Return To 1977 Chapter 767: Produced
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Hong Yanwu’s compliment to Hong Lucheng is not excessive at all.
Because it was the old man’s crucial tips and suggestions that major business mistakes were avoided, and the development of tourism products was on the right track from the beginning, without meaningless waste.
Money is easy to talk about, but the most important thing is to save precious time.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that when Yuntai and his son took over the baton from Hong Lucheng and his son and began to develop samples, their abilities and talents were equally impressive.
Yuntai is a literary and artistic person.
Antiques, calligraphy and painting, folk art, poetry, flowers and birds, song and insects, music, and even horse racing, flying eagles, and dogs catching badgers, all are masterful and masterful.
What's more, he is a descendant of Xianghuang Banner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who attended a foreign school. He has a very detailed understanding of the palace's lifestyle, the life interests of the people, and the living habits of Westerners.
Then the products he designed can be said to not only comply with traditional regulations, but also be unique and novel, and also conform to Western aesthetics.
Although artistic attainments may not necessarily match the level of masters in state-owned craft factories, what is rare is that they often have unique taste and originality.
Although Zhaoqing's skills and abilities are not as good as his father's, he was also trained by Yuntai since he was a child.
I have no problem appreciating and understanding art, and I can even grasp the aesthetic needs of the public better than my father.
In addition, he is good at communication and practical knowledge.
In this way, when choosing craftsmen, you will have a sharp eye when selecting people.
Not only were the first batch of workers recruited for the factory almost all "capable people" with certain skills in the village, but he was also able to communicate well with these people.
In this way, he perfectly acts as a balancer.
Shang Neng adheres to the development requirements of tourism products, Zhong Neng understands his father's creative intentions, and combines practical techniques and production with appropriate optimization, omissions and improvements.
Coupled with the brainstorming of everyone in Beijing and Longkou Village, it will not be difficult to finally produce high-quality products that are suitable for the market and can ensure output.
In fact, it only went through two adjustments and discussions.
On September 24, Mrs. Thatcher, who had just won the Falklands naval battle, visited the Republic and held talks with the "great man" on the issue of Hong Kong's sovereignty.
The final samples approved by everyone are released.
But before it was officially put into production, both Yuntai and his son and Hong Lucheng and his son had a consensus.
That is, we must conduct another market survey to see the reaction of the customer base.
What do you think?
Hey, this is also their advantage. Don’t they all have foreigners they know well?
And they are both Americans. On one side is Yuntai's good friend, and on the other side is Hong Yanwu's prostitute.
So the commercial counselor Mr. and Mrs. Smith and the gang member Angelo saw these tourist products full of ethnic characteristics on the same day.
It should be said that the feedback has been surprisingly good.
These two types of people from the upper class and the lower class of the United States, both men and women, are full of praise for these samples and have their own preferences.
Although Smith thought the embroidered fabric wallets, handkerchiefs and wind chimes strung with colored stones of various colors were trivial, his wife couldn't put them down.
Although the counselor's wife didn't like straw insects, red auspicious knots and windmills that made noisy when the wind blew, Angelo found them very interesting.
Although Angelo couldn't think of any use for the seal-sized stone lions and door pillars carved out of stone, Mr. Counselor liked them very much.
Of course, apart from that, they have completely identical views.
That is, they are all fond of the beautiful glazed palace lanterns, stone-carved flower baskets for growing flowers and plants, and stone-carved ashtrays shaped like the Great Wall.
From this point of view, these products should be generally considered successful, and they only need to be truly tested by the market.
What is even more interesting is that both the Smiths and Angelo subsequently expressed great interest and offered to sell these products to foreigners they knew.
And Angelo also made the helpful suggestion that these products need packaging boxes.
It’s just that when it came to the mandatory pricing of these products, Mr. and Mrs. Smith turned out to be much lower than Angelo’s price tag.
It can be seen that if Angelo is not a gang member who is more talented in business, it is that members of the American upper class are really stingy.
After these feedbacks came back, after final discussion, Longkou Village not only agreed to add packaging for mid-range and above products. Hong Lucheng and his son also adopted Angelo's quotation for the final selling price of the product.
This is only about a week apart, and just three days after the People's Bank of China announced that it would resume the sale of gold jewelry in the domestic market. The first batch of tourism products in Longkou Village have finally been officially launched on the market.
In this way, Hong Yanwu entered another new business field.
But even he himself, at this time, only thought of it as a small business that involved chasing grass and hunting rabbits, and his only priority was to better arrange the brothers "Chop Knife" and "Three Jumps".
He didn't realize what this meant to his own future, and what an important and crucial step he had taken.
October 3, 1982, was a Sunday.
The sun still rises as usual. After the much-anticipated flag-raising ceremony was held in the national flag class, as the crowd of spectators dispersed, the golden sunshine gradually illuminated the ancient Forbidden City.
But what is different from usual is that after just one night, a simple business kiosk appeared in front of both the north gate and the south gate square of the Forbidden City.
The special thing about the new kiosk is that it does not sell conventional commodities such as films, atlases, maps, soda drinks, bread, popcorn, fish skin peanuts, balloons, and toy pistols, but specializes in selling a small number of Several quite interesting crafts.
In addition, the appearance of the pavilion is also very unique. In addition to the "SALE" banner advertisements with large red letters on a yellow background hung high around it, there are also two enlarged and printed photos of palace lanterns posted on both sides of the pavilion.
