Chapter 342: The World Is So Big
According to her, in the process of running Taobao, Liu Ting found that many online customers tend to buy foreign brands for some luxury goods when shopping online.
For this, Liu Ting saw a lot of business opportunities from it. She thinks that if the domestic Taobao online shopping business and overseas BB companies cooperate, and directly use this channel to give customers the convenience of purchasing in the domestic online e-commerce, it must be a very good deal.
Due to the difference between the Chinese market and overseas markets, it is quite difficult to operate directly, coupled with a series of cumbersome procedures such as customs clearance and tax payment, Liu Ting set her sights on Xiangjiang in the free port, and intends to use Xiangjiang as a hub to connect the two places to carry out this business operation.
After listening to Liu Ting's explanation, Zhou Liwen was stunned for a long time, Liu Ting's set almost scared him, isn't this the way of overseas shopping? Speaking of overseas shopping, at first, it was just that domestic consumers took advantage of the opportunity to go abroad through their friends or relatives to bring themselves some foreign goods, but with the gradual development of later, such demand began to increase, and some people who often go abroad use this way to charge a certain amount of "hard money" to friends or friends of friends to earn some benefits. Later, under the influence of the Sanlu incident that occurred in 26 years, the Chinese people had a great distrust of domestic goods, coupled with the rapid expansion of the real estate market in the past few years, creating a large number of new rich people in China, and the demand for luxury goods is also increasing.
After that, because it was difficult to distinguish the authenticity of the goods purchased on the Internet, some traitors even exposed in the news that they used A goods to deceive consumers. But even so, the proportion of overseas shopping sales still accounts for a large part of the overall sales of online e-commerce, and some domestic and foreign e-commerce companies have also begun to notice this phenomenon, and are trying to directly connect the overseas e-commerce business with China's e-commerce network, playing the slogan of authentic overseas procurement, foreign delivery, and 00% HT products to attract consumers.
Zhou Liwen never thought that Liu Ting would think of this business with great potential one step ahead of him. And the transit point she chose is also very good, before the establishment of the so-called free trade zone in China, Xiangjiang as a free port is of course the first choice for this kind of business. What's more, judging from the current China's export industry, the name of the world's factory is still worn on China's head, and most of the foreign luxury brands, except for some more traditional companies, are processed in China. Zhou Liwen remembers that there is a transportation operation procedure called "Xiangjiang one-day tour" in logistics, which is very simple, that is, the goods produced in China are loaded into containers and transported from the port to Xiangjiang, and then the documents are replaced and labeled in Xiangjiang, and then entered the country by Xiangjiang.
The operation of this one-day tour of Hong Kong has not changed in terms of the essence of the product, but it has greatly appreciated in terms of brand and profits. Moreover, the Chinese government often imposes corporate tax rebates to encourage exports, while imports have most-favored-nation tariff treatment for some products. If we do not take into account the crooked and evil way of over-reporting and under-clearing, so as to defraud the profits of tax refunds, it will only be carried out in the way of normal import and export, and these commodities that have re-entered the domestic market are already veritable genuine brand-name goods in theory.
"What's wrong? Are you not optimistic about this project? Seeing Zhou Liwen's strange expression, Liu Ting couldn't help but ask.
Zhou Liwen, who came back to his senses, hurriedly shook his head and said with a haha: "No, I just think your idea is very creative and worth trying." ”
Now Liu Ting was relieved, and smiled happily: "Okay, I still have to think carefully about the specific procedures, and when I come back from Japan, I will have a half-time substantive contact with the e-commerce companies here in the United States, as well as e-commerce in Europe, especially France." By the way, I will trouble you to help say hello to Mr. Guo at that time, this matter requires his cooperation. ”
"Mr. Guo? Guo Tao? Zhou Liwen asked subconsciously.
"Some of these parts involve transportation and import and export business, and now logistics and foreign trade have been assigned to Guo's?"
"That's no problem, I'll say hi to him, you can find him anytime and anywhere." Zhou Liwen smiled and nodded in agreement.
At this time, the flight attendant came over and told Zhou Liwen that the plane was ready and could take off at any time. Zhou Liwen temporarily ended the conversation with Liu Ting and sent her on the plane. After watching the plane taxi on the runway and take off, Zhou Liwen saw that the time was close to dinner time, and it would probably take about two hours to rush back at this time.
