Rebirth: My dad is too obedient

Chapter 486: The Milestone
During these days, Xu Chen took turns living in Tonghai New Village and the school dormitory.

The main thing was to move some daily necessities from the dormitory to my small home in Tonghai New Village.

Hong Xiaoqiang, who shared the same dormitory, asked curiously, "Why does Boss Xu often not sleep in the dormitory?"

Xu Chen then said that he was working overtime at the company and slept in the office.

The main thing is that buying a house next to the school seems a bit too showy.

Keep a low profile.

However, the fact that Brother Bing and Xu Chen had settled down in Shanghai was still known to the two young ladies, Wu Feifei and Su Rong, and they strongly requested to come and visit.

Xu Chen took some time out in the evening to invite the two young ladies to his home for a small gathering.

Naturally, I was too lazy to cook, so I ordered Papa John's pizza, cheese sticks, chicken wings, etc., and fed the two young ladies very happily.

"We can't buy a house with the school's collective household registration. How did you do it?" Wu Feifei asked.

"It must have been arranged by Bing. As an Asian Games champion, she has the right to settle down and buy a house.

They said the Shanghai Sports Bureau helped with that, but I don’t know the details.”

Naturally, this aroused another wave of envy.

Su Rong was chewing a cheese stick when she suddenly thought of Brother Bing's game and said:
"Brother Bing will have a competition the day after tomorrow. It's a pity that I have an exam so I can't go to watch it."

The competition the day after tomorrow will naturally be the "National Track and Field Championships" that Xie Bingran will participate in in Chengdu.

This is a professional track and field event and represents the highest level in the domestic track and field field.

However, since it is a professional event, the overall attention among the public is not particularly high.

The March VB computer grade examination happened to be held on Friday, so Xu Chen and Su Rong both had the same date.

Xu Chen said, “In the domestic competition, Brother Bing will definitely win the championship.

Moreover, Brother Bing flew there on the same day and flew back to Beijing on the same day after the competition.

If we go there, we probably won’t even see Brother Bing.”

Su Rong: "Are you in such a hurry? You have to go back to Beijing that day."

Xu Chen: "Brother Bing's competition in April is too important, and he has been training at the General Administration of Sports since the Chinese New Year, mainly to prepare for the April competition.

That’s a real international competition.”

Su Rong and Wu Feifei looked at each other and then spoke at the same time:

“We’re going!”

"..."

In April, Xie Bingran has decided to participate in the European leg of the "International Athletics Grand Prix" in Zurich.

The "International Grand Prix of Athletics" is an official tour event initiated by the IAAF. This year it will be held in Zurich, Europe, Shanghai, Asia, and Seattle, America.

Originally, Xie Bingran was going to participate in the competition in Shanghai, but after the coaching staff evaluated Xie Bingran's recent training rhythm and physical condition, they changed the competition site to Europe according to the competition date.

In addition, going to Europe to compete is an "away game", which is also for the purpose of honing Bing Ge's "big competition mentality".

Xu Chen has already arranged for the company's administrative lady Nana to book a hotel for the business trip.

"Then give me your passports. I'll ask the company's administration to help arrange the travel."

Xu Chen spoke.

The two young ladies were chewing pizza with happy faces.

Wu Feifei flipped through her phone and said:

"Is this the one in Zurich?"

I actually found the information about the competition.

"Rui Shi! That's great. I haven't been there yet. It's a good opportunity to go and have some fun."

Xu Chen suddenly thought that if he went to Rui Shi this time, he could just buy a good watch for his father Xu Zhiquan.

……

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Thursday noon.

After class, Xu Chen hurried to the company without having time to eat.

There was an interview at noon today, with a new person that Jiang Yuze from "Ranbing Sports" was recruiting.

As soon as I entered the company, I said to Nana at the front desk:
"Order me a takeaway, as usual."

There have been a lot of interviews in the past two weeks, and Nana has helped order takeout many times, and she knows what Xiao Xu likes to eat.

At that time in 07, Ele.me and Meituan Waimai had not yet been launched, and you still had to call the store to order takeout.

When Xu Chen works overtime, he will eat at the tea restaurant on Miyun Road, west gate of the school. The food is delicious and nutritious.

The candidate was already waiting in the conference room. When Jiang Yuze saw Mr. Xu coming in, he quickly stood up and handed a resume to Xu Chen.

Xu Chen nodded, glanced at the resume, then pushed the door and entered the meeting room.

……

Half an hour later, Xu Chen politely sent out the candidate named Liu Yiyi, but he had already made an "X" in his heart.

