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Meng Xiaodong picked up the glass cup and took a look at it. "Madam Xian, the color of this cup is very unique."

"My master brought it back from Japan. He said it was Hizen glass. The craftsmen added soda-lime-silica glass to add color when blowing the glass."

As Cen Peipei spoke, she turned the glass in her hand. As it turned, colorful colors like a rainbow appeared, which was very dazzling.

"I think Mr. Xian loves Madam Xian so much that he is willing to travel thousands of miles to bring back gifts for her," Meng Xiaodong said politely.

Cen Peipei smiled faintly, "My master is not as considerate as Madam Du said. He saw this glass cup in Tokyo and thought it would be a good idea to sell it, so he bought the workshop. These are the first batch of products after the change of ownership."

"That's perfect. I really like this cup and I'll shamelessly ask Madam Xian for a few." Meng Xiaodong continued the conversation.

Meng Xiaodong was not born to be the Winter Queen. Before she became famous, she had no choice but to learn how to read people's expressions, flatter others, and handle things. How could she have had the chance to become the Winter Queen in the opera industry?

"I'll send it to your house some other day."

"Thank you." Meng Xiaodong nodded gently, then took a sip of the tea in the cup, savoring the taste carefully. After a while, she said, "It's light and transparent, clear and sweet, like a mountain spring soaking the tip of the tongue, and full in the mouth, like a mouthful of spring rain in the south of the Yangtze River. Good tea."

"Mrs. Du knows tea?"

"Understood."

"I am planning to open a Shanjin Tea House, specializing in selling high-quality tea from the mainland. Since Madam Du knows about tea, I would like to invite you to run the Shanjin Tea House together."

Meng Xiaodong was surprised and said, "Madam Xian, I don't know how to do business."

"It's good enough to know how to taste tea, and the rest can come slowly." Tseng Pei-pei took a sip of tea and said self-deprecatingly, "I can only taste that it's a little sweet."

Zhongfeng Company.

In the general manager's office, Lu Yansu and Ding Jiqun, a representative of the inland Jiangnan Tea Factory, were having a secret conversation.

Since last year, provinces across the mainland have established collectively owned tea companies, which have directly taken on the task of purchasing and selling tea in exchange for foreign exchange and supplies for the country.

Among them, the Jiangnan Tea Factory is a relatively special one. Its predecessor was a state-owned enterprise during the Kuomintang period, shouldering the heavy responsibility of earning foreign exchange. It had many overseas shipping channels, but some channels were taken over by Taiwan, and since the production in tea gardens in India and Southeast Asia resumed, most customers turned to other places to import tea.

After the outbreak of the Korean War, the insignificant number of remaining overseas customers were also lost. Now the Jiangnan Tea Factory's only export channel is the newly developed socialist countries. Not only is the export volume small, but the "foreign exchange" earned is not the same as the desired foreign exchange that is recognized globally.

"Comrade Ding, you are an old tea lover. I don't need to explain the status of tea in the West and North Africa. Among the daily necessities, tea ranks last. It is a non-essential item among necessities. Consumers are very sensitive to prices. Zhongfeng Company has just entered the tea industry. If we want to seize the market and snatch customers from Taiwan, we must master three elements: cheap, cheap, and cheap."

"Manager Lu doesn't want to create a high-quality tea brand and increase sales profits?"

"Twins, FM, Lipton. Twins and FM are high-end brands with hundreds of years of history. They are both used by the royal family. Lipton is a popular brand with less than 60 years of history. What are the annual sales of the three brands? Comrade Ding, I don't need to explain more, right?"

Ding Jiqun has been immersed in tea export for twenty years and is a real tea expert. He knows exactly what tea is like in the West, Africa, and the Middle East. Lu Yansu is also obviously aware of the situation of tea in China and does not beat around the bush in front of others.

"Manager Lu, our Jiangnan Tea Factory can provide unlimited cheap tea, but there is one condition."

"Comrade Ding, please speak."

“We only accept foreign exchange settlement.”

"I want the payment period."

"Yes, the country believes in the reputation of Zhongfeng Company."

As soon as the matter was finalized, Ding Jiqun said goodbye, and Lu Yansu also left the company and crossed the sea to a bar called "Golden Sea".

The bar was not originally called this name. It just changed owners these days, so it changed its name.

On the small stage, Sally Scott and Cheryl accompanied Wang Xiamin, and the three of them collaborated on a song called "Auld Lang Syne".

Lu Yansu stopped and looked at the small stage for a moment, then came to a table.

Xiao Jingyue, the general manager of Golden Season Trading, sat with Jack Perry, a British man who was the manager of Golden Sea, a newly established subsidiary of Golden Season Trading.

Lu Yansu sat down and said, "I've reached an agreement on that."

