Li Kangping and Zhao Changrui were alone along the way, what did the two talk about?

I'm not going to go into detail about this conversation.

Let's say that Li and Zhao arrived at the 43rd Street apartment to attend a reunion of the Chinese Alumni Association.

There are a total of 12 Chinese students who have newly arrived in New York, including 5 "Tsinghua college girls".

Tsinghua School is a boys' school and does not admit female students.

There are some Chinese female students who attend other schools in China, and they go to Tsinghua to study in the United States, and these girls are called "Tsinghua college girls".

The female students of Tsinghua College are not arranged every year, but every two or three years.

In 1921, the Geng Foundation arranged for a group of female students from Tsinghua University, some of whom studied in New York and some of whom went to universities in other cities in the United States.

Xu is a newcomer who has not yet become a local custom, and is regarded as a treasure among a group of old men, which makes these five girls reserved and shy, and they don't talk much.

New students should be warmly welcomed to join the organization.

It is also gratifying news that Li Kangping has published important papers that have been published in American newspapers and magazines and won praise from the industry.

"Just over a year after going to the United States, Kang Ping is already a doctoral student, and he has entered APS and made an academic name. Kangping's academic cultivation is indeed unmatched. ”

Mr. Zhou was very happy, he repeatedly mentioned Kangping, Kangping, Kangping has become the academic benchmark of the alumni association, its academic rigor, the speed of academic output, is amazing.

What is reluctant is that Brother Yue Lin has obtained a doctorate in political science from Columbia University, and Brother Yue Lin is about to go on a study tour in the UK.

Farewell today, I don't know when we will meet again.

Everyone not only cherished the feeling of reluctance, but also wished Yue Lin a safe journey and realized his ideals.

"Kangping, did your Manhattan Zeus Company ever be in business?" Mr. Zhou asked.

Li Kang was embarrassed, and he replied truthfully: "My company has been listed for more than four months and has not yet opened. ”

"Come in with me."

Mr. Zhou and Li Kangping entered the bedroom.

Mr. Zhou asked, "If you have any difficulties in doing business, you may wish to tell us." ”

Li Kangping said: "The difficulty is that one is the capital, and the other is the outstanding talent that can be trusted. ”

"Wait a minute."

Mr. Zhou left the bedroom and immediately invited Liu Shaowen in.

"No matter what kind of business Kangping does, it is indispensable to have accounting personnel. Shaowen is proficient in this, and he is also the closest person to you and me, I will let Shaowen assist you, are you willing? Mr. Zhou asked.

Li Kangping happily agreed: "It is naturally excellent to have Brother Shaowen to help me take care of my accounting, taxation or financial business." ”

Mr. Zhou asked, "So Kangping, where are you going to start?" ”

Li Kangping was ambitious but said without a word: "I am ready to create the first mahjong manufacturing factory in the United States." ”

"Mahjong is becoming more and more popular in the United States, and its market is improving, but if Chinese imports of mahjong can meet the needs of the American market, it is not too profitable to open a domestic mahjong factory in the United States, and it is not even possible to maintain costs," said Lau. ”

Brother Shaowen got to the point! Li Kangping called the insider.

Again, if you have difficulties, find an organization.

But with just a conceptual idea, it's hard to get an organization to pipeline talent and raise money for your company.

You still have to do an in-depth market research, so that you know what to do and don't panic.

All of Columbia's Ph.D. students live off-campus. Before doing the research, Li Kangping moved first.

There is a dark apartment building on Chenbian Street next to Columbia, where Xu Zhangyu once rented. Li Kangping directly contacted the landlord, a white-haired old lady who looked unremarkable.

In fact, the tenants of this apartment building know that the entire apartment building belongs to this old lady --- Mrs. Smith.

Mrs. Smith, who also lives in the building, took Mr. Lee into an apartment on the third floor that had not yet been rented out.

Inside, the ceilings are high, with three large floor-to-ceiling windows facing the morning street, and a sofa in soft brown leather is furnished in the living room. Li Kangping swears he has seen this sofa, in the sofa store of Macy's. He vaguely remembers that the sofa cost no less than $200.

In the corner of the living room screen, a large chair is placed accompanied by an orange standing lamp. The iron wall in the depths of the fireplace, part of which has been smoked to a grayish-black color. Along the living room to the end, there is the bedroom and bathroom. The bedroom was huge, and even if the oversized, veil-draped court bed looked the size of a regular bed in the bedroom. The Persian-inspired fuchsia wool carpet complements the king-size bed, making you want to sleep, chill or do something here.

The bathroom has a low, wide bathtub with a neat bookshelf and a whole wall of wardrobes where you can tuck in all your clothes for the year round. The apartment meets all of Mr. Li's living conditions, and he can move in with his bags, for which he has to pay $60 a month in rent.

$60, which is about three weeks' salary for an average employee of a medium-sized company in New York. Of course, compared to apartments in the theater district and commercial districts, it is not too expensive to rent such a comfortable apartment on Chenbian Street for $60.

Mr. Li paid Mrs. Smith $720 for a year's rent.

One yard is one yard, and $500 of the $720 is paid by the Geng Foundation.

"Brother Shaowen, you and I are going to investigate the market together?" Li Kangping tried his best to pull Liu Shaowen.

Shaowen Liu has started his Ph.D. in economics at Columbia University and is juggling a career at Citibank. He squeezed out time to accompany Li Kangping to conduct research on the mahjong market in the United States.

In terms of mahjong wholesale, more than one American company wholesales mahjong from China, including the Strauss family's Macy's, the White Brothers' trading company, Jack's furniture company, and others.

According to incomplete statistics, in the past four to five months, at least 10 American companies have wholesaled at least 15,000 mahjong pairs to the United States, and their sales output value is estimated to be at least $1 million at retail prices.

In terms of retail channels, Macy's has an advantage, their stores are located in major cities in the United States, and they not only retail mahjong at Macy's in New York, but also at Macy's in Boston, Macy's in Chicago, and Macy's in San Francisco.

Of course, Macy's is not the only terminal sales channel in the United States, and there are other department stores that can undertake terminal sales tasks.

There is no technical content in importing mahjong from China, since everyone can wholesale mahjong from China to the United States, then the competition in the United States is sales channels and marketing.

Jack, the owner of the furniture company, a sofa supplier to Macy's, was one of the earliest members of the White Brothers' Mahjong Club. He imported 500 mahjong pairs from China and sold them to a small and medium-sized department store operating in New York and New Jersey.

The Wright brothers, they opened a mahjong franchise directly in New York City and plan to open their mahjong franchise to other cities in the United States.

"It seems that more mahjong will be imported to the United States." Liu Shaowen said.

"It is not difficult to speculate that the battle of mahjong in the United States may evolve into a channel war and a price war." Li Kangping knew that opening a mahjong manufacturing factory in the United States was an investment with potential for development.