Chapter 229: Adding to the Trouble

Once the meeting concluded, the faces of the Feng Hua Group's senior management showed signs of relief.

On the Mainland side, the most headache-inducing matter was dealing with local bureaucracy.

Not only was it endless, but there was a high probability it would yield no results.

As for products being counterfeited, that was an unavoidable reality.

It was just unexpected that the learning machines and game consoles, having only just been developed, were already being copied.

Fortunately, Wu Feng, as the big boss, had been prepared; otherwise, this would have caused a massive disaster.

Building the Feng Hua brand was not easy, but destroying it was simple.

The first thing the group had to do was use television stations to publicize the existence of counterfeits on the market, warning consumers to be careful.

Incidentally, they also revealed the anti-counterfeiting measures that Feng Hua Group had devised but not yet widely promoted.

In this era, laser anti-counterfeiting was still quite high-end.

Fortunately, the group had cooperative relationships with several digital research institutes!

Anything that could be achieved with current Mainland technology could be produced as long as one proposed the idea and was willing to spend the money; laser anti-counterfeiting technology was no exception.

At worst, they could import the relevant precision machinery, equipment, and production materials from abroad.

Feng Hua Group had the money to integrate high-end Mainland technology, but that did not mean other private forces had such capabilities.

Once the laser anti-counterfeiting technology was out, maintaining a technological advantage for one to two years would not be a problem.

The group's senior management was well aware of this.

The Third Uncle soon returned to the sales department and did not officially clock out until he had finished the afternoon's tasks.

Feng Hua Group implemented an eight-hour workday, with double pay for overtime.

Of course, employees could only work a maximum of two hours of overtime; otherwise, problems with lack of concentration would easily arise.

Business units like the sales department did not encourage overtime work.

Unless major quality issues arose, there was simply no need to work overtime for routine order matters; at this time, Feng Hua Group was purely a seller's market.

Possessing technological and quality advantages, they were just as arrogant twenty years later as they were in 1988.

Following Wu Feng's requirements, the sales department had long since implemented internal networked office operations.

If outside procurement agents insisted on visiting after hours, they would not be served.

After nearly two years of development, Feng Hua Group had formed various clear work processes.

As the head of the sales department, the Third Uncle truly did not need to keep working after hours.

He went downstairs, took an exquisite and comfortable bicycle out of the shed, and rode straight home.

Feng Hua Group occupied several hundred acres at this time, so the place was quite large.

Office buildings, research workshops, and factory buildings were all fully equipped, as were staff dormitories, canteens, and even a small hospital, a nursery, and a kindergarten.

In short, it was similar to a traditional state-owned enterprise; almost all living and working needs could be met here.

The staff dormitory buildings were divided into single-occupancy and couple-occupancy buildings, all built and decorated according to the style of the 2020 era, with a maximum of eighteen floors.

In the current era, they absolutely belonged to the category of high-quality commercial residential buildings.

Fortunately, the group implemented semi-closed management internally; otherwise, the number of outsiders visiting the staff dormitories every day would have absolutely made the group's security department miserable.

As a member of the group's senior management, the Third Uncle was allocated a duplex high-rise dormitory.

With the upper and lower floors connected, it had a living area of over three hundred square meters.

Half a year ago, the Third Uncle had brought his family to live in Pengcheng.

Originally, according to Wu Feng's idea, he wanted to bring his mother over.

Unfortunately, the Third Uncle made a trip back to his hometown, but his mother was unwilling to come.

According to the Third Uncle, his mother was living quite comfortably back home.

Not only did she have relatives and friends, but she had also started working at the Labor Bureau, counting as a minor leader with some real power; her life was incredibly leisurely.

Because Feng Hua Group was constantly recruiting, his mother was treated like a bodhisattva at the Labor Bureau.

Perhaps there were other factors, but in short, his mother did not want to travel all the way to Pengcheng.

After confirming his mother's true wishes, Wu Feng had no intention of forcing the matter.

"Oh, Cousin is back!"

As soon as the Third Uncle entered the door, he heard a voice coming from the living room sofa.

He looked over, his expression darkening.

Sitting on the living room sofa was a young man, who was one of his distant relatives.

"I said, Shizi, didn't I make it very clear to you before?"

The Third Uncle walked over and said helplessly, "As long as you work honestly, I will arrange a position for you after some time!"

