Pamper Eighties

It was getting cold, so Mrs. Feng called her family and started to clean up the orchid shed.

After these years of expansion, their orchid shed has occupied several greenhouses. Even if winter comes, the orchids in the greenhouse are still competing and showing off their appearances.

Madam Feng wore labor protection gloves on both hands, loosening the soil for the orchids, fertilizing the orchids, and carrying them back and forth to make room for them.

She looked at the shed full of orchids, and suddenly said with emotion: “Alas, the Japanese devils are bankrupt, and they don’t come to buy orchids. With so many orchids, who are they going to sell to?”

In the past two years, the orchid business of the Feng family and the Japanese has become more and more sluggish, and has gradually gone downhill.

In the past, many of the Japanese who came to trade orchids with them went bankrupt. Not to mention buying orchids, not many even came to see them. They were also very picky, and they were no longer as generous as they used to be.

With the trend of bankruptcy in Japan, their love for orchids is not so deep, and there has been no such liveliness in the greenhouse for a long time.

Madam Feng looked at a pot of plain orchids, and said regretfully, “Such a good orchid just can’t be sold for a price, they gave such a low price, I’m not willing to sell it, Mengmeng took a long time to cultivate. I must not sell these orchids at a low price and spoil Mengmeng’s heart.”

Mengmeng is also in the greenhouse. She is the main force in raising orchids at home. How can she be missing on such occasions.

I only heard her say to her grandmother, “Grandma, if you want to sell it, you can sell it at a cheaper price. Anyway, we have a lot of orchids in our family.”

Mrs. Feng shook her head firmly and said, “I don’t sell it. I used to be able to sell it at such a high price. Now I can’t sell it at a lower price. I’ll sell it at a discount. I won’t make it cheaper for outsiders.”

Looking at the orchids in front of her, she turned and said, “Our family can still afford these orchids. It’s good to stay here and show them to my family.”

Brother Rui heard it, and he couldn’t help thinking. After a while, he said, “Grandma Feng, if you want to sell these orchids, I have a way here.”

“What’s the way? Tell me quickly.”

Seeing that everyone’s eyes were attracted to him, Brother Rui smiled and said, “Japan no longer has an orchid market, but we can develop the domestic market.”

“Domestic? You mean…” Madam Feng looked at him with some understanding.

Brother Rui nodded and said, “Yes, there are so many rich people in our country these days. There are so many local bosses and upstarts, they have no culture. When they are rich, they naturally have to pay attention to them. This orchid is them. A sophisticated tool.”

Feng Yimin’s eyes lit up. He knew those local bosses better than anyone else, because he had come into contact with a lot during his work.

He immediately said: “Rich people love to be elegant, and our family’s orchids are just right for their appetite. The more illiterate rich people are, the more they love to advertise themselves as literate. What can be better than orchids? What’s more tasteful, A Rui’s idea is a good one.”

Brother Rui said modestly: “Uncle Feng, I also got inspiration from those in the president’s class. If you want, I can help contact them and let them buy orchids.”

If there is such a good thing, Mrs. Feng agrees with both hands and feet.

She agreed: “That’s good. I didn’t notice those bosses before, they are ready-made customers. Brother Rui, go tell them and see if they want to buy orchids.”

What a joke, since Brother Rui dared to bring it up, he wouldn’t give the bosses a chance to refuse, otherwise, where would he put his face?

Brother Rui already has an idea in his mind. He has made up his mind to help the old Feng family sell this batch of orchids, but how to sell them still needs to pay attention to the strategy.

The bosses of Taoyuan University’s President’s Class have recently added a course called “Taste and Cultivation”.

Several senior teachers came to teach them, and when they talked about it, they were all kinds of high-end luxury goods.

On this day, the teacher came to teach them again, and it was so eloquent and eloquent.

“Students, as the saying goes, aesthetic ability determines the quality of life. Whether a person has taste in life depends on what his hobbies are.”

The teacher asked the assistant to put out a few pots of orchids, pointed to them and said, “Today, let’s talk about orchids.”

“Orchid, since ancient times, has symbolized the virtue of a gentleman. When we say Huizhilanxin, it is describing the beauty of the soul. When we say Zhilan Yushu, it is describing the appearance of beauty. There is also a righteous knot of golden orchid, which is the feeling between friends, Very polite.”

