Duan Xiaohong and Jiang Qilong have been having a hard time recently. Although their son's academic problems have been solved, the company's problems have become increasingly serious.
In fact, no one knew that Jiangjia Kitchen was on the verge of bankruptcy.
Wang Gang revealed the mystery with one word, which was indeed beyond Duan Xiaohong's expectation.
"Tianhao, who told you that our family is about to go bankrupt?" Duan Xiaohong asked her son nervously.
Wang Gang shook his head and said: "No one told me, I noticed it myself. Jiang's kitchen has a bad reputation on the Internet recently."
Duan Xiaohong breathed a sigh of relief, sat down slowly and said: "There are rumors and rumors on the Internet. Don't think blindly. Jiangjia Kitchen's funds have been a little tight recently, but it has not reached the point of bankruptcy.
Your task now is to study. After the summer vacation, you can go to an elite middle school. It is not your child's turn to take care of the company's affairs."
Wang Gang shook his head and said: "Mom, don't hide it from me. Although I am not involved in the management of the company, I have seen some problems in Jiang's kitchen."
Duan Xiaohong said amusedly: "Then tell me, what did you see?"
Wang Gang told his mother one by one the problems he had summarized in the Jiang family's kitchen.
Duan Xiaohong didn't take it seriously at first, but the more she listened, the more surprised she became. The problem Wang Gang said hit the nail on the head and pointed out the company's problem.
"You figured out all these questions by yourself? Your father and I have never taught you anything about business!"
Wang Gang said nonchalantly: "I'm your son, so it's normal to have some business acumen! Besides, I've been spending time in the library these past few days and read a lot of books on business."
Duan Xiaohong is not highly educated, but she respects knowledge, otherwise she would not have wanted her son to go to a prestigious school.
? Duan Xiaohong didn't believe that Wang Gang could do what he did just by reading books.
Although she didn't know whether what Wang Gang said was true or false, she also knew that her son was concerned about the family business.
"Originally, your father and I didn't plan to tell you about the company, but now that you've noticed it, I won't hide it from you either."
Duan Xiaohong sighed: "The company is in some difficulties now, but it is not going bankrupt. It's just because too many branches have been opened too fast in the past few years, and the capital chain in the account is tight. We just need to survive this period."
Wang Gang said in confusion: "Since you and my dad already know the problem, why don't we cut off our courage and close some branches first, reduce expenses, and revitalize the capital chain?"
Duan Xiaohong chuckled and said: "What you said is simple. Do you know how many people follow me and your dad to earn a living? How many people will lose their jobs once this branch is closed!"
Wang Gang suddenly realized that Jiang Qilong was not ignorant of the company's problems, but because of his sense of social responsibility, he was unable to make the decision to lay off employees and close stores. In the end, he was forced into a dilemma.
No wonder in the TV series, the Jiang family went bankrupt in the end, but did not owe employees a penny in wages. After all, Jiang Qilong is still a conscientious businessman.
"Mom, I'm not talking about you, my son. If you insist on doing this, not only are you not helping people, but you are harming more people!" Wang Gang shook his head and said:
"You have a soft heart when doing business. You may appear to be a good person, but in fact you are doing bad things with good intentions."
Duan Xiaohong frowned and said, "How do you say this!"
Wang Gang explained patiently: "You are not laying off employees or closing branches. Instead, you are mortgaging your assets and barely holding on. If you don't solve the fundamental problem, no matter how much money you spend, it won't help.
Once the hole in Jiang’s kitchen cannot be repaired and it goes bankrupt, won’t more people be unemployed?”
Duan Xiaohong became thoughtful.
"Then what do you think we should do?"
Wang Gang thought for a moment and said: "First, close the branches outside Jiangzhou City one by one, and compensate the employees for their compensation. Then integrate the company's resources and transfer them all to the Jiangzhou base camp to maintain the existing reputation."
Duan Xiaohong frowned and said: "You are making such a big move, laying off employees and closing stores, how can you maintain your reputation? I'm afraid the investors will settle the score with us first."
Wang Gang confidently said: "Increase revenue and reduce expenditure. After reducing expenditure, we will naturally increase revenue, adjust the company's business direction, and reopen the market."
Duan Xiaohong slowly became serious and felt that her son at this moment really didn't look like a sixteen-year-old boy.
Wang Gang feels that the business model of Jiangjia Kitchen is outdated and must be adjusted.
This model of opening branches and expanding stores requires too much cost. If the Jiang family does not introduce a large amount of investment and only relies on its own mortgage assets, there will be a dead end in the end.
Moreover, in the next few years, China will enter the Internet era, and the rise of online shopping live streaming and other shopping methods will have a great impact on traditional industries.
?If the Jiang family cannot seize the opportunity, it will go bankrupt sooner or later.
What Wang Gang means is that Jiangjia Kitchen will first shrink its physical stores and retain only limited stores in Jiangzhou City, and then invest the funds on hand into small braised food packages or canned braised food, which will be sold in supermarket stores in the future.
