The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Chapter 115 Teng Ying has fallen out of the third tier.

Chen Pingsheng's desire to develop a large-scale supermarket has been brewing for quite some time.

I always felt there was a huge business opportunity in that.

He had a well-thought-out plan.

He will invest 12 to 1 million yuan to host a super-large grand event at the end of this year, which is December.

Fourteen Shuiyunjian stores were simultaneously laying the groundwork.

With six months of pre-launch publicity and promotion, achieving 500 million to 800 million is definitely not a dream.

Furthermore, he has now further consolidated his control over Shuiyunjian shares into his own ownership.

Previously it was only 55%, now it's 75%.

This is a project that can activate the golden touch, and the shares must be concentrated.

If he shakes the market again, even with multiples in between, he could potentially make a billion or two billion at once. He doesn't work in real estate, and he doesn't understand anything about "Internet Plus".

The only investment that could be considered suitable for him is a hypermarket.

Think about it.

If he could own more than a dozen of his own super malls in Beijing, that would be amazing.

Not to mention that the projects within can be separated into individual units.

The grand event at the end of December is the real highlight of his year.

He felt relatively reassured that Zhang Tao and his team had taken the lead in researching full-category fresh food supermarkets.

After a pause, Chen Pingsheng said, "Your data surveys are quite good. Let's recruit some more excellent market researchers. Tenghui is preparing to formally establish a market research department. In the early stages, we will conduct detailed data analysis and surveys on the large retailers that are doing well across the country, and we will also collect data on those that have failed."

Lin Jia was slightly taken aback. "President Chen, what are your specific requirements for this department? And how many years of expenditure are you planning to allocate?"

This is a very real problem; in the capital, hiring someone is a very simple matter.

The key questions are: how many should be hired, and at what level are the expected salaries to be paid?

She needs to know her boss's thoughts in order to carry out her work.

Chen Pingsheng thought for a moment and said, "I don't have time to travel all over the country, so I need your marketing department to go to various places to collect key data. The expectation for the marketing department is 30 million in the first year."

thirty million?
It is specifically used to recruit people to collect data from traditional hypermarkets.

Lin Jia thought the number was quite outrageous.

Chen Pingsheng added, "Of course, it's not just about showing them which shopping malls are doing well and which are doing poorly. The key is to understand the sourcing channels for each product category and to make comprehensive comparisons of the products."

This is easy to understand; if they add more channels, they will have a lot more to do.

With 30 million, you could hire 150 people with a high annual salary of 200,000 each.

Then, these people were sent out to investigate large supermarkets, while also learning about the sourcing channels and quality comparisons for each product category.

Six months is enough time for him to fully understand every aspect of the supermarket.

"By the way, your annual salary has increased to 600,000, and the next step is 1.5 million. Whether you can get it depends on your work results in the next six months."

Chen Pingsheng never offered incentives; he simply presented you with real money, and if you were capable, you could take it.

If he's not capable, he'll find someone more capable to take it.

very real problem.

Lin Jia was completely stunned. No wonder Bai Xin downstairs said that in this company, as long as you can do your job well, you can make endless money.

The boss never talks about dreams; he only makes you deeply feel that things must be done well, things must be done well.

Because if you do things well, he will help you realize any dream you have.

She's only been with Tenghui for a few months, and this is only the second time she's seen the boss at the company.

Then his annual salary doubled.

The next indicator is six months from now, but there are no specific evaluation criteria.

If your boss thinks you're capable, then you are.

If your boss thinks you're not good enough, then don't even think about getting a raise to 1.5 million a year.

In short, he's not short of money.

But you have to do the job to his satisfaction, and then you can get much more money than you expected.

One and a half million.

Even PhD graduates from Tsinghua and Peking Universities can't get such high salaries.

Lin Jia knew that this was an opportunity to change her destiny.

If she can complete this task well, it means she won't have to rely on anyone anymore.

No matter how much housing prices rise, an annual salary of 1.5 million can easily buy one.

If you still can't afford it, just drop a bomb and destroy it.

99.99% of those who migrate to Beijing for work will despair.

When Chen Pingsheng took Chang Fu and Yang Qian downstairs, Lin Jia had already started thinking about how to recruit people.

We must recruit exceptionally talented people, even those several times more outstanding than her.

The boss doesn't even come, and since the tasks are assigned to her, she's the only one he trusts.

If she were to use cunning to recruit people who are inferior to her, the investigation results that came out six months later would be far from satisfactory.

Let alone not getting the 1.5 million, there's a high chance we won't even keep the 600,000.

She's not the kind of woman who lacks tact and likes to play tricks.

To earn that 1.5 million annual salary, I must give it my all.

Chang Fu asked in bewilderment, "Old Chen, I don't understand your way of managing people. You've already doubled their annual salary before they've even done anything. If they do well, you'll triple it again. What kind of people management technique is this?"

