The next day.
In the morning, when Li Dong arrived at Longhua, Sun Tao greeted him excitedly.
Without waiting for Li Dong to speak, Sun Tao said happily, "General Manager Li, yesterday's sales results came out."
Li Dong was not in a hurry to ask. He calmly walked into the office and sat down before asking, "What's the sales?"
"3.28 million!" The joy on Sun Tao's face deepened.
Li Dong calculated for a while. Usually, the sales of the Longhua store were about 1.5 million. Yesterday was Sunday, and the sales increased to about 1.8 million.
Now, the sales had almost doubled. It was obvious that yesterday's results were huge.
1.5 million. Even if the profit was as low as 10%, yesterday's profit was 150,000 more than usual.
Li Dong nodded and finally showed a smile on his face. "Not bad. Yang Si's influence is not just for show."
Although the commercial performance cost nearly 350,000, it was still a loss of 200,000.
Of course, the accounts were not calculated in this way. For a supermarket, the most important thing was popularity and new customers.
Because of Yang Si's autograph and photo yesterday, the Longhua store had nearly one-third more new customers.
Far away, even if only a small portion of this one-third could be converted to regular customers, from a long-term perspective, this deal was definitely not a loss.
Short-term profits were important, but long-term profits were more important if a business wanted to run for a long time.
Li Dong pondered for a while and said, "While Yang Si's influence has not subsided, let's strike while the iron is hot and strive to keep this batch of new customers."
Sun Tao nodded hurriedly. If this batch of customers could be converted to regular customers, Far away could earn at least 200,000 more every month.
Li Dong looked at the desk calendar on the table and thought for a while before saying, "Tomorrow is Qingming Festival. Let's organize a promotion."
Sun Tao wanted to say something but stopped.
Li Dong asked, "Why? Do you think Qingming Festival is not suitable? "
Sun Tao thought for a while and finally nodded.
Li Dong smiled and said, "Qingming Festival is also a time to go for a walk. Some old ideas are not suitable now."
There were many promotions on Qingming Festival in the future, but no one thought it was inappropriate.
Pingchuan was not very open-minded, and not many people held promotions on Qingming Festival.
However, Li Dong was not afraid. Some things would be fine once everyone got used to it. Even if the event was unsuccessful, Li Dong would not lose anything.
Hearing Li Dong's words, Sun Tao nodded.
The two then talked about the promotion for a while. After that, Sun Tao asked again, "Boss Li, Manager Qi and Manager Guo have already started the handover. Have you decided on the manager candidates for Nanping and Hechuan?"
Li Dong thought for a while and said, "Other than Nanping and Hechuan, we still need six managers in Mound City. That means we need eight managers in total."
Sun Tao nodded. Not only the managers, but Far Away also needed a lot of staff.
Although Li Dong had set up a parent company, it was actually an empty shell. Other than the finance and marketing departments, Sun Tao was in charge of almost all the other jobs.
Sun Tao could not hold on much longer. When the branch in Mound City opened, he would need to be the middleman to manage the dozens of branches.
In addition, he had to deal with the matters in Longhua. Now, he was spending most of his time at the supermarket.
Thinking of this, Sun Tao said, "General Manager Li, other than the managers, the directors of the purchasing department, operations department, administrative department, and human resources department are all vacant …"
Halfway through, Sun Tao smiled bitterly and said, "I wouldn't have felt it if you hadn't mentioned it. Now that you've mentioned it, I know that I've done the work of ten people. Manager Li, can't you give me a raise?"
Li Dong laughed and teased, "What's wrong? Last year's two million wasn't enough? If you do well, you will be a millionaire this year. "
Sun Tao knew that Li Dong was teasing him, but this millionaire was indeed very attractive.
Li Dong was not exaggerating. If he could open all 30 branches by the end of the year, he, Sun Tao, might really become a millionaire in a blink of an eye.
Both of them joked for a while, and Li Dong touched his chin and said, "Brother Sun, are you really going to quit?"
Sun Tao looked helpless and did not know whether to laugh or cry. He said, "General Manager Li, I am not quitting. I really can't hold on any longer. In the past, the scale of the company was small, but now that I am in charge of so many departments, I am going crazy. "
Li Dong laughed. This was the truth.
