Chapter 2286

This answer was a little beyond Zhang Jinbao's expectations, but it sounded very reasonable. After all, with Furifeng's business scale, it is completely normal to have several warehouses in the port area here. Install a large sign on the roof of your own warehouse.

Of course, you can use it however you want.

However, this gave Zhang Jinbao an idea. He carefully looked at the Fulifeng advertising sign above the warehouse. Although it was quite large, it only took up part of the roof of the warehouse. There was still a considerable area.

It is empty and can easily accommodate another advertising sign.

Now that Qiongxi Academy is cooperating with Fulifeng on opening the Guangzhou branch, is it possible to include outdoor advertising signs as a means of publicity in the cooperation between the two parties? Zhang Jinbao thinks it is worth a try. If it can

Convince Li Nai to use the roof of the warehouse here to make a big sign for Qiongxi Academy, and then maybe more than half of the money can be saved.

Li Nai didn't know that his partner was racking his brains to use Furifeng's business resources for free. He looked through the accounts of the local store and listened to the business reports of his subordinates.

Since Haihan began to develop Hong Kong Island, Fulifeng settled here as soon as possible, built commercial warehouses, dock warehouses and other facilities, and made plans for long-term operations. In the past few years, Fulifeng's operations on Hong Kong Island have been

It involves various fields, such as firms doing entrepot trade, shipping companies doing transportation, intermediaries doing service industry, restaurants, inns, etc., all walks of life have industries under Fulifeng. While earning huge profits, it also drives

The local economy is developing, so every time Li Nai visits Hong Kong Island, he is almost always received by You Yihan personally.

Although Fulifeng has a first-mover advantage because it entered Hong Kong Island early, as more and more businesses begin to realize the commercial value of Hong Kong Island and increase their investment in operations here, Fulifeng's market

The share is actually being eroded bit by bit.

Especially the businessmen from the north, many of whom have the background of the Xu family in Fujian or the Zhoushan colonial area. These businessmen not only have sufficient funds, but also have strong backings. It is not easy to compete with them in business. Fulifeng is in

The operating conditions in the waters north of the Pearl River Estuary do not offer many competitive advantages to these peers, so a decline in performance is naturally inevitable.

As Furifeng's young boss, Li Nai certainly understands the current situation very well, but he cannot allow this trend to continue to develop. At least he must make his subordinates aware that the decline in performance on Hong Kong Island will affect them.

An individual's future future and destiny.

"I have read the accounts. The performance so far this year is at least 20% worse than the same period last year." Li Nai said slowly, his eyes scanning the faces of his subordinates one by one: "Everyone

You may say that you have tried your best and can only achieve this level, but if that is all, I think you are not qualified to receive generous remuneration from Fulifeng every year and enjoy the various preferential treatments that Fulifeng provides you.

There are almost three months left this year, and I hope you can seize the little time and do something decent, otherwise you will go to Guangzhou to report to my father when the accounts are settled at the end of the year!"

The people in the row who lowered their heads in front of Li Nai didn't look very good-looking. They were all the heads of Furifeng's various local industries. They were usually well-known people outside, but in this case, they were known for their shrewdness. They didn't dare to play any tricks in front of the third young master. In the past, someone tried to deceive Li Nai who was on inspection by modifying his performance, but after being exposed by Li Nai, he packed up and left on the spot.

According to Furifeng's rules, shopkeepers who are stationed in other places do not need to return to Guangzhou to report to work at the end of the year. Those who are required to do so will be entrusted with important tasks by the big boss Li Jifeng in person if they are about to be promoted. The alternative is to perform poorly, return to Guangzhou to hand over the accounts and matters at hand, and then leave.

Judging from the current operating conditions of the industry on Hong Kong Island, if I am notified to return to Guangzhou to report my work at the end of the year, what will happen next will obviously not be the former. This means that if there is still no improvement in the past few months at the end of the year, Then some of them may have to disappear from their current positions.

For these people, it's more than just losing a job. The vast majority of them started at the bottom and spent years climbing up to where they are today. It can be said that it was hard-won.