His academic background and work experience are good, but his logic and framework thinking abilities are still somewhat lacking. He can undertake some basic executive work in the short term, but his growth potential is not great in the long term.

In the past week or two, Xu Chen interviewed a number of people and gradually gained a clearer understanding of what kind of people the company needs.

Neither "Ranbing Sports" nor "Dongchen Advertising" intend to expand their internal teams too much, and Xu Chen also does not want to deal with a team of hundreds or thousands of people, as it would be extremely troublesome to manage.

The core team only needs to maintain the special forces operations and small front desk team system, and I have reached a consensus with Nie Fei on this point.

As for the large amount of execution work, it can be split up by external service providers and the second party.

For example, at Sun Lingfeng's side, a large amount of execution work, customer service, etc. in online store operations are outsourced to service providers.

Although operating costs will increase, the corresponding team management costs will also be reduced.

A small boat is easier to turn around, which can also better ensure the team's innovation and adaptability...

The candidate was sent out by Nana, and Jiang Yuze came to meet him.

Xu Chen handed the resume back to Jiang Yuze:

"This candidate is a little inferior. Let's look for another one."

Jiang Yuze nodded: "Okay, there are two more candidates, let me take a look at them with Sister Fei first.

If it’s appropriate, I’ll pass it on to Mr. Xu.”

……

There has been great progress in the interviews over the past two weeks, and several of them have already been arranged to join the company.

In addition to the business people, a finance classmate has also been recruited, and Nie Fei also asked Xu Chen to meet him.

He is a boy named Ruan Zihao, who graduated from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. He previously worked in finance at a state-owned enterprise in Shanghai. He couldn't stand the atmosphere of the state-owned enterprise and the intrigues among colleagues and quit.

Xu Chen helped Teacher Fang Jun to check the situation and specifically asked him whether he could drink alcohol.

Ruan Zihao was stunned at the time, but still answered honestly:

"I can drink...quite well."

Since he had good business skills and could drink a lot, we had no choice but to hire him.

Nie Fei has already arranged for the other party to join the company. According to previous communication, after Ruan Zihao joins the company, he will go to Tiancheng headquarters for training for about two weeks.

I guess by then, Mr. Fang Jun will have tested out my true alcohol tolerance...

In addition, Nie Fei also found a human resources director for "Ranbing Sports" and "Dongchen Advertising".

She is a very experienced HR, a lady in her thirties, named Tang Mo, who currently works for a public relations company of a foreign company.

Xu Chen also met and chatted with Tang Mo. Tang Mo is a very friendly older sister, who is very suitable for HR. She came from a foreign company and has rich experience in building HR systems and team culture.

As the team sizes of the last two companies gradually grew, they indeed still needed a professional human resources director.

……

Xu Chen returned to his "General Manager's Office" and Nana had already brought lunch.

Nie Fei knocked on the door and came in with a cup of coffee in his hand.

"You eat your food, I'll come and say hello and chat with you for a while."

Nie Fei also knew that Xu Zhiquan transferred the shares of Lifeng Shoes to Xu Chen.

She joked:

"You are now also a major shareholder of Lifeng, and you have to attend their shareholders' meeting at the end of the year.

Let Zhou Junjun serve you well then."

Xu Chen: "I don't dare to touch those tricks that Vice President Zhou plays.

If Brother Bing knew about this, he would tear me down on the spot..."

Nie Fei burst out laughing.

While drinking coffee, Sister Fei synchronized some of the current situations of "Ranbing Sports".

During this period, Xu Chen was either on business trips or preparing for exams. He came to the company mainly for interviews and really didn't care much about business matters.

Nie Fei has done a good job in this regard. Although she is the general manager, she will try her best to synchronize the core progress and matters of "Ranbing Sports" with Xu Chen.

After the New Year, the production capacity of Zhou Junjun's factory has been fully improved.

In addition to the full resumption of work by workers at the beginning of the year, two additional production lines were also opened. These were OEM orders from other brands that had been previously accepted, and after they were settled, they were all switched to the production of "Ranbing 001".

In the past two or three weeks, the factory and shipping sales of "Ranbing 001" have hit new highs. Sun Lingfeng, who manages the online store, said that he was so excited that he couldn't sleep every night after staring at the sales data.

Nie Fei put down the coffee cup in his hand and said with a smile:

"This week, the sales of 'Ran Bing 001' officially exceeded pairs."

"Really?"

Xu Chen is not from the sports brand industry, but he already knows that with the current market conditions, sales of 80,000 pairs is already a very important milestone for a new brand of shoes, which also means that this product has been successfully proven in the market.

