Volume 7 I've Been Here Chapter 0962: Light Wind and Clouds
Early in the morning, Nan Yi came to the Jingou River area, where there is a spontaneous nanny job market. Those who are looking for a nanny or a job know to come to this area.
Last night brought Liu Zhen spiritual pleasure and Nan Yi a good sleep. He was in high spirits today. He walked back and forth between a row of old houses, observed the women sitting by the wall waiting for babysitting work, listened to their accents, and then stopped in a quiet place to write something in his notebook.
After taking note, I found a sloping cement floor at someone's doorstep and sat down, quietly waiting for the person looking for a babysitter to come.
Today, Nan Yi wanted to find out about the market situation of the nanny market in Beijing. His next step is to get involved in the field of housekeeping, and he is going to refine the market and launch gold medal confinement nannies, nannies with certain nursing knowledge who specialize in taking care of the elderly and paralyzed people with limited mobility, nannies with outstanding cooking skills, and a high level of education who can help children with their homework.
In short, his expectation for the housekeeping company is to only provide high-end nannies and not touch the low-end ones, because even without him, the low-end market already exists. If he intervenes in the low-end, he will become a food snatcher instead of opening up another path.
Nan Yi wants to create a successful template for a housekeeping company, raise the starting point of salary levels and service quality, try to develop this industry in a healthy direction, and allow nannies to earn more for their work. It would be even better if a rating standard for nannies could be created.
While thinking in his mind, Nan Yi wrote down some points that needed attention in his notebook, such as how to prevent the nanny from being bullied by the evil owner, how to prevent the evil nanny from bullying the owner, etc. He listed the problems and then thought about solutions.
While thinking, Nan Yi also considered how to carry out product implantation, such as Lemon Tree's monitoring equipment, electric wheelchairs that have mastered the technology and can be turned into products at any time, etc.
Nan Yi is not a simple person. Don't expect him to do good things simply. Even if he is carrying manure, he would rather walk a few more steps and take a detour to his own fields, leaving some manure behind. It is also good for his vegetable fields to smell the manure.
No matter what the original intention of something is, Nan Yi will turn it into something beneficial to himself without changing its original intention. Regardless of whether it can be achieved or not, he will work hard in this direction.
After observing for a whole morning, at noon, Nan Yi followed the nanny's group and came to a stall that specialized in odd jobs, where he had a lunch that was cheaper because the cost was saved on the auxiliary ingredients.
Two steamed buns and half a bowl of stir-fried cabbage and bean sprouts is Nan Yi's above-average meal among all the odd jobs. There are only a few seats in the stall, and most people sit on the roadside in twos and threes, and some even order some white wine and beer.
Nan Yi sat in an inconspicuous position and continued to be a shameless eavesdropper.
At this time, migrant workers in Beijing mainly came from several populous provinces, most of whom were from the north. Their accents were close to Mandarin. There were very few people from southern provinces who did not follow the routine of moving south. Nan Yi did not sound too stressed.
On the left, people from more than six or seven provinces gathered together to tell dirty jokes. Nan Yi stopped listening after listening twice. The tone was too high. The protagonist was not the village widow, but a female professor. As soon as he smelled the stench brought by the wind, he knew that this group of people had done a job of digging out a cesspool in the morning. The most they had with the female professor was going to other people's homes and using the toilet. The story was at most about the female professor's new wine being put into the village widow's old pot. There would be nothing new.
Switch to another group of people and talk about a slightly more high-end topic, such as the academic performance of their children. However, it is still not what Nan Yi wants to hear, so he continues to switch.
By switching channels and listening to various things, Nan Yi was able to obtain some useful information. For example, the most common jobs a nanny can find nowadays are part-time jobs, including cleaning, cooking, and nursing jobs, but there are not many jobs that live at home.
In the afternoon, Nan Yi followed for a while and saw several nannies being asked to leave by the owner. He also recorded what kind of work they were asked to do. When the time agreed with Huang Saner was almost up, Nan Yi went to Feilong Internet Cafe.
It was a little early, Huang Saner hadn't arrived yet, and only Tang Lai Di was in the store. When she saw Nan Yi, she came over and said, "Boss, Sister Huang hasn't come to check the accounts for several days, and the store has a little too much money."
"I'm going to plate it now."
