Liu Dong of Richemont Group once knew that this is a company that owns dozens of luxury brands such as Vacheron Constantin, Cartier, Piaget, Van Cleef & Arpels, Dunhill, etc., and is the second largest international luxury goods group after Louis Vuitton!
Looking at Wang Qiang's vow, it is obvious that she is very confident in this acquisition!
Seeing this, Liu Dong didn't say anything more, leaving it to Wang Qiang to operate it, and just take care of it himself from behind!
After Wang Qiang finished speaking, Yang Ke had already stood up on his own without Liu Dong naming him!
Among Liu Dong's many companies, Chenxiang Pavilion is the third company he runs!
"Now Chenxiangge Fine Woodworking Company mainly operates two brands, Chenxiangge and Luban. Among them, Chenxiangge brand mainly operates in the mid-to-low-end market, while Luban is a high-end woodworking brand. By the end of this year, Luban has owned first-tier cities in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
As well as the two second-tier cities of Quancheng and Daocheng, there are a total of six branches, with an annual turnover of 358 million and a profit of 183 million! Chenxiangge has four first-tier cities across the country, 8 second-tier cities in the north, and 11 third-tier cities.
28 branches, annual turnover of 434 million yuan, profit of 122 million yuan!"
Hearing this, Liu Dong couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Luban only had six branches, but its turnover was catching up with Chenxiang Pavilion, which had 28 branches, and it had surpassed it in terms of profit. Combined with the business of Qiangwei Jewelry in front of it,
Liu Dong also understood the situation. The potential of China's luxury goods industry is getting bigger and bigger!
"...Next year, Luban brand stores will open two more branches in Shenyang and Wuhan, and Chenxiangge brand stores will open four branches in Hangzhou, Ningbo, Dongguan and Wenzhou! In addition, we will open in
On the basis of pure handmade woodworking, we will add stone carving and brick carving services. If the results are good, we will also open ivory carving, clay carving, bamboo carving and bone carving and other carving services!"
After nodding, Liu Dong said: "I don't object to you opening a new business, but everything sold by Taiyi Pavilion must be genuine handicrafts, and there must be no machine carvings, let alone shoddy products!"
"Understood. Director Liu! From the establishment of Taiyi Pavilion to the present, our work of recruiting and training craftsmen has not stopped. In addition to the lack of high-end talents, the company's current reserve of mid- to low-end crafts talents can fully meet the company's expansion!
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Which industry has no shortage of high-end talents? What’s more, hand-carving is a niche industry!
However, there is a shortage of talents. We cannot find a way to solve it!
After thinking for a while, Liu Dong said: "Whether it is Qiangwei Jewelry, Chenxiang Pavilion or Taiyi Pavilion, the core value is reflected in the number of talents, especially high-level handicraft talents, so my suggestion is that Dongchao Group should take the lead.
Apply to the Dongshan Provincial Government Education Department to establish a vocational school specializing in cultivating various types of sculpture, antique appreciation, calligraphy and painting, jewelry design, inlay, ceramic production and other handicraft categories. At that time, all the training departments of various companies will be merged into it! Solve it from the source
The problem of talent shortage! What do you think?"
"This is no problem. The development of schools can also solve our dilemma of talent shortage. However, the education industry is too special. If we develop according to conventional vocational schools, the students trained in three years will not be able to meet the company's requirements!"
Wang Qiang said worriedly.
Although she studied at a university abroad, she is also aware of some things about domestic higher education. Too much time is wasted on subjects such as English and politics that are unnecessary, even useless for employment, or of little use. In addition,
Problems such as unreasonable distribution of courses, too much free time, etc. have led to a significant decline in the quality of many college students. It is no longer an empty saying that they will be unemployed after graduation! This is true in universities, let alone vocational schools!
So what Wang Qiang is worried about is that the company invested money and energy, but in the end it was all in vain!
Wang Qiang's worries were not unreasonable. Liu Dong thought about it and said, "This way. When the school is established, the cultural courses will only be Chinese and history, and other messy subjects will not be handed in!"
Teaching the Chinese language allows the Chinese to understand their own country, and a true master of craftsmanship must be a master of it. Teaching history is also because many times historical allusions can bring inspiration to designers, such as porcelain, many patterns are from history.
famous allusions.
In addition, it would be ridiculous for a Chinese to not understand the history of his own country!
"...Except for these two things, all the time is used to practice majors, and the graduation time is extended from three years to five years! Closed teaching, military management, half a day off every Sunday, and one day off in January, in short
How you teach high school education is how you teach it!" Liu Dong said directly.
"But if this happens, wouldn't it destroy their spirituality?" Yang Ke couldn't help but said.
