Chapter 212: Technology Mad Cousin

Chapter 212: Technology Mad Cousin

Chapter 212: Technology Mad Cousin
"Remember to come with me to grandma's house for dinner tonight. Your cousin will come too." Chen's mother sat on the sofa, drinking tea leisurely, playing with her mobile phone while watching Chen Xi look at information.

"I get it. Can you please pay more attention? After all, you are a boss." Chen Xi glanced at this disappointing mother.

"You're lecturing me again! I'm exhausted from managing so many companies by myself. I just want to relax after you come back. I'm usually very tired."

"Okay, take me to see some other companies."

After saying that, Chen Xi pulled her mother up from the sofa. Mother Chen reluctantly stepped on her high heels and took Chen Xi downstairs.

Another equipment company mainly sells engraving machines. They used to get their goods from Chen Xi’s father’s factory, but now because of the separation, they can only get goods from Chen’s mother’s own factory.

The equipment is not as good as that of Chen's father, but the price is also cheap.

There are several brands, one of which is registered in HK.

Chen Xi looked at the equipment in front of him and nodded. In fact, these things are most suitable for the domestic market, especially graphic stores.

The price is cheap and affordable, and the quality is better than ordinary brands.

In fact, the owners of those graphic shops are not willing to spend a lot of money to buy expensive equipment.

"The price of advertising cloth in the Sakura Country has skyrocketed, so we are ready to use domestically produced ones. This is because customers only care about how much money they spend, not the quality. Things like billboards are placed outdoors, exposed to the wind and sun, and it will take some time for quality problems to appear."

Chen's mother opened the warehouse door and pointed to a pile of domestic advertising cloths inside, which were all ready to be shipped to the advertising company.

“How’s the quality?”

"It's OK. It's definitely not as good as the imported ones, but the price is cheap. The sales are also good. I am now cooperating with this factory and I have even bought shares."

"Okay, let's have all graphic stores use this then."

Chen Xi picked up a roll of advertising cloth and touched it. It didn't seem much different from the Yamamoto brand advertising cloth, but that was only on the surface. Since his mother said the specific effect was average, it was definitely not as good as the imported ones.

After all, the cost and technology are there.

"Come on, I'll take you to my jewelry store. You can see if there are any beautiful jewelry and give them to the girl you like."

Chen's mother took Chen Xi and walked out. The employees in the company looked over. This boss rarely came here, but today he actually brought his son here.

The boss's son looked like the boss of the company, asking this and that.

In a shopping mall, Chen Xi stood in front of the counter, looking at the exquisite accessories displayed inside, while the salesperson next to him stood tactfully by his side.

Chen's mother let him pick whatever he wanted, but Chen Xi didn't understand. To him, these things all looked the same.

I've heard from my mother before that this is also a big brand, and some of the materials are from Swarovski. Although they are all artificial crystals, they are made by their company. If you say this when introducing it to customers, it will be easier to sell.

After all, when women buy things, they first look at the shape, then the brand, and finally ask about the price. For luxury goods, the materials are just so-so, they are just selling the brand.

"Why? I asked you to look at jewelry today and you didn't object. Do you already have a girl you like?" Mother Chen narrowed her eyes and looked at her son. Women are particularly sensitive about things like love.

In the past, Chen Xi had no interest in these things at all, but today he followed her here happily. There must be something wrong.

"No, I'm not in a relationship... I'm just taking a look." Chen Xi said guiltily. In fact, he wanted to give one to Saori.

"Let me guess who it is? It's Shanshan, right?" Chen's mother laughed and felt that she saw through everything.

"Yes, yes, yes. I'll get a few more and give one to Shanshan as well." Chen Xi nodded frantically, secretly thinking that his mother was really smart.

"Who will get the rest?"

"Of course it's for your future daughter-in-law. Didn't you ask me to give it to the girl I like? And I like more than one girl."

"The big radish with big heart!"

"Haha, this, this, I want both!"

Chen Xi picked out a few that looked good, each one cost several thousand!
The salesperson carefully took out the accessories and packed them all.

He suddenly recalled that although the jewelry store seemed to be doing well now, its future prospects were worrying.

