Chapter 746: Taking Advantage
To suffer a loss is to take advantage.
This is an old saying often spoken by old Beijing people, which represents a traditional philosophy of life and values.
But not everyone can understand this sentence correctly.
Many people simply understand this to mean that they suffer losses in order to take advantage, or that if they suffer losses, they will definitely take advantage.
There are also some people who will use this sentence as a cowardly excuse to avoid conflicts with others.
Or use it as a reason to face failure to reduce the regret and guilt caused by your own incompetence.
Some people may even scornfully think that this statement is old-fashioned, unrealistic, and completely outdated.
Of course this is all wrong.
Only a few wise people can use this sentence as a belief to stay away from fame and fortune to maintain inner peace.
As for Ning Weimin, he is even more of a minority among the minority.
Because not only can he correctly understand this sentence, but he can also successfully apply it in business behavior and reap huge actual profits from it.
His personal understanding of this sentence is - when you plant a sycamore tree, a phoenix will come.
To put it bluntly, only by giving first and then reaping can you gain the trust of others.
Be able to do things, and more importantly, be able to do things, so that others will be willing to give you a chance.
Only by showing sincerity through practical actions can we take a long-term view and catch big fish.
Take the fact that he is deliberately planning to open a Tan Palace branch in Japan.
From a normal person's perspective, his plan is so unreasonable and unbelievable.
Because to open a branch in Japan, you need to use huge foreign exchange funds and take huge investment risks.
Who can guarantee success?
What if you don't get used to the local environment?
This is not a matter of lack of foresight and self-confidence, a matter of being content with being rich and short-sighted.
To be honest, although we have always believed that Chinese food is broad and profound, China’s cooking level is the best in the world.
But it is not recognized overseas.
Even during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, when Chinese food went overseas, it did have its glory days.
But the problem is, it has declined since then.
In the last life that Ning Weimin lived, even in 2020, overseas recognition of Chinese food is still limited to fake Chinese food.
There are almost no restaurants operating overseas that offer authentic Chinese cuisine.
Foreigners’ awareness and recognition of Japanese and Korean food is higher than that of Chinese food.
Chinese food has never gained its due status in the world's food industry.
To put it bluntly, it is not an exaggeration to say that Chinese food in overseas markets has always been shitted on the necks of two grandchildren.
I am so frustrated that I am being squeezed by the little guys who don’t understand me.
So think about it, Ning Weimin has just smoothed out the business models of Tan Gong Restaurant and Temple of Heaven Park, and all businesses are gradually being rolled out and are booming.
From the perspective of several investors, should we cherish this hard-won brilliant achievement?
Should we continue to play steadily, concentrate on the basic market, and try to expand domestic profits?
So how likely is it that several investors will support Ning Weimin's eastward journey to Fusang and use his capital to open a branch?
No one would feel the need to take this risk.
To put it bluntly, lack of motivation.
It’s a good thing that it’s done, but that’s just the icing on the cake.
If something goes wrong and the investment is lost, the foundation will be shaken.
Everyone's reputation will be ruined and all their previous efforts will be wasted.
Especially for Ning Weimin personally, it is even more unworthy.
It’s done, and he won’t get a penny more.
If he makes a mistake, he will have to bear the corresponding responsibility.
So the director of the Temple of Heaven is completely confused as to how a shrewd person like Ning Weimin could come up with such an unreliable idea.
Naturally, I hope he will wake up soon and will try his best to persuade him to give up this idea.
But then again.
It is precisely because Ning Weimin has always been doing things regardless of personal gains and losses in the eyes of several investors.
The plan he proposed is not selfish in everyone's eyes and should not be rejected easily.
It is precisely because Ning Weimin personally built a Tan Palace Restaurant that can lay golden eggs, and also successfully planned so many cultural activities with good economic and social benefits. He has done this before The impossible became possible, proving his business talent.
His opinions are particularly worthy of the attention of several investors and cannot be ignored.
It is precisely because Ning Weimin could have ignored it, but he has always spared no effort to help the Temple of Heaven Park seek development and make suggestions for them.
And it has successfully improved the commercial operations of the Temple of Heaven Park, increased income, and benefited all employees of the park.
Only the director of the Temple of Heaven felt that he owed Ning Weimin a huge favor.
Only then will you have full trust in him and be willing to support his work unconditionally.
In fact, their relationship has long been no ordinary relationship.
Ning Weimin no longer "takes a meal from others and listens to others' orders".
On the contrary, it was the director of the Temple of Heaven who followed Ning Weimin's advice, almost to the point of superstition.
This made Ning Weimin’s plan to open a branch in Tokyo possible.
To be honest, even though the director of the Temple of Heaven was firmly opposed at first, he really couldn't stand Ning Weimin's deception.
