At the end of March, Sun Tao returned to Pingchuan after his inspection in Mound City.
That afternoon, Li Dong met Sun Tao, who had lost a lot of weight.
This time, Li Dong did not say anything. He patted Sun Tao's shoulder and personally poured a cup of tea for him.
Sun Tao was flattered. He quickly got up and said, "General Manager Li, you're too kind."
Li Dong smiled and did not say anything. The two of them sat down and smoked. After a while, Sun Tao said, "There are six counties and two cities in Mound City. My suggestion is to open seven stores for now, and one store in the city will be enough."
"Is the competition there intense?" Li Dong did not follow up on the topic.
Sun Tao said, "Mound City is bigger than Qingyang City, and its economy is developing faster than Qingyang City. Naturally, the competition is more intense. However, the county is still fine. Other than a few small supermarkets, there are almost no big supermarkets. "
Li Dong did not say anything. It seemed that the competition was more intense.
In 2004, there were almost no supermarkets in the county under the jurisdiction of Qingyang City. Now, there were supermarkets in the county of Mound City.
After thinking for a while, Li Dong said, "Since Brother Sun is done with the inspection, let's start construction as soon as possible. We have to speed up the renovation and try to open the store before July. "
Sun Tao calculated for a while. It was almost April. If they opened the store in July, they only had three months to prepare.
Three months should be enough if they were fast.
After thinking for a while, Sun Tao said, "What about the staff?"
"Let Qi Yunna go to Mound City."
"The manager of the city branch?" Sun Tao asked.
Li Dong shook his head and said, "Regional manager."
Sun Tao frowned. From the manager of a county branch to a regional manager, it was a big leap.
Moreover, there were going to be seven branches in Mound City. Could Qi Yunna take on such a huge responsibility?
Vaguely, Sun Tao felt that Li Dong did not just value Qi Yunna's ability. More importantly, Qi Yunna was a direct descendant of Li Dong.
To be honest, sometimes Sun Tao worried about himself.
So far away, except for Dongping and Nanhe, almost all the other stores were under his control. He was even in charge of Longhua. It would be strange if Li Dong didn't mind it at all.
Thinking of this, Sun Tao didn't raise any objections. He nodded and said, "Alright, I'll inform them later."
Li Dong nodded and said, "Let Guo Mingzhi be the store manager in Mound City."
Sun Tao didn't understand what Li Dong meant. Guo Mingzhi was his old acquaintance.
Transferring Guo Mingzhi to be the store manager in the city was to restrict Qi Yunna or to appease him?
Li Dong didn't care what he was thinking. After talking about Guo Mingzhi, he didn't talk about the personnel arrangement anymore. Instead, he asked, "Is the budget done?"
"Around 12 million to 13 million," Sun Tao hurriedly replied, putting aside the random thoughts in his mind.
Li Dong rubbed his temples and said irritably, "It's higher than the previous estimate. The average investment for each store is more than 1.7 million."
Sun Tao didn't say anything. It was certain that the cost would increase. Just the rent alone was much higher than last year.
Moreover, the labor was more expensive than last year. Money was getting less and less valuable.
In 2004, opening a store of the same size would only cost about 1.5 million. Now, it had increased by more than 10%.
Li Dong sighed. It was still okay now.
After a few years, the rent would become a big problem. By then, the supermarket would probably have to earn money for the landlord.
The reason why so many small supermarkets couldn't survive in the future was that the cost was too high. One was the rent, and the other was the labor.
The labor was fine. Everyone had the same standard.
However, things were different with rent. Many large supermarkets actually bought their own shops to run their business.
For example, Suguo. Other than some franchise stores, many of Suguo's stores were their own businesses.
Li Dong wanted to do that too. Unfortunately, he didn't have the capital.
For example, with the budget of 12 million in Mound City, if he bought the stores, he might only be able to open three stores. This wasn't what Li Dong wanted.
Forget it. He had to take it one step at a time. It was useless to think about it now.
Putting these thoughts aside, Li Dong and Sun Tao talked for a while about the preparations for the branches.
When the two were almost done, Hu Yong knocked on the door and came in.
Seeing Li Dong and Sun Tao, Hu Yong said, "General Manager Li, Director Sun, Miss Li Qian arrived at Pingchuan today. What plans does General Manager Li have for tonight?"
"I won't be involved in this. You'll be in charge of entertaining her," Li Dong said.
Hu Yong immediately revealed a troubled expression and asked again, "Then, does Director Sun have time tonight?"
Before Sun Tao could speak, Li Dong said angrily, "Isn't it enough for you to be the Far away Marketing Manager?"
"She's just a contestant from a talent show. She's not an international celebrity. Do you want me to greet her?"
"Director Li, I …" Hu Yong was shocked and hurriedly tried to explain.
Li Dong waved his hand and interrupted him. "It's not like I didn't pay. It's just an equivalent exchange. Why should I lower my value? She asked me for 100,000 for a commercial performance. If you didn't act on your own, I wouldn't have cared! "
Speaking of this, Li Dong was furious.
This guy, Hu Yong, signed a contract with Li Qian without telling him. He came to Far away for a commercial performance, and the appearance fee was 100,000!
Hearing this price, Li Dong was about to go crazy. In 2005, 100,000 was enough to hire a B-list celebrity. Why did he need to hire this Li Qian?
If Hu Yong hadn't explained that Li Qian's fame in Pingchuan was higher than those B-list celebrities, Li Dong would have killed him.
Even so, Hu Yong's bonus for this month was deducted. He didn't expect this guy to come again today!
Far Away might not be a big company, but they didn't need to lower themselves to please a small-time celebrity.
Seeing that Li Dong was angry, Hu Yong's face turned pale. He looked at Sun Tao, pleading for help.
Sun Tao sighed. He got up and advised, "General Manager Li, why don't I make a trip? After all, we were the ones who invited her."
Li Dong was still angry. He was already worried about the money, but Hu Yong did this again.
In the end, Hu Yong did the same thing again. Li Dong really wanted to fire him.
But thinking about it, it didn't make sense. Hu Yong was a capable person. Under his leadership, the Marketing Department did a good job. Far Away's performance did not drop. Instead, it showed signs of improvement.
This was also the reason why Li Dong only deducted Hu Yong's bonus. If it was someone else, Li Dong would have fired him. He wouldn't have listened to Hu Yong's explanation.
Hu Yong drank a mouthful of water to suppress his anger.
After a moment of silence, Li Dong waved his hand. "Go and receive Li Qian first. Director Sun will go over when he has time."
Hu Yong hurried out of the office as if he had been granted amnesty.
After he left, Sun Tao smiled. "Manager Hu is not bad."
Li Dong snorted. "If it wasn't for his good work, I would have fired him long ago! He acted on his own. If the commercial performance isn't good and he can't earn back the 100,000 yuan, I will teach him a lesson! "
Other than the 100,000 yuan, there was still the 80,000 yuan from the school.
Li Dong doubted whether Li Qian could earn back the 180,000 yuan investment for him.
Even though Hu Yong had repeatedly guaranteed that it was worth the money, Li Dong still didn't trust him.
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