Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen Entrepreneurship

These days after returning from attending Li Ying's birthday party, Lai Xi and I speed up sewing the things we started preparing two months ago.There were no sewing machines in this era. Fortunately, I knew how to use a needle and thread, and Laixi was a master female celebrity. The two of them managed to make more than 40 sets over time. Looking at the colorful and different styles of things made of the best fabrics in my dowry, I am very moved. These are all real handmade products, and they are waiting for my shop. Selling these things after opening will definitely set off an epoch-making clothing revolution in Lanchao.

The things that Zhang Lu asked Zhang Lu to look for a few days ago are almost all found, only one or two things are missing, so I have to forget it, and I will make up for it later. Bring him all the things. When I came to Wangyue Tower, the shopkeeper I saw last time said to me very enthusiastically: "Young Master, my Young Master Sun is already waiting for you in the Tianzihao room upstairs, and I asked you to go in directly when you come." I nodded at him and took Laixi upstairs. As soon as he stepped into the door of Tianzihao, Xiang Yanqi's voice came over: "Yunxin, I'm looking forward to you."

After hearing this, I smiled and said, "What's the matter, I haven't seen you for ten days, my cousin misses me so much?" After speaking, I sat down opposite him. He also smiled at me, showing his white and neat teeth, poured me a cup of tea and said: "I went back that day and told my grandpa what you said to me, and he slapped his legs and said Your method must work, no, the best master tea pickers of the Xiang family have been sent to various places by grandpa to pick next month's summer tea, and they also said that this year's summer tea will be made according to the method you said. "

I took a sip from my teacup and said, "Then what about the foundation I was talking about?" "It's too much to talk about." Xiang Yanqi slightly adjusted his sitting posture and looked at me intently, "The foundation you mentioned uses the money raised to do good deeds, many things my grandfather and I don't understand. You said at the time that our Xiang family took a large sum of money to set up this foundation first, and then others would donate silver taels to this foundation, and the money that our Xiang family took out first would be earned back, and Earn more?"

After I heard it, I was not in a hurry. Even in my previous life, there were many people in the foundation who didn't understand what was going on. It's quite normal to have doubts. I smiled and explained to him: "Because no one knew what it was doing at the beginning, so no one would take the initiative to donate silver taels to it, so before it became known to everyone, the Xiang family had to take out silver taels on a regular basis. Doing good deeds, such as building bridges, paving roads, taking in orphans, solving difficult life problems for the elderly without children, etc., once these deeds are done, they will definitely spread among the common people.”

I paused and said: "But it's not enough to just do this, we have to expand the foundation's influence to different classes. When they have outstanding deeds in their fields of expertise, our foundation will provide them with a sum of money as a reward for free. Fighting for awards from the foundation is an affirmation of their talents, because the foundation only provides awards to the best people in the same industry. Of course, this requires the establishment of an award judging panel later." "After listening to this, I understand what the foundation is going to do, but how can it make profits for the Xiang family? It seems that the foundation is all spending money to go out, and I haven't seen anyone coming in!" Xiang Yanqi's doubts became more serious. big.

I took a sip of tea and continued to explain: "The most important thing in doing business is fame. Once this foundation is successful, the name of the Xiang family will be known to everyone inside and outside the capital and even the whole country. The reputation of the Xiang family is in the eyes of businessmen." But it will become a piece of iron. At that time, there will be more and more merchants cooperating with the Xiang family, and the business of the Xiang family will surpass that of the Wei family. This is the first aspect of profit-making; , when the foundation has a significant influence among the people, other people will start to make ideas to it, some want to gain fame from it, some want to gain benefits. At this time, the foundation can raise donations from outside, the amount of donations Huge people or businesses let them become one of the shareholders of the foundation, and use all the money of the foundation, except for charity and rewards, to invest in business. I have a few ideas for new investment businesses, and I will wait for the future Let’s talk again. For all those who have donated to the foundation, no matter how much money they donate, a list will be posted every month to announce their names, and the amount of donations will be written after the name.”

I took a long breath, grabbed the teapot and refilled myself with tea, and then explained the terms shares and shareholders to Xiang Yanqi. "Well said!" Before Xiang Yanqi had time to speak, such a sentence came from outside the door. I followed the prestige and saw that the door of the box was opened at some point, and Xiang Qingtian, who had a childlike face and white hair, was standing at the door and looking at me with a smile on his face.I may have been too involved in the speech just now, and I don't know how much he listened to it. "grandfather." "Grandpa."

