Life 1984

Chapter 215 Preparing to Establish a Group
Li Yunhai returned to Xizhou and immediately set about establishing the Sihai Group.

In the 80s, there was no concept of professional office buildings in our country. During this period, large and powerful companies rented public buildings to open offices, which were the kind of board-shaped tube buildings that symbolized collective memory. Offices lined up on both sides of the corridor were independent but yet The business units that are closely connected to each other are filled with the crisp collision sound of enamel cups.

For small businesses, you rent one or several rooms in a hotel to start a business.

The Tianhua Building had not yet been completed, so Li Yunhai thought of renting a few rooms in the Changdao Hotel or the Furong Hotel to start a company. After the Tianhua Building opened, he would move the company there.

He examined the two hotels and finally chose the Changdao Hotel, which was only one mile away from the train station and close to his home.

On this day, Li Yunhai came to Changdao Hotel, found the front desk, and said that he wanted to discuss renting with the manager of your hotel.

The front desk's eyes widened, he looked at him and said with a smile: "Comrade, do you want accommodation? We can help you with the procedures, you don't need to ask our manager."

Although Li Yunhai is a big figure in Xizhou, the front desk really doesn't recognize him. Even if Lin Zhenbang comes, the little girl may not be able to recognize him.

"Okay." Li Yunhai smiled slightly, "I want to rent the second floor for a long time. Let's rent it for two years temporarily! Calculate a suitable price for me."

The little girl at the front desk yelled: "Comrade, what are you talking about? Do you want to rent our second floor? A whole floor?"

Li Yunhai said calmly: "Yes, a whole floor!"

"This, this? There is no precedent. I have to ask our manager for instructions."

"Well, that's why I said I want to invite your manager to come over for negotiation!"

"Comrade, please wait a moment. Please sit over there for a while."

"it is good."

The Changdao Hotel was built in 1978 and is 10 stories high. It is the earliest high-rise building in Xizhou along with the Xiangjiang Hotel and Lushan Hotel built at the same time.When the Changdao Hotel was first built, it was the tallest building on Wuyi Road.Because it is close to the train station, the hotel business is booming.Although it is also a state-owned enterprise, it adopts a commercial operation model and is open to ordinary consumers. Therefore, it can be said to be a pioneer of commercial operation after the reform and opening up.

There is a "Hong Kong Island" song and dance hall on the first floor. It is one of the first song and dance halls in Xizhou, and almost every venue is full.

Li Yunhai sat down on the sofa in the lobby.

After a while, a middle-aged man came over with a young woman.

"Comrade Li Yunhai! Hello, hello!" The middle-aged man actually recognized Li Yunhai. He laughed loudly and walked up to shake hands with Li Yunhai. "As soon as Xiaofang told me that someone wanted to rent the entire floor, I I know it’s probably you, Comrade Li Yunhai. There is no other private enterprise boss with such a big deal in our province, but Comrade Li Yunhai.”

This person is the manager of Changdao Hotel, named Yang Guang. He is short, slightly fat, and has a crew cut.

He introduced himself and introduced the young woman next to him to Li Yunhai.

The woman is the vice president of the hotel and her name is Yang Shuyue.

Both of them have the surname Yang, which makes people wonder if these two people are related.

"Hello, Manager Yang!" Li Yunhai shook hands with Yang Guang.

Yang Guang sat down next to him, and Yang Shuyue stood next to him holding a hard-shell folder. She was wearing a white shirt and a navy blue professional suit. Her legs were as straight as her back, her waist was slender, and her good figure was It stands out.

"Comrade Li Yunhai, we have 56 rooms on each floor. Do you need to rent so many rooms?"

"I want to rent it to open a company. I want to rent the entire floor, mainly for privacy. Can I rent it? If I can, I will rent one floor!"

"Of course it can be rented. Well, actually, it can be like this. Our lobby is in the middle, and the stairs go up. There are 28 rooms on each side. If you rent half of it, we can consider installing a safety door for you on one side of the stairs. , which is also very private.”

