Chapter 140 Chapter 140 Opportunity

Even though Qi Yu'an has a good relationship with his uncle and aunt, he thinks that his uncle and aunt are not the type to be annoying.

But even if they have a good relationship with him, they are still strangers to Jiang Xi, and Jiang Xi needs to put in some effort to socialize with them.

Jiang Xi is already tired enough. Qi Yu'an has seen Jiang Xi do business. Not only does he have to be polite, but he also has to find ways to win the other party's favor. Although this is something that must be experienced in business talks, Qi Yu'an also feels distressed. Jiang Xi is already tired enough. In life, Qi Yu'an doesn't want to make Jiang Xi worry anymore.

Jiang Xi shook his head. "I know. I won't force myself. But next time you go to my uncle's house, please ask me about the specific rules of the Trustworthy Stall Selection."

Qi Yu'an's long eyelashes drooped slightly, revealing a pair of bright eyes. He lowered his body, moved closer to Jiang Xi, and said, "I know, Boss Jiang, I won't hold you back. I'll definitely help you ask the right questions."

Jiang Xi couldn't help but touch Qi Yu'an's hair. Qi Yu'an's hair was black and shiny, with plenty of volume and a slightly stiff feel. Jiang Xi smiled and said, "Comrade Qi has performed very well recently, and the organization is very satisfied."

Qi Yu'an tilted his head towards Jiang Xi, the corners of his lips curved wider than usual, his eyes sparkling like a puppy waiting for a hug from its owner. "So, since I've performed so well, what reward will the organization give me?"

Jiang Xi's hand paused, her eyes were gentle, and she couldn't help laughing: "What reward do you want?"

Qi Yu'an... What he wanted was something he couldn't say. Qi Yu'an froze for a few seconds. Jiang Xi found it a little funny. Qi Yu'an was a giant in words. He always said nice things, but was shy in his actions.

Jiang Xi turned around and saw that there was no one around, so he quickly leaned over to Qi Yu'an and kissed him on the cheek.

Qi Yu'an's eyes suddenly widened, as if fireworks were exploding around him. His face quickly turned red, and then his eyes were filled with irrepressible joy. He felt half of his face go numb, and he began to smile foolishly unconsciously.

When he came to his senses, Jiang Xi had already walked away. Qi Yu'an raised the corner of his mouth and ran to chase Jiang Xi: "Comrade Jiang, wait for me!"

Jiang Xi turned around and smiled at him: "Hurry up, you can't catch up with the organization. The organization won't wait for anyone."

Qi Yu'an also laughed: "Then I have to work harder." The two of them chased each other like children and were very happy.

Qi Yu'an specially sent Jiang Xi back to Wu Ji Zao Lu and then returned to Yang Mingli's house.

It’s not that Qi Yu’an doesn’t want to stay with Jiang Xi for a while longer, but Jiang Xi is too busy and has no time. Jiang Xi has nothing to do in the afternoon.

He went to meet his parents in the morning. In the afternoon, Jiang Xi and Yang Xuerong made an appointment to finalize the design of the gift box and arrange the opening of Wu Ji Zao Lu. So Qi Yu'an sent Jiang Xi to the store and left very considerately.

When Jiang Xi returned to Wu Ji Zao Lu, Qian Lili was admiring the design draft sent by Yang Xuerong.

Her eyes widened with admiration: "Xuerong, you are indeed a professional. Your painting is really good. If there is a gift box like this, even if it is just a gift box, I would buy it and keep it as a treasure."

Girls naturally like beautiful things, not to mention that Yang Xuerong's design draft is so beautiful. Qian Lili imagined what the design draft would look like when made into a gift box, and she couldn't wait to have it.

Jiang Xi walked into Wu Ji Zao Lu, and Qian Lili couldn't wait to show her the drawing: "Jiang Xi, look, this is the drawing Xuerong sent. It's so beautiful! I've never seen such a beautiful box!"

Yang Xuerong had been here for a while, waiting for Jiang Xi to come back. She was worried because she didn't get a reply from Jiang Xi.

