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Chapter 44 Doing business in partnership

As night falls, Wandali is crowded with tourists, and people are taking a leisurely rest.

After arriving at Wanda, Lu Feng took his uncle straight to the men's clothing area on the first floor of the mall and started shopping.

The past few years have been the heyday of Wanda Plaza, with various brands rushing to move into Wanda’s commercial complex, which includes many luxury brands.

Instead of looking at those affordable brands, Lu Feng took his uncle into the Valentino store.

Looking at the luxurious decoration of the store, my uncle was not nervous at all. He looked left and right naturally.

But when Lu Feng pointed at him and signaled to the salesperson to find a pair of pants on the model in his size, he suddenly panicked and waved his hands hastily: "Just take a look, why try it on? Come on, let's go eat something!"

As he said that, he was about to step forward to pull Lu Feng.

Although he had seen these brand stores when he was shopping in shopping malls in Shenzhen, he only looked at them from afar and never went in, let alone bought things there.

But Lu Feng smiled and hugged him, pressing him on the sofa: "Uncle, after all, you are a man with a million in your card, so you should be more confident!"

"I don't have the confidence. This thing is too expensive."

Yan Zhongcheng was about to stand up, but was pushed back by Lu Feng.

"It's okay. I'll pay for today."

Lu Fengchong signaled to the shopping guide and asked her to find the size that his uncle wore.

The situation described in novels where people look down on others did not happen. The shopping guide was very professional and found the pants that Lu Feng liked in no time.

While waiting, Lu Feng picked out two pairs of trousers, two shirts, and a coat, and asked the shopping guide to find out the sizes for his uncle.

Under his enthusiastic request, my uncle had no choice but to try on the clothes one by one.

Lu Feng selected a pair of pants and a shirt, swiped his card and asked his uncle to put them on.

After handing the changed clothes to Zhou Ye, Lu Feng took his uncle to visit several stores one by one.

Versace, Louis Vuitton, Gucci…

An hour later, my uncle was dressed brand new from head to toe, from his clothes to his belt to his shoes, everything was new.

In front of the fitting mirror in the Gucci store, Yan Zhongcheng looked at himself in the mirror and almost didn't recognize himself.

After following Lu Feng out, he felt that even walking was light and fluttery, as if he was dreaming.

Zhou Ye was holding a dozen large and small handbags in the back. He looked back, a little confused: "We have spent more than 100,000 yuan in just a moment?"

"Not much."

Lu Feng smiled and said, "If I wasn't afraid that Sister Zhou couldn't carry it, I would have bought a few more for myself."

“Shanshan…”

Yan Zhongcheng swallowed his saliva and said, "I know you feel sorry for my uncle, but even if you make money, you can't spend it like this, right?
Life has to go on. All the clothes I've worn in my life combined don't cost this much!"

As he spoke, he looked down at the clothes on his body, not daring to make any big movements for fear of tearing them.

"It's just tens of thousands of dollars. It's okay. You can only make money if you can spend money."

Seeing that Yan Zhongcheng had suffered too much spiritual shock, Lu Feng did not continue to take him shopping, but went up to the fourth floor, found a restaurant, and prepared to eat.

At Yan Zhongcheng's strong request, Lu Feng gave him the opportunity to treat everyone.

Yan Zhongcheng also ordered a table full of meat dishes and told Lu Feng and Zhou Ye to eat as much as they could.

No matter how much three people eat, they can't finish a whole table of food.

After trying hard to finish one third of the dishes, Lu Feng and the other two were full.

After asking the waiter to pack the food, Lu Feng asked Zhou Ye to drive him and his uncle to the hotel.

When they arrived at the hotel, Lu Feng sorted out the things he had bought, gave his room card to Zhou Ye, and asked her to deliver the things to the room.

Afterwards, he opened a room for Yan Zhongcheng at the front desk, and went to the newly opened room with the things he bought for Yan Zhongcheng.

"This hotel costs over two thousand a night. You are wasting money!"

