The stationery store looks larger than the last time I came here, and there are a few more clerks. Zhang Kewei, the owner, usually goes out to run business most of the time and is not in the store much.
This time Chen Feng contacted him in advance and he was waiting in the store.
"Chen Feng, it's getting harder and harder to see you now."
In a small office in a stationery store, Zhang Kewei made tea for Chen Feng and made fun of him.
"I basically stay at home now, and I don't come out unless I can." Chen Feng told the truth.
"I don't believe what you say." Zhang Kewei shook his head and said, "If you stay at home all day long, what will your women do?"
Zhang Kewei had known about Chen Feng's romantic affairs for a long time, and Chen Feng had told him frankly before.
"I said, I won't come out if I can. If I need to come out, I will come out, just like today."
Zhang Kewei said somewhat speechlessly: "Did you come out this time because of your own woman, not just to see me?"
Chen Feng smiled and asked, "What do you think?"
Zhang Kewei still had this bit of self-awareness, so he complained helplessly: "Sure enough, I forget my friends when I see sex."
"Just be content. Apart from Qin Zhen and you, I basically have no contact with my other classmates and friends."
What Chen Feng said is true.
Zhang Kewei smiled and shook his head: "Then I am really honored."
With that said, Zhang Kewei raised his teacup and signaled to Chen Feng.
Chen Feng also picked up the tea cup and took a sip. The water temperature was just right.
"How have you been lately?" Chen Feng asked casually.
"It's not bad. As you can see, my business scale has expanded a bit now, and I have rented the store next door. But I can only make a small amount of money, not a big one. Fortunately, my ambition has never been high. At present,
For me, this is very satisfying.”
"How are you getting along with your girlfriend?" Chen Feng asked again.
This time, Zhang Kewei did not answer immediately. After sighing softly, he said: "Every family has its own problems that are difficult to recite. Ning Jia is good at everything, but sometimes she is too strong and strict.
Therefore, I will not hide it from you, I have no plans to marry her for the time being."
Chen Feng smiled and said: "What? Are you still planning to break up with her?"
Zhang Kewei smiled bitterly and said: "Breaking up is not a big deal, but I will definitely hesitate when it comes to marriage. I definitely can't bear the thought of being managed by her like a mother managing her son for decades to come."
"That's true. If a man is always controlled by a woman like a son, then life will be meaningless. If you want to break up with her, I support it."
Zhang Ke gave him a blank look and said, "In matters of love, outsiders try to persuade you to make peace but not to leave. It's better for you."
Chen Feng said expressionlessly: "I treat you as a real friend, so I tell you the truth like this. If it were anyone else, I wouldn't even bother to tell you."
"Okay, then I thank you." After Zhang Kewei said this, he asked again: "If I really break up, do you have a good woman to introduce you to?"
This time it was Chen Feng's turn to roll his eyes at him.
"You haven't even broken up yet, and you've already thought of a new girlfriend. I guess I misjudged you. I thought you were a devoted man."
Upon hearing Chen Feng's words, Zhang Kewei was a little embarrassed and immediately defended himself: "I just asked casually, I didn't mean anything else."
Chen Feng spread his hands and said: "You also know that the women I know are of very high quality. Even if I introduce them to you, you may not be able to win them."
"It's my problem whether you can take it or not. It's your problem if you want to introduce him to me. Of course, I'm just asking. I haven't decided whether to break up with Ning Jia or not."
Chen Feng smiled and said: "You already have such thoughts, it will be a matter of time before we break up."
Zhang Kewei sighed and waved his hand: "Let's talk about it later."
Then Zhang Kewei asked Chen Feng curiously: "You have been dating so many women, have you never fallen out of love?"
"Of course not." Chen Feng shook his head resolutely, "Although I am a bit romantic, I have never deceived other people's feelings. Before I dated them, I made it clear that I had a relationship with them, and I was just more in-depth with them.
A heterosexual relationship, but not a relationship between lovers and lovers.”
"You've told them this, and they are still willing to tell you?" Zhang Kewei felt a little incredible.
"Of course." Chen Feng nodded affirmatively, "Every one of them likes me very much. There's nothing I can do about it, I'm so handsome, that's why I have such benefits."
"You're just a bastard." Zhang Kewei said with feigned disdain, "None of them are doing it because of your money? If you don't have money, even if you are more handsome than Yanzu, they won't follow you."
"You are absolutely sure of this. Nowadays, we are in an age where looks are important. As long as you are handsome and beautiful, you will be popular and have no shortage of members of the opposite sex. You have to admit this."
