The leisurely life of the reborn daddy

There is a saying that goes, "When the nest is destroyed, no egg can remain intact!"

The same is true for Xuemeng Food Factory.

Even though the trade war on the other side of the ocean is currently targeting only large washing machines and photovoltaic products, who can guarantee that this is all the other party has?

The new year has just begun, who knows if there will be more despicable tricks in the future?
Moreover, compared with other companies, Xuemeng Food Factory has a big advantage: their company has no loans and has sufficient cash flow.

In the coming period, if we really encounter a situation where economic fluctuations intensify due to a trade war or other reasons, and the market gradually becomes worse, it can be said that Xuemeng Food Factory is more resistant to risks than other companies.

In addition, apart from exporting their products, most of them are sold domestically.

Will there be any impact?

definitely will!
But we cannot be timid just because of the impact. That is not Cao Shujie’s style.

After the meeting, managers from each department went back with their tasks.

Not long after Cao Shujie returned to his office, Wang Zhifeng, Shi Jingxiu, Guan Boyong and others came over.

Wang Zhifeng and Shi Jingxiu came here to discuss with the boss the topic that they had not finished discussing last time.

Guan Boyong came here because he considered that the trade war launched by the United States was closely related to export trade, and the fruit wine and preserved fruits of Xuemeng Food Factory were all exported. Now that something like this had happened, it was impossible to say that there would be no impact, and they had to make plans early.

This situation must be reported to Cao Shujie.

"Hey, you three must have agreed to come here together. Come sit down quickly." Cao Shujie invited them to sit down in the office reception area.

"What kind of tea do you want to drink? Green tea? Or black tea?" Cao Shujie asked them.

Upon hearing this, Guan Boyong stood up and went to Cao Shujie's filing cabinet, opened it, took out some tea leaves, and turned to the others, saying, "Don't be picky, just brew any kind."

None of them cared. They came mainly to talk to Cao Shujie about work, and it didn't matter whether they drank tea or not.

Today's incident will make everyone realize the crisis. This time it's no joke.

They are well aware that when other industries are not doing well, their industry will also be greatly impacted.

Simply put, the deep-processed fruit products made by Xuemeng Food Factory are snacks, and to some extent, they are products that can be eaten or not.

It is not something that must be eaten, which means that when the overall economic environment is bad or the economic trend is downward, many people will inevitably tighten their belts and save money.

If possible, reduce spending on non-essential items like snacks, or even skip buying them.

This time, the industries that the Americans targeted for tax increases are large washing machines and the photovoltaic industry, but who knows which industry will be targeted next time?

As more and more industries are targeted and the income of people involved in these industries becomes unstable, many food industries including Xuemeng Food Factory will be greatly affected.

Before Guan Boyong finished making the tea, Wang Zhifeng, Shi Jingxiu and others had already started chatting.

There were no outsiders here, and Wang Zhifeng and Shi Jingxiu directly continued the topic of trade war that Cao Shujie mentioned last time. The two of them talked about their next ideas from the two aspects of production and human resources respectively.

In Wang Zhifeng's words, if the vicious market environment further intensifies, the personnel aspect must consider increasing the assessment of all employees, and even layoffs are not ruled out.

Cao Shujie had been listening carefully. He did not express any opinion at first, but after Wang Zhifeng finished speaking, Cao Shujie said, "We can do the assessment, but forget about the layoffs. Don't bring up this issue again in the future."

Hearing what Cao Shujie said, Wang Zhifeng was stunned for a moment, and Shi Jingxiu and Guan Boyong were also stunned.

Under the bad economic environment, layoffs once became a necessary measure for many companies, but Cao Shujie just disagreed with this method.

Although Wang Zhifeng knew that his boss was kindhearted, he still felt that the matter must be handled rationally. He thought about talking to his boss in private.

After Shi Jingxiu came to her senses, she continued to talk about her thoughts from the perspective of production.

According to Shi Jingxiu, the production side must strictly control the quality in the future. If their market shrinks, they must ensure the quality of their products!

