After receiving the money, Gu Qingqing also very tactfully said,
"Then I'll be leaving now. Sorry for taking up your time today, Boss Tan; and I wish you a Happy New Year's Day."
"No problem, and Happy New Year's Day to you too. Do you want me to give you a ride?"
"No need, it's not far; I can just take the bus back."
"Alright then, be careful on your way; there are many people today, don't let a thief steal your money."
"Okay, I got it. Goodbye, Boss Tan."
With that, Gu Qingqing got up and left; at the same time, she felt a little puzzled, Boss Tan's last few words of advice always felt a bit strange.
It wasn't until she walked out of the coffee shop that Gu Qingqing realized,
"Isn't this tone exactly how my dad talks to me?"
He couldn't be deliberately taking advantage of me, could he?
Probably not; but why is Boss Tan so young yet talks with such an old-fashioned air?
Are all business people like this?
However, Boss Tan is indeed quite capable.
He opened his own company at a young age and even bought a car.
Gu Qingqing didn't know how much that Volkswagen cost, but cars at that time weren't cheap, costing at least over 100,000 yuan.
Moreover, this boss was quite easy to talk to, without that condescending feeling.
"Should I have my parents open an online store too? What would be good to sell?"
Although Boss Tan had just rejected her idea of opening an online store selling small accessories, his words implied that an online store could indeed be opened.
Her family currently relied mainly on rental income, and her parents had nothing much to do.
Operating an online store could not only generate income but also give her parents something to do.
"I'll call my parents as soon as I get back to the dorm. Yes, that's what I'll do!"
After Gu Qingqing left, Tan Jincheng sat aimlessly in the coffee shop for a while longer, watching the people come and go outside the window, feeling the holiday atmosphere.
A new year had arrived!
As a reborn person, Tan Jincheng's heart was lonely.
When others were on holiday enjoying the festive atmosphere, Tan Jincheng felt a bit out of place.
The company was also on holiday today.
Zhang Xupeng had originally planned a dinner gathering, but Tan Jincheng declined, citing filming as the reason.
The remaining three went to dinner.
The internet was not developed, and society was not as stable as imagined.
Besides making money and football, Tan Jincheng seemed to have no other interests.
As for women?
Tan Jincheng hadn't thought about these issues for now; he was only 19 years old, and it was too early to discuss that.
This was also why Tan Jincheng insisted on filming today; only work could numb his inner loneliness.
2004 passed just like that.
This year, Tan Jincheng had considerable gains, getting back on his feet, and his inner unease was gone.
Since its establishment in early October, Jinpeng Trade had been operating for a full three months, achieving good results.
After returning from the Canton Fair, it completed a total of five orders this year, totaling 187,500 US dollars.
Converted to RMB, the turnover exceeded 1.5 million yuan.
This might not be considered outstanding among trade companies, but achieving this performance in less than three months was quite remarkable.
After familiarizing himself with the process, the profit margin also became good.
Including tax refunds, the net profit for all orders could reach over 40%.
In other words, Jinpeng Trade earned over 600,000 yuan in these three months, making Tan Jincheng genuinely worth several hundred thousand yuan.
As for taxes, apart from the company's normal expenses and paying himself and Zhang Xupeng salaries, Tan Jincheng didn't deliberately take any tax avoidance actions.
Buying a car was a normal need and couldn't be considered freeloading off the state.
Having been reborn, there was no need to make too many petty moves regarding taxes; it simply wasn't worth it.
Furthermore, in the foreign trade industry, not only the country but even Yongcheng locally had many policy supports.
It was best to simply conduct business honestly and take on orders.
If the company and his own career continued to grow, these would become stains on Tan Jincheng's record, and it would be hard to explain later.
Currently, for Jinpeng Trade, the biggest problem was the production capacity limitations of its OEM factories.
As most OEM factories were small, family-run workshops, with only dozens of employees each, their production capacity was severely restricted.
This meant that even if there were large orders, Tan Jincheng dared not accept them, unless the delivery period was very long, but this was certainly impossible.
In 2005, besides continuing to develop clients, the first problem Tan Jincheng needed to solve was the production capacity of OEM factories.
Operating with light assets and transferring risks to OEM factories was, of course, the best mode of operation for a trading company.
However, it also meant increased risks, as not all clients were easy to deal with.
Large OEM factories still had strong capabilities, much like Foxconn in the mobile phone industry, which wouldn't even consider ordinary orders.
The same applied to the apparel industry.
If Jinpeng Trade were to set up its own factories, it could indeed solve the OEM factory capacity problem, but it didn't have the financial strength for that right now.
The land needed for a single factory was beyond what Tan Jincheng could afford.
How to balance these issues?
After thinking for a long time, Tan Jincheng felt it was still necessary to persuade Zhang Haiping to continue expanding production capacity and recruit more workers.
Currently, the OEM factories cooperating with Jinpeng Trade had grown to three.
Among these three, in terms of both the owner's age and daring, only Zhang Haiping seemed to have the strength and capability.
Younger bosses always have plenty of drive.
"Time to go back," Tan Jincheng murmured, putting down his cup.
Coming here was somewhat inconvenient, to be honest, but there was no other way.
There were many schools here, providing plenty of cheap labor.
The Textile College had a large number of students currently studying or graduated from fashion design majors.
Other institutions like Yongcheng University also had the talents he needed, unlike Beicang, which only had Ningzhi College, with few relevant majors.
More of Ningzhi College's majors served the local machinery manufacturing industry, such as mold design, mechanical processing, and so on.
In 2004, an era when the average monthly salary was only 2,000 yuan, a mold designer could earn around 5,000 to 8,000 yuan, and many made over 10,000 yuan per month, making it a definite high-paying profession.
In terms of salary income alone, the present era was very fragmented; those with skills earned high incomes, but at the same time, migrant workers' incomes were extremely low.
Therefore, even skilled trades like sewing machine operators and masons, which required a certain technical threshold, did not have high incomes.
In summary, this was an era that highly respected skills and diplomas.
Although there would be many high-paying industries in later generations, one must remember that prices at that time could not be compared to now.
With a monthly income, one could buy two square meters of housing, which Li Yanning's current income level could achieve.
Even Li Jinglan's monthly salary was enough for one square meter of housing.
They were both members of millions of ordinary people.
Ordinary people in later generations wouldn't even dare to dream of such a thing.
(End of Chapter)
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