Reborn in 1999: Starting as a black marketeer

Zhang Liang now lives in a single room, just like Wang Feiyang. He has made many friends through playing cards, so when they learned that he had bought a new computer, a group of people came to see what was going on.

They were stunned to learn that he had activated the internet as soon as he bought the computer. They had arrived six months earlier, but they knew how slow the Russians were in getting things done.

"This is outrageous! Did the internet cafe manager take the wrong medication today?!"

"That can't be right. It took me more than half a month to get my internet connected. I had to urge the network administrator several times before he reluctantly came to install the network cable for me."

Zhang Liang said with a smile, "My classmate handled this. He speaks good Russian and got the network administrator a Chinese phone, which is why it went so smoothly."

Everyone then realized, "Oh, that explains it."

Being fluent in Russian and giving valuable gifts are both essential. Being fluent in Russian might be somewhat helpful, but not much, and simply giving gifts won't suffice, because if communication is unclear, the Russians will try to take advantage of you.

Now that he'd bought the computer and installed the internet, Zhang Liang officially announced he'd never play cards again and was joining the Counter-Strike army. Every day, the room was filled with the sounds of gunfire and landmines...

Both of them bought computers, but Wang Feiyang had absolutely no interest in playing CS, even though he had been addicted to it in his previous life.

After getting his internet connection sorted, the first thing he did was install the latest version of QQ, log in, and leave messages for his few friends, telling them that he now had internet access and that it would be much easier for them to go online and chat with him at any time.

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"Boss, should we hire a warehouse manager? We have a lot of customers coming in every day, and we also need to call our old customers to keep track of their sales. In a while, we also need to arrange for the store to go and train customers. We're getting a bit overwhelmed."

Inside the office, Anna was confiding in Wang Feiyang, saying that the three of them, as sales staff, were experiencing a bittersweet mix of pain and joy lately.

It's really busy. From the start of the workday to the end, there's almost no free time. I'm either receiving visiting clients, answering the phone, or calling old clients. If a client places an order, I also have to go to the warehouse to pick it up...

I'm so busy!

Wang Feiyang laughed and readily said, "No problem, let's start hiring. By the way, didn't we promise our clients that we would go to their stores for training? The three of you probably aren't enough. Let's hire two or three more employees this time. The company needs to maintain at least two sales staff on duty, and we'll need more people to go out for training at all those outlets."

Anna nodded and said, "Yes, that's something I've been thinking about too. Since we're going to provide after-sales service to our customers as a legitimate brand company, we'll need a lot of staff. The clothing chain company I used to work for had a lot of employees, but it didn't do well and they had to lay off staff. There were a lot of excellent employees, which is a shame."

"Our company will expand soon. You can just recruit the employees you think are the best then," Wang Feiyang said casually.

"Ah~ Is it really okay? Is it not good...?" Anna stared at Wang Feiyang with wide eyes in surprise.

She also secretly wanted to recruit some outstanding former colleagues to the company. Firstly, she knew them well and was aware of their abilities. Secondly, she also had a small personal motive: Anna wanted to give those former colleagues a helping hand.

But she was also worried that Wang Feiyang would think she was forming cliques, and that if the company was full of her old colleagues, she might be trying to sideline the general manager...

Therefore, Anna couldn't bring it up directly, so she could only probe Wang Feiyang's attitude indirectly. To her surprise, Wang Feiyang didn't care at all and simply told her to bring the person over.

"What's wrong with that? Your previous company had a glorious past, and I believe that the employees who worked there must have been quite outstanding."

If they are currently unable to find suitable jobs due to the poor economic climate in the country, then we happen to be in dire need of such experienced and excellent employees. Isn't this a perfect match?

Okay, let's recruit four business partners with training capabilities for now. With you and Vera Sofia, that makes a total of seven business partners.

Apart from you, divide the six of them into two small teams, with one supervisor for each team.

This way, the team framework can be established first, and additional staff can be added at any time when the team is expanded.

In addition, the supervisor's base salary is tentatively set at $600, which is $100 higher than that of a regular salesperson. They will also be entitled to performance bonuses. Please provide me with a new performance evaluation plan later, including the task of traveling to provide training for clients.

Furthermore, our business trip allowance standards should be higher, at least to ensure that employees eat and rest well when they travel...

Wang Feiyang said with a smile that he understood Anna's concerns, but he really didn't care. Even if Anna could poach the entire team from her original company, it wouldn't be a problem!

Anyway, he's going to develop a chain brand later, which means he'll need a lot of experienced employees.

Anna listened and took notes quickly, becoming increasingly satisfied with her boss, Wang Feiyang. Although the company was small, with only four people including the boss, Wang Feiyang was not stingy at all. Whether it was employee salary standards or company rules and regulations, everything was set according to the standards of large companies!

Even the large chain company she used to work for wasn't as generous as Wang Feiyang in terms of employee salaries and travel allowances!

Working under a boss like this, regardless of whether the company grows in the future, at least the employees will be very comfortable at work...

"Oh, right, go talk to the property management later and get that empty room next to our warehouse. The current warehouse isn't big enough anymore; the next batch of goods will be even bigger, so we'll need to rent another warehouse. But this is just a temporary measure, so make do for now. Also, you need to hire two warehouse managers. In the future, when customers come to place orders, we need to help them deliver the goods to their trucks or their designated freight companies. Since we're a legitimate company, we need to provide the best service!" Wang Feiyang added.

"There are ready-made candidates for warehouse manager. I have a younger brother who is currently unemployed at home. He used to..." Anna hesitated a bit before saying this.

"What did you do before? You didn't just get out of jail for doing something wrong, did you?" Wang Feiyang joked.

Anna quickly shook her head and said, "Of course not. He used to be in the army and just retired not long ago. Boss, you probably know that the national economy hasn't been doing well these past two years, and the military has been laying off a lot of personnel, so my brother was also laid off. But he served in the army for several years and was already out of touch with society. Plus, there aren't many job opportunities in society now, so he hasn't been able to find a suitable job since he came back."