After arriving at the room, Yan Zhongcheng looked at the layout of the room and felt distressed: "Such an expensive hotel, isn't it just a bed and a toilet? What a waste of money!"

Putting the things on the table, Lu Feng looked at him with a smile and said, "Uncle, come here. I want to tell you something."

Upon hearing this, Yan Zhongcheng quickly came to the sofa chair opposite Lu Feng and sat down.
Along the way, he had so many questions he wanted to ask Lu Feng, but he couldn't ask them, which made him feel very suffocated.

"Let's talk about money first!"

Lu Feng also sat down and got straight to the point: "The 100 million I gave you is actually an investment."

"What investment?"

Yan Zhongcheng looked at him puzzledly.

"I plan to go into business with you."

Lu Feng spoke in a deep voice.

"Doing business?"

Yan Zhongcheng seemed to be thinking about something. He had guessed something vaguely but didn't dare to confirm it.

"Correct."

Lu Feng nodded: "You and my aunt have been working outside for others. This is not a good way to go. I think there is a business that can be done, so I want to cooperate with you."

“I don’t know how to do business!”

Yan Zhongcheng spread his hands and said, "I am just a skilled worker in the factory. Although I am a line leader, I only manage a few people. I am not cut out for business!"

"You are."

Lu Feng looked at him affirmatively: "You are my uncle, I know your ability, you dare to think and do, this is the biggest prerequisite for doing business, you just lack an opportunity."

"Oh my! You're praising me so much that I can't even find my way."

Yan Zhongcheng laughed, but his thoughts were churning.

Lu Feng's words touched his heart.

He dropped out of high school and eloped with his girlfriend, which was considered a rebellious act.

At home, in his hometown, he can guess what others say about him without even listening.

Didn't he want to prove himself? Didn't he dream of becoming a boss?
Seeing him lower his eyes in thought, Lu Feng smiled: "This is not a compliment to you, this is the truth, I have always thought you are amazing."

"Okay, stop saying nice things."

Yan Zhongcheng smiled and waved his hand: "Tell me first, what kind of business do you want to do with me?"

"this."

Lu Feng took out two power banks, which were the ones he bought at the airport supermarket.

"What is this?"

Yan Zhongcheng doesn’t know him.

"A power bank is a large battery that charges mobile phones." "Don't mobile phones need a charger? Or a universal charger will work?"

"Some phones can't have their batteries replaced, like mine."

Lu Feng took out his iPhone, placed it on the table, and patiently explained: "This kind of phone has limited power, and the battery cannot be replaced. Even if you bring a charger with you, you may not be able to find a place to charge it.

So someone made this kind of power bank, which can be fully charged and carried with you to charge your phone at any time."

"That's pretty good."

Yan Zhongcheng played with Lu Feng's mobile phone and two power banks with great interest.

"Do you know the approximate cost of these two power banks?"

Lu Feng asked him.

“I don’t know, but at most a few dozen.”

Yan Zhongcheng has worked in factories of all sizes in Shenzhen, and has some understanding of the costs of these small commodities.

"almost."

Lu Feng nodded: "The cost of the big one is no more than 50, and the cost of the small one is no more than 30, but do you know how much they sell for?"

"How many?"

Yan Zhongcheng has never bought it.

"The big one is 368, the small one is 268."

Lu Feng added: "This is the price at the airport. If you buy it outside, a large one can be sold for more than 200 yuan, and a small one for more than 100 yuan."

"The profit is so high? Two or three times the profit!"

Yan Zhongcheng was surprised, and then he realized Lu Feng's intention: "You want to sell this power bank?"

"It's production, setting up a factory."

Lu Feng nodded at him gently: "I will invest, and you will be responsible for management."

Software development is very expensive, especially software like live streaming platforms, which are money-consuming projects.

With the tens of millions in his hand, even if he didn't buy the store owned by Wang Weiheng and the house in Shanghai, it would still be enough to cover the cost.

He needs more money to support this platform.

