Actor: Thank you.

The two guys who were just looking miserable, as if the sky had fallen, immediately perked up after hearing that Zhang Yuan was planning to find them new jobs.

Zhao Jin took out a cigarette, and Cao Jianjun took out a lighter.

"Looks like he's not only getting fat from eating, but he's also started smoking Zhonghua cigarettes while coming and going," Zhang Yuan said with a smile, glancing at the soft pack of Zhonghua cigarettes in Zhao Jin's hand.

He then bowed his head to borrow the light.

He took a puff, thinking to himself.

Sometimes, I still prefer to associate with "rough people".

They both had only one thought in mind.

Brother Yuan said he would make arrangements for us, so we're saved!

It's that simple.

The nouveau riche Zhao Decai was the same; he was straightforward.

When looking for a woman, she will never recite a poem, she will only say...

"XX isn't big enough, get a new batch!"

They all drive Cadillacs and head straight to the second floor, what are they pretending for?

There's a saying that upper-class people do vulgar things, and that's absolutely true.

It's really difficult to communicate with those guys in suits and ties.

"Not shouting anymore?"

"Stop making a scene?"

Zhang Yuan looked at the two of them with a smile.

"Hehehe..." The two of them chuckled.

"Are you still going to provide boxed lunches for the film crew?"

"I can't bear to part with it..." Zhao Jin hesitated for a moment before saying awkwardly.

Zhang Yuan was not angry at his reply.

Human nature.

Not to mention the business that he received at least a million dollars in a year.

Ordinary people, especially middle-aged people, would hesitate for a long time before choosing a job that pays 5 or 6000.

Getting these people to quit their jobs and change careers is even more difficult than climbing to the sky.

Not everyone has great courage; most people are just ordinary folks, content with modest wealth.

Those with great courage, apart from a very few exceptional talents, are mostly bold because they have family connections and powerful backers, which gives them the confidence to go all in.

Because their family wealth is enough to go all in dozens of times, while for ordinary people, going all in once can wipe out three generations of their family.

So he could understand how those two felt.

While it's understandable, getting things done is more important.

"Okay, let me ask you a question." Zhang Yuan raised a finger and pointed to the sky.

"What is the most top-notch, first-class business in the world?"

Zhao Jin's eyes darted around, and after thinking for a while, he opened his mouth.

"The Internet industry!"

"Yes, the internet is the hottest and most profitable thing right now. Those companies are worth tens of billions, and I've heard that foreign companies are worth hundreds of billions."

"That company... what's it called... the thing that can't get hard... yeah, Microsoft."

Zhang Yuan covered his face.

It can be vulgar, but this is a bit too vulgar.

And the fact that he could answer like that shows he's read a lot of newspapers.

"I think any business that can make money is a good business," Cao Jianjun said in a deep voice with his brows lowered.

He meant that boxed meals could be profitable, so it was a good business.

"And you have to do what you're good at, you can't just do random things," he added.

"You guys, instead of spending your free time eating and drinking, you should read books," Zhang Yuan said angrily.

"Especially, we need to study history."

"Why are you looking at that thing?" Zhao Jin asked with a look of disgust.

"I'm talking about history... not shit standing up." He had to explain further, afraid that the two of them would interrupt him again.

I sighed and readjusted my emotions.

"The internet industry you're talking about can only be considered a second-rate business at best."

"The smaller ones can only be considered third-rate."

"There has only ever been one kind of truly first-class business."

Zhang Yuan raised his fingers again, changing from one to four.

"Four big characters."

"Franchise!"

What is franchising?

In ancient times, it was salt, iron, and silk.

These were a level above ordinary officials and merchants; they were imperial merchants.

Cao Xueqin, the author of "Dream of the Red Chamber," had a grandfather named Cao Yin, who was the Imperial Textile Commissioner of Jiangnan.

Responsible for procuring various textiles and silks for royal use.

This place is so poor it's practically overflowing with oil; otherwise, how could Cao Xueqin have written about the extravagance and corruption of these four great families?

They've eaten and seen it all.