Jiang Xi took the drawing. Yang Xuerong was very good at design. Not only could she draw, but she also had a good aesthetic sense. With just a few strokes, she sketched out a beautiful pattern, with people and scenery complementing each other and coming to life on the paper.

Jiang Xi was very satisfied: "Not bad, the painting is really good! You painted it very carefully, thank you."

Although it cost money, you can tell at a glance whether it was put into it or not. Yang Xuerong not only worked hard on the aesthetics, but also combined Jiang Xi's needs and the characteristics of the festival to perfectly integrate several elements. It is obvious that she has thought about it carefully.

After hearing this, Yang Xuerong smiled and said, "As long as you are satisfied."

Jiang Xi was very satisfied: "Have you been waiting for a long time?"

Yang Xuerong shook her head: "It wasn't long, I just got here a while ago."

Jiang Xi asked with concern: "Did they give you any trouble when you returned that day?"

Yang Xuerong understood which classmates Jiang Xi was referring to: "No, they didn't say anything sarcastic. One person even apologized to me, saying that she had misunderstood me before."

Even Yang Xuerong was surprised by the subsequent development of this incident, and it also made her understand that sometimes it is not enough to just clear the name of the innocent. If you are falsely accused, you must speak out on the spot and not allow the rumors to spread. You must protect your own reputation.

Jiang Xi was relieved: "That's good. Please also take care of the posters. I'll give you ten yuan for each poster. Is that okay with you?"

Ten yuan was a high price, but Yang Xuerong agreed: "Of course, but ten yuan is too much. Five yuan will be enough."

"How can you bargain like that?" Jiang Xi said, "Don't worry, I'm a businessman. I'm giving you this price because you're worth it. Just paint well. Our shop will open in a few days, and time is very tight. I need it urgently. Can you give it to me tomorrow?"

Yang Xuerong nodded: "Okay, I'll send it to you tomorrow when I finish the painting."

After Yang Xuerong left, Jiang Xi took the drawing and admired it again. Yang Xuerong's design was very good.

Jiang Xi said, "Let's find someone to make the gift boxes." Although Jiang Xi had never made gift boxes before, there were many people doing various businesses in Shanghai, so as long as he was willing to spend money, he could find someone.

Qian Lili nodded. She couldn't wait to see the finished product.

Jiang Xi and Qian Lili went to the printing factory, but were told that the minimum production volume for the gift boxes was 500. Making one individually would not only be expensive, but the factory might not be willing to do it.

Qian Lili was a little frustrated. "Why are they like this? They only want big orders. What should we do if we only make a few gift boxes?"

Jiang Xi understood that the cost of making a mold was too expensive, and she didn't have many resources at hand, so making a gift box was a setback. But it didn't matter, she could just accumulate slowly.

Jiang Xi and Qian Lili searched for a long time before they found a printing shop willing to make gift boxes. Although the quality was not as good as that of professional printing companies, they had to make samples first and then find a professional printing factory for mass production after confirming the quality.

After coming out of the printing shop, Jiang Xi and Qian Lili both breathed a sigh of relief. The gift box issue was finally settled.

Qian Lili twisted her neck and saw a familiar figure: "Hey, isn't that Liang Jie?"

Jiang Xi hasn't seen Liang Jie since the last time he met her. He just heard that Liang Jie has regained her fighting spirit and no longer stays at home all day like before. But today Liang Jie doesn't look too good. She looks dejected and walks along the wall.

Jiang Xi called out to Liang Jie, "Comrade Liang Jie!"

Liang Jie turned around and was a little surprised to see Jiang Xi and Qian Lili: "Hello, why are you here?"

Jiang Xi explained: "We are here to print something, why are you here?"

When asked about this, the surprise on Liang Jie's face faded, followed by loneliness. She said in a low voice: "Some time ago, something happened to me and I was bored at home. Later, I thought about it and didn't want to stay at home any longer, so I wanted to find a job. But they did it because of me, alas."

Liang Jie gave a wry smile and paused for a moment before saying, "They didn't want me because I lost an arm. I fought for it for a long time, even offering them a trial position first without any pay. But they didn't even give me a chance to try it out."

