Siheyuan: Xu Damao corrects his evil ways

Chapter 263 Chapter 264, business is not so easy to do

In fact, what just happened between the couple was hypocritical.

If you "communicate" more, there will be no barriers.

Lou Xiao'e was a little reluctant at first, but after Xu Damao enriched Lou Xiao'e, Lou Xiao'e suddenly felt that nothing mattered anymore.

She just likes Xu Damao and wants a life together. The rest of the Lou family, Rain or other people, are unimportant matters.

So Lou Xiaoe cooperated, and the couple regained the tacit understanding they once had.

And Xu Damao, who had been teased by the rain these days and was a little depressed, also felt the kindness of his original wife in this tacit understanding.

Xu Damao stood up and said aggrievedly to Lou Xiao'e, who was also sweating profusely: "Daughter-in-law, it's better for you."

Lou Xiao'e looked at Xu Damao's grievance and clearly felt the torment the rain had given Xu Damao during this period, and suddenly couldn't help but laugh.

Lou Xiao'e didn't understand this emotion herself, she just felt satisfied with Xu Damao's grievance.

When He Yuyu heard the news that Lou Xiao'e was back, whether it was because of their personal friendship or because his sister was visiting his sister, he definitely wanted to come over and see her.

When He Yuyu walked into Xu's house uneasily, there was no such bloody show of force.

Well, it should be said that Lou Xiao'e showed considerable dignity towards He Yuyu.

Lou Xiao'e was truly like a sister, sharing the local specialties she brought back from Hong Kong Island to He Yuyu.

When the family of three finished eating, Yu Yu behaved very reservedly, not even looking at Xu Damao like before.

This scene must be embarrassing for all three of them.

After Yu Yu finished his meal, he didn't even have time to clean up the food leftovers, so he just ran away back to his home.

This is a guilty conscience. Lou Xiao'e obviously didn't say anything.

But because Yu Yu now thinks that her relationship with Xu Damao is different, so when she saw her original wife, the little girl couldn't hold on even if she tried hard.

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Lou Bancheng really didn't think about the Xu family's affairs. Xu Damao's idea was very good, but when it came to execution, he encountered this and that problem.

The first is to weigh the interests of all parties.

According to Xu Damao's proposal, he used the Four Treasures of the Study to open a store on Hong Kong Island, but it was first rejected by Sijiucheng.

Because Sijiucheng also has local specialties! For example, dough figures, cloisonné, Beijing embroidery, carved lacquer, silk, applique, silk figures, ivory carvings...

Of course, due to transportation conditions, we won’t talk about the delicacies and snacks.

Even for these handicrafts, I also want to go abroad and exchange them for some foreign exchange.

In fact, if you really want to do it, doing alcohol business is the most stable.

But this is like tobacco in later generations, and businessmen like Lou Bancheng cannot get involved at all.

As for other things, it can only be said that there is a market, but it is a bit niche in Hong Kong Island now. It might be a big business to others, but to Lou Bancheng, it just couldn't have any impact.

Yes, Lou Bancheng is not thinking about making money now, but about influence.

This is the difference between big businessmen and small businessmen. As far as Lou Bancheng is concerned, if he wants to become an agent like the Rong family, he needs to form a monopoly in a certain industry, and at the end he needs to have a certain say.

And it must not be a cold-blooded industry, but a consumable product for people's livelihood in a certain aspect, so that the superiors can feel its importance.

Speaking of which, there is a small detail. Since ancient times, big businessmen have mainly focused on daily consumables such as grain and salt, followed by minerals, and then breeding. There has never been anyone who plays antiques or pawnshops and can be called a big businessman.

To put it bluntly, it is a matter of controlling the pricing power of a necessity.

No matter how good the jewelry is, if a bottle is sold for tens of billions, if people don't buy it, what can you do?

Things like food are different. Even if the price is sky-high, you still have to eat.

Therefore, Lou Bancheng was quite satisfied with Xu Damao's initial proposal of using the Four Treasures of the Study as an entry point to enter Hong Kong Island.

After all, the demand in this area, although not large, can attract a group of literati. As long as you speak Chinese and write Chinese characters, this thing is considered elegant.

Hong Kong Island is just a window. Most of the local tycoons who have a foothold in Southeast Asia can be found all over the country, but the mainstream ones are mainly from a certain place in the south.

This means that ordinary people on Hong Kong Island have no use for these local specialties from Sijiucheng, but those local tycoons do not like them. If someone really wants it, wouldn't it be better to just buy it from the Ming and Qing Dynasties? Why buy a handicraft now?

Lou Bancheng has never thought of doing business only in Hong Kong Island. He also wants to be a window to the outside world.

So this area is a bit niche for Lou Bancheng.

But the Four Treasures of the Study are not so easy to do.

On the one hand, there is no shortage of merchants for this stuff. There are merchants on Hong Kong Island who go directly to those places of origin to purchase. A businessman from Forty-Nine City in Loubancheng wants to have the agency rights for these things in Hong Kong and wants to monopolize them. That cannot be done with one or two dollars.

Later, Lou Bancheng promised to open a trading house on Hong Kong Island specializing in handicrafts from the Four Nine Cities and guarantee a certain sales volume.

Only a big boss from Sijiucheng came forward to negotiate with Lou Bancheng and the manufacturer.

Lou Bancheng wanted to talk about agency rights. Even if the manufacturer wanted to agree to this, the local area would not agree.

You must know that although this thing is niche, it is one of the few things in the area that can be exchanged for foreign exchange.

If all was given to Lou Bancheng, then the foreign exchange would be calculated locally? Or is it considered a 49-city area?

This is not to say that there is no way to be a leader, but because people are poor and have short ambitions.

Just like a local leader said, if you just want the agency rights of Sijiucheng, for the sake of the old leader, you can give it immediately.

But if you want to be the exclusive agent in Hong Kong Island, let alone Lou Bancheng, even if the old leader personally quits, there is no chance.

But if he can't get the agency right, and Lou Bancheng has never done it in this industry, he will definitely not be able to compete with those old businesses.

This made Lou Bancheng quite miserable.

It's obviously a good path, but I can't find an industry that I can work in.

Business these days is very regional.

As of today, Lou Bancheng has only opened a few small handicraft shops on Hong Kong Island. Not to mention the impact, they have not even opened the market.

Those people above who originally supported Lou Bancheng saw that Lou Bancheng had been playing for a long time, but the thunder was loud and the raindrops were light. There were not many people left to play with Lou Bancheng.

Lou Bancheng is in the middle, and it's not like he hasn't considered other products. But those who can do it basically have their own stable sales channels.

So that's it, Lou Bancheng played for a long time, but he can't say that he got nothing, he can only say that he got twice the result with twice the result.

At this time, Lou Bancheng did not blame Xu Damao, but his evaluation of his son-in-law was just talk on paper.

(End of this chapter)