Nan Yi nodded and walked to the counter, opened the drawer, and took out several plastic bags.
There is money in each plastic bag, one for each shift. The opening of the bag is sealed with tape. Through the plastic bag, you can see a note inside, indicating which day's day shift or night shift it is.
Nan Yi tore open a plastic bag, counted the money inside, picked out the banknotes with torn corners and put them aside, then wrote down the total number in a notebook, and repeated this process until he had counted the money for each class.
"Laidi, come here for a moment."
Tang Lai Di came to Nan Yi and asked, "Boss, what's wrong?"
Nan Yi picked up a hundred-yuan bill that he had just picked out from the counter and said, "This money was taken out of a plastic bag on the eleventh day of the first lunar month. I have already asked someone to teach you how to distinguish the authenticity of the money. It is not right for you to receive counterfeit money. Considering that you are a first-time offender, I will deduct five yuan from you. I will give it to you as a souvenir."
At this time, counterfeit money was rampant in the market, mainly concentrated in large denominations of 100 and 50 yuan. Such counterfeit money was easy to spread. In rural and mountainous areas, there were still many people who had only seen the large unity denomination. Counterfeit money that was fake at first glance could easily fall into the hands of farmers.
Fake RMB targets the rural market, and fake foreign currency targets small businessmen who are traveling outside but have little knowledge of foreign exchange. Nowadays, many people on long-distance buses are eating "winning" meals. When they open a bottle of Xiongqi or Coke and see the ring on the can, they say, "Oh my God, I won a prize, one hundred thousand, and the place to receive the prize is Beijing." At this time, there will naturally be a supporting actor who comes out to make a noise, saying things like "Whoever sees it gets a share, sell the ring to me" and so on.
The funny man would agree to sell the ring to the straight man for a price less than 100,000 after a few words. However, as luck would have it, the straight man didn't have much RMB on him, only 20,000 "US dollars", which was actually other worthless currencies, of which 100 could only be exchanged for a few cents in RMB.
The funny man and the supporting man have already started their performance. The funny man will appropriately stir up regional conflicts according to the situation observed in advance. For example, on a long-distance bus going to Chengdu, it goes without saying that there must be many people from Wuchuan on the bus. As long as the funny man says something about the supporting man, who is from Wuchuan, he will naturally stir up the indignation of all the people from Wuchuan on the bus. In order to defend Wuchuan, they will express their opinions.
At this time, the supporting actor will jump out and make an impassioned speech to defend the reputation of the people of Wuchuan. He will then exchange the US dollars in his hand with other people from Wuchuan at a relatively low exchange rate of 1:6 or 1:5.
Just when other passengers have already been tempted by the regional reputation and cheapness, a "professional" who is very familiar with foreign exchange and has the identity of a bank employee or an employee of a state-owned foreign trade company will jump out to help everyone verify the authenticity of the US dollars. With so many measures in place, many people will be fooled.
Tang Lai Di took the banknote, touched the paper, and touched it in her blind spot. Suddenly, an embarrassed smile appeared on her face. She did not argue, but just said, "Boss, I will pay attention next time."
"Put a hundred-dollar bill in your pocket and rub it with your hands when you are bored. This way you will remember the feel of real banknotes. Next time you pick up a fake one, you will be able to tell it's not right."
Nan Yi knew very well that Tang Lai Di's mind was on the billing software. She probably thought about programming ideas when she received the counterfeit money, otherwise she would not have received the counterfeit money. You should know that the master Nan Yi invited to teach how to distinguish the authenticity of the money was the banknote counting champion of the National Bank. He had a solid foundation and taught very carefully.
"OK."
"Go get busy."
Nan Yi asked Tang Lai Di to leave, took out the account book to record the numbers, and then tied the more than 30,000 yuan in bills into several bundles according to different denominations with rubber bands. He gave them to Hu Zi along with the passbook of Feilong Internet Cafe and asked him to deposit them in the bank.
After sitting at the counter for a while, Liu Daqiang and Wu Xiaoxiong came over, sat down next to the empty machine, and began to type on the keyboard. Nan Yi looked at their dark circles and bags under their eyes, and guessed that they had become programmers who stayed up late at night.
Nan Yi was waiting to see the results. If the billing software was well written, Tony's membership software would also be handed over to Feilong Software, which had not yet been established, so that the three of them could make another big profit.
