Rebirth 81: Being forced into marriage by my sister’s best friend at the beginning

As Hans entered the office, the atmosphere became subtle.

As an international partner, Lin Ran invited him to sit on the sofa and poured him tea.

After he sat down, he took a sip with great enjoyment, then carefully observed the guests in the room, and asked in a surprised tone: "Mr. Lin, I didn't expect you to have so many guests today."

Lin Ran smiled and said, "These are not guests, they are all old friends."

Hans showed an exaggerated expression: "Your store is really lively."

Lin Ran thought to himself that since there was business coming, of course he would let outsiders leave.

Then he turned to Chen Qi and said, "Mr. Chen, we still have some work to deal with. Can you please leave first?"

"Of course, we can discuss our cooperation later." His attitude was unexpectedly polite, which surprised everyone.

Would these words really come out of his mouth?

Before he left the office, he walked up to Hans and said with a smile: "Hello, I am Chen Qi from Hong Kong Tianqi Financial. Nice to meet you."

Hans, who was drinking tea, looked confused, but he still shook hands with him politely, "Hello, I am Hans Jason."

"Then I won't disturb your business discussions, Mr. Zheng. Let's come back later." Chen Qi's attitude changed 180 degrees, and he was even more polite to Zheng Xueming.

"Okay." Zheng Xueming also stood up and said goodbye.

They walked out of the office. Yang Jianlong rolled his eyes at Chen Qi: "Is this kid mentally ill?"

Tossing and turning, one idea comes at a time.

No one else understood it either, but Lin Ran finally understood it from the moment he shook hands with Hans.

He is a person who admires foreign things and looks down on their shops, thinking they are vulgar.

But when I saw Hans, a foreigner, I suddenly felt foreign again.

I couldn't help but feel a sense of disgust in my heart, and replied: "Ignore him."

He sat next to Hans and asked about the development of Shengshi craftsmanship in France.

The ceramic products of Shengshi Craftsmanship are so popular in France that he has opened two branches. This time he came to China just to discuss further cooperation.

He is no longer satisfied with just purchasing goods from China and feels that the speed is very slow.

"The only dissatisfaction of current customers is that the replenishment speed is too slow. If we can build a factory on our French land, it will be completely beneficial to our business."

Hans made his request. The current situation is that domestic production capacity is insufficient, and foreign trade exports have to be considered. Foreign transportation is often slow.

"I can understand your thinking, but China's ceramic technology is not open to the outside world." Lin Ran refused without thinking.

Even if business would be difficult, he would not let his precious memories stay abroad.

"Mr. Lin, in fact, we in France also have our own ceramics, and we don't need to steal your technology." Hans was also a smart man and saw Lin Ran's concerns.

In fact, as early as the 18th century, porcelain became a commodity that attracted worldwide attention.

Only the rich were entitled to own items made of fragile materials; most poor people used hard materials like iron or cheap materials like wood.

Especially in Europe, shipping costs are very expensive.

Porcelain technology was developed in China as early as 2000 years ago.

Because of the power of China, other countries can only watch from a distance but cannot play with it. Therefore, the formula of ceramics has always been a secret.

In 1710, France developed the formula of hard porcelain and established the Meissen factory.

Although the first porcelain maker in Europe was German, the French people's love for cultural relics at that time made them catch up, and in less than 20 years, they also developed soft porcelain.

Their factory, considered a national treasure, even received the patronage of King Louis XV.

Then, France set off a pottery making boom, ceramic factories were built one after another, and ceramic technology also developed.

Combined with France's artistic achievements at that time, their ceramic export rate even surpassed China's for a period of time.

However, they were always imitating the Chinese style. It was not until the mid-eighteenth century that the French royal style was developed and named Rococo style.

They led the trend of European porcelain, but their porcelain is always different from the Chinese recipe.

Especially the official kiln porcelain, both in texture and feel, far surpassed the ceramics they developed themselves, so much so that they bought a lot of ceramics back for research, but they still couldn't imitate them.

Originally they planned to introduce Chinese craftsmen to further improve ceramic technology.

Later, a world war broke out and nothing happened.

After about 50 years of peace, they began to want to develop ceramic technology again.

Although Hans just wants to make money, as a Frenchman, he must also have selfish motives.

Lin Ran smiled and rejected his request.

"Mr. Hans, have you ever thought that if it is produced in France, let alone the strike culture there, can local production alone provide such a high premium?"

Lin Ran did not directly expose it, but analyzed it from a business perspective.

It won't be long before China's products will be favored by the whole world for their high quality and low price, and all of this stems from the so-called demographic dividend.

It's cruel, but it's also reality.

Hans smiled and said: "I understand what you mean, but I like your customized products very much. Is there any way to let my customers enjoy the same service?"

Customized service naturally means handing the photo to Wei Chengbin and letting his master restore the object in the photo.

Since it is a one-to-one service, the price is naturally more expensive.

In China, not many people enjoy this service. They would rather buy some well-known cultural relics or relatively novel devices.

The employment cost in Europe is very high, and you can indeed make a lot of money by providing customized services.

If you have a computer, we can provide customization and it should be in the hands of customers within two months.

But nowadays, even cameras are rare in China. If Hans were to send customized photos for customers, he would have to go back and forth and it would take less than half a year to get it done. He was afraid that the customer's patience would have run out.

This is a difficult point. If they can overcome this point, their income should be able to reach a higher level.

"Mr. Hans, your idea is very good, but you have to consider that our master craftsmen may not be willing to go to Europe." Lin Ran said.

"That's okay, you can ask them." Hans suddenly felt there was an opportunity, "We will provide a dedicated translation team and a superior creative environment to eliminate worries!"

Lin Ran didn't refuse directly this time, maybe he should ask Wei Chengbin.

"Anyway, I will be in Beijing during this period. If you have any ideas, you can contact me at any time. I live in Room 1201 of the Dongcheng Hotel." Hans said with a smile.

Now that the matter was done, he hugged Lin Ran again and left Shengshi Craftsmanship.