Hong Yanwu's compliment to Hong Lucheng was not excessive at all.
Because it was because of the old man’s crucial tips and suggestions that we avoided major operational mistakes and allowed the development of tourism products to be on the right track from the beginning, without causing any meaningless waste.
Although money is easy to talk about, the most important thing is to save precious time.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that when Yun Tai and his son took over the baton from Hong Lucheng and his son and began to develop samples, the abilities and talents they displayed were equally impressive.
Yuntai is a literary and artistic person.
Antiques, calligraphy and painting, folk art, poetry, flowers and birds, song and insects, music, and even horse racing, flying eagles, and letting dogs catch badgers, they are all masters and masters.
What's more, he is a descendant of Xianghuang Banner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who attended a foreign school. He has a very detailed understanding of the palace's lifestyle, the life tastes of the people, and the living habits of Westerners.
So the products he designs can be said to not only comply with traditional regulations, but also be unique and novel, and also conform to Western aesthetics.
Although artistic attainments may not necessarily match the level of masters in state-owned craft factories, what is rare is that they are often unique and original.
Although Zhaoqing's skills and abilities are not as good as those of his father, he was also trained by Yuntai since he was a child.
There is no problem in appreciating and understanding art, and he can even grasp the aesthetic needs of the public better than his father.
In addition, he is good at communication and practical.
In this way, when choosing craftsmen and people, you will be very discerning.
Not only were the first batch of workers recruited for the factory almost all "capable people" with certain skills in the village, but he was also able to communicate well with these people.
In this way, he perfectly acts as a balancer.
Shang Neng adheres to the development requirements of tourism products, Zhong Neng understands his father's creative intention, and bottom Neng combines reality with craftsmanship and production to make appropriate optimizations, omissions and improvements.
Then, coupled with the brainstorming of everyone in Beijing and Longkou Village, it will not be difficult to finally produce high-quality products that are suitable for the market and can ensure output.
In fact, it only went through two adjustments and discussions.
On September 24, Mrs. Thatcher, who had just won the Falklands naval battle, visited the Republic and held talks with the "great man" on the issue of Hong Kong's sovereignty.
All the final samples approved by everyone are released.
But before it was officially put into production, both Yuntai and his son and Hong Lucheng and his son still had a consensus.
That means we need to do another market survey to see how the customer base responds.
What do you think?
Hey, this is also their advantage, don't they all have foreigners they know well?
Moreover, they are both Americans. On one side is Yuntai's good friend, and on the other side is Hong Yanwu's friend.
So the commercial counselor Mr. and Mrs. Smith and the gang member Angelo saw these tourist products full of ethnic characteristics on the same day.
It should be said that the feedback has been surprisingly good.
These two types of people, both men and women, from the upper class and the lower class in the United States, are full of praise for these samples and have their own preferences.
Although Smith thought the embroidered fabric wallets, handkerchiefs and tasseled wind chimes strung with colorful stones were trivial, his wife couldn't put it down.
Although the counselor's wife didn't like straw insects, red auspicious knots and windmills that made a lot of noise when the wind blew, Angelo found them very interesting.
Although Angelo couldn't think of any use for the seal-sized stone lions and door pillars carved out of stone, Mr. Counselor liked them very much.
Of course, apart from that, they have completely identical views.
That is, the beautiful glazed palace lanterns, the stone-carved flower baskets for growing flowers and plants, and the stone-carved ashtrays in the shape of the Great Wall are all the favorites.
From this point of view, these products should be generally considered successful, and they just need to be truly tested by the market.
What's even more interesting is that both the Smiths and Angelo subsequently expressed great interest and offered to sell these products to foreigners they knew.
And Angelo also made the helpful suggestion that these products need packaging boxes.
It's just that when it came to the mandatory pricing of these products, Mr. and Mrs. Smith's prices were much lower than Angelo's.
It can be seen from this that if Angelo, a gang member, is not relatively talented in business, then it is that members of the American upper class are really stingy.
After these feedbacks came back, after final deliberation, Longkou Village not only agreed to add packaging for mid-range and above products, but Hong Lucheng and his son also adopted Angelo's quotation for the final selling price of the products.
This was only about a week apart, and three days after the People's Bank of China announced that it would resume selling gold jewelry in the domestic market. The first batch of tourism products from Longkou Village were finally officially launched on the market.
In this way, Hong Yanwu entered another new business field.
But even he himself, at this time, only thought of it as a small business that involved chasing grass and hunting rabbits, and his only priority was to better arrange the brothers "Chop Knife" and "Three Jumps".
He didn't realize at all what this meant to his own future, and what an important and crucial step he had taken.
October 3, 1982, was a Sunday.
The sun still rises as usual. After the national flag class held a much-anticipated flag-raising ceremony, as the crowd of spectators dispersed, the golden sunshine gradually illuminated the ancient Forbidden City.
But what is different from usual is that after just one night, a simple business kiosk appeared in front of both the north gate and the south gate square of the Forbidden City.
The special thing about the new kiosk is that it does not sell conventional products such as films, atlases, maps, sodas, bread, popcorn, fish skin peanuts, balloons, and toy pistols, but specializes in selling a few types of quite a few.
Interesting crafts.
In addition, the appearance of the business pavilion is also very unique. In addition to the "SALE" banner advertisements with large red letters on a yellow background hung high around it, two enlarged and printed photos of palace lanterns are posted on both sides of the business pavilion.