After waiting for a while, Huang Saner came over wearing glasses.
Nan Yi talked to Huang Saner about the idea of opening a housekeeping company. Huang Saner didn't say anything and just patted his chest and said that she would give him any money he wanted at any time.
Past experiences have told Huang Saner that he will not go wrong by following Nan Yi. Before a failure, Huang Saner will be Nan Yi's die-hard supporter and obey his orders. This has little to do with brotherhood and only has to do with accuracy.
After talking to Huang Saner, Nan Yi looked at Yan Jing without his glasses and said, “Yan Jing, your real name is Yan Jin, right?”
"Master Nan, my real name is Yan Jin."
"Two years younger than me?"
"yes."
"You are not young anymore, it's time to do something serious. You can't do things half-heartedly. You need to be consistent. Go back and think carefully about whether you want to get involved with the housekeeping company. Think clearly and understand whether you can endure it. It will be meaningless if you are kicked out halfway."
Nan Yi patted the man with glasses on the shoulder and said, "Once you have thought it through, go hang out at the nannies' jobs in Jingou River and find out what the nannies will encounter, good or bad, positive or negative. It would be best if you could get close to a nanny and do some part-time work for her.
When you feel you know enough about the nanny business, try to consider from the perspective of a boss how to manage the nanny and how to take on the business.
Okay, that's all I have to say. If you don't want to do it, just ignore what I said before. Go first, and I'll talk to Huang Saner for a few more words."
Glasses nodded, holding a cigarette in his mouth, and walked away with heavy steps.
"Uncle Nan, is there anything else?" Huang Saner asked after Glasses walked away.
"It's okay. I wanted to ask you to play Monopoly with me. It's boring to play alone."
"Bowling?"
"Okay, let's go."
Nan Yi and Huang Saner played until half past six before slowly walking towards the old villa.
As soon as he got home, Liu Zhen had already prepared the dishes and the rice was just served on the table. Nan Yi washed his hands and sat down to eat.
He stayed in Beijing until the seventeenth day and asked Huang Saner to register a company called Chengcheng. On the eighteenth day, Nan Yi flew to Xiangkeng again.
Suka, who had gone to Yangzhou, called back and said that she had invited Lu Hailin, who was known as the "best knife in Yangzhou", as well as two of Lu Hailin's top disciples. Nan Yi did not say there was anything wrong with it, but asked Suka to fly to Hu Jian to meet several incense masters and invite the "disciple" of one of them to come over.
The incense players all play with precious goods such as agarwood. If they can become famous, they must have a wealthy family. It is impossible for them to work in a foot massage shop. They can only hire someone to follow them and serve as their "apprentice".
In a foot massage shop, real professional skills are very important, and the environment and atmosphere within the shop are also very important. Only by allowing the customers to relax both physically and mentally can it be easier to win more repeat customers.
In Nan Yi's plan, Qian Meizi will not play tricks, nor will she let the foot washer girls do anything ambiguous. Everything must be brought into the open. Of course, if a few foot washer girls are tempted into doing so, that is her personal choice. As long as they don't mess around in the store, Nan Yi will not interfere with other people's freedom.
While Nan Ruoqi was sleeping, Nan Yi would go to the area around Ge Lin Street in Central to look at the shops recommended by the GA service. When he saw the third shop, Nan Yi saw one he liked, but he did not decide on it immediately. Instead, he invited Pei Shouyi to take a look at the feng shui of the shop and think about whether it would be convenient to set up a feng shui layout.
After Pei Shouyi arrived, he first climbed up to have a panoramic view of Hong Kong Island, then walked around the shop that Nan Yi liked, and stood by a window for a long time until a dazzling ray of sunlight shone into the room, then he pointed Nan Yi to look in the direction of the sunlight.
"Nansheng, what do you see over there?"
Nan Yi took a look and said, "The Heaven Sword is the masterpiece of I.M. Pei. This is no secret in Xiangkeng."
Pei Shuyi stroked his hand and said in layman's terms: "It is noon now, the time when Yang energy is at its peak. The sword light is enhanced by the sunlight and shines directly here. Wherever the sword points, Yang energy is directed here. The south is born, and Yang overcomes Yin."
