On the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon raises its head.
"Xiao Tan, the samples for the custom shopping bags, disposable cups, and ballpoint pens have all been delivered. Do you want to come back and take a look?"
Tan Jincheng was currently at Zhang Haiping's new factory discussing a quality issue with a batch of clothes when he received a call from Zhang Xupeng.
After Zhang Haiping expanded, the original small building at his home could no longer accommodate the new machines.
Fortunately, he had prepared in advance; a relative from the same village had moved with their entire family to the urban area of Yongcheng.
Before the New Year, Zhang Haiping discussed with his relative to evict the existing tenants and rent the entire building from his relative.
The relative's house was originally subleased to out-of-town tenants.
After Zhang Haiping rented it, the first floor was simply renovated to serve as a flatbed workshop, and the second floor was used as a warehouse.
"Oh, alright; I'll be right back."
Tan Jincheng responded.
After confirming the samples, formal arrangements for custom production could be made.
The delay of a few days was due to some adjustments in the initial sample design plan.
After bidding farewell to Zhang Haiping, Tan Jincheng drove towards the company.
Entering March, the spring ambiance in Yongcheng grew stronger, and rainfall slowly began to decrease.
Turning from Taishan Road to Changjiang Road, the scenery on both sides of the road had changed significantly along the way.
Without a subway station or cherry blossom trees, Taishan Road today was not yet the breathtaking Cherry Blossom Avenue of later generations.
Last year it was still farmland, but this year many construction sites had sprung up.
Several new residential communities would be built here, and the future district government would also relocate here.
Similarly, this was where Tan Jincheng lived in his previous life, but at this time, apart from scattered construction sites, nothing else could be seen.
The house he bought back then sold for over 13,000 yuan at its opening, and later there was a commotion due to quality issues.
By the time he bought it, the price had even dropped a bit, which was after 2010.
There were still five years until then, but the land parcels here had already been auctioned off, which could all be found on government websites.
Let alone not having the financial capability now, even with it, it would already be too late.
High-end planning often happens several years in advance.
Opportunities to jump on board at the last minute are not non-existent, but they are extremely rare, and even rarer for ordinary people.
As for the land parcel opposite, in his previous life, for unknown reasons, it changed several developers and remained unfinished until 2021 when construction restarted, and it was even built into a park!
Separated by just one road, their fates were worlds apart.
In fact, if ordinary people want to look for opportunities, browsing various government websites is quite useful.
Compared to the cluttered self-media information after the internet information explosion, government websites are often much more reliable.
Along the way, upon returning to the company, he saw Zhang Xupeng discussing samples with Li Yanning in the outer office.
Besides the two of them, Li Jinglan was busy packing express deliveries.
Entering March, Jinshang Yidu had resumed its previous busy state.
As for the two newly hired salespeople, Tan Jincheng sent them out to canvas the market, to train their abilities.
If they could get business, that was naturally the best; if not, it didn't matter.
He would support them for a few months, and if it didn't work out, he'd replace them.
Anyway, in Tan Jincheng's eyes, the salespeople's base salary was almost negligible, and they didn't even need to pay social security.
As for Tan Jincheng's previous idea of registering a few more Taobao stores, that was also underway.
There were a total of three stores: men's wear, women's wear, and QQ underwear.
The store designs completely copied Jinshang Yidu.
Currently, all three stores were in the design phase.
As for how to specifically operate them, Tan Jincheng still had a headache.
He definitely couldn't hand them over to Li Jinglan to manage again, but currently, he didn't have a trustworthy (easily swayed) candidate.
Oh, what a headache; his younger siblings were still small, and in the future, they would also focus on studying.
If only he had a younger sibling closer in age, he could persuade him (or her) to manage it.
Let's leave it at that for now.
Anyway, it would take some time to set up the three stores.
He'd talk about it once the stores were all decorated.
It was a hit or miss situation regardless.
"Come here quickly and see if the samples need any more adjustments. If they're good, let's arrange production right away."
Zhang Xupeng glared at Tan Jincheng and called out to him, who was standing at the door.
Zhang Xupeng had been in a bad mood lately.
The frequent adjustments to the sample design scheme made him miserable.
The main reason was that in the recently concluded first leg of the Champions League knockout stage, Manchester United was eliminated by AC Milan with two 1:0 victories.
What was even more infuriating was that Xiao Tan had correctly predicted both scores!
Seeing Zhang Xupeng's indignant expression, Tan Jincheng decided to rub salt in his wound:
"Why are you like this? It's just a football match; don't be sad, they'll lose again later."
Who was the Premier League champion in the 04-05 season? Chelsea, haha, they really will keep losing.
"If you can't talk properly, say less. You won't get far either; wait to be eliminated by your city rivals in the next round. I'm an Inter Milan fan now."
"Sour grapes, you're just sour grapes; do you know what your behavior is called?"
"What's it called?"
"Fearing brothers' hardships, and fearing brothers driving Land Rovers."
"Enough nonsense, quickly check the samples; the supplier is waiting for a reply. And also, you're treating for lunch today. Jinglan, order your lunch according to the 200 yuan standard."
Zhang Xupeng said, exasperated.
"Damn, I only earned 60 yuan in total, and you're so ruthless."
Tan Jincheng spent a total of 240 yuan on the four match scores plus two championship bets he placed with Zhang Xupeng.
He recovered 300 yuan from the two Milan vs. Manchester United matches, while the two Liverpool matches, as expected, resulted in a complete loss.
Liverpool, who stumbled into the knockout stage, indeed pulled off two impressive 3:1 victories against Leverkusen in their two knockout matches.
Li Yanning watched the two bosses bicker from the side, pressing her lips together.
Even Li Jinglan, who was packing express deliveries nearby, couldn't help but purse her lips.
Such scenes had been happening frequently over the past few days, and the two sisters were already used to it.
Men are truly childish, dozens of people kicking a ball back and forth, what's the point?
Seeing Tan Jincheng approach, Li Yanning smartly gave up her seat and said,
"Boss, please sit. I'll go help Xiao Lan with the packing."
"Hmm."
Tan Jincheng nodded.
"Take a look. We need to confirm the samples as soon as possible, or we'll run out of time."
Zhang Xupeng stopped fooling around, pointed to the samples on the table, and said to Tan Jincheng.
In fact, there was enough time.
However, for this Canton Fair, besides grasping the general direction, Tan Jincheng had handed all the work over to Zhang Xupeng, giving him full responsibility, while Tan Jincheng took over the construction schedule issues previously handled by Zhang Xupeng.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Tan Jincheng's establishment of a second company would happen soon.
It was also time to cultivate Zhang Xupeng's ability to independently manage a company.
(End of chapter)
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