After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 154 The Price of Growth

Zhou Haoran lowered his posture and said awkwardly, "I heard someone from the station came to investigate my orders... There's nothing wrong with my orders. They've all been reviewed by the legal department. Team leader Tian, ​​you know a lot of people, can you help me speak?"

There were still some people who had doubts.

I don't quite believe that Tian Kai would do such an immoral thing as reporting something.

Hearing this, the last bit of uncertainty disappeared.

I just think Tian Kai is too mean.

Such a bad character!

Tian Kai was still immersed in joy, a little forgetful, and pretended to be ignorant and said: "Review? What review?"

Zhou Haoran sighed and said, "Maybe there's some misunderstanding. Someone reported a problem with my order. I'm not afraid of an investigation, but I'm afraid that repeated investigations will affect the morale of the sales department and also undermine the work motivation of other colleagues."

This immediately drew the other colleagues over.

I unconsciously stood in the same camp with him.

Tian Kai also sensed this discord and said sternly, "That won't do. Our sales department's performance has just started to improve, and we can't let this kind of misunderstanding affect us! Don't worry, Xiao Zhou. I'll go find out what's going on for you!"

Zhou Haoran was very happy. "Then I'll trouble Team Leader Tian. This matter needs to be handled as soon as possible. It's fine on my end, but please don't affect the unity of our sales department."

"Yeah, that makes sense." Tian Kai reached out and patted him, "Don't worry, I'll take care of it for you!"

After a while, Director Meng appeared.

The regular meeting begins.

There is a lot of good news.

For example, Liu Anyang from Group 1, Ye Hongyun from Group 2, and Wu Lue from Group 4 all completed the first signing at the Life Channel Sales Department and made it onto the list successfully.

There's even better news.

There are rumors that the sales department may appoint a deputy director to be in charge of front-line sales work.

Meng Xuemin is the director.

But he mainly does administrative and management work, focusing on the overall situation.

The specific sales execution is mainly done by four team leaders leading the salesmen.

This means that the four group leaders are on par.

It is difficult to form unified leadership.

The configuration of the comprehensive channel is one director and one deputy director, and the deputy director also serves as the leader of a certain group.

When dealing with some major clients, the deputy director can come forward to coordinate and mobilize more high-quality resources to operate, instead of the four team leaders fighting each other and wasting their energy on internal friction.

This is a big deal!

Zhong Jiantong's eyes lit up, as if the position of deputy director was already in his pocket.

Meng Xuemin also said that the deputy director's proposal has not yet been passed.

The specific situation will be notified separately.

The sales department of the Life Channel has never had the position of deputy director. If this position is to be added, it needs to be reported to the station and approved by the station.

Finally, the matter of apprenticeship was brought up again.

This is the most exciting thing for Tian Kai.

Meng Xuemin looked indifferent, seemed unhappy, and spoke in a cold tone.

It's like reading a text.

It was said that three apprentices would come to the sales department next Wednesday.

Out of fairness and justice, these three apprentices will be assigned to the top three on the sales list.

After saying this, he announced the adjournment of the meeting.

Tian Kai was all smiles.

There is a sense of celebration of victory.

After the meeting, everyone left quickly.

None of them feel comfortable.

First of all, it was Tian Kai who reported it. It was so insidious!
Then, there is the possibility of deputy director.

If the sales department really created this position, the candidate would definitely be Zhong Jiantong, and everyone saw it. It was said that Zhong Jiantong was originally the candidate for director, but it was Director Zhan's strong manipulation that finally brought Director Meng in.

The addition of the deputy director position is most likely to appease Zhong Jiantong.

These two things are not very happy for most people in the office.

Only Zhong Jiantong and Tian Kai were the most proud.

Zhong Jiantong even walked over to shake his hand, smiling as if they were meeting a master, and congratulated him, "Old Tian, ​​congratulations! You're quite good at apprenticeships!"

