Reborn Nobility

Chapter 51 Taking advantage of the loophole

Xia Xiaoluo thought: "Another honest person! It seems that Luoshui County, a small inland county, has not been eroded by the tide of commodity economy. The people still retain their simple and unsophisticated character and have not become profit-seeking."

In the end, both parties agreed that Li Dazui would buy the old sow at a 10% discount.

The group of people took the sow to the Li family compound again.

After a lot of trouble, it was already past 12 noon. This time Mr. Li insisted on letting the four of them stay at home for dinner no matter what, and his attitude was very enthusiastic.

Seeing the sincerity of the old man's request to stay, several people had no choice but to stay.

Mr. Li's daughter Rongrong wanted to show off her cooking skills in front of her sweetheart. She put a lot of thought and effort into the dishes on this table, and the result was quite rich. It can be said that it is both delicious and delicious.

The food is a common peasant dish, with a few extra pig feet and pieces of fat intestine.

Mr. Li sat at the top, and Li Dazui stayed with him for the last time.

Xia Xiaoluo and others were very happy because of this event.

Mr. Li was finally able to sit down with a few young people he admired, drink and talk, and he was in a good mood.

Li Dazui also thought that this young man was good. He had lost Qian Xuewen and Xia Tiegui as his friends, but he was able to become friends with these people who were destined to be the best among men in the future, and he was in a good mood.

Everyone ate, drank, and chatted happily.

Just looking at Liu Yue who was talking and laughing with Xia Qingtian, Li Rongrong felt a flash of unhappiness in her heart, but it only passed by briefly and she immediately returned to her happy expression.

After listening to what Xia Qingtian said about Xia Xiaoluo's role in the whole incident, Mr. Li admired this little strategist who was "very wise and demon-like" even more.

He told everyone to hang out with Li Dazui more in the future, saying that Xia Xiaoluo and others were good teachers and helpful friends, far beyond what Qian Xuewen and others could compare to.

When several people received such praise from the respected old man of the Li family, they were all very excited and planning to do something big if they had the opportunity.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Xia Xiaoluo and others stood up to say goodbye. Mr. Li and his children sent the four of them a long way before returning home.

Four people and two bicycles were galloping on the dirt road in July, smelling the fragrance of crops, talking and laughing. The three of them kept praising Xia Xiaoluo, saying that he had many ideas and was very smart.

Xia Ergou occasionally ridiculed Xia Xiaoluo, but that was just because of his unwillingness to admit defeat and his love for joking. In fact, in his heart, he admired Xia Xiaoluo even more than Xia Qingtian did.

As soon as Xia Xiaoluo entered his uncle's house, he asked: "Uncle, where has that Wenzhou boss gone?"

"Oh, he went fishing in Xiwa."

Xia Xiaoluo took Xia Qingtian's extremely popular Feige "BMW" and rode straight to the pond in the west of the village.

When I arrived at the pond, I saw my uncle Wang Dali sitting on a wicker chair under a leafy locust tree by the pond. He was dozing there with a fishing rod thrown on the ground, looking at ease.

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Xia Xiaoluo felt angry and thought to himself, you really know how to enjoy it!

Walking up to him, he coughed heavily. Wang Dali was awakened. When he saw it was Xia Xiaoluo, he immediately took off his disguise as "Wenzhou Big Boss", became humble, stood up, and said: "Xiao Luo, come here

Yes, you sit down, you sit down."

Xia Xiaoluo sat down without hesitation and said, "I have something serious to tell you today."

Wang Dali took out a box of Red Flag Canal from his white shirt pocket, took out a cigarette and handed it to Xia Xiaoluo. Xia Xiaoluo took it, helped Xia Xiaoluo light it, then lit a cigarette for himself and asked

: "What's the matter?"

This action was done extremely naturally, and it was obvious that in his mind, he regarded Xia Xiaoluo as an adult who could discuss things with him on an equal footing, at least a psychological adult.

Xia Xiaoluo was also a heavy smoker in his life before his rebirth, but in this life he vowed to maintain a healthy body, so he forcibly suppressed his urge to smoke, and never smoked unless he was extremely bored and needed cigarettes to refresh himself.

Xia Xiaoluo said seriously: "This is a matter of making a fortune."

When Wang Dali heard about getting rich, he got excited. You must know that he used to say "Believe it or not, I will make a fortune soon". Although now he is in a difficult situation.

, but he never gave up his pursuit of wealth deep in his heart.

Xia Xiaoluo said: "Have you seen the clothing factory in their village? What do you think of that factory?"

Wang Dali sighed and said: "Hey, I thought you had some good ideas, but it turns out you had the idea of ​​starting a factory! It's not interesting, just more than 20 sewing machines, what can they do? Do you want to sell them?

Those costumes that don’t go out?”

Xia Xiaoluo asked: "Is the equipment easy to use?"

"The equipment is in good condition, but their costumes are too ugly..."

"As long as the equipment is good, we don't make clothes, we make toys!"

"Toy?"