Because it was Jiang Xi who brought Xiufen to find Liang Jie, Liang Jie was persuaded and regained confidence in life, so Liang Jie naturally had a sense of trust in Jiang Xi.

She was already very depressed and had no one to vent her frustrations. Her mother was already working hard enough, and if she told her these things, she would definitely be anxious and upset.

Liang Jie has had less contact with friends since the incident, and has almost no one to talk to. So when she met Jiang Xi, Liang Jie was feeling depressed, so she simply told him all her troubles.

"Actually, I was prepared for rejection before I started looking for a job, but I didn't expect them to reject me so bluntly. Some people in the store even looked at me with fear, as if I were a monster. They told me to leave before I even said a word. I never thought that one day I would be abandoned by society. Am I a useless person?"

Liang Jie has always been very outstanding. She used to run a shop with her mother. She could run the shop by herself, whether it was purchasing, receiving goods, or sales. However, she did not expect that because of an accident, she could not even find the worst job.

Liang Jie has always had a strong self-esteem, so it was because of this that she was so miserable and devastated after the incident. Now that she has finally recovered, her self-esteem has been hit again.

Liang Jie's face turned pale and her expression was painful. She turned sideways, trying to cover the sleeve where there was no arm as much as possible. She always felt that everyone around her was looking at her.

Qian Lili felt very sympathetic towards Liang Jie and wanted to comfort her, but she couldn't say the words of comfort. Liang Jie was fine before, but now she had lost an arm. No matter how much she comforted her, the pain was there. Moreover, Qian Lili put herself in Liang Jie's shoes and thought that if she were the boss, she would not easily hire such a person.

Qian Lili has experienced the world and is no longer the little girl who knew nothing. She can hire a healthy person for the same price, so why would she be willing to hire a disabled person?

It is not convenient to do things this way. After all, the boss does business to make money. Qian Lili sighed in her heart, but what should Liang Jie do? She is really pitiful.

Jiang Xi lowered his eyes and thought for a moment before saying to Liang Jie, "My store is about to open, and I'm in need of a store manager. Would you like to give it a try?"

Jiang Xi originally wanted to take over as the store manager temporarily. As for Qian Lili, Jiang Xi had his own arrangements. Jiang Xi positioned Qian Lili as a salesperson. She needed to expand the market and could not stay in the store all day.

The store manager Jiang Xi originally wanted to look for it slowly, but since he met Liang Jie, Jiang Xi thought it would be a good opportunity to let Liang Jie give it a try.

But Jiang Xi made this decision not because he sympathized with Liang Jie, but because Jiang Xi learned from the side that Liang Jie herself was a very outstanding person.

When Liang Jie opened her own shop, she ran it very successfully and had many repeat customers. Jiang Xi would occasionally meet one or two customers in the shop who would ask why the shop was closed and where the previous owner had gone.

It is obvious that Liang Jie is very successful in business, and she does business with conscience, otherwise how could those customers be so obsessed with her store. This is also the quality that Jiang Xi values ​​most. No matter what one's ability is, one must have good character.

Liang Jie had been repeatedly frustrated in her job search recently, and was so devastated that she couldn't even lift her head. When she heard Jiang Xi's words, Liang Jie thought she was hallucinating. She looked up with disbelief, "Really? Can I do this?"

Jiang Xi gave her a chance, and not as an ordinary waiter, but as a store manager! Liang Jie originally thought he could find a job, but he didn't expect to be hit one after another, and now he is a little unconfident.

Jiang Xi: "It's true. My store is short of a store manager, but I recruit according to the store's standards. If you are not suitable, I will not keep you."

Jiang Xi said the ugly words first, and Liang Jie nodded quickly: "Don't worry, I will do my best. If I can't do it well, I will leave without you saying anything."

Returning to the familiar shop, this is where Liang Jie and her mother once worked together. It has changed a lot now.

Liang Jie's mentality also changed. Although she cheered up, she never thought about opening another shop with her mother. On the one hand, it was because her body could not withstand such fatigue. On the other hand, her mother was old, and Liang Jie was reluctant to let her mother work hard with her.

