After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 207 I'd Rather Die Than You

Jiang Xiong has few employees, only one financial officer, who is a man.

On Li Changxing's side, there are four financial staff, one man and four women. The leading one is the chief accountant Lao Yang, who is 54 years old this year. He is an accountant who retired after being laid off from a state-owned factory.

After that, I went to the finance office.

Sheng Wenwan wanted to talk to several accountants separately, and it would be best if she could recruit the existing staff for her own use.

Zhou Haoran made a new request. He spoke to her first and whispered, "Fire all the men. From now on, the finance office will be run by women. When recruiting, just screen out the men."

Sheng Wenwan said helplessly: "How can there be such a person as you? You are too domineering, right?"

Zhou Haoran snorted, "If anyone looks at your ripe body for even a second, I'll suffer."

Sheng Wenwan's eyes were filled with resentment and annoyance. She said angrily, "I know. I'll keep it safe for you. I won't let you suffer even a hair's worth, okay? Get out now. I need to talk to the finance department."

Zhou Haoran left the finance office.

I saw Li Changxing making faces.

Needless to say, this person also misunderstood.

Nowadays, rich men and their mistresses have become a fixed pair. Sheng Wenwan is so beautiful that it makes people forget to breathe, and it is obvious at first glance that their relationship is not serious.

"my people."

Zhou Haoran had to be told clearly to avoid any worries.

Li Changxing smiled and said, "I know."

Zhou Haoran nodded, looked around the factory, and frowned, "Old Li, how long have you been out of work? You can't just sit there and wait!"

Li Changxing sighed, "No orders!"

"If there's no order, find a way!"

Zhou Haoran didn’t care about these things before because the business of Changxing Publishing House had nothing to do with him.

It's different now.

Now that the companies have merged, there is reason to intervene.

There are hundreds of employees in this printing factory, but they are often out of work. The workers chat and argue every day. The efficiency is too poor!
Their work style is just like those of state-owned factories. If they continue like this, they will go bankrupt in a few years.

Li Changxing said, "The printing business was quite good two years ago. Now it's not so good anymore. Many printing houses have appeared on the market. In addition, some state-owned printing houses have also been restructured, improving printing quality and reducing printing costs, making them very competitive."

"Old Li, business doesn't come by waiting."

Zhou Haoran discovered his weakness early on.

There is no Internet now.

This leads to serious poor transmission of social information.

If you want to do business well in this era, the most important thing is to have a strong sales team and rely on the sales team to break the information barriers in the market.

Li Changxing felt guilty and sighed, "Actually, I also negotiated a deal before, a job to print martial arts novels."

"That's great!"

"Robbed."

"Hmm?" Zhou Haoran frowned slightly. He was in sales and had snatched several orders from others. "Did the other party use a shady trick?"

Li Changxing said: "It's not a dirty trick. The other party's equipment is more advanced."

Zhou Haoran disagrees. "Our printing quality is no worse than any competitor!"

"If we only compare printing quality, we're not bad." Li Changxing is an honest man, so his business acumen is also relatively honest. "But nowadays, book printing emphasizes gimmicks, not just printing like in the past."

Zhou Haoran didn't understand, "What do you mean?"

Li Changxing said, "The solution they provided can be used to make waistbands for martial arts books."

A waistband is a piece of paper wrapped around the middle of a book cover, an external decoration.

It looks very high-end.

Very attractive.

However, the waist belt design is a new thing, and it has only been introduced into China from Japan in the past two years.

Some old printing equipment has not been updated to produce waist belts.

Zhou Haoran really doesn't like the book's waistband.

For those who buy and read books frequently, the waistband is simply a burden. Every time I buy a new book, the first thing I do is unwrap it, throw away the waistband and outer packaging, and restore the book to its original appearance.

Reading a book is about the content; fancy packaging is meaningless.

However, most people only buy one or two paper books a year, so the packaging is very effective. In the 1980s, the Japanese publishing industry experienced a series of vicious competition. The waistband design emerged from the red ocean because it can make books look more refined and high-end.

Zhou Haoran knew the significance of product packaging and asked, "We can't do it?"

Li Changxing said, "We can do it, but the cost is too high. And the efficiency is low. We don't have the relevant equipment, so we have to add the waist belt manually."

Zhou Haoran said, "That's not necessary. I've also looked at waistband designs. Only a small number of books have them."

"The same book, with a designed waistband, sells better than the one without." Li Changxing felt helpless about this. "The other party is a new printing factory with newer equipment. They can produce it at a low cost, which gives them an advantage in winning orders."

Zhou Haoran nodded, "We need to update our equipment comprehensively."

“That’s going to be expensive!”

Li Changxing felt that this was not feasible. With the current strength of Zhongbo Bookstore, it was impossible to accomplish such a big thing.

Zhou Haoran narrowed his eyes, "The competition in the printing industry is still too restrained."

