In a classroom at Saint-Nière University Business School in New York, a middle-aged professor was giving a lecture on corporate cost management. He was talking about the case of an American textile company exporting cloth to Middle Eastern countries. Fang Di sat in the back row and listened to the lecture, doing things from time to time.
Taking notes.
The professor said: "Different product qualities constitute different production costs, and product quality requirements are directly related to the product's function and purpose of use. For example, this textile factory started producing white cloth after signing a contract with a country in the Middle East.
They knew what these white cloths were used for in the Middle East, and they were only producing them according to the quality requirements of the contract. Later, they sent people to that country to investigate, and found that these white cloths were originally used for shrouding corpses according to Muslim customs, and did not require high quality, so
Immediately adjust the raw materials and processes, greatly reducing the cost. Regarding this cost adjustment behavior, can any student give me your opinion?"
More than a dozen students raised their hands, and Fang Di also raised his hand to apply to speak.
The professor pointed to a boy in the front row and said, "Please let this student speak first."
The boy stood up and said: "I think the manufacturer's approach is wrong. The quality required by the contract and the user's purpose of use are two unrelated legal relationships. Although the manufacturer's approach can make short-term profits, it destroys credibility.
"
Another girl was allowed to stand up and speak and said: "I think the manufacturer's approach confuses the relationship between the quality required by the contract and the quality for the design purpose, and it is speculative behavior."
Another student spoke...
After class, the students filed out of the classroom.
Fang Di and a girl laughed and walked out of the stairs and walked towards the college gate. At this time, a boy walking quickly from the direction of the office building shouted to Fang Di: "Fang Di" In school, no matter which country you are a teacher from
As a student, everyone communicates in English, unless you are communicating with people from your own country and use the native language. This is a Taiwanese boy, who is in the same class as Fang Di and is about to graduate. He speaks Mandarin with a Taiwanese accent.
The Taiwanese boy came closer and said in Mandarin with Taiwanese accent: "Fang Di, Professor Frank wants you to go to his office."
The girl said in English: "I'm leaving first."
Fang Di nodded to the girl, and then said to the Taiwanese boy: "Okay, thank you! I'll be there right away." The Taiwanese boy asked: "How are you preparing your thesis?"
Fang Di said embarrassedly: "Not so good. What about you?"
The Taiwanese boy said: "My thesis outline was approved and my supervisor agreed with my thesis concept."
Fang Di said: "I failed to pass my thesis topic selection twice, which disappointed my supervisor."
The Taiwanese boy said: "Come on, you can do it!"
Fang Di said: "Thank you"
Fang Di came to the college office building and saw Professor Frank talking to another professor at his office door in the corridor. When he saw her coming, he made a gesture asking her to wait. Fang Di stood with him.
The professor was waiting five or six meters away. Professor Frank was Fang Di’s instructor. He was nearly 6 years old, with gray hair and wearing a pair of glasses.
Professor Frank finished talking to another professor, and then called Fang Di and said: "Come in, go to the office." Fang Di followed Professor Frank into the office and stood next to the desk.
Professor Frank took out an envelope from the drawer and handed it to Fang Di, saying: "Your internship application has been approved. This is the work permit you just received. You can prepare for the internship."
Fang Di took the envelope, took out the work internship permit, looked at it, and said: "Thank you, tutor."
Professor Frank said: "The topic you chose for your thesis this time is still innovative. I hope you will work hard."
Fang Di said: "I will."
Professor Frank said: "Okay, you can go back and prepare."
Fang Di left the office building, walked to the parking lot outside the school, got in her car, and headed back to her residence a few kilometers away. When passing by a bakery, she got out of the car and went in to buy two slices of bread.
She was a little uneasy. Lao Jiu had not had a phone call these days, and the cooperation was unclear.
The internship at Jiu Mian Wang Company cannot be determined. If she cannot cooperate, then it is obviously inappropriate for her to intern at Lao Jiu's company. This will require her to re-select the internship company and re-submit the application to the school. This is unacceptable in all aspects.
She didn't want to see it. But she had no confidence in Lao Jiu accepting the cooperation, and she was mentally prepared to do it all over again.
After returning to the dormitory, the first thing Fang Di did was to call Lao Jiu.
After dialing the phone, Fang Di said: "Brother Ninth? I'm Fang Di."
