Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

Chapter 241

After Chen Fei came out of Gu Jiu's house, he returned to the company and asked his secretary Xiaofen to make a plan for him.

"Boss Lin, have you told Boss Gu about Hongwei Company's plan to build an electrical appliance factory in Yangcheng?"

After Xiaofen became his secretary, she and Siqin went to Yangcheng after they completed the formalities in Yangcheng and Gu Jiu came back to take over the management of the company.

In Yangcheng, Hongwei Company was also planning to build an electrical appliance factory, obviously intending to compete with them.

Mr. Deng Jiaming, the general manager of Hongwei Company, is also from the provincial capital and a classmate of Gu Jiu and Chen Fei.

It’s just that Deng Jiaming has been at odds with Gu Jiu and Chen Fei since school, and they are enemies.

Chen Fei said unhappily: "There is no need to report everything to him. This kind of business competition will only increase in the future. Do I have to ask him for help every time?"

Besides, the national market is so big that he cannot take over the entire market by himself.

What's more, since the domestic market is saturated, they can also explore overseas markets.

Not to mention developed countries, several countries in Southeast Asia can still export.

Xiaofen nodded and talked about Hongwei's developments. "Mr. Chen, Hongwei has recently applied for a logistics company, and it should be put into trial operation in a few days."

"He also opened a logistics company?" This was the first time Chen Fei had heard of this. "Could it be that this guy has no business sense and just follows us in everything he does, right?"

Xiao Fen poured him a cup of tea and said, "I heard from several of our customers that Hongwei Logistics Company has just opened and they want to attract some of our customers to use their logistics."

Fade Chen frowned: "Have any of our clients been pulled over by him?"

Xiaofen: "At present, there are a few customers who have their goods shipped to them. Hongwei's price is lower than ours."

"Tsk, that bastard is good at nothing but always has evil ideas. Since he is willing to ship the goods at a low price, let him do it. We will still charge the freight according to our previous price."

Chen Fei hoped that Hongwei Company would copy and paste the same strategy and expand its business as big as possible to see if their funds could be turned around.

When his business becomes bigger and he can't make ends meet, I'll buy his company and kill him!

Xiaofen glanced at her memo again, "Mr. Chen, the sales department of the Provincial No. 1 Garment Factory called and hoped to invite you and Mr. Gu to have a meal together so that you can bond with each other."

"The No. 1 Garment Factory in the provincial capital, they invited me to a dinner party. I had some contact with them two years ago."

They didn't usually interact with each other, but suddenly he showed up and asked to treat him to a meal. It was hard for Chen Fei not to think too much.

"I'm telling you, Mr. Gu. He even disliked having Siqin as his secretary. If he had a secretary, he should have bothered him with these matters instead of having them piled on my head as soon as I came back."

Xiaofen couldn't understand why Gu Jiu was so repulsive to Siqin. "Didn't Mr. Gu say he would find a secretary himself? If that's the case, let him find one himself."

"Humph, who knows when he will find it. Go tell him about it and give him a headache."

Xiaofen said helplessly: "Mr. Chen, didn't you just ask me to make a plan?"

"Then you can ask Siqin to go there." Fade Chen took a sip of tea and asked, "Xiaofen, you said that Mr. Gu is too lazy at work. Is there any way to make him go to get off work normally every day?"

"Mr. Chen, don't forget what you told me before. Mr. Gu's family arranged several jobs for him, but he was unwilling to go to work honestly."

"Yes, that kid hates being on time every day. If you ask him to go to work and leave work on time, I'm afraid he will turn the table over and quit."

Chen Fei waved at Xiaofen and told her to go and do her work quickly.

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That night, Gu Nuan came home.

The next day, Gu Jiu went to the company and told Chen Fei about the dinner invitation from the No. 1 Garment Factory.

"They made an appointment for today at noon, and the location is my family's Hongyun Restaurant."

Fade Chen looked up at him and said, "What do they mean? They can't possibly invite us to dinner for no reason. Do they want us to help them clean up the warehouse again?"

Gu Jiu nodded: "That's about right. Nowadays, the clothing factories only make custom uniforms for various units, and the profits are limited. So the clothing factories want to innovate, but they don't know where to go. I heard that you came back from Guangdong Province, so they probably want to learn from you."

"What's the point? I can have dinner and drinks, but don't let me help them deal with the unsalable inventory." Chen Fei leaned back and said half-jokingly, "I said the clothing factory is not doing well. Why don't you transfer your sister to another unit?"

Gu Jiu shook his head: "Her clothing factory is close to home, and working in the clothing factory is convenient for her to go to and from get off work. I don't know what she thinks specifically."

The two chatted for a while and then went about their own business.

When the two arrived at Hongyun Restaurant at noon, not only the section chief of the garment factory was there, but also the deputy director.

Gu Nuan introduced them, and Gu Jiu and Chen Fei stepped forward and shook hands with Deputy Director Jiang.

"Director, I thought it was the section chief who wanted to catch up with me, but I never expected you to be here too. Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you. Please take a seat." Director Jiang asked them to sit down and served tea.

"I heard that your company has expanded to Guangdong Province. You are really young and promising. Did you visit a lot of factories in Guangdong Province this time?"

Chen Fei said: "In addition to state-owned factories, many private factories have sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain, but their scales vary."

“Oh, are there many garment factories?”

Deputy Factory Director Jiang really wants to know how private garment factories in Guangdong Province survive when there are so few orders from garment factories?

If their state-owned enterprises suffer losses, wages and benefits will still be paid. If the factory is unable to pay, they can apply to higher authorities.

This is also one of the reasons why workers in state-owned factories are inefficient. No matter how quick or slow you are at work, your salary is the same. So, which ordinary worker would want to speed up and work more actively?

No matter how much you contribute, if employees at the same level receive the same salary and benefits, who will be motivated in the end?

"There are also many garment factories. You can set up stalls on many streets in Yangcheng. There is even a commercial street specially built for these factories. Among them is the storefront of the garment factory."

When talking about the appearance of a garment factory, Deputy Director Jiang thought of the special sale in his own factory.

"How is the business of the clothing factories in Yangcheng doing?" asked Director Jiang.

"Business is very good. The main purpose of the store opened by the garment factory is to attract orders from the garment factory. Sometimes, when business is good for a month, the factory manager can directly take off the business with just the income."

"The business of the clothing factory's store is so good? Why is the business of our factory's outlet store getting worse and worse?"

"This is a simple question, because private factories work very hard to make money. The styles they produce are very trendy and colorful, which is more in line with the aesthetic tastes of young people today."

The clothing styles of the First Garment Factory are still from several years ago or even more than ten years ago. Who among the young people would like them?

Middle-aged and elderly people are very frugal in dressing. They would not even want to throw away a patched piece of clothing. To earn the money from a piece of clothing, you have to wait for many years before they spend again.