Lin Mai took the second-hand tape recorder and rode to the Zhongnan Design Institute and personally brought Mr. Yu to the clothing factory for a meeting.
Chen Feng and others have all arrived and are sitting in the conference room waiting for Lin Mai.
Mr. Yu followed Lin Mai into the conference room and saw Mr. Zheng at first sight.
He smiled brightly: "Old man Zheng, we have become colleagues again, haha!"
Mr. Zheng said in surprise: "You were also hired by Mr. Lin?"
Yu Laozhi nodded.
Mr. Zheng said to Lin Mai: "Mr. Lin, Old Man Yu was involved in all the companies, factories and residences I designed. He is a very good architect."
Lin Mai smiled and said, "I know."
After everyone joked and laughed, the meeting officially started.
Lin Mai first asked about the theft case at the construction site.
Chen Feng only said: "There is no progress in the case at the police station."
Lin Mai didn't ask any more questions.
She would ask about the progress of Chen Feng's investigation in private.
Although Tao Zhiyun and others are trustworthy, they are not the only ones in the conference room. There are also the chief of the accounting section and the chief of the human resources section.
People talk a lot, who can guarantee that the conversation between her and Chen Feng will not leak out at all?
That would alert the enemy, put the theft gang on guard, and make Chen Feng's secret investigation more difficult.
Lin Mai asked Ren Baobao, Unique and Lily headwear about holiday sales.
Ren Baozhu said happily: "They are all good.
Unico Clothing has two promotions of giving away moon cakes and vouchers, plus we have launched new styles.
Sales in stores, chain stores, and wholesale stores are all booming.
The sales volume in the store alone is twice that of usual.”
Lin Mai nodded with satisfaction.
Ren Baozhu said reluctantly: "If Seaman does not copy our new models, Unico will definitely sell better during the two days of the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Hou Xinyi was shocked and said: "Seaman is moving so fast? Unique only launched a new model on the 10th, and in just a few days, Seaman has copied it?"
Tao Zhiyun said: "Copying clothing styles is not difficult, it is as easy as a child copying other people's homework.
A designer can just take a look at the style and make the exact same outfit."
Hou Xinyi said angrily: "Seaman is so shameless. He doesn't design new models and always copies ours."
Lin Mai said helplessly: "Who says plagiarism is not illegal? Of course people dare to plagiarize unscrupulously.
Besides, plagiarism is very cost-effective and there is no risk at all.
Our clothing styles are easy to sell, so Seaman will copy them.
If it's not easy to sell, you can see if Seaman will copy us.
They design their own styles. If the designed styles are not easy to sell, wouldn’t the produced clothes be a waste of money?”
Ren Baozhu said depressedly: "Then let Ximan copy us?"
Lin Mai smiled bitterly: "Without legal protection, what do you think we can do?"
Ren Baozhu was very discouraged and continued to report: "The sales of Lily jewelry are also good. The profits made in the past two days have been several thousand."
Lin Mai was very satisfied. It was very impressive that a small headdress could make such a huge profit in two days.
Next, Zheng Xudong and Wang Xiaoli also announced the good news.
Regardless of whether it is an old store or a new store, business is good.
Zheng Xudong said with a smile: "Fortunately, Mr. Lin gave us guidance early. When we meet guests who are waiting to change the table and get impatient, we give them small gifts.
This trick is indeed very effective. When the customers received small gifts, they not only calmed down their anger, but also praised our service attitude."
Giving small gifts to waiting customers was not something Lin Mai came up with on his own. He learned it from Hai Laolao in his previous life.
What does giving a small gift count?
Renjia Hailaolao also provides free services such as manicures, shoe shines, and child care.
Lin Mai plans to run a delicious noodle shop and take this route.
Needless to say, the business of Zhao Liang's Fuduoduo Food Market is booming.
Not to mention anything else, half of the lunch meat, candies and biscuits were sold.
The remaining half is expected to be sold out before the National Day.
There are also foreign wines, one-third of which are sold. If we sell them for a few days during the National Day, they will all be sold out.
Zhao Liang asked Lin Mai if he could still get some imported food from the customs to sell.
The imported food brought back from customs was highly profitable and easy to buy, so he still wanted to sell it.
Just as Lin Mai was about to answer him, one of Zhao Liang's men suddenly broke in, sweating profusely, and said to Lin Mai in a panic:
"Mr. Lin, what's wrong, just now, two police officers came to the market, saying that we were selling smuggled goods, and sealed our warehouse. They want to investigate you now!"