Nan Yi understood what Pei Shuyi said. The foot massage shop is mainly staffed by female employees, and the yin energy is very strong, which can be said to be a place where conspiracy and wealth are gathered. If it is exposed to the yang energy every day, the yin energy will be dispersed, and when the yin energy is dispersed, the wealth will naturally be dispersed as well.
Nan Yi bowed to Pei Shuyi and said, "Mr. Pei, I understand. I would like to ask you to stay in Xiangkeng for a few days and help me choose a suitable berth."
Pei Shouyi returned the gift, "It's no trouble."
“Please.”
After being polite, Nan Yi led Pei Shouyi to connect directly with the real estate agent who provided GA services, and entrusted the task of finding a shop location to both parties.
In three days, Pei Shouyi found another shop for Nan Yi. After Nan Yi looked at it, he found the area suitable, about 4,000 square feet, and the layout suitable, with a length-to-width ratio of about 3 to 1.8. The usable area was relatively large, and the rent was suitable because it was in an office building. The final price signed was HK$4.2 per square foot. After bargaining, Nan Yi asked for a one-month renovation period on the pretext of a long-term lease.
One can rent an area of 4,000 square feet in Central for HK$6.13 million a year, which is a very suitable price. One should know that Hong Kong has been ranked first in the world in terms of rent for the third consecutive year this year. In Mong Kok, a "popular shop" of more than ten feet, less than 1.5 square meters, which is only enough to accommodate a snack cart, has an annual rent of more than 200,000 Hong Kong dollars.
After a year of hard work, a situation has emerged in which only the landlord is the happiest. Many of the properties owned by Nan Ruoyin were purchased at the bottom. So far, the average appreciation has exceeded 9 times. Even if inflation, mortgage interest, and rental income are taken into account, the appreciation will not be less than 7.5 times.
In 1988, Creativity Real Estate used HK$2 billion to leverage properties worth HK$20 billion, plus the funds for mortgage subsidies later, the total investment was nearly HK$4.2 billion. Now the value of the properties has increased to HK$92 billion. Starting this year, Creativity Real Estate has stopped subsidies and started selling off the buildings with the slowest appreciation, relying on property sales to make up for the mortgage gap.
It is the crazy moment for property speculation in Hong Kong. There is no pressure to sell at a lower price , let alone at a higher price. In fact, Creativity Real Estate's property selling business is connected with GA service, which gives GA service a certain room for price increase. The low rent this time is also given by the property of the building out of consideration for GA service with which they have in-depth cooperation.
After signing the lease agreement, in line with the principle of not bothering two parties, Nan Yi asked the real estate agent who served GA to coordinate with the decoration company. Nan Yi and the other party's designer described the decoration styles of several good foot massage shops he "had" been to, and Pei Shouyi supplemented it from the perspective of Feng Shui. The designer, who was overwhelmed, went to create according to the client's requirements.
The designer must be in a dilemma. Nan Yi has high requirements and the time given is very tight. The renovation period is only one month, but it is impossible to complete the entire renovation in one month. Every extra day will cost Tony an extra 16,800 yuan. It all costs money.
Nan Yi was in a dilemma, as he hadn't seen any results. He had already spent more than one twentieth of the newly injected 100 million yuan. If the Xiangluo brand could still be used as a gimmick, he would have opened Qian Meizi's first store in Guangzhou.
After meeting the designer, Nan Yi returned to Zhao Shixian's villa and began to think about recruiting workers.
As for the foot washer girls for the Xiangkeng main store, they can be recruited in Xiangkeng or in mainland China. If they are recruited in Xiangkeng, the salary expenses will be higher, but it is simpler. If they are recruited in mainland China, the salary expenses will be lower and it can also increase the foot washer girls' sense of belonging.
Nan Yi's idea is to open a branch in Shencun as soon as possible. The foot masseurs of the Xiangcun main store will be mainly rotated from the Shencun branch, and a small number of places will be reserved for branches in other regions in the future. This is equivalent to giving the foot masseurs a chance to travel to Xiangcun. You must know that in the 1990s, it was very difficult for ordinary people to come to Xiangcun from the mainland.
Ordinary citizens have only two application channels: visiting relatives and traveling in a tour group. To visit relatives, they must be direct relatives and have to compete for a place. In addition, they must pass multiple approvals under quota conditions before they can come to Hong Kong with a one-way permit.
