As early as half a month before I came back, Huaxing Company had sent relevant personnel to Shanghai to start the work of setting up a Chinese branch. According to what I mean, Sun Wendi, the current CEO of Huaxing Company, is personally responsible for the establishment of the branch here in Shanghai.
This company cadre who I single-handedly raised has raised the business of Huaxing Company to a new level in the past year, and his position in the company has been promoted to the position of CEO.
At present, the name of Huaxing Company is still a legal trading company, and the annual turnover of the company is about 100 million US dollars. And some of the smuggling businesses are secretly carried out under the company's banner... The specific smuggling profits reach tens of millions per year. Of course, I spend at least millions of dollars every year to bribe the Vancouver customs and police officials and other related networks.
Sun Wendi is not ignorant of the smuggling business, but many multinational trading companies and large companies in the world inevitably have some illegal business behind the scenes, which is normal. Moreover, it is not surprising that a company engaged in ocean-going trade also secretly engages in smuggling.
However, he seems to be a bit surprised that I sent him to Shanghai to open a Chinese branch in person. In his opinion, he should be the CEO of the head office in Vancouver. For this kind of branch, send someone else Will suffice. But then I told him that the company's future strategic focus is on Asia. Wendi Sun agreed with my decision after I even revealed that the Chinese branch would replace the Vancouver headquarters in the future.
Huaxing Company (China) branch was established in Lujiazui, Shanghai. Long before I came, Sun Wendi was responsible for most of the construction work of the branch, including the selection of the company's address. At this point, I vetoed Sun Wendi's proposal to rent an office space, and instead decided to spend money to buy two floors of a building. It's a lot more expensive, but my point is clear: we're not here to make money and then leave. This time I'm back, and I don't intend to leave. Huaxing Company will take root here.
Moreover, in the long run, even if the company continues to expand in the future and the current site is not enough to maintain, then even if I have to change to a new place, I will not lose money. Because the housing prices in Shanghai have been soaring all the way, even if this place is sold in the future, it will only make a profit but not a loss.
About 50 employees were recruited in Shanghai. As for the company's management, ten backbones were transferred from the Vancouver headquarters to enrich the middle and high-level management of the Shanghai company. middle-level leadership. The prototype of the company has been initially established.
Of course, this is not the kind of leather bag company I built like a fool in Africa.
"We are outsiders, and we have no foundation in everything here... We need some excellent public relations talents... Boss, I think the company's original administrative secretary, Ms. Xu Xin, is very capable in this area. I think she can be transferred to Shanghai to serve as The company's public relations manager..." After Sun Wendi made this suggestion to me, I thought about it and then rejected it.
Recently, Xi Luo and that girl Xu Xin are fighting fiercely. Xi Luo is my best brother. He was born and died for me, and even I was able to sit in the position of the leader of the big circle. Ba Ye helped me get it. My good brother, just got a little nourishment of love, I can't spoil his good deeds at this time.
At the critical moment when the two fell in love for the first time, I dragged his close lover from Vancouver to Shanghai, and I am afraid that Xi Luo who stayed in Vancouver would go crazy.
After coming to the Shanghai branch of Huaxing Company from the airport, I immediately held the first meeting of the branch company. Of course, I don’t know much about these legal businesses. The town scene is just fine.
However, because my fame in the front-end time is too great, it is a mess in the United States, and various reports and news about me, especially entertainment news, have already spread to China. As a result, I found that at the conference , many new company members from Shanghai are secretly looking at me. After all, I'm arguably a big star now.
By the way, Sun Wendi didn't agree with me to set up an African investment branch. But after I came back from Africa, his views changed 180 degrees.
Why
Because I have established a close personal friendship with the head of state G in East Africa, General Kunta! It can even be said to be... a gangster!
Yunta is not a good person, let alone a patriot—to be honest, in many small African countries, people generally lack a sense of national identity, where there are still full of ideas of tribe and race, and the sense of identity of tribe and race is far greater than that of the country .
Country G's economy is backward and needs construction.
The head of country G is General Yunta, a good friend who has made an alliance with me through blood!
General Yunta, the head of State G, is not a good person, let alone a patriot. In his heart, he cares more about his overseas private property than national property. Otherwise, he wouldn't have sold all the ownership of the diamond mine, and then secretly embezzled the profits in it.
