Volume 4: The World of Great Conflict Chapter 0586 Complementarity
"Nan Batian."
"Why are you here, a cultured person? You're a rare guest. Have you been exposed to too much bookish air? Come here to smell the stink of money?" Nan Yi said sarcastically when he saw that the visitor was Ma Modu.
"I am not a cultured person. You two are the cultured people." Ma Modu sat beside Nan Yi and said, "I want to talk to you about something."
"Long story or short story? If you want a long story, go somewhere else. No smoking is allowed here. There are children here."
"It's a long story. Let's change the place."
"Okay, if you want to talk to cultured people, you have to find a teahouse to sit in."
There are many seasonal wild teahouses in Beijing now, but it is not easy to find a high-end teahouse with local flavor. The teahouses named "Xuan" such as Hengyixuan and Tonghexuan, which were once well-known, have long become a thing of the past.
Nan Yi didn't look around, but took Ma Modu directly to the bookstore and teahouse in Houhai.
"What do you want to drink?" Nan Yi asked as soon as he sat down.
"Gao Mo, bring me a pot of strong wine."
Nan Yi called the waiter and ordered a pot of Gaomo and a pot of Zaochun, as well as a few millstone frozen persimmons and some dried fruits .
"What do you want to talk to me about?"
“Have you ever heard of “There is More Than One Way to Success”?
"I listened to it. I like the song "Late" the most."
"Lao Cui, who often goes to 'Our Academy', also distributed a tape called 'Contemporary European and American Popular Jazz Disco - Lao Cui's Solo Collection'."
"I've heard of it. What do you want to say? You're not going to release a tape, are you?" Nan Yi said with a smile.
"Forget about my broken voice. I want to open a dance hall."
"Is it the kind of thing like Shencun, or is it the same as the music restaurant we have now?"
There is also a kind of weird dance hall besides music restaurant. They already exist in Beijing. One is a restaurant with a singer, and the other is a social dance hall with a microphone where anyone who wants to sing can sing.
Karaoke had not yet spread from Japan, and it was only beginning to become popular on the stage. Nowadays, people who sang on stage were accompanied by a band, and there were no accompaniment tapes.
"The kind that's deep in the well." Ma Modu said.
"You're quite bold. To organize a scene like Shencun, even if you have a ready-made venue, you'll need at least ten. If you want to make it more presentable, you'll need at least twenty. Are you coming to me to get me a stake, or to borrow money from me?"
"It's up to you. You can invest or borrow money."
The intellectuals are just pretending to be cool, but at heart he is a complete stubborn person.
"How much do you want?"
"One or two is not too few, seven or eight is not too many."
Nan Yi shook his head helplessly, "I'll pay you three and buy in. I won't say anything about borrowing. Don't blame me for badmouthing you. I don't think your idea is a good one. I'll just play around with you for a bit."
"You look down on me so much?"
"It's the wrong time. You've come up with this idea too early. Be careful when running your dance hall. Don't turn your dance hall into ours."
"You have invested in it. It was originally our dance hall." Ma Modu said.
"Oh, I mean the 'we' in our hospital."
When doing business, especially catering business, having a wide network of contacts and knowing many people is an advantage. If there are many people supporting you, the business will seem to be booming. However, if the number of contacts rises to that of "friends", then this network becomes a disadvantage. The boss will be unable to save face and will waive an order here and there. In the long run, how can the business not fail?
When running a catering business, the most taboo thing is to become friends with customers.
No matter how delicious the food is, people will get tired of it. Customers will want to change their taste. If they haven’t come to the store for a while, the boss and the customers will become friends. Then the boss will always ask, “Why haven’t you been here for a long time? Are you very busy recently?”
This question will cause trouble, because the customer cannot say, "I'm tired of eating here, I'm eating somewhere else recently", he can only find an excuse to get out of the way.
As long as the customer is a picky person and can tolerate being forced to continue eating even though he is already tired of the food, then this customer will stay; but if he can't tolerate it, then in the future, this customer will walk around the boss's restaurant and simply not show up in this area.
Because it's too embarrassing. My "friend" owns a restaurant. If I don't go to support him, it would be awkward if I run into him outside, so I might as well just never see him again... I lost a regular customer just like that.
But if you keep a distance from the customer, occasionally give him a small change, a discount, a bottle of wine, a dish, etc., but do not enter the customer's social circle, then this customer's business will basically be a regular occurrence.