“In addition, there is a breath like blue, and even the tone of speech is fragrant. Guidianlan Palace, the place to live is also good, very tasteful.”

He looked at the audience and said, “If a person has no taste, what is the difference between wood and wood? And orchids can just meet our needs.”

He walked up to the orchid, and while playing with it, he explained: “Everyone, please see, the leaves of this orchid are upward, which is the meaning of a good life. We can’t help but be full of hope and passion when we see it. .”

“Everyone is a boss. This orchid is like your business, winning every year and making a lot of money.”

“Looking at the shape of this flower, how elegant, how quiet, and not kitsch at all, no wonder people have regarded orchids as a symbol of taste since ancient times.”

“Such a pot of orchid is placed in the office, looking at it proudly in full bloom and slim, anyone who sees it will also praise it with a clean, beautiful appearance, it can make the whole office elegant, not to mention it is elegant aroma.”

“The current market price for a pot of orchids like this is about $150,000. If it is a mutated variety, like this one, the price will be raised, at least $200,000.”

He calmly said the price that surprised everyone, then pointed to the pot of mutated orchid and said, “A few years ago, Japanese orchid customers highly praised this kind of butterfly heart lotus petals, and they also pay attention to doing business well. Caitou, this orchid is a symbol of prosperity for them, and the Japanese are proud to have such an orchid.”

When the students heard this, they did not understand. They knew that orchids are very tasteful, but why do they say that it is a symbol of prosperous business? Is there any miraculous effect of it?

A student surnamed Liu asked, “Teacher, what does an orchid have to do with business? Could it still give me a lot of money?”

The teacher immediately patted the table, pointed at him and said, “You are right, orchids really have this effect.”

“Think about it, the Guidian Lan Palace and the Zhilan House, these are all descriptions of houses. Orchids are placed in the house, and the Feng Shui in this house is hard to think about. This is one aspect.”

“On the other hand, we often smell this fragrance, which can change our spirit, make people more energetic and clear-headed, and it is not easy to make mistakes when doing business.”

“Also, if your business partner is also someone who likes orchids, then with this pot of orchids, don’t you have a common language? Even if people don’t like orchids, you have another topic, don’t you?”

“In the eyes of business partners, you, Boss Liu, after you have this pot of orchids, you will have taste, vision, and pattern. You are not an idiot who can fool you. He wants to lower your price. You have to measure yourself first, do you think this is true?”

Then Boss Liu was convinced, he nodded vigorously and said, “It’s very reasonable, teacher, you said it very well, this orchid is suitable for people like me.”

Boss Liu stuck his arm, looked at the classmates around, and said triumphantly, “I am worried that there are no plants in my office. Teacher, please tell me quickly, where can I buy this orchid, I will buy it right away. Come and put it in my office.”

As he said that, he smiled first, stretched out his thumb, pointed to the tip of his nose and said, “Hey, whoever sees me in the future will say that I, Boss Liu, are a person of great taste.”

All the students in the class laughed. Who doesn’t know Boss Liu? He is one of the best upstarts in the class.

Of course, if they can come to participate in the CEO class, it is not because they have no money. This orchid is worth considering.

The teacher who taught the lesson also smiled, he hooked his lips and said, “It’s a coincidence, I borrowed these pots of orchids from the orchid shed at the foot of the mountain. It cost me a lot of face, and the owner was willing to lend it to me. .”

“The orchids in their family have always been sold to the Japanese. They are the largest orchid cultivation base in China. Every year, many Japanese people come to buy orchids from them.”

“You may have heard of this host’s name. Feng Shengli is one of the directors of the school and a famous entrepreneur in our province.”

“His granddaughter, you may have heard that Feng Yumeng, the most famous young painter in the world, is the first person in my country to win the United Nations award. These orchids are all cultivated by her hands. Born with an artistic flair.”

The teacher said so many words in one breath, and the students became more and more surprised. First of all, they were shocked by the worth of Orchid, and they were very surprised by the name Feng Shengli. When they heard Feng Yumeng, it was even more surprising. .

Don’t they want to be arty, and what can be more tasteful than an orchid cultivated by an artist?

If someone asks, they can also point to the orchid and say, this is an orchid cultivated by a great painter, what a face.

And this face is also very valuable. A pot of orchids costs more than ten or two hundred thousand dollars. They inadvertently reveal a little bit, which is much better than when they drive a luxury car or an imported BMW. This is a good thing to decorate the face. , they can pretend to be forceful invisibly and show their worth.

