Volume 7 I've Been Here Chapter 1036: It’s Better Not to Go
After taking a detour, Nan Yi came to a flower shop with an English sign that read "Couples".
Walking into the store, the clerk gave Nan Yi a professional smile. Nan Yi nodded in response, then pretended to be hesitant in the face of the variety.
Seeing this, the clerk came to Nan Yi and asked, "Sir, do you need me to provide you with some advice?"
"Okay, I'm going on a date with a woman. I've only met her once. We're not doing business, nor am I pursuing her. Maybe we'll become partners in the future. What kind of flowers do you think is appropriate?"
The clerk pointed to a bunch of flowers and said, "Sir, I suggest you give her pink lilies. Lilies symbolize purity and elegance, and pink gives people a gentle feeling. Giving it to a girl you just met will not only not look abrupt, but also show your sincerity. It is a good choice to establish a good first impression."
The clerk spoke at a steady pace, with a fresh and soft tone that made people feel comfortable listening to him.
"Okay, I want pink lilies."
"Okay, sir, please wait a moment, I will make it for you." The clerk said, and walked to the side to make a bouquet for Nan Yi.
Nan Yi stood there and began to examine the details of the flower shop.
Couples is actually a store of Cowherd and Weaver Girl Flowers, which overlaps with the chocolate brand name of Goodheart Company, making it convenient for the two companies to promote each other in marketing.
After the Huaiqing Research Institute proved its effectiveness, the Innocence Research Institute, the Good People Research Institute and the Tienan Research Institute were successively established, respectively focusing on children, men paying and women enjoying, and male consumer psychology. The research results of the Good People Research Institute will be adopted by the Cowherd and Weaver Girl Flowers, and conversely, the Cowherd and Weaver Girl Flowers will provide research samples for the Good People Research Institute.
Some customers like to put themselves in a God's perspective and like the clerk to follow them all the time and serve them at their beck and call. Some customers do not like the clerk to be too enthusiastic and would rather be able to choose the goods quietly and have the clerk appear when they need them. Whether they buy or not, they can remain calm and not feel oppressed.
The clerk just now adopted the "boundary marketing method" summarized by the Good People Research Institute. The essence of this method is to maintain the most appropriate distance and temperature with customers and find a critical point between indifference and excessive enthusiasm.
It is not clear whether it works well or not. We are currently in the stage of collecting test data. After that, we need to summarize, refine, improve, and iterate, and develop a scientific and rigorous rapid learning method.
While waiting, Nan Yi went over the development plan report submitted by the Cowherd and Weaver Girl Flowers in his mind, examining, pondering, and finding out what was missing.
In fact, for the Nan family, Nan Yi's brain has become less and less important. The best of the best are not there to eat for nothing. What Nan Yi can think of, they can also think of. What Nan Yi cannot think of, they can still think of. What he needs to do is to remain calm and unmoved, always be objective in dealing with Nan's problems, and make correct decisions without subjective emotions as much as possible.
The clerk tied the bouquet and came to Nan Yi, "Sir, your flowers are ready."
"Thanks."
After paying, Nan Yi glanced at the flower shop again and returned to the car with the flowers.
Twenty minutes later, Nan Yi stood in front of the door of a house in Changwa and knocked on it.
After a moment, the sound of high heels hitting the ground was heard in the house, coming from the direction of half past nine. Within three or four breaths, the sound stopped behind the door. With a creak, the door opened, and Qiu Man, wearing a pink nightgown and an apron, appeared in Nan Yi's sight.
"The house is not soundproof. I took a shower before. I was wearing nothing underneath my skirt. I was wearing a nightgown with high heels. What kind of pervert is this woman Xu Hui saying about me..."
As several thoughts flashed through Nan Yi's mind, he handed the flowers in his hand to Qiu Man's heart, and the words came out in time, "Miss Qiu, this is for you."
Qiu Man took the flower with surprise, put it to her nose and smelled it. After a while of intoxication, she said, "Thank you, Mr. Nan. This is the first time I have received flowers."
