Looking at his precious son in front of him, Wu Jianqiang was furious:
"It's right that Lin Ziyi doesn't think highly of you, you're too disappointing!"
"You absolutely haven't distinguished who among your classmates is valuable and who isn't! You also haven't figured out who you should befriend! And who you should stay away from!"
"???"
Wu Kai was dumbfounded:
"Dad, do you mean I shouldn't like Lin Ziyi?"
"She's just a girl, that's not the point, the point is Wang Yi!"
Wu Jianqiang sighed:
"Mr. Wang Yi is the one you should curry favor with!"
"???"
Wu Kai was dumbstruck:
"You want me to curry favor with my love rival?"
"Dad, you've only had two drinks, are you already drunk? Are you alright!"
Wu Jianqiang: "!!!"
"Damn it, you brat, what are you talking about? What's wrong with asking you to curry favor with Wang Yi?"
Wu Jianqiang was furious:
"Let me tell you, among this batch of your classmates, the most valuable and capable one is Wang Yi!"
"Next are Song Yu, who got into Modu Finance, and Xu Yan, and so on! As for Lin Ziyi, she's just good-looking, nothing else."
Wu Kai was even more confused:
"Dad, I understand you asking me to curry favor with Song Yu, her dad is at the institute, and she's a top student. Xu Yan is first in the class, so she probably won't do badly in the future.
But what is Wang Yi? Didn't he just get lucky and go to Beihang? He earned some money selling shoes, what's the use?"
"You..."
Wu Jianqiang was so angry he couldn't speak, he shook his head:
"Have you heard of Meiyou?"
Immediately, he slapped a newspaper in front of Wu Kai:
"Come, take a look!"
Wu Kai frowned and started reading, but the more he read, the uglier his expression became:
"So, the Mr. Wang from Meiyou Technology is Wang Yi!"
"Wang Yi is the CEO of Meiyou Technology?"
"Damn! I... I... The pure desire style dress I gave Lin Ziyi a while ago, was it Wang Yi's brand?"
"???"
Wu Jianqiang's mouth twitched:
"Didn't you say Lin Ziyi ignored you?"
"Yeah, she usually ignores me. I used a smaller account to private message her, saying I'd give her a Meiyou dress, and she still ignored me."
"When I said I'd give her four sets of 599 ones, she replied to me!"
Wu Jianqiang couldn't help but cover his face:
"Damn! This kid is hopeless, a complete simp! A prodigal son!"
"How about it, Dad? Am I amazing? This is called 'sincerity can open stone'!"
Wu Kai said with a proud look.
Wu Jianqiang was so angry his liver hurt:
"You idiot! That's 'money can open stone'!"
Wu Kai: "Dad, don't talk nonsense, Ziyi isn't that kind of person!"
Wu Jianqiang's head was as big as a bushel:
"Son, and after you gave them to her? Did she agree to be your girlfriend? Did she go on a date with you?"
"No, she said her cat at home was hungry and she had to go back to feed it."
Wu Jianqiang: "..."
Wu Kai's expression suddenly changed dramatically:
"Wait, Ziyi doesn't seem to have a cat at home. I remember she was allergic to cat hair!"
Wu Jianqiang: "..."
"Sigh, your dad is so shrewd, how can you be so useless? Over two thousand yuan just for a three-minute meeting? You... you..."
Wu Kai thought for a moment:
"It should be less, just two minutes!"
Wu Jianqiang: "..."
"Hopeless!"
"This son is beyond saving!"
Wu Jianqiang was utterly exhausted, only able to pour himself drink after drink.
Looking at his unsupportive son, his heart ached!
"Son, women are like clothes, not worth being serious about. Look at your dad, I have a successful career. After your mother left, I change women every two or three months, how comfortable is that? And then look at you... Sigh!"
Wu Jianqiang sighed repeatedly.
Wu Kai also looked disgusted:
"Don't compare me to you, this is true love for me, yours are all transactions!"
"Damn it! You're even worse than transactions!"
Wu Jianqiang exploded with anger:
"Next month your living expenses are gone, go open a bar and earn money yourself! You prodigal son!"
Wu Kai: "..."
The next day, early morning.
Wang Yi skillfully opened yesterday's report.
Due to the cumulative effect of the day before yesterday's evening news and yesterday's front-page headlines of the Jizhou Evening News, the revenue on August 6th reached a new high.
Single-day revenue exceeded 27 million, deducting 5 million in returns, the net revenue was as high as 22 million, and the net profit was 14 million.
Meiyou's account funds exceeded 63 million, with approximately 53 million available funds!
