Chapter 628: Change your name and get rich
"I said I don't need an apology!" Xiao Peng walked to the door, carrying a lamb chop and roaring, "Are you done yet?"
As soon as he opened the door, he saw Shao Feng: "Dude, you have a bad temper. Who offended you?"
Xiao Peng opened the door with an excited look on his face: "Hey, arms dealer, you're here?"
"Who are you calling an arms dealer?" Shao Feng and Xiao Peng hugged each other and walked in with their luggage. "I'm not selling gas canisters anymore! Please call me Director Shao! Damn, you corrupt capitalist! This house is too fancy, isn't it?"
Xiao Peng laughed and scolded, "Who are you calling a capitalist? I work honestly and diligently with my own hands. I earned every penny myself. Where's Deputy Director Liu?"
Shao Feng sat on the sofa and said, "Deputy Director Liu is going crazy! He's so busy with his children's schooling, and I told him to hire some tutors, but he refused. I can't persuade him, he won't even hire a nanny, and no matter how much I try to persuade him, he's so stubborn. I asked him to be the director, but he said he wouldn't do it. His wife and I were almost at loggerheads before he finally went to the capital to be the deputy director."
Xiao Peng shook his head. "Self-respect is a good thing, but don't overdo it. 'Refusing to accept charity' and dying of starvation is dishonorable. But I understand why he doesn't hire a nanny. After all, we all come from poor backgrounds and aren't used to living like the rich!"
Shao Feng raised his middle finger to Xiao Peng: "Poor bastard!"
Xiao Peng laughed heartily: "I'm just here to disgust you! Because you came to see me for no good reason, are you carrying out a mission?"
"Um..." Shao Feng was a little embarrassed.
Xiao Peng waved his hand: "Don't say anything, let's eat first!"
Shao Feng looked at the lamb spine in Xiao Peng's hand and said, "Hey, rich man, you're just going to eat this?"
Xiao Peng asked back, "Is there a problem? Let's go to the balcony."
"Wait a minute, I just saw someone selling cherries. I suddenly wanted to eat them, so I bought some. I'll go wash them!" Shao Feng said.
Xiao Peng, however, looked disdainful. "Cherries are just cherries. What's the point of calling them 'cherries'? I accept it when others are being silly, but your English is also silly? Isn't this just a marketing slogan?"
Cherries are distributed all over the world. They are plants of the Rosaceae family. There are more than 120 species in total, but only four can be cultivated artificially. Two of these four types of cherries are native to China, namely, Prunus hairyus and Prunus persica. Europe has European sour cherries and European sweet cherries. But no matter which type of cherry it is, the English word is 'Cherries' (plural of Cherry).
So, shrewd businessmen, adapting their transliteration, dubbed cherries "car cherries" and sold them at a premium. In fact, even the world's largest producer of European sour and sweet cherries is still in China. In other words, those in China who think buying cherries is "fashionable" are actually paying a premium for cherries grown domestically.
There are countless examples like this. For example, the "Red Apple" (红苹果) is simply called "Red Apple" in English, but when it arrives in China, it becomes "Snake," and its price skyrockets. In reality, most of the "Snake" eaten in China is grown by local farmers. "Responsible" merchants ship the apples overseas, slap a foreign label on them, and turn them into the overpriced "Snake."
Then there's the pineapple, which is actually a pineapple. In Minnan dialect regions, including Taiwan, it's called "pineapple" because it sounds like "wanglai" (prosperity) in Minnan dialect, a symbol of good luck. Some say pineapples are soft and pineapples are hard, and their shapes differ slightly. That's because "pineapple" is a fruit that has undergone "fruit degeneration" during the breeding process. The difference between "pineapple" and "pineapple" is like the difference between a hard apple and a sand apple. Of course, the price and sales volume are worlds apart.
There's an even more amazing fruit in China called the 'Colombian Dragon Fruit'. This fruit is very common in the southeastern coastal areas of China. Locals call it 'Physalis'. Since it doesn't taste very good, not many people eat it. But after it was named 'Colombian Dragon Fruit', its price is more than ten times that of 'Physalis'...
Colombia doesn’t have this thing at all!
Speaking of all this, we can't fail to mention the kiwifruit. This thing is a legitimate domestic plant that was introduced and cultivated overseas, only to be rebranded as "New Zealand kiwifruit" and brought back to China at a high price. Honestly, these so-called "New Zealand kiwifruit" are simply not on the same level as the high-altitude Hongyang Red Heart kiwifruit produced in the Hongkou Mountains of Dujiangyan, China! After eating the high-altitude Hongyang Red Heart kiwifruit and then eating kiwifruit, I feel like the kiwifruit is putting kiwifruit to shame!
But there is no way around it, in China, as long as you call it "Kiwi Fruit", it will sell better than kiwi fruit and the price will be higher. Many people just recognize this name.
Of course, we shouldn't just laugh at the Chinese for this, as it's actually a leftover from foreigners who have mastered this method to perfection, with the most famous example being avocados.
Avocados are native to South America, and the name "avocado" is appropriate: the thing is bumpy like crocodile skin and looks like a pear. As a result, this name can't sell it at all - which is actually quite good. In the local Mexican language, the original name of avocado is "little brother", uh, the "little brother" in a man's crotch. The local indigenous people also believe that eating this thing can "enhance yang", so it will be even harder to sell it with that name!
So American businessmen thought about it and simply renamed avocados "avocados," claiming that eating them was not only healthy but also helped with weight loss, beauty, and lowering blood pressure... basically, a cure-all. Then, through aggressive marketing, investors aggressively labeled fried chicken and French fries as junk food, claiming that avocados, rich in "unsaturated fatty acids," could regulate blood pressure and protect blood vessels, etc.
But fat is fat. If you eat an avocado which is almost entirely made of fat every day, it would be strange if you don’t become fat in the long run!
Regardless, despite the fact that avocados are nutritionally more like potatoes and sweet potatoes, they've become synonymous with "health food." Xiao Peng finds it a bit of black humor to see some women eating avocados daily to lose weight.
"What are you doing with a lamb spine?" Shao Feng asked curiously as he walked over with washed cherries.
Xiao Peng looked disgusted: "Why else? Eat!"
Shao Feng was also a little confused after hearing this: "Lamb spine is not tasty either, how are you going to eat it?"
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