During this process, Guan Boyong listened carefully. It can be said that the methods mentioned by Wang Zhifeng and Shi Jingxiu basically covered sales. The only difference was that sales also had to consider the domestic market as well as the overseas market.

After Wang Zhifeng and Shi Jingxiu finished speaking, Guan Boyong expressed his concerns.

When Cao Shujie heard this question, he also said, "Manager Guan, continue to do it first. If it really doesn't work, suspend overseas business."

Guan Boyong nodded, but he also assured Cao Shujie that he would try every possible way to sell the company's products and get the money back until the last moment.

After finishing talking about everything that needed to be discussed, Shi Jingxiu and the other three prepared to leave.

Cao Shujie suddenly called Wang Zhifeng and said, "Manager Wang, wait a moment. I have something to tell you."

Wang Zhifeng was stunned for a moment, but still stayed.

After Shi Jingxiu and Guan Boyong left, Cao Shujie asked Wang Zhifeng to sit down.

"Manager Wang, what do you think of the company's current procurement process?" Cao Shujie asked as soon as he came up, which was something Wang Zhifeng had not expected.

This also made Wang Zhifeng feel that Cao Shujie's patience with the company's procurement seemed to have reached its limit.

Otherwise, the boss would not have discussed the issue with him directly.

Wang Zhifeng thought for a moment before he said, "Boss, what are you asking about?"

"Don't play dumb, Manager Wang, do you really know nothing?" Cao Shujie came up and said.

When Wang Zhifeng heard this, his heart trembled. For a moment, Wang Zhifeng was very scared.

"Boss..." Wang Zhifeng thought again and again, thinking about how to answer Cao Shujie's question, but he found that no matter how he answered, this matter would be difficult to handle.

For example, he told his boss that he knew there was a problem with purchasing, so why didn't he report it?
If we tell Cao Shujie that he didn't know about the problems in purchasing, then as the manager of the human resources department, he must have big loopholes in managing people.

There was no need to even say excuses like "This is the purchasing department's own business. As the manager of the human resources department, he has no access to the internal management of other departments, and he doesn't know how the purchasing department operates." Saying it would prove his incompetence, which would only make Cao Shujie look down on him even more.

This matter put him in a dilemma.

When Wang Zhifeng was thinking about this problem, Cao Shujie did not urge him, but waited patiently.

He gave Wang Zhifeng enough time to think it over carefully. This was also a test for Wang Zhifeng.

About five or six minutes later, Wang Zhifeng's voice rang out in the office again: "Boss, there is a problem with the purchasing department."

"What's the problem?" Cao Shujie did not pursue the previous matter, but directly asked what he said.

Wang Zhifeng hesitated for a moment, then said, "Boss, some time ago, Manager Xiang from the Purchasing Department invited me and Manager Guan from the Sales Department to have dinner together. During the meal, Manager Xiang mentioned that the 2018 procurement plan was rejected by the boss."

He thought about it and found that he couldn't get around it. In that case, he might as well tell the truth.

And to put it bluntly, they are all workers who earn this money from Cao Shujie, not forming gangs in Cao Shujie's factory and pulling Cao Shujie down from the boss's throne.

If only uprising were that easy, that would be fine.

At this time, Wang Zhifeng told himself that he must not be confused.

He told Cao Shujie exactly what happened that night when he and Xiang Zhengyan were having dinner together. He also said that after the three of them separated, he and Guan Boyong got together again to discuss issues in the purchasing department.

In a word, there are huge loopholes in the purchasing department.

"Why haven't you discovered it before?" asked Cao Shujie.

Wang Zhifeng didn't know what to say.

In fact, if Cao Shujie had not changed his attitude 180 degrees at the last company management meeting, Wang Zhifeng would not have realized these problems. It was not until Xiang Zhengyan asked him and Guan Boyong to have dinner alone and took the initiative to tell them that the 2018 procurement plan had not been passed and sought their help. Only then did Wang Zhifeng realize the gray area in the procurement department.

