Chapter 171: Online Sales Self‑Pickup Point Plan

Su Mingyue sold all the 700,000 shares of Xingcheng Heavy Industry she held at a price of 27.09 each, cashing out 18,960,000.

Previously, she sold 1,000,000 shares of Xingcheng Heavy Industry at a price of 22.39 each, cashing out 22,380,000. The two sales together cashed out 41,340,000. After deducting a cost of 30,000,000, the total profit was 11,340,000.

Su Mingyue felt she was too happy; in just a few days she again obtained a dividend of 1,113,400.

While Su Mingyue was secretly happy, Chen Yang began to worry. First, Qi Yunxiang called to complain: "Manager Chen, your approach isn't appropriate, not to mention disturbing morale; it also increased our investment costs."

Chen Yang clearly knew the other party had come to him for an explanation because Su Mingyue had dumped her shares, but he pretended to be clueless: "Manager Qi, what do you mean? I've been in meetings at the company these past days and haven't touched any accounts."

Qi Yunxiang quickly explained: "Manager Chen, it's not your account; it's Manager Liu's account. Over there they just sold another 700,000 shares of Xingcheng Heavy Industry."

Chen Yang let out an "oh," then said: "That account is being handled by Su Mingyue. She's a girl with little courage and no patience. I've heard she hasn't been able to sleep these past days and has even gone to see a psychologist. I reckon the psychologist talked her into selling."

Qi Yunxiang was speechless. Chen Yang had even brought up the psychologist—what else could he say? He couldn't very well scold the company's two major clients, could he?

"Manager Chen, you won't be re‑entering the market, will you?"

"Re‑enter? Come take over your positions? Manager Qi, you're really joking."

"Hehe, then I won't bother you. Whenever you feel like coming back to play, just give me a heads‑up."

"All right, wishing you great wealth!"

Chen Yang had just hung up on Qi Yunxiang's call when Yexin's call came in.

"You little brat, what are you doing? Didn't you say the Xingcheng Heavy Industry shares were all sold? Why did another 700,000 shares get sold today?"

"Sister Yexin, there are still some shares left in Liu Shijie's account. He's busy, so he let a girl handle the trading. You know how emotionally unstable girls can be—no one can control when they buy or sell. I only found out she had sold the shares after I got Manager Qi's call."

"Hmph, you're good at making excuses. You little brat, you're sly as hell—I bet you're the one secretly pulling the strings!"

"I swear on my conscience, I've been at the office all day. If you don't believe me, ask Sister Anna."

"Hmph, your office has a computer and internet—say you're sneaking around behind Anna's back, and there's nothing I can do about it."

"Really, there's nothing. If you don't believe me, you can come to our company and check my computer usage logs. You can also ask Manager Qi whether my account has any login records."

"Forget it—I'll warn you one more time: don't stir up trouble again!"

"Okay, okay, wishing you great wealth!"

Yexin's call had just ended when Liu Shijie's call came in.

"Chen Yang, the stock market's been doing well lately! I just transferred another 20 million in funds—make sure to earn me a bit more."

"Big Brother, Su Mingyue didn't tell you—I'm currently out of positions. If you want to trade stocks, let her handle it for you."

"Chen Yang, letting Su Mingyue handle the trading is fine, but I only trust you. I've also told her she may only buy the stocks you pick—she's not allowed to touch any others."

""……, then you just wait! I've got no plans to re‑enter the market lately.""

"No problem, do your homework, and let me know once you've set your sights. I'll entrust my little private stash to you to manage."

Chen Yang rubbed his forehead, finally understanding what it means to be in the martial arts world—helpless to control one's own fate. Even though he had liquidated his positions and didn't want to follow the market anymore, these people still wouldn't leave him alone.

He leaned back in his boss's chair, squinting for a moment, wondering whether he should find a quiet place to hide and find some peace. Then Shen Anna knocked on his office door again.

"Boss, there's something I need to tell you."

"What is it?"

"In the online sales delivery segment, customers' pickup times aren't fixed, and our delivery costs have risen a lot lately. The packers are complaining more and more, and the customers aren't very satisfied either."

In his previous life Chen Yang often ordered groceries online, so he knew the delivery business well. He told Shen Anna: "We don't need to personally deliver the groceries for online orders. We can partner with supermarkets and convenience stores, letting them serve as our self‑pickup points."

Shen Anna said with a hint of worry: "What if the goods get lost?"

Chen Yang replied: "The probability is very low. Normally, the people who shop at supermarkets and convenience stores are their regular customers. If the goods go missing, it affects their reputation as well."

Shen Anna asked again: "What if they don't want to cooperate with us?"

Chen Yang analyzed for her: "A residential area isn't limited to just one supermarket. If we concentrate our goods for pickup at one location, it will naturally bring new customers to that pickup point. Meanwhile, supermarkets that refuse to cooperate with us risk losing customers. If we keep explaining the stakes to them, someone will eventually change their mind."

Shen Anna gave Chen Yang a thumbs‑up. "Boss, you're really sharp. If we can pull this off, we'll save a lot of costs."

Chen Yang then told her: "To keep these supermarket and convenience store owners in a long‑term partnership with us, we can't just feed them empty promises; we need to give them tangible benefits. For example, for every order we collect, we can give them a dividend of one mao. Another example: when we pack the goods, we can send them our company‑branded plastic bags or online shopping coupons. And remember, these self‑pickup points can also become our potential customers."

Shen Anna thought it over and felt Chen Yang's idea was very effective. "Boss, you're still impressive. I've been worried about this for days and haven't slept well. You settled the problem with just a few words."

Chen Yang laughed: "Don't go putting a halo on me just yet. I'm only throwing out an idea—whether it'll work is still uncertain."

Shen Anna said confidently: "This method is pretty good. I'll go talk to Manager Wang right now, have his sales department drop other work and focus on solving the online‑sales self‑pickup point issue first."

Chen Yang was pleased with Shen Anna's execution ability. Even the best plan depends on the executor's efficiency. He then told her: "We can hold a competition in the sales department: the employee who signs up the most self‑pickup points in a quarter gets a 5,000‑yuan bonus, second place gets 2,000 yuan, and third place gets 1,000 yuan."

"All right!" Shen Anna strongly supported Chen Yang's suggestion. Only with generous rewards do brave men emerge. Five thousand yuan equals eight months' wages for an ordinary worker in Xingcheng. This round of competition in the marketing department will be extremely fierce.