Spring Thunder Chapter 0247 Sharpening the Scythe
“The old marketing methods of the past are no longer in line with the times. We can’t just send out a few promotional papers and wait for customers to call us.
We must take the initiative to attack and look for prey. But looking for prey is not a blind search, it must be strategic.
I will not discuss the specific strategy for now. Next, I will talk about internal reorganization, potential exploration, supporting facilities improvement, and product updates and iterations.
1. Changes in corporate structure.
The company's structure is going to be changed and will be divided into three major departments: sales, after-sales, and warehousing, with two smaller departments: personnel and finance.
The sales department is divided into four sub-departments: telephone sales, building sales, district sales, and TV sales. I don’t need to explain much about telephone sales, you should understand it, so I will focus on the other three departments.
Door-to-door sales are specifically carried out in office buildings and other office spaces. Of course, what is being sold is not specific products, but our Yiguo company and our Yiguo sales platform.
I will explain to you later how the commission should be settled without promoting specific products. Let me continue.
Sweeping the area means going to residential areas to sell products.
I will not talk about TV sales for now. After you get home from work, you can go to HSN TV shopping network and take a look at their model. I will give you three days. After three days, each of you will submit a feasibility report on how Yigoo can launch TV sales.
Listen, please pay attention to this report. It is related to the changes in your position and salary, and will also directly affect whether you can get management shares of the company in the near future.
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Nan Yi explained the responsibilities and importance of each department, and then said: "I already have a plan to replace the new product, but I will not tell you for the time being. I still need you to take the initiative and write a report on the replacement of new products.
In the report, I want to see what new products you recommend replacing and why.
You have to submit two reports within three days , and our meeting will be postponed to three days later.
Our next work today is to clean the office building together, then go to the warehouse to count the backlog of inventory, sort out the defective products, and then make a list.
You can go home when you finish these two tasks. You don’t have to come here early tomorrow morning. You can bring your family to the barbecue party at 5 pm.
By the way, Elson, let me inform you that if you want to resign, you can hand in your resignation letter when you get your salary. Then you can pack up your things and leave."
After Nan Yi finished speaking, he said to Nan Ruoyin, "Chairman Rachel, can we adjourn the meeting now?"
"Spielberg's ET is still in theaters. You can go watch it with your family tonight or tomorrow. The company can reimburse you for the movie tickets. Now, let's adjourn."
The others went out, but Nan Yi and Nan Ruoyin remained in the meeting room.
"That last line about the movie is quite good. Were you making a double entendre?"
"Yes, Dad, I want to go and see it with you, too."
"Okay, I'll go with you tonight. But you also have an important job to do now. Once the inventory is counted, you have to sell it and get some funds back."
"Who will you sell it to? Other mail-order companies?"
"Yes, you don't need to ask me about the rest. Go discuss it with Elson."
"oh."
Nan Ruoyin nodded, walked out of the meeting room and went to find Elson.
Due to the limitations of product display carriers, Yigoo cannot sell too many products. This also results in many marketing theories and marketing methods not being able to be applied mechanically, and also limits Yigoo's ceiling.
Direct selling is a model that Nan Yi hates very much, so he naturally would not lead Yigoo to follow the Amway path, which would further limit the range of products available.
Nan Yi opened a newspaper and drew frames on it, roughly estimating how many products could fit on the front and back of a double-page advertising paper.
After drawing two pictures and coming up with two sets of layout plans, Nan Yi stopped.
The main reason is that he can't continue drawing sketches. He can still comment on the finished products, so he should put aside sketching. He is still not good at drawing. It's better to find a professional layout designer to come up with some typesetting plans.
"Layout design, I don't know if Adobe has been established yet, and what is its market value..."
Nan Yi rubbed his temples and recalled for a long time before he vaguely determined that Adobe had a market value of over 100 billion US dollars, or about 2,000. He really couldn't remember the exact amount.
The last version of Fireworks I used with the name Macromedia was MX 2004. Later it was named Adobe, and it should have been acquired by Adobe in 2005 or 2006.
I remember taking a look at it at that time and saw that Macromedia was founded in the early 1980s, and Adobe was founded even earlier than it, so Adobe was probably already established or about to be established.
