Confessions of a Salesman

I talked with him for a while, knowing that he was tired, so I closed the door and came out. A group of people were waiting for me outside!

Ah Bao was thinking about Lu Ping's advice on the division of shares, and Ah Zi's itinerary after discussing with her agent. The strangest thing was that Ah Man was actually talking to Ah Zhong.

Seeing that I came out, no one paid attention to me, which made me a little disappointed. I coughed dryly, but still no one paid attention to me, so I had to ask the waiter who placed an order at the side, "Do you two know each other?"

The waiter shook his head and said, "I don't know! But, they met in the ancient town before! That bodyguard was very interested in the waist knife on Aman's body, so they started talking!"

I groaned and said, "They are all martial arts practitioners, understandable, why don't you chat with them?"

The waiter scratched his head and said, "I talk a lot. Before I left, the palace lord told me not to talk, but try not to talk. I'm afraid that if I say something wrong, it will cause bad things!"

I groaned, then clapped my hands and said, "Everyone listen to me first!"

Everyone looks at me.

I said again: "Tomorrow's day is very important. Let me allocate it first. Let's use man-to-man tactics! Ah Zhong, you are responsible for watching A Zi, Xiao Er, you look at A Bao, and A Man protects Lu Ping! Tomorrow may be very difficult." Dangerous, there are two possibilities, one is that someone will attack us before we arrive at the meeting tomorrow, preventing us from attending the meeting; the other possibility is that after the meeting is over, they jump over the wall in a hurry! If there is such a possibility, we all have to be careful! If any of us are caught, we have to compromise with them, and then all our plans will be ruined!

You must remember, just take care of yourself, don't worry about others!Otherwise, if you take care of him and he takes care of you, it's best to get involved!After the meeting, come back here!Do you understand? "

Lu Ping questioned: "What about you? Who will protect you?"

I smiled and said: "No one can protect me, I can protect myself! If you have nothing to do, go to rest! Remember my words!"

Everyone dispersed, Lu Ping walked behind me and said, "Why don't I go tomorrow? Anyway, I have nothing to do, let Aman protect you!"

I shook my head and said, "You have to go, maybe you have to use our money! You are the chairman now, so you can decide what to do with the money!"

Lu Ping frowned and said, "We have to invest money again? I think their Zhong family is too chaotic, it's not worth investing in!"

I sighed and said, "I don't expect a return on this investment, it's a personal favor!"

Lu Ping groaned and said, "Your favor is probably very expensive!"

At about 4 o'clock in the morning, I was woken up by someone, and then I saw Ah Zhong standing in front of my bed, I was so scared that I almost jumped off the bed, but Ah Zhong said in a very calm tone: "We should go! "

I rubbed my eyes and said, "What time is it now? It's only half an hour's drive from here to the conference center, wouldn't it be 5 o'clock?"

Ah Zhong explained seriously: "Master said, go there early, there will be no traffic jams on the road!"

I was even more puzzled and said, "The traffic jam won't be stuck for so long, right?"

Ah Zhong didn't explain to me again, but went to call other people.

After I washed up, I went to the hall. Ah Bao was already sitting at the dining table having breakfast. I sat down and asked, "Who made Ah Zhong go crazy? What kind of plane is this?"

A Bao said with a smile: "I asked to do this! I thought about it, what you said yesterday, if it is the first possibility, they will stop us on the road. The road is indeed a bit unsafe! So, I think we should start early, and we will arrive when we are not prepared! I often watch those TV dramas, our car is walking, and a big truck comes, directly If we hit each other, even if we are killed, it is only a traffic accident, and no one will be responsible! Even if they don’t kill us and delay our meeting, their goal will be achieved! So, let’s leave early, They never imagined that we would go to the venue so early!"

I nodded and said, "It seems to make sense! Then listen to you!"

Several other people got up one after another, ate breakfast, and got into the car.

Ah Zhong's first car opened the way, followed by me and Lu Ping, Dian Xiaoer drove, A Man sat in A Zi and A Bao's car, and her manager drove.