When everyone heard this, their expressions became solemn.
These days, being involved in a smuggling case is a serious crime.
Tao Zhiyun said inexplicably: "Why is Fuduoduo Food Market related to smuggled goods?"
Chen Feng looked at Zhao Liang seriously: "Are you selling smuggled goods privately?"
Zhao Liang had been in the underworld with him before and was very courageous. Chen Feng suspected that he was reselling smuggled goods for the profit of the market, which implicated Lin Mai.
Zhao Liang was so anxious that he was sweating on his forehead: "I didn't. How could I be so stupid? If I sell smuggled goods, wouldn't I be seeking death?"
Lin Mai said: "Since no one has done it, there is nothing to be afraid of."
She turned around and asked the little brother who reported the news: "Where are the police officers?"
The younger brother replied: "I asked Xiao Shen to arrange them in your office."
Lin Mai suspended the meeting and went to his office. As expected, two uniformed police officers were sitting in the office.
Shen Xiaoping immediately introduced the two police officers: "This is our Mr. Lin."
A police officer stood up and shook hands with Lin Mai: "Hello, Comrade Lin, there is a suspected smuggling case and I hope you can cooperate with the investigation."
Lin Mai nodded: "No problem.
But I’m in a meeting now, can you give me a quarter of an hour to finish the meeting?”
The two police officers were quite reasonable. They lowered their heads to discuss for a few words and then nodded in agreement.
Lin Mai returned to the conference room.
As soon as everyone saw her, they asked with concern whether the matter was serious.
Lin Mai smiled and said: "I haven't been investigated by the public security yet.
The police only gave me a quarter of an hour, let's hurry up and have a meeting."
Seeing how calm she was, everyone suppressed their worries and concentrated on the meeting.
Mr. Yu gave her the designed drawings of the clothing city to look at.
After seeing it, Lin Mai expressed satisfaction and handed it over to Chen Feng, asking him to lead a team to Shangquan Village with her this afternoon to sign demolition contracts with the residents one by one.
Since we will be doing real estate business in the future, demolition is unavoidable.
Now let’s teach Chen Feng how to do demolition.
She had originally arranged to do this work in the morning, but the police were looking for her, so she had to postpone it.
Lin Mai quickly handled some other official matters reported by the cadres, and the quarter of an hour was almost up.
She looked around at everyone: "Considering that some cadres are not educated enough, they will not be able to keep up with the development of the company in the future.
The company has decided that anyone who wants to improve themselves should register in the Human Resources Department, and the Human Resources Department will arrange for them to attend night classes."
Then he told the head of the personnel department to contact the best school for those cadres who wanted to attend night school. Then he ended the meeting and went to his office.
Although Tao Zhiyun and others were worried about Lin Mai, no one went over to see what they were doing.
Because everyone knows that they can't solve anything like in the past, so they might as well work with peace of mind.
The first thing Lin Mai said when he talked with the two policemen was: "My Fuduoduo market sells smuggled goods, is there any evidence?"
"Yes," said a police comrade, "aren't the luncheon meats and foreign wine sold at Fuduoduo Market just smuggled goods?"
Another police officer said: "You are not only suspected of selling smuggled goods, but also suspected of speculation."
Although it has entered the stage of reform and opening up, the mainland is still cracking down hard on speculation.
As long as the amount involved reaches more than 100,000 yuan, the person will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years.
Smuggling cases involving a total amount of more than 100,000 yuan are also punishable by five years or more in prison.
Lin Mai secretly cursed in his heart, who wanted to beat her to death with a stick? It was both speculation and smuggling.
Her big eyes, as clear as mountain springs, looked directly at the two police officers.
Frankly, but not aggressive at all: "I am not speculating, let alone selling smuggled goods. The goods you mentioned were all bought from the customs.
I have a receipt here, and you can also check it at the customs in Guangzhou."
The expressions of the two police officers softened a lot: "We also received reports from the masses and came to investigate. It is good that there is no crime.
Is the ticket here? If it is here, give it to us."
Lin Mai shook his head: "Not here."
"Where is it? We'll go get it with you."
"At home."
When Lin Mai left with the two policemen, the worries that Ren Baozhu and the others had finally suppressed surged up again.
The police have to follow you to collect evidence. This situation is a bit serious.