this man is not calm

Chapter 502
In the past, when Jin Shang's business empire was not big enough, he had enough energy to do micro-management. Gradually, as the company grew bigger, it was even less likely that he would care too much about some minor details. In comparison, selecting suitable executives, making wise decisions, and investing sufficient funds may be much more efficient than doing everything himself.

Attaching importance to the power of the team and believing in the power of talent is one of the cornerstones of the continuous growth of Jinxi culture.

In terms of personal ability, Jin Shang surpasses most of his subordinates, but this is not a reason for Jin Shang to interfere in other people's business. A boss should do his job well, and this is the key to the normal operation and steady development of the group company.

There was a pile of documents awaiting approval on his desk, and Jin Shang only took half a day to finish processing them. As time went by, Xiao Jin, who had become more and more adapted to his current identity, was able to handle with ease a workload many times larger than before.

After finishing the work, I rested for a while, had lunch, took a nap in the lounge for an hour, and came to the office again to discuss with Editor-in-Chief Zhao about the arrangements for the "Beijing West Metropolis Daily" and its supplements, several annual skills competitions for primary and secondary school students, competition items, and issues related to charitable donations and the promotion of private education.

The education-related businesses controlled by Jinxi Culture Media are mainly aimed at the children of migrant workers, solving their schooling problems and eliminating their worries.

When entering this field at the beginning, no one in the company, including Jin Shang, actually expected to make money. As long as they could maintain a break-even point, it would be enough. However, subsequent developments exceeded Jin Shang's expectations.

Taking the migrant workers in western Beijing as an example, many of them are single, but there are also many who have families. Those who have made a little progress all want to start a family, settle down, or bring their wives, children and parents from their hometowns to live with them.

Being a decent city dweller is an indispensable part of the simple values ​​of traditional ordinary people.

The result is that the money earned by these migrant workers varies, but their expenses are definitely not low, especially for those with families.

Among these, children's education accounts for a large part of the family's daily expenses.

No matter how hard you are, you can’t suffer your children, and no matter how poor you are, you cannot have poor education.

The idea of ​​studying hard to become successful and stand out in life is ingrained in the genes of almost every compatriot of ours.

In schools where a large number of children are concentrated, as long as there are a lot of people, there are many ways to make money, such as canteens that are operated exclusively or contracted out, small shops and extracurricular bookstores, which are all businesses that are sure to make a profit. Then there are teaching materials, toys and extracurricular reading materials, etc. Relying on the parent company's leisure books such as "Oriental Manke" and "Young Painted Heart", the sales of them have increased significantly.

When these children who have been influenced grow up, they will become another group of excellent paying fans.

What was originally just a casual chess piece layout now seems to be the best investment for the future. The payback period is very long, but you will definitely not lose money.

Judging from the interim summary report submitted by Chief Editor Zhao, the situation is much better than Jin Shang expected, and the development of the charitable foundation based on it is also quite smooth.

As for cultural carriers such as online literature, videos, and comics, whose current revenue is not worth mentioning, I will just say a few words and then end it.

This is a business worth tens or hundreds of billions in the future. Let alone making money now, it would be good if we can lose less.

Jin Shang has no intention of making it big in a short period of time, he just takes one step at a time.

Those who can really make big money with low risks are those who have extremely high entry barriers that are simply out of reach for ordinary people.

For example, the business of Xiaolingtong and secondary operators, as long as they can be rolled out and provide good services, will be a good business that is guaranteed to make money regardless of market conditions.
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More than a month is not a long time, but for Jinxi Culture, it is naturally a busy time. The construction of various physical industries is in full swing, and large sums of money have been spent, and there are always many results.

During this period, the most important task was the commodity trading market. The name of the exchange was finally determined to be the Beijing United Commodity Exchange, abbreviated as the Exchange. In the short term, the focus was on stabilizing its existence, increasing the types of commodity trading, and stabilizing futures spot prices in the north. The long-term goal was definitely to apply for listing on the Beijing Stock Exchange as a commercial entity.

December 7th was the day of the heavy snow in the 24 solar terms. It happened that on that day, the Gyeonggi region was covered with abundant snow, but the temperature was not very low. After the snowflakes fell, they quickly melted and froze again, forming a thick layer of ice on the ground, covered with a relatively solid layer of white snow.

