Reborn, back to a small county town to become a wealthy family

Chapter 604: Opportunity to Pick Up a Leak

The evening dinner was arranged at Fu Bin’s club.

At the dinner table, Cai Fujun naturally started talking about smart homes.

He intended to learn from Luo Yang and also to take the opportunity to attract Fu Bin's attention.

"Brother Luo, I listened to your advice some time ago and commissioned a professional organization to conduct market research. The report finally came out this Monday."

After three rounds of drinks, Cai Fujun found a suitable time to cut into the topic: "The research report shows that the smart home market is still in the development stage, but the overall home decoration has been reflected in the kitchen, bathroom and other places, and the concept is generally accepted by the market."

The concepts of integrated home decoration such as integrated cabinet installation and dry and wet separation in the bathroom appeared a few years ago.

For example, FOTILE cabinets are quite representative.

As for smart home, probably only smart inverter air conditioners are related.

"Then start with the overall home."

When the question was raised, Luo Yang gave his suggestion: "Wait until the software and hardware technologies become more mature, and then slowly transition to smart home."

"The overall home furnishing market and products are currently limited to cabinets and sanitary appliances. Do we want to get involved in the design and production of products such as range hoods, gas stoves, and shower rooms?"

Although he was convinced, Cai Fujun still wanted to ask the doubts in his heart, hoping to get an answer from Luo Yang.

"The concept of an integrated home is not limited to the kitchen and bathroom. In my opinion, it even focuses on other spaces such as the bedroom, living room, and entrance hall."

Since he had given Cai Fujun advice and got 20% of the shares for free, Luo Yang was of course responsible for answering his questions and resolving his doubts.

"In the residential areas developed in large and medium-sized cities in China, small-sized apartments still account for the largest proportion. Mr. Fu has the most say on this point. Under the restriction of floor space ratio, the actual usable space of these small-sized commercial houses will become even smaller."

"What Brother Luo said just now is absolutely correct."

Fu Bin confirmed, "For example, in the residential areas developed by Santai Real Estate, more than 100% of the units are smaller than 40 square meters. Among these small units, a considerable proportion are smaller than 80 square meters. The floor area ratio is calculated based on an average of 80%, so many houses are actually only or square meters."

"The indoor space is small and there is not enough space for too many things."

Luo Yang took over the conversation and said, "Area is fixed, so clever and reasonable space design is particularly important. In this regard, there is a furniture brand from Sweden called IKEA that does a good job. If you have a chance, you can go and take a look and learn from their ideas appropriately."

A small round table that can seat four or five people will take up a relatively large area when spread out. However, by using some shrinking and folding techniques, it can be made to take up as much space as a piece of clothing.

The space under the bedroom bed can also be designed into a drawer-type ladder storage cabinet to maximize the use of overlapping positions.

The concept of overall home furnishing also incorporates ergonomics, collecting data such as the height, shoulder width, and arm length of adult men and women to make the most rational layout design for the doors, cabinets, tables, chairs, and bathrooms in the house.

Luo Yang talked about some concepts that do not exist yet or are still in their infancy.

Not to mention the three grown men Cai Fujun, Fu Bin and Qiao Zhiyuan who were already interested in this topic, even the women sitting there were fascinated by it.

"I never thought there were so many tricks in the home furnishing industry."

When Luo Yang finished speaking, Qiao Zhiyuan couldn't help but sigh: "Especially the ergonomics that Mr. Luo just mentioned, I feel it can be applied in many aspects."

"Indeed, it is used not only in home furnishing but also in house construction."

Fu Bin also quoted Luo Yang's words to express his own views: "In a house, from the size of the entrance door to the net height of the indoor space, the size of the room, to the visual effect of the house type, everything actually conforms to the data of ergonomics."

"It seems that this major has not been opened in universities yet, so it is a bit difficult to find talents in this field."

Wen Wan interrupted, "The closest one should be industrial design, which covers aspects such as ergonomics and aesthetics. Unfortunately, there are not many universities in China that offer this major. It is said that the best one is at Tsinghua University."

The reason why I spoke at this time was also for a purpose.

Judging from the conversation at the dinner table, Cai Fujun wanted to enter the smart home industry, and his boss should have come up with a business plan, or provided business ideas, and took a 20% stake without paying any money.

“This product is a masterpiece of industrial design.”

Luo Yang tapped the fruit phone that Gu Jia placed on the table with his fingers: "The ultimate industrial beauty."

"What Director Wen said just now is very meaningful. I had planned to build the factory in Jiaxing or Gusu, which are close to the Magic City. Now it seems that I have to separate the design department and put it in the urban area of ​​the Magic City."

