Chapter 886: Establishing a Leadership Position

"Indeed!" Jian Qiu nodded: "Such a high-end talent belongs to the first echelon in any enterprise or department in the country."

"Then why are you at the Jiangzhou Winery?" Zhou Andong tilted his head and looked at Jian Qiu: "I have always wanted to ask you, but I always forget."

Jian Qiu said: "I didn't want to accept the family's arrangements, so I joined the Jiangzhou Winery."

"What about Gu Bing?"

Zhou Andong really couldn't understand. Jian Qiu was understandable. To avoid constraints and not accept family arrangements, she ran to a small place like Jiangzhou to drift along.

But Gu Bing was different. When he was transferred over, the winery had already half-stopped production, and anyone could see that the Jiangzhou Winery was not far from death.

Therefore, with Gu Bing's family background, transferring to an enterprise with good benefits was not a difficult task. But this guy just ran to the Jiangzhou Winery.

"Him!" Jian Qiu smiled: "He never had any great ambitions since he was a child, and he has no feelings for his wife. They live under the same roof, but they can't say a few words a year, just like strangers."

"If he wants to divorce, the Gu family and the other family cannot agree, because it involves too many interests. So, he lived very stifled for those years. Later, when he knew I was at the Jiangzhou Winery, he proposed to transfer over, in the name of taking care of me."

"Originally, the family didn't agree, but they also knew the situation between him and his wife. If they suppressed him forcibly, once there was a rebound, they were afraid of big problems, so they agreed."

Zhou Andong laughed: "What was the family's reaction when he divorced?"

At this time, the waiter brought the beer, juice, and dried fruits, and then placed them on the table one by one.

Jian Qiu took out her wallet to pay, but was stopped by Wu Cheng, who snatched the chance to pay.

"My uncle almost broke his leg, and even shouted words about severing the father-son relationship. Look at him, has he returned to the capital since the New Year?"

Zhou Andong sighed: "So, our Secretary Gu is also a bitter person."

Jian Qiu looked at Zhou Andong: "Why do I feel that your words have a taste of gloating?"

"Small-minded!" Zhou Andong picked up the beer and took a sip, "He is my brother-in-law, and we fought side by side, defeating the reactionary forces led by Gao Qingkui and assisted by Zhang Deyou."

"The feelings of crawling out of the same trench, I empathize with his encounter, I'm too late to sympathize, how could I still gloat?"

Jian Qiu rolled her eyes: "Since the day Gu Bing met you, he has been pitted by you."

"I really don't like hearing this," Zhou Andong pressed the half-smoked cigarette into the ashtray: "Am I pitting him? That's training him, cultivating him. Look at him now, hasn't he matured a lot? Otherwise, how could I safely hand over the brewery to... him."

Seeing the half-smiling expression on Jian Qiu's face, Zhou Andong shuddered, and when he said the last few words, he had no confidence at all.

"That, Wu Cheng, tell me about Cao Yi, how did she take a fancy to 365 Home Furnishings."

Wu Cheng scratched his head and secretly glanced at Jian Qiu, as if there were thorns on the stool, rubbing back and forth.

"At that time, I also asked. She said that when she just returned to the country, she saw the 365 Home Furnishings advertisement as soon as she got off the plane, and was immediately attracted by the concept of whole-house customization. Then she didn't even go home and ran to the store to consult."

"After she understood whole-house customization in detail, she only stayed at home for three days before running to Jiangzhou. Because she believed that whole-house customization completely broke the existing furniture market's business model."

"The development prospects of 365 Home Furnishings are vast. Within five years, it will definitely become the leader in the domestic luxury furniture industry, so she wants to join in and lead 365 Home Furnishings to the world."

The more capable people are, the more they know what they want. Every capable person has something they want to pursue.

And for Cao Yi, 365 Home Furnishings might be a platform, a platform that allows her to push her ideas to the world.

Zhou Andong asked: "What are her requirements?"

Wu Cheng said: "An annual salary of 20,000. If within five years, she leads 365 Home Furnishings to become the leader in the domestic luxury furniture industry, the annual salary will rise to 50,000, and there will also be 15% of the shares."

Jian Qiu said: "Like her, graduating from a world-famous university and having won international design awards, if she stayed abroad, an annual salary of 50,000 USD wouldn't be a problem."

"I didn't think about these," Wu Cheng pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray: "I just felt that such talent must be kept. So, the annual salary was set directly at 50,000. Of course, the shares have to wait until she fulfills her promise."

Zhou Andong nodded: "Doing business, especially as a boss, you must have courage. For talent like Cao Yi, it's not a loss to keep her for 50,000, let alone 500,000."

"I think so too," Wu Cheng drank some beer, "She also told me that this is the key node for the country to implement a market economy, and the policy of welfare housing in cities is canceled."

"In the past, most people in the city worked in state-owned enterprises and had housing allocated by the unit. Generally, they didn't need decoration, just stick some wallpaper and they could live in it."

"Later, as the market economy becomes active, people have new pursuits for life. People who move into commercial housing naturally have higher requirements for decoration and furniture."

"So, while we at 365 Home Furnishings design furniture, we must design the decoration together, so that we can achieve perfect results and also improve our market competitiveness."

"Now, in the capital, including Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, there are many decoration teams in the contractor model, and there is a certain market, but such decoration teams are uneven."

"If the decoration drawings we design are handed over to them, it is difficult to guarantee the project quality. So, she asked me to set up another decoration company, and all the decoration will be done by ourselves, so that we can guarantee the project quality and also guarantee that the furniture installation reaches the most perfect effect."

Zhou Andong looked at Wu Cheng and sighed: "You kid really found a treasure. Spending 50,000 yuan a year is too worth it."

"I also think it's worth it," Wu Cheng chuckled: "She said that Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen are the frontiers of fashion, so she took people to the south in early July, and must build a factory and open a store there."

Zhou Andong nodded: "Her thinking is correct. I'll give you another piece of advice. Don't wait for her to build the factory and open the store there before promoting. You can do advertising now, preferably on CCTV."

"Okay!" Wu Cheng didn't even think: "I will arrange for someone to talk about it tomorrow, no matter how much money it takes, I will talk it down."

Zhou Andong said: "I let you invest funds in advertising so early to make the 365 Home Furnishings brand deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and establish a leadership position."

"Even if someone imitates you in the future, as long as whole-house customization is mentioned, the first thing customers think of will definitely be 365 Home Furnishings. Those latecomers will never want to deceive their masters and destroy their ancestors, and step on your ancestor's head."

"Of course, the premise is that you don't make trouble for yourself. While ensuring quality, after-sales must also keep up, and you must always put customers first. Finally, keep the development and design of new products ahead."