wild 1995

Chapter 84 Household Affairs

Xia Qide is 59 years old this year and has reached the age of retirement. Although he still holds the title of workshop director, he doesn't take care of things anymore. He only does three things at work every day: drinking tea, reading newspapers, and playing chess.

On the morning of March 3, Xia Qide brewed a cup of tea in his office and spread out the "Jinling Daily". He had just finished reading the front page when Xia Jianwu called and said he agreed to cooperate with Panda Electronics to develop VCD players.

Xia Qide's affection for Panda Electronics was far deeper than Xia Jianwu's. Recently, the father and son had been arguing about this matter a lot. Now that he had agreed, he was very happy and asked, "Did Ye suggest it?"

"He was slippery, he didn't give any advice, and he always told me to go to him after everything was done."

Xia Jianwu complained angrily, and then said: "Dad, I asked Di Ye to come to my house for dinner at night, do you think it's okay?"

Xia Qide was slightly taken aback, and hesitated: "Fang Fei hasn't come back, so it's inappropriate to invite him to dinner at home, isn't it?"

"Little sister's thoughts have long been tied to him. It doesn't matter if he comes back or not. Besides, this joint venture company, Di Ye will invest at least two or three million yuan. No matter what, he is half of his own family."

"Okay then, call your elder brother and sister-in-law over tonight."

"I know."

After the phone call with Xia Jianwu ended, Xia Qide was a little upset and couldn't read the newspaper anymore, so he took out a miniature notepad from the pocket of his overalls, found out the phone number that Xia Fangfei had given him a few days ago, dialed it, and told him about his plan to invite Di Ye to dinner at home tonight.

"Dad, don't force Di Ye to drink. He doesn't hold a lot of alcohol and doesn't like to drink, especially white wine. Besides, he doesn't like to eat too spicy or sweet dishes, and he doesn't like coriander either..."

Feeling empty, Xia Qide interrupted his daughter's instructions, and complained angrily, "I have raised you for more than 20 years, and you don't even know what I like to eat. You have only been running with this bastard for more than a month now, and you can remember his preferences clearly. It's really a waste of money."

"Of course I know what you like to eat. I'll call Di Ye later and ask him to bring you dozens of catties of pork head meat at night."

"Nonsense! Who can eat dozens of catties of pork head..."

Xia Qide chatted with his daughter for a while, listening to her laughing voice, although his heart was still empty, his mood gradually became more comfortable, and he asked, "How is Di Ye treating you?"

"Very good, he follows me in everything."

"Did you live at his sister's house for a while before?"

"Yes, I stayed for more than ten days. Sister Yan treated me very well and gave me a very expensive jade jewelry as a gift."

Hearing what his daughter said, Xia Qide felt that it would not be abrupt to invite Di Ye to dinner at home, so he hung up the phone and met Xia Jianwu at the gate of the factory to discuss cooperation with the leader of Panda Electronics.

At 4:25 p.m. that day, when Xia Jianwu came to Jinling University to pick up Di Ye, he immediately reported: "My dad and I have communicated with the main leaders of Panda Electronics. We will hold a meeting in a few days, and we can almost settle on a formality. We exchanged 5% of the shares for 100-year brand authorized components with an added value of [-] million."

Brand licensing is commonplace in later generations, such as Nanjiren, Philips, etc., but in 1995, there seemed to be no companies in China that did this, and with the current influence of the "Panda" brand, the licensing fee of 30 yuan a year was almost the same as free gifts.

"When I visited Dongying last year, I studied this brand licensing business model. Those few leaders knew nothing about the VCD market, and felt that it was a good deal to get 25% of the shares without paying a dime, and they could also take care of the business of the circuit board factory and several other branches..."

Di Ye was not interested in how Xia Jianwu managed to manage the leadership of Panda Electronics. After he finished his introduction cheerfully, he pointed to the electronic watch on his left wrist and asked a question he wanted to ask a long time ago: "Fang Fei said that you bought this watch during your visit to Dongying last year?"

"Yeah, I bought 10 yuan from a specialty store in Tokyo, but I only sold 6 yuan. I lost hundreds of yuan, and then I gave it away. Your little sister snatched it away."