After the Jiangjia Kitchen brand has gained a certain degree of popularity across the country, it will then enter online shopping platforms and even live broadcast rooms, striving to become the national braised food king.
To this end, Wang Gang also made a detailed plan and gave it to his mother, Duan Xiaohong.
The reason why he didn't give the plan to Jiang Qilong was because he was a bit chauvinistic. If Wang Gang gave him the plan, he would just think it was a kid messing around and wouldn't even take a look at it.
Duan Xiaohong, the mother, is more emotional and will read through the plan even to perfunctory her son.
Things were just as Wang Gang expected. After Duan Xiaohong read the plan, she couldn't take her eyes away from it until she read it three times. It was already three o'clock in the morning.
But Xiaohong didn't feel sleepy at all at this time. She seemed to have seen hope of solving the Jiang family's crisis.
If Jiang Qilong hadn't been drunk and was sleeping like a dead pig, Duan Xiaohong would have even wanted to wake her husband up and take a look at the plan written by his son.
That night, Duan Xiaohong didn't feel sleepy at all. She waited until dawn, when Jiang Qilong woke up and the wine had dissipated, and she immediately pushed Wang Gang's plan in front of her husband.
Jiang Qilong had just sobered up and was still a little confused. When he first heard that his son had written a business plan, he thought there was something wrong with his ears.
"Lao Jiang, please take a look at the plan written by your son. I think it is very good. It may be able to solve our most troublesome problem now." Duan Xiaohong promoted it hard.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Okay, I'll wait until I finish brushing my teeth and washing my face." Jiang Qilong was just as Wang Gang thought, he didn't take the plan seriously at all, thinking it was
Playing house stuff for my son.
"I'm telling you the truth." Duan Xiaohong said dissatisfied: "I have read this plan several times."
Seeing his wife's serious expression, Jiang Qilong also took it slightly seriously. He rubbed his eyes, picked up the plan and flipped through two pages.
Jiang Qilong's attitude was very perfunctory at first, but when he saw that his son's plans were written in a neat and orderly way, which was better than those written by college students who graduated from prestigious universities in the company, he finally took it seriously.
"Close branches, develop small vacuum packaging, and sell braised food in supermarkets?" Jiang Qilong read the plan and said angrily:
"My son is messing around, and you are also making noises, closing branches and laying off employees. Do you know how many people will lose their jobs?"
Duan Xiaohong smiled and repeated what Wang Gang said to her last night.
The more Jiang Qilong listened, the more uncomfortable he became.
"These are all what our son said?"
Duan Xiaohong said seriously: "When our son grows up, we can no longer treat him as a child."
Jiang Qilong suddenly woke up and said: "Is this growing up? Don't think of growing up into a monster!"
"Go, you can't say that about your son!" Duan Xiaohong rolled her eyes.
Jiang Qilong picked up the plan again, read it over, mentally deduced the feasibility, and finally said: "Where is my son? I want to talk to him."
"My son went for a run early in the morning and hasn't come back yet."
Jiang Qilong picked up the phone, called Gao Jie, the company's vice president, and briefly explained Wang Gang's plan.
Gao Jie didn't know that the plan was written by a sixteen-year-old boy. He thought it was Jiang Qilong's own idea. After hearing it, he praised it very well.
Jiang Qilong felt a little confident. It happened that Wang just came back from running, so he immediately called people to the study.
"Who gave you this plan?" Jiang Qilong simply didn't believe that his son could make such a detailed business plan.
Wang Gang shrugged and said, "No matter how I explain it, you still don't believe that I did it?"
Jiang Qilong stared at his son seriously, and after looking at him for a long time, he said, "Then let me ask you, what are the preliminary preparations needed to open a food factory, and what qualifications are needed?"
Wang Gang confidently told Jiang Qilong about the problems he would encounter when setting up a factory and the solutions.
The more Jiang Qilong listened, the more surprised he became, and the way he looked at his son changed.
Finally, Wang Gang concluded: "In short, the most troublesome thing about opening a factory is applying for qualifications, but we should be able to negotiate with the district on this aspect. The factory can provide a large number of jobs, and the district should support and provide convenience."
Jiang Qilong frowned and said: "Do you know how much capital is needed to open a factory? Factory buildings, equipment, and early research and development costs, everything is money. If the things cannot be sold after production, our Jiang family will go bankrupt immediately!"
Wang Gang said nonchalantly: "I have calculated that if we control the scale of the factory and replace machines with labor in the early stage, the total investment should not exceed 20 million.
As for R&D costs, our Jiangjia Kitchen has been launching vacuum-packaged braised food in recent years, so it shouldn’t be difficult to change direction.”
Jiang Qilong stood up and said, "Did you really figure this out by yourself?"
Wang Gang nodded and said, "If you don't believe me, you can test me again!"
For the next three hours, the father and son chatted for a long time, ranging from the issue of opening a factory to the optimization of the company's management system. At the end of the conversation, Jiang Qilong became somewhat doubtful about life.