"But Cousin, I'm not convinced!"

The young man's tone was unpleasant, and he said indignantly, "Why is it that we both joined the factory three months ago, but that kid who joined at the same time as me could become a team leader?"

"That person is a high school graduate with a sharp mind, and he is also quite diligent and hardworking!"

The Third Uncle said unhappily, "Besides, in three months, not only did he become familiar with and master the production steps of the assembly line, but he also mastered simple mechanical repair skills through night school!"

"With that kind of performance, what do you have to compare with him?"

"But you are my cousin!"

The young man also felt aggrieved: "How about this, Cousin, just transfer me to the sales department; I will definitely be obedient and work hard. After all, we are relatives!"

"It is precisely because we are relatives that we must avoid suspicion!"

The Third Uncle said with dissatisfaction, "You should know in your heart how many people have come from home to work here!"

"If you really trace it, everyone can climb up to a connection!"

"If they all had to be taken care of like you, wouldn't the group be in complete chaos?"

"Cousin, it's meaningless for you to say that. Who doesn't know that the entire Feng Hua Group belongs to your cousin?"

The young man argued righteously: "What's wrong with taking care of a relative?"

"If you ask me, it would be best if all the senior management of the group were occupied by relatives!"

"If there are benefits, naturally they should be obtained by our own people; why should outsiders benefit?"

"Hehe, you certainly think beautifully!"

The Third Uncle suddenly stopped being angry and said lightly, "If you really have that kind of ability, then I'll just send you to Hong Kong and see if your cousin there will take care of you!"

"There's no need for that; I think Feng Hua Group is just fine!"

The young man didn't care at all and said with a cheeky smile, "Regardless, Cousin, you must transfer me to a good position; otherwise, I will tell the family!"

"Hehe, I think you are a great talent!"

The Third Uncle said with a fake smile, "Feng Hua Group is just a small temple; it can no longer contain a great Buddha like you!"

"How about this, when I go back to my hometown next time, I'll take you back with me?"

"There's no need for that; I'm quite satisfied with my current life!"

The young man finally changed his expression and subconsciously stood up: "By the way, Cousin, I still have things to do, so I'll go back to work first. I'll come over to mooch a meal next time!"

After saying this, he left the Third Uncle's home nimbly.

"Sigh..."

The Third Uncle sat on the sofa without moving, feeling exhausted and quite depressed.

Although he had long known that recruiting from his hometown would inevitably lead to such things, he still felt quite disappointed when he actually encountered such a shameless scoundrel.

At the beginning, his position was not high, so he could hide it a little.

But as the group expanded rapidly, he had to quickly become the head of the sales department.

Now, the employees recruited from his hometown were all very excited.

Those with active minds wanted to use the Third Uncle's relationship to become low-level management personnel.

Like the one just now, who knows what rumors he heard, he was convinced that the big boss of Feng Hua Group was the Third Uncle's own nephew, so he would harass him from time to time.

In fact, most of the employees who came from his hometown were very honest.

They were indeed quite satisfied with their current jobs and salaries; at the very least, they definitely couldn't earn this much money back home.

But some people just wanted to take shortcuts.

They didn't stop to think, where would there be so many shortcuts for them to take?

Those who truly had ability had long since been promoted to low-level management during the group's rapid expansion; the group's senior management were not idiots.

For those with greater ambition or those unwilling to just earn a dead wage, the group would also provide convenience, allowing them to quickly gain a foothold around the company's needs and become members of the group's supply system.

Not to mention that Pengcheng was full of opportunities at this time!

Just by relying on a factory with ten thousand people, as long as one didn't want to take crooked paths and earned money honestly and steadily, success was quite easy.

In fact, the group had already cultivated quite a few such "own people"!

Especially among the employees the Third Uncle recruited from his hometown, some had already successfully made their fortunes.

Did they really think they could succeed so quickly by relying on their own capital accumulation?

Without the group's support, they wouldn't even dare to think about it without ten years of painstaking accumulation.

In fact, even if one worked peacefully within the group, with the group's salary and other benefits, it was not difficult to purchase the group's employee welfare housing within five years.

Not only that, the group also cooperated with relevant institutions in Pengcheng to set up a lot of training content.