In fact, many brands’ new shoe models may not even sell 80,000 pairs in their entire life cycle before being hastily withdrawn from the market.

What's more, for "Ranbing Sports", there are no offline stores all over the country, and it relies entirely on online stores for sales.

Nie Fei: "The sales volume of 80,000 is still limited by production capacity. If the production capacity can be increased, it is estimated that it would have exceeded 100,000 long ago."

She paused:

"We are one step closer to our goal of monthly sales of 100,000 pairs and annual sales of 1.2 million pairs!"

Xu Chen: "This needs to be celebrated."

He thought for a moment and said, "Maybe this Friday night or next Monday."

Nie Fei: "Then let's do it on Friday. You've just finished your exams and Brother Bing has finished his competition. I'll arrange dinner and karaoke.

It just so happens that everyone is working very hard at the beginning of the year, and there are also new colleagues joining us, so we took the opportunity to relax and do some team building.”

Xu Chen: “Okay!”

……

Gu Xinxin and Sun Aimi had just returned from a business trip, and both girls looked exhausted.

They brought back some souvenir snacks from Sichuan, and a group of colleagues happily surrounded them.

Seeing that Mr. Xu was also in the company, the two of them took some and sent them to Xu Chen's office.

Peanut crisps, peach crisps, beef jerky, spicy tofu, etc.

Mr. Xu accepted the proposal with a smile and asked about the business trip for the "Cadillac" project.

Gu Xinxin reported the progress of the shooting to General Manager Xiao Xu online, which synchronized the subsequent production arrangements.

A rough cut will be ready within a week, and the goal is to produce a finished film within a month.

Then the film can be released before May, which coincides with the Cadillac dealer activities during the May Day holiday.

These details are handed over to Gu Xinxin and Sun Amy, so Mr. Xu doesn't need to worry too much.

He asked a few more questions about Hua Shaojie's situation on the client's side, but they were all gossip that didn't sound very important at first glance.

The "little housekeeper" Gu Xinxin was a little confused, wondering why the boss seemed to be more concerned about Jack?
Gu Xinxin thought of something else and said:

“Baidu’s commercial was released today. I just asked the client and they said that the online media schedule starts at 1pm.

Basically, we covered all the mainstream online media, but we didn’t put in any TV ads.”

Xu Chen: "Baidu is a pure Internet product, so of course we have to invest in Internet users."

Sun Amy adjusted her round-frame glasses and said, "I'm really looking forward to it. I feel like this movie will be a hit."

Mr. Xu smiled but didn't say anything.

Gu Xinxin: "We have closed the case here. I will send a case closure email to Baidu later."

Xu Chen thought about it and said:
"Then let's post it tomorrow, and also summarize some of the data from the first round of transmission this afternoon and evening."

He paused:

"This is our first Internet customer case, so we should review it carefully."

Gu Xinxin smiled and nodded:

"I plan to submit it for the 'Interactive Marketing' category of this year's Great Wall Awards. I think I can at least win a gold medal!"

Xu Chen: "Okay! Let's earn more bonuses and use them for the year-end lottery."

Gu Xinxin: "Boss, there is one more thing...

After the New Year, some customers came to us and wanted to cooperate with Dongchen Advertising.

Amy and I did a rough screening and communication, and actually there weren't many reliable ones.

Many of them are domestic private small and medium-sized businesses. They come up and ask Dongchen Advertising to come up with a plan or something. Most of them are here to get the manuscript, or they may not really cooperate even if they get the manuscript.

There are a few projects that we both think are worth discussing. I have sorted them out and will send them to your email later today. "

Xu Chen: "It's okay, there's no rush.

We already have a lot of projects on hand, and you guys are too busy to handle them for the time being.

If you think it’s appropriate, just give it to me first.”

Gu Xinxin: “Okay, boss.”

……

……

In the afternoon, during the break between classes, Xu Chen's phone kept vibrating.

After opening it, he found that Baidu's advertisement "Tang Bohu Furious at Foreigners" was online. Gu Xinxin collected some online distribution channels and user comments and forwarded them to the company group.

Miao Xiaoyu, an assistant at Baidu, also sent some links to Xu Chen.

Xu Chen replied:
[Melissa is really generous, investing in so many media and channels this time! ]

Miao Xiaoyu: [Melissa likes this advertisement very much and asked our CEO Zhao to increase the budget for it!

We will check the effect of the advertising today and tomorrow. If the effect is good, there will be a reserved media fee. 】

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(End of this chapter)