Both Li Mu's parents and Zhao Ziqiu's parents felt that Li Mu receiving the GBE awarded by the Queen of England was an extremely proud thing. However, in Li Mu's eyes, this was just part of the deal between him and the royal family. If he hadn't If she is willing to use her special advantages to pave the way for Prince William's future, the Queen of England will definitely not take out the highest-level medals at the bottom of the box.
In such a special transaction, he uses his own resources as currency, and the royal family uses their privileges as value. What Li Mu really wants is not a medal, but what the royal family can bring to him politically in the future. s help.
When Zhao Xianliang heard that Li Mu wanted to help pave the way for Prince William, he immediately made a suggestion and said: "Xiao Mu, as the crown prince, Prince William will definitely have a lot of contact with China in the future. It will be a matter of time before he officially debuts on the political stage. In this case , it is better to let him assume the role of national image spokesperson in advance, in this case, the royal family will be more grateful to you."
Li Mu asked curiously: "Uncle Zhao, which aspect are you referring to specifically?"
Zhao Xianliang said: "My suggestion is that you might as well invite William to China for an inspection visit as a private person. However, this 'inspection visit' has nothing to do with our Chinese government. It is entirely your personal behavior. Your personal invitation He comes to China as a guest and visits his own companies, such as your Makino Technology, Taobao, Alipay and Taobao Logistics, and 3321. As long as he comes, even if he comes for a private meeting, the media will definitely criticize him. With a large-scale report, William's name in the country will be greatly improved by then, and he can even show his diplomatic potential to the British Parliament. Maybe he can come forward as a representative next time there is a national event. "
Li Mu's eyes suddenly lit up. What Zhao Xianliang said was indeed a method. If done in this way, it would definitely have a great impact on William's popularity and support rate. Moreover, it would also deepen Europe's impression and favor of China and Chinese enterprises. It can be said that it accomplishes multiple things with one stone.
So Li Mu hurriedly said: "Uncle Zhao, thank you for reminding me, I will arrange this matter later."
After Li Mu finished reporting his work to the four elders, he curiously asked about his mother's recent business progress.
Li Ma introduced all the clothing brands that have obtained agency rights one by one, and then said to Li Mu: "We currently have 45 direct-operated stores in the province."
Li Mu asked in surprise: "So many families?"
"Yes." Li Ma said with a smile: "The speed of opening a store is very fast. We first do a rough market research. If it is worth it, we will choose a location immediately. Then we will build the store. The speed of building the store is very fast, from construction to acceptance. , it only takes more than two months to open a store, and it takes three months to open, and the investment is not large. The money you gave us last time, we used it not only to decorate the department store, but also to lay the rest. We opened the store channel, and then we put the store in the bank as a mortgage, and the bank gave us many preferential policies, which were basically ultra-low-interest loans.”
Li Mu sighed: "It's so hard for you to build so many houses in a short period of time."
Dad Li smiled and said, "It's hard work. It's just like playing. I drove over and had a look. If I thought it was good, I arranged for someone to talk to the landlord and signed an agreement. The cooperative decoration company directly sent the project manager and surveying personnel to the site. In a few days After that, the design drawings came out, and then they went to a few managers and hired some more local workers, and it was quickly started."
"But you can't manage so many stores..." Li Muzhen didn't expect that his parents would become more and more obsessed with their careers and couldn't help themselves. In a short period of time, they became the general agents of so many brands and opened so many direct stores. There are more than 40 stores, and the scale is already so huge that it is a bit scary.
Li Ma smiled slightly and said: "I basically don't care about the things in the store. All the more than 40 stores have gone out. Each store has a store manager. This store manager was sent there after we personally trained him. Then your aunt Aunts, uncles and aunts, as well as your aunts, uncles and aunts, basically everyone is responsible for one to several stores. They are responsible for supervising the store manager, following up on operational data, and ensuring the normal operation of the store. As for inventory Sales and sales are all recorded in the computer system. How many pieces each store sells every day, how much it costs, and how much inventory is left are all clear in the system. Just send a few professional financial personnel to check them regularly. So far, nothing has gone wrong.”
Li Mu couldn't help but ask: "How is the profit situation?"
"It's pretty good." Ma Li said, "It feels like the purchasing power of ordinary people has increased recently. Basically, the sales volume of all stores is growing steadily, and the monthly net profit of most stores is between 50,000 and 100,000. In larger cities, the price is around 100,000 yuan. Basically, 80% of these profits go to the company and 20% to the person in charge of the store, who are all relatives."
