my return 2002

Chapter 68 Ambition determines achievement.

This day, Shen Lang clocked in to work as usual, but Xiao Cai stopped him before he entered the office.

"Manager Shen, Director Jiang invites you to the conference room."

Shen Lang was a little puzzled. Ninetowns' A-round co-investment has already been signed. The project team should have no funds to invest in other projects. Why are they still holding meetings?
After coming to the conference room, seeing Jiang Yan's serious face, Shen Lang became even more curious.

It wasn't until Xiao Cai put several forms on the slides that Shen Lang knew exactly what was going on.

"Manager Shen, Little Sheep has opened more than a dozen franchise stores in a row during this period of time, but after only one month of opening of these franchise stores, the performance of seven or eight franchise stores has experienced a sharp decline. What do you think?" Jiang Yan said.

Looking at these data, Shen Lang also frowned. It stands to reason that since October, the weather has turned cold, and the business of hot pot restaurants should be getting hotter. It's a normal thing, no wonder Jiang Yan called everyone to a meeting.

"Can the reason for the decline in performance be analyzed?" Shen Lang looked at Xiao Cai.

Xiao Cai shook his head: "The owners of these franchise stores have not been very cooperative with our data collection. I even doubt the authenticity of these data."

"You mean, they are falsely reporting their performance?" Jiang Yan asked.

Xiao Cai nodded: "It's possible."

However, Shen Lang was lost in thought. The model of Little Sheep is different from other hot pot chains. It doesn't seem to be based on profits. It stands to reason that these franchise stores don't need to falsely report their performance.

"Manager Shen, what do you think?" Jiang Yan thought Shen Lang was distracted, so she gently pushed him.

Shen Lang shook his head: "It's difficult to analyze specific problems just by looking at these data, so let's communicate with Mr. Zhang face to face."

"Okay, that's it for now, everyone continues to collect data on Little Sheep, and the meeting ends."

Jiang Yan quickly got in touch with Zhang Gang and made an appointment to meet at the head office of Little Sheep.

Along the way, Jiang Yan saw that Shen Lang remained silent, so she couldn't help asking curiously: "What's wrong with you?"

"I just feel that this matter is quite strange. By the way, Mr. Zhang should also have a copy of these data?" Shen Lang asked.

Jiang Yan was slightly taken aback: "You mean, Mr. Zhang knows the situation of these franchise stores? Then why didn't he respond at all?"

Finally arrived at the head office of Little Sheep Devil City, the welcome lady led the two to an office on the second floor, opened the door and Zhang Gang was working inside.

"Director Jiang, Manager Shen, you came here fast enough, I think it's almost time, so let's eat at my place in a while." Zhang Gang enthusiastically invited the two to sit down.

Jiang Yan explained the situation again, and Shen Lang didn't look very surprised when he saw Zhang Gang, which also confirmed the previous guess.

Zhang Gang lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and said vaguely, "Each franchise store has its own actual situation. It's understandable that some places have high competition pressure."

Jiang Yan opened her mouth, wanting to refute, Shen Lang stopped her, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zhang, the boss of Little Sheep is you, not us. To put it bluntly, as long as Little Sheep can continue to open the franchise store, the store will Whether we make money or not has nothing to do with us. After two years, we will sell the shares, at least ten times the profit. The company's promotion and salary increase are also indispensable for us. As long as you think it's appropriate, we can pretend that we didn't see it. "

Hearing this, Zhang Gang only felt a bit bitter in his mouth, put the cigarette out in the ashtray, and smiled wryly at Shen Lang: "Manager Shen still speaks so directly."

"Actually, I knew the situation of these stores a long time ago, but I also have my own difficulties. These franchise stores are opened by some friends of mine. It was thanks to their help that Little Sheep was able to do it before. Now they come to the door Come on, I'm too embarrassed to refuse."

Shen Lang was stunned after hearing this. Speaking of which, Zhang Gang was really nice to his friends. His friends came to find him and wanted to join Little Sheep, and Zhang Gang agreed without saying a word, and he didn't ask for a penny of the franchise fee. , and also helped them train their employees, helped them choose locations, and tried their best to help them open their franchise stores.

"Did their stores not continue to use the uniform ingredients delivered by Little Sheep?" A thought flashed through Shen Lang's mind and he asked.

Zhang Gang looked at Shen Lang appreciatively, and nodded helplessly: "Since September, the supply of mutton in these stores has decreased by more than half. Business didn’t drop significantly, and it didn’t start to fall off a cliff until October.”

Jiang Yan looked at Zhang Gang in shock: "Mr. Zhang, since you know what the problem is, why don't you ask them to correct it? It's really impossible to revoke their franchise qualifications!"

Zhang Gang smiled wryly: "They are all friends. They also gave me a lot of help before. Otherwise, I wouldn't be the Little Sheep I am today. I don't have the nerve to kill them all. I can only talk to them on the sidelines."

What else did Jiang Yan want to say, Shen Lang secretly pulled her, shook his head slightly, and then asked Zhang Gang in an extremely serious tone.

"Mr. Zhang, I have a question that I've always wanted to ask you."

Zhang Gang looked at Shen Lang: "Say it."

"When you started Little Sheep, do you just want to make a little money and get rich? Or do you want to make Little Sheep into a restaurant group like KFC and McDonald's?" Shen Lang looked directly at Zhang Gang and asked in a deep voice.

Zhang Gang's hands visibly trembled, his words seemed to hit his soul directly, and he was stunned by the question, is Xiao Fu safe?No, if this is the case, it is enough for the whole family to live by him owning a Little Sheep in Inner Mongolia, KFC, McDonald's?It seems too far away, a little unrealistic.

Suddenly, Zhang Gang stared at Shen Lang with wide-eyed eyes. He suddenly realized that Little Sheep is completely different from KFC and McDonald's in terms of positioning. The reason why Shen Lang said this was actually asking him if he had become the number one hot pot brand in the Mainland. ambition.

"Manager Shen, thank you, I know what to do." Zhang Gang said gratefully to Shen Lang.

Shen Lang smiled and nodded, then said to Jiang Yan: "Let's go."

Jiang Yan was a little worried, and wanted to say something, but was pulled away by Shen Lang.

After leaving the store, Jiang Yan was a little puzzled: "Mr. Zhang is so indecisive, why don't we stop contributing?"

Shen Lang shook his head and said: "Being able to drive Little Sheep all over the first-tier cities in such a short period of time, do you think he is really indecisive?"

"But." Jiang Yan was still waiting to refute.

Shen Lang interrupted: "You don't understand the friendship between men. Zhang is always the kind of person who can do anything for his friends. There are fewer and fewer people like this. To be honest, I am quite willing to be with such a person." Be friends."

"Hmph, use your emotions, this will harm Fu Hua's interests!"

Jiang Yan stopped, and was about to turn around to go back, but was pulled back by Shen Lang.

"A person's achievement often depends on his ambition. When ambition starts to grow like weeds, he will try his best to remove all obstacles."

(End of this chapter)