But the problem is that this kind of thing happens in every factory.

In response to the question Cao Shujie just asked, Wang Zhifeng thought for a moment and said to Cao Shujie: "We are currently using manual work in the procurement area. I think we can install a dedicated procurement system."

He also told Cao Shujie: "We can implement cross-checking for future purchases."

"Tell me about it." Cao Shujie was very interested in what he said.

Wang Zhifeng told Cao Shujie about a procurement system he had learned about.

In general, all products to be purchased are entered into the system, and each purchase order is placed from the online mall. The inquiry staff and the purchasing staff are two independent operations. Not only will there be cross-examination after the order is placed, but even after the order is placed, there will be a dedicated audit department to conduct spot checks every day. Wang Zhifeng told Cao Shujie that after the procurement system was implemented, the audit of purchase orders was not only completed by the procurement department, but the company could also require the audit department to participate.

However, this cannot completely avoid this situation, but it can avoid most of it.

After all, any operation is completed by people, and as long as there are people involved in the process, there will be loopholes, but we cannot avoid the problem just because we know this.

They should seek greater perfection in processes and systems.

"But Manager Xiang failed in his duty," said Cao Shujie.

Wang Zhifeng already understood what Cao Shujie meant, and he asked Cao Shujie whether he wanted to recruit a new purchasing manager.

But Cao Shujie unexpectedly told him: "Transfer Lian Qijian back first."

"Then who is in charge of the northwest region?" Wang Zhifeng asked.

The Northwest region is not only responsible for sales, but also for purchasing raw materials. In a sense, purchasing in the Northwest region is more important than sales.

Cao Shujie continued, "Didn't Hu Yong go there? It just so happens that he has studied with Lian Qijian for such a long time, and he is also very familiar with Adilijiang and the others.

Let him be responsible for the purchase of apples and other fruit raw materials in the northwest region first, and as for the sales, we can assign someone else to go there.”

Wang Zhifeng quickly nodded and agreed. He already understood Cao Shujie's next arrangements.

From Cao Shujie's perspective, he wanted Lian Qijian to take over Xiang Zhengyan's position, and then let Hu Yong take over Lian Qijian's position.

Even Wang Zhifeng didn't expect that it could be arranged this way.

Even when thinking about the work arrangements for Lian Qijian and Hu Yong, Wang Zhifeng was wondering in his heart, could it be that Cao Shujie had been considering this matter for a long time?

But Wang Zhifeng felt that Cao Shujie would not go that far.

From another perspective, it can also be seen that this is Cao Shujie's trust in Lian Qijian and Hu Yong.

Finally, Cao Shujie told Wang Zhifeng: "Manager Wang, first notify Lian Qijian to come back, then make arrangements for Hu Yong's new job and the work of the Northwest Sales Office. When Lian Qijian returns to the company, you can talk to Manager Xiang alone and ask him what he thinks."

"Okay." Wang Zhifeng nodded and agreed.

At this moment, Wang Zhifeng had an indescribable feeling in his heart. He was in a heavy mood. Such a thing happened not what Wang Zhifeng wanted, but the impact of this matter was too bad and it really needed to be dealt with.

Just as Wang Zhifeng was thinking about how to discuss this issue with Xiang Zhengyan, Cao Shujie came to his desk, took out a few documents from a pile of files, and came to the reception area and handed the documents to Wang Zhifeng: "This is what I asked Manager Hu to check, take a look."

Wang Zhifeng took it and read it page by page, but he couldn't continue after just a few pages.

Cao Shujie said to Wang Zhifeng: "Manager Wang, the system you just mentioned should be put into operation as soon as possible."

"Yeah!" Wang Zhifeng nodded.

……

Coming out of Cao Shujie's office, Wang Zhifeng looked very unhappy.

Not long after he returned to his office, Guan Boyong came to see him.

As soon as they entered, they closed the door of Wang Zhifeng's office, so that the two of them could discuss in a low voice in the small office and people outside could not hear them.

