Chapter 413 Xiang Yang: I’m really not interested in Hong Kong Island (please vote for me!)
How were earplugs invented?
It has something to do with stuffing cotton in the ears.
It is said that the sound of artillery was too loud at first, so it was gradually invented to protect the hearing of soldiers.
The kind of sound-absorbing sustained-release ester material that Xiangyang needs that does not contain PVC, latex, or emulsifiers is available in Germany next to France. After all, this country produced enough in the past.
The company that invented this material has also been in the earplug business.
It’s just that the times have changed, and earplugs have gradually become a favorite of insomniacs, and are no longer a rare item only for soldiers.
After confirming with the partners in South Africa, Axel quickly realized that such a small thing could bring huge publicity benefits to HYS during the World Cup.
Spend a small amount of money to accomplish big things, and what matters is cost-effectiveness.
There are still more than 2 months before the World Cup starts. When other brands have not noticed this, it is still too late.
After coming out of the Hermès headquarters building, Xiangyang did not go to the HYS building, but went directly to the coffee shop he frequented at the door to refine his ideas.
“I really found a treasure.”
Recalling that Liu Qianqian’s words woke him up yesterday, Xiang Yang smiled.
I ordered a glass of sparkling water and sat down. There was no annoying voice of Little John in my ears. Xiangyang felt that such a day couldn't be more pleasant.
However, the comfortable time is always short-lived.
After returning to the company, the secretary sent a bunch of documents that needed approval as usual.
After HYS has established the prototype framework of each department, he needs to take a look at many things such as men's clothing, women's clothing, joint series, community apps, UTMB events, etc.
Some require criticism, such as designers’ design sketches.
This aspect takes up the most of his working time.
From time to time, it is necessary to ask the secretary to call the designer over for face-to-face communication.
As for the operation of the community app and the progress of the UTMB competition, he just needs to know the progress.
After finishing these, he took a breath and started working on earplugs again.
AirPods only came out a few years ago, but the design is not very innovative.
Registering a design patent requires a lot of investigation.
When everything was proceeding in an orderly manner, Xiang Tai's phone call caught Xiang Yang off guard.
For Xiang Tai, Xiang Yang is welcome.
But Jiang Zhiqiang
Xiang Yang said with a smile, could you please stop talking to me about Hong Kong movies?
I have no interest in Hong Kong movies. That is something that only Little John should worry about.
Besides, Hong Kong Island is a big place. If it weren’t for the preferential tariffs that make the prices of luxury brands lower than those in the mainland, who would know the consumption level of the people on the island? superior?
Xiang Yang just looked down on him from the bottom of his heart.
The bizarre operations of major luxury brands in Hong Kong Island have completely shattered the cheap self-esteem of Hong Kong Islanders.
For a while, luxury brands seemed to have negotiated and only allowed mainland tourists to enter the stores to shop and take photos. Hong Kong Islanders were not even qualified to stand at the door and take photos.
For this reason, the people of Hong Kong were in trouble for quite a while.
The reason why luxury jewelry stores do this is actually very simple.
Because most luxury brands set up flagship stores on Hong Kong Island, the purpose from the beginning is to attract inland tourists to have more interest in entering the stores when traveling to Hong Kong Island.
The consumption of Hong Kong Islanders is just the icing on the cake.
Luxury brands have spent a lot of money on these stores.
The average rent for luxury stores on Hong Kong Island is more than US$4,000 per square foot.
For a 1,200-square-meter store like HYS, the annual rent is as high as HK$5 million, and the contract is signed for 5 years.
According to calculations, just to maintain the labor and marketing expenses of Hong Kong Island, HYS needs to maintain a sales turnover of HK$200,000 every day for one year to just offset the one-time expenses of the five-year layout.
With the same cost, the capital invested in the early stage can be recovered in only 6 months in Shanghai, 9 months in Tokyo, and 10 months in New York
So Hong Kong Island, in the eyes of luxury brands In the final analysis, it became popular because of tourists from the mainland.
Without the inland market, Hong Kong Island’s luxury goods industry, like their film industry, is nothing.
Only the people of Hong Kong feel that these shops are opened for them.