Of course, in the eyes of the royal family, this was nothing more than a middle-class family.

But these middle-class families were already a terrifying presence that ordinary people could no longer look at directly.

Moreover, Cao Yin's ability to do this was a deliberate scheme by the royal family to make money for him.

Cao Yin was Emperor Kangxi's study companion and later became an imperial bodyguard.

It's like being playmates in childhood and bodyguards in adulthood—that's the kind of relationship they had with the emperor.

The Jiangning Imperial Textile Commissioner also served as the supervisor of all officials.

During Cao Yin's tenure, he had to submit more than 200 memorials to Emperor Kangxi every year. He couldn't possibly greet him every day.

Cao Xueqin's family was essentially a combination of imperial merchants, the local organization department, and the discipline inspection commission.

This is what franchising was like in ancient times. It was the emperor who allowed you to do it and make money so that you could become incredibly wealthy.

Today, salt and iron remain, while silk has become a strategic resource like cotton and sugar.

In ancient times, official merchants were equivalent to state-owned enterprises, while imperial merchants were equivalent to central state-owned enterprises.

Even if Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu were bundled together, they wouldn't earn as much as China Tobacco Group.

Is Jack Ma not interested in making money by selling tobacco?

If the law were loosened, he would dare to traffic drugs.

They're just not qualified.

These are still the same three companies; they're pretty impressive.

Do you dare offend China Mobile and China Unicom?

I'll unplug your network cable so you can't move or connect.

And then there's PetroChina, State Grid, China Grain Reserves Corporation... these are the real top-tier businesses.

Only companies with a monopolistic strategy can be considered the most profitable businesses.

The Three Gorges Dam cost over 2000 billion yuan, but its power generation revenue exceeded 4500 billion yuan. It broke even in 2013 and has been a pure profit ever since.

Some companies always boast about how many people they employ, acting all high and mighty, as if they're doing their workers a favor.

At its peak, the Ministry of Railways had over 200 million formal employees. Did they ever say anything about it?

A steel plant in Northeast China can support hundreds of thousands of people, but they don't boast like this.

These top-tier businesses are all strongly tied to the state, allowing them to reap unlimited benefits from the country's development.

Unlike those second- or third-rate businesses, which start thinking about transferring assets and how to abscond after making money.

Any business that requires the owner to abscond is a third-rate business.

“I can be frank with you,” Zhang Yuan said seriously.

"What you're sticking to now is the business of making boxed meals for film crews, which isn't even third-rate."

"It's a fourth- or fifth-rate business."

"It's slightly better than running a small restaurant."

The two looked ashen-faced, feeling deeply hurt by being told they were worthless.

"There's nothing shameful about running a small restaurant."

"But it's clearly not keeping up with the times and my own development."

Ren Quan initially earned his first pot of gold by borrowing money from Li Bingbing to open a restaurant.

"Starting from small businesses is very reassuring."

"But you can't just do small business your whole life."

"People have to move forward and look up!" Zhang Yuan pointed to the sky again.

"Look, what's up in the sky?"

"cloud?"

"sun?"

"Crow... ptooey ptooey ptooey, I'll fuck you to death, you lousy bird!" As soon as Zhao Jin opened his mouth, bird droppings came down.

It almost fell into my mouth.

"I'll fuck you to death!" Zhang Yuan raised his foot and kicked!
I used a clever technique to kick him several steps away.

"Think more carefully, what's in the sky?"

After Zhang Yuan finished speaking, he slapped his forehead, realizing he had made a mistake.

His home is too far from the city center, which is a no-fly zone.

I can only try to make amends myself.

"You didn't know that airplanes fly in the sky?"

The film crew's boxed lunch business is small but powerful, shallow waters attract many troublemakers.

This job is similar to the construction site lunchbox business; it involves bribing superiors and subordinates, and sometimes even involves buying on credit.

Furthermore, if the relationship isn't right, they might film and then disappear, leaving you nowhere to look for them.

Sometimes, he has to use his connections to get hundreds of thousands of yuan back.

My face is worthless.

It's not enough for me to buy clothes and jewelry for XJ.

