Chapter 316 Is your brain used to hold water?
When I arrived at Chen Jingxian's house, she had already returned.

"Is it because you are too talkative that Auntie sent you back?"

When she saw Lin Jiang, Chen Jingxian made a few complaints.

Lin Jiang took a step forward and slapped her butt with his big hand, making a crisp sound.

"Your boss might ask you to work overtime at night."

"Tsk, even if I say something nice, I still have to work overtime at night."

"It seems that you already know what is going to happen tonight, and your awareness is getting higher and higher."

"Pinch you, bad guy."

Chen Jingxian went to the bedroom and changed into a nightgown, and Lin Jiang lay on the sofa.

After changing clothes, she sat at the other end, placed Lin Jiang's legs across her own legs, and helped him massage his legs.

"By the way, let me show you something."

Chen Jingxian took out her cell phone, found a video, and handed it to Lin Jiang.

Lin Jiang took the phone and took a look. The content showed the footage of city leaders going to Huipin City for inspection.

“More than 30 likes for this type of content?”

"The content of the video was from a news report. They intercepted the content. As for why it has so many likes, it must be because they bought traffic." Chen Jingxian said:
"Since their transformation, they have been saying that they want to compete with Donglai Supermarket. Some people even say the slogan of 'North Donglai, South Huipin'. Their business has come back to life."

Watching the content of the video, which included a scene of the leader eating noodles, Han Guangqi stood by with a smile on his face.

Lin Jiang smiled, and the connotation was clear.

"The person who can come up with this marketing method is really talented. It directly excludes Berkeley. As long as this slogan can be deeply rooted in people's hearts, it will form a mindset for consumers. In the future, when they buy things, they may choose Huipincheng first."

"They have been using this slogan since the opening. Now they have released the video of the leadership inspection, which has also gained quite a bit of attention."

Handing the phone to Chen Jingxian, Lin Jiang put his hands behind his head.

"These are just superficial songs and dances. To understand the real situation, we need to look beyond the surface to see the essence. Has any blogger gone to Huipin City to shoot a video recently?"

"There are some."

"Is it as much as when we opened?"

"This is useless." Chen Jingxian said affirmatively:

"When we opened, almost all the internet celebrities from Zhonghai came, and there were also ordinary netizens. Everyone came to take pictures. The scene was much bigger than that of Huipin City."

"This explains the problem. At that time, we formed a huge traffic pool. As long as people came to shoot, there would be traffic. The reason why there was a traffic pool was because people loved to watch it, so people would go to shoot it."

Lin Jiang said slowly:
"On the other hand, Huipin City has not formed such a situation, which means that they are still a long way behind in terms of traffic. This is the essential gap. After a while, there may be problems."

"But Han Guangqi is a very courageous person. When he was on the verge of bankruptcy, he came up with this trick, which pulled Huipin City back from the edge of the cliff. Otherwise, it might not have survived until New Year's Day."

"That's a good thing."

"Good thing?"

"Their core is capital, so no matter how they change, their essence will not change. If their essence does not change, the future outcome will not change either," Lin Jiang said.

"Without Berkeley, they would certainly be able to survive, but with Berkeley, the final result would inevitably be closure."

“Why do you think it’s a good thing?”

"Just think about it, how much money did it cost for them to make such a big change in such a short time?"

Lin Jiang looked at Chen Jingxian with a smile, "Think about it, I spent a lot of money before I died. Do you think this is interesting?"

Chen Jingxian thought about it and then laughed.

"It seems that's really what happened."

"So don't be impatient. It won't be long before the outcome becomes clear. We don't need to focus all our attention on this." Lin Jiang said:

"After the Chinese New Year, I plan to open 300 noodle shops, barbecue restaurants and hot pot restaurants. I will finalize these plans after I get to work. They must be over square meters. The noodle shops must be retail stores. The barbecue restaurants and hot pot restaurants can be placed in shopping malls, but they will still be primarily retail stores."

Chen Jingxian was not surprised by Lin Jiang's decision.

Given the popularity of the noodle shop, barbecue restaurant and hot pot restaurant, they should have expanded long ago.

"According to the current configuration and your requirements, we will open seven more noodle restaurants, eight more barbecue restaurants, and nine more hot pot restaurants," said Chen Jingxian.

"Yes, that's what I mean. We'll focus on major shopping malls and then consider other places."

