376 Shanghai Business (Part II)
Not long after, Liu Nanxun and Song Zhongqiao were also called. The two of them hurriedly entered the designated office www.biquge.info and when they opened the door, Liu Nanxun was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Oh, Lord Feng, what a coincidence, does Lord Feng remember being here?" ”
It was Feng Shaozhi who was sitting at the desk, he looked up at Liu Nanxun, recalled for a moment, and said with a smile: "But is it Boss Liu in Hangzhou?" ”
Liu Nanxun's face was full of joy, and he nodded again and again: "It's Liu, it's Liu." This time, I have to bother Lord Feng, this is Liu's friend, Ningbo's cloth merchant Song Zhongqiao Song Boss, and he will also come to develop business together. ”
Song Zhongqiao also hurriedly gave up, Feng Shaozhi asked the two to sit down, and asked, "Do you two want to drink tea?" ”
As he spoke, Feng Shaozhi also got up and lifted the kettle and added a little water to his thermos cup.
Song Zhongqiao had never seen an official who would pour water for the little people, but Liu Nanxun introduced from the side: "Brother Song, you don't know, the last time the little brother came to Shanghai, he was taken care of by Lord Feng. Lord Feng is a great character, do you know that Lord Feng was in the salt administration business in the Qing Dynasty before? ”
Song Zhongqiao was a little stunned, "Then how did Lord Feng come to Shanghai?" ”
Feng Shaozhi did not shy away from it, and said: "My ancestors used to run the salt industry, but in my generation, there has been no progress. This Shanghai is a thriving place, Feng longed for it, so he came to Shanghai to travel, and it was also a fluke, so he became an official in the Shanghai government. Okay, I don't have anything to mention here, the two of you are here to do things for the two of you, let's talk about it, what industries are Boss Liu and Boss Song going to do a big job in? ”
Liu Nanxun said: "Don't hide it from Lord Feng." Last time, Lord Feng pointed out. Selling candy and snacks from Datang. It's really easy to sell, what candied fruits do we Jiangnan people usually eat, it's all the same old, the milk candy produced by Datang, Xianbei, potato chips or something, the price is cheap, the taste is good, and the packaging is easy to take. It is also clean, not only large families like to prepare some, but even those with ordinary and solid family backgrounds also buy some to eat at home. This is not to think, in another month or two it will be the New Year, these things will inevitably be more in demand, and I want to buy more goods. ”
Feng Shaozhi said: "Didn't you get the contact information of a few food companies last time, if you want to buy goods and look for them directly, come to me, or have something else." ”
Liu Nanxun nodded and said, "Exactly." He runs a grocery business and sells more than just snacks. But all the necessities of life, are sold some, the last time I saw the Huimin supermarket in Shanghai, it is the number of our grocery stores, things are classified, and there are many goods, I want to learn from it in the next. ”
Feng Shaozhi praised: "Boss Liu has a good vision, this Huimin supermarket is one of the largest supermarket chains in our Datang, from daily food to all kinds of groceries, it is complete. Boss Liu intends to be a supermarket, but I do recommend it. You fancy this Huimin supermarket, it's a supermarket chain. What is a chain, this is a word in our Datang business community, that is, to open a branch, and the branch is similar from business to goods, so it is easy to expand, and it has brand recognition. ”
Liu Nanxun confessed: "Oh, these new words that Lord Feng said are all confused. ”
Feng Shaozhi said with a smile: "It's nothing, I'll give you a contact information later, you can directly contact the manager of Huimin Supermarket in Shanghai, Huimin Supermarket is planning to expand its branches." If you are interested, you can pay a sum of money, which is called a franchise fee, and this Huimin supermarket will package all your goods supply, and it is also responsible for helping you train employees and teach you to use them. You don't have to worry about the rest, just patronize and open your store and keep an eye on the incoming and outgoing goods. ”
Liu Nanxun was very shrewd, he asked, "I don't know how much this franchise fee costs?" ”
Feng Shaozhi said: "Not much, they should be in the expansion stage now, they are all discounted, and they should be able to get it for one or two thousand yuan." However, Huimin Supermarket is also a large company, and they will examine your qualifications and think that you cannot operate, or will smash their signboard, which is probably not agreeable. ”
Liu Nanxun hurriedly said: "Speaking of Hangzhou groceries, we must mention Jinhua Ji, I must do a good job of this." ”
Feng Shaozhi smiled and said, "Nacheng, I'll give you an address and contact information, and then make an appointment with Huimin Supermarket, you go to meet and talk about it specifically." How about tomorrow? ”
"Tomorrow is good, tomorrow is good." Liu Nanxun said.
Feng Shaozhi picked up the phone on the table, checked the phone book, and then dialed. Datang's telephone communication industry also has a high starting point, since the telephone was "invented", basically no human operator has been used, but the use of step-by-step mechanical telephone exchange, so direct dialing, rather than need to tell the operator where to get the call.
