The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 551 Olympic Economy
"Oh, what a gathering of distinguished guests, young and old alike," Liu Hua joked. "Your Jiangnan Shipyard is making such a big fuss, am I being a bit superfluous?"

"How can you say it's superfluous?" The general manager of Jiangnan Shipyard said with a smile, "Your presence is an honor for us. There are many problems that we can only solve with your personal assistance."

"You flatter me," Liu Hua said with a smile. "Well, let's all brainstorm. After all, this is the first time ever. There's no precedent to follow. Even foreigners have never built such a behemoth. So we need to rely on collective wisdom. No matter how capable I am, how much can I contribute?"

To solve the problem, a symposium was held for half a month. Everyone expressed their opinions, and their wisdom sparked new ideas during the exchange. Indeed, many effective and good suggestions were put forward.

Liu Hua even contributed the carbon nanotubes that his own company had just been able to mass-produce. However, because experiments needed to be conducted, the carbon nanotubes that had not yet been produced were not in time. The only option was to have the laboratory produce carbon nanotubes on a small scale to urgently supply the verification work at Jiangnan Shipyard.

After the exchange meeting, the general manager of Jiangnan Shipyard said to Liu Hua with emotion: "I still remember when I was young. Back then, if we wanted to do any big project, we would organize a big campaign. The crowds were huge, and the scene was quite spectacular. You can't see that anymore. It's already a rare treat to have an exchange meeting like this."

“Times have changed. In the past, conditions were poor and the national economy was weak. If we wanted to undertake a major project, we needed to mobilize the entire nation’s resources, and the margin for error was very small. Now it’s different. Now that the economy is developed, we don’t need to mobilize the entire nation’s resources, and we have enough resources to allow us to try and fail.”

Liu Hua said very seriously: "In fact, in scientific research, a wrong research direction is sometimes a very important step."

"A wrong research direction is also important?" the factory director asked in surprise. "What do you mean?"

“We made a mistake, and only later did we learn how to avoid it,” Liu Hua said with a smile. “Moreover, just because your project was a mistake doesn’t mean it’s a mistake in other projects. What’s poison to you is honey to someone else.”

"That makes sense. No wonder he's an academician."

Liu Hua waved his hand: "Actually, this statement does not apply to me, because the path I have taken in my scientific research career the least is the wrong path."

"Hahahaha." The general manager of Jiangnan Shipyard laughed loudly: "My God, how much confidence must one have to say something so arrogant? Our shipyard's engineer said that he has been careful and cautious all his life just to avoid going down the wrong research path. His feelings are simply incomparable to yours."

"Please excuse my poor performance."

04 passed quickly, and 05 is almost over. The festive atmosphere isn't very strong because people's daily lives are no different from celebrating the New Year in the past.

As 08 draws closer, the economy is starting to pick up, and everything revolves around the Olympics. This is the so-called Olympic economy, which has driven the development of a large number of domestic enterprises.

For example, the carbon fiber, graphene, and carbon nanotubes produced by Taiyi New Materials have been included in the list of essential materials for the construction of Olympic venues by the state.

It should be said that Olympic venues are not just sports venues, but also testing grounds for the application of high and new technologies in our country.

In addition, the Olympic venues will also need some electric patrol vehicles and mobility scooters, and the batteries used in these vehicles are all produced by Taiyi New Energy.

Furthermore, all the special steels used in the production and construction of Liu Hua's steel plant in Tangshan were included in the list of suppliers for the construction of Olympic venues. Liu Feifei once said after the New Year: "It feels like after the New Year, the whole society suddenly became restless, and even the pace of life and work has accelerated a lot."

Rosamund Kwan deeply understands this statement. She has now basically settled in Beijing, and she has long since achieved her goal of becoming a female tycoon, which she once dreamed of.

Despite having already achieved nearly a dozen small goals, she hasn't completely broken free from the entertainment industry because she knows her company still needs her fame to survive.

So in recent years, she has maintained the habit of making one movie every year, regardless of whether it is a box office success or not, she has to maintain her screen presence.

"Sister, you don't know, the competition in the entertainment industry is even fiercer now." Rosamund Kwan said with a smile, "I don't know about international big brands, but just the various product ambassadors under my brand, the female stars in the entertainment industry are already competing like crazy for them."

"Aren't you a celebrity too?" Liu Hua asked with a smile, "Why don't you endorse your own products?"

“I’m an endorsement, but I’m endorsing my own brand. However, all the products and product lines under the brand also need spokespeople.” Rosamund Kwan explained with a smile: “Nowadays, people have money. As long as these celebrities endorse a product, it becomes a brand name product, and people will flock to buy it. It’s really easy to make money off women these days.”

Liu Hua shook his head: "You'll find that in the next twenty years, women's money will be the easiest to earn, because society will start to promote women's status, and capital will start to entice women to spend money."

Rosamund Kwan said with a smile, "That's what our company's market analysts said too. So I decided to establish Zhilin Apparel and take the fast-moving consumer goods route."

Liu Feifei asked, puzzled, "How do you make fast-moving consumer goods from clothing?"

"First, build up your brand awareness, conduct market research, summarize this year's popular elements, then hire a design team to design clothes based on these elements, have contract manufacturers produce them, and open stores nationwide. Ideally, you should be able to get everything done from design to sales within ten days."

Liu Feifei said with a smile, "I always feel that the way you do business is like a scam."

"Sister, this isn't a scam. This is how trendy clothing will be run in the future." Rosamund Kwan said with a smile, "Always stay ahead of the trend and make the most fashionable things, not the most classic things."

"I don't know how many ignorant young people will be swindled out of their life savings by you."

"The trendy clothes I make won't be too expensive. They're a little more expensive than ordinary clothes, but far from the prices of those international big brands," Rosamund Kwan said proudly. "They can satisfy their pitiful vanity without emptying their pockets."

"Crocodile tears, capitalist smiles." Liu Hua joked, "You are cultivating their vanity. One day, they will become insatiable because of their vanity."

Rosamund Kwan shrugged: "Then there's nothing I can do. If a person can't even control their own vanity, then they are destined to be a loser."

(End of this chapter)