money player

Chapter 159 Leaving Tokyo
Cen Peipei met Hong Yingdong and hurriedly returned home to follow Mrs. Gu to load the goods.

During one of the sage's moments, Xian Yaowen confessed to her the real reason why he married her. She was a little disappointed at the time, but she felt a little bit happy afterwards. As a child of a concubine, she had witnessed her mother's poor situation since she was a child. I am not treated well at home, and I subconsciously resist and question love.

In her understanding, getting married and having children is more like a life experience that a woman must have. It is as simple as getting up in the morning and peeing. If you don't urinate, you can't do it because your bladder can't bear it. If you urinate, sometimes you will feel relieved when you hold it in too much. Pleasure, probably no one would say that they look forward to peeing in the morning every day, and no one would think it is so sacred.

This is Cen Peipei's understanding of marriage. It must be done, but it cannot be said to be expected or pious.

Of course, she also has a sex drive controlled by hormones. It would be difficult for her not to surrender when she is tempted by a good-looking, battle-experienced scumbag who is good at understanding people's hearts.

Her lack of devotion to marriage and the crisis that her family was about to face without food and clothing, coupled with Xian Yaowen's scheming skills, made her step into the Xian family's door hastily.

The process was sloppy, but the result was surprising. Not only did my husband know how to say thank you, he was gentle and elegant, but he was also honest. His words to coax her were not false, and he kept every word he said.

People's Retail, the Xian family's industry, the master's career, is also her future career. The master has said that he will personally evaluate a reasonable amount of shares for her based on her importance and contribution value, and it will be her personal shares, even if Take off the word "Xian" on her head and it will still belong to her.

Because of this, she was very motivated. She took the stocking book and notes summarized by Xian Yaowen and went around among the wholesalers who were stocking the goods. She got closer to each other, understood the market, and consolidated the stocking process, which was familiar to her. I also carefully considered the tip of the account period mentioned by my master - take other people's chickens and hatch your own eggs.

It was already past the normal meal time for ordinary people after she finished loading the goods. As a fledgling caterer, she had already told her stomach to delay hunger. She was not very hungry yet, so she took a few detours on the way back to Shanjinlou. Streets are selected to select storefronts that are suitable for opening a People's Convenience store.

It was already a quarter past seven when she returned to Shanjin Building. She first called Aye and asked him to investigate the information about the landlords and shopkeepers of several storefronts that she had her eye on.

Xian Yaowen told her that when People's Convenience opened a store, she could buy it instead of renting it. Based on the analysis of a series of conditions such as Hong Kong's population development and the mainland's positioning of Hong Kong, Hong Kong's future property prices will show an overall upward trend. On the one hand, holding a large number of storefronts will be the icing on the cake for People's Retail. On the other hand, thinking on the worst side, even if People's Retail cannot develop, with the storefronts in hand, it will not be in vain.

In addition, the current situation in Hong Kong is very suitable for barbaric growth. You can use abnormal means to purchase the facade you like, that is, by taking advantage of others by taking advantage of them. The emphasis is on "skill".

I have set the tone for the Xian family to have a noble family background, good habits from generation to generation, and a mellow family tradition. When doing things outside, remember to show no tolerance. Do not appear to be tyrannical, rob or borrow others' hands, and do fair transactions on your own.

Xian Yaowen's plan for Cen Peipei was the "20% method", which asked a third person to tell the "service person" the facade he needed. When the facade was obtained, Cen Peipei would come forward to purchase the facade from the "service person" at a 20% increase. Of course, There is a premise for increasing the price. The price after the price increase does not exceed the current actual price of the store. Exceptions are those with huge appreciation potential or particularly popular properties.

Initially, the big deal is designated, and after a period of cooperation, with a tacit understanding, the "service person" should take the initiative to figure out the needs of the big customers, omit this step of designation, and the transaction is sublimated, and the whole process can be exposed to the sun.

