Reborn 92's Business Tycoon

Chapter 278: Two Worlds Apart

On the way back, Feng Yiping felt a bit cheated. He hadn't gained any benefit, and had even lost an idea for nothing. Maybe he hadn't cultivated himself enough. What's so terrible about disappointing someone who doesn't matter?

When he stopped the car, he saw Huang Jingping waiting downstairs. 'What's up? What did the mayor want with you?'

'When did you get here, it's so cold!' Feng Yiping hugged her as they walked upstairs.

'I was worried, did you behave yourself?'

'Of course, when I'm involved, nothing can't be settled!'

'Haha, you're so good,' Huang Jingping patted him twice on the head and helped him put his bag away, 'tell me about the process.'

'Why, do I detect that you're interested in being an official? I've never seen you care so much about anything before,' Feng Yiping teased her.

'No, but that was the mayor. Aren't you excited that such a big official came looking for you? The biggest official I've met was the town mayor, and the only one I've spoken to was the village chief.'

'The main reason they came looking for me was to ask for help,' Feng Yiping said honestly. Mayor Fang had come to him for help today, but when the rank was added in, it became that he should be grateful to have the qualifications to be able to help a little.

Before he could finish, he was interrupted by Huang Jingping, 'Wait, you said you wrote songs, went to Hong Kong, and met those stars. Was all of that when you were in junior high school?'

'Of course!' Feng Yiping looked at her with a smug expression, expecting adoration and praise to follow.

'Wow, that's great, do you still have those signed photos?'

'Huh?' As expected, he didn't have any of those. Huang Jingping grabbed his arm, 'Do you still have those photos?'

Before he went off the deep end, Feng Yiping told her the answer: 'In the top box on the left of the bookcase.'

'Wow!' Huang Jingping left in a gust of wind, leaving Feng Yiping alone and messy. Is this the point?

He has also liked some celebrities, but not obsessively, such as Chow Yun-fat, Qiu Shuzhen and Xu Ruoxuan. Of course, the ones he likes more are the latter two, but, if he likes them, watching their movies is good enough, what's the point of autographed photos and so on?

Huang Jingping came out holding the little box, and after taking out one photo, she exclaimed, 'Wow!' After looking at a few photos, she even touched the autographs on them, saying, 'These are handwritten, not printed?'

She asked a few times, but seeing that Feng Yiping didn't respond, she touched him and asked, 'What's wrong?'

'Leave me alone, I'm hurt, my pride is hurt, let me cry for a while!'

Seeing him like this, Huang Jingping let out a laugh and closed the box. She kissed his forehead and said, 'You're the best! You did so much in junior high school, I admire you so much!'

'Really?'

'Of course, tell me what happened next!'

After hearing about his idea for the cultural festival, Huang Jingping hugged his head and looked left and right, 'You're so amazing! I have such good taste! But can we really hold a cultural festival? Do we have any celebrities here?'

'It doesn't have to be a celebrity. A gimmick will do, like a peach festival or peach festival or something. That won't work. A tofu festival will do, or a marathon or a cross-country swim. Anything. If you want to do it, you can do it. For the leaders, as long as they attract some people to participate, that's a good result.'

'You really know a lot!' Huang Jingping said sincerely.

'Alas, it's still not as good as those celebrities!'

'You're annoying!'

Feng Yiping was all lovey-dovey, but Jin Ling was not in the mood. She had stayed late at work today, and was annoyed as she looked at the various reports that had been sent up.

Sales at the three stores had stabilised, with each store achieving an average of around 1,500 yuan. This was quite average, especially for the store in the commercial district, which had invested so much but was actually selling less than 3,000 yuan a day. She had originally expected that store to sell at least 5,000 yuan a day on average. She really didn't know what those people were doing.

The opening of new stores has also been very unsatisfactory. Judging from the progress of work reported in the newspaper, it is unlikely that five more stores will open in the provincial capital this month. The main reason is the long renovation period. According to the comments she made at the meeting last time, for the renovation of the second batch of stores, Jiamei contacted a number of companies and held a small tender. The result was that the successful bidder was still the same as last time. Even a three-year-old child knows that there must be something fishy here.