Which city is the company located in?
Excluding San Francisco, I have been to Silicon Valley myself. If I were there, I would definitely have an impression of it.
Damn it, I came to the United States several times in my previous life, why did I only go to Hollywood? It would have been much better to visit these technology companies.
Nan Yi collapsed there and tried hard to recall the past, but he only remembered that the founder of Adobe came from Xerox.
"By the way, the name Adobe seems to have an allusion. It comes from the name of a scenic spot not far from their company." Nan Yi suddenly slapped his head and muttered to himself.
I have worked at Xerox, most likely doing work related to "page description language". Combined with the allusion to the name, I should be able to find this company.
I found a phone and called Rachel, asking her to help get a list of researchers at Xerox who were working on page description language. I also called Masami Ueto and asked her to go to the New York Library and search for all the place names and landscape names called Adobe.
After the Adobe episode ended, Nan Yi left Yiguo Company, and Nan Ruoyin asked her to stay. It would be a bit inappropriate to leave early on the new boss's first day at work, so she had to wait until all the employees had left before she could leave.
Our age makes others laugh at us, so we can no longer be frivolous. We need to let our employees know that we are serious about running the company.
It was still the Romantic Flame Restaurant. Nan Yi really liked the French foie gras here, so he made an appointment with Scarlett here.
Scarlett looked around the restaurant as soon as she arrived, "Adam, you have good taste."
"You're praising me. Actually, I didn't find this place. I met a lawyer last time and he recommended it to me."
"I understand. You don't have a romantic gene. I don't think I'll have the chance to enjoy a candlelight dinner."
"Haha, don't underestimate me. If I get really wild, I'm afraid you won't be able to resist me."
"Really?" Scarlett looked at Nan Yi with interest. "I haven't seen you for a few days. Are you taking calcium supplements? Why are you talking so tough? How about tonight?"
Nan Yi said with a straight face: "The life of a yo-yo is limited. It needs regular maintenance, otherwise it will age quickly."
"Adam, I always thought of you as a warrior, but I didn't expect... you really disappointed me."
"Please let me go." Nan Yi begged for mercy shamelessly.
"Hahaha, don't be afraid, I just want you to know yourself and stop thinking about Monroe, Hepburn, and Elena. What ever!"
Nan Yi not only heard ridicule but also mockery in Scarlett's words.
According to the artistic conception, this sentence can be translated as "You are a ballless man. You can't even satisfy me alone, so don't bother thinking about those outside."
This was a great humiliation for a man, but Nan Yi was powerless to refute it.
One quiet night, when "I want more" was said for the ninth time, no man would not tremble in his calves.
One is joy, two is happiness, three is persistence, four is shaking, five is waste, six is wanting to escape, seven is coughing, eight is vomiting, and nine is returning to the earth.
"Look, this restaurant is full of fiery red. This color is more suitable for business. Let's not talk about boring topics, but talk about business, our common great business."
"No, I'd rather not. I plan to change my name to Eve. Eve and Adam, don't you think this fits better?" Scarlett was relentless in her pursuit, without any wisdom of not pursuing a desperate enemy.
"What a coincidence! I'm also planning to change my name to an English one. How about I just call myself Benjamin?"
"Hahaha! "
Scarlett laughed wildly, swaying forward and backward, with her face full of complacency.
Nan Yi picked up the stopwatch and pressed it when Scarlett's last laugh stopped. It was 56.38 seconds. Wow, look how happy she was.
After the fun, Scarlett put away her impudence, "Okay, we can talk about business now."
"I hope to register Pan American Investments under your name."
"Because of the color of your skin?"
Scarlett keenly grasped the root of the problem.
"Yes."
"Okay, as long as you agree to one condition."
"You don't have to tell me. It depends on whether he has the qualifications in the future. If he does, not only Pan Am, but everything in Nan Group will be his."
A mother is strong. She doesn't even know where her child is, but she is already preparing to pave the way for him.
"That's no problem. I have confidence in him. Adam, you're going to be a father soon." Scarlett said with a maternal glow on her face.
"You take me for an idiot. It's only been a few days."
"No, I have a feeling that I must be pregnant. I even dreamed about him last night."
