Chapter 57: Doing Business with Chanel
In winter, the street under the linden tree is also uniquely beautiful, the rows of chestnut trees on both sides of the street and the evergreen linden trees in all seasons are lined up, the breeze blows, graceful and colorful, a romantic style, and the whole avenue is picturesque.
"It's my first time in Berlin, and you won't introduce me to it?"
Chanel affectionately held Hitler's shoulders, even if she was wearing her white plush coat, it could not hide her delicate and seductive figure, attracting passers-by to look back frequently, so that several passers-by almost hit a tree.
"Okay." Hitler felt the aroma wafting his nose: "Many of the buildings on this street were built by the famous German architect Schenkel more than 100 years ago, and we are now at the Blandenburg Gate, and beyond we are the Opera House and the University of Berlin, and beyond we are the Berlin Hotel." ”
The destination of the two of them is the Berlin Hotel, and this afternoon the two of them are going to attend the German Clothing Conference held at the Berlin Hotel this evening, which is mainly to discuss the future development direction of the German clothing industry, as well as to set the sales price of the industry.
Chanel was a big name in the French fashion industry, and a friend from Germany learned that she was coming to Berlin, so she was invited to attend.
"There's a coffee shop over there, let's go to Zaza."
It was still early, there were still more than three hours before the meeting, and the two went to the Berlin Hotel to have no interesting incident, so the two went to the coffee shop on the side of the road and ordered two cups of coffee.
"Your German coffee is bitter." Chanel grumbled, holding her lips.
"It shows that you French people pursue romance, and the coffee you drink is naturally sweeter, and we Germans pursue substantive things and eat bitterly." Hitler took a sip of coffee, which was indeed a little bitter.
Chanel wiped the corners of her seductive mouth: "How did you get in touch with the country?" Immediately, she leaned towards Hitler: "I want to do something bold." ”
"Something bold?" Hitler sat back: "How bold?" Undressing while performing on the street? ”
"No kidding." Chanel said with rare seriousness: "I want to sell sanitary napkins in my store." ”
"Selling sanitary napkins? You'll sell it. Hitler said.
Chanel looked at a few tables nearby and saw that there were no guests, and her voice was a little louder: "Do you know how we women deal with menstruation?" Before Hitler could reply, Chanel asked herself and said, "We use a long cloth towel to absorb blood and wash it every day, but this trouble is unhygienic and unelegant, and it causes us women to be unable to do heavy physical work and go far away, which causes great trouble." ”
"Oh, ......I see," Hitler nodded awkwardly, for the first time he had heard of it.
Chanel added: "But once I happened to find something in the hospital, this thing is a medical bandage called Crook's head, which is extremely absorbent, and after some understanding, I learned that this is a fiber material discovered by a paper company called Kimberly in the United States, which is five times more absorbent than cotton, and the cost is less than half that of cotton." Our French nurses were the first to discover that this fiber absorbs water, and the soft and clean paper mat is not only used to bandage the wounded, but also to deal with menstruation. Nurses in the UK and the US are also quick to follow suit and use it to solve their monthly personal hygiene problems. ”
"So you want to make and sell this sanitary napkin?" Hitler understood that sanitary napkins were a necessity for women, and doing business in this area was also profitable.
Chanel nodded: "In fact, the Kimberley company in the United States has begun to produce and sell sanitary napkins, but unfortunately, the sales of sanitary napkins were not good at the beginning. Because the mass media were reluctant to advertise it, the girls were ashamed to buy the product from the store clerk. The Kimberley company could only convince the store to put a cash box on the counter and let the female customers secretly buy it by themselves. ”
Chanel touched her cheeks with some confusion: "So I've been thinking about whether to do this kind of business, the facts have proved that sanitary napkins are not easy to sell, but I always feel that this business has potential, so you are also a businessman, I want to discuss with you." ”
"Oh? Consult? "Hitler stirred up the coffee and began to change his role, and since Chanel was talking to him about business, he had to look at things from a business point of view.
Chanel said a little playfully: "In fact, I don't care, the profits of the fashion stores I opened in Paris for three years are enough for my life, I don't care whether I do this business or not, if you think you can do it, you can do it." ”
Hitler remained silent: "How do you say it is divided?" ”
"I own 40% of the shares, you own 60%, you contribute 90% of the funds, I provide you with the design of the goods, you should also know my fame in France, coupled with my personal ability, sales in France should not be a problem." Chanel said in a consultative tone.
"You account for 30% of the shares, I account for 70%, and the company can also let you manage it and let you do it." Hitler said.
"I can only take out 30,000 marks...... Chanel said helplessly, 30,000 marks is already a lot of money for an ordinary person, you can buy a good sports car, but for starting a company, this money can only open a small company.
Hitler shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "It's nothing, 30,000 marks is enough, let you invest money just to make you do it with your heart, I will invest 1 million marks, and at the same time buy your clothing store and set up a company, you will own 30% of the company's shares, and I will account for 70%." ”
Chanel's fashion stores are not important, mainly because Chanel has designed a lot of new and fashionable clothes that make the French frequent, and without Chanel, these fashion stores are useless.
Hitler's approach was to cut off Chanel's back path, wanting Chanel to serve the company wholeheartedly, and at the same time hinting that Chanel should not start a new door.
"Okay, nice to work with." Chanel smiled and shook hands with Hitler, indicating that the two had begun their cooperation.
The new company will be called Chanel, and the company will continue to focus on clothing and accessories, and will open branches around the world in line with the concept of expanding Chanel's fashion. At the same time, for sanitary napkins, Chanel will negotiate with Kimberly in the United States to purchase patents for sanitary napkins.
Hitler put forward his own views on the difficulty of selling: "The mass media are not willing to advertise sanitary napkins, so we will buy more than a dozen newspapers and magazines. If the store is not willing to sell, then we will open our own store to sell. Girls are ashamed to buy, so they can make posters, ask movie stars, social figures to promote, if there is still no one to buy, then use a little more sales methods, such as asking to buy, create an illusion, change the public's mind, let them know that selling sanitary napkins is a normal need, and there is no shame. ”
In fact, Hitler was not worried about the sales of sanitary napkins, and it may have been a little difficult at first, but one day most women will not be ashamed of buying sanitary napkins.
After discussing sanitary napkins, Chanel said, "I also thought about developing a product called a bra." ”
"Bra?" Hitler didn't know much about women.
Chanel explained: "Although the bra was invented a few years ago, because the bra is not convenient, the quality is not good, and it is easy to fall off, most girls nowadays wear corsets, so I have always wanted to improve the bra." ”
"Uh, is this corset an underwear that wraps your breasts?" Hitler asked, somewhat incomprehensibly.
"Let's just put it that way." Chanel gave Hitler a blank look, and felt that Hitler had really never been in love, and he didn't even understand this.
Hitler slapped the table: "Improve, improve my bra, let people all over the world wear the bras produced by our company, I said why are the breasts of girls so small now, it turns out that the corset is to blame." ”
"Cut, that's why I never wear a corset." Chanel said proudly.
It's still well dressed, your breasts are a harmful guy, and almost made Hitler bleed from his nose......
After that, the two discussed a lot of business matters. It wasn't until Hitler saw Thea, dressed in a bright goose-yellow dress and tied in a ponytail, that the two were forced to stop talking.