Chapter 212 Big Cousin, a Technology Madman
"Remember to follow me to grandma's house for dinner tonight, and your cousin will come too." Mother Chen was sitting on the sofa, drinking tea leisurely, playing with her mobile phone and watching Chen Xi looked at the information.
"I see, can you serve some snacks? You are also a boss after all." Chen Xi glanced at this unfulfilled mother.
"Teach me a lesson again! I am exhausted from managing so many companies by myself. I want to relax when you come back. I am usually very tired."
"Okay, Take me to a few other companies.”
After saying that, Chen Xi pulled his mother up from the sofa. Mother Chen stepped on her high heels reluctantly and took Chen Xi downstairs.
Another equipment company specializes in selling engraving machines. It used to get its goods from Chen Xi’s father’s factory, but now because of the separation, it can only get its goods from Chen’s mother’s own factory.
The equipment is not as good as Father Chen’s, but the price is also cheaper.
There are several brands, one of which is registered in HK.
Chen Xi looked at the equipment in front of him and nodded. In fact, these things are most suitable for the domestic market, especially graphic stores.
The price is cheap and affordable, and the quality is better than ordinary brands.
Those graphic store owners are actually unwilling to spend a lot of money on expensive equipment.
“Now the price of advertising cloth in Sakura Country has skyrocketed, and we are already preparing to use domestically produced ones. Because customers only care about how much they spend, and don’t care about the quality at all. If billboards are placed outdoors, they will be exposed to the wind. It will take some time for quality problems to appear.”
Mother Chen opened the warehouse door and pointed to a pile of domestic advertising cloths placed inside, which were all ready to be shipped to the advertising company.
“How is the quality of this?”
"It's not bad. It's definitely not as good as the imported ones, but the price is cheap. The sales volume is also good. I'm now cooperating with this factory and I'm a shareholder."
"Okay, then let the picture and text shops have Use this."
Chen Xi picked up a roll of advertising cloth and touched it. It looked similar to the Yamamoto brand advertising cloth, but this was only superficial. Since his mother said the specific effect was average, it must be It is better not to import it.
After all, the cost and technology are there.
“Let’s go, I’ll take you to my jewelry store. You can see what beautiful jewelry there are and give it to the girl you like.”
Mother Chen pulled Chen Xi out and walked out. The employees in the company looked over. This boss didn't come here very often, but he actually brought his son here today.
The boss’s son seemed to be the boss of this company, and he kept asking this and that.
In a shopping mall, Chen Xi stood in front of the counter, looking at the exquisite jewelry displayed inside. The salesperson stood aside with interest.
Mother Chen asked him to pick whatever he wanted, but how could Chen Xi understand this? In his opinion, these things all looked similar.
I heard my mother say before that this is also a big brand, and some of the materials are from Swarovski. Although they are all artificial crystals, they are made by their company. Saying this when introducing to customers will make it easier to sell.
After all, when women buy something, they first look at the style, then the brand, and finally ask about the price. Like those luxury goods, the materials are just like that, they are all sold according to the brand.
"Why, I asked you to look at the jewelry today and you didn't object. Do you already have a girl you like?" Mother Chen narrowed her eyes and looked at her son. Women are particularly sensitive to things like love.
In the past, Chen Xi was not interested in these things at all, but today he followed her here. There must be something wrong.
"Where is it? I don't fall in love...I just want to see." Chen Xi said guiltily. In fact, he wanted to give one to Shaozhi.
"Let me guess who it is? It's Shanshan, right?" Mother Chen laughed, feeling that she had seen through everything.
"Yes, yes, yes, I'll get a few more and give one to Shanshan." Chen Xi nodded frantically, secretly thinking that his mother was really smart.
"Then who should the others be given to?"
"Of course it is for your future daughter-in-law. Didn't you ask me to give it to the girl I like? I have more than one favorite."< br>
“The big radish with big heart!”
“Haha, I want this, this, all!”
Chen Xi picked out a few that looked good, but each one cost several thousand!
The salesperson carefully took out the jewelry and packed them all up.
He suddenly recalled that although the jewelry store seemed to be doing a prosperous business now, the future prospects were worrying.
