Chapter 537 A Hundred Flavors
In fact, as early as when Qingqing Garment moved to Yang City, Luo Yang had considered a question: after he had set up so many industries in his hometown, should he let his family get involved?
As for the immediate family members, it's not too bad. My younger uncle is in the system, and my eldest uncle is engaged in planting. Thanks to Luo Yang, the scale of the business has been expanded and he has a considerable income every year.
The same is true for my mother Gu Honglan. Whether it is my eldest uncle, younger uncle, or several aunts and uncles-in-law, they all have good jobs and will not get involved in Luo Yang's business.
Besides, Luo Yang is a sentimental person. Last year, he asked his family to pool money and bought a share in the decoration company.
You have to know that it is a sure win with dozens of times profit. Although the relatives were asked to contribute money in name, in the words of my grandfather Gu Baitao, it was no different from giving money away.
What really gives people a headache are those aunts and uncles.
Some are relatives with more distant blood relations, such as the children of brothers and sisters of grandpa and grandma's generation, and the children of brothers and sisters of grandmother's generation. No matter whether they are cousins, there is always some relationship and generation involved.
Besides, we are from the same village and we often visit each other at weddings and funerals, so it is difficult to say no directly.
There are also those who have no blood relationship at all, such as the blood relatives of an uncle, or the relatives of an uncle's family. These relationships are euphemistically expressed through blood relationship in front of Luo Jianguo or Gu Honglan, and they always have to give some face.
This point was vividly demonstrated in Jiang Fan's family before.
Not to mention the subsidiaries under her Yuanfan Group, even in the factories of the three main industries, there are many such people with connections.
These people can establish a relationship with Jiang Yuanshan in just two turns.
Although Luo Yang has tried his best to avoid this, especially at the middle and senior management levels, where most of the people are professional managers, he is still not immune to the practice and has used people with connections to fill some positions.
The finance that Ma Yufen was talking about is that Luo Yang actually has to call her cousin.
The warehouse manager is from the same village as that distant cousin, and was introduced by her. No wonder they are in collusion with each other.
After listening to the report, Luo Yang was also overwhelmed.
It's such a mess!
He definitely couldn't call the police because it was meaningless. Even if he caught the person, he would probably go to his grandfather's house crying that night. Luo Yang would have to close the case later, which would just add to the trouble.
"Okay, you can't be blamed for this. Let me handle it."
Luo Yang did not blame Ma Yufen. He thought it would be better to inform his grandfather about this matter and ask the other party's family to take the person back through him.
Of course, the prerequisite is to spit out what you swallowed.
As soon as Ma Yufen left, Shang Guozheng knocked on the door and came in.
"Chairman, I want to report to you about my work. It does not involve asking for money."
He made it clear in his first sentence before sitting down, so that Luo Yang wouldn't dislike him.
"You know it's not good to always ask me for money, right?"
While motioning him to sit down, Luo Yang handed him a cigarette and said with a smile, "If you don't ask me for money this year, I will definitely give you an extra glass of wine at the year-end meeting."
"You said it, I'll definitely drink this glass of wine at the end of the year!"
Shang Guozheng was full of confidence when he replied to Luo Yang this time.
"Wow, Mr. Shang, it looks like your business has been going smoothly recently and your sales are also good, right?"
Luo Yang asked with interest: "Tell me about it?"
"The investment promotion business is progressing quite smoothly. Although the conference has not yet started, the bosses who came to the Yangtze River Delta for inspection have expressed a strong desire to become agents. According to the current statistics, this investment promotion conference can at least sign 11 first-level agents and 37 second-level agents."
Shang Guozheng replied with a smile: "As for the sales business, it is also growing rapidly. Compared with last month, the sales of Fengshang men's clothing increased by 87%, and Coolpad men's clothing was even more outstanding, with sales increasing by 135% year-on-year!"
The first-level agents he mentioned are agents at the sub-provincial city level, and the second-level agents are those at the prefecture-level city level.
"So the strategy of taking small steps and running fast is still the right one."
After listening to the report data, Luo Yang felt much better and said with a smile: "Although we gave up some profits, we also borrowed the funds of agents to expand the market. It is difficult to say whether there are gains or losses here. It depends on the subsequent market development."
"So I plan to give up the agency rights for 1-2 years. If the market response is generally positive, the company will immediately take back the agency rights and turn it into a direct sales company."
Shang Guozheng nodded and said, "The plan that the chairman decided to walk on two legs was correct. Otherwise, if the men's clothing side kept investing money to expand the market, although the brand would be established by then, the cost would be very high, and it would take too long to get the investment back."