She knows the progress of Jiamei. In the second half of last year, an average of more than ten new stores opened each month. From renovation to opening, the renovation cycle was also short. After the renovation was completed, the facilities and goods were all in place in one day and one night. The store had a trial run for one day the next day, and it could officially open to the public on the third day.

As for Jiamei, not to mention the time it takes to renovate, it takes three days after the renovation to complete all the work in the store, followed by a day of inspection and self-examination, and then a day of trial operation, which adds up to five days. The time spent is two and a half times that of Youjia, yet the results are not as good as Youjia's. So many people and so many days, and yet on the day of the last opening, there was such a big mistake.

The worst thing is the profit. The gross profit margin reported in the financial report will reach ten points. Even if the company starts to purchase goods independently from now on, it will only be able to reach a maximum of fifteen points. However, roughly calculating the management expenses of the headquarters, not to mention the salaries of the staff, and looking at the cars of those directors, as well as the celebration and hospitality expenses in the recent period, it is fortunate that the loss is small after accounting.

She couldn't find out about the excellent profit situation. What she could find out was that in the short period of one month since the New Year, there had been 15 Yujia stores under renovation in the three cities around the provincial capital, and it was expected that they would be open to the public in another week.

According to some sources, Yujia has already sent people to survey and negotiate storefronts in every prefecture-level city in the province, and is already planning three new distribution centres. At the current rate of progress, Yumei will be unable to keep up. What makes her even more disappointed is that no matter how hard she tries, the headquarters always insists that they are only considering setting up points in the provincial capital.

Looking at the documents on the table, Jin Ling had the idea of throwing them all in the trash. She put up with it and put them away, but she no longer had the energy to read them. 'Notify the heads of each department that there will be a meeting on Monday morning!' She called her secretary, and she didn't even mention asking everyone to work overtime for the meeting, because that was simply impossible, unless she had achieved the status of group general manager.

The meeting on Monday morning made Jin Ling once again feel that so many departments and people under her were not helping her, but were instead working against her for a salary.

The construction department said that the location chosen by the marketing department was not ideal, the marketing department said that the sales department was not doing a good job, and then the sales department blamed the purchasing department for the high purchase price, the purchasing department blamed the finance department for not having enough funds, and the finance department said that apart from it, every department was not operating well, so there was too little money coming back into the company. In short, the whole discussion had become a big circle.

Jinling had them arguing for more than half an hour, and finally couldn't help but bang on the table, 'Okay! If this goes on, we won't find the cause until the next century. I'll set a rule: in future meetings, each department will only review areas that their department can improve. As for the shortcomings of other departments, I will judge them.'

'Director Yu of the Construction Department, I don't care what methods you use, in the future, you must keep the renovation time of all stores under 20 days. The quality and quantity of the renovation must be guaranteed, and the cost must not increase. Can you do it? If not, I will apply to the headquarters for an adjustment!'

This was the first time she had lost her temper, and Director Yu's face looked very bad. In the end, he squeezed out a sentence between his teeth, 'I'll try my best.'

'Director Yang, after the renovation is accepted, I will give you two days to put everything in the store in place. Can you do it?'

Learning from Director Yu's experience, Director Yang replied curtly, 'I will definitely get it done.'

'That's good. Anyway, my requirement is that this month, at least five new stores will be opened, and at least ten next month. By June, I want to have 50 stores in the provincial capital open for business. I will have the office break down the task into each department, and assess the progress every month. Departments that drag their feet for two consecutive months will be restructured, from the supervisors to the specific persons in charge!'

She has really lost her patience now. She can't get anything done by simply going along with the flow. She didn't come here to be a kindergarten teacher. She has her own ambitions, choosing to work for the provincial business and promote the convenience store project.

'Today's meeting is over, dismissed!' Jin Ling walked out of the meeting room with her head held high, carrying her computer. The remaining circle of middle-aged men looked at each other, with Director Yu, whose face was ashen, and Director Yang, whose face was impassive, at the back. 'If this continues, I'm not going to serve anymore!'