My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 346 I Have My Own Style
Uncle Tak's amusement park cost 50 cents in Hong Kong dollars from the 1960s to the 1970s, but now it only costs one dollar for a ticket.

Jiangzhou Zoo also charges 50 cents for adults and 20 cents for children.

Wei Dong had no intention of raising prices.

His idea was to increase revenue by adding various peripheral businesses.

Today it's becoming clearer: "In reality, having a zoo is like having a large shopping mall where you can sell specialty products. The animals are just a way to attract people. We're leveraging our ability to mass-produce various products at low prices... Congratulations, Mr. Qin, you're going to make a fortune!"

Qin Yuye laughed so hard he couldn't stop: "Isn't it just that I want to congratulate you on making money too?"

Denim clothing naturally aligns with outdoor concepts like zoos. Developing a commercial street like this, and opening a beautiful flagship store in this "shopping mall" with its own foot traffic, has indeed solved the problem of her previous desire to launch her colorful denim fashion line.

They are definitely the main force in the sales of "branded apparel".

Of course, Wei Dong still advised her to earn less domestically: "We'll focus on volume in the mainland and make big money through exports. You'll make all the profits from these export trades, and I won't get a penny. Is that alright?"

He thought he was trying to distance himself, but what else could this be but picking up girls?

When I was discussing the transfer and recycling of this colorful denim with Uncle De in Hong Kong, I mentioned that he wasn't making money from it; he was just earning a channel profit by operating factories and selling products in China through his own sales network.

Of course, sales companies are becoming more and more standardized now, and it's impossible for them to give all the profits to the salespeople.

In reality, there is still gross profit in Weidong's company accounts.

However, he only assisted in the most lucrative export trade, which typically yielded five to ten times the profit, without actually making any money himself.

Having grown accustomed to the money-grubbing style of Hong Kong businessmen, Wei Dong's unconventional and extravagant style was like a paradise to a woman's heart.

Besides, if there's no better place to do business than sitting on a bench by the Disney castle, any woman would feel like she's a princess who just escaped from heaven.

Qin Yuye, who was originally destined to be a princess, is quite a character for not being obsessed with love.

She chuckled and propped her head up: "So what do you want? Do you want to trap me and Binfen together, heart and all?"

The warmest spring sunshine was just past four in the afternoon, and her pose of crossing her legs and twisting her body was very elegant and charming.

He urged Wei Dong to ignore the allure of women and focus on lofty ambitions: "If, twenty or thirty years from now, an entire generation or two remembers that their first pair of jeans and denim jackets were from Binfen or X, then we can say that we have not wasted this era."

So the precocious eighteen-year-old girl reluctantly looked away, surveyed the dreamlike amusement park, and slowly nodded: "Okay, I want this dream too."

However, she spoke Cantonese, which didn't put any pressure on Wei Dong at all; it was more like she was setting a goal for herself.

The rest of the time was more relaxed. Qin Yuye didn't have the typical girl's desire to experience everything. She quietly accompanied him as they strolled around, discussing how to bring back various details from the zoo.

Last time, Dong Xueqing accompanied Rang Weidong to visit Ocean Park and Hong Kong Amusement Park, and now this is reflected in the renovation of the zoo.

But Disney clearly took this to the extreme, and even people in Hong Kong might not have been able to see many of the sophisticated business logics that later became commonplace.

The theater and orchestra performances were spectacular, happening almost constantly throughout the park. The two of them watched two or three performances while sitting by the castle tower.

With more than ten or twenty programs airing daily and weekly, the show aims to leave viewers with the regret of missing out and wanting to come back next time.

The difficulty, the excitement, and even the service attitude are not the most important things. What matters is the joyful, fairytale-like atmosphere of participation.

People come here to have an immersive experience and completely escape from their original social pressures and world.

That's the level of a Disney park.

Later generations of popular tourist attractions featured towering robots that wittily interacted with visitors, gossipy women who could act as matchmakers on the spot, and all sorts of slick and amusing characters.

These all embody this line of thinking.

As he spoke casually, Qin Yuye became even more dignified and composed, listening attentively.

Wei Dong quickly picked up his camera and filmed the entire street party parade at 5 p.m.

This was his main purpose for coming to Disneyland, and it turned out to be pretty much the same as what he had seen in the short videos.

The actors, dressed in various character costumes, went to work with great enthusiasm and charm. Their distinctive dance moves were so smooth and skillful that they lacked emotion. Their cute poses, flying kisses, and sweet smiles made them seem like ruthless performance machines.

But the audience is drawn to this very package of medicine, which immediately sets it apart from other amusement parks.

For example, Uncle Tak's amusement park even nurtured Hong Kong superstars like Anita Mui, who are now beginning to shine.

Is it good for the amusement park?

Absolutely not. What amusement parks need are precisely functioning performance machines to ensure that every visitor feels at home.

Instead of being particularly fond of a particular actor, people simply felt that the amusement park itself was awesome.

They had already grasped the essence of this entertainment for a full forty years.

I'm sure if I have the videotape, the dance instructor will be able to handle it.

We chose a Western restaurant for dinner, and the experience of laughing and playing around surrounded by a bunch of cartoon and fairy tale characters only cost fifty yuan per person!

Of course, if you calculate the price index, it's already equivalent to the monthly salary of an average worker in mainland China for a single meal, which is a bit outrageous.

But Wei Dong still felt that was all? In his later years, Shanghai and Hong Kong Disneyland, which he never had the chance to visit, were touted as incredibly luxurious and high-end places.
Actually, it's just a typical consumer expense in Japan.

