Chapter 72: Pros and Cons
"As for the other one! It's naturally to build a plank road in the open but secretly attack Chencang! The joint venture is just a cover, what the Fang family really wants is to swallow up the Shen family!"
"Annexation?"
Shen Ruoyan frowned, but Mrs. Shen sighed deeply.
"Actually, I've thought about this possibility!" After a while, Shen Ruoyan smiled bitterly and said, "But I can't understand why the Fang family would do this! The Shen family has 45% of the dry shares. Even if they do nothing, they can still get 45% of the profits every year!"
Jiang Chengfeng sneered and asked, "Miss, if you don't mind, I would like to ask how the three of you cooperated?"
Shen Ruoyan was once again surprised at the knowledge of this little servant, but she still answered honestly: "The Shen family is responsible for production, the Wei family is responsible for transportation, and the Fang family..."
"Of course the Fang family is responsible for sales!" Jiang Chengfeng interrupted.
Shen Ruoyan was slightly surprised, then nodded and said, "That's right! The Fang family will be responsible for the final sale, and the profits will be distributed according to the shares!"
Jiang Chengfeng shook his head and smiled bitterly, saying: "Miss, this is a trap! It's a pity that you are so deeply trapped in it that you don't even know it!"
"Jiang Dazhu, stop talking nonsense!" Shen Ruoyan said angrily.
Jiang Chengfeng laughed and said, "Miss, you have been doing business for many years, do you know what is the most important ?"
Originally, Shen Ruoyan was about to blurt out "credibility", but when she saw Jiang Chengfeng's playful eyes, she swallowed the words back.
Shen Ruoyan lowered her brows in thought. After a while, as if she remembered something, her pretty face turned pale and she said in a trembling voice, "You mean - sell?"
Business in this era was still relatively primitive, with production and operation being the only means of production, and there was no concept of marketing or direct sales. Therefore, although Miss Shen had been in business for many years, she did not know the theory in this area. However, she was very smart and could understand the principles after careful thinking.
"Yes! It's selling, but I like to call it sales!" Jiang Chengfeng took a deep breath and said seriously: "Miss, sales is a big deal! The final profit of a business depends largely on sales! For example, as long as the sales method is used properly, even if it is dog shit, I can sell it at a high price!"
"Disgusting!" Shen Ruoyan's beautiful eyes rolled back and her pretty face turned slightly red, but after hearing what Jiang Chengfeng said just now, it did make some sense, and it seemed that this guy was an expert in this.
"I guess the Fang family took the initiative to offer to be in charge of sales? It seems that the Fang family is not stupid at all, but very smart!"
Jiang Chengfeng sighed and continued, "I heard that the Fang family has only risen in recent years, but the Fang family does not have the deep foundation of the Shen family. Although the production has expanded rapidly, it does not have high-quality sales channels! Therefore, after the Fang family obtains the management rights, they can legitimately use the Shen family's high-quality sales channels to expand the Fang family's own strength. After the Fang family is fattened up, they can abandon the Shen family! By that time, the Shen family will no longer have any use value. Whether the Fang family wants to step on you or lift you up depends on their mood, right?"
He talked to Miss Shen and Madam Shen for such a long time, and this was all out of consideration for Second Miss Shen's filial piety. But what made Jiang Chengfeng depressed was that he had been talking for such a long time and his mouth was dry, but Miss Shen didn't even pour him a cup of tea?
Helplessly, Jiang Chengfeng had to go out and ask the maid outside to make tea.
In the ear room, Shen Ruoyan's face was pale, obviously frightened by Jiang Chengfeng. And Mrs. Shen's face was also full of worry. If it was true as Jiang Dazhu said before, the Fang family took the initiative to ask for a joint venture with the Shen family, not to help the Shen family, but to eat up the Shen family.
"The Fang family... has evil ambitions!" Shen Ruoyan was so angry that she gritted her teeth and even her breathing became difficult.
In fact, she didn't have much of a good impression of Fang Zhi himself. When they were together, they mostly talked about business. But she didn't expect that Fang Zhi was so vicious that he wanted to swallow up the Shen family!
"That's true, but this is just my personal speculation. The decision should be made by Miss Shen!"
Jiang Chengfeng looked at Shen Ruoyan with a joking expression, and said with a smile: "Maybe this Mr. Fang really likes Miss Shen very much!"
Shen Ruoyan glared at Jiang Chengfeng unhappily and said in a cold voice: "This matter is of great importance, we must be careful and cautious!"
After a pause, she remembered another difficult matter and said hesitantly, "It's just... Fang Zhi's father Fang Xianzhong is the Suyang Weaving Commissioner. The Shen family can't afford to offend him!"
Mrs. Shen also had her brows tightly furrowed.
Jiang Chengfeng sat on the armchair, drinking tea happily and giving compliments from time to time.
Now, he has fulfilled his promise to Miss Shen Er. What decision to make next depends on Miss Shen Da and Mrs. Shen. He can do nothing to help.
Shen Ruoyan glanced at Jiang Chengfeng sideways, not caring about his rudeness at the moment. She thought that this guy was not just a person of bad character, he also had some vision and could actually see through the Fang family's hidden conspiracy.
After a slight hesitation, Shen Ruoyan said, "Jiang Dazhu, how do you think this matter should be handled?"
Although she still hated Jiang Chengfeng, this matter concerned the future of the Shen family, so she had to put aside her past grudges and pool her wisdom.
Jiang Chengfeng put down his teacup and shrugged his shoulders. "I'm just a servant. How can I have the power to decide the major affairs of the Shen family?"
Shen Ruoyan's cheeks turned slightly red. These were clearly what she had said before to accuse Jiang Chengfeng of meddling in other people's affairs. She didn't expect that this guy would actually tease her in return.
However, Shen Ruoyan also had her own pride. Since the other party refused to speak, she couldn't lower her face to beg him. She could only suppress her anger and snorted coldly: "Well, I won't force you! In view of your consideration for the Shen family, I won't pursue the matter of you trespassing into the meeting room. It can be regarded as a balance between merit and demerit! You can leave now!"
Jiang Chengfeng took two more sips of the fragrant tea, praised it as good tea, and then bowed and left.
Looking at Jiang Chengfeng's departing back, Shen Ruoyan gritted her teeth in anger, but could do nothing about it. After a while, she sighed, "This Jiang Dazhu does have some courage, but he refuses to tell us how to deal with it. It's really abominable!"
Madam Shen smiled bitterly and said, "In fact, I have heard from the servants before that Jiang Dazhu is indeed quite capable. I can also feel that he has done business before, and it is not small! If he can solve such a big problem, what's wrong with me going to ask him in person ?"
"Mother, you absolutely cannot do that!" Shen Ruoyan was anxious. She couldn't bear to see her mother being wronged. She glanced outside the door, as if Jiang Chengfeng was still here, and said hatefully, "This guy is so hateful. If what he said today didn't make some sense, I would definitely punish him severely!"