To put it bluntly, in order not to make himself dirty, Sin Yiu-man is willing to spend more money and set up a firewall in the middle. He may unintentionally create a situation where several tycoons with corporate backgrounds will emerge in the Hong Kong real estate industry in the future.

After making the call, Cen Peipei came to the table where the employees had a bowl of rice. There was no need to serve the rice herself. The seat next to Pan Xiaozui, the female waiter in the store, was empty and the rice was already placed there.

Pan Xiaozui is not an old clerk in the store, but was called here by Cen Peipei after she took over Shan Jinlou. It is not a coincidence that Pan Xiaozui and her mother Pan Xiuxiu have the same surname. In terms of seniority, Pan Xiaozui calls Pan Xiuxiu aunt, but the blood relationship The relationship is a bit distant.

Pan Xiaozui's father had been working at Cenji Baimi Oil Store for a long time. Pan Xiuxiu would be Cen Daniu's concubine, and he was the matchmaker between them.

Cen Peipei and Pan Xiaozui are similar in age and have often played together since childhood. They can be regarded as little sisters who grew up together. However, due to family conditions, it is inevitable that there will be differences between them when they get along, and there will also be some differences between them. They say they are little sisters, but in fact they are more like young ladies and maids.

Now that Pan Xiaozui is officially looking for a job with Cen Peipei, the term "little sisters" seems even more awkward.

"Xiaozui, how is the dinner business?"

"Better than yesterday." Pan Xiaozui replied, and said excitedly: "A group of movie makers just came here, and I saw Liang Kuan."

"Cao Dahua?"

"Yes, he is much better looking than Liang Kuan in person."

"Oh."

Cen Peipei answered unconsciously, but in her mind she thought from Cao Dahua to his sister Cao Qiwen. She liked to watch Cao Qiwen's plays and once again regretted his untimely death. Then she thought of Cao Qiwen's husband Mei Youzhuo, as well as Mei Youzhuo and Mei Youzhuo. The South China Automobile Dealership, Youqiao Pictures and Youqiao Studios established by Cao Qiwen.

I heard from the old man that his family bought several Ford cars from their car dealership, and that his family gave them a lot of money. He also heard from the old man that the large area of ​​Hou Wang Temple in Kowloon City where many film studios gather is a good place. Hong Kong The film industry will soon undergo a major reshuffle. Small film companies will then invest in large blockbusters and take advantage of this opportunity to buy several studios at low prices.

"Mei Youzhuo seems to be very rich. He donated 100,000 U.S. dollars during the Anti-Japanese War. He is an insurance company and a trading firm in Hong Kong. His new father-in-law is from Shao Village of the Shao family. Even if Youqiao Pictures cannot be opened, there is no guarantee that it will continue. Will you sell the Youqiao studio?"

Thinking about Mei Youzhuo, a celebrity who found a new love not long after his wife died, and the new love was a lady, and also made headlines because his home was robbed of tens of thousands of cash by four gangsters, Cen Peipei was a little confused. This person is not lacking. Is it necessary to get to know the owner of the money in advance by making friends with Cao Dahua?
Before Xian Yaowen left Hong Kong, he gave some of the responsibilities of the general manager of Friendship Cinemas to Cen Peipei, and it was actually Xian Yaowen, the general manager of Friendship Cinemas, who made the plans for the set. Things are matters of friendship, and interests are also the interests of friendship. Cen Peipei is now Thinking about the problem as the general manager of Friendship.

Friendship Cinema was established for real estate. How could Xian Yaowen not pay attention to the large piece of good land occupied by the studio in Houwangmiao? Regarding this, he mentioned it when explaining to Cen Peipei, but he did not expect that she would really take it seriously.

It's a bit of a coincidence that Xian Yaowen is also concerned about the Friendship Cinemas at the moment. Although Zhao Chunshu could not catch his eye, he did not neglect Zhao Pan and the two of them. They entertained them with good food and drinks, and they had a great conversation during the dinner. Even the matter of "staring" was brought up during the dinner, so he still asked Zhao Chunshu for help. Just "watch" becomes "look after".

