Chapter 314 Honeymoon or work?
Qiao Junxian was dragged out by Yue Ning for a run. Their home was quiet in the midst of a bustling city. Running down the hill, they would reach the bustling street market. Some people were enjoying morning tea at the stalls, while others were reading newspapers.
The two greeted everyone: "Morning!"
"Ningning, you still want to run on the second day of your wedding?" asked the aunt.
"We both always said that we should persevere. I will do a good job in the restaurant and he will do a good job in the products. If we can't even stick to something as simple as running, who can believe in our promise?" Yue Ning looked at the aunt and said, "Right!"
"So, you didn't drain Xianzi last night? Xianzi still has the energy to run?" An uncle teased. Seeing that Qiao Junxian's face turned green, the uncle quickly raised the newspaper in his hand, "It's not me who said that, it's the newspaper that said it."
Qiao Junxian took a newspaper and it turned out to be from Hengtong. The headline read "On the wedding night, Ningning squeezed Xianzi dry, and Xianzi was weak." The picture was blurry, but it was still obvious that it was a photo of their family. There were actually reporters eavesdropping on their wedding night.
Qiao Junxian waved and the uncle came over. He said, "Run with us every day, and you won't think so anymore."
"I am a wimp, do you want Xianzai to be the same?"
Yue Ning and Qiao Junxian waved to everyone and continued running forward. After running a lap, they returned home, took a shower, changed clothes, and went next door to have breakfast.
Qiao Qiming and Yue Baohua were drinking tea in the garden, while Old Lady Qiao and the Great Old Lady were cutting plum blossoms.
The two of them went over: "Grandpa, good morning!"
"morning."
Yue Ning ran to the two old ladies. The plum blossoms in their courtyard had only been planted for more than a year, and they still had to wait for the branches to grow full. However, the plum tree was already very lush, and the fragrance of the plum blossoms was refreshing.
"Good morning, grandma."
"Morning." Mrs. Qiao replied.
"Wait, do you want to put one in the living room and study too?" the old lady asked her.
Yue Ning kissed her grandmother and said, "Thank you, grandma."
"Go have breakfast."
Yue Ning and Qiao Junxian entered the restaurant. The Qiao family, Ye Yingyi and his wife, as well as Qiao's uncle and aunt, and eldest cousin's family were having breakfast.
Yue Ning greeted everyone and Junjun called her "little aunt" and then went outside to look for his wife.
After breakfast, Uncle and Aunt Qiao would go to the airport to take the noon flight back to Shanghai. Aunt Qiao was a gastrointestinal surgeon, and the patients waiting for her surgery were said to have to wait two months, so she always came and went in a hurry.
My eldest cousin and sister-in-law need to stay for a few more days. My eldest cousin needs to check with Lianzhong on the progress of the equipment that has recently arrived. Ning Xiaochu in Shanghai, Yue Ning has always been seeking stability rather than speed. The consumption capacity in the mainland has not caught up. Shanghai has only opened three stores so far. It is a good thing to open stores slowly, which is enough for my sister-in-law to slowly explore and grow. My sister-in-law just came back to the head office to communicate when she arrived in Hong Kong.
Yue Ning was eating laksa and chatting with his sister-in-law.
Qiao Junshen's family of three came down from upstairs. Shanshan ran to Ye Yingyi, and Ye Yingyi picked him up and sat down.
Qiao Junshen patted his brother's head and said, "Did you go jogging this morning?"
"I went." Qiao Junxian said as a matter of course.
Qiao Junshen looked at Cui Huiyi: "Isn't that what I said?"
Cui Huiyi shook her head. She really had nothing to say to these two.
Qiao Junshen picked up the newspaper, which was filled with news about the wedding of the second son of the Qiao family.
Qiao Junshen looked up and asked Yue Ning: "Ningning, have you accepted the advertisement for Japanese Pearl?"
"No."
"Then why did the newspaper highlight the news that you wore Japanese pearls at your wedding?" Qiao Junshen handed her the newspaper.
Yue Ning took it and glanced at it. The newspaper used an entire page to talk about yesterday's wedding banquet.
"The next one." Qiao Junshen said.
Yue Ning looked down and saw that she and Qiao Junxian were wearing formal dresses yesterday.
The newspaper described in detail that she wore a five-layer Japanese pearl necklace with a huge flamingo-colored conch pearl when she went out yesterday. She wore a South Sea gold pearl dress at the dinner, Japanese pearls when she toasted, and Australian white pearls when she saw off the guests. Although she wore pearls from two places, the report focused more on the description of Japanese pearls, saying that they were round and shiny, like mirrors.
The servant brought a basket of shrimp dumplings, and Yue Ning took one and dipped it in vinegar. "Now is the best season for black truffles from Yunnan and Sichuan, but a few days ago, the New York Times published a report called "The Invasion of Chinese Truffles," saying that Chinese truffles are pig feed and don't deserve to be called truffles. As a result, Chinese truffles are unsalable this year."
She was eating shrimp dumplings halfway through the conversation, and Qiao Junshen asked, "I was asking you about pearls, and you were discussing truffles with me."
Ye Yingyi opened the shrimp dumpling, stuffed a small bite into Shanshan's mouth, and smiled: "You can't figure it out, right?"
Qiao Junshen saw his wife also laughing secretly: "What are you guys up to?"
