Reborn in 1999: Starting as a black marketeer

Wang Feiyang also felt that Anna's consideration was quite thorough. Indeed, they couldn't add too many product categories at once, because that would tie up too much capital. If they couldn't open up sales channels in a short period of time, they would all be stuck in their hands and become inventory.

The biggest fear in the clothing business is having unsold inventory...

"Then I'll take some time to go back to China and find a CK OEM factory to try and import some of CK's best-selling and most classic styles. Of course, there won't be too many styles, maybe five or six, but I'll try to make sure each one is a bestseller," Wang Feiyang said thoughtfully.

As a multinational distributor, he can only order large quantities of a single style at a time, so he can't take too many styles and can only select the best-selling ones, which requires a good eye and a lot of courage.

The same applies to the middlemen in the big market. If they can bet right one year and the goods they order are in high demand in Russia, it means they can make a lot of money!

But if you bet on the wrong horse and end up with a large number of unsold goods, that would be a major problem.

"Well, if possible, boss, could you take some photos and send them to me? I can then discuss them with the other sales staff and even our long-term customers, and we can all choose the styles together."

That's a good idea. Anna and the business partners and long-term clients are all seasoned veterans in this industry, and they are closer to the end consumers, so their product selection skills are definitely better than Wang Feiyang's alone.

Styles selected in this way are more likely to sell well in the market!

Wang Feiyang readily agreed and said, "That would be even better. Let's get two more computers and set up internet access at the company as soon as possible, then we can communicate online."

Their company doesn't even have a single computer right now; the desks are all empty except for a telephone...

After all, there are very few places where computers are needed in the early stages, and customer inquiries are all done by phone. But as time goes on, there will be more and more places where computers are needed, so let's arrange a few computers for temporary use.

Of course, the configuration of this kind of office computer does not need to be very high, and the monitor should be the most common and cheapest one. The total cost of a computer should not exceed five hundred US dollars.

Wang Feiyang approved a budget for two computers for Anna. After the purchase, one would be used in his office and the other would be for Anna. As for the other sales staff, they wouldn't need them for the time being.

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Since he planned to return to China, Wang Feiyang needed to make preparations in advance, the most important thing being to prepare the funds for the order.

After buying the car, I had over ten million rubles left, plus the payments I received in the last few days. My bank account has about fifteen million rubles, which is about five million yuan. That should be enough.

Wang Feiyang went to the exchange company on the third floor and converted all the rubles in his bank account into RMB, transferring them to his domestic account, making a total of five million.

Then I called the ticketing company and booked the nearest round-trip ticket. Now that the Lunar New Year is over, it's the off-season, so round-trip tickets are quite cheap, only a little over $500, almost the same price as a one-way ticket.

He had a student visa, which saved him a lot of trouble. He could travel freely between China and Russia; he could just buy a plane ticket and set off.

After explaining the company's affairs to Anna, he assured her that during his return to China, daily payments would be deposited into his federal bank account before he left work each day.

He didn't need to inform the school, and he didn't need to attend classes. He had already obtained his language proficiency certificate, and besides, he wouldn't be back for too long, probably only about a week at most. He just told Liu Yingying and Hu Xiaoyun about it.

After learning that Wang Feiyang was going back to China, the girls were very envious. Guo Juan and Hu Xiaoyun both said that they would also go back to China after summer vacation and have a good two months of fun!

Zhang Liang didn't care. On the contrary, he felt that he was free and unrestrained here, and could play CS every day. What was so good about going back to China? He would be nagged by his mother and scolded by his father every day.

At noon on March 7th, Wang Feiyang left his company and drove to Sheremetyevo International Airport. Anna sat in the passenger seat; she would be driving back later.

Wang Feiyang's flight was with Air China, taking off around 4 PM. Due to the time difference, he took a nap on the plane and arrived in the capital city of China around 6 AM, which wouldn't interfere with his business during the day.

After arriving at the airport, Wang Feiyang chatted briefly with Anna, then handed her the car keys, turned around, waved, and walked towards the international departure hall.

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After passing through security and while waiting to board, Wang Feiyang realized that he had rushed back home and had forgotten to bring gifts for Su Ying and Song Yi...

Fortunately, there was a chance to salvage the situation. After wandering around the boutiques and duty-free shops in the airport for a while, I ended up with two large tote bags in my hands.

He bought two exquisitely crafted Russian nesting dolls, which are considered the most representative gift from Russia. And these two didn't come cheap; in addition to being made of relatively precious wood, they were also inlaid with various gemstones and crystal lamps, making them dazzling under the light. Girls would probably like them more. Each one cost more than 10,000 rubles.

In addition, Wang Feiyang also bought several cartons of Sobranie, a well-known Russian cigarette brand, also known locally as "Black Russia." The packaging was quite impressive, with a flat, pure black box printed with the Russian national emblem in gold. The black cigarette body paired with the gold filter tip looked very high-end and would be suitable as a gift.

Actually, this cigarette isn't expensive at all, only 850 rubles a carton, less than 300 RMB, but the taste is quite good, making it one of the better-tasting foreign cigarettes.

Foreign cigarettes taste very different from domestic ones. Some cigarettes, like Marlboro, Paramount, and Camel, are really hard for domestic smokers to get used to; they have a strong "smoky" smell.

Even the export version of domestically produced cigarettes, which is sold in duty-free shops, is very different from the domestic version. So although the price of cigarettes in duty-free shops is very cheap, real veteran smokers will not buy them to smoke.

Wang Feiyang started smoking in Moscow in his previous life. He initially tried various brands of cigarettes, but eventually only managed to get used to Paramount and Black Russian.

The Paramount cigarettes were relatively cheap, costing 240 rubles a pack, which is about 80 RMB. Before I started doing business, I was short of money, so this was the only cigarette I could afford.

Later, after making money through business, he started smoking Black Russian cigarettes that cost over 800 rubles a pack...

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Soon it was time to board, and Wang Feiyang lined up and boarded the plane through the gate.

Two flight attendants stood at the cabin door, checking passengers' boarding passes and welcoming them aboard. Air China's flight attendants were naturally of high quality; each one was slender, sweet-looking, and stood there gracefully.

Wang Feiyang didn't pay much attention at first, but when it was his turn to board, one of the flight attendants said "Welcome" and looked up at Wang Feiyang, then paused in surprise...