And the superior living conditions they enjoy in Guangzhou and other places, including their houses, families, and servants, must be maintained by the income from this job. Once they lose their jobs, their living conditions will inevitably change drastically, and such Changes are definitely something they are unwilling to accept.

Several people exchanged glances with each other, and finally one of the most senior shopkeepers said: "Please tell me, Third Young Master, what should we do to change the current situation?"

Everyone knows the reasons for the decline in business on Hong Kong Island, but how to deal with it to change this unfavorable situation. It is obvious that these people in charge do not have a clear plan. They can only count on Li Nai, who is known for his shrewdness. You can come up with a feasible solution, otherwise just saying a few harsh words to them will not actually change the current situation.

Li Naidao: "What are the advantages of our peers and what are our advantages? Have you figured it out? You might as well think carefully about what we can do to get more benefits from our advantageous industries."

Furifeng's biggest operating advantage is, of course, its control over various local resources in Guangdong, which is difficult for foreign merchants to compete with. For the same reason, Furifeng's advantages no longer exist outside of Guangdong, so in Pearl River The business competition in the areas north of the mouth is not as good as that of its northern counterparts.

Such geographical restrictions cannot be completely overcome even by a company as powerful as Furifeng. Li Nai does not want to use some unconventional means to compete with his northern counterparts, so the part of the revenue lost in business related to the north may only be Make up for it by looking for industries in which it has obvious advantages.

This may not be a perfect solution for Fulifeng, but if it wants to reverse the decline in industrial profits on Hong Kong Island in the short term, it may only be used as an emergency measure.

Of course, Li Nai's abilities are more than that, but the problem is that he also knows that the qualifications of these people are limited, and it may be difficult to execute an overly complex business plan.

These managers were all trained by Fulifeng themselves, and some were even distant relatives of the Li family. There is no doubt about their loyalty. However, due to the rapid expansion of Fulifeng in recent years, the number of experienced managers is far away. Unable to meet job requirements, Li Jifeng had to make do by promoting a group of people with acceptable abilities and sending them to various places to take charge of management projects.

These people can cope with business activities under normal circumstances, but when faced with the complex environment of external competition, their shortcomings of lack of experience and ability will be immediately exposed. Although Li Nai still has some means, considering the execution of these people

Despite his strength, he still chose to be cautious and only set tasks that were within his capabilities, so as not to cause more trouble if the goal was not achieved.

As for whether such an arrangement can improve Fulifeng's operating conditions on Hong Kong Island, Li Nai is actually not completely sure. But trying is better than doing nothing. If performance continues to decline, then probably the only way to do it is to start from Guangzhou.

Send someone over to take over the management of the place.

It was precisely because of this situation that Li Nai became interested in Zhang Jinbao's proposal for cooperative education. During his inspection in Danzhou, he also paid attention to the relevant majors of Qiongxi Academy, although the teachings were all relatively superficial business knowledge.

, but most of what they learned were actual cases from various industries, and Zhang Jinbao often used his personal connections to invite business people to the academy to give lectures to these students. The training effect was naturally much better than that of Ye Luzi.

Li Nai believes that in order to solve the problem of insufficient professional management personnel in Fulifeng, it is not enough to rely on internal training or poaching people from outside. At most, this can meet the personnel replacement needs of the traditional business model, but now Fulifeng is

In a period of rapid development, a few smart people are promoted from among the clerks every year, which is far from keeping up with the demand for employment. However, the training model of Qiongxi Academy may be able to solve Fulifeng's problems in a foreseeable period in the future.

Effective relief.

After reviewing the local business conditions today, Li Nai has become even more determined in this idea. Even if the plan to open a Guangzhou branch in cooperation with Zhang Jinbao cannot be implemented soon, he plans to select some personnel and send them to Danzhou for acceptance.

Relevant professional training to quickly improve the professional level of these managers.

The next day, Li Nai and others boarded the ship again and set off from Hong Kong Island. Originally, You Yihan planned to stay with them for lunch before leaving, but Zheng Zha and Zhang Jinbao were eager to go to Guangzhou to complete their plans and did not want to spend more time on Hong Kong Island.

After staying, Li Nai finally followed their wishes and bid farewell to You Yihan.