Cai Fujun picked up the wine cup and gestured to Wen Wan.

It wasn't a toast, because Wen Wan was drinking juice.

Don’t be fooled by Gu Jia’an who was sitting quietly. In fact, she wanted to speak more than anyone else, but she just didn’t know what to say.

Luo Yang will not pay much attention to the future, but his boss Cai Fujun is on the scene.

This is her starting point and platform, and she also wants to show her abilities.

"Old Cai, when you're done there, come back and build one or two model houses in the community I'm developing."

Fu Bin said to Cai Fujun with great interest: "If the small-sized apartment model can show more practical space through reasonable layout, it will also be conducive to the opening sales."

"Then I must bring out the best product, otherwise it will affect Mr. Fu's house sales, which will be a big sin."

After hearing this, Cai Fujun was overjoyed and immediately raised his glass to toast Fu Bin.

"Old Cai, you're still not smart enough. If it were me, I would build a model house when the real estate market is not good."

Qiao Zhiyuan joked, "No one can sell. If Mr. Fu achieves any success, it will be attributed to you. It's not like now. No matter what efforts you make, no one pays attention. It is all attributed to the hot market."

"Hahaha"

Not only Fu Bin, but everyone else at the table laughed.

"That may not be true, Old Joe."

Fu Bin put down his wine cup and said, "I still remember that two years ago, when the second phase of Jinlan Garden was launched, seven or eight hundred houses were sold out within one day, creating a miracle. At that time, it was Mr. Luo who was in charge and directed the launch event, and it is still used as an example in the industry."

"Think about our Jiang Xiaobai's marketing plan."

Qiao Zhiyuan was also half an experienced person, so he continued, "I have never doubted Mr. Luo's ability in marketing. He is definitely a big shot."

"I admit that I have some talent, but if you say I'm at the boss level, then that's too much."

Luo Yang was rarely modest and said, "From Sanzhu Oral Liquid to Melatonin, from Xiaobawang Learning Machine to Beibeijia and OZing, classic marketing cases are endless. Old Qiao, you used to be in the advertising circle, so you should know Du Guoying. He is a true marketing master, a big shot."

Speaking of Du Guoying, Qiao Zhiyuan really couldn't keep his mouth shut.

Just like the disciples of the School of Mind who worship Wang Yangming, when talking about Du Guoying's deeds, every case can be cited at will.

In fact, in his eyes, Luo Yang is not much worse than Du Guoying, especially without a comprehensive understanding of him.

If he knew that Luo Yang also created sexy lingerie and cool men's clothing, he would definitely give more evaluation than the current one. But Luo Yang was too embarrassed to show off, after all, he was a cheater, so it didn't count.

"It's a pity that Mr. Luo has retired."

Fu Bin raised his glass and drank with Luo Yang, and said half-seriously, "I really want you to help me manage the real estate market when it's in a downturn."

"I finally accumulated some fame, and now I am very careful about it."

Luo Yang also joked: "I don't want my glory to be shattered like this and be said to have run out of ideas."

He just skipped over it and quickly changed the subject.

"Old Joe, how are the negotiations on the acquisition of your winery going?"

Compared with others, Qiao Zhiyuan goes to the group less frequently, and many things are discussed at dinner parties like tonight.

"We have had three rounds of negotiations with the small winery in Shandong Province. We are confident that we can acquire it before mid-May to supplement Jiang Xiaobai's supply to the northern market."

Speaking of Jiang Xiaobai's affairs, Qiao Zhiyuan immediately put away his relaxed expression: "I went to Jingzhou, Hubei Province last week and took a walk around the surrounding area. I took a fancy to a medium-sized winery. I have contacted them and expressed my intention to acquire it. The other party invited me to go there at the end of this month to discuss in detail."

"Jingzhou, Hubei Province?"

A name immediately popped up in Luo Yang's mind: "Baiyunbian?"

"Yes, it's a famous liquor from Hubei Province. I brought back several boxes this time. This liquor tastes good, at least much better than the Yanghe liquor from Jiangsu Province."

Qiao Zhiyuan said bluntly: "I didn't know much about it in the advertising circle before, but now I know that the production process and wine cellar are the key factors for whether the liquor is good or not, and it is also inseparable from good mountains and good waters."

There is a joke that the liquor brewed by any small distillery in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan tastes better than the liquor brewed by large distilleries in the surrounding areas of the Yangtze River Delta.

"When you mention this, I remember something."

Luo Yang suddenly had an idea: "We can set up a production base in the southwest region, directly purchase bulk liquor there, and produce it under our own brand name, which can increase our production capacity."

"Eh?"