However, for Nan Yi, this matter is not too difficult to accomplish, and the cost is also within a certain range.
Nan Yi weighed the matter for a while and decided to open half of Xiangkeng and the mainland. He took into account the cost and sense of belonging, and also balanced the different preferences of customers. Some customers like to find acquaintances, some like to find new people every time, and some are moderate, combining the old and the new. This will also partially eliminate the disadvantage that the foot washing girls from the mainland have a retention period.
In the afternoon, after Nan Ruoqi woke up, Nan Yi carried her to Fang’s manor, and ran into Xiang He as soon as he entered the garden.
After Xiang He came to Nan Yi and greeted him, she stared at Nan Ruoqi for a while and said, "Young Master, Miss Ruoqi is so beautiful."
"Like her mother, aunt, or grandmother is at home?"
"No, I came back to get something for the old lady."
"Then grandma won't be able to see her great-granddaughter today. I won't be back with any milk. I'll be leaving soon."
After chatting with Xiang He for a few words, Nan Yi went to find Mrs. Chen and asked her to tell her daughter Chen Wenqin to come to see him tomorrow. Then he returned to his building and went down to the warehouse in the basement. He picked out a piece of glass-type jadeite cut from the raw stone from a basket. The area and thickness were enough to make two bracelets and a few ring faces.
When Nan Ruoqi was one hundred days old, Zhao Shixian's mother, Zhao Zhengwenfang, put a longevity lock on her adopted granddaughter Nan Ruoqi according to ancient customs, breaking the tacit agreement between the two sides to try not to contact each other. In a few days, it will be Zhao Zhengwenfang's birthday, and Nan Yi should express his gratitude.
It's a confusing account to say. Zhao Zheng Wenfang is a legal concubine who outlasted the legal wife, and she knows the hardship of being a mistress. Besides, the Zhao family is well-known in Xianggang, and Zhao Zheng Wenfang would naturally not be happy about her daughter being someone else's mistress without any status. However, she couldn't persuade Zhao Shixian, so she could only watch Zhao Shixian and Nan Yi being together awkwardly, but she didn't want to see Nan Yi either.
Before, both parties knew of each other's existence, but had never met. When Nan Ruoqi was one hundred days old, Zhao Zheng Wenfang chose a time when Nan Yi was not around. Zhao Zheng Wenfang didn't want to meet her, and Nan Yi didn't plan to take the initiative to approach her, but he still had to send her a gift.
Tucked the jade slice under his armpit, Nan Yi went to the shelf on the other side and took out a golden nanmu box. He put the jade slice into the box and was about to take it away when he noticed that Nan Ruoqi's eyes were fixed on the dark wood Guan Gong sculpture on the shelf.
"My dear daughter, if you like it, Dad will mark it for you. When you can move it in the future, you can come and get it yourself." Nan Yi took out a pen from his pocket and wrote the three words "Nan Ruoqi" on the label under the Guan Gong sculpture. "Okay, it's marked for you, and no one can take it away."
Nan Yi whispered to Nan Ruoqi for a few words, then held her and walked around the entire warehouse, marking all the objects that caught her attention. He thought that when Nan Ruoqi could speak in the future, he would take her to see them again and give her everything she wanted.
When he bought antiques, the money was divided into two parts. One part was a partnership with Men Saner and Xian Weimin, and the other part was bought by him personally from state-owned antique shops and state-owned art shops using US dollars. All the goods were legal and could be shipped out of the country, so they were kept in the warehouse.
In the evening, after Zhao Shixian returned home, Nan Yi handed the box to him.
Zhao Shixian opened it and said in surprise, "Glass-type, isn't that a bit too much? You've never given me such a precious gift before."
"What other gift do you want? I have slept with you, and my daughter has given birth to a child for you. I have given you the best babies." Nan Yi said shamelessly.
Zhao Shixian glanced at Nan Yi and said charmingly, "Nan Yi, I like that you are shameless enough."
"My daughter will wake up soon. Drink more crucian carp soup. These are local crucian carps caught from rivers in the north with good water quality. In order to let you eat fresh fish, I asked people to help catch the fish, and I had to find a lot of connections along the way. Expensive gifts are for outsiders. My concern for you is like a gentle breeze, warm and not strong, so that you will inadvertently ignore its existence." Nan Yi said as he served fish soup to Zhao Shixian.
