Wei Yin knew that regardless of whether or not she had obtained the agency rights for Ms. Shao's brand, her trip today was not in vain. She had not lost the business competition with Ms. Chen.
Shao Wen was indeed hesitant for a moment. Shao Wen smiled and said, "You two are both so outstanding that I can't make a decision. Can you give me a few days to make a decision?"
"Of course no problem." Chen Xuan smiled and stood up. "I benefited a lot from coming here today. I met Professor Chu by chance, and I was fortunate to meet such a charming person as Mr. Shao. Even Ms. Chen, although we have some small disputes occasionally, I admire Ms. Chen's ambition. Ms. Chen's vision also shocked me. I have never known where to use the word "shock" since I learned it by myself, but today I finally have a place to use it. Ms. Chen, I apologize for my rudeness before. You have the heart to make domestic products famous, and I admire you."
"Ms. Shao, you are so young, yet you have your own brand, that's really amazing." Chen Xuan praised everyone without asking for money, and said with a smile, "You have been out for such a long time, so we will take our leave first."
Miss Shao said seriously, "Meeting Mr. Wei is the biggest gain of my trip to Beijing."
Mr. Shao smiled, "You are about the same age, so you can be friends." He asked, "How did Mrs. Wei and Miss Wei get here?"
"I came here by taxi." Chen Xuan said frankly.
"It's just right. I don't need a car this afternoon." He ordered the attendant to send Chen Xuan and Wei Yin's sister-in-law off. Chen Xuan was a little shy and said, "Then I'll be disrespectful to refuse."
Mr. Shao laughed and said, "Don't refuse."
Chen Xuan and Wei Yin originally thought that it would be more prestigious to take a taxi here, and to save money by taking a rickshaw when they return. They did not expect that Mr. Shao's car was available. It was a pleasant surprise. After Chen Xuan and Wei Yin said goodbye and left, Ms. Chen had something to discuss with Shao Wen, so she also returned to Shao Wen's room. Mr. Shao sighed, "Beijing is really a city full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers."
Professor Chu smiled and said, "It's really eye-opening."
Mr. Shao praised her generously, "Since the New Culture Movement, more and more women have come out to work. This Mrs. Wei is a leader."
When Shao Wen asked his father for his opinion on the power of attorney, Mr. Shao said, "When I was your age, I would not hesitate for too long to give the power of attorney to Ms. Chen. At my age now, I would choose Mrs. Wei."
Shao Wen frowned slightly, brought two cups of tea and put them down, "Dad, Mrs. Wei is certainly very capable. But don't you think her vision is always a little narrow? Dad, you haven't been to her shop, it's very small, you can't even turn around when you go in."
"Business is business. What you do is business. In fact, business is very simple. It is enough to sell the goods well."
"I always think that Mrs. Wei's store is too small. Dad, if I want to build a brand, I can't just sell it in a cramped hat shop like that."
"This is your brand, you can make your own decision. Ah Wen, Mrs. Wei is more valuable than your brand itself. She is no less capable than Ms. Chen. In fact, I admire her practical character more. She is a person who can get things done." Mr. Shao took a sip of tea and said casually, "Nothing can be accomplished overnight. What a good saying."
Shao Wen smiled, "Dad, do you know what Mrs. Wei's ambition is?"
"What?"
"She is determined to become a first-class university professor." Shao Wen laughed. "When I heard her talk, I felt that she was modest. Moreover, she might be the kind of person who had a hard childhood and never went to school, but went to Beijing to broaden her horizons, made progress in her thinking, and determined to become a new woman. But are all the new women today people who are so outspoken?"
Mr. Shao put down his teacup, looked at his daughter, and reminded her, "The sales figures she gave for your cosmetics are real. Even the three-fold figure she proposed is not an exaggeration in my opinion."
Shao Wen said, "I feel that she is a person who will talk about how miserable her life was in front of others to arouse their sympathy, but will brag about her status as a first-class professor behind their backs. This is not a good thing in the end."
"Did Ms. Chen tell you what a first-class professor said?"
"Sister Chen mentioned this when we were communicating before, and it wasn't about the agency this time."
"Awen, if Ms. Chen knows about this, and you have seen that Ms. Chen and Mrs. Wei don't have a good relationship, then I guess that when Mrs. Wei said this, she was not in a very secretive place. It is very likely that she said this openly." Mr. Shao said, "When Liu Bang saw Qin Shihuang's trip, the pomp and ceremony was grand, and he couldn't help but say, 'A real man should be like this.' In this life, who hasn't said some crazy words? If you think it's funny, just laugh it off. As for Mrs. Wei's character, it's hard to tell whether she is arrogant or not from such a small thing. Didn't you also say that you want to make Fenfang a world-class brand? Isn't this arrogant?"
"At least what I said has some basis, but does what Mrs. Wei said have any basis? She said it herself. She couldn't read a single word two years ago."