Lao Jiu said on the phone: "I was just planning to call you later. You finished class very early today."
Fang Di said: "I got my work permit. I want to talk to Brother Jiu and see when you are free."
Lao Jiu said: "I also need to talk to you. Let me treat you to dinner tonight. We will meet at the Witzburg Hotel at 7 o'clock. I have reserved a seat in advance. Brother Jiu has not invited you to dinner for so many years. You
He’s about to graduate, give Ninth Brother a chance.”
Fang Di's heart dropped, but he still said cheerfully, "Okay, that will cost Brother Ninth."
The Witzburg Hotel is on the same street as the Old Nine Faces King. It is a famous luxury hotel in New York. Most of the people who visit the hotel are celebrities and rich people. It is not something that ordinary people can easily set foot in. Fang Di often passes by this hotel.
But she never deliberately took another look at it. It was a world that had nothing to do with her and she didn't need to pay attention. Lao Jiu chose this occasion to treat guests just to emphasize a kind of politeness and refuse to cooperate tactfully and decently. If she refused the banquet,
Everyone was embarrassed.
It is inevitable to re-select an internship company and re-submit an application to the school. This is not something that makes the school and tutor happy anyway. She was in a very low mood. She looked at her watch and there were still two days until 7 o'clock.
For more than an hour, she didn't know how to spend the time. She lay down on the bed for a while, then sat up irritably, her heart couldn't calm down... Finally she decided to use her "magic weapon" to deal with her troubles. Her magic weapon was
Dancing means making yourself sweat.
So she took off her sweater, turned on the music, and danced. Dancing is useful as a way to vent her emotions. With the strong rhythm, she gradually melted into the music... But just like last time, someone knocked on the door again.
The door is open.
She turned off the music and opened the door, and what she saw before her was even more unexpected and startling than last time. It was as if God had deliberately arranged it: a man in his years old, wearing a suit and leather tie, who seemed familiar to her before, was standing at the door.
Fang Di asked: "Are you..."
The man said: "My name is Tan Ruihua, I met at your house."
Fang Di couldn't remember and asked: "When?"
Tan Ruihua said: "You have winter vacation, um... just... ah... blind date."
Fang Di said: "My mother has arranged many blind dates, I know which one it is."
Tan Ruihua took out his passport and ID card and handed them to Fang Di, explaining: "Aunt Yang took me there, Minister Yang...remember? I am from Shenzhen, Shenzhen Ruihua Electronics Group."
Fang Di looked at his passport and ID card, remembered something, and said, "Oh... you are the chairman of Ruihua Electronics."
Tan Ruihua nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, yes."
Fang Di returned the ID to Tan Ruihua and said, "Come in." She did not close the door, leaving more than half a foot.
Tan Ruihua looked around after entering the room, as if a leader came to inspect.
Fang Di pulled up a chair and said, "Sit down. How did you find this place?"
Tan Ruihua said: "The address Aunt Yang gave me, oh, was approved by your mother. The company has business in the United States, but I don't come often. Usually the business manager comes."
This is very artistic, and its subtext is: I came specially to see you.
Fang Di poured a glass of boiling water and put it on the mounting table next to the chair, and said, "You drink water."
Tan Ruihua continued to look at the room and said: "The conditions of this place are too bad and the management is not good. The doorman only looks at the ID and does not even inform the visitor. It is unsafe to allow visitors to enter without their consent."
Fang Di said: "The rent here is cheap, so we can't ask for too much."
Tan Ruihua said: "The room is too small, so it won't work. My friend's children are also studying in the United States, which is not like this at all. They must have a good learning environment."
Fang Di stopped sweating, put on his sweater, and said calmly: "Please don't ask us poor students to use the conditions of rich people. Now I have a job, a book, and an independent space. I think this is good."
Now." Tan Ruihua said: "When I come, the situation will be different. I will arrange everything." Then he took out a cash check and put it next to the bed where Fang Di was sitting, and then said, "You can use this money first.
, you will not be allowed to suffer yourself in the future.”
Fang Di was already very unhappy, but he still restrained himself and said: "Mr. Tan, working and surviving are part of what I need to learn. It has nothing to do with my family conditions. I believe you are a very good man, at least
A successful career, but this kind of thing depends on fate, please forgive me, I don't have that feeling for you."