Xiao Jingyue pointed at Perry and said, "Jack will take a flight to Tokyo tomorrow morning to discuss the import of tea into Japan with Watanabe Trading Company."

Lu Yansu took a cigarette out of the cigarette box and looked at Perry, "Is Japan still importing tea?"

"In order to save foreign exchange, Japan has not imported tea since 1945." Perry answered while picking up a lighter to light Lu Yansu's cigarette. "But high-end tea is still in demand, and we can export hundreds of pounds to Japan every year."

Lu Yansu took a puff of cigarette and said, "To cover up the tariff-free trade?"

"Yes."

"Manager Xiao, have you come to an agreement with Yihe?"

"Not yet. Jardine Matheson's asking price is too high." Xiao Jingyue complained: "Jardine Matheson's tea business in Taiwan is already on the decline, but they are still asking for a high price."

"So will Manager Perry still go to Taiwan?"

"Chairman Brown means that whether or not it can acquire Jardine Matheson's tea business in Taiwan, Jinhai will enter Taiwan."

Lu Yansu nodded, "Manager Xiao, does Jinji Trading have any plans to expand the export of handicrafts?"

"Zhongfeng Company also makes handicrafts?"

"Handicrafts related to agriculture, such as straw weaving and bamboo products."

"Oh, these are not currently involved in Jinji Trading. If I meet a suitable client, I will introduce them to you."

"Thank you."

Wing Lok Theatre.

"The ice wheel on the island starts to turn, and the Jade Rabbit is seen. The Jade Rabbit has risen in the east. The ice wheel leaves the island, and the sky is exceptionally bright. The bright moon is in the sky, just like Chang'e leaving the Moon Palace. I am like Chang'e leaving the Moon Palace, just like Chang'e descending from the ninth heaven, and falling into the lonely and desolate Guanghan Palace. Ah, in Guanghan Palace."

After Gu Zhengqiu sang the most classic section of "The Drunken Concubine" on the stage, the audience immediately burst into applause and cheers.

"it is good!"

"Good good!"

"吆西!"

Xian Yaowen clapped his hands and observed Ren Xianqun out of the corner of his eye. He found that this man's eyes were full of love. He probably loved Gu Zhengqiu so much that all the cunning he had cultivated in the officialdom for many years was thrown away.

After the classic song was over, the curtain call was not far away. At around nine o'clock, the group left the theater.

Serious people naturally wouldn't arrange midnight snacks, so today's reception ended here. At the entrance of the theater, Chen Changtong invited us to his home for a proper family dinner tomorrow.

Qiong left on her own accord, without asking anyone to see her off. Before leaving, she left a phone number for Xian Yaowen.

Sun Shuying followed Lu Xiaojia and his wife and stayed at Lu's house tonight.

Xian Yaowen sent Fei Baoshu back to the hotel, then went back to Ximending. After searching for a while, he knocked on the back door of a grandpa's shop.

The door opened and a face of a middle-aged woman came into view.

"Mr. Lu?"

"No, Shufen, you remembered it wrong. My last name is Zhou."

The woman named Shuzhen made way and said, "Mr. Xian, please come in."

Xian Yaowen wiped Shuzhen and walked into the house. The first thing he saw was a woman squatting on the ground washing her lower body, cursing as she washed.

It was hard to tell which Hakka dialect it came from, and Xian Yaowen basically couldn't understand it, but it wasn't difficult to guess what the general content was.

"Agongdian" is a slang term. The formal name is "qingchadian" or "tea art house". In Minnan dialect, it is called "chazhuozai". It is a place for drinking tea and eating melon seeds and peanuts. There are tea aunties in the store who chat with the guests and allow the guests to touch them.

Because it is called "Aunt", the customers are all older men, which is why it is called "Grandpa's shop".

Generally speaking, this kind of shop won't do anything serious, but as long as the tea companion is willing, it's not impossible. The woman squatting on the ground has obviously just done something serious, and was cursing the customer for having little money but a lot of trouble and being so ruthless.

He passed the woman and followed Shuzhen into a dark room, where he ran into Liang Saizhen coming out of the bathroom.

"Mr. Xian."

"Ms. Liang." Xian Yaowen came forward and gave Liang Saizhen a hug. "Thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard." Liang Saizhen smiled, kissed Xian Yaowen on the cheek, and then left his arms, "Mr. Xian, I've been to the airport."

"I noticed it." Xian Yaowen nodded, looked at Shuzhen and smiled faintly: "Boss lady, you are so beautiful, why do you open a grandpa's shop?"

"Mr. Xian, you have to eat when you are hungry." Shuzhen said unhappily.

"You misunderstood what I meant. I meant why you do Grandpa's business and not other things."

