"What do you think is going on? Is your "Chess Master" not working? The Chinese team has lost five games in a row!"

The old comrade is talking about the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament. Since Kobayashi defeated Jiang Zhujiu in March, he has performed bravely and defeated many generals of the Chinese team.

Lin Chaoyang smiled bitterly and said: "What does winning or losing the game have to do with "The Master of Chess"? Why are you always so superstitious?"

"What is superstition! This is luck. You should reflect on yourself. Is this related to your running away to Xiangjiang?"

Lin Chaoyang didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this. He really seems to be getting more and more childish as he gets older.

"Okay, okay! It's all my fault, okay? Don't worry, the Chinese team will definitely win the next game!"

"real?"

"real."

Zhu Guangqian muttered: "I think so. If Nie Weiping can't do it, the Chinese team will be completely finished."

After visiting Zhu Guangqian, Lin Chaoyang got on the plane back to Xiangjiang the next morning.

After resting at home for two days, Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu went to the Jiahe Studio.

Today the crew filmed Truman recalling the process of meeting and falling in love with his wife. There is also a very important character in this episode, Truman's first love, Roland.

Xu Guanwen, Zhong Chuhong, and Maggie Cheung are all dressed in youthful clothes today, because Truman, his wife, and Roland all met in school.

The crew was filming when the couple came, and then they saw Maggie Cheung being shouted "Ka" over and over again.

It has been two years since Maggie Cheung debuted and she has made three movies, but even if she plays the heroine, she is just a flower vase and does not have much acting skills at all.

"The Truman Show" has different role requirements from those commercial films she has acted in before. Both Xu Anhua and Xu Guanwen attach great importance to this movie, and they have been striving for excellence for more than half a month of filming.

Maggie Cheung also knew about this situation. Her manager, Chen Ziqiang, also helped her find an acting teacher to learn acting skills. She had actually made a lot of preparations before joining the group.

Today is Maggie Cheung's first time joining the cast, and I don't know if it's because of her nervousness. Her performance looks very stiff. She is obviously the youngest of the three leading actors, but she doesn't show that youthful atmosphere at all.

After being called "NG" by Xu Anhua more than ten times in a row, Maggie Cheung's expression in the camera has begun to change, and she doesn't know what she is acting.

Seeing this scene, Xu Anhua knew that there was no way to continue, so he could only film Xu Guanwen and Zhong Chuhong's scenes first.

She didn't need to be yelled at by the director, but Maggie Cheung didn't feel happy at all. The dissatisfaction of the director and her rival actors, and the blank looks from the crew all made her feel full of pressure.

She stood by with a depressed mood, watching the scene between Xu Guanwen and Zhong Chuhong, with a bit of envy flashing in her eyes.

In her opinion, Zhong Chuhong's acting skills are not that much better than hers, but she can easily get through each scene twice, and it only takes five or six takes at most.

How could she be like this? The director yelled this a dozen times, as if he was deliberately trying to embarrass her.

She thought this with some anger in her heart.

Suddenly, a gentle voice came to my ears.

"I'm not in a good state today!"

Maggie Cheung turned her head and looked over, and saw Tao Yushu looking at her with soft eyebrows. Her lips were slightly raised, as if she had found her backbone.

"Sister Yushu!" She wrapped her arms around Tao Yushu skillfully and started talking to Tao Yushu in a whisper.

Lin Chaoyang didn't hear the specific details of Cricket. Anyway, after chatting with Tao Yushu for more than ten minutes, Maggie Cheung's face glowed with a different look, and she felt extremely confident.

After filming several scenes with Xu Guanwen and Zhong Chuhong, she stood in front of the camera again, full of confidence.

Then, there was constant NG again.

"The results of your guidance are not good either. They are completely the same as before." Lin Chaoyang teased Tao Yushu.

"I'm just trying to enlighten her. I don't know how to act."

The king of strong mouths, right?

But Lin Chaoyang had to admit that Tao Yushu's guidance was still somewhat useful. At least this time Maggie Cheung was shouted "Ka" by Xu Anhua more than ten times, and her performance was still stable.

During the lunch break, Lin Chaoyang chatted with Xu Anhua.

The filming progress of "The Truman Show" has been slow since it started filming. The main reason is of course the pursuit of excellence. According to the current progress, it will be completed by the end of November.

In the afternoon, the couple left the set. Lin Chaoyang originally planned to take Tao Yushu out for a walk, but she was pregnant and a little tired, so she went home.

After arriving home, Tao Yumo told the two of them the news that Du Feng had called in the morning and would be coming to Xiangjiang in two days.

"It's so good, why did he come to Xiangjiang?" Tao Yushu asked.

"He said he wanted to expand his clothing business and came to Xiangjiang to inspect."

Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "It seems that this business is getting bigger and bigger."

Two days later, Du Feng arrived in Xiangjiang as promised.