The three cars were galloping on the national highway in the suburbs, and I felt a little nervous, because I knew the way Mr. Ma and his fellows did things, and they would do whatever they could to achieve their goals. Possibility like Po would really happen. This is the simplest. The most direct way is to prevent us from going to the venue.

When the car passed the last intersection and entered the city center, I saw a few large trucks at the intersection, all with foreign license plates. Because the speed was so fast that the large trucks didn't react, our car was already on the road. gone.

Although, I don't know if this was arranged by them, but I am still a little scared.

At around 6:[-], we arrived at the Shanghai International Convention Center, where Zhongshi Group rented an office building on the first floor.

It is said that the rent for the most common office here is 40 yuan a month.

I really don't know what is the purpose of renting this office?Isn't this just burning money?

There is a 24-hour Starbucks on the first floor downstairs. Although I have had breakfast, it is better to sit in the car and wait for a cup of coffee.

30 yuan a cup of coffee, for the commuters here, or change, like a dollar on the bus, even though it is only 6 o'clock, people have already started to line up.

I ordered a few cups of coffee, and it cost me more than 200. Not only did I complain to Lu Ping: "I made it for 200 yuan? Just drink a few cups of this crap! A pack of instant coffee is only 2 yuan , Just add some ice, how much do you think we can drink?"

Lu Ping took a sip of latte and said, "Coffee beans have a lot of aroma, which is incomparable. Yours probably doesn't have any caffeine at all! This is really refreshing! They sell it well, and it's also expensive. , there must be a reason for it! For a while, I also wanted to join two stores, but their conditions were too harsh. The initial fee of 200 million, site selection, and decoration had to be agreed by them, and they had no autonomy at all! I feel that after joining, I was still a boss, but once I joined, I became their employee!"

I analyzed: "Their business model is very simple, that is, to burn money first, to advertise, to build popularity, and then to harvest the money from you franchisees, to instill a corporate philosophy, to draw big cakes for you, and so on. There are too many franchise stores, and the money is paid by you, but the assets are counted on their heads, so they can raise funds and go public to collect money! They don’t care at all, how much money can this coffee sell for? How much money can you franchisees make? They The only thing they care about is marketing profit, just look at the report and the data! The more franchise data, the greater their chances of going public! After they are actually listed, they won’t care about the life and death of franchisees! I played it 20 years ago, and it’s all leftovers from me!”

Lu Ping cut it and said: "As an afterthought, you can say whatever you want now. If you really wanted to, you would have realized it a long time ago. You have to wait for others to do it before you realize it. It has changed the way people make money!"

I said disdainfully: "That's because I don't bother to do this kind of thing at all. Sooner or later, they will be cleaned up too! When everyone finds that its coffee is not worth the money, or after watching such a The model business opportunity, many people will surely follow suit. After making the second Starbucks, the third one will come out. After the competition increases, the market will gradually become saturated. Where else will they go to cut leeks? Just wait for the capital Pay off the debt! However, if I am their boss, if I am smart, I will run away as soon as I get the funds raised in the first wave of listing! There will be no second wave of leeks to cut!"

We were chatting, and before we knew it, it was 8:[-], and Ah Bao informed us: "We can go up!"

Lu Ping and I followed Ah Bao, and Ah Zi went upstairs. There were already many people standing outside the door of their office on the first floor. These people who went to work were waiting for someone to open the door!

A few of us stood low-key at the back, and no one recognized us.

The two little girls were chatting bored, and the short-haired one said, "Have you heard? Today is the board meeting for the company's shareholding change, and all the big shots in our company will come!"

The long-haired one said: "Really? Will the third lady, Azi, come? I'm her fan!"

The short-haired one nodded and said: "She must come, she is also a shareholder of our company! Did you know that there are many legends in our company! The husband of the eldest lady is the once powerful President Ma, Yunli Group The founder! The husband of the second lady, young and promising, a standard handsome guy!"

