Chapter 248

Although Mr. Qian himself is not a tea seller, he was born and raised in Shanghai and was once a deputy factory manager. If it weren't for the poor performance of the factory and the bankruptcy that caused him to lose his job in middle age, he might have become the factory manager now.

Of course, the income of being a factory manager is definitely not as good as being his own boss now, and the money he earns is his own, but the connections and status are definitely higher than now.

He knows many people in Shanghai, so naturally he has this aspect.

But he doesn't plan to let others sell it.

A tea brand promoted by CCTV currently has no market share in Shanghai. If he didn't know how to seize the opportunity, he wouldn't be able to become the deputy factory manager, nor would he be able to become a real estate sales manager after the factory closed down due to poor performance, and he wouldn't decisively set up a decoration design company after noticing the prospects of interior decoration. Since

buying a house with Jiang Qi, he has made money and bought a shop. He is going to take the sales agency rights of "Wugong Tea" in Shanghai by himself, take it to Shanghai, and hand it over to his wife.

His wife is also a local in Shanghai, and her network resources are no worse than his, so they don't have to worry about sales at all.

As for the better quality Mingqian tea, everyone knows that this kind of gift will not be leaked. Basically, the ones that can be leaked to the outside, even if they are all Mingqian tea, will not be the best ones. Of course, when they are told to the outside, they are all the best. In fact, where are the best teas from all over the country? Everyone knows.

However, they think that the reputation of this "Wugong Tea" is still a little worse in Shanghai. After all, Shanghai is very close to Hangzhou. Among the famous teas on the market, "Wugong Tea" is still a new tea without foundation. If you want to further consolidate its reputation, it is not enough to rely on a CCTV GG implantation. With the end of the broadcast of "Legend of the White Snake", its influence will inevitably decline gradually.

Fortunately, after the first broadcast of "Legend of the White Snake", it was not discontinued. Before the next CCTV self-produced drama was produced to replace it, it is still being rebroadcasted in other time slots of CCTV. However, the ratings and influence of the rebroadcast are far less than the impact of the first broadcast!

After Qian told them his purpose, Jiang Xin and others were very surprised. Even Jiang Guotai, who heard the news, rushed back on a motorboat to personally receive Qian.

Because Jiang Xi had to build a house, Jiang's father and mother did not go to Shenzhen so soon this year. This year, because they now had a tea field on the mountain, fewer people over 40 went out to work, and they all stayed at home to take good care of their family's tea fields. Therefore, many people in the village heard that a tea merchant introduced by Jiang Xi came to order their tea. This year, they were worried about whether Jiang Guotai's sales could keep up with the tea from the tea field. The fourth room and some of the first room were excited and hurried over to promote their own tea. After

Jiang's father knew that it was his daughter who recommended him, he also followed Jiang Guotai to receive the guests with honor. Seeing that Jiang's mother was not there, he quickly asked Jiang Jun to help find Jiang's mother.

They came all the way to Jiangjia Village, so they had to prepare a meal for them.

Jiang's mother was walking up the mountain along the cement road that was newly built last year to see her tea field.

Because women don't have to go to the ancestral graves, this was the first time Jiang's mother went up the mountain after the road was built. The familiar road now looked very strange to her.

The trees and dead grass on the mountain were all cleared and planted with neat rows of tea trees. However, the fields at the foot of the mountain were converted from farmland to forest and planted with young fir seedlings.

She walked to the tea field that she was assigned. In order to facilitate management, her tea field and Jiang's father's tea field were divided into one piece. Jiang Xi and Jiang Bai's tea fields were not here.

Last year, I didn't care, thinking that Jiang's father was wasting money, but now the tea fields are really making money. According to Jiang's father, these tea fields will make more and more money in the future.

The tea trees now are all tea trees that were planted just a year ago in September and October of the previous year. The branches of the tea trees are sparse and short, which is completely incomparable to the six old tea trees that have been raised for more than ten years at the foot of their mountain.

It is impossible to say that Jiang's mother doesn't know that tea leaves can make money. Although they have tea trees at home, they don't buy tea leaves to drink. There are tea shops in Heshuibu Town. Cheap tea leaves cost more than ten yuan per catty, and expensive ones cost two or three hundred yuan per catty.

It's just that everyone knows that tea is good, but no one comes to buy their tea, and they have no market.

Who would have known that in just one year, Jiang Guotai and Jiang Xi would open up the tea sales market.

She and Jiang's father earned more than 6,000 yuan from their two acres of land, which is equivalent to 500 yuan a month. If she had a pension of 500 yuan a month, what would she worry about? Would she still need to beg her children for money and live her life at the mercy of her children when she is old?

No.

So she was in a very complicated mood at the moment. The

one who came to find Jiang's mother was not Jiang Jun, but Jiang Jun's eldest sister-in-law.