"Do you think I'm a fool? You don't even care about me anymore. You only care about Jiatong. In your eyes, I'm just an ordinary cow that provides milk for your daughter."
Nan Yi handed the fish soup to Zhao Shixian and moved his fingers down a few times, "Don't underestimate yourself, it's not ordinary, VIP, VIP."
"Street boy."
After staying in Xiangkeng for a few more days, reviewing the designer's first draft and making some suggestions for revisions, Nan Yi flew to the capital.
As soon as I sat down in the old villa, Chen Feng called.
"Is it Comrade Xiaonan?"
"You have become such a high-ranking official that you dare to call me Xiaonan."
"Comrade, correct your attitude. I am speaking to you on behalf of the organization."
"Stop talking nonsense. If there is anything, let it go immediately."
"Hahaha, let me tell you, I've been transferred again and will be moving to New York soon. This time I need you to do me a big favor."
"Go ahead."
"I'm going to be transferred to the preparatory group of Joaquin Investment Bank. Joaquin needs a shareholder who is very powerful on Wall Street. Do you understand what I mean?"
Hearing what Chen Feng said, Nan Yi sat up straight, his mind working quickly, and after a while, he said, "Global layout?"
"yes."
"In that case, then talk to your superiors and tell them that you can only find one master. The shareholders will depend on the future business development. If there is a need, you can absorb new shareholders. When you are strong enough, you can buy back the shares."
"Okay, I'll go and ask you to help me make some connections. The bank is optimistic about Morgan Stanley as a partner."
Nan Yi thought for a moment and said, "There's no need for matchmaking. Morgan Stanley has a lot of smart people who can analyze the pros and cons of cooperating with you. When we discuss the shares, you can speak up if necessary."
"Your words put my mind at ease. I will try to make a good hit and not a dud."
"Oh, you're so concerned. What level is Huajin Investment Bank?"
“Deputy ministerial level unit.”
"Tsk, are you going to be angry in the hall?"
"There is no rank, only treatment. Except for a few leaders, rank doesn't mean much."
"Well, unknown hero, just be happy."
Nan Yi has seen all the changes in Chen Feng. At the beginning, it can be said that he was blessed by his family. Later, the things that happened one by one made him gain what he deserved. What makes Chen Feng better than others is that his efforts will definitely be rewarded, and even slightly more than that. This is very important.
"A drink tonight?"
"Tomorrow, today I will be with my wife."
"Okay, Xu Li will be on vacation in a few days, so why don't the three of us go out and play together for two days?"
"Look, there's a lot on hand and the schedule is uncertain."
"We will cooperate with your schedule, Mr. Nan University, so you can leave."
"Xiao Fengzi, take some time to go to the silkworm room and give the evil roots one more blow."
"Your uncle."
"Ha ha."
While Nan Yi and Chen Feng were on the phone, Huang Yingzi, as a member representative of the 48 groups and also one of the representatives of the Sino-British Trade Group, was visiting China as a business delegation led by the British Secretary of State for Trade.
In the 1950s, 16 British companies formed a trade delegation to enter the country and acted as "icebreakers". Later, the 16 companies became 48, and then these 48 companies established the Forty-Eight Group, a semi-official trade organization. Although the number of participating companies has been increasing, the number "forty-eight" has never changed.
After China and the United Kingdom formally established diplomatic relations, an official organization called the "British-Chinese Trade Council" was established. In 1991, with the support of the British Department of Trade and Industry, 48 groups merged with the British-Chinese Trade Council and were renamed the British-Chinese Trade Group.
However, the forty-eight groups still exist, and their corporate members share information about China.
"Hello, President Huang."
After attending the welcoming party, Huang Yingzi was walking out of the conference hall when a leader attending the meeting, Chen Bangyan, actually took the initiative to greet her.
"Hello, Leader Chen." Huang Yingzi responded politely.
Chen Bangyan said in a warm voice: "Xiao Huang, did you graduate from National Tsinghua University?"
"Yes."
"What a coincidence! Actually, I am your senior brother, but I am a little older. I graduated from Tsinghua University before you were born."