After the students figured it out, they almost couldn’t wait to say, “Teacher, this Feng family’s orchid tent, you must help us connect, and I also want to buy a few pots of orchids back home.”

Of course the teacher agreed, he just came with a task, and now it seems that his task has been completed well.

The orchid shed of the old Feng family soon welcomed the visiting bosses.

Here, they saw the sacred orchid fairy, saw all kinds of mutant orchids, and listened to Feng’s family telling stories and all kinds of miracles about orchids.

Old man Feng is now a person on the card. Compared with these bosses, he is a veteran, an old senior, and he deserves their honorary title, but when it comes to orchids, he is particularly amiable.

“My family has a history of cultivating orchids for hundreds of years, since my grandfather’s generation. There is no orchid in this mountain that I don’t know, such as this one, which I dug from the mountain myself. People want to buy it, but I won’t.”

“Do you know why? Because this orchid not only saved my life, but also made me rich.”

He seemed to have missed his mouth and suddenly stopped talking.

Those bosses finally heard this secret, how could they be reconciled if they didn’t figure it out? Who doesn’t know that Boss Feng is a well-known rich man. Could it be that the secret of his fortune lies in this orchid?

The local bosses were breathing heavily, and they all urged: “Don’t, old man, go on, we still want to hear it.”

Old man Feng was reluctant, so he continued to speak: “This is a long story, so I’ll have a brief chat with you.”

“After I dug this orchid, one night, I was exhausted from work. At that time, I was still farming, and my family was terribly poor. I dreamed that someone told me that in my last life I was the Goddess of Mercy. The boy under my command is specially responsible for watering the fairy flowers and fairy grass in the Nanhai Garden, this orchid,”

He pointed at it, as if caught in a deep memory.

“It told me that in my last life, because I watered it well, it grew vigorously and became an immortal, so it will repay me in this life. It not only made me a little money, but also told me to go Where to do business. Sure enough, as soon as I went, I made a lot of money, and my life at home has gradually improved.”

The local bosses were skeptical when they heard it. They had only heard such a magical story in mythology. Could it be that in reality, there are really immortals to repay?

Boss Liu asked: “Old man, your experience is truly amazing. Is this orchid really as amazing as you said?”

“Of course!” Old Man Feng said with certainty, and pointed to himself: “Otherwise, I am an old farmer, and my family has been poor for several generations. Where can I find capital to do business? How can I know how to do business? What? It’s not because Xianlan told me that I have the family business I have today.”

The bosses around think about it too. Those people who can make a fortune have experienced a lot of hardships before they stand out from the thousands of people.

The hardships on the road to entrepreneurship, they still think that it is not easy when they think about it, and luck accounts for the majority. As for Boss Feng, an old farmer in the countryside, he has the fortune of today, maybe he is really blessed by the fairy grass.

Boss Liu is the most shrewd. He immediately said, “Master, I am very interested in this orchid of yours. I want to invite it back. How much can you give it to me?”

The bosses around him were in a hurry. How could someone with the surname Liu take away such a good thing?

One of the bosses immediately said to the old man Feng: “Uncle, you are my good uncle, and I also want to invite this orchid. You said, the amount is suitable, I promise not to blink, I will definitely promise you.”

Not wanting to be left behind, the other bosses responded one after another, for fear that this magical orchid would be snatched away by others.

Old man Feng is not stupid, the status of Immortal Grass is supreme.

He smiled and shook his head, “If you don’t sell it, you won’t sell it for any amount of money. I’ve raised this orchid for decades, and it’s been kind to me. How could I sell it? already.”

Seeing the disappointed expressions of the bosses, the old man Feng changed his words and said, “On the shelves over there, there are all orchids of the same species as it, and they are the descendants of it, if you are interested, You can also bid for it, and the one with the highest price wins.”

Old man Feng had a good abacus. These orchids cannot be sold casually. They must hold a grand auction and let these bosses come to bid, so as to obtain the maximum benefit.

Another orchid auction in Taoyuan Village was held under such circumstances.

At the venue, local bosses competed with each other, vowing to buy the rarest and most precious orchids. Otherwise, how could they show their worth?

Naturally, the price of this orchid is rising steadily.

The results of the final auction were far beyond the Feng family’s expectations. They did not expect that the purchasing power of local bosses was no worse than that of the Japanese.

