Jiang Che was in charge of registering the child. Wei Xuan took some time to look through the account books of the grain store for the past six months and prepared to check them carefully.
The accounts were relatively clear, and Wei Xuan sorted them out in two days. She then spent another day going to the store to count the inventory.
Fortunately, the final result was not as bad as Wei Xuan had imagined, and the thing she least wanted to face did not happen.
It might be because Jiang Che had relatively strict control over the grain store, and there was also Wang Xiaomei watching nearby, so, although the clerk was a little lax in his behavior, he did not embezzle anything from the store.
That's good. Each of them was recruited by Wei Xuan personally, and they have been together for a while. Wei Xuan really doesn't want to end up in an ugly fight with them.
As long as they didn't make mistakes of principle, they could be given another chance. After all, people are lazy. It's not all their fault for what happened before. It was also because Wei Xuan and Jiang Che didn't do their job well and relaxed their management. Now as long as they are willing to correct themselves, Wei Xuan doesn't mind letting go of the past. But whether they can seize this opportunity depends on themselves.
That day, after Wei Xuan had a general understanding of the situation in the store, she notified them to come to the store for a meeting at noon.
Five employees gathered in a store. Before Wei Xuan arrived, one by one they started to get close to Wang Xiaomei, trying to find out what the boss's purpose was in calling them to the meeting.
"Did we do something wrong and are you here to scold us?"
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"Yes, yes, Xiaomei, you have a good relationship with the boss, you must know the inside story, tell us."
Wang Xiaomei snorted in her heart: You are so anxious now, what were you doing before?
But he replied calmly, "What are you afraid of? As long as we do our job well, the boss won't be able to find fault with us. Don't you think that's the truth?"
The problem now is that they didn't do it well, otherwise they wouldn't feel so guilty.
After hitting a snag with Wang Xiaomei, everyone looked embarrassed and didn't dare to continue talking.
Wang Xiaomei didn't care about them. She was just enjoying her leisure time without anyone disturbing her.
Wei Xuan had dinner at home and fed her child before rushing to the store on her bike.
Seeing that everyone was there and was only waiting for her, she immediately walked into the store and apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm late. Everyone has to go to work in the afternoon. In order not to delay everyone's time, I'll make it short."
After she finished speaking, she looked around at the people opposite her and said in a deep voice, "You must be very curious about what I want to talk about when I call you to the meeting. In fact, most people should have some guesses in their hearts. Some time ago, Jiang Che came home and told me that he found that some employees had a very negative and casual attitude at work. Is this true?"
Who would take the initiative to admit something like this? So everyone looked at each other and no one spoke.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Wei Xuan continued, "Since this is the first time, I won't call out names here. We are all adults and we all want to save face. I will give you face, and I hope you can also give me some face."
After a pause, he continued, "The overall environment is not good right now. You should know how difficult it is to find a job. I don't dare to say how good the treatment I give you is, but I believe it should not be bad, at least it is enough to support my family. Since I give you this salary, shouldn't you also give me a corresponding return? Is it tiring to work for me? Not tiring, right? If you can't even get the most basic work attitude right, I'm sorry, this is not a charity, nor a nursing home. It's different from a state-owned unit. I can fire you at any time."
Seeing that some people still looked a little unconvinced, Wei Xuan emphasized: "Don't talk about me, even the state-owned factories that can't pay wages now, you can go and ask around, I'm not trying to scare you. Of course, it was my mistakes before, which led to your lax work. Next, I will formulate a work code, and you just need to strictly follow it. If I find that there are still people with a sloppy work attitude, I will fire them immediately, and I will not tolerate it."
After these words came out, everyone's expressions began to change. It was obvious that Wei Xuan was serious this time and was not joking. The employees who had made mistakes before were obviously panicking. There was no need to ask specifically, because they had heard what Wei Xuan said before. They did that before just because Wei Xuan was easy to talk to and repeatedly tested her bottom line. Now that Wei Xuan was making a fuss, they were really afraid that they would be fired.
