Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 801: The Huang Brothers Take Over the Chain Appliance City
After the meal, based on Chu Xiangqian's ability to judge people, he concluded that Ling Feng was indeed capable in sales.

He is handsome, eloquent, and has many ways to flatter and coax people.

Even an old hand like me feels comfortable chatting with him. When those housewives and rich ladies meet him, they will be fooled into buying washing machines, refrigerators, gas stoves and the like in no time.

Moreover, Morphy Electric, which was established 36 years ago, is not only a big brand in England, but also much more famous in the British Federation than Japanese electrical appliances, which are synonymous with low-end products in this era.

In addition, this company has been producing military products for Britain during World War II, and its technology and quality are also top-notch.

It's just that this guy probably came into contact with too many nouveau riche housewives and wealthy wives, which made him mistakenly believe that making money is not difficult. All he lacks is opportunity, so it's inevitable that he is a little too eager for quick success.

However, Ling Feng works as a sales manager at Morphy Electric Appliances, with an annual salary of 45,000 yuan, which is indeed considered a high-income earner nowadays.

They have been married for only more than 5 years, and they not only have a car and a house, but the house is a large one of 130 square meters.

A house of 90 square meters, or 1 feet, can be considered a luxury home in Hong Kong Island.

Two or three years ago, his annual salary alone would have been enough for him to buy a high-rise apartment of about 8 or 90 square meters in Causeway Bay.

No wonder this guy looks humble, but there is always pride in his eyes.

I want to have better development prospects, and I also want to earn more money than my previous salary in a short period of time.

But if you think about it carefully, it is actually normal. With a mansion, a car, a beautiful wife, and a well-behaved son, it would be abnormal not to think about making more money.

Also because he has a wife and children, Ling Feng would not be able to endure a probation period of a year, a half, or even several years unless his annual salary is no lower than before.

For him, less income means a lower quality of life for his wife and children, and his friends will mock him and relatives will slander him behind his back, so he wants both a bigger future and a higher salary.

But even for Le Yan, his monthly salary is only 1 Hong Kong dollars, which is 3 to 5 times that of an ordinary person at present.

It was neither high nor low, just in line with his level as the second son of a wealthy family with little work experience.

So after the meal, Le Yan was all smiles, thinking that his brother had performed well in front of the big boss. However, Ling Feng, who already knew Le Yan's monthly salary, was always worried.

Ling Feng could see Chu Xiangqian's admiration, and the problem now was the annual salary.

I can only hope that Chu Xiangqian will see my good abilities and give me at least three thousand a month salary.

Chu Xiangqian would naturally not make things difficult for a potential employee who could please a rich lady just for such a small amount of money.

Not to mention other things, just to fool those rich wives with assets of tens or millions, this guy would be willing to give them a monthly salary of over ten thousand, let alone three or four thousand.

But people who earn 3 or 4 yuan a month work under people who earn yuan a month.

Even Chu Xiangqian didn't need to stir up trouble, Ling Feng would definitely feel unbalanced. After a long time, it would be strange if he didn't envy Le Yan.

That's why Chu Xiangqian said that there are too many ways to sow discord between the two of them.

Ling Feng was so excited after getting the official confirmation from Chu Xiangqian and the monthly salary of 3 plus performance commission.

According to his own preliminary estimate, with this salary he could earn at least 6,000 to 7,000 Hong Kong dollars a month. If he worked hard, it would not be impossible for him to earn over 10,000 Hong Kong dollars a month.

I instantly felt that Chu Xiangqian was my mentor.

Chu Xiangqian also had a preliminary plan on how to use this person.

Moreover, Chu Xiangqian initially wanted Ling Feng to compete with Le Yan, and even use him as a touchstone for Le Yan, but now his ideas have changed.

A touchstone is still needed, but opening an electrical appliance mall can not only help you make money, but you can also take the opportunity to open a chain of electrical appliance malls and acquire land all over Hong Kong Island, thereby enclosing land and entering the department store industry.

Of course, Chu Xiangqian’s department store only specializes in electrical appliances and does not sell daily necessities.

By then, British, Japanese, German and American brands will all enter the market, and it will basically be similar to the electronics city in China in the 90s or the year before last.

This model was definitely the latest sales model in the early 60s.

Making money is certain, and with proper management, you can definitely make a lot of money.

As for Le Yan, he really doesn't care that his brother's salary is several times higher than his. In his eyes, 1 or is just that.

A few days ago, when my father learned that I was going to come to the shipping company and work as Chu Xiangqian's assistant, he hinted that if I work hard and learn skills, he would give me one or two million to start my own business if I made a name for myself in the future.

However, he would have never expected that his son, whom Le Jia considered a great talent, had only been working for two days when he was already planning to enter the electrical appliance sales business.