"Okay, renting half of it is enough. Your hotel is doing well, so leave more rooms for guests to use! You agree on a price."

In 1985, the number of hotels in my country reached 505 with 7.7 guest rooms, double the number in 1980.

1979年以来，国家物价局根据国际水平先后调高3次房价。1985年，标准双人间的价格平均75元。市属旅馆平均床价为2.66元，区属旅馆平均床价为2.05元。

The Changdao Hotel was not a star-rated hotel, but it was considered a relatively high-end hotel in Xizhou at that time. The price for a standard double room was 80 yuan.

Li Yunhai rented half of the second floor for a total of 2240 yuan per day, or 81.76 yuan per year.

He rented it for two consecutive years at a rent of 163.52 million yuan.

Of course, Yang Guang was very happy to take over such a big deal.

Because it was a long-term lease, Yang Guang gave Li Yunhai a 98% discount and a small change, which was exactly [-].

Li Yunhai originally wanted to rent the entire floor, so he brought several million in cash, but now he only needs to rent half of it, saving 200 million.

Seeing that Yang Guang was so loyal, he stopped going to Furong Hotel to look at rooms.In fact, before the opening of Tianhua Hotel, Furong Hotel had always been a gathering place for foreign businessmen and cadres above the division level.

Li Yunhai immediately signed a lease with Yang Guang.

He winked at Zhuang Yong.

Zhuang Yong understood, went outside, opened the car door, and brought over a big bag, which happened to be 100 million in cash.

Li Yunhai generously paid the rent for two years directly.

Looking at such a big bag of money, Yang Guang and Yang Shuyue's eyes shone brightly, and they were naturally more polite to Li Yunhai.

After signing the contract, Yang Guang held Li Yunhai's hand and said loudly: "If you have anything to do in the future, just tell us to do it."

Li Yunhai said good and then said: "I will send people to arrange the arrangements. Please cooperate with me and move all the things that need to be moved."

Yang Guang said for sure.

Li Yunhai put the contract into his briefcase, stood up and left.

Yang Guang and others saw him outside the door and watched him get into Santana.

The car drove far away, and Yang Shuyue asked: "Uncle, he is so rich! Why is he so rich!"

Yang Guang chuckled and said: "Xiaoyue, he is a real rich man in our province, unlike those young people who get everywhere just by riding a motorcycle. Others don't know, but I have heard that he is at the Canton Fair The turnover on the website is calculated in hundreds of millions! From now on, you must serve him well. The tips he gives you will probably be more than your salary!"

"I understand, uncle." Yang Shuyue lifted her hair that was messed up by the wind.

Li Yunhai returned to the store and was about to call Professor Ni when he saw Mei Jiping walking in. As soon as he picked up the phone, he put it down again and said with a smile: "Hello, Leader Mei!"

Mei Jiping clenched his hands into fists, walked over with a smile, and said: "Congratulations to Section Chief Li, congratulations to Section Chief Li, for winning the first place in the Canton Fair again!"

Li Yunhai laughed loudly, asked him to come and sit down, and asked Zhang Jie to pour tea.

Mei Jiping came to treat Li Yunhai to dinner. He was very smart and came before the meal was served. He also said that he had booked a private room in Yulou East, which Li Yunhai could not refuse.

Li Yunhai knew what the other party wanted to talk about, so he agreed.

Mei Jiping said that we would meet at noon, got up and left.

Li Yunhai saw him off and then called Professor Ni.

It takes time for Professor Ni to resign from his original unit. He has already submitted his resignation, but he will not be able to leave until two months later, that is, he will not be able to report until December 12.

Li Yunhai smiled and said, Professor Ni, I look forward to your coming, just like looking forward to the rain after a long drought. Please come here as soon as possible. I have prepared a house and an office for you here.

