The weather this week has been fluctuating, sometimes hot and sometimes cold. Ye Zhao accidentally caught a cold and then had a fever.
Aunt Qiao gave her some antipyretic powder. Ye Zhao took a packet of it before going to bed at night. When she woke up the next morning, the fever had gone away, but her entire throat was sore.
"This is what a fever is like, followed by a sore throat. I cooked some century egg and lean meat porridge. It's best to drink hot porridge when you have a cold. Come and have some." Aunt Qiao served her a big bowl of porridge.
Ye Zhao sat over and took a bite, then asked coquettishly, "Why didn't you put any salt in it?"
"Yes." Aunt Qiao said, but then she became a little uncertain. She went to the kitchen and scooped herself a bowl. "It's salty enough. You must have a cold and no sense of taste. It can't be any saltier."
Ye Zhao drank the porridge in small sips. Her mouth was now spoiled by Aunt Qiao. Before, she picked out the meat from the porridge and didn't eat it. This time, Aunt Qiao directly chopped the lean meat into small pieces. The minced meat almost melted in the porridge and she couldn't pick it out even if she wanted to.
Aunt Qiao sat next to her and said, "Yesterday Fang Daqiang said that their company's stock was going to be split..."
“Stock split!”
"Yeah, yeah, I'll have to ask him what he's going to do later."
"It's called a 1-to-20 split, which means that 1 share with a par value of 20 yuan will be split into 20 shares with a par value of 1 yuan..."
Manager Han informed Ye Zhao yesterday that since the face value of Shenzhen Agricultural Cooperative's stock was too high before, which was not conducive to circulation, Shenzhen Agricultural Cooperative immediately chose to split its stock after struggling to make a profit in the first quarter.
Aunt Qiao didn't understand: "What's the benefit of demolishing it? It won't make any more money."
Ye Zhao: "The lower the par value, the easier it is to circulate. Once it's listed, many people will be able to afford it, and the stock price will be easily hyped up. How many shares did you buy, Aunt Qiao?"
Aunt Qiao said, "I bought 1,000 shares for 20,000 yuan, so doesn't that mean it becomes 20,000 shares?"
"That's what I mean. Give me the stocks, and then we can go to the securities company to exchange them and exchange yours as well."
Aunt Qiao: "Then how many boxes will your four boxes of stocks become? Let me calculate... 80 boxes? There's no room to stack them."
Ye Zhao had thought about this problem a long time ago. Manager Han also advised her yesterday to exchange the stocks for registered shares, but Ye Zhao refused. She needed to find a big buyer for large shares, and it was difficult to find a buyer who could take over. She was afraid that she would not be able to sell them in time and would be stuck with the money.
She said, "I have discussed with the securities company that the split stocks will be directly deposited in their vault and will not be brought back. After that, I will give them all to them to trade for me."
Aunt Qiao asked worriedly, "Can you trust it?"
Ye Zhao drank his porridge and explained in a low voice: "They are trustworthy. They are all formal state-owned enterprises."
"Oh, state-owned enterprises are fine. I'm just worried that those small private enterprises will take away all your stocks. Then deposit mine with the securities company as well. When are you going to sell it?"
Ye Zhao said: "We can sell it now. I estimate that the price will increase after the stock split, but it will only increase by one or two dollars at most. Let's not sell it yet. We will wait until the exchange is established and then list it for trading. Only then will the price rise sharply."
"You won't sell it if the price goes up by two dollars? How much will the price go up before you sell it?"
“More than 10 yuan.”
Aunt Qiao opened her mouth exaggeratedly, "10 times?"
Ye Zhao said confidently: "The goal is. Aunt Qiao, believe me, don't sell it before it goes up."
Aunt Qiao now believed Ye Zhao. She said, "Oh, it seems I didn't buy enough. If I had known, I would have invested all my capital."
After breakfast, Aunt Qiao asked Ye Zhao: "What do you want to eat for lunch?"
"I'm going to the company later and may not be back for lunch."
"You haven't recovered from your cold yet, don't eat those fried foods outside, they are not healthy."
"I know. I eat light food."
Ye Zhao went back to her room to change clothes when her cell phone rang. It was a strange man calling. His Mandarin was not very standard. It took her a while to understand that it was Manager Wu from the Yimeng Group.
It turned out that it was Mrs. Xu who gave Ye Zhao's phone number to Manager Wu and asked him to contact Ye Zhao when he needed anything.
Manager Wu said that during the summer vacation, many big clients would need to place orders for toys, so he wanted to greet Ye Zhao first and negotiate the share of the orders so that they could cooperate directly later.
