() Lu Yang smiled bitterly and turned off the radio. He gathered his mood and began to read English readings seriously.
Time is precious, even if today is a holiday, it is not the time to rest.
At 7:50, Lu Yang finished his morning self-study on time. He walked out of his bedroom and planned to go to the next door for dinner.
Although Zhang Shufen was used to not getting up early to cook, and had already gotten up at this time in the past, she was still sleeping today. Lu Yang only thought that her mother was too tired and did not disturb her.
Lu Yang had fallen asleep last night, and Zhang Shufen had not returned from going to Yudeng Town to discuss business. It was not easy to do business there, and it was rare to sign an order in a month.
"Why don't you go there early?"
Lu Yang went to the next door with this idea in his mind. Recently, Zhi Fen's decoration business was slow, and Liao Li had some free time. Not only did she offer to be responsible for his food and daily life, but she also looked at some Hong Kong items that he bought from other places through Mingyang's relationship.
Taiwanese decoration books.
While eating breakfast, Lu Yang and Liao Li chatted for a while about the various designs they knew, which opened their eyes to each other, and then the topic changed.
"Is the company's business very bad recently?"
Lu Yang raised his eyebrows and asked. He had been busy recently and Wei Zhixiu was not around, so he had not cared about this aspect at all.
Thinking about it carefully, Lu Yang has often seen the company's Changping mini-card parked outside the office all day recently. Occasionally, he can also see many workers wearing Zhifen decoration work vests wandering around the general market with nothing to do.
"Um?"
Liao Li was stunned. Lu Yang hadn't talked to her about the specific details of Zhifen's decoration for a while. She thought about it carefully and said, "It's not bad at all. The home decoration list is almost the same as at the end of last year, but there is no commercial decoration order."
, coupled with the increase in expenses, the gross profit is indeed reduced.”
"Really?"
Lu Yang nodded and continued talking about this topic with Liao Li, only to realize that the problem was serious.
The housing market in Xinjiang's family area is actually not formal and not market-oriented enough. The business volume of Zhifen Decoration follows the volume of housing deliveries, which cannot be predicted at all.
It was originally planned that the second batch of small factories would be officially relocated in the middle of this year. As usual, in order to cope with the relocation peak in July and August, many new houses should be delivered at this time, and it should not be difficult to start Zhifen decoration business.
However, since the availability of construction funds cannot be guaranteed, many family buildings have not been completed at all, and handover is naturally impossible.
In fact, this problem is not a matter of one day or two. Due to the cutoff of funds, all construction projects in Xinjiang were once completely suspended. In April last year, a vice premier of the State Council visited Xinjiang for an inspection. Only part of the long-delayed construction funds were allocated in time.
According to reports, the construction of the Xinjiang family area also restarted in July.
However, the situation did not improve. Instead, construction funds began to be in arrears at the end of last year, resulting in the construction of many family buildings being suspended. Of course, they will not be completed and delivered in time this year.
After all, whether it is the director of the main factory or each branch factory, the salary of cadres and employees is the first priority. With funds, this big problem must be solved first, especially when several branch factories that are about to be relocated are suffering serious losses and have tight cash flow.
Urgent, this problem is even more serious.
Zhifen Decoration mainly deals in the mid-to-high-end home decoration market, and its business volume is about the same as at the end of last year. It can maintain six or seven orders per month. Based on the average price of ten thousand, the gross profit is about thirty thousand, which is not too small.
It’s just that the expenses are very different. When we were in the nightclub and express hotel business last year, Zhifen was short of decoration manpower, so we recruited a lot of people at once. At that time, Wei Xingguang’s decoration team doubled, and Liao Li also had two more people.
With the addition of a designer assistant, an accountant, a cashier, and a manager at the CEO level like Wang Ming, the number of people paid by the company has doubled compared to that time.
Under Lu Yang's initial suggestion, in order to maintain the stable construction of a talent team for long-term development, Zhifen Decoration implemented a contract system for more than 20 skilled workers in the design department, management department and decoration team. The monthly fixed salary expenditure of more than 20 people is close to two yuan.
Thousands of dollars, plus other expenses, if we exclude the reimbursements from nightclubs and express hotels, we actually lost money in these two months.
Zhang Shufen has a strong temperament. She has hired many talented people for several months and asked her to admit that she is not able to pay these people, but she will not agree.
Therefore, although the commercial decoration business is no longer available, Zhang Shufen still refuses to drive people to save money. Instead, she wants to find new business sources of income, but the situation is not optimistic.
In fact, when Lu Yang said he wanted to do well in high school, he mentioned to Zhang Shufen that the decoration business in Xinjiang's family area might not be so good this year. After all, Zhifen decoration mainly deals in the mid-to-high-end market, and the largest potential customers in this market are in various branches.
The leading cadres of the factory are very active in the relocation. Most of them have either already moved down in advance or asked their loved ones to move down. Anyway, they have to get their homes in order in advance.
At present, there are no newly built buildings for the families of leading cadres in the Xinjiang family area, and few ordinary workers will spend so much money on renovations. Everyone has been mentally prepared for this, and the current situation is also expected.
It's just that before, including Lu Yang, everyone underestimated the seriousness of the problem and were too optimistic about the business development of Yudeng Town. After all, no one is a god and cannot make clever calculations every step of the way.
"The business volume is so low now that all my classmates want to leave. They say they can't learn anything and they don't have much money. They are all just working around anyway. It would be better to live a simple life in Nanjiang District."
Liao Li is not in a bad mood because her income is 30% less than the peak, but now there is not much business, and the people below are also unstable and difficult to manage.
Of course, the two designer assistants Zhifen Decoration hired at the end of last year did not post job advertisements. They were actually acquaintances.