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is one of the largest airports in the United States, with nine concourses and comprehensive service facilities. Zhou Liwen's special plane is destined for Terminal 9, which is commonly known as Tom. The Bradley International Terminal is located on the west side of the passenger terminal.
After looking for it a little, Zhou Liwen found a hot dog shop, bought a hot dog, and then ordered a cup of coffee and sat in the dining area next to him to fill his stomach. After taking a bite, Zhou Liwen nodded secretly, the hot dog here is really good, both the size and the taste are to his liking.
Eat a few bites of hot dogs, take a sip of coffee, and it won't be long before this simple dinner is gone. Then throwing the wrapping paper and paper towels into the trash, Zhou Liwen looked up and looked for the mark, and walked to the nearest bathroom.
got on a trumpet and washed his hands, as soon as Zhou Liwen wanted to get out of the bathroom, a passenger who was hurrying away with his head down hurriedly ran from the outside to the inside, if it weren't for Zhou Liwen's flash, he almost collided with the other party.
"Who are these people?" Zhou Liwen frowned, and said unhappily. At this time, the guy who had already passed by Zhou Liwen remembered to turn around and say sorry, and then went straight to the urinal as if he was suffocated.
Shaking his head and smiling, Zhou Liwen didn't care, and continued to walk out, but he stopped his footsteps as soon as he took two steps, and turned around suspiciously to look at the guy who had opened his pants and put the water out.
Staring at the man's back, Zhou Liwen walked over and stood beside him trying to see the other party's side face clearly.
There was a person standing on the side, and the other party quickly felt it, he looked at Zhou Liwen with the corner of his eye while releasing water, and said in English: "This friend, I have apologized just now, people have three urgencies, and besides, we didn't bump into each other, so there's no need to be so unforgiving, right?" ”
Zhou Liwen didn't speak when he stood still, but continued to stare at him. The other party frowned and hurriedly stepped up to put the water out, and before he even had time to shake, he turned to Zhou Liwen while pulling the trouser chain, and said in a very unhappy tone: "This is the airport, I'm an Australian citizen, what do you mean?" Be careful I shout .......
When he was about to say more, he finally saw Zhou Liwen who seemed to be looking at him with a smile, and the whole person was stunned for a moment, and stood on the spot with his mouth open.
"You...... You...... You....... ”
"Me, me, me? Hehe, Brother Liu, can't you remember? It's only been a few years and you forgot about your brother? Zhou Liwen smiled at the old friend in front of him and said, "What's wrong?" Did you just call the guards? It's not necessary for old friends to meet, right? ”
The other party opened his mouth, didn't know what to mutter, and then squeezed out a smile that was even uglier than crying: "Hehe, it's Brother Zhou, I didn't expect to meet you here, it's really a coincidence, haha"
"Yes, yes." Zhou Liwen patted the other party's shoulder, looking very happy: "I didn't expect that this world is really small." You say, such a big world, such a big airport, and so many people, how can we meet in this small bathroom? It's really okay, do you think we should go out and buy a lottery ticket right away? Maybe tomorrow's Powerball jackpot will fall on our brother's head. ”
The other party's face was embarrassed, this old acquaintance was none other than Mr. Chen's cousin, who almost put Zhou Liwen with Da Liu.
Even Zhou Liwen himself didn't expect that there would be a day when he would meet Da Liu again, he always thought that he would never meet Da Liu and Mr. Chen again in this life, just as he said, the world is so big, there are so many people on the earth, and the nowhere of Da Liu and Mr. Chen know where they are hiding in the world, just like a drop of water flowing into the sea, without a trace, and the possibility of the two sides meeting again is almost smaller than winning the Powerball jackpot. But who would have thought that he met this guy head-on in the bathroom of the airport, if it weren't for Zhou Liwen's good memory, he heard a familiar voice from Da Liu's apology, otherwise he would have missed it.
Facing Zhou Liwen, Da Liu felt both regret and chagrin in his heart. If he hadn't drunk too much water on the plane, and he was delayed a little time when he passed the customs, he wouldn't have been in such a hurry to go to the bathroom. If he had taken a few more steps and washed his phone on the other end, maybe this scene would not have happened.
Because Da Liu and Mr. Chen deliberately pushed Zhou Liwen out as their shield in order to make money, and secretly cheated Zhou Liwen a lot, Da Liu was very embarrassed to touch Zhou Liwen. It's awkward to meet a guy who owes someone someone money and a creditor who he has been trying to hide.
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