Tian Kai was beaming with joy and was very pleased. He also offered his congratulations in advance: "You're going to be elected as deputy director soon. When are you going to treat us?"

Zhong Jiantong smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't forget you!"

……

This kind of office stuff is too low-level.

Just like playing house.

Zhou Haoran didn't take it seriously.

This confidence comes not only from his ability in the workplace, but also from his foresight.

Reform is the general trend.

It can be seen from the fact that "People's Livelihood Investigation" is the program with the highest ratings on the Life Channel that this kind of program that serves as a social judge and public opinion supervision sends a strong and clear signal.

This general trend will not change for at least the next ten years.

If the trend is really going to change, the signal must change first.

For example, major revisions to programs such as "Focus Interview" and "People's Livelihood Investigation" have even been widely banned.

It's still early.

This week is a day off for worship.

Zhou Haoran and Qiao Suiqing returned to the county together.

High school also has weekends off.

Therefore, Dongfang Lang’s book selling activities were temporarily suspended.

Early in the morning of that day, Zhou Haoran called Dongfang Lang and asked him to go to the Red House Teahouse again to complete the previous task successfully.

Now there is money.

You can't squander it either.

A taxi to the Bund costs 120 yuan, while a two-passenger car ticket costs only 12 yuan.

Dongfang Lang now has a deposit of 9 yuan.

So much so that he was a little scared.

"So much money, what should I do?"

Dongfang Lang didn't dare to speak loudly in the taxi.

Zhou Haoran asked: "Isn't it in the passbook?"

"Yeah." Dongfang Lang nodded, looking worried. "Take them all away. I can't even sleep well here."

Zhou Haoran didn't have time to manage the money. "Take it and train your mind!"

“It’s a pain in the ass!”

Dongfang Lang felt a little bitter.

At the beginning, as the deposits grew, he became happier.

Later, as his money increased, his worries grew.

Zhou Haoran asked, "It seemed like we had a quarrel last night. Did you hear it?"

"Well, it seems..." Dongfang Lang glanced at him cautiously, "It seems to be Aunt Qiao and Sister Sui Qing."

There are no secrets hidden in the alleys.

They wish that every little noise between husband and wife could be heard by every household. The privacy is too poor, so most young people have moved out of these old-style alleys.

Zhou Haoran sighed, "That's it."

Dongfang Lang whispered, "My mom said that Aunt Qiao favors boys over girls and is partial to Brother Suiqiang. She wants Sister Suiqing to bring money home every month and save it for her brother. I remember it was the same when we were little. Brother Suiqiang ate fresh, big apples, but Sister Suiqing could only eat rotten apples."

Zhou Haoran naturally knew this too, "It's really terrible."

"It's their family affair."

Dongfang Lang felt that there was nothing he could do to help.

Zhou Haoran disagreed and said worriedly, "Family matters are easy to resolve. The trouble is the influence in the alley. They see each other all the time. With such a bad relationship between mother and daughter, how can they not point fingers and make sarcastic remarks behind her back?"

"Hmm?" Dongfang Lang understood what he meant. "You want to help?"

Zhou Haoran sighed and said, "Rumors are harmful. We men don't care. The worst that can happen is that they won't come back. Women are naturally at a disadvantage in this kind of thing. Brother Fang Kun from the north end is in trouble. When he married a new wife, there was a little bad news from her family. Rumors started to spread that she was cheating on him. A few days later, the couple moved out."

Dongfang Lang scratched his head and said awkwardly, "Me too. After you went to the TV station, I felt a lot of pressure. It was like I became useless. Everyone talked about me. Otherwise, I wouldn't be in such a hurry to sell books."

"Everyone is the same. In this kind of environment, everyone is a victim, and everyone can also become the perpetrator."

"What should I do?"

"If all else fails, give me some hush money. It's easy to take someone's hand and easy to eat someone's mouth."

