King of Industry

  Chapter 524 I have some ideas about Huabao Building

  Walking with his former tablemate in the most famous and classic area of ​​SJ City, Zhao Guoyang didn't feel any strange feeling in his heart, he just silently watched the crowd flowing around him.

  Old Town God’s Temple is the core of Songjiang’s old Chengxiang area. It is bounded by the Ring Road. The northern half of the Ring Road is Renmin Road, and the southern half is Zhonghua Road.

  This land used to be a moat. At the beginning of the last century, the river was filled to build roads and paved with asphalt, and the No. 11 trolleybus was used.

  It wasn't until recent years that there was a call to switch to a car.

  The city walls here were also demolished, leaving a group of ancient place names including Dadongmen, Dananmen, Laoximen and Xinbeimen.

  Many old people in Songjiang know that the Old City God Temple used to be the seat of the Songjiang County Government.

  This point can be vaguely distinguished from the nearby place names such as Guanyi Street, Xianzuo Street, Sanpailou, Sipailou, and Jiuxuechang Road.

  Zhao Guoyang and Qi Meiyun walked on the west side of the Old Town God's Temple Square, and saw a row of eye-catching wing rooms.

   When I got closer, I saw that it was a chess and card room.

  Different from the time before Zhao Guoyang's rebirth, in the early 1990s, there must have been few people playing mahjong in the chess and card room.

  When Zhao Guoyang and the others came over, it was full of people playing chess, go and bridge.

   Among them, the chess tables occupy the vast majority.

   To Zhao Guoyang's surprise, there were more people watching chess than playing chess.

  Although the rule is to watch the game and not speak, occasionally someone will make jokes.

  Zhao Guoyang stood on the sidelines for a while, and then heard the dialects of Yongcheng, Kuaiji, Gusu, Jiangbei, Ludong and other places.

  After looking at it for a while, Zhao Guoyang saw that Qi Meiyun was not interested, so he smiled and said, "Meiyun, I'm really hungry, let's move on and find someone to buy something to eat."

"Okay, let's go to the square in front of the temple. The fried steamed buns and chicken and duck blood soup there are delicious. The soup in the steamed buns and the chicken and duck offal in the blood soup make people drool. .”

   Zhao Guoyang also had an impression of fried steamed buns. After hearing Qi Meiyun's words, he said with a "huh": "Okay, then let's go there..."

   On the way towards the square in front of the temple, Zhao Guoyang discovered that the old Town God's Temple was undergoing renovation.

  The Yuebin Building on Jiaochang Road, the snack shop and Fenglou near Guanyi Street are all undergoing renovation.

  Seeing that Zhao Guoyang was not looking around, Qi Meiyun explained the historical allusions of these shops to him one by one with understanding.

   "Ah, the building that is about to be built in front is the Huabao Building that is rumored to sell handicrafts!"

  Seeing a majestic four-story building with upturned eaves in front, Qi Meiyun introduced it to Zhao Guoyang with great interest.

   "Huabaolou?" Hearing this rather familiar name, Zhao Guoyang was taken aback.

  The name of the "Huabao" building is taken from the sentence "Wuhua Tianbao" in the "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng" written by the famous writer Wang Bo in the early Tang Dynasty. It means all kinds of handicrafts, silk, ornaments, antiques and cultural relics in the building, many of which are treasures of all things.

  Before his rebirth, although Zhao Guoyang had never been to this Huabao building, among the friends he usually contacts, many of them were the big customers of this building.

  Everyone has a good opinion of it, and it is basically regarded as the top store of the same type in China.

  However, there is only one reason why Zhao Guoyang was stunned at this time, and that was his "Fashionbeauty" jewelry brand.

  Weiwei was dazed for a moment, then Zhao Guoyang asked, "Meiyun, when will this Huabao Building open?"

  After hearing this, Qi Meiyun was curious: "What's the matter, Guoyang, do you want to buy handicrafts?"

   Seems to have thought of something, Qi Meiyun suddenly realized: "Uh, I see. Guoyang, you want to buy antiques, right? Tsk tsk, rich people, it's just different!"

  Listening to the squad leader's ridicule, Zhao Guoyang pouted helplessly.

  He raised his finger and pointed to the front, and said honestly: "Meiyun, you are mistaken, I asked about the 'Huabao Building', but I just wanted to see the jewelry inside it..."

  After Zhao Guoyang finished speaking, Qi Meiyun inevitably got it wrong.

  Her face changed slightly: "Uh, Guoyang, are you going to prepare a 'love gift' for your girlfriend?"

   "You may be disappointed about this. This 'Huabao Building' seems to be decorated very carefully. It will take at least a year and a half to complete the decoration."

   "If you wait for the goods to arrive and then open for business, I'm afraid it will be the next year."

  Of course Zhao Guoyang didn't hear the strangeness in Qi Meiyun's words.

  He smiled wryly and said, "Hey, Mr. Squad Leader, look at how busy I am every day, do I have time to fall in love?"

