Chapter 202 Let’s try to be second-rate first!

Li Ye and Pei Wencong jointly established a new company, and it took them two days just to handle the relevant procedures.

As an important commercial and trade center in the Far East, Hong Kong Island has a complete set of business management systems. Although they are somewhat cumbersome, they are also very rigorous and protect the interests of businessmen as much as possible.

Li Ye just read the contract and signed it silently throughout the whole process. Only when Pei Wencong asked what the name of the new company should be, did he express his opinion.

"Just call me Seris!"

In Hong Kong Island, there are many companies that use transliterations of foreign words as their names, and there is nothing wrong with being low-key.

After hearing this, Pei Wencong smiled and said, "Seris, Mr. Li, are you borrowing the name of the Flower Empire from the foreigners in history?"

Li Ye said: "I guess so! I hope that our country will once again make the whole world full of awe and yearning, just like it did back then."

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Pei Wencong was stunned for a moment, then nodded silently.

Thousands of years ago, because of silk, other countries in the world came to the Flower-Growing Empire. After seeing the power of the Flower-Growing Empire, they spread the wealth and power of this empire far and wide.

Now the former glory has faded, and the name Seris has long been forgotten by the world. Li Ye borrowed it just to express his wish and to borrow a little bit of the country's fortune.

After finishing all the company's affairs, Li Ye did his "real work" for two days.

He visited many famous scenic spots in Hong Kong Island and took photos. He also, through Pei Wencong's introduction, had friendly cultural exchanges with two literary authors with correct positions, thus completing his "cultural exchange" mission.

Otherwise, when we return to Beijing, Mr. Ke and Wen Leyu will ask, "What did you do during your first cultural exchange trip to Hong Kong Island?"

How to answer then?

I went to the Rich Man Nightclub to have a look? And I had a superstitious interaction with a master?

That's too imprecise.

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On the penultimate day before leaving Hong Kong Island, Li Ye and others went to the small street specializing in custom-made clothing to pick up their customized clothes.

After custom-made clothing is made, it is best to try it on first. If there is anything that does not fit well, you can make further minor adjustments to adjust the style and size to the best fit, which will make it fit better than ready-made clothes.

Of course, the price is also more expensive.

At this time, ordinary ready-made clothes only cost dozens or hundreds of dollars, but the clothes made by Li Ye and others cost thousands of Hong Kong dollars, which made Jin Peng and Hao Jian feel very painful.

A set of clothes costs half of a 212 jeep. Do you think I should feel the pain?

But after Jin Peng and Hao Jian put them on, they felt less painful.

Hao Jian has the worst appearance and figure among the group, but he is also the one who pays the most attention to his clothing style and image. After changing into new clothes, he actually feels that he has a bit of the "Pan An look".

After looking in the mirror, Jin Peng was already imagining wearing it home to show his future wife and receiving all-round praise.

Of course, no matter how vain they are, they can't catch up with Li Ye even if they are tied together.

Designer A Ling helped Li Ye to arrange his clothes, and then couldn't help but say: "Mr. Li, although some of the words may not be appropriate, I still suggest that you try the entertainment industry in Hong Kong Island.

Maybe in just a short time, you will be the next Xu Wenqiang!"

"No, thank you."

Li Ye chuckled and refused. He almost failed to become the Kung Fu Emperor. He would be a fool to come to Hong Kong Island to mix in this big dye vat.

Seeing that Li Ye was not interested, A Ling could only sigh and give up. However, when Li Ye was about to pay, she made another request.

"Mr. Li, I want to take these clothes to a fashion show in Tokyo. Since they contain a lot of your creative ideas, Mr. Li, I won't charge you the balance for the clothes."

"I'm sorry, if you were going to Paris, I would be willing to give you my ideas for free, but forget it if you're going to Tokyo."

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Li Ye saw the embarrassment on A Ling's face. It was obvious that she had been struggling with whether to ask for Li Ye's ideas. Now that she was directly rejected, she felt even more embarrassed.

Every designer has her pride, but pride can easily be crushed again and again in the face of reality.

In fact, A Ling could have simply not told Li Ye and directly submitted these clothes to the competition. The patent relationship between Hong Kong and the mainland in the 1980s could have been ignored.

But she still asked Li Ye and was willing to pay a considerable sum of money.

So, Li Ye thought about it and asked again: "With your current financial situation, can you still afford the cost of participating in the exhibition?"

Ah Ling smiled brightly and shook her head. She seemed to be more calm and accepting of reality than Li Ye had imagined.

"Then talk to my friend! He needs a fashion designer now."

Li Ye waved at Hao Jian, whispered a few words to him, and walked out of the door without caring about him.

Hao Jian looked back at Li Ye, and when he turned around again, he had already put on an expression of a "successful person".

"Hello, I am the director of Pengcheng Factory No. 7. We now have 30,000 contract employees and we are recruiting outstanding fashion designers from all over the world."