"Huh?" Dongfang Lang didn't understand. "What hush money?"

Zhou Haoran waved his hand. "I haven't made up my mind yet. Let's talk about this later! How are things going over there? How many books have you sold?"

Dongfang Lang gets excited when he talks about selling books. "We have 10.2 orders!"

"Quite a few!"

Zhou Haoran felt that he had really underestimated these high school students.

Dongfang Lang laughed and said, "You don't know, some schools have already heard the news and are waiting for us. We can sign the contract as soon as we get there. After we go there, the school leaders can even recite several of our names."

Zhou Haoran asked, "How many middle schools are left to run?"

"Seven or eight," Dongfang Lang said confidently. "There are still seven or eight left, and five or six that haven't signed contracts yet. I plan to go back and make a few more trips. All the key high schools in the city have bought our "Top Scorer Handbook," except for these few... They can't really print pirated copies, can they?"

Zhou Haoran calculated silently, "Then the estimated total sales volume can reach 13 copies, right?"

Dongfang Lang chuckled, "Almost!"

Zhou Haoran said: "After completing the second step, it's time for the third step. You still have a lot to do!"

Dongfang Lang knew what he was talking about and said in surprise, "No way? Are you serious? Do you really want me to edit the book?"

"You can edit it together with Wang Wenrui, Li Yang, Chen Zixuan and the others."

“We are students.”

"What's wrong with being a student?" Zhou Haoran thought he was being a bit self-deprecating and snorted, "Just because you're students, you understand the college entrance exam questions best. If you let teachers take the exam, they're guaranteed to beat us."

Dongfang Lang said, "I didn't dare tell them about this. If they knew I was going to compile a book, they would probably faint from fear."

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "Not really. It's a very simple thing. I have a plan. If you follow it, you can compile a book in a few days."

"What plan?"

"Don't worry, just get the idea in mind. I'm arranging for someone to apply for a book number to see if the title 'College Entrance Examination Champion Handbook' can be approved."

"Which publishing house are you collaborating with?" Dongfang Lang was also looking forward to officially publishing the book. "It would be great if it was Sanlian Bookstore."

Zhou Haoran said, "It's most likely Harbor People's Publishing House. Don't worry, I'll take care of it. You just need to sell the books first. We can probably make hundreds of thousands of dollars from this wave of book sales!"

“How do you spend it?”

Dongfang Lang felt a little dizzy.

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "It's for your college education."

Dongfang Lang shook his head and said, "300 yuan a month is enough for my living expenses."

Zhou Haoran said: "To pay tuition."

"Tuition is only a few thousand yuan a year." Dongfang Lang thought it was a bit ridiculous. "You might as well buy a house. Housing prices are rising so fast now."

Zhou Haoran wouldn't put all his little money into heavy assets. "Investing in real estate is not as important as investing in yourself. I told you, this is tuition. For example, if you open a restaurant and it fails, you can easily lose 100,000 or 200,000 yuan."

"Ah?" Dongfang Lang was shocked. "Such tuition?"

Zhou Haoran said, "The biggest difference between children from ordinary families like us and those from powerful families is the price of growing up."

"The price of growing up?"

"Look at Wang Wenrui and Chen Zixuan, these kids from wealthy families, aren't they different from us?"

"Well, sort of."

Dongfang Lang vaguely understood something.

"Children from ordinary families like us grow up slowly, mainly because we can't afford the price of growing up. We don't have the cost of making mistakes, so we have to be more cautious and lack the courage in the face of opportunities." Zhou Haoran patted his shoulder, "You are different. You can move forward with confidence!"

Dongfang Lang looked at him, "What about you? You don't have to pay tuition?"

Zhou Haoran curled his lips and said, "I've already paid 3000 million US dollars, and I don't want to pay anymore!"

"There's everything in dreams!"

Dongfang Lang snorted, thinking that this kid was really good at making up stories.

(End of this chapter)