Chapter 186 Hong Kong Company
The office looks no different from an ordinary apartment from the outside, but there is a sign hanging on the door that says "Xiangjiang Shenghua Co., Ltd.". The main door is a floor-to-ceiling glass sliding door with a rolling door above the glass door . The rolling door can be pulled down and locked at night. The security in Hong Kong is not very good, so necessary preventive measures are still needed.
When I pushed the door open, I saw the female clerk sitting at the front desk answering the phone. She stood up quickly when she saw Qin Zhengguo coming back.
Without waiting for her to speak, Qin Zhengguo made a gesture to continue the call, telling her not to worry about him, then nodded and walked inside.
The office is not big, with a total area of only 550 square feet. The unit of square feet is different from the square meters in the mainland. Qin Zhengguo only figured this out after he came to Hong Kong. 550 square feet sounds quite large, but the total area is only 52 square meters when converted.
Land is very expensive in Hong Kong, and a 550-square-foot office can only be considered very ordinary. The entire office is divided into three areas, namely the front desk at the entrance (near the corridor), the office area after entering, the small meeting room on the side, and the manager's office (boss area) inside.
Even the manager's office is only more than ten square meters, which is smaller than the three-story loft where Qin Zhengguo lives in Shanghai. There is a desk in the manager's office, and behind the desk is a leather chair that is slightly better than the ordinary office outside. There are two chairs in front of the desk, which are for employees who report work and visiting guests to sit.
In addition to these, there is a three-seater sofa against the wall, which can be turned up to be used as a bed at night. Qin Zhengguo lived here directly after renting this place and temporarily regarded it as his own residence. Anyway, he is single now, and there is no need to rent another place as the rent in Hong Kong is expensive. For him, who has suffered a lot in the Northwest, living in the office is nothing.
Qin Zhengguo loosened the tie around his neck and threw the briefcase in his hand onto the sofa. He picked up the cup on the table, opened it and looked at it, then drank the tea in it directly.
"Boss, this tea was brewed this morning. Drinking it cold is not good for your health. I'll make you a new cup." Just after taking a sip, Xu Hui, who was on the phone, walked in and saw Qin Zhengguo drinking cold tea. She hurriedly said.
Logically speaking, this was something Xu Hui should have done, but Qin Zhengguo came back so suddenly and she had just answered a phone call and didn't have time to change his tea.
"It's okay. It's not like overnight tea doesn't have this requirement. When I was in the northwest, I even drank tree roots soaked in water. It's just right to drink it cool in such a hot day." Qin Zhengguo waved his hand, drank the tea in one gulp, put down the teacup, and licked his lips with satisfaction.
Xu Hui is not young anymore, and is a mother of two children. She graduated from Hong Kong University and used to work in a large foreign-funded company, where she was a supervisor at her highest position. But later she quit her job due to family reasons and stayed at home to take care of her children. But who would have thought that she would divorce her husband just a few years later because of the breakdown of her marriage. After the divorce, Xu Hui returned to the workplace, but because of her age and fierce competition, she has not been able to find a suitable job.
When Qin Zhengguo first arrived in Hong Kong, he founded Shenghua Company and naturally needed to recruit people. The agency that helped register the company asked Qin Zhengguo about his recruitment requirements and recommended Xu Hui to him.
After meeting and asking about Xu Hui's situation, Qin Zhengguo was very satisfied with Xu Hui, who had rich work experience. He immediately decided to keep her, and Xu Hui became the first employee of Shenghua Company in Hong Kong except Qin Zhengguo.
I have to say that Xu Hui helped Qin Zhengguo a lot after she came. Although the company is small and the work is busy, Qin Zhengguo is a boss who is willing to let go and is generous. Moreover, Qin Zhengguo has a straightforward personality and does not put on airs. In Xu Hui's opinion, such a boss is easy to deal with, and this is indeed the case after getting to know him.
"Boss, this is a fax just sent from there, please take a look." Xu Hui shook her head slightly, took Qin Zhengguo's cup, and handed him several faxes in her hand. While Qin Zhengguo was reading the fax, Xu Hui walked aside and poured out the remaining tea in the cup, washed the cup, and then made him a new cup of tea with tea leaves.
Qin Zhengguo sat down on the chair and looked at the fax carefully.
The fax was sent from Yangcheng. Yangcheng is now the branch of Shenghua Company in the mainland, and all the business in the mainland is handled by Yangcheng. After Qin Zhengguo came to Hong Kong, the work in Yangcheng was handed over to Gu Jie. Gu Jie is a very careful person, and with the help of Ying Caixia, although Ying Caixia has just been exposed to these, she got the hang of it quickly and was able to handle it on her own in just one month.
After reading the fax, Qin Zhengguo was about to say something when he heard someone coming in. Xu Hui turned around to look outside and came back and said, "Jia Ming and Yu Dan Zai are back, Boss..."
"Let's go! Let's have a meeting outside." Qin Zhengguo nodded, stood up, took the fax and walked out of the manager's office with Xu Hui.
"boss."
"Hello, Boss..."
Zhang Jiaming and a young man saw Qin Zhengguo and Xu Hui coming out and hurriedly greeted them.
The young man named Yudanzai is about the same age as Zhang Jiaming. Neither of them went to college, but both finished high school. Yudanzai’s surname is not Yu, his full name is Zhou Junhao. He is called Yudanzai because Zhou Junhao helped his family set up a fish ball stall since elementary school, so he got this nickname.