"Yes, the 11th Asian Games is about to open. If we make Asian Games mascots for sale, they will definitely sell very well! Panda Panpan, you know that, right?"

In 1990, patent protection was still very imperfect. Although the first Intellectual Property Law had been promulgated in 1986, the enforcement link was still very weak. The law was still in the written stage and had not been implemented.

The first intellectual property litigation case did not appear until 1998. Moreover, China's patent protection has always focused on technology, while the protection of cultural creativity and artistic works has been seriously lagging behind. How could Xia Xiaoluo not exploit this huge loophole?

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Wang Dali thought to himself that this method is good. This guy's vision and business acumen are a hundred times better than his father. However, he also had his own worries and said: "We want to buy that factory, but it will cost a lot of money."

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You know, a sewing machine was one of the three essential items for a household in the 1980s. One machine cost several hundred yuan, and twenty units cost tens of thousands of yuan.

"Why should we buy this factory? Let them do the manufacturing for us!"

"OEM? What is OEM?"

Xia Xiaoluo stood up and said with piercing eyes: "OEM means that we are only responsible for design and terminal retail. We do not own the equipment or produce ourselves. We place an order with this discontinued clothing factory and let them make it according to our design.

When the toys are produced, we pay them OEM fees on a piece-by-piece basis.”

This is debatable, because according to his opinion, the design of this product was not done by them, and it was a complete infringement and plagiarism.

But Xia Xiaoluo could definitely conclude that given the legal environment at the time, this kind of plagiarism would not cause trouble.

Wang Dali scratched his head and said: "This... this is a bit like those leather bag companies I saw. Is this a lie?"

OEM has become very common in the 21st century. Even the internationally famous luxury brands Louis Vuitton and Gucci have adopted the form of OEM by Chinese-owned enterprises, taking advantage of China's cheap labor force.

In the 21st century, the hourly wage of workers in overseas garment production factories is about US$20, and their working hours are fixed. However, the wages of Chinese workers are very low, and the labor cost is only 1/20 of that of high-welfare countries in Europe and the United States such as Italy, and they can often

work overtime.

Cooperation with domestic authorized manufacturers also saves luxury goods manufacturers the huge investment in fixed assets required when expanding product production scale.

However, in the 1990s, this phenomenon was not yet common, and even bold and open-minded people like Wang Dali could not accept it for a while.

Xia Xiaoluo said: "How does it count as fraud? We have not cheated anyone, and the product quality is definitely guaranteed. The biggest advantage of doing this is to avoid a huge initial investment, reduce uncertainty, reduce our risks, and make full use of

Our funds.”

Wang Dali scratched his head and felt that Xia Xiaoluo was speaking logically. He pondered for a moment and praised: "Well, this is a good idea, but I don't have much money?"

Xia Xiaoluo originally didn't want him to invest, so he asked: "How much money do you have?"

"I have a total deposit of more than one thousand!"

Wang Dali said a little embarrassedly.

Xia Xiaoluo was a little depressed and thought to himself, you brag every day, you thought you had made a lot of money, but it turns out you don’t have much useful information.

Xia Xiaoluo said: "Actually, this matter is not without risks, because we have the possibility of infringement. If we make money, we will definitely make a lot of money, but if we are caught, we will lose a lot!"

The insidious and cunning Xia Xiaoluo deliberately emphasized the risks. In fact, he wanted to scare Wang Dali away from buying shares and monopolize the company's shares. After saying this, Wang Dali really hesitated and said: "This...this...is going to happen."

Are you going to quit?"

Xia Xiaoluo glanced at him with disdain and said: "Look at how cowardly you are! Wealth has always been in danger! Otherwise, we will set up a company and you will not hold any shares. I will pay for it and you will be a professional manager."

I also bear the responsibility!"

Unconsciously, he said another word that would be familiar to later generations but quite new at the time - professional manager.

Wang Dali asked as expected, and Xia Xiaoluo explained: "I pay, you help me run the business, and I pay you wages."

"Oh, I'm your boss, I'm the shopkeeper!"

Wang Dali has a high level of business acumen.

"Yes, that's what I mean. The salary I give you is definitely not low. I'll give you... two hundred a month."

"two hundred!"

Wang Dali found this figure very attractive. At that time, this was the only income a division-level cadre could earn. The most important thing was that he did not have to take risks, and this salary was much more than what he was paid at the Xinyang Trading Company.

"If our company does well, I can give you 20% of the shares."

In fact, the Company Law was still under preparation at that time and would not be promulgated until three years later in 1993. However, trendsetters of the era like Wang Dali had already heard of it.

After some coercion and inducement, Wang Dali began to agree with this good proposal, but he still asked worriedly: "Xiao Luo, where did you get the money? Even if you buy raw materials, cloth and cotton, the number is not small."

Xia Xiaoluo said proudly: "Uncle, now I am also a household with 10,000 yuan, and I have a deposit of 20,000 yuan in my bankbook!"

"Twenty thousand!"

This number almost scared Wang Dali to his knees.