The hardest part of starting a business is getting money. You may not be able to get money even if you look for investors, let alone doing it on your own.

But making money may be as difficult as climbing to the sky for others, but for Lu Feng, it is easy as pie.

Since the first generation of iPhone, the battery design has been changed to a non-removable one.

But at present, domestic mobile phone manufacturers are basically still producing mobile phones with removable batteries.

Including the Xiaomi mobile phones that went on the market last year, all models released so far have removable batteries.

Last year's Mi 1, Mi 1s, this year's Mi 2, and even next year's Mi 2s all have removable batteries.

However, with the explosive popularity of the iPhone in China in recent years, domestic mobile phone manufacturers have also begun to transform towards smart phones, and their designs have also begun to move closer to the iPhone.

Starting next year, domestic smartphones will also switch to a non-removable battery design.

When the battery becomes non-removable, the battery life of the mobile phone becomes a pain point.

In the past, when people went out, they only needed to bring a spare battery to meet their needs for a day.

But after switching to a non-removable battery design, you have to carry a charger with you.

And bringing a charger is not safe, because it will be troublesome if you can't find a place to charge it.

However, business pain points mean huge business opportunities.

After next year, the mobile power supply, or power bank market, will usher in a huge market trend driven by the booming smartphone market.

It was not until the fast charging technology became popular that it was transformed into a shared power bank model.

But even with the advent of shared power banks, traditional power banks have not lost much of their market share.

Even before Lu Feng's rebirth, there had always been many power bank manufacturers doing well and making a fortune in silence.

The power bank industry is a highly profitable industry that supports a large number of manufacturers in the southeast coastal areas.

There is no technical barrier to this thing, and anyone can make it. Just buy ready-made battery cells, spend some time on the appearance, assemble them, and sell them.

Moreover, this product has high profits, with profit margins in the early days exceeding 100%, making a lot of money.

Lu Feng remembers that two or three years later, there were already power bank manufacturers in the market with revenue exceeding 10 billion.

Therefore, before planning to invest in the live streaming platform, he already wanted to use this project to make some quick money.

When it comes to making money quickly, no industry can compare with manufacturing.

As long as it can be sold and there is no worry about sales, the manufacturing industry is equivalent to a money printing machine. Once the funds are transferred, it will grow bigger and bigger like a snowball.

The most intuitive example is the mask factory in special periods in the future.

At that time, the mask production line was more profitable than printing money directly.

However, fortune and disaster go hand in hand. The advantages of manufacturing are obvious, but the disadvantages are also obvious.

Take the power bank project for example.

The threshold for this project is very low. You just need to find a supply channel, rent a factory, and hire some workers, and you can do it.

Therefore, such a project is bound to attract countless competitors in a very short period of time.

When it comes to internal competition, Chinese people are definitely number one in the world.

Manufacturing is the most inward-looking industry, no doubt about it.

The Yiwu speed, which later became famous all over the world, is the best embodiment of this.

If he remembers correctly, around the end of next year, Xiaomi, the "industry troublemaker", will launch its first power bank with a capacity of 10400mAh and a price of only 69 yuan.

Since then, the industry has been caught in a vicious competition of burning money, finding money, and engaging in price wars.

But even so, the entire industry still has money to make, because the overseas market will be a blue ocean for several years to come.

Mobile phone users around the world are all customers of Chinese factories and all need high-quality and low-cost power banks.

But these were not what he considered.

He only plans to make a fortune and exit the market before the end of next year, in and out quickly.

But if you want to catch this trend as much as possible, you need to set up the factory as soon as possible.

That's why he cut the Gordian knot and spent one million to call his uncle to Nanjing.

Staring at Yan Zhongcheng, Lu Feng said firmly: "I have already investigated this project and it can definitely be done, but I don't have time to do it, so I have no choice but to ask you to help me.

As long as you come to help me, I will pay for all the investment. You just need to find the source of goods and find someone to build the factory. We will split the profits equally, and the losses will be all mine. How about it?"

(End of this chapter)