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Chapter 812 813. Shares and Letting Go

The most important thing mentioned in the letter from Hong Kong was that Yue Wenxuan's grandfather was planning to come to the mainland in the name of a visiting lecture. His real purpose, of course, was to take this opportunity to visit his daughter's family.

It’s just that the time may not be that fast. Even if everything goes well in the application process, that will be after school starts.

After hearing the news, not only Cong Qiuhui, the daughter, was excited, but the whole family was excited.

After the 1970s and 1980s, the situation changed dramatically. Overseas connections no longer caused panic, but instead became an advantage that could be boasted about. If a family had overseas connections, once it was told about, it would surely make the listeners envious.

Yue Lingxuan was the most excited when he learned that his grandfather would most likely come to the mainland next semester. He said with anticipation:

"My grandfather is a professor at the University of Hong Kong. My eldest and second uncles also have good jobs. This is the first time my grandfather has returned to his hometown in so many years. He must be very excited. I guess he will bring a lot of gifts."

"Grandpa only has one daughter, Mom. We haven't seen each other for so many years, so of course he would bring her some gifts. He definitely wouldn't come empty-handed."

Yue Wenxuan first said something in agreement, then changed the subject, "But don't have too high expectations. Grandpa is already over 70 years old. Even if he is in good health, how much can he bring?

I think it's good enough for him to bring enough luggage for himself during this period. At most, he can bring some symbolic gifts for our family, but it definitely can't be too much."

"That's true. After all, grandpa is too old." Yue Lingxuan was somewhat disappointed after hearing what Yue Wenxuan said. "But as long as grandpa can return home, this will be the biggest happy event for our family."

Yue Lingxuan was a college student after all, so it was impossible for him to speak out all his thoughts to her face. If he wasn't so happy, he wouldn't have been able to hold back and reveal what was in his heart at this moment.

Cong Qiuhui glared at Yue Wenxuan and said, "Can you please stop teasing your elder brother?"

"Mom, why do you think so? You are wronging me!" Yue Wenxuan acted innocently, "We are brothers, so we can talk about anything. This is a sign of our intimacy. You must have misunderstood."

Cong Qiuhui no longer paid attention to her youngest son. "When your grandpa comes to Kyoto, we must not let him live outside. We have to prepare the room for him in advance. We can't let your grandpa get used to it, and we can't let him suffer any grievances.

The dormitory at Shuimu is still too small. Such accommodation conditions are definitely too poor for your grandpa. We need to brainstorm and think about how to clean it up so that your grandpa will be satisfied."

"As the saying goes, a good cook cannot cook without rice. The room is only so big. No matter how you clean it up, you can't turn a small house into a big room." Yue Wenxuan gave his suggestion, "I think we should not clean up the dormitory over at Shuimu for now. After a while, maybe there will be a new turn of events."

"What do you think?" Yue Xuchu asked.

Since his father asked, Yue Wenxuan no longer kept it a secret, "My grandfather is also a famous scholar internationally, and he will definitely be taken seriously when he comes to visit and give lectures in China.

My mother is also a lecturer at the school now, so she will definitely be valued by the school. If grandpa finally decides to live in our house, the school will at least consider whether the reception conditions are appropriate.

At that time, as long as my mother gives us a hint, maybe the school will allocate a bigger house to our family.

Of course, this is just my personal speculation. Whether the school will do so depends mainly on my grandfather’s international reputation.”

"Your grandfather has a great reputation internationally. Even before liberation, he was already one of the few famous scholars in China who enjoyed an international reputation." Cong Qiuhui's face was full of pride when talking about her father.

"Then there's nothing to worry about. After the school receives my grandfather's application for a visiting lecture, they might even take the initiative to improve our housing conditions."

Yue Wenxuan was not worried at all about his family's housing problem. He had no shortage of money and could buy a suitable private house when he really needed it.

Recently, various units have sent back a lot of private houses. If you buy a house now, you should be able to buy a suitable property.

But now he still has a place to live, so Yue Wenxuan doesn't worry about it.

Moreover, based on his understanding of his grandfather's family, if his grandfather saw how tight the living conditions were at home, he might even pay for one or two houses for the family.

Not to mention the conditions of my eldest and second uncles, considering my grandfather's fame in the academic community, although he is not a wealthy man, he is not short of money. It is easy for him to buy one or two houses for his daughters in China and improve their living conditions.

Of course, this is just Yue Wenxuan’s own idea. As for what his grandfather would do, he has no idea.

Anyway, he has the ability to do so, so he naturally won't worry about these trivial matters in life.

After receiving the letter from Hong Kong Island, Cong Qiuhui immediately wrote back with her parents' latest address.

