Back to the prime of life

Chapter 182 Busy
The Spring Festival in 2009 was on January 26th, which was neither early nor late.

What was somewhat unusual for him was that he didn't return to his hometown from Jiangzhou, but from Beijing. Moreover, he arrived home quite early, on January 16th, a full ten days ahead of schedule.

In the past forty days, he made one trip to Changsha, two trips to Beijing, two trips to Shanghai, and one trip to Hangzhou.

The previous trips were all for publicity, but the trip to Hangzhou was to participate in an event organized by Alibaba Group for sellers with high sales volume, and to gain some traffic for my company.

Actually, recording those shows is also for the sake of viewership, it's just that people don't call it that these days.

In this way, Chen Xiaohe and he formed a dynamic where one focused on internal affairs and the other on external affairs—of course, that's just one way of putting it.

Lu Changge wasn't so lazy as to abandon the company's internal affairs and just be a hands-off manager. Even though he had some management experience, he had only managed a dozen or so people before. Now it's different; it's not just a matter of people, but also about managing several companies.

Such a busy life has much less fun; going out means socializing, and going back means meetings and work.

Time slips away unnoticed, and the New Year is just around the corner.

The only consolation was that Lu Mang's sales were soaring and the company's account balance was increasing, which finally allowed people to have a good New Year.

Just before the holiday, Lu Changge gave permission for his subordinates to organize the annual meeting and set up various interesting programs and prizes.

In this matter, the activity at Hailan Bay Zuoshuya is relatively quiet. As a swimming pool, it is more focused on serving its users well every day.

Speaking of which, as Lu Changge's fame has gradually increased, his reputation in Jiangzhou has always been very good, and so far there has been no negative news. As a result, the brand image of Hailan Bay has also risen accordingly.

Wang Hongcheng was drooling over the sign and was talking to him about building a high-end residential community and combining it with a swimming pool.

On Zhou Shuang's side of pulsego, there aren't many people, and the latest pulsesechat is only going to be launched on the Google Android Store after the New Year, so they're just giving out some normal year-end bonuses.

In the US, Chi Yongsheng has already celebrated the biggest Christmas and New Year's holidays. They don't talk about the Spring Festival there, so they've fully entered the work rhythm of 09. Shen Mo is trying different ways to increase the user base of Chatter, especially the previously mentioned goal of getting on some internet technology media to increase exposure, which is still in progress.

After listing them all, Lu Mang was definitely the most lively.

Before embarking on his December business trip, Lu Changge drew a line: if daily sales doubled to over 12, he would personally buy an Audi A4 as the grand prize for the annual meeting, to be awarded to the outstanding employees who were ultimately selected.

This thing is made of real money, and the car isn't bad either; both men and women would want it.

A month later, when he returned to the company from Hangzhou, Chen Xiaohe told him the good news.

This day is January 4th, and four days later is Lumang's annual meeting.

Alright, the goal has been achieved. Lu Changge looked around and saw that the other half of the 7th floor of the Innovation Building had also become their company's territory, with newly recruited employees crowding the entrance.
Under the public eye, reputation is more important than the RMB; what is said must be done.

So he clapped his hands to signal everyone to be quiet, "Let me say a few words. First of all, thank you all for your hard work, which has enabled our company to take a big step forward in just one month. I believe that daily sales of over 10,000 will not be long! Also, Mr. Lu keeps his word, so the finance department will go and buy a car right now, and I will reimburse you when it comes back!"

"it is good!"

“The boss is awesome!”

Applause and screams filled the air. Yin Anyan, who was in charge of finances, was also very excited. She accompanied Qin Jun and Chen Xiaohe, and showed Lu Changge the newly expanded second half of the office area.

Chen Xiaohe explained, "We hired twenty programmers specifically to research and build the supply chain and logistics system you mentioned. After working on it, we found that it still needs some time. That's because I'm not a specialist in that area..."

Qin Jun said, "It's okay, we're both computer science students, Chang Ge will understand."

Lu Changge nodded. "Simply put, programmers only know how to use computer languages, but what functions they need to write depends on the company's requirements. It's okay, I know. Such complex systems aren't built in a day. But we're not doing theoretical research, so let's focus on solving problems first. For example, what are our most pressing problems right now? As for me, I'll put them out there, and then the technical department will solve them."

Chen Xiaohe paid close attention to absorbing these things because Lu Mang was growing too fast, so fast that she herself was a little scared.

"I have a request now, which is about the SKUs you mentioned before. At least I need to know which SKUs sell well and which sell poorly. I need to figure out what sells well first."

Lu Changge turned to Qin Jun and asked, "This isn't difficult, is it?"

"No problem, it can be done."

"Well, Mr. Chen, don't think we're just a makeshift team. The problems we need to solve may seem simple, but as we solve one problem at a time, Lu Mang Company's capabilities will naturally grow."

"I understand, this is the story of carrying the calf across the river."

As they spoke, Lu Changge arrived at the newly established technical department's office area, which was filled with young people wearing glasses, mostly men and few women, with many wearing black-rimmed glasses and few wearing multicolored frames.

Moreover, everyone's hair was styled in a rather ordinary way, which made them seem quite wise at first glance.

Because he had been away for a while, the boss hadn't seen these people since they arrived. As soon as Lu Changge came back, he wanted to meet and talk to everyone.

In fact, he values ​​communication with employees and dislikes bureaucracy and formalism in the office. He knows all too well how much real information these things cause decision-makers to miss.

These new programmers were also somewhat interested in their boss, having seen him on TV and finding him somewhat legendary.

With this 'two-way exchange,' they actually talked quite a bit back and forth, which surprised Chen Xiaohe. She originally thought it would be like at school, just shaking hands and going through the motions.

Unexpectedly, Lu Changge asked a lot of questions, such as what you did before, what you are responsible for now, and what your thoughts are on the work you are doing.

Seeing this detail, Chen Xiaohe also kept it in mind. Lu Changge's leadership style was indeed very different from hers.

Besides the technical department, another major change after Chen Xiaohe came was the creation of a sales department. She believes that private enterprises still need to focus on performance and have a reward and punishment system. Who performs well and who doesn't should ultimately be reflected in sales figures; otherwise, how can there be competition and progress?

"...I think we need to break down the tasks and targets, and I'm also trying to encourage sales staff who are facing customers to be responsible for different products. We can't just do everything at once like before, especially now that we have more SKUs. Only by separating them and looking at the final sales volume can we create a positive competitive atmosphere."

Lu Changge sat in the center of the table and began to listen to people from different positions speak. He encouraged an atmosphere where everyone could speak. He would listen to some of them, but others were just rambling.

And Lu Mang roughly follows this kind of work rhythm.

Before you know it, the small company is slowly growing.

(End of this chapter)