"We can do business with country G. Import and export can be done! Country G is backward, and they need various constructions. Although they are small, they are still a country after all. They need various resources. They If they need us, we will sell them anything, of course, except for restricted prohibited items, arms are even more impossible. But for others, we can even monopolize them.” Wendi Sun is always full of energy when talking about the company’s business. He glanced at me: "Boss, you are a good friend of General Yunta, we can definitely sign an import and export agreement with the government of country G in the name of Huaxing Company, so that we can even monopolize the national foreign trade of the entire country G! Then What resources can be exported in country G, we can also buy them... These are profitable businesses."
In the end, Wendi Sun made a conclusion: "The most profitable business in the world is not arms, not drugs... but a monopoly! Any business, as long as it can be monopolized, is always the most profitable! Now a great opportunity is in front of us!"
I thought for a while and said with a wry smile: "There are three problems. First, country G doesn't seem to have any resources that we can buy... Their economy and business are very backward... There are no resources other than minerals."
"Then we will import raw diamond ore." Sun Wendi said lightly: "There are other... wood, wood is also a resource... No, we can even invest in the establishment of factories in country G, there is no shortage of forest resources in East Africa, we can make a lot of wood there Processing, paper, furniture, various tools, etc., etc., and then sell some of them on the spot, and ship the rest to Canada or China for sale... These are profitable businesses.”
"Well... Import raw diamond mines." I smiled: "This is no longer necessary, we already own 40% of the diamond mines, and the raw diamond mines have to be shipped out every year, and then we can do diamond business... As for What you said about monopolizing the trade of country G is a great idea."
"Of course, my boss, I really think that your trip to Africa is really a brilliant idea." Sun Wendi smiled happily.
"Then the second question." I sighed: "We do business with country G, so the only contact person is the government of country G, because country G is very poor, and there are no big companies in their country that can cooperate with us. We can only talk to their government directly about purchases and sales. But I doubt their government's ability to pay... You haven't been there, the government of country G is very poor. Although Yunta himself is rich, his government is very poor. "
"This is even better. They can directly use resources to pay for the money." Wendi Sun smiled like a standard profiteer: "If their government has no money, they can use raw diamond ore, or even wood, or other things as the payment. We don't care anyway .”
"Okay, the third question..." I thought for a while: "Sun, you may have forgotten that this is China, not Canada... There are many differences between doing business in China and doing business in Canada. We are a trading company , but China’s export trade to Africa is restricted by the state... Well, the state will draw up a quota every year, and we must find a way to get the quota before we can export to Africa. Otherwise, our goods will not even be able to pass through the customs.” Speaking of here I couldn't help but glanced at him: "You... don't want to do smuggling?"
I frowned, because of the terms of the deal between me and Ren Lei, I returned to China, but I guarantee that my business in China is legal, how do they know that I am the largest smuggling leader on the west coast of Canada, no one will let me be such a smuggling oligarch Returning to the country to do large-scale smuggling business damages the national interest.
In other words, I do not allow smuggling in the country. This is the condition. Of course, they also gave me a lot of preferential conditions, so I won’t repeat them one by one.
"Boss, have you forgotten? We are a Canadian company." Sun Wendi smiled slyly: "Look, we can purchase goods domestically in the name of exporting to Canada—Chinese goods are very cheap, and cheap and high-quality goods are made in China. The biggest feature of the goods in the international market. Our goods are not shipped to Africa in the name of customs clearance in China, but to Canada! Then, they are shipped from Canada to Africa! As for the customs issue... "
When he said this, he suddenly closed his mouth, looking at me with a deep smile.
I knew right away that I was being stupid...
African customs
joke! What customs do I have to pass through when my goods enter country G? Do I even doubt that State G owns customs
When my goods enter country G, as long as General Kunta nods his approval and sends a sentence, who will stop me
Hmm... Although this is definitely illegal, I only promised not to do illegal business in China, but to do it abroad... then there is no problem.
Wendi Sun described to me a very tempting idea...
