My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 388 Let's try commanding the world.

This situation has absolutely surprised everyone.

An eight-story brick-concrete residential building, the bottom floor of which is actually raised to house shops.

These days, homeowners certainly don't feel their rights have been violated, so why should they have to climb an extra floor to make a fuss?

I have no concept of that at all.

I was pleasantly surprised by how lively and bustling the area downstairs is; we must feel very comfortable living here.

It's definitely a win-win situation for all parties involved.

They all went to visit Li Erfeng's model room again, and heard that it only cost a thousand or eight hundred to paint the walls, hire a carpenter to make some nice furniture, and add some lighting fixtures, and the difference would be like night and day.

Then I'm even more excited to see what the new house will look like when I move in.

I wonder if anyone can see the business strategies of decoration companies, lighting stores, and furniture stores from this showroom.

From then on, they embarked on a profitable path that could last at least two or three decades.

However, the calculations involving commercial storefronts are indeed very complex.

The commercial storefronts, each just over 10,000 square meters, are divided among fourteen buildings, each with vastly different commercial values.

The first floor is suitable for a storefront, while the second floor is better for a restaurant; the prices should definitely be different.

A barbershop or breakfast shop only needs 20 or 30 square meters, but a restaurant definitely needs to start at 300 or 400 square meters.

The corner unit, with its gold trim and silver accents facing the road, is definitely much more expensive than the inner, grassy side unit.

Not to mention the neighborhood with elevators, which consists of two buildings that are almost "L" shaped and interlock to form a "『" shape. The buying and selling on the inner side is definitely different from that on the outer side.

The brick-concrete structure imitates the streets of Hong Kong, with two four-building "‖"s standing in one block, and the alley about ten meters wide in the middle can be used as a vegetable market, a market for mountain products, and stalls selling various kinds of goods.

This is a very forward-looking market positioning strategy for small commodities.

They should definitely offer different price points.

The price suggested by the leader was just an average price.

Ultimately, the city development company only took away more than 22 million yuan.

However, when it comes to each specific storefront, a detailed calculation is required.

Wei Dong delegated this task to Chi Shiming, who assisted by compiling a large stack of photos of shops on the streets of Hong Kong and Tokyo, and organizing them into specific price ranges for each shop.

If they can't be sold, the city development company will hoard them; this thing will be a scarce commodity in the future.

For 21-year-old Chi Shiming, this was the true test of his ability to face real-world challenges.

Those who dare to invest in commercial real estate are among the most shrewd people in this era. Their financial strength, local connections, and shamelessness far surpass those of ordinary people.

It will be a real test of his ability to resist temptation as a novice.

Therefore, he would need to find a separate bank to provide mortgage loans for commercial real estate. Could he try to bring those outdated financial and commercial operations from Hong Kong to Shangzhou?

We'll see how well he's learned these past few years.

After Wei Dong finished giving him his instructions, he went to hand in the final list to his old leader.

To put it simply, the revenue from this commercial real estate, which is the revenue from the Beijiaochang Industrial Park, is also used to fund urban development and the transformation of public spaces. This practice has squeezed out all the money that real estate developers should have earned.

They made it clear they didn't take a single penny, and even posted so many operating costs and a huge stack of photos.

He took the four little ones and Li Erfeng to Shanghai.

It has a sense of accomplishing something and then leaving without a trace, concealing one's merits and fame.

Mao'er was reluctant to leave her two children, but it was too unrealistic to live in a cosmopolitan city with two mastiffs.

Wei Dong discovered that this ten-year-old boy had the air of someone who would live in a zoo, and to prevent him from becoming an immortal too early, he had to be forcibly taken away.

The two dogs were handed over to the Second Battalion Construction Company for temporary care.

The second battalion commander said he would definitely feed them until they were plump.

So even after boarding the passenger ship, Mao'er looked utterly dejected, as if his mother had just died, and he didn't even glance at the Three Gorges with its towering peaks and perilous cliffs.

