019: Chamber of Commerce door-to-door (second watch)
Chang Xi didn't come forward immediately, and it wasn't until Xie Ming and the fat president of the Yiyang Chamber of Commerce and a group of people came in that she got up to greet her, "Welcome, welcome."
"Chang Niangzi, I've really heard of a big name for a long time."
The president of the Yiyang Chamber of Commerce immediately went over to greet Chang Xi warmly, but a pair of squinting eyes secretly examined this overly beautiful woman, when he first came in, he thought that she and Xie Ming had a leg to show their heads in a short time, but now, it doesn't seem to be the same thing he thinks.
Chang Xi also immediately returned the salute, "President Xu, I have also admired your old name for a long time, and when I saw it today, it was as straightforward as the rumors."
President Xu immediately laughed when he heard this, and the people who came with him also laughed, including the owner of Taiming Tea House and the owner of Qingxiang Tea House, who Chang Xi knew well, and these two people also secretly glanced at her, looking like that, it shouldn't be a bad thing for President Xu to come this time.
That's right, she is estimated to be a topic of conversation in Yiyang City from top to bottom during this time, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a popular fried chicken, when she becomes famous, there are good people everywhere around her, so it should not be that President Xu came to provoke trouble.
President Xu is in the ship business, and his ships not only travel inland, but also do maritime business, but the tea brick business was mostly faced with foreign devils before, so she has no business dealings with President Xu, and this time it may be undecided that they can cooperate.
It's just that to her surprise, after President Xu sat down and drank a round of tea to get acquainted with each other, he immediately said that he actually invited her to join the Yiyang Chamber of Commerce, which is really a strange thing.
President Xu was surprised when he saw Chang Xi's face, but he didn't nod his head immediately in agreement, this kind of pampering and unfazed determination, he couldn't do it at this age, no wonder people who have dealt with Chang say that this woman has some ability, and to see her as a vassal of a man is to underestimate her.
At this point, he looked at Chang Xi and his person, and no longer looked at her with colored eyes, "The original intention of the establishment of the Yiyang Chamber of Commerce is to share resources, help each other, and even the Chamber of Commerce will allocate a certain amount of silver taels every year to fund potential students for scientific examinations, and the network of the Chamber of Commerce has also been established little by little, Chang Niangzi, join our Chamber of Commerce, and you can guarantee that you will never regret it."
Of course, he didn't mention the annual membership fee of twenty taels, for those who can start such a big business, who cares about the annual membership fee of twenty taels of silver?
"President Xu's sincere invitation, I really feel terrified, I don't know how to make a decision for a while, after all, I am a little woman, and I am afraid that I will not be able to play a role in the Chamber of Commerce......
Hearing Chang Xi's remarks, President Xu understood that people were worried that they would not get real benefits by joining the Chamber of Commerce, this is one of them, and the other is that people want certain rights, no wonder they can actually take the door of Princess Qianrong to make the tea brick business a unique business, this ability should not be underestimated, and the two families of Shen Zhuang were not wronged at the beginning.
"Chang Niangzi rest assured, although you are the first female member since the establishment of our Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce acts in a fair and just manner, as for the manager of the Chamber of Commerce, it is also based on the recommendation of members, if Chang Niangzi joins the association, she can also compete for these positions, haha, I am very much looking forward to you, a rising star, to squeeze down the old man, haha......
Chang Xi didn't know if this was true, after all, it was the first time she had dealt with an old fox like President Xu, but she heard the implication that the Chamber of Commerce would not discriminate against her as a female streamer, and would give her the opportunity to compete, provided that she could succeed in the competition.
It sounds great, but there's a thing in this world called a dark box operation, so she has to think carefully before making a decision when dealing with this problem.
Regarding Chang Xi's cautious attitude, President Xu could only say that he would wait patiently for her reply, and then emphasized once again that the Chamber of Commerce is a voluntary principle, and of course the withdrawal is the same, and it will not be reluctant.
The matter was put aside for the time being, and President Xu said the second intention, that is, he wanted to make a batch of tea bricks and prepare to sell them to Mobei, "People there can't live without tea, this tea is resistant to storage and transportation, and it is the most suitable for people over there.
This cooperation was completely unexpected by Chang Xi, and it can only be said that the old fox in this shopping mall has a very good sense of smell
Sensitive, I didn't mention cooperation before, but now that I see that things are clear, I immediately come to talk about cooperation and sell it to expand my contacts.
But how can there be a reason to refuse business sent to the door?
"We've always welcomed cooperation, but this time to make tea bricks has to be lined up in a first-come-first-served order, so I'll let people see when the latest can be scheduled?"
Chairman Xu thought that he was already the first one to come to ask for cooperation, but how did he know that there was no shortage of business at all? This surprised him a lot, but he didn't show it on his face, but just smiled and said, "Yes."