There was a gleam in Qiao Zhiyuan's eyes, and he was obviously moved, but for some reason, he did not immediately agree with Luo Yang.

"Production capacity will limit the speed at which Jiang Xiaobai can seize the market."

Luo Yang probably guessed what was bothering Qiao Zhiyuan: lack of money!

Fortunately, because of the Kunpeng Technology loan incident, Luo Yang's attitude towards corporate financing has become much more flexible. He took the opportunity tonight to say: "It seems that you are still limited by funds. If it really doesn't work, you can consider borrowing from the bank."

Another shareholder, Cai Fujun, was also there, so even though it was just a dinner table, it was equivalent to a shareholders' meeting.

It is estimated that Qiao Zhiyuan also felt the pain of limited production capacity during Jiang Xiaobai's expansion, and had seriously considered the loan. Now that Luo Yang mentioned it, he immediately turned his attention to Cai Fujun.

"How much do you plan to borrow?"

Cai Fujun responded with a smile: "I also want to know how much Jiang Xiaobai is worth in the eyes of the bank."

"5000 million should be enough."

Qiao Zhiyuan said confidently: "Old Cai, don't underestimate our Jiang Xiaobai. Now, let alone other things, the value of this brand alone is over 100 million. Do you believe it?"

His assistant Luo Qingling followed up with a sentence: "We have had contact with the bank before. Let alone 5000 million, it is not a problem to borrow 1 million now."

This young woman who had once wanted to take advantage of Luo Yang but failed to succeed is now a mahjong friend of Cao Zixi and they have become close friends.

"You contact them first, and then we'll go over it when the group holds its board meeting at the end of the month."

In the future, the investment department will acquire an e-commerce platform to build the group's main industries; Jiang Xiaobai will apply for a loan to acquire a winery and increase production capacity. These matters will all require the approval of the board of directors meeting.

Previously, a charitable foundation was established and 7000 million yuan was donated in the name of Luo Shengtang, which was an act of getting on the bus first and buying the ticket later.

In principle, the group's supervisory board can question Luo Shengtang and the chairman in accordance with the regulations.

After all, it was just a dinner and drinking party, so the shareholders' meeting with three people didn't last too long.

In the first half of the dinner, everyone talked about everything they wanted to talk about before they drank too much. The remaining second half was spent drinking and exchanging feelings.

In this kind of situation, girls can also join in the conversation.

"Recently, many of our school's celebrity seniors and juniors who are usually not seen have returned to school, and the line of luxury cars at the entrance has also grown a lot."

Cai Fujun happened to be chatting with Luo Yang about "Fleeting Time". As members of the Shanghai Drama Academy, Su Hui and Gu Jia could naturally join in the conversation.

“Even though the International Film Festival is being held in Shanghai in June, it may not be their turn to walk the red carpet, right?”

Su Hui is already a senior and doesn't spend much time in school. If it weren't for graduation, she might not have been able to get to know this gossip.

"The ranking has already started on the campus forum, discussing which ones will get the invitation letter."

After all, Gu Jia is still young and can't see as clearly as Su Hui.

"Is this even worth discussing?"

Sure enough, Su Hui curled her lips and said, "Although they are usually called the hottest new stars or praised as the hottest young stars, in fact, they are not big enough. Only some seniors who have graduated for many years are qualified."

For example, the Mesozoic generation includes Jiang Shuying, Xu Zheng, Ma Yili, Tong Dawei, Hu Ge, Wan Qian, and Han Xue, and the older generation includes Pan Hong and Li Youbin.

As for the new generation
A name suddenly popped up in Luo Yang's mind, so he asked, "Is there a student named Dilireba in the acting department of your school?"

Fragments of memory came to mind. Di Lieba participated in the casting interview for "Micro Times" in September 2012, and only later signed a 9-year contract with Jiaxing Media. It should still be in time now.

Since Song Wan wants to expand and strengthen Guobao Films, it would be absolutely worthwhile to sign this future-famous artist in advance.

"This name sounds like it's from the Western Regions."

Gu Jianian kept repeating the name Dilireba, but couldn't think of anything for a long time, so he shook his head and said, "I've never heard of this person, but don't worry, Mr. Luo, as long as she is from our school, I will find out for you tomorrow."

"Well, leave your phone number with Director Wen later. When you get the news, just send it to her directly."

Because he didn't want to appear too deliberate, Luo Yang gave the order casually.

In fact, other people didn’t care much about it. After all, he was just a student at the Performance Department of the Shanghai Theatre Academy, not a popular star.

This is exactly the effect Luo Yang wants.

It’s just like finding a bargain at a street stall, buying valuable antiques at a very low price, and the main thing is to feel happy.

(End of this chapter)