"What's there to not understand?"

Yang Qian, standing to the side, still exuded elegance. Having worked in the system for so long, she was already accustomed to all sorts of interpersonal relationships. She said, "For Lao Chen, what he wants is a good research result. With this result, he could very well open several superstores in the next few years. The profits from superstores are far greater than a few million a year."

"For that girl, she came out to work to make money. You just give her what she wants and let her do her best to get results for you. Isn't that a win-win situation?"

"I think he gave a bit too much."

Although Changfu usually spends money lavishly, that's only on himself; he's quite frugal with other people.

"Even if you give her seven or eight hundred thousand, she'll fight you to the death."

"Look at how stingy you are. She earns 300,000 a year, has she never seen someone earn 800,000 a year?"

Yang Qian said, "Just think about it, if you could only earn 100,000 a year, and suddenly an opportunity to earn 500,000 a year was presented to you, what would you do?"

"Of course, if anyone dares to stop me from making this 500,000, I'll beat them to death."

Chang Fu was a fierce and malevolent spirit from the underground passage.

Yang Qian kicked him, "We live in a society governed by law, and you're still fighting and killing? Everyone's playing by the rules now. You should learn more. You know you have to fight your way out, but don't you think others do? You have to put in extra effort to get extra rewards. How can you be a big boss if you're so stingy?"

"Old Chen can manage so many companies all by himself. He hasn't been to the group for more than a month, and the group can still operate normally without any problems. Do you think this is something that an ordinary person can do?"

"That's true." Chang Fu also admired this point. His junior streamers would always do all sorts of little things when he wasn't around.

There are countless cases of people secretly meeting their older brothers to buy them bags, only to ask for red envelopes in return.

When he's around, everyone behaves themselves.

"It's not as mysterious as you guys make it out to be."

Chen Pingsheng said, "I just like to simplify complicated things. If I can't do something well or don't understand it, I'll just let the people who can do it do the rest."

I've arrived at Tencent Entertainment; it truly lives up to its reputation as a company that encourages slacking off.

During work hours, employees practice yoga or dance, but very few actually do any real work.

The main problem is that there's no work to do.

"My goodness, Uncle, you've finally arrived."

Bai Xin appeared in front of him in an extremely exaggerated manner, "If you hadn't come, I would have gone crazy from boredom."

Xianyu is indeed a bit of a slacker.

Everyone is still doing what they're supposed to do, and the artist training classes are still in full swing every day.

The Ministry of Justice sends leaflets from afar to anyone who criticizes Senior Sister.

The online marketing department is constantly dragging those trained artists out to dance and shoot videos.

Then upload it online to get some buzz.

Aside from all that, all that's left is to leave work on time.

"Bai Xin, you're all very free now that I'm not here."

"Uncle, please understand. Everyone's got nothing else to do. You haven't invested in a TV series for almost half a year. People who don't know better might think that Tencent Pictures is having financial problems. Now, those looking for investment are no longer coming to us."

Bai Xin felt her status in the industry had plummeted.

Sad.

What can a mere secretary like her do? If the boss doesn't come, she can only obediently stay here.

Chen Pingsheng patted her shoulder and said, "No rush. We'll consider the next investment plan after your senior sister finishes filming."

Filming for "The Legend of Hua Qian Gu" has been going on for almost half a year, and it is expected to officially wrap up in September.

He'll definitely make a lot of money then.

You need to have enough money in your pocket to make big investments.

The main reason is that investment in TV dramas has increased rapidly this year, as have the actors' salaries.

Last year, hiring a top-tier actor as the lead only cost around ten million.

This year it has already doubled, and even with an investment of over 100 million, it's still not considered a big production.

This year has seen the fastest increase in celebrity salaries in the entertainment industry.

The main reason is that Youku, Tencent, and iQiyi, which are invested in by BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent), have begun to compete in full force.

These three video websites are all worried if they don't lose tens of billions of yuan a year.

That's how all internet companies are.

Chen Pingsheng comes from a humble background and wouldn't be as extravagant as them, engaging in unprofitable businesses.

He's in it to make money.

"How is Pei Yao doing?"

"Uncle, you really care about her. She's still seriously learning acting."

Bai Xin then recounted the current situation of Tengying over the past few months.

It's widely believed that Tencent Pictures is in serious trouble.

Whether Hua Qiangu can even be filmed is a question.

That's all complete nonsense.

However, Tencent's position in the industry was only secured after investing 200 million yuan last year.

They made it to a second-tier entertainment company.

I haven't invested in a single film this year, and I'm almost out of the third tier.

Chen Pingsheng didn't care much about these things, and he didn't attend entertainment industry parties.

What does his status in the entertainment industry mean to him?

Why not just make money honestly and quietly?

(End of this chapter)