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Yang Jingyi came to the gate, looked in the direction of Xian Yaowen again, and made sure that she had not made a mistake. With a smile on her face, she trotted over.

Her hair and pleated skirt fluttered.

After a while, she stood opposite Xian Yaowen with a flushed face.

"You came?"

"coming."

Xian Yaowen glanced at Yang Jingyi's face and glanced towards the gate, but did not see Xiong Yaohua appear.

Yang Jingyi stared at the jeep for a few seconds, "Your car?"

“I bought a used car.”

"Is it expensive?"

"It's not bad. It's less than two thousand dollars."

"So expensive." Yang Jingyi made a sizzling sound as she opened a soda can.

"Is it your dinner time now?"

"Yes."

"have you eaten?"

Yang Jingyi shook her head.

"How long is the class?"

"More than twenty minutes."

"The time is too short. We won't have enough time to go out to eat. Did you bring a lunch?"

Yang Jingyi shook her head again.

Xian Yaowen took out a ten-yuan Taiwan dollar and handed it to Yang Jingyi, "I'll treat you to a meal, but you have to buy it yourself."

"no, do not want."

Xian Yaowen grabbed Yang Jingyi's wrist without saying anything and stuffed the money into her palm. "If you don't eat lunch, your blood sugar will drop. Your reaction time will be slower in the afternoon, and you won't be able to concentrate."

Yang Jingyi looked down at the big hand holding her wrist, then looked at the banknotes in her palm, and felt sweet in her heart.

Xian Yaowen released his hand that was holding Yang Jingyi's wrist, raised it up, and stroked her hair. "What time does school end this afternoon?"

"Three-thirty...four-thirty. We have military training today."

"I'll pick you up at 4:30."

Yang Jingyi nodded without asking why she was going to pick you up.

Xian Yaowen took his hand back and complained, "Yaohua, this kid, I said I would come, but he didn't come out. Jingyi, can you help me go to his class to see if he is being bullied again?"

"Ah."

Xian Yaowen jumped to the ground, put on his sunglasses and waved to Yang Jingyi, "I'm leaving, remember to have lunch."

"Ah."

Yang Jingyi watched Xian Yaowen get into the car, watched him stretch his hand out of the window and wave at her, watched the exhaust smoke coming out of the back of the car, watched the car disappear at the end, and for a moment she was empty, spread out the banknotes with both hands, raised them up, and shone them into the sunlight.

She knew in her heart that her actions would be seen by her classmates, and perhaps soon rumors would spread about her selling things out, but she didn't care. She seemed to have met a man who could truly protect her.

After eating something quick, Xian Yaowen sat down in Valerie's office and looked through the resumes of new employees of Prince Enterprise.

The quality of the staff is pretty good, most of them are university graduates, with a few with lower education, but they also have rich relevant experience. The downside is that the proportion of local people is too low, which makes them less grounded.

After reading the resume, Xian Yaowen said, "Valerie, has the manager been selected?"

"Zhao Tingzhen is in charge of Prince Chemicals. There is no suitable candidate for Prince Trade at the moment. I plan to take on the role myself. Prince Construction has included Zhang Mingqiang as a candidate."

"The manager of Prince Trading is conducting business while searching. In June, the spring rice will be harvested, followed by the planting season of autumn rice, autumn potatoes and peanuts, which leaves us with little time to import fertilizers."

"We may not be able to start large-scale fertilizer business this year. I have learned that Taiwan is still continuing the 'fertilizer for rice' system from the Japanese colonial period. Farmers have to exchange rice for fertilizer, and the ratio is controlled by the government.

This is the main way for farmers to obtain fertilizers, but due to the current shortage of fertilizers, farmers cannot exchange for enough fertilizers and can only take their fertilizer ration certificates to the farmers' associations in towns and villages to buy extra fertilizers. "

Xian Yaowen waved his hand to interrupt Valerie, "Do we pay for the additional purchases or exchange them for crops?"

"Pay."

“What should farmers do if they have no money?”

"Poor farmers can apply for small loans from agricultural credit cooperatives to buy fertilizers, but the interest rate is high, ranging from 10% to 15% per year."

"Oh, it's still the same old Japanese way. Go on."

"The ammonium sulfate and superphosphate imported from the United States are 30% lower than the market price, but ordinary farmers cannot get them. They are used by farmers' associations as a priority for production increase plans, such as the promotion of Penglai rice cultivation.

Apart from the black market, no matter where the fertilizer comes from, it must go through the farmers' association before it reaches the farmers. The farmers' association is responsible for the government's production increase instructions and gives priority to supplying fertilizer to rice and sugarcane farmers. Currently, tea fields and farmers' grain fields are relatively short of fertilizer. "

“Does the Farmers’ Association participate in shady dealings?”

“Fertilizers flow into the black market?”

Xian Yaowen nodded.

"There are rumors out there, but there is no substantial evidence."

