Yanzi Valley of Jingcheng

Chapter 13 Xiao Jie's Transfer

Guan Sha did not express her doubts to the female factory manager, but asked to see those legendary Korean formulators.

The female factory director did not refuse, and led the two of them around the factory area, and finally came to a place with the signboard of "Laboratory".

The decoration of this "laboratory" is no different from that of ordinary residents' houses. There are no sophisticated instruments in it, and various red, pink, orange and purple bottles and jars are placed on the table after table.

The room is not big, and a few men in surgical gowns are standing and working inside. They all have high noses, single eyelids, and Guan Sha looks a bit Korean at first glance.

"Anihasai!" Du Jing ran up to greet Korean Oppa enthusiastically.

The men all stopped their work and looked up at the two strange girls in front of them.

A middle-aged man in his forties nodded to Du Jing and said in Chinese, "Hello!"

But before the men moved their eyes to the "specific parts", Du Jing immediately realized that she was still wearing pajamas and had no bra at all, so she subconsciously covered her chest and backed away repeatedly, while Guan Sha was indifferent , Dafang stepped forward to shake hands with everyone one by one.

The female factory manager was also quick-witted, she pulled out two large and heavy lab coats from the cabinet by the door, and asked Du Jing and Guan Sha to put them on.

Seeing Du Jing's grateful red face, the female factory manager couldn't help laughing. Although the "girl" in front of her looked like a boy, she was even more girly than the beautiful girl next to her.

"There is still something going on in my factory. You two can look around here casually. If you have any questions, you can ask Director Zhang." The female factory manager pointed to the middle-aged man. "Although he is Korean, he can speak Chinese better than me."

After putting on her clothes, Guan Sha nodded repeatedly,
The female factory manager greeted the Koreans in the house, and before closing the door, she did not forget to ask, "You can go back to my office after watching."

"Alright, alright, go get busy." Guan Sha and Du Jing said in unison.

After the female factory manager left, Guan Sha's eyes fell on the various utensils in the laboratory.

Each container is labeled, some labels say "reserve samples of raw materials", and some labels read "reserve samples of semi-finished products".

Several rows of wooden shelves were nailed to the wall of the room, and each shelf was lined with sample cups of various colors, but 98% of them were red.

Deep red, bright red, light red, pink, orange red, orange red, light red, purple red, rose red, peony red, cherry red... Du Jing is dazzled by all kinds of red.

"Are you relatives of the boss?" The Korean named "Director Zhang" opened his mouth, and his voice had a strong northeast accent.

"We are not relatives of the boss. We are here to visit the factory. We may have the opportunity to cooperate in the future, but... are you really Korean?" Guan Sha was very puzzled, thinking how it is possible for Koreans to speak exactly the same as Xiaoshenyang?
After the other party heard this, she immediately burst out a series of Korean words that Guan Sha and Du Jing couldn't understand. After he finished speaking, Guan Sha blinked her eyes suddenly a few times, but she didn't react at all. The Korean Director Zhang smiled, "My hometown is in the Northeast, my father is from Liaochang, and my mother is Korean, so I can speak both Chinese and Korean."

Guan Sha thought about the meaning of the long string of Korean words just now, but it doesn't matter whether someone is Korean or not, the key is whether the lipstick craftsmanship is good or not.

So Guan Shazai carefully tried out the sample lipsticks in the laboratory, and when she was generally satisfied, she asked a lot of questions. have a look.

"Yes, this room alone can produce lipstick. We have adjusted the paste ratio, put it in the mold and refrigerate it for 5 minutes to produce small lipsticks. After the test passes, the formula can be taken to the factory for production. Big stuff."

Director Zhang's introduction is a kind of background music to Du Jing, but she did glance at the refrigerator in the room, and that refrigerator is exactly the same as Du Jing's own home... If it is kept cold so casually, isn't it Can you make lipstick at home?
"How many ingredients are there in a lipstick?" Guan Sha asked.

"If you bring toner, there are about 20 kinds." Director Zhang replied, "Mainly there are a few tools to make lipstick, first weigh the sample, and then dissolve it after weighing." Director Zhang pointed to a transparent container with scales, "The main thing is to dissolve The three major raw materials in our lipsticks are oil, wax and toner. After the oil and wax are fused, we grind the toner with a mill, then mix them all together, and then pour them out with a mold. When the bottom of the material is stirred thinner and the fluidity is better, it can be poured, you see, pour it like this..." The Korean talked and demonstrated how to pour the prepared paste raw materials into the lipstick special mold.

After filling, Director Zhang put the whole mold in the lower shelf of the refrigerator. During the 5-minute freezing time, Guan Sha repeated the questions she had asked her previous bosses, such as whether the toner is imported or not.

"The toner is all imported," Director Zhang said, "but most of the other basic raw materials, such as talcum powder, are domestic. Of course, some aluminum oxide and silicon powder are also imported."

