The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 310 Jiang Juan’s Blind Date

I eat healthy food, which is both healthy and nourishing. Although it is a bit stressful to take care of the children at home, I am not exposed to the sun and wind.

Although Zhou Lingying is in her thirties, she is still a beautiful young woman.

Over the years, many people have coveted Zhou Lingying's body, but it's just a matter of who would be exposed in front of everyone.

Blind dates in this era are not like those in later generations. Blind dates can be like going to a party, with several in a day. Some older men and women can have hundreds of blind dates.

In this era, if a matchmaker takes you to a blind date and you find that the person you like is not suitable, the matchmaker will think you are too picky and will not easily introduce you to a partner.

So now people who go on blind dates are thin-skinned. How can a young man not blush when he sees a beautiful young woman like Zhou Lingying come out to greet them?

The young man's surname is Xu, and his name is Xu Kai. With the cooking skills inherited from his family, he is now the head chef in a restaurant at a young age.

This looks pretty good, mainly because it looks more honest.

When matchmakers bring people to see someone, they usually notify in advance. But sometimes, if they feel someone is suitable, they will bring someone to the house directly. This time, it was the latter, so Liu the matchmaker brought people to see the person, and Jiang Juan was not at home.

"This is Xiao Xu, also known as Xu Kai. He's a cook in a restaurant on Renmin Road. Xiao Xu, this is your aunt who brought you the person you want to meet. Her surname is Zhou," said Sister Liu.

"Hello, Aunt Zhou." Xu Kai was holding something in his hand and greeted her a little nervously.

"Oh, the cook is good, Sister Liu ~ Xiao Xu, right? Let's go inside and talk." Zhou Lingying greeted warmly.

When a man goes to a woman's house to see a blind date, he will bring some gifts. One reason is courtesy, and the other is to make a good impression on the woman's family, which will increase the chances of success.

As for delivering things to the woman's door without even seeing her face, if the woman is not good-looking and the man doesn't like her, he will lose a lot.

This depends on the matchmaker. Neither the man nor the woman has ever met. The matchmaker will at least give a rough introduction of what she looks like. On the way here, I praised Jiang Juan very much. Although I didn't meet her, at least through the matchmaker's words, I knew that she looked good, had been to college, and worked in a leadership position with a high salary.

Hearing that the woman's conditions were so good, Xu Kai bought some cigarettes and alcohol on the way and came to her house.

As one of the eight major staff, even after the reform and opening up, the status and salary of a capable chef are still very high. It is easy to find a partner, even if it is the daughter of a small leader.

But the key point is that Jiang Juan is a college student. Not to mention her family situation, just this status alone makes Xu Kai feel that he is marrying out of his league.

After entering the room, Xu Kai saw the home appliances, furniture and furnishings of the girl's relatives. The things he brought were considered shabby.

After Zhou Lingying returned to her room, she introduced the situation to Jiang Cheng. Jiang Cheng had a brief chat with Xu Kai and felt that he was not bad. His image was OK, and the key point was that he was a cook.

Jiang Cheng trained Jiang Juan out of selfish motives, wanting her to help him become independent. This destined Jiang Juan to become a strong woman, busy outside every day.

However, Jiang Cheng's selfish desire is premised on Jiang Juan's willingness to listen to him, otherwise he would not force her to take over.

Then the person who is suitable for Jiang Juan does not need to be very ambitious. This cook is good, but he can't cook in a restaurant. He has to stay with Jiang Juan.

Even if I don't give up my job and we really want to be together, I can take charge of Jiang Juan's workplace meals or something, which is better than working in someone else's restaurant.

However, it was not appropriate to talk about giving up the current job when meeting someone for the first time. Jiang Cheng took his older daughters with him to go to "Jiang Dong Lai" in Changcheng to find Jiang Juan.

The blind date candidate is here. No matter what Jiang Cheng and Zhou Lingying think, they have to at least call Jiang Juan back first.

There is a large square in front of every Jiangdonglai supermarket, where there are a group of small vendors selling snacks and light meals.

Jiang Cheng allowed such a group of people to set up stalls in the square for free, which made it more lively. However, the stalls were free, but the management fee and sanitation fee had to be paid.

