2003: Starting with Foreign Trade

Chapter 88 Jinyi Industry

As the saying goes, clothes make the man and a saddle makes the horse. Tan Jincheng doesn't have an Audi, but a Passat is sufficient these days. However, after the Canton Fair, this car won't be as good to use anymore.

After all, it belongs to Jinpeng Trading's assets.

"Damn it, where am I going to get some more money to buy a car? The new company can't function without one."

After leaving the registration agency, Tan Jincheng pondered this question: the new car couldn't be inferior to the Passat, otherwise the people he knew before would think he had gone bankrupt.

That's how business works. Unless you never change your car, you can only upgrade to higher-end models. Going from a Passat to a Chery QQ? Sorry, the payment can't be delayed even for a day.

this is the truth.

"Let's get a couple of football betting tickets first. Zhang Xupeng isn't here, so we can buy more, hehe."

Offering a car model of Passat or higher for football betting would be a bit too much of a fuss. It's best not to do that before the champion is decided.

But the overall rent should be manageable. We should try to get as much profit as possible. Based on the prices we looked at before, the annual rent for the new office space should be around 50,000 to 60,000 yuan.

The Milan derby is on April 6th. In the first leg, AC Milan won 2-0 against Inter Milan. However, in the second leg, Inter Milan suffered a setback when their fans caused trouble, resulting in a 0-3 defeat for AC Milan. I don't know how to bet on this, so I'll just bet on the first leg.

However, I can no longer buy it at the store near Ningbo Vocational College; I have to go further away.

It was quite late today. After buying the lottery ticket, Tan Jincheng was too lazy to go to the company. When he got home, he started writing and drawing about the new company's structure, as he needed to complete the basic framework of the new company as soon as possible.

We need at least two sales representatives to be competitive. We also need at least two technical support engineers and after-sales trainers. For the remaining positions, one person is enough.

We also need to hire a clerk who can also work part-time as our assistant, sweeping floors and acting as a cleaner.

"Based on this calculation, there should be between 10 and 12 full-time employees," Tan Jincheng pondered, stroking his chin.

The rent has been taken care of. If we calculate based on 12 people and an average salary of 5000 yuan, plus social security and other miscellaneous expenses, the minimum monthly expenses would be at least 8 yuan.
Let's calculate based on 8 yuan. The loan of 50 yuan can only last for about six months at most, which is just enough to last until the Canton Fair in the fall. That's not bad.

Of course, in the actual process, 50 yuan will definitely not take that long; but it doesn't matter, I will have the money again in June.

Unlike last year's good fortune, the initial promotion costs alone will require a significant investment.
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The following day, Tan Jincheng first went to Jinpeng Trading and gave instructions to the Li Yanning sisters. For a long time to come, the two bosses would not be in the company, and the two sisters would basically be left to their own devices.

Slacking off is inevitable. Tan Jincheng was a boss in his previous life, so he knew this all too well, and he couldn't control it even if he wanted to.

That's what working is all about. You get paid to do work. Do you expect employees to treat the company like their own home? If employees really did that, the boss might not be happy. But no matter how much you slack off, you still have to try not to affect the normal work process.

There is no doubt about that. If it really affects the work progress, Boss Tan is not so easy to talk to.

Fortunately, there's no talk of regulating the workplace these days, and the boss's promises are still very tempting. The times are different; in an era where everyone talks about hard work, working hard and getting rich is the mainstream social concept.

Those born after 00 may not understand or even scoff at those inspirational quotes, but in different historical contexts, the effect of such quotes is unimaginable to those who haven't experienced that era. You might find it hard to understand a young man just entering society as an apprentice in a factory, earning only two or three hundred yuan a month for living expenses; or even less, having to pay out of his own pocket to buy cigarettes and meals for his master, just to please him and learn a skill that won't be of much use in the future.

But that's how the times are these days. Tan Jincheng's cousin, Tan Jinen, went to work as an apprentice in a car repair shop after graduating from junior high school. He didn't get paid, only room and board, and he had to endure this treatment for at least three years.

Unable to bear it any longer, he went to learn clothing making from his aunt. But even though she was his aunt, half a year's salary still belonged to her.

However, this also shows that the kid is not stupid. There is a reason why he did well later. With the rapid development of the social economy and the city environment changing almost every month, in such an environment, someone who works for free for three years can only be considered an honest person.

After giving his employees a pep talk, Tan Jincheng went to the suppliers and gave them a pep talk as well. These people were definitely not so easy to fool, but as long as everyone bragged a little and it looked good on the surface, that was fine.

In the following days, Tan Jincheng mainly accompanied Xu Fujie to look at houses. Xu Fujie was quite diligent and found several houses that met his requirements in just three days.

After comparing several options, Tan Jincheng ultimately chose a 153-square-meter office space in Block B of the office building, not far from Jinpeng Trading's current location, which is in Block A.

The annual rent, including property management fees, is 6 yuan; once the contract is signed and the keys are handed over, the right to use this office will belong to Tan Jincheng.

As for the office renovation, Tan Jincheng doesn't have time to deal with it for the time being. He'll have his uncle Zhang Qingliang come and help out for a while. The renovation of the house in his hometown of Yicheng can be put on hold for now.

Holding the contract, Tan Jincheng walked out of the agency and took out his phone to call Zhang Qingliang: "Hey, Uncle, I have something to tell you. It's like this..."

Every circle has its own network of contacts. There are quite a few migrant workers from Zhejiang Province, including many in the decoration business. Zhang Qingliang may not know these people personally, but he certainly knows or is even familiar with some of them.

Entrusting these matters to him is far more convenient than Tan Jincheng trying to find out on his own.

With an office location secured, the business license issue became much simpler. This time, Tan Jincheng registered more than just a simple trading company, as this was related to a series of future plans. A pure trading company was no longer sufficient for Tan Jincheng's future vision.

Friday, September 4st.

With great excitement, Tan Jincheng finally obtained the business license.

"Yongcheng Jinyi Industrial Co., Ltd."

This was also the name of the company in the previous life, but its business scope had changed considerably, and it was established more than ten years earlier.

Established on April 8, 2005, with Tan Jincheng as the legal representative, the company's business scope includes the manufacturing and processing of household appliances, electronic products, electrical products, communication products, machinery and equipment, molds, plastic products, and hardware products; and self-operated and agency import and export business of various goods and technologies (excluding goods and technologies that are restricted or prohibited by the state).

Besides Tan Jincheng, the legal representative, Jinyi Industrial also has another shareholder: Tan Lihua, who holds 2% of the shares.

Ordinary employees of state-owned enterprises, as long as they are not on the government payroll and have not signed an agreement, can register a company and even become its legal representative. Therefore, it is legal and compliant for Tan Lihua to become a shareholder of Jinyi Industrial.

(End of this chapter)