In the following days, Liu Jian was absent from school again. As for those buddies, Liu Jian wasn't worried. To be honest, these guys all had good grades, and as for fighting, which of their parents didn't know about it? They had been like that since middle school.
Liu Fu and Kong Xianrong met in the principal's office. Liu Fu felt it was necessary to explain Liu Jian's situation to the homeroom teacher. As for the principal of the high school, he had already received a call from Deputy Mayor Chen Sheng, and knew that this was Chen Sheng's favorite nephew, so he would turn a blind eye to Liu Jian's problems.
Kong Xianrong responsibly went over Liu Jian's behavior at school: smoking, drinking, fighting, sleeping in class, reading martial arts novels, and listening to music. Principal Gao Guo, listening from the side, almost burst out laughing, thinking to himself, "No wonder the mayor had to call. Otherwise, I wouldn't want a student like this no matter what."
Liu Fu was also stunned when he heard this. He knew Liu Jian's performance at school wouldn't be good, but it couldn't be this exaggerated, could it? It was as if he was on vacation, not going to school.
Liu Fu said with a bitter smile, "Teacher Kong, I'm really sorry, I didn't expect his performance at school to be this bad."
Kong Xianrong shook his head and said, "It's nothing. Liu Jian told me on his first day that he didn't want to study and wouldn't try to study. He said that what he learned in high school was meaningless to him and that it would be better for him to read management books. I know Liu Jian is a very thoughtful child; he is looking for things that are useful to him. According to him, your family's financial situation is very good, and he has been involved in managing it, so I don't have high expectations for a child like that. But recently, he has been skipping class too much, especially last week, when he almost never attended class. You parents entrusted the child to us, and we are responsible for him. If he skips class every day, you parents think he is at school, and we think he is at home, if something happens to him, our school can't bear the responsibility."
Liu Fu was very embarrassed. After thinking for a moment, he felt it would be good to reveal some of Liu Jian's situation to prevent the teacher from looking down on him so much. "Teacher Kong, we all know about Liu Jian skipping classes lately. Let me be frank, last week was a crucial moment for me to acquire Sanbao Winery, and Liu Jian helped a lot with ideas. Many of the contract details were drafted by Liu Jian."
Kong Xianrong and Gao Guo were both stunned, thinking, "Is this a joke?"
Liu Fu continued, "We, as parents, are very clear about Liu Jian's attitude towards learning. He even dropped out of school at one point, but we forced him back. We don't care about grades; we just don't want our son to miss out on the experience as parents. And Liu Jian is indeed learning a lot of management knowledge. He's bought a lot of books and is always reading them at home. He is now the sales manager of Sanbao Winery, and he is solely responsible for all the winery's sales. Teacher Kong, you can't look at him with ordinary eyes. I know you're a responsible teacher, but Liu Jian's situation is different, very different. I hope you can be more understanding in the future."
It was a long time after Liu Fu left before Kong Xianrong and Gao Guo came back to their senses. Only then did they realize that the Liu family, father and son, were not to be trifled with. They were clearly treating the school as a place for Liu Jian to relax. They didn't care about grades or whether he could get into college at all. They just wanted Liu Jian to have a high school experience so he wouldn't regret it in the future.
Kong Xianrong understood. Well, his complaint was in vain. They would continue to do whatever they wanted, with no impact whatsoever.
From then on, Kong Xianrong adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards Liu Jian, ignoring him, not asking about him, and not holding him accountable, as if there was no such person in the class. This made the other students envious and regretful. He was really having a great school experience.
Just as they were envying this, Liu Jian was swamped with work, and not just him, but the entire Sanbao Winery was bustling with activity.
The Sanbao Winery was indeed a hive of activity. Li Cai organized the workshop workers to inspect the machines and clean the workshop; Li Si led his security guards to clean the factory area and look for safety hazards; Li Wenwu had already taken the purchasing department to the countryside to investigate the price of sorghum, corn, and other brewing materials. The entire factory area was in a flurry of activity, and someone who didn't know better would have thought construction was underway.
The registration of the trademark was originally very troublesome, but Liu Jian's mother took care of it. This showed the benefits of the gifts they had given a few days ago - everywhere she went, people were giving her the green light, and the matter was handled smoothly.
Liu Fu plans to go to Jingdezhen himself. The blueprints for the wine bottles are ready, all designed by Liu Jian. But Liu Jian's designs are actually plagiarism. He copied the wine bottle design of a famous later-generation brand, drawing the sample and the proportions. But the actual product will depend on the finished product.
After much consideration, Liu Jian decided to abandon the idea of placing recruitment advertisements on television. After all, they aren't hiring high-level talent, and the number of people needed is small, so the publicity effect wouldn't be significant. It's better to save this opportunity and use it when the new wine is launched.
Sanbao Winery posted a recruitment notice: Due to business needs, our factory is recruiting salespersons. Applicants must be over 18 years old, able to drink alcohol, and experience in sales work is preferred (male or female, no education requirements). Salary is 800 to 2000 yuan. Interested parties should contact the sales department.