"Manager Wang, what does the boss want to see you about?" Guan Boyong asked.

Wang Zhifeng glanced at him, hesitated for a moment and said, "It has something to do with what we talked about that night."

"Are you talking about what happened to Manager Xiang that night?" Guan Boyong seemed to understand something?
Wang Zhifeng nodded, but he didn't say much about this matter.

Guan Boyong was also smart enough not to ask.

Nor did he ask Xiang Zhengyan what he would do next.

In fact, since that night, Guan Boyong realized that the purchasing department’s work was not over yet.

He felt that the calmer the situation was at this moment, the more it showed that the boss was having trouble getting over this hurdle.

This also means that the subsequent punishment will be more severe.

He didn't ask the boss how to deal with the purchasing department. He could guess the answer without even thinking about it.

But Guan Boyong couldn’t understand why Xiang Zhengyan would go to this point?
In Guan Boyong's impression, Xiang Zhengyan was not such a person when he first entered Xuemeng Food Factory.

Although people always change, there must be a reason for the change, right?

Xuemeng Food Factory offers such good treatment and such high salary, what reason does Xiang Zhengyan have to do this?

He also asked Wang Zhifeng if he knew why Xiang Zhengyan had come to this point?
But Wang Zhifeng couldn't understand Xiang Zhengyan's actions and thoughts.

In the end, the purchasing department's issues were simply attributed to human greed.

Otherwise it really can't be explained.

However, Wang Zhifeng told Guan Boyong that he wanted to call Lian Qijian back from the Northwest Regional Office, and he asked Guan Boyong to recommend someone else who could take on the important task in sales.

Especially at this stage, the person in charge of the sales office in the northwest region needs a capable person.

However, Guan Boyong never expected that Wang Zhifeng would transfer Lian Qijian back.

But he immediately understood the significance of transferring Lian Qijian back.

"Manager Wang, is this the boss's arrangement?" Guan Boyong asked.

Wang Zhifeng nodded. He did not hide this fact and told Guan Boyong to make the personnel transfer as soon as possible.

"When does it start?" Guan Boyong asked him.

Then I heard Wang Zhifeng say that they would take action after Lian Qijian returned from the northwest region.

When Guan Boyong thought about the consequences that Xiang Zhengyan might face next, he felt a sense of grief.

At the same time, he also warned himself not to reach out rashly, otherwise Xiang Zhengyan's fate would also be his tomorrow.

"Sad!" Guan Boyong was also in a heavy mood.

……

When Lian Qijian, who was in the Northwest Office, received a call from Wang Zhifeng, asking him to return to the company to make a work report, he was a little confused and didn't know what Manager Wang was up to.
Besides, it is almost the Spring Festival now. Isn’t it a bit early to go back to the company to make a work report at this time?

After returning to his home in Wuqi, Lian Qijian told his parents Lian Xuezhu and his mother Dang Wanli about this matter, but neither of them said anything.

Pingyuan County was a bit too chaotic since November, so they stayed in Wuqi with their son and did not return to Pingyuan County.

But this does not mean that they have cut off the information channels in Pingyuan County. On the contrary, they all know what happened in Pingyuan County some time ago.

The county propaganda minister Xia Zhenjiang stood out from the crowd and jumped a few steps to block the deputy secretary of Pingyuan County.

This change really surprised Lian Xuezhu.

As for other things, the old couple didn't pay much attention.

After their son left, the two of them decided to travel around the area. Lian Xuezhu and Dang Wanli also discussed that since they were going out to play this time, they should visit more places.

Both of them are retired and have pensions, so they just start to have fun.

They want to make the second half of their lives less boring and live more comfortably.

However, after Lian Qijian left, the purchasing work of the Northwest Office fell on Hu Yong's shoulders.

Upon learning about this work arrangement, Hu Yong did not ask any questions and agreed directly, but Hu Yong also felt very strange about this matter.

The last time his boss assigned him here, he didn't expect to stay here for half a year.

When will he be able to go back? (End of this chapter)