"But you've also seen that she's not at all inferior to you and Ms. Chen when she's with you. She's also neither humble nor overbearing in front of me and Professor Chu. Think about it, she couldn't even read two years ago. Don't you think she's amazing?"
"Dad has people like this under his command, too. They can't read well, but they are very good at business, right?" Shao Wen said, "But they know themselves well and won't be so arrogant as to say they want to be a first-class professor. They just do things in a down-to-earth manner."
Mr. Shao shook his head, "Are you going to give the agency rights to Ms. Chen?"
"Sister Chen said that she would give my brand a special display stand."
"But can she guarantee to achieve Mrs. Wei's sales volume?"
"Dad, I mainly value Sister Chen's positioning of domestic products, and her patriotism in supporting domestic products." Shao Wen said, "I have made up my mind. I will continue to buy the products from Mrs. Wei at the old price. As for Sister Chen, I have also made arrangements for them."
"I have three pieces of advice for you. First, you are doing things the wrong way. You should give the agency rights in Beijing to Mrs. Wei and the distribution rights to Ms. Chen. Let Ms. Chen buy the products from Mrs. Wei and give her a slightly lower discount to support her business. Second, don't be kind to Mrs. Wei. She opened up the market for your products in Beijing. She makes money in an upright way, which is natural. In the business world, everyone is trying to make money. There is no such thing as favors. Also, even if you still give her the same purchase price as before, you should be prepared that she will no longer promote your products. Third, I advise you to take a closer look at Mrs. Wei."
His father's face was a little serious. Shao Wen said, "Dad is going to stay in Beijing for a while. I have time to invite Mrs. Wei out for tea."
Although Wei Yin went home and praised Chen Xuan's style of negotiating the agency rights in front of Wei Nian, Chen Xuan sighed, "I guess I can't get it."
Wei Nian expected that today's trip would not be smooth because of Ms. Shao's attitude yesterday, but he did not expect that Ms. Chen would interfere. He handed her a cup of warm water and said, "Just do your best."
Chen Xuan took two sips and said, "Ayin and I need to discuss the next cosmetics to promote. With what Ms. Chen did, I don't know how other brands can get the products."
Wei Nian raised his eyebrows, "Even if Ms. Chen gets the agency rights, what's the matter? Why don't you sell this brand in your store?"
Wei Yin poured the water herself and said to her brother, "Ms. Shao said that our store is too small. Although she didn't directly say that she won't sell to us, if we want to get the goods, we must get them from Ms. Chen. Can Ms. Chen get them for us? I don't want to deal with her!"
"Ms. Chen is not stupid. If she really wants to do business, she will buy from you. Otherwise, she will find a distributor who sells this brand better in a short period of time." Wei Nian smiled, "Business is business. Originally, your brand sold the best. Even if you don't get along with Ms. Chen, you don't have to stop immediately. You can choose another kind of cosmetics to promote and slowly reduce the sales of this brand, and that's all."
Chen Xuan put the enamel pot in her hand on the small table, "Let's wait and see how our business will be in the future. If the business is still good, I have discussed with Ah Yin and want to move to a bigger shop."
“That’s good too.”
Wei Yin spoke quickly and said to Wei Nian, "Second brother, how strange it is. The largest store selling foreign brands of cosmetics in Dong'an Market is called Jiqingfang. Isn't that Mr. Rong's business? It turns out that Mr. Rong is also a major shareholder of Dong'an Market. He actually gave Ms. Chen a large store in Dong'an Market. This time, Ms. Chen wants to collect Chinese cosmetics brands to compete with Jiqingfang for business."
"Mr. Rong is actually the major shareholder of Dong'an Market?" Wei Nian was very surprised. Rong Yang looked very important. He didn't come to Beijing very often, and spent most of his time in Shanghai, which showed that Beijing's business was not his main business. Wei Nian was surprised that Rong Yang's business was so big.
As expected by Chen Xuan, Miss Shao still gave the agency rights to Ms. Chen. However, Ms. Chen said in front of Miss Shao that Chen Xuan would still get 30% off when buying goods from her, and she would not make money from Chen Xuan. Chen Xuan smiled and agreed, but everyone knew that Chen Xuan would not be the main promoter of Miss Shao's brand in the future.
After the aunt and sister-in-law returned home, Wei Yin was very angry. She said, "We sold her so many goods, but we didn't give her a discount lower than 30%. Ms. Chen didn't sell any goods, but she gave her such a low discount!" What about not making money from them! Wei Yin didn't believe such nonsense! Well, Chen Xuan believed it, and she said, "Is this a lie? I thought it was true?"
