In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 341 The Hidden Crisis of Hongguang's Explosive Popularity: How to Deal with Those Who Come to the Door with Approval Slips?
"Scatter, all of you! Hurry up, or I'll throw any of you out!"

The security guard's sharp eyes swept over the crowd surrounding the Hongguang minivan.

Wherever his gaze fell, everyone around him lowered their heads, and no one dared to meet his eyes.

He walked over to Zhao Liangyu and said, "Sir, please drive the car directly to the reception hall from here."

Zhao Liangyu looked at the people blocking the way and smiled wryly at the security guard.

"Get out of my way!"

"Shu~"

The crowd blocking their way quickly dispersed to both sides.

Xie Wei glanced at the security guard again. He thought, "Not bad. I'll ask the person in charge here about him. If he's reliable, I can arrange a more suitable job for him."

"Sir, is there something wrong with the car?"

As soon as the car entered the lobby, a young and beautiful girl in a fitted, custom-made suit came up to greet him with a smile and asked Hou Guoyong, who was getting out from the back.

That's very perceptive.

"The vehicle is good; it can haul goods and carry passengers, it's powerful when it's running, and it's easy to shift gears..."

Seeing Hou Guoyong looking at her, Zhao Liangyu smiled and said.

"Are you here to order a new car, sir?"

"No, we have enough cars for now."

This left the girl who was supposed to greet her completely bewildered.

There's nothing wrong with the car, and we're not here to order a new one, so...

"Is your manager, Han Weiyang, here? This person wants to see him."

Having just received instructions from Xie Wei to check on the situation at the store, Hou Guoyong did not reveal the identity of Xie Wei, this young man who looked young but could make decisions on personnel appointments and dismissals for all units under the school-enterprise office.

"Sir, if you have any business needs, you can talk to me. If I can't meet them, I will contact my superior... You can only see Manager Han by appointment..."

The girl frowned.

Xie Wei was about the same age as her, and the two people who accompanied him to the store were wearing the same four-pocket cadre uniforms as him.

He looks like a government official. Could he be some rich kid from some organization trying to use his connections to get a car so he can resell it later?

"Oh?"

Xie Wei raised an eyebrow. "You can't make this decision. Your boss can't either. You'll have to talk to Manager Han..."

"Tell us first, and perhaps we can make the decision."

"I have a note here, written by a leader from the Industry and Commerce Bureau, requesting that you send me 100 vehicles at 70% of the sales price..."

Xie Wei pulled a folded envelope from his shirt pocket with a faint smile on his face.

The girl's expression immediately changed. "Sir, I'm sorry, I'll take you to Manager Han."

After saying that, she turned to the side and gestured for Xie Wei to follow her.

"What's this kid doing? Does he have to play like this?"

Zhao Liangyu and Hou Guoyong did not go with them, but waited in the spacious reception hall. Other staff members noticed the two of them, picked up porcelain cups, brewed them a cup of tea, and brought it to them.

The people waiting to pick up their goods outside were gathered in twos and threes.

Someone who didn't know better might think they were troublemakers.

"...I don't care, you have to send me the goods! I currently have 2137 orders piling up, and it keeps getting bigger! We only get one batch a month, 290 vehicles each time, how can that possibly keep up?"

Xie Wei had just reached the door when he heard a roar from inside.

The voice was unfamiliar.

The receptionist gave Xie Wei an apologetic look.

"Why don't you go and report to your CEO, Mr. Han, first? I'll wait outside."

Xie Wei wanted to see how Han Weiyang would handle the people who came to his door with approval slips.

The receptionist was overjoyed. After hearing the phone hang up inside, she knocked lightly on the door and went in after receiving a reply.

"Manager, a young man has come with an approval slip from the Industry and Commerce Bureau. He says he wants to buy 100 cars at 70% of the original price..."

"What the hell? Tell him to go back to where he came from! I'm already being pressured to death by my customers, and what are they doing here! Seventy percent! That's not even enough to cover the factory price. I don't know where this bastard gets his appetite from. Isn't he afraid of bloating himself to death?"

Han Weiyang, who was already troubled by the large number of orders and the difficulty in completing the delivery, became even more furious when he heard that someone had come to pick up the car with the approval slip.

"manager……"

The girl immediately regretted it. She should have left the person in the reception hall first, and then come to report before bringing the person over.

They're all outside the door; this is tantamount to insulting someone to their face.

What? Did you get sand in your eye?

Han Weiyang looked puzzled.

"They're outside..."

The receptionist whispered a reminder to Han Weiyang.

Outside?
"What's wrong with him outside? Our cars only cost 29800, and 70% of that is only 20860. He just took 9000 from each car with a single note? 900,000! Isn't he afraid of choking on his own... Tell him, if I don't become the manager, he can forget about taking so many cars from me at a low price!"

Han Weiyang's reaction made the girl very anxious.

In particular, he deliberately increased the volume towards the doorway.

"Squeak~"

"Pah~pah~pah~"

The door was pushed open.