When they met, Lin Chaoyang asked him curiously, "Yu Mo said that you want to expand the scale of clothing. How do you plan to expand it?"

"It's a long story..."

Last year, a supermarket opened in the Dahua Shopping Mall in Beixinqiao, Yanjing. It was not large in scale, with a total of two floors.

The first floor is still a counter like a traditional department store, and the second floor has open shelves for self-selected products.

Du Feng also went to see Xinxian at that time, and his focus was on the second floor. It is said that this model was introduced from abroad.

As a result, after Du Feng went there, he found that the business on the second floor of Dahua was not as good as on the first floor. This was the case after he went there several times.

"My analysis is that one is that people's habits have not changed yet, and many people went to the second floor and were confused and a little embarrassed.

Another thing is that things are always lost on their second floor. In order to reduce losses, there are often several people standing in front of the supermarket to keep a close eye on them.

Good guy, who can feel better when you go to buy something and be looked at like a thief?"

Du Feng originally thought that Dahua's supermarket was a very novel model, but he came back disappointed after going to see it on site.

Then, in the past few months since Tao Yumo came to Xiangjiang this year, she would occasionally write letters to her family.

The letter inevitably mentioned her life in Xiangjiang. Even though she was in her twenties, her personality was no different from when she was in school. The most mentioned things in the letter were the food, clothing, and entertainment in Xiangjiang.

Du Feng was curious as Tao Yu’s letter mentioned that the stores in Xiangjiang were all bustling with people, so why couldn’t they work in China?

Then he came to Xiangjiang with questions and wanted to investigate.

"So you want to open a store specializing in clothing? Why not open a clothing store?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

Du Feng said: "Clothing stores are not good. I have calculated that if I really open a clothing store, I might as well set up a few stalls in Xiushui. Can the customer flow of a single clothing store be comparable to that of Xiushui? It certainly can't be compared.

Of course, if I want to open this clothing store, it can be considered a clothing store, but I want to make it large enough to attract people who want to buy clothes. The first thing that comes to mind is my clothing store.

This will not only bring customer flow, but also increase the unit price.”

After several years of business, Du Feng has become more and more sophisticated in his business skills, and his answers are accurate.

Lin Chaoyang asked again: "Then your clothing store is all self-operated?"

Du Feng nodded, "Yes, it's all self-operated. For such a big scene, I won't be willing to just charge some rent."

"In this case, the risk will be great." Lin Chaoyang reminded.

"How can you do business without taking risks?" Du Feng's tone was relaxed and full of confidence.

Lin Chaoyang joked: "Boss Du has courage! He has strength!"

The expression on Du Feng's face changed, and he said with a smile: "Hey! How can I have any strength? This is just to make more money."

In the past two years, he earned 300,000 to 400,000 yuan from selling electronic watches and clothing. He spent tens of thousands to buy a Toyota Crown, and a considerable part of the money was invested in the video studio.

Over a period of more than a year, Du Feng co-operated with others to open 24 video parlors in Yanjing, and the performance of these video parlors was not bad.

Most of the costs can be recovered in about half a year. After that, each store can provide a profit of thousands of yuan every month. Du Feng earns 20,000 yuan a month just lying down.

But while making money, Du Feng also discovered problems.

The first problem is the competition problem that Lin Chaoyang mentioned before, and the second problem is that the video studio business has great geographical limitations.

The twenty-four stores opened in Yanjing are currently the limit of Du Feng's control.

He tried to open a video studio in Tianjin this year, but the business of a video studio requires dealing with all kinds of people in society. After leaving the confines of Yanjing, many things are not so easy for him to operate.

This does not mean that he cannot go to other places to open a business, but he must go to places where he can reach out. In this way, the limitations will naturally be greater, and the room for imagination in the future of this business will be smaller.

"I have to continue working in the video studio. This is also a stable cash flow. I will develop slowly in the future, and I will take whatever step I can get to it.

I think the potential of the clothing business is far greater than that of the video studio.

When it comes to food, clothing, housing, and transportation, clothing comes first, and I want to do something big this time.”

Having said this, Du Feng looked at Lin Chaoyang with a slightly flattering smile on his face, "Brother-in-law, my idea this time is a bit grand, why don't you join in and support me!"

Tu Qiongdeng saw that it was true that Du Feng came to Xiangjiang for inspection, but I am afraid that getting Lin Chaoyang to support his plan is the more important purpose.

Before Lin Chaoyang could speak, Tao Yushu spoke first.

"Is this why you came to Xiangjiang?"

Du Feng explained: "Sister, I really came here for inspection. However, it would be better if you and my brother-in-law could support me."

"You don't have enough money?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

"Not enough. I'm just estimating right now. I plan to rent a shop of at least 2,000 square meters in Xidan. The rent, payment, labor costs, and the initial investment will be at least 500,000 yuan."

I’ve already thought of the name of the store, it’s called Yanjing Clothing City!”
To be continued...