Although Sun Tao was capable, it was unrealistic to rely on him alone.
Actually, he had been preparing to solve this problem, but Li Dong was not too anxious about it because there were not many branches previously.
Also, he was afraid that Sun Tao would misunderstand that he wanted to take back his power. Since Sun Tao had brought it up himself, it was better this way.
After thinking for a while, Li Dong said, "How about this? Contact the headhunter first. When you find suitable candidates, we will arrange a time to interview them together."
Sun Tao nodded in agreement, then said, "Relying on headhunters isn't a long-term solution. Faraway Territory is rapidly developing, and we need to have our own pool of talent. I think the timing is just right. The new batch of university students is about to graduate. Should we contact a few universities and hold a large-scale recruitment fair? "
Far away would be opening more than 30 branches this year alone. Including other positions, the company would need to recruit more than 50 people for the middle and upper management.
These positions could be filled by headhunting and recruitment in the early stages, but if the company continued to develop, it would not be realistic to rely on headhunting.
If the company really wanted to develop, it was necessary to have a talent pool.
Now that it was close to graduation season, they could hire 80 to 100 people and train them for a year or two. Far away would be opened in another two years, and they would not have to worry about not being able to find suitable manager candidates.
Li Dong was also troubled by human affairs. He nodded and said, "This is feasible. But even if we hire university students, these people are not suitable for management positions. Far away will still have to rely on the market recruitment and headhunters for the management of the branches this year. "
Sun Tao nodded. Of course, he knew what kind of people fresh out of university students were.
To put it nicely, they were full of youthful energy. To put it bluntly, they were hotheads. All of them thought highly of themselves and relied on them to manage the company. Far away would be tormented to the point of bankruptcy in less than a year.
The two of them talked about the recruitment fair for a while. Then, Sun Tao said, "General Manager Li, Manager Qin from the logistics company wants to buy 10 heavy trucks. Do you think we should agree?"
Li Dong rubbed his temples. There were so many things to worry about.
After sitting for a long time, Li Dong's neck was a little stiff. He stretched his neck and said, "There is no rush. I am preparing to build a distribution center next year. For now, we should hold on as long as we can. Heavy trucks are not cheap."
Old Qin's appetite was not small. He asked for 10 heavy trucks.
Even the smallest heavy truck cost a few hundred thousand. Ten of them would be a few million.
Li Dong was afraid that he would not have enough money to open a branch. How would he be willing to fork out a few million to buy trucks?
Also, the logistics company was just a transition. When the distribution center was built next year, it would not be too late to buy then.
Sun Tao did not know about Li Dong's plan. He was a little surprised and said, "General Manager Li, this is a little difficult. Su Guo invested more than 200 million in the Maqun distribution center last year. "
Li Dong waved his hand and said, "We don't need to build it so big. Su Guo supplies hundreds and thousands of stores. Our distribution capacity is enough to meet 100 branches. 30 to 40 million should be enough. "
The distribution center must be built. It was the lifeline of Far away.
By next year, there would be more than 50 branches Far away. The current Qinghua Logistics would definitely not be able to meet the demand of Far away.
Also, Qinghua Logistics was not specially equipped for supermarket delivery. There were many things that Li Dong could only make do with.
Like cold storage, insulation storage, refrigerated trucks, and insulation trucks, Qinghua Logistics almost did not have them.
Rather than expanding the scale of Qinghua Logistics, it was better to just demolish and rebuild it.
Sun Tao saw that Li Dong was very determined. He thought about it and did not raise any objections.
In fact, Sun Tao was still inclined to continue opening branches. It did not matter if the distribution center was delayed by one or two years. There was no need to be so anxious.
Even if it was only 30 to 40 million, it was still not a small amount. Far away's current endurance was still somewhat difficult.
Li Dong did not want to explain more. There were some things that Sun Tao still had limitations in understanding. There was no point in explaining.
Looking at the time, Li Dong said, "That's all for today. I still have a class later. I'll go to school first."
Sun Tao nodded and sent Li Dong out of the office. He then returned to his office to deal with the matter that he had just discussed with Li Dong.
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