With the rapid rise of e-commerce, physical stores have gradually lost their former prosperity, and counters in shopping malls have become deserted.

Eventually, the jewelry store run by his mother lost out in the fierce market competition and had to close all its stores.

"Mom, how many stores do you have now?" "A lot! There are stores in every city, and I plan to open one in every city!"

Mother Chen said with pride.

“Come on, don’t expand now, just close whatever can be closed. Online platforms are very popular recently, and I think they will impact the business of offline stores.” Chen Xi whispered in his mother’s ear.

"What are you afraid of? This thing is so expensive, who would dare to buy it online? What if they buy a fake?"

"Your brand is only average. When the prices are transparent, no one will buy your crap. It's just artificial crystal!"

"You little brat, you actually look down on my things."

"Just listen to me."

"We'll talk about it when the time comes. We'll close it if business is bad."

Chen Xi gave his mother a warning, and this was the only way for now.

In his previous life, he was abroad and his mother's business was failing, but she kept pouring money into the jewelry store, and in the end, she lost it all.

Now all we can do is ask her to stop throwing money into this.

In front of a retirement home in Xinlu City.

Chen Xi looked at the military management zone sign hanging above, and familiar memories kept coming to his mind.

The guard at the door was standing guard. When he saw the license plate of Chen Xi's car, he let him in.

The rest home is not small and is located in a good area. The surrounding housing prices are very high, and this area seems a bit strange here.

Because it is a special place, even the commonly used satellite maps could not find it in my previous life, let alone pick up express delivery or take-out food.

As soon as the car entered, we saw many soldiers in military uniforms heading to the canteen. There were also some veteran cadres walking in the compound, and some were even playing gateball.

There are many family members here, and you can even see children in the yard. Chen Xi also spent a lot of time here when he was young.

My grandparents are both from Zhijiang. They came to Xinlu due to troop transfers. My grandmother is a doctor and a nationally renowned expert.

Since my grandfather passed away, I have been living here alone. My grandmother is also a high-level intellectual. She studied in a church school in Qinhuai when she was young and can speak English. It is difficult for outsiders to understand her speech because her accent is mixed with the accents of Shanghai, Qinhuai, Zhijiang, Xinlu, etc., and she often mixes dialects when speaking.

Grandma treated Chen Xi very well, even better than she treated her eldest cousin, her biological grandson, because she had taken care of Chen Xi more.

The housing in the retirement home is different and is divided according to military rank. The front is a small building and the back is a villa.

The car quickly drove in and stopped in front of a small villa.

The houses here are very old, much older than Chen Xi. The exterior of the houses looks very old. There are cherry and persimmon trees planted in the small garden of the villa. Usually some children here come here to steal and pick them through the wall.

"Xixi is back~" The young figure of grandma walked out. She didn't look too old at this time. When she saw Chen Xi coming back, she walked over quickly and held Chen Xi's hand.

In a foreign country, grandma would often ask him if he was doing well and would ask Chen's mother to send him more living expenses. Although he was her grandson, she still cared about him very much.

On the contrary, grandpa and grandma are not as nice to Chen Xi as grandma. Maybe Chen's father also inherited the personalities of grandpa and grandma.

After chatting enthusiastically with his grandmother for a while, Chen Xi pushed open a door and saw his eldest cousin Chen Ran fiddling with a computer.

"Brother."

"Ah."

Chen Xi shouted, but the other party just responded lightly and continued to fiddle with his computer.

Chen Ran is a technology fanatic who likes to tinker with equipment and computer-related stuff. He buys the latest electronic products such as mobile phones and computers, studies them once, sells them, and then continues to buy.

I liked to tinker with these things when I was in school, and I also went to the computer city to repair computers for others to gain experience.

The eldest cousin is several years older than Chen Xi. He has graduated a long time ago and has started working in a company in Shanghai.

However, he did not have much enthusiasm for his work. What he really longed for was a career where he could concentrate on studying various types of equipment at home.

Unfortunately, there seem to be very few such job opportunities in reality, which makes him feel helpless and melancholy.

(End of this chapter)