Counterattack 1988

Chapter 295
After Wang Lin arranged the work in the factory, he came home.

Li Wenjuan and Tian Xiaoqing were waiting for him at home.

The temperature in Guangzhou is higher than that in Shanghai, so they don't need to bring too many thick clothes when traveling, and their luggage is very light.

Wang Lin told Sun Xiaodie to take good care of the house and take good care of Li Wenxiu.

Sun Xiaodie agreed one by one. Although she envied Li Wenjuan to travel with Wang Lin, she knew her identity and dared not compare with her.

Just as he was about to go out, Wang Lin's pager rang.

He took a look and found that it was a call from Guangzhou. He thought it was from Deng Dabao, so he turned back.

"Which one?" Wang Lin asked.

On the other end of the phone, there was a soft Mandarin with Hong Kong taste: "Mr. Wang, I'm Tang Yan!"

"Oh, Assistant Tang, hello." Wang Lin smiled.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Lin received a call from Tang Yan for New Year's greetings, and hung up after a few words.

"Hello, Mr. Wang," Tang Yan said, "I have arrived in Guangzhou and am planning to build a sanitary napkin factory here. I need to ask you for advice on something."

"Are you in Guangzhou? Coincidentally, I'll fly to Guangzhou right away. If there is no accident, I can arrive at noon."

"Really? That's great. What time is your flight? I'll pick you up at the airport."

"Don't bother, we can go by ourselves."

"No trouble, we have a branch in Guangzhou, and the company has a car. How many people are you coming with?"

"Five people."

"Then I'll send a company minibus to pick you up."

"Okay, thank you."

"You're welcome, see you in Guangzhou?"

"Goodbye."

Li Wenjuan asked, "Brother-in-law, who is it?"

"You've seen it before, Tang Yan."

"Is that Mr. Tang's younger sister?"

"Yeah. Let's go! We'll miss the plane if we're late."

The weather was fine and the journey was smooth, arriving in Guangzhou.

As soon as they got off the plane, Wang Lin and the others felt the "hotness" of the south.

The Shanghai passengers who arrived on the same plane all began to take off their jackets, some even took off their sweaters and only wore a bottoming shirt.

Li Wenjuan, who loves beauty, is wearing a skirt and taking off her coat, which is just right.

At the exit of the airport, Tang Yan was already waiting.

The temperature is 20 degrees, neither cold nor hot. It is the mildest season in Guangzhou. Tang Yan is wearing a milky white dress with green flowers, a pair of high heels, black stockings, and a thin green top Coat, straight hair hanging down, fresh and beautiful, bright and moving.

"President Wang!" Tang Yan waved her hand with a smile when she saw Wang Lin and his party coming out.

Wang Lin stepped forward and said with a smile, "Thanks for your hard work, Assistant Tang."

Tang Yan shook hands with him and looked at Li Wenjuan: "We meet again, Mrs. Wang."

"Giggle!" Li Wenjuan covered her mouth and laughed.

Tang Yan was at a loss: "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

Wang Lin smiled and said, "You have mistaken the person, this is not my wife."

Tang Yan said: "Isn't she your wife Li Wenxiu?"

Wang Lindao: "Assistant Tang, her name is not Li Wenxiu, but Li Wenjuan."

Tang Yan said: "Huh?"

Wang Lindao: "Assistant Tang, where did you hear this?"

Tang Yan said: "When we were in Shanghai last year, my brother and I went to the Xiuzhilin Clothing Store on Nanjing Road and met her. She told us."

Li Wenjuan blushed, and said, "I'm sorry, I was talking casually to fool your brother. Actually, my name is Li Wenjuan, and my sister is Li Wenxiu."

Wang Lin frowned slightly: "Wenjuan, what are you doing?"

Li Wenjuan pouted: "Brother-in-law, I didn't do anything! Why don't I just make a joke!"

Tang Yan asked: "What's going on? Then who is this girl to you?"

Wang Lindao: "She is my wife's younger sister."

"Ah! That's how it is!" Tang Yan instantly understood that Li Wenjuan must have disliked Tang Hua, so she deliberately said that she was Wang Lin's lover in order to refuse Tang Hua's pursuit. This little girl is really weird!
"I was just joking! I thought we would never meet again!" Li Wenjuan smiled shyly, "I didn't expect us to meet again so soon! I'm sorry!"

Wang Lin looked at Li Wenjuan speechlessly, and tried to hit her, but Li Wenjuan dodged quickly.

Tang Yan smiled and said, "It's okay. Mr. Wang, who are these three?"

Wang Lindao: "They are all my friends. You met each other last time in Guangzhou. Let me introduce you formally. This is Tian Xiaoqing, this is Wu Dazhuang, and this is Luo Wei."