The owner of the Taiming Tea House and the owner of the Qingxiang Tea House who sat on the side, looked at each other and did not make a sound, the tea brick workshop is now their fastest growing profit business, and they naturally will not point fingers at Chang Niangzi to make Chang unhappy, and they must know the current affairs to cooperate for a long time, they all understand this truth.
This business was talked about for an afternoon, and finally a banquet was held to entertain President Xu and his party, of course, Chang Xi did not accompany him, one is to avoid suspicion, and the other is the most boring to eat with this group of middle-aged and elderly men, she didn't want to suffer this crime, so she asked Xie Ming and Du to accompany him.
Steward Du is very low-key and easy-going inside the tea brick workshop, but in the face of outsiders, he puts his shelf so high, just because he is from the princess's mansion, he can bluff many people, and even President Xu put on a respectful and flattering appearance in front of him.
This made Steward Du feel instantly beautiful, and the unhappiness of the previous grievances was immediately swept away.
The next day, when Xie Ming mentioned it to Chang Xi, he was quite disdainful, although he couldn't take the road of scientific research, but he still had a little bit of the innocence of the children of the family in his bones.
Chang Xi just smiled and didn't say much, a person like Xie Ming who has not experienced social beatings naturally doesn't know the hardships of people at the bottom to climb up, Du's background is not good, he can be humble and arrogant, there is nothing wrong with this, people will have shortcomings, and if you press human nature too hard, you will go crazy.
"I asked people to check it out in private, this President Xu's reputation is good, this Yiyang Chamber of Commerce can also join, Eighth Master Xie, what do you think?"
Xie Ming pondered for a while and said, "I think it's okay, besides, we have cooperation with President Xu, and there is no competition in business, there is no contradiction, but I am not afraid of him stumbling." The important thing is that the tea brick business is labeled as royal, and not everyone dares to provoke wantonly, "By the way, this is the list of tea merchants who are interested in cooperating with us recently, and they will send someone to negotiate today."
The tea merchants who resisted her before would eventually turn around and cooperate with her, which was expected by Chang Xi, after all, they had no better choice, because under the order of Emperor Chongming, it would be meaningless for them to study tea bricks again, in fact, as long as they were given a little more time, it was not difficult to overcome the difficulties of tea bricks, and the gold content of this technology was not high.
"Then let's talk about it separately, we are businessmen, not charity, and we don't give in to what we shouldn't concede, remember?"
Xie Ming nodded, he had studied for so long, so he naturally figured out this truth, but he said stiffly: "After all, they didn't give us much hardship at the beginning, and this revenge can be avenged."
Hearing this, Chang Xi laughed, but he knew in his heart that this was a joke, and Xie Ming would not act foolishly in this matter.
Discussing cooperation with the tea merchants, Chang Xi did not come forward in person, but handed over to Xie Ming to be fully responsible, of course, Du Steward, a showy person, acted in a high-profile manner, she turned a blind eye and did not interfere too much.
After President Xu got her letter of approval to join the Chamber of Commerce, he immediately held a grand joining ceremony for Chang Xi, all the members of the Yiyang Chamber of Commerce attended, of course, there were also stubborn people with black faces throughout the whole process, after all, I couldn't see a woman in the limelight, I felt that this was the trend of the world, but the strength was not good, and it was not good to oppose it clearly.
As for Chang Xi, whoever gives her a good face, she will give him a good face, as for the black face, what do you do with that bad luck? It is more refreshing to ignore it directly and let the other party jump and scold it.
After making a high-profile appearance, Chang Xi's reputation spread more widely and soon spread to the countryside.
Huaihua Village is a miscellaneous surname village, but there are several families with the surname Chang, and they are particularly keen to spread the fame of Chang's lady, and Chang Dadou and his wife do not know the legendary Chang's
The lady is her own daughter, so she just listens to it as gossip.
However, when it is rumored that this thing will change over time, it will also be passed on in more detail, and when Chang Dadou heard someone outside that this Chang lady was the pawn wife of the Xie family, the action of smoking hookah stopped, and grabbed the sleeve of the latest person who came back from listening to the gossip in the city and said, "What do you say Chang Niangzi was the pawn wife of the Xie family? Is that true?"
Didn't his useless daughter San'e be dismissed by her son-in-law?
The man was afraid that Chang Dadou would tear off his sleeves, so he hurriedly pulled the sleeves back, "Everyone says that, how do I know if it's true or false? Don't listen to people's surnames, you think it has something to do with you? There are many people with the surname Chang in this world, and I haven't seen a few people with the ability like Chang Niangzi?"
"Yes, Dadou, don't you know what your daughters are like? What can a person who doesn't know a few big characters do? Maybe this Chang Niangzi was cultivated by a big family? I'm waiting for the people to just look up."
"That's right, but it's a good life......
Everyone was talking about envy, but Chang Dadou didn't have the heart to listen to it anymore, he picked up the hookah and walked home with his hands behind his back, but his heart became irritable.