Starting out as a drug dealer in 1988

Zhao Wenhao's voice was like thunder, shaking the whole room.

Then, without hesitation, he announced, "Immediately remove all our counters in the three major shopping malls! Transfer all salespeople to specialty stores! I want to see how much our Hengyuan Electronics' home appliance sales will drop without these shopping malls!"

Qin Cheng frowned slightly, raised his head and looked at Zhao Wenhao, secretly wondering what the other party meant.

Zhao Wenhao's face was full of anger, but his eyes did not seem to reveal any hint of joking or deliberate trouble.

In Xuanzhou City, three large shopping malls occupy a considerable market share in their company's home appliance sales.

This has kept their sales at a high level.

However, if the decision is really made to remove all home appliances from these shopping malls, the company's overall sales in Xuanzhou City will definitely be affected.

After all, losing such an important sales channel is a challenge for any business.

As the sales director in charge of shopping mall operations and distribution channels, Qin Cheng is well aware of this.

Although Xuanzhou City's business volume may be insignificant compared to the national market size, it still plays an important role in the company's performance and profits in the Xuanzhou area.

What worries Qin Cheng even more is that if local shopping malls follow suit after specialty stores open in other regions, the company's shopping mall business in various places may face the risk of being revoked.

Once this happens, the company's sales network will be severely damaged and its performance will inevitably decline sharply.

Thinking of this, Qin Cheng couldn't help feeling anxious.

He knew he had to find a solution to the problem as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

"Mr. Zhao, wouldn't it be inappropriate to make things too awkward?" Qin Cheng said as tactfully as possible.

Zhao Wenhao looked up and snorted coldly, "What's wrong? The iron must be strong itself."

Qin Cheng opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Perhaps he saw Qin Cheng's helplessness, and at the same time he felt that his nameless anger just now was inexplicable.

He was angry about what was happening at the mall, but the people in front of him were his own men, men who had followed him for years. What was the point of getting angry at them?

So, Zhao Wenhao calmed down a bit, and then said: "As long as our specialty store business develops smoothly, it will definitely be able to replace the shopping mall.

You don't have to worry that the cancellation of this business will affect you as the sales director.

I brought you up single-handedly, and I won't let you suffer any loss. The company will only grow larger, and I'm worried you don't have the ability to manage it.

In my free time, I read more books. If it is convenient, I will take a course to learn how to manage.

In the future, the company's executives will inevitably develop into high-end talents. If you keep doing this, wanting to improve but your ability can't keep up, it will be difficult to deal with it!"

Qin Cheng nodded and didn't say much.

In fact, since last year, the company has already started moving in this direction when recruiting talents.

Including his two deputy directors, Su Xiaomeng and Zhou Zhiqiang, all have at least a bachelor's degree, and Su Xiaomeng even has a master's degree in business administration.

Qin Cheng only has a high school education.

In the past, when Hengyuan Electronics was still small in scale, many aspects were not prominent.

However, as the company grew, it was even more likely to go public in the next few years. However, as the director of the sales department, Qin Cheng was somewhat unqualified in terms of both ability and education.

It's just that Zhao Wenhao is a nostalgic person, and Qin Cheng is a loyal person, so his position is as stable as ever.

But trust is trust, and Zhao Wenhao was still not very confident in Qin Cheng when it came to investing in the specialty store business this time, so he handed it over to Su Xiaomeng.

Although Qin Cheng still holds the title of Sales Director and is still Su Xiaomeng's superior, it is not convenient for him to interfere too much in specific matters.

From this point of view, how could Qin Cheng not feel a little uncomfortable?

In addition, the mall's business will be gradually withdrawn, which means his authority will be further reduced. This is a heavy blow to Qin Cheng.

"Okay, don't think too much. You know my character well. Just work hard. I won't treat you unfairly." Zhao Wenhao patted Qin Cheng's shoulder to comfort him.

Qin Cheng nodded silently again.

He also knew that Zhao Wenhao would never give up on him, but he felt a little sad in his heart.

I feel like I'm not worthy of my current position in the company. People are always gossiping about me, saying that Qin Cheng is taking advantage of being Mr. Zhao's hometown mate and his apprentice, and that he's acting this way and that...

"Go ahead."

Zhao Wenhao didn't want to say anything more. If the company could really go public in the future, he would definitely not treat his veterans unfairly.

However, Qin Cheng's personal ability is indeed not enough to lead the sales department to a higher level.

If he still cannot wake up after all my persuasion, it will be difficult for the company, which is changing with each passing day, to achieve great development in the future.

Even if I help him, if I can't convince the people, it will be difficult for him to lead such an important position in the company.

Qin Cheng left the office.

Zhao Wenhao looked at his receding back and felt a headache.

More than one person has told him that Qin Cheng's ability is no longer enough to run the company's crucial sales department.

But Zhao Wenhao still took into consideration his past reputation and didn't want to take him down.

Privately, he also hinted to Qin Cheng many times that he hoped he could make up for his missing knowledge, especially in management.

After all, now is different from the early days of starting a business, when one person was fighting alone.

What is needed now is to manage a team of nearly a hundred people. If we still stay in the past, such a team will sooner or later have problems.

In the past, Zhao Wenhao helped and led the sales department, but as the company expanded, Zhao Wenhao had more and more things to do, so it was naturally impossible for him to lead the sales department to charge into battle as he did in the past.

And this requires Qin Cheng to be able to take on the heavy responsibility.

Unfortunately, more than a year has passed and this guy has made little progress and is still stuck in the past.

That's why Zhao Wenhao promoted Su Xiaomeng to manage the chain store, which would surely become a big one in the future.

You know, the company will invest hundreds of millions of yuan in the chain store business. If this business cannot be done well, it will definitely affect Hengyuan Electronics' entire market sales.

Therefore, Zhao Wenhao did not dare to gamble and could only hand over this business to Su Xiaomeng.

Forget it, let’s put this matter aside for now. I don’t have time to think about it too much.

Zhao Wenhao shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

The most pressing issue at the moment is to compete with several shopping malls.