Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 885 Ehime's Future Business Empire

Jinzhi and Jinxiu followed Jin Yitang's instructions and directly called Qian Guotai "Uncle Qian".

Qian Guotai smiled and glanced at Chu Xiangqian.

Chu Xiangqian shrugged, "Uncle Qian, let's have lunch together later. I've already ordered food from the Youguqi branch."

Since Chu Xiangqian called Qian Uncle, Jinzhi and Jinxiu immediately changed their words and followed suit.

Together with several other managers of the pharmacy, the group went to the Youguqi branch in Wan Chai for dinner.

Chu Xiangqian did not forget to ask the kitchen to prepare meals and send them to the pharmacy to satisfy the employees' cravings.

Seeing this, Jin Yitang was very impressed that Chu Xiangqian still remembered his friends.

He also specifically told Jinzhi and Jinxiu that they must not be too harsh on their employees in the future.

They make money for us, so if they have difficulties at home, we will help them if we can.

Even if we cannot help, we should still contribute money and effort to help them through the difficult times.

As for those cunning and dishonest guys, if they refuse to change after repeated admonitions, they will be fired and the guy will have nothing to say.

The other guys and the shopkeeper also have their own standards in mind.

The boss has done his best, and it is only normal to drive the person away.

Moreover, not firing such people would be an insult to the guys who work hard.

Jinzhi and Jinxiu nodded repeatedly, and Qian Guotai and several managers also nodded in agreement.

This immediately brought Old Man Jin and the management of the pharmacy closer.

Chu Xiangqian gave his father-in-law a thumbs up and said with a smile, "Master, you will still be in charge of the pharmacy from now on, and the Jinxiu sisters will have to learn from you for another ten or twenty years.

It would be best if I and my two sisters’ children grow up and then give them to you to teach.”

Jin Yitang laughed and scolded after hearing this, but in his heart he was looking forward to that scene.

And once I get the management rights, I won't have to look at the faces of my two daughters anymore.

For Jin Yitang, he only needs to be responsible to his son-in-law, which makes things much simpler.

Maintaining the original sales and operations of the pharmacy and building a greater reputation for medical skills is actually enough for the pharmacy to earn more.

As for reform and innovation, in Jin Yitang's mind, it was just nonsense.

If there is a problem in the store, just solve it.

It is obviously a profitable store, but you are making drastic changes here and there, which is not only hard on yourself.

After hearing Jin Yitang's words, Chu Xiangqian felt completely relieved.

Qian Guotai and several managers also toasted one after another. What they feared most was that the young people would lose their temper.

Now that Jinzhi and Jinxiu have their father to look after them and their husbands have delegated power to their father-in-law, they have naturally become more obedient.

Besides, Jin Xiu herself is not a capable or ambitious person, so she is most suitable to manage a pharmacy.

In fact, Jinzhi's mind was not on the pharmacy.

It was only when I saw the scale and revenue of this store that I began to have some ideas of my own.

Unfortunately, this idea was not implemented before it was directly destroyed by Chu Xiangqian and his father-in-law.

So Jinzhi quickly shifted her attention to the Lee Theatre and the Imperial Palace Theatre.

Looking at Chu Xiangqian, he said, "Since Dad is in charge of the pharmacy, let's go to see the Lee Theatre and the Imperial Palace Theatre after dinner, okay?"

Jin Xiu glared at Jin Zhi, thinking that her sister bringing up this matter at this time made them look like arrogant young ladies.

Chu Xiangqian waved his hand and said with a smile, "If you are willing to take charge, I wish you could take over those two theaters."

After saying that, he looked at Feifei and Aiyuan and said, "I asked them to go and have a look more often when they are free, but they thought it was too much trouble and left everything to the manager."

Feifei curled her lips, but Aiyuan didn't have so many concerns.

He retorted, "Brother, you fly to London, Japan, and Singapore all the time. You live an easier life than anyone else.

Feifei, Gangsheng, Shufen, Linda and Alyssa and I have become employees working for you.

If I help you do everything stupidly, how can I have free time to go shopping?"

Chu Xiangqian laughed, "I'm not forcing you to do anything. I've given you so many profitable businesses to manage. Just tell me whether you will do it or not?"

Feifei was the first one to back down, because the most important business she had was the newspaper group.

Pulling Aiyuan to persuade her, "Alright, alright, your brother is so rich. I will help you save up more dowry, so that by the time you get married, you will have a net worth of over 10 million.

Then ask him to give you half of the shares of the art export company and the carving factory as a dowry.

From now on, when you become a major shareholder or a big boss, you will be working for yourself."