"Second sister-in-law, you are just too kind-hearted. You believe everything anyone says." Wei Yin took the warm water handed over by Chen Xuan, drank it in one gulp, and slammed the enamel pot on the table, saying angrily, "Miss Shao is also blind, second sister-in-law, do you think she is stupid? Ms. Chen is just talking nonsense. She has never sold her a single lipstick, and she actually gave Ms. Chen such a low discount." Thinking of this, Wei Yin was very dissatisfied. They could all get a 30% discount from Ms. Chen, so it is conceivable that the agency price that Ms. Shao gave to Ms. Chen must be lower than 30%!
However, the brand belongs to Miss Shao, so she can do whatever she wants, and Chen Xuan and Wei Yin can't do anything about it.
When Wei Yin told Qin Shu about this, Qin Shu held the newly bought rose in one hand, measured the height of the soda bottle, and cut it diagonally with the scissors. "Isn't it just a small cosmetics brand? There are so many brands like this in Shanghai? Our store is doing so well. Miss Shao has no vision. Just change the brand."
Wei Yin gathered the scattered leaves on the table for her and said, "Ms. Chen wants to concentrate domestic brands in the Dong'an Market. Our business will definitely be affected by her doing this. And you said Mr. Rong looks like a smart man, why did he give Ms. Chen a shop in the Dong'an Market? Isn't Jiqingfang Mr. Rong's business? Isn't he directly introducing a rival to himself?" Wei Yin has been doing business for a while and has always been smart. He couldn't understand this matter.
"Jiqingfang is not a big business. Besides, if Ms. Chen opens her mouth, Rong Yang might even give her shares in Dong'an Market, not to mention a shop." Qin Shu showed a gossipy look on his face. He put the rose in his hand into the soda bottle and said to Wei Yin, "You don't know, Rong Yang and Ms. Chen are childhood sweethearts."
"But isn't Ms. Chen married? Oh, no, you said she was divorced again. Is she going to marry Mr. Rong?"
"She actually thought, how could Rong Yang possibly like her now!" Qin Shu carefully picked up another white rose, "I don't have the face to say that to Ms. Chen, but if I were Ms. Chen, I wouldn't have the face to ask my ex-fiancé for anything, right?"
"What? Ex-fiancé?" Wei Yin's eyes widened in disbelief. "Mr. Rong and Ms. Chen were engaged?"
"More than an engagement, they were engaged as children." Only Qin Shu, a former Shanghai socialite, could say this. Qin Shu said, "The Rong and Chen families were both first-rate wealthy families in Jiangnan, and they were old friends. The marriage between Rong Yang and Ms. Chen was arranged when they were born. But it was probably more than ten or twenty years ago. Anyway, I heard it from others. Rong Yang had a terrible father, a born prodigal son. He was a spendthrift. By the time Rong Yang was a teenager, the Rong family was just an empty shell. At that time, the Chen family was very prosperous. Ms. Chen was still Miss Chen at that time. Miss Chen went to the United States to attend a boarding school for girls when she was very young. The Danqi lipstick was brought back to Shanghai by her. When I went to a dance with my mother when I was a child, Miss Chen was the most dazzling socialite in Shanghai at that time. The Rong family had fallen on hard times and had to sell their old house in Shanghai, but the two families had this marriage. Everyone who saw it would say that they were not a good match. Later, they called it off. I don't know how they called it off. Anyway, Miss Chen My elder sister was highly sought after at that time, and she married the eldest son of the Xi family, a famous businessman at that time. I was still in middle school at that time, and I bought a newspaper report on purpose. I remember it clearly. The headline of the newspaper report that day was the news about the government army, and then there was the report of Miss Chen and Mr. Xi's marriage. The Rong family finally had a turnaround at that time. Rong Yang's father, who was a loser, died. The Rong family was ruined at that time, and not many people knew about it. I knew about it because I heard my father say it by chance. Rong Yang went abroad to study at that time. Let me tell you, there are so many big and small figures in Shanghai. When it comes to Mr. Rong Yang, everyone has to praise him. Rong Yang started his family abroad. The first thing he did when he returned to Shanghai was to buy back the old house that his loser father had sold. He did a huge business, but I don't know how big it was. But I heard that he has a very good relationship with the government. How could he participate in a place like Dong'an Market without a relationship with the government?"
"Jiqingfang's business looked big and profitable, but it means nothing to Rong Yang now." Qin Shu sighed, "It's really a matter of time. The Rong family is now on the rise, but the Chen family is not as good as before. The Chen family moved to Beijing, and Miss Chen's marriage life was not very smooth. After her divorce, she also moved to Beijing with her family. Now everyone calls her Miss Chen. With Rong Yang's current demeanor, even the eldest son of the Xi family when the Xi family was prosperous would not be as good as him. Miss Chen may not want to go back to her husband, but she has to be allowed to go back to her husband."
"If Mr. Rong doesn't want to, can you give her the shop in Dong'an Market?" Wei Yin produced the evidence.
Qin Shu smiled, "That makes sense. However, Rong Yang is such a proud person, it's not easy to make him change his mind."
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