Chapter 168 - 136: Being Big Has Its Advantages
Chapter 168: Chapter 136: Being Big Has Its Advantages
Gao Yuan and President Li exchanged a few pleasantries before getting straight to the point.
This was absolutely not the time to run out of stock, and shipping had to be prompt.
If inventory issues were to affect their overall sales, it would be a huge waste of the traffic TikTok was providing.
After they reached an agreement, President Li immediately began to arrange the production of the GY masks.
He knew Gao Yuan was a major shareholder in the group. Plus, Gao Yuan had just said the payment would be transferred to the Lin Group shortly. With a real cash purchase on the table, the factory would definitely prioritize production for Yuanfang.
Otherwise, whether he, a mere vice president on the payroll, could keep his job would be up to a single word from Gao Yuan.
With President Li’s assurance, Gao Yuan felt much more at ease. He walked out of the office and went straight to the conference room.
The company’s key managers were already in the conference room.
After sitting down, Gao Yuan’s first words were to Si Xue. "First, go transfer ten million to the Lin Group for the product payment."
After Si Xue acknowledged and left, Gao Yuan turned to the three store managers. "Go ahead and report on the situation over the past few days."
From their reports, Gao Yuan learned the specific sales figures for the three stores.
The main driver of sales was still the TikTok store, where performance was growing rapidly.
Although the Tmall and JD.com platforms also saw growth, the increase wasn’t very significant.
This was mainly due to the traffic from TikTok, so Gao Yuan didn’t blame them. In fact, he praised them.
After discussing sales, the three store managers all brought up staffing.
With the recent explosion in sales, they had added several customer service reps and a few warehouse workers.
But the main shortages were in channel specialists, designers, and livestreaming staff.
In response, Gao Yuan could only ask Sun Qiang to speed up the recruitment process. He told her that for suitable candidates, they could even poach them from other companies, even if it meant offering a slightly higher salary.
At this point, Wang Hao proposed building an in-house video team to create content centered around their products.
Gao Yuan nodded in agreement but said that for now, they should stick with their current collaboration model.
As the meeting was about to end, Si Xue hurried back. She had already made the payment to the Lin Group, and now she needed to report on the company’s recent revenue.
The amount received from the three platforms recently totaled 7.32 million yuan. There was another 23.97 million yuan still within the payment settlement period, which was expected to arrive over the next two weeks.
The company’s available assets at the end of December were 39.32 million yuan.
Gao Yuan nodded and concluded the meeting.
He now had a clear picture of the company’s finances. He would still need to make a trip to the Lin Group tomorrow.
He had already handed over the designs for the entire product line. Several days had passed, and given the Lin Group’s speed, the samples should have already been made.
December would be over in another week, and Gao Yuan was waiting to launch the full product line on New Year’s Day.
’In January, I have to make at least a hundred million.’
It was already past six when Gao Yuan got home. As he walked in carrying several bags, big and small, Lin Wanyu and Li Mengqing immediately rushed over to him.
Lin Wanyu threw caution to the wind and jumped straight into his arms.
Li Mengqing, on the other hand, first took the bags from his hands and set them aside before coming to his side.
Gao Yuan noticed Li Mengqing wasn’t in his arms, so he grabbed her arm and pulled her into his embrace.
’We’re all home now. It would be wrong not to give her a hug.’
With an arm around each of them, the three of them sat down on the sofa.
Gao Yuan suddenly wondered if the two had eaten yet, so he asked, "Have you two eaten?"
They both nodded at the same time.
"Brother, have you eaten?"
Lin Wanyu asked, looking at Gao Yuan.
"I went to the office as soon as I got back. I just finished up and came straight home, so I’m still hungry."
"Wait here."
The two of them immediately got up and ran to the kitchen.
Gao Yuan was a little curious watching them. He’d only been gone for two or three days. ’Have they learned how to cook in that time?’
He followed them to the kitchen and was surprised to see some hand-rolled noodles on the cutting board.
"Where did these hand-rolled noodles come from?"
"Hehe, we had a chef come over to make them."
After Lin Wanyu’s explanation, Gao Yuan finally understood. Today, the two of them had been craving the hand-rolled noodles his mother used to make. Since they didn’t know how, they just called a chef to come to the house and do it.
The leftover noodles on the cutting board had been saved specially for him.
Gao Yuan was quite pleased that they had thought of him.
He didn’t want to get in the way of their loving gesture, so he sat in the dining room and waited for his meal.
Meanwhile, he also sent a message to Xiao Xiao to see what she was doing for dinner.
Xiao Xiao then told him that a chef had come over to cook for the evening.
’Oh, well.’
’A rich woman’s life is just that simple. I was worried for nothing.’
Before long, a steaming hot bowl of egg and hand-rolled noodles was placed on the dining table.
Gao Yuan took a sniff. It was surprisingly fragrant, and the aroma of the chopped scallions, in particular, whetted his appetite.
While he was eating, Lin Wanyu noticed the bags he had brought back.
She brought them over to the dining room and started unwrapping the boxes right next to him.
"Wow, a Hermes bag!"
"Wow, a Jaeger-LeCoultre watch!"
"The two watches are identical!"
Gao Yuan said between bites, "The watches are one for each of you. The bag is for Qingqing."
Lin Wanyu wasn’t upset that he hadn’t bought her a bag; she already owned a Hermes bag.
She had already picked up a watch and was putting it on her wrist. The watch actually looked very good on Lin Wanyu; it suited her well.
Gao Yuan looked over at Li Mengqing, only to find her staring blankly at the watch’s price tag.
"What are you looking at? Hurry up and put it on so I can see!"
"Why did you buy such an expensive watch!"
Li Mengqing murmured the question, but she still obediently put on the watch.
Seeing Li Mengqing with the watch on, Gao Yuan explained, "Business at the stores has been good recently. I happened to see these two watches and bought them for you."
"Brother, this isn’t my birthday present, is it?"
Lin Wanyu suddenly remembered that before Gao Yuan came back, he’d said he had already prepared her birthday gift, so she quickly asked.
"It’s not."
"Your birthday present is something else."