The Jin family's father, daughter and three people, as well as the managers of the drug store were all stunned, thinking to themselves, could Chu Xiangqian really be so generous?
Only Qian Guotai not only knew a lot about Chu Xiangqian, but he also knew a lot about Aiyuan and Chu Xiangqian's woman.

The two companies mentioned by Feifei were actually managed and developed by Aiyuan to achieve their current scale.

The carving factory in particular has expanded several times in size.

The number of Buddhist shrines and sculptures exported to Japan is also increasing year by year.

I heard that it now occupies at least 20% to 30% of the neon sculpture market.

Once Chu Xiangqian gave half of his shares to Aiyuan, the girl would have a net worth of over 10 million.

There are between 20 and 30 million.

Feifei dared to say this because she heard Chu Xiangqian and Xue Jinglan casually mention Aiyuan's marriage.

Xue Jinglan had no objection, so Feifei dared to speak out.

Aiyuan looked at Chu Xiangqian in surprise, "Brother, is what the third sister-in-law said true?"

Chu Xiangqian rolled his eyes at his sister and said, "I am willing to give it to her, but you have to find me a brother-in-law."

Now it was Ehime's turn to be unhappy.

In the past two years, it’s not that no one has been pursuing her. Even some foreigners with good family backgrounds have started to set their sights on her.

Unfortunately, no one likes it.

Aiyuan was a witness to the entire process of Chu Xiangqian's rise to wealth.

Even Chu Aiyuan contributed to this.

Before Xue Jinglan came to Hong Kong Island, the snack street, cinema, film company, carving factory and toy company were all under her management.

They didn’t do very well at the beginning, but these companies are all profitable companies.

Under the premise of making huge profits, many troubles are naturally suppressed by the amazing business.

The conflicts between management and the conflicts between management and employees are not as good as the desire to make more money and get more commissions.

So for the sake of money, management and employees can easily put aside many conflicts.

When employees quarrel, instead of quarreling or fighting, you might as well do more work and get more salary.

If there are disagreements among the management, you have the guts to go to the boss and I will do whatever the boss says.

As Chu Xiangqian made more money, his authority in various companies became more and more final, and people even worshipped him blindly.

Since Eyuan has Chu Xiangqian as her backer, naturally no one dares to give her a hard time, let alone look down on her.

After a few years, Ehime has indeed trained himself.

However, the little girl was well protected. Her shortcomings were obvious. She had begun to be arrogant and had high expectations but low skills in business. In the past, the bamboo weaving business that earned several thousand yuan a year could keep Aiyuan happy for several months.

She is now too lazy to care about the business that earns hundreds of thousands of dollars every year.

However, this era is indeed full of gold.

After returning from the capital a few days ago, Aiyuan found Chu Xiangqian and mentioned the huge advantages of using the carving factory.

Build another furniture factory in Chai Wan.

Moreover, the main customer group is directly targeted at Yingguo. If the business is good, we will expand to Europe.

Chu Xiangqian only thought about it for a dozen seconds and felt that this business was more profitable than the carving factory.

The market is bigger, European people are richer, and wages are higher.

With Margaret's connections, it is easy to enter the Yingguo market.

Once it sells well, the quality is good and the design is novel.

With a trademark approved by the royal family, it is definitely a top luxury brand in Hong Kong Island, Europe, Southeast Asia and Japan.

Then expand into jewelry and clothing.

It is possible that the company founded by Ehime will become one of the world's top luxury brands in the future.

When they entered China in the 8s and 90s, with the added bonus of Hong Kong companies, as long as they were well managed, their products would definitely not be worse than European and American luxury brands.

It even has a first-mover advantage. After 20 to 30 years of accumulation, it may be more popular among Chinese consumers.

Chu Xiangqian is not making this up. In the 1990s and the first few years of the new millennium, things from Hong Kong were indeed very popular.

The company’s fall from grace was not caused by these companies, but by that farce.

It breaks the special feelings that Chinese consumers have for Hong Kong Island.

Chu Xiangqian himself remembers it very clearly. From then on, he no longer cared about Hong Kong stars or paid attention to Hong Kong movies.

Not caring about how the people in Hong Kong Island live, let alone traveling to Hong Kong Island, can be said to be a total defeat.
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Seeing that Aiyuan stopped talking, Chu Xiangqian began to worry about his sister. As she got older, she might become more picky, and it would be more difficult for her to find a boyfriend.

Not to mention a marriage partner.

However, if you say too many words urging people to get married, it will only arouse rebellious psychology.

Moreover, Chu Xiangqian was actually the least qualified to advise Aiyuan. In the past few years, he was afraid that Aiyuan would be cheated, so he told Aiyuan many ways that men cheated women.

As a result, this girl is now extremely defensive when facing strange men.

