The Era of Hard Work

When Du Xiaobing returned to the University City after finishing his business in Linzi, Lu Dong immediately called the company's management for a meeting. There was an additional 10 million yuan in liquidity on the account, and the three major brand stores under Lu's Catering could also speed up the opening of stores. speed.

Of course, you can't rush in if you have money. Except for Quannan, other procedures such as store location selection and business district assessment must be strictly implemented.

Although there are only a few of the most popular commercial circles in each city nowadays, the flow of people on a commercial street may vary greatly if it is 100 meters apart.

The most typical Quannan Road Pedestrian Street, these days, the store is opened at the east end of the commercial street, and it can't even make money.

When Lu Dong went to Weiqiao to go through the loan procedures, he had a detailed discussion with Wei Yong. In the next period of time, Wei Yong would be in charge of discussing with the Management Committee of the University City about the investment and settlement of the home textile factory in the University City, and would come to Qingzhao often. It is not difficult for Lu's Catering to borrow a little bit of the Wei family's connections. In the second half of the year, the key areas for opening stores, apart from Quannan City and surrounding counties, are mainly in Pingcheng, Linzi, Yingcheng and Dezhou.

From Wei Yong's mouth, Lu Dong also learned that the project that Weiqiao Group wants to invest in the University City is not a home textile factory, but a huge industrial park.

Perhaps, they also saw the bright future of the university town.

In addition to the matter of opening a store, the meeting also focused on the matter of recruitment. With the continuous expansion of the company's scale and the total number of stores exceeding 40, Lu's Catering also needs a lot of manpower.

It is not difficult to recruit ordinary employees at the headquarters. After the management committee reorganized, the Vocational Skills Assessment Center of the Transportation Technical School was put into use again, attracting a steady stream of people.

Lu Dong took the time to go back to his old school, and by the way, he attended the speech on the college entrance examination that he had promised to the old principal years ago. Through the relationship of the old principal, he further established contact with Qingzhao Vocational College, and signed a contract with Qingzhao Vocational College on behalf of Lu’s Catering. A work placement agreement.

In the future, Lu's Catering will become a key employment choice for graduates of Qingzhao Vocational College.

In the university town, several vocational technical colleges merged from technical secondary schools have also moved here. Lv Dong and Du Xiaobing also visited the employment guidance offices of several colleges under the introduction of the university town management committee. Negotiate cooperation intention.

After the first expansion of enrollment in 1999, the speed of the expansion of university enrollment has been astonishingly fast. Not only the original technical secondary schools have expanded into universities, but countless private capitals have also focused on the big cake of education industrialization.

It won't be long before entering high school is equivalent to entering university, and it will become a common phenomenon.

It's hard to say about other places, but here in Quannan, regardless of the brand type of the university, it is much more difficult to enter high school than to enter university.

Compared with ordinary front-line employees, the recruitment of high-end talents is more difficult.

Where are the most first-rate talents? It may be on the Taidong side, where the proportion is the highest among all public units.

Most people want to be stable, and they have iron rice bowls on their hands, so they won't come out easily.

For Lu's Catering, Lu Dong wants to set up a planning department to be responsible for media, public relations, and publicity. He also plans to set up a product department so that new products can be launched later, and even a new catering brand can be established.

The person in charge of these two departments, Lu's Catering has been advertising recruitment through the Evening News, but has not yet encountered a suitable one.

After the meeting, Du Xiaobing followed Lu Dong into his office and asked, There is an extra ten million on the account?

I just came back yesterday, and this morning I received a notice to come to the meeting. I only know that the development reserve fund is 10 million more, and Lu Dong didn't mention the specific source when he held the meeting.

Lu Dong simply said: Didn't I go on a trip with Hei... Song Na? I helped the Wei family a little in the south, and the Wei family felt that they couldn't owe favors, so they gave the company an interest-free loan.

Seeing that Lu Dong didn't say anything specific, Du Xiaobing didn't ask any more questions. Of course, it's a good thing to have an extra 10 million funds.

The two sat together and had another small meeting.

As before, Lu Dong is still in charge of the overall situation, and Du Xiaobing is in charge of business.

In addition, Lu Dong also made it clear to Old Du that he was asked to train a few assistants, and the company will open a branch in the future, just in case he leaves.

Du Xiaobing smiled: What? Don't worry about me?

If I'm worried about you, I'll tell you? Lu Dong said directly: When we two brothers met, we were poor and penniless, so there's no need to talk about it.

But Du Xiaobing deliberately said: You are the one who is poor and penniless. In your words, I would be tall, rich and handsome at that time.

Lu Dong thought of Du Xiaobing, who was wearing a Nike sportswear on the bus and beat up the pickpocket violently, and had to admit: Yes, you have always been a rich second generation. This is what I am most worried about.

Du Xiaobing was puzzled.

Lu Dong explained: You were not interested in doing business before, so your family asked you to work as a teacher in the Physical Education Institute so that you could become a professor in the future. But it's different now, your establishment is still there, and you don't go to school all day , The ability to do business has been developed, and even Du Juan praises you very much, I am worried that your family will let you go back, and you will inherit hundreds of millions of property, leaving me alone to guard the small company, how miserable is it?

