Rebirth after the college entrance examination

Chapter 209 Positioning
Xia An's meeting with Zhang Chunmin was urgent. Due to the surge in "Candy Convenience" signs across various regions, the number of members had skyrocketed, and the rebate delivery, which began at the start of the Lunar New Year, was gradually becoming insufficient.

Xia An had a solution in mind, but he wanted to hear Zhang Chunmin's opinion, so he asked first without saying anything.

Zhang Chunmin also received risk warnings from both the financial and logistics departments. After frowning and thinking for a while, she said, "How about... we suspend the event for now?"

Xia An lowered his head to brew tea, and asked calmly, "Suspending activities means suspending expansion. Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?"

Zhang Chunmin said, "Although we have to give up some of the promotional effect, I think that the membership fee is also a stored value and cannot be entirely counted as profit. Recruiting more employees for delivery will also be very costly."

Furthermore, there will be no need to deliver goods after the event, so the temporarily hired people can only be considered part-time. It's like discarding a useful tool after it's no longer needed, which may even affect the reputation.

Why not calculate the current transportation capacity in various regions and suspend services once peak capacity is reached?

The so-called local delivery capacity refers to the fact that employees of Candy Convenience and Candy Supermarket also serve as delivery workers.

The provinces with candy supermarkets are doing well, as they also have the transportation teams of Sheng Tang Trading.

However, the newly branded Candy Convenience stores can only rely on the original store owners and their families for delivery, with commission based on orders, making management and cost settlement very complicated.

Undeniably, Zhang Chunmin's statement reflects a mature and prudent perspective, but it does not align with Xia An's operational expansion philosophy.

He said, "I have two points to make, Mr. Zhang, please think about them."

He was called Uncle Zhang just a moment ago, and now he's General Manager Zhang.

Zhang Chunmin straightened her back and listened attentively.

He had long understood that the young man in front of him was not the son of a high-ranking official. He had likely been used for personal gain, and even Tang Wan was an accomplice.

But it must be said, the result was gratifying.

Conversely, the fact that Xia An did not come from an official family makes it even more frightening.

In just six months, from last summer until now, look at the Tang family—one member is dead, another is dead.

Looking at the shorter period from the end of the year when domain names reached 300 million yuan to the listing of Weibo on New Year's Day, it's been a month of dramatic changes. The company has come up with all sorts of amazing tricks, which are simply incredible.

Zhang Chunmin was completely convinced.

He had no choice but to accept it. As things stood, he was still a trusted confidant and someone who could be trusted to give important responsibilities. But if anyone disobeyed, he could imagine how ruthless a person like Xia An could be. Tang Wan alone might not be able to protect him.

Good heavens, he still has a lingering question about how Tang Mian died.

If there's nothing fishy going on, why would Xia An treat Zhou An's sister so well?

Zhang Chunmin felt that speculation based solely on appearance was unreliable; if we're talking about looks, who can compare to Tang Wan?

Xia An pushed the teacup towards him and said, "I've asked Guolan Technology's ground sales team to cooperate with you in recruiting riders on a large scale for delivery. Wait a minute, let me finish. This is one thing."

Second, expand the business of candy convenience stores in various regions with community collection points. Still confused? Think of it as a distribution center; each store serves a radius of two kilometers, and all members collect their benefits daily from a single community store.

Which one do you think is better?

No need to think about it?

Even though Zhang Chunmin felt there might be a trap in the question, she still answered without hesitation: "It's definitely the second one. What would they need riders for? What would they deliver? After the Lunar New Year, there's no need for deliveries anymore..."

Seeing Xia An curl the corners of her lips, he immediately shut up.

Sure enough, there was a trap!

Xia An shook his head and laughed, "If we use both, delivery will become the norm."

I've already come up with a plan for the next activity after the Lunar New Year.

