2003: Starting with Foreign Trade

Chapter 80: I'm afraid my brother will suffer, and I'm also afraid my brother will drive a Land Rover.

On the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon looked up.

"Xiao Tan, the samples of the customized shopping bags, disposable cups, and ballpoint pens have all been delivered. Do you want to come back and take a look?"

Tan Jincheng was at Zhang Haiping's new factory discussing the quality of a batch of clothes when he received a call from Zhang Xupeng.

After Zhang Haiping expanded his business, his original small house could no longer accommodate the new machines. Fortunately, he had made preparations in advance, and a relative from the same village moved his entire family to the urban area of ​​Ningbo.

Before the Lunar New Year, Zhang Haiping discussed with his relatives and decided to evict the existing tenants and rent the entire building from his relatives.

The relative's house was originally rented out to tenants from other places. After Zhang Haiping rented it, he made some simple renovations on the first floor to use it as a flatbed sewing machine workshop, and used the second floor as a warehouse.

“Okay, I’ll be right back,” Tan Jincheng replied.

Once the sample is confirmed, we can officially arrange for custom production. The reason it was delayed for a few days is because the design of the initial sample was adjusted.

After saying goodbye to Zhang Haiping, Tan Jincheng drove his car towards the company.

As March arrives, spring is in full bloom in Ningbo, and the rain is gradually decreasing. Turning from Taishan Road onto Changjiang Road, the scenery on both sides of the road has changed dramatically.

Without a subway station or cherry blossom trees, Taishan Road today is not the breathtaking cherry blossom avenue it will become in later years. Last year it was farmland, but this year many construction sites have sprung up.

Several new residential areas will be built here, and the district government will also relocate here in the future; similarly, this was also where Tan Jincheng lived in his previous life, but now, apart from a few scattered construction sites, nothing can be seen.

The house I bought when it first went on sale was priced at over 13,000 yuan per square meter. Later, it was disputed due to quality issues, and the price dropped a bit when I finally bought it again, but that was after 2010.

It's still five years away, but the land here has already been auctioned off, and this can be found on the government website; let alone not having the capability now, even if we did, it would be too late.

High-end plans are often made several years in advance. While there are opportunities to get on board at the last minute, they are extremely rare, and even fewer are available to ordinary people.

However, the land opposite in my previous life, for some unknown reason, changed hands several times and remained unfinished until 2021 when construction was finally restarted and it was turned into a park!

They were separated by only one street, yet their fates were worlds apart.

In fact, for ordinary people looking for opportunities, browsing various government websites can be quite helpful. Compared to the messy self-media information that emerged after the internet information explosion, government websites are often much more reliable.

On the way back to the company, Zhang Xupeng and Li Yanning were sitting in the outer office discussing samples. Besides the two of them, Li Jinglan was busy packing express deliveries. As March arrived, Jinshangyi had returned to its previous busy state.

As for the two newly recruited salespeople, Tan Jincheng sent them out to explore the market and hone their skills. It would be best if they could get business, but it wouldn't matter if they didn't. He would let them work for a few months, and if they didn't perform well, he would replace them.

In any case, Tan Jincheng considered the salesperson's base salary to be negligible, and they didn't even need to pay social security.

As for Tan Jincheng's previous plan to register several more Taobao stores, it is in progress. There are three stores in total: men's clothing, women's clothing, and QQ underwear. The store designs are completely copied from Jinshang Clothing.

Currently, all three stores are in the design phase. As for the specific operation, Tan Jincheng is still having some headaches. He definitely can't hand it over to Li Jinglan to manage anymore, but he doesn't have anyone he can trust (or be easily fooled) right now. Sigh, what a headache; his younger siblings are still young, and in the future they will mainly focus on their studies. If only he had a younger sibling of similar age, he could persuade them to manage it.

Let's leave it at that for now. Anyway, it'll take some time to get all three shops ready. We'll talk about it after they're all decorated. We'll just have to take it one step at a time.

"Come over here quickly and check if the sample needs any adjustments. If it's about right, arrange production as soon as possible." Zhang Xupeng rolled his eyes at Tan Jincheng and shouted at Tan Jincheng, who was standing at the door.

Zhang Xupeng has been in a bad mood lately. The frequent adjustments to the sample design plan have been a huge headache for him. The most important thing is that in the first leg of the Champions League knockout stage, which has just ended, Manchester United were eliminated by AC Milan with two 1-0 defeats.

What's even more infuriating is that Xiao Tan correctly predicted both scores!
Seeing Zhang Xupeng's angry expression, Tan Jincheng decided to rub salt into his wounds: "Is it really that big of a deal? It's just a loss; don't be sad, you'll lose more later."

Who were the Premier League champions in the 2004-05 season? Chelsea, haha, they really are going to keep losing.

"If you can't speak properly, then shut up. You won't go far anyway. Just wait to be eliminated by your city rivals in the next round. I'm an Inter Milan fan now."

"Go ahead and be sour, do you even know what this kind of behavior is called?"

"what is it call?"

"I'm afraid my brother will suffer, and I'm also afraid my brother will drive a Land Rover."

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and look at the samples. The supplier is waiting for a reply. Also, you're treating us to lunch. Jinglan, your lunch budget is 200 yuan." Zhang Xupeng said angrily.

"Damn, I only made 60 yuan in total, and you're so ruthless."

Together with Zhang Xupeng, Tan Jincheng bought four score bets plus two championship bets, spending a total of 240 yuan. He recovered 300 yuan from the two Milan vs. Manchester United bets, but unsurprisingly lost all of the two Liverpool bets.

Liverpool, who stumbled their way into the knockout stage, delivered two impressive 3-1 victories against Bayer Leverkusen in their two knockout matches.

Li Yanning watched the two bosses bickering with her lips pursed. Even Li Jinglan, who was packing packages on the side, couldn't help but purse her lips. Such scenes had happened frequently in the past few days, and the two sisters were already used to it.

Men are so childish. What's the point of dozens of people kicking a ball around like that?

Seeing Tan Jincheng come over, Li Yanning tactfully gave up her seat and said, "Boss, please sit down. I'll go pack up for Xiaolan."

"Mm." Tan Jincheng nodded.

“Look, we need to finalize the samples as soon as possible, or we’ll run out of time.” Zhang Xupeng stopped joking and pointed to the samples on the table, saying to Tan Jincheng.

Actually, there was enough time. However, for this Canton Fair, apart from grasping the overall direction, Tan Jincheng handed over all the work to Zhang Xupeng, giving him full responsibility, while Tan Jincheng took over the project schedule issues that Zhang Xupeng had previously been in charge of.

As expected, Tan Jincheng will soon open his second company, and it's time to cultivate Zhang Xupeng's ability to independently manage the company.

(End of this chapter)