Di Ye had a lot of guesses about the origin of the electronic watch, but he never thought that the answer would be like this, so he lost interest in further questions. He took the laptop out of his backpack, put it on the back seat of the car, and said, "There is an ICBC branch in front. Stop there, and I will go to get the money."

"Withdraw money for what?"

"Gifts, it's the first time I see my father-in-law and uncle, can't I go empty-handed?"

Xia Jianwu heard the meaning of his words, and asked in surprise, "You directly send money to my dad and my elder brother?"

Di Ye laughed, and said: "Giving charcoal in the snow is the highest state of gift giving. This time you start a company, you probably have emptied out your father's coffin. I will help fill in the shortfall. Your brother is a strict wife. Give him some private money so that your husband will not be depressed."

Xia Jianwu was speechless, and after a while he said, "You made me feel guilty for doing this."

Di Ye also understood the meaning of his words, and explained with a smile: "I didn't mean to buy your sister, she is a priceless treasure, at least 10 billion dollars to start, I can't afford it now."

"If it wasn't for her willingness, you wouldn't even think about buying it for $100 billion."

Xia Jianwu found an ICBC outlet nearby, sat in the car and smoked a cigarette, and waited for more than ten minutes. Di Ye returned to the car with a computer bag that seemed unchanged, and said, "This business location is too small. You can only withdraw 5 yuan at most."

"It's the first time for my elder brother to go to my old man's house. It's already very beautiful to bring two bottles of Moutai and a few sticks of Zhonghua cigarettes. Now you will pay 5 yuan when you come here. How can I find a wife in the future?"

Di Ye cared more about the safety of the harem than the money at his fingertips, so he didn't feel bad about spending it. He took out two wads of money from his backpack, threw them to Xia Jianwu, and said, "The 5 is for you and your elder brother, he is 3, and you are 2."

"Hey, hey, why is my elder brother ten thousand more than me?"

"Then you each have 2?"

"Forget it, twenty thousand is twenty thousand."

Xia Jianwu put two wads of money into his pocket, and said shyly, "I'll take you to find another business place, and get some money for my dad."

Di Ye took out the bank card he used to donate to Jinling University yesterday, and said, "No need, I'll give this card to your dad directly later. There is 10 yuan saved in it, and it will be used as a pension for him."

"Damn! How did my little sister meet someone like you?"

Under the attack of money, Di Ye received a VIP-level reception at Xia's house at night, especially the eldest brother Xia Jianwen, whose attitude was so warm that he was nasty. As a result, Di Ye had a very bad impression of him.

After the dinner was over, on the way back to the hotel, Di Ye summoned Xiao Honghua, retrieved the memory information related to Jinling's officialdom, and asked Xia Jianwu, "When your elder brother and sister-in-law were dating, who chased whom?"

"The big brother is chasing the big sister-in-law."

"Did sister-in-law's parents object to their marriage?"

Xia Jianwu glanced sideways at Di Ye, and asked strangely, "Why are you asking about this?"

"Your elder brother is handsome and good-looking, but sister-in-law is not only ordinary in appearance, but also has a somewhat arrogant personality. If her father is not the vice chairman of the CPPCC, will your elder brother take the initiative to pursue her? If even I can see what your elder brother is thinking, will sister-in-law's parents not be able to see it?"

Xia Jianwu did not defend Xia Jianwen, and admitted: "Back then, my sister-in-law's parents did object, but my sister-in-law insisted on marrying my eldest brother, so it was nothing."

"After getting married, your elder brother was transferred from Panda Electronics to the city government as a secretary?"

"Yes."

Di Ye stopped asking, and said bluntly: "I don't think your elder brother is suitable to be a civil servant. It's best to find a way to make him resign, otherwise it may drag you down in the future."

Xia Jianwu was not surprised by this proposal. After a moment of silence, he said: "I also think he is not suitable to be a civil servant, but he is very enthusiastic about it. He is always trying to get ahead, and no one can persuade him."

"Then when you're running the company, try to keep a distance from him."

(End of this chapter)