After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 412 Best Actor
Zhou Haoran and Guo Guanchang went to the Peace Hotel.

"What about people?"

Guo Guanchang looked around but didn't see anyone.

"I do not know……"

Zhou Haoran was a little puzzled. Was the other party late?
Fortunately, the other party arrived within a few minutes.

A man in his early thirties.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I just got a phone call... My name is Zhang Yongxiang, it's an honor to meet you, sir!"

Zhang Yongxiang walked towards Guo Guanchang with an apologetic yet enthusiastic expression.

Guo Guanchang smiled without saying a word and did not extend his hand to shake hands with him.

Zhang Yongxiang assumed the other party was angry because of his lateness, and apologized repeatedly: "Oh, I ran into a little trouble and was delayed. Please forgive me, sir."

Guo Guanchang laughed and said, "You've got the wrong person."

"what?"

Zhang Yongxiang was slightly taken aback.

This is the bakery at the Peace Hotel, and this is the window seat... Yes, this is the place we agreed to meet!
Guo Guanchang pointed to the side and smiled, "I'm not the great master, he is."

"what?"

Zhang Yongxiang's expression suddenly changed as he looked at the excessively young Zhou Haoran.

He thought this kid was a lackey!

"Mr...Mr."

Zhang Yongxiang stared blankly.

Zhou Haoran extended his hand, "Hello, Mr. Zhang, I am Zhou Haoran."

"You...hello..." Zhang Yongxiang extended both hands, bowed slightly, and shook hands with him, somewhat incredulously, "Sir, you're so young?"

Zhou Haoran didn't respond to that, but instead pressed down, "Sit down and let's talk!"

This is a bakery, an old-fashioned term from the Republican era.

It's basically a coffee shop, where you can order some Western-style pastries.

Zhang Yongxiang completely forgot about Guo Guanchang and focused all his attention on Zhou Haoran, saying with admiration and disbelief, "Mr. Zhou is so young, yet he has such a deep understanding of business!"

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "Part of it is the inheritance of history, and part of it is the family tradition. When I was eight or nine years old, I started playing with treasury bonds and easily made hundreds of thousands of yuan."

Zhang Yongxiang was filled with awe. "Mr. Da is indeed a business genius of unparalleled talent!"

Zhou Haoran said calmly, "In places where commerce is developed, people live well; in places where commerce is underdeveloped, people struggle to even have enough to eat and wear. For thousands of years, China has been a history of cannibalism. Now, things are better. We have finally ushered in a commercial society and a market economy. One person's strength is limited. If we want more people to have enough to eat and wear, we need more business owners to participate and create this new situation together."

"That's why the Master wants to write letters and teach us how to do business!"

Zhang Yongxiang sincerely admired him.

Zhou Haoran, with an air of superiority, said, "This is the mission that the times have given me."

Guo Guanchang couldn't stand it anymore, feeling that this kid was talking too much nonsense, so he nitpicked and asked, "Commerce really has such a big role? Sir, your statement is quite different from mainstream opinion, isn't it?"

"What mainstream or not..." Zhou Haoran said indifferently, his expression calm. "Our earliest master in this lineage was Yin Xinghuai, who passed the imperial examination twice, more than a hundred years ago. He understood back then that the good life of ordinary people was not a gift from the emperor, but came from two parts. One was personal effort, and the other was market exchange. Neither can be lacking."

Guo Guanchang looked suspicious.

I'm starting to have trouble telling the truth. He sounds arrogant and impressive.

Looking at Zhang Yongxiang again, he indeed bowed down in worship.

Zhang Yongxiang said in a deep voice, "It's like many people going abroad to work. They do the same work and put in the same effort, but they earn several times more abroad than in China. It's not because there are emperors abroad, but because foreign markets are more open and more developed."

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "So, it is our generation's responsibility to build a strong and vibrant market, which is the most important cornerstone for improving people's livelihoods."

Zhang Yongxiang sincerely said, "That's why you write letters, teaching many people how to do business, hoping to get more people involved and benefit the whole society."

"This is indeed my ideal."

Zhou Haoran has a compassionate and empathetic demeanor.

Guo Guanchang couldn't listen any longer. He felt that this kid was the real movie star, and couldn't help but say, "Let's get down to business, let's get down to business."

Zhang Yongxiang was displeased. "The master is lecturing here, how can you, a mere follower, be so oblivious?" he said unhappily. "When you're with the master, you should listen attentively and learn slowly!"

"Uh……"

Guo Guanchang's expression was somewhat strange.

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "He has learned a lot and achieved some results, so he can be considered to have graduated."

"Oh?" Zhang Yongxiang asked curiously, "What results?"

Guo Guanchang was in the thick of it and had to cooperate, so he said helplessly, "My name is Guo Guanchang."

What achievements have you made?

"My name is Guo Guanchang."

"I'm asking you, what achievements have you made?"

Zhang Yongxiang was a bit confused, thinking to himself, "Has this guy really graduated? How come he can't even understand what I'm saying? He's like he's sick."

Seeing Guo's embarrassed look, Zhou Haoran almost couldn't help but laugh. He cleared his throat and said, "His name is Guo Guanchang, and he founded the Fuxing Group."

“Fosun Group…” Zhang Yongxiang took a few seconds to react, then howled as if he had been stabbed, “Guo Guanchang? You’re Guo Guanchang from Fosun Group!”

Guo Guanchang had no choice but to say, "Yes, it's me."

"Mr. Guo...?"

Zhang Yongxiang stood up, his face changed, and his eyes changed too.

