Everything has been explained and emphasized, but there are still people who are not afraid of death. If the situation is true, Alan will not be polite. Before they make money like this, they have to think clearly whether they have the life to earn it... or not... and spend it.

"Christmas is the day after tomorrow. After the investigation is completed, arrange for Christmas Eve. Send people to personally go to each family's house and hang them at their doorsteps. Let their wives, children, relatives and friends see it. Also, don't leave any of those who cooperated with them alive. After Christmas, let our TV station report that the two escaped murderers are back and that we need to strengthen public security!"

Now that he has a perfect person to shift the blame to, Allen is even more unscrupulous. He has already said that whoever displeases him about anything related to this party will regret it for the rest of his life!

I believe that being hanged at the doorstep of their home on Christmas Eve will leave a deep impression on their families, relatives and friends. This can be regarded as Mr. Allen's Christmas gift to these families. I hope they will like it.

…

"Master, there is one more thing. This was just delivered by His Highness, saying it is a Christmas gift from His Highness to you."

Shao Shitou didn't leave in a hurry. He waited until Alan finished explaining everything before handing the small box to Alan.

"Oh? Your Highness's Christmas present for me?"

Alan took the box and blinked. This was not easy at all. He actually received a Christmas gift. He must have received the Christmas gift because Boss Cha was very satisfied with the Christmas party.

…

Thomas sat obediently in front of the tea table. He had just heard about the fate of those people. At this moment... he was a little frightened and dared not say a word. Seeing Xiao Shitou handing the gift to Allen and attracting Allen's attention, Thomas breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know why, but in the past few years, this gentleman had put more and more pressure on him in front of Allen. It was a bit like... power. Yes, that was the feeling. As this gentleman slowly emerged to the fore over the years, his actions gradually brought him much more power than before.

Seeing Alan opening the gift box in front of him, Thomas straightened up slightly out of curiosity and took a look.

There was a watch in the box, I couldn’t see the brand clearly... but judging from the shape, it seemed to be an Audemars Piguet watch, the famous Royal Oak series.

This thing...Officers in the British Navy like to wear it very much. This series of watches was originally designed with reference to the Royal Oak. It is said that the octagonal dial was designed with reference to the hanging windows of the battleship at that time, and it has strong warship elements.

The famous Duke of Kent is a loyal fan of this brand of watches.

But the color of the watch Alan was holding now seemed to be different from the traditional Royal Oak series. The ones Thomas had seen in newspapers before were all gold, but the one Alan was holding was silver and looked like it was made of steel.

Think about it, considering His Highness's generosity... the gift he gave to Allen should not be a cheap item.

…

Alan looked at the Christmas gift in his hand with a slight smile on his face. He knew this watch and it was said to be the new Royal Oak Offshore series released this year.

This Offshore... refers to its strong waterproofness and diving-proof performance, which is considered a benchmark among luxury sports watches.

And it's the latest model this year. It seems that Boss Cha is very thoughtful. Knowing that he likes sports, he actually gave him this.

After playing with it for a while, Alan took off the old watch and put on the new one given by his boss...

This Audemars Piguet watch looks very tough, and Alan likes this color very much. He doesn't like to wear the gold watches that are very popular nowadays, as they seem too exaggerated. In the past, he always wore watches from niche brands, such as a watch from the same brand as his title, called Piaget.

Alan moved his wrist and looked at the new watch on his hand. As soon as he raised his head, he saw Thomas looking at him eagerly.

"Huh?"

I thought Thomas had left, but I didn't expect... he had been sitting here obediently for such a long time.

Thinking that Thomas had been quite obedient in the past few years, Allen picked up his old watch and handed it to Thomas, saying, "Well, your highness gave me a new watch, so I'll give you this old watch as a Christmas present."

"ah?!"

The surprise came so suddenly that Thomas subconsciously took the watch handed to him by Alan. He was stunned when he got the watch in his hand.

He lowered his eyes slightly and looked at the watch in his hand.

Can the old things of a noble lord really be considered old things?

Thomas might not recognize other things, but he happened to recognize this old watch that Alan gave him!

