Chapter 245 Recruiting troops

Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong happened to come back at this time and were very angry when they saw that their wives had changed.

"You're a spendthrift woman. You don't work hard and you dress yourself up like this."

Liu Haizhong didn't give his wife any face at all.

"That's right, it's fine if Second Auntie just makes a fuss, but why are you joining in?" Yan Fugui was also angry.

Li Jiandong shook his head helplessly, "Old Liu, Old Yan, let's put aside the two of them because they are your own wives.

If it were someone on the street, would you rather see her as she was before or as she is now?"

"Of course that's what it looks like now. It's so beautiful now." Yan Fugui told the truth.

"That's right. Don't they look beautiful when they dress up? This is all thanks to the cosmetics. With these three living people advertising, can our cosmetics sell well?"

Li Jiandong analyzed it bit by bit, and Yan Fugui looked at Liu Haizhong and nodded.

"So this is what Lao Li meant. Well, with these three we can save a lot of advertising money." Liu Haizhong said with a smile.

Then he raised his eyes and looked at his wife a few more times. She was really beautiful with makeup on.

I have been with this woman for so many years, but I have never seen her so beautiful.
"Since Lao Li has said so, then you should dress like this and follow Lao Li's instructions."

Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui were also very happy looking at their wives.

"I'm just setting up a sample today. Tomorrow I'm going to take you three around the city and set up a stall."

Li Jiandong said with a smile.

After hearing what Li Jiandong said, Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui had no objections.

"Lao Li, we don't know anything about operations, so we're relying on you for everything."

Liu Haizhong said this and took his wife home.

Yan Fugui nodded and left with the third aunt.

"Brother Jiandong, do you have a solution?"

Qin Huairu admired her man from beginning to end.

"Today is not my credit, today is all your credit."

Li Jiandong has never been reluctant to give credit to his wife.

"I was just painted beautifully by you and went out for a walk. How can I have any credit?"

Qin Huairu felt sorry.

"If the sample is successful tomorrow, you three will be greatly credited."

Li Jiandong spoke frankly that the success of an advertisement depends on the advertisement itself.

"Don't worry, I will try my best tomorrow."

Although Qin Huairu didn't know what she was asked to do, she expressed her determination first.

"Okay, don't show your determination. I don't need you to do anything tomorrow. I just need you to walk around in front of my stall."

Li Jiandong shook his head helplessly.

When the third aunt returned home and looked at herself in the mirror, she was so beautiful, even more beautiful than when she was young.

"Old Yan, I didn't expect this cosmetic to have such a powerful effect. Do you think I have become much more beautiful?"

The more the third aunt admired her, the more beautiful she felt.

"Okay, stop being so conceited. Do you think this is a serious matter? If it wasn't for Lao Li saying it was an advertisement, I would never let you put on makeup."

Yan Fugui felt a sense of crisis at this moment.

What if my wife, dressed up beautifully, leaves?
The next day, Qin Huairu walked in front with the third aunt and the second aunt.

The other women in the courtyard came out and saw them, and scolded them for being immoral.

"You see, the second and third aunts were led astray by Qin Huairu and turned into demons."

"That's right, she doesn't look like a decent woman at all."

"It seems that in a few days, they may all become street prostitutes."

Regardless of gender, age or status, everyone was talking to each other.

"You know what, when the three of them stood there, it really gave me that feeling. They were full of femininity, so strong."

"Whenever they open for business, they must come to our courtyard first."

A few old men also joined in the chat.

"Bah. You're just a cheap bastard who can only seduce men."

Other women felt uncomfortable when they heard their men discussing this.

So I started swearing.

After being scolded like this, the second and third aunts lowered their heads and walked away feeling embarrassed.

"Two old sisters-in-law, what's wrong with you two? We are very beautiful, why are we afraid of them scolding us?"

"Look at their eyes. Even though they are cursing, they are full of envy."

Qin Huairu pulled the second and third aunts, helping them to feel a little more confident.

"Huai Ru, if you paint like this in our place, you will really be scolded."

Second Aunt was still worried.

"Old Liu and Old Yan have already agreed. What are you two afraid of? Just make it beautiful."

"Okay, let's go, it will be too late soon."

Qin Huairu took them both and walked quickly, and soon left the courtyard.
The second and third aunts were still a little embarrassed and kept their heads down.

Finally arriving in the town, Li Jiandong, Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui had already set up their stall.

"Why are you three so slow?"

Liu Haizhong was a little impatient.

"Oh, it's because the second and third aunts were embarrassed by the scolding and dared not leave."