Zhang Kewei retorted: "A handsome man can attract the opposite sex, but it is impossible for several opposite sexes to follow you willingly at the same time. You can't deny this, right?"
"Okay, I can't deny this. But if I weren't handsome, do you think that as long as I have money, I can make all of them willing to follow me? This is also impossible. After all, I can't give it to each of them.
100 million, even if I had money, I would not give it like this."
Zhang Kewei could not refute Chen Feng's words. If he looked like him, even if he had money, he would not be able to attract the favor of several women including Wu Mengting, Sun Xiaorui, Brina and so on.
Just like what Chen Feng said just now, this is a world that depends on appearance after all. Handsome and handsome men are more popular with women than ugly men.
This is the truth.
"Okay, I admit that you are awesome, okay?"
Zhang Kewei gave Chen Feng a thumbs up.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
At this moment, there was a knock on the office door, and then a clerk opened the door and walked in accompanied by a bald middle-aged man wearing glasses.
"Boss, Manager Chen is here."
The clerk said to Zhang Kewei.
When Zhang Kewei saw this bald middle-aged man, he immediately stood up from his seat and greeted quickly: "Hello, hello, Manager Chen, please take a seat."
Manager Chen just nodded slightly, with a haughty look on his face, and sat down on a chair next to Chen Feng.
When Chen Feng saw that Zhang Kewei had something to do, he stood up and said to him: "Then you go about your business first, I'm leaving."
"No, just wait for me, I'll be able to negotiate soon."
Zhang Kewei had just chatted with Chen Feng for a few minutes, but he couldn't bear to let him go. In fact, he still had something to ask of Chen Feng, so it would be best to tell Chen Feng in person, not on the phone.
The bald, middle-aged manager Chen frowned after hearing this and said somewhat unhappily: "Boss Zhang, our next conversation is not suitable for outsiders to be present."
Zhang Kewei smiled and said: "Manager Chen, he is a good friend of mine, not an outsider. How about I give you two more points, a total of 7 points? If you still don't agree, then I will
no solution anymore."
The bald manager Chen looked at Zhang Kewei, then at Chen Feng who was watching from the side, and then said: "Eight points, it sounds better. If it's seven points, I might as well find another one, their boss
After all, he invited me to have dinner at Fumanlou."
Zhang Kewei frowned and said, "If it's 8 points, the price will have to go up a bit."
Manager Chen immediately shook his head and refused: "I have submitted the price list, which is the original price, and then 8 rebates. If you don't accept it, I have no choice but to go to Boss Li."
Zhang Kewei frowned and hesitated for a while, then finally nodded slightly and said: "Okay, it's only 8 points. When will the contract be signed?"
"Come to my company tomorrow morning." Manager Chen showed a victorious smile.
"Okay, I'll go there tomorrow morning." Zhang Kewei nodded in agreement.
Manager Chen then stood up, took two steps forward, and shook hands with Zhang Kewei across the desk.
“A pleasure to work with.”
“A pleasure to work with.”
"Then I'll leave first, and you stay." Manager Chen suddenly became polite and courteous.
Zhang Kewei stood up, symbolically walked him to the door, watched him leave, closed the door again, and then said to Chen Feng: "You have also seen that the competition in our industry is getting more and more intense now. In the past,
The maximum rebate is 5 points, and now it’s 8 points, these greedy guys.”
Chen Feng said: "Then you should still make some money. Otherwise, you wouldn't agree."
Zhang Kewei sat down behind his desk again and said: "You can still make money, but it's not as easy as before. For example, this manager Chen, his company wants to purchase stationery worth 300,000 yuan, and my profit
It's probably around 20%, maybe not even there. Now the other party has taken nearly half of it, almost all for this Manager Chen."
Chen Feng smiled and said: "That's not bad. At least you can earn more than 30,000 yuan from this one order. It's better to make some money than not to make any money at all."
Zhang Kewei smiled bitterly and said: "But I used to earn more. Now I earn less, and looking at this trend, I may earn even less in the future."
Chen Feng nodded and said, "That's true. Business is getting harder and harder to do."
Zhang Kewei said: "It is getting harder and harder to do daily necessities business like ours, but it is getting easier and easier to do entertainment business like yours. A large amount of capital is pouring into the entertainment industry, and the profits are high.
The development prospects are broad.”
"Okay. Do you have something to tell me?"
Chen Feng sat down again and looked at Zhang Kewei with a half-smile.
