Chapter 18 Company Meeting
After breakfast, Zhang Feng asked the maid to put the luggage away, and asked the butler John to move out three chairs. The three of them went to the lawn in the front yard to rest.

"Qing Ning, the family finances are temporarily handed over to you. Butler John, you can go directly to Qing Ning for any financial matters at home in the future. I have already explained the company's finances to Charlie and Susan. You should organize them regularly and report to me." Zhang Feng instructed while lying on the chair.

Ge Taili Jiama is about to give birth, and she is not suitable to be in charge. Qin Qingning used to be a cashier in the store, so it is appropriate for her to be in charge.

In addition to managing servants and serving this house, Butler John also has to serve Zhang Feng's entire family. He will be the one to communicate on most matters in the future. This is a British butler. Of course, Zhang Feng still doesn't trust him that much on some things.

"Okay, Brother Feng." Qin Qingning nodded.

"Yes, sir." John bowed to Zhang Feng.

"Well, this lawn is too spacious, John. You can arrange for someone to dig a small pond here tomorrow and buy some red carp to raise in it." Zhang Feng said again.

"Okay, sir, I'll arrange it right away." Butler John responded immediately.

"Well, Jiabao, Qingning, you guys rest here first. I'm going to take a walk around the farm. John, come with me." Zhang Feng said.

The two walked out of the manor and came to a house on the farm outside. This was where the farm residents lived. At this time, the cowboys outside were brushing the horses. The horses were bought a few days ago. Zhang Feng couldn't wait to experience the feeling of riding a horse.

It only took one day, and with Zhang Feng's amazing learning ability, he could happily shoot arrows on horseback. Those who didn't know him would think he was a Mongolian who grew up on horseback.

"For this farm, I plan to only raise some cattle, sheep, and pigs this year, and grow grains and vegetables. The quantity only needs to be enough for the daily needs of the entire estate. Starting next year, you can expand the scale according to the situation, and you don't have to worry about making money, as long as you don't lose money. Come on, take me to see their training." After Zhang Feng arranged the farm's affairs, he went to see his bodyguards' training.

The two men talked as they walked, and soon they arrived at the stable. Zhang Feng asked the cowboy to lead out two horses, and then he and the housekeeper rode away into the distance.

There was empty wilderness all along the way. The previous farmer had sold all the livestock. Now there were only the twenty or so horses that Zhang Feng had just raised on the entire farm. After more than ten minutes, the two came to a simple shed.

The shed was very large, with simply some wooden stakes erected and covered with weeds to protect against rain. There was no shelter on any side. Inside, there were several targets placed on one side for shooting practice. At this moment, about twenty strong men were training inside.

After Zhang Feng and Butler John dismounted, someone came up to greet them immediately. That person was his captain Wood. Wood was a veteran of World War I and was a captain when he retired. A few days ago, he was recruited by Zhang Feng to be his bodyguard captain and guard team instructor.

Now he and four other retired soldiers are training more than a dozen new recruits. Zhang Feng's arrangement for them is that two of them will go out with him in the short term, two will stay at home, and one will be responsible for training here.

"Boss, you're here." Wood said respectfully as he took the reins from Zhang Feng.

"Well, I just moved here today, so I came to see how the training is going and what the qualifications of these newcomers are like?" Zhang Feng asked casually.

"Boss, we've been training for a few days and these newcomers are pretty good. After another half a year of training and seeing some blood, they'll be qualified soldiers." Wood replied.

Zhang Feng nodded and said nothing more. Today's criminals are not as exaggerated as those in the movies. They just need to be stronger and have enough deterrent power. The requirements cannot be too high.

"Boss", "Boss".
Zhang Feng walked over and everyone stood up straight, then lined up to greet him. Zhang Feng also patted their shoulders as he passed by them.

"They are all great. Train well." This was just Zhang Feng's bad taste. It was like this when he watched TV dramas in his previous life. It was a bit like a military parade, which made him feel satisfied.

Although there are only a dozen people now, he is already looking forward to the scene of reviewing tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people in the future. To be honest, just thinking about that feeling makes people excited.

"Okay, everyone train hard. Butler John will ask the kitchen to prepare an extra pound of meat for each person tonight." Zhang Feng said proudly.

"Thank you, boss." Suddenly there was a cheer at the scene.

After saying that, Zhang Feng asked the instructor to continue arranging the training and called Wood aside.

"Wood, have you seen the movie G.I. Joe that was released a few months ago?" Zhang Feng suddenly asked.

"Yes, boss. Your movie is very well made. I took my whole family to see it," Wood said exaggeratedly.

"Well, it's good that you've read it. I want you to train according to the model in it. Of course, it doesn't need to be so intense. A simplified version will be fine." Zhang Feng said seriously.

"Yes, boss." Wood said immediately.

"This training ground is too simple, John. Ask someone to build a new one next to it. I will give you a blueprint tomorrow and ask you to make all the training equipment on it." Zhang Feng turned to John and gave instructions.

Now there are only shooting targets in the training ground, no dumbbells for strength training, and no horizontal bars. It is empty, which makes Zhang Feng feel a little bit like the military training in his past life.

After arranging the escort team, Zhang Feng asked Wood to arrange two veterans to serve as his bodyguards and return to the manor together. The next day, Zhang Feng woke up in Getari Garbo's room. On the first day of moving in, Zhang Feng still chose to sleep with Getari Garbo to give her a sense of security.

With the help of the maid, Zhang Feng got dressed and washed up. The three of them went downstairs together. Their house was temporarily

The second floor.

As soon as he sat down in the restaurant downstairs, the maids brought today's breakfast. After taking a sip of the soup, Zhang Feng began to enjoy today's dishes.