Xie Wei clapped his hands and pushed open the door to Han Weiyang's office, a smile on his face. "Manager Han is pretty tough, isn't he?"

The man in front of me, Han Weiyang, is in his early thirties, which is quite young for such a large company and his current position.

Xie Wei had some recollection of him, but they didn't have much contact.

He was among the first batch of educated youth who returned to the city but failed to get into university, recruited by the school. He was considered one of the older ones among the first batch of sales trainees, and Xie Wei had never heard Wang Zheng introduce him.

A car service company that can independently manage the Huadu area should be capable.

"You~"

The receptionist was so anxious she almost cried. She hadn't had a job since returning to the city. Her older brother and sister-in-law, who had taken over their parents' jobs, looked down on her for being a freeloader. In a fit of anger, she went south to find work. Luckily, she ran into Wenxuan Recruitment as soon as she got off the train.

The salary is the same as that of state-owned enterprises, and there is a bonus of one or two hundred yuan every month. The company even requires that you transfer your household registration and organizational affiliation!

A secure, stable job.

Such a good job, I hope that because Manager Han offended a second-generation rich kid with connections and got punished, I and dozens of other employees at Wenxuan will lose our secure jobs.

"Director Xie? What brings you here?"

Seeing Xie Wei clapping his hands and smiling, Han Weiyang was stunned for a moment. He wouldn't be surprised if anyone else came, but Xie Wei...

"Xiao Qin, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and boil some water to make tea for Director Xie!"

Han Weiyang hurriedly went to greet Xie Wei and asked the female receptionist to make tea for him, "This is the Yingde black tea that Secretary Liang gave me before..."

"Oh, manager, didn't you say that no one is allowed to touch that tea?"

Xiao Qin was dumbfounded.

At this moment, they didn't care whether what they said would offend the powerful young man in front of them.

Xie Wei glanced at the girl with a smile; she was shrewd yet foolish, someone who could be taught.

"This is the real deal. Remember that amazing guy I told you about at Harbin Institute of Technology? This is him. He's our direct superior! Everything in the unit is done according to his instructions."

"Oh? You're Xie Wei~"

Qin Siyao stared wide-eyed as she looked Xie Wei up and down. "He looks no different from any other person..."

"..."

"Alright, you can go and get back to work..."

Han Weiyang knew Xie Wei, and although they didn't have much contact, he gained a great understanding of Xie Wei's personality through Wang Zheng and others.

Siyao is one of the more promising recruits he's brought here, and he plans to send her to the marketing and management training program at Harbin Institute of Technology soon. That program has become a training camp for middle and lower-level management cadres of units under the university's enterprise management office.

Employees who haven't received training in school-run training programs generally have little chance of promotion.

To date, the management cadres of the units under the School-Enterprise Office have a number of training slots every year. These training programs are completely different from the training programs for newly recruited personnel; they can be described as an upgraded version. There are only 30 training slots available each year.

"Director Xie, I'm sorry you had to see this. Xiao Qin is usually very conscientious and responsible at work, and he's also a very steady person."

Qin Siyao left reluctantly, and Han Weiyang hurriedly offered an explanation.

"backbone?"

Xie Wei took a sip of tea. The tea soup in the white porcelain cup was bright red, and the rich aroma of flowers and fruits wafted in the air. After tasting it, the flavor was mellow and rich.

It is indeed good tea.

Han Weiyang nodded.

"Except for finance and senior management personnel who must be appointed by the School-Enterprise Cooperation Office, the School-Enterprise Cooperation Office delegates the authority for other personnel matters to its subordinate units..."

Xie Wei calmly stated, "Even the school-enterprise cooperation office doesn't stop the various relevant departments from poaching people from each other!"

Businesses are different from schools.

No matter how these subordinate units try to poach people, without the school's intervention, they won't be able to cripple a unit. However, how to poach people and how to prevent their core staff from being poached are issues that the school-enterprise cooperation office managers must address.

"If it wasn't me, but someone you don't know holding the approval slip, what would you do?"

Xie Wei changed the subject.

"Of course we can't give it to them!"

Han Weiyang answered without hesitation: "The Hafei Hongguang has a factory price of 22000 yuan, and the transportation cost is 1200 yuan per vehicle. Not counting the land acquisition and construction costs here, we can only keep 6400 yuan after it arrives..."

"What if they don't give it to us, and then this place can't operate?"

The price was set by Xie Wei, so he naturally knew how much profit he could keep.

Although the Hongguang minivan is durable, the production cost of most of it is kept below 18000 yuan by Factory 122 because it uses mature technology and existing parts.

Each vehicle left Factory 122 with a gross profit of 4000 yuan.

In reality, after deducting taxes and various costs, Wenxuan Auto Service Company only makes a profit of 3500 yuan per vehicle.

Although it's not much, it's already a lot compared to the net profit of a car of tens of dollars decades later.

"Then we won't operate it..."

Han Weiyang lowered his voice.