Such weather makes the work of snow removal and obstacle clearance on urban roads a bit difficult. After a night of cold wind, the workers who went to work in the biting cold wind in the morning complained about the weather while traveling carefully in the snow and ice to their jobs.

Naturally, many people who left home late or underestimated the difficulty of commuting that day were late.

The good thing about Jinxi Culture is that the management of grassroots front-line employees is relatively humane. Some late employees are exempted from liability and work arrangements are adjusted accordingly.

In North China, the most annoying thing for most urban traffic is this kind of horrible weather, which is relatively cold but not too cold, and the snowflakes melt and condense at the same time, and finally freeze into ice cubes. In the previous life, this thing was called freezing rain, which is more harmful to road safety and power systems than simply high or low temperatures.

As soon as Jin Shang walked into the office early in the morning, he received a report of a large number of emergency electricity applications from the virtual power plant system. The thermal management system of the energy storage power station had been activated long ago, and even the natural gas generators and thermal drive boilers that had been operating at low power to reduce peak power and fill valleys had been started.

The demand for electricity and heating increased dramatically, and Jin Shang had to urgently allocate resources to meet the city's heating and power grid needs.

In terms of total electric energy, the wind and solar power station system supported by Jinxi Cloud Service cannot play a decisive role, but it has an advantage that other solutions cannot match, that is, its response speed is extremely fast and the cost of emergency startup is much lower.

The cost of temporarily starting a thermal power generator may be higher than the total value of the electricity generated in a single time, which is not worth the cost.

For the people living in some areas of Beijing, the potential risk of water, electricity and heating outages can be reduced to the current level. Jinxi Culture has made an indispensable contribution. Some distributed wind turbines that were not originally expected to be high have been urgently connected to the nearby grid to support traffic lights, transmitting base stations, schools, hospitals and other facilities in some areas to meet basic lighting and usage needs. This is enough.

It was not until after ten o'clock in the morning that the entire capital area had basically returned to normal.

It can be relied upon at critical moments. The virtual power plant, which was originally just a publicity gimmick on paper, has also gained a lot of recognition and people have begun to face up to its value.

As for the price they have to pay, some overloaded wind turbines may need to be overhauled to eliminate hidden dangers, and the greenhouses that need to be insulated and moisturized, indoor constant temperature boxes, server rooms, fans and distribution rooms, etc. all need to have their status confirmed.

"Anyway, nothing serious happened." After the dust settled, Jin Shang also breathed a sigh of relief.

During the most difficult times, one-third of the high-power racks and constant temperature and moisturizing systems of the server units were temporarily shut down to free up resources in order to provide electricity to nearby schools, nursing homes and hospital operating wards. The losses were not too great, but the aftermath was a bit troublesome.

Yang Qi and Liu Yanqing, who were busy with everything, were also very tired. Just two hours of scheduling felt more torturous than working a whole day.

"We had no experience in dealing with such large-scale emergencies before. This time we got through it smoothly and withstood the test. This is our most valuable asset."

After asking the secretary to serve hot tea, Jin Shang said,
"Afterwards, we will submit a summary of the experience report to the General Affairs Department and the Secretary's Office, and give commendations and rewards to those who deserve them. Oh, and don't leave out the fleet and delivery personnel in the logistics sector, the front-line reporters and logistics services, and directors in the media business."

"Got it, Mr. Jin. I'll arrange it right away."

After getting married, Liu Yanqing became more and more stable and already had some qualities that made him a long-term middle or senior management personnel. His only problem was that his education level was a bit low. He would definitely be included in the next batch of the company's on-the-job training and further studies. If he had not been too busy, he should have been arranged for it two years ago.

We must not let down our old subordinates who work hard and never complain.

Later, Yang Qi also said:

"I've asked the technical team to gradually restore the interrupted servers. The data transmission and synchronization may take some time."

"Well! Don't be stingy with the compensation you should give to customers. Although our company's products have very few competitors in the Internet field, we can't let everyone down. Nowadays, most netizens are either Internet enthusiasts, BBS site owners, college students, professional white-collar workers or scientific researchers. They are all high-quality service targets. The reputation advantage accumulated in the early stage is extremely difficult for latecomers to catch up."