"What did he say to you?"
"She didn't say anything, she just looked at me quietly, full of attachment to me."
"How about I go with you to see a psychiatrist?"
"There's nothing wrong with me mentally. I really dreamed about him."
"Okay, then next time you dream about him, ask him which name he likes."
"I will ask, and I think his answer will definitely be Adam, Adam II Taylor South."
"Why add Taylor? You'll soon become Scarlett Nan yourself."
Scarlett rolled her eyes at Nan Yi and said, "Of course my child will inherit my property. Part of my property comes from the Cocos family, so he will naturally bear the mark of the Cocos family. Isn't this what you want?"
"Okay, you decide." Nan Yi shrugged and said, "You order the food, I'm going to the bathroom, don't forget to order foie gras."
When Nan Yi came out from the toilet, Scarlett had already ordered the meal. As soon as he sat down, Scarlett said, "I have already found a piece of land in Long Island and will buy it in the next two days."
"Understood. I'll have someone deposit the money into your account tomorrow."
"I have already found a designer and told him my idea. He told me that if he wanted to do it according to my idea, the budget would be at least 17 million, and you have to give me an extra 500,000."
"How long will the construction take?" Nan Yi asked, rubbing his chin.
"Two years."
"I'll pay for all the money. I'll give you 8 million first, and the rest will be paid to you based on the progress."
"No, that's our common home. No matter what it is, we each have half." Scarlett said firmly.
"Okay, then I'll give you 4 million first, and you'll have to tell me when you want the rest."
“Do you have an investment plan?”
"Well, the property market in Hong Kong is going down, and there will be opportunities to buy at the bottom soon. I personally plan to hold on to some properties and wait for them to appreciate in value."
"OK, then you don't have to give me your money for now. Give me 17 million in two years. Is two years enough?"
"That's enough. I can leverage it. However, you can't get that much. I can guarantee that your funds will double, but I will charge a 30% commission."
"You're dreaming. The most I can give you is 15%, and then another 5% as management fee."
“25%.”
"make a deal."
"Let's get down to business. I need you to buy a Wall Street fund. It doesn't matter if it's bankrupt or a shell company, as long as they have a registered investment advisor license [Ria]."
"Why bother buying one? Can't you just register one yourself?"
"Register yourself, then you apply for Ria, and then take the Series 65 and Series 66 exams?"
"It's not difficult, just go."
"Haha, this is actually a secondary issue. The main thing is that I want to see if there is any bargain to be found. I want to spend a few hundred thousand to acquire a fund with an original fund management scale of tens of millions. Even if it has debts and its reputation has been damaged, it is okay."
"Adam, are you targeting the funds managed by the fund? But since it is about to go bankrupt, the customers' funds must be returned. It is possible that by the time I go to acquire it, the process has already been completed."
"Yes, I am targeting the clients' funds. It's okay to go through the process. As long as the funds have not been returned, there is room for recovery. If the clients who originally hated it start praising it, do you think the reputation of the fund will change quickly?"
"It should be possible, but are you sure? I don't understand finance, so I can only be your mascot."
"Who dares to say that they are absolutely sure? I can only say that I am confident. Of course, if things develop in a bad direction, I can only admit the loss and preserve your reputation. Scarlett, you have to have confidence in me. When we first met, my career was just starting.
More than five years ago, my entire fortune was only 1.25 yuan, and I was in college for nearly three and a half years. "
"So, how much assets do you have now?"
"Haha, it's not much, not much. Didn't you see I asked you to lend me money?"
Scarlett rolled her eyes and said nothing.
Just in time, their dishes were served, so the two of them simply kept quiet for a while.
Scarlett tasted her steak and muttered, "It's ordinary, nothing special."
"I just love the foie gras here. I can't really tell the difference between the other dishes. Next time, can you take me to see what a good steak is?"
"Hmm, I know a steakhouse that serves really good steaks. Shall we go there tomorrow?"
"Can."
After Nan Yi and the other man finished their meal and left, Leng Yan happened to come to take over her shift and also saw Nan Yi through the glass.
"Nanshan and Zhenshan are not together?" Leng Yan muttered while looking at Scarlett.
Suddenly, her eyes brightened!