"I am honored to be Miss Qiu's first time." Nan Yi said ambiguously, and then hurriedly explained: "Don't get me wrong, I mean the first person to send flowers."
Qiu Man looked shy and said coyly, "I didn't misunderstand. Please come in, Mr. Nan."
Nan Yi walked into the room through the doorway that Qiu Man had opened. The first thing that caught his eye was a dining table that had been moved from the wall to the center. The tabletop was covered with a tablecloth, which was probably newly bought. There was also a bottle of red wine on the table, which was not from a winery that Nan Yi was familiar with. Beside the table were two red folding chairs that many families had, and they were very new.
Looking across the dining table, you can see a red double sofa. The position is a bit awkward, blocking the shortcut into the bedroom. You have to move strictly in an inverted "L" shape. On the sofa, there is a photo platter with about ten photos of different sizes. Although the clothes are different, it can be seen that six of them were taken at the same time recently and belong to the category of artistic photos.
All these factors led Nan Yi to the conclusion that the room had no smell of everyday life, as no one had lived there for a long time. The interior had just been carefully decorated, and it had a strong smell of the set of a low-budget, good movie without supporting actors. Also, Qiu Man was probably not well off, because there was a high-end, cheap smell in the house.
After observing for a while, Nan Yi turned around and hugged Qiu Man, "Xiao Man, the room is decorated very warmly, we will have a wonderful night."
Feeling the warmth coming from Nan Yi, Qiu Man trembled all over. But when she heard Nan Yi's words, the trembling disappeared and her eyes were filled with determination.
"Nan first..."
"You can call me husband, dear, darling, or daddy, but just don't call me Mr. Nan." Nan Yi's hand caressed Qiu Man's arm, fast up and slow down, with varying rhythms.
Qiu Man's body froze when she heard this, and she felt torn between her conscience and her own desires. "You bastard, you looked like a decent person the other day, but now you're so impatient. Are all rich men bad?"
However, thinking about her own life goals, Qiu Man made up her mind, gritted her teeth, and was about to shyly call out "Dad", who was probably the other party's favorite word, when suddenly, the power of support disappeared, and the big hand that was hugging her pulled away.
"???"
Qiu Man turned around in confusion and looked at Nan Yi, who was already standing a foot away.
Nan Yi and the confused Qiu Man looked at each other for a while, and said gently: "Change your clothes, I'll wait for you downstairs, don't forget to turn off the fire."
After saying that, Nan Yi left quickly.
In Qiu Man's mind, the three new bottles of paste were washing away the half bottle of old paste, making it more and more confused.
"Why doesn't this man play by the rules?"
"What on earth is he going to do?"
In a daze, she changed her clothes, went to the kitchen to turn off the fire, went downstairs to Nan Yi's car, stared at the one-way film on the car window, trying to see through Nan Yi inside.
"Ms. Qiu, this way."
On the other side of the car, Tianxian had already opened the back door and was waiting.
Qiu Man walked to the other side and got into the car. She glanced at the firefly in Nan Yi's hand and said, "Mr. Nan, I don't understand."
Opening the car window and releasing the fireflies, Nan Yi nodded and gestured to Tianxian who had already sat back in the passenger seat, "Height 171cm, measurements 84, 61, 86, golden ratio, Tianxian, show Xiaoman your face and make her feel ashamed."
"Nansheng, I don't rely on my looks to make a living." Tianxian said without turning her head.
Nan Yi showed Qiu Man his serious face, "My bodyguard has personality, right?"
Qiu Man was angry, "Mr. Nan, what on earth do you want to do?"
"Dinner with you, go."
After buying a bunch of food at Wonderful, Tiger Cub drove the car to a quiet corner in the suburbs.
To share the food, Tiger Cub and Tianxian went to the place where the food was needed. Nan Yi took out a picnic mat from the trunk, picked a place to spread it out, and set up a picnic table.
