At the end of March, Xiang Nan took Li Shuihua on their way to Yanjing to attend a symposium held by People's Literature Magazine.
After moving to Jintan Village, Li Shuihua sold out the Yijianmei clothing store. Now she has nothing to do and is thinking about starting a new career.
Xiang Nan advised her not to be anxious, but to find suitable projects according to local conditions before investing. Otherwise, if you jump on the horse in a hurry, it won’t be a big deal if you lose money. The key is to hurt your confidence.
Li Shuihua nodded. She had been collecting and organizing information for the past two months, and she was also learning to drive.
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After taking the train all the way to Yanjing and checking into the hotel, Xiang Nan took Shuihua around for a walk. Forbidden City, Xiangshan, Summer Palace, Wangfujing, Beihai Park, Badaling Great Wall...
After a good stroll, Xiang Nan went to attend the symposium.
Sure enough, as expected, the so-called symposium was nothing more than flattery and flattery.
You are a giant in the literary world, and I am a literary leader; you are a great general in the literary world, and I am a pioneer in the literary world; you are a rising star in the literary world, and I am a young eagle in the literary world...
This phenomenon of mutual praise in the literary world is actually not uncommon at all. It has been popular as early as ancient times.
For example, Xie Lingyun praised Cao Zijian, and the world has one stone. Cao Zijian only got eight buckets, and I got one bucket. From ancient times to the present, we all share one bucket.
Du Fu wrote "Songs of the Eight Immortals in Drinking", praising eight people including Li Bai, He Zhizhang, Li Shizhi, and Zhang Xu...
The so-called flower sedan chair is used to carry people. You praise me, I praise you, everyone is famous, everyone has interests, why not do it.
Xiang Nan is not an evil, arrogant and arrogant young man. He has long understood the reality of society. Therefore, he was at ease at the symposium and won unanimous praise from his peers.
This also greatly expanded his network of contacts.
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"Yongfu, I have good news to tell you. The Yanjing Television Art Center wants to adapt your book "The Woman Who Crossed the River of Men" into a TV series. Do you agree?" Writer Chen Jiangong smiled at Xiang Nan.
Upon hearing this, Xiang Nan smiled and nodded.
The Yanjing Television Arts Center was founded in 1982. Since its establishment, it has become the leader in the mainland television industry and created countless firsts.
For example, the first full-length TV series "Four Generations Under One Roof", the first full-length indoor TV series "Desire", the first TV humorous light comedy "The Story of the Editorial Office"...
Every TV series launched can arouse great repercussions in the country.
It is going to adapt "The Woman Who Crossed the River of Men", which is naturally a good thing for Xiang Nan.
Getting royalties is just a trivial matter. Xiang Nan has a net worth of hundreds of millions, but he really doesn't like the tens of thousands of yuan in film and television copyright fees. However, the adaptation of film and television dramas has greatly helped to increase his reputation.
The influence of television is now growing day by day, and is much greater than books, radio, and newspapers.
Wang Xie, Hai Yi, Jin Yong... they all relied on successive TV series adaptations to become so famous all over the country. Naturally, Xiang Nan also hopes to capitalize on this talent.
Being famous is beneficial. Being famous can help you protect your own interests better.
Therefore, in the subsequent negotiations, Xiang Nan was very cooperative and did not even ask for more copyright fees. He only received a symbolic fee of 10,000 yuan.
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After the seven-day symposium, Xiang Nan took Shuihua to Songzhuang and bought a large number of works by contemporary painters who were not yet famous. I also went to Liulichang and bought a lot of antiques.
In February 1993, China's stock market fell again, which once again severely damaged the confidence of investors. The next three years were marked by a bear market and the stock market was sluggish.
Therefore, if Xiang Nan wants to make money, he can only invest in antiques and contemporary oil paintings.
These things are still relatively cheap. In ten or twenty years, it would not be unusual for their prices to increase tenfold or a hundredfold.
Shui Hua'er felt strange when she saw Xiang Nan buying these incomprehensible paintings and these tattered old gadgets, but she didn't stop him.
She believed that there must be a reason for Xiang Nan to do this. She couldn't understand, it was because she was stupid and didn't reach that level.
After buying the things, Xiang Nan immediately asked someone to hire a carriage to pull him northwest. If there were not enough antiques, antiques, and oil paintings for a cart, I would fill them with Moutai.
In the 1990s, the railway was still the boss of the railway industry. It was hard to hear, look ugly, and get things done.
However, Xiang Nan asked a friend and it was done quickly. This is the benefit of connections.
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On the way back, Shuihua told Xiang Nan that she had already decided what to do.
"Yongfu'er, I want to open a clothing factory." She told Xiang Nandao, "On the one hand, the clothing market is huge. A person's life is inseparable from food, clothing, housing and transportation, and clothes can always be sold; on the other hand, the profits of clothing are high. A piece of clothing shipped from the south costs only a few yuan, but can be sold for more than ten yuan."
"Don't make a decision in a hurry. Let me ask you first, to make clothing, you must have raw materials. Where do you get the cloth? The clothing industry in the south is developed because the coastal areas have developed textile industries and the transportation of goods is also convenient.
But in Lai Xia, where do you buy cloth? How much higher is the price you pay for cloth than in the south? How much are you going to sell your clothes for? How much profit will you make if you sell them cheaply? Is there still a market for your clothes if you sell them expensively?
Moreover, garment factories are labor-intensive industries that require a large number of skilled workers. Where do you recruit these workers, how do you train them, and how do you manage them? Are you sure?
In addition, the garment factory is just a processing enterprise and needs to receive orders to survive. Where do you pick up your orders from? Okay, I think if you want to make your own products and sell them yourself, then you need to establish your own brand.
How to build your own brand, how to promote it, how to market it, how to protect your rights... Do you know all these? "
After Shui Hua heard what Xiang Nan said, she blinked and couldn't answer a word.
She had never thought about these things before.
"So think about it carefully." Xiang Nan advised, "Don't make a decision in a hurry."
Splash nodded.
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Back in Jintan Village, Xiang Nan stored all the oil paintings, liquor, antiques, etc. he purchased in the basement.
These are his treasures, and each of them will be worth a lot of money in the future.
After returning to the village, Xiang Nan continued to lead everyone in fruit tree care.
Shuihua also started to solve the problems mentioned by Xiang Nan, such as the introduction of fabrics, recruitment of employees, training of teachers, management talents... driving around every day.
Xiang Nan sent Ma Debao to follow.
Firstly, he is bold, secondly, he is smart, and thirdly, they have a good relationship.
Ma Debao regards Shui Hua as his own sister, and if anything happens, he would dare to risk his life for her.
Moreover, Xiang Nan also intends to cultivate Ma Debao and make him a management talent in the future.
While working hard like this, the problems faced by Shui Hua were solved one by one.
In terms of cloth, we purchase it from Yinchuan Textile Factory.
In the 1990s, when we entered the market economy, state-owned textile mills, which had previously been relatively profitable, have had a difficult time. The technology is backward, the goods are backlogged, and wages are in arrears. I am eager to have big customers, so I am still easy to talk to.
In terms of employees, we first poached employees from large state-owned factories. In addition to regular workers, state-owned factories also have contract workers. In the past two years, due to insufficient employment, many people can only take turns and substitute days off, and their wages are only one-half or one-third of the normal salary. Life is difficult, so they are still willing to come to work.
As for management talents, they are also poaching from state-owned factories. Shuihua plans to invite retired workshop directors to come to the factory to manage them. There are still many people who want to use their remaining energy and take up leadership positions again.