Wei Xuan's words were very serious, without any mercy. But sometimes being a boss is like this. If you are a little weak, you may be bullied by your employees. You should speak upfront and let them know your bottom line, which is also to avoid bigger conflicts in the future.
Of course, managing employees also requires a balance between tightness and relaxation. Punishment alone is not enough, but rewards are also needed to make them willing to work for you.
After talking about the punishment, Wei Xuan began to paint a rosy picture for them: "My words just now were a bit harsh, but I am doing this for your own good. Now those big factories are having a hard time staying afloat, let alone a small grain store like ours. If our service attitude and store environment can't keep up, we may soon follow in the footsteps of those big factories. In order to keep the store open for a long time and to protect your own income, we should work harder."
"I know some people are muttering behind my back, saying that the clothing store is so profitable, I might soon abandon the food store. I can tell you right now that these are all alarmist nonsense. Not only will I not abandon it, I will also expand it. Don't look at it as just a small food store now. I will add other things in the future, such as cakes. I have already prepared for this. Once it is ready, I should carve out a place in the food store to sell this. In addition to food, there will also be toys, electronic products, etc. All kinds of things will be added slowly."
At this time, an employee on the other side asked: "Isn't that just like a supply and marketing cooperative, selling everything?"
Wei Xuan smiled and said, "Yes, it's similar to a supply and marketing cooperative, but it's different. We can call it a store, just like a department store, but it may not be that big."
What Wei Xuan actually wanted to open was just a small shop, but that didn't stop her from talking about it in such a high-sounding way now.
Sure enough, after hearing what Wei Xuan said, the people on the other side began to murmur in their hearts. If there is such a big development as the boss said, if they work until then, wouldn’t they all be veteran-level figures? Maybe they can even get a manager position. Usually, they see how glamorous the managers of department stores are, and when they think about it, it really makes them feel so happy.
Seeing that everyone had a scale in their hearts, Wei Xuan knew that the purpose of her meeting today had been achieved.
Finally, she clapped her hands and concluded: "So, as long as you work hard, your future will definitely not be bad. The grain store is the first store I opened, and I have a plan for it. You don't have to worry that I will close the store. As long as you can complete your work seriously, I will take care of the rest. Okay, today's meeting ends here. Everyone will take a copy of the employee code of conduct and take a good look at it. I will make irregular inspections of the store in the future. If anyone is caught by me, don't make excuses for me. The meeting is adjourned."
The meeting lasted for quite a while. Wei Xuan looked at her watch and saw that almost an hour had passed. Afraid that her son would wake up and look for her, she did not bother to say anything else. She distributed the employee code of conduct and rode back on her bike.
Fortunately, her son was still asleep when she got home. Seeing that her voice was a little hoarse, Liu Ying poured her a glass of water and handed it to her: "Why is your voice like this after you went out?"
Wei Xuan thanked him, took the cup and drank the water before saying, "I went to a meeting. I spoke alone for an hour."
No wonder.
In the afternoon, Jiang Che came back and Wei Xuan repeated to him what she had said at the meeting this afternoon.
Jiang Che looked at his wife in surprise after hearing this: "Are you serious? Do you really want to open a department store?"
He always knew that his wife dared to think, but he didn't know that she could be so bold.
Wei Xuan laughed, "You believe it too, how could I make them become so motivated immediately if I didn't say that?" She touched her mouth and said thoughtfully, "It seems that what I said is quite convincing." Even Jiang Che was fooled by her.
Jiang Che was surprised: "You lied to them?"
"How can you say I'm lying?" Wei Xuan was unwilling: "Every word I said is true. I was planning to turn the food store into a department store, but I didn't say I wanted to make it that big."
Wei Xuan's target was the small supermarket that would be opened at the entrance of the community in the future, which would be profitable and easy to manage. Department stores were too big, and she didn't want to embarrass herself.