Professor Ni felt Li Yunhai's thirst for talents and happily said that when the time comes, I will report to you immediately.

After the call, Li Yunhai took care of things in the store and then came to Yuloudong.

Mei Jiping only brought his daughter Mei Qing to the banquet.

"Hello, Boss Li!" Mei Qing smiled sweetly, revealing two small dimples.

Li Yunhai smiled and said: "Leader Mei, you are unreasonable. You invited me to drink, but you brought a little cotton-padded jacket to stop the wine, right? Between the two of you, wouldn't I be at a disadvantage by myself?"

The three of them looked at each other and took their seats respectively.

Mei Qing picked up the teapot and poured tea for Li Yunhai, and said with a sweet smile: "My father wants to bring him out to see the world, so that I can have more contact with Boss Li and learn some tricks."

"As expected of Leader Mei's daughter, she can talk." Li Yunhai looked at her delicate and pretty face and said, "During this period, Shen Xiulan and I are not in Xizhou. Thank you for your hard work on the school."

Mei Qing sat on the left side of Li Yunhai, with her hands naturally placed on the table. She turned her head and looked at Li Yunhai and said, "I also want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to make money!"

As soon as the food and wine arrived, Mei Qing filled up the wine for the three of them and said, "This is the first glass of wine to be served to Boss Li."

Li Yunhai said: "We don't want to be respectful between us, just be casual."

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Mei Jiping got down to business, saying that the main body of the Tianhua Building is about to be completed. Will the subsequent decoration be handed over to our Provincial Construction Bureau?If we decide early, we can make plans early and some materials can be ordered.

Nowadays, Li Yunhai is no longer Wu Xia Amon, and he no longer relies on selling a few computers to make money. He said generously: "Okay, I have to leave this matter to you before I can rest assured."

Mei Jiping was very impressed by these words. He immediately had a glass of wine with Li Yunhai and said, "We used the engineering machines we purchased from your store last time quite well. We plan to purchase two more sets."

Li Yunhai said yes, I’ll give you a [-]% discount.

Once we are familiar with each other, talking and doing things will be easy, and there won’t be too many twists and turns. If it works, it will work, and if it doesn’t, it won’t work.

Although he said he didn't drink, Li Yunhai still drank several glasses of wine, but his current alcohol tolerance has been gradually improved. He can drink half a bottle of Maotai without getting drunk.

When going down the stairs after dinner, Li Yunhai slipped a little.

Mei Qing immediately stretched out her hand to support Li Yunhai.

When his arm touched her body, Li Yunhai quickly calmed down and said, "I'm not drunk, you don't need to help me."

Mei Qing still helped him downstairs, walked him into the car, and then let go.

Li Yunhai ordered Zhuang Yong to come to the assembly factory.

He wanted to select a few people from the factory and send them to Sihai Group's office.

Li Yunhai has a general understanding of the more than 500 workers in the two factories.

He notices whoever is lazy and who works hard and seriously, but he doesn't usually say it out loud.

But when it comes to actually employing people, he naturally knows it well.

Yan Mengyu and Ma Taiping were both there, and when they saw the boss coming, they both came forward to greet him.

Li Yunhai asked about the situation in the factory.

Yan Mengyu responded one by one, eloquently and clearly.

Li Yunhai slowly glanced at the two of them and asked, "Do you still remember what I said to you when we first came here?"

Ma Taiping was startled: "What are you talking about?"

Yan Mengyu blinked and said, "I understand, do you want us to learn computer knowledge?"

Ma Taiping also reacted and said: "Yes, we have been learning computers. There are ready-made computers in the factory. We use them whenever we have time."

Li Yunhai smiled and said, "Okay, I'll test you."

Computers assembled in the factory must be tested with floppy disks, and each machine must be turned on continuously for more than 72 hours.If there are any problems, they will be solved at the factory to avoid increasing after-sales costs.

Li Yunhai asked each of them to operate a computer, then took out two identical newspapers from his briefcase, placed them in front of them, pointed to an article in the newspaper, and said, "Just type this article."