This was a very impressive achievement.
Of course, in the next few days, there wouldn't be such large revenues.
After all, news doesn't just appear on its own, and front-page headlines aren't always available.
But this achievement still made Wang Yi very satisfied.
Meiyou's user count also officially surpassed 1.7 million!
And in the days to come, Meiyou would officially enter a period of rapid development and constant change.
Subsequently, Wang Yi received a call from Song Sining:
"Boss, I've negotiated with a lipstick factory, also in the eastern suburbs. The negotiations are almost complete, why don't you come and take a look?"
"Okay, I'll head over now. Please set up a meeting with the factory director and send me the address."
"Alright, Boss!"
An hour later, Wang Yi arrived at the Xinya Lipstick Factory.
Song Sining and Yu Xue were already waiting at the entrance.
As an old Jizhou native, Wang Yi hadn't heard of this brand.
But according to Song Sining's information, it seemed to be an old factory.
"Boss, I've checked the factory's situation. The equipment and production lines are all complete. The products have been sold for many years, they're sold very cheaply, but sales aren't good."
Song Sining introduced them one by one:
"But the good thing is, they have their own small R&D team, not many people, just ten. Their color numbers are all self-developed! They're quite pretty, they just don't have much fame."
Saying that, Song Sining took out a few Xinya lipsticks and applied them to her arm to swatch:
"Boss, look! You can't tell the difference from big brand shades, twenty yuan for a large tube, but not many people buy them!"
Wang Yi looked at them, they were all classic shades, the lipsticks were well made, but they lacked competitiveness.
For things applied to the mouth, people are most concerned about safety.
Small brand lipsticks are simply hard to convince people.
Wang Yi remembered that in later generations, a rapidly growing domestic lipstick brand was Into You!
This lipstick brand was only established in 2019, but it developed rapidly, achieving hundreds of millions in annual revenue within two years.
Its pioneering "lip mud" was especially popular.
The main selling point was small quantities at low prices, a color master!
Ordinary lipsticks are 3.5g per stick, but theirs were only 2g.
59 yuan per stick, with many beautiful shades, and they were willing to promote it, which made it a direct hit.
In his previous life, Wang Yi was quite surprised the first time he heard of lip mud.
He also researched the characteristics of lip mud, wondering if Xinya's R&D personnel could produce it!
If they could, and Meiyou pioneered lip mud eight years in advance, it would definitely sell like hotcakes!
And it could replicate Into You's model of small quantities at low prices, making it easy to scale up.
After all, most lipsticks, 3.5g per stick, selling for three or four hundred, are never fully used up and ultimately go to waste.
Meiyou lipstick, replicating the small quantity, low price model, coupled with brand influence, 2g per stick, 100 yuan per stick, should sell smoothly.
The subsequent Zhenyou lipstick would be full quantity, full price, benchmarking against big brands, selling for 300+!
"Mr. Wang, hello, I am Yu Xinya, the owner of Xinya Lipstick."
A woman in her thirties smiled and greeted him:
"Welcome, Mr. Wang, for your visit and guidance."
"Mr. Yu, you're joking, I'm here to learn."
Wang Yi smiled and shook hands with her.
It was clear that Yu Xinya was a tasteful woman.
But the market is cruel, and the Xinya Lipstick Factory, in the end, couldn't continue.
Subsequently, Yu Xinya led Wang Yi and Song Sining on a tour of the lipstick factory:
"In the beauty industry, it's too difficult for domestic brands to grow big. Unless you throw money into marketing, but small factories like ours can't afford that. After a year of busy work, when we tally the accounts, we don't earn much, and might even lose money."
"Year after year, each year worse than the last. I'm tired, too lazy to keep at it."
Yu Xinya sighed:
"If Mr. Wang is willing, you can take over this lipstick factory, just give me the cost."
"Okay, I am interested in acquiring the Xinya Lipstick Factory. I wonder what price Mr. Yu has in mind?"
Yu Xinya thought for a moment and held up three fingers:
"Three million, the equipment, inventory, raw materials, and our formulas, all to you!"
She was no longer in this business, so keeping them was useless.
Wang Yi thought for a moment and cut the price again:
"Two million, immediate transfer!"
If this factory were priced at three million ten years later, it would be very cheap.
But in 2011, three million was not a small sum!
Yu Xinya's delicate brows furrowed slightly as she looked around the familiar factory, then nodded:
"It's thirty thousand lower than my bottom line, but... fine, I'll go with Mr. Wang's offer!"
