Li Yan entered society at the age of 18, and after six years, she had a certain ability to discern people.
The smiling Boss Tan in front of her seemed more mature than Boss Zhang, no matter how she looked at him.
From a capability perspective, Boss Tan was also stronger, otherwise, Boss Zhang wouldn't be guarding the rear while Boss Tan went on business trips to get orders.
"Sister Li, keep working, don't mind us."
After Tan Jincheng said this, he led Zhang Xupeng into the inner office.
Last night, Zhang Xupeng had already introduced him to the first employee of Jinpeng Trade.
She was from Northern Anhui.
Although their eating habits were completely different, they were still fellow provincials.
This was also one of the reasons Zhang Xupeng hired her.
When everyone first enters society and moves to a strange city, they always have a special connection with people from their hometown, as if there's a sense of familiarity.
Tan Jincheng had also experienced this.
In his previous life, he had joined various fellow provincial groups and attended gatherings, but now he naturally had no interest in such things.
The job definition of a foreign trade merchandiser actually refers to a foreign trade business person who, in import and export business, after the trade contract is signed, tracks and operates some or all links of cargo processing, shipment, insurance, inspection declaration, customs declaration, and settlement of exchange based on the contract and related documents, assisting in the fulfillment of the trade contract.
These procedures can be separated, or a single merchandiser can complete them independently.
Large companies naturally separate these tasks, but small companies like Jinpeng Trade naturally have to do everything.
Employees who can do the work are responsible for everything.
If employees can't do it, the boss is responsible.
Don't expect employees of small companies to have great capabilities; everything relies on the boss.
If you happen to find a relatively reliable employee, that's incredibly lucky.
However, in those days, employees were relatively pure, still able to accept PUA, grand promises, and worked very hard.
The most prominent thing was that employees in those days firmly believed they could learn things at work, and even if the salary was low, as long as they were told they could learn, they would be willing.
In the small office partition, besides a filing cabinet, there were only two computer desks and chairs, each with a computer.
It was obvious that Zhang Xupeng had prepared them for himself and Tan Jincheng.
"Did you give us salaries?"
As soon as he entered the door, Tan Jincheng asked Zhang Xupeng.
"What? We need salaries too? Aren't we the bosses?"
Zhang Xupeng was stunned.
Sure enough, this guy wasn't prepared:
"If we don't get salaries, what do we spend?"
"Isn't the company's money ours? After we discuss it, can't we spend it however we want?"
"Go and learn company law properly. Who told you that we decide how to spend the money? For example, the current 170,000+ in the company, we can't just spend it."
"Isn't there shareholder dividends?"
"Shareholder dividends can't be frequent, at most twice a year. Don't you spend money normally?"
"That's true, so what should we do? Give ourselves salaries too?"
"Of course. You connect with the finance department. Not only do we need to get salaries, but social security also needs to be paid properly. These cannot be omitted."
"Oh, then how much is appropriate?"
Tan Jincheng thought for a while.
At this time, the personal income tax threshold was relatively low.
He couldn't remember the exact amount, but the standard of an annual income of 500,000 yuan should be similar to later generations.
There are many ways for bosses to legitimately extract profits from the company, such as giving themselves high salaries, selling their cars to the company, and so on.
In later generations, some bosses not only gave themselves high salaries but also "fired" themselves once a year, taking another sum through severance pay.
If the severance pay was less than three times the local average social worker's salary, it could also be tax-exempt.
Of course, if these methods are not recognized by the tax authorities, or are considered legally compliant in form but substantively illegal, they may even be considered malicious tax evasion.
However, giving oneself a salary is perfectly fine, as long as it's not overly exaggerated.
Reasonable tax avoidance is also a form of formal recognition.
"Let's set both our monthly salaries at 29,000 yuan. If we get many orders and the profits are very good, we'll give ourselves a 140,000 yuan year-end bonus at the end of the year, keeping the annual income within 500,000 yuan."
"So much? And what's the deal with 500,000 yuan?"
"Two aspects: first, we'll have money to spend, and second, it's a way of reasonable tax avoidance. Tell this to the finance department, and they'll understand."
"Alright, so there are so many tricks to running a company. But what if the company is short on cash and can't pay salaries?"
"Who stipulates that salaries must be paid monthly? Can't they be paid quarterly or annually? Are you stupid?"
"Hehe, so that means I'll get 29,000 yuan next month? It feels like I've earned so much without doing anything."
"Yes, you'll get money next month, but we won't be distributing dividends this year. Two months' salary should be enough to go home for Chinese New Year."
"That's fine, we'll have fifty or sixty thousand by Chinese New Year, which is already very respectable. We can talk about dividends next year."
Zhang Xupeng naturally knew that it was currently the company's development stage, and it was not yet time for dividends.
Little Tan's method of giving themselves salaries was quite good.
It neither affected the company's expansion nor solved their personal expenses, and it also allowed for "reasonable tax avoidance" as he mentioned.
It seems he needs to learn company law when he has time.
"Hey, wait, when did he understand this stuff again?"
Tan Jincheng ignored him at this moment, instead picking up the backpack he brought that morning and starting to organize the business cards and samples brought back from the Canton Fair.
With a merchandiser, the work plan could also be adjusted, and some tasks could be delegated.
"Has Old Zhang finished processing those thousands of clothes?"
Tan Jincheng asked Zhang Xupeng while organizing.
"Done. The final payment has also been made to him. He's currently processing the next two batches of orders."
"Old Zhang's production capacity is a bit tight. If you have time, you can also check out some other factories in Xixi Village. Now you don't have to worry about being kicked out."
"We do need to look at more factories. If our orders increase in the future and Old Zhang ties us up, we'll be finished."
Zhang Xupeng also nodded.
It was not surprising that Zhang Xupeng realized this problem, as their cooperation was far from reaching a level of trust.
What if one day, due to a large order, Zhang Haiping demands a price increase?
It wouldn't be easy to find a temporary contract factory then.
Actually, the best way would be to invest in a factory.
This would ensure the integrity of the supply chain without having to devote energy to management.
Many manufacturers in later generations did this.
Unfortunately, they currently lacked the strength for that, so they could only dream about it.
"Oh, right; did you set up the Taobao store I asked you to open before I went to Yangcheng?"
(End of this chapter)
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