Yan Mengyu and Ma Taiping started the computer software, and started typing with flying fingers.

The knowledge level of high school students in this era is pretty good, and their understanding and learning abilities are good.

Their typing speeds are about the same, and they can type forty or fifty words per minute.

Li Yunhai asked them to open the drawing software and create a simple report.

After some comparisons, Li Yunhai felt that both of them were okay, so he said, "Starting tomorrow, you don't have to work in the factory anymore."

Ma Taiping was stunned.

Yan Mengyu was so anxious that she almost shed tears: "Boss, I will study hard! Just give me a chance!"

Li Yunhai laughed and said, "Don't worry, I haven't finished speaking yet! Starting tomorrow, I will arrange a new job for you."

Yan Mengyu wiped the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand and asked, "Then where are we going to work?" Li Yunhai said, "No need to ask, at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, you can come to see me at Sihai Store. Do you know the place?"

Both said they knew.

Yan Mengyu asked: "Boss, if we are transferred, who will take care of the affairs in the factory?"

Li Yunhai pondered for a moment and said, "Li Jinsheng will be the supervisor and Zhou Aihua will be the deputy supervisor."

Li Jinsheng is the son of his uncle, and Zhou Aihua is a relative of his grandmother's family.

Li Yunhai had not used nepotism before because he was not familiar with these people.

Now he found that several of his relatives were doing pretty well, so he did not shy away from relatives.

Li Yunhai called Li Jinsheng and Zhou Aihua over and immediately announced their appointments.

Zhou and Li were naturally delighted.

There isn't much going on in the assembly workshop. As long as everyone does it step by step, there won't be any mistakes.

Li Yunhai walked around the factory and then came to the consumables factory.

Lin Xiaofeng is in the office, arranging the next production tasks.

Li Yunhai received a lot of orders at the Canton Fair this time. The goods in the warehouse were not enough, and he had to rush into production.

"Auntie!" Li Yunhai walked into the office.

"Here comes the sea of ​​clouds!" Lin Xiaofeng put down the pen in her hand and said with a smile on her face, "We are going to make a fortune again! You have received so many orders!"

Li Yunhai sat down next to her and said, "Auntie, I would like to transfer a few people from the factory to work at the headquarters of Sihai Group. What do you think?"

Lin Xiaofeng said: "This is also your factory. You can transfer whoever you want. I have no objection."

Li Yunhai named a few people.

Of course Lin Xiaofeng was familiar with the people under her command, so she immediately said, "Okay, when do you want it?"

Li Yunhai told them to come to Sihai Store to find me at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. After they are transferred, you can arrange for someone to take over the vacancy.

He also talked about the renovation project of Tianhua Building.Although he had already agreed to Mei Jiping, according to the process, he still had to talk to several major shareholders.

Lin Xiaofeng said that you can just take care of this matter. The Provincial Construction and Engineering Bureau has done a good job, so just leave it to them!
Li Yunhai and Lin Xiaofeng talked about the order arrangement and delivery schedule. They discussed it until 05:30 in the afternoon, and then got off work together.

Back home, Li Yunhai smelled the aroma of vegetables as soon as he walked in the door.

"Ling Zhi!" Li Yunhai shouted while changing his shoes.

"Yunhai, you're back!" Lin Zhi poked her head out of the kitchen and said with a smile, "We'll eat later."

"Why did you come back so early today?" Li Yunhai put down his briefcase, walked to the kitchen door, leaned against the door frame and looked at her.

Lin Zhi smiled and said: "We at the Cultural Bureau are holding an event. After the event, I will go home directly."

"Speaking of activities, I also want to organize a few activities for self-employed individuals. Let's exchange business experiences together, have dance parties and so on."

"Of course. Do you need any support from our Cultural Affairs Bureau?"

"What support can I get? Just come and dance with me."

"Hee! That's what I'm talking about!"

