The shock of Chu Xiaoxin's meteoric rise was so great that it completely woke Tang Jingyuan from his previous dissolute life. He first offered to open a small pharmacy and follow Chu Xiaoxin around, eating soup and drinking his soup. Then, when Chu Xiaoxin asked him if he had any relatives or friends in San Francisco who could help entertain Song Tianyao, Tang Jingyuan realized that this might be an opportunity.
He confessed to his father, Tang Wenbao, that he was no longer content to be just a rich kid and did not intend to take a share of the sesame processing business that his elder Tang Jinggong, had taken over. Instead, he wanted to follow Chu Xiaoxin's example and carve out his own niche, hoping that his father would support him.
Tang Wenbao, a businessman from Chiu Chow, was naturally relieved to see his prodigal son suddenly turn over a new leaf. Moreover, after hearing Tang Jingyuan's suggestion that he wanted to see what business Song Tianyao was going to the United States to investigate, so that he could follow suit and do the same business, since his uncle in the United States should have more advantages than Song Tianyao, Tang Wenbao felt that Tang Jingyuan was not just having wild ideas, but had indeed put his mind to it.
Song Tianyao had heard the name Tang Wenbao far too often. He was Chu Xiaoxin's secretary. In just over a month, he took over Likang Company for the Second Young Master Chu master of Chu, and through skillful maneuvering and unparalleled success, he swallowed up the Zhang Family's pharmaceutical business and made it a huge success. He also promoted the good-for-nothing Second Young Master Chu to a high position, making him Justice of the Peace. In the blink of an eye, the Second Young Master Chu master of Chu, a playboy from Chaozhou, became one of the leading figures of the next generation of Chiu Chow businessmen. It's pitiful that Chu Yaozong's eldest son, Chu Xiaozhong, is still called Young Master Zhong, while his Second Son, Chu Xiaoxin, is already respectfully addressed as Mr. Chu in various occasions.
This was all Song Tianyao's doing. Now that he has built his own fortune, his business is bound to be profitable. Tang Wenbao doesn't want to antagonize Song Tianyao, but business is a business for everyone. There's no reason why Song Tianyao should refuse to share even the leftovers just because he's made some huge profits.
Tang Wenbao personally called his brother Tang Shihu in San Francisco and explained the whole matter. Tang Shihu was moved by his explanation and felt that there was great potential in the matter.
However, Tang Jingyuan was eagerly waiting in Hong Kong for news from his uncle in San Francisco to find out what kind of business Song Tianyao was in. But San Francisco kept delaying and didn't send any messages. Tang Jingyuan couldn't wait any longer and called again. This time, his uncle finally gave him accurate information: Song Tianyao saw that wigs were selling well in the United States and was preparing to make wigs in Hong Kong to start a wig business.
Furthermore, the uncle in San Francisco also arranged for his cousin Tang Boqi to come to Hong Kong to discuss with Tang Jingyuan Tang Wenbao to conduct a fake business.
Therefore, Tang Jingyuan rushed to Kai Tak Airport today to pick up his cousin Tang Boqi, whom he had never met since childhood.
The plane landed slowly more than half an hour later due to weather conditions. Tang Jingyuan looked towards the airport exit and gestured to his driver to hold up the pick-up sign higher.
After a stream of passengers passed by, finally, a stylish young man dressed in jeans and high boots, carrying a backpack on his back with one hand and wearing sunglasses, walked out. Seeing the sign behind Tang Jingyuan, he pushed his sunglasses up, grinning to reveal a row of neat teeth. "You're Jingyuan? I'm your Billy Zai."
"Brother Qi?" Tang Jingyuan's impression of Tang Boqi was still based on a photo his uncle had sent him years ago. Now, seeing the trendy guy in denim in front of him, he couldn't reconcile the cute, mushroom-headed cousin in the photo with the handsome, roguish young man in front of him.
Instead of going around the exit railing, Tang Boqi performed a graceful somersault, leaping over the railing to stand in front of Tang Jingyuan. He gave Tang Jingyuan a warm hug and said with a smile, "Don't believe me? Do you want me to check your passport?"
"No, no, I was just kidding... I just haven't met you before, Brother Qi. My car is outside; I'm going to pick you up to go home and meet my father." Tang Jingyuan was a little unaccustomed to Tang Boqi's American-style enthusiasm and said somewhat awkwardly to Tang Boqi.
The two left the airport and got into Tang Jingyuan's Ford. After exchanging a few polite words in the back seat, Tang Jingyuan couldn't hide his feelings any longer and carefully chose his tone to ask Tang Boqi:
"Brother Qi, are wigs really that profitable in the United States? Is Song Tianyao really going to get into the wig business?"
Tang Boqi took off his sunglasses and put them in his denim jacket pocket. "Of course it's lucrative, but I didn't originally want to do this kind of business. However, that guy tricked me for no reason, so I felt it was necessary to have a chat with him, which is why I came here to see him."
"You mean, Song Tianyao tricked you?" Tang Jingyuan blinked, looking at his cousin. "Back in San Francisco?"
"That guy looked like he was about to do a big deal, constantly saying he was going to contact United States distributors first. It was my own stupidity and lack of experience that made me actually believe his nonsense. After he left, I went to Los Angeles, New York, Houston, and other places to actually find distributors and prepare to discuss cooperation. I almost got laughed to death by those United States. I don't even have a factory, how am I supposed to negotiate? Has he already opened a factory by now?" Tang Boqi felt annoyed when he recalled the scene of Song Tianyao parting ways with him outside the Marcus factory that day.
Only afterwards did he realize that Song Tianyao's words, like his own, were a mix of truth and falsehood. However, Song Tianyao more astute in that everything else he said was true, except for the part about contacting distributors, which was a lie. But the fact that Song Tianyao had talked to him about so many Wall Street issues had subtly led Tang Boqi to believe that Song Tianyao's method of finding distributors first was correct. On Wall Street, if a company is preparing to issue shares, it also needs to contact clients in advance to determine the amount they will buy before proceeding with any further operations.
This approach made this passionate young man, who graduated with a degree in economics and aspired to work on Wall Street, feel a deep sense of kinship with the other party. Little did he know that this bastard had dug a pit, wasting his time, and had gone back to Hong Kong ahead of him to set up a factory.
Song Tianyao's words were not wrong when applied to finance. The mistake was that Tang Boqi lacked experience and confused industry with finance. He thought that industry could be like stocks, and that he should first discuss with distributors how many wigs they could sell without having factories or products. As a result, he was ridiculed as an idiot by those businessmen.