Even compared to the Japanese, they are even more forthright, because they don’t understand orchids at all, they just gather together.

Madam Feng was so happy that she couldn’t see her teeth, she kept complimenting Brother Rui and said, “Good job, you young man has more brains than us in business. How did you come up with this idea?”

Brother Rui took the opportunity to express: “Grandma Feng, these people can afford the price to attend classes, and naturally they can afford the price to buy orchids. We are just introducing the value of orchids to them, and they can listen. Of course I’ll buy it.”

Madam Feng looked at him in amazement and couldn’t help but praised: “You are really amazing, no wonder your grandfather handed over the business to you.”

Brother Rui pursed his lips and chuckled, unexpectedly looking a little shy, only to hear his voice softly say: “Grandma Feng, I just did what I should do, I see you and Mengmeng all day long for Orchid is worried, how can I bear to watch you lose?”

He looked at Madam Feng admiringly, as if she was his own grandmother.

“Grandma Feng, if you were me, you would have come up with this method, even better than me.”

Tsk tsk, how heart-warming to hear what this kid has to say. In her heart, Mrs. Feng is full of affection for Brother Rui. He is not only capable but also humble. She is satisfied with such a good boy.

Brother Rui made a good start. After the local bosses bought the orchid back, they couldn’t help but take it out to show off, show it to relatives and friends, and then gather business partners, and everyone came to taste the orchid. nice.

Many of the friends of these local bosses are also local bosses. The upstarts always have the same hobbies, and they also like to follow the trend. It is not too shameful to learn that their business partners have bought such precious and rare orchids.

People in the business world care about their face the most.

They will have what no one else has. If others have things, they have more, and they are better, more expensive, and higher than others.

Therefore, a local boss bought orchids from the old Feng family, and soon after, he brought back more local bosses. They came to Taoyuan Village one after another to buy high-quality orchids.

More and more local bosses joined the team to enjoy orchids, and they actually formed a craze in the circle.

This is even more incredible. If anyone does not have a pot of rare orchids on hand, he is simply out of date, unable to keep up with the times, and has nothing to talk about with everyone.

How is this possible? These days, it is the most taboo to be looked down upon in business, but everyone with a little wealth is desperately thinking about how to decorate their appearance, such as driving a luxury car, bringing a Xiaomi, etc.

Now they have a better option, which is orchids. There are times in the face! An invisible weapon! The capital of chatting with peers! Must have, is a word, buy, buy, buy!

The local bosses came one after another, and they almost emptied the orchids of the old Feng family. They even wanted the most common varieties. When they got to the back, the most common ones were gone, and the local tyrants were still clamoring for them.

The Feng family was both happy and sad. With such a big demand, where did they go to find so many orchids.

Mengmeng had to go to the mountain urgently and dig back some orchids. Before she could cultivate them properly, she was snapped up by the anxious bosses.

The bosses who came later couldn’t grab it, so they were suddenly unhappy and shouted, “Go and dig, and if you find orchids, you can open the price as you like, and give you as much as you want.”

Mengmeng was blocked by them, she said firmly: “No, it’s really out of stock, no matter how much money you give, it’s useless, please come back.”

Although there are still orchids on Longling, but according to the speed of their growth, they can’t keep up with the needs of the bosses. If they continue to dig like this, they will become extinct.

Mengmeng is determined not to do this kind of thing without the future.

So these days, Mrs. Feng was worried again: “Oh, I finally got a business. There are not enough orchids to sell. Seeing that I can’t make a lot of money, I am really worried.”

In order to keep her from worrying, Old Man Feng even took the initiative to find a professional book to read, and carefully studied orchids.

Not only that, he also found Professor Hao from Agricultural University and asked him, “Expert Hao, do you know any place in China that is rich in orchids?”

Professor Hao didn’t answer immediately, but asked him with a smile, “Don’t you have a lot on Longling? Do you need to go elsewhere to find it?”

This question raised old man Feng’s pain point. He frowned and said, “The orchids in Longling are about to be dug up. We can’t deplete the resources, we have to leave a little for them. The market has been doing well recently. If you don’t get orchids to sell, the old lady at home will talk about it every day, not afraid of your jokes, expert Hao, my ears are full of calluses, if you know, you must tell me.”

Professor Hao satisfied his curiosity and finally told him a piece of news.