As the person who cheated, Ning Weimin later learned that five hundred years was out of the question, and he must be confident about the domestic and international trends in the past thirty years.
And this guy's verbal skills are as good as those of a crosstalk actor.
As the saying goes, people have two sides, both pros and cons are true.
Although he has good reason and evidence, he also has the advantage of speaking.
Japanese people’s spending power, Japanese food preferences, Danmiya’s current advantages, his preparations for it, how he plans to run it after leaving...
Just to put it this way, it is really not difficult to do the ideological work of the director of Tongtian Temple.
So it was like a ghost beating a wall. The old principal couldn't help himself, and was led away by this kid again.
Soon his thoughts fell into despair again. The initial apprehension and doubt were replaced by the excitement and excitement of maybe having the opportunity to go abroad.
In his eyes, Ning Weimin's selfless and courageous appearance became brighter and brighter.
To compare, Ning Weimin is the protagonist of the novel "Golden Avenue". He is Gao Daquan who is determined to lead the collective to get rich...
As the saying goes, without cause, there is no effect.
If Ning Weimin had not been willing to make wedding dresses for others.
If he hadn't looked like a fool, he had done so many things to consider others.
How could he possibly accomplish this?
How is it possible to obtain support from several investors?
How is it possible to have the opportunity to harvest the wool of the Japanese?
Absolutely no chance.
Perhaps some people will sneer and say that Ning Weimin's structure is too small. Being a slave is addictive, so why rely on others? How good can you do it yourself?
But in fact, the person who said this is really stupid. To put it this way, if not all political officials and Fortune 500 CEOs are caught in one fell swoop, which one of them is doing it for his own family?
Of course, the bigger the backer behind you, the cheaper it is to do big things.
Don’t forget, it’s not easy to go abroad these days.
How do you get through the procedures when there is no way out?
If you can't even pass the political review, let alone a visa and how to raise foreign exchange as capital.
Even if you go out, even if you have a lot of money.
Is it possible that when you are alone in a foreign country, you can participate in the feast unscrupulously and make money in the stock and real estate market like no one else is watching?
Japan is a country with legal violent organizations. At this time, Yakuza has not yet reached recession, and the black economy is also prosperous.
Without any connections or power, just going to Japan with money, wouldn’t this be like delivering food to people’s doorsteps all the way?
But if there is an errand to go to Tokyo to open a branch for Tan Palace, the situation will be very different for Ning Weimin.
That means he has the business resources of a multinational company to help him.
At the same time, there is also a government-sponsored identity protection body, and the country is backing him.
If something happens in Japan, Ning Weimin will not only get help from Pierre Cardin Japan, but he can also ask the embassy for help.
Foreigners like him, in Japan, will not be offended by people who are trying to get away with things. Even the Japanese government will have some scruples.
Isn’t this equivalent to having a golden body protection?
What's more, Ning Weimin is doing it for nothing, so he won't suffer any loss no matter what.
If he had not been an executive at Pierre Cardin, he would not have been able to afford tens of thousands of calligraphy and paintings by modern famous artists at bargain prices, he would not have been able to make a fortune in the clothing tail goods business, and he would not have had the conditions to make a fortune from handicrafts.
If he hadn’t opened Tan Gong Restaurant, he wouldn’t have had the opportunity to make money by making utensils, let alone buy so many red sandalwood furniture and high-quality products that are prohibited from private sale by the state through purchasing for Tan Gong. Official kiln porcelain.
If he had not planned so many cultural activities that had a social sensation, he would not have been able to find his way to Manager Huang Xinyuan Huang of the Sugar, Tobacco and Liquor Company.
Then he and Zhang Shihui’s cigarette shop will lose a large amount of income.
If he hadn’t managed the Zhai Palace and Tan Palace well, he wouldn’t have had the conditions to get along so harmoniously with the director of the Temple of Heaven.
How could Sun Wufu collect used goods for him?
If he didn't have these, it would be impossible for him to have the financial resources to take back Ma's Garden.
Work like Ning Weimin, making wedding dresses for others.
Isn’t it better to have the title of boss but have to travel around every day as a small business owner, or to squeeze some money from treasury bonds to make a lot of money?
To put it bluntly, Ning Weimin's job is the same as serving as director of the Ministry of Industry in the Shanghai Concession in the 1930s, or serving as one of the four major detectives in Hong Kong City in the 1950s.
Even giving money to others and paying bribes to buy such errands are very cost-effective!
What's more, Ning Weimin's ambitions are different now, and the criteria for judging gains and losses are even more diverse.
Because for people who are ambitious and want to do big things.
What you learn at work and the experience you gain are the most important.
Ning Weimin undoubtedly wants to start his own business.
