After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 266 Strategic Planning of Business Opportunities
To become an apprentice or to take on a disciple.

Everything will fall into place.

"Alright, get up." Zhou Haoran pulled Qiao Nuo up from her kneeling position on the floor. "Now that this title is set, you need to focus even more on your work. Putting everything else aside, let's take the top sales position first."

Qiao Nuo smiled and said, "We have been receiving letters one after another. Many clients are willing to advertise on the TV station."

"Oh?" Zhou Haoran was quite interested in this, after all, it was the original purpose of writing the letter. "How much?"

Qiao Nuo said crisply, "There aren't many yet, only three or four. But once the letters arrive in a few days, I estimate there will be more and more replies."

"Get in touch quickly." Zhou Haoran thought for a moment and then arranged, "We can do this: book a business conference room in a five-star hotel and hold a signing ceremony. It would be best to sign the contracts on-site and conduct cash transactions. Don't use the transfer and remittance method; that's too slow. If the money doesn't arrive until after the New Year, it will be too late."

Jono blushed slightly.

Because her master pulled her into his arms and made her sit on his lap.

Although the master-disciple relationship is very close.

But sitting directly on his lap like this was still a bit too intimate. Especially sitting in his arms, she could... she could feel his hardness, which made her flustered.

Qiao Nuo whispered, "If there are too many customers, won't we end up collecting too much money on the spot?"

Hu Xiaochen chimed in, "Go find a bank! Cooperate with them and have them send heavily armed cash transporters. You collect the money here, and the bank deposits it into their account. Who would dare rob a bank then?"

Qiao Nuo said "Oh".

Seeing her shyness, Zhou Haoran felt a little embarrassed himself, so he patted her bottom to help her stand up and said casually, "It's okay, I'll talk to Director Meng later and ask him to come to the signing ceremony. By the way, Yangyang, you should also go and make some connections. All the clients who sign contracts are high-quality customers."

Ji Yingyang chuckled, "Okay!"

At this moment, Hu Xiaochen brought over a cup of tea.

"what?"

Jono was somewhat puzzled.

"I'm the senior sister, you have to bow to me too!"

Hu Xiaochen gave a soft snort.

Then, mimicking his master's earlier manner, he sat down on the sofa with an air of superiority, happily awaiting his junior sister's offerings.

"Oh."

Qiao Nuo accepted the teacup and then knelt down to offer it to her.

Zhou Haoran quickly stopped her, stood up and hugged Nuonuo in his arms, saying unhappily, "Is this how you act as the senior sister? Isn't this too much of a bully?"

"What's wrong!"

Hu Xiaochen was very unhappy.

Zhou Haoran said angrily, "You are all of the same generation, why do you need to perform such a grand ceremony? I think your head is full of feudal dregs!"

Hu Xiaochen retorted, "I am the eldest sister, and the eldest brother is like a father, and the eldest sister is like a mother."

"I'll beat you up if you talk back!"

Zhou Haoran glared at her.

Hu Xiaochen pouted and became sullen.

Tears welling up in my eyes.

She's being dramatic again.

Qiao Nuo didn't care about any of that and whispered, "Master, I'd rather offer Senior Sister a cup of tea..."

A bow will suffice.

Zhou Haoran made the final decision.

It wasn't for Jono's sake.

We need to think about what will happen to Yangyang!

She is older than both Hu Xiaochen and Qiao Nuo.

If Qiao Nuo were to kneel down and offer tea to her senior sister right now, it would put enormous psychological pressure on Yang Yang, making her even more reluctant to become her disciple.

Although Hu Xiaochen did not get to enjoy his junior sister kneeling down to serve tea.

But in the end, it was time to serve tea.

My mood immediately brightened.

She happily took the teacup, took a small sip, and then said in a condescending tone, "Nono, now that you've joined my sect, you must be respectful to your master and obey your senior sister, understand?"

"I understand, senior sister."

Qiao Nuo, being a well-behaved girl, answered crisply.

The three of them, master and disciples, were enjoying a harmonious and happy time together.

This makes Ji Yingyang seem somewhat xenophobic.

Red wine was poured during the meal.

Zhou Haoran raised his glass and suggested, "Sister Yang, it's your turn next. Come with me!"

Ji Yingyang nodded slightly. "I'll consider it."

Hu Xiaochen downed half a glass of red wine in one gulp, almost choking on it. She said in a muffled voice, "Sister Yangyang, you'd better hurry! My master is having a lot of luck with women right now. If you don't hurry, you'll lose your third place!"

Zhou Haoran said, both amused and annoyed, "This is alcohol, not a beverage. Are you an alcoholic?"

Hu Xiaochen reminisced, "I've never tasted such good wine before. This bottle costs nearly 2000 yuan!"

Zhou Haoran nodded and said, "Next year, I might go to the United States next year. You can come with me then, and I'll show you the decadence of capitalism!"

Qiao Nuo asked expectantly, "Master, what about me?"

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "You go too, and all the disciples will go!"

……

For several days in a row, Zhou Haoran was busy with the affairs of Zhongbo Bookstore.

As analyzed earlier.

With the success of "Zhongbo Top Scholar Handbook," supplementary educational books suddenly became a hot commodity in the harbor's book market, attracting many booksellers to jump on the bandwagon and produce their own supplementary educational books. This presented a choice to be made.

General Manager Jiang Xiong and Deputy General Manager Qi Deqiang both felt that they should not be allowed to continue.

