VIP Class Notes (Li)

Writer a story about what the fortune teller told you.

Vocabulary

fortune telling – 算命

fortune teller/n – the person

designer – 设计师

partner – sbd you work with/married to

ex. My business partner came up with the idea.

collaborate – work together

ex. We decided to work with the factory.

trade – 贸易

ex. We contacted a trade factory to produce this product for export.

export – 出口/外销

ex. The factory only exports their products.

nails – 指甲

window shopping – to shop and not buy

ex. Due to the economy, many people window shop these days.

not worth it – 不值

ex. It’s not worth it for your to spend so much time on this product.

room for growth – there is still chance for you to grow

ex. If you work as a babysitter there is not much room for growth.

Grammar

suffer from sth 

travel as a group – group tour

travel alone – by yourself

If I want to do sth now, it always failed.

If I want to do sth now, it doesn’t go as planned 

We planned to make a brand for pet

We planned to create a pet brand 

We want to search in some factory to make a products of pets. But I just meet a person who just made a brand. She tell me it’s not easy for us to do it because we want to order a foreigner designer to design the products. But, my friend say, it is easy to copy in China. We spend so many money to design it. They will make a similar one in next day. So we change another way to arrange the brand. My partner, they have own factory and they went home to ask their parents. One of the partner, his family is doing wai mao. They said they want to collaborate without me.

We wanted to search for some factory to make a product of pets. But I just met somebody who just created  a brand. She told me it’s not easy for us to do it because we want to hire a foreign designer to design the products for us. But, my friend say, it is easy to copy in China, if we spend so much money on the design,  other people will make a similar product in one day. So we decided to target the lower end market. My partner has their own factory and they went home to ask their parents. One of the partner’s family is in the trade industry/exports sector. They said they want to collaborate without me.

You need to have an original idea 

You need to think of a brand new idea 

The quantity of sales

The sales quantity