“In this area in the south of the country, there are orchids in the wild mountains. But if your family wants to cultivate different species, ordinary orchids are not enough, you must have wild orchids. If you want wild orchids, it will be more difficult to find. Besides you here, there is only a little more than Yunnan.”

He also kindly suggested to old man Feng: “If you are interested, just ask the flower and tree market over there to see if there are any orchids you want.”

The old man Feng thanked him for his kindness, and after several reversals, he inquired about the phone numbers of several Kunming florists. He called the phone, but the answer there disappointed him.

Although Kunming is a flower center, the orchids on the market are all cultivated on a large scale.

The boss over there even persuaded old man Feng not to be imaginative. They all said, “Xenogeneic orchids are not so easy to cultivate. You won’t find one for hundreds of years. Get rid of this idea as soon as possible.”

But is old man Feng so easy to give up? It is indeed difficult for others to cultivate different orchids, but his family is not difficult. With Mengmeng, a little flower-cultivator, any orchid can be cultivated for it.

He made up his mind and planned to go to Yunnan for a while, and said to his family: “I read the information that Yunnan is high in altitude and is naturally suitable for the growth of orchids. It came from there, indicating that the orchids there are really good, I will buy some back.”

After Mengmeng heard it, she couldn’t help but become curious. The South of Caiyun, it sounds so beautiful, but she has never been there, so she can’t help but yearn for it.

She said to her grandfather coquettishly, “Grandpa, you can go again in a few days. When I have the winter vacation, I will go with you.”

“Do you want to play?” Old man Feng looked at her dotingly. He has always been able to satisfy his granddaughter’s request. .”

In a blink of an eye, it was time for Mengmeng’s vacation. She packed her luggage and set off with her grandparents, along with her second brother.

Erwa’s school is also on holiday, so of course I have to go with it.

Brother Rui also came to join in the fun. In his words, he has not been to Yunnan yet, and he wants to follow them there to see and see.

The big guy packed a lot of money, got on the plane and left. They slept on the plane, and when they opened their eyes again, they had arrived in Kunming.

In the cold winter and twelfth lunar month, the weather in Kunming is unexpectedly warm.

Mengmeng and the others were still wearing thin down, and they felt hot when they got off the plane. When they walked out of the airport, the sun was even more dazzling.

Madam Feng made a pergola by hand, stared at the bright sun in the sky, narrowed her eyes and said, “No wonder there are orchids growing here. The weather is really nice, but it’s a little too dry and dusty.”

The place where they are standing is a military airport. Kunming has only such an airport. It was built in a remote suburb. The road outside the airport is full of dirt roads. Those military vehicles and buses are passing by. Puff of smoke.

Erwa coughed a little uncomfortably. He covered his mouth and said in a vague voice, “Mother, let’s go take the bus, it’s too sunny here.”

Also, after so long, they felt that their skin was sore from the sun, which made them very uncomfortable for the southerners who came from the sea.

Although the summer in Taoyuan Village is also hot, no matter how much the sun shines, it will not be so fierce. Look at the people on the road, their skins are blackened by the sun.

Brother Rui explained for them: “The plateau is high above sea level, and the ultraviolet rays are stronger than ours. Mengmeng, please put up your umbrella first, and I will stop a taxi.”

When Brother Rui came out, the taxi stopped in front of them quickly. Yunnan’s economy was relatively backward, and even the taxi was the most common Xiali. The five of them were too crowded to sit in.

The taxi started slowly and drove the Feng family on the dirt road in Kunming. There was no scenery to see. On both sides, there were wild grasslands. The grasses were lush and yellow.

The mountains in the distance are vast and majestic, revealing the majestic momentum of the plateau area, which is not as beautiful as the mountains in the south of them, but also has a different taste.

The car drove and drove, but there were some buildings on the side of the road. They were all very old and backward earthen houses. They were low and low. Village children ran past the door. They stopped from time to time and opened their **** and white eyes. Looking curiously at the people in the car.

The more the car drove into the city, the more passers-by Mengmeng saw. Most of them wore outdated clothes, and they were colorful.

Those people also looked at them with rare eyes. After all, there are not many cars on this street, and there are only a few people who can afford a taxi.

But no matter what, when they met Mengmeng’s eyes, they still showed a simple smile, and the colorful Yunnan ethnic customs was slowly shown to them.