Ye Zhao originally wanted to invite the other party to the toy factory for a detailed discussion, but after thinking it over, he decided to invite Zhao Hua to talk.
Manager Wu said he would be passing by Zengwuwei at noon and could come over just in time.
After hanging up the phone, Ye Zhao took some cold medicine. Before she went out, she heard that there was a guest at home. She came out of the room and found that it was Ni Meng who came to see her.
"Uncle Wang, good morning!"
Ni Meng said, "Oh, you have a cold too? Why is your voice so hoarse? I just recovered from the cold a few days ago."
Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Then stay away from me, lest I infect you. What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Business is tough. My friend's landscaping company can no longer operate..."
Aunt Qiao, who was hanging clothes on the balcony, asked, "Didn't it open at the end of the year? It's been open for three or four months? And it collapsed already?"
Ni Meng: "My connections are not as strong as others, so I can't compete. Trees, labor, and site rental are all costs. The more money I owe, the more I owe. It's better to close it down as soon as possible."
Ye Zhao said: "He wants to return the venue to me, right? You can just talk to Gan Xiaofeng about this."
Ni Meng laughed and said, "I want to discuss with you whether he can use green plants to pay for the rent this month."
Without waiting for Ye Zhao to speak, Aunt Qiao directly helped her refuse, saying, "That won't work! Business is business, and favors are favors. We, Xiao Zhao, spent a lot of money to buy the land, and your friend is in arrears with the rent. That's not appropriate. It's his business if he loses money, and you can't pass his loss on to others, right? Doesn't what I said make sense, you bastard?"
Ni Meng nodded awkwardly: "Of course what you said makes sense, Qiaojie, but he has no money now. At least he has some goods to use as collateral, right? If it weren't for my friend and me holding him back, he might have secretly shipped the goods away and ran away."
Aunt Qiao: “…”
Ye Zhao also knew the difficulties of doing business. If she could leave a way out for people, she would do it. The money was not much anyway. She asked, "What kind of green plants do you have?"
"There are several large tree trunks that are several decades old. They were dug from other places. If you buy them yourself, they are very expensive. I think it would be great if you keep them and plant them outside your house when you build a house. It will be a green shade tree."
Ye Zhao said: "Okay, let them clean up the place before they leave, so it doesn't become a mess."
When Ni Meng heard Ye Zhao agreed, he said happily: "I will definitely keep an eye on it. I knew you would agree. You are kind-hearted, and you are willing to help even someone as difficult as Liang Po, right?"
Aunt Qiao came in and said, "If I don't help, then I'm not kind enough?"
Ni Meng quickly turned the situation around: "Of course not. Even if I didn't help, I'm kind-hearted. But if I helped, I'd be even kinder, right? Hey, Boss Ye, have you approved it?"
Ye Zhao: "It's been several months since it was approved. It was approved before the New Year. What happened?"
"The price of building materials has dropped recently. Would you like to advise your friend to build the house while the building materials are cheap?"
"She wants to build it, but it seems like she doesn't have enough money."
Ni Meng: "I tell you, build it as early as possible and occupy the land first, otherwise the planning will be changed in the future and you won't be able to build on the land even if you approve it. This happened in the village next door, where the land was approved for industrial use but was eventually changed into a public square."
This reminded Ye Zhao that things are indeed changing fast in this era, especially in policies.
Ni Meng continued, "You can simply build a house and rent it out first. When you have money in the future, you can tear it down and rebuild it. You can just ask Guipi to do the work and materials for you, lay the foundation, and then build one house at a time. You can build at least a dozen large houses on your piece of land."
It costs a lot of money to build more than a dozen large houses, but if they are built one by one, Zhaohua Company should make money faster than it builds the houses.
Ye Zhao hasn't built it yet, mainly because of her lack of experience. This is a prime location in the future, and she doesn't want to act rashly.
Ni Meng added: "I asked someone before. A 12-story high-rise building with an elevator covers an area of 800 square meters. You don't need to build such a good one. It will cost nearly 2 million to build one."
"I'll think about it."
Ye Zhao was going to the company, and Ni Meng followed her. He went to find Gan Xiaofeng to continue discussing the rent deduction.
When they arrived at the downstairs of Shunfeng Building, Lao Kai was standing at the door of his office smoking. He saw Ye Zhao and waved, "Boss Ye, come over here and show you something."
"What are you looking at?" Ni Meng followed curiously.
"Good stuff. I got it from my relative."