Qin Huairu joked.

"You two seem to be so ignorant of the world. Learn from Huai Ru."

Yan Fugui felt a little disappointed with his friend.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing, the three of you hurry up and get in front of the stall."

Li Jiandong lives in a house where three women are walking back and forth around the stall.

"Look, these three women are so beautiful."

"That's right, that's right. What are they selling? Let's go over and take a look."

Several women looked at him with envy and then walked over here one after another.

"Hey, three beautiful sisters, how do you maintain your looks?"

One of the girls, who was in her 20s, asked.

"We are not your beautiful sisters. It is enough for you to call us aunt."

The second aunt was so happy that she didn't expect that after putting on makeup, a girl in her 20s would call her sister.

"How is that possible? My sister doesn't look more than 15 years old."

The little girl refused to believe that the beautiful woman in front of her could actually be her aunt.

"We are really your aunts."

Qin Huairu said with a smile that it was time for Li Jiandong to advertise.

"Actually, they are really old. I can remove your makeup on the spot. This is the charm of cosmetics."

After saying that, he pulled Qin Huairu to sit on the stool and started to remove her makeup.

Everyone was shocked after removing the makeup.

"Then we can really call you aunt."

"What kind of cosmetics is this? It's so amazing. Is it expensive?"

The little girl began to take an interest in cosmetics.

"These cosmetics are all from Hong Kong. They are very good for skin care. If you wear makeup, you will probably look like a teenager."

Li Jiandong showed the samples in his hand to the girls. The girls smelled them and found them very fragrant.

"It smells so good and is so delicate. It feels so comfortable when applied on the face."

After trying it, the girl was very satisfied and wanted to buy it on the spot.

"I'm so sorry, girl, we are just advertising now, and the first batch of products from our OEM factory has not been produced yet."

Li Jiandong took his product, smiled, and said apologetically.

"When will it be produced? Where should I go to find you?"

Now it was the little girl's turn to be anxious. She had finally come across such a good thing, but couldn't buy it.

"When the time comes, we will sell them in shopping malls and supermarkets, and you can just go there and buy them."

Li Jiandong said with a smile.

Several girls nodded and said they would definitely pay attention to this brand.

"This is the most Hong Kong cosmetics. I bought some very good products when I was in Hong Kong."

One of the women squeezed to the front, picked up the product and said happily.

"Girl, you really know what you are talking about. This is indeed a product from Xiangjiang. However, Xiangjiang has recently started to produce it in our factory. Soon, it will be very convenient for us to buy cosmetics."

Li Jiandong took the opportunity to advertise the product

"So there is such a good thing. Then I don't have to ask my friends to bring me cosmetics next time."

Obviously, the woman is very happy and has been using the best Hong Kong cosmetics.

Li Jiandong nodded and started to put makeup on the girl next to him

After all, advertising requires a complete set of work. If someone is willing to let me draw it, then I will do it for everyone to see.

At this time, the manager of a five-star hotel passed by.

"Are these cosmetics really the best brands in Hong Kong?"

The manager asked in disbelief.

"Of course it's real. You seem to be a person of status. Just go forward and verify it."

Li Jiandong quickly asked Liu Haizhong to take a bottle to the hotel manager.

The manager took it and looked at it from left to right but couldn't tell any difference.

"Here is my business card. Take it. If you want to discuss business, come to my hotel and find me."

The manager left his business card and walked away.

Li Jiandong was happy, it seemed that his big business was coming.

After putting on makeup, the little girl was very satisfied with her look.

“Mr. Li, you painted me so beautifully, I will wait for your cosmetics to be produced.

I will definitely be the first to buy it, and then you have to teach me how to put on makeup."

"Don't worry, when my first batch of products is produced, you will all be original members if you buy them, and I will teach you how to put on makeup."

Li Jiandong already had an idea in his mind. Maybe he could start a makeup course and make some money.

Li Jiandong closed his stall early.

Let a few women go home and then prepare to go to the hotel to discuss business.

"Sir, are you looking for a place to stay?"

The hotel receptionist is a very enthusiastic girl in her 20s.

But he looks very haggard and his skin is not in very good condition.

"I'm not staying at the hotel. We're here to see your manager, Wang Jiang."

Li Jiandong tells the truth.

"Do you have an appointment? You need an appointment to see our manager."

A diligent and conscientious girl at the hotel front desk left a good impression on Li Jiandong. "Your manager asked me to come and find him. I have his business card."

The little girl handed over her business card, nodded and reported.

"Hello, Manager Wang."