In the meantime, guests came and went, and after nine-thirty, there were only two tables of people left in the store. Akira Kurosawa at the other table was telling Toshiro Mifune a story. Xian Yaowen overheard and said The most popular one is "Rashomon" by Ryunosuke Akutagawa.

The deadline for qualifying for the first half of the Akutagawa Prize selection is about to end. Looking at recent newspapers, Xian Yaowen can clearly find that some short literary works have increased, and the introductory articles about Akutagawa Ryunosuke’s life and novels are also relatively dense, which has the potential to blow the wind. Inadvertently, he read the outline of Ryunosuke Akutagawa's short story in detail. Otherwise, he would not have known what Akira Kurosawa was talking about without having read Akutagawa's masterpiece before.

Just this comment made Xian Yaowen know that "Rashomon" was about to start filming. It seemed that it was a pretty good movie, and it would be hot and fresh to watch when it was released.

This is Xian Yaowen's truest thought when he heard "Rashomon". Only the stress reaction of entertainment enjoyment did not trigger his businessman alarm. From a business perspective, Kurosawa can only be regarded as mediocre among directors. It is impossible for someone like him to make a big profit from investing in or operating his films. In addition, this person has a bad temper and is probably not easy to deal with. In order to make a small profit, there is no need to cater to this kind of person.

There is no need to fry Akira Kurosawa, a cold stove that is already steaming. Anyone who wants to fry it can do it.

However, the interruption of "Rashomon" opened up Xian Yaowen's film thinking. After seeing off Zhao and Pan, he took Yoshiko Matsuda and did not leave in a hurry. Instead, he talked about the movie in his mind. Another new business - film.

A relatively unpopular piece of knowledge, film, that is, movie film and camera film, is actually a very important strategic material, involving both intelligence investigation and publicity.

The victory or defeat of a battle is a matter for the soldiers. To persist in a long battle, the soldiers are not the most important thing. The key depends on whether the people in the rear are willing to support the soldiers to continue fighting and send their children to the battlefield.

From an American perspective, film and film played a big role in promoting public opinion during World War II. Whether it was the issuance of war bonds or the mobilization of soldiers, in the eyes of the White House and the Pentagon, the status of these two items is definitely not ordinary, and they will probably be included in the list. It is not mentioned as a "weapon of war", it must be embargoed, it must be embargoed.

Demand for the film would be stimulated as soon as the embargo was imposed. Xian Yaowen asked Yoshiko Matsuda to order a large amount of film, and send part of it directly to a warehouse in Macau for storage, and wait for the order from the mainland to be shipped to make a slight profit.

Some of them were sent to Hong Kong and put up for sale. They were not sold at first, but a group of small film companies and associated theaters were killed first. Friendship Cinemas came forward to acquire theaters and studios. After they were almost done, the rest looked like they were gone. If there is an opportunity to survive, you can increase the price and sell it overseas. The profit requirement cannot be too high. 200% is enough. After all, film film is not cheap. Selling it too expensive will hinder the development of Hong Kong movies.

In view of his great sentiments, the boss of the film company should have something to say and send his female stars out to drink tea and chat. In order to prevent the female stars from finding chatting too boring, they must arrange to play the game of "shooting commercials" , all you need to play games is spiritual fun, and we won’t mention registration fees and organization fees. Of course, we won’t mention advertising remuneration either.

For a female celebrity who has outstanding performance in the game, in order to encourage her to continue to develop her style, he can embarrass himself and reluctantly sleep with her for one night.

That night, Xian Yaowen worked harder than the previous two nights. He immediately put Matsuda Yoshiko to sleep and asked her to smell the smell of ether, making her fall asleep completely. He and Qi Longque took advantage of the dark and windy night to leave I walked around the Meiji Pharmaceutical workshop.