"We can purchase all kinds of necessities for national production and national life at home, and then transport them to Africa and trade with country G to earn a lot of profits. If the government of country G has no cash payment ability, we can let them use diamond mines as payment, or ... use wood! The business of diamond mines, boss, can be handed over to our branch in Africa to operate, and if wood is used, as I said, we don't have to bring the wood back, but open it in country G on the spot Timber processing factories, a small country in East Africa like country G, have very cheap labor (when he mentioned cheap labor, I suddenly thought of those slave-like miners in the mine), which will greatly reduce our cost. Then we put the production Good finished products, such as paper, chopsticks, furniture, etc., are shipped to China and Canada for sale, which is a lucrative business.”
Then Wendi Sun told me a very classic business case: about 20 years ago, when China's economy just started, the Japanese once cunningly tricked the Chinese once! The Japanese purchased large quantities of peanuts at very low prices in the Shandong area of China.
Then these peanuts were not transported back to Japan after boarding the ship. Instead, the ship was parked on the high seas. There were processing machinery and equipment on board to process the peanuts on the spot. The peanut kernels were pressed into peanut oil, and the peanut shells were made into fibers. plate!
Then, the Japanese cargo ship immediately returned to China, and then sold the peanut oil and fiber sheets to the Chinese at a high price!
The profits made by this cunning practice are astonishing!
After talking with Sun Wendi for a long time, I couldn't help talking: "Dear Sun... If this continues, I'm afraid I will soon become a capitalist."
"My boss..." Sun Wendi smiled slyly and looked at me: "You have long been a capitalist."
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I have always admired Sun Wendi, he definitely has a business genius, and is full of drive, such a talent, of course, I must be firmly tied to my chariot. I gave him a part of the company's shares, and then simply handed over Huaxing's Shanghai branch to him to host. Of course, the Vancouver company was handed over to someone else to host.
For the opening of the Shanghai branch, I held a small banquet and invited some officials from the local official authorities, the Industrial and Commercial Tax Inspection Law... and so on. There are also some other clients.
I didn't attend such a banquet, and handed it over to Sun Wendi directly.
And then, to my surprise, I got interview appointment requests from some media.
Moreover, the media that asked to interview me were not commercial or financial... all of them were entertainment media.
Damn, you really think of me as a celebrity in the entertainment industry...
I thought about saying no, but then I changed my mind and did an interview with a TV station. My idea is: After all, I still own a film company, so I may not have the opportunity to get involved in the domestic entertainment circle in the future, maybe it will be beneficial to do so.
The person who interviewed me was said to be a hostess of a well-known local entertainment program in Shanghai, and the location of the interview was set in my office.
"Mr. Chen, the Billy Hill Film Company you own in Hollywood, this year's action movie based on the last real case is a big hit. Is there any mystery in it?"
"You also said that it is based on the real thing, which is a selling point."
"Is the company planning to cast any other movies in the future?"
"Yes." I didn't say carefully.
"Will Lei Xiaohu still play the leading role? Chinese movie fans love TIGER very much, and they all think that he will become a new generation of action movie superstar."
"Yes." I was a little bored.
"One more question... I heard that you came back to China to invest in business... Are you planning to invest in movies? Or other entertainment industries?"
"Not yet... but the possibility of this is not ruled out in the future." I smiled.
"So, do you know anything about the domestic entertainment industry?"
"..." I thought for a while and said with a smile: "I have been abroad for a few years, and I haven't paid attention to the domestic entertainment industry in the past few years..." When I said this, my heart suddenly moved, and I couldn't help laughing: "Oh, I am Know a name... well, she must be hot right now, Jenny, right?"
The hostess deliberately showed a fussy expression, and then smiled: "Oh? Jenny? My God, don't you know Mr. Chen? Jenny can be said to be very beautiful now, and she will hold a solo event in Shanghai soon. It's a concert. It seems that Mr. Chen admires Jenny... I wonder if there will be a chance to work together in the future?"
"It's possible." I smiled.
"Well..." The hostess saw that I was absent-minded, so she asked another question: "Actually, in the movie that just sold well, the role played by Lei Xiaohu was adapted from your real life story. … That is to say, in the movie, he actually plays you, are you satisfied with his performance?"
I laughed... I don't know how many times I have been asked similar questions on the talk shows I participated in in the United States.
"Well... I think he did a good job. First of all, his kung fu is good, and second, he is young and handsome. I am very happy to have such a handsome guy playing me."