"Ha ha!"

Lin Zhi casually tied her hair into a ponytail, looking fresh and pleasant.Wearing a floral apron, the straps create a nice arc around the waist.

Li Yunhai grabbed her hair and smelled it.

"Wait a minute!" Lin Zhi chuckled, turned around, kissed him, and said, "I made your favorite fish head."

"Ah."

"Let me discuss something with you."

"what's up?"

"Isn't the new library built? I want to donate 100 million books. Do you think it's okay?"

"This is a great thing, of course. But 100 million books are not cheap, right?"

"If you count 2 yuan per volume, it should be 200 million at least! Anyway, I have money, and by contributing to the construction of spiritual civilization, I am also supporting your cultural work!"

"Well, then you can donate! By the way, my mother said that she wants to transfer me to the Commerce Bureau. When we wait for the Spring Canton Fair tomorrow, we can participate together and no longer have to write any manuscripts! I am exhausted from writing. Kill me!"

"Okay, we will work together from now on."

"For donating books, you report to the leader and say that you can attract investment. I can't just donate 100 million books so casually. I have to hold a donation ceremony, right?"

"I understand. You add some food and I'll bring it out."

"What kind of food are you eating?"

"Oh--"

The next morning, Li Yunhai came to Sihai Store.

As soon as Peng Dianzi opened the door, he saw Li Yunhai and said with a smile, "You're so early!"

Li Yunhai called Uncle Peng and handed over a bag of breakfast: "Ling Zhi made it at home. The meat buns she made are cleaner than those outside. I gave you a bag."

Peng Dianzi happily took it, sat on the steps, opened the bag and ate: "It's delicious, the meat is fresh!"

Li Yunhai walked into the store with a smile.

Zhang Jie and others had just gotten up and were still washing up. When they heard a noise outside, they came out to take a look and said with a smile: "Boss! You came so early! The sun is coming out from the west!"

Li Yunhai laughed.

After a while, Yan Mengyu and Ma Taiping arrived first.

Li Yunhai looked at his watch and saw that it was still 10 minutes before eight o'clock. He thought that these two people were quite on time.

After waiting for a few more minutes, five people from the consumables factory also arrived one after another.

There were seven of them, none of them knew what they were doing here. After they arrived, they stood in the store and looked at Li Yunhai.

No one was late, which made Li Yunhai very satisfied, indicating that he had not misjudged the person.

He deliberately didn't tell them what happened yesterday, just to see if they were punctual. If anyone was late this morning, he would miss the opportunity for promotion.

Li Yunhai called Zhuang Yong, and the two of them each drove a car and took Yan Mengyu and other seven people to the Changdao Hotel.

Yang Shuyue seemed to be waiting for Li Yunhai and the others in the lobby on the first floor. As soon as she saw the noise of the car outside, she immediately ran out and shouted crisply: "Hello, Boss Li!"

Li Yunhai got out of the car and said, "Mr. Yang, let's come and clean up the house. Please send a few people to help."

Yang Shuyue's voice was clear and sweet: "Okay, Boss Li. Just call me Xiao Yang or Xiao Yue."

Li Yunhai glanced at her and said, "Are you older than me?"

Yang Shuyue pursed her lips and smiled: "We don't care about our age. You are the most distinguished customer of our hotel. In front of you, I am Xiaoyue."

Li Yunhai thought to himself, people who work in reception have different mouths.

After everyone got out of the car, Li Yunhai took them to the second floor.

Yang Shuyue said that we have coordinated and the right side of the second floor belongs to you.

Li Yunhai walked around and looked at each room.

Yan Mengyu and others followed him with suspicious expressions, not knowing what they were doing here.

Li Yunhai stood firm and said: "I have rented this place. The 28 rooms here belong to our Sihai Group. In the future, Sihai Group will be established here and will also work here. I picked you out. People will work here from now on. Is there anyone who doesn’t want to?"

