Reborn in 1999: Starting as a black marketeer

After reading the newspapers Anna had brought, Wang Feiyang was quite satisfied. These were mostly entertainment and fashion newspapers, with a large section on the company's GG (Girls' Day) section, and they were printed in color, giving them a good visual effect.

Instead of hiring professional models to take photos, Anna brought Vera and Sovia to the shoot herself, and their figures were just as good as those models'.

However, she was still a little shy, so she either wore a hat or used a small mask to cover herself up, which was also to highlight her perfect figure.

Of course, the company address and business inquiry phone number are also clearly printed below, and it is specifically noted that this is a "leftover product" from the Levi's OEM factory. All the packaging, hang tags, washing labels, etc. are consistent with the genuine products in the store. Posters, brochures and tote bags of the same style as those in the store can also be provided.

Competitive prices, welcome to visit our company...

Anna waited by the phone all morning, but unfortunately, not a single call came in by lunchtime, which made her very frustrated.

While having lunch at a small restaurant, Anna sat opposite Wang Feiyang, unconsciously poking at the pan-fried pork chop on her plate with her fork, her brow furrowed. Suddenly, as if remembering something, she asked, "Our company's internal phone should be working fine, right?"

Wang Feiyang smiled and reassured him, "The phone number will definitely be fine. You've used it many times these past few days, haven't you? It's normal that we haven't received any inquiries yet since GG was just launched. Our GG promotion isn't that extensive either. Let's take it slow."

That's true. We only did the advertising in four newspapers, and those newspapers don't even have particularly large circulations. Expecting to suddenly have a flood of calls and customers coming in is a bit of a pipe dream...

After being comforted by Wang Feiyang, Anna finally felt a little more at ease and began to eat lunch.

The food in the small restaurant can't compare to the upscale restaurants downstairs; it's just a normal work lunch. The dishes are relatively simple: a cup of lemon black tea, a pan-fried pork chop with mashed potatoes, a potato salad, and a borscht, all for just over 150 rubles, about the same as the school cafeteria.

There's no lunch break here. After lunch, Vera and Sophia went straight back to the company to continue working on the phone. Wang Feiyang and Anna went to the smoking area in the stairwell to have a cigarette after their meal.

Of the three female employees in the company, only Anna smokes, but she's not really addicted. She only smokes one cigarette after meals or when she's tired from work. She says she smokes about four or five cigarettes a day, about the same as Wang Feiyang.

Anna smoked a thin, women's menthol cigarette, while Wang Feiyang naturally smoked the Huazi cigarettes he brought with him.

Seeing the Chinese characters on the cigarette pack Wang Feiyang took out, Anna curiously peered inside and asked, "These are Chinese cigarettes, right? How do they taste different from Russian cigarettes?"

Wang Feiyang had already lit one, taken a deep, satisfying drag, and exhaled a perfect smoke ring before smiling and saying, "Why don't you try one?"

Anna was eager to try it, but after hesitating for a moment, she said, "Light this one up and let me take a puff first. Men's cigarettes are usually too strong, and I'm not used to them."

Wang Feiyang casually handed Anna the cigarette in his hand, and Anna naturally took it, put it to her lips and took a light puff, but immediately her eyes widened, she coughed several times, and her face turned red.

She returned the cigarette to Wang Feiyang, shaking her head repeatedly, saying, "This cigarette is too strong; I'm not used to smoking it."

Wang Feiyang laughed heartily and was about to put the cigarette to his lips when he noticed a red mark on the filter. He immediately realized that it must be Anna's lipstick mark.

However, he didn't act coy. He pretended not to see it and continued smoking without making a sound. Anyway, he wasn't losing out. The girl didn't mind, so why should he?

To be honest, any normal man would be attracted to a stunning beauty like Anna.

"Do you think any clients will call to inquire this afternoon?" Anna asked again after taking a couple of puffs of her cigarette, still worried about the company.

"There should be a lot of calls. In the morning, most people probably haven't received the newspaper yet, or they bought it but haven't had a chance to read it. But by the afternoon, the newspaper should be out in the open, and those who need it should have seen it. I think there will be quite a few phone calls in the afternoon. Most people, even if they are interested, will call to inquire first, and after discussing it on the phone, they will come to the company," Wang Feiyang nodded.

"Yes, I think so too, then let's..."

Before he could finish speaking, Vera rushed over. "Boss, Anna, a client has come to the company!"

Anna's eyes lit up immediately. She threw away the cigarette butt in her hand and followed Vera back to the company.

Wang Feiyang wasn't in a hurry. Instead, he leisurely continued smoking. If he, as the boss, had to personally greet every customer, then what was the point of hiring Anna and the others?

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Ivan is a native of Moscow. He and his wife make a living by running a business. They rent two counters in a shopping mall, one mainly selling jeans and the other mainly selling leather shoes. Business is pretty good.

Since it's a department store counter, it naturally can't sell clothes that are too cheap, but it doesn't have the strength to represent big brands, so for a long time, it has been wholesaling Turkish-made jeans and leather shoes from the big market to sell.

Turkish goods are of good quality, at least better than those sold by Chinese resellers, though of course they are more expensive.

Today was the day to stock up on goods again, so he drove his GAZ-3110, which he had just bought not long ago, straight to the Izmailov Market. After arriving, he first went to the ACT footwear section and wholesaled more than a hundred pairs of leather shoes from a familiar shopkeeper, which should be enough to sell for a while.

However, he was still a little hesitant about jeans because the last batch of goods he received was originally planned to sell out in half a month, but because the quality and style were just average, it took almost a month to sell out. So he planned to look for a better source of goods.

After wandering around for a while and getting a bit tired, I found a small coffee shop and ordered a coffee to rest. While drinking my coffee, I casually picked up a newspaper from the newspaper rack next to me, and that's when I saw the news that Wang Feiyang's company had given up.

When Ivan saw the pictures of Anna and her two friends wearing jeans that accentuated their curves, his eyes lit up. Anyone in the clothing industry knows that styles are easy to copy, but patterns are hard to replicate!

Especially with pants, the cut is extremely important. A good cut will make you look good and enhance your figure, while a bad cut will highlight your figure's flaws and only detract from it.

Although I don't know the quality of the jeans in this picture, the cut looks great and definitely looks like a high-end brand!

Of course, Ivan, being an experienced collector, immediately understood what those labels in the pictures, like "Levi's overstock" or "factory overstock," meant—they were just counterfeit goods...

But who cares!