|||--Buying a pair of sneakers for $20 is really expensive, but all the people who bought Nike Superstar basketball shoes said: It's so fragrant!

Especially after the start of the new season, fans found that the players of various NBA teams wore Nike Superstar basketball shoes, which made the sales of basketball shoes have increased significantly.

The shoes on the players' feet, of course, are provided by Chen Qiang for free, now there are 15 teams in the NBA, although each team has 15 player places, but most teams do not use the 15-person quota, if the full game, the NBA league is 200 players, Chen Qiang sent two pairs of shoes each, a total of 400 pairs of shoes, but in exchange for huge advertising benefits.

Professional basketball players are wearing it, which naturally proves that Nike Superstar basketball shoes are good, and under Chen Qiang's special publicity, even people who don't usually care about what shoes players wear know that Nike Superstar basketball shoes are the first choice for professional players.

In the face of the launch of Nike Superstar basketball shoes, other sneaker brands have been very slow to react, as if they have directly ignored the emerging footwear variety of "basketball shoes", and no one imitates Nike to launch the same type of products, but still produces traditional sneakers according to the original model.

Chen Qiang thought that Nike Superstar basketball shoes imitators would soon appear in the American market, but this is not the case, American companies in this era do not like to learn from competitors, they are more accustomed to manufacturing products according to their own ideas, to build brands.

Or other sneaker manufacturers think that a pair of shoes for $20 is at best a flash in the pan and cannot be made for a long time. With such an expensive price, customers will not buy it again after the novelty has passed.

No one has learned that Nike has designed basketball shoes, and no one has even imitated the classic "shell head" design, which makes Chen Qiang shout in his heart that the response of major sports brands in the United States is really slow enough. Since other sports brands did not imitate the design of the "shell head", Chen Qiang simply used it himself, and he asked the designer to add a rubber "shell head" to the front of the Nike No. 1 sneaker, and called it "Nike No. 2" for sale.

Historically, although the design of "shell head" was first used by Adidas, almost all sports brands borrowed this design from Adidas, and even many miscellaneous sneakers that have not even registered trademarks have adopted the design of "shell head", and it can be said that "shell head" has become a routine operation of sneakers.

The fact that "Shell Head" can be imitated by so many sneakers, and it has endured for decades, is enough to show that "Shell Head" is a great design, and this design can be accepted by consumers, so although Chen Qiang's "Nike No. 2" did not completely imitate the classic sneakers of later generations, Chen Qiang believes that the sales of "Nike No. 2" will definitely be very good.

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The fire in the fireplace was very hot, which made the room very warm.

Chen Qiang leaned in front of a crib, yawning constantly, looking drowsy.

Now Chen Qiang has become a professional father, guarding the baby's side.

Esther gave birth to a mixed-race big fat boy to Chen Qiang, but the mother's side was more genetically stronger, making the child look more like a Westerner.

Americans don't have the habit of mothers-in-law helping to watch their children, and Chen Qiang can't afford to hire a nanny, but Chen Qiang feels that his baby should be brought by himself, so that he can experience the happiness of the child's growth, which is a kind of growth for parents and a good memory, so Chen Qiang had to become a father.

After Esther gave birth, his temper was much bigger, and Chen Qiang had no choice but to try his best to go to the other party, and now Chen Qiang is the most bullied person in the family, his wife can bully him, and the doll can also bully him.

"Should I have a dog, so that in this family, I am not the bottom, but there is a dog to help me at the bottom." Chen Qiang said secretly in his heart, but after thinking about it, what kind of family status does he, the head of the family, compare with a dog!

The phone rang outside, and Chen Qiang was afraid that he would sleep with the doll, so he hurriedly ran to answer the phone.

"Mr. Chen, someone in the company is looking for you, the other party is a Chinese, his surname is Wang, and he claims to have known you before." He spoke on the other end of the phone.

"King?" Chen Qiang was slightly stunned, this surname is too common in China, shouting "surnamed Wang" on the street, I don't know how many people turned back, so Chen Qiang couldn't judge the identity of the other party at all.

"What is the origin of this Mr. Wang?" Chen Qiang asked.

"He said he was the manager of a company called Yangzi, and he was talking to you about a business."

"Yang's subsidiary? Master Kong's people! How did you find me here. Chen Qiang hesitated for a few seconds, and then said, "Okay, please wait a moment for that Mr. Wang, I'll go over now." ”

In January 1946, Prince Kong had already established Yangzi Company in Shanghai, with a registered capital of 100 million legal currency, and the import and export trade business of Yangzi Company was in full swing, but how many of them were serious trade, and how much was smuggling, it is unknown.

