Chapter 1340: tons of steel, opening up the European and American markets

Chen Yuzhou was completely confused when he looked at the transformation plan which was tens of thousands of words long. If he read it for one more minute, he felt like he was going to suffer from trypophobia.

Xu Banxia took a serious look at it, but still had a lot of doubts about the plan:
"Husband, why do we want to develop the European and American markets first instead of the domestic market? Isn't it easier to develop the domestic market first?"

"This is because 'foreign monks can chant sutras'!"

Su Mingzhe smiled faintly and explained:
"We will first take our products to European and American countries. We don't ask for high popularity abroad, but at least we can sponsor a few selection activities and win a few international awards. With the support of international awards, it will be much easier to promote it domestically..."

"Brother Su, you still have an idea!"

When Chen Yuzhou heard Su Mingzhe's plan, his eyes widened and he gave Su Mingzhe a thumbs up.

Xu Banxia also suddenly realized:

"It's just like those 'sea turtles'. No matter whether they learned anything abroad or not, as long as they get a certificate abroad, it will be recognized in China!"

Xu Banxia's mind was still very flexible. She asked a few more questions, and Su Mingzhe explained them carefully.

Soon, the transformation plan of Shinhwa Group was unanimously agreed upon by the three major shareholders.

The next day, Shinhwa Group held a senior management meeting.

As usual, each branch company will report first.

When other branches reported, everything was pretty standard, with no highlights but no mistakes either.

When the steel plant director finished his report, Su Mingzhe frowned and said:

"The 50,000 tons of Siberian steel you mentioned is too expensive, 350 yuan per ton. The unit cost of shipping it back is at least 700 yuan. For our Shenhua Group, there is almost no profit! The next topic..."

Just when Su Mingzhe was busy transforming the Myth Group and looking for new profit points with Xu Banxia and Chen Yuzhou.

Wu Jianshe, Tian Ling, Qiu Bizheng and others from Lucheng, however, were in a mess trying to make up for the losses of the real estate project on Hainan Island.

On this day, several people attended an entrepreneurs' meeting at a steel market in the province.

Wu Jianshe called over several business partners and said with a joyful look on his face:
"Recently I have found a way to import 50,000 tons of steel from Siberia. It only costs 350 yuan per ton. With the customs clearance fee, it will cost about 700 yuan per ton to ship it back to China. You all know the current domestic steel market price, 1,400 yuan per ton. A round trip can double the price. Brothers, do you want to join in?"

Tian Ling, Feng Yu, and Qiu Bizheng were overjoyed when they heard this:

"Brother Wu, you saved our lives!"

……

In the blink of an eye it was April.

The first ray of morning light shines through the glass window and onto the bed, making people feel warm and comfortable.

After waking up from his sleep, Shen Mo felt lazy all over and was too lazy to even open his eyes.

After a while, Shen Mo woke up suddenly when he didn't touch the man.

She opened her eyes and looked at her bedroom, which was once clean and tidy. It was now a mess. Four or five pairs of silver, white and black stockings were thrown casually on the carpet, and the straps of two skirts were torn.

Hmm? Where are the men?
Shen Mo didn't bother to tidy up the messy bedroom. He just put on a nightgown and stumbled downstairs.

When she got downstairs and saw the man making breakfast in the kitchen, excitement, joy and grievance surged into her heart.

Shen Mo staggered to the man, hugged him from behind the waist, and sobbed softly.

"what happened?"

Su Mingzhe was still making breakfast, but it was a bit inconvenient for him to turn around and cook because he was being hugged by the girl.

"I just had a dream that you went abroad, and when I woke up, I didn't see you..."

When Su Mingzhe heard the girl's words, he knew that what he thought about during the day would appear in his dreams at night.

In a few days, he will indeed go abroad.

This time, I will not only go to Moscow, but also travel around Europe and the United States.

Even if everything goes well, it will take at least four or five months to come back.

Knowing that the man would be away for a long time, Shen Mo tried his best last night to make the man happy.

Last night, Shen Mo put herself in a difficult position in order to satisfy the man. Today, Su Mingzhe got up early to make a loving breakfast, also wanting to make up to the girl. Unexpectedly, he ended up scaring the girl.

"Don't worry, Momo, I will stay in Lucheng for the next two days and I won't leave!" Su Mingzhe hugged the girl and comforted her softly for a while.

After Shen Mo calmed down, Su Mingzhe let the girl hold him like an octopus and went to the living room to prepare for dinner.

After a simple breakfast, Su Mingzhe suddenly smiled and said:

"In fact, we don't have to wait four or five months before we meet. Momo, after you take the college entrance examination and fill out your application form, you can sign up for a tour group and come to Europe to find me..."

"That will take more than three months."

At this moment, Shen Mo was sitting obediently in the man's arms, with reluctance written all over his face.

"In fact, it's just right that I'm not here. You can review your lessons well in these three months and try to get into a good university."

Su Mingzhe comforted Shen Mo for a while, and then began to remind him of the things to pay attention to when taking the college entrance examination.

In the TV series, Shen Mo only got admitted to Hualin Health Vocational School.

I don’t know how Shen Mo will perform in this college entrance examination.

For the next two days, Su Mingzhe stayed with Shen Mo.

For this reason, Shen Mo took two days off and did not go to school.

Mid April.

Su Mingzhe came to Moscow by plane.

After several years of cooperation, Su Mingzhe's foreign trade company has developed and has more than one hundred full-time employees.

Among them, the foreign trade company also set up a branch office in Moscow.

Because there was no issue of settlement of payment in the transaction between Su Mingzhe and Muralov, this office only needed to keep an eye on the goods and be responsible for reporting on the transaction status.

In Harbin, Su Mingzhe set up a branch of a foreign trade company, and he, Xu Banxia and Chen Yuzhou would go there in person to settle the payment.

With Muralov's warm hospitality, Su Mingzhe stayed in Moscow for a week and had a pretty good time.

Late April.

Su Mingzhe rushed to Paris, met with French Rose, and signed an endorsement contract.

The influence of the 'French Rose' in France and even Europe in the 1980s and 1990s was roughly similar to that of Liu Tianxian in China at the beginning of the century. Both had unparalleled numbers of fans and relatively good fashion status.

Sophie’s high status also means that her endorsement fees are high.

However, Su Mingzhe asked some friends to help arrange a negotiation, and Sophie's agent symbolically asked for two million francs a year.

Two million yuan a year in endorsement fees is really too little for someone of Sophie's status.

You know, in the 1990s, the exchange rate between the franc and the domestic currency was almost one to one.

At the same time, the endorsement fees for female Hong Kong stars in China were hundreds of thousands or even millions.

The prices of those male Hong Kong stars are even more outrageous, and the endorsement fees of the top ones start at tens of millions.

Of course, the two million francs that Sophie wanted was just the endorsement fee.

If Shinhwa Company wants to shoot an advertising MV or invite Sophie to attend a commercial event, they will have to pay extra.

These are the rules.

Even if you find someone you know, you cannot give him or her preferential treatment.

Su Mingzhe is naturally not short of money. After signing the endorsement contract, he discussed with Sophie about the activities for this year and next year.

In the next few years, the Shinhwa Group will be making a big splash in Europe and the United States, and will definitely have Sophie as its spokesperson to attend various events.

Sophie calculated her work and signed a contract with Su Mingzhe for thirty promotional activities.

The cost of attending an event is 100,000 francs.

This money does not include security, food and accommodation costs.

After all the contracts were signed and the endorsement fees were paid, Su Mingzhe was no longer polite and directly took Sophie to the studio to start shooting advertising photos and advertising MVs.

(End of this chapter)