"I didn't expect you to come so soon. Our hotel provides free cosmetics for every stay. In order to show the hotel's grade, we have always used the best cosmetics from Hong Kong. Since you can do the processing for us, I think the cost can be reduced."

The manager told the truth.

"Manager Wang, are you the most popular customer in Hong Kong?"

Although Li Jiandong wanted to negotiate big orders and expand the market, he didn't want to compete with Yang Jie for customers.

"No, no, no, you misunderstood. We are not his customers. He rarely sells his products to North City. We brought them here through a friend."

Wang Jiang tells the truth.

Li Jiandong nodded, as long as he was not Yang Jie's client.

"In that case, we can talk."

Li Jiandong thought that this was his first big business and he had to do it well no matter what.

If the cosmetics factory does well in the beginning, it will develop better and better in the future.

“Okay, tell me about your plan, how do you want to cooperate with us?
If you can convince me, I will use your reasoning to convince the leaders above me, and I will cooperate with you in the future."

Wang Jiang really wanted to find a stable supplier. After all, it was not easy to ask someone to bring cosmetics every time.

"Manager Wang, this is what I am talking about. Please let me introduce it to you."

Li Jiandong began to talk.

"Manager Wang, when I came in just now, I noticed that your receptionist and waiter were not in a good mood."

Li Jiandong I want to talk about big business, so of course I have to start from the basics

"In a five-star hotel, at least the staff should be in a good spirit, so I think your staff should wear the same makeup and use the same cosmetics."

Li Jiandong began to talk about his first plan.

"You said that if only your hotel waitresses put on beautiful makeup every day and looked in good spirits, everyone would definitely be willing to stay here."

Li Jiandong continued to dig the hole.

"I think it's going to cost a lot more than a hotel."

As the manager of the hotel, Wang Jiang has to consider the cost issue of the hotel.

I also know that if I give employees uniform clothing, uniform makeup, uniform hair style, and a radiant spirit, I will attract more high-quality customers.

"Don't worry about the cost, because it doesn't take much makeup to put on one makeup."

"And think about it, all the products used in your hotel rooms are ours, and you only need to use a little bit to do your employees' makeup."

Li Jiandong's words made sense.

"What you said does make sense. I'll think about it. But your factory has just been established. Can you give me the products right away?"

This is what Wang Jiang is most concerned about. If the product is not available immediately, their products will be discontinued soon and they will have to ask others to bring them to them.

"How long do you need?"

Li Jiandong felt that since it could be put into production, there would be no big problem.

"Three days. The stock I have can last for three days at most."

Wang Jiang told the truth, it has been a long time since any of his friends went to Hong Kong.

The stock on hand has been almost used up.

"No problem, how much do you want?"

Li Jiandong agreed without thinking.

"I want a box of cream, a box of water, and your makeup set costs 13000 sets."

Wang Jiang revealed his own number.

Of course, these 13000 sets are only for one week.

"This is no problem at all."

Li Jiandong calculated that if he went back to find workers and cleared the production line, there would be no problem in three days.

"It's settled then. I'll go discuss it with the leader."

After Wang Jiang made up his mind, he went to discuss it with the chairman.

"He said he got the authorization from Zui Xiang Jiang, but we didn't see it. If there is a problem with his product, how can we explain it to the customer?"

Obviously, the chairman doesn't have much trust.

Li Jiandong had been waiting at the door. When he heard the chairman's words, he knocked on the door gently.

"Chairman, you have no other choice now. You can only choose to trust me. After all, three days is not enough. You should go to Hong Kong to buy the products in person."

Li Jiandong talked about his advantages.

"If you believe me, my products must be exactly the same as Zui Xiang Jiang's, because I have obtained Zui Xiang Jiang's production authorization."

Li Jiandong took out the authorization letter given to him by Yang Jie.

The chairman thought for a moment and it seemed that there was really no better choice.

He could only nod and ask Wang Jiang to go to the Finance Department to advance some money to Li Jiandong first.

"You'd better not deceive us, otherwise we'll see you in court."

The chairman said one last word.
"Don't worry, Chairman. I won't delay your work. I guarantee the quality and quantity."

Li Jiandong dares to make this guarantee because he believes in his own ability.

"Since you say so, I will believe you this time."

After Li Jiandong took the money and signed the contract, he left with Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui.

"Lao Li, how is it possible to produce so much in just three days? We haven't even started trial production yet."

Liu Haizhong was worried about this because it was written in the contract that if the goods were not delivered on time within three days, there would be a high penalty.

It is simply unaffordable to pay the penalty before making any profit.