Liang Jie is very satisfied to be able to help Jiang Xi now. Although she has not spent a long time with Jiang Xi, Liang Jie feels that Jiang Xi is a good boss. He is able to help her at this time and is the one who helps her cheer up again. Liang Jie's heart is full of gratitude and she is determined to do things well.

Liang Jie did have some experience in running a store, so she started working spontaneously without Jiang Xi telling her anything. She reorganized all the tools, put them in order, and began planning the flow of traffic in the store. She even took the initiative to discuss with Jiang Xi about hiring two or three more employees.

Jiang Xi had already planned to recruit people. Liang Jie had experience in this area, so Jiang Xi simply handed the matter over to her so that he could relax a little.

The most important thing right now, besides opening the store, is the cooperation with the pastry factory.

Because Jiang Xi wanted the gift box urgently and paid more money, the store had already made it for Jiang Xi expeditiously, but Jiang Xi still needed to assemble it himself.

After Jiang Xi and Qian Lili received the printed materials, they felt much more at ease. The printing quality was good. Although the color was still a little uneven, it did not affect the overall effect.

Jiang Xi and Qian Lili cut out the cardboard box and put it together. Qian Lili couldn't help but exclaimed, "It looks so good! It's so beautiful!"

Nowadays, only big foreign brands pay attention to packaging. Ordinary domestic products basically have no concept of brand, let alone packaging. A transparent plastic bag containing things is considered good as long as it does not collect dust. Even the packaging of White Rabbit Milk Candy has been compared with its peers and become a packaging with a strong sense of design.

The gift box that Jiang Xi asked Yang Xuerong to design can be described as a dimensionality reduction attack. It can be directly compared with those products in international stores, and it also contains a strong oriental charm, which makes people love it.

Qian Lili didn't care about the smell of the printed material and held the gift box in her hands with great care: "It's so beautiful!"

Jiang Xi was also very satisfied. This was just a simple version. If it was to be mass-produced, the materials could be upgraded and the dyeing could be more uniform, which would make it look better. This could be considered when mass production came around. Anyway, since they had to make gift boxes, they had to do their best to make them perfect.

"I don't even want to take this to the bakery, it's so pretty."

Liang Jie's eyes sparkled: "This gift box is even better looking than the one my dad received during the holidays."

Jiang Xi suddenly had an idea: "Will your father's factory also send some gifts for the holidays?"

Liang Jie nodded. "Yes, my dad's factory is very profitable. He always gives away two chickens and other gifts during the holidays. The gifts during the Chinese New Year are more expensive. I remember once he gave me a foreign product. The packaging was also very beautiful, similar to this gift box."

Jiang Xi thought to himself that although Wu Ji Zao Lu's best-selling product, braised chicken, clashed with the chicken farm's products, it did not mean that Wu Ji Zao Lu's products could not be sold to chicken farms.

If braised chicken doesn’t work, then braised pork tripe, braised large intestine, and some other vegetarian dishes may have a chance.

Wu Ji Zao Lu can cooperate with the pastry factory and help the chicken farm customize a vegetarian platter with pastries. Anyway, the employees of the chicken farm will not be short of meat during the holidays. Such an unconventional approach may interest them, and the cost will be cheaper.

Jiang Xi said, "Can you ask your father if his factory is willing to purchase our braised chicken gift boxes? We can customize a braised chicken gift box specifically for the chicken farm. If they don't need chicken, we can replace it with other meat dishes, and the price is negotiable."

Liang Jie agreed without hesitation. She was now the store manager of Wu Ji Zao Lu. If the products sold well, she would also get a commission. She simply said, "I'll go back and tell my dad to ask him to ask the people at the factory."

Jiang Xi and Qian Lili took the freshly baked gift boxes to the pastry factory. Since they had already made arrangements in advance, they went directly to the factory director's office.

Zheng Guangrong, the director of the pastry factory, had been waiting early. The more he thought about the plan that Jiang Xi had told him last time, the more he felt it was feasible. He couldn't wait to see the gift box.

When Jiang Xi arrived, Zheng Guangrong immediately stood up with a smile on his face: "Comrade Jiang, you're here."