After all, the two were old classmates, and Chen Feng had some understanding of his temperament. Moreover, Zhang Kewei deliberately wanted to keep him around just now, so he probably had something to tell him.
Sure enough, when Chen Feng asked, Zhang Kewei touched his nose in embarrassment, and then said with a smile: "You really know me. I won't be polite to you anymore. Here's the thing. During this time, there was someone
My competitor, the boss Li that Manager Chen mentioned just now, has been secretly messing with me. First he reported tax evasion in my store, and then he reported that my store was selling fake goods and infringing on stationery styles. Just the day before yesterday,
He also reported that there were serious fire safety hazards in my store. Fortunately, I passed the test smoothly every time, but the other party’s behavior was really disgusting.”
Chen Feng couldn't help but nod after hearing this: "It's very disgusting. Then you didn't retaliate and reported the other party?"
Zhang Kewei nodded and said: "Of course I reported it, but the other party didn't say anything. In turn, they wanted to sue me for malicious reporting and disrupting the market economic order. They even sent me a lawyer's letter. This is secondary, mainly because of him.
They have maliciously lowered prices or maliciously increased rebates several times, taking away a lot of my business. If we continue like this, both our families will definitely suffer, and no one will be able to gain any benefit."
Chen Feng asked: "Then what are you going to do? Do you want me to help make this guy close down?"
Zhang Kewei immediately shook his head: "No, not really. In fact, the other party should also know that if he continues to fight with me like this, it will not do him any good. But now that both of us are riding a tiger, we need a middleman to help us make peace.
I know that you know a lot of prominent people in Xiuzhou, and now you are quite well-known as the boss of a cutting-edge film and television company. So, I would like to trouble you to come forward and be the peacemaker, so that our two families can stop fighting."
"Okay, I agree. When will you invite the other party to come out to talk?" Chen Feng agreed immediately.
This matter was just a trivial matter to him, but it was very important to Zhang Kewei, an old classmate. Of course he was willing to help.
"Thank you so much." Zhang Kewei said happily, "The sooner this happens, the better. If you are free in the evening, do it in the evening. I will send you his contact information, and you can ask him to go to Shun'an Tea House in the evening.
The location is at the end of this street, you decide the time. What do you think?"
Chen Feng thought for a moment and decided to go to Tang Xinyi's house for dinner in the evening. After finishing the meal, he should be in time at eight o'clock, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay, then eight o'clock in the evening. You can send me his contact information."
"good."
Zhang Kewei agreed and quickly sent Boss Li's contact information and identity information to Chen Feng.
[Li Fuyuan, Fuyuan Stationery Co., Ltd.]
There is also a mobile phone number.
"Then I'll call him now."
Chen Feng said to Zhang Keyei.
Zhang Kewei nodded immediately: "Okay."
Chen Feng did not delay and dialed this mobile number.
The other party got through soon.
"Hello, who are you looking for?"
"Hello, Boss Li, my name is Chen Feng. I am the boss of Fengmang Film and Television Company and a friend of Zhang Kewei. I know about the fight between your two families. Although colleagues are enemies, if you continue to fight like this
Fighting won't do anyone any good. After all, harmony makes money, don't you think?"
The other party was silent for a while and then said: "Then what do you mean?"
"In this way, at eight o'clock in the evening at Shun'an Tea House, I will be the middleman, and we will come out to meet together, and we will talk things over and explain them clearly. After all, it is better for enemies to be resolved than to be knotted. If you continue to fight, you will only lose both sides. You
What do you think?"
"Is this what Zhang Kewei means?"
"That's what he meant, but it's mainly my opinion. We are all doing business. If you fight like this, you will only make others easier and the fishermen will benefit."
After the other party was silent for a while, he said: "I'm not free tonight, let's go to noon tomorrow. We'll be at Shun'an Tea House at 12 noon. At that time, we will meet formally and talk things over.
.Actually, it’s not that I want to fight with him, the main reason is that he has robbed me of a lot of business. I have opened a store here for more than ten years, how long has he been open? He is the one who robbed my business. Of course, I can’t just sit back and wait for death.
"
There seems to be nothing wrong with this. The other party has opened a store for more than ten years, and Zhang Kewei suddenly opened a store like his. He will definitely seize some of the other party's business and customers.
However, you just opened a stationery store and you are not a state-owned monopoly. Why should you be the only one to do this business and not others?
As for stealing the other party's business, as long as there is fair competition, it is unavoidable in all walks of life.