"Foolish! We acquired hundreds of acres of land here, costing tens of millions just to start, not to mention the subsequent construction costs... Are we just going to leave it idle like this? I really don't know why Wang Zheng put you in this position! If this is how you handle things, then submit a report to be transferred yourself!"

Xie Wei raised an eyebrow, his voice becoming stern.

"Uh……"

Upon hearing this, Han Weiyang broke out in a cold sweat.

This was the first time he had ever faced Xie Wei's sternness.

"So fierce?"

Qin Siyao, who had just reached the door and was about to knock, suddenly widened her eyes. Xie Wei hadn't acted this way when he went in.

For a moment, she didn't know whether she should knock on the door or not.

"Director Xie, this is against the rules..."

"What do you mean by 'violation of regulations'? A leader's signature can be forged... The industry and commerce bureau, tax bureau, and public security bureau take turns coming every day. How do you deal with that? Also, there are so many people outside, gathering in the store all day long... What are you trying to do? Don't you know this place is close to the Friendship Store and the Baiyun Hotel?"

Hearing Han Weiyang's words, Xie Wei became even more furious.

What the hell!
How did Wang Zheng arrange his people?

"I don't care what method you use, get rid of all the people who aren't in the store right now! Send them back to where they came from! Also, you'd better give me a solution to the problem I just raised within three days! If you can't give me a satisfactory answer within three days, you can go back to being a salesperson!"

After Xie Wei finished speaking, he got up and walked outside without waiting for Han Weiyang's reply.

"Ah~"

As soon as she opened the door, she saw Qin Siyao standing in the doorway, and the two almost bumped into each other.

With a furious look on his face, Xie Wei turned his head and added, "Also, copy the confidentiality rules a hundred times! Although this is a civilian product company, don't forget your own background! If employees have no sense of confidentiality, and the company gets targeted by industrial spies after it grows and expands, it's better to close down sooner rather than later!"

After saying that, he left quickly without waiting for Qin Siyao's reaction.

"Manager, I didn't mean to..."

Qin Siyao was on the verge of tears, feeling wronged. "I made a reservation at the restaurant next door, and it's almost time..."

"Alright, this is none of your business. Director Xie was just in a hurry; it's my fault for not handling things properly."

Han Weiyang knew that Xie Wei was usually very busy, and if it weren't someone he valued, he wouldn't even bother to talk to him, let alone get angry.

"But he's too fierce..."

"Is he fierce? Many people of higher rank than me would love to be scolded by him! Not to mention me, even the former Director Wang Zheng didn't dare to speak loudly in front of him and could only endure the scolding..."

"what?"

Qin Siyao simply didn't believe it.

Who wants to be insulted?
Han Weiyang didn't explain further, "You've booked the table?"

After receiving an affirmative answer, he quickly got up and chased after her outside. Just as he reached the door, he turned around and asked, "Did you order Cantonese food?"

After Qin Siyao nodded in confusion, she saw Han Weiyang dart out at an extremely fast speed.

"what happened?"

When Hou Guoyong and Zhao Liangyu saw Xie Wei angrily coming downstairs, they quickly got up.

"It's alright, let's go to the guesthouse first. When will Desheng's people arrive?"

Xie Wei quickly adjusted his mood and calmed down.

When market demand far exceeds supply, and supply cannot keep up with demand, demanders need to wait in line for supply.

As a result, a group of people saw the opportunity in the middle.

It was a phenomenon unique to the early days of reform and opening up – the middleman!

Later, when market supply caught up, the scalpers had long since switched to other businesses, leaving only a few small scalpers.

Although we haven't heard any related reports yet, if someone does come to the 4S store with the permit later, various problems could easily arise if the person in charge doesn't handle it well.

Xie Wei didn't want to be distracted by these things again later.

After the higher authorities prohibited Harbin Institute of Technology from poaching talent and Hongguang Factory underwent strategic downsizing, Xie Wei came to Huadu specifically, and will then go to Shanghai. This is because, in addition to exporting weapons and equipment, the university-enterprise office needs to undertake the commercialization of the university's technological achievements, and also needs to provide the necessary research funding.

"Director Xie, wait a minute~"

Han Dongyang rushed up from behind, "It's almost lunchtime, let's go eat first..."

"What do you want to eat? Think carefully about the question I left you with!"

Xie Wei left a message and got into the Wuling Hongguang minivan next to him.

"Really not going to eat?"

"Didn't you provide meals over there?"

Xie Wei turned to look at Hou Guoyong.

"No way! Liangyu, let's go."

Knowing that Xie Wei was in a bad mood, he quickly told Zhao Liangyu to drive away.

"What are you all standing there for? Get everyone out of here! Damn it, this is a car dealership, not a place for them to stay!"

After the Hongguang minivan drove away, all the employees stared at Han Dongyang.

Although they didn't know what had happened, they could sense Han Dongyang's attitude.

"Manager, they're all people arranged by their employers who paid them and are waiting to pick up their cars..."

Someone reminded the manager.

These people are not only waiting here to get the car as soon as possible and pay the money, but also keeping an eye on the company's people, in case they run away.

(End of this chapter)