He has also experienced high school education in China. Yang Ke deeply understands the irritability and pain of facing textbooks every day!
"Spirituality is thinking rather than action. As long as you give students space to develop, there will be no problem of rigid thinking. And I am also a sculptor. I know that any apprentice can make himself perfect through tedious and painful repeated sculpting.
Their skills have improved little by little, and it took them five years to lay a good foundation. If they can't even lay the foundation well, no matter how good the inspiration or the best design plan is, they can't be expressed, and the design can't be converted into products, it's all in vain!
Liu Dong said bluntly.
How could he succeed without paying the price? When he was learning carving under Uncle Long, he never took a day off. He faced carving knives, wood and jade materials like an ascetic from morning to night, and then he became good at it.
With solid wood carving and jade carving skills, even without the help of Relic Yuanguang, Liu Dong will still become a real jade carving master with the help of Uncle Long if he continues on his path!
"For the time being, just do what I just said. If it doesn't work, we will make adjustments!" Liu Dong understood that these people who had received higher education abroad did not take seriously some of the chronic diseases in Chinese education, but Liu Dong had his own considerations, and of course he took care of them.
He didn’t say anything about the face of Yang Ke and others!
After Liu Dong made his decision, no one said anything more. After all, he was the boss!
Next, according to the time of establishment, many companies under the Jiahua Group should make reports. However, considering the ownership of the group, Wenrui Gallery and Puhua Red Star Auction House, which are affiliated to the Dongchao Group, were named by Liu Dong in turn!
Although Puhua Red Star Auction House was established relatively late, thanks to Liu Dong’s strong support behind it and the inheritance of the assets of the original Red Star Auction House, its current offices have basically opened in all major provinces in the country. Last year
The company's total turnover in one year exceeded 600 million! However, compared to other industries, the profits of the auction industry are relatively low. The annual profit was only 98 million. Although it was a little short, it still did not exceed 100 million!
However, compared to Wenrui Gallery, the profits of the auction house are still high, because when Mr. He, Liu Dong’s master, originally founded this gallery, it was not to make a lot of money, but to provide an opportunity for his students to stand out.
, so the commission ratio set is the lowest in the same industry. In addition, there are not too many painters and sculptors who have signed contracts, and Liu Dong has not made any major changes since taking control of the company, so this year's annual commission rate is the lowest.
Rui Gallery’s profit did not reach 20 million!
As for the development plans of the two companies, compared to several majestic brother companies, they have neither acquisitions nor expansion. Instead, they are more focused on maintaining and improving the company's reputation!
In the auction industry and gallery industry, reputation is always more important than scale!
Only a reputable auction house and gallery can be recognized by buyers and painters!
In general, the various branches of Dongchao Group in the mainland, including Wenrui Gallery and Puhua Red Star Auction House, as well as Taiyi Pavilion and Chenxiang Pavilion, have developed well in the past year!
Although except for Qiangwei Jewelry Company, there is no company with total assets of more than 1 billion, but the particularity of the industry determines their own development level. However, Liu Dong also believes that as the domestic economy continues to develop, arts and crafts, especially arts and crafts, especially
There is still a lot of potential for luxury goods to be tapped!
After talking about the Dongchao Group, the next step is the Jiahua Group that later joined Liu Dong!
However, the difference between Jiahua Group and Dongchao Group is that it has always been under the direct jurisdiction of Liu Dong. When Liu Dong did not have enough time, most of the government affairs of Jiahua Group were approved by Lin Ling!
However, with the rapid development of Jiahua Group, the abilities of the two veteran officials of Jiahua Group, Shao Tiejun and Guo Hongtian, have also been demonstrated in all aspects. Liu Dong is already confident about who will be promoted to control Jiahua Group!
"...as of the end of this year, the number of Jiahua Travel Service branches has reached 102, covering the major provinces north of the Yangtze River, as well as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and southern Guangdong, with 4,500 employees, a turnover of 840 million, and a profit of 4
Billion Hua Xia coins! In the next year, we will expand the number of Jiahua Travel Agency branches to 145, covering all scenic spots in major cities in major provinces in China, purchase 200 new tourist buses, improve the overall service quality, and strive to have them by the end of next year
The company’s turnover reached 1.5 billion Chinese dollars, and its profits doubled!”
Guo Hongtian's slightly formulaic introduction, with strong self-confidence in his tone, satisfied Liu Dong and also won a lot of applause!
As a competitor, Shao Tiejun is not to be outdone. Compared with Jiahua Travel Agency, his Jiahua Hotel Group has obviously achieved greater achievements and has stronger capital! (To be continued.)