Tan Ruihua said: "It doesn't matter. What kind of person do you have feelings for? Tell me, I will become that kind of person." Fang Di said: "Mr. Tan, we are not boys or girls, so it is meaningless to say this."
Tan Ruihua said: "Please believe that I am serious."
Fang Di said: "If you can become whoever you want to be, then it is not kind of you to speak like this. You will become an emperor, and the three palaces and six courtyards will be too busy. A small square
Why is Di worth mentioning? The little girl is also afraid of being executed by the whole family, and she has to rush to get rid of the emperor. She might give birth to a prince, a queen mother, or something like that. "
Tan Ruihua frowned and said, "Can't you speak more femininely?"
Fang Di said: "What was I dancing just now? I was doing sao, practicing the basic skills of a woman. I learned to cook and cook, and I also practiced the basic skills of a woman, all in order to serve my man, fatten him up, and pay for my sex."
, how can you say you are unfeminine? What I need is a man who I can look up to. I am such a cheap woman, there is nothing I can do about it."
Tan Ruihua never expected that Fang Di, who had extraordinary temperament, could actually say such foul words, and was very surprised and...
Fang Di said: "I didn't mean to be rude to you, but you went too far. Please don't talk to any woman as a rights holder before you get authorization. I just want you to know that it is unpleasant."
I will also say so."
Tan Ruihua's eyes were full of confusion: Why did he anger Fang Di with all his good intentions?
At 7 o'clock in the evening, Fang Di came to the Wittsburg Hotel.
The exterior of the Wittsburg Hotel is luxuriously decorated, with wall tiles and lighting made of expensive top-grade materials. Even the floor tiles and guardrails in the parking lot are very elegant. The huge front door is brightly lit, and all kinds of luxury cars are parked in front of the door.
Fang Di's car drove into the parking lot from the side and was guided by the administrator to park in a corner away from the gate. From a distance, she saw Lao Jiu waiting at the gate.
Fang Di walked over and called: "Brother Ninth."
Lao Jiu said enthusiastically: "The seats have been reserved, let's go in."
From the handrails to the wall sculptures? From the tableware to the chandeliers? Everywhere in the restaurant is splendid and magnificent, as if you have entered a palace. The waiter respectfully guided Lao Jiu and Fang Di to the reserved table, and another waitress came over immediately.
He greeted and handed over the menu. Lao Jiu was obviously not unfamiliar with this place, and he didn’t ask for Fang Di’s opinion. He ordered some drinks and meals.
Lao Jiu smiled and said, "If you don't mind? I want to ask you a few questions."
Fang Di said, "It doesn't matter, just ask."
Lao Jiu asked: "What do you want to do after you make money?"
Fang Di said, "Buy a house or a car? Marry a man and live your life."
Lao Jiu said: It’s a question.
Fang Di said, "No? I think this is far enough."
Lao Jiu asked: "Why do you want to get two degrees? What do you think?"
Fang Di said
Lao Jiu said: "It's that simple"
Fang Di said, "There was no chance to join CCTV at that time, but I didn't want to go to the local TV station.
It was just when I was in the right state that it wasn’t very difficult to get a degree, and the path after multiple diplomas would be a bit wider, that’s what I thought at the time.”
Drinks and meals were served one after another. They were not local American delicacies, but famous dishes from various countries, including French, Italian, and Japanese. Among the dishes Lao Jiu ordered was a famous Chinese dish, Shandong cuisine and sea cucumber roasted with green onions.
But no matter what kind of food, the way to eat it is Western style, with a knife, a fork and a spoon. Fang Di eats what he should eat and drinks what he should drink, like a normal person.
Halfway through the meal, Lao Jiu took out a document from his suit bag and gave it to Fang Di and said, "What about cooperation? I put forward a few conditions and printed them out. There are not many words. Take a look."
This is a piece of 84 printing paper folded in half horizontally? Fang Di unfolded it and saw that the characters were in Traditional Chinese. They should have used text software from Taiwan or Hong Kong. There is not much content, and it probably means something.
1. Agree to cooperate
2. Agree on half and half shares
Third, the Chinese companies that Laojiu Zen faces are not restricted by Fangdi's investment ability, and they can invest as much as they need. Fangdi's investment part is lent to Fangdi by Laojiu, interest-free, for a period of 5 years, and will be paid out as appropriate from the annual dividends.