Aunt Jiang was a very kind person, and her two daughters-in-law were also kind people. They came to Jiang's mother breathlessly and said with a smile, "Hey, I knew that Second Aunt was in the tea garden. These tea trees are pretty good, right? They have grown a lot in a year. Your tea garden is in a good location, but my garden is not so lucky, but I made 2,000 yuan last year. Hongjun's tea garden is in a good location, and he made almost 4,000 yuan a year!"

She took Jiang Ma's hand and said: "Come down with me quickly. You have a guest. Tell me how capable Ning Ning is. How many days have you been out? I met a tea merchant in Shanghai. They came down to order tea. My second uncle wants to cook." , asked me to come up and call you to receive the guests!"

Jiang Ma was surprised when she heard this: "Did she invite her? Who does she know in Shanghai? It's more like her brother. Jiang Bai is in college in Shanghai."

"Oh, they said that they were invited by Xing Xing, and they also brought a house designer with them, it seems that they are here to build a house for Xing Xing!"

When Jiang Ma and the others came down the mountain, Qian Zong and Jiang Guotai were already talking. Jiang Dad regretfully found that he had been stagnant for a few years and really couldn't keep up with the pace of the times. Even though he could understand what they said, he couldn't get a word in. Seeing Jiang Ma coming over, Jiang Dad stood up and asked Jiang Ma to come and receive the guests. He said that receiving guests meant pouring tea and preparing some snacks. Jiang Dad had to go in to cook, and he couldn't leave the host alone.

Qian Zong had already mentioned to Jiang Guotai that the reputation of "Wu Gong Tea" was not big enough in Shanghai.

Chinese people love to drink tea, and Shanghai people are no exception.

Take Mr. Qian and his circle for example. Except for special occasions, when they drink Pu'er tea, they usually prefer green tea, and the first choice of green tea is Longjing, Biluochun, and Tieguanyin.

Why?

In addition to the good quality of these varieties of tea, another important point is that they are famous.

Especially people of this generation are more obsessed with famous teas than 20 years later.

In fact, Jiang Xi and Jiang Guotai had already planned this when they first discussed how to build a reputation for Wugong Tea. The Legend of the White Snake was actually a pleasant surprise, which brought Wugong Tea into people's vision in advance. However, the most correct route is to pay attention to the international tea expositions across the country.

Only when the tea is well-known at the international tea expositions can real orders come.

Jiang Wu had already made plans for this, and asked Director Li Ang and Wang Yong in Guangzhou to help keep an eye on it. They are all in the magazine media industry, the mainstream newspaper media of this era, and are well-informed. In addition, the five branches of "Wuxia" magazine are located in the most economically developed cities in the country, such as Shanghai, Nanshi, Jinshi, and Chongqing. The news of the tea expo will generally be preheated in major magazines in advance, and the news will also be released on TV. Generally, people who pay attention to tea will go to participate after getting the news.

They are responsible for the news from all over the country.

After Jiang Guotai mentioned the plan to create famous tea that Jiang Wu had mentioned before, President Qian admired Jiang Wu even more.

This is a very experienced person. How can she be a girl of 18 or 19? Moreover, she had already thought of these things two years ago. She couldn't help but be more polite to Jiang Guotai and this village. She said, "I still have some contacts in Shanghai. I will also pay attention to some information about the Tea Expo." After all,

Shanghai is an international metropolis. Events like the Tea Expo are generally held in economically developed cities to attract enough foreign businessmen to participate.

Jiang Guotai was very grateful when he heard this. Their place was too remote and too small. Even he only had some power in the local area. Outside the neighboring city, let alone in the big cities outside, even in the provincial capital, his current power was limited, and the information he got was naturally limited. All this information depended on Jiang Guotai.

Jiang Guotai didn't know where Jiang Xi got so many sources of information. He just thought that Beijing University was full of top students, including talented men and women from all over the country, and her information came from there.

As for Beijing, Jiang Xi herself was paying attention to it.

Jiang Wu was also considering whether to insert some soft ads in the next CCTV self-made drama produced by Producer Li. However, the reason why she was able to convince Producer Li the first time was mainly because Producer Li had the task of promoting the local tourism economy at that time. In addition, some people supported the filming of flood-themed dramas. He got the filming plan of "Legend of the White Snake", which actually put a lot of pressure on him. In addition, the original work was Jiang Wu's own, and Jiang Wu himself was also the screenwriter. It happened that they filmed in winter, the lotus flowers withered, and there was no scene to take. This was a coincidence that led to this matter. It

is basically impossible for her to take advantage of CCTV now. If she wants to insert soft ads again, she has to pay.

She can't afford the money of CCTV.

However, Producer Li still has a deep affection for Wucheng. If Wucheng's economy can really take off, it can be said that Producer Li has the greatest contribution, so he is also concerned about Wucheng's situation.

