Chapter 374 Just Consider It Your Investment
Yang Jiadong acted quickly. He brought his girlfriend home to meet his parents in May, took a leave in June and went back to Sichuan Province with his girlfriend to meet his future father-in-law. In July, he had already set the wedding date. This speed was comparable to riding a rocket.
When Jiang Xinbai saw Xu Ruoxue again, she already regarded her as her own daughter-in-law. She smiled and took Xu Ruoxue's hand and said, "Xiaoxue, your parents have communicated with us on the phone. The 6,000 yuan betrothal gift will be given to you, and you can hand it over to your parents later. As for the hardware, your sister-in-law gave you a budget of 3,000 yuan at the beginning. It has been five years, so I will give you an additional budget of 1,000 yuan. You and Jiadong can buy it yourselves!"
Xu Ruoxue nodded obediently, "Well, thank you, Auntie."
"You're still calling me auntie, but you're about to change that." Jiang Xinbai joked with a smile.
Xu Ruoxue blushed and looked at Yang Jiadong beside her, then called out softly, "Mom~"
"Hey, Mom is here," Jiang Xinbai responded happily, and then continued, "Xiaoxue, you also know that Jiadong has several houses in Pudong, Hai City. So, I will let him add your name to the house. After all, you two will pay the loan together in the future."
"Auntie, no, mom, there's no need to go through so much trouble. Adding a name requires a handling fee. It's fine to maintain the status quo."
Xu Ruoxue felt that since they were married, they were planning to spend their whole lives together, so it didn't matter whether they had a name or not.
"That won't do. Your eldest brother added your eldest sister-in-law's name to his marriage, so you should have one too. It's nothing to spend a few handling fees. Jiadong, remember to change it after you get the marriage certificate, okay?" Jiang Xinbai pulled his youngest son's arm and reminded him.
Yang Jiadong also nodded repeatedly, "Oh, Mom, I understand. Add Xiaoxue's name to both the house and the shop."
"Well, as for the banquet, we'll do as you said. We'll hold one here, and then hold another one in Sichuan. Xiaoxue, when we hold the banquet here, give us a number of your relatives so we can reserve seats."
Xu Ruoxue smiled and replied, "Mom, only my parents are coming. My brother and sister still have work to do and can't take such a long leave. It will be the same if I invite them back to Sichuan Province."
"Oh, just your parents are coming, that's fine too. Remember to tell me if there are any changes. Don't be embarrassed. We are all family now."
"Yeah, I know."
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Time flies and it is 1998. In this year, the popular "My Fair Princess" began to be broadcast on TV. The characters in the play became the objects of imitation for young men and women, and even the clothes they wore outside the play were rushed to buy.
Look, the sleeveless knitted top and light blue denim cropped pants worn by the heroine in the movie are becoming hot.
Yang Jiabao was a person who could see through business opportunities in advance. He used all the liquid funds in the family to order clothes and pants. Because of this, Xu Manman even complained to her parents-in-law.
"Mom, please give us some advice. Isn't Jiabao taking too much risk? That's most of the family savings. What if the goods are stuck?" Xu Manman glared at her husband as she spoke.
Jiang Xinbai was also stunned when he heard this and asked, "Jiabao, did you hear any inside information?"
"No, Mom, why do you ask?"
"Then why did you take such a big risk to order this sleeveless knitted top and jeans? Let's not talk about the jeans for now, there's nothing wrong with them, but what do you think of this sleeveless turtleneck knitted top? Which good person would wear this in the middle of summer?"
Jiang Xinbai was flipping through the clothes in his hands, wondering who would buy them.
Seeing that they didn't believe him, Yang Jiabao quickly explained, "Mom, have you seen Princess Huanzhu?"
"I've seen it, so what?" Hey, it's true, she now sits in front of the TV every night, waiting to watch it. Two episodes a day is not enough!
"That's right. A month ago, a relative of a friend of mine brought him a fashion magazine from Yewan Island. Guess what I saw?" Yang Jiabao asked mysteriously.
"What did you see?" Jiang Xinbai also cooperated.
"The actress who played Princess Ziwei was wearing clothes like this. When I saw it, I thought this was a business opportunity, so I asked someone to make a pattern for me. After several experiments, I came up with the clothes I have now." Speaking of this, Yang Jiabao was very proud. He felt that he had a unique vision.
"That's not right. How can you guarantee that everyone knows that this actress has worn such clothes? You only have one magazine. You can't just take it out and show it to everyone who comes over, right? How long will it take to sell it like this?"
Yang Jiabao was prepared. He smiled and said, "This is about my friend. I asked him to ask someone to bring me 300 magazines from Wandao. These magazines are from last month, so they were sold at a low price. It didn't cost me much. I will have someone distribute them in places with a lot of people. I don't believe that I can't catch the target customers."
Jiang Xinbai nodded thoughtfully after hearing this. "If you say so, this star effect should be okay. By the way, has the magazine arrived?"
"Not yet, but it should be here tomorrow. Why, Mom wants to see it?" Yang Jiabao thought his mother was also a fan.
"Whether you want to see it or not is another matter. Let me ask you first, did you also let the factory produce clothes and pants?"
"Ah, some of them have been produced and are piled up in the warehouse." Yang Jiabao was not sure what his old mother wanted to do, but he just answered whatever she asked.
Jiang Xinbai thought for a moment, stretched out his hand and tapped on the table, and said, "Well, when the magazine arrives, you can call each of your clients one by one and send them a copy of the magazine. Of course, if they are close, you can deliver it directly to them. Tell them what you said to us again. Be exaggerated and say that all the young girls in Wandao dress like this and it's very fashionable."
Yang Jiabao is a smart man, and he understood it immediately, "Mom, do you mean wholesale? I thought the retail price would be higher, after all, this batch of goods is really easy to sell."
Jiang Xinbai shook his head. "Jiabao, you have to know that whoever seizes the opportunity first will make a lot of money. Following the trend will spread quickly. You have to make the most money before others can react. Do you understand?"
Xu Manman also understood at this time, "Yes, in the past, as long as a store in the market had a piece of clothing or pants that sold well, everyone would soon start making the same pattern, and the price would drop, so that in the end, no one could make money."
"Yes, Mom, I understand what you mean. I'm going to order the goods now while they don't know about it yet. It will take time for them to react and place orders for production. The time difference in between is enough for me to make another profit."
Jiang Xinbai nodded with satisfaction, "That's the truth. You should find a few more processing factories. One is not very safe. There will definitely be a lot of orders by then, and those who can't get a place in the queue probably won't be able to drink the soup."
Yang Jiabao thought about it and immediately spread out his hands and said with a smile: "Then Mom, please lend me some more, and it will be considered as your investment."
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