   Without waiting for Qi Meiyun to answer, Zhao Guoyang continued: "I am thinking about the sales of my own factory's products!"

   "Speaking of which, Meiyun, you should also be aware of this matter. The last time that guy Sun Ning came to SJ City, wasn't it because of our Rongguang Machinery Factory's jewelry electroplating?"

  Hearing this, Qi Meiyun immediately understood.

  She nodded again and again and said: "Ah, yes, yes, I forgot, that monkey guy is messing with you."

   "According to this, Guoyang, are you going to sell the accessories in this 'Huabao Building'?"

  Listening to Qi Meiyun's question, Zhao Guoyang nodded and said, "Well, I do have this idea."

   "SJ Town God's Temple is the leading commercial street in China, right? If we can get our products into this area, it will definitely be of great help to our factory's brand promotion."

"Uh…"

  Hearing this, Qi Meiyun said hesitantly: "Guoyang, I heard that the threshold for 'Huabaolou' is very high. It seems that they are not willing to cooperate with ordinary brands!"

   Zhao Guoyang naturally understood the bullishness of "Huabaolou".

  After hearing Qi Meiyun's "persuasion", he turned his head with a smile and said, "Of course I understand this, but, Meiyun, do you think I am the kind of person who talks too much?"

   "Although the products in our factory still have the ability to enter the high-end market. But isn't their 'Huabao Building' also open?"

   "Taking advantage of the two years of renovation of the 'Huabao Building', it also just gave our factory the opportunity to improve product quality..."

  Zhao Guoyang squinted his eyes, stroked his chin and said, "If everything goes well, it's possible that by the time they open, our factory's jewelry will already be famous."

  Listening to Zhao Guoyang's confident words, Qi Meiyun was stunned.

  As she has lived in SJ for several years, she already knows a lot about this big city.

   "Huabao Building" has a big background and strong capital, which is indeed beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

  If any other person had said such "arrogant" words in front of her, Qi Meiyun would definitely have dismissed them.

   But for some reason, when Zhao Guoyang said these words, she didn't have such thoughts in her heart at all.

  Maybe, this is where Zhao Guoyang is different.

  The two wandered around the Town God's Temple for a while, ate raw fried steamed buns, chicken and duck blood soup, and then embarked on the journey back with a lot of satisfaction.

   On the way back, the communication between the two deepened.

  Obviously, the last class reunion and this reunion brought the relationship between the two tablemates back to their school days.

  Walking and walking, Qi Meiyun sighed and said, "Guoyang, I really envy you. Through hard work, you can break out of your own world."

  Zhao Guoyang couldn't help laughing when he heard the words: "Meiyun, do you also want to venture out on your own? I fully support this!"

   "The current national policy is committed to supporting the development of private enterprises. With your ability, you can definitely make a career by yourself."

  Qi Meiyun did not expect that Zhao Guoyang had a high opinion of herself, and a hint of joy appeared on her face immediately.

  However, thinking of her own affairs, she quickly put away her smile and said, "Guoyang, you're mistaken. I'm still very satisfied with my current job, and I'm doing it more smoothly. I don't have any ambitions..."

  Qi Meiyun's remarks made Zhao Guoyang a little puzzled.

Seeing the questioning gaze shot from him tilting his head, Qi Meiyun sighed and said: "That's right, Guoyang, our SJ Textile Group Co., Ltd., although the performance has been good before, but after the country's reform and opening up, With the emergence of a large number of foreign companies and private companies, the market competition has become increasingly fierce, and the current situation is not good."

  "For the whole of last year, our company's sales dropped by 30%. In the first quarter of this year, this figure continued to decline."

Looking at Zhao Guoyang with a sad face, Qi Meiyun continued to speak: "Guoyang, you know that my current position is the deputy section chief of the second sales section of the marketing management department. Due to the decline in performance, our section has three I haven't gotten my bonus for a month..."

   "Because there is no bonus, everyone's enthusiasm for work has dropped a lot. Now, more people eat vegetarian meals. After going to work, everyone just reads newspapers, knits sweaters, and just waits to get off work."

   "I see these things in my eyes and worry about them in my heart. However, I can't come up with any effective solutions at all. It has become a vicious circle."

  Listening to Qi Meiyun's complaints, Zhao Guoyang patted her on the shoulder lightly to show comfort.

  Feeling the concern of her old classmate, Qi Meiyun finally looked a little better.

   After a moment of silence, she sighed softly and said, "For this matter, our section chief and I also made several suggestions, but he rejected them all."

   "In his words, anyway, there are still wages, so we have to worry about so much. The only thing we can do now is to wait and see what happens. If it doesn't work, the factory will definitely be acquired, and then see if it will be retained..."

   Zhao Guoyang couldn't agree with Qi Meiyun and the other section chief's point of view.

   Indeed, in state-owned enterprises, there are many people who hold his idea.

  If the production and technical departments think so, there is nothing to say.

  But as a leader of the sales department, if he also holds this kind of thinking, it will be a bit negative.

  The reason is simple. When the company is in a bad situation for a long time, the sales department is the only department that can turn things around.

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