At the same time, the actual objects in the photo are hung on the four corners of the business pavilion. They are floating in the wind, which is really beautiful.
But the most incomprehensible thing is that the handicrafts placed on the table all have shocking prices.
Because of this, almost everyone who first browsed Shangting's handicrafts thought that the business here would not be very good.
Because although the things they sell are unique, exquisite and interesting, they are too inconsistent with the national conditions.
A grasshopper costs two yuan, and an embroidered handkerchief costs five yuan. How can our people have such a high level of consumption? Come and buy these things that are not suitable for food and drink.
Therefore, the situation where the kiosk sacrifices the activity space and is filled with boxes and boxes of goods is regarded as a unnecessary and foolish thing.
To be honest, even "Chop Knife", who was sitting in the stall waiting for the first day of opening, was feeling nervous and full of uneasiness.
First, I am worried about whether I can deal with foreigners smoothly, and I am afraid that I will mess up. Second, I am also worried that if these things are not easy to sell, it will be difficult.
Fortunately, it turned out that what happened next was different from what everyone imagined.
Although the compatriots in China did not want to buy it, it was completely different when the couple who were the first foreigners to come to the south gate of the Forbidden City on this day were attracted by the palace lanterns and banners.
The fat red-haired woman in her fifties actually pointed at the palace lantern and shouted excitedly from all the way.
At that time, I was so scared that I sat in the stall. "Chop Knife", who was not even afraid of ghosts, trembled and almost slipped to the ground.
Then he discovered that the couple was happily playing with the samples displayed in the booth one by one, and chatting quietly.
But before he could calm down, trouble came again. The fat girl actually started to grunt at him.
He really didn't understand what it meant, but he could tell that he probably wanted to buy something.
So he could only follow the coping methods taught in the "training", pointed to the goods on display, and asked with a trembling voice, his first practical English sentence in his life, "Which?"
Hey, this really works, the girl is really happy.
He immediately pointed out the straw insects and the windmill, and the old man also pointed at the stone lions and the door pillars.
When "Chop Knife" saw it, he immediately took out his calculator and pointed at the price on the price tag while adding upwards, two yuan, four yuan, thirty, twenty-five...
Unexpectedly, all the work was in vain.
When he handed over the calculator, people kept shouting "NO".
The ladies pointed at these things again, waved their hands, and then made a hugging gesture towards the remaining things.
After struggling for a long time, I finally figured out that what I dared to say was unnecessary, and the rest was what I wanted.
Well, the first business that started off so well was actually met by a very wealthy man, who sold a foreign exchange certificate for 160 yuan.
It's a pity that I bought one of the four hanging palace lanterns, so there are only three left. It's a bit unseemly to hang them.
Unexpectedly, just as "Chop Knife" took the money, thought about it in his mind, and handed over the goods, the woman suddenly let out another "ouch".
At that time, he was so shocked that his heart trembled again.
Fortunately, I had a firm grip on the thing, otherwise if I had let go at that time, I would have had to "fly" into the old woman's face.
It wasn't until he calmed down that he realized that this old lady didn't expect his things to have packaging boxes, so she was praising him with her thumbs up.
Look at the fuss this has caused, foreigners are so damn ignorant and just love to get excited. Whose responsibility is it to be disfigured?
From then on, the business at this booth was basically interrupted after an hour.
"Chop Knife"'s initial worries were all gone. Not only did he feel relieved, but he was also very happy.
Because it is obvious that what he sells is delicious in the eyes of foreigners, and there is no need to worry about selling it.
The price is probably right, and foreigners will still buy it even if they frown occasionally. It seems to be still not expensive.
Lord Hong is indeed a wise man, and the new job he found for them couldn't be more beautiful.
And their commission is calculated based on 20% of the price. So far, they have received the fifty yuan that belongs to them. If this day continues, how many foreign exchange coupons will they get?
So by the time a few of his men arrived belatedly at a quarter past ten, "Chop Knife" couldn't wait to curse.
"Are you fucking stupid? It's all your own money that's being wasted."
Well, look at the droopy look on the faces of some of the boys. Don’t say anything else, lest your morale be damaged before you even start work on the first day.
So he restrained his temper and quickly distributed the goods poles in the stall filled with tassels, auspicious knots, grasshoppers, windmills, handkerchiefs, wallets and other classified goods to his men, urging them to carry them into the crowd quickly.
go.
At the same time, I didn’t forget to warn you, “Go to crowded places. But remember, just let foreigners see you. Don’t bargain, don’t yell, don’t kill people, buy and sell voluntarily, and don’t cause trouble.”
!This is an order from above, do you hear it!"
So in the sunlight shining through the corner eaves of Wufeng Tower, among the bustling crowd at the south gate of the Forbidden City, several people carrying brightly colored cargo poles and holding "SALE" signs soon appeared.
They dress fashionably, wear sunglasses, hold cigarettes in their mouths, and carry calculators, and they go to foreigners.
But they didn't say a word, just waiting for foreigners to take the initiative to strike up a conversation with them.
In this way, this place that receives countless tourists every year has added a unique and eye-catching scenery after "Dabei Photo" launched the service project of taking photos with cars and taking photos with three-wheeled motorcycles.
Their bustling business situation is in sharp contrast to the bleak business situation in the state-owned stores in the Forbidden City.