Chapter 944

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

After Wang Erhai hung up the phone with Liang Xinghua, he kept thinking of countermeasures.

He thought for an entire afternoon, but still couldn't come up with a good solution.

Then he continued thinking into the evening, for several more hours, until it was past eleven at night.

He still hadn't thought of a good solution.

The problem now is that decision-making authority at Liguo Mountain Decoration Company isn't in his, Wang Erhai's, hands!

If it were like Shanhai Real Estate back then, where he called all the shots, this problem wouldn't be a problem.

He lacks decision-making authority, and Huo Guoqiang is a very opinionated successful businessman; trying to persuade him to change his original plan is simply too difficult.

At least this failed entrepreneur, in front of Huo Guoqiang, isn't qualified to offer suggestions.

Back when Huo Guoqiang brought him on as a partner, he valued his client resources; his Shanhai Real Estate had previously accumulated quite a few homebuyers, and these homebuyers are all high-quality renovation leads.

As for company layout, Huo Guoqiang certainly hopes to be the one who has the final say.

Just as Wang Erhai was at his wit's end, his mobile phone WeChat chimed.

He took it out to look — it was actually a message from Zhang Yueran.

"Finally done, grading that bunch of students' papers, it's pure torture."

Wang Erhai hurriedly replied:

"You actually have to work this late, you've really had it hard……"

Zhang Yueran said:

"Don't be fooled by how glamorous being a teacher looks on the surface, actually it's miserably tough; not only is the pay not high, the pressure is huge! Staying up late grading homework is a regular occurrence!"

Then she added:

"Right, there's something I want to discuss with you."

"What is it?" Wang Erhai asked.

"Aren't you setting up a renovation company with Huo Guoqiang? Coincidentally, the apartment I bought in Huangsheng New City is due for delivery next month; why don't you have your company handle my renovation then."

Zhang Yueran, following the principle of not letting benefits flow to outsiders, decided to hand the renovation job to Wang Erhai — first, it could create some business performance for him; second, he's one of her own people, so she'd feel more at ease entrusting him with the renovation.

However, Wang Erhai gave a bitter smile:

"Better not."

"What's wrong with that, you don't even want the business? Your new company needs orders the most, doesn't it?"

Zhang Yueran asked anxiously.

Wang Erhai told her honestly:

"Huo Guoqiang said the company doesn't plan to keep full-time renovation workers; any orders received will be outsourced to outside renovation crews. While this lowers labor costs, there's absolutely no way to guarantee quality!"

Zhang Yueran was surprised:

"This Huo Guoqiang, truly a merchant's nature, he even wants to save on employees' wages!"

Wang Erhai said dejectedly:

"I originally planned to recruit Liang Xinghua into the company, but now with him doing it this way, I don't know what to do. After all, I already promised Liang Xinghua, and he's asked me several times when he starts work; he has high hopes for this job."

Zhang Yueran said:

"Then you have to properly persuade Huo Guoqiang. What he's doing is wrong; costs are saved, but risks go up. The county town is a personal-connections society. If your renovation company happens to renovate some big leader's house, and the outside temps you hired mess it up, your company can forget about surviving in the county town."

Hearing this, Wang Erhai couldn't help but freeze.

Clearly, what Zhang Yueran said wasn't groundless worry.

If they really offended a county leader, they truly couldn't continue operating in the county town.

So he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and knew how to persuade Huo Guoqiang.

He hurriedly expressed thanks to Zhang Yueran:

"Miss Zhang, thank you. Your words woke me up. Tomorrow I'll go persuade Huo Guoqiang!"

In a blink, the next morning arrived.

Wang Erhai placed a call to Huo Guoqiang:

"General Manager Huo, yesterday you said the company won't keep full-time renovation staff and will outsource the renovation business. I thought about it all night and feel it's inappropriate."

Wang Erhai cut straight to the point, no beating around the bush.

Huo Guoqiang froze:

"Oh? Really? Where's the problem?"

Wang Erhai said:

"Let me give a simple example. Our Liguo Mountain takes a renovation order, and the client is some leader in the county town — never mind a big leader like the County Party Secretary, even a section-chief-level minor leader. Then we outsource his house to outside workers, and those temps botch the renovation. To avoid paying compensation, they cover it up and leave. Only after they're gone does the leader discover the problem and come knocking for an explanation. What do we do then?"

Huo Guoqiang is that clever; he instantly grasped what Wang Erhai was trying to convey.

The county town is a personal-connections society, not like big cities where good marketing can lure in clients.

Many clients in the county town come through connections.

Moreover, among homebuyers, local civil servants, doctors, teachers — people from these queues — and their relatives make up the majority.

If quality control isn't tight, it's extremely easy to destroy yourself!

Sometimes offending a leader isn't something you can solve just by paying a bit of money.

Nor can you just say you're legal and compliant and expect to keep doing business in this small county town!

"Then what do you mean?"

Huo Guoqiang asked Wang Erhai.

He also wasn't the kind of person who couldn't tolerate different opinions.

As long as the other party spoke reasonably, he would generally consider it.

Wang Erhai said:

"General Manager Huo, the proposal you raised yesterday is indeed a shortcut to rapidly grow the company, but we can't put all our eggs in one basket! We need a backup plan! Lest we offend the Leader, or the Leader's relatives!"

Speaking to this point, Wang Erhai paused.

Huo Guoqiang nodded slowly:

"Then what's your backup plan?"

Wang Erhai said:

"Most of our company's decoration orders should still be outsourced to others as you intended, but those orders from Leaders, or Leaders' relatives, must be controlled by our own people, so we still have to raise a decoration team belonging to ourselves. If you're afraid the cost is too high, then don't raise too many people; raising three to five with solid professional caliber is fine. Even if orders increase and these three to five can't do the work personally, letting them supervise can at least guarantee quality control!"

Hearing this, Huo Guoqiang deeply agreed.

"Erhai, this suggestion of yours is very good! Quality control indeed still needs to be done well! Especially in a small County Town like this!"

Huo Guoqiang also said with a laugh:

"I was a bit too eager for quick success before, forgot risk control. Fortunately you reminded me, otherwise if a hole appeared and we had to patch it later, that would be more trouble than it's worth!"

Then he also said:

"How about this, let's raise a five-person decoration team. As for this team's Employees, you go recruit them. I have only two requirements for this team: one is solid professional caliber, two is obedience!"

Hearing this, Wang Erhai was immediately overjoyed:

"Done! General Manager Huo, leave this matter to me! I guarantee I won't let you down!"

There, Liang Xinghua's job problem was solved!