His caution was once again embarrassed. The Meiji Pharmaceutical Factory did not operate at night, and there were no security patrols. There was only a night guard at the gate near the gate. He slept soundly, and he could hear snoring from more than ten meters away. There was no sound, not even the imaginary dog, and the barbecue that Gao Huo secretly hid was useless, which was a pity for his suit pocket.

However, things like touching a factory are naturally as simple as possible. If no one is available, he would not want to do it himself, let alone challenge high difficulty. It is good to complete it easily.

Climb the wall, climb through the window, turn on the flashlight, look at the machine, get the original solution, enter easily, and leave happily. Look at the label on the machine. The penicillin produced by Meiji Pharmaceutical is 40 units, which happens to be the standard for international circulation and also the mainland. The kind that were sold at a price comparable to gold in the past two years. If the data is correct, this is what he wants.

Testing the unit of penicillin is simple and can be done by a chemical laboratory of a certain size. In order to obtain more accurate test results, Xian Yaowen went to the drugstore the next day to buy three penicillin produced by Meiji Pharmaceuticals and divided the original solution into They paid three copies and went to Tokyo University, Tokyo Polytechnic University, and Kyoto University, making the three college students the lucky ones who earn tens of thousands of yen a day.

At noon, I specially picked a high-end restaurant, borrowed the restaurant's phone number and called Meiji Pharmaceutical, and asked for the quotation and production capacity in the name of London Golden Quarter. The other party told the truth about the production capacity on the phone, but the quotation was vague and did not say anything. With clear figures, he could only roughly guess that the price range was between 250 yen/piece and 320 yen/piece.

Coming to this conclusion, he informed the other party that his senior officials would pay a visit in the near future.

After hanging up the phone, he couldn't help but sigh that the little devils at this time also regarded medicine as a huge profit business. He bought three penicillin at three pharmacies. The retail prices were 600 yen, 620 yen, and 650 yen respectively, which was between the factory price and There is a price difference of about 300 yen. It is roughly estimated that the profit of the pharmacy will not be less than 60%.

He sighed and sighed. Later, he got three inspection reports, and the inspection results were basically consistent. Meiji Pharmaceutical was quite honest and did not falsify the data. In this way, he doesn't have to worry too much about what happens after Penicillin.

Penicillin is not a controlled substance in Japan at this time, and Meiji Pharmaceutical will not push its business to other countries. In addition, even if it is purchased at a price of 320 yen, it is not expensive. It is only 89 cents, which is cheaper than the retail price of 1 US dollar in the United States. It's much cheaper than his psychological bottom line of $1.5.

Based on Meiji Pharmaceutical's production capacity, he could only buy as much as he could at one time. Just as he expected, he would not be able to spend all the 20 Hong Kong dollars he had prepared. The rest could be used to buy quinine on the black market.

In the evening, Yoshiko Matsuda continued to stay in Xian Yaowen's room. During this night, she spent half the night exercising and chatting, and Xian Yaowen explained everything that needed to be explained.

The next day, he and Charlotte spent another day together and agreed on the distribution of shares of five, three and two. He would take five and leave it to the second organization who was watching the scene. Charlotte would take three. This "three" did not belong to Xia. Lott is alone, and all the expenses that need to be managed by the alliance president will come from inside.

In addition to the share distribution, he also proposed a share redemption plan. Three years later, Charlotte can buy out all his shares in one go or in installments. Not only is the verbal promise also implemented in the contract, this is equivalent to giving money to the future in advance. Charlotte, who might feel bad about the money, gave him a shot and told him, "Brother, hold it in, don't bother, for three years, as long as three years, all the benefits will be yours."

In addition, he also left the search for a facade to Charlotte. He had no time to waste in Tokyo for the time being and was leaving soon. He could only wait to return to continue the unfinished business.

(End of this chapter)