Xiang Yanqi and I got up to greet him at the same time. "Okay, okay, let's all sit down." Xiang Qingtian said with a smile, "Xin'er, the grandpa of the foundation you said heard everything, and I decided to do everything you said. But you have to help grandpa You are so busy, you will definitely not be able to do it without this matter. Since you want to do it, you must do it successfully. Let’s take one hundred thousand taels first. You and Qi'er each get half of the shares, which can be regarded as a little favor from grandpa." I was a little moved after hearing this, Xiang Qingtian treated Zhou Yunxin really well.In the past before Zhou Yunxin got married, he would send jewelry and supplements to her from time to time to care for her, and even sent a special Laixi to serve her. Later, when Zhou Yunxin got married, he was even more generous and prepared several carts of dowry for her to support the scene. Now But because of a proposal of mine, he trusted me so much and gave me so many shares. Although there was some intention of winning over, in essence he loved Zhou Yunxin very much.

"Thank you, grandpa. Xin'er will definitely do her best to help grandpa manage the foundation, but I only want 30% of the shares, and I can give the rest to cousin Yanqi. After all, I am just talking, and those who are busy The specific matters are all due to the exhaustion of my cousin, so he deserves more points." If someone treats me well, I will pay back twice as much. That's my personality. Xiang Qingtian's eyes shot out a strange light, and his admiration was beyond words: "Okay, okay, you are worthy of being my granddaughter of Xiang Qingtian, with such a character, she is definitely a person who can do great things."