We must take action to suppress them!
Zhou Haoran's strategy was completely the opposite. He sent Qi Deqiang to help those who plagiarized and followed trends, relying on the good reputation he had built up over the years in the port bookseller industry.

Qi Deqiang complied.

But they couldn't understand it.

The happiest person was Li Changxing.

Because people's hearts are made of flesh and blood.

Our competitors, already feeling guilty for copying and following trends, fearing retaliation from Zhongbo Bookstore. But now, Zhongbo Bookstore not only doesn't suppress them, but instead helps them out of kindness.

As a result, the only option for printing orders from other companies is to choose Changxing Publishing House!

Factory No. 1 is receiving a constant stream of orders.

The situation at the second factory is even more outrageous. After starting operations, they received 43 orders in just half a month, totaling 1930 million yuan! With just a 10% deposit, they've already made nearly 200 million yuan!
Given the current situation, two printing plants are simply not enough!

In short supply!

It is necessary to acquire a third printing plant!
When Li Changxing heard that Mr. Zhou had gone to inspect the Second Factory, he hurriedly ran over there.

Some things are better discussed face-to-face.

"Master!"

Li Changxing came running over, panting.

Zhou Haoran was discussing further cost-reduction strategies with Han Hang, the factory manager of Factory No. 2. Currently, the management of private factories in China is too extensive, resulting in huge waste and increased costs.

Korean Air is a product of foreign companies, which is a huge advantage for it.

In order to secure printing orders, Changxing Publishing House offered only half the market price.

They squeezed out all their own profits.

The No. 2 factory is currently burdened with nearly 9 million yuan in debt.

Without profit, we can't even pay the interest!
Therefore, we must take measures in management and control costs sufficiently in order to leave room for profits to pay off debts.

Seeing Li Changxing running over, Zhou Haoran chuckled and asked, "Mr. Li, are you in such a hurry?"

Li Changxing repeatedly said, "I'm afraid you're too busy!"

Zhou Haoran asked, "What's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"There is a good opportunity."

Li Changxing gave him a look and lowered his voice.

Zhou Haoran pointed in the direction of the office, and they went over together. "What opportunity?"

Li Changxing said, "There's a printing factory in Pudong that's going out of business, and we have a chance to acquire it."

"Hmm?" Zhou Haoran raised an eyebrow. "It's not a state-owned enterprise, is it?"

Li Changxing quickly replied, "No, a private printing factory! Didn't you say we weren't allowed to touch state-owned assets? How could I dare to set my sights on a state-owned printing factory?"

Zhou Haoran nodded. "We don't eat meat that doesn't belong to us."

Li Changxing said, "It's a private company, and it belongs to the '92 generation. They went into business under the call of the national reform wave. But I don't know what happened, business is not good this year, and they can't keep going."

As the saying goes: "Ducks are the first to know when the river warms in spring."

The first signs of an economic crisis are undoubtedly felt by private enterprises, which are closest to the market; a booming bull market cannot mask the market's weakness.

Why do bull markets occur?
Because the money has flowed into the stock market instead of into the real economy.

It's no surprise that private enterprises are having a tough time.

If it weren't for Zhou Haoran turning the tide...

Li Changxing and Jiang Xiong had already gone bankrupt long ago.

Zhou Haoran was very cautious about this. "You want to help?"

“We have more and more orders now,” Li Changxing’s ambition was growing. “I think it is necessary to build a third factory to meet the needs of our customers.”

Zhou Haoran looked at the young Han Hang beside him, "Director Han, what do you think?"

"Um……"

Korean Air hesitated.

Zhou Haoran encouraged, "We're a private company, so we don't have those concerns. The company's interests come first! Just say what you think!"

Han Hang said in a deep voice, "I think the most important thing right now is not further expansion, but finding the right model for the printing plant. Our prices are very low, resulting in almost no profit. The urgent task should be to find room for operating profit as soon as possible and find better ways to manage internally."

Zhou Haoran nodded. "Factory One and Factory Two are enough for now. They already have a good reputation in the industry. Next, we need to start from within. Factory Two has a debt of 900 million yuan, and we must resolve that debt issue."

“This is a rare opportunity!” Li Changxing didn’t want to miss such a low-price acquisition opportunity. “I’ve talked to them, and we can buy their factory for a few hundred thousand.”

"What about debt?"

"More than 100."

“That’s right.” Zhou Haoran shook his head, his meaning clear: “We need to take on this part of the debt as well; the debt burden is too great. Expansion is not a consideration for now. Lao Li, your main task now is to work with Factory Director Han to achieve meticulous management and reduce costs!”

Li Changxing sighed, "What a pity to miss such a good opportunity."

"There will be plenty of opportunities! Let's eliminate our own hidden dangers first, and the chance to really show our skills will come next year!"

Zhou Haoran has his own plans.

When the economic crisis breaks out next year, the manufacturing and foreign trade industries in the Yangtze River Delta region will be severely impacted, and state-owned and private factories will go bankrupt one after another. That will be the real opportunity.

By then, let alone the third factory, we could take over the fourth, fifth, and sixth factories at a very low cost!
"Alright, you can talk to Factory Director Han about cost control. I have other things to do."

Zhou Haoran needs to go to Fudan University.

Qiao Hai said that he has summarized the current mechanism for trial and payment of genuine software.

That's it.

Let's go take a look and find a solution!
(End of this chapter)