With the rapid rise of e-commerce, physical stores have gradually lost their former prosperity, and the counters in shopping malls have become deserted.
In the end, the jewelry store run by his mother failed in the fierce market competition and had to close all its stores.
"Mom, how many stores do you have now!" "There are many stores! There are them in other places, and I am planning to open one in every city!"
Chen Muyi He said with a proud face.
"Come on, don't expand now, close whatever you can. The online platform is very popular recently, and when I see it, it will impact the business of offline physical stores." Chen Xi whispered in his mother's ear said.
“What are you afraid of? This thing is so expensive. Can anyone dare to buy it online? What if I buy a fake.”
"Your brand is actually only average. When the prices of things are transparent, no one will buy your crap. It's just artificial crystal!"
"You brat, you actually look down on my stuff."
“Listen to me.”
“We’ll talk about it then, it won’t matter if the business is not going well.”
Chen Xi gave his mother a vaccination and could only That’s it for now.
In his previous life, he was abroad, and his mother's business was failing, so she was still throwing money at the jewelry store, but in the end it was all gone.
Now we can only ask her not to continue throwing money into this.
In front of a cadre rest house in Xinlu City.
Chen Xi looked at the military management zone sign hanging above, and familiar memories kept coming out.
The guard at the door was standing guard, and when he saw the license plate of Chen Xi's car, he let him go.
The rest house is not small, and the location is in a good area. The housing prices around it are very high. This area seems a bit strange here.
Because it is a special place, in my previous life, I could not even search for commonly used satellite maps here, let alone get express delivery and takeout.
As soon as the car entered, many soldiers in military uniforms were heading to the canteen. There are also some veteran cadres walking in the compound, and some are even playing croquet.
There are many family members here, and children can be seen in the yard. Chen Xi also spent a lot of time here when he was young.
Grandpa and grandma are both from Zhijiang. They came to Xinlu due to the deployment of the army. Grandma is a doctor and a nationally famous expert.
Since my grandfather passed away, I have stayed here alone to retire. Grandma is also a high-level intellectual. She studied in a missionary school in Qinhuai when she was a child, and she can also speak English. It is difficult for outsiders to understand her normal speech, because her accent is mixed with Modu, Qinhuai, Zhijiang, Xinlu and other accents, and she often mixes dialects when speaking.
Grandma is very good to Chen Xi, even better than her eldest cousin, her biological grandson, because she took care of Chen Xi more in the past.
The housing in the rest house is different and divided according to military rank. There are small buildings in the front and villas in the back.
The car quickly drove inside and stopped in front of a small villa.
The houses here are very old, much older than Chen Xi. The exterior of the house looks very old, and there are cherry and persimmon trees planted in the small garden of the villa. Usually some children here would come here to steal food through the fence.
"Xixi is back~" Grandma's young figure walked out. She was not too old at this time. As soon as she saw Chen Xi coming back, she walked over quickly and took Chen Xi's hand.
In a foreign country, grandma would often ask him how he was doing, and would ask Chen’s mother to send him more living expenses. Although he is a grandson, she still cares about him very much.
On the contrary, grandpa and grandma are not as good to Chen Xi as grandma. Maybe Chen’s father also inherited the personalities of grandpa and grandma.
After chatting enthusiastically with her grandmother for a while, Chen Xi opened a door and saw his eldest cousin Chen Ran playing with a computer.
“Brother.”
"Yeah."
Chen Xi shouted, and the other party just responded lightly and continued to fiddle with his computer.
Chen Ran is a technology geek and likes to work on equipment and computers. For electronic products such as mobile phones and computers, buy the latest ones. After researching them, sell them and then continue to buy them.
When I was in school, I liked playing with these gadgets. I even went to the Computer City to gain experience in repairing computers.
My eldest cousin is several years older than Chen Xi. He has graduated a long time ago and is already working in a company in Shanghai.
However, he does not have much enthusiasm for the work he is engaged in. What he really yearns for is a career where he can study various equipment at home.
Unfortunately, there seem to be few such job opportunities in reality, which makes him feel helpless and melancholy.
(End of this chapter)