"I'll arrange this when the 4th comes to work."

After finishing the business, Lin Jiang stood up and picked up Chen Jingxian by the waist.

The latter screamed and instinctively hugged his neck.

"What~~~"

"Now that we have finished talking about the company's mess, we must get down to business."

"Go take a shower... I'll find you pajamas..."

"There's no outsider here, so there's no need to wear pajamas. It's quite a hindrance to put them on."

Chen Jingxian's face turned red, "Then you have to take a shower first~"

"So I plan to carry you with me~~~"

The scene of the two of them taking a bath together emerged in Chen Jingxian's mind.

She had even guessed what Lin Jiang would do in there. Her heart was beating fast and she was already looking forward to it.

……

Because she didn't have to go to work the next day, Chen Jingxian didn't get up early.

The consequence of not getting up early was that Lin Jiang would teach him morning exercises, which would end at 10 o'clock in the morning.

"I can't get up, so I won't cook for you." Chen Jingxian said in a daze.

Lin Jiang patted Chen Jingxian's belly.

"It seems I need to work hard on my fitness and improve my physical strength."

"I've been practicing, and I haven't been slacking off lately, but it doesn't seem to be working."

"Then I'll have to train you."

"Bad guy."

Lin Jiang got up and put on his clothes. "You can sleep a little longer. I'm leaving first."

"Ah."

After leaving Chen Jingxian's house, he drove to Shen Qingqiu's place.

Li Xiaoping is going home today, and Lin Jiang wants to take her back.

Although I could ask someone else to deliver it, I decided to do it myself.

One reason is that I don’t have anything to do today and I do have time.

Secondly, I usually spend too little time with her, and I want to spend as much time with her as possible.

Arriving at Shen Qingqiu's home, Lin Jiang discovered that the two of them seemed to get along better. They were no longer as reserved as before and were much more natural.

"Auntie, please stay a few more days. I don't have many classes recently. You can leave after class. I will take you to other places."

"You all have work to do, so don't waste your time with me."

Li Xiaoping held Shen Qingqiu's hand, "The Chinese New Year is just over a month away, so come to my place to celebrate the New Year. If you don't come, Auntie will be unhappy."

"Um……"

Shen Qingqiu nodded gently. At this point, he had no reason to refuse.

"Auntie left first." Li Xiaoping looked at Lin Jiang:

"If you're busy, don't send me off. The train is more convenient. I'll ask your uncle to pick me up after I get off the train."

"He has to play mahjong if he has time, so how can he pick you up?"

Lin Jiang smiled and said, "I'll take you there."

"also."

Li Xiaoping was not polite to her own son.

At this time, Shen Qingqiu said: "I don't have anything to do today, I'll go with you."

"Don't bother. It takes several hours to go back and forth. It takes up a whole day of my life."

He could do whatever he wanted with his own son, but he couldn't be so casual with Shen Qingqiu.

"It's mainly because I'm bored at home, and I can take this opportunity to get to know the place. Isn't that great?"

Hearing the words "recognize the door", Li Xiaoping couldn't stop smiling.

"You're right. We really need to go and find out where the door is. Let's go together."

Lin Jiang was standing nearby and saw it all.

Although Shen Qingqiu was cold and lonely, she also knew how to make the old man happy.

Before leaving, Shen Qingqiu took out four gift boxes from the room.

There are sea cucumbers, cosmetics, and two boxes of unknown skin care products.

"Why buy these things? I don't need anything."

"This is a little gift from me. I've already bought the things, so don't refuse, Auntie."

"Okay, I'll take these things first, but I'll come back later, so don't buy anything else."

"Ah."

After a quick packing, the three of them got in the car.

Shen Qingqiu and Li Xiaoping sat in the back seat, and Lin Jiang became a driver.

During this process, Lin Jiang discovered that Shen Qingqiu seemed to talk more.

A highly educated female PhD like her can also talk about the trivialities of life with great knowledge.

When passing by Beikelai, I could see that there were still people queuing at the door. Everyone was organized and orderly.

Nowadays, Berkeley’s online store has also opened.

Many things can be purchased online, but there are still so many people buying them offline, which makes Lin Jiang very satisfied.

Even if the profit of each product is not as big as imagined, as long as the shipment volume is large enough, there will still be very considerable profit.