Xiang Yanqi also said excitedly at the side: "Yunxin, I will definitely start this foundation, and I won't let you down." I suddenly thought about advertising, and quickly said to them: "The foundation wants to become famous quickly, but doing good deeds is too slow. When the foundation was established, we had to find some well-known people from Lanchao to contribute Inscriptions, plaque unveilings, congratulatory speeches, etc., as well as beating gongs to encourage dragons and lions, can attract the attention and topics of the whole capital." "Yunxin, you can be regarded as a celebrity now, and the dignified Princess Rong is still a first-rank madam, not to mention the many famous relatives behind you, as long as you carry out your husband's name, it will be very loud " Xiang Yanqi moved to tell me. I smiled angrily and said, "Just go out like me, and no one will recognize me after walking around the city three times. You should go back with Grandpa and discuss the candidates." "How can no one know you? When you walk the first lap, others will find a beautiful woman in the capital. When you walk the second lap, men will scramble to watch you, and wait until you walk the third lap. Countless young talents have expressed their love for you since then, do you think no one will recognize you after you walk three times?" Xiang Yanqi said loudly beside me with an exaggerated expression. I laughed haha, why didn't I find that Xiang Yanqi was so humorous last time we met, and Xiang Qingtian was also amused by his words.After some difficulty, I stopped laughing and said, "Okay, okay, let's chat while having lunch, and think about the name of this foundation by the way." Afterwards, the three of us chatted and laughed affectionately at the dinner table. I also told them about the shop I was going to open. Their eyes widened and their faces became redder and redder. "Forget it, Yunxin, you should tell your sister-in-law these words. We men don't know very well. Anyway, your sister-in-law has nothing else to do at home. She is still a neat person. Why don't you ask her to help you?" "Xiang Yanqi said to me a little shyly, with an uncontrollable smile flashing in his eyes. "How embarrassing, being a shopkeeper is very tiring, and letting my sister-in-law do it will not be too wronged for her, after all, it is considered public." I shyly refused. "What's wrong with this? Aren't all the guests you received at Shangrenju that day were women, and the things you sold must be expensive. The people who went in to buy them must be women from wealthy families in the capital. It happened that your sister-in-law and Those people are quite familiar with them, so it’s perfect to be the shopkeeper. Moreover, Tiantian Habitat claims to be the property of the Xiang family, and there must be no doubt that your sister-in-law, the young wife of the Xiang family, is in charge." After I heard it, I also found it very reasonable. It seems that my cousin sister-in-law who I have never met is indeed the best candidate, so I no longer refuse, and agree with a smile: "Well, I will trouble sister-in-law. But I also I won’t wrong my sister-in-law so much, let my sister-in-law share 30% of the shares in Tian Habitat.” I said before that 30% will be given to Laixi, so I can only give 30% to my cousin at most. After hearing what I said, Xiang Yanqi said with surprise on his face: "Yunxin, you are really generous, now your sister-in-law doesn't know how happy she will be." I smiled and said, "You can't earn enough money. The most important thing is that the family members are happy." This sentence made Xiang Qingtian and Xiang Yanqi nod their heads in agreement. At the end of the lunch, the name of the foundation was also agreed upon, "Xiang's Charity Foundation", which expressed the purpose and purpose of the sponsor and the foundation. After the servants cleared the dining table, I asked Laixi to bring out what Zhang Lu had found, which were actually lapis lazuli, verdigris, crimson alum and mica powder.Of course, none of them knew the real names of these things. I also drew pictures for Zhang Lu and told him about their characteristics, so that he could find them by comparison. Unfortunately, Mi Tuo could not find them. These things on the table are the earliest pigment materials in ancient China, which were discovered by later generations in the Dunhuang murals. The Dunhuang murals preserved pigment samples from more than ten dynasties including the Northern Dynasties to the Yuan Dynasty. The Lan Dynasty where I am now is everywhere. There are traces of life in the Han Dynasty, and it should not be far from the development level of ancient Chinese history that I know, so I asked Zhang Lu to try to find it, but unexpectedly found it. Seeing the bewildered expressions of my grandfather and cousin I picked up for nothing, I explained the purpose of these things to them, and asked them to find some experienced old craftsmen to try to make the pigments according to the method I said.Fortunately, I listened carefully to the pigment and color class in college, and my school is worthy of being the best art academy in the country. Those professors have as many professional knowledge as possible. The professor who gave me the paint class happened to be He is one of the researchers of the Dunhuang Academy, otherwise I really couldn't get the paint I wanted. "Xin'er, you have never heard of the grandpas you mentioned in most of your life, and you read too many books." Xiang Qingtian sighed with great relief, and Xiang Yanqi kept nodding to express his sympathy. I watched them nodding non-stop all afternoon, and felt both funny and ashamed. The funny thing was that they nodded so frequently that I almost worried about their necks; the shame was that they were not praising me. What I came up with myself, I just fully carried forward the crystallization of wisdom of the predecessors, but I couldn't tell them the truth, so I had to pretend to be knowledgeable. After coming out of the Moon Tower, Xiang Yanqi took us to see my shop. Xiang Yanqi already knew the name of the shop. He also mentioned it just now, which is "Heavenly Habitat". After arriving at Tianshang Habitat, I discovered that Zuilv Pavilion is more than 50 meters diagonally across from Tianshang Habitat. It will definitely become more famous because of our two stores. Because the Heaven Habitat has not yet officially opened, the plaque is wrapped in red silk, and I have to do some facade decoration work myself.After entering the gate, there are as many as six light gauze curtains. Everyone who comes in will pass through these curtains of different colors in turn to reach the patio behind. There are several begonias planted around the patio, forming a very eye-catching flower fence. , The bright red flowers are blooming densely, which is dazzling and spectacular at first glance. "The begonias here were planted by the owner before. I saw they looked good, and they didn't destroy them when I bought the yard and rebuilt it." Xiang Yanqi explained to me proudly seeing that I seemed to like this patio very much. "This small courtyard is very nice. There are exactly three rooms in the courtyard, which are exactly the same as what I wanted at the beginning, and the renovation speed is also very fast. It took only ten days to complete the overall appearance I requested." "Actually, the Xiang family bought this yard a long time ago. It's just that they didn't think about how to use it for so long. It's great that you are satisfied now." "It's basically nothing, but I want to add some stone tables and benches in the courtyard. In addition, the walls between the three houses are all opened up to make it look like a moon gate. The gates are decorated with pine green and autumn fragrance. Smoke curtains were used as curtains, the doors outside the house were removed and replaced with bead curtains, and the paper pasted on the windows was also removed and pasted with white silk on the inside and outside of the windows. The door of the sliding door is also pasted with white silk, and I will paint on these white silk after the paint is made." After viewing the house, I made a summary. "Oh my God, is this basically nothing? After you say that, I feel that there are still many things that need to be changed." Xiang Yanqi exclaimed beside me. I smiled flatteringly and said: "Cousin, you are so capable, what I said is just a trivial matter, you can ask people to do it slowly, I am not in a hurry to open up." After listening, he said narrowly: "If you are not in a hurry, someone else must be in a hurry. After I go back and tell your sister-in-law about this tonight, the custodian will yell at me to do it overnight." I looked at him with a funny look, and felt more and more that he was a good person, with a cheerful and easy-going personality, diligent and conscientious in his work, no wonder Xiang Qingtian would focus on training him instead of training his father as the successor of the next generation of the Xiang family.