The number of direct employees of Pengcheng Factory No. 7 just exceeded 2,000 before the Spring Festival, but the outsourcing processing plan originally planned by Li Ye developed rapidly, and good processing agreements were established with more than 30 garment factories.

If we count all the people working in the more than 30 garment factories, I estimate there would be 20,000 to 30,000 people.

Therefore, what Hao Jian said was not completely nonsense.

Seeing the puzzled look on Hao Jian's face, A Ling had to pull Pei Wencong over to verify whether the other party was a big liar.

Nearly an hour later, Hao Jian came out of the clothing store and found Li Ye.

"Brother Xiaoye, we have met a smart person this time. Fan Xiuling is willing to join our Pengcheng Seventh Factory, but she will usually work in Hong Kong Island and visit Pengcheng occasionally.

In addition, they also want the patents of these clothes, and join the partnership with the patents, and get the commission from the sales of these clothes.

In addition, they have to entrust Hong Kong trade middlemen to export clothing with us, and we need to give them an extremely low ex-factory price. "

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Even though Li Ye was knowledgeable and experienced, he was still stunned for a few seconds before he smiled.

Isn't this the same tactic as when I first took "The North Wind Flying" to find Pei Wencong?

Seeing that Li Ye was also a little disappointed, Hao Jian complained again: "Why are people in Hong Kong so good at doing business? She looks so weak, but once she gets money, she is smarter than a monkey."

The commercial development of Hong Kong Island over the past few decades has brought economic benefits to the entire society, but has also formed path dependence and become a mentality for the entire society.

Just like when the mainland saw the profiteers making money, the idea of ​​"800 million of the people are profiteers" came into being. Everyone wanted to make money by doing profiteering, but ignored the manufacturing industry at the source.

Li Ye smiled and said, "Have you learned it? The business atmosphere in Hong Kong Island is not comparable to ours. In the future, you can communicate more with them and learn more from them. Otherwise, you really can't beat those foreigners."

"Okay, for our future, I will tolerate her this time, but sooner or later I will let him know that it is not so easy to take advantage of me, Hao Jian."

Hao Jian had long accepted the idea of ​​"going global and earning foreign currency" from Li Ye, so he did not strongly object at this moment. Anyway, if Li Ye said it was okay, then it was okay!

In the evening, Pei Wencong booked a private room to entertain Li Ye and also to see them off.

As soon as Li Ye entered the box, he saw Fan Xiuling.

Today she didn't wear a business suit, but a long skirt, which really gave her the air of a rich girl.

When Fan Xiuling saw Li Ye, she stood up immediately, bowed and nodded to Li Ye, obviously knowing that Li Ye was the "big brother" among the three.

And judging from her attitude towards Li Ye, Pei Wencong might have revealed some other secrets to him.

"Hello Mr. Li, thank you for giving me this opportunity. Although I cannot work in Pengcheng for a long time due to family reasons, I will never slack off and will do my job well."

"Please sit down," Li Ye asked Fan Xiuling to sit down, then smiled and said, "Do you really understand the work you need to do?"

Fan Xiuling was stunned for a moment and became alert.

Isn't this about being a red agent?

But Li Ye's next words made her blood boil and filled her with imagination.

"Ms. Fan, it doesn't matter whether you go to work in Pengcheng or not. I will have someone send you market data on all styles of clothing regularly, and try my best to provide you with the body characteristics of mainlanders."

"Your job is not to simply design a few pieces of clothing, but to lead a style that suits the physical features and thoughts of mainlanders.

It can be said that if you are successful enough, the vast mainland market will be your catwalk, and the one billion citizens will be your models."

Fan Xiuling swallowed her saliva and said, "This...work is very difficult and challenging."

Li Ye said directly: "We can help you set up a clothing design studio, and you will be the one to recruit assistants. But we have given you help, and you must also launch a set of works suitable for mainlanders as soon as possible to help us create a sufficiently fashionable brand."

Brand is Li Ye’s ultimate goal.

Pengcheng Factory No. 7 is a subsidiary company. When the flower-growing country allows the establishment of private enterprises more than a year later, there will inevitably be a handover and transition.

Even if Pengcheng Factory No. 7 was built up by Li Ye from scratch, will Li Ye be able to take over all the assets of Pengcheng Factory No. 7 by that time?

Although Li Ye has connections with Teacher Ke, there are some things that he cannot rely on others for.

That's why Li Ye took precautions and made some preparations in advance.

Starting from this year, all sales channels of Pengcheng Seventh Factory will gradually promote one brand, so that people will only know this brand but not Pengcheng Seventh Factory.

But this brand belongs to a company in Hong Kong Island.

When the time comes for the public-private handover, even if there are disputes over the factory, equipment, and funds, the channels were built by Hao Jian and Jin Peng, and the brand belongs to Hong Kong Island. As long as a new stage is set up, the business can continue.

First-class companies set standards, and second-class companies build brands.

Let’s try to be second-rate first!

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(End of this chapter)