After driving a little further, Lin Jiang drove to the entrance of Huipin City, slowed down the car and looked at the entrance. There were indeed some people coming in and out, but not as many as he had imagined. After the initial wave of enthusiasm passed, it entered the stage of slow death.

I don’t know how Han Guangqi will deal with it next.

After taking a look at the situation, Lin Jiang was about to leave, but was stopped by Shen Qingqiu.

"Don't drive away in a hurry. I'll show you something."

"what?"

Shen Qingqiu handed over the phone from the back row.

The content was the chat between her and Sun Shengyao, and there were several videos on it.

Lin Jiang clicked on it and took a look, and found that they were all exposed.

The exposed protagonists are all Huipincheng, a total of four.

Lin Jiang was puzzled when he saw this.

"Where do all these things come from?"

"Shengyao said it was recorded by Wenqi."

"She did it?"

"I heard that her boss targeted her and deliberately transferred her to a dirty and tiring department, where she would be exposed to these things. In a fit of rage, she published all these things."

"Is her boss crazy? If a top 985 undergraduate or graduate student comes to work for them, it would be fine if they don't support him, but they have to do this?"

"Many entrepreneurs today actually have a slave-owner mentality and want to establish their own authority. And they all have a unified idea: if you don't do this job, there are plenty of people who will do it."

"I agree with you."

“So sometimes, calling them capitalists is not quite appropriate.”

"The post-00s generation is not easy to mess with. If you make them unhappy, they will really punish you."

"If it was Shengyao, he might not do such a thing, but Wenqi is different. She is not someone who will suffer any loss."

"After working for so many days, I think she knows what Huipin is like. It's enough time for her to write her thesis. Let her come back to avoid Huipin people targeting her."

"They probably wouldn't dare. Wenqi's father is quite powerful."

"Isn't her father a public official?"

“But these two things are not in conflict.”

Lin Jiang was stunned for a moment.

If these two things do not conflict, it means that her father has reached a very high position.

This is...

Very awesome...

……

Although there are still people shopping in Huipin City at this time, the mall’s executives have already noticed that fewer and fewer people are coming to the store every day. If this continues, the mall will return to its old path.

But no one dared to say anything, and a strange and depressing atmosphere permeated the entire mall.

At this time, Liu Youchen and Li Shuting were patrolling inside the mall.

Liu Chenyou was holding a report in his hand and his expression was not very good.

It has been less than four days since the opening, but there has been a noticeable drop in the number of goods purchased.

This does not bode well for a shopping mall.

"Do you have Berkeley's purchasing data?"

“Only some suppliers.” Li Shuting said:
"We have fallen behind in all aspects. For the same goods, the purchase volume is 5 to 10 times different."

"This is not a good sign. If we continue like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to survive. We must think of a solution."

As a purchasing manager, Liu Youchen cares more about the mall's performance than Han Guangqi.

Although the salary is not high, the hidden gray income is at least tens of thousands every month.

But these results are only achieved under the premise of large-scale purchases.

If this continues, my income may not be guaranteed.

"Manager Liu, can we change the model and use sales promotion and bonuses to motivate employees and ensure our shipment volume?"

"Tell me what you think."

"Give everyone a quota and tell them how much they must sell every day in order to get a bonus at the end of the month. This will increase their enthusiasm and significantly increase our shipments."

Liu Chenyou thought about it and said, "This is a good idea. Let's find time to hold a meeting to study it. We can't keep going like this."

Li Shuting nodded complacently, happy that she had put forward a constructive suggestion.

If your ideas can be adopted by the leaders above you, it can be regarded as a contribution of advice. If you are lucky, the leaders above you will remember your name, which will be of great benefit to your future development.

"The watermelons you sell here are not good. They are not sweet at all. Please change one for me."

Hearing the voice, the two looked up.

I saw a middle-aged woman, holding half a watermelon, standing in front of the counter and talking to the staff.

"You've already eaten one-third of your watermelon. How can I change it for you?"

The staff looked disgusted and felt that the request was a bit unreasonable.

"When I bought it, didn't you say the watermelon buns were sweet? Try it yourself and see if it tastes good."

"Our watermelons are guaranteed to be sweet. Maybe you were unlucky and got the one that wasn't sweet. We can't guarantee that every watermelon will be sweet. How about you buy another one?"

"I've already bought half a watermelon, and you still want me to spend money? Isn't that too much? How can you do business like this?"