Proportional repayment
Fourth, Fang Di must borrow a special consumption loan of no less than 10,000 U.S. dollars from Lao Jiu, specifically for Fang Di to buy a high-end house and high-end car in Beijing, interest-free, with a loan period of 5 years, and an appropriate amount from the annual dividends.
Proportional repayment.
5. The shares held by Fangdi may not be transferred in whole or in part to a third party in any way. The shares can only be recovered by Laojiu according to the original investment amount, without counting the appreciation of the original shares and the appreciation of the brand.
Sixth, if Fangdi proposes to withdraw from the company before the two loans are fully repaid from annual dividends, the interest on Fangdi's capital contribution loan and special consumption loan will be calculated based on the annual interest and the 5-year borrowing period.
Lao Jiu's conditions not only expressed his sincerity for cooperation, but also expressed his doubts about Fang Di's determination to engage in the restaurant industry. He had no intention of refusing to cooperate with Fang Di. Fang Di had misjudged Lao Jiu's intentions for this banquet.
Fang Di asked in confusion: "Brother Ninth, then you...are not rejecting me for this meal?"
Lao Jiu was stunned and said: "Where are you thinking? Can I believe that someone like you is willing to deign to cooperate with Brother Jiu? If you are really determined, you dare to accept this condition, otherwise this meal will be given to you by Brother Jiu
Apologize and I’m sorry.”
This turn of events was so sudden that it was completely beyond Fang Di's expectation. She smiled and said, "I thought Brother Ninth was just using this meal to send me away. Where can I find such good conditions? Brother Ninth is too flattering to me.
, and I also got a big meal for nothing.”
Lao Jiu said: "Then you draft a cooperation agreement. Once you sign it, it will be taken seriously."
Fang Di said: "Okay, I will write out the agreement in the next two days."
Lao Jiu said: "Whether you are doing an internship or a cooperation, you need to go to Beijing to make a preliminary start. If you sign the agreement, you should go back to Beijing as soon as possible, buy a car and a house, focus on the dough pressing machine, register a trademark, and prepare to build a production base.
.”
Fang Di said: "Okay."
Lao Jiu paused for a while and said, "There is one more thing. I want to hear your opinion."
Fang Di asked: "What's the matter?"
Lao Jiu said: "In your opinion, what is most important in controlling market risks?"
Fang Di said: "Of course judgment is the most important. You must first be able to see the risks, otherwise there is no way to prevent them." Lao Jiu asked: "How to judge? If I had known that Lao Jiu was wrong, how could I have been so stupid?
Is it wrong to spend money on something?”
Fang Di said: "Judgment is an ability, the ability to understand things. Just like many of us, I can run, but I don't know where to run. Being able to run is an ability, and knowing where to run is even more important.
A kind of ability, many of us have been running for a long time and made the wrong mistake, running in vain. People who know the direction do not need to run, and they will arrive before us if they take a slow and leisurely walk."
Lao Jiu said: "If you and I have different opinions and both think we are right, then whose direction should the company run in?"
Fang Di couldn't answer and was speechless.
Lao Jiu said: "Zinong once said that we must obey the law rather than relying on others. He is right, but I always feel that if we don't know how to obey the law, it is better to obey someone who understands than to obey ourselves.
Yes, this is the same. Before you mentioned cooperation, I was thinking that if you give 1 share to Zinong, he doesn’t need to invest, manage, or ask someone to look at the stock. He doesn’t have to accept it, but we have expressed our sincerity.
, if there really is something we can’t judge, he has to help us take a look.”
Only then did Fang Di understand what Lao Jiu meant and said with a smile: "Now I think that the catering industry without Brother Jiu will lose a glorious part. Using Marxism to guide us to make money will be invincible."
!" Lao Jiu also laughed and said, "That means you agreed?"
Fang Di said: "I respect Brother Jiu's opinion."
Lao Jiu said: "Then write it into the agreement, you and I each have 41, and Zinong has 1, so that the decision is guaranteed. We will tell him about this when the first dividend is distributed. It doesn't matter whether he accepts it or not. At least we
expressed his sincerity.”
Fang Di said: "Brother Ninth, you are so right to spend this month in Hongchuan!" (To be continued)