The long-haired one said: "That's my idol. He is not only handsome, but also rich and promising. The boss of China Communications Group! You say that the world is really unfair, why is it that his family takes advantage of all the good things?" That's right! The woman is good-looking and has money, and the husbands she finds are all first-class people, God is really unfair! By the way, what about your idol? Where is her husband?"

The short-haired girl snorted and said, "My idol, Azi, doesn't have a husband. She only wants to develop her own career now!"

Another fat girl interjected: "She doesn't want to develop her career! I heard it a while ago that she is going to marry an old man who is 7 or 8 years older than her. Married and divorced! It seems that you have been in prison, and you don’t know what your idol thinks!?”

The short-haired one said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about? My idol wouldn't be that stupid! She said a long time ago that she won't consider getting married until she's 30!"

But the long-haired one said: "No, I've heard it too, he seems to be the boss of that ancient town, he's quite rich! But, among the three sons-in-law, he's the worst! I don't know if your idol is interested Where is he?"

The short hair said angrily: "Don't listen to those black fans spreading rumors, they are all making up nonsense! My A Zi has already said that she will not marry, nor will she fall in love!"

They were arguing fiercely when the elevator door opened. A fat man wiped his sweat with a handkerchief in his hand. Many people came forward to greet him: "Manager Hu, good!"

The fat man nodded slightly, opened the door, and apologized: "I'm sorry everyone, I got up late in the morning and kept everyone waiting for a long time!"

The door opened, and everyone began to squeeze in.

We were the last to go in. The lady at the front desk didn't recognize Abao, but she saw Azi and screamed in shock, asking Abao to stop her and take us into the meeting room.

In the meeting room, there are name tags on an oval table. I saw the name of the eldest lady on the chairman seat, followed by the second miss, that Manager Hu, are the name tags of A Zi and A Bao. On the other side of the board are Mr. Ma and Hua Xin, and the names of several directors. At the end, there is even my name.

The only thing I didn't see was Mr. Zhong's name, and I was sure that he really quit this meeting, and he would no longer participate in any affairs of the Zhongshi Group, so he let it go.

What I didn't expect was that there was an acquaintance's name tag on the table - Bi Sheng. He didn't know when he also became a shareholder of Zhongshi.

We were the first to enter the meeting room, and when it was close to 9 o'clock, some directors came in one after another. No one greeted Ah Bao and Ah Zi, but someone recognized me. One of them was me in Wanzhong The shareholder during his tenure was also a member of the board of directors when Mr. Zhu was in power!

I really didn't expect that Ah Bao and Ah Zi are so insignificant in this company!

At 9 o'clock, the second lady and Hua Xin walked in holding hands. Seeing the arrangement of the seats, the second lady frowned, but didn't say anything. She sat down and saw us as if she hadn't seen them. like.

Finally, it was nearly 9:[-], and the eldest lady and Mr. Ma walked into the meeting room slowly. Some people even stood up. Mr. Ma gave me a playful look, walked to my side, and said in a low voice: " I didn't expect you to really come?"

I said disdainfully: "Of course you don't want me to come, you hired so many drivers for nothing, and you didn't stop me!"

Mr. Ma was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "What are you talking about? Why can't I understand?"

I wanted to say a few more words about him, but the host announced the start of the meeting. It was puzzling that Bi Sheng didn't come.

The host said: "Today is also an internal meeting in Medieval Times. Most of the directors are members of the Zhong family, but the meeting process and meeting decisions will be recorded, so please make every choice carefully! Proceed to the first agenda item of the meeting, read out the current year's property status and annual financial statement!"

Hearing some unrealistic data from him, I frowned and asked Lu Ping behind me in a low voice, "Where did he get these data?"

Lu Ping replied next to my ear: "Is it from Baidu on the Internet? I don't believe this data even if I say it?"

I nodded.

The second meeting agenda was to announce the resignation of several directors. A total of 4 resigned. The reason was either old age or health problems. After listening, Lu Ping wrote me a number of 14%, which means that The 4 people accounted for 5% of the shares. If you guessed correctly, this part of the shares should have been taken away by Mr. Ma!