"Everyone has worked hard. Let's have a small meeting." Qin Zhengguo nodded to them with a smile and invited them to the small meeting room outside.
It is called a conference room, but it is actually a small area of only five square meters separated by a glass wall. It is furnished with a small square table and a few chairs, providing a relatively private place for conversation.
As soon as Zhang Jiaming and Zhou Junhao sat down, Xu Hui brought them two cups of coffee. Seeing this, the two of them quickly stood up, took the coffee and said thank you Sister Hui. Xu Hui smiled and sat down in the empty seat, holding a notebook in her hand.
"Yudanzi, tell me about your situation today first." Qin Zhengguo said after sitting down and drinking a sip of freshly brewed hot tea.
Zhou Junhao nodded and started talking. Today he went to the parts factory to discuss parts. Due to the recent sharp increase in orders, Qin Zhengguo asked the parts factory to increase supply and reduce costs. Although many parts can be produced domestically, some key parts produced domestically are not suitable, so after trying them out, they found that they still had to get them from Hong Kong. There was nothing they could do about it.
After listening to Zhou Junhao's report, Qin Zhengguo frowned slightly: "Didn't you tell them that our later shipment volume would increase several times? They just used this price to fool us?"
"Of course I did, boss. But you know that without a formal order, many things are hard to discuss. Businessmen nowadays are only interested in profit, and our company was established not long ago..."
Before Zhou Junhao could finish, Qin Zhengguo raised his hand to stop him from continuing, sneering, "You are just bullying us because we are a new company. It's okay. We have business, so why worry about no one doing it? There are only a few companies in Hong Kong that can make these things. Since you don't trust us, why cooperate with us? Just change them! Go to Guantang with Jiaming tomorrow to look for them. There are many factories over there. Tell them directly that as long as the price can be lowered, quantity is not a problem. Without Butcher Zhang, how can I still eat hairy pigs? It's a joke!"
Qin Zhengguo speaks Cantonese very well, but sometimes he still blurts out a few words in Liaodong dialect. Several people in the company didn't quite understand what he meant at first, but over time they gradually figured out the meaning of his words.
"Okay, boss." Zhou Junhao nodded, and Zhang Jiaming said that he would go there with Yudanzai tomorrow.
Qin Zhengguo nodded with satisfaction, took out a cigarette, lit it with a lighter, and took a deep puff of the cigarette: "These guys are short-sighted. In the future, if things like this can be negotiated, we can talk about it. If not, just change people. There are many people in Hong Kong waiting to make money. I should give them business to thank me. Why are you still showing off to me? I won't tolerate it."
After he finished speaking, Qin Zhengguo laughed and slapped the fax in his hand on the table: "This is the fax that Sister Hui just received, you can take a look."
Zhang Jiaming took it and was stunned for a moment, then Zhou Junhao also took a look and showed a surprised expression on his face.
"How is it? Did you see it?"
"Boss, is this number written wrong?" Zhang Jiaming asked in disbelief.
Qin Zhengguo didn't say anything, but just looked at Xu Hui beside him. Xu Hui said, "The order number is accurate. I personally called the mainland to verify it just over ten minutes ago. There is absolutely no problem with the quantity, so now it is all about completing this order as soon as possible."
Hearing this, Zhang Jiaming and Zhou Junhao showed surprised expressions, especially the latter. Because today's matter was not settled and Qin Zhengguo had said a few words to him, Zhou Junhao felt a little uneasy. He was still thinking about how to discuss the matter in Guantang tomorrow.
But now that the order is in hand, the quantity is real. With this bargaining chip, Zhou Junhao's previous worries were swept away, and replaced by incomparable excitement.
To be honest, neither Zhang Jiaming nor Zhou Junhao had the first choice to work in this company. First of all, it was a small company that had just opened, and secondly, the boss of the company was an outsider from the north. Adding these two factors together, they were not optimistic about the company's future at first. They just thought that they would work for as long as the company could pay them normally. If it didn't work out, it would not be too late to find a new job then.
But who would have thought that after working in the company, they would find that this inconspicuous small company actually had good business and its financial situation was surprisingly good. Now when new orders are in front of them, they also feel that the future prospects of the company may be much stronger than they imagined, and as the first batch of employees to enter the company, their future may have unexpected developments.
"Okay, I'm going to have a meeting here to discuss these things. The company will get better and better in the future. Everyone, work hard. You will understand me after you have known me for a long time. I am not the kind of capitalist who only exploits people. As long as you are loyal to the company and do a good job, I will definitely reward you."
At this point, Qin Zhengguo said to Xu Hui: "Give everyone a bonus of 500 yuan to reward everyone. Make a form and give it to me later. I will sign it and go to the bank to arrange it tomorrow."
Everyone immediately showed joy and hurriedly said thank you to the boss.
Qin Zhengguo waved his hand and continued, "There's no need to explain these things. Everyone deserves it. The company can't make money without everyone's hard work. As a boss, I will naturally not treat you unfairly. By the way! Sister Hui, please pay attention these days. After we're done with this month's work, we'll move and rent a better office in a high-end building. The place here is too small, especially the elevator in the building, which is really unbearable. Standing inside it with a creaking sound, I'm afraid I'll fall down at any moment..."
Hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.