"Hehe..." The hostess laughed a few times, glanced at me, and complimented me: "Actually, you are also very young and handsome... Let me ask a question for many of your fans, Mr. Chen, you are so young, but now You are already a big shot, and you are also known as an upstart in Hollywood, and your current status in Hollywood can be said to be very important. Can you make such a successful career at such a young age, do you have any secrets?"
I shook my head, and was about to give an evasive answer according to the kind of diplomatic rhetoric I used when facing the media in the United States, when suddenly my heart moved...
I am in China now!
Thinking of this, a thought came to my mind that made me feel strange.
I straightened my body, and then looked at the camera lens in front of me with a serious face.
"I want to thank one person." With a strange smile on the corner of my mouth and deep eyes, I said slowly: "If it wasn't for him, I'm afraid I'd still be hanging out in China now, and I'd still be a low-level character in China... If it wasn't for him 'Noved' me at a crucial time, and I wouldn't be where I am today."
The hostess next to me looked at me with puzzled eyes, and I continued to say the last sentence to the camera: "Thank you! Everything I have today is thanks to you!"
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"… Thanks to you… "
When this sentence was transmitted to thousands of households along the TV screen, what I didn't know was that in front of a certain TV in a certain city, when this sentence came out on the TV, a pair of cold eyes Stare at me on the screen and...
Ding!
The thug in one hand forcibly shattered a goblet. The shards of the glass cut the muscles of the palm, and the bright red blood flowed... However, the owner of this hand didn't seem to care, and the fist was tightly clenched. tighter...
At the same time, in another place, in front of another TV, a beautiful face with obvious mixed-race features was full of excitement, and those charming eyes were full of tears. She looked at the TV, and then Muttered: "He still remembers me... he didn't forget me..."
After I came back, I found that I was much more relaxed, and my mood was much happier than in Vancouver.
Anyway, Sun Wendi was watching over the company, and I spent two days doing nothing, just letting Tu drive me around the streets of Shanghai.
We don't know the roads in Shanghai, but that's okay, anyway, it's just a wild ride, sometimes from morning to night, I don't feel bored. As long as I see signs in Chinese all over the street, and people with yellow skin and black hair, I feel very happy in my heart.
I didn't go to those scenic spots, as long as I walked around like this, I was very happy.
Every night, I would call Yan Di... I didn't bring Yan Di back, because I just returned to China, God knows if there will be any troubles, after all, I know very well that I still have a big enemy in China. So for the sake of safety, I temporarily left Yan Di in Vancouver. Wait until everything goes well here before preparing to pick her up.
On this day, my leisurely days ended because I welcomed a guest.
Wu Gang.
"Okay, Wu Gang, don't be so serious." I invited him into my office, but Wu Gang kept a straight face.
"Chen Yang." As soon as he sat down, he frowned and looked at me: "You have been back for so long, why don't you go see Nannan?"
I'm at a loss for words... I can't answer this question, and I don't know how to answer it.
"My daughter knew you were back, and I knew she wanted to see you very much. But she didn't come, and I asked her, but she didn't say anything... Damn, why do you two have the same reaction!" Wu Gang was a little impatient: "She will come to Shanghai in a few days, you can solve it yourself! I can't control so much... But if you dare to bully her... Humph!"
I smiled wryly and didn't speak.
"Never mind!" Wu Gang waved his hand: "I have important things to do this time."
"What's the matter again? You don't want me to help you with something again?" I smiled wryly.
"Of course it's a good thing!" Wu Gang snorted, "Are you going to do import and export trade with Africa? You also know that our country has restrictions on trade with Africa. I'm worried that you won't be able to get trade quotas for imports and exports to Africa. Ren Lei also said a lot of good things for you. In this way, you don't have to think of ways to take advantage of the loopholes. The higher authorities will not treat people like you who have contributed to the country badly. Now they can give you some special quotas! It is convenient for you to directly import and export trade with Africa."
oh? This is a good thing!
In this way, I don't need to bother to transport the goods to Canada and then transship them to Africa. Save time and a lot of money.
"There is one more thing about Fang Nan... well, but she won't let me tell you. Well, she will come to Shanghai soon and wait for you to meet. If she wants, let her tell you by herself."