Previously, he had been obsessed with creating a big market and making one or two national brands of men's clothing. The old businessman racked his brains and even expanded the investment budget several times to push his boss Luo Yang forward.
But since the women's clothing business was handed over to Su Yutong, they have taken a different path with less money.
There is no harm without comparison.
Shang Guozheng couldn't help but reflect, and then followed the compromise solution proposed by Luo Yang.
Now it seems that this step was the right one.
"According to the current development situation, in a year, the men's clothing business over there will be strong and powerful."
Luo Yang fancied and predicted: "Can the profit exceed 1 million by the end of this year?"
Shang Guozheng did not dare to brag, and replied to Luo Yang: "Chairman, our internal target is 8000 million. Whether we can achieve the profit target of 1 million depends on the strength of dealers in expanding the market in the second half of the year."
"The women's clothing business has set a goal of achieving a profit of 3 million yuan."
Luo Yang prodded him a little: "In the second half of the year, Yang City will integrate its industries and establish a group company. There will be a lot of changes by then. Business completion and enterprise scale are one of the important indicators for evaluation!"
Shang Guozheng opened his mouth and wanted to say that the women's clothing business included sexy lingerie. If it was separated, the remaining women's lingerie would be nothing.
But after thinking about it, I still didn't bring it up, because sexy lingerie is still women's clothing.
"If we want to compare, we'll look at next year's performance."
At the end, the old businessman said: "When both my two men's clothing brands are established, they may not lose to sexy lingerie. After all, the market of traditional clothing industry is still far larger than the niche market."
I'm not saying this out of anger.
In fact, Shang Guozheng knew that it would take three to five years to develop a traditional men's business clothing brand like Fengshang Men's Wear. However, a trendy brand like Coolpad Men's Wear would gain momentum quickly.
Maybe we can achieve very good results this year, and it is possible that we can soar to great heights next year.
Both of them were in a good mood, so they chatted for another half an hour.
By the time Shang Guozheng said goodbye and left, it was almost four o'clock, and there was only one and a half hours left for Luo Yang to approve the documents.
Fortunately, Luo Yang just left Yang City last Tuesday, so there were not many accumulated matters this time, and they were all dealt with before leaving get off work.
As for Sun Jingyu's expression, which showed that she had something to report, Luo Yang ignored it.
I have to go to my grandfather's house for dinner in the evening and deal with all the mess at the same time.
Before leaving the company, Luo Yang first called Jiang Fan, briefly explained the reason, and then went straight to Shuangfeng Town.
Luo Jianguo has been visiting a project in Hefei, Anhui Province these days. The inspection will take about two weeks. After the inspection, he will return to Yang City to make the handover. He will officially take charge of the headquarters at the beginning of next month.
So Luo Yang only saw his mother Gu Honglan at his grandfather's house.
"Why did you come back alone?" Queen Mother Gu didn't see her daughter-in-law and looked unhappy: "Is there no room for others in your car or what?"
"It's something. You'll know whether you should bring her to dinner later."
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Gu Honglan was stunned by this reason.
"Yangyang, stop listening to your mother's nagging. Come over here and have a drink with me!"
Grandpa Gu Baitao smiled and waved his hand, and while speaking, he poured wine for his grandson.
Gu Honglan first rolled her eyes at her son, then politely invited the driver Tan Bing to come into the house for dinner.
"Your dad used to come over every now and then to have a drink with me, but now he's leaving and taking your mom with him. Will he move to the Magic City in the future?"
Since they were family, there was no need to be shy when talking. Gu Baitao always treated Luo Yang as an adult and was even more straightforward when talking about things.
"How could that be possible? Haven't you seen that I have so many businesses in Yang City?"
Luo Yang smiled and raised his cup to toast his grandfather, then said, "And Jiang Fan will also stay in Yang City, and their children will also be in their hometown in the future. Do you think my parents are willing to settle in the Magic City?"
"Hahaha"
Gu Baitao laughed heartily.
"By the way, when you called me this afternoon, did you say you had something to talk to me about?"
"Well, there is something. It's not a big deal, but it's quite annoying."
While chewing some peanuts, Luo Yang carefully recounted what Ma Yufen had reported.
"Snapped!"
Although Gu Baitao is old, he has a bad temper.
After listening to his grandson's description, he slammed his chopsticks on the table and said, "What a traitor! Call the police and have them arrested!"
This is half true and half false.