Centered around the "Candy" brand, Sheng Tang Trade and Transportation Department was established as Sheng Tang Logistics. The original supply chain transportation business remains unchanged. Merchants around the Candy Supermarket were integrated, and a map location function and local service mall were added to the official website, supporting telephone ordering…

He gave a brief explanation in just three minutes, and Zhang Chunmin understood it, leaving her speechless with shock.

……

When Tang Wan walked into the theater, dozens of students in the orchestra, including several teachers and a vice dean of the music academy, were all dumbfounded.

The first to recognize Tang Wan were Le Ning and Wang Yue, and the first to greet her was the vice dean.

For the past three months, the most talked-about person in the province has been this woman. Even though Xia An appeared after the New Year, Tang Wan's popularity has not been overshadowed by Xia An, just based on her face alone.

Moreover, Xia An's actual wealth is far less than Tang Wan's. Even though the vice president has no vested interests with Tang Wan, this soon-to-be richest female chairman in the province commands respect even from higher-ups, so he naturally had to show sufficient enthusiasm by addressing her as "President Tang."

I never had a chance to get to know them before, but now that they've suddenly come over, I can't let this opportunity slip by.

You know, a lot of the school's equipment is outdated...

After introducing themselves, Tang Wan said that she had just come to meet a friend.

"friend?"

The sudden arrival couldn't possibly be for a business trip, but the vice dean was still puzzled. Besides the students, there were only a few teachers here... teachers?

Yes, Tang Wan is also a local, and she's so young, it's normal for her to have some old acquaintances.

He smiled and said, "Mr. Tang, please make yourself at home. Shall we have lunch together?"

Tang Wan smiled and politely declined, saying she was busy later.

The vice president, not wanting to fawn over her any longer, followed her forward to continue watching the rehearsal after she accepted his business card.

When the piece ended, the teachers were still studying the score on stage, but two female students walked over. The vice dean scratched his head, and a flash of inspiration struck him. He suddenly remembered Tang Wan's other identity.

A doctoral student at Binhai University.

Ah, no wonder.

Wang Yue greeted Tang Wan and Su Yi with a smile, calling them "Sister Tang" and "Sister Su".

Le Ning asked casually, "What brings you all here?"

Su Yi smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for months. Knowing you were in the provincial capital, couldn't I come and see you?"

Tang Wan chuckled, "You want me to listen to you play the flute? You won't let me see it?"

Le Ning glared at him and spat, "I won't allow it. You're just here to show off."

After saying that, everyone laughed together.

After saying a few words to Vice Dean Tang Wanchong and taking his leave, the group went outside to eat.

Le Ning had little appetite, and Tang Wan wasn't hungry either.

At the dinner table, the two exchanged sarcastic remarks, but they didn't really feel anything in particular. They weren't hostile, after all, they had spent a lot of time together and had a good relationship.

But as for true friends, that's even more of a stretch; everyone understands that the initial friendship was based on ulterior motives.

At this point, Su Yi's role as a "middleman" in mediating the situation became extremely important.

Seeing the two of them bickering about each other while simultaneously serving each other food, Su Yi could only manage a wry smile.

Wang Yue sensed something was off, but not knowing the details, and since she had only nodding acquaintances with Tang Wan and Su Yi before, she simply ate quietly and didn't ask any questions.

Zhou Zhou was the most confused.

She already knew of Le Ning's existence and also knew the identity of this pretty female student.

But...a rival in love with such a close relationship??
What? Are you really going to become sisters and live together from now on?

The world is truly amazing.

After the meal, Tang Wan escorted the two to the school gate.

As Wang Yue walked further into the school, she noticed Le Ning's sullen expression and wisely suppressed her curiosity, asking no questions.

Back to the auditorium theater.

Before rehearsing in the afternoon resumed, the teacher openly said:
"Wang Yue, Le Ning, you two need to rearrange your positions."

Wang Yue, move the stool to the first row.

"Le Ning, stand next to the piano."

(End of this chapter)