"It's good that you have your own ideas. By the way, I plan to open a transportation company, and I will go to the Industry and Commerce Bureau to apply for a license tomorrow."
Wei Xuan asked him, "When will the courtyard over there be repaired?"
Jiang Che thought about the fact that he had gone to the courtyard today and saw that they had already started painting the exterior walls, so he said, "It should be done soon. Once it's done, we'll leave it vacant for about a month to relax. We'll probably be able to move in next month, just in time for our son's 100th day. We can have a banquet together and invite relatives and friends over for dinner."
"Okay," the weather will be cold next month, and it will be uncomfortable to live here without a kang, so it's better to move there as soon as possible.
"When the time comes, ask Sister Fangfang to move the braised meat ingredients over there. I heard from my cousin yesterday that their house is almost ready, so they will definitely not live here by then. You can hire someone else to help you take over the business."
Jiang Che nodded: "Then please help me put up a recruitment notice in the store, and also put up an advertisement for my transportation company in front of every store."
Wei Xuan didn't expect that he was so good at utilizing resources. She smiled and readily agreed.
The next day when she went to inspect the stores, she posted an advertisement for the transportation company on the door of each store, writing down all the business and phone addresses involved, and indicating that they could call if needed.
Wei Xuan thought that she would have to wait at least two days for the effect to take place. However, when she returned home at noon, Liu Ying told her that Jiang Che had also gone out driving. This morning, Wei Yu received several consultation calls from people who had seen the advertisement she had posted on the door of the store.
Wei Xuan was happy because the business was good, especially after she had reorganized the grain store. Every employee's mental outlook was different, and the business had also increased slightly. It seemed that holding meetings was still necessary. In the future, she could hold a meeting every once in a while to boost morale.
Over at the clothing store, Wei Xuan also wrote an employee code of conduct and posted it in the store. Although the employees here have not shown any signs of passive resistance, given the previous record at the grain store, Wei Xuan felt that she should still take precautions and not give them the opportunity to make mistakes.
After handing over the task of finding a house and opening a store to Sister Jiang San, Wei Xuan began to take her baby to work every day.
Of course, most of the time, the child is still taken care of by Sister Liu Ying, and Wei Xuan is only responsible for feeding the child when he is hungry.
There was no other way. The child was still young and very straightforward. He would eat when he was hungry and urinate when he was hungry. He needed to eat seven or eight meals a day. Wei Xuan had no time to go back, so she had to let the child stay with her and go to the store with her.
Fortunately, the weather is just right now, neither too hot nor too cold. It won't be like this again in a month or two. By then, Wei Xuan won't be so busy anymore, so she won't have to take him everywhere with her.
Third Sister Jiang's search for a house was quite smooth. She found a few good houses within a week. The price was a little expensive, but Wei Xuan was no longer the Wei Xuan who would be stumped by a few hundred dollars. After she looked at the houses, she paid for them directly if she was satisfied. Of course, there were not many times when she could spend so much money, only two houses in total.
These two houses are not small, with an area of over 60 square meters. After the houses were bought, the next step was to decorate them, which Wei Xuan also handed over to Third Sister Jiang.
"You don't have to worry about the store for now. Third sister, your main task now is to take care of the decoration. It's best to finish it before November 20th. It will take more than ten days to open in December. The two months before the New Year are when we make the most money. We must open before then. As for the rest, you can do it yourself. In general, just decorate it in the same style as the previous stores, so that others can tell at a glance that we are one family."
Third Sister Jiang readily agreed to the task. Knowing that Wei Xuan and Xiaodi were very busy recently, she wanted to share the burden with them. She was still capable of supervising the decoration.
The decoration of the clothing store had just begun, and the renovation of the courtyard was completed. After Jiang Che inspected the work and paid the workers' wages, he went home and muttered to Wei Xuan: "It's finally finished. I would go crazy if it wasn't finished. I only spent 40,000 to buy the house, and now it's costing nearly 80,000 to renovate it. No one will believe it if I tell others about it." He really put the cart before the horse.
