My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 394 It's all business, so let's not talk about ideologies?
Having a large number of people is still useful.

So many college students have seen the world, and the scene of their boss negotiating with big shots from all sides will be deeply etched in their minds for many years to come.

The district, the city, and the Vacuum Electronics Factory all had a very surprising understanding of Wei Dong, a young private entrepreneur who had already made a name for himself in Beijing and Jiangzhou.

Do you already have such a solid foundation in Shanghai?
This is no ordinary young man; he is one of the most precious college students of this era.

Their uniform attire, their unwavering obedience, and their eagerness to learn and follow orders clearly indicated that they were all elite soldiers capable of leading Wei Dong in his battles across the land.

Even in Shanghai, where the general level of education is higher than the national average, this "high content" is a proportion that is difficult for departments, units, factories and mines at all levels to match.

Quite amazed.

Wei Dong originally intended to focus his main efforts on Jiangzhou, but now that he was already here, and Zhang Lanzhi had secured this foothold, he subconsciously didn't want to give it up and become a laughingstock.

Let's see what methods I have to expand and strengthen this small scale.

So after a series of real-world business steps to "become a shareholder through stock trading," they finally felt they had silenced any potential lurking interest in the potential for huge profits from stock trading.

Wu Shengyun also believed that with so many underlings, they could protect their boss, so he hurried back first.

Now he understands that the first priority is to complete the Golden Plaza, which started construction last year. At least the podium section must be put into use as the sales company headquarters just in time for the National Sales Heroes Conference.

It was from the phone call that Wei Dong realized that using high-end restaurants and hotels to host this kind of marketing conference was a good idea.

For these unsophisticated salespeople who had never been to such an event before, it was a huge psychological shock.

This is also a typical trick used by later micro-businesses, direct selling, and even high-end pyramid schemes.

First, cultivate an image of high-end industry professionals, and confidence and team cohesion will naturally follow.

Wu Shengyun would do that, but he hadn't yet summarized this set of concepts that would become so common in later generations.

They were so impressed that they immediately went back to prepare.

Before leaving, he even gave his lord some advice: now that they have rightfully become the second largest shareholder, they should put up the sign.

We decided to move the branch office to the new location and see how everyone reacted.

Wei Dong thought this plan was brilliant, so he led a large group of people to the new office building.

In those days, not many high-rise office buildings had been built in Shanghai yet, and the luxurious and grand office buildings left over from the foreign concession era had long been distributed to various units and departments in Shanghai.

Therefore, converting a four-story modern lane house into an office building will not make people feel stingy.

For many East China and Zhejiang merchants who dream of doing business in Shanghai their entire lives, having a shop or storefront is already a great achievement.

The Shanghai branch initially had about ten people, and they spent the entire year traveling all over East China to develop the market.

Apart from the twenty-odd people who graduated and became full-time employees, the rest were considered part-time college students.

Now that we've upgraded from rags to riches, hundreds of people are eager to participate in the relocation and renovation, hoping to follow the boss to expand the territory in the future.

More importantly, I finally look like a proper adult going to work.

The first floor has an entrance garden and a back garden of more than ten square meters in the front and back, which serve as the product display and advertising display for the entire trading company. Together with the second floor, it is the office area of ​​the domestic trading company.
The third floor houses a foreign trade company, while the fourth floor has been converted into a dormitory that can accommodate more than ten people, providing a place for sales representatives from all over the country to stay when they come to Shanghai.

These small villas are actually not very big on each floor, only thirty or forty square meters, with just one large room plus kitchen and bathroom. They would certainly be spacious enough for several generations of a family to live in.

If it were dozens or even hundreds of young people coming and going now, it would be incredibly crowded.

But everyone felt extremely happy to have moved from the small office on the Bund.

Everyone was busy getting ready, wishing they could have their own desk.

A four-story building will inevitably have three staircases with turns, and the rooms are quite elaborate, including a small attic room of about ten square meters.

The first and a half floors and the second and a half floors serve as the managers' offices for the branch office and the foreign trade company, respectively.

The bedroom of Mr. and Mrs. Zhang is on the third and a half floor, which also serves to keep these energetic young people in check to prevent any fatalities.

After all, at least a third of the staff are women, and the simple partitioned rooms on the fourth floor also need to be separated by gender.

College graduates who are used to living in dormitories are eager to move into the company's apartments.

The Shanghai-style houses have a rich cultural heritage. Even though these houses have been used as dormitories for various units and factories for decades, the wooden floors, wooden wall panels, and gleaming wooden stairs are still well-maintained.

It's definitely much more comfortable than the school dormitory.

Desks, bunk beds, and filing cabinets could all be bought from all directions, and a bunch of people would ride tricycles to bring them over and put them in place.

Wei Dong, with a strong sense of preservation, reminded everyone to cherish these historical traces and not to damage the old objects even with simple decorations.

He even boasted that he had acquired the villa of a big boss of the Military Intelligence Bureau in Jiangzhou, and that he could take everyone to enjoy the moon and scenery during the National Heroes Gathering.

The college students immediately expressed their longing and reminded each other to keep the branch office well-maintained to welcome their brothers and sisters from all over the country.

Mr. and Mrs. Zhang finally had a proper home in Shanghai, and such a lively and energetic family at that, which they were very satisfied with. Before they could even decide how to decorate their room, the university students had already busily set up their beds, wardrobes, and everything else.

Male students majoring in mechanical and electrical engineering are more skilled at installing lights and telephones everywhere.

Mrs. Zhang was busy cleaning the kitchen and dining room on the first floor with the girls. The bathrooms on each floor had to be separated by gender, and they were encouraged to be hygienic and clean.

