Expansion 95

  On the day of Pang Hua's graduation ceremony, Chen Xiao was on a business trip outside. As soon as she returned from the train station by subway, she immediately grabbed him and threw both herself and her luggage into the car, rushing to a factory over 200 kilometers away to discuss online store agency - actually mainly to see if the product is worth it.

  Pang Hua didn't dare utter a word of protest, although he thought Chen Huacheng should have made the decision directly and he just focused on doing his job.

  "This company originally made sports clothing for export, but the market was unpredictable and had large fluctuations between peak and off-peak seasons. Later, they registered their own trademark and wanted to enter the domestic market. Now, their products are sold in some second and third-tier shopping malls, but they can't get into larger ones. They don't have the resources to open their own specialty stores or franchise stores either. Previously, they spent money on building a website, but all they got was a bunch of advertisements with no real benefits."

  "Let's go see if we can take over the operation?"

  "Right. For the design aspect, I have several personal collaborations, no problem. Hmm...I think we need to hire two customer service staff, let's find two from school. Can directly find professional related majors, such as chemical engineering, textile or, hmm, business administration major."

  "Alright, I'll take care of it! The student office has already looked for me twice, and we keep in touch every year."

  "Let's start with a male student, teach him... at least he can help us pack. I mean, after we've discussed this list, we'll recruit more students. This way... our studio will add two stools and a computer desk, but people don't need to come over frequently."

  "Alright, you've decided"

  Pang Hua had no objection to this. Also, he didn't understand why Chen Xuan wanted him to participate? Well, he was free now and Chen Xuan was too busy to go out for a vacation anyway. So it wasn't bad to come out and run around.

  With the help of GPS, it's still relatively easy to find.

  After looking at the sample display rack, Pang Hua finally realized: Ah, these are all men's clothes.

  Chen Huaisheng suggested on the spot that the factory should produce the same women's clothing, otherwise it would not be able to act as an agent.

  "Half of the men's clothing sold online is bought by women. If there were no women, business would be only one-third." Chen Huaicheng quickly picked out two pieces and had Pang Hua try them on.

  The factory owner understood and nodded on the spot, patting his chest. However, this family is a type that doesn't interfere with anything except for the warehouse. Not to mention packaging and shipping, even sales invoices need to be handled by Chen Huai Sheng himself. But the benefits of not interfering with everything are also obvious, because this factory is only a supplier of Chen Huai Sheng's, and it does not have the intention or ability to use her as a stepping stone.

  Chen Haotian came prepared and threw out a beautifully illustrated new product proposal booklet - all of which were women's clothing. Let the factory handle it themselves.

  "......Oh, quick-drying clothes can be matched like this! We used to just focus on making..."

  "I'm now just a quick-drying T-shirt paired with a suit." Chen Hui pointed at himself. No wonder this factory can only find an agent, it turns out they are completely incompetent in business.

  Then both parties briefly discussed the financial arrangements, invoicing and tax details. Chen Hui-cheng revised and printed two copies of the contract on the spot, and both parties signed and sealed them.

  "I didn't expect Miss Chen to be so familiar with the contract too!"

  "I'm a lawyer." A simple yet powerful sentence that instantly dominated the scene.

  "Can you help me take a look at this contract and see if there's any problem?"

  "Alright, if it's not a lot of work, I won't charge you."

  The boss immediately delightedly ran to get it himself.

  As a result, I fainted, this all-English thing is not a contract at all.

  If it weren't for the foundation and impression of two lifetimes

  Chen Hua Sheng didn't understand what was going on at all. Hmm, it seemed like she studied hard in college too, so... I guess that makes sense!

  "This is one of my new clients... The foreign trade company said it's no problem, but I always feel that..."

  "There's a problem." Chen Huan listened carelessly to his explanation of how difficult it was to open up the overseas market, while seriously searching for examples that her teacher and reference books had mentioned before. Found! She smiled, then pointed out with her finger, "This letter of credit clause may not allow you to receive a single cent. This is likely to be a scam."

  The boss jumped up. "Swindling! But the foreign trade company people said——"

  "I'm saying it's highly likely, but not 100% certain. You tell this to the people at the foreign trade company. Just say a lawyer said so. This clause has problems and may cause everyone to lose money, losing big time."

  The boss ran away with a pale face again.

  Chen Haotian smiled and sipped the Kung Fu tea brewed by his boss, hmm, good tea, real high-mountain Oolong! Just right to digest the two zongzi eaten at the rest stop this afternoon.

  ……

  When leaving, the boss was a bit downcast, but still sent two cans of "authentic" and "high-end" high-mountain oolong tea to express gratitude.

  "It's really unfair, they should pay you a consulting fee." Pong Hua said indignantly on the way back in the car, "If it weren't for your reminder, he would have lost at least a few million!"

