Chapter 350 The Young Lady Pretended to Be Poor for Three Years
At that time, they understood that Zhong Jialing's family ran a pharmacy and needed to go to a faraway place to collect herbs, so it was probably a Chinese medicine store.
In fact, it is a listed company involved in biopharmaceuticals and deep-sea fishing, which is completely different from what they understood. They only found out about this after the end of the world.
At that time, everyone comforted Zhong Jialing, "They will come back from their business trips, and they will come to see you when they come back."
Cheng Yaoyao said: "Anyway, your parents are still alive, but mine died when I was a child."
Feng Qi said: "My parents are not dead, but they have long since stopped caring about me. They both have new homes and new children."
Luo Jiu sighed, "I really envy you guys. At least you know who your parents are. I've never seen them. Sometimes I want to hate them, but I don't know who to hate. I don't know what they look like or what their names are."
Zhong Jialing's tears hung on her eyelashes, but she was so shocked that she couldn't cry anymore.
From then on, she was too embarrassed to mention her parents. Isn't this just rubbing salt into someone else's wounds?
But the three of them often asked her, "Haven't your parents come back from collecting herbs yet? When will they come to pick you up?"
Zhong Jialing always answered perfunctorily: "Soon, I'll pick you up when I'm free."
Jiang An and Zhong Cunzhi knew Zhong Jialing's academic performance very well, and they didn't expect her to get high scores to bring honor to the family, so when they came to see her, they would come during the week, so as not to worry about missing classes. With fewer classes, the child could be more relaxed.
At that time, Luo Jiu and the others were in class, so they had never met each other formally. I only knew that Zhong Jialing's parents often asked for leave for her, took her out to play for several days, and brought back all kinds of delicious food for them.
Zhong Jialing found it difficult to pretend to be poor at first, but later found it was very easy in 301, because the three of them not only did not buy brand-name products, they didn’t even recognize them.
One day she came back from outside the school wearing a camouflage jacket worth 40,000 yuan. Before she had time to change into school uniform, she ran into Feng Qi who had skipped class.
Feng Qi looked at her clothes and went forward to touch the fabric.
Zhong Jialing was so nervous that she kept thinking about how to make up a lie.
Unexpectedly, Feng Qi asked, "Does your family farm?"
Zhong Jialing shook her head. Feng Qi said, "Your clothes look like what you would wear when you were farming."
"Ah?" Zhong Jialing pulled at her brand-name jacket, "Is this something you would wear while farming?"
In the evening, Cheng Yaoyao and Luo Jiu came back. Zhong Jialing took the clothes and asked them to judge. "Sister Qi said that my clothes look like what I wear for farming."
Luo Jiu took a look at the material and said, "Sister Qi has no common sense. How can you wear something so thick when it's hot while farming? This should be worn during the autumn harvest."
"Yes," Cheng Yaoyao said seriously, "This should be worn when peeling corn. My grandma also bought one to wear when working in the garden. The material is good, so it won't scratch your arms. This dress must have cost a lot of money, right?"
Zhong Jialing was speechless, "Yes, it's a lot of money, several hundred."
Feng Qi: "That must be too expensive. You can get it for just a few dozen yuan at the market."
Zhong Jialing: "Where I buy, they don't allow bargaining."
Luo Jiu frowned: "What kind of store is so arrogant? Wuai Market?"
Zhong Jialing was convinced, but from then on she didn't have to be secretive about what she wore or used. She just said how much something cost. If she said something cost hundreds of dollars, no one would question her, but would just tell her that she might have bought it too expensive.
Not long after, there was a sports meet. Cheng Yaoyao's sneakers were not washed yet. She and Zhong Jialing wore the same size, so she borrowed Zhong Jialing's sneakers and ran 1,500 meters.
After the game, Cheng Yaoyao suddenly held up the shoes and asked Zhong Jialing, "How much are these shoes?"
Zhong Jialing was stunned for a moment, "Why are you asking me this suddenly?"
Cheng Yaoyao said strangely, "It's nothing, they're just very comfortable to wear. I want to buy a pair too. They're not expensive, right? I won't buy them if they're over two hundred."
Zhong Jialing looked at her pair of shoes that cost 23,000 yuan and said hurriedly, "No... not expensive, less than 200 yuan, only 150 yuan."
Cheng Yaoyao was pleasantly surprised: "Only 150 yuan for such good quality? Which mall did you buy it from? I'll go look for it this weekend."