“What percentage of the cost of rice cultivation is the cost of fertilizer?”

“20 to 30 percent.”

"This ratio is quite normal." Xian Yaowen pondered for a moment and said, "If we give our fertilizers to the farmers' association, the farmers' association will sell them on our behalf, right?"

"Yes, they will not settle with us immediately, the payment period may be very long, and there will be a lot of...invisible costs."

"This is easy to do. We can lower our profit expectations, introduce wholesalers, and not have direct transactions with farmers."

“If the profit is so low, is there any need to carry on the fertilizer business?”

"As long as there is profit, there is a need. An increase in fertilizer supply means an increase in production, and an increase in production means an increase in supply. The change in supply and demand will have a positive impact on our other agricultural products businesses."

“The expected proportion of agricultural product trade of Prince Enterprises will not be too large,” Valerie reminded.

Xian Yaowen smiled faintly and said, "Valerie, your main position is my secretary. The general manager of Prince Enterprise is just a part-time position. You should look at problems mainly from the perspective of a secretary."

Valerie understood the meaning of the song, "Zhongfeng Company and Jinhai?"

"Yes, Prince Trade has a hidden mission to provide assistance to Zhongfeng Company and Jinhai. I really have no one else to transfer, so I called you over from London. You won't stay in Taipei for too long.

Of course, starting from scratch is the most difficult step. I cannot give you shares in Prince Enterprise, but I will give you very generous compensation. From now on, you can get 3.5% or 5% of the profits of Prince Enterprise in the next three years."

Xian Yaowen spread his hands and said, "I gave you 3.5%, and I will fight for the remaining 1.5% from shareholders. Michelle, you have dealt with this woman before. This woman is very difficult to deal with. I am not sure whether I can get the proportion I want, so you should lower your psychological expectations and give yourself a chance to enjoy the surprise."

Valerie smiled and said, "I'm already enjoying the surprise now."

"Hmm." Xian Yaowen took out fifty dollars and put it on the table. "You must have a good appetite for dinner tonight. Open a bottle of good wine and enjoy it slowly by yourself."

"My meals are all covered."

"additional."

"Thank you sir for your generosity."

"You're welcome." Xian Yaowen stood up and said, "I don't want to disturb you at work, but how can I stay here for two hours?"

"There's an office on the second floor that's still vacant."

"OK."

Jinhai’s general manager’s office.

Jack was reading a fax from Tokyo, which contained an investigative report on Jiang Axin's luxurious life in Japan.

Jinhai can basically give up on acquiring Jardine Matheson's Taiwan tea business. Jardine Matheson's asking price cannot be negotiated down, so there is no need to discuss it further.

Since there were no ready-made channels, Jinhai had to build them from scratch. Yongguang Company controlled the tea purchasing channels in Beipu, Hsinchu, and also had certain export channels. Taking over Yongguang's business was a good strategy for Jinhai to quickly open up the market in Taiwan.

There are similarities between colleagues and rivals in love. If their strength is average and they only occupy a small market share, they can naturally coexist peacefully, just like the relationship between a client and a prostitute, with sixty seconds of foreplay, twenty seconds of getting into the mood, and ten seconds of "hurry up, hurry up."

Love is only for 90 seconds, so how can a prostitute care about who comes first or later? Maybe when they meet by chance at the end of the day, they can smile at each other, offer a cigarette, and ask cordially, "How was it?"

Our strength is neither too great nor too low, so we will tacitly avoid each other. You do business in the south, and I do business in the north, just like the relationship between two lovers and a married woman. You do it on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and I do it on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Sunday is left for women to fight with husbands. What a harmonious society!

When the strength reaches a certain level, it is no longer enough. There is not enough market to share. Either you take it or I take it. One of the two has to die. It is like a man and a woman in love. They wish to label the other's heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys with their own labels. The third party will die if his name is left.

Jinhai's goal is to become the world's largest tea company. Taiwan's entire tea export volume accounts for less than 1.5% of the world's total. Even if the whole tea is eaten to fill the gaps between teeth, there will be no room for canine teeth. Sharing with others is impossible. Anything that starts with the word "tea" is a matter of quality and life and death.

After reading the report, Jack circled a few key points and kept them in mind. He called his local assistant who could speak Hakka, and went out to a teahouse where Hakka people gathered to gain a deeper understanding of their thinking.

Taiwan’s news control is very strict, so it is a bit difficult to spread rumors in newspapers. Moreover, the targets of the rumors are tea farmers who have little education, so the best way is to spread them by word of mouth.

In order to pursue high efficiency, it is necessary to understand the local Hakka people's rumor-spreading style as a reference for formulating the version of the source of the rumor.

Xian Yaowen sat in an office without a desk, leaning against the windowsill, holding a diary in his hand, which he bought from Shanfeng Bookstore. The owner was a Japanese sheriff working in the countryside of Taiwan. In the more than ten years of space, the book describes the local customs in great detail, which is of great reference value for understanding the country people of Taiwan.