It sounds simple, but the degree is difficult to grasp and requires specific case analysis.
Ma Madu has too many friends, a large group of them, all of whom get one round for free, so basically half a year of work is for free. If he does another round, a year of work is for free. He treats his friends to free drinks twice a year. Is that too much?
Well, three times shouldn’t be too much, right?
A gangster like Wang Lu dares to hang out at Ma Mo Du Na every day without spending any money. Not only does he go there by himself, he often brings a group of people to "show his support".
Mamadu's dance hall was not open, and Nan Yi had already foreseen a bleak ending.
That's why he and Ma Mo both said that "the time is not right". If it was a little later, when the entertainment market was already active, he could do the same as the Haima Nightclub he was supposed to open, and make up for the losses of the nightclub from movies and TV dramas by opening another nightclub.
At this time, it’s not bright in the east, and there’s no hope of light in the west either.
After meeting with Ma Mo, Nan Yi returned to his normal work routine. Things were complicated and there were endless things to do every day, and unexpected situations could occur at any time.
Just now, groundwater was dug up at the construction site, and Nan Yi had to go to the site to check it out. If the situation is serious, the construction period will be delayed, which can be life-threatening. One more day of delay means one more day of spending.
Fortunately, the situation was not serious. I watched the construction team dig holes where water was coming out and bury pipes with pre-threaded threads. Once the pump was turned on, the water would not spread to other places. Once other places were dry, they could press in slurry and pour concrete to seal them.
"Boss Tang, is your company still planning to recruit more people?"
After returning from the construction site, Nan Yi invited Tang Jiangong, the general manager of Jingjun Construction, to his office.
Tang Jiangong frowned and asked, "Boss Nan is still not satisfied with our current project progress?"
"No, I'm very satisfied with your progress. This is it." Nan Yi took a map of Haidian District and spread it between the two of them, saying, "Here, we need to build three dormitory buildings. Two of them can be built slower, but for one, I need it to be delivered in two months. Can you, the Beijing Army, do that?"
Tang Jiangong looked at the map and said, "Has the geological survey been done?"
"Not yet. We need your Beijing troops to do it. You can also ask the person who was in charge of this civil air defense project. Here, here." Nan Yi clicked twice on the map. "There are air-raid shelters in these two places."
After staring at the map for a while, Tang Jiangong asked, "What is the layout of the building?"
"The layout of the school dormitory building is that there is a corridor in the middle and rooms on both sides. Each room should have a bathroom and a balcony. There should be a washbasin on one side of the balcony, which is usually used for washing clothes. On the other side, there should be a simple kitchen counter, so you can cook.
There should also be a place to dry clothes on the balcony, and the problem of dripping clothes from hanging clothes upstairs and downstairs must be considered in advance.
Your military region is more familiar with this kind of architectural layout. You can ask your military region architectural design institute to produce a blueprint, and Yaqing can pay an additional design fee. The key is to be fast.
A building should be able to accommodate 500 people, one-third of which are designed as double dormitories and two-thirds as single dormitories. It is necessary to consider in advance the situation of a family of three living in the dormitory.
In addition, a space for shoe cabinets and utility cabinets should be reserved in the corridor at the entrance of each dormitory. It is best to use prefabricated cement panels and keep them in a fixed position to avoid people moving around and making a mess in the future.
"There is quite a lot of space here. Do we need to build supporting facilities around it?"
"want."
Nan Yi drew a circle on the map and said, "This area is a public activity area. I want four basketball courts, two volleyball courts, eight table tennis tables, a circular running track, and a 400-square-meter building with one floor. It will be used to open a grocery store in the future."
Nan Yi reserved this building for opening a supermarket in the future. The three buildings are said to accommodate 1,500 people, but he believes that by then the number of people living in them will definitely not be less than 3,000. The exclusive business of 3,000 people is enough to support a supermarket.
"As for the other vacant land, I calculated that the three dormitory buildings would only take up less than one-third of the land. If you include the ones you mentioned, there is still one-third vacant."
"Leave this piece of land empty. When the time comes, level the land and spread some coal slag on it so that it won't accumulate water on rainy days. Usually, we can show open-air movies here and organize dances. I plan to call this place Paradise Corner."
"Haha, this is a place for young people to date, right?" Tang Jiangong said with a smile.
"It would be the best if it could become a...blind date holy place. It would also become a good story. Mr. Tang, how about it? Can your Beijing Army take it?"