Wei Xuan smiled and said, "Don't look at how much money it cost. Just tell me if you are satisfied with the house after you have seen it."
This is true. Even Jiang Che cannot say that the money is not worth it. The yard is beautiful, but no matter how beautiful it is, it cannot resist his heartache. Eighty thousand is really a lot of money. I can't think about it. My heart starts to ache when I think about it. Wei Xuan saw him holding his chest like a mischief, so she picked up the pillow and threw it at him: "Enough, you are still acting cute after getting the advantage."
"Hehe," Jiang Che caught the pillow and put it under his head and said, "All in all, we spent 120,000 yuan on this house. I hope this is the last time we move." Jiang Che was thinking of living here for a few more years to make back his investment.
Wei Xuan thought to herself: There will be a time for you to laugh in the future.
Regardless of what happens in the future, in this era when there are not many people with an annual income of 10,000 yuan, it is indeed a luxury for them to spend 120,000 yuan to buy a house. If they tell others about it, it will probably cause a sensation on the whole street.
For safety reasons, the two decided to keep a low profile and conceal the number, not telling anyone who asked.
Of course, apart from their parents, no one would ask them this question for no reason.
As the weather got colder and it was November, Jiang Che felt that the smell in the courtyard was almost gone, so he picked a day on the calendar and started moving.
Section 108
After their family moved out, Wei Yu and Hao Qing also moved out of the small courtyard. From then on, the small courtyard became the office of Jiang Che's transportation company.
The side rooms on the left and right were locked and used for storage. There were three main rooms. The left one was cleaned up for Jiang Che to use as an office, the right one was reserved for employees to rest in the future, and a table and chairs were placed in the middle hall to be used as a reception area.
The receptionist that Jiang Che had asked Wei Xuan to recruit for him was finally hired. She was a 20-year-old girl. Wei Xuan thought she was smart and had good sense, and was very suitable to be a receptionist, so she arranged for her to go to the transportation company.
The girl's name is Zhang Lingling. Although she is young, she is not only sweet-mouthed but also very capable. Whenever she sees Jiang Che or Wei Xuan, she calls them "brother" or "sister". Wei Xuan likes her very much.
Wei Xuan paid her 45 yuan a month, with a two-month probation period. The salary would increase after the probation period, so Zhang Lingling worked very hard.
Even Jiang Che said that since they had an office and a receptionist, their business had improved a lot, and the two cars were almost always in use.
Wei Xuan felt sorry for Jiang Che because he didn't even have time to rest, so she advised him to hire someone.
"This way, you two can have someone to take over when you're tired. No one is made of iron. If something happens along the way due to fatigue, it will be scary."
Jiang Che said, "You think I don't want to? It's impossible to recruit someone."
Wei Xuan refused to believe this: "You can't recruit people because your company is new and not well-known. People don't trust you and don't dare to work for you. So increase their salary and attract them with high salary. Anyway, I think with my brother-in-law's current workload, his salary should have increased a long time ago. Just increase his salary to 150 yuan, and there will definitely be people willing to do it."
Jiang Che calculated the current monthly income of the transportation company in his mind and felt that this salary was affordable, so he slapped his thigh and said, "Okay, then I'll follow your advice on the salary increase."
"That's right, this is what a boss does." What boss would work himself to death just to deduct a little bit of salary? A boss just needs to learn how to lead a team.
The next day, when Hao Qing learned from Jiang Che that his salary had increased from 120 yuan to 150 yuan, he was stunned for a long time. How long had he been working? Only half a year, and his salary had already tripled?
It has increased from 80 to 150, which is double!
He stared at Jiang Che with shining eyes: "Brother-in-law, I will definitely follow you in the future."
Jiang Che didn't expect Hao Qing to be so excited. It seems that nothing can compare to real money. Thinking of this, he was full of confidence in this recruitment.