"Forehead……"
As they were talking, Feng Qi and Luo Jiu also came back.
When they heard about buying shoes, they both came over to take a look.
Feng Qi held the shoes and pressed them. "They are very good. They are also good for training. Where did you buy them?"
Luo Jiu glanced at the label on the shoes. "It's all in English. Is it a foreign brand?"
Zhong Jialing blinked and thought of a plan. "Yes, foreign ones are quite expensive. But this one is not genuine, it's a knockoff, so it's very cheap.
My relative makes knockoff shoes, and I bought them directly from her. If you want them, I will buy them for you. Just send me the shoe size, no charge.”
The three of them hurriedly said, "How can you do this without money? We will transfer it to you."
Zhong Jialing tried to persuade them for a long time, but they refused to do so, so she finally transferred the money to her.
Zhong Jialing received the 450 yuan with mixed feelings. She thought: Why do you have to give it to me? This is not enough to buy even a shoelace.
She went outside and secretly called Jiang An: "Mom, do you remember the pair of white sneakers you bought for me last week? Go buy three more pairs of the same ones and have someone send them to me. I'll send you the shoe sizes."
Jiang An was scared at that time. She was not afraid of spending money, but she thought her child was bullied at school.
Jiang An asked hurriedly: "Who bullied you? Who asked you to buy her shoes?"
Zhong Cunzhi heard this and immediately became anxious. "She's only been there for a few days and she's already being bullied. I said this kind of school that values grades is not suitable for Ling'er. Put her with a group of students who are good at studying and she always ranks last. How can she not be bullied? No, let's take her back and send her abroad."
Zhong Jialing was speechless: "What? It's not like that. No one bullied me. I volunteered."
After she told them the story, the couple finally felt relieved. As long as they hadn't been bullied, it was good that they had to spend some money.
But Jiang An couldn't help but remind him: "These shoes are genuine, not like knockoffs, you can't hide it."
Zhong Jialing smiled and said, "It's hidden. They don't know this brand. The only sports shoe brands they know are Li Ning, Anta, Erke, and 361 Degrees."
Jiang An was silent for a few seconds, "I'll ask someone to buy it right away."
Three days later, everyone received new shoes. The four of them often wore the same shoes and jumped around the campus hand in hand every day.
During the break of physical education class, Luo Jiu took a nap on Feng Qi's legs, swinging his legs back and forth.
A bored person suddenly came over and said inexplicably: "I know you bought a pair of good shoes, what is there to brag about, ha!"
Luo Jiu had a puzzled look on his face. Feng Qi asked, "Is wearing shoes worth 150 yuan considered showing off?"
Luo Jiu thought for a moment, "Maybe they thought what we were wearing was real."
Cheng Yaoyao: "These shoes are genuine and quite rare. Does anyone know about this?"
Zhong Jialing hid aside quietly and laughed secretly, feeling secretly happy.
The man didn't know at first, but Zhong Jialing deliberately showed the official pictures to the man yesterday, "Tsk tsk, do you know this brand? Who cares about shoes that cost more than a thousand? We all wear shoes that cost five figures."
That person was so angry. Zhong Jialing still remembers that scene and she can't help laughing whenever she thinks of it.
Feng Qi came out after washing his hair and saw Zhong Jialing lying on the sofa with a big smile on her face. He couldn't help but poke her face and asked, "Why are you laughing so secretly here?"
Zhong Jialing glanced at Luo Jiu who was still on the phone and said with a smile, "I remember what happened when we were in school.
I just told Yaoyao that Jiuer is becoming more and more confident. I used to hear that men can be confident if they stand upright on their feet, but I think Jiuer is more confident than men, and she doesn’t even need to stand upright on her feet.”
Feng Qi asked hurriedly: "What do you mean?"
Zhong Jialing raised her chin and said, "She is confident even when she is lying down."
The two of them burst into laughter. After a while, Luo Jiu came out and complained, "I made a phone call and you guys were chattering. What are you talking about?
By the way, Jialing, after establishing diplomatic relations with Yingguo, they must be eager to negotiate our import orders. There are several batches of clothing and equipment that really have to be imported from Yingguo.
You remind the Ministry of Commerce to keep the price to the lowest possible level and not let them make easy profits. "
Zhong Jialing: "What if we can't suppress it? Yingguo people have the core technology in this area. I think he is eager to establish diplomatic relations with us just to make money from us."