Master Kong set several principles for Yangzi Company, such as only doing spot transactions, not order transactions; Purchases are denominated in US dollars, and receipts are made in US dollars or gold, and legal tender must be exchanged for US dollars and gold on the same day. Obviously, Kong Dagongzi realized that fiat currency is not reliable, it will only collapse more and more, and only the US dollar can be regarded as real money.

Prince Kong also negotiated terms with several major comprador forces in China to jointly carve up the big cake of Sino-US trade. Taking imported automobiles as an example, due to the existence of the quota distribution system for imported goods, ordinary car dealers can only get the quota of seven cars at a time, while Mr. Song's Fuzhong Company and Master Kong's Yangzi Company can import hundreds of cars at a time. The cost price of the Chevrolet bought by Kong Dagongzi from the United States is only 1,800 US dollars, but in China it can be sold at a high price of 5,000 US dollars.

All kinds of monopoly trade, hoarding, and smuggling, Yangzi Company can be said to have made a lot of money.

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In the reception room, Chen Qiang met Manager Wang of Yangzi Company.

Manager Wang really met Chen Qiang, but at that time, Manager Wang was still the follower of Prince Kong, and he followed Prince Kong every day to eat and drink, and now he has become the core figure of Yangzi Company in the United States.

In fact, Chen Qiang has always underestimated this Manager Wang, who was able to come to the United States to study in the forties is basically a domestic elite, and those who don't have any skills really can't come, like Kong Dagongzi, who only cares about eating, drinking and having fun, is an example after all. In fact, from the perspective of doing business, Prince Kong can also be regarded as an elite.

And although this Manager Wang is talking to Mr. Kong all day long, he is also a person with real talent and learning, so he was entrusted by Mr. Kong and became one of the core figures of Yangzi Company in the United States.

"Manager Wang, why did you come to me? But what did Kong Gongzi command? Chen Qiang asked, but there was no politeness in his words, in Chen Qiang's opinion, Manager Wang on the other side was a dogleg under the prince of Kong, there was no need to be polite to him.

Chen Qiang's attitude was lukewarm, but Manager Wang didn't care at all, he said: "This time it wasn't Gongzi Kong who asked me to come, I wanted to come myself, I am representing Yangzi Company, and I want to talk to Mr. Chen about a business." ”

"What kind of business to talk about?" Chen Qiang asked.

"I know that Mr. Chen's Nike company produces all kinds of sporting goods, and there is a sneaker that has been selling very well recently, so we plan to buy a sporting item from you and ship it back to China for sale." Manager Wang said.

"There is no problem, how much do you need, when do you want to say, if the stock is enough, I will directly give you the goods, if the stock is not enough, we can produce." Chen Qiang immediately nodded and agreed.

Chen Qiang is not selling important strategic materials, and someone wants to buy from Chen Qiang, so Chen Qiang naturally has no reason to refuse.

Manager Wang opened his mouth and said: "Mr. Chen, we are all Chinese, and you know Gongzi Kong, do you think this price can be discounted?" ”

"It's been a bargain for a long time!" Chen Qiang smiled slightly, and replied: "Of course, the price can be discussed, but I can't give you an accurate number, because I don't know how much your company is going to buy. ”

"I get that." Manager Wang nodded happily.

Chen Qiang thought for a while, and then said: "Manager Wang, there is one thing I must remind you of, our China was beaten by small Japan, it is the time when everything is in ruins, and the current economic situation is far worse than before the war, and many people are homeless and can't even eat. Moreover, the situation in the country is not very peaceful, and I heard that now that the war has started again, you may not be easy to sell when you ship sporting goods to the country. I said ugly things to you, the things have been sold to you, you are going to accept the goods after acceptance, and I can't return them here. ”

Chen Qiang was worried that Yangzi Company would not be able to sell the goods when he bought them, and then he came to Chen Qiang to return the goods, and Chen Qiang was the one who lost at that time. Although the act of returning goods is a scoundrel, there are still few scoundrel things that Prince Kong has done! So Chen Qiang simply made his words clear.

Manager Wang replied: "Mr. Chen, you can rest assured, since our Yangzi company dares to ask you for goods, it will definitely be able to sell it." It is true that the country is not peaceful now, and the poor are everywhere, but there are still many rich people, and the common people can't afford to play sports, but the rich can afford to play, as long as these rich people are willing to buy it! ”

"After so many years of war, there are still so many rich people in the country?" Chen Qiang asked.