Lao Kai took out a folded square paper from the cabinet and unfolded it to reveal a planning map. "Let me show you the future planning map of the area around Zengwuwei."
Ye Zhao leaned over to take a look, and saw at a glance the purple bamboo forest and the surrounding land were marked with a big "Purple Bamboo Forest Commercial Street"!
She couldn't help but ask, "What's going on? Just like that?"
Lao Kai said, "I didn't expect it to be called Zizhulin Commercial Street. I called my relative and he said that the leader approved it because he liked that design. Now it's not easy to approve land for private individuals. He also said that if you want to build it, you can only build it in that direction. You can make minor changes, but not major changes."
Only small changes are allowed, no big changes!
The leader’s vision is really good!
Ye Zhao was a little confused. She also knew that building a commercial street at this location would definitely have a bright future. The key was how much money it would take to build it.
Lao Kai said: "Look, the leaders changed the street on the west side to 'Zizhulin Avenue' for you. This is a six-lane road!"
Ni Meng came over to take a look. "Oh, Zizhulin Commercial Street is next to two six-lane roads. This area will definitely be prosperous."
"Yes! It's not wrong. Once this plan is announced, you can make a lot of money by reselling your land. It's a pity that I don't have such luck." Lao Kai said while sighing and shaking his head. If this land was still his, he would have made a fortune.
Ni Meng asked Ye Zhao: "What is your design? Let's study it and see if Guipi can be built."
There is no need to show them that Cassia will definitely not be built.
Ye Zhao said: "It's very difficult. We need to find a professional construction company."
As he was speaking, someone came in from the door. Ye Zhao turned around and saw that it was Lao Mai.
Old Mac has been in high spirits recently because the Fortune Building has changed hands twice and has had two or three bosses in a short period of time. The current boss is a wealthy man from Hong Kong City who is generous and willing to pay. He not only contracted the sand and gravel materials, but also the cement and bricks.
As soon as Ni Meng saw him, he teased him, "Old Mai, your belly is getting bigger and bigger. I heard that you must have made a fortune!"
Old Mai deliberately said modestly: "It's just to make a living."
Lao Kai helped him brag, "He contracted the cement and bricks for the Fortune Building, so he made at least hundreds of thousands!"
Ni Meng: "Sure, your business."
“The investment is also huge, all of which is borrowed from relatives and friends…” Old Mai glanced upwards and spoke in simple terms, his tone full of complacency.
Lao Kai said: "I also invested more than 10,000 yuan."
This is a business that is sure to make money, so Ni Meng asked hurriedly, "Can we add more people? Give me a share? I want to invest in it, too."
Of course, Mac accepted the money that was delivered to his door, but he deliberately said to Joe, "I'll settle the account some other day. If you still need money, I'll give you a share, okay?"
Ye Zhao glanced back at Lao Mai and asked, "Why, do you want to buy it?"
Old Mai took out a cigarette, lit one, and then said, "We looked at the plan. The Zizhulin Commercial Street is too high-end. You and your friend can't do it."
"What advice do you have?"
"My boss wants to buy your land. Just name a price." Old Mac's confident tone seemed like he was giving alms.
How could Ye Zhao sell the treasures that were so hard to collect? She refused directly: "Not for sale."
After saying that, he walked out.
Old Mac called her again: "Hey, don't leave. Listen to me."
Ye Zhao stopped again and looked at him impatiently.
Old Mac came forward and asked: "Do you know who my boss is?"
"You look so proud, you must be following a rich boss. However, no matter how rich your boss is, I have no interest in selling the land to him."
Regardless of whether Ye Zhao was interested or not, Old Mai was going to say, "In addition to the Big Xu family, there is also the Small Xu family in Gangcheng. My boss is from the famous Small Xu family. He bought the Fortune Building with a huge investment and has experience in developing various commercial real estates."
Xiao Xu's family? Isn't it the family that went bankrupt together with the Zhong's family
It seems that the Fortune Building has bad feng shui and whoever buys it will fall.
Seeing that Ye Zhao didn't respond, Old Mai continued, "Name your price. I'm generous and magnanimous. I won't bother with you about the past. I'll help you pass on the message."
Ye Zhao was quite good at giving himself credit. He smiled and said, "I told you, I won't sell my land. You should just let your boss take care of himself."
"What do you mean?"
"It means literally. Thank you for your kindness. I appreciate it. Since you are so 'kind-hearted', I would also like to give you a frank advice: Don't pay the boss to do all the work and materials for you and be a foreman. Don't lead the honest people in Zengwuwei into a trap."