Therefore, it needs to be changed!

Know when to retire gracefully, rather than stubbornly persisting down a dead-end path.

The key is that it seems like you can make a little money, but this business is prone to conflicts with people.

What if you go to certain locations to film a movie and don't let them make a little money, or they cause trouble for your production?
The loss would be greater. It's better to use this scrap as a gift, to buy peace of mind.

In the TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty", there is a dialogue between Tong Guowei and Longkodo.

Xiao Duozi is an opportunist and a speculator.

They always treat the political situation as a gamble, praising the crown prince today and the Eighth Prince tomorrow. One wrong step could lead to utter ruin.

Tong Guowei then educated him.

"Opportunity to speak, opportunity to remain silent."

"Where are there so many ready-made opportunities waiting for you?"

"If anyone can see it, and anyone can get involved, can it still be called an opportunity?"

"Little Duozi, your understanding of the water is still shallow!"

Nowadays, the film crew's boxed lunches are something that anyone can see and anyone can get involved in.

In the drama, Tong Guowei is Longkodo's uncle, and Xiaoduozi is Tong Guogang's son.

However, in real history, Tong Guowei was Xiao Duozi's biological father.

They both belonged to the Tongjia clan and the Bordered Yellow Banner, and at their peak, they were known as "half of the Tongjia court".

Half of the imperial court consisted of members of the Tongjia clan.

Tong Dawei is from the Tongjia clan.

This group of people were originally Han Chinese. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, local officials in Kaiyuan discovered that a merchant named Tong Yangzhen was secretly selling weapons and salt to the Later Jin.

After his arrest, they wanted him to act as an inside man to gather information.

As a result, the Tong family went directly to Fushun to join Nurhaci and helped the Manchus organize their first artillery unit.

Therefore, anyone with the surname Tong who claims to be from the Tongjia clan is most likely a descendant of traitors.

Interestingly, the actor who plays Tong Guowei in the film is named Liao Bingyan, who is also Liao Fan's biological father.

Why does Liao Fan, who looks like that, still get so many film offers?
Opportunities are only for those who are close to you.

Zhang Yuan was particularly impressed by Tong Guowei's words.

This principle applies not only to doing business, but also to being a good person, doing things, and even buying stocks.

If everyone knows the stock market is going to rise, is there still an opportunity?

It's clearly a pocket designed to hold retail investors.

Therefore, if you're going to do something, you have to do business that others can't see or get involved in.

In short, he wants to upgrade the industry.

"Do you know that the aviation industry is also a top-tier business?"

"Except for a few private companies, the major airlines are all state-owned enterprises."

This is similar to gas stations; there are privately owned ones, but the giants are always state-owned enterprises.

In 2000, the total number of flights nationwide was 112 million.

"By last year, it had risen to nearly 600 million flights."

"In terms of passenger numbers, the number of passengers transported reached 3 million."

"Do you know how much money China spent on airline catering last year?"

Zhang Yuan looked at the two of them with great interest.

"Over 80 billion!"

"The largest of them is the Imperial Capital Air Catering Company, but its annual turnover is only over 2 million."

"This illustrates two points."

"First of all, the aviation industry is growing at an astonishing rate, which has also led to extremely rapid growth in supporting industries."

"Secondly, this order is very fragmented. Airlines in different regions have their own suppliers and subsidiaries, and no single company or a few companies have become dominant."

"Airlines is a first-class business, just like other monopolistic industries."

“Developing supporting industries for first-class businesses is also a good business.”

"Because top-tier businesses never fail; as long as you hold on tight, you can live off them for a lifetime."

"Weren't you just complaining that you wanted to do what you could do?"

"Well, this is still related to your profession, isn't it?"

The two were still in shock and nodded subconsciously.

In the end, I never left the cooking business.

But that's just their understanding; it's actually completely different.

For airline catering companies, cooking is only a small part of the business.

We still need to transport it, but we can't use ordinary vehicles; we need refrigerated food trucks.

It also needs a research and development office, a production workshop, and a quality inspection department.

It's more like a factory than a restaurant.