Tang Yan greeted the three of them one by one, and then said, "Let's go, the car is waiting outside."

A group of people came out and got on a nine-seater Toyota Coaster car. This car is considered a pretty good luxury car. Compared with Tianjin Dafa, it is more than one grade higher.The space in the car is spacious, and the space between the seats is enough for the legs to stretch out, which is more comfortable than riding in a car.

Wang Lin and Tang Yan sat at the front.

Tang Yan asked: "Mr. Wang, which hotel are you staying at?"

Wang Lin said: "Guangzhou Hotel! The rest of us have already lived in this hotel."

"Oh, just right, we also live in the Guangzhou Hotel."

"Mr. Tang is here too?"

"He came to handle some company affairs. Dahua's current business focus is on the country. Many township enterprises have been built in the country, and a large number of production lines and machinery need to be purchased."

"Is your sanitary napkin factory open yet?"

"I have taken a fancy to a piece of land in Guangzhou, and we are still negotiating. We are purely Hong Kong-owned, and we want to build a factory in the Mainland, and the procedures for approval are very complicated."

"Why don't you build a factory in Shenzhen? Shenzhen's investment policy is relatively more open."

"Although Shenzhen is closer to Xiangjiang, we also want to open up the mainland market. The transportation in Guangzhou is more convenient, which is more conducive to us opening the door to the mainland market."

"Well, your vision is still good. Guangzhou is indeed a land of economic prosperity."

"Mr. Wang, although we sell machines, I don't have much experience in establishing a sanitary napkin factory and a sanitary napkin brand. So I want to ask you for advice."

"We learn from each other." Wang Lin smiled modestly.

At this moment, it is the rush hour for commuting in the afternoon, and the bicycle lanes on both sides of the road are crowded with citizens commuting by bicycle.

The densely packed bicycles are very spectacular, surging like a flood. No wonder some people call it: "the ninth wonder of the world!"

On the contrary, it is a motorway with relatively few vehicles, most of which are buses coming and going, occasionally small trucks, motorcycles, and a few cars passing by here and there.

It is not uncommon to see double-decker buses on the streets of Guangzhou. At the end of the 80s, Guangzhou took the lead in introducing and producing double-decker buses. At that time, Guangzhou not only imported double-decker buses from Xiangjiang, but also produced them themselves.

Sitting on a double-decker bus, passing by the Haizhu Bridge, you can see the scenery on both sides of the river, which is also a beautiful scenery in the city.

The car drove quickly and arrived at the Guangzhou Hotel.

After getting off the car in front of the hotel gate, Tang Yan asked Wang Lin, "Mr. Wang, have you had lunch yet?"

Wang Lindao: "We had a free lunch on the plane! We also drank a few free bottles of beer!"

Tang Yan smiled and said, "Okay then, let's have dinner together tonight. Let's check in for accommodation first! We live on the sixth floor, why don't you also live on the sixth floor? It's convenient for us to come and meet."

Wang Lin said hello.

There were exactly three vacant rooms on the sixth floor. Wang Lin asked for a single room alone, Li Wenjuan still shared a room with Tian Xiaoqing, and Wu Dazhuang and Luo Wei shared a room.

Tang Yan accompanied them to the sixth floor and followed Wang Lin into the room.

"Mr. Wang, where's your Assistant Shen? Why didn't you bring it here?"

"Shen Xue? She's busy." Wang Lin smiled.

Tang Yan said: "Then when you came out this time, didn't you bring anyone by your side to serve you?"

Wang Lindao: "Li Wenjuan, she is not only my sister, but also my special assistant, the same as your relationship with Mr. Tang."

"That's different. I'm Mr. Tang's sister, but she's your lover's sister." Tang Yan smiled. She still had half a sentence to say, but she swallowed it back.After all, she and Wang Lin haven't gotten to know each other well enough to talk about everything.

Wang Lin took out the toiletries, and hung the changed clothes in the closet of the room.

Tang Yan smiled and said, "You are very independent."

Wang Lin chuckled and said, "What is this? When I first started my business, I was running business outside alone. Where have I never been?"

"I heard you say that you make money from treasury bills. Are treasury bills very profitable?"

"It's okay." Wang Lin picked up the phone in the room and called Deng Dabao's room.

Before he came, he had already contacted Deng Dabao. Deng Dabao didn't go anywhere in the afternoon. He just waited in the room on the eighth floor. After receiving the call, he brought Mao Jinshan down to meet Wang Lin.

After a while, there was a knock on Wang Lin's door.

When Wang Lin opened the door, it was Deng Dabao and Mao Jinshan who came.

"President Wang!" Deng Dabao enthusiastically held Wang Lin's hand and shook it vigorously.

Mao Jinshan bent over: "Hello, Mr. Wang!"