Tang Jiangong thought about it for a while and asked, "Is today the first day of two months?"
"May 25th, it's a good time to move in. We need to ventilate the house for at least three days before we can move in, right?"
"So it will be delivered on May 21st?"
"For those of you working at our Yaqing construction site, we will provide half a pound of meat per person per day, free of charge."
"Supply to both construction sites?" Tang Jiangong said with his eyes lighting up.
"Yes, until it's finished, we'll supply it every day until you feel like vomiting at the sight of meat."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible, how can you get tired of eating meat?" Tang Jiangong said in disbelief: "Okay, we'll take this job and we will definitely deliver it on time."
Half a pound of meat a day is enough for young men. Even if they work very hard, they can make up for it and maybe even gain some weight.
"Okay, the dormitory building will also be given to you Jingjun."
There was no need to talk about the project payment. Jingjun had just started his business, and the price was calculated based on labor costs. There was a fixed amount of labor wages for a person for one hour of work. As long as all the working hours were calculated, the total amount of the project payment would be determined.
The military has to have some dignity when doing business. They won't slack off, but they are also embarrassed to charge too high an hourly rate.
If the other party wants to have face, Nan Yi will give it even more. The project payment will be settled once a week without any delay or arrears. Each person will be given two sets of work clothes every month, all paid for by Yaqing.
If it were a different construction party, Nan Yi would never adopt this quotation method, as slow work would be a real pain.
Thanks to this wonderful era, the world-leading advanced workflow of subcontracting has not yet been invented, otherwise, hehe...
After talking with Tang Jiangong and when he was sending him out of the office, he met He Ping who came to see him off.
"Boss Nan, I have a lot of expense reports that need your signature."
"Well, put it on my desk and I'll sign it later. How many cigarettes do you have?"
"Not many, less than ten in total."
"Then go buy some right away. Buy as much as you can. I won't specify the brand. Just buy whatever is popular out there. Just buy the high-end ones."
"Boss Nan, how much more do you want to buy?"
"You can't buy much even if you want to, so buy as much as you can. Cigarettes are consumed quickly, so stock up. By the way, when you go there, you can also stop by the construction site to see what cigarettes they smoke, and buy the most popular brands. Each person should have one pack per month, and don't give them all at once, but go there once a week to distribute them."
"This...isn't the company going to increase the budget again?" He Ping said after a moment of silence.
"It's okay. With this little increase in budget, they just need to work a little faster and more carefully, and everything will be back."
Nan Yi treated the Beijing Army personnel the same way he treated masters [craftsmen], letting them eat and drink well and paying more attention when working.
"Okay, I'll go now."
"You're here just in time. I've been looking for you."
Before He Ping left, Yang Kaiyan came over again.
"Is it about the TV station?"
"Yes."
"Go inside and talk."
After entering the office, Nan Yi closed the door and the two began to talk.
"I have almost finished discussing the buyout of advertising time with Section Chief Chu. I heard from Section Chief Chu that there is some resistance within the TV station. Do you know where the biggest resistance comes from?"
"If you say so, it must be Goldfinch."
Yang Kaiyan nodded and said, "Yes, your junior sister is firmly against the TV station selling out all the advertising time. She jumped up and down the TV station, telling people everywhere that the TV station's advertising time will be very valuable in the future."
"She has a good vision, but unfortunately she is not flexible enough. Why doesn't she think that after our operation, the advertising time of the TV station may appreciate faster? She is so self-righteous. She wants to ruin my business instead of discussing it with me." Nan Yi spat a few words and asked, "How long can the contract be signed?"
"Eighteen months."
"That's one and a half years." Nan Yi stroked his chin and said, "It can't be longer? For example, two years."
"No, I have to thank your junior sister. If it weren't for her, it might have taken longer."
"Okay, sign the contract as soon as possible to avoid any more complications. When signing the contract, invite at least one Hong Kong media and one Chinese media to witness and report on it."
"Should we hold a signing ceremony?" Yang Kaiyan thought about it and understood Nan Yi's intention.
"You are responsible for this matter. You are the legitimate general manager. You are responsible for coming forward. I will not join in the fun."
"good."
Yang Kaiyan is different from Nan Yi. She doesn’t mind standing under the flash lights, or it can be said that she enjoys the feeling of being the center of attention.
Nan Yi felt that Yang Kaiyan and he could complement each other to a certain extent.