While talking, Zheng Guangrong glanced at what Jiang Xi was holding. Jiang Xi wrapped the gift box in a plastic bag, and Zheng Guangrong could not see clearly.

Jiang Xi knew that Zheng Guangrong was anxious, and she was anxious too, so she didn't say any more nonsense, but put the gift box on the table and opened the plastic bag.

Guangrong's eyes lit up as soon as he saw the gift box. This was very different from what he had imagined. Zheng Guangrong was an old-fashioned person and had no aesthetic sense. The gift box he could imagine was one with red packaging, but he did not expect that the gift box sample Jiang Xi took out would be so well designed.

Even Zheng Guangrong, who has no aesthetic sense, thinks that such a box would be nice to have at home, even if it is used to put some other things. Nowadays, the most popular box for storing things in every household is biscuit box. Those tinplate boxes imported from abroad symbolize the economic conditions of a family.

If anyone has such a cookie, they will be envied by others. The box in front of me now is much more beautiful than those cookie boxes.

There is a pattern of auspicious dragon and phoenix on the top of the gift box, which is specially painted in gold. The overall design is not complicated, but it has a strong Chinese flavor. Moreover, the gift box is not just a lid like before, but is split in the middle, like a door, with two tassels hanging on both sides. You can open the gift box by opening the two tassels.

And if you push it to the left, the gift boxes will naturally become three, which are both high-end and beautiful. Zheng Guorong doesn’t have many adjectives to describe it, and all he can think about is that it looks good!

Zheng Guangrong made a decision immediately: "When do we start mass production?"

Jiang Xi: "The sooner the better. After all, the holidays are coming soon. We should catch up with this wave of holidays and go public as soon as possible."

Jiang Xi has already made up his mind. He will buy a vacuum packaging machine and vacuum-pack the fermented brine. At most, he can wrap it with a layer of nice wrapping paper. This way, it will be clean and hygienic, and can also keep it fresh.

As for pastries, the same method can be used, except that they do not need to be vacuum-packed. Anyway, the pastries at Zheng Guangrong Pastry Factory are all Chinese pastries, without biscuits or the like, so there is no need to worry about them becoming soft.

Zheng Guangrong said: "Okay, we will start mass production immediately!"

Jiang Xi followed suit and asked, "Do you have the resources to make gift boxes?"

Zheng Guangrong makes pastries and has no shortage of resources in this area. He said: "I know several friends who specialize in this."

Jiang Xi said: "We found a small shop on the street to make this gift box. It's not perfect yet, but we want to make gift boxes that stand out, and we have to keep improving on the details."

Jiang Xi told Zheng Guangrong about his idea for the gift box. He said that the materials needed to be upgraded and the printing needed to be done well. Zheng Guangrong knew as soon as he heard it that the cost of the gift box would increase. However, if such a beautiful thing was made, the overall price of the gift box would also increase.

Zheng Guangrong was used to being frugal, and for the first time he felt like he couldn't catch the wolf without sacrificing the child. He didn't care about saving costs anymore: "I'll tell them, we need to make the gift boxes of the highest standards!"

Jiang Xi smiled and said, "Thank you, Director Zheng. It's a pleasure to work with you."

Zheng Guangrong smiled happily: "It's a pleasure to work with you. Thank you, Comrade Jiang, for coming up with such a good idea." Zheng Guangrong was already imagining the scene where the gift boxes were in short supply and their factory's performance increased several times.

The joy of making a lot of money is not only shared by Zheng Guangrong, but also by Wu Yaqin and Xiufen.

Wu Yaqin and Xiufen have already set off from Changfeng County to Shanghai. Jiang Xi originally wanted to pick up Wu Yaqin in person, but because of too many urgent things, she could not spare the time and could only arrange for Xiufen to bring Wu Yaqin to Shanghai.

Xiufen is an experienced and careful person after all. After what happened last time, she became more cautious and stayed with Wu Yaqin almost all the time because she was worried that Wu Yaqin would get lost.

And this time they did not come by train, but rented a truck. Because they wanted to open a store in Shanghai, all the raw materials had to be sent from Changfeng County to Shanghai.