Chapter 54 Chapter 54 Let Me Serve Xin Tong
This is the 7th week since Xin Tong returned to China.
More than a month has passed since she took on the task of making Kelly profitable within a year at the Wucheng Empire Hotel and taking back all the family property from He Tianqi.
This famous "No. 1 Waste in Wucheng" has been the focus of attention since the moment he returned to China.
However, since that shocking week when she returned to China and fired Kelly's former president He Xiangrong, promoted a new CEO, and carried out major reforms, she seemed to have disappeared in the following month.
There isn't much gossip on the Wucheng Career Forum on a daily basis. This platform is basically just a discussion base for workers. The hottest posts are about which companies are laying off employees, which companies are withholding wages, where the next industry boom will be, and so on. The most popular posts never exceed 50 comments.
However, since Xin Tong returned to China, every post about Xin Tong on this forum has become extremely popular.
The most popular post received nearly 4,000 comments, and even a large number of new users registered, just to find a circle to discuss the gossip.
However, the person at the center of the storm disappeared for a month after the bloody storm.
——There are no more melons to eat.
Without Xin Tong, even slacking off at work has lost its fun.
Some people are starting to get restless.
[Does anyone know what's happening with Kelly recently?]
Comment:
"Yeah, yeah, how come there's been no news for a month?"
"squat."
"squat."
"What's Kelly's situation like lately? I think the poster wants to ask about Xin Tong's situation."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Yeah, just ask openly! I just wanted to ask, it's been ages since I've had such delicious gossip, and I'm really itching to hear more about it."
"The last time I heard about her was two weeks ago when the news reported that He Chuan's family went on vacation to Japan to celebrate He Tianqi's birthday."
"So, she's surrendered? Is it really because the family division was successful that she's stopped making trouble?"
"Then Kelly is doomed again. She's truly become a victim now. I guess she'll really be fired by He Chuan next year."
"Kelly was already dead a long time ago. Does anyone really think that if Xin Tong takes over, she can be saved?"
"Indeed, I should have thought of this long ago. How can I trust the promises made by a rich second-generation who lives on eating and waiting to die?"
"That's not necessarily true. At least she was quite vigorous and efficient the first week she came back."
"No matter how resolute she is, does anyone really believe she can save Kelly? Do you understand what that means?"
"What is this concept? Please explain it to me."
"Kelly has already accumulated losses of several hundred million over the past few years, all thanks to the Morikawa Group cushioning the losses. If it weren't for the massive capital backing of Morikawa, it would have collapsed long ago. The three professional managers who came before and after, all with elite resumes of returnees from prestigious universities, ended up losing money with each one. The one who performed the best among these three only managed to lose 20 million less than the others."
"If Xin Tong can only lose half of her money this year, she'll be even more impressive than the three previous CEOs."
"If she can break even this year, she'll be a business genius."
"...Now I finally understand. No wonder she was mocked so harshly on the forum. She's a loser from a fake school. She's lucky to be able to break even. But she actually told He Chuan that she would make a profit within a year..."
"Fuck, now I finally understand."
"No, why are some of you still paying attention to whether she can make a profit? She definitely can't! Aren't people paying attention to her just to eat melons?"
"Indeed, I was just there to watch the fun. It's been a while since I've seen a woman like her."
"+1."
"+1."
"Am I the only one who follows her because of the gossip about the wealthy? Isn't she a frequent visitor to the club?"
"I don't want to work so hard anymore. I don't want to be a slave anymore. Let me be a duck in the club and serve Xin Tong. I'm willing."
"...You wish."
"Even if there's any good thing happening, it won't be your turn. Get lost."
…
There are different opinions on the forum about Xin Tong's next move.
Some say she is giving up, others say she is doomed to fail.
Xin Tong had already been brewing a plan in her mind.
She doesn't think Kelly's current models will sell well.
If you want to make a profit, you must completely change your style, innovate on a large scale, and launch new models to have a chance of creating a hit product.
Clothing companies release new products seasonally.
It was already the end of the year, and she only had one year left: next year's spring/summer collection and autumn/winter collection, which would be her only two chances.
A complete process needs to be followed before a new season of clothing is released.
First come the plan, then the sample.
Next comes the most important part for clothing companies - the order meeting.
At the ordering meeting, major distributors, franchisees, buyers, and brand stores come to select styles and place orders. The orders are then sent to the factory for production and finally put on the market.
Throughout the entire process, the ordering conference has always been regarded as the top priority, and all links are prepared and implemented around the ordering conference.
The order fair for next year's spring and summer collections ended as early as September this year.
——Xin Tong has completely missed it.
But there was no way she would pass up this opportunity for the new spring and summer collection.
Therefore, she planned to skip the order meeting and directly complete the entire process of design, payment, production and listing in these few months, so that the new spring and summer models can be launched at the beginning of next year.
Very bold.
Even bolder than Zhang Yimou's attempt to shoot a film in one take.
But fortunately, Xin Tong has a special identity.
She is the boss.
She has the final say.
*
A pink Rolls-Royce sped through the sunlight of Wucheng.
When Xin Tong arrived at the company, all the employees had already drunk the milk tea she had treated them to.
Xin Tong has a lot of money but little work, is mysterious and gossipy, and is very popular among Kelly employees.
In addition, she had used the company's facilities and equipment to make clothes in the previous three weeks and had frequent exchanges with the design department staff. Everyone also found that she was approachable and humble, and her speech was sometimes startling and funny.
