, Nan Yi received an email with the details of the treaty. According to the treaty, most goods among the member states of the Southern Common Market will gradually implement tariff-free free trade in the next few years, and the common external tariffs will be the same.
The four countries are all relatively developed in agriculture and animal husbandry, and the market for agricultural machinery is huge. Nan Yi wrote an email to Baoguo Agricultural Machinery, and copied it to the Information and Policy Committee and Baoguo Migu, asking Baoguo Agricultural Machinery to send people to Brazil to investigate and demonstrate the feasibility of establishing an agricultural machinery assembly plant within the Manaus Indigenous Brothers Farm.
The tariffs on agricultural machinery parts and complete machines are different, and there is a huge gap between them. If an assembly plant is established in Brazil, agricultural machinery can be exported to the other three countries in the name of Brazilian products. Compared with products outside the Southern Cone Common Market, agricultural machinery exported to the country will have a great price advantage, and this advantage cannot be learned by other agricultural machinery companies.
Baoguo Agricultural Machinery focuses on the field of small agricultural machinery. It has a small demand for supporting equipment, and the size and weight of parts are lighter and smaller, so the freight pressure is relatively small. Baoguo Agricultural Machinery can take parts to Brazil for assembly, but other agricultural machinery companies cannot. The combined cost of factory construction, parts tariffs, and transportation costs may exceed the tariff cost of exporting the entire machine.
Moreover, small parts have another advantage: they are less dependent on specialized production machinery, and some parts can be processed by manufacturers in Brazil.
There are pros and cons. The profit margin of Baoguo Agricultural Machinery is simply not as high as that of other companies that produce large agricultural machinery. Because harvesters come in different sizes, the selling price of 100 Baoguo Agricultural Machinery units may not be as high as the profit of one unit from others.
Of course, Nan's company does not need and is not qualified to compare with large agricultural machinery companies for the time being. Compared with other companies, Baoguo Agricultural Machinery is just a baby in its cradle, and it still has a long way to go in the future.
After finishing his work, Nan Yi called Ruan Zhiping to the study and handed him a yellow envelope.
"Zhiping, tomorrow after I leave, have someone give this envelope to Cheng Zilang at the GA Central store and tell him that I don't think highly of this project."
Nan Ruoyin will be flying back to Xiangkeng in a few days, which will be a perfect opportunity for her to take the stage and play the role of the good guy.
"OK."
Ruan Zhiping took the envelope and nodded.
"I remember there was a man named Luo Yang in the security company. Is he from Echeng?"
"Luo Yang..." Ruan Zhiping thought for a moment and said, "Yes, I have only been in Xiangkeng for more than three years."
"Okay, I'll place an order with the company for this Luo Yang. I'll ask him to go to Shencun tomorrow and wait. For the next two months, he'll help me keep an eye on Long Huiqing, with protection as the main task and surveillance as the secondary. How much does it cost?"
"Twenty-four-hour surveillance and a long-term cross-regional business trip for two months will cost around HK$200,000. The detailed figures will have to wait for the company to calculate them."
"oh."
Nan Yi nodded, took out his checkbook, and wrote a check for 250,000 to Ruan Zhiping. "Take the money first. I'll ask Ruoyin to sign the contract with you after it's signed."
"OK."
"That's it, nothing else."
Nan Yi had just sent Ruan Zhiping away when his cell phone rang. He picked it up and heard Guan Erfu.
"Nansheng, do you have time to have dinner together? I'd like to introduce you to a new friend."
"Ha, Mr. Guan, you called just in time. I was just about to go to the dining room for dinner. A business friend?"
"Haha, no, it's for money."
"Mr. Guan is tired of Miss Li so quickly?"
"Haha, no, no, having a pretty face doesn't stop me from spending more money, it's just for the novelty."
"Understood. Which restaurant?"
"Fortune comes to the door."
"Okay, one hour."
Nan Yi was very happy to get closer to Guan Erfu and Luo Zhaohui. The two were on the rise, and if there were any projects, he planned to invest some of his own money and take a ride on their success. He believed that the other party would be embarrassed to charge him for handling and management fees.
The three of them are already one of the four strongest people in life. Good brothers are loyal to each other.
In less than an hour, Nan Yi arrived at the private room of Fulinmen and saw a familiar woman at first sight.