Such as simple machine repair, car driving, and technical training in various related fields, etc., which were similar in nature to outside night schools; as long as one was willing to learn, there were opportunities for improvement.

Once one's technical level reached a certain standard, even if one wasn't promoted, a raise was certain.

Under such circumstances, the enthusiasm of the group's employees was exceptionally strong.

Yet, there were still a few employees from his hometown who, having seen the flashy world outside, were no longer willing to work honestly to earn money.

They wanted to reach the sky in a single bound and were even more eager to cling to the group to suck blood and make money.

The young man who just left was one of them, and he was quite annoying.

Relying on his distant relative relationship with the Third Uncle, he was not serious at work, often hung the Third Uncle's relative relationship on his lips, and had conflicts with the team leader.

The Third Uncle had quite a headache over this guy's affairs!

This era was not like later generations, where relatives with distant blood ties basically didn't interact much.

In the current era, relative relationships were truly quite close!

As long as one was willing to interact, one had to give some face more or less!

If one had the ability, taking care of them was a matter of course.

But that didn't mean the Third Uncle was willing to be a nanny for distant relatives.

At this time, the Third Aunt came out of the kitchen, and upon seeing the Third Uncle, she couldn't help but complain: "Look at that, what kind of person was that just now? Someone who didn't know would think you were his father!"

"Alright, don't talk about him!"

The Third Uncle waved his hand irritably and pondered, "Next time I go back to my hometown, I will send him back. I really can't afford to serve such a master!"

"You should have done that a long time ago!"

The Third Aunt's face finally showed a smile, and she directly changed the subject: "When is Da Feng coming to Pengcheng? I haven't seen him for a long time!"

"How would I know that?"

The Third Uncle shook his head: "Da Feng's business is spread very wide, and he has quite a few industries in Hong Kong!"

"How about this, after Xiaoan graduates from junior college, he can go help Da Feng, how about that?"

The Third Aunt suggested: "With Xiaoan helping out, I believe Da Feng's business will get better and better!"

The Third Uncle swept a depressed glance at the Third Aunt and had no intention of responding.

Although in the eyes of parents, their own children are always the best.

But the Third Uncle had seen the world; those who entertained him outside were at least cadres at the Pengcheng bureau level, and his horizons had broadened quite a bit over time.

Those who didn't know might really think Feng Hua Group was blown out by a strong wind.

He knew that most of the group's senior management were professional managers hired from Hong Kong.

Their abilities were there; the Third Uncle had worked with them for a long time and admired their abilities quite a bit, so he wouldn't think his own son, who hadn't even graduated from junior college, could compare to these elites.

Besides, didn't he have any idea how his own son got into junior college?

After eating, ignoring the Third Aunt's nagging, he went to the study and had a phone call with Wu Feng, who was in Hong Kong, briefly describing the group's affairs.

As for the annoying family matters, naturally, he wouldn't talk about them on the phone; he couldn't afford to lose that face.

"Just proceed as you all discussed!"

Wu Feng's answer was very simple, fully trusting the decisions of Feng Hua Group's senior management.

In Hong Kong, his mood was quite good.

The film "God of Gamblers," directed by Wang Jing, was released and directly grossed a staggering 35 million in its 30-day screening period, making it the most popular film for a time.

Wu Feng did not expect that the thoroughly magically modified first part of "God of Gamblers" would still have such an astonishing box office; sure enough, the gambling craze in Hong Kong was intense.

Since Wang Jing had made a good start, what else was there to say?

Next, naturally, the TV series "God of Gamblers," filmed by Asia Television, would take over the slot and continue to bombard the television circle.

Looking at such a hot momentum, the research and development of the arcade game and game cartridges of the same name had already entered the process.

In short, with this wave of "God of Gamblers," most of the entertainment-linked enterprises under his command would have a fierce feast.

As for the impact on Macau, what did that have to do with him?

It just so happened that Li Saifeng and Weng Hong, the two women, had recently taken turns freeing up their schedules, allowing Wu Feng to fully experience the wonderful taste of the land of gentleness.

Under the promotion of Feng Rui Film and Television, Li Saifeng had successfully established herself as the number one kung fu actress in Hong Kong.

Whether it was Republic of China kung fu films or modern urban kung fu films, she could fight brilliantly and beautifully, and at the same time, her box office results were quite good.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 230 =====