Because this thing has a very recognizable shape, it is Piaget's ultra-thin watch. Piaget's watches are famous for their ultra-thinness and diamond-studded designs.

Whenever you see a watch with a very thin dial, it is most likely a Piaget watch. If the dial is very thin and is inlaid with diamonds, it is definitely a watch from this brand!

Just this ultra-thin watch inlaid with diamonds on his hand was sold for tens of thousands of pounds back then. If you add Alan's fame... the value of this thing now is hard to estimate.

Now Alan gave this to him as a gift. When Thomas takes it out in the future and others ask about it... it will be a topic of conversation!

If the relationship is not good, who would send such things out? !

This is a sign that he is Lord Allen's confidant!

"Thank you, sir! This is truly the best Christmas present I have ever received in my life!"

Thomas held the watch and was stunned for a long time before he thanked her excitedly.

"Okay, go and do your work. Go back and pay more attention to the affairs of the parliament. Tell me if there is any situation."

"Yes! Then I will go back first, sir."

"Um!"

…

Little Stone and Thomas left together, and Alan was left alone in the sunroom, along with the musician in the distance.

With a sigh, Alan moved the pile of documents next to him onto his legs, then opened the top one and began to read slowly.

This is this year's financial report, and he has been so busy that he has only had time to read it now.

First is overseas business.

Australian steel mills continue to make profits, and their main products are canned packaging and other products. These products are not only used by other factories under Allen's name, but they also have no trouble selling them outside.

This investment was considered a good decision back then. Now about 60% of the steel plant's products are sold internally, and only the remaining products that cannot be used are sold outside.

Among all the industries that Allen owns in Australia, apart from the steel plant, there is also a food ingredient package production plant and a canned food production plant, and the performance has been acceptable in recent years.

In addition to these factories, there are seven smaller local media outlets. These media outlets...

Alan didn't even plan to read it, but just as he was about to put the document down, he suddenly remembered...

It seems that I will be going to Australia with Boss Cha in a few days, so...can I mobilize the media forces of these companies to follow and report on me throughout the trip?

This not only increased the visibility of the visit, but also trained the company's own media team.

Um……

Allen took out a pen and wrote a line of notes on the pages introducing these media. They would look at it again when the secretary took it back in the evening.

…

Business on the island country is actually very simple. The Saizeriya restaurant chain has performed well this year and has expanded rapidly. Alan doesn't need to worry too much about them. Looking at the financial report on the document, Alan nodded with satisfaction.

We made a lot of money, but it was all passing money. We didn't have to distribute the money as dividends... We just used the money to continue expanding our stores. Looking at the introduction on the document, with the last store in the island country closing on the 15th of this month, Saizeriya's stores now cover all counties and cities on the island country.

Looking at the plan for next year, it is said that we will move westward into China and continue to open stores...

Alan sighed. Many of his industries were like this. How could you say they were not making money?

They do make money, but the money has to be used for expansion, and this expansion leaves them with almost no money left.

So... it's not unreasonable that Alan has been crying poor for the past year or two. His wealth and assets are increasing day by day, but he doesn't have much cash on hand. He can only wait until the day when he can no longer expand before he can think about making some cash.

…

Allen felt a bit of a headache looking at the remaining trivial matters regarding Sony. As the "burden" on him became heavier, how long had it been since he had made a serious movie?

If he doesn't make movies, he won't be able to make money from Sony...

He didn't make money, so the communication between the two sides became less, and now... the relationship seems to be much more distant.

How is this possible?

Whenever Allen thinks of Sony, this big piece of fat meat, he always feels a little unwilling.

Even if he lost money in business, it would not be as painful for Allen as not getting any money from Sony.

But now... Alan held the pen in his hand and hesitated for a moment. He was really busy recently and had no time to take care of that... He could only wait and see if Cameron would have any big projects to get involved in in the future.

…

He put down the island country's financial report and picked up China's year-end financial report, looking at the instant noodle factory, radio factory and the hospital in Shanghai.

These two factories have been profitable for a long time, especially the instant noodle factory. Its products are now exported overseas. It is Allen's flagship enterprise, and its sales have doubled every year.

