The railings are all carved with exquisite patterns. It is estimated that many people have touched them for a long time, so they appear very smooth. They will also reflect light under the street lights.
It is estimated that Zhou Changzhong had greeted him in advance, so as soon as he approached the stone bridge, he noticed a group of people hurriedly approaching from the other side of the bridge.
The one at the head of the group has a thin face and is wearing a red, patterned leather robe worn by merchants in the Qing Dynasty. He has a long beard under his chin and looks like a merchant from the north of the Qing Dynasty.
The other people behind were all wearing modern jackets or down jackets. Boss Ye knew at a glance that the person leading the group was the old guy Hua Dongcheng.
"Assistant Ye is here, and Hua didn't come far to greet him. It's very rude and rude!" Hua Dongcheng said polite words while cupping his fists and moving them up and down. However, Ye Fan didn't see a trace of apology on his face.
"Now that you are in charge of Laohua, it would be rude of me for Mr. Ye to pay me a visit without leaving a message beforehand." Ye Fan also politely clasped his fists and shook his head. He felt that being polite to this old guy was a bit ridiculous, as if he were acting in an ancient movie.
After the two parties exchanged polite greetings, a group of people crossed the stone bridge and headed towards the Hua family's house.
"Master Hua, you protect Yuehu very well!" Ye Fan said with a smile.
"Protect?" Hua Dongcheng glanced at Ye Fan, as if he didn't understand. A young man next to him quickly explained, "Dad, Assistant Ye said that our lake water is very clean and clear." After the young man finished speaking, he looked at it.
Looking at Ye Fan, he said again, "Actually, this lake does not need to be protected at all. Because the ancestors of the Hua family have regulations. Therefore, the descendants of the Hua family all abide by it. This Moon Lake is the holy land of the Hua family, and no one dares to go there.
Throwing things in and discharging sewage, etc.
You can't even take a bath, so for hundreds of years, Moon Lake has maintained its original appearance.
This is rare in modern society. Even in our flower shop, sometimes when the sewer is blocked, there are suggestions to pump the water into Yuehu Lake and then discharge it out.
However, my father never agreed. He would rather get long pipes and large pumps to pump the sewage far away to guard Yuehu."
"Master Hua is so considerate. If everyone had the protective heart of Master Hua, our world would be much cleaner." Ye Fan sighed, and as he spoke, he arrived at the Hua Family Mansion.
You don’t know it from a distance, but you’re shocked when you look up close.
This Hua family house is really big. The outside is made of a kind of white stone with a slightly patterned texture. It is six meters high. There are four small turrets at the four corners of the courtyard wall. I heard that they are turrets used to prevent bandits.
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The courtyard wall is not a single wall, but like a city wall, it is about one and a half meters wide.
"Master Hua, your yard is made of iron and steel." Ye Fan said with a smile.
"Don't dare, don't dare, but it's still very strong. Before the liberation, Chen Diao, the leader of the Washan bandits, once brought hundreds of people to our house to steal things. In the end, they gave up after attacking for two hours.
Moreover, more than a dozen bandits were killed by our Huajia nursing home. Assistant Ye, look, there are many small holes made by bullets on this stone wall.
In the past, there were small cannons mounted on these four corner towers. There was a well in the yard, and half a year's supply of rice and other daily necessities were stored all year round.
Even if I am besieged for half a year, it will be fine." Hua Dongcheng stroked his beard with a slight satisfaction and said with a smile.
There are several wells and courtyards inside the wall, which are interlocking with each other. Ye Fan and others followed into a lobby. The hall was very large, with huge wooden beams in the middle. There were dozens of Taishi chairs in the hall.
Hua Dongcheng let Ye Fan into the guest seat, and all the comrades brought by Ye Fan sat on the lower side. All members of the Hua family sat on the other side, and they were in the posture of negotiating for a meeting. But there was no conference table in the center.
That’s all.
The scene was not small, Ye Fan snorted coldly in his heart. He gently picked up the tea bowl, opened the lid of the bowl and gently scraped the edge of the bowl. After making a slight sound, he brought it to his mouth and took a sip.
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"Master Hua, your Hua family is prosperous, and your business is making a lot of money. It's really worth congratulating." Of course, Ye Fan had to give this old guy a high hat first.
"Haha. Our Hua family has been doing business for more than 500 years. How could the palace not come to our Hua family to order a batch of exquisite leather products?
In the past, the governor of Jinling would sometimes pay special visits in order to obtain a few sets of leather robes.
However, there were strict regulations at that time. Leather robes of certain quality could only be worn by officials of certain grades, and they did not dare to mess around. Otherwise, it would be a violation. That would be a serious matter that would lead to beheading.
Therefore, for some people, even if we are rich, our flower family would not dare to give them leather robes made of the same material as those used in the palace.
However, even the robes of slightly different quality from our Hua family are in short supply. Some Hangzhou businessmen came all the way here just to get the Hua family's leather robes." Hua Dongcheng really doesn't know how to be polite. He is a bit old-fashioned.