"Japanese pearls fell all the way from their peak in the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, with prices falling by half and production also falling by half. Overseas consumption has been sluggish. With the increase in domestic consumption capacity in Japan in the past two years, Japanese pearls have finally recovered." Ye Yingyi fed her grandson another mouthful. "The price of Japanese pearls and South Sea pearls in the market is five or six times different. But in terms of quality, they actually have their own characteristics. Just like Chinese truffles, French black truffles, and Italian white truffles. There is a market for rare and expensive ones, and there should also be a market for large quantities and low prices."
Yue Ning nodded: "But I want to create the impression that I am promoting Japanese pearls. Let Japanese customers with the strongest purchasing power in the world support Chinese truffles."
Qiao Junshen shook his head: "You! How did you come up with this idea?"
The reception dinner on the second day was for business partners only, and there were many Japanese guests at this banquet.
Yue Ning wore a pink brocade off-shoulder dress and around her neck was a bow tie made of small pink pearls from a famous Japanese pearl brand, dotted with colorful Australian black opals.
On the third day, there should have been a return visit banquet, but Yue Baohua was living with Yue Ning now, so it didn't matter.
Yue Ning and Qiao Junxian invited friends of the same age as themselves, and the young people held a party.
Yue Ning was wearing a purple shirt and pants, paired with a string of delicate yet extremely shiny pearl necklaces, looking playful and cute.
As such an influential figure, Yue Ning wore Japanese pearls at her wedding, which boosted the sales of Japanese pearls.
Japanese newspapers and TV stations were already following up on Yue Ning's wedding. When interviewed by Japanese media, she expressed her love for Japanese pearls. She said, "Who doesn't love beautiful little light bulbs?"
Seeing Yue Ning promoting Japanese pearls in this way, the Japanese media also spared no effort to praise her and Qiao Junxian.
They praised Yue Ning for respecting every customer, being polite, and having a keen eye. Even the fact that Baohualou's president, Su Fei, graduated from Dongda became a point of praise.
Of course, Qiao Junxian has to brag about the success of Yimei, and he can't help but mention PN, saying that without PN's support, Yimei would not have been able to develop so fast.
This is indeed the truth, but behind this truth is the cooperation between PN and Yimei, a half-cooked fruit that cannot be swallowed or spit out.
PN was attracted by Yimei's sales channels, including China, Europe, the United States and Southeast Asia, and they offered US$80 million to acquire Yimei.
In their opinion, this price was very generous. For a young man like Qiao Junxian, investing such a large sum of money in other things would definitely make more money than manufacturing in this economic situation.
To their surprise, Qiao Junxian refused. He was willing to cooperate with the Japanese side, do OEM for the Japanese side, and even help the Japanese side develop the market, which is what Yimei is good at.
At that time, the Hong Kong market also reacted strongly. They knew that Qiao Junxian's Yimei was very good, but Yimei had not been listed for financing, so they did not know its specific value. The Japanese offered this price, and everyone calculated that Qiao Junxian's net worth was so high, not counting the share given to him by the Qiao family?
He said: "PN is a company I respect. I hope to follow PN's example and make Yimei the PN of Hong Kong City, and even the PN of China. Ningning always tells everyone that Hong Kong City will be the best era for re-export trade in the future. The next 20 years will be re-export trade, so what about 20 years later? If the mainland rises, what will happen if Hong Kong City no longer needs re-export? Then what will Hong Kong City do with 5 million people? In the past, we made plastic flowers and clothes, but we didn't have a brand that we could call our own. I want to try!"
It was at this time that PN realized that this was completely different from what they expected. Aren’t all the merchants in Hong Kong City looking for quick money? They cooperated with Yimei because they were attracted by Yimei’s channels, not because they wanted to cultivate competitors.
If Yimei was just a small company with no background, they would have plenty of ways and means. Unfortunately, Yimei is backed by the Qiao family, and Qiao Junxian and Yue Ning are very popular in Japan.
PN could only say a lot of nice things, congratulations to his partner, and wish him a happy wedding.
At this time, Yue Ning and Qiao Junxian set off for Europe for their honeymoon, and their first stop was Paris.
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It had just snowed a little in Paris, and icicles hung on the branches of the plane trees on the Champs-Elysées. Yue Ning wrapped herself tightly in her camel coat. In her hand she held a crepe she had just bought. The cream tasted extremely sweet when she took a bite.
"Yue Sang!" A clear female voice suddenly sounded. Yue Ning turned around and saw three Japanese girls in tweed coats waving at them.
The young couple waved to them.
"Are you here on your honeymoon?"
"Yes!" The girls immediately surrounded them excitedly, took out their notebooks and asked them to sign and take photos.
Yue Ning recommended the crepes in her hand to them. Seeing their enthusiasm, she said, "We will hold a small press conference at Pierre Restaurant at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. If you are free, you can come over. I will make some black truffle dishes there."
"Really?"
"I'll wait for you."
In the 1980s, Japan was experiencing an economic boom, and the overseas travel craze of its people swept the world, making such encounters a regular occurrence in the following days. When they were queuing at the Eiffel Tower, an old Japanese lady recognized them and forced them to give them a set of postcards with a panoramic view of Paris as a gift; when they were viewing the Mona Lisa at the Louvre, a group of Japanese students in school uniforms caught up with them...
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