Nan Yi took out a cup of Coke and a hamburger from a plastic bag and handed them to Qiu Man. He then took another hamburger and took a bite. After swallowing it, he took two sips of Coke, then put the food in his hand down and patted off the hamburger crumbs with his hands. "I believe in gender equality from the bottom of my heart. I don't think that a man owes a woman anything for having physical relations with her, and I don't think I need to compensate her.
Doing so is the greatest insult to women, and it fundamentally denies women's rights to pursue equality. So, if you want something from me, you don't need to do it through a sacrificial method, you can just sit down and talk while eating, like we are doing now."
"You are a Bodhisattva, you will give me whatever I want?" Qiu Man said sarcastically.
Nan Yi shook his head, "No, you should compare me to Satan. There is only equal exchange, no one-sided giving."
Qiu Man laughed at himself, "Besides my body, do I have anything else to trade? My fame?"
"Your current fame and ambition are your capital, and I happen to be able to combine and refine your fame and ambition and push you to a higher level. As long as you are obedient, wealth and reputation will be at your fingertips."
"Be obedient? I'm your socialite, but you don't sleep with me and send me to someone else to sleep with?"
Nan Yi said cheerfully: "Let me give you an example: I ask you to find a little white rabbit. You can catch it or buy it, but you can't steal or rob it. As long as you hand the little white rabbit to me, you can get a reward that matches the value you created.
So, whether you are a socialite or not, whether you want to sleep with others or not, it depends on you. I just want what I want, that's all.
The reason why I ask you to listen to me is that you are not my first trading partner. I already have rich practical experience in how to strike a balance between you and me, and I also have a set of effective and mature cooperation models. In the early stage, if you do as I say, you can avoid many detours. For me, it can save invalid costs.
Simply put, I want you to help me make money, and then I will pay you. Do you want me to evaluate your value? "
"Please, I want to know."
"Very good, your tone is calm, and you calmed down quickly. I didn't misjudge you." Nan Yi praised, then stretched out his left hand and spread his fingers. "As long as you do what I say, in ten years, or at most fifteen years, you can at least get this amount. Listen carefully, I said the minimum, the unit is 100 million."
"Five hundred million?"
Qiu Man screamed loudly, her voice so loud that it pierced the sky.
"Yes, RMB, it's not some worthless currency." Nan Yi said, waving his hand. Seeing this, the fairy handed over an envelope. Nan Yi took it and handed it to Qiu Man, "Open it and take a look."
With a gulp, Qiu Man swallowed the little heart that was pressing against her front teeth, picked up the bulging envelope, opened it, and pulled out a stack of traveler's checks and a note from it. Feeling the thickness and looking at the three zeros on the checks, her little heart, which had just returned to its original position, climbed up again.
Five hundred million was just empty talk, but the traveler's check for fifty thousand dollars was already in her hand, so how could she not be excited?
"I suggest you read the note."
After Nan Yi reminded her, Qiu Man's eyes moved to the note. It was an address of a high-end apartment in Harlem, Upper Manhattan.
Nan Yi's voiceover sounded at the right time, "Fifty thousand dollars is my gift to you. You can take it unconditionally regardless of whether our deal is concluded or not. The apartment is prepared for you to live in after the deal is concluded. It is not big, only 270 square meters, fully decorated, and equipped with all kinds of electrical appliances. They are all the best products.
You can hire a nanny and a driver and bodyguard, and I will pay their salaries. The recharge membership cards of several major clothing brands on Fifth Avenue are already in the desk drawer in the study, a total of 7 cards, and each card will be recharged with 20,000 US dollars every quarter.
At Weill Bank, there is already a credit card with a limit of $5,000 waiting for you to activate. You can spend it slowly on a monthly basis or spend the entire year's $60,000 at once.
These are the initial benefits you can enjoy. The first year is considered an internship period and you will not receive any salary. In the second year, if I do not kick you out, you will enjoy a higher level of treatment and your salary will not be less than $1 million.
In the third year, I will no longer pay you a salary, and you will get a share of the bonuses. Our relationship will also change from superior-subordinate to partnership, and you have the right to terminate our partnership at any time.
Of course, the premise is that you can't leave a mess for me. If that's the case, I won't let you go. I will definitely keep you to clean up all the mess.