I heard that the distillery is hiring, and many people in the city are interested. The hiring requirements are not high, and many people meet the qualifications, while the salary is very attractive in this era.
On the day the recruitment notice was posted, many people inquired about it. Sanbao Distillery has not officially opened yet, but the enthusiastic spirit of work in the factory has been seen by many. Liu Fu is a well-known rich man in the city, and many people know that Liu Fu is rich. No one knows how much money he has, but that doesn't affect their guesses.
After Sanbao Distillery was acquired by Liu Fu, these people felt that Liu Fu was even richer. Such a rich person would definitely run the distillery well. Thus, although production has not resumed and it has not officially opened, many people are plotting, looking for opportunities to work at the distillery.
The recruitment notice posted by Liu Jian was the first time Sanbao Winery had recruited workers since it was acquired. The advertised job was in the sales department, which was considered easy work. As soon as the news spread, many people felt it was a good opportunity. Many people who didn't even know what sales work entailed came to inquire because the recruitment notice posted by Liu Jian was simple, with low requirements and high pay. Many people felt they had a chance, and some even started pulling strings to find out who was in charge of recruitment, to see if they could get a word in.
Thus, Sanbao Winery, which had been the focus of discussion for some time, had not even had time for the last wave of excitement to subside before a new topic made it the most talked-about topic again.
In the following days, Liu Jian was busy interviewing applicants. This time, Liu Jian planned to recruit four salespeople, but after several rounds of selection, he ultimately hired eight, four men and four women. These people were all young, mostly around 24 or 25 years old, with low levels of education, the highest being high school. Their family situations were not very good.
The most outstanding was a girl named Wang Li, only 18 years old, the only high school graduate. According to her, she was admitted to university this year, but her older brother was also admitted in the same year, and her parents couldn't afford so much tuition, so they let her drop out. Now, one could say life is neither good nor bad, but she's never had a formal job. She's been forced to go on blind dates by her parents several times, but after visiting her brother's university once, she became more ambitious and always regretted her initial choice. She always wanted to leave the countryside, but the complexity of society made her afraid to leave too far, so she works in Panshi City. This year she's already 18. In the countryside, if she doesn't get married at this age, it will be difficult for her to marry in the future. This time, hearing that Sanbao Winery was looking for salespeople, she got interested. Sanbao Winery is famous everywhere. Although it has now been acquired by an individual, the factory occupies a huge area, with all kinds of factory buildings and offices standing tall. Now, with the support of a wealthy boss, Wang Li feels that this is an opportunity to change her life, just like the college entrance examination back then. If she can successfully apply for the job this time, Wang Li can realize her wishes. During the interview, Wang Li behaved generously, was extremely proactive, and spoke clearly and logically. Although she has never been a salesperson, she has a clear understanding of herself, knows her strengths and weaknesses, and is the one that Liu Jian is most satisfied with.
The others are also young people, and the main thing is that these people have a good work attitude and a good mental state, and their attitudes are positive. Liu Jian doesn't really care whether they have done sales before or whether they know how to do sales, as these can all be trained.
It will take about a month before the winery officially starts production, so there's plenty of time to train these people. After a month, those found to be unqualified will be directly eliminated. His original purpose was to find four, not eight. The extra people are there to stimulate competition among them. This is also his experience from the previous life. The only difference is that then he was one of the competitors, and now he is the one making the decisions.
After everyone was recruited, Liu Jian held a meeting with some of them. At the meeting, Liu Jian said directly, "Now you are all in the probationary period. The probationary salary is 800 yuan per month for a period of three months. Those who are unqualified after three months will be eliminated. There are eight of you, and I will only keep the four with the best performance. The most important basis for elimination is your performance. Before that, I will conduct a half-month training for you. After half a month, each of you will select your own market area and come up with your sales plan. I want to make it clear that the person with the best performance each month will receive a bonus of 500 yuan. If you are number one in performance for three consecutive months, there will be a doubled bonus of 2,000 yuan. After three months, the four remaining people will have a formal contract re-signed with the factory. The basic salary will be 1,500 yuan, and there will be other benefits such as bonuses and performance-based commissions. Who gets it depends on your performance in the next three months."
The eight people looked at each other. Just now, they had some thoughts of sticking together because they entered the factory in the same batch, but those thoughts vanished in an instant. Unexpectedly, they became rivals, and the competition was the fiercest and most brutal. Eight people for four places, a 50% elimination rate, no one knew who would be eliminated. When they heard Liu Jian talk about bonuses, salaries, and performance-based commissions, their eyes turned red. This was real money, whoever had the ability would get it. The basic salary at Pan Shi was only eight or nine hundred yuan, so the treatment offered by Liu Jian made many people's eyes not red but green. One by one, they listened to the amount of the bonuses, almost turning into wolves. After a careful calculation of the bonuses and performance-based commissions, and the benefits after becoming a regular employee, they had the desire to kill, but the desire to step on others became extremely strong.
These benefits would make others envious to death. The people around them not only became rivals but also became deadly enemies. The faint atmosphere of intimacy from just now was gone forever.