Chapter 341: The idea of establishing a head office
Chapter 341: Chapter 341: The idea of establishing a head office
In Tongda Driving School, Feng Yiping took Huang Jingping and knocked on the door of the office manager.
This is the driving school where Huang Jingping studied, and it is also one of the tertiary industries of the public transport group. Huang Jingping has already passed the theoretical study and is now entering the practical driving stage. In order to avoid the various troubles that later female students encountered when learning to drive, Feng Yiping came today to give gifts.
Later, when driving schools blossomed everywhere, it was still quite good. Those who learned to drive early had experienced that at that time, not only did they have to spend money to go to a driving school to get a driver's license, they also had to let other people scold them. To sum up, they spent money to let other people scold them, which was definitely not a pleasant experience.
Many driving school instructors perfectly inherited the old social system of master and apprentice. It didn't matter if you were male or female, 18 or 38, working for someone else or employing many people to work for you. They could scold you as much as they liked. After accepting your cigarettes or red envelopes and accepting your invitations to meals, there would be no major changes. They would even say with justification that it was 'to make a deep impression on you' and 'for your own good.' Feng Yiping just wanted to say, 'Good for you!'
A person with a temperament like Huang Jingping's could be scolded to tears by a teacher with a bad temper in no time. And it's not uncommon for girls to be taken advantage of by unscrupulous coaches if they're unlucky.
Huang Jingping doesn't know about these things, so Feng Yiping has to think ahead and take action for her.
'Come in,' said the middle-aged man in a brown jacket behind the desk. He was typical of the bureaucracy, leisurely drinking tea and reading the newspaper. When he saw them come in, he glanced at them and asked, not optimistically but politely, "Who are you looking for?'
'Director Zhong, right? Hello!" Feng Yiping smiled and extended his hand to him. There was no choice, for the sake of Huang Jingping, he had to deal with this cold shoulder.
However, after he explained the purpose of his visit and, most importantly, handed over an envelope, Director Zhong immediately became enthusiastic, immediately completing the transformation from leader of a public institution to a service industry employee. He took out a booklet and said, 'This is a list of our driving school instructors. You can take a look first,' while he busied himself making tea.
Feng Yiping flipped through it a few times and said, 'We trust Director Zhong's judgement, so why don't you recommend someone?'
'Oh, that's good. I'll recommend Master Guo to you. He's a former soldier, highly qualified, and has a good temper. The pass rate of his students is also high,'
'That's him then. Director Zhong, how about you and Master Guo come out for dinner tonight? You choose the place!'
'No problem,' feeling the thickness of Feng Yiping's envelope, Director Zhong readily agreed. He understood Feng Yiping's meaning, and letting him accompany Teacher Guo to dinner would naturally make Teacher Guo understand the gravity of the situation.
Of course, when they had dinner that night, Feng Yiping naturally also prepared a gift for Teacher Guo.
Compared to the things he had to do, this was a trivial matter, but he had to spend this energy personally. To be good to Huang Jingping, it was necessary to start with these trivial matters and care for her and protect her in every way.
Since the beginning of December, Feng Yiping has been regularly spending at least an hour at the company every day, sometimes at lunchtime, and mostly after class in the afternoon.
The office that Jin Ling helped him organise is at the back of the building, in the original utility room, less than eight square metres with a small window. Feng Yiping doesn't mind, and as soon as he arrives at the office every day, he has to bury his head in the documents that Jin Ling has organised.
This includes the two agricultural product processing plants run by his parents back home. Each company has a lot of documents that require his approval. This year, there are many new or planned projects, such as resort hotels, budget hotels, and a furniture factory in Shenzhen. Because he is young, in good health, and quick-witted, he can handle these documents after a day of classes. Even at dinner in the evening, he still feels a little dazed.
Jinling walked in with a folder and a smile, 'This is the organisational structure of the budget hotel that Xu Bin reported. Yiping, I can see that you are always enthusiastic about chainable businesses,'
She didn't knock on the door, and when she saw Feng Yiping leaning back in his chair rubbing his eyes, she remembered that this young man who always jokes with him is still a freshman with a heavy workload. His school bag was now on the cabinet by the door, which was quite heavy.