When it comes to doing things, he has grasped the general direction, and the rest are all about the details. On a general level, he knows Taiwan quite well, but he is like a blank sheet of paper when it comes to the subtleties. He cannot empathize with the ordinary citizens and farmers, and cannot completely observe and think from their perspective. This means that he does not have a keen insight into the Taiwanese market.

If something is missing, it must be made up, and he is looking for it now.

The pages were arranged vertically, so not many words could fit on one page. Plus, he would skip some meaningless content, so he turned the pages very quickly, as if he was looking for something specific.

When he felt the light was getting dim, he looked at his watch. It was already half past three and it was time to go out.

The area near the Normal School Affiliated High School was rather desolate, but because of the existence of the school, it attracted a group of people doing small business. Xian Yaowen got off the bus early and looked for a group of shops that were probably illegal buildings.

Taiwan does not have the soil for large supermarkets to survive for the time being. Most families with low incomes need the credit service of grocery stores to make ends meet. Once supermarkets are opened, there will only be many people looking at them, but few people spending money. In the summer, they will attract even more people to enjoy the air-conditioning.

Introducing the supermarket concept to Taiwan too early will only give rise to a group of potential competitors. Before the People's Supermarket is fully developed, it will encounter all kinds of sieges and blockades. In this way, the title of the first supermarket becomes meaningless.

The time is not right to open a supermarket, but it is possible to open a convenience store, especially under the banyan tree. No matter how hard life is for students, they can still have some money in their pockets.

Taiwan does not have professional fountain pen factories, nor does it have the technology to produce ballpoint pens. Primary school students mostly use writing brushes, locally produced pencils, and dip pens left over from the Japanese colonial period. The popularity of fountain pens, which can serve as a symbol of intellectuals, is quite low.

Not only pens, but other stationery such as drawing instruments, ink, carbon paper and toner, special papers such as coated paper and drawing paper, watercolor paints, oil pastels, etc., either have insufficient local production capacity or no manufacturing capacity at all, and are mostly dependent on imports. However, due to the shortage of foreign exchange, stationery is not a priority item, so the import volume is limited, and most of them are high-end or special-purpose stationery.

Taiwan currently lacks industrially produced snacks. The mainstream snacks are traditional cakes, candies and preserves, pickled foods, and puffed foods such as rice cakes and puffed sweet potato chips. Biscuits are still a luxury snack and are limited for ordinary families to consume.

In terms of toys, children mainly play with homemade toys. The popularity of purchased toys is very low. Even the simplest marbles can become a treasure for children, not to mention tin toys, dolls and the like.

Stationery, toys and snacks are all in short supply, and the banyan tree can just fill the gap.

When it came to specific strategies, the first step was to negotiate with the government for the exclusive right to import stationery. This was not difficult to negotiate. All that was needed was to prove that the foreign exchange for imports came from outside and that a small portion of it was barter. This did not require the use of precious foreign exchange and could guarantee the supply of stationery. The government was happy to agree.

The second step is to get in touch with the Department of Education and persuade the Department of Education to invest its resources in Rongshuxia Taiwan, thus forming a strong alliance, opening Rongshuxia stores directly on campus, and using school administrative means to crack down on competitors.

The difficulty of this step is that the speed of changing the director of the Education Department is too fast. Replacing a new director involves a large number of "real power adjustments". The interests must be tied to the official chair, and the principle of "people leave and the tea gets cold" must be laid out on the table and explained clearly. Otherwise, the profit under the banyan tree will only become thinner and thinner until it becomes unprofitable.

Under the Banyan Tree Taiwan needs a very capable public relations manager who can handle all kinds of relationships.

Xian Yaowen bought some ice pops from an ice bucket truck parked under an old banyan tree and started chewing them. When half of the ice pops were gone, he had figured out the development of Under the Banyan Tree in Taiwan.

His heart calmed down. The cool breeze from the treetops made him feel comfortable and lazy. He squinted his eyes, leaned against the banyan tree, and hummed a little tune, "I love my Taiwanese compatriots. Let me sing a Taiwanese tune. The coastline is long and the mountains are high. There are strategic ports everywhere. There are roads in all directions and railways from north to south. It is the outpost on the Pacific Ocean. Taiwan is called the Treasure Island..."

The song is called "Taiwanese Tune" and is one of the important props in Friendship Pictures' Taiwan strategy. It will be used in a film celebrating Chiang Kai-shek's birthday.

The theme of the film is roughly to reflect the changes in the lives of Taiwanese people after they entered the new society from the old society during the Japanese colonial period through the perspectives of the male and female protagonists.

The film's style will imitate the "British political propaganda play" model, explore this artistic style, and perhaps integrate it into Cantonese opera in the future to create a new type of drama - Friendship Model Opera. (End of this chapter)