Guo Guanchang felt much better and gestured for Zhang Yongxiang to sit down. "Sit down, sit down and let's talk." Zhang Yongxiang's face was flushed, and he couldn't hide his excitement. He hadn't expected to be "classmates" with such an important figure. He asked, "Mr. Guo, did you also get started with Mr. Guo's guidance?"

Guo Guanchang glanced at Zhou Haoran and could only bite the bullet and say, "Indeed, he helped me a lot in the process of founding Fuxing."

Zhang Yongxiang realized that he was just a nobody here.

Be humble.

Quickly give a more detailed self-introduction.

He used to be a small business owner with lingerie counters in several department stores in the harbor, and his business was doing quite well. Over the past two years, he noticed a significant change in the numbers: lingerie sales at his counters had increased dramatically!

He sensed the changes of the times, checked relevant data, and found that with the improvement of living standards, the demand for underwear across the country has increased significantly!

It increased more than tenfold in two years!
As luck would have it, through a friend's introduction, he successfully subscribed to "Mr. Da's" letters.

I learned some tricks of the trade.

He then founded Nanji Ren, which proved to be a great success.

When the topic of business came up, Guo Guanchang was quite interested and asked, "What's the key to doing this business?"

"There are two main points." Zhang Yongxiang didn't need to hide anything from these two bigwigs. "First, we need to do a good job in marketing and build a brand; second, we need to maintain good relationships with distributors... In the past two years, thermal underwear has been selling like hotcakes, even more popular than bras. Distributors in various regions are scrambling to get stock and making preparations in advance, afraid of missing out on the market."

Guo Guanchang was a bit confused. "Isn't thermal underwear a bra?"

"They're different. Bras are for shaping and support, for aesthetics. Thermal underwear is for comfort and freedom of movement... Underwear protects women's private parts, especially older women, who shouldn't get cold."

Zhang Yongxiang has been in the underwear business for so many years, he knows the ropes.

Zhou Haoran nodded. "The culture in China is different from that abroad. Abroad, people drink ice water, while in China, people drink hot water. After giving birth, you can't be exposed to wind or take a bath; when you have your period, you can't eat cold food. This cultural background makes thermal underwear more popular in China than abroad."

"It turns out it can also be combined with national conditions and culture!"

Zhang Yongxiang's eyes lit up, realizing that the professor had indeed hit the nail on the head; no wonder the domestic thermal underwear market was more booming than the overseas market.

Guo Guanchang secretly admired this junior.

I never expected that he would know so much about women at such a young age, even about childbirth and menstruation.

In this respect, we should really learn from him.

Looking back, I should also have more contact with all kinds of different women, communicate more, and get to know them better.

Only by understanding women can you succeed in business with them.

Zhou Haoran asked, "How do you do your marketing?"

Zhang Yongxiang said, "It's pretty much the same in the industry. There are four major thermal underwear brands in China now: Yu Zhaolin, Nanji Ren, Beiji Rong, and Qiansiniao. They all hire big-name celebrities to do advertisements and then advertise on the Crown TV."

"Are you going to advertise on Red Star TV this time?"

Zhou Haoran knew the difference between Hongxingtai and Huangguantai; large enterprises all used Huangguantai first.

Zhang Yongxiang sighed, "I had no other choice."

"how?"

Zhou Haoran and Guo Guanchang exchanged a glance, and they were right; this man was indeed in trouble.

Zhang Yongxiang said, "Someone from Hongxingtai told me that as a local brand, Nanji Ren can't spend all its money on Huangguantai. It needs to support the development of the local Hongxingtai, otherwise..."

"Ok?"

Zhou Haoran raised his eyebrows.

Zhang Yongxiang hesitated slightly, but still said, "He didn't say it specifically, but I could understand what he meant. If I don't advertise on Red Star TV, they might fabricate a lot of negative news about Nanji Ren."

"This is a harbor!" Guo Guanchang exclaimed, his eyes wide. "Who would dare to use such methods to sabotage local private enterprises? There may be many such things elsewhere, but they are absolutely unacceptable in a harbor!"

Zhang Yongxiang shook his head. "That person has connections; it's not easy to offend him."

"Who?"

Zhou Haoran was somewhat curious: which person from Red Star TV would dare to defy the world?

Zhang Yongxiang said, "He told me personally that he was the director of the entertainment channel."

"Entertainment Channel..." Zhou Haoran's heart skipped a beat. "Yi Changping?"

"Sir, do you know him?"

Zhang Yongxiang was somewhat surprised.

Zhou Haoran asked, "He does have very strong connections; he's a relative of the former station director... How much money is he asking you for?"

"100."

Zhang Yongxiang gave a number.

Guo Guanchang was furious. "This is too much!"

Zhou Haoran remained calm and asked, "So what do you plan to do?"

Zhang Yongxiang is only in his early thirties this year. He started doing the underwear business in his twenties and is not a good person. "Mr. Zhang, I remember last year you took the lead in helping many business owners cooperate with Hongxing TV and helped them get advertising space at a low price."

"Correct."

"You must have a deep connection with Red Star TV, right?"

"There are some."

Zhou Haoran sensed something different in his tone.

Zhang Yongxiang said in a deep voice, "Sir, I'll pay the 100 million, no problem! But I won't accept this kind of threat! You have connections with Red Star TV, which makes things easier. I want to set a trap to bring down Yi Changping! I, Zhang Yongxiang, have been in this business for so many years, I'm not someone to be trifled with! I can even guarantee that if he's targeting me, Yu Zhaolin is definitely behind it!"

Yu Zhaolin is another strong local thermal underwear brand in the harbor.

They are competitors of the Antarctic people.

(End of this chapter)