As the milk tea was distributed, the employees raised their arms and shouted that the boss was a fairy. As she walked through the door, she was greeted by the employees' warm greetings and smiling faces.
…
Xin Tong came to the company to observe the current situation.
Her previous knowledge of Kelly came from Quan Li and Ji Ning.
One of them is a secretary and the other is a CEO. They ask her for signature when there is something. Everything is handled properly. Unless it is a major incident such as murder or arson, it will not be reported to her. Ji Ning will solve it himself.
So Xin Tong wanted to find out for herself.
The head of the design department is the design director, Ai Ling.
Under Ai Ling are designers, and under designers are design assistants.
These people need to complete all design and payment-related work, as well as many other cross-departmental communication and coordination processes.
The department also has other technical positions, such as pattern makers and sample makers. These positions do not involve design and drawing, but are responsible for the actual craftsmanship.
Through observation and conversations with several designers and design assistants, Xin Tong has roughly understood the current situation of Kelly's design department.
The daily job of all designers is to produce a large number of designs.
With nearly a hundred items a month, that's an average of four items a day—they're essentially treating people like machines. Quantity is inherently inferior to quality. Given the KPIs, either use AI or copy others.
This results in similar styles being produced on an assembly line, leaving no time for careful consideration of details. If one pattern is wrong, all subsequent copies will be wrong.
Focusing solely on quantity without considering quality is not a positive path. The worse the quality, the more likely it is to be rejected at the order meeting, which will then require revisions from the design department.
Beyond the design work itself, the design director also manages upward. In the past, He Xiangrong and the three CEOs didn't understand design. If the boss told you to make changes, you had to do it. With a company budget, you had no time for artistic considerations and could only squeeze out endless costs on fabrics and craftsmanship.
——It is impossible to produce good clothes when multiple factors are combined.
It's not just Kelly; most companies on the market are like this. This is why women's clothing is so awful these days. Those few who excel can surpass their peers and become leaders. Most other brands are simply drowned in the tide.
…
If you only look at the challenges, the whole thing is actually very complicated. There's the need to rectify the company's internal situation, appease employees, find financial liquidity, and create a hit product—this demands a comprehensive range of leadership qualities.
This is why the three previous CEOs were all in a state of panic, panicking, and ultimately failing.
But what's special about Xin Tong is that she is stupid.
She was so stupid that she had a mysterious self-confidence, she was so stupid that she couldn't understand how difficult this whole thing was, she was so stupid that she thought she was the best in the world.
So she does everything with ease.
The company has been acquired, but there is still an annoying Lao Deng He Xiangrong - so let's kick Lao Deng out first.
The company employees are negative and no one pays attention to me - then I will treat everyone to something to eat and give them some money.
Lao Deng is gone, and I don’t know anything by myself - so I’ll promote others first.
When an enemy comes, the general will fight; when water comes, the earth will cover it. Simple-minded and straightforward, it seems foolish. But as it happens, the world is not as precise and sophisticated as you think. The so-called leader is nothing more than the saying "the righteous will have many supporters, the unrighteous will have few." As you do this, you will already have a large number of people who are completely devoted to you.
So the employees also fell in love with her, Ji Ning was in charge of the basic situation of the company, and the new team of all-female executives was also full of enthusiasm... In the end, all that was left for her was to create a hit product.
This is also the most difficult task.
If we wait for the design department to do this task, then we will be no different from the previous three CEOs.
Xin Tong knew that if she wanted to change the status quo, she had to be the first person to push everything forward.
*
While I was meeting with Ai Ling in the president's office, someone knocked on the door.
Quan Li brought Qian Duoduo in. Qian Duoduo said that someone was looking for you downstairs, but he didn't want to reveal his identity and asked you to go down and see it in person.
Xin Tong went downstairs and saw a black Porsche parked at the door of the company.
Next to the Porsche stood an ordinary man, waiting for her.
"Who are you?"
The man said, "I am my lady's driver."
Xin Tong frowned. How could he introduce himself like that?
Why don’t you say you are your mother’s son?
She patiently asked again, "Who is your young lady?"
He hesitated, his face as if he had eaten a fly, "My mistress won't let me tell you."
"..." Xin Tong was speechless, watching the man attentively hand over a large box of something in the trunk to the people on her side, then bowed and quickly drove away.
She opened the box and was stunned.
Inside was an extremely beautifully packaged box with a dark red background, gold-stamped fonts, and a line of words written in cursive script.
"Changbai Mountain Wild Ginseng".
Xin Tong was stunned.
The stuff is really good, but this...
She flipped through the box again and found a note on the lid.
When I opened it, there were only five words, written crookedly in black water-based pen:
"To replenish your body."
If you look carefully, there is a line of small words below.
"Don't try to figure out who I am."
...Xin Tong narrowed his eyes and sneered.
She crossed her arms, took out her cell phone, clicked on Wu Sifeng's profile picture, and sent her a message.
"Thanks."
"After eating, I turned into Tong Xiangyu."
The reply came quickly:
"Thank you for what?"
"I don't understand what you're talking about."
Xin Tong found it funny.
"Thank you for having your driver deliver the things."
There was a sudden uproar over there.
"I didn't send it!"
"What evidence do you have to prove that the ginseng was given by me?"
"I didn't say it was ginseng, how did you know it was ginseng?"
Xin Tong watched as the text at the top repeatedly changed to "The other party is typing" and flashed for more than ten seconds without being able to say a word. She could almost imagine the other party gritting his teeth in anger.
Xin Tong laughed heartily.
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