Old Mai said angrily, "Hey, why are you talking like that? You are jealous of me!"
"Why would I care about your little tricks?"
The so-called hundreds of thousands of profits that Lao Mai had worked so hard for but had not yet received were earned back by Zhao Hua in just one month.
Ye Zhao ignored him and walked away alone.
Old Mac was furious: "She badmouthed me!"
Ni Meng tried to reconcile them: "Who told you to..."
"Let's not talk about what happened before. This time I really wanted to introduce her to the Xu family with good intentions. Not everyone can get in touch with the Xiao Xu family in Gangcheng. You don't know how to appreciate it!" Old Mai said as he took a long puff of his cigarette.
"She is not flattering me. I know how to flatter you. Remember to give me a copy." Ni Meng patted Lao Mai on the shoulder with a smile.
Old Mai then sat down and said, "Don't worry, there's money to be made by everyone."
Ye Zhao went upstairs to the company and called Sister Song to the office first.
Sister Song implemented reforms at Sheng He Ji at the end of last year, which were very successful. In the past two months, Sheng He Ji's profits finally exceeded Zhao Hua by a large margin. Ye Zhao rewarded Sister Song with a large bonus for this.
Ye Zhao had already told Sister Song about the situation at the Irene Toy Factory yesterday, and today the two continued to discuss countermeasures.
Sister Song said, "If I move in directly and take over Irene's finances, they will definitely be very wary of me. My suggestion is that I treat Sheng Heji the same way as before. I will not move in, I will only go once or twice a week, but large financial expenditures will require my signature to check."
Ye Zhao nodded slightly, she agreed with Sister Song's suggestion.
"That's fine, but it's not enough. We must have eyes there."
"I think the same as you. I suggest sending Mu Xin to the finance department of Irene and Aqin to the office. I heard from them that Mu Xin and Aqin both came from the Irene factory. Firstly, they are familiar with the environment of Irene. Secondly, the other party will definitely not be so wary of these two little girls who came from factory backgrounds." Sister Song is the kind of person who can think of solutions while raising questions.
Ye Zhao nodded: "Okay. If we place two little girls there, they will definitely not be so wary."
She still has confidence in the employees trained by Zhaohua.
Ye Zhao added: "As for these matters at the Irene Toy Factory, just treat them as normal work. There is no need to rush. I have plenty of time to play with them slowly."
The main reason is that Ye Zhao is still not sure how much selfishness Su Yingmin has.
Sister Song nodded: "Irene is different from Shengheji. Irene's workers are all hired temporarily, and the employment is very flexible. If there are orders, they will do more. Even if there is no work for each order, the expenditure will not be too large. This is not as urgent as the reform of Shengheji at the beginning."
Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Sister Song, we have the same idea. I should say that we have the same idea almost every time. In the company, we are the two who get along best."
Sister Song smiled happily. Being highly recognized by her boss for her work was more important than any reward.
"By the way, how about Sister Hui?" The Sister Hui that Ye Zhao was talking about was the account director newly hired by Zhaohua. Because Gan Xiaofeng had very limited work experience, she was okay in charge of administrative matters, but she lacked practical experience in connecting with clients and maintaining customer relationships.
Sister Song said, "Xu Hui? She's quite good, very capable and experienced. After she came, Xiaofeng's burden was lightened a lot."
Ye Zhao chatted with Sister Song for a while before discussing other work with Gan Xiaofeng.
When Gan Xiaofeng came in, she gave Ye Zhao a stack of documents to sign and also gave her some throat lozenges.
"I hear your voice is still hoarse."
"Thank you." Ye Zhao smiled and ate a lozenge, flipping through the document and looking at it carefully. She asked, "Did Ni Meng come to see you?"
"No. Not here."
"The gardening company went bankrupt, and they plan to use some green plants to offset the rent. I've already agreed. You can take care of this matter later."
Gan Xiaofeng seemed to be in a low mood. She didn't ask any specific questions, but just nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."
Ye Zhao took out a pen, unscrewed the cap, and began to sign the documents one by one. She added, "Manager Wu from Yimeng Company will come to discuss business later. Please prepare the meeting room and call Sister Hui. In the future, try to let her handle the work of connecting with major customers."
"good."
Ye Zhao raised his head and glanced at Gan Xiaofeng. "Are you worried about something?"
Gan Xiaofeng quickly smiled and said, "No."