As for the radio factory... the sales of this thing have declined in recent years. The current plan is to cut the production of some luxury models and instead focus on producing some low-end models to go overseas and expand sales to Africa.

The remaining hospitals have not yet been completely built, but the equipment is fully prepared. All the preliminary preparations will be completed around April or May next year.

Looking at the financial report about China, Alan nodded with satisfaction, and moved his eyes down to see the last separate statement about the New Year's red envelopes.

Looking at the amount of the red envelope on the document, even Allen, who has always been very black-hearted, felt a little uncomfortable with this amount.

Allen has always had the tradition of giving out red envelopes during the Chinese New Year. He doesn't just give out a little more money. He actually has people produce a batch of red envelopes, puts cash in them and gives them out to employees. It's all about the sense of ritual!

This trick is very effective. The salaries of the companies under his name are generally a little higher than those in the outside world, and all kinds of welfare systems are in accordance with the formal ones. Coupled with his own fame as an endorsement, it is generally considered a "well-known company."

As for the annual bonuses, most employees give similar amounts, which initially were several hundred pounds and later increased to one thousand pounds.

But China is a special case.

The labor cost here is really too low, so low that the workers here used to only earn more than 100 yuan a month. It was Alan who took the initiative to double it to nearly 300 yuan.

These more than 300 yuan are in Chinese Yuan, not British Pounds!

Converted into pounds, their monthly salary is only over 30 pounds.

Although such a direct conversion is obviously somewhat unreasonable, their income is very low in Allen's opinion...this is a fact.

If he gave New Year's bonuses in the same amount as those given to employees of other companies under his name... Alan was afraid that it would scare them.

But now... Alan felt a little guilty seeing these people working diligently to make money for him, but the benefits they enjoyed were far behind those of employees in other regions.

"Next year, the salaries of employees and leaders at the instant noodle and radio factories will increase by 50%, and the year-end bonuses will be doubled."

After some consideration, Alan wrote a line of small words at the end of the document. Let's leave it at that for now. This increase is not worth mentioning to him, but for these employees, it should be good news, right?

…

In addition to all the overseas financial reports, Allen seems to have a headache when it comes to the domestic ones. In the past, for the sake of safety, he divided all the industries very scattered, which gave a feeling of scattering the efforts. There was no coordination between the various enterprises, and each company did its own thing.

The advantage of this, of course, is that it has a strong ability to resist risks. Even if others want to target it, it will be difficult to do so with so many unrelated companies. Even if some companies are really in trouble, there are still other companies that can support them, thus achieving the goal of "a cunning rabbit has three burrows". But the disadvantage... is that it is a bit troublesome and time-consuming to manage.

Fortunately, flat management was implemented from the very beginning. The actual person in charge of each enterprise is more like a butler, overseeing the operation of the enterprise for him. The actual corporate decisions have to be reported to the secretariat and finally sent to Allen.

Such efficiency and innovation ability are somewhat weak. It means that his subordinates do what he says, which is quite traditional and mediocre.

Looking at the financial reports of the food delivery company and the French restaurant chain, Allen decided to make some small innovations and integrate them.

For example... they are both in the catering business, so can we integrate the similarities between the Saizeriya in the island country and the French restaurant chain in the UK, streamline the overlapping management, and then improve the central kitchen mechanism to set up a large central kitchen with a global distribution mechanism?

This way, not only can we save costs, but we can also...grasp the lifeline of these stores, centralize power, and save trouble.

Moreover, with the centralized central kitchen, Alan's connections can help him find the main production areas of various raw materials, purchase them at prices lower than the market price, and distribute them uniformly. Isn't this a disguised way of saving costs?

On the one hand, it saves costs, and on the other hand, it puts a more secure collar on these two chain restaurant companies.

Hmm... Alan scratched his chin. The first step is to build a large central kitchen. The next step... after gaining experience, the large supermarket he has always wanted to open can be realized. This is considered to be exploring the way forward. When all the sources of goods are available, the supply channels for the supermarkets will naturally be available as well.