It is foreseeable that in the future, the electrical appliance sales of traditional department stores like Roca in Hong Kong Island will definitely plummet.

Just because Chu Xiangqian has his own shipping company, his transportation costs are 5% to 10% lower. The profit gap is enough for Chu Xiangqian to lower prices and engage in a price war.

At this moment, Chu Xiangqian even felt that Le Yan's importance in his eyes was no longer as important as Ling Feng's.

One is someone who can help you build a chain of home appliance malls in the short term, and the other is someone who can become a potential helper to become wealthy after ten or twenty years.

Between short-term profits and long-term profits, most people would definitely choose the short-term profits that are visible and tangible, but Chu Xiangqian thought about it carefully and decided that he could have both.

In the TV series, even if Le's department store did not join the industry to compete with him, it would have been slowly surpassed by other department stores, with sales declining year after year, profits falling, and even losses.

For Le Yan, if his family wasn’t in crisis, it would be really difficult for this guy to succeed.

This can be considered as forcing him to make progress in advance.

At the dinner table, Chu Xiangqian asked Ling Feng and Le Yan to write a plan for the electrical appliance city together.

The two were stunned at first, and then Ling Feng nodded and agreed without hesitation.

Le Yan frowned at first, then his expression changed, but after a few seconds, this guy finally nodded in agreement.

This point actually strengthened Chu Xiangqian's confidence in cultivating Le Yan.

The fact that he agreed without hesitation proved that in Ling Feng's eyes, the so-called brotherhood was nothing more than a tool.

But Chu Xiangqian didn't care whether he was an ungrateful person or not. There were many ungrateful people in the workplace, and Chu Xiangqian, as a boss, had no right to stop his employees from starting their own businesses.

As long as you have the ability to make money for yourself.

When employees are able to start their own business in the future, they can either invest in the other party or become competitors and try every means to defeat this person.

They even plagiarize the excellent ideas of employees after they start their own businesses. Although this may be hated, the business model cannot be patented.

The entire business world, from ancient times to the present, has actually been copying and imitating each other.

You want to blame yourself, but I still say that I trained you, but now you have grown wings and turn against me.

You were the first to be unkind and unjust, and my imitation is just a counterattack.

There were some verbal battles, but in the end, nothing came of it.

While Le Yan saw the threat that the Electrical Appliance City posed to his own department store, he quickly realized that even if he was not there, with Chu Xiangqian's financial resources, no one could stop him from entering this industry.

In that case, you might as well join.

As for the issue of confidentiality, Chu Xiangqian knew in his heart that it was impossible to keep the matter secret even if he wanted to.

My biggest advantage in this business of electrical appliances is that I have sufficient funds and the shipping company can keep costs down.

If the competitors don't engage in price wars, they will take the initiative to start a price war. Not to mention forcing the competitors in Hong Kong Island to stop selling electrical appliances, that's impossible, but grabbing 30% to 40% of the market share in a short period of time is enough to make this chain of electrical appliance malls a giant in the industry in Hong Kong Island.

Within one or two years, with annual sales of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, it is not difficult for the market value to soar by one or two times.

Le Yan, Ling Feng, and even San Jiangshui, Huang Binyao, and Huang Qifa also mistakenly believed that Chu Xiangqian took a fancy to Le Yan because he had already planned to open an electrical appliance mall, and Le Yan was the second son of Lejia Department Store who was not valued.

From a normal person's perspective, Le Yan will definitely work hard to prove that he is no worse than his older brother Le Wen in the electronics mall.

Le Yan himself felt that Chu Xiangqian valued him before for this purpose.

He sighed deeply in his heart again. He knew that even if he told his father, it would not change the inherent sales model of Lejia Department Store.

It is even more impossible to give up daily necessities and switch to becoming an electrical appliance store.

This is an open conspiracy. Even though we know that if we don't change, there may be a crisis. But it's not that easy to change.

I couldn't help but admire Chu Xiangqian.

As for leaving, only a fool would leave.

Le Yan really wanted to prove himself, not to mention that his biological father misunderstood that he had been killed by mistake abroad and had always been very dissatisfied with him.

Even if he went back, he would definitely be scolded. Le Yan believed that after his father knew about it, he would definitely support him to continue working under Chu Xiangqian.
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When Chu Xiangqian walked out of the seafood restaurant, he whispered a few words to Sanjiangshui before getting in the car, asking him to go to the top of the mountain to see the narrow strip of sky when he had time.

Sanjiangshui nodded quickly, but the hesitation on his face made Chu Xiangqian quickly realize that this guy had something to say to him.

"Okay, get in my car, we'll talk on the way back."

After saying that, Chu Xiangqian glanced again at Huang Bingyao and Huang Qifa, who had been the supporting actors the entire night and were also trying hard to perform.

But just now during the meal, Chu Xiangqian had been just chatting with the two of them.