On the contrary, Qin Yuye was much more quiet and smiling, completely unlike the girl who chased after cartoon characters. Even the relaxed girlishness she showed when she first came in had disappeared.

It's painfully mature.

Wei Dong vaguely sensed this and was quite satisfied; this was the kind of partner he should have.

They weren't there to have fun.

We ate and chatted until after nine o'clock, and finally the dreamlike scene of lights and fireworks came together.

The two weren't even that excited. They steadily kept the camera on the restaurant balcony railing, filmed the whole process, and then smiled at each other.

knock off.

Before driving back to the hotel, I stopped by to check out the hotel's prices and decor, and took two photos of Qin Yuye in the lobby.

They've all decided not to come back the next day.

It's obvious that Wei Dong's "eye" is much better than Uncle De's. There's no need to copy it exactly. He has grasped the essence and can just ask professionals to follow his ideas.

If they can't find people in mainland China, they'll look in Hong Kong. Besides, starting with restaurant chefs and the like, Wei Dong believes that there has always been manpower available in this field in mainland China.

If we follow the path of places that were formerly state-owned or government-run, we might be pleasantly surprised to find top talent.

So when he returned to the hotel and made an international call home, Weidong was able to start arranging the work details. Of the original 300-plus people in the zoo, only 140-plus were officially employed.

We now need to add a zoo performance company and a zoo trading company.

The former needs to rely on the advertising company's entertainment director to find people, and if necessary, they can urge Ai Jiayi to come to Jiangzhou to guide the work as soon as possible.

The trading company is looking to find someone from the university's sales team to lead the group, or if that doesn't work, they can send their own children to study; the busier the sister-in-law is, the better.

After listening, Dong Xueying pondered: "Xiao Chi introduced a companion who sells electrical appliances and clothing in the wholesale market behind. He seems quite shrewd and capable. Why don't we let him give it a try?"

Wei Dong remembered: "Right, he used to travel between Hong Kong and Jiangzhou to do business. He said he had a partner here. Okay, let's give it a try. This inspection was quite fruitful. We exported yak meat and then gathered a group of people from the Jiangzhou Hotel to come to Tokyo to earn foreign exchange. We'll hand this job over to the Municipal Food Company. You can talk to them first and submit a list. You can ask Xiao Shen for his opinion on the personnel composition."

After listening to the first half of the speech, Dong Xueying handed the phone to her younger sister.

Fengchu immediately asked about the trip to the front lines in place of her sister: "I heard that Xiao Qin has returned to Hong Kong these past few days. The timing is perfect."

Wei Dong didn't intend to hide anything: "She's been to Tokyo and did a lot of research and preparation. She's basically our guide for this trip. Next time you come with her, Disneyland still has many wonderful experiences, much better than Ocean Park."

Dong Xueqing would then emphasize: "Then you have to behave well and not make any mistakes."

Wei Dong laughed and scolded, "Of course, that's what your sister should say. She bought a video camera, does she want me to bring you anything else?"

Dong Xueqing, with a positive attitude, said: "Then let's bring a computer. The bureau has one, and I think the company will need to use it in the future."

Wei Dong, who also dotes on his child, agreed.

After taking a shower, the tour guide reminded him that it would be difficult to bring the desktop computer back because it was too bulky, and besides, he had already bought so many things.

I'll buy a laptop then. I saw an ad for it yesterday, and it'll be released in a few days!
It is said to be the world's first commercially available laptop.

But could you please ask Mr. Tanaka to help us buy a few more computers and vacuum packaging machines and send them in together with the equipment? As long as they reach the Shanghai port, there won't be any problems.

Qin Yuye then made a phone call to discuss the matter, and also indicated that the bathrobe he had specially bought today would not cause any more trouble.

Have Wei Dong sit in front of the TV, connect the camera to watch today's footage, and disassemble the game console.

He didn't know anything about electrical repair, but he could understand the basic circuit structure; electrical appliances these days weren't complicated.

The main purpose is to check the structural integrity and find the most important chips or integrated circuit boards. I'll take them to my electromechanical engineers tomorrow to see if there are any components that are definitely not available domestically, and then buy a few to take back with me.

After Qin Yuye finished her rapid-fire conversation, she hung up the phone and gave an affirmative answer, then looked at the man sitting in front of the TV taking things apart.

Suddenly I felt a great sense of peace.

Zuo You picked up a hard-cover instruction manual for a video camera and used it as a fan, sitting down next to the man and gently fanning him: "Are you confident you can make it? I never expected you to know so much about this."

Wei Dong was both focused and relaxed: "I'm about 80% confident. It mainly depends on whether I can handle these main chips. I don't know much about them, but I can take them apart and tinker with them. Since I'm going to do this business, I need to have a general understanding. Look, the game card is actually a storage chip, this is the motherboard chip, and the power supply is behind it. It's that simple. The attraction of this thing to boys is probably similar to how essential sanitary napkins are to women. As long as we can produce the product and keep the price down, it will definitely sell like hotcakes."

He vaguely remembered that it would be a few more years before game vendors appeared on the streets of Shangzhou, selling game consoles and televisions. They could easily attract crowds of onlookers, especially after elementary and middle school students had finished their classes. The crowds would be enormous, and they could do business for at least ten years!

The task of leveraging the strong appeal of games to promote basic computer adoption is both challenging and interesting.

Only then did he suddenly catch a whiff of the deadly allure of a woman's scent, and he immediately recoiled: "What are you up to now?"

Qin Yuye chuckled lightly and got up to go back to bed: "I really like this feeling of mutual support. I've never felt so at ease before. I'm sure my dreams will come true. Goodnight."

This is the demeanor of a great general.

(End of this chapter)