'Are you tired? I'll make you a cup of coffee!'
'No, just a little dryness,' she said. She hadn't been idle at school today, either. She had either been in class or in the library looking up information. And when she arrived at the company, she had either been dealing with emails on the computer or various paper documents, so her eyes were a little dry and tired.
'I have some eye drops,' she said, hastily getting some for Feng Yiping. The scene was quite harmonious, but just before she used them, Feng Yiping teased her again, 'You don't have pinkeye, do you?'
Then Feng Yiping immediately understood that Jin Ling did not have pinkeye, but had white-eye disease, with her eyes rolled back so that only the whites were visible.
Of course, Jin Ling now understood Feng Yiping's personality a little, and would not really argue with him, 'You still need to strike a balance between work and rest, otherwise the problem of myopia will only get worse.'
'You're absolutely right. Tomorrow I'll buy a professional telescope and put it in the window. After working for a while, I'll go and see if there are any pretty girls in the distance,'
Jin Ling didn't bother to respond to his crazy words, 'I'm off work if there's nothing else.'
'Wait, there is something else I want to discuss with you,' Feng Yiping stopped her and closed the door, 'Do you think it's necessary to establish a head office?'
'You haven't thought about this, have you? Of course it's necessary! During the time I worked in the provincial capital, there was a lot of collaboration between the various companies. For example, before Zhou Xinyu, although he was in charge of the convenience store, was he not often transferred around by you, sent wherever he was needed?
And when it comes to staff recruitment, although each company is separate, in fact, the main focus is on recruiting for the convenience stores. Another example is Gao Zhiyi. Although he is also stationed at the convenience store, the documents you sent him to collect were all compiled and sent back by him. In fact, he is doing the work of the head of the office of the head office.
It's a relief that these people you found are not bad, and they do whatever you tell them to do. But this is not a long-term solution, it's a temporary stopgap measure that doesn't get to the root of the problem.
For example, Zhou Xinyu will complete the work you assign to him, even if it is extra work. However, in the course of his work, if he discovers any deficiencies in other companies, he is afraid that he will not be able to raise them, because that would be exceeding his authority. Am I right?'
'I was just saying, why don't you have any complaints about the work of the few people from other companies here? Is it also because of this reason?' Feng Yiping said half in jest and half seriously.
'I'm a very generous person. I will definitely point out any inadequacies I see. The reason I haven't done so is because they've all done a good job.'
'Well, I guess it's also because you haven't paid enough attention to them, and so you haven't noticed their inadequacies,'
and Jin Ling didn't deny this.
'Are you interested in the position of Group CEO? But at the same time, at least for the next few years, until you have trained up a large number of qualified successors, you will still have to take care of the convenience store business. What do you think?'
Feng Yiping had originally planned to become the chairman of the board, but in reality, he is now a general manager with no subordinates. Although Jin Ling and the others have volunteered to help share the workload, there is still too much work piling up on him. He is not afraid of the workload, but he is afraid of making mistakes.
Fortunately, he has already made up his mind about the future, and he does not need to spend time considering strategic issues that are life or death for a company, otherwise the intensity of his work will rise to another level.
'I think I can handle it, but I still need to think about it for a while.'
'You're not saying no, are you?' he said with a smile, as Jinling made a threatening kick.
'Okay, I'll give you my full support. Then let's also discuss the preparations for the year-end summary meeting together. I'm going to take the heads of each company to a warm southern seaside resort, like the southernmost tip of the earth, and while we're on holiday, we'll hammer out the framework for the headquarters.'
'Wow, Feng Baopi is actually thinking of being generous? You mustn't go back on your word. Ever since you tricked me into having Jia, I haven't been able to take a holiday.'
'Don't worry, I made this decision mainly because of you,' Feng Yiping said, joking as usual.
'I don't believe you. By the way, let's talk about something more recent. The first group of trainees we trained here will soon finish their studies. You'll give a speech the day after tomorrow. Is that okay?'
'No problem, I'll definitely be there.'