The management fee and sanitation fee are only a few dollars a month, which is really not worth mentioning for vendors who set up stalls here. However, you can't just set up a stall here if you want to pay the management fee and sanitation fee.

You also have to pay a security deposit, which is not small, several hundred yuan. But if there is no such threshold, the square will be in chaos if everyone is allowed to set up stalls at will.

This security deposit is only deposited with the supermarket management department, not for the money. Instead, they are afraid that if there is a problem with the food sold by these people, they will just run away.

At least there is a security fund here. If there is a problem in the supermarket plaza at Jiangdonglai, the supermarket can help advance a sum of money to send people to the hospital for treatment.

When they arrived at the supermarket, the daughters went to buy food, including boiled peanuts, candied haws, roasted sweet potatoes and corn, popcorn, and so on.

They were all food, and Jiang Cheng only allowed vendors who sold food here. Those who wanted to set up stalls here to sell clothes and small accessories would be driven away by the supermarket managers.

When Jiang Cheng found Jiang Juan, she was not very busy. As a store manager, she did not need to do everything herself, nor did she need to be proficient in every department.

The main thing is to understand what departments the supermarket has and what each department is responsible for. In addition, the supermarket's business model and how it operates.

The daily work is actually to let the heads of each department report the situation. If some difficult problems arise, the store manager needs to step in to solve them.

So when Jiang Cheng found Jiang Juan, she was just sitting in the office looking at reports.

Seeing Jiang Juan reading the report carefully, Jiang Cheng was very happy. This was just the beginning. Now she was only the manager of one store. Later, she would be responsible for managing the managers of all the stores in China and would read the report for Jiang Cheng every day.

To be honest, Jiang Cheng's chain stores are now so large that it is inevitable that someone will cheat. But even if someone cheats, they dare not go too far, at least to ensure that the approximate turnover is not a problem.

If they dare not falsify the losses, they will definitely send people to investigate directly. Jiang Cheng can only see the general situation of the operation by simply looking at the financial statements. Even if he arranges more managers to supervise everywhere, what if corruption occurs among the managers?

Fortunately, Jiang Cheng now has a decent number of children and has raised a niece.

When his children grow up, unless they have no interest in business, Jiang Cheng will place them there. If his children also enrich themselves, it will be like meat rotting in the pot. "Uncle, why are you here?" Jiang Juan saw Jiang Cheng and immediately put down the report in her hand and said happily.

"It's because you're already this old and still single. I asked you to keep an eye out for good guys around you after you started working, but you didn't like any of them. Your aunt asked someone to act as a matchmaker for you, and the matchmaker brought a young man to our house." Jiang Cheng said.

When Jiang Juan heard her uncle say that a matchmaker had come to their house, she felt a little shy.

As I said, every girl has her own thoughts. Unless there is something wrong with her body, women are just like men, even goddesses will secretly think about some unhealthy things.

But living in Uncle Jiang Cheng's house these years, Jiang Juan's standards for men have naturally become higher. When she looks at other men, she always likes to compare them with her uncle. If she compares them, many men will be eliminated.

Now Jiang Juan also understood that it might be a bit too much to compare her uncle to a partner. He was good-looking and capable of making money, so many things seemed to be easily solved in his hands.

When it comes to family, he often brings back some friends from outside to surprise everyone. He also takes everyone to travel, go hunting, and have barbecues outdoors.

Even now that Jiang Juan is a college student, when she talks with her uncle Jiang Cheng about something in-depth, she is impressed by Jiang Cheng's knowledge and foresight.

Now Jiang Juan no longer compares herself with other people, because she actually also wants to try the life between men and women. If she keeps comparing herself with her uncle, it will be very difficult for her to start a family.

"Then I'll say hello to Manager Li later and then go back early." Jiang Juan said.

"Okay, Zhaozhao and Panpan are still playing in the square. I'll go find them. Remember to go back early. I'll go talk to the people over there and ask them to stay at home for dinner." Jiang Cheng patted Jiang Juan on the shoulder and said.

Jiang Juan nodded. She actually has a house in Changcheng now. As the store manager of Jiangdonglai, even if she is an intern, her salary cannot be compared with that in Hong Kong, but it is still relatively high among foreign companies.

Just after internship, the salary is over 1,000 yuan, and the annual income is over 10,000 yuan. Jiang Cheng does not follow the salary level of each region, but there are indeed deviations in each city. However, the store managers in different regions will not feel that the deviation is too big.