"Come in and sit down. How are you doing here?" Wang Lin took out two cigarettes and handed one to each of them.

"The day before yesterday was Sunday. We recruited jobs in the talent market for a day and got more than [-] resumes." Deng Dabao took the cigarette.

"More than five hundred copies? So many?" Wang Lin said, "There are not many districts in Guangzhou. We set up a business point in each district. Each business point has five people, and only 40 people."

In the 80s, Guangzhou still had the old eighth district, which is the old fourth district, plus the new fourth district. Panyu and Huadu were still just counties and had not yet been divided into districts.

Deng Dabao smiled and said: "The main reason is that our company is a state-owned enterprise in Shencheng City. It is the first time to develop here, so there are a lot of people who submit their resumes. Who doesn't want to work in a state-owned enterprise? Isn't it?"

Wang Lin thought to himself, although Shenfang Factory owns [-]% of the shares in our sanitary napkin factory, but you must say that it is a state-owned enterprise, and I have no objection.

The reason why he cooperated with Shenfang Factory at the beginning was because of the title of "state-owned enterprise holding shares"!

This is not a false name, but a real benefit!

Enterprises with state-owned shares, compared with those purely private enterprises, enjoy a lot of money in society, can get more preferential policies and care, and are more favored by graduates of colleges and technical secondary schools.

Wang Lindao: "Have you arranged an interview?"

Deng Dabao said: "I know you will come today, so I arranged for them to come to the Guangzhou Hotel tomorrow for an interview. The interview location is in the hotel's small conference room. I have already negotiated with the hotel to rent a small conference room for a day tomorrow. We are formally recruiting people, so of course we have to be more grand, can't we just hold interviews in hotel rooms?"

Wang Lin nodded: "Very good. Have you checked the location of the office?"

Deng Dabao said: "Mr. Wang, Comrade Mao Jinshan and I went around several districts. We took a look at the offices of the headquarters and the office locations of each business point. We also have a few backup options. I Write down the specific address and rent in this small book, please have a look and make a decision."

As he spoke, he took out a small notebook, opened it to a certain page, and handed it to Wang Lin with both hands respectfully.

Wang Lin took it over and saw that it was recorded in great detail, including the address, house number, rental price, and even a small map showing the location of the house.

Deng Dabao's suggestion is to rent a residential building for office use because it is cheap.

But Wang Lin felt something was wrong. A company's sales area didn't even have a decent office. How could it convince customers?
So many companies are renting hotel rooms as offices, can't Ai Qingrou afford it?

The rent price in Guangzhou is a bit more expensive than that in Shanghai.

In this era, there is no concept of office buildings.

Until the early 90s, before office buildings in Yuexiu District were built one after another, it was a trend to rent hotels for office work.

In the meantime, affected by the old trade fair area, Dongfang Hotel, Garden Hotel, Huaxia Hotel and other places are all important places for business offices.

The rent of hotels back then was more expensive than office buildings in later generations. At the end of the 80s, it cost 150 yuan per square meter per month to rent Dongfang Hotel and other places for office work. In the early 90s, the price rose to 200 yuan per square meter per month.

Later, after the construction of the office building, the enterprises moved to the office building, and the rent was cheaper than that of the hotel.

In fact, Shencheng also has expensive locations, and the most expensive location, a shop with only one square meter, can be rented for hundreds of dollars a month!

Of course, no matter where it is, the rent of residential buildings is much lower.

In Guangzhou, the area of ​​a standard room in a hotel is about 20 to 30 square meters. Calculated in this way, the monthly rent will be three to four thousand yuan.

Wang Lin pondered for a while, and said: "Brother Dabao, the district office can only rent hotel rooms, not bungalows. I know the conditions of bungalows, and that kind of place is not suitable for office work. Let's rent a room at Dongfang Hotel as a office."

Deng Dabao was stunned: "Dongfang Hotel? That's a five-star hotel! The price is outrageous! A room, for one night, costs hundreds of dollars!"

Wang Lindao: "We must establish the image of the company and the brand. This money cannot be saved. Even if we spend [-] yuan a month, we still have to rent an office in Dongfang Hotel. The sales area in South China, and East China The same, it will be the best area for our business, our headquarters is in East China, and in South China, we must pay more attention to the creation of the company's image."

Deng Dabao said: "It's just too expensive! Apart from being expensive, there's nothing wrong with it! It's even more expensive than the Guangzhou Hotel!"

Wang Lindao: "The office in the South China region doesn't need too many people. Let's rent a 30-square-meter room and decorate it. It's not bad to use it as an office. The staff's accommodation can be solved by renting another room. It's expensive. ! Let’s do it!”

Tang Yan kept listening without saying a word, and then said: "President Wang, I have a suggestion, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

(End of this chapter)