But in real life, if you want to make a company bigger and stronger and become world-famous, you can't do it by trying to make the first pot of gold, relying on preemptive strikes to seize the leading position in the industry, and then clinging to a big official leg. thing.
How can it be so simple?
Historically, Hu Xueyan went bankrupt just because he was a government businessman.
Even the Ma family, the richest man in the capital, suffered the consequences of being an official businessman. They spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and could not get it back.
Government and businessman, it is a double-edged sword. The faster you get rich, the faster you die.
To use another analogy, we want to promote Chinese food to the world so that it can be recognized by the world's catering industry and get the status it deserves.
Is this something that just anyone with a golden finger can do?
It’s difficult without any real ability!
But where did this ability come from?
Then you have to practice!
Ning Weimin works for Pierre Cardon and works for Tan Gong Restaurant, which is equivalent to using other people's money and resources to practice his skills.
This gave him an opportunity to do big things in advance when it was impossible to develop and grow on his own.
And I learned a lot from the higher-level people I came into contact with.
In fact, in this life, apart from what we eat and what we learn into our brains, what else truly belongs to us?
This truth will never be understood by those who only take advantage and do not suffer losses, and are eager for quick success.
In the same way, Ning Weimin was not afraid of losing money and making a profit. He held such a grand banquet for the sculpture art exhibition and entertained people from all walks of life in the art world. The money was not wasted.
He decided to personally finance the purchase of fine products made by old craftsmen and exhibit them to insiders. It was a cost-effective deal that was both famous, popular and affordable.
In fact, the more others think he is losing money, the more money he will make.
Don’t believe it? If you don’t believe it, just take a look at what he gained at the sculpture art exhibition banquet.
First, through a leader of the Artists Association as an intermediary, the director of the Beijing Ivory Carving Factory took the initiative to talk to Ning Weimin.
He also sent an invitation, hoping that Ning Weimin could take time to visit the factory.
The factory director said that they also have a complete set of products of "Twelve Flower Gods", which was an award-winning work that was exhibited in Tuancheng, Beijing, the Working People's Cultural Palace, and international expositions in the Soviet Union and London, England.
Originally it was supposed to be collected by the History Museum, but because the funding problem was not resolved, the matter was delayed again and again.
Now that it has been in storage for many years, there is absolutely no hope.
If Tan Gong is willing, the factory is willing to sell it at a low price, which is better than holding down Ku.
If Ning Weimin likes traditional themes, they also have large-scale tooth carvings such as "The Goddess Scattering Flowers", "Chang'e Flying to the Moon", "Mulan Joins the Army", "A Dream of Red Mansions", and "The Romance of the West Chamber".
The price is also negotiable.
Who makes Ning Weimin support the industrial art industry so much?
Secondly, a stone expert working at the Municipal Arts and Crafts Corporation came to Ning Weimin through his own recommendation.
According to him, when several farmers in Shoushan Township, Fuzhou were destroying their fields and digging in search of Tianhuang Stone recently, they dug out a very large Tianhuang Stone, which was extremely precious.
That piece of Tianhuang stone weighs eight or nine kilograms and can be called the King of Tianhuang. It is estimated to be worth at least 120,000 to 30,000 yuan.
Their company thought about it again and again and decided that it could not afford it, so they decided to give up. They originally wanted to inform Rong Baozhai about it.
But after seeing the exhibits today, he thought that if Tan Gong Restaurant was interested, it would be nice to spend money to buy them as a display.
If Ning Weimin is interested, he is willing to introduce him.
You must know that since the Tianhuang Stone was excavated in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, in the past three to four hundred years, many generations have dug up the Tianhuang Stone and destroyed a field.
When a field is destroyed, you may or may not be able to dig out field stones, or you may only be able to dig out a small piece as big as a fingernail, and the more you dig out, the less it will be.
It usually takes several years for the land that has been dug out to be paddy fields to be harvested normally.
Therefore, in Shoushan Township, let alone Tianhuang, there are other varieties of Shoushan stones, such as Gaoshan, Duling, Shanbo, Qijiang and other varieties. It is not easy to find a big one now.
This is absolutely reliable and timely news.
Thirdly, a person in charge of Sichuan Hotel came to talk to Ning Weimin and said that they imitated the large carved floor cover and grape-shaped feeder customized by Tan Palace, and the results were good.
But today I was still attracted by their "Twelve Flower Gods" ingredients.
They also had an idea and planned to spend 40,000 to 50,000 to order a set with plum, orchid, chrysanthemum and bamboo themes.
So I would like to ask Ning Weimin how much these feeders cost.
What is character?
This is character.
Maybe it's because Ning Weimin "loves to suffer" too much.
So even God can’t stand it, so he has to stuff treasures, gold and silver into his hands.
Look at the fuss about this, I can’t even think about taking advantage of it...
(End of this chapter)