Well, you can consider whether to discuss the details of the transaction with me. I have a piece of advice for you. Don't be dazzled by what you see in front of you. Think carefully and calmly. I will not do business at a loss. I have paid so much, and I must let you create geometric values for me. You are my profit-making machine, not my lover. "
Qiu Man pushed the matter forward to discussing the details without much thought. There was no other way. Nan Yi gave too much. A mere $50,000 gift could exchange a lot from her, not to mention the 500 million that she could expect later.
Naturally, there was no need for Nan Yi to discuss the details in person. The two of them put the deal aside for the time being and started to have a heart-to-heart talk.
"You are returning to China this time to get a divorce, right?"
"yes."
"Divorced?"
"Divorced."
"Then I really want to congratulate your ex-husband for escaping from the sea of suffering."
"I am the sea of suffering?"
"No, hell. Since you're single, are you interested in accompanying me to the International Casino for a day? We can find a place to play a friendly game without shame."
"Is that part of the deal?"
“There is no transaction involved, it is completely separate.”
"Not interested."
Nan Yi lifted the hem of his T-shirt and patted his waist, "See? A male dog waist, aren't you tempted?"
"If you insist, I can agree."
"Tsk, you're embroidering a frog on a tadpole, showing off your mother, you're really scheming , you clearly want my body, but you still want me to build a memorial archway for you."
"Mr. Nan, your male dog waist is worthless in my eyes."
"Wow, learn and apply what you have learned. If you have a daughter, you should have one like Qiu Man."
"You're taking advantage of me."
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The two chatted for a long time, and it was almost eleven o'clock when Nan Yi returned to the old villa.
Liu Zhen was still awake. When Nan Yi approached her, she immediately got mad. "You smell like perfume. Nan, you're going too far."
"Come on, we are an old married couple. You know very well what kind of person I am. Don't take advantage of this." Nan Yi took off his T-shirt and threw it on the coffee table. He took the fruit box that Liu Zhen had placed on her lap. "It's so late. Eat less. I don't care about whether you are fat or thin, but you have to pay attention to your body and be careful of the three highs."
"You speak better than you sing. Last time you complained about my swimming belly." Liu Zhen pouted.
"Last time was last time. Now I'm used to it, so let's leave it that way. I plan to buy the one on the left as well and turn it into a clinic. I'll assign a doctor and a nurse to serve you exclusively."
"I'm not in my seventies or eighties, do I need to do this?" Liu Zhen said with a sweet heart but a tough face.
"Who told you not to keep your mouth shut? From now on, you will have a checkup every three days and every two months. Even if you lose a hair, it will be recorded in the medical file."
"screw you."
Two days later, Qiu Man appeared in Harlem's apartment. Looking at the bright and spacious living room, which was fully equipped with all kinds of high-end furniture and home appliances, she couldn't help cheering. She jumped around in the living room for a while, and then patrolled every corner of the apartment.
In the study, she found the recharge membership card that Nan Yi mentioned.
In the cloakroom, she found a row of clothes and a sticky note on the dressing mirror with the words "One hug to know the measurements" written on it. She excitedly picked up the clothes one by one and compared them. After trying on the clothes, she opened a drawer, which was filled with a variety of brooches. She played with them for a while, then opened another drawer, which contained three rows of various watches neatly arranged.
Qiu Man picked up one and put it on her wrist. After admiring it for a while, she changed to another one. She examined each watch without bias.
In the bedroom, she found another note on the mirror of the dressing table with a phone number and a line of words: "Stylist, she will provide you with styling design and cosmetics recommendation services, call her."
"That's so sweet, male dog waist. I should have agreed to it earlier."
Qiu Man smiled knowingly, and went to explore the gym and bathroom, and finally came to the kitchen. Her eyes were attracted by the four-door refrigerator that occupied one wall. When she opened the refrigerator, she found fruits, vegetables, dairy products, beverages and alcoholic beverages. There was a note in each area, detailing the shelf life and other details that needed attention.