Feifei hurriedly pulled Aiyuan's arm and said, "Ignore your brother. He is not a good person."

Aiyuan was not angry either. It was good to be alone anyway.

With so many sisters-in-law and nephews at home, he felt bored, so he ran to the villa on the top of the mountain to chat with his eldest sister-in-law.

If we go shopping together, my sisters-in-law will basically buy me anything I like.

If it's really too expensive, then I'll find a chance to ask my big brother to pay for it.

It seemed that Aiyuan was in a bad mood because of Chu Xiangqian, and they had already been eating for almost an hour.

Just break up.

Jin Yitang said that he was familiar with the store in the afternoon, so Chu Xiangqian could only ask Zhang Tianzhi to arrange someone to drive a car to pick him up and take him back to the top of the mountain.

Moreover, these two people will be responsible for picking up and dropping off Jin Yitang from now on and act as bodyguards.

Chu Xiangqian is definitely the one among the wealthy people in Hong Kong who ultimately becomes a security guard.

It used to be HK$1 to 2 million per year, but now it has increased to HK$3 million per year.

Fortunately, this money is really nothing to Chu Xiangqian.

And part of the expenses can be paid by charitable funds.

In the Chu family fund alone, there is 3 million US dollars belonging to Xue Jinglan, Chu Jingrong, and other children born to Xue Jinglan.

According to the fund's regulations, 5% must be spent each year, and at least $150 million must be used for charity.

However, employee salaries, fund operating costs, and even expenses such as business trips, hotel accommodation, meals, security, private jet fees, etc. in the charity fund can all be included in the US$150 million.

The extravagant lifestyles of many wealthy people in Europe and America are paid for by funds.

It is equivalent to putting money in a fund, so you don’t have to pay high taxes, but personal and family expenses can be reimbursed by the fund.

Even things like sports cars, private jets, and yachts can be purchased in the name of the fund.

Then use it yourself.

Separating from Jin Yitang, Qian Guotai and others, Chu Xiangqian took Jinzhi, Jinxiu, Feifei and Aiyuan to the nearby Lee Theatre.

Then we went to the Imperial Palace Theatre.

Jinzhi loved these two theaters very much, especially the Imperial Palace Theater.

When Jinzhi heard that Chu Xiangqian planned to demolish the theater and build a high-rise building in the future, she immediately refused to agree.

He hugged Chu Xiangqian's arm and begged for mercy.

Chu Xiangqian actually knew that because of its special design, this theater would definitely become one of the famous buildings in Hong Kong Island in the future.

Moreover, in another twenty or thirty years, even if you are the boss, it will not be so easy to demolish it whenever you want.

We can only paint a rosy picture for Jinzhi.

Build a super modern theater that is five to ten times larger than the Imperial Palace Theater.

In an instant, Jinzhi forgot that the Imperial Palace Theater must not be demolished.

This idea is actually not difficult to achieve, as Hong Kong Island will build its own public theater in the future.

When the time comes, I will donate some money or buy shares to build this super large theater, which will be an explanation to Jinzhi.

After dealing with this girl, it was already 4pm. On the way back to the top of the mountain, Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but chat with Aiyuan about the furniture company.

Aiyuan actually just thought that by leveraging the carving factory's advantages in technology, labor and raw materials, and then opening a furniture factory, there would be no problem making money.

But I didn't expect that my eldest brother would mutter about everything from furniture to the royal family, luxury goods, and building a luxury goods empire.

Not only was Ehime's mind confused by what was said.

Feifei, Jinzhi and Jinxiu who were listening nearby were also confused.

The four women really couldn't understand why Chu Xiangqian had such a wild imagination.

Why can you think so far ahead?
Chu Xiangqian saw Aiyuan was beginning to be confused, and sighed and said, "Forget it, digest it first. When you decide to start this company, we'll talk about it.

If you encounter any problems or development plans in the future, you can come and talk to me.”

Aiyuan nodded, but a few seconds later he said, “Brother, I think it’s better for you to be the chairman now, otherwise I have the confidence to develop this company into something bigger than the carving factory and more profitable.

But we don’t have the confidence to develop into the big luxury goods company you mentioned.

Not to mention it’s a multinational brand with stores in major cities around the world.”

Chu Xiangqian waved his hand and said, "If this company develops well, its market value may reach hundreds of millions, or even billions in the future. Are you really willing to let me become a major shareholder?"

Chu Xiangqian underestimated the number of hundreds of millions or even billions, but in the minds of people of this generation, billions are already astronomical figures.

It is simply unimaginable that a luxury goods company could be worth hundreds of billions, tens of billions, or even trillions of dollars.

If this were to be said, Aiyuan and the others would simply think that Chu Xiangqian was crazy.

(End of this chapter)