It would be nonsense to say that the two brothers didn't feel disappointed seeing that their boss was about to leave.

Chu Xiangqian saw the disappointed faces of the two men and knew that the time had come.

When Sanjiangshui got on the Rolls-Royce, Chu Xiangqian seemed to suddenly remember something, turned around and said to the two men with a smile, "Are you two Arthurs interested in working for the Marine Police for a few years?"

Huang Bingyao and Huang Qifa were stunned. Although they were not inspectors, their days in the plainclothes team were very comfortable.

I can get two to three thousand yuan in fees every month.

When you are away from home, you have to give some face to the boss or the big boss of the community.

When family members and friends tell their sons and nephews that they are plainclothes officers, they always attract envious looks and flattery.

If someone had asked them to join the water police force, which didn't pay much, they would have cursed back.

But when he looked at Sanjiangshui who had already got on the bus, and then looked at Chu Xiangqian, a glimmer of anticipation appeared in his eyes.

When Chu Xiangqian saw this, he knew that the two brothers were smart people.

He smiled and said, "Last month I had a few words with Turner, the commander of the East District, and Superintendent Hahn, the assistant chief. Recently, a foreign inspector of the East District Water Police was suspended, and several patrol boat captains were also suspended. They were either transferred to guard the pond or transferred back to London.

Both Turner and Hahn hoped to recruit several officers familiar with the land and sea of ​​the East End.

If you two brothers are interested, please report to Turner tomorrow and go to the Marine Police Headquarters for four weeks of training.

After the training, you will first be a police sergeant. If you perform well within one or two years, your superiors will recommend you to Wong Chuk Hang, where you should have no problem receiving training again."

Wong Bing-yao and Wong Qifa became excited after hearing this. Not only did they only need four weeks of training with the Marine Police to become a Sergeant, it was also a direct promotion of two levels.

The so-called return to Wong Chuk Hang for training must be supervisory retraining.

After you come out, you will be a trainee inspector. If you don’t make any mistakes within a year, you will be a formal inspector.

San Jiangshui, who was standing aside, was called the Chief Inspector, but in fact he was just the Chief of Police.

Even the three chief Chinese detectives, Lei Luo, Fei Bo and Lan Gang, are also police chiefs.

There is such a big difference in status, it’s just that the responsibilities are different.

Even Sanjiangshui was a little envious of the two brothers. Once they became inspectors, their future would be completely different.

Although there is a high probability that they will not return to the front line, the monthly fees that Chinese inspectors can receive will not be much less than that of detectives.

As for extra income, that’s hard to say.

If they work in a powerful department, many people will ask them for favors.

Moreover, becoming an inspector means one can become a senior inspector, chief inspector, or even superintendent.

Although there were few Chinese police superintendents, there were actually several in the 50s.

Lan Gang’s first benefactor, the person who helped him become a detective, was actually a Chinese superintendent.

Just having the opportunity to become an inspector means a much better future than being a detective.

Huang Bingyao and Huang Qifa did not hesitate at all this time. In excitement, they saluted Chu Xiangqian directly.

Huang Bingyao, who was a bit smart, also promised, "Mr. Chu, from now on, we two brothers will follow your lead. If you say go east, we will never go west."

After listening to this, Huang Qifa also nodded repeatedly, "We two brothers will listen to you."

Chu Xiangqian laughed, but said, "Okay, you should listen to your superiors. After all, the police force is a disciplined force."

Huang Bingyao nodded quickly, but he knew in his heart that Chu Xiangqian had transferred his two brothers to serve as water police, and also clearly stated that several captains of patrol boats were transferred to guard the reservoir.

So one can guess that it must be related to the sea transport lines.

Thinking more deeply, he soon remembered that a large number of coal ocean-going cargo ships had been entering and leaving Chai Wan Port recently. It was now clear what he was supposed to do.

Although this is risky, if you think about it carefully, the risk is actually very small.

The amount of materials imported by Hong Kong Island from China every year has been calculated at 10 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Of course, a large amount of coal is indispensable.

Since we have been importing before, now some of the coal is just shipped by sea, so the quantity may not match.

This is not the responsibility of the Marine Police.

If there is any trouble, it will be the problem of the Secretary for Home Affairs and the taxation units under the Secretary for Home Affairs.

But it has long been no secret that Chu Xiangqian has a very close relationship with Hader of the Administrative Affairs Department.

Moreover, corruption is so serious in Hong Kong these days that even if problems are found, they can be solved with money.

Now Huang Bingyao was truly grateful to Chu Xiangqian, and felt that following Chu Xiangqian was definitely the right boss.

As for Huang Qifa, although he is not as smart as Huang Bingyao, he has an advantage that if he doesn’t understand something, he will listen to his brothers, father, or cousins.

(End of this chapter)