"Of course, Mr. Chen, do you know that a Chevrolet car can be sold for $5,000 in China, and it is in short supply. And I've heard that you have a very expensive sneaker here, and Americans can't afford it themselves, so I'm going to buy a little more of this, the more expensive it is, the better it sells! It's cheap, but the rich still feel that the price is off and they don't want to buy it! Manager Wang said.

Hearing this, Chen Qiang couldn't help but think of the sentence "Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road".

In the import and export trade of Yangzi Company, luxury goods occupy a large part, and domestic imported luxury goods are basically shipped by Yangzi Company. As for daily necessities such as grain, sugar, and foreign cloth, Yangzi Company does not have the right to import and operate, and these important materials are distributed to other big compradors, and they do not fall into the hands of Master Kong, but secretly Master Kong does not smuggle these things.

$20 a pair of basketball shoes is very expensive in the eyes of Americans, but in China, it is really a luxury that only the rich can afford.

Luxury this thing, originally do not pay attention to any practicality, only pay attention to the ability to pretend, 20 US dollars a pair of basketball shoes, sold in China I don't know how many times to increase the price, when the time comes, the buyers of this kind of shoes will definitely not be basketball lovers, but like to pretend to be rich.

"After such a long war, the whole country has been crippled, and those who are serious about doing business are afraid that they will lose everything! Now the rich people in China, the source of their property is definitely not right, either it is corruption, or it is the collusion of officials and businessmen to loot the people's fat and ointment, and they cheat these people's money, and there is no psychological pressure at all! Thinking of this, Chen Qiang's mood became happy.

Manager Wang on the other side continued: "In fact, the Sino-US trade is not so difficult now, not long ago, Nanjing signed a "Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation" with the United States, with this treaty, Sino-US trade is much simpler. ”

"I've been busy with other things lately, and I haven't paid attention to domestic affairs, what exactly is the content of this "Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation?" Chen Qiang asked.

Chen Qiang has been busy with Esther's birth recently, so he hasn't paid attention to domestic news. Moreover, since the end of World War II, American newspapers have rarely reported news outside the United States, and Chen Qiang has to go through the embassy in the United States if he wants to know about the news in China.

Manager Wang said: "There are dozens of articles in this treaty, I can't memorize it, which basically means that after the American goods arrive in China, they will be sold like our domestic products, and the United States will export goods to China and China will export goods to the United States without any restrictions, and there are also American ships that can dock at domestic ports at will, and inland ports can also stop, and our Chinese ships also enjoy the same treatment in the United States." ”

"Isn't this a free trade agreement for all goods? How can such a treaty be signed! Isn't it a big loss! Chen Qiang suddenly frowned.

The core content of this "Sino-US Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation" is about commodities, simply put, it is a free trade agreement that includes all commodities.

If it is put in the future, the United States is willing to sign this kind of agreement with China, China can wake up with a smile in its dreams, and when China and the United States fight a trade war, if China tells the US government that we will restore the "Sino-US Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation" back then, *** will definitely feel that you are declaring war on the United States!

In the forties, however, it was an unequal treaty for China. At that time, China was still an agricultural country, while the United States was the largest industrial country in the world.

China has few goods to sell to the United States, except for mineral resources, while the United States produces all the goods in the world; U.S. ships can move unimpeded in China, but China doesn't have ships to come to the U.S. at all! This treaty seems to give China and the United States the same conditions and obligations, but in fact it is an unequal treaty that unilaterally benefits!

This "Sino-US Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation" ceded China's market to the United States, and the large-scale inflow of American goods directly destroyed China's national industry, and China became a colony of American goods.

"Why do you want to sign such a humiliating treaty? What do the people in Nanjing think? Didn't anyone remind me? This kind of thing can be understood by any college student, Dean Song is a master's degree in economics from Harvard University and a doctorate in economics from Columbia University, so it is impossible not to see how harmful this treaty is! While Chen Qiang was puzzled, he was more of an unwilling emotion.

Manager Wang seemed to see Chen Qiang's puzzlement, and he explained in a low voice: "In July, Nanjing signed a "Contract for the Purchase of Surplus Wartime Materials" for the Americans, and sold all the weapons and ammunition stored by the US military in India and the Western Pacific during the war to us, and it was sold at a discount, and Nanjing spent 50 million US dollars to buy military supplies worth 500 million US dollars. If the Americans have no benefit, would they be willing to sell it so cheaply? And I also heard that the next American Pacific Fleet, there are hundreds of warships, and they plan to give them to us! ”

"I see!" Chen Qiang nodded suddenly, but said secretly in his heart: "American-style equipment worth 500 million US dollars, how much you want to be the captain of the transportation team, it turns out that the 'logistics' company in Nanjing was opened at this time!" ”

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