Chapter 185: Ouyang Sheng's New Mission

Lin Jianguo and his wife's weekend two-day trip to Xingcheng also brought Lin Feng and Du Yue'e along, leaving only Chen Yang and Lin Wei at home to enjoy their time together.

However, after hearing that Chen Yang had returned, Song Yajun called him early in the morning and asked him to go to Old Hundred Meat Industry Co., Ltd., saying there was an important matter requiring Chen Yang, the boss, to make a decision.

Chen Yang originally wanted to stay home quietly with Lin Wei and go there on Monday, but seeing Song Yajun urging him urgently, he could only go ahead early.

Then Chen Yang never expected that Song Yajun's so-called important matter was actually to increase production lines so that all the factory workers would have work to do.

"Factory Director Song, you are the company's manager. You know the company's situation better than anyone. We're still in the trial production stage with no income at all. Is it appropriate to rashly increase production lines? The loan I arranged for you was meant to build new workshops and cold storage, not to give you and the company's employees benefits!" Chen Yang was very angry; he had already been respectful enough toward Song Yajun, but the other party never considered his interests.

"Boss, sorry, I thought Old Hundred Agricultural Products Trading Co., Ltd. had full authority to sell, so we just needed to guarantee good output." Song Yajun didn't expect Chen Yang to react so strongly, and he softly defended himself.

"Even if the trading company handles sales, you should wait until the market is developed before expanding production! Go take a look—without even mentioning Xingcheng, do we have our products in Qingshui City?" Chen Yang felt disappointed; Song Yajun was diligent in his work, but as a leader his overall perspective was too poor.

Song Yajun explained: "Boss, the sales department's Manager Zhang has already conducted market research, and citizens still have high expectations for our products……

"Market expectations are not a reason for rashly expanding production lines." Chen Yang didn't want to hear more explanations, so he directly called Ouyang Sheng and asked him to come to Old Hundred Meat Industry Co., Ltd.

While waiting, Chen Yang went to the warehouse to check the recent batches of Old Hundred Sausage products. I must say, the packaging designed by Wang Haiyang and Yang Xiaoxue is quite distinctive, and the flavor adjusted by Zhong Hanshan's team really suits Chen Yang's taste. The only shortcoming is that the product specifications are too uniform—everything is one hundred grams per piece.

Chen Yang immediately had someone summon Zhong Hanshan.

"Elder Zhong, I think our sausage specifications should be diversified to better meet different consumers' needs."

"Manager Chen, what do you suggest?"

"We can appropriately add some lower-spec sausages, such as twenty-five grams, thirty grams, thirty-five grams, fifty grams, etc. These lower-spec sausages can not only meet different customers' needs but also reduce costs and make it easier for the company to run early promotions."

"Good! I'll issue the order right away and have the staff immediately start making molds that meet the required specifications." Zhong Hanshan's gaze toward Chen Yang was full of admiration. Every time he spoke with Chen Yang, the latter could effortlessly grasp the crux of the problem and then cut straight to the core point, hardly ever uttering a single unnecessary word.

After finishing work matters, Chen Yang then asked Zhong Hanshan with concern: "Elder Zhong, I don't know how you and the other colleagues are living here—anything uncomfortable or inconvenient? If so, please tell me; I'll make sure they do their best to improve it."

Zhong Hanshan quickly waved his hands and replied with a smile: "Thank you, Manager Chen, for your concern! Everything here is quite good. Especially Factory Director Song—he takes care of us down to the last detail! So you really don't need to worry about this."

Chen Yang listened and gave a slight nod; this Song Yajun, after all, wasn't completely useless.

"Elder Zhong, if you have any further needs or run into any difficulties, just give me a call anytime—don't stand on ceremony."

"All right, I'll get back to work then."

After saying goodbye to Chen Yang, Zhong Hanshan returned to his laboratory.

Chen Yang waited about twenty minutes before Ouyang Sheng arrived. He came on a motorcycle, wearing a white T‑shirt and sunglasses, looking handsome and unrestrained. Behind him sat a pretty woman about his age. She had flowing long hair, skin as white as snow, a pair of large eyes as clear and moving as autumn water, and the corner of her mouth bore a faint smile, like a spring blossom in full bloom—delicate and tempting.

"Boss, you called me so urgently—what's the order?"

Chen Yang hadn't expected this kid to be enjoying his private time, so he felt a bit embarrassed. But since the person had come, he had to say: "Old Hundred Sausage can now be mass‑produced; the promotion work in Qingshui City is yours to handle."

"Boss, that's not right—I'm the salesperson of Old Hundred Agricultural Products Trading Co., Ltd., and this sausage is the product of Old Hundred Meat Industry Co., Ltd. How can I be made responsible for it?" Ouyang Sheng wasn't very happy. His goal was to develop more branch stores within Qingshui City; the more stores, the higher the performance.

Chen Yang explained to him: "Old Hundred Agricultural Products Trading Co., Ltd. and Old Hundred Meat Industry Co., Ltd. have already signed a full‑authority agency sales contract. From now on, whatever products the meat industry company produces—whether Old Hundred Sausage or any future products—you are responsible for promoting them."

Ouyang Sheng felt a bit embarrassed: "Boss, the focus of my work plan is promoting branch‑store expansion; can the sausage matter be handed to someone else?"

"No way!" Chen Yang rejected his proposal without hesitation and said directly: "Your current work focus is to promote Old Hundred Sausage. Branch‑store expansion is not yet mature enough."

"Why?" Ouyang Sheng didn't understand what Chen Yang meant.

Chen Yang patiently told him: "Every time we open a branch store we need corresponding support services and logistics. Qingshui City has a warehouse we rent, so you can still develop a few stores there. But once you go to nearby county towns, if we still ship goods from the city, costs will skyrocket. By then, having performance but no profit, what will the company use to pay your wages?"

Ouyang Sheng originally believed full of confidence that, as long as he steadfastly followed the company's original development strategy step by step, carefully sought suitable store locations, thoughtfully designed and decorated the storefronts, and widely recruited talented staff, expanding the company's store business would be utterly easy.

But he hadn't expected that, besides these surface‑level tasks, a strong and complete logistics support system was also needed as a solid backing.

He instantly felt a bit disheartened and also held a grudge against Chen Yang.

"Boss, no wonder you promised the reward so lightly—this task is simply impossible to complete!"

Chen Yang laughed: "How about we change the condition? As long as you can get Old Hundred Sausage to occupy more than fifty percent of Qingshui City's market share, the reward still stands."

Ouyang Sheng couldn't help but feel moved again, and immediately asked: "Boss, is there no problem with the logistics support for Old Hundred Sausage?"

Chen Yang said: "If you can make the meat industry company's products sell out, I have an extra big reward for you."

"Then it's settled!" Ouyang Sheng's eyes instantly sparkled with excitement, as if he saw a brand‑new black Audi beckoning to him.