"I'll release the review video on the 18th, and the video of lucky little things on the opening day, the 20th. On the 20th, I'll invite some online trolls to comment on the video six hours after it's released, sharing some lucky little things that happened to them after drinking the lemon tea."
After writing the last word in her notebook, Tang Wen looked up at Xu An and asked for confirmation, "Boss, is this the right approach?"
“Yes, we should promote the lemon tea shop using this approach,” Xu An affirmed.
"If this promotional plan is effective, we can launch lemon tea packaging and posters featuring the word 'lucky' to strengthen consumers' impression of Xu's Lemon Tea, so that when they see Xu's Lemon Tea, the word 'lucky' will come to mind."
Following Xu An's ideas, everyone continued to add to and revise various details. After two rounds of discussion, a brand-new publicity plan was formed.
"Alright, it's already 3:30. Today's meeting is over." Xu An glanced at the time and said, "I'm taking the 8 PM train to Hezibao tonight, and I probably won't be back until the 24th or 25th. While I'm away, you can proceed with your work as planned according to the content of this meeting. Meeting adjourned!"
After the meeting ended, everyone filed out. Xu An returned to his office, packed his things, and went downstairs to pick up his two little ones, Xu Kang and Xu Le, from Qingya Kindergarten.
Last night, Xu An promised the two little ones he would cook them a big meal to make up for their hurt feelings about not being able to go to Hezibao together.
As soon as his feet left the stairs and landed on the ground, Xu An came face to face with two dusty-looking people. These two were Liu Tong and Liu Zhaowen, whom Xu An had been thinking about.
Liu Tong resigned from his job at Haiquan Beverage Company and joined Xu's Catering in the second week after he reached a cooperation agreement with Xu An; Liu Zhaowen became addicted after following Liu Tong to several Xu's Braised Food investment promotion meetings, and gave up his idea of setting up a stall to join Xu's Catering as well.
Currently, the two are mainly responsible for investment promotion meetings, providing training services to partner merchants and individuals, and some on-the-ground promotion work.
A few days ago, after Xu An signed a cooperation agreement with the Dongqing City Disabled Persons' Federation, he arranged for two people to go to Dongqing City to provide relevant training to members of the Disabled Persons' Federation who were interested in cooperating. Judging from the current situation, the training has been completed.
"Why are you back?" Xu An asked in confusion the moment he saw the two of them.
During the meeting, the topic of investigating rural banquets was mentioned. Xu An then contacted Liu Tong and Liu Tong directly. He learned that the two had just finished their training in Dongqing City and were on their way back to Haishi.
Dongqing City is more than 40 minutes away from Hai City. Seeing that they were running out of time, Xu An handed over the task to Lu Shengnan, who was in charge of arranging the specific work matters for Liu Tong and the other person.
"Didn't you just say you had something to discuss with us, boss?" Liu Tong laughed. "I've been with the company for so long, and this is the first time you've called us. I knew it must be something important, so I told the driver to hurry back."
The employees have all traveled a long way back, so Xu An certainly can't just leave. He'll have to pick up the two little ones later.
Xu An took out his phone and called the kindergarten teacher, telling her he would be there in twenty minutes. He then specifically reminded the teacher to tell the two little ones that their older brother would buy them ice cream before hanging up and leading Liu Tong and Liu Zhaowen into the meeting room.
"That's roughly how it is. There are quite a few rural banquets held, for weddings, full-moon celebrations, graduations, birthday parties. Take Xujia Village as an example; in less than ten months this year, this village of fewer than thirty households has held five or six banquets."
"Over the next few days, I hope the two of you can investigate the local rural banquets in Haishi, and find out which chefs and teams are involved in organizing these banquets, what the prices are generally, and what the prices are for appetizers."
After listening to Xu An's explanation, Liu Zhaowen was a little confused because he had never done similar work before, but Liu Tong, who had worked as a salesperson at Haiquan Beverage Company, was very familiar with the process. It was just a matter of investigation and analysis plus door-to-door sales. I knew this routine well!
Beep beep—beep beep beep—
The penguin icon in the bottom right corner suddenly jumped up and emitted a notification sound, interrupting Lu Shengnan's work.
With a flick of the mouse, a chat box appeared in the center of the screen. The sender was Fang Yingying, a former subordinate from her time working at Shengli Supermarket.
[Mr. Lu, I heard you're currently working at Xu's Catering. Are you still hiring?]
【What's wrong? Are you looking to change jobs, or are you asking for a friend?】
[This is a question I asked myself; I got laid off (crying)]
Um!
When Lu Shengnan saw the words "laid off," her pupils dilated and then shrank instantly, her face filled with disbelief.
That shouldn't be the case. Fang Yingying was her capable assistant when she worked at Shengli Supermarket. She could handle every detail of sales very well. Although they had only worked together for less than three months, Lu Shengnan had great confidence in her work ability.
But now, this person has actually been laid off?
Could it be that he was too close to me back then, like a confidant, which made the new boss suspicious and led to his dismissal?
Just as Lu Shengnan was wondering, Fang Yingying sent three long messages in a row.
After you left Shengli Supermarket, Mr. Lu, a new leader was appointed. This new leader immediately began drastically cutting projects. The "vegetable delivery" project was canceled, as were two collaborations with greenhouse farmers in Qianhai Town. The personnel responsible for these projects were also dismissed.
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