"No... can we really mess around with this kind of business?" Zhao Jin was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses.

"I'm here for you!"

When the previous CEO of Air China, Song Jianguo, retired, he arranged for him to become the company's chief consultant.

The next leader is about to take office, and I've already made arrangements for his daughter abroad.

Should I tolerate that kind of person and still buy her paintings?
Only when we are intertwined can we truly get involved.

"Air China spent more than 10 billion yuan on catering last year."

"If we can capture 5% of the market, plus the business from other partner companies, we can survive the initial stage."

"The ultimate goal is to reach more than 10% of the entire industry, which would be enough to live on for a lifetime."

The new person will cooperate and offer suggestions during large meetings.

With the rapid development of aviation, the supporting catering services need to be diversified, and we can't always rely on a few fixed units.

We must keep up with the times, expand production capacity, and follow the trend.

Let him bring it up however he wants, find a plausible reason, and start a new company.

"I've already discussed everything with them."

"After the company is established, the profits will be split 30/70."

"How come we only have 70%?" Zhao Jin thought to himself, feeling like he was being taken advantage of.

"Pah!" Zhang Yuan spat at him angrily.

"Are you dreaming?"

"Seventy percent of them belong to other people!"

"With just 30%, countless people would rather kneel than even have the chance!"

Seven out of ten... They're ugly, but they have high hopes.

If I could make 70% of the profit, would I need you?
To earn 70%, one can only do odd jobs, taking on small, scattered orders.

This isn't called management; it's called outsourcing.

In any industry, outsourcing is like taking on the grunts—lots of work, little pay, and you still have to beg people everywhere.

"Oh... no wonder he's Brother Yuan, he has connections everywhere."

"But do we have that capability?"

"From what you're saying, this isn't a small business; the costs alone are substantial," Cao Jianjun said.

"I do this so that I won't have to do small business anymore."

"There's no business in the world that doesn't require capital. Even if there were, it wouldn't be our turn to do it."

He disagreed, saying, "I've already thought of what you can think of."

"Oh!" Zhao Jin immediately realized.

“I said that a couple of years ago you insisted on making us visit someone else’s central kitchen.”

"They even insisted that we set up our own factories."

"So that's why I said I was spending more than I earned."

Zhao Jin, being more quick-witted, came up with this idea.

“I told you guys to do it, and all you did was set up a small factory with a few dozen people. Aren’t you ashamed?” Zhang Yuan didn’t even bother to say anything to them.

"This... doesn't seem enough for the big business you mentioned, so what should we do?"

"Open another factory?"

“I’ve arranged everything, except…”

He was interrupted halfway through his sentence by a sudden cell phone ring.

"Hey?"

"Zhang Yuan, you son of a bitch!"

Zhang Yuan sat up straight.

I was talking about Xiao Duozi, and suddenly Tian Wenjing started scolding me?
I quickly checked the incoming call.

It's clear.

“Watch your mouth, you want to die?” he retorted.

The other party was taken aback.

Others might be bluffing, but his claim as the spokesperson for the Hengdian Universiade might not be true...

What did you do?

What do you want to do?

Are you messing with us?!

"Is it any of your business?"

Faced with the manic male voice and the three deadly questions, Zhang Yuan replied nonchalantly.

"You just wait, I'll kill you one day!"

"It's okay, I'll wait for you," Zhang Yuan said calmly.

"Also, let me give you a piece of advice: don't rush to post on Weibo this time."

"Before barking online, check what I'm doing first, and make sure you understand before you start barking."

"Okay, okay," he said, and then hung up the phone.

The person who called him was Wang Xiaofei, the eldest son of the South Beauty family.

His words were as harsh as ever, and his temper was as mad as ever.

However, he can't be entirely blamed this time.

"I need to correct you on one point," Zhang Yuan said, looking at the two of them.

"When I took you to visit the central kitchen factory of South Beauty, it wasn't just to show you something new."

"Let you familiarize yourselves with the factory beforehand."

"Because that will be our first production base in the future."

He spoke casually.

To the two people opposite, it appeared exceptionally cruel. (End of Chapter)