"Huimin supermarket business office? I'm Feng Shaozhi from the Commerce and Trade Development Bureau, ah, hello, I have a gentleman here, who is a very powerful grocery merchant in Ningbo, and I hope to join your group and open a chain in Hangzhou. Well, right, so it's nine o'clock tomorrow morning, okay? Okay, I'll pass on to him, thank you, goodbye. ”
Feng Shaoyi took a pen to record while making a phone call, and finally tore off the recorded note and handed it to Feng Shaozhi, saying: "Tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning, the address is on this card, you go to the department manager of their business office, his name is Han Zihui." ”
Liu Nanxun thanked him for a while, Feng Shaozhi waved his hand, and asked again: "This Mr. Song is a cloth merchant, right?" What business do you have that I can help with? ”
Song Zhongqiao was shocked by the little thing on the table just now, and Feng Shaozhi picked it up and could talk to someone who didn't know where. Now Feng Shaozhi asked him, and Song Zhongqiao hurriedly said: "Lord Feng, I hope to buy a batch of Datang cloth." ”
Feng Shaozhi said with a smile: "This is also simple, speaking of which, during this time, Tang Bu is the best thing to sell." ”
Song Zhongqiao said with a bitter face: "The main reason is that there is too much price difference, the homespun cloth we collected is still thirty percent worse than the selling price of Tang cloth, and the texture of Tang cloth is good, and the style is also more and exquisite, and the homespun cloth can't be compared at all." ”
Feng Shaozhi nodded and said: "This is indeed ah, Tang cloth is woven on the machine, the price is naturally cheap, and Datang's textile industry is a systematic industry, from spinning and weaving to printing and dyeing, every link is professional." How can we rural farmers think about so many things, we can't compete. ”
Song Zhongqiao also sighed: "What my lord said is that the price of grain in Jiangnan has fallen a lot during this period of time, because the grain from the Tang Dynasty has come in, and the local grain cannot be sold at a price." In the long run, I am afraid that the farming and weaving homes in the countryside will be finished. Although farming and weaving cloth is purely for personal use, how can there be such a simple family now. You don't have to buy something. If the grain and cloth can't be sold, everyone will have a hard time. ”
Liu Nanxun winked at Song Zhongqiao, after all, he said this in front of the officials of the Tang Dynasty, and the culprit was the Tang people, which was obviously equivalent to a slap in the face. However, Feng Shaozhi was not annoyed, in fact, he had already thought about the problem that Song Zhongqiao saw. Liu Nanxun said: "In ancient times, this farming and weaving family was the most orthodox. However, time has passed, and today in Datang, the power of farming has made great progress compared with thousands of years ago. The Tang people are also particularly good at this farming technique, and the fields cultivated by one person can raise dozens or hundreds of people. This makes it unnecessary for everyone to plow the fields. Therefore, in this Tang Dynasty, the number of farmers is limited. We call this the social division of labor, where some people teach, some people treat people, some people work, and some people farm. The Tang people have already completed this stage, that is, social transformation. Next, it will be the turn of the Great Qing Kingdom. It is already unrealistic to expect farming and weaving to be passed down from generation to generation, unchanged for thousands of years. In the end, farming and weaving could not support their families, so they had to find other livelihoods. In fact, before the Tang people came, this was already showing signs. The land in the south of the Yangtze River is becoming more and more concentrated in the hands of big landlords, and ordinary families are losing more and more land. In the end, they all became bankrupt refugees, and they went to Sichuan and Chu, and it is said that there are more than one million. Don't look at the fact that we used to call it a prosperous era, in fact, it is very dangerous, if this so-called social transformation is not successful, the country will be finished. That is, it is the Tang people who came to the Qing Dynasty, and in the final analysis, it is still a family, if it is those European barbarians, how can they take care of what to eat, it is to toss our China vigorously. ”
The two businessmen didn't seem to understand, but they felt that there was some truth in it, after all, they were just two simple little people in this huge society, and they didn't care about the life and death of everyone in this environment. Song Zhongqiao sighed slightly, but he was not really worried about the country and the people.
Feng Shaozhi also came to Shanghai after coming into contact with many Tang Dynasty books and theories, so he saw these things clearly, and smiled self-deprecatingly at this time: "If you talk too much, the two of you will focus on making a fortune." Boss Song, there are eight textile companies in Shanghai Datang, including wool spinning, cotton spinning and linen spinning, as well as leather companies making leather products. If you are interested, you can go to the door to see, these companies are open to do business, fancy what kind of fabric, just place an order directly, if there is any special style needs, you can also mention it with these companies. In terms of price, I'm afraid it won't be cheaper than your competitors. This is not necessarily, if Boss Song has a large enough amount of goods and has established long-term cooperation, maybe he can get some discounts. ”
Saying that, Feng Shaozhi took out some materials from the textile company from the drawer, and said, "Just go directly, they have someone to receive merchants like you." ”
Liu Song and the others thanked Feng Shaozhi, and Liu Nanxun also said that he wanted to invite Feng Shaozhi to dinner, but Feng Shaozhi refused with a smile, saying that he still had business here. The two of them walked out of the Tang Merchant Hall in a trance.
Song Zhongqiao couldn't believe it, and asked: "We've done business here, and it's really someone from the government who introduced the way." ”
Liu Nanxun smiled: "That's not the case, don't say it, I really want to be like that brother Xu Youcai, go back and mix the identity of a Tang Dynasty, and it will be more convenient to do business in the future." (To be continued.) )