Wei Dong, on the contrary, felt a sense of triumph, laughing at how such a young man could be so calm and composed. How could an old man like me possibly live like this?

He's only twenty-one years old, and he doesn't want to end up like this so early.

The two girls were amazed by the strange and beautiful scenery. They held onto the stones on either side and looked around everywhere, from the bow to the stern deck, much to the annoyance of the little killer.

Having finally escaped back, they complained to their older brother why he hadn't left the two of them in Shangzhou with the dog.

But after seeing my older brother's appearance, I realized that women are really annoying.

Li Erfeng ignored the scenery and stayed by Rang Weidong's side the whole time, taking meticulous care of him.

Little did he know that this guy had already believed Shen Laosan's story and didn't take it to heart at all: "Why are you wasting your time with me? How much money have you made so far?"

Mainly out of curiosity.

Li Erfeng shrewdly quoted a six-figure sum.

She's currently running the cured meat business, and she also manages a sanitary napkin factory with thousands of employees. She doesn't handle sales or production; she only takes care of logistics and accommodation. The canteen alone generates considerable revenue.

Wei Dong had long ago warned her not to skimp on the food, lest she ruin his reputation in Baifeng Mountain.

So the food is cheap and good, and the workers from the food factory like to come over for a meal. Plus, there are now one or two thousand construction workers, so even a small profit is quite good.

She brought her family members, including several of her brothers-in-law, to help.

Her status in the family is absolutely top-notch.

Wei Dong exclaimed in amazement, "He has more money than me..."

His main problem is that he doesn't have any spare cash; he's constantly developing new maps. He's lucky if he doesn't end up in debt and burn through his savings.

He secretly sent someone abroad to study, and even relied on an advertising company to handle the accounts to avoid his wife's suspicion.

Now, taking the opportunity to distance myself: "Finding a good partner in Shangzhou or the county is absolutely easy. If you want to be the factory manager, we'll let you stay that way. In the next few years, we'll be building even more and bigger factories in the industrial park. We'll make sure you can do whatever you want from the county to the township. Nobody will gossip about you and me anymore. Don't take it seriously."

Li Erfeng stubbornly shook her head, saying nothing more, and focused on taking care of things like a devoted wife.

This would ensure that Wei Dong would never have the wicked thought of doing something with Dong Xueying in this third-class cabin, in broad daylight, with her skirt covering her.

Xiaoxiao moved a rattan chair to the railing by the door, propped her feet up, and flipped through her little notebook, pondering things.

They chose to take a ship to Shanghai instead of flying there in a few hours.

Of course, it's also a good opportunity to rigorously examine how well our sales system is functioning.

So what he saw was still the beautiful and precipitous scenery of the Three Gorges.

Even the poorest county in the canyon area took the opportunity to take photos while the boats were docked at the pontoon and pier.

After leaving the prefecture-level city outside the Three Gorges, we disembarked and stayed overnight.

Before arriving in Echang, they stopped to inspect four counties and cities, including the famous "Be the first to worry about the world's troubles and the last to enjoy its pleasures" and climbed the tower to view it.

I have a clear understanding of the market for sanitary napkins, cameras, radios, jeans, T-shirts, skincare products, and the dietary standards that can be found in these places.

It wasn't until they played basketball at a university in Echang that they contacted the sales branch there to hold a meeting and exchange ideas.

Accelerate the expansion of secondary sales companies in surrounding counties and cities.

This is the foundation upon which Wei Dong can do business.

After staying for two days, we left, and sales managers and supervisors along the way came to the dock to greet us.

What should have been a journey of about a week by taking the current to reach Shanghai took almost ten days just to get from Echang to Nanjing.

Wei Dong had never been here before, but some university staff had already come to set up provincial branches, and they were especially enthusiastic and attentive to their boss's visit.