After the fleet left Hong Kong Island, it sailed westward through the Ma Wan Strait and entered the Pearl River Estuary. The three of them sat on the deck chairs, enjoying the sea breeze and drinking cold drinks, which was very comfortable.

Li Nai raised his hand and pointed to the west and said: "Eighty miles to the west of this place is the Macau Port operated by the Portuguese. Originally, the Portuguese's plan was similar to Haihan's, and they wanted to take advantage of the geographical advantage of the Pearl River Estuary to carry out trade activities, but

After Hong Kong opened as a port, its business level was obviously higher than that of Macau Port, so now many businessmen are more willing to come to Hong Kong, gradually leaving Macau Port in the cold."

"Then the Portuguese will be resentful of the emergence of Hong Kong? However, they have always been afraid of Haihan, so they can only express their dissatisfaction verbally and cannot do anything extraordinary." Zheng Zha listened to Li Nai's introduction.

, couldn’t help but make his own speculations.

Li Nai nodded and said: "It's hard to say whether it's because of fear, but the Portuguese do not have any overreaction. Some Portuguese businessmen will also take the initiative to go to Hong Kong to engage in trading activities. After all, there are much more commercial resources there than in Macau."

Zhang Jinbao said: "The Portuguese suffered a lot in Hoi An City in Annan and knew that they could not defeat our Haihan Army, so they later took the initiative to sign an alliance with our country to avoid another military conflict. No matter how much they coveted the prosperity of Hong Kong

I can only look at the scene without daring to reach out, otherwise I will walk away without food."

The Portuguese's defeat in Hoi An City was actually not too serious, but that battle had already made the Portuguese realize that the strength of the Haihan Army was not something that their colonial armed forces in East Asia could compete with, and it would be wise to cooperate with them.

For example, this decision indeed saved the East Asian trade routes that Portugal had finally opened up. In the past ten years, Portugal's trade volume in East Asia has increased several times, and Haihan has replaced the Ming Dynasty as Portugal's leading player in this region.

the region’s main trading partner.

In addition, the Portuguese's active cooperation also gave them an advantageous position in the competition with their European counterparts. The Netherlands and Spain, which had also established maritime spheres of influence in East Asia, chose to cooperate with Haihan due to missteps.

If you go against it, everyone will know what happens next.

Zheng Zha couldn't help but feel a little sad when he heard Zhang Jinbao's words. When the Haihan army attacked Hoi An, Annan was still in the middle of a civil war. At that time, Portugal was just a trading partner of Annan. He never imagined that ten years later it would become a country united by Haihan.

allies around you.

Although Annan is still a territory of the Ming Dynasty in name, few people in Annan now regard themselves as one with the Ming Dynasty. Zheng Zha is called the Little Prince and is actually the prince of the Annan Kingdom. This was when his father and his son decided to start an army.

It was an unimaginable situation at the time.

From the current point of view, it is difficult for other forces to challenge the status of this military alliance in the South China Sea in the short term. Annan, who was still trapped in the civil war a few years ago, has now been able to free up its hands and feet and begin to expand outward.

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In Zheng Zha's plan, the office established in Guangzhou was based on the office established by Haihan in Guangzhou in his early years. Although it was in the name of trade, it would also secretly undertake certain diplomatic and intelligence functions. However, in the case of Annan

Judging from the history of grievances with the Ming Dynasty, the two sides will definitely not establish diplomatic relations at this time, so the diplomatic target of this organization will definitely not be the Ming Dynasty court.

Although the plan to carve up Guangdong and Guangxi was completely rejected by Haihan, Zheng Zha believed that there would still be opportunities to try to encroach on the southern territory of the Ming Dynasty in the future. Haihan did not agree to carve up the Ming Dynasty now, but who can say how the situation will change in the future?

Woolen cloth?

Zheng Zha believes that when the Ming Dynasty is about to end, Haihan will not sit back and watch the chaos in the world, and will definitely fight for the Central Plains. However, Haihan's troops are limited, and military operations carried out overseas at this stage often require the Annan Army and other allies to send troops.

Assistance, if we want to fight on a larger battlefield in the future, Annan will definitely need to send troops, and then there will be an opportunity.
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