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That's all history in the past. You old guy is still living in the glory created by your ancestors in the past, and you are showing off. Boss Ye slandered this old guy in his heart.
But this guy had a smile on his face, nodded and said: "From ancient times to before liberation, the flower business was very popular. I believe that in modern times, the flower business is even more prosperous, and the flower business is prosperous. The flower master is very prosperous.
.What a joy and congratulation!”
Ye Fan is naturally digging a hole to force Hua Dongcheng. Hua Dongcheng should have a clear understanding of the current business.
"Here, Assistant Ye. To be honest, our flower family's business is not bad. Although the leather raw materials we currently provide are about twice as expensive as other merchants, the supply is still in short supply.
However, the market share has been relatively reduced. Now some leather factories produce shoddy products, which has seriously damaged the reputation of our leather products in Fengzhou.
It stands to reason that government staff in charge of the leather sub-market should increase their management of this situation.
We should cancel all those messy leather factories and return the true face of our Fengzhou leather industry.
Otherwise, in the long run, foreign merchants will lose confidence in our Fengzhou leather materials. Seeing this, I, Hua Dongcheng, am very anxious." Unexpectedly, Hua Chengdong would actually say such a thing. From what he said,
As he spoke, Ye Fan felt that this old antique was not 'old' at all. The old guy was smart.
"At Huazangjia, the leather production is also divided into levels and grades. For example, if the raw materials of leather produced by your Huazhangjia are classified according to grade, it will be a high-quality product.
Other manufacturers produce less high-quality products, but they produce more and their prices are cheaper. Although your leather is good, your prices are much more expensive.
Moreover, in terms of quantity, you do not have an advantage. Hua Dangjia has been operating the leather industry for decades and should have a clear understanding of the market.
If our leather production in Fengzhou wants to form its own market, we must unite and cooperate. Otherwise, we will work on our own..." Ye Fan took the opportunity to throw out his plan.
"They are not qualified to cooperate. If Assistant Ye can find out which leather merchants have also received royal tokens, I, Hua Dongcheng, are willing to cooperate with them." Hua Dongcheng was quite old-fashioned when he said this.
Hua Dongcheng's son Hua Xiangbei looked at it, quickly squeezed a smile and explained: "Assistant Ye, my father is mainly worried that the cooperation will start to be mixed. In the end, not only did the cooperation fail, but the only thing our Hua family can offer
It was also lost.
My father has not considered the issue of cooperation. However, he always feels that the conditions and time are not yet mature.
We still use traditional manual processing of raw leather. This is because our Hua family has formed a complete set of leather production procedures and methods over hundreds of years.
Regarding technology, how to cooperate, we cannot give up the traditional craftsmanship of the Hua family to cooperate. Although modern society pays attention to cooperation, business secrets are more important.
Otherwise, why are some core technologies mastered by others, while we exploit their weaknesses?
For example, we have never been able to master Microsoft chips. The gadgets we develop are obviously not as good as others.
Relying on this chip, all computers that want to use its chip have to pay. This is the role of trade secrets, which is the key to the survival of a company.
Therefore, if we come up with technology, our Hua family will lose its hardest barrier, and how can we still stand on the land of Fengzhou."
"Yes, the regional leaders came to see us last time. It's not that we want to disobey the leaders and not cooperate.
The key problem is that the disadvantages of cooperation are too great. Once they cooperate, Huajia will lose its workshop and Huajia will lose its status as the first leather processing company in Fengzhou.
Moreover, over the years, although our scale has not expanded, our Hua family's business has been booming.
Every descendant of the Hua family is proud to be born in the Hua family. Moreover, the supply of leather materials of the Hua family further exceeds the demand and remains strong.
We have also discussed that even if this development continues forever, our leather materials will still stand in Fengzhou.
In terms of quality, it will forever lead the trend of Fengzhou leather production." At this time, an old guy wearing glasses from the Hua family spoke in very rude words. Ye Fan knew that this guy was the only one calling Hua, and he was the only one in Hua's family.
Cheng Dong’s younger brother is also a staunch follower and supporter of Hua Dongcheng’s career.
"Haha, times have changed. Nowadays, doing business requires not only quality, but also quantity. Quality alone without quantity cannot form a strong competitiveness.
Quantity without quality will result in being suppressed by others, and it will not be able to form strong market competitiveness.
The two are indispensable. If the Hua family can stand up and shout loudly, they can unify the leather production in Fengzhou.
How can we have a place in the next stage of cooperation and competition with the famous French leather products merchant ‘Hongpai Tianzhen Group’?
We cannot let foreigners suppress our domestic products. Our Fengzhou leather materials must go abroad and go to the world.
The Hongpai Tianzhen Group is a powerful opportunity. Why don’t you, Hua Dangjia, consider this?
This is an excellent opportunity for Huajia Leather to go global. As for technology, a proper solution can be adopted.
This technology belongs to your Hua family and will not become someone else’s.” At this time, Deputy Commissioner Zhou Changzhong said.