The highland sisters found it hard to believe their elder brother's widespread influence.

Even though Wei Dong was not very familiar with these people, they treated him with such respect and humility, and made all sorts of arrangements to entertain him.

He had no choice but to learn from Li Erfeng the calm and collected demeanor of Mao'er Shitou, who was used to such things.

This forced Wei Dong to think deeply about what kind of model to use to manage this huge sales network.

In fact, starting with the Seven Sons of Pingjing, there were only Pingjing Company, which was based at Feiyan Sanitary Napkin Factory; Yuezhou Company, which partnered with Chef Liao of Cantonese Cuisine; Rongdu Company, which was managed by Han Guobin; and the Shanghai branch, which was a directly affiliated branch with a general manager who received a salary.

The rest are all "sales companies" set up by college students themselves.

In a sense, they are all "franchisees" who bring their own food.

There are no franchise fees or deposits, but you can source goods from several university alliance points across the country to sell, and establish a fixed network after becoming familiar with and trusting each other.

But they never extend credit; everything is sold on a cash-on-delivery basis.

The advantage is that it minimizes the operating costs of the sales network.

If all twenty or thirty sales outlets along the Yangtze River were to be managed with salaries, the costs would be considerable.

The downside is, of course, the loose management. Whether it's done well or not depends entirely on the individual's ability at that point. There's also a very obvious first-come, first-served system, and the problem of people taking up a spot without actually doing their business.

There is a significant imbalance in development across different regions.

Therefore, only by going out to investigate and understand the situation on the front line can one have such a clear understanding.

Wei Dong was able to compare various models, such as specialty stores, franchisees, and agents, that were common in districts and counties over the next two or three decades.

He had never done any business, but the tax authorities had seen far too many.

Pigs are running around everywhere.

Let's just observe without making a definitive judgment.

When passing through Zhenjiang, we decided to go ashore and follow the canal to Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

Two years ago, he and Gou Dan led a group of military kids to sell cameras and carry titanium ingots. Now, five or six college student sales managers have come to greet and accompany them along the way. It is obvious that the commercial atmosphere has become much stronger.

Finally, the sales manager in Zhejiang Province had a team of more than ten people!
It is considered to have the second largest sales volume in East China, after Shanghai.

The sales performance in Shanghai was even better because there were more goods allocated there, and there was also support from a large number of early sales members from universities.

This college student from Zhejiang, who transferred from Shanghai at the beginning of the year, frankly said that he hopes to receive more resources and goods. He dares to make a breakthrough in the whole province. Now, products from Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions are starting to compete, and they want to seize the market.

Although their words didn't explicitly express an attitude of "if this place doesn't keep me, I'll sell to someone else," their improved sales performance and broader market perspective inevitably fostered a confident arrogance that set them apart from those in closed-off regions.

Even Wei Dong listened with great eagerness, but he still felt that he lacked someone to consult with.

Finally, we went to West Lake and had a meal with the owner of the general store.

The middle-aged man who sold tens of thousands of inexpensive cameras in just over a year is very approachable, but also a bit puzzling. He feels that sales have slowed down recently. The proportion of tourists visiting West Lake bringing their own cameras is definitely higher than before, but film sales are doing well.

From his perspective, this is definitely the extent of his concern; it's far simpler than what he saw at the dinner table with the Zhejiang manager.

The twenty-three or twenty-four-year-old manager from Zhejiang listened without saying a word and showed no surprise at the fact that his boss was a hidden top sales point in Zhejiang.

After all, this group of sales managers who rose to prominence around 85 mainly focused their sales efforts on products like jeans, sanitary napkins, and skincare products, which were easier to sell in terms of volume.

Camera production capacity limitations are a weakness.

This was also due to Wei Dong's intentional or unintentional restriction on the development of film cameras.

By this time, he had decided to reorganize the entire sales network.

Let's see what happens when we try to command the world.

(End of this chapter)