"I see!"

“Regarding product design and service, please discuss more with Team Leader Liu and Team Leader Yin.”

After making the aftermath arrangements, Jin Shang said to Hong Renquan:
"Regarding the commodity trading platform, please attend the final coordination and briefing meetings. Especially in the field of security, you must not be careless. Consult Director Yang and Manager Yin. They control the last 'iron gate'. Risk control is the top priority for industries involving bulk commodity trading and large capital flows. We don't have much accumulation in traditional fields, so we must work hard in the fields of software, hardware and network security."

"it is good!"

Hong Renquan, who is already semi-retired, readily agreed. Although he has left CSSC and is no longer the chairman of a listed company with final say, he works as a consultant at Jinxi Culture Headquarters. He actually likes the feeling of not being responsible for specific affairs but being able to get involved in everything and being indispensable everywhere.

The connections and outstanding abilities accumulated over the years have made Hong Renquan and Zheng Liangzhi Jin Shang's very dependent assistants. As the saying goes, an old person in the family is like a treasure. Whenever Jin Shang encounters matters like "panacea", he always thinks of them first.

Given Jin Sang's current busyness, he receives countless meeting invitations every day. He can only choose to attend some very important ones within his limited time. In the rest of the time, he has to take care of the company and his own affairs. He can go or not. For social events and public activities that may be rewarding, Hong In-quan and Zheng Liangzhi, who are informal but represent Jin Sang's own will, can come forward to handle them.

Later, Jin Shang, whose office was quiet, could take a break. He made a cup of tea, took a few sips slowly, and then leisurely read the morning paper that was sorted and sent to him by his secretaries today.

Jin Shang was stunned when he saw the important news headline on the front page of his own newspaper "Jingxi Metropolis Daily" titled "In order to control pollution, thousands of minibuses in Beijing were scrapped and recycled at Shougang."

"What a big deal! Looks like you're serious about this!"

Because his company has rich experience in modifying engines and refurbishing cars, and even launched a number of trial models, Jin Shang also specifically learned about the advantages and disadvantages of various models.

The so-called "mian di" is actually the abbreviation of mini van taxi. In the past ten years or so, the earliest taxis, which were low-end vehicles and cheap fares and aimed at meeting the needs of citizens, have provided great convenience to Beijing and several large cities with the conditions for popularization, but have also brought serious exhaust pollution.

According to statistics at the end of 1998, there were approximately 1.5 million motor vehicles in Beijing, and nearly 20,000 minibuses, which caused exhaust pollution that exceeded 15% of the total.

Judging from the existing test results, the exhaust pollution of a new minibus is about twice that of the current mainstream passenger cars, while the exhaust pollution of minibuses that are more than five years old soars to about eighty times, which is simply outrageous.

This is why the small number of minibuses are one of the main causes of the most serious exhaust pollution in Beijing.

The content introduced in the news is not just the forced scrapping of one thousand minibuses, but it is not all. The municipal government’s long-term plan is to completely eliminate the minibuses that came into being in this special period before the end of next year. The promulgation of a series of measures on wind power, photovoltaic power, low-carbon environmental protection, energy conservation and emission reduction at a higher level have proved that this trend is unstoppable.

Only by dancing with the wind and going with the flow can we seize the opportunity, make the most of little effort and stir up the storm of the times.

After reading this report carefully, Jin Shang turned his attention to the news about the first large-scale "government website" officially established in the country.

Specifically, it is the decision revealed by the Beijing Municipal Work Conference about the opening and use of the "Capital Window" site, as well as the decision that several major functional departments will all go to the Internet by the end of next year to keep up with the trend of the times.

Jin Shang actually already knew the higher-level news, which is that next year, 1999, will be the "Year of Government Internet Access."

This is the first time that an official website with formal endorsement is open to the public, which means that the development of the Internet has been recognized from top to bottom. It will soon accelerate its development speed, from wild growth dominated by private enterprises to standardization and adjustment, and then popularization in all aspects.

The charge into the Internet age has already been sounded.

(End of this chapter)