As soon as Jiang Xi returned to Beijing, she called and politely asked Producer Li if he had time. Her hometown has changed a lot under Producer Li's promotion. Last year, the economy of the entire county was driven to grow a lot. There were also changes in her own hometown. Jiang Xi wanted to represent the elders and folks in her hometown. She and Song Peifeng wanted to visit Producer Li to thank him for his strong promotion and support for their hometown.

In these words, all the credit for the changes in Wucheng last year was placed on Producer Li. Even though Producer Li knew that the girl was flattering him, he couldn't help but feel comfortable because his contribution was the key to Wucheng's rapid economic growth.

Producer Li usually wouldn't accept visits from students like Jiang Xi who were still in school, but he had to say that he really liked this junior. And Song Peifeng, who turned out to be from the Song family in Beijing. Although he had been silent for a while because of the influence, he returned to Beijing later. Although his power was not as strong as before, he was still a well-known family. Even he had to be polite, so he naturally refused Song Peifeng's visit.

After Jiang Wu made an appointment with producer Li, she first wished the two screenwriters Yuan Feng and Tang Jiang a happy new year, and then expressed her gratitude and her intention to visit them.

The two screenwriters and Jiang Wu were not yet at the stage of visiting them, but they were happy that Jiang Wu remembered to wish them a happy new year, and then asked her if she had visited producer Li. Jiang Wu did not say anything specific, but she did euphemistically express that producer Li had accepted the news of Jiang Wu's visit and smiled and gladly accepted it, but in terms of time, it must be different from producer Li.

Jiang Xi's first visit was during the New Year, so she couldn't go empty-handed. But she was also particular about what gifts to bring. It was not appropriate to bring expensive items when visiting in such an open and aboveboard manner, so Jiang Xi brought all the specialties of her hometown.

This year's new Mingqian tea had not yet come out, so it was not appropriate to give last year's old tea. Jiang Xi brought the pure and natural wild wolfberry, water chestnut, and local pork and sausage pickled by her aunt.

When she left this year, Jiang Guoding also brought her a lot of the best pearl powder and pearls produced in Yaoba Town.

These pearl powders are not made from shells. Although the nutritional content is the same, there is still a difference between the powder made from pearls and the powder made from shells.

As for freshwater pearls, the technology for cultivating freshwater pearls in Yaoba Town is not that good yet. Yaoba Town also produces large-sized, round, smooth purple pearls, pink pearls, and clean, round, smooth white pearls that can be seen everywhere in the live broadcast rooms of later generations, but the output is relatively small so far, and not everyone is so magnanimous as to take out these top-quality pearls and bring them to Jiang Xi as gifts in Beijing.

Jiang Guoding personally requested these top-quality pearl powders, which were carefully selected by the pearl factory's staff. When Jiang Xi saw them for the first time, he said to Jiang Guoding, "The packaging is too rough and not refined enough."

Jiang Guoding sighed, "The current profitability of the pearl factory is not very great, and it is not realistic to ask them to spend money on the packaging of pearl powder." Jiang

Xi nodded in agreement. It was true that in this era, there were companies like those in the skit "Packaging" performed by teacher Zhao Lirong that had already begun to package their own products, but most were like the pearl factory, which was single-minded in cultivating pearls and didn't care about anything else.

The idea of ​​pearl powder was proposed by Jiang Gui and Jiang Guoding, and by Jiang Guoding and the Pearl Factory. However, the Pearl Factory did not take pearl powder seriously, mainly because they had not yet found a skincare partner. There were

no suitable cosmetics and skincare companies in their local area.

Therefore, even if they produced some pearl powder, they used transparent packaging bags. Apart from a few instructions on how to make facial masks with pearl powder provided by Jiang Gui, there was almost no packaging at all. They sold it in Yaoba Town to tourists who were intercepted by Jiang Guoding from Wucheng and brought to his town last year. Pearl powder is divided into two grades. The cheapest one is one yuan for half a pound of pearl powder made from shells. The more expensive one is powder made from small, crooked pearls, and the price is only two yuan for half a pound. Half a pound can be used for facial mask for half a year.

But no matter how high the sales volume in a small town is, it is limited. If the mayor had not suggested this to them, they would not want to start this business. Not only can they not make any money, but it is also troublesome to clean the shells. There are also a lot of pearl powder piled up in the warehouse that cannot be sold. Soon, they will have new shells.

Jiang Xi bought a beautiful porcelain bottle to store the finely polished pearl powder, and a jar of wine. He and Song Peifeng went to visit with these local specialties.

When producer Li saw them coming with so many things, he was shocked and said, "You just came to my house for a meal, why do you bring so many things?"