Song Sining and Chen Chuanqing had researched the valuation of Xinya Lipstick Factory, and around 2.3 million was considered reasonable.
Wang Yi cut the price a bit more.
Subsequently, both parties signed the contract.
Song Sining, as the legal representative, handled the transfer procedures with Yu Xinya.
Wang Yi, as the new boss, called a meeting with Xinya Lipstick's senior management.
After a round of introductions, Wang Yi understood the internal structure of the lipstick factory.
There were only three departments: the R&D department with ten people, responsible for developing lipsticks.
The marketing department with fifteen people, responsible for market development and distribution.
The rest was the production department, responsible for manufacturing lipsticks.
Wang Yi looked at everyone:
"Currently, Xinya Lipstick has been wholly acquired by Meiyou Technology. Everyone who wishes to stay will receive an initial 10% salary increase. Those who do not wish to stay can immediately process their resignation, and all wages will be settled."
Upon hearing this, everyone whispered among themselves, but no one was willing to leave.
Are you kidding? This is Meiyou!
The Meiyou that has recently become popular throughout the province!
Xinya being acquired by Meiyou definitely has a boundless future; only a fool would leave.
"Good, since everyone is staying, please sign the employment agreement and confidentiality agreement."
As Wang Yi finished speaking, Yu Xue had already taken out the contracts and distributed them to everyone.
One was an employment contract, and the other was a confidentiality agreement.
As before, the liquidated damages for breach of contract started in the millions.
But everyone signed without any hesitation.
Wang Yi nodded in satisfaction:
"Welcome everyone to Meiyou. Next, we'll first deal with previous matters. For orders that haven't been delivered yet, continue production and fulfill the contracts."
General Manager Han Nian nodded:
"Okay, Boss, there aren't many of these orders left, they'll be done in two days at most. But next..."
No orders meant no revenue, and their performance during this period had been very poor.
"Next, the main focus will be on producing Meiyou lipsticks!"
Wang Yi opened his laptop, added Han Nian on QQ, and sent her several files:
"Manager Han, File One is the Meiyou lipstick packaging and casing I designed. From now on, everything will follow this!"
"Yes!"
"File Two contains several shades and names I need. See if the R&D department can produce them!"
Han Nian opened File Two, and her eyes widened as she looked at the ten shades:
"Boss, these shades are very beautiful, and it will be easy for the R&D team to develop the colors!"
"Good, have the R&D department start development immediately. Once development is successful, prepare for mass production. Later, I'll have Manager Song allocate 500,000 funds for full-speed production!"
Once produced, they would just sell them on the Meiyou mall!
Then, when the Meiyou spokesperson is officially announced, Ye Xiaohe will also announce Meiyou lipsticks.
These are all popular shades from later generations, market-tested, no worries about selling, absolutely no worries about selling.
Of course, Wang Yi still had a batch of even more beautiful shades that he hadn't revealed yet.
Those were reserved for the more high-end Zhenyou lipsticks!
They would be produced before the release of "Startling by Each Step," and directly launched after Liu Shishi's popularity explodes, selling for 300/350/400!
Wang Yi had planned all of this.
"Okay, Boss!" Han Nian quickly nodded:
"Then Xinya's previous shades, there are twenty-five. Boss, what do you think, should we abandon all of them, or continue production?"
Wang Yi thought for a moment:
"Let's do this, Xinya's previous shades will also be updated with Meiyou's new packaging and adopt a lightweight model for continued production. Produce a thousand units of each first, to test the waters. Then adjust subsequent production capacity based on future market sales!"
"Okay, Boss!"
"Everyone, get to work!"
Wang Yi said, and everyone left.
In a couple of days, Meiyou headquarters would also send new financial, vice president, R&D, and other personnel to manage this side.
It was impossible to let the original team manage everything 100%.
Otherwise, if they conspired to cause trouble, Wang Yi wouldn't notice.
With the lipstick factory settled, the focus would be on subsequent progress, which should be smooth.
As for the killer move, lip mud, Wang Yi didn't mention it for now, saving it for later.
You can't unleash all your big moves at once!
Meiyou replicating the small quantity, low price model should have no trouble selling.
Zhenyou, riding on the popularity of "Startling by Each Step" and Liu Shishi, should also have no trouble selling initially.
Once this wave of popularity passes and Zhenyou's buzz diminishes, then it will be time to launch the new killer product – lip mud!
Compared to lip gloss, lip mud is more natural, longer-lasting and stable, requires less frequent touch-ups, doesn't smudge cups, and has good moisturizing properties.
Therefore, lip mud is very popular, and with its pioneering launch, future sales are well-assured.
