Chapter 341: The Crisis of Shang Family Real Estate
Although the rafting project in Dabie Mountains is not very famous, it is at least the closest to Seoul. After driving for more than two hours, we finally arrived at the scenic area. After having a meal at the farm that Luo Gang had booked in advance, the group started rafting.
Except for a few dangerous passes, most of the rafting in Dabie Mountains is relatively flat, which is more suitable for company team building activities like theirs.
Everyone had a great time. After all, they hadn't had much rest since the Chinese New Year.
After rafting, we watched a performance at the scenic area. After waiting for our clothes to dry, we drove back to Seoul.
7pm, Liuheju Chinese Restaurant.
"I plan to open another store here in Hongshan District."
While eating, Zhang Qiyuan expressed his plan.
"Opening a store again?"
Hearing Zhang Qiyuan's words, several store managers looked at each other.
"Qi Yuan, don't be so anxious. The market hasn't been very good recently. Don't take such a big step." Luo Gang advised.
"Yes, why don't we wait and see. If the market continues to be like this, we will probably lose money even if we open a store." Qu Feng also agreed with Luo Gang's point of view.
"It is indeed a bit irrational to open a store now," said Wu Feng.
Zhang Qiyuan nodded slightly and said, "The market is indeed average now, but our Qijia Real Estate has developed into three stores now. How should I put it? It's a bit neither up nor down."
"I want to develop in a more formal direction, so the number of stores must increase."
"I want to create our own APP and website for Qijia Real Estate. I don't want to compete with Beike, but I want to make it as big as Shijia Real Estate. Then we can open up franchises. There is no point in doing small things like this. If we want to do something, we have to do something big."
Luo Gang, Qu Feng and others did not expect that Zhang Qiyuan had such ambitions. If they think about it carefully, if Qijia Real Estate wants to become bigger and stronger, they will definitely need more stores to join.
But if Qijia Real Estate keeps on doing small things, why would people want to join their small brand? So they need to make themselves bigger and stronger in the early stage.
But in the current market situation, if you open a store rashly, you might end up like the Shang family before, moving too fast and easily getting into trouble.
"If you want to make Qijia Real Estate bigger and stronger, we will definitely support you, but you still have to consider this matter carefully."
Zhang Qiyuan nodded and said, "I know what you said, but I believe that around the National Day, the government will definitely come up with new policies to stimulate the market. I'm looking for a store now, so I can catch the small rejuvenation during the National Day."
"Although Qi Yuan, your predictions are relatively accurate, given the current market conditions, I probably won't invest money to open a store." Luo Gang said after a moment of hesitation.
Zhang Qiyuan smiled and said, "I don't plan to ask you to invest money this time. The reason I told you this is that I want you to help me recruit more people during this period of time."
Since you want to open a store, you must have people, and they must be veterans. If you hire newcomers, you will basically lose money in the short term. Only veterans can make the store profitable in a short period of time.
"I'm good at poaching people. We can just poach people from the Shang family." Wu Feng immediately said excitedly.
"Isn't this not good?"
After hearing Wu Feng's words, Zhang Qiyuan hesitated. After all, he and Zhou Qing didn't have any deep hatred. Wasn't it too bullying to keep taking advantage of the Shang family?
"If you need someone here, I can bring Sister Xue and Liu Sheng over." Ni Qingqing said from the side.
"Can you get Gong Xue here? She is a store manager at Shang's, but she is not a store manager here." Zhang Qiyuan said. "Forget Gong Xue. With her level, she can only be a broker in our Qijia Real Estate." Luo Gang immediately said with contempt.
"Okay, then we can bring Liu Sheng over." Ni Qingqing had to give up the idea of bringing Gong Xue over.
"Liu Sheng is quite good, he is a man who gets things done."
Zhang Qiyuan agreed that under the current market conditions, brokers who still have clients are those who work seriously.
"Okay, I'll look for a store recently. Brother Feng, you can also ask if there are any agents willing to change jobs?" Zhang Qiyuan said.
"Okay." Wu Feng nodded.
Zhang Qiyuan now obviously feels that managing three stores is a bit difficult, so he wants to run the company more formally. Only with a dedicated management team can the company get on the right track. He is now in a bit of a rut, and if he wants to develop, he must increase the number of stores.
In the next few days, Zhang Qiyuan was thinking about where to open his next store.
His Zhongjian Mansion store is closer to Jiangxia, so his new store definitely cannot be opened nearby. After considering for a long time, Zhang Qiyuan decided to open his new store near Huake, which is north of Jinyu Mansion. The residential areas in that area are also relatively concentrated, and it is just in the north and south of the Zhongjian Mansion store, and can radiate to the entire Optics Valley.
While Zhang Qiyuan was looking for a new store, Wu Feng sent a link in the group.
The title of the link is: The black-hearted real estate agency Shangjia Real Estate colluded with scammers to defraud the owner of 100 million yuan!
Seeing this title, Zhang Qiyuan clicked on it immediately.
This news article basically talks about how a store manager named Wu from Shangjia Real Estate deceived the owner into acting as a guarantor for the customer, which resulted in the owner not only failing to sell the house but also having to take out an additional loan of 100 million yuan.
There is also a video included.
Zhang Qiyuan clicked on the video.
There was a reporter inside interviewing a woman wearing a mask.
The eldest sister tearfully accused the store manager surnamed Wu of Shangjia Real Estate and the scammers of colluding to trick her into guaranteeing a client, causing her to now be in debt of 100 million yuan.
In the video, the reporter went to the headquarters of Shangjia Real Estate, which is now the Vanke Jincheng store.
"We are not aware of this matter..." In the video, a man with a blurred face came out to explain.
What this means is that their company was not aware of this and it was entirely the personal behavior of the agent. Moreover, the agent has now resigned and has nothing to do with their Shangjia Real Estate.
Although the face was blurred, Zhang Qiyuan recognized the man as Zhang Yi at a glance.
Seeing this, Zhang Qiyuan already understood what was going on.
It should be that the scammer failed to cheat him last time, so he found someone from Shangjia Real Estate.
The store manager named Wu mentioned in the article should be Wu Zifeng of Poly store.
Come to think of it, the scammer specifically targeted small companies like theirs. After all, the management system of small companies is not as rigorous as that of large companies. The AB loan routine simply won't work in Beike. Only brokers from small companies like theirs would take risks just to get orders.
"Shangjia Real Estate is finished now. Three of their only five remaining stores are in Optics Valley. Once this news comes out, Shangjia Real Estate's reputation is completely ruined. Haha, I heard that Wu Zifeng has been taken away by the police." Wu Feng said with glee.
Seeing this, Zhang Qiyuan's heart suddenly moved.
(End of this chapter)