Qiu Man's fingers ran over each piece of food. She didn't recognize most of them, but judging from the packaging, they should be high-end products. At this moment, joy filled every pore of her body, and she was glad that she agreed to Nan Yi's deal.
Downstairs in the apartment building, Fan Hongdou sat in the car and muttered, "It's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it's hard to go from luxury to frugality. The best way is to win her heart. Godfather, you have this woman figured out."
Fan Hongdou sat in the car for more than an hour. When she thought Qiu Man had almost recovered from the shock, she got out of the car and walked towards the elevator shaft of the apartment.
As soon as Nan Yi's vacation was over, he sent an email to Yuan Tianfan, asking him to register a wholly domestic subsidiary of Tangqianyan, "Dongqing International", with its registered address in Fengtian. Then, he called Long Huiqing to Beijing to listen to her talk about her experience in the pyramid scheme organization and to repeat the course content of the "mentor".
Although they were two different things, they were actually done in one day. Long Huiqing was also busy, so she flew away that day.
A day later, Nan Yi called Wang Zhen and told him that he had time to serve as an advisor to Wang Shuodie, and that the matter of the motorcycle would be put on hold until someone else came to discuss it.
After agreeing to meet at Jing Tea House in the evening, Nan Yi called Fang Chong again and asked him to go with him in the evening.
Nan Yi is a person who will not do anything without profit. The reason why he cares so much about Wang Shuodie, who has nothing to do with him, is because he smells money. Wang Shuodie is the owner of a real estate company, and most of the things he wants to consult with are related to real estate, which is a good opportunity for him to connect with the Chengchuan Real Estate Agency.
It doesn't matter if it's unrelated, let Fang Chong make friends with the other party first. As a real estate agent, you have to deal with second-hand houses and new real estate projects, so it doesn't hurt to get to know a few more real estate bosses.
For the entire inheritance company, the real estate agency business is the most promising to achieve huge profits. This business may be needed to supplement other business lines in the future, so Nan Yi has to pay more attention to it.
The day passed in a flash, and in the evening, Nan Yi and Fang Chong had dinner together. Nan Yi told Fang Chong some things that were appropriate to say at this time.
"Fang Chong, real estate agency is a rather special business. It has a low threshold and anyone can do it as long as they have a storefront. As for inheritance, we will definitely face a situation of continuous loss of talent in the near future. Therefore, human resource management is very important and we must focus on the construction of a talent echelon.
The selection mechanism for a store manager mainly depends on sales ability rather than management ability. If a sales champion cannot become a store manager, he will definitely not stay in the store for long. For the sake of business volume, he can only choose the lesser of two evils.
Promotion to store manager depends on sales ability, but promotion to regional manager is not the same. A store manager must have strong sales and management abilities. An important evaluation criterion for management ability is whether he or she has trained one or two reserve store managers during his or her tenure as store manager.
"Master Nan, this may be a bit unreasonable. Who would be willing to train a competitor for themselves? Don't let your competitor get promoted instead of you."
Nan Yi nodded. "You make a lot of sense. This is indeed a problem that every store manager would worry about. But from your position, healthy competition below is conducive to the vitality and competitiveness of the entire team. You need to find a balance between the store manager, the regional manager, and even the future large area manager and yourself."
Fang Chong frowned and said, "Master Nan, this is too difficult. The management and struggle experience I learned in the Housing Management Office seems to be of no use. Public institutions can afford it, but we private enterprises cannot."
"So, you have to learn about human resources, business management, and the strategies passed down by our ancestors. The store manager is too important. If a store manager who only has sales ability but no management ability is promoted, it will only cause management disorder.
But if there is no promotion, there is a high probability that they will leave. If they work alone, it is fine. But if they jump to a competitor, we will face a situation where one side gains while the other loses. In future competition, we may suffer a great loss. "
Although there were only a few real estate agencies in the country in 1995, this industry is too easy to copy. Even if there are no competitors today, competitors may pop up like mushrooms tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. It is necessary for traditional real estate agencies to establish a good internal competition mechanism.