But for the time being, these things have to be put aside. The most important thing now is the child's 100-day banquet. This time, Wei Xuan and Jiang Che really called all the good friends and relatives they could think of around them.
It’s been a while since we’ve had such a lively time, so this is a chance for us to get together.
Although there were many people at the dinner, the venue was also large, so Wei Xuan and Jiang Che definitely didn't have the time or energy to organize it. In the end, this task was handed over to Sister Jiang, who had been relatively free recently, with Liu Ying assisting from the side.
The day for the dinner party was scheduled for November 12th. Sister Jiang came over early in the morning to start working. Wei Xuan and Jiang Che wanted to go around the store before the guests arrived. When they came back at ten o'clock, most of the guests had already arrived.
After arranging everyone to sit down, Jiang Che began to invite them to drink. Wei Xuan was mainly accompanying the relatives from the Wei family.
After the lunch party, Wei Xuan saw that Jiang Che had drunk a lot. Seeing that she could not rely on him, she could only arrange for Hao Qing, her cousin-in-law, to drive the relatives back home.
Most of the people were sent away, leaving only a few brothers from the Wei family behind.
Wei Xuan knew that they came to the city for something. She had just heard from several sisters-in-law. But no matter what it was, it could not be done now. Both of them had drunk a lot. Fortunately, there were many houses in the family, so there was no need to worry about not having a place for them to sleep.
After everything was arranged, Jiang's mother took a few aunts to clean up the yard and the kitchen.
Seeing this, Wei Xuan hurried over to thank them: "If mom and sisters weren't here today, I really wouldn't be able to handle it."
Mother Jiang waved her hand and said, "It's your duty. We are one family and we shouldn't have different opinions. You have been busy all day. I will take them back first. You can go into the house and look after the children."
After seeing off Jiang's mother and the others, Wei Xuan went into the house to check on the child. He was sleeping soundly and was not woken up by the noise outside.
Seeing Liu Ying sitting on the other side taking care of the child, Wei Xuan took the initiative to say, "Sister-in-law, go and have a rest. You must be exhausted these past two days."
"Okay, I'm going to go out now. Yuanlang can probably sleep a little longer. I haven't given him any water all day. Feed him some when he wakes up."
"Okay, I'll remember that."
As soon as Liu Ying left, Jiang Che woke up.
Wei Xuan heard the noise and turned to glance at him: "Are you sober?" He got drunk even though he knew there were so many guests today.
Jiang Che hummed, got up and asked, "Have all the guests left?"
"Why don't you leave and ask you to treat them to another meal?"
Jiang Che didn't take Wei Xuan's sarcasm seriously. He walked to the table, poured himself a glass of water, sat down and drank it slowly.
In fact, Wei Xuan was not really angry with him. After all, he was the host and he had to drink when the guests toasted him.
After complaining for a few sentences, Wei Xuan recovered automatically. She thought of Sister Jiang again and asked Jiang Che, "Sister Jiang has helped us a lot this time. Should we buy something to send to her to express our gratitude?"
Normally, there was no need to ask Jiang Che about such a small matter, but Wei Xuan really didn't know the right balance. She was afraid that giving a gift would seem too distant. If she didn't give anything, the other person had come to help for two days and was very tired. It would be bad to just ignore it, so she accepted it as a matter of course.
Jiang Che finally came back to his senses after hearing this. He blinked for a while and said, "Don't send me anything. I'll find some time to go to my eldest sister's house and ask her if she's willing to come to work in the store."
This is good, and it can be regarded as a real help, but...
"Which store do you want my sister to go to?"
Jiang Che thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the food store. If she's willing to come, I'll open another one for her to look after."
That's fine. With Sister Jiang's personality, it's not suitable for her to go anywhere else, but the grain store is suitable for her. Moreover, it's very simple to open a new grain store. With sufficient manpower and supply, it only takes a few days to find a building and open it.
Thinking of the house, Wei Xuan suddenly remembered something.
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