Upon hearing this, Jiang Xiaoyan leaned slightly closer to Lu Feng, her gaze fixed on the television. As the midnight bells rang, the deafening sound of firecrackers forced everyone to feel the fervor of the Spring Festival.
The year seemed to pass quickly, yet it also felt slow. Children ran around in groups of three or five every day, and one heavy snowfall after another blanketed the world in silver. Lu Feng hadn't felt this way for many years, as if the whole winter had been covered in snow.
He sometimes pondered the feeling of this snow-covered landscape, and later realized it was due to urbanization and snowplows!
We had a birthday gathering before the New Year, but after the New Year, there was no need to pay New Year's visits. I slept for several days. Lu Feng was too lazy to deal with some business relationships. Johnnie To and Gao Zhiwei were managing Jia Mei's side. Since Zhang Fengxia had taken over Jia Feng's side, he had to shoulder the responsibility.
On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Lu Feng called Huang Youwei to wish him a Happy New Year and told him that he had said everything he needed to say when he went to the meeting before the New Year. He also asked Huang to send his New Year's greetings to the general manager of Panda.
He then made several phone calls to the provincial government, mainly to some leaders and heads of several banks. These days, anyone who can get Lu Feng to call and wish someone a Happy New Year must be a very important person.
Jiaming Foods officially resumed operations on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. Johnnie To has handed over all the work in Zhengzhou to the factory manager there and has already gone to Beijing. The Zhengzhou factory will serve as Jiaming Foods' core large-scale factory, and some core departments' powers have been transferred to Beijing.
The first batch of people, more than 100 people, have already moved into the office building. After the tenth day of the first lunar month, General Manager Li will also go to Beijing. The financial headquarters of more than a dozen factories will be established to connect with the finances of the thirteen subordinate factories. The headquarters human resources department will appoint and dismiss senior managers of the major factories. The initial formation of the leading capabilities has been achieved.
The departure of a group of people before the new year has actually made the group structure more convenient. The interest relationships between personnel and organizations are relatively weak, and it is easier for the new management to take over. Otherwise, the group structure would have reduced a large part of the factory's management power and could easily lead to a situation of forming cliques and confronting each other.
As the saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining!
On the tenth day, Lu Feng told Lu Wancai and his wife that he had been transferred to the south by his company, and that his apartment in the city was empty and he was not taking his belongings with him, so they could move in.
He also told the two that they didn't need to worry about money, that they should just live a peaceful life, that they could go on trips, that they could try starting a business if they wanted, or that they could buy a car or something.
Lu Feng's meaning was very clear: since I have inherited this body, I will definitely ensure that these two live a peaceful life until old age, and even if there is trouble or money involved, it won't cost much.
On the tenth day of the lunar month, Jiang Xiaoyan returned to the city and wanted to pack her things, but Lu Feng stopped her, saying that everything was available there and there was no need to bother packing.
Originally, the plan was to go directly to the south after the Lantern Festival. Lu Feng also began to learn about the situation there through Zhang Fengxia. The factory had recruited more than 6,000 ordinary workers, and five new design plans had been made. At the same time, the sales channels across the country were being investigated.
This year, the sales network will first cover the entire Jiangsu province and then expand to the Yangtze River Delta. Because the highways in the south are in better condition than those in the north, Zhang Fengxia expects to build a dense sales network within two years.
After listening to Zhang Fengxia's sales network, Lu Feng didn't comment. He just told her that he would have a meeting after he arrived and then they would talk about it. Zhang Fengxia could tell that the other party hadn't approved it, meaning they didn't agree with this approach.
While at home, Lu Feng did a simple survey on the sales model of televisions, the current road conditions across the country, transportation costs, and purchasing power in each province.
After the Lantern Festival, we bought plane tickets and the whole family was just about to leave when Gao Zhiwei called, disrupting our entire itinerary.
"Actually, we didn't plan to send you. We've been to a few dinner parties recently, and we've been trying to get in touch with some banks or something, but nobody seems interested in us. Yesterday, Mr. Du even got into a fight with some kind of boss at a dinner party. The people in this circle are all so powerful; we can't handle them!" Gao Zhiwei's voice sounded a little embarrassed.
Having grown accustomed to operating in this small, third-tier city, where Jiaming Foods is a behemoth, they are nothing more than small fry when they go elsewhere, and naturally, people treat them differently.
If it's just for office work, it doesn't matter where you are. The key is to fit in with the circle. If you can't fit in, you might as well go back to your hometown. The awkward thing that Johnnie To and Gao Zhiwei are facing now is that nobody pays attention to them.
Gao Zhiwei hoped that Lu Feng would come over and help open some doors. Even if it meant arguing, Lu Feng dared to argue, unlike the others who were really no good.
Listening to Gao Zhiwei's words on the phone, Lu Feng sighed. This man was good at maintaining the business, but he was really not good at making progress. After thinking about it, he could only agree, after all, he was still the largest single shareholder of Jiaming Foods.
On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, a flight to Beijing took off. This was Lu Feng's first time in Beijing. He knew that the major business circles across the country were divided into factions, with the southern factions forming their own circles, while the north was mainly composed of state-owned enterprises, with a small number of private enterprises. Township and village enterprises were also inextricably linked to state-owned enterprises, and the Beijing circle was nurturing many future bigwigs.
There's a circle called Zhongguancun!
The plane landed. The airport here is very impressive, much larger than when we took off, and the passengers disembarked come from all over the world.
Duoduo looked around curiously, and Jiang Xiaoyan said, "I came here by bus before, when I was still little."
"Things have changed a lot in the last few years. You can climb the Great Wall or something now," Lu Feng said casually.
"I'm not going. I've been there. It's all bare and full of people."
As the two were talking, they came out of the airport and looked around and saw that there were people everywhere. At the arrival area, many people were holding signs. Lu Feng looked around and finally saw a sign that read "Warmly welcome President Lu of Jiaming Foods to inspect the group headquarters".
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