  "It's normal, maybe he's regretful that I, a young person, saw his unwise side... haha, I've encountered this kind of thing many times! We just need to remember that this factory is greedy for small gains and can't achieve big things. When dealing with them, we must exchange money for goods at the same time, be a villain first and then a gentleman. If we don't leave enough room for ourselves to retreat, they will immediately become real villains and bite us hard."

  "What kind of people are these?!"

  "The people who start companies." Chen Haotian was extremely calm. "Don't be sad, in ancient and modern times, China and abroad, this is already considered normal. Otherwise, what would we lawyers eat?"

  "...if their goods really work out, they might have to rent a warehouse." Pang Hua almost started biting her fingers. Every year, the money was not enough, just catching his breath, and immediately there were new challenges, new troubles to solve?! "...starting a company is so difficult!"

  "Your dad's troubles are far more and greater than this small company of mine."

  "Anyway, having a lot of money, less work and being close to home is just an illusion. Even if it can be achieved for a while, you will have to pay the price before or after. Heaven is fair."

  "Well, actually I'm much better than many of my classmates."

  "I'm no exception either, among classmates in the same class, there aren't many who get along better than me or live more comfortably."

  Is that comfortable? She's been working non-stop every day. Is that what you call comfort?!... Pang Hua thought for a moment and swallowed her retort, after all, judgments about life are purely subjective feelings, and others can't replace one's own understanding of what feels good or bad.

  When the weather gets hot, new agent customers, or suppliers, start sending over... a container of products, all export leftovers, or styles they think can be sold in the domestic market.

  Chen Haotian checked the list, inspected the clothes, handed over the receipt and bank draft, as well as a portion of cash that had been agreed upon. A young man with a sweaty smell who came with the car handed over an invoice for the agreed-upon amount.

  Pang Hua helped unload the goods from start to finish - and did so with a somewhat dejected air.

  "Is this also called outsourced e-commerce store operation?" He's not ignorant!

  "This is called stocking up." Chen Huan said calmly and indifferently in front of the opposing party's personnel.

  "I haven't found the most suitable business model yet." But got a good price. Or, she began to consider the relationship between original brand and design platform, etc., and the practice of these years, as well as many memories from her previous life started to slowly merge, ferment, and new things emerged... "I found that this factory still makes some sense, they turned some of my concepts into reality, although plagiarism is severe."

  "No intellectual property, no problem."

  "Uh-huh."

  After sending the truck away, they took things everywhere to stuff them in. When three rooms were full, Pang Hua sighed, "There are only two pages of paper left. Then the poor kid successfully operated a large company and the young CEO drove a BMW to chase girls. However..."

  "...How can you always watch such brainless stuff?! If you have time, go and see how DuPont and 3M develop innovative things! Chen Huacheng scolded, the authors who write this kind of thing are all treating readers as brainless, they've ruined hundreds and thousands of girls, not to mention polluting even someone like Pang Hua who is so "well-behaved"!"

  I just happened to flip through it, and I thought it was motivational, could learn something from it.

  The result was still a male-male relationship. Pang Hua smiled wryly and agreed. He had originally wanted to get rid of his idiotic state in a certain aspect, but... he ended up going from being an idiot to being brain-dead, and didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

  Chen Huaixing looked at him speechlessly, "I don't discriminate against same-sex relationships, but I'm not interested in that sort of thing." Hmm, she wasn't even interested in male-female relationships, which saved her the money to buy a TV. Oh, and the wireless network and cordless phone in her "home" were directly connected to the studio's, saving her even more on communication fees.

  "......right, shall we rent another place?" Why did he never escape the fate of living in a warehouse?!

  "Let's go ask the property management tomorrow, and ask the security guard if there are any houses for rent." Chen Xiao also knew that he didn't like to pile goods in private residences. "We want a big one, not a small one, and we don't need to do much decoration."

  Pang Hua wanted to say something else, but Chen Xiao Cheng kicked him out and said "All of you go take a bath, you stink!"

  "Oh, okay... what's for dinner later?" This was a topic they talked about most often.

  "After washing, eat wontons."

  "......" Is it another batch of frozen dumplings?! No matter how delicious, can't eat them often, will get tired of them!

  After washing her hair, taking a bath, washing clothes and changing into new ones, she found some dishes in her fridge to "contribute" to Chen Huacheng. Only then did she discover with surprise that there was a stew of yam and chicken on the stove at his place!

  Really... smells so good!

  "Broccoli? Luncheon meat? What did you cut?"

  "Right." What good eyesight! What good eyesight!

  "You'd better practice your knife skills, the cuts are too ugly! Big or small, they're also quite an eyesore. Fortunately, it won't affect the appetite too much."

  “…………”

  The next day, Chen Hua Sheng was instructed to go to the property management office to inquire while verifying the authenticity of the invoice. To his surprise, Pang Hua immediately received news that they could rent two vacant offices in the building at a very good price!

  I guess this means the company is expanding?

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