Ch 132: Exploring
Xiang Yueqin’s determination surprised the Man in Black.
The Man in Black’s name is Lai Wang. He is the Deputy Manager of the Xiang Group and the most trusted person by Xiang Xingzhong and his wife. Outsiders even jokingly call him the Xiang Family’s butler.
Lai Wang is a perennial bachelor with no wife or children. He puts his whole heart into his work and has watched Xiang Yueqin grow up.
In Lai Wang’s view, although Xiang Yueqin has the temper of a Miss, she is still reasonable. The trademark has already been registered by someone else, so why bother fighting for it? Besides, what is a 14-year-old girl doing running a clothing business?
Today, Xiang Yueqin is somewhat different from before. Lai Wang couldn’t help but Observe her. Her appearance is still the same as before, and the childishness of a 14-year-old girl has not yet faded. However, her eyes are different.
Just now, when she said, “I must have the ‘Pin Shang’ trademark!”, Xiang Yueqin’s tone was firm and her expression was serious and earnest, not like she was joking. It was like an adult negotiating in the business world.
As soon as this thought came to mind, Lai Wang quickly dismissed the analogy. Yueqin is just a little girl, how would she know anything about business negotiations? It’s an illusion, it must be an illusion.
“Uncle Lai, you can help me get it, right?” Xiang Yueqin suddenly took Lai Wang’s arm and affectionately called out, “Uncle Lai.”
Lai Wang was stunned. This is the first time Yueqin has called him Uncle Lai, she called him uncle.
In her previous life, Xiang Yueqin looked down on Lai Wang at all. In her opinion, Lai Wang was just a dog by her parents’ side. Xiang Yueqin never looked at Lai Wang directly, and when she called him, she would just say “Hey.”
Now, Xiang Yueqin actually took Lai Wang’s arm and even called him uncle. Lai Wang was so excited that he trembled a little. Yueqin has become sensible.
In fact, it’s not that Xiang Yueqin has become sensible. It’s that, having lived another life, she has learned to choose people to trust. Lai Wang can be used by her and is worthy of trust.
“Please rest assured, Miss, Uncle Lai will definitely do it!” Lai Wang patted his chest and promised. Isn’t it just a clothing store’s trademark? He can just buy it with a little money.
Xiang Yueqin smiled with satisfaction.
“Pin Shang” is not an ordinary trademark, it will be a big brand in the future. In her previous life, Yao Lin relied on Pin Shang to become wealthy. In this life, Xiang Yueqin must seize Pin Shang. In a few years, she will be the one who becomes wealthy.
Although the magazine has written about the Pin Shang Clothing Store in Dong Town, allowing some people to recognize the brand, not everyone recognizes it yet. Xiang Yueqin doesn’t read magazines, so she doesn’t know. She also doesn’t know that the Boss of Pin Shang in this life is Du Qingyang.
The Xiang Group owns many bicycle retail stores and three large bicycle factories. As the Deputy Manager of the Xiang Group, Lai Wang has quite a wide network of contacts. Before long, his Assistant came to report on the situation of Pin Shang Clothing Store.
“Manager Lai, I have found the information on the Pin Shang Clothing Store that you asked me to investigate.” Shen Ming respectfully handed the information to Lai Wang.
Lai Wang took it and flipped through it.
The person in charge of Pin Shang Clothing Store is named Du Feipeng, and he is from San Nan Village in Dong Town. His family is a Ten Thousand Yuan Household, the richest people in the village.
Seeing this, Lai Wang smiled mockingly. Compared to their Xiang Group, a Ten Thousand Yuan Household is just a drop in the bucket.
Lai Wang continued reading.
Du Feipeng doesn’t like to study and only has a junior high school education. Before opening the clothing store, he was just a small hooligan in the village.
After reading, Lai Wang couldn’t help but laugh out loud. A small hooligan with a junior high school education is also learning to do business? Lai Wang thinks that as long as he waits for a year or so, this Pin Shang Clothing Store will definitely go bankrupt. It seems that he only needs to spend a little money to buy the Pin Shang trademark.
However, Shen Ming then handed Lai Wang two magazines, which made him change his mind.
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“Manager Lai, the 《Gathering Folk Songs》 magazine has reported on Pin Shang Clothing Store in two issues, bringing a lot of traffic to the clothing store.”
Lai Wang frowned slightly. Although he doesn’t read magazines, he has heard of 《Gathering Folk Songs》, and this magazine has a high profile. How could this kind of magazine report on a small store like Pin Shang? And it reported on it in two issues?
Lai Wang quickly flipped through the magazine.
In the first issue, a teenager wearing Casual Wear and sunglasses stood straight in front of the Pin Shang Clothing Store, looking particularly dazzling.
This teenager, with dark skin and a bright and sunny temperament, Lai Wang felt familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.
“Is he Du Feipeng?” Lai Wang pointed to the teenager in the photo.
“No, he is a Model hired by the clothing store.” Shen Ming found out that the teenager in the photo was just a Model, so he didn’t investigate further, and he wasn’t interested in knowing the teenager’s name.
A Model? A small store actually hired a Model? Lai Wang’s attention quickly shifted away from the teenager. Unexpectedly, the small hooligan also has a bit of business acumen, and the Model he found is quite charismatic.
Originally, Lai Wang wanted to ask who the teenager in the photo was. But when he heard that he was just a Model, he lost interest. A Model is just a bit handsome, there’s no need to pay attention to him.
“Just a small store, and it even hired a Model? Hmph, it’s going to lose money.” Lai Wang mocked again. No matter how much business acumen it has, what big business can it do in a poor place like a township?
Their Xiang Group is different. Their stores are all opened in the Provincial Capital in places with the highest traffic, and the bicycles produced in their factory are sold all over the country.
“Manager Lai, Pin Shang Clothing Store is more than just a small store.”
“It has already opened three branches in three townships.”
“It has also opened a Pin Shang Clothing Factory in San Nan Village.”
Shen Ming is a capable Assistant, and the information he found is very comprehensive. However, the Bosses of the clothing store and the clothing factory that he found were both Du Feipeng, and he couldn’t find the Boss behind the scenes.
“What?” Lai Wang jumped up, surprised. A small hooligan actually made his business so big? How is this possible?
Lai Wang reached out and patted his forehead. He thought he only needed to spend a small amount of money to buy the Pin Shang trademark. Now it seems that it can’t be done with a small amount of money. A clothing brand is rising in the province, how could he not have noticed it?
If he had noticed it earlier and bought it earlier, how great would that be.
This can’t be blamed on Lai Wang, because Pin Shang Clothing’s initial target market was mainly townships. Lai Wang has been in the Provincial Capital for a long time, and information is blocked in this era, so how could he know?
Now, Pin Shang Clothing Store’s business is getting better and better, and Du Qingyang has no plans to open branches in the Provincial Capital. Instead, she continues to expand into townships.
The rent for stores in townships is cheap, the labor cost is low, and she earns even more. When does Du Qingyang plan to open a store in the Provincial Capital? When she has earned enough money to buy a shop in the Provincial Capital.
In the original novel, the first Pin Shang store that Yao Lin operated was in the Provincial Capital, and then she continued to expand branches in big cities. This is completely opposite to Du Qingyang’s approach. Therefore, Du Qingyang earns money much faster than the female protagonist in the original novel.