Li Erfeng and her friends from Gaoyuan were both very helpful.

Lao Zhang recruited foreign trade personnel from college students who were good at foreign languages.

Stone leisurely strolled around outside, while Mao was keen on building some artificial rockery in the yard, wanting to raise a turtle or a thrush or something.

After two or three days of continuous work, the office of the audio electronic component factory on the Bund was completely turned into a sales warehouse.

It was at this time that someone finally came to visit, hoping to cooperate with Dongsheng Trading.

Meanwhile, relevant departments happened to come to the sales warehouse to inspect all the goods, saying that they had received a report that they were selling counterfeit and shoddy products.

If Shen Cuiyue and Wu Shengyun, who have family traditions, were present, they would most likely instinctively connect the two sides and suspect something was amiss, and it would be with a probing and meaningful tone.

Although Mr. and Mrs. Zhang were old, they had always been technical representatives in third-line factories and had no experience or awareness of this kind of thing.

Actually, many people have been visiting frequently these past few days.

Shanghai boasts a number of institutions and departments comparable to those in Beijing, as well as a wealth of industrial and commercial units, and a dazzling array of newspapers, magazines, and media.

They sent letters and made phone calls frantically, inviting Weidong to attend various meetings.

Otherwise, they might invite you for interviews, special interviews, or commission articles for newspapers.

Having experienced this kind of bureaucratic, meeting-heavy "business mentality" in Beijing, Wei Dong rejected it all.

He preferred to play basketball at nearby universities, go to the market with college students, figure out product improvements, and exchange sales techniques.

We don't waste time on these things.

But the person who came over quickly and accurately grasped the current needs: "Your company does not currently have foreign trade rights, right? We have complete foreign trade import and export rights and can assist your company in becoming a partner for all import and export trade of goods."

Before the reform and opening up, import and export were strictly controlled because imports needed to be restricted in order to develop domestic products.

However, over the decades, industries such as automobiles have stagnated completely. Various subsidies were distributed in a fragmented manner, and in the end, huge amounts of foreign exchange had to be spent to import vehicles.

After the reform and opening up, the restrictions were gradually lifted, but the authority was limited to state-owned foreign trade companies in various regions. In the past two years, the use of foreign exchange for imports has been particularly restricted because the country's reserves are about to be depleted.

Wei Dong could tell that this company had big ambitions: "Partners? We do not have foreign trade rights, but we have a complete foreign trade business. We can just find the Jiangzhou Foreign Trade Bureau to act as our agent for the import and export process. We don't need a partner who specializes in this."

The jeans and beef that are currently shipped regularly are all counted as export performance of the Jiangzhou Foreign Trade Bureau. With the local connections that have made Wei Dong so successful, the cooperation is naturally excellent.

Moreover, there are places like Shangzhou that are already accustomed to the model of exporting goods over extremely long distances from the inland.

There's not much of a problem in this step. The main purpose of Lao Zhang setting up the foreign trade company is to fully cooperate with the Foreign Trade Bureau in handling specific customs declarations, inspections, and other matters.

Moreover, it made Wei Dong feel that things would definitely loosen up in the future, and he wouldn't have to rely on the Foreign Trade Bureau for everything.

The priority now is to cultivate our own personnel.

The other party chuckled: "There are only three types of foreign trade permitted by the state. Small-scale border trade between border crossings, which your amount has definitely exceeded, mutual trade in border areas, which you can't even get involved in by going through Shanghai, so there is only large-scale trade under the state plan. Do you have a state plan quota for exporting textiles? Do you have a state plan quota for exporting fresh animal meat products? If not, then it is a violation of regulations, and you can report it for seizure and detention."

Wei Dong couldn't help but narrow his eyes, instinctively trying to hide the fierce look in them, not wanting anyone to see his emotional change: "Is this a threat?"

The other party replied nonchalantly: "Abiding by laws and regulations is the duty and responsibility of every unit. If someone tries to take advantage of loopholes, then we should naturally help block them at the national border."

Wei Dong smiled and said, "We signed an agency agreement with the Jiangzhou Foreign Trade Bureau. After paying the compliant agency fee, we will legally handle import and export matters. Such a vicious mentality of resorting to any means to seize business is not in our cooperation choices."

Seeing that he was unyielding and even verbally uncompromising, the other party stopped pretending: "Are you sure you're going to refuse a polite offer and then suffer the consequences? Fine, soon all your goods in the Shanghai area will be subject to continuous inspections, whether it's harmful residues in the dyeing of your textiles or food safety issues. Just you wait and see."

Wei Dong was truly amazed: "All our products undergo quality inspection before leaving the factory and can withstand all checks. Go ahead."

The other party was practically grinning maliciously: "Then let's give it a try. As long as we receive a report, in order to be responsible for the health of the people, we must seal and inspect the items. Let's see who can afford to wait."

He stood up arrogantly and said, "Don't forget, you still have $400,000 in foreign exchange cards under review at the head office, right? I can make sure you don't get any of your foreign trade receivables."

If constantly reporting is just throwing mud, then blocking the return of funds is a tactic that will destroy your family fortune.

If you can't get payment for your business, one order can ruin your business!

Wei Dong was finally speechless: "Some people used to tell me that while people bleed and sweat on the front lines, they make a fortune behind the scenes. We do foreign trade to earn precious foreign exchange for the country. But some people are actually trying to trip up those of us who are fighting on the front lines for their own selfish interests. Aren't you afraid that you'll end up with a son who doesn't even have a skinny swallow in broad daylight?"

The other party remained completely unmoved: "It's all business, so let's not talk about ideologies."

He then swaggered out.

Of course, he also looked down on the only maid standing by the door serving tea and water.

(End of this chapter)