Jiang Xi was dressed very simply, just like an ordinary college student. When he saw producer Li, he smiled and said loudly, "Teacher Li, these are some local specialties from my hometown. This jar of wine is brewed by our family, and my aunt made it herself. The home-raised black pork is just a little salty meat, nothing special. It is all the villagers' thanks for your promotion and support for our Wucheng. You don't know that this year, under the promotion of Teacher Li, our Wucheng's economic benefits have increased by a lot. Let Peifeng give you a good report on Wucheng's work this year!"

This paragraph is naturally said to the neighbors who are listening and looking here.

Producer Li's eyes lit up at the moment, and he secretly praised this clever guy in his heart.

Of course, he didn't care what Jiang Xi gave him, but Jiang Xi didn't come empty-handed, which in itself was a kind of respect and courtesy to him. The most suitable thing to be given so generously is the local specialty, not to mention the pork raised by himself and the wine brewed by himself.

Producer Li smiled and said, "You know what? I lived and ate at your aunt's house last year. I know her cooking skills. I really miss this taste."

Jiang Xi climbed up along the pole and said, "Then I have to show you my cooking skills. My cooking skills are really taught by my aunt!"

This is a further step to strengthen the relationship.

Producer Li also laughed when he heard it, and invited Jiang Xi and the others in.

Producer Li's wife was also at home. Upon hearing this, she also came out and warmly invited Jiang Xi in.

Jiang Xi came to visit, and Producer Li naturally told his wife about it. At the same time, he also told her about the filming of "The Legend of White Snake" last year, and Jiang Xi played a role in facilitating his going to Wucheng to film and promote Wucheng and her hometown. Of course, there was no lack of admiration for this younger generation in his tone, but that was all.

Producer Li's home is in the second ring road. The area of ​​his home is not small, but it is definitely not big either. It is about 60-70 square meters. Only the couple live there. Their children have been sent abroad to study.

Jiang Xi is very open and generous. Although the heating is turned on in Producer Li's home, the curtains are always open. He speaks and acts very openly.

After Jiang Xi put down the things, he also introduced with a smile: "Teacher Li, this is the wolfberry planted in our village this year. When you were filming in our village and promoting these agricultural products to us, these wolfberries had just been planted for a few months and we had not eaten the wolfberries from our hometown. These are the wild wolfberries that the elders and villagers in my hometown asked me to bring you, just to express their sincere gratitude to you. Without you, there would be no Wucheng and Linhe Brigade today!"

"This is the local pork that my aunt asked me to bring you. She raised it herself. This sausage is also made by her!"

"This bottle of pearl powder is produced by our Yaoba Town Pearl Factory. It's for my wife. It's a simple thing. My wife can try to make a hand mask with the pearl powder!" After a few words, Producer Li became Teacher Jiang Xi, and Producer Li's wife became Jiang Xi's wife.

Jiang Xi called her "wife" all the time, and she was so affectionate.

The neighbors stared at this side, and through the window, they saw Jiang Xi really take out a piece of bacon, a string of bacon, and a white porcelain bottle with a particularly simple packaging from the bag. You can tell at a glance that it won't be precious things. There is also a box of wolfberries, and the rest is the jar wine.

The wine jar is used, and you can tell at a glance that it is not a precious thing.

Although they couldn't hear what was being talked about, they were already bored just by seeing these things.

Jiang Wu stopped talking loudly on purpose, but said with a smile on his face: "This is the wine my uncle from Cathay Pacific asked me to bring you. It is brewed from a wild herb called 'Niu Dali' in our hometown. It has the effects of promoting blood circulation, replenishing the lungs and strengthening the spleen. Don't underestimate this name. In our hometown, it has a beautiful name, called 'Southern Ginseng'. It is the most nourishing. If you are used to drinking it, I will ask my uncle to send it to you next time."

No matter what kind of 'Southern Ginseng' it is, as long as it is not bought and brewed by ourselves, it is a local specialty and is 'not worth much'.

For the first few items, Producer Li just smiled and accepted the kindness, but the last one was really touching.

Producer Li's first reaction was to turn around and look at his wife, smiling and saying, "Look, these are all gifts from the children, I didn't buy them!"

When Producer Li's wife heard that it was medicinal wine, and it was also the medicinal wine known as "Southern Ginseng", she didn't say that Producer Li couldn't drink it, but just smiled and said, "Okay, since it's sent by your little apprentice, you can only drink two cups per meal, and don't be greedy."

Producer Li blinked at Jiang Xi, took the hand of the master's wife and smiled, "You should also drink two cups with me."

Song Peifeng sat next to Jiang Xi and watched how Jiang Xi had gone from being a junior who had worked together to calling the master's wife affectionately, and now, he had become the little apprentice recognized by the master's wife herself.

Even Song Peifeng, who thought he had seen many sides of Jiang Xia, could not help but sigh in his heart at the effort of building relationships.