Wei Yandan sat down looking preoccupied. After organizing her thoughts, she said, "President Lu, the internal management of this factory is a mess. Basically, Qian Nana makes all the decisions. Moreover, I've noticed that everyone in each department is her person, especially in important departments like finance. This afternoon, I took a stroll through the finance department and casually flipped through the ledgers. I found that there were over-reimbursements. There's no oversight system in any department, and President Jiang completely listens to President Qian."
"I know that. Based on current expectations, will the lipstick production be profitable?"
"The cost is unclear. I think it should be 50 percent higher than the actual cost, or even higher. There are too many hidden costs. These people also have a problem with their work attitude. They just go through the motions and are completely fooling people."
“I don’t care how much money we make, as long as we don’t lose too much, I can accept it. This group of people will definitely need to be replaced. In the next couple of days, try to get some key accounts from the finance department as evidence. At the same time, you need to guide President Jiang to do some management reforms.” Lu Feng looked at her and asked, “Can you do that?”
Wei Yandan smacked her lips. This was difficult. After a moment's thought, she said, "I can't guarantee it. I can only say I'll try my best."
"Alright, you must be tired after traveling and going to the factory today. Get some rest." Lu Feng stood up and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's all part of the job, Mr. Lu, you should get some rest too."
After leaving the villa, Lu Feng didn't have high hopes for Wei Yandan guiding Jiang Xiaoyan to manage the factory, because it was too difficult; he wasn't even sure he could do it.
Back home, Jiang Xiaoyan had already washed up and was sitting on the sofa with a huge pile of reports in front of her, flipping through them endlessly.
"How many were produced?" Lu Feng asked as he sat down.
“Three thousand sticks, not easy to sell. Today, Ms. Qian told me that she had talked to several companies, but their attitudes were not very enthusiastic. She suggested that we rent a counter ourselves and promote them ourselves,” Jiang Xiaoyan said with some worry.
"Absolutely not. The cosmetics counters aren't cheap, and there are too many counters. Without distribution channels, you'd have to run around doing the ordering yourself. That would be exhausting." Lu Feng thought for a moment and said, "We can give those wholesalers some incentives first. We can lose a little money at the beginning to get sales going. For example, we can supply the goods first and settle the payment later."
Jiang Xiaoyan nodded thoughtfully, thinking that this was a good idea.
Lu Feng offered suggestions and told her that she needed to find more people. Each department head must have a deputy. The purpose of the deputy is to be able to remove the head at any time, rather than being threatened by the head.
It was already past 10 p.m., and the restaurant staff were almost off work, but Zhao Yanran and Qian Nana were still chatting.
"She can't find a market, how can it sell so easily? Let me tell you, in the end it's all unsold stock." Qian Nana said, looking like she had Jiang Xiaoyan completely under her thumb. "Today, her man brought over another person, who seems to have some ability."
"Are you going to fire me?"
"Her husband probably has that thought, but Jiang Xiaoyan is a good person, she cares about people." A hint of softness appeared on Qian Nana's face, but it was covered up in the next moment. Over the years, she has seen all kinds of bosses. They are easy to talk to when they make money, but they are a different story when they lose money.
“Here’s what I’ll do: I’ll tell her tomorrow that I have a batch of orders that I can transfer to her to produce. Let her produce as much as she can, about a hundred thousand units, and then tell her the order has been cancelled.” Zhao Yanran narrowed her eyes, a half-smile on her face. “You know, lipsticks need to be refrigerated. It’s thirty degrees Celsius right now, so I’ll charge her a refrigeration fee!”
"What if she doesn't pay?" Qian Nana asked worriedly.
"Are you stupid? I'll just hire a lawyer and send a formal notice to her factory. If they don't deliver within thirty days, I have the right to dispose of the goods in any way I want. I'll get a batch of goods worth millions for free!" Zhao Yanran exclaimed happily.
"That's a brilliant move!"
“It’s standard practice. All the bosses in the cosmetics industry know this. Otherwise, why would anyone be stupid? They all take orders and deposits first before starting production. Let me tell you, as long as you get her to produce this batch of goods, I’ll definitely be able to buy it all in the end, at the price of junk.” Zhao Yanran leaned forward and whispered, “I’ll give you a 20% kickback.”
Qian Nana smiled. This kind of foolish boss is truly a once-in-a-millennium occurrence. She understands the principle that a person cannot get rich without windfall gains and a horse cannot get fat without night grass.
If she does a good job, she'll make a fortune in one go, and then she can even start her own small factory.
The next day, Jiang Xiaoyan listened to Lu Feng's words and put Wei Yandan in charge of the factory's management, while Qian Nana was in charge of the market. This change made Qian Nana quite alert. She talked with Zhao Yanran and decided to leave it as it was for the time being.
With Wei Yandan's involvement in management, some internal rules and regulations began to be improved, and several simple departments began to check and balance each other. Various documents, signatures, and outbound shipments were documented, and there were responsible persons for receiving goods. It was considered to be on the right track. Moreover, Wei Yandan found a pretext to fire the person in charge of personnel and the person in charge of production, and replaced them with her own people.
In just ten days, earth-shattering changes occurred. Qian Nana was secretly alarmed by this method. This woman was not simple. If the two of them were the heads of the same department, Wei Yandan could cripple her with just one hand.
Not only was Qian Nana shocked, but Lu Feng also began to notice Wei Yandan's abilities. When he had nothing to do, he thought about it and couldn't recall having such a powerful woman in the business world.
On second thought, there are so many strong women, but only a few are famous. He can't possibly know them all. This person is someone he can focus on developing in the future.
They found some gaps in the market. According to Lu Feng's idea, they first gave the cosmetics city counters all the products that could be stocked, and offered them free entry and sufficient profit for the sales side. As a result, sales were booming.
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