Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 1545 - 742 Copyright Idol_2

Chapter 1545: Chapter 742 Copyright Idol_2

Two years ago, Gong Deli turned his factory into a Hong Kong-funded enterprise through friends from Hong Kong. Now, as the business continues to grow and the enterprise steadily expands, they are even considering acquiring the Old Leather Factory in Provincial City.

According to Gong Deli, all the old technicians are treasures; as long as you have people, developing the enterprise is not an issue at all.

Lately, because negotiations for acquiring the Old Leather Factory haven’t been going well, his mood has been a bit off, and when he thought of buying a car, he even nearly caused a stir because a sales manager abandoned him to attend to two young people after an extra remark.

Yan Fei casually started asking about what he was concerned with, and as soon as Gong Deli heard he wanted to start his own leather goods factory, he immediately proposed: "If you want to run a leather goods factory, you can definitely recruit some technicians from the leather factories here in Provincial City, start with making some smaller items like leather belts and wallets, then gradually consider producing apparel or furniture once the enterprise stabilizes."

"Nowadays, it’s not the era where good wine needs no bush anymore. While ensuring quality, pay attention to advertising and creating a brand effect; the market is vast, and as long as you work hard, the enterprise can definitely develop."

Gong Deli isn’t shy to admit openly that the domestic market is huge. His main business now is furniture, with all clients concentrated in the south; if Yan Fei starts a business, he definitely should start small and market locally; competition won’t be a problem for him.

Moreover, Gong Deli feels that Yan Fei also has advantages, at least he has ample supply; as long as the products produced are not bad, it’s truly not difficult to develop.

Yes, it’s indeed the golden age for business development now, but there are plenty of businesses that are wolves in sheep’s clothing. Some are clearly local enterprises that change their brand and pretend to be foreign-funded by using a Western-style name, deliver mediocre quality, and just rely on promotions to trick batch after batch of people. When they can’t trick anyone anymore, they just switch the brand and continue tricking... There are really quite a few such enterprises.

Gong Deli says so much not only because he isn’t afraid that Yan Fei and he would compete for business, but also because he wants to build a good relationship with Yan Fei. Being the exclusive supplier for the Guo family in Hong Kong, from hearing talks between Yan Fei and Xu Xiaoyan, he knows they have a decent relationship with Guo Jingya. As a company CEO whose customer market is in the south, fostering a good relationship with such people is always beneficial, and who knows, there might be a chance to borrow the Guo family’s influence in the future.

Yan Fei also has some understanding of the leather goods factory; ever since he started considering dealing with cowhides in his processing plant, he has thought about entering the leather goods industry. But although the economic situation is improving year by year, how exactly the high-end leather goods market fares, he doesn’t quite know.

Having run a business for such a long time, even if not professional, he knows a bit—if a business sets its product too low from the beginning, it will be difficult later to uplift the product image and create a brand effect.

Just like the most common dual-star brands of sneakers in the market right now, one can’t claim that half of the town’s students wear this brand, but saying one-fourth definitely isn’t an exaggeration.

A pair of cloth sneakers costing ten to twenty yuan, a student can wear a pair for a couple of years, even if they wear out, they can be mended and still worn. Some are patched up front and back but still continue to be worn until the soles are too thin to wear anymore.

But that’s just how this brand of shoes is positioned, and now people in the town have started wearing "high-end sports shoes" like the ones Lin Haihu wears, which the old men and women in the village mistaken for cotton boots.

If talking about comfort, most people in town wearing these ’boots’ have a taste similar to Lin Haihu’s—not really to mention taste, the reason is still lack of money. Everyone buying a pair for dozens of yuan is acceptable grudgingly, but if more than a hundred yuan, they indeed feel it’s expensive.

Of course, dress shoes are another thing altogether; some government workers certainly can’t also wear a dual-star pair, as it would damage their image!

From Yan Fei’s perspective, with development, the dual-star brand of sports shoes is bound to lose a significant segment of the market. Such a situation where the streets are full of dual-star sneakers will eventually change.

Because everyone will definitely become wealthier, that’s undeniable. Life is obviously getting better; in the past, everyone’s dream was to have upper and lower floors, electric lights and telephones; now telephones have begun to become common. Even black-and-white TVs have gradually been phased out, as well as the old single-barrel washing machines...

With more money, people will definitely choose more expensive products, and by that time the market for the dual-star won’t be as optimistic as it is now.

According to Yan Fei’s idea, if he were to do it, he would start by positioning it as a high-end brand. It’s the same pair of shoes, but with more advertisements and branding, you can sell it for several times the price. Why not?

While discussing with Gong Deli, Will had already taken off his chef’s coat and ran over: "Dear Yan..."

"Can’t you speak normally?" Yan Fei felt awkward listening to him. "You’re obviously a local, yet you insist on using a ’Western accent’. Doesn’t that feel weird to you?"

"Brother Yan!" Will was quick to take advice, and his words almost made Gong Deli and his nephew burst into laughter. "If I spoke like this, people around here would find it very strange, very unaccustomed. On the other hand, if I speak using this nauseating accent, they find it normal. Brother, I really have no choice!"

Yan Fei chuckled upon reflection, it seemed... indeed, that was the case.

Everyone was used to hearing those somewhat bizarre translation accents on TV, and they thought that ’foreigners’ must speak in a certain affected manner to sound right; suddenly encountering a foreigner who uses local slang and sounds like a local is even more bizarre!

"So, about those film rights, are you going to agree to sell them or not?" Will urged Yan Fei after his laughter subsided. "This is a great opportunity, not to brag, but just give me the nod, and I’ll handle everything perfectly for you..."

Listening to this blond-haired, blue-eyed middle-aged foreigner speaking fluent local dialect, Yan Fei took a while to get used to it... It seems his adaptability was not that strong after all!

Will had been in the Provincial City for several years and was running a restaurant; even if he was a chef, he couldn’t always be in the kitchen. He would usually come out to chat with the guests and ask what needed to be improved in his cooking; his local dialect had really become slick over time.

After thinking it over, Yan Fei nodded, "Alright then, since I’m here now, I’ll leave this matter to you to handle, and I’ll oversee. How about that?"

"Rest assured!" Will was so happy he almost jumped up. "Wait a moment, I already asked my wife to prepare the contract, I’ll bring it to your wife to take a look..."

He knew Xu Xiaoyan was a top graduate from Provincial University Law School, and knew she was the best person to handle this.

Watching a cheerful Will run off, Gong Deli, looking puzzled, asked, "Brother Yan, what were you guys talking about... those movie rights?"

Yan Fei smiled modestly, "I just wrote a novel a while back, and had Will help find a publisher to publish it overseas. Now there’s a certain Spielberg interested in turning it into a movie. That’s what Will was talking about, selling the movie rights."

Gong Deli’s eyes widened in disbelief: "Steven Spielberg? Brother, what kind of novel did you write? That’s so awesome?"

Yan Fei continued modestly: "It’s really nothing, it’s just based on that aircraft carrier disappearance incident. It’s published here under the title Aircraft Carrier Meets Dinosaur, just written casually when I was bored, it’s really not worth mentioning!"

Gong Deli was still in shock, and his until then silent nephew suddenly stood up, excited: "Aircraft Carrier Meets Dinosaur is written by you? Idol, oh idol, I’ve finally met you, can you give me an autograph? The advertisement was so compelling, I bought a copy to read, and I was ready to idolize you, just wait, I’ll bring the book right up, can you sign it for me?"

"Ah..." Neither Yan Fei nor Gong Deli managed to stop him, only seeing the guy running off like a rabbit chased by a dog.