The salaries in Shenzhen and Shanghai are definitely much higher, which is why these management staff members feel a certain sense of superiority when working at Jiangdonglai.

It is not very useful to just provide employees with longer rest time than those in state-owned enterprises. The most important thing is to ensure that employees get real money.

Donglai said that it distributed 95% of its profits to employees. In fact, this is just Hongguang's statement. Jiang Cheng is not trying to slander anything. It is a simple truth that employees have high salaries in the same industry, but have they ever participated in high dividends?

For example, we set a marketing goal this year, saying that the profit should not exceed a certain amount. However, due to the popularity of "Mou Donglai", we have exceeded the goal every time.

But if the profits doubled, and the employees had high wages, would their wages double again?

Jiang Cheng didn't need to say how much profit to distribute, he just raised everyone's salary. In fact, Donglai invested more than 90% of its profits into better services.

In addition to employee wages, there are also maintenance and equipment as well as new investments.

For example, some of the products that Donglai operates include beer and bean sprouts. They also have to raise fish sent by others for many days before selling them.

As long as they detect that some products are substandard and cannot find a suitable supplier, they will produce the products themselves. This is all invested from the profits, not the money taken out of the 5%.

It's fine to have investment now, but once all kinds of products are perfected, everything will be healthy. There is nothing to invest, and Jiang Cheng really wants to know how to use the 95% profit.

You should know that the profits of ordinary supermarkets are not too low, and the prices of things in "Mou Donglai" are not low. Even if the purchase price is marked, there are no products that have huge profits. But the difference between the purchase price and the selling price is not small in the eyes of insiders.

Although Jiang Cheng did not indicate the purchase price of the goods of Jiangdonglai, the difference he made from the price of other daily products, except for the electronic products and clothing obtained from Hong Kong, was similar.

The only one that dared to mark the purchase price of all its products was the "Mou Donglai" in later generations. However, that was an era of the Internet, and there were few products that could maintain huge profits.

There are so many prices marked on "Mr. Donglai", but people only see its reality. However, there are only a few items that "Mr. Donglai" has really lowered the price.

One is down jackets, which made people realize that you can buy high-padded down jackets for just a few hundred yuan. The other is tea. It’s not that tea is sold cheaply, but the water content of tea is too high, and after being treated like that, the water content is gone.

Now Jiang Cheng's "Jiangdonglai" has reached the standards of later generations in the industry in terms of salary level and rest time for employees.

But Jiang Cheng discovered that his profits were actually quite substantial, probably because he had not invested much in his customers.

You should know that the public faucets used by "Mou Donglai" are branded goods worth tens of thousands of yuan. Now "Jiang Donglai" has no air conditioning or elevator except some rest chairs in the corridors.

The floor is just smooth cement, without tiles. But Jiang Cheng doesn't expect the supermarket built in this era to be used for decades. When the time comes, he plans to rebuild it completely.

Jiang Cheng came from Jiang Dong Lai, and his daughter was very pretty and conspicuous, so it was easy to find her. After all, regardless of her appearance, her clothes were also fashionable.

Changcheng is not as good as those places. People here still dress very rustically these days.

After Jiang Cheng brought his daughter back, he found that Xu Kai, who came for a blind date, was helping to prepare the ingredients, and Zhou Lingying was helping out. It seemed that they were planning to show off their skills at noon.

However, this did not give Jiang Cheng much hope. It was not that Xu Kai was young and his cooking skills were not very good. It was that Jiang Cheng had eaten in too many restaurants. There were some talented and skilled people in China, but when it came to making food, there was really no one in Hong Kong who could make delicious food.

Nowadays, domestic restaurants do not use wild game, but the ones in Jiangxi Province use a lot of oil, salt and spicy food to whet the appetite and make people feel that it is delicious with rice.

But after getting used to eating out, I find it more comfortable to just cook a simple meal at home.

Some of the dishes Zhou Lingying makes may not be very good in restaurants, but her family is used to the taste, and every family has its own taste.

At around eleven o'clock, Jiang Juan came back. After seeing Jiang Juan, Xu Kai wanted to perform even harder. When he got to the kitchen, he seemed very confident.

(End of this chapter)