"Jiang Tianhao, you didn't travel through time, did you?" Jiang Qilong finally couldn't help but complain.
Wang Gang said in surprise: "Dad, do you still know the word time travel?"
Jiang Qilong blushed and said: "The young man in the company is obsessed with online novels. He didn't change his mind even after being reprimanded by me several times. I just read it out of curiosity."
Wang just smiled and said: "Dad, you are quite fashionable."
Jiang Qilong observed Wang Gang carefully and thought that if his son was not a time traveler, he would be a genius.
Later, he remembered that his son had finished second in the high school entrance examination, and it was not necessarily true that he was a genius.
"After lunch, you and I will go back to the company. I will summon the company's senior management to study your plan!" Jiang Qilong finally decided.
"Okay, I'm going to take a shower and change clothes first."
Just as Wang walked out of the study, Duan Xiaohong walked in quickly and said to Jiang Qilong: "Lao Jiang, do you think your son's plan is reliable?"
Jiang Qilong said in a deep voice: "In general, there is no problem, but there is some gambling involved. But if the bet is right, the Jiang family kitchen can transform successfully, and our Jiang family may be able to reach a higher level!"
Duan Xiaohong said worriedly: "Are you really planning to take your son to the company?"
Jiang Qilong smiled and said: "We only have one son, and the company will be handed over to him sooner or later. There is no harm in letting him get familiar with the people in the company now."
Duan Xiaohong said seriously: "My son is still young, and his main task at this stage is to study. If he takes over the company too early, I'm worried that he won't be able to bear it."
"Don't worry, I know it." Jiang Qilong picked up the plan and said, "I didn't expect my son to have such a talent. I know the story of Shang Zhongyong.
I plan to take my son with me this summer to see him more, and let him go to school honestly when school starts."
Duan Xiaohong nodded and said, "As long as you have an idea."
The couple discussed the company's transformation for a long time. If the nanny hadn't come to call them to eat at noon, they might still have talked about it.
After lunch, Jiang Qilong took his son directly to the company and notified all department managers to hold a meeting.
The main content of the meeting was Wang Gang’s plan.
Jiang Qilong asked his secretary to make multiple copies of the plan and distribute it to various department managers, and then asked Wang Gang to introduce and explain the contents of the plan.
Of course the managers knew Wang Gang and knew that he was the boss's son, but no one thought that Wang Gang had written the plan. They all thought that Jiang Qilong wanted to train his son's speaking skills.
Jiang Qilong originally thought that his son might have stage fright when facing so many people for the first time, but it turned out that he was overthinking it.
Wang Gang talked directly in the conference room, his confidence radiating from the inside out. For those who don't know, it would be difficult to believe that he is just a sixteen-year-old boy.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! An hour later, Wang Gang's mouth was dry and he was still a little unfinished, but he directly shocked the managers of all departments.
Vice President Gao Jie was the first to stand up and applaud.
"Xiao Jiang always said it well!"
Others slowly started to applaud.
Seeing that his son was so outstanding, Jiang Qilong was slightly proud and raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.
"What do you think of the plan my son made?"
At this moment, the conference room exploded.
"What, this is the plan made by Mr. Xiao Jiang."
"Impossible! Isn't Mr. Xiao Jiang only sixteen years old this year and just finished taking the high school entrance examination?"
“When my son was sixteen, he only played games and asked me for money all day long!”
Jiang Qilong raised his hand again, and the conference room became quiet.
"This plan prepared by Mr. Xiao Jiang is great. Mr. Jiang has a successor. In the future, under the leadership of Mr. Xiao Jiang, the company will surely achieve greater glory." Gao Jie spoke first.
Jiang Qilong snorted proudly and said, "The child is still young, so it's not as exaggerated as you said."
Although Jiang Qilong said this, the pride on his face could be seen even by a blind man.
Quality control department manager Xu Lulu had a different opinion.
"Mr. Jiang, I'm not doubting Mr. Xiao Jiang's plan. It's just that the company's transformation is not a trivial matter. Shouldn't we conduct market research in the early stage?"
Jiang Qilong's face slowly darkened. Before he could speak, Gao Jie angrily said: "Xu Lulu, I think Mr. Xiao Jiang's plan is very good. Don't find faults in order to gain a sense of presence."
Gao Jie is an old official of the company, one of the first people to conquer the world with Jiang Qilong, and he has always regarded himself as a hero in the company.
Xu Lulu is a top student who recently joined the company. She graduated from Tsinghua University and became the manager of the quality control department within a few years, which made Gao Jie very unconvinced.
Jiang Qilong also knew about the contradiction among his subordinates, but he didn't care too much.
The conference room slowly divided into two groups. One group, represented by Gao Jie, agreed with Wang Gang's plan.
The other group, represented by Xu Lulu, believes that opening a factory is too risky and the company should focus on stability now.
No one from the two groups could convince the other, and in the end they all looked to their boss, Jiang Qilong.