Director Zhang also revealed that in the early years, 80% of Korean cosmetics were imported from China, and many factories in China would hire Korean experts or directly buy their technology. A Korean joint venture company was established.

"How does your industry evaluate this so-called No. [-] Ye Taodu in China?" Guan Sha asked with great interest.

"The things in their house... are okay..." Director Zhang said "it's okay" very reluctantly, as if after holding back bad words for a long time, he finally restrained himself from saying anything out of conscience.

Guan Sha couldn't help but want to laugh, "What do you mean okay?"

"It's okay...it's okay..." the Korean repeated, "You can't say that his products are counterfeit or fake. The craftsmanship is at the domestic average level, but there is still a distance from the international big names, but the gap is not It’s very big, and the price is relatively close to the people, so it’s a conscience.”

"I heard that they are very good at marketing." Guan Sha said.

"Ye Taodu's operation is good, at least better than ours." Director Zhang replied.

……

(Inside the President's Office of Jinquan Building)

"Yes, Mr. Xiao, Ye Taodu didn't make any money this year, and even lost money." Ma Yu reported to a male leader.

In front of Ma Yu, the leader who came from the headquarters by air is actually one year younger than Ma Yu. He has handsome eyebrows and sharp eyes, but his eyes reveal a profoundness and calmness that is extremely inconsistent with his age.

His position is more than one level higher than Ma Yu's, and he is one of Jin Quan's partners.

A partner is the highest position of authority in a venture capital firm. It is mainly responsible for finding and evaluating projects, making investment decisions, representing the venture capital fund on the board of directors of the invested company, and participating in the daily management of the invested company.

In Jinquan Investment Group, Ma Yu is just a small investment manager of the Qingyang branch, and his subordinates are in charge of the fifth and sixth people, and this man, as a partner of Jinquan, is the manager of the Qingyang branch this time. President.

He is Xiao Jie.

We have to admit that there is a kind of successful people in this world, they are very successful from childhood to adulthood.

As the descendants of the working class, although they did not get the ovarian lottery like Guansha, with their outstanding talent and extraordinary hard work, they passed all the way and became famous at a young age. Since then, I have lived a life of cheating in the eyes of others.

Xiao Jie is a typical representative of such characters.

Xiao Jie studied at Tsinghua University for his undergraduate degree and Yale for his master's degree. He has worked in Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank, responsible for the investment banking business in China, and became good brothers with the senior management teams of several large listed companies.

With such a circle of friends, it is not difficult for Xiao Jie to be favored by the founder of Jinquan Investment Group and join the ranks of professional venture capital investors to help more Chinese start-up companies achieve success and go global.

The founder of Jin Quan is undoubtedly a bole, he discovered Xiao Jie.

And Xiao Jie is also a Bole. He has selected many good horses, ruthless horses and Maxima in start-up companies that are extremely easy to see.

In just 6 years, 5 start-up companies recommended by Xiao Jie to the company's investment committee have been successfully listed, 4 of which have become the first brands in the domestic industry, and the average annual profit growth rate of the remaining half of the companies has exceeded 40%. Power brought a lot of money.

Investors with Xiao Jie's performance can't be counted in the entire Chinese venture capital market, so Xiao Jie's promotion road was naturally pushed to the acceleration button, as if in a blink of an eye, he stood At the pinnacle of power of the Jinquan Group.

However, not everyone can withstand the turbulent waves at the pinnacle of power. When the subordinates are strong, they may be able to sit back and relax.

Everyone in the Qingyang branch understands that the new president transferred by the headquarters this time must save Hongfeng Jingshun No. 1, a bad fund.

The start-up companies invested by the fund are currently losing money or even going bankrupt. Even Ye Taodu, the number one domestic make-up brand that has always been well-managed, has lost more than 1000 million this year.

Now there are less than two years left before the redemption period of the fund. If you don’t quickly use the remaining cash to invest in good companies, or save the loss-making companies that are currently investing, the gold team as the fund manager will not be able to invest in the fund behind it. The person confessed.

"Mr. Xiao, I checked. The profit of a foreign company, Guanglai Yaou, was more than 2000 billion last year, and the net profit was about 300 billion. The second child in our country, that Nana, also had a net profit of more than 4 million. , Under such a market, Ye Taodu didn’t make any money, it really shouldn’t be, Ye Taodu originally had a good development prospect, and the previous valuation was more than one billion US dollars.”

Xiao Jie lightly tapped the laptop with his finger, and then stared at the screen with a serious face. In his eyes, the operating expenses of Ye Taodu, whose annual sales are about 35 billion, in the past two years are too high up!

"Do we have a seat on Ye Taodu's board of directors?" Xiao Jie asked lightly.

"Yes, two." Ma Yu replied.

Xiao Jie looked away from the screen and looked at Ma Yu calmly, "Let's inform Ye Taodu now to convene an interim board meeting for the opening session, and propose a proposal to replace their current operations director."

(End of this chapter)