Chapter 231: The Rich Old Lady (12)
After Wen left, Shisui stayed in the office, busy checking computer data and various paper documents, and began to formulate a detailed development plan.
This import and export trading company mainly deals in daily cosmetics business. It is one of the local agents of many internationally renowned brands and supplies many local chain supermarkets and drugstores.
These companies have meager profits but stable incomes. As long as the overall environment is fine and the company's management doesn't make major mistakes, they can make a living and not starve to death, making them very suitable for retirement.
This is probably why Mrs. Zhou’s father left it to his daughter.
Shi Sui noticed that among the large number of end customers that had financial transactions with the company, there were supermarkets under the Dahe Group.
Dahe Group has a variety of retail models including supermarkets, department stores, chain personal care stores, and pharmacies.
Originally, all these businesses were managed by Mrs. Zhou’s third brother. After his sudden death, with the approval of the board of directors, the business was passed to his nieces and sisters.
However, later on, they were forced to hand over power by their second uncle Zhou Xin.
Zhou Xin only used the simplest trick: raising the rent.
Most of the shops rented are real estate properties under the Dahe Group, which is controlled by Zhou Xin.
This was done in the past because both parties were in the same group and could obtain rent reductions, achieving mutual benefit.
Zhou Shiya didn't want to face the day when her own uncle turned against her and raised the rent crazily before her father's body was even cold.
Although the sisters argued, they were still unable to withstand the huge rent pressure.
Faced with declining performance, at the request of the board of directors, they had no choice but to hand over the operating rights of the chain supermarkets and department stores that paid the highest rent and were the most profitable, retaining only the useless chain personal care stores and pharmacies.
The two sides are still arguing over this matter.
Zhou Shiya even took her second brother Zhou Xin to court, accusing him of unfair competition.
...As an outsider, Tokiho came up with a bold idea.
Based on the company's business scope and past years' data, if she wanted to expand and strengthen the company, enough to give her enough capital to gain a foothold in the Dahe Group, conventional means would take a considerable amount of time... It would be better to take an unconventional approach...
Shisui drafted the company's development direction for this year in his notebook, making detailed plans for everything from personnel to business expansion.
In order to give the company an explosive development opportunity, she plotted against both Zhou Xin and Zhou Shiya...
Knock knock knock——
There was a knock on the office door.
"Come in." Shisui put down her pen and paper.
The visitor is the company's CEO.
He asked cautiously, "Miss Zhou, it's already 8 o'clock in the evening... What would you like to eat? I'll go prepare dinner for you."
oh.
I have unknowingly reached this point.
In H City, everyone works hard, and it is normal to get off work at 8 or 9 o'clock.
But as for this retirement-type company...most people leave on time at 6:30.
Because she was there that day, under the order of the executive president, no one dared to leave on time, and now they are all sitting outside.
The CEO had been restless for a long time and felt that wasting time was not a solution, so he came in to remind Shi Sui indirectly.
"Don't worry about me, just go home when it's time to get off work as usual. It's New Year's Day now, go home and spend more time with your family." Shi Sui didn't need anyone to "sit" here at all.
"But……"
"Do you want me to say it a second time? This is downtown, and the building has security. What else do we need to worry about? It's only my first day here, and you're asking the entire company to work overtime with me for free. Is that honorable?"
"Ah... then... thank you for your concern, boss!"
The CEO couldn't persuade Shi Sui and was frightened by her aura, so he quickly told his subordinates to pack up and leave the company.
After closing the door of the room, Shisui continued to optimize the plan.
I don’t know how long it was, but suddenly there was another knock on the door.
Knock knock knock——
Shisui looked up and saw that it was already 10 o'clock.
Her plan just happened to come to an end.
Could it be that the CEO, that big wooden guy, hasn't left yet?
"Who is it?"
"Ms. Zhou, it's me, Jiahao."
Shi Sui frowned.
Drivers should have their own rules. If there is an emergency, they should call first. Coming to the driver's door directly is overstepping the bounds.
She walked over in two steps, opened the door, and said with a dark face: "What are you doing?!"
"I, I... I saw that you hadn't come down for a long time, Miss Zhou. I was worried that you were hungry, so I bought you some food..."
The driver, Jiahao, was carrying two large bags of food. His hands loosened unconsciously and the lunch boxes almost fell to the ground.
Shi Sui glanced at her pocket, which contained soup, rice, and several side dishes. The bag was printed with "Fugui Linmen Restaurant."
Fugui Linmen Restaurant is a famous restaurant for the wealthy. The dishes are delicious and authentic, but there is only one drawback... it is expensive!
Zhou Xiaofeng really put a lot of effort into arranging this guy to please her.
Shisui snorted coldly and walked past him without looking back.
"This is the first and last time I'm warning you. Don't try to guess what I want! You bought these lunch boxes without my permission, so don't ask me to reimburse you!"
"I know I was wrong, Miss Zhou! I'm sorry!" Jiahao apologized hurriedly.
Although Shisui intends to keep Jiahao by her side and use him to spread false information, she will not be polite to him.
All is fair in war.
If she accepted Jiahao's kindness too easily, it would arouse Zhou Xiaofeng's suspicion.
…
After careful consideration, Shisui immediately carried out drastic reforms in the company as soon as the fifteenth day of the new year passed.
One-third of redundant employees, including the CEO, were laid off.
Among them were three employees that Zhou Xiaofeng specially placed in her company.
Because the time of joining the company was suspicious, Shisui fired him without a second thought.
She merged some departments with overlapping functions and expanded the business scope. In addition to foreign trade, she also planned to vigorously introduce inland brands.
This move was very abrupt in the overall environment of H City at that time.
H City is an international financial and trade port, and its economic development level is many times better than that of most inland cities.
There has always been a craze for inland tourists to go to H City for crazy shopping, but there has never been a precedent for H City citizens to go inland to purchase domestic products.
Shisui's action naturally attracted a lot of criticism.
There was an endless stream of confusion and ridicule.
Her second brother Zhou Xin and nephew Zhou Xiaofeng both felt that this move she made was an absolute blunder.
Zhou Xiaofeng even complained to his girlfriend, who was the third runner-up in the Miss Hong Kong pageant, while drinking.
"The person I placed with her got fired. I was pretty depressed at first, but not anymore. I'm even starting to doubt my own judgment... She's just an old woman, and I wasted so much energy dealing with her. Who would want this cheap, inland-made stuff?! If I give it to you, will you use it? Haha!"
"Only country people use country things. I think that old lady is still the same psychopath she was 21 years ago!" The third runner-up of Miss Hong Kong laughed wildly while holding a wine glass.
...Amidst a large number of doubts, only niece Zhou Shiya expressed her agreement.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