Who wouldn't want such a good thing?

Seeing that they were silent, Li Yunhai asked: "What's wrong? They don't want to? Then go back to the factory and continue working!"

Everyone shouted loudly together: "Yes! Thank you boss."

Li Yunhai nodded and said, "Your job today is to work with the hotel staff to clean all the rooms here. Except for desks and cabinets, all other things can be moved away."

He walked to the stairs, made a volley in the air with his hand, and said: "Install a door here. If you can't buy a suitable one, you can order it. I need Mr. Yang to help coordinate this matter."

Yang Shuyue smiled sweetly and said: "No problem, I'll take care of it."

Li Yunhai made arrangements and asked Zhuang Yong to come up with 10 yuan and give it to Yang Shuyue: "My staff have not divided the work yet. I will leave this temporary fund to you for safekeeping. Whatever they want to buy, you are responsible for invoicing it for them." Money. I’ll just do the math later.”

He took out another list, handed it to Yan Mengyu, and said: "This is the material we want to purchase. Once this place is empty, you can take two people to purchase it. I will leave Zhuang Yong and the truck to help you move the office furniture. If you need money, go to General Branch Yang to get it. Remember, every time you get money, you must keep the note. You must also issue receipts or invoices when buying things. These two things are related to financial reconciliation, and you must keep them. alright."

"Okay! I understand." Yan Mengyu was very excited!
Can't you see this?Li Yunhai plans to reuse these people!
Li Yunhai made the arrangements and said to Yang Shuyue: "I'll leave this matter to you. I'll treat you later."

Yang Shuyue followed Li Yunhai downstairs with a large bag of money and said with a smile: "You are the big boss, so you can't break your promise to me. I will wait eagerly for you to treat me."

Li Yunhai smiled, came to the front desk, and said, "Now count the money."

Yang Shuyue said there was no need to count, right?I see that the money is all stamped with bank seals.

Li Yunhai said that just because the money was withdrawn from the bank, you should count it.

Yang Shuyue nodded and immediately opened the bundles of banknotes to count.

She counted the money very quickly, counting it forward and then backward.

After counting, she said: "Boss Li, it's exactly one hundred thousand."

Li Yunhai asked: "Have you studied accounting?"

Yang Shuyue said yes, I studied accounting.

Li Yunhai asked her: "Then do you know why we all have calculators now, but we still use abacus for cashier work?"

Yang Shuyue smiled and said: "Because the abacus is fast and accurate. For example, when I type the number 100000, I have to press the calculator 6 times and only need to pull out one bead on the abacus. If there are multiple additions and subtractions, if the calculation is wrong, the abacus can quickly pull it back. Calculate, but calculators don’t have this function.”

Li Yunhai handed her a business card and said, "You are very good! I'll leave first. If you need anything, please call my Sihai store."

Yang Shuyue took the business card with both hands and said, "Don't worry, I'm watching over here!"

Li Yunhai drove Santana, left the Changdao Hotel, and came to the Provincial Individual Association Office.

Wu Caiyan and Wang Bin happened to be there.

Li Yunhai discussed with them and said that our provincial association should also carry out some collective activities.

Wang Bin smiled and said: "Okay, group blind date? Solve the problem of self-employed people getting married!"

Li Yunhai was shocked. He really didn't expect this to happen.

Wu Caiyan said: "This is a good thing and a real fact."

Li Yunhai thought for a while and said, "Then let's hold a blind date dance!"

Wu Caiyan said: "How to solve the problem of the venue? We do have some funds."

Wang Bin said: "Just find an activity center in the community."

Li Yunhai said: "That's too perfunctory. I have an idea. Let's jointly organize this event with the Cultural Affairs Bureau, and use the Cultural Bureau's auditorium as the venue. In addition to self-employed people, young people and college students can come to participate in the event. It’s scheduled for this Saturday night. I’ll be in charge of contacting the Cultural Affairs Bureau.”

(End of this chapter)