"Ok?"

Li Changxing was slightly stunned.

Zhou Haoran said slowly, "I remember seeing the data you gave me when I was working on the Children's Encyclopedia. The profit margin at the printing factory is very high. A print cost of 100 yuan can actually sell for 300 yuan, making a profit of 200 yuan."

"Correct."

Li Changxing nodded.

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "Just looking at this point, this is a highly profitable business."

Li Changxing said awkwardly, "That's just the gross profit. There are also labor costs, equipment depreciation, water and electricity costs for such a large factory, and land use fees. A profit of 100 yuan is considered good." Zhou Haoran said, "This is also a very good business."

"Good?" Li Changxing smiled bitterly. "It was pretty good in the past few years, but since last year, the situation has become less optimistic. To finance publishing, I need to raise funds myself and apply for loans, which is also a hassle."

Zhou Haoran shook his head. "Your business model is too polite."

"polite?"

Li Changxing was panic-stricken and didn't know how to understand this word.

Zhou Haoran said in a deep voice: "In other words, it's too weak!"

"no?"

Li Changxing refused to admit weakness; among his peers at Haigang, he was considered ruthless. Publishing, after all, was a cultural industry, and its inhabitants were largely intellectuals.

Li Changxing's cultural accomplishment is not very high.

Full of wild spirit.

No matter how weak you are, can you be weaker than those literary publishers?

It's simply that times have changed.

Li Changxing said, "The main problem is that our equipment is too old. Many state-owned printing plants have even older equipment than ours, but they're able to thrive because they can take orders from government and private enterprises. For example, printing newspapers is the easiest, most profitable, and most stable type of business. However, those orders are typically between state-owned enterprises, not private institutions."

"External factors are always objective reasons." Zhou Haoran disagreed with him. "Internal factors are the core elements."

Li Changxing asked tentatively, "Mr. Zhou, do you have any good ideas? We have some competitors now, and their equipment is more advanced than ours. We just can't compete."

Zhou Haoran said: "Technical issues are only at the business level. As long as the strategy is designed properly, the technical flaws can be covered up."

"is it?"

Li Changxing always couldn't keep up with Mr. Zhou's ideas when it came to these big words.

Anyway, the three parties have merged now.

It depends on what tricks Mr. Zhou has up his sleeve.

Zhou Haoran said coldly, "Changxing Publishing House's next plan is to kill all civilian competitors without mercy!"

"No way?"

Li Changxing felt that this was nonsense.

As an Internet person, what should I do now that Changxing Publishing House is facing competitive pressure and survival difficulties?
Then we can only use some Internet strategies.

As long as you die, I would rather die!
"That's fine. Let's wait for Manager Sheng to familiarize herself with the business first." Zhou Haoran was so familiar with all the tricks on the Internet that he could use them effortlessly. "Let's wait until she recalculates the costs at the printing factory, then we can discuss this matter again!"

Aunt Wan now has three female financial subordinates.

This is much more convenient.

With someone by his side, Zhou Haoran doesn't have to worry about every detail.

Let her get familiar with finance first.

Zhou Haoran was going to take his female apprentice with him to continue his business.

Go to Jixiang Insurance again.

Qiao Nuo cried so hard that day, but now he has calmed down and said embarrassedly, "Master, how about we not go? What I said that day was all nonsense, it doesn't count."

Zhou Haoran was a little amused. "What? Are you discouraged?"

Qiao Nuo lowered her head and said, "We can't sign this deal."

"Try it."

Zhou Haoran is ready.

Qiao Nuo walked out of the TV station courtyard with him and said shamefully, "Master, I made you worry."

"No matter if it works or not, we have to try." Zhou Haoran pinched her soft arm and said with a chuckle, "Since you call me Master, I have to help you regain your dignity!"

"I don't care about that anymore." Qiao Nuo muttered softly, "I've forgotten about the seniors."

"Really forgot?"

Zhou Haoran smiled.

Qiao Nuo blushed a little, "Anyway, Master is now the man I admire most in my heart! No one can compare to you!"

"Where's your father?"

"You're just like Dad."

"Uh……"

Zhou Haoran savored her words carefully, not knowing whether she was answering the question or making a double entendre.

Speaking of which, this is a senior from Fudan University who is four years older than him!

It's really weird.

"Master, where did you park your car?"

"Don't worry, go to the printing shop and get business cards."

"Business card?" Qiao Nuo was a little surprised. He patted the brown briefcase in his arms and said, "Master, you still have a lot of business cards. I have some here too."

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "This is different."

Went to the print shop.

Received a new business card that was produced expeditiously.

The title is still Chief Sales Consultant.

However, the design has changed.

The business card turned into a gold background.

A watermarked word "Buddha" was added.

Behind it, there is a statue of Sakyamuni Buddha.

(End of this chapter)