Rebirth 1990: The beginning is sweet and cool Bai Yueguang

"It's a surprise for you." Zhou Qi explained with a smile, "And by the way, I want to see if our beautiful supervisor is slacking off. But it's really not easy to see you. I was almost turned away."

Du Qianqian laughed when she heard that: "You came here empty-handed, you deserve it."

"Oh, this is really hurtful." Zhou Qi pretended to be sad, and then took out three autographed albums from his bag and handed them to her. He knew that Du Qianqian had a special liking for such things.

Seeing the signed album, Du Qianqian's eyes immediately lit up. She quickly took it and asked excitedly, "How did you get these?"

"It's a small benefit from our cooperation with Pinliang." Zhou Qi answered easily. In fact, he had already prepared this gift in advance.

Du Qianqian nodded with satisfaction: "You are thoughtful." She flipped through the album carefully, looked up at Zhou Qi and asked: "Have you met Pinliang in person?"

"I saw it." Zhou Qi nodded.

"Really?" Du Qianqian was very excited. "How is he?"

Zhou Qi looked at Du Qianqian, smiled and said, "You are as precious as jade and as fresh as the green pine trees. Your beauty is unparalleled in this world." Jiang Jun couldn't help but frowned when he heard this.

Du Qianqian was stunned for a moment, staring at Zhou Qi and said, "Why do you sound like you are praising yourself in a roundabout way?"

"Am I really that outstanding?" Zhou Qi asked back.

"Don't try that on me." Du Qianqian glared at him and pointed to a financial report on the table. "Take a look at this. The company's recent situation is not very good. There are only expenses every day, but no income."

"Money is being spent like water." She continued, "It's really troublesome to follow you. If this continues, the factory will close down before the franchise store opens. What do you think we should do?"

Zhou Qi knew that she was not really angry, and the funding problem had actually been solved.

Du Qianqian is a shrewd person and has a careful plan for the entire joining process.

If she really was short of money, she would not agree to the reform.

I'm saying this now just to get him to pay more money.

So Zhou Qi spread his hands and said half-jokingly: "I don't have any money, how about I sell me to you, what's the price?"

Du Qianqian replied unhappily: "I don't want it. It will be a loss if I buy it."

"Really not considering it?" Zhou Qi asked with a smile, "Investing in me now will give me unlimited potential in the future. If you miss this opportunity, it will be hard to find another one in the future."

"I wouldn't want it even if it's given to me for free." Du Qianqian replied with a smile.

After the two chatted for a while, the topic returned to the issue of franchising. Du Qianqian hoped to expand the market as soon as possible, and thought that the current franchising conditions were too strict.

The store must be at least 200 square meters. Although providing free goods reduces the initial cost, a 200 square meter store is still a considerable investment, which limits many potential franchisees.

Therefore, she suggested relaxing some thresholds appropriately to attract more people to join, and then gradually optimizing the strategy after the scale expands.

Zhou** had already made up his mind, this was the minimum standard he had set.

Inspur is targeting the mid- to high-end market, and positioning is crucial.

If you don't lay a solid foundation at the beginning, it will be very difficult to adjust direction in the future.

After some discussion, Du Qianqian finally gave in. She was willing to sacrifice immediate profits for future growth.

In fact, her idea was not wrong, but she just didn't see as far as Zhou Qi.

Afterwards, Du Qianqian took Zhou Qi to visit the newly renovated production workshop.

All of them are top-grade imported equipment, representing the most advanced technology today.

The production efficiency here is at least twice that of Zhou Qi's original factory.

You know, Zhou Qi’s factory is still using the old machines that Du Qianqian eliminated.

Zhou Qi pointed at these advanced equipment and joked to Du Qianqian, "Beauty, you are obviously a rich woman, but you are pretending to be poor in front of me. This is not good. Compared with this place, my place is just like a scrap yard."

"Then do you want me to invest more so that our production efficiency can be further improved?" Du Qianqian responded with a smile, "You still want to get something for nothing? I don't have any money!"

Zhou Qi smiled and didn't care. He turned to ask Du Qianqian's family background curiously: "What kind of business is your family in that can have such strength?"

The entire workshop is equipped with such advanced equipment, which is obviously not something an ordinary family can afford.

Judging from the production line alone, it has reached the world's top level, and there is definitely more than just money behind this.

Du Qianqian hesitated for a moment and replied, "My family is in the transportation business."

Hearing this, Zhou Qi immediately guessed something and asked, "Your family runs a shipping business, right?"

"Well, there are some boats." Du Qianqian said lightly.

"Some ships"? Zhou ** thought, those were not ordinary ships, but cargo ships, and there were more than one.

It seems that Du Qianqian's family background is much stronger than what appears on the surface.

Zhou Qi suddenly remembered a name and looked at Du Qianqian in surprise: "Is your father Du Bowen?"

Du Qianqian nodded and said, "Do you know my father?"

Speaking of Du Bowen, he was once a well-known shipping tycoon in Guangdong Province.

He was not content with the status quo and tried to enter the real estate market, but his capital chain broke due to over-expansion and he was eventually surpassed by his competitors.

Disillusioned, he handed over the business to his son Du Xinrong, but the latter obviously lacked his father's vision and skills. The company soon fell into trouble and had to sell off its assets.

Zhou Qi was very surprised to learn that Du Qianqian was actually Du Bowen's daughter.

Because as far as he knew, Du Bowen had no daughter. There was only one possibility: Du Qianqian might be an illegitimate daughter whose identity was not made public.

"I've heard about your father's deeds. After all, he is very famous in Guangdong Province." Zhou Qi looked at Du Qianqian with a hint of sympathy in his tone.

"Don't think that I am where I am today because of my father." Du Qianqian responded.

"Of course not." Zhou Qi smiled, "Especially in terms of clothing design, you still have to rely on my help."

"But, your father wants to see me. Could it be that he wants me to take care of you?" Zhou Qi said jokingly.

"Don't be so conceited." Du Qianqian retorted with a smile, "As for why I'm looking for you, I don't know. If you don't want to go, you can refuse."

However, Zhou Qi was full of curiosity about this meeting, especially now that he knew Du Qianqian's family background, which aroused his interest even more.

He was eager to meet the former 'shipping king' and see what he looked like now.

Not long after, Zhou Qi was invited to Du Qianqian's family's luxurious villa area.

The environment here is much more upscale than ordinary residences.

There, he met Du Qianqian's mother, Xu Xiuya, a lady in her forties with an elegant temperament.