Xie Yun couldn't help but remind her at this time: "Sister Yunfang, although it is more common to use relatives in business, there are still very few people like you who basically use your own relatives. The more family-owned it is, the worse it is. Management must prevent rat barns, otherwise, once the atmosphere is bad, it will be too difficult to break it back."
Li Ma nodded in agreement and said: "His father and I have also considered this, so we will put the ugly words first. If anyone has the behavior of a rat store, we will take back a certain number of stores in his hands and cut them down directly. Part of his income will be directly taken back from all stores and cooperation will be stopped. Moreover, we have a professional verification and audit team. With them, the financial situation of each store is clear at a glance. Supervision is strict and punishment measures are strict. They also Don’t dare to think too much.”
Xie Yun gave a thumbs up and sighed: "Sister Yunfang still has a way, giving both kindness and power, and clear rewards and punishments. These are the two most critical principles for maintaining a family business."
Li's mother was a little embarrassed and said: "Sister, please don't praise me. I am just making a fool of myself in front of you."
Xie Yun smiled and said: "No way, even though Lao Zhao's business is quite big, he can't handle the relationship between relatives involved in the company's operations. Before, he had several relatives working with him, but later he basically Shangdu was kicked out. The reason was that he was overly trusting from the beginning, coupled with the appeasement strategy adopted out of favour. In the end, others did not know how to restrain themselves at all, but intensified their behavior. In the end, they broke up with each other, and even relatives were not allowed to do so. .”
Li Ma nodded and said, "We were worried about this at first, but then his father and I thought about it carefully. If our son has a future, it would be fine for us to retire and enjoy life, but after all, the relatives at home have to be taken care of. "We can't live a good life for our family and don't care about other people's families. But if you say, let's take care of them, we can't use everything we give. As the saying goes, it's better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish."
Zhao Xianliang said with a smile: "My sister-in-law is right. You can't ignore your relatives, but you can't just rely on money to support them. The best way is to take them with you to give them a better development prospect."
Li's mother said: "That's what we thought, so we took some money from our son to run this business, which can be regarded as a buffer between our son and these relatives. Otherwise, if the relatives want to If you get involved in your son's business, your son will be in trouble. What he is doing is big business, so we can't let relatives get in and interfere with him."
Li Mu was shocked when he heard this.
He never thought that his mother, who was working hard to start a business, was also thinking about herself.
No wonder, no wonder no one of my relatives has ever approached me directly and asked me to solve some problem, but it turns out that my mother has blocked him.
She planned a part of the industry for all her immediate relatives, so that these relatives would have a very stable and objective income, and also have a decent career, eliminating the need for seven aunts, eight aunts, and various cousins to worry about. The possibility of getting together in your own company.
Xie Yun looked at Ma Li with a look of sincere admiration. Although she did not mean to look down on Ma Li, she had never imagined Ma Li as a very wise woman. But today she discovered that Ma Li was not only Very wise and very wise.
In contrast, she had never thought of using such a method to provide a buffer for her husband. When her husband's relatives swarmed over, she had the same idea as her husband, which was to make arrangements as much as possible and make them as comfortable as possible. However, once they enter their own company, no matter what position they are in, they will turn into a rat warehouse. If I had the wisdom back then and invested a little money to build a "relative firewall" for my husband, then my husband would now The relationship with relatives at home will not be as tense as it is now.
Moreover, Li's mother's management attitude towards relatives is also something that she admires very much.
Most people cannot be objective enough in front of relatives and are always fettered by family ties, which affects their judgment of serious matters. Basically everyone can agree with this.
Being too hard on relatives will lead to being called hard-hearted; being too soft on relatives will often bring huge losses and negative effects to oneself, and even affect the family relationship itself.
Therefore, the more this happens, the more we need to use a set of effective methods to perfectly arrange relatives, neither soft nor hard, but effective.
Li Mu felt particularly pleased when he saw the strong woman temperament unconsciously revealed in his mother.
In the previous life, when my mother was at this age, she was overwhelmed by the financial pressure caused by her husband and wife being laid off and her son studying. She aged rapidly and turned into a low-class middle-aged woman who judged trivial matters every day. At that time, Li Mu was the oldest My impression is that every time I go home for vacation, my mother looks older and more haggard than before. People in their forties look no different from people in their fifties.
In this life, my mother has exuded confidence and calmness that she has never had before. Not only does she not look old at all, but her temperament looks younger. More importantly, she has found a career she likes and has made great achievements. They have achieved extraordinary achievements, and the contrast between the two lives is so great that they are almost as different as clouds and mud.
This is the most gratifying thing for Li Mu since his rebirth.
(End of chapter)