"Xiang Tai, I've been busy with work recently. Why don't you take Mr. Jiang to contact Little John directly?"
Holding the phone, Xiang Yang grinned and said: "When Sissi's affairs are finished, we How about we get together again."
"That's it."
Xiang Tai glanced at Jiang Zhiqiang and shrugged, indicating that he had said what he needed to say.
If I say any more, it would be a little inappropriate.
Seeing this, Jiang Zhiqiang nodded slowly. "That's okay, but we agreed that we will meet up in Cannes." Xiang Tai smiled twice. She also specially prepared some body-building gifts for Liu Qianqian and brought them with them when the time comes.
"How is Sissi's health?"
"She is in good health."
"You should pay more attention to her at this time. Girls are the most sensitive.”
Is Liu Qianqian still a girl?
Don't say it, no matter from age, handsome appearance, to temperament, it is true.
Xiang Yang couldn't help smacking his lips at Liu Qianqian who was eavesdropping on the phone.
One moment, she acts like a good wife and mother, and the next, she has the same temperament as a little girl. She can’t be subtle
“Why don’t you want them to come over?” Wait for Xiangyang to say After hanging up the phone, Liu Qianqian asked curiously.
"I'm tired, I don't have the energy." After saying that, Xiangyang slumped down on the sofa and glanced sideways at Liu Qianqian, "Why are you so energetic at this time, every day?"
" Eat less and more, and sleep more." Liu Qianqian raised her double chin proudly.
"I really envy you, living like Dongdong." Xiang Yang sighed with emotion, then picked up the phone and called Little John.
I’m not interested in Hong Kong’s film resources at all, but he still wants to help contact Little John
“Xiang, I heard that you have created a new thing. Is Axel so angry?”
The moment he answered the phone, Littlejohn sounded good.
"Who told you that?" Xiang Yang frowned immediately. Who would spread such boring gossip in the company? He was obviously having a good time with Axel.
"That means the intelligence is wrong."
Little John smiled broadly, and after listening to Xiang Yang's narration, he said, "I happened to be looking for him too."
"What? Is there any progress?"
"Yes." Little John nodded.
Having always held grudges, he had no intention of letting Zhang Weiping off easily.
After arriving in China, I directly met with the other three investors of "Hawthorn Tree Love" and reached an agreement with them.
Little John, who had no objections to Zhang Mouzi, wanted to kick Zhang Weiping out and make him pay for his inappropriate remarks.
It’s just that the agreement has been reached, but it is not easy to make it happen.
Through the conversation, he also knew that if he did this, he would need Zhang Mouzi's support to some extent.
This is very difficult.
No such friendship.
"You, why not watch Director Zhang's next movie, really." Xiang Yang laughed.
Forcing Zhang Weiping to quit?
That is too underestimated for people like Zhang Weiping.
Being skinny and faceless is not scary. People who are skinny, faceless and have no bottom line can do anything.
“How will you know if you don’t try.”
Little John felt that he was a little underestimated.
Even for the next movie, we need to start planning and laying the groundwork now, and we can’t wait until then.
He analyzed carefully and found that Zhang Weiping was different from Lu Zheng.
There is no possibility of a win-win situation when working with this kind of person.
In terms of being shameless, Little John felt ashamed of himself.
In front of Zhang Weiping, he was just a younger brother.
It would be great if I could be so cruel to squeeze Xiang Yang, and I would not lose my brother.
After calming down, the more Little John thought about it, the more he felt that the company in his hands was developing so slowly because he was too kind to his friends
"Teacher Zhang, Mr. Jiang called and said that he I will go to Shanghai today." Pang Li was a little happy after hearing the news.
After the accident, the atmosphere on the set was very depressing these days.
People of Jiang Zhiqiang’s level have also entered the scene, so the matter should be resolved quickly.
However.
When Zhang Mouzi heard the news, he didn't show any joy on his face.
Chen Ting, who had rushed over from his hometown, was stunned, and said to Zhang Mouzi with worry: "I'm going back to the hotel first, and I won't delay your work here."
After that, Chen Ting stood up.
Is there anything wrong with this? Pang Li's intuition told her again that things were not as simple as she expected.
(End of this chapter)