Return to Singapore 1995

Tang Jiaming continued: "In addition to coal trading and freight transportation, our Singapore Minghua Company also engages in the import, export, and re-export trade of various building materials and other commodities. We usually receive many guests from various countries! Afan, it suddenly occurred to me, I can use your sunglasses as souvenirs for our company, and I just heard that these ordinary sunglasses cost only NT$4 or NT$5 a pair, right?”

"Yes, Brother Ming!"

"I suddenly had an idea: Let my sister Xinyi design a high-end sunglasses gift box, with two or four pairs of new sunglasses inside, half for men and half for women, customized into one Sunglasses couple gift box! This is a preliminary calculation of the price and cost! It only costs 10 yuan or more than 20 yuan. Use this sunglasses gift box to give to guests who have just visited Singapore. Singapore is close to the equator and the ultraviolet rays are strong. The guests will definitely like it, and the quality is also high. There, give it as a souvenir to Big Brother and his company!”

"Brother Ming, your idea is great!"

Tang Jiaming took a sip of coffee and continued: "Now in Singapore, I really can't choose any good souvenirs with only ten or twenty yuan of Singapore dollars. I always give me Bi Zhenxiang beef jerky, Malaysian durian, and phoenix cake. You don’t necessarily like to eat it, and it’s not easy to take away! Gifts like Malaysia’s Royal Selangor pewter are high-end, but they are only given to important guests occasionally. The cost is very high, at least several hundred Singapore dollars, so give more. I can’t even afford it!”

Li Xiaofan gave a thumbs up: "Brother Ming, your idea is great!"

In fact, Li Xiaofan had considered these ideas of Tang Jiaming, but he had no resources and it was not convenient for him to talk to Tang Jiaming. Now Tang Jiaming took the initiative to think that it couldn't be better!

"Afan, you just said that a twenty-inch container can hold 20,000 pairs of sunglasses, right?"

"Yes, the manufacturer in Wenzhou told me."

"Then if Shah Rukh's company orders 10,000 pairs and the other 10,000 pairs are ordered by me, it will cost 40,000 Singapore dollars, which can be just enough to put together a box! I will ask Xinyi to design it for me and make it. Several high-end sunglasses gift boxes. By the way, Affan, I have another great idea. We have many sunglasses products, and we can also send them to the gift shop below the Orchard Road MRT station to try them out. !”

"Brother Ming, I also want to go to the store under the Orchard Road MRT station to test the waters. Orchard Road has too many tourists from all over the world! But I don't have the resources, and the rent of the store there must be very expensive. ? It’s not realistic to rent a store just to sell sunglasses..."

Tang Jiaming smiled: "Afan, you are stupid, let's rent the store ourselves! Do you remember that Brother Peng, the friend who drank and had supper with Geylang at Lido Palace last week?"

"Well, remember, he's the one with the scar on the eyebrow on the left side of his face?"

"Yes! Brother Peng opened a gift shop for one of his girlfriends under the Orchard Road MRT station. When the time comes, I will tell him and ask his girlfriend to put our sunglasses products directly in her gift shop. , just help us sell the goods and share the profits. Let’s make money together!”

"Brother Ming, that's great!"

"Afan, how's it going? Is my business acumen okay?"

"It's so awesome, I'm so impressed!"

"Haha, Afan, I'm so happy to think that I can finally help you!"

"Thank you! Brother Ming, Orchard Road has such a large flow of customers from all over the world. Maybe our rewards can really expand a new market!"

"Well, let's try it first and then talk about it!"

Tang Jiaming is also a sweet-tempered person, and he does whatever he says. After he finished speaking, he directly picked up his mobile phone and dialed Tang Xinyi's number: "Xinyi, where are you?"

"Brother, I just separated from my friends on Orchard Road, and now I'm on my way home..."

"Okay, then I will go home for dinner tonight. Then you call your sister-in-law and dad and tell me that Afan and I will go home for dinner together. I have other things to talk to you about!"

"Okay, I get it!"

After Tang Jiaming hung up the phone, Li Xiaofan said: "I'm going to your house for dinner? How embarrassing, I didn't prepare anything!"

"What are you getting ready for! I happened to go back to my father and my little sister in the evening to talk about the China Academy of Art. My father also likes the string of Qinan you gave him very much. He said that he can sleep well after wearing it. Now, my food tastes better, and I’m in a really good mood lately!”

"Oh, okay then. Is your mother here tonight?"

"Hey, my mom is old, menopausal, and has a bad temper! You know, women tend to get jealous easily. Recently, she was angry with my father. During this time, she was living in Tokyo and ignored my father. Xinyi and I have to go to Tokyo to visit her old man every three days! By the way, at the end of this month and the beginning of next month, the cherry blossoms are going to bloom. I am going to take my girlfriend there to enjoy the cherry blossoms and soak in the hot springs with a group of buddies. Are you interested in joining us? "

"Brother Ming, I think so, but I am not free as a wage earner now! After our new company is established, we can make more money and make more money, I will apply for an EP for myself when I have the opportunity. Applying for PR is easy!”

"Well, Affan, you have a good idea. Tomorrow I will send someone to the Singapore Industrial and Commercial Registration Office ACRA to collect information and help you register your company!"

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The villa where Tang Jiaming and Tang Xinyi live is in Bukit Timah, a traditional wealthy area in Singapore and a luxurious landed residential area. There are also many embassies, foreigner clubs and international schools in this area. There are also horse riding schools and nature reserves nearby, as well as some famous schools with a long history.

Bukit Timah is called Bukit Timah in English. It comes from Malay. It is a hill near the center of Singapore's main island. It is more than 163 meters above sea level and is the highest point in Singapore. It is said to have the best feng shui, so there are many luxury houses here, which is a bit similar to the Mid-Levels luxury residential area in Hong Kong.

There are many towering private apartments in the Bukit Timah area, as well as villas that have always been expensive in Singapore, where land is scarce. Many executives of multinational companies stationed in Singapore and Singapore's wealthy people usually choose to live in Bukit Timah. Li Xiaofan remembered that the luxury houses of Jet Li and Li Zhi in his previous life were also in this area.

In his previous life, workers like Li Xiaofan rarely had the opportunity to come to the high-end luxury residential area in Bukit Timah. I have only climbed a mountain once in Bukit Timah. At 163 meters above sea level, it is the highest mountain in Singapore. The "high mountain" climbed by Singaporeans is really a bit pitiful.

When Tang Jiaming's car entered Bukit Timah, Li Xiaofan felt as if he had entered a natural oxygen bar, with green plants everywhere. This is Singapore's nature reserve.

"Afan, do you know what this wide overpass with green plants above is for?" Tang Jiaming asked.