At the same time, the actual objects in the photo are still hanging on the four corners of the business pavilion. Blowing in the wind, it's really beautiful.
But the most incomprehensible thing is that the handicrafts placed on the table all have shocking prices.
Because of this, almost everyone who first browsed the handicrafts in the shop thought that the business here would not be very good.
Because although the things they sell are unique, exquisite and interesting, they are too inconsistent with the national conditions.
A grasshopper costs two yuan, and an embroidered handkerchief costs five yuan. How can our people have such a high level of consumption? Come and buy these things that are not meant to be eaten or drank.
So the situation where the kiosk sacrifices the activity space and is filled with boxes and boxes of goods is regarded as a unnecessary and foolish thing.
To be honest, even "Chop Knife", who was sitting in the stall waiting for the first day of opening, was feeling nervous and full of uneasiness.
First, I am worried about whether I can deal with foreigners smoothly, and I am afraid that I will mess up. Secondly, I am worried that if these things are not easy to sell, it will be difficult.
Fortunately, it turned out that what happened next was different from what everyone imagined.
Although our compatriots in China really just don’t want to buy it. But when the couple who were the first foreigners to come to the south gate of the Forbidden City were attracted by the palace lanterns and banners on this day, things were completely different.
That red-haired, fat woman in her fifties actually pointed at the palace lantern and shouted excitedly from all the way.
I was so scared that I sat in the business pavilion, and "Chop Knife", who was not even afraid of ghosts, was trembling. He almost slipped to the ground.
Then he discovered that the couple was happily playing with the samples displayed in the booth one by one, chatting quietly.
But before he could settle down, trouble came again. The fat girl actually started to chirp at him
He really didn't understand what it meant, but he just saw that he probably wanted to buy something.
So he could only follow the coping methods taught in the "training", pointed at the goods on display, and tremblingly asked his first practical English sentence "Which?"
Hey, this really works, the girl is really happy.
Immediately pointed out the straw insects and windmills, and the old man also pointed at the stone lions and Mendun'er.
When "Chop Knife" saw it, he immediately took out his calculator and pointed at the price on the price tag while adding upwards, two yuan, four yuan, thirty, twenty-five...
Unexpectedly, Quan Bai was busy.
When he handed over the calculator, he kept shouting "NO".
The ladies pointed at these things again and waved their hands. Then he made a hugging movement towards the remaining things.
After struggling for a long time, I finally realized that what I dared to say was unnecessary, and the rest was what I wanted.
Well, this is the first business that got off to a good start. I actually met a wealthy man and sold a foreign exchange certificate for 160 yuan.
It's a pity that only the four palace lanterns are hanging. Now that I bought one, there are only three left. It's a bit unseemly to hang them.
Unexpectedly, just as "Chop Knife" took the money, thought about it in his mind, and handed over the goods, the woman suddenly let out another "ouch".
At that time, he was so shocked that his heart trembled again.
Fortunately, I had a firm grip on the thing, otherwise I would have had to "fly" into the old lady's face if I had let go at that time.
It wasn't until he calmed down that he realized that this old lady didn't expect that his things had packaging boxes, so she was praising him with her thumbs up.
Look at the fuss this has caused, foreigners are so **** ignorant, they just love to get excited. This is going to be disfigured, who does it belong to?
From then on, the business at this booth was basically interrupted after an hour.
"Chop Knife"'s initial worries were all gone. Not only did he feel relieved, but he was also very happy.
Because it is obvious that what he sells is delicious in the eyes of foreigners, and there is no need to worry about selling it.
The price is probably right, and foreigners will still buy it even if they frown occasionally. It seems to be not expensive.
Hong Ye is indeed wise and powerful, and the new job he found for them couldn't be more beautiful.
And their commission is calculated as 20% of the list price. So far, they have received the fifty yuan that belongs to them. If the day continues like this, how many foreign exchange coupons will they get?
So by the time a few of his subordinates arrived belatedly at a quarter past ten, "Chop Knife" couldn't wait to curse.
"Are you **** stupid? It's all your own money that's being wasted."
Well, look at the droopy looks on these guys, don’t say anything else, lest your morale be damaged before you even start work on the first day.
So he controlled his temper and quickly distributed the goods poles in the stall filled with tassels, auspicious knots, grasshoppers, windmills, handkerchiefs, wallets and other classified commodities to his men, urging them to lift them quickly. Go into the crowd.
At the same time, I did not forget to warn, "You all go to places with many people. But remember, just let foreigners see you. Don't bargain, don't shout, don't kill people, buy and sell voluntarily." , don’t cause trouble! This is an order from above, do you hear it?”
So in the sunlight shining through the corner eaves of Wufeng Tower, among the bustling crowd at the south gate of the Forbidden City, several people carrying brightly colored cargo poles and holding "SALE" signs soon appeared. .
They are fashionably dressed, wearing sunglasses, holding cigarettes and calculators, and they go to foreigners.
But they didn't say a word, just waiting for foreigners to take the initiative to strike up a conversation with them.
In this way, this place that receives countless tourists every year has another eye-catching and unique feature after "Dabei Photo" launched the service of taking photos with cars and taking photos with three-wheeled motorcycles. landscape.
And their bustling business situation is in sharp contrast to the bleak business situation in the state-owned stores in the Forbidden City.