But Luo Yang couldn't expose it, and had to persuade his grandfather: "I've thought about it, I really can't call the police, otherwise I will definitely come to you crying later, and it will be bad for outsiders to see it. It's better to deal with this matter internally."
"Why doesn't Huizhen's daughter learn well?"
Gu Baitao sighed and smacked his lips, "You looked like a very well-behaved child when you were little. It was I who suggested that you go to a technical secondary school and study accounting. I thought that I was half a family member. Even if I couldn't help you, at least I could keep an eye on you. Who would have thought that..."
Luo Yang doesn't care about these.
"Grandpa, please inform her family later and have them hand in their resignation letter and return the money they embezzled. Then the matter will be settled!"
"Okay, I'll call her tomorrow and ask her parents to come over in the morning to explain everything."
Gu Baitao did not refuse. After all, he was the one who guaranteed the person to work in the factory. Now that something happened, his grandson did not call the police to arrest the person right away, but came to the house to inform them to handle it privately. This was already giving face to his grandfather.
"Will she cry and make a fuss?"
Only then did Gu Honglan realize that there was a reason why her son didn't bring Jiang Fan to dinner.
After hearing the whole story, she became worried.
It’s hard to describe my cousin Huizhen’s personality. I deliberately avoided her and went to Gu Baitao to plead for mercy. Otherwise, if we had a good relationship, it would have been more direct to go to her.
"Are you worried that you won't be able to spit out the money?"
Gu Baitao immediately understood what his daughter was worried about: "It would have been better if you hadn't mentioned it. Now that I think about it, it's really possible."
After saying this, he scratched the corner of his eyebrow with his finger and fell into deep thought.
"Grandpa, this cousin is from my third uncle's family, right?"
Luo Yang then asked, "I remember you have quite a few brothers and sisters here. How many of them were introduced to my factory through connections?"
Gu Baitao was stunned for a moment and looked at Luo Yang in confusion.
"I don't know the exact number, I just remember how many there were."
"Four people in total?"
Although Gu Baitao didn't know what his grandson was thinking, he still recalled: "I remember that a child from my second uncle's family was introduced to work in a ready-mixed cement mortar factory. The boy from my third uncle's family did a small business on the construction site managed by your father. There was also a child from my youngest uncle's family who also went to work in a garment factory."
"If she makes a scene and refuses to give up the money, don't get angry or anything. Just give me a call when the time comes."
Luo Yang said with a smile: "I will fire the other people at that time, and the business will also be cut off. I am afraid that family members will cheat family members. Who knows if there will be the next one? If they make a fuss and don't deal with it, then I will just give up everything and take precautions in advance."
hiss.
Even Gu Baitao, who had a lifetime of experience, couldn't help but gasp after hearing this.
If it really comes to this, wouldn’t Huizhen’s child be seriously injured if the other families were accidentally injured?
Especially the youngest son of his third brother, who is still making a living from the Santai real estate project. It is said that he can earn hundreds of thousands a year. His business was cut off all of a sudden. Wouldn’t he fight with his sister?
The look he gave his grandson suddenly became strange.
At the beginning, Gu Baitao thought that his grandson was quite kind-hearted. When encountering such a thing, the first thing he thought of was not to call the police, but to handle it in a low-key manner.
But now it seems that the backup plan has been prepared long ago, and the strategy of driving the tiger to devour the wolf has been used to perfection.
At such a young age, have you ever read the Thirty-Six Stratagems?
"No, Grandpa, what's that look in your eyes?"
Luo Yang put down his chopsticks and quickly picked up the wine cup: "I have nothing to say about my family. You have seen everything I have done in the past two years."
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In the past two years, apart from other things, Luo Yang has been very nice to his old couple, his two uncles, four aunts and his uncle-in-law.
The cigarettes and alcohol he bought during festivals were all high-end. He also sold the company's replaced cars to relatives at low prices. He ran around for his son-in-law's transfer. Last year, he even gave several families the opportunity to make a fortune.
All the rewards came from his daughter Gu Honglan who sat opposite him.
There is nothing wrong with the natural intimacy brought by blood, but when it comes to brothers and sisters, it becomes weak. For Gu Baitao, they are blood relatives, but for his grandson Luo Yang, this relationship is distant.
"Okay, let's do it!"
Gu Baitao was a capable man when he was young, and now he is at this age, he is quite insightful, otherwise he would not have made such good arrangements for his children.
"I will try my best to explain the stakes to Huizhen. If she still insists, then you can do what you want."
After saying this, he picked up the wine cup and clinked glasses with his grandson.
One sip and a hundred flavors burst forth!
(End of this chapter)
