December 25, the ninth year of the Xuanli calendar.
The snow has cleared in Jinling and the winter sun is shining brightly.
Fu Xiaoguan was nestling comfortably at home, roasting charcoal fire and looking at the first draft of the "Code of Business Conduct" sent by Li Cai. He would ponder from time to time and add something from time to time.
Overall, he was quite satisfied with this first draft. Of course, it could not be compared with the standards of his previous life. The world was different, so he had to be flexible in his approach.
Just as he was looking at this thing, Li Zheng came running over, bowed and said, "Master, the three brothers of the Li family are here to visit."
Fu Xiaoguan was delighted. These three guys had finally arrived. "Take them to Li Chenxuan. I'll be there soon."
Li Zheng ran out. Yu Wenjun put down the half-sewn baby clothes in his hand and stretched lazily. "You really did wipe out the Li family in one fell swoop."
Fu Xiaoguan chuckled, "What can we do about it? We're short of talent. To be honest, if the Emperor wasn't my father-in-law, I'd probably throw all those thirty or so people from the Ministry of Commerce over to Xishan Industries. They're all so talented!"
Yu Wenjun glared at Fu Xiaoguan. "Aren't you afraid your father-in-law will strangle you to death? I'll make you a bowl of shark fin soup. Your sister Wu Ling'er sent this. The doctor said it's a good thing. It's a pity that our Yu Dynasty doesn't have a seaside... What does the sea look like?"
"Just think of the Xuanwu Lake behind our house as incredibly large. That's what the sea looks like."
"Oh..." Yu Wenjun was obviously just asking this question. She had never seen the sea, and almost everyone in the Yu Dynasty had never seen the sea. Only Fu Xiaoguan knew how important the sea was to a country.
When Yu Wenjun mentioned the sea, Fu Xiaoguan thought of the dock and ship workshop in Yao County. The dock was easy, but the ship... there was no sign of it yet.
By the way, there must be shipbuilders in Linhai, Wu Dynasty. I have to ask Wu Linger for help and get a group of craftsmen over.
Thinking of this, he took a charcoal pencil and wrote a letter to Wu Linger. In addition to greetings, he mentioned that his brother needed at least a hundred shipbuilders and hoped that his sister could help.
He put the letter away and decided to find a way to give it to Eunuch Jia when he went to court tomorrow. He would definitely find a way to deliver the letter to Zhou Tongtong. As for how Zhou Tongtong could meet Wu Linger... let Zhou Tongtong worry about it.
When Fu Xiaoguan arrived at Li Chenxuan, the three Li brothers all stood up and were about to salute, but were stopped by Fu Xiaoguan:
"As I said, I don't have any broken rules here. I'm very happy that you can come to me. Come sit down and listen to me tell you in detail about the current situation of Xishan Shares and my plans for the future."
The three brothers looked at each other. Although they had heard their father Li Jindou and their brother Li Cai talk about Young Master Fu's easy-going nature many times, they were still surprised that he was so easy-going and informal.
The four of them sat down and Fu Xiaoguan made tea.
"Today, Xishan Co., Ltd. is involved in many industries, such as cement, perfume, soap, winemaking, papermaking, clothing, and gouache. These are the products Xishan Co., Ltd. sells on the market. There are also some that have never been sold on the market, such as the flintlock rifles and armor used by the Excalibur special forces."
"Western Hills shares currently have four locations. One is in Xishan, Linjiang, and Yao County, which are relatively close. Another is in Pingling County, one is in Quyi County, and the other is in Nanshan, just outside Jinling City."
"The workshops in the western mountains of Linjiang and Yao County are already operating normally and making a profit. All of Yao County's output is primarily supplied to the Wu Dynasty, where our products are selling very well. As for the output in the western mountains of Linjiang, part of it is supplied to the imperial family, while the rest is almost entirely consumed by Jinling City. In other words, our products are in short supply."
"At the beginning of next year, His Majesty will add ten new pilot counties and prefectures, so I established the Sitong Bank and raised eight million taels of silver through financing. These eight million taels of silver will be distributed to thirteen counties and prefectures at the beginning of next year. Three of these are already designated as pilot areas, but are not yet covered by Xishan Shares."
"I invite you to the Fu Mansion because Xishan Shares is at the beginning of its expansion. I need talent, and you need this world's largest business platform."
Fu Xiaoguan poured tea for the three of them. His tone was unquestionable, and he didn't give the three brothers the right to choose. He said directly: "With your talents, combined with my business platform, you can complement each other and benefit each other. Believe me, you will definitely be able to realize your ambitions in Xishan Shares and make a big name for yourself!"
Afterwards, Fu Xiaoguan told them in detail about his future plans, including how to effectively manage the workshop, how to comprehensively allocate raw materials, how to quickly bring goods to market, and even the details of store selection and decoration, etc.
This talk could not be stopped, so the three Li brothers had lunch at the Fu Mansion. After the meal, Fu Xiaoguan continued to talk, as if he wanted to force everything he had come up with in his mind over the past few days to them, but the three Li brothers were more and more shocked as they listened -
This is not a business platform at all. Young Master Fu is clearly trying to build a business empire!
And he is about to become the founder and pioneer of this huge business empire, or even the helmsman as Master Fu said. What a great achievement!
Looking at the businessmen of the world, who has a longer-term vision than Master Fu? Whose plans are as detailed as Master Fu's?
He was complacent when he thought about how he used to be a big shopkeeper, but now after listening to Master Fu's plan, he realized that he was nothing.
"Remember, we are businessmen, and businessmen naturally prioritize profit. But I want to emphasize a few points here. First and foremost, the quality of our products. No matter what Xishan Industry products are, they must be of higher quality than similar products on the market."
"The second is service. Our sales staff must be highly qualified and treat customers with warmth and kindness. We must have standardized processes for customer feedback and have dedicated personnel to handle customer opinions and complaints. Only in this way can we understand the actual needs of end users."
"Third, we need to establish a set of standards for the workshop's processes. Only with standards can we improve productivity and better ensure product quality..."
These new ideas shocked the three Li brothers. Later, the Li family even asked for paper and pen and began to record the main points of Master Fu's speech in detail.
They are businessmen, and they immediately understood what Master Fu said, believing it to be golden advice for future business operations.
At the time of Shen, Fu Xiaoguan finally remembered that he had a banquet tonight at Hongxiuzhao. He stopped talking and said to the three people: "Xishan Shares welcomes you. I, Fu Xiaoguan, welcome you to join us!"
The three brothers quickly stood up and saluted, "Please rest assured, Master. We will definitely live up to your trust!"
"Now there is something I need you to handle."
"Master, please speak."
"Go and buy up all the land deeds in the slums of Jinling City. Withdraw the money from the Baolong Bank. Don't do it yourself, and don't be too unreasonable. The price must be reasonable."
Why buy that crappy place?
The three brothers looked at each other in confusion.
Fu Xiaoguan smiled slightly without explaining.
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