"The main thing is that you've already eaten one third of this watermelon. How can I return it to you?"

"I took it home and cut a few pieces. Each of my family members ate one piece. When they found it not tasty, I took it back. I didn't eat too much on purpose to return it." The female customer argued:
"Didn't you say that if the food isn't tasty or the fruit isn't sweet, you can return it. Why aren't you returning it now? This is false advertising, right?"

"When did we say the fruit wasn't sweet and we returned it?"

The staff member showed obvious impatience on his face, but he was still trying to restrain himself.

After the reform of Huipincheng, every employee's salary was indeed increased, but it was only increased by about 20%. Unlike Berkeley, the smallest increase was a doubling of salary.

The gap between the two sides is not only reflected in wages, but there is also a big gap in vacation time.

Huipin City still maintains a work system of six days on and one day off. After Berkeley's reform, everyone's vacation days add up to more than 150 days a year.

This indirectly led to the fact that the staff of Huipin City were not as enthusiastic about their work as those of Berkeley.

So many people are looking for opportunities to switch to Berkeley based on their years of work experience.

It’s just that Berkeley has no recruitment plans for the time being, so they have no chance to go, otherwise they would have left long ago.

"There was an internet celebrity who posted a video saying that if the fruit you buy isn't sweet, you can return it. The policy is the same as Berkeley's, so that's why I came here to buy things."

"I'm not sure about the policy, but even if it's possible to refund, we can't refund you since you've eaten so much. And look at other supermarkets besides Berkeley, who will refund you for buying unsweet fruit?"

"Okay, if you don't want to return it, then don't return it. I don't need this little money. If you don't come here again, just buy it at Berkeley."

The staff had an indifferent attitude.

It's not like you're making money for yourself, so you can buy things wherever you want, it has nothing to do with you.

"Ma'am, wait a minute!"

Just as the female customer was about to leave, Liu Chenyou walked over and looked at the staff member sternly.

"Return the watermelon to the customer. We are in the service industry and we must serve our customers well."

The staff member looked a little reluctant, but still processed the refund.

After finishing the matter, Liu Chenyou looked at the female customer with a friendly face again.

"Ma'am, I'm really sorry that you had a bad shopping experience. We will strengthen management in the future to ensure that such things don't happen again."

"Then it's your business. It has nothing to do with me. Anyway, I won't come here anymore."

The female customer's face was full of disgust. "It's exaggerated, but it's far inferior to Berkeley."

The female customer didn't give any face at all and just turned around and left.

Liu Chenyou felt a little embarrassed and watched the staff member output together.

"What's wrong with you? Do you still want to do this? What did I tell you during the training? Have you forgotten the principle of customer first? I will deduct 500 yuan from your salary this month. Remember this lesson in the future."

"Why do you deduct 500 from my salary? Besides, you have no right to control me."

The male employee was also very tough. He didn't care about his colleagues and customers next to him and started to argue directly.

"Our leaders have already said that if we can avoid refunding, we will do our best. Why do you have the right to control me?"

"you!"

Liu Chenyou was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He felt a little embarrassed being watched by so many people.

But the two parties are indeed not from the same department, and I have no right to control others.

"I will report this matter to your manager Zhang, just wait for notification."

With a cold snort, Liu Chenyou left.

Li Shuting glanced at the male employee coldly.

"If you don't want to do this job anymore, just say so. If you talk to your boss like this, something will go wrong sooner or later. Be more careful next time."

After giving the other person a scolding by taking advantage of the power of another, Li Shuting followed Liu Chenyou and left.

"Wenqi."

Before she had walked far, Li Shuting saw Zheng Wenqi, who was walking in leisurely from outside, carrying a bag in her left hand and an ice cream in her right hand.

Hearing someone calling him, Zheng Wenqi walked towards the two of them.

"what's up?"

Liu Chenyou glanced at her with a very ugly expression.

"Why did you just come? Also, someone recently complained that there were hairs in our homemade marinated products. What do you do for a living? This has happened several times!"

Having lost face in front of the male employees, Liu Chenyou took out his anger on Zheng Wenqi.

On the other hand, Zheng Wenqi was not panicked at all. She took a bite of ice cream and said:
"Is your brain used to hold water? I am responsible for purchasing the food area, not for hygiene and safety. If you found a hair in your food, you can still blame it on me? Isn't this a bit too funny?"

(End of this chapter)