After finishing this matter, Wang Yi made a detour to the company.
Today, the Meiyou Saipan version was completed and officially entered internal testing.
Wang Yi came to the IT department:
"How's the internal testing going?"
Cai Zisong smiled:
"We've lived up to expectations, everything is going smoothly!"
"Very good, everyone has worked hard. Fix any bugs promptly, and it will officially launch on the 10th!"
"Okay, Boss."
Nokia would become obsolete in a few years, but in 2011, Nokia still had the most smartphone users!
In those days, Android and Apple combined didn't have as many users as Nokia.
After all, Xiaomi 1 hadn't even been released, and Nokia had already been glorious for twenty years.
"By the way, where's Manager Chen?" Wang Yi suddenly asked.
The acquisition of the lipstick factory was complete, but there was no news yet about the garment factory.
"Manager Chen went to inspect garment factories again. The ones he saw yesterday were not very satisfactory. One was quite satisfactory, but the other party's asking price was too high, so negotiations fell through. Today, Manager Chen went to inspect two new factories and hasn't returned yet."
"Okay, I understand."
Wang Yi called Chen Chuanqing:
"Old Chen, how were the factories you inspected today?"
"Boss, I was just about to report to you. Yesterday's weren't good. The factory this morning was suitable, but the asking price was high. This afternoon's one is pretty good, and negotiations are going smoothly."
"Good, where is it? I'll go there!"
Wang Yi worked very efficiently.
He first sent Chen Chuanqing and Song Sining to inspect and negotiate.
Once negotiations were almost done, he would go and check, if there were no issues, he would cut the price once more and sign the contract directly.
It was that simple.
No choice, the spokesperson announcement was imminent, and there was an urgent need to increase production capacity!
"It's east of the ring expressway, quite remote, surrounded by villages, but there are many workers!"
"Okay, send me the location, I'll go over."
Twenty minutes later, Wang Yi arrived at Qiuyun Garment Factory.
"The name is quite good," Wang Yi mused.
The factory's location was also good, beyond the ring expressway, definitely a rural town.
But Wang Yi knew that soon this area would be designated as a high-tech zone, becoming the legendary High-Tech East Zone!
It would be Jizhou's main industrial cluster in the future.
A few years later, Jizhou would move all factories and industries from several urban districts to the High-Tech East Zone.
Lower rent, more complete supporting facilities, and eligibility for tax incentives from the high-tech zone.
The only drawback was that it was too damn far from the city!
Almost reaching the neighboring city!
But for Wang Yi building a factory, it was excellent!
What surprised Wang Yi was that the director of Qiuyun Garment Factory was actually a young woman, seemingly about the same age as him.
However, she was a petite girl from the south, with a bit of a baby face, very cute.
But her figure was a bit scandalous, a baby face with a big...
"Mr. Wang, you're even more handsome than I imagined!" Shen Qiuyun smiled sweetly.
"You flatter me, but Ms. Shen is the one with both talent and beauty!"
"What talent? I came north for university last year and opened a garment factory along the way. I wanted to replicate our family's OEM model and make a big splash.
But I couldn't compete at all. You northerners have to drink when doing business, you can't get orders without drinking! Sigh, I'm tired, I'm not doing it anymore, selling the factory!"
Shen Qiuyun crossed her arms, full of grievances.
Wang Yi chuckled.
Indeed, there's a big difference between the South and the North.
In the South, when doing business, you drink tea, and once the interests are aligned, that's it.
In the North, when doing business, you drink alcohol, and once the alcohol is flowing, business is easier to talk about!
Different regions, different ways of doing things!
When Wang Yi cooperated with the Dongrui OEM factory, the alcohol also flowed freely, and the OEM fee was directly reduced by one yuan.
"It's alright, Qiuyun, sell the factory to me, and you can come work at Meiyou!" Wang Yi teased.
"???"
Shen Qiuyun's eyes widened:
"You take my factory, and you want my person too?"
Wang Yi was speechless:
"Cough cough, I simply find you pleasant and intend to deepen our cooperation!"
Facial features, sometimes it's hard to say.
There's a vague feeling that some people you're willing to interact with more, while others you'd reject.
Shen Qiuyun's features were the type that made Wang Yi feel approachable.
Of course, how things actually go depends on what happens next!
However, Shen Qiuyun's family was from the South and originally did garment OEM.
Next, Wang Yi was going to expand into the Southern market, so they could cooperate a lot more.
This was why Wang Yi wanted Shen Qiuyun to come work at Meiyou!
(End of Chapter)
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