Luo Jiu chuckled, "They have a nice idea. We buy things and they make some profit. This is called a win-win situation.
If they want to take advantage of the situation and rip them off, just give them a high price and let them be happy.”
Cheng Yaoyao asked with a smile: "What next? I want to hear what President Luo has to say next."
Luo Jiu smiled and said, "What follows is that happiness turns to sorrow. I will ask Fubao to go to Daying Bank again.
They can’t earn a penny, and they have to lose a lot. This is called kicking over the dog’s food bowl, so that the dog can’t eat it.”
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The next day, the grand Olympic venues opened again.
However, unlike the previous few days, there was a three-minute commercial before the game.
The advertisement is divided into three parts: a 20-second public service advertisement, a 20-second China promotional video, and a two-minute and 20-second comprehensive product promotion advertisement.
All advertisements have Chinese dialogues and subtitles in multiple languages.
The public service announcement is called "Her Power" and stars Chen Jing. The plot is that no matter what she wants to do, there is always a hand blocking her and saying, "No, you can't."
By the swimming pool, Chen Jing opened his hand and swam happily in the water.
The ad ends with a picture of her wearing ten gold medals and a red flag, and the slogan is simple and powerful: "I can do it, and so can you."
The national propaganda film mainly shows historical sites and natural landscapes. The footage was not shot before going abroad. At that time, we hadn’t thought about advertising. It wasn’t even footage from this time and space, but empty footage that Cheng Yaoyao cut out from major documentaries in modern times.
Although the time is different, the things do exist, so it cannot be considered as fabrication.
The Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Three Mountains and Five Peaks, the beautiful scenery of West Lake, the Hukou Waterfall... Anyway, all the materials that can be found are included in it. Many shots are aerial shots. It is so magnificent. At the end, Fubao, Chen Jing and other athletes waved small flags and said with a smile: "China welcomes you."
The product promotion advertisement was also very creative and was titled "Chinese Life".
Fubao appears on camera, and from the moment she wakes up, everything she eats, wears, uses, and holds are all made in my country.
Every item that appears in the photo will have its price and name marked on it.
For example, a Chinese-made Panda TV costs 699 yuan, and a Chinese-made silk quilt costs 99 yuan.
Huaguo high-end tea set, 88 yuan. Huaguo Fubao same exquisite kettle, 19 yuan.
And so on and so forth. The entire commercial probably labeled more than one hundred and ninety things, covering every aspect like home appliances, clothing, shoes and hats, high, medium and low-end daily necessities, food, accessories, cosmetics, etc.
This is so fresh, not only is it beautifully filmed, but the rhythm is also very good. Fubao wore the shoes of the Ligong Factory and danced a few times to the brisk and bright music.
After the commercial was over, viewers around the world in front of televisions were shocked.
This is the Chinese female athlete. Amazing! She won so many gold medals. That's amazing!
This is China? China is so good? Hey, didn't they just finish the war?
What? All of them are made in China. How did they develop so fast after the war?
Wait, I didn't see it clearly. How much is the same model as Fubao? Where can I buy it? Let me look again!
The most shocking thing is Hollywood, they are still making black and white movies.
Just look at the colorful things on TV, the creativity, camera movement, editing and music are far superior to theirs.
Hollywood producer: "Try to contact the Chinese delegation and ask who filmed it."
Just as the assistant was about to leave, the producer said, "Wait a minute, ask Fu Bao if he wants to make a movie."
When the advertisement was played, Luo Jiu and others were in the venue. Seeing the jaw-dropping reaction of the audience, Luo Jiu said confidently: "It's done, wait for the sacks to be filled with foreign exchange."
The advertising effect is huge and very fierce.
There were long queues at all the Chinese stores that sold the products. Even though people had been told that they could not buy the products now and could only make reservations, everyone still insisted on queuing for fear that they would not be able to order the first batch of goods.
The ads were only shown during breaks in the games, so people didn't have time to see some of the products, which made them extremely anxious. Some reporters took photos of the ads, compiled them into a list of goods with prices, and printed them in newspapers, which were quickly sold out.
Faced with such an astonishing event, the Ministry of Commerce’s phone was almost smoking with calls, and they hurriedly urged domestic factories: Hurry up and produce, people are waiting to buy.
After urging the factory, he urged the transportation department, and he wanted to have a cargo ship fly over so that he could sell the goods immediately and make money.
Everyone's work enthusiasm is at an unprecedented high. When they think about earning foreign exchange, they are so excited that they can't sleep.