Ye Zhao probably understood why she felt disappointed. She had important matters to attend to and preferred to communicate with Sister Song. And now there was another Sister Hui. In the future, the work of liaising with clients would surely be gradually transferred to Sister Hui, so Gan Xiaofeng's position would become a bit awkward.
Gan Xiaofeng has been very dedicated and responsible in taking care of both big and small matters in Zhaohua for the past one or two years. However, after Zhaohua became bigger, she was gradually sidelined due to her personal ability problems. It is natural for her to feel upset.
Ye Zhao signed all the documents that needed to be signed. She screwed the cap on the pen and pointed to the chair: "Sister Xiaofeng, please sit down and let's talk."
Gan Xiaofeng said a little embarrassedly: "I'm really fine."
"I have something to talk to you about."
Only then did Gan Xiaofeng pull out a chair and sit down.
Ye Zhao sincerely said, "In the beginning, there were only you and me in Zhaohua. You were the one who went to register Zhaohua Company. You insisted that Muxin and Aqin stay. When we were framed by that guy, I can't remember his name for the moment, but he was Lao Qian's cousin, you were the one who ran around to the customs and the ninth floor... Sister Xiaofeng, in my heart, you are different from others. You are my backbone, the head of our Zhaohua."
When Xiao Feng heard this, her eyes instantly turned red, "I do feel a little bit unconfident recently."
"You and I are the same. We are too young. Sister Song and Sister Hui are professional veterans. They have worked in other units for so many years and have come through so many hardships. Naturally, they are more experienced than us. As Zhaohua grows stronger, we need people like them to move forward with us."
"I know. I understand this."
Ye Zhao: "As the company grows, the job duties will inevitably be divided into different categories. It is impossible to push everything onto you like before. This is not good for you either. You should focus on administrative personnel and other trivial matters in the future. Of all the people here, I trust you the most."
The boss was so good at coaxing people that Xiao Feng felt embarrassed. "I know. I recently signed up for a correspondence course and I will learn more."
Ye Zhao nodded and smiled: "We are still young. One day, we will all become professional veterans."
Xiao Feng was amused by Ye Zhao.
"I see."
"Just know that you are the person I trust the most."
After Boss Ye coaxed Sister Song and Xiaofeng, he managed to coax them both into submission and happiness, truly a true Aquaman.
Before they finished talking, Ni Meng finally came up, and Ye Zhao asked him again: "Uncle Wang, do you really want to invest in Lao Mai's contractor project?"
"It's too hard to make money. Recently, there have been several bad debts. I can't get back the money I lent out. I don't dare to lend money out anymore. Those who know how to do business have made a lot of money in the past two years, but those who don't know how to do business can't even make up for it with the money they have saved in several lifetimes. It's too hard to grasp. At least the Fortune Building has the support of the Xu family, and contracting construction materials is a business that is sure to make money, but it requires a relatively high investment in the early stages."
"Since it's so hard to make money, don't throw it into the sea. Believe me, don't get involved in the investment in the Fortune Building. Isn't it said? The Fortune Building is weird and has bad feng shui. It has changed two or three owners." Ye Zhao mainly saw that Ni Meng had helped her a lot, so she was too lazy to remind others if it was someone else.
Ni Meng couldn't listen to him, but he didn't want to reject Ye Zhao's kindness. "Okay, okay, I won't invest. I've been very cautious recently. Don't worry."
He said this, but when he got out, he chased after Old Mac and asked him how much he could invest at most.
At noon, Manager Wu from Yimeng Group came. Ye Zhao took Sister Hui to a meeting with Manager Wu to discuss possible future cooperation.
Determine the number of points to be returned to customers introduced by Yimeng.
Manager Wu said, "Let me get straight to the point. We will maintain the customer relationship with all overseas customers introduced by us, and we will take a commission based on the contract value. The commission amount is based on industry rules."
Ye Zhao really didn't know much about the foreign trade industry, so she asked, "What are the rules in the industry?"
Manager Wu said: "Five points."
"You guys are responsible for maintaining the client, and the total fee is 5% of the contract amount, right?"
"Yes. This is the industry rule. It's the same for everyone."
This is the rule in the industry, which means that the 10% that Director Lan mentioned before is twice as high!
There is no way Su Yingmin didn't know about this.
After talking with Manager Wu, Ye Zhao did not go to the factory immediately to find out the truth. After all, Su Yingmin was too cunning, and it would be bad to alert him.
A few days later, Lao Mai came again, and this time he was accompanied by the person in charge of Xiao Xu's family.
They have set their sights on the Purple Bamboo Forest.
He kept pestering me to buy the land.
(End of this chapter)