A little girl is the child of an employee introduced by an acquaintance of the Red Shipyard. She graduated from a technical secondary school this year and has no good place to go. I heard that Zhifen decoration can make a decent income. She wants to learn something and gain experience for the time being, but she honestly accepts that her monthly salary is RMB 5
Bai Duo is taller than his parents and is very satisfied with it. He also has a good relationship with Liao Li.
On the contrary, a male classmate from college whom Liao Li finally persuaded was very excited to help her design the nightclub when he came here. However, in the past few months, the business has been slow and he has begun to slack off. In particular, he hinted to her several times that he wanted to develop a closer relationship.
After there was no response from the relationship, he became even more angry and said that he wanted to leave.
After all, Xinjiang is far away from the main urban area. Liao Linan usually has no way to hang out with his old classmates. Recently, he has started to go to Feige Nightclub to have fun. However, his monthly income of several hundred yuan is not enough to spend there, and it is even more emotional.
Not high.
"If you want to leave, you don't have to force him to stay. You can talk to your classmate. If he really wants to leave, he can just follow the contract."
Lu Yang didn't know what Liao Li was worried about, so he just answered casually.
"Um."
Liao Li nodded lightly, and then just looked at Lu Yang who was thinking seriously in front of her.
At this time, Lu Yang looked so imposing that he could not overcome any problem, which made people want to smile and be in a daze...
After a while, Lu Yang began to stare at himself seriously. Liao Li was looked at inexplicably and felt slightly uncomfortable, so she couldn't help but lower her head and look at her.
You have nothing to do today?
Liao Li looked at herself in ordinary home clothes and with a bare face, and was stunned and was about to ask a question.
"Time flies so fast. It's been more than half a year. Sister Liao Li, have you ever thought about returning to Nanjiang District?"
Lu Yang swallowed the last bite of the bun, put down his chopsticks, and his eyes began to shine.
"think……"
Liao Li originally wanted to say she didn't know, but her words were still affirmative, but there was hesitation hidden in them.
It doesn't matter whether she believes it or not, Liao Li just doesn't know whether she is ready to go back to the familiar world. Many of her college classmates are developing in Chongshan City, so there will be more opportunities to travel back and forth in the future. I am afraid that this quiet day will not be there anymore.
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"If you think about it, prepare carefully. I promised you to step on that pig tail bob. The stage in Nanjiang District is a bit small, so I'll use it as the starting point."
Lu Yang smiled and Wen Yan wanted to encourage him. He could see that Liao Li was not in a high mood and thought that the other party was still hesitant because of his encounter with Xiao Bo a few days ago.
"I no longer want to step on Xiao Bo's head..."
Liao Li looked at Lu Yang who was serious, but somehow wanted to make a joke, and deliberately frowned and said: "That will make you exposed."
"ah?"
Lu Yang was stunned for a moment, then looked at Liao Li angrily who started to laugh.
"What's so funny?"
Staring, Lu Yang ignored Liao Li, who was smiling happily, and warned: "Anyway, just prepare yourself. I will find a chance to talk to my mother. When the time comes, she will ask for your opinions, and you will give her full support."
"Well, I'll follow your lead."
Liao Li stopped laughing and nodded seriously.
Lu Yang smiled with satisfaction, and then chatted with Liao Li for a few details before returning to his home.
Finding that his mother Zhang Shufen still didn't get up, Lu Yang realized something was wrong. He knocked on the door of the small bedroom, but there was still no movement inside.
Lu Yang frowned and turned the door handle. When he entered, he smelled a strong smell of alcohol, which made him very unhappy.
Zhang Shufen must have come back very late and very tired. At this time, she was lying on the bed fully clothed, with the quilt randomly covering her body. She looked very slovenly.
Lu Yang leaned down and saw his mother with a painful expression. He felt very sad and distressed, so he quickly went to get a wet towel and a glass of honey water.
"Mom, drink some water. Why are you drinking? You don't know how to drink."
Lu Yang woke his mother up, helped Zhang Shufen lean against the bed, wiped her face, and handed her honey water.
"Hey, I don't want to drink either, but the boss said it would be insincere if I didn't have a drink. I had all the guests invited, so I had to drink a large glass of liquor. The boss asked me to talk, but after a few words he said no.
I was interested, but when I asked about the price, I was told it was too expensive. After eating, I wiped my mouth and left. I was really pissed off."
Zhang Shufen rubbed her forehead and took a sip of honey water, feeling very aggrieved and depressed.
The scale of the home decoration market in Yudeng Town is limited. It is impossible for ordinary people to spend tens of thousands on decoration these days. Except for a small number of people who got rich first, only the leading cadres of the government department have the confidence.
However, the competition in these businesses is not small. Although Zhifen Decoration has relatively strong design capabilities, its brand is not strong and its construction does not have a good reputation. Of course, it is not that easy to attract business in Yudeng Town.
Besides, the renovation markets in Yudeng Town and Xinjiang Family District are very different. There are new houses everywhere in the Family District, and there are more people who want to decorate them. The only difference is whether they can afford to decorate, while Yudeng Town has no roads yet.
For the residential housing that Yang mentioned, only a few new commercial and residential buildings are built on the street every year. The decoration market for new houses is not large. We can only look for owners of old houses to renovate and decorate. However, such potential customers are too scattered and difficult to find.
Zhang Shufen led a few people in the company to run business. After working hard for almost two months, they only had three or four business deals, and most of them were introduced by former neighbors of the Education Committee's family building.
Knowing that this would not work, Zhang Shufen began to focus on commercial decoration projects, but the twists and turns were too complicated.
