Reborn in 1985: From Selling Braised Duck to Becoming the World's Richest Man

"Director Wu, the director of that new bicycle factory has a rather special identity."

Director Chen chuckled awkwardly.

"What's so special about him? Could he be some leader's son?"

Wu Yong snorted coldly and said disdainfully.

His ability to parachute in must be due to the presence of powerful figures behind him.

In this small Taoyuan County, if there really was a young master who went into business, he couldn't possibly not know!

"Director Wu, the director of that new bicycle factory is Qin Fen, the head of our factory's logistics department!"

"He was fired from our factory because of his dishonest practices, and after being laid off at home, he held a grudge!"

"After he resigned voluntarily, he took the design drawings of our factory's fixed-gear bicycles and went into business. He found a boss and they jointly built a new bicycle factory."

Director Chen explained.

Upon hearing this, Wu Yong frowned immediately and said:

"What happened? Why did Qin Fen take away the blueprints for our sports equipment factory's bicycle project?"

"Why didn't you keep the blueprints properly!"

This is a major technology leak!

Wu Yong, growing increasingly angry, immediately waved his hand and said, "Go, gather the security team, arrest Qin Fen, retrieve the blueprints, and hand him over to the police station!"

In those days, many state-owned enterprises were equipped with security departments or security offices.

These security personnel are all armed and have the authority to assist the police station in law enforcement.

It's not uncommon for Wu Yong, as the factory manager, to command several armed factory security guards to arrest someone.

Upon hearing Wu Yong's words, the expressions of the factory's higher-ups below turned strange.

No one got up to notify the security department.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Wu Yong's face immediately darkened. He assumed that these people wanted to protect Qin Fen, and immediately said in a deep voice:

"What, are you going to protect your old colleague?"

Their gazes turned to Director Chen once again.

At this point, only Director Chen, the new head of the logistics department, could clearly explain the matter of the blueprints.

"Director Wu, the design blueprints for that fixed-gear bicycle were actually purchased by Qin Fen from outside sources."

Director Chen, steeling himself, spoke to Wu Yongdao.

"What? What is going on?"

Wu Yong frowned slightly and asked.

When he was parachuted into the Second Sports Equipment Factory, his first thought was to replace the key leadership positions in the factory with his own people.

The director of an important department like the logistics department must naturally be one of their own.

Therefore, without even understanding Qin Fen's intentions, he directly replaced Qin Fen.

"Director Wu, this is what happened..."

Director Chen smiled awkwardly and explained how Qin Fen sold off the factory's unsold sporting goods.

He then recounted in detail how the fixed-gear bicycle production project was introduced.

"So, Qin Fen bought the design blueprints for that fixed-gear bicycle. If he wants to take the blueprints with him, there's nothing we can do about it."

"In fact, the fact that our factory continued to produce fixed-gear bicycles after Qin Fen left is something we owe Qin Fen..."

Upon hearing Director Chen's explanation, Wu Yong's face turned extremely ugly.

Director Chen's explanation was tantamount to telling him...

After he was parachuted in, while eliminating dissidents in various departments, he also eliminated the main arteries.

After Wu Yong fell silent, the atmosphere in the meeting room suddenly became heavy.

Everyone felt that they were having some difficulty breathing.

After a long pause, Wu Yong slowly spoke, changing the subject:

"Let's not bring up the past anymore."

"Right now, all I want to know is how to increase the sales of fixed-gear bicycles in our sporting goods factory?"

Seeing that Wu Yong did not make trouble for Qin Fen, the factory's senior management breathed a sigh of relief.

They were terrified that Wu Yong might replace them in a fit of anger.

Immediately, the executives of the second sports equipment factory all spoke up, offering their suggestions:

"Director Wu, we can lower the price of fixed-gear bicycles. As long as the price is right, sales will definitely increase."

“That’s right. We can also contact multiple stores and give them a larger share of bicycles. As long as we have enough channels, the sales volume will definitely increase.”

"Director Wu..."

Hearing these bland suggestions from everyone, Wu Yong's expression remained unreadable, but his hands involuntarily clenched.

Price reductions and promotions can boost sales in the short term, but what will customers who have already bought bicycles from their factory think?

This will inevitably damage the reputation of the Second Sports Equipment Factory.

Furthermore, once the price drops, it will be difficult to raise it back up.

As for contacting more stores to ease their restrictions on bicycle pickup?

Even the county supply and marketing cooperative has started to reduce the amount of fixed-gear bicycles they order from their factory, so how could other stores be stupid enough to increase their orders?

"Director Chen, do you have any good ideas?"

Wu Yong knew that he couldn't reprimand his subordinates at this time, otherwise it would cause discord between them. He turned to Director Chen and asked.

Noticing Director Wu's sharp gaze, Director Chen's heart skipped a beat; he had a premonition.

If he, the new director of the logistics department, cannot resolve the problems left by the previous and current directors of the logistics department, his position will likely be taken over by someone else.

"Director Wu, the reason why our factory's fixed-gear bicycles have seen a decline in sales is that we are competing with similar bicycles produced by Liangji Bicycle Factory."

"It's said that their wholesale price is lower than our factory's, giving them a price advantage over us!"

Director Chen immediately said.

Upon hearing Director Chen's words, Wu Yong frowned slightly and said, "So, you're also suggesting that our factory lower the price of bicycles?"

If this is all the suggestion Director Chen made, then he really needs to replace him.

"No, no, no, Director Wu, that's not what I meant."

Director Chen felt a chill run down his spine and quickly said:

"The materials used in our bicycles are all top-quality steel, so the price is naturally higher!"

"We are a state-owned enterprise. In addition to making a profit, we must also adhere to our principles and original aspirations."

"We absolutely cannot lower our prices just because our competitors use inferior steel and their bicycles are cheaper than ours."

If Qin Fen were there and heard Director Chen say this, he would definitely sneer.

The raw material suppliers for Liangji Bicycle Factory and the Second Sports Equipment Factory are the same.

As for why the purchase prices of the same steel were different in the accounts of the two factories, that remains unknown.

"Director Chen is right. We are a state-owned factory. While pursuing profits, we must also adhere to our principles and original intentions. We cannot buy inferior steel and produce inferior bicycles in order to reduce costs!"

"I hope everyone remembers this."

Upon hearing Director Chen's words, Wu Yong nodded in agreement and said.

The other senior executives echoed this sentiment, all saying that Director Chen was a man of principle.

"Director Chen, please continue," Wu Yong said again.

Director Chen nodded and continued:

"Our factory uses only the best steel, so the purchase price is high and the selling price is naturally high as well."

"Therefore, we cannot compete with them on price!"

"If we want to compete with Liangji Bicycles, we can only do so by improving the quality and reputation of Liangji Canned Food Factory."

At this point, Director Chen paused, his gaze sweeping carefully over the senior management of the Second Sports Equipment Factory, and said:

"I have a plan to ruin Liang's Canned Food Factory!"