Shuzhen took out a pack of cigarettes, shook out a cigarette and handed it to Xian Yaowen. After being rejected, she handed it to Liang Saizhen, and then lit one herself, "Mr. Xian, you don't know the situation in Taipei. Only grandpa stores are easy to open. It's very troublesome to open other stores."

Xian Yaowen chuckled and responded, "As you said, I don't know Taipei well enough. When I get familiar with it later, we can talk about this matter. Maybe I can help you solve the problem you mentioned."

"Mr. Xian, I have a heart."

Xian Yaowen waved his hand and said to Liang Saizhen, "How many days will it take to complete what I asked you to do?"

As the saying goes, when you are well fed and clothed, you will think about sex. When a new trend comes in any industry, once the bosses in this industry make money, they will naturally be very active in spending to reward their second brothers.

Moreover, when an industry's business is good, the demand for entertainment will be very strong. When the bosses of a certain industry appear in entertainment venues with a high frequency, it means that the industry is at its peak at that time, and it may also be the starting point of a decline.

What Xian Yaowen asked Liang Saizhen to do was to find out through Shuzhen's channels which bosses from which industries frequented the entertainment venues in Ximending and which industry had the most bosses.

After getting the investigation report, he can analyze it and conclude which industry is at its peak. This conclusion is only a lagging indicator and has little reference value for industrial layout, but it is of great reference value for shorting a certain industry.

Cross-validate the conclusions with those drawn from other analysis methods to ultimately get the most accurate answer, based on which you can design short-selling strategies in a targeted manner.

Short selling is not just a stock term. As long as you grasp the pulse of industry development, there are many ways to set up a trap for the industry's "winners."

For example, before the three-needle era in a certain country in the 21st century, if one could accurately predict the fall in housing prices, one could set up a trap for those loan sharks, borrow and repay, repay and borrow again, and make a few high-interest loans to build up one's credit. Once one's credit was up, one could immediately engage in mortgage business, and a house worth tens of millions could be lent out for tens of millions or even at a premium.

Most of the loan sharks are smart people who have emerged from a den of fools. For a few years, this business is relatively easy to do. With a capital of thirty to fifty thousand yuan, after two or three years, the business can leap into the tens of millions. They think that the money they earn by luck is based on their own abilities, and are quite conceited. A premium of one or two times is not out of the question.

If you do not intend to take the house back, you can cut off contact immediately, not pay any interest, and watch the other party take the house back. If you still want the house back, wait and see how the other party's situation changes.

You should know that the money loaned out by loan sharks is basically impossible to be their own funds. It is either funds raised from relatives, friends, and financiers at low interest rates, or bank loans. There is also repayment pressure, especially in a business where a few million dollars are spent on a profit and tens of millions are spent. The pressure is even greater. Once the other party can no longer bear it, they can come to negotiate about the house and ask for a discount depending on the pressure on the other party, thus making a profit from the difference.

This is a kind of short selling, and it has a certain justice to it, punishing the wicked and eliminating evil!
"In two days, it will be about the same."

Xian Yaowen smiled faintly and said, "Don't be so anxious. Give yourself three more days and do it more carefully."

As he spoke, he took two envelopes from Qi Longque and said, "One contains 1 Hong Kong dollars, and the other contains 2000 US dollars. You can use them to make friends. If it's not enough, tell me."

Liang Saizhen, who had been in Taipei for a few days, knew how useful foreign exchange was here and also knew the meaning of making friends. She took the envelope and nodded.

Xian Yaowen leaned close to Liang Saizhen's ear and whispered, "Think of ways to deal with difficulties, don't think about taking off your clothes right away. I don't need you to make such sacrifices, and I don't think that things obtained from the bed will be reliable. Understand?"

"I understand." Liang Saizhen chuckled and nodded.

After giving Liang Saizhen a light pat on the shoulder, Xian Yaowen turned around and came to Shuzhen. "Boss, do you know anyone who runs a vegetable basket business?"

Just like the youth waiting rooms in Tokyo, there are also places in Taipei that provide part-time jobs for housewives.

Shuzhen gave Xian Yaowen an ambiguous look, "Mr. Xian likes this style?"

Xian Yaowen chuckled and put his arm around Shuzhen's waist, "You misunderstood again. The shorter one is not married yet and is very strong."

Shuzhen chuckled and said, "Let's make it clear first, Obasan can only stay during the day, not at night."

"It doesn't matter. As long as the person looks as good as you, and it's best if it's your first time doing business, you can pay more."

"Okay, I'll make the call."

"Please." Xian Yaowen touched Shuzhen's buttocks and said with a chuckle, "They are big and firm, and good for raising children. It would be a pity if you don't give birth to a bunch of children."

Shuzhen threw a coquettish glance at him, "Give birth to you?"

"Okay." (End of chapter)