Comrade Quan Sheng was very happy to hear the news. He had already promised Luo Jiu to come to attend the high-end summit. Hearing that our products were very popular, he couldn't help but say: "When I go there, can't I bring some things on the plane? I think we can bring some goods with us. Let's make money quickly and realize the happy life of developed countries."
Coca-Cola Company sent someone to Bolin to negotiate. When they saw Cheng Yaoyao, they offered her an endorsement contract worth 500,000 euros. They still didn't want to give shares and wanted to sign Fubao.
Cheng Yaoyao took a pen and made some changes to the contract, still insisting on a 2% stake, and reminded the other party, "You have seen Fubao's ability to bring goods. Although you have raised the price to 500,000 yuan, 2% of the shares is our bottom line, and we will stick to it."
She pointed at Fu Bao, who was standing in the floor exercise preliminaries on TV, and said, "The day after tomorrow will be the gymnastics finals. She will probably win four gymnastics gold medals. I'll give you one day to hesitate. If you come to talk to me the day after tomorrow, my terms will be an endorsement fee of 500,000 yuan plus 5% of the shares."
The Coca-Cola Company was stumped. All the executives held an emergency meeting while watching TV, struggling over whether or not to agree to this challenging condition.
On TV, Fubao was participating in the vaulting horse preliminaries. He did a back handspring, a 360-degree turn, and a 720-degree forward turn before landing easily and steadily.
The commentators from various countries shouted until their throats were hoarse: "Oh! Fubao! It's Fubao again! A new world record, with a difficult move that is impossible for humans to do, he successfully advanced!"
The president of Coca-Cola slammed the table and said, "Two percent is two percent. Give it to her. Sign it immediately!"
Fubao competed for a while, and then Luo Jiu came down and told her, "Congratulations! Five hundred thousand Mi Yuan came into your account, plus unlimited value-added shares."
Fubao thought for a while and said, "I have no concept of money. If I wanted money, I would just carry a few gold bars when I moved the vault.
Second mother, please help me deal with it. I have everything, so asking for money is useless."
Luo Jiu thought for a moment, "I will convert this money into gold bars for you to keep. The shares will be donated to the country in your name, and when the contract is signed, they will be directly registered under the name of the country, and the proceeds will go directly into the national treasury, okay?"
Fubao nodded vigorously, "Okay!"
Not only did he get endorsements from big brands, but Hollywood also extended an olive branch.
When Luo Jiu heard that it was not possible to ask Fubao to film a movie, the main reason was that she didn't have time and was too busy rushing to compete one after another, so she had to decline.
Hollywood did not give up and sent several responsible persons to discuss the matter the next day.
When Cheng Yaoyao said they couldn't make a movie, they settled for the next best thing and said, "Then let's make a documentary, and then we'll show it in cinemas around the world and split the profits 50-50.
Moreover, as long as you agree to let us shoot Fu Bao's personal documentary, we will open up many reciprocal policies to China in the future. For example, we can hire Chinese actors to participate in other filming projects, hire Chinese directors to take photos, and even go to China to shoot scenes to promote your country. "
Cheng Yaoyao discussed with Luo Jiuyi that filming a documentary was fine, and other reciprocal policies were also acceptable.
But Luo Jiu said: "Forget about the location, mainly because it is not very convenient in our country right now."
People were building roads and houses everywhere, digging coal and making steel, and digging pits everywhere, like acne marks on people's faces. It was a period when it was not very convenient to meet outsiders.
We put up the promotional video because we thought this was a rare opportunity to promote ourselves to the world, but if someone really came at this time, it would not be convenient for us to receive the guests.
Luo Jiu thought for a moment, "Tell them that our country has made a lot of achievements in scientific research and there are many confidential projects in the country, so it is not convenient to shoot for the time being. Everything else can be agreed to, as long as they don't interfere with Fubao's competition, they can follow and shoot at any time like our photographers."
The money China made made so much that countless countries were jealous.
Many countries want to follow suit and apply for advertising placement from the Olympic Committee and the host country.
Mr. Coubertin and Sit told the countries the details according to the agreement, including the frequency and duration of the broadcast, and the content of the broadcast required the consent of China. And the key point is that the total broadcast cost is 1 million US dollars, which needs to be paid in one lump sum.
Other countries were shocked when they heard this. One million dollars, isn't this just robbing? Why don't they just rob?
Luo Jiu: How do you know I didn’t rob it?
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