As soon as Chen Dong finished speaking, A Long had his answer in mind and almost blurted out, "Pu Wenbin!"
Ah Long: "Brother Dong, I think Pu Wenbin is good. If we need to find someone to replace me, I'll choose him."
Chen Dong nodded. He vaguely remembered Pu Wenbin; he was a supervisor in the first department of Longteng Foreign Trade.
Jiang Fei: "Brother Dong, I recommend Zhang Wei. He's been following me around for a while now and is very familiar with this business."
Zhang Wei is the newly appointed manager after Jiang Fei took over Longteng Foreign Trade. He is specifically responsible for liaising with A Long and communicating with distributors.
Chen Dong nodded, not wanting to waste time on the matter, and said, "Now that you've chosen your candidates, make the most of the next few days and get the handover done."
"Also, the same goes for Ah Hu. After we go there this time, we'll free him up some time too."
Next, Chen Dong explained his general thoughts.
It mainly involves the development of hotels and real estate.
Chen Dong: "Trading with Russia is not a long-term thing. As more and more middlemen come to China, this business will become increasingly difficult."
This is not a lie Chen Dong is telling.
The reason why cross-border trade with Russia is so profitable is that we seized the initiative.
In 1990, there weren't many traders going to Russia, and the trade pie was big enough.
It wasn't until the incident of trading canned goods for airplanes was reported in the newspapers that the special profession of "scalper" came into the public eye.
However, if there are too many people sharing the pie, it will inevitably lead to internal strife.
Price reductions and promotions are not uncommon.
Besides, the Russians aren't stupid.
It's true that they lack daily necessities and light industrial products, but they only have that much wealth. Can they really afford to keep buying and selling these goods all the time?
Increased regulation has become inevitable, including tariffs, transaction taxes, and so on.
By then, most of the profits from trade between the two countries had ended up in the hands of certain important figures in Russia.
There's not much money left in my own hands.
The K3 international train tragedy speaks volumes.
This is certainly one of the reasons why these ruthless bandits took such a risk.
"Brother Fei!"
Chen Dong looked at Jiang Fei and said, "Continue to increase recruitment of employees. Don't be stingy with employee benefits. Make them a cut above the local average wage. I don't believe that no one will be willing to come and work for us."
At this point, Chen Dong suddenly remembered something.
In the next year or two, a wave of layoffs will occur.
Going into business or working away from home, there are people everywhere; it's a whole world of its own.
There's no shortage of people, but their quality varies greatly. Selecting outstanding talent is like sifting through sand in a vast ocean.
Jiang Fei nodded: "Brother Dong, that's easy. As long as the money is right, we won't have to worry about not having anyone come to work for us."
"Also, how many people should we hire? And what should they do?"
Chen Dong had already considered this point.
The chain hotels, supermarkets, restaurants and other related industries that developed later required a large number of employees, and relied on the headquarters to train managers to provide employment at various business outlets.
This creates a fission process.
The benefits of doing this are numerous.
The most direct impression is the uniform attire and service, which gives people a high-end feeling.
At this time, there were no mainland enterprises adopting the chain store model. If any industry were to launch such a model first, it would gain a competitive advantage.
Thinking about all this, Chen Dong said, "Brother Fei, go ahead and recruit as many people as you can. Once the business grows, there will be plenty of opportunities to hire people. This will save you from being caught off guard later."
"In addition, when I get back this time, I will ask Manager Ma to find a few talents in this field and let them be responsible for training the employees below."
Jiang Fei nodded, feeling relieved.
He's perfectly capable of handling violent tasks, but when it comes to training employees, he knows absolutely nothing about it.
Chen Dong: "Brother Fei, these next few days you should go and find an office location. I plan to have you in charge of real estate and Ah Long in charge of hotel management."
"These are the ideas I have for now. In a few days, we'll find some time to discuss them properly and see where to start."
What Chen Dong hadn't decided on was not the industry, but which city to start in.
Yanjing developed rapidly over the next one or two decades, with the urban area alone expanding several times over.
This doesn't even include the old city renovation project.
If all of them are included, how many real estate companies could be supported?
Chen Dong's only worry was that in a society based on personal connections, things weren't as simple as he thought.
In contrast, the hotel industry is much simpler.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, many of the nightclubs that sprang up across the country were opened by people from Hong Kong.
Especially for Hong Kong people with some money, these days a few hundred thousand can buy a hotel in a smaller city in mainland China.
Many people in small cities remember that when they were young, the most prosperous place in the city always had a Hong Kong tycoon.
During this period, when local governments were attracting investment, the people they saw most often were from Hong Kong.
They made a fortune in those places by taking advantage of the generous conditions offered by the local authorities.
certainly!
Wherever there's money to be made, there's bound to be a world of its own.
In nightclubs like this, people usually don't eat alone.
Instead, they negotiated with the local thugs, ostensibly to have them guard the place, but in reality, it was no different from paying protection money.
But overall, opening a place like this in the past few years would have been incredibly profitable!
It was a little after 2 p.m.
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