"So you should stop talking here and go recruit soldiers and horses."

Li Jiandong shook his head helplessly. How could there be no risk in doing business? These two people were not suitable for doing business.

"But where can we find so many people?"

Yan Fugui, don't be anxious. If you fail to deliver the goods, you will have to pay compensation.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and quickly come up with a recruitment plan. Each person will be paid 5 dollars a day."

Li Jiandong set the workers' wages particularly high.

"Five yuan is too high. Ordinary factories now charge two yuan a day, and even steel mills only charge three yuan a day."

Yan Fugui started to plot again.

"Right now, we have to deliver the first batch of orders on time."

Li Jiandong felt that if the cosmetics factory wanted to keep running, the first step was to complete the orders.

The shortcomings will only become apparent during the production of the first order.

"Okay, I got it. I'll go recruit people right away." Liu Haizhong quickly drafted a recruitment agreement.

Many female workers in towns came to apply for the job.

Li Jiandong assigned them different production lines.

The cosmetics factory has started to operate normally and half of the work was completed on the first day.

"Now you two won't say that you can't deliver the goods in three days, right?"

Li Jiandong looked at the second and third uncles who were smiling happily and shook his head helplessly.

"I didn't expect you to have such an idea. It looks like we're going to make a lot of money this time."

Liu Haizhong’s mind is full of money.

Li Jiandong looked at these two men who only cared about money and didn't know what to say.

"Brother Jiandong, I never thought that our cosmetics factory would be able to have such a successful start."

Qin Huairu admires her man more and more.

"Huai Ru, don't hesitate when doing anything. Only by bravely letting go and doing it can you have the possibility of success."

Li Jiandong knew that Qin Huairu also had some feudal ideas in his mind, so he had to remind him from time to time.

"I understand. I will listen to you in everything. Don't you have my protection?"

"Now that your cosmetics factory is running normally and there are no enemies anymore, I'm going to take my granddaughter back home."

Qin Huairu felt that her granddaughter should go back to school.

"Grandma, why do you want to go back? I'm having a lot of fun here. I don't want to go back to school."

The little girl refused to go back and felt that it was good to stay here.

At least I don’t have mom and dad forcing me to study.

"You've missed too many classes. If you don't go back, your parents will be worried."

Qin Huairu sighed and said
"Huai Ru, why do you still have that old idea? Isn't it hard for children to study all the time?"

Li Jiandong felt that his granddaughter was smart enough and did not need to learn useless things all the time.

"That's right, mom. Look, I didn't study, but I'm still very good, right? My brother doesn't like to study much either, but he's also very good, isn't he?"

The little girl helped her father talk to his niece one day.

Qin Huairu was angry. "It's because you and your brother don't have any education that I want to train the child well."

"But the child is still young and doesn't want to be so tired. Why not let him play more?"

Li Jiandong didn't understand this at all.

"Don't you want your Li family to produce a top scholar?"

Qin Huairu didn't understand.

"No matter how well she studies, they will take over the family business in the future. As for my granddaughter, all I want her to do is be happy and do a good job in the business."

Li Jiandong has his own ideas.

The reason why we work so hard now is that we hope to leave a better country for our descendants.

By then, even if the children don’t want to study and just want to travel and play, it will be enough.

"Don't you need to learn management knowledge to manage a business? Look at Yang Jie."

Qin Huairu was nagging again and kept on nagging.

Li Jiandong shook his head helplessly, not knowing how to persuade his wife, so he could only let him do what he wanted.

When the family was arguing.

Suddenly Liu Haizhong ran in, looking hurried, as if something serious had happened.

"Old Li, it's bad, it's bad, something big has happened."

"What's wrong? Don't be anxious. Slowly tell me that even if something big happens, you can't be so anxious."

Li Jiandong was still very calm at this moment.

"The workers in our factory went on strike because they ate our workers' meals and got diarrhea."

Liu Haizhong was extremely anxious. Of course, he was not worried about the workers' health, but he was worried about not being able to deliver the goods.

"How could this happen? Didn't I always tell you to buy fresh vegetables and stuff?"

The only thing Li Jiandong could think of was that the second and third uncles bought stale food in order to save money.

"We buy everything according to what you said. It's all the freshest. We buy it every morning."

Yan Fugui felt very aggrieved. He clearly bought the freshest food, so why did it get sick?

"Okay, give the workers half a day off first, and pay them wages. We still have two days anyway, and then take our food to the hospital for testing."

Li Jiandong stood up and prepared to go to the hospital to see what was going on. (End of this chapter)