Chen Fei's burst of confidence made Chen Chen feel like his father had become a different person.
Chen Chen had never seen Chen Fei so confident in his previous life.
In the early 2000s, Yiwu was still far from becoming the super international commodity center of the future, but the prototype of that future was already visible.
Chen Chen saw many foreigners along the way, but compared to the later scenes where foreigners could be seen everywhere, there were still not as many foreigners as dogs.
Chen Fei was also watching. He had a deep impression along the way. The layout of this city was very obvious. The commercial center was the most prosperous place, with luxury cars everywhere, while other urban areas were relatively old.
Business people can be seen everywhere, many of them have accents from other places. Many businessmen just run a stall and are probably in their early twenties.
Originally, Chen Fei thought that he was in his early thirties and was doing well now that he had gone into the business world and had some assets. But when he saw the luxury cars parked on the roadside, his heart sank!
There are too many rich people!
Is it really that profitable to make small commodities?
"Son, it feels like everyone here can afford a million, but we only have about two million in cash. I feel very insecure!" Chen Fei and Chen Chen sat at a roadside stall eating.
There are people eating next to them, but unlike other places, these people are holding their mobile phones and talking about business all the time!
These businesses are not small, with orders of millions coming in right away.
There was a cousin from Jiangxi who came to dinner in a Bentley, holding the latest mobile phone, and always talked about million-dollar business deals.
Chen Fei was originally very confident that he could do it, but as he listened, his confidence gradually disappeared!
What I have here is really insignificant and has no weight!
Chen Chen was also confused. He knew that this place would be evil in the future, but he didn't expect that it was so evil now.
But when you think about it, it makes sense. If there weren't monsters in this place, would he have come here?
The local small commodity economy started in the 1980s, and the foreign trade was booming in the 1990s. Now it is about to explode in the early 2000s.
The first batch of people who did business here have become wealthy now, there are so many rich people!
"Yeah, let's see tomorrow. We need to check out the Trade City and the surrounding areas!" Chen Chen whispered, "I just heard that Jiangxi guy say he wants to transfer goods from Guangzhou... This shows that local production capacity is insufficient. There probably isn't a large-scale industrial cluster here yet. We still have a chance!"
Fade Chen nodded: "I'm just worried that the money is not enough. I feel guilty about having only two million!"
Chen Chen also nodded: "Dad, I feel guilty too."
After the meal, the father and son couldn’t stand it anymore and felt that the bosses were just showing off, but the locals all knew that they were not just showing off.
Back at the hotel, Chen Chen took out his notebook and said, "Dad, we need to make some plans. It's no problem for Yiwu to build a warehouse in East China, but we also need to build a warehouse in Wenzhou!"
"You're right, but I feel like I can't afford it!" Fade Chen said, "It's mainly because I don't have the money."
Chen Chen was also worried that the locals were too rich.
[Rich people, there are so many rich people. How about... try to trick the rich? Land is definitely not cheap where there's capital.]
[It would be nice if all the money from rich people could be given to me, or I could raise some money...]
Hearing Chen Chen's words, Chen Fei turned around. This time he couldn't help it. He couldn't let the confidence he had just inspired disappear!
Chen Fei was unwilling to give up his plan just because of lack of money.
At this point, he became bolder and took the initiative to ask, "How do you think we can get the boss here to give us money? To invest in us?"
Chen Fei took the initiative to say this just to hear if Chen Chen had any good ideas for raising funds.
But this scared Chen Chen. He didn't expect that Chen Fei would take the initiative to have such an idea.
Dad must be intimidated by the money. Two million seems like a lot, but compared to the locals, it's definitely not that great.
【Dad can’t help it! 】
Chen Chen smiled and said, "Dad, we don't really need to raise funds. We just want a warehouse, but there's already one here!"
"What's the meaning?"
Chen Chen spread out the map, which they had bought specially when they got off the plane. Chen Chen slapped the trade city hard.
"Here, as long as we have a shop in the Trade City, we can mobilize all the merchants in the Trade City to work for us!" Chen Chen said, "Building a warehouse ourselves requires a large investment and is quite troublesome, but if we have a shop here and get a computer, we can just send the orders from Qianlong and ship them from here. We only need a marketing department. You know, bosses, businessmen can transfer goods between each other, and we can ship directly from the shops here."
"In this way, all the sellers in the trade city are our warehouses, and we have no storage costs."
Chen Fei's eyes lit up. His son was indeed amazing. "Okay, let's rent a shop tomorrow."
The next day, Fade Chen took Chen Chen to the Trade City. When they explained their purpose, the person in charge of the Trade City Management Office smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, do you want to rent a shop?"
Manager Zhang has a smile on his face!
But when Chen Fei and Chen Chen saw his reaction and heard his tone, their hearts sank.
Is there any need to ask? They have already made it very clear. The reason for asking is that there is something wrong with this matter.
Sure enough, Manager Zhang said, "I'm very sorry, but all our shops are rented out now. There's not a single one left."
This commercial city is as big as an ordinary department store. Chen Fei estimates that there are at least a thousand stores.
The local bosses are really crazy. All the shops in such a big commercial city are rented out!
Fade Chen probed, "Are there none left? Our requirements aren't high. As long as it's in the Trade City, a few square meters is fine!"
Some department stores have cargo containers at the elevator entrances. They’re not big, only a few square meters, but they are serious cargo containers.
According to Chen Chen's idea, they only needed a stall that could accommodate a computer.
"I understand what you mean, but I'm really sorry, we can't even afford a single square meter!" Manager Zhang said, "Let me put it this way, we've been running out of shops here since last year. Many business owners share a store with several people. They'd love to have the kind of space you're talking about, but we don't have any."
[This is brutal, too brutal. Can't they even clean out a few square meters? ]
Chen Chen was at his wit's end. There were too many local businessmen and the shops in the trade city were simply not enough.
The plan failed, but Chen Fei immediately wanted to try the model of sharing a house with others. He asked Manager Zhang and found out that the rent of shops here is very high, and the annual rent of a store is about one million.
It's true that you don't know how rich others are until you do business.
Maybe some people are short of money and are willing to share a shop with me!
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