Du Xiaobing couldn't help laughing: Don't worry, I don't want to go back and inherit the family property. I don't want such a miserable life. I still have Du Juan over there.

According to the normal situation here, Lu Dong said, Sister Du always wants to get married.

Du Xiaobing said, My uncle told me to hire a son-in-law.

Lu Dong nodded. For wealthy families, this kind of thing is not uncommon.

In the rest of the morning, I dealt with some work and interviewed a person who came to apply for product research and development. Lu Dong went to Building No. 3 to find Song Na for lunch. The Physical Education Institute was already on vacation, and the two went to the intersection of the center to find a place for lunch. With the rapid development of the university city, only the last few buildings of the dozen buildings in Innovation Harbor are under construction, and the rest are all put into use.

In the buildings of Innovation Port, only a few external buildings are designed with shops.

Perhaps thinking of the Peace Hotel in Shanghai, Song Na deliberately took Lu Dong to the Peace Hotel to eat steamed buns stuffed with carrots and vermicelli.

Oh, Mr. Lu, Mr. Song, rare guest.

The owner of the Peace Hotel was one of the first to open a shop here and was an old acquaintance with Lu Dong. When he saw Lu Dong and Song Na coming, he quickly greeted them inside, and at the same time told the waiter: Hurry up and clean up the private room.

Lu Dong was the same as before: Brother Zhou, let's come over to eat buns, no private room.

Boss Zhou hurriedly opened the curtain, which is the door connecting the two shops in the north and the south: Mr. Lu, Mr. Song, sit here, and be quiet here.

Lu Dong and Song Na followed, the air conditioner was fully turned on, and a brand new wooden table was set up.

Brother Zhou, your business is getting bigger and bigger. Lu Dong remembered that the shop here was not the Peace Hotel before.

Boss Zhou said: The shop owner here is closed, so I took the opportunity to order it. He asked, What do you want?

Song Na looked at the menu on the wall, ordered a few steamed buns and two side dishes, and after a short meeting, Boss Zhou personally delivered them.

While eating, Song Na said, Tomorrow I'm going to Pingcheng, and then to Linzi, and I'm going to check out the address of the new store over there.

Lu Dong asked, Shall I accompany you there?

As long as you're busy. Song Na said simply, Li Qing and Huang Juan will accompany me there.

She added: Wei Yong and his partner will receive us.

Lu Dong met Wei Yong's partner once, and he was much more reliable than Wei Yong.

Song Na reminded: Don't forget to go to the first sports meeting in the afternoon.

Remember. Lu Dong glanced at his watch: I have an appointment with Uncle Li, and I will go to the house later to have a look and ask him to redecorate it. Even if it is a temporary nest, it must look like a home.

Song Na understood why Lu Dong wanted to redecorate that house, so she responded in a calm manner: Oh.

After the meal, Song Na went to pay, but Boss Zhou declined and said a few words before accepting.

The two separated when they went out, Song Na went back to Innovation Port, Lu Dong went to the south, and when they came to the door of Erjiao's shop, they found workers moving in and out, and Jiao Sanhei was standing at the door.

Brother Dong. Even though he was older than Lu Dong, Jiao Sanhei called him Brother willingly.

Lu Dong took a look and asked, Is this moving?

Jiao Sanhei rubbed his head and smiled: The video hall is closed, and I will renovate it while the students are on vacation. My brother is going to sell discs, mobile phones, MP3s and game consoles instead.

When Erjiao's new store opened in the west enterprise area last year, Lu Dong heard about it from Jiao Shougui, and Jiao Shougui was thinking about transformation at that time.

Lu Dong asked, Where's your brother?

Jiao Sanhei said: I just went to Pengcheng yesterday, and I said I was going to see some electronic market, and I am going to open up purchase channels.

Lu Dongduo said: Work hard, this line of work has a bright future.

Compared with ordinary people, Jiao Shougui is more daring, and he is not as easy as getting rich.

Most people want to live a stable life after opening a store and earning money. Those who can make money are good, and some people can't even make money.

There are always losses and gains in business, even in a good location like the central intersection, just like the northern neighbor of the Peace Hotel, which closed down due to poor management.

When they came to the house of Xuefu Wenyuan, Lu Dong waited for a while, and Uncle Li brought Li Lin over.

Li Jiazhu asked: Are you going to live here often?

Lu Dong said: When the company has a lot of things to do, it's inconvenient to run back and forth, so I live here at night.

Li Jiazhu didn't ask much, and said, Okay, what's your request? Tell me first.

Lu Dong said: Second Uncle, after you opened the company, didn't you recruit some interior decoration designers? Give me a European-style minimalist style, use better environmentally friendly materials, and clean up inside and out. one time.

For a long time to come, this place will be his and Song Na's temporary nest, so it will naturally need to be well decorated.

In Lu Dong's mind, Song Na cannot be wronged.

Li Jiazhu responded immediately: No problem, it's all on me. I still have the data here. I'll ask someone to come over and take a look first, and get some renderings.

Lu Dong said again: I'll have the furniture removed first this afternoon.

The house was redecorated, and the furniture naturally had to be replaced with new ones. Someone had to find someone to transport it back to the house in the old street. Before leaving, Lu Dong gave Uncle Li another key to facilitate the entry and exit of his company's people.