I have to say that the life of rich people is really great. After eating, Zhang Feng came to the front yard. There were already several workers digging the ground in front, and soon a big pit appeared.

"Jiabao, Qingning, do you have any animals or flowers you want to raise? I'll ask the housekeeper to arrange them." Zhang Feng and the other two were sitting in the front yard enjoying the sunshine.

"Why don't we get a few dogs? Dogs are cute and can help look after the house," Qin Qingning suggested.

"I'm going to plant a field of flowers here. Spring is coming soon and it will definitely look beautiful then." Gertrude Greta said happily.

"Okay, no problem, Butler John, you can do it tomorrow." Zhang Feng agreed readily. Anyway, he didn't need to do these things himself, so he might as well make the two women happy.

"Okay, sir, ladies." Butler John said immediately.

In a blink of an eye, a month of corruption has passed, and Geteli Jiabao's belly has become bigger and bigger. She will give birth in a month, and Qin Qingning was also confirmed to be pregnant yesterday.

Zhang Feng decided to take half a month to finish the company's affairs, and then stay at home to accompany Getafe to give birth.

After breakfast this morning, Zhang Feng brought two bodyguards and Little John to the company on the eighth floor of the Rice Building. Before Christmas last month, Zhang Feng had not been here for more than a month since he came here to give Christmas gifts to employees.

Little John is the son of Butler John. He is now Zhang Feng's personal secretary, helping Butler John share some of the affairs. He is the one who serves Zhang Feng when he goes out. When John retires in the future, Little John will be able to take over.

Entering the 8th floor, Zhang Feng first walked around the three offices. Everyone was working very hard. Among the three companies, Shennong Pharmaceutical Company had the most employees, followed by KFC Company, and finally Maple Leaf Investment Company. After all, Maple Leaf Investment Company has not officially opened for business until now.

Zhang Feng came to the large conference room and waited, and asked Little John to call the executives of the three companies to come for a meeting. After only five minutes of waiting, the conference room was full of people. In fact, most of them were people Zhang Feng recruited for the first time.

"Okay, everyone is here, so let's start today's meeting. Today's meeting is divided into two parts. One is for everyone to report on the current development of the company, and the second part is the future development direction of the company. Sharlock will first report on the situation of Shennong Pharmaceutical Company." After everyone sat down, Zhang Feng started today's meeting.

"Okay, boss. Shennong Pharmaceutical Company just completed the expansion of the pharmaceutical factory and equipment installation last month. From this month on, the output can reach 10 million tablets per month, with an annual sales target of 200 million. Now the company's products can basically be sold to major countries in the world, and there is still a shortage of supply. According to the boss, there will be no more expansion of production." Sharlock reported.

"Well, next the price of sulfonamide tablets can be adjusted according to demand. Since the supply is insufficient to meet the demand, we will raise the price. We can lower it later. In addition, we will recruit a group of researchers to continue studying other sulfonamide drugs. In the future, I will also provide other drug research directions. We must have our own researchers. In addition to sulfonamides, we can also spend money to recruit professors who have research projects but no funds. A company cannot rely on this one product alone." After listening to his report, Zhang Feng instructed the company's future development direction.

At this point, Zhang Feng suddenly thought that if he opened his own film company in the future, he could use his own pharmaceutical company as the prototype to shoot movies about Captain America, Spider-Man, or Iron Man. The background would be that Shennong Company studies human and animal genes, and then the boss himself gets a terminal illness. In order to survive, he is injected with a genetic drug, becomes Superman, and saves the world in the United States.

"James, tell me about the situation of KFC and how many branches it has opened now." Zhang Feng shook off the thoughts in his mind. Although he wanted to, now was not the right time. After Sharlock wrote down what Zhang Feng said, he asked the KFC manager James again.

"Boss, thanks to your sufficient financial support, KFC currently has 120 branches, all of which are located in major cities in several surrounding states. According to your requirements, most of the stores are purchased." James reported.

"Well, we will continue to expand to other states. Also, we will separate the stores from KFC and set up a real estate company to put the store assets in. KFC will pay normal rent in the future." Zhang Feng decided to list KFC before the economic crisis, otherwise it would be difficult to expand to other states.

KFC raised a wave of money through its listing, and the rent of the stores is the private property of their family, so they will definitely not lose money. If they are short of money in the future, they can just place the store assets into KFC and cash out at a high price. This is how easy it is for rich people to make money.

Even though he had Howard Hughes as his fake backer, it was difficult for him to open stores all over the United States, or even in Europe. He still needed the help of others, and sharing some of the profits could also protect himself. KFC was actually the bait he had prepared to throw out from the beginning.

I hope this will preserve the current more profitable pharmaceutical company and other industries in the future. Otherwise, if we encounter a powerful rival like the DuPont family, they will bomb Zhang Feng to death in a minute.

Although he was not clear about his boss's intention, James agreed anyway. As long as it did not harm the company's interests, there was no need for him to refute his boss's decision.

"Paulson, get ready. Bring your people with me to New York in three days to officially start the first project of Maple Leaf Investment Company." Zhang Feng gave the order directly. Maple Leaf Investment Company had not yet opened, and there was nothing to report.

"Charlie, Susan, please report how much money is left in each company's account." Zhang Feng asked.

"Boss, there are 250 million US dollars in Shennong Pharmaceutical's account, 30 US dollars in KFC's account, and 20 US dollars in Maple Leaf Investment Company's account." The two reported.

"Well, tomorrow I will transfer another 50 US dollars to the Maple Leaf Investment Company account, and you will also transfer 200 million US dollars from Shennong Pharmaceutical Company to it. Okay, let's end the meeting here today, and disband it." Zhang Feng said finally.

(End of this chapter)