After this letter was sent, the whole family began to look forward to the arrival of grandpa from Hong Kong Island.

Yue Wenxuan also attached great importance to his grandfather's arrival. He felt that he should make use of his family's overseas connections and take this opportunity to improve the current family conditions.

He had no shortage of ways to change his family's circumstances; all he lacked was a suitable opportunity.

Even without overseas connections, Yue Wenxuan had other ways to improve his family's conditions, but with overseas connections, the changes were faster and more legitimate.

The Red Star Department Store, founded by Yue Wenxuan, was originally a product of the transitional period. Its main function was to solve the problem of the number of educated youth returning to the city. As for the profits created for him during this period, it was just a matter of convenience.

Although he didn't care much about the profits generated by the department store, the income during this period was indeed not a small number. If added up, it was about 20,000.

Yue Wenxuan simply couldn't spend such a large sum of money at this time. Moreover, after he had overseas connections, he could legitimately earn more money, so he naturally didn't care about the income from the Red Star Department Store.

After he entered Peking University as a graduate student, he no longer had the energy to worry about the department store, so he decided to take advantage of the period before school entry to turn the Red Star Department Store into a truly collective one.

He spent two days carefully sorting out the accounts of the department store and soon made a decision. After making a plan, he called all the employees of the department store to hold a full-staff meeting.

Ever since Lu Weidang and others were admitted to university, Yue Wenxuan did not continue to recruit educated youth. Now there are only nine employees left in the department store, namely: Yue Wenxuan, Wen Xiaoqing, Lu Songlin, Cai Youliang, Chi Xingmao, Chen Xiaoliang, Chen Xiaoliang's second brother, Mou Keyong and Tan Hongsheng.

After everyone arrived, Yue Wenxuan got straight to the point: "After the new semester starts, Wen Xiaoqing, Lu Songlin, and I will be enrolled as graduate students. By then, I will not have the extra energy to manage the business of the department store, so I plan to hand over my current work before school starts.

These two days I roughly sorted out the store's accounts, set aside money for everyone's wages this month, and the remaining unsold miscellaneous items were worth about 800 yuan.

All the items worth eight hundred yuan belong to me, but they have to remain in the store and be sold. You can return the money to me slowly later. I'm not in a hurry.

This is what I think. After I leave, I plan to let Chen Xiaoliang take over the store's work. Does anyone have any objection to this candidate? "

"I have no objection. Xiaoliang is the deputy director of the store. When you, the director, leave, he should take over the work." Tan Hongsheng was the first to express his support.

Chen Xiaoliang's second brother and Mou Keyong, one is Chen Xiaoliang's biological brother and the other is his best friend, naturally had no objection and immediately expressed their agreement.

This was Yue Wenxuan's proposal. Even if others had opinions, they did not dare to speak out and they all agreed.

After confirming the next manager, Yue Wenxuan continued, "Our Red Star Department Store was founded by me. Due to the difficult conditions at the time of its establishment, the street office did not contribute any money, and I had to find ways to raise all the investment for the establishment of the store.

After I withdraw, I have two suggestions for how to manage the store. Please listen to them first.

The first suggestion is simple: all store assets belong to all employees.

In other words, after I left, the store returned the 800 yuan I had advanced to me, and all the store's property naturally belonged to all employees.

But this method has a drawback, which is that it can easily cause management chaos or even slackness.

Because our Red Star Department Store is just a small collective enterprise, without any government funding or special policy support, it is not easy to keep it running.

In order to ensure that all employees can be paid every month and even make more profits, we need to work together to find ways to overcome all difficulties.

During the decision-making process, if everyone shirks responsibility and even has their own ideas, it will be difficult to continue the business.

Even if the store is doing well, if you continue to recruit other employees in the future, it would be unfair to you old employees if all employees have the same rights and interests.

To avoid this situation from happening, I have another suggestion.

I think the best way is for everyone to voluntarily invest and subscribe for shares according to their own circumstances, even if it is only 10% of the shares, which is also a guarantee of everyone's rights and interests."

Chen Xiaoliang is an ambitious man, and he is also a man with aspirations. He is very interested in the second method and immediately asked:
“If everyone subscribes to shares, how should it be done?”

“I have 800 yuan of advance capital in the store, which means the total share capital of the store is 800 yuan. If you subscribe to 10% of the shares, you will have to invest 80 yuan in the operation of the store.

If you want to subscribe for more shares, you have to invest more money accordingly. "

Chen Xiaoliang thought for a while and said, "I am very interested in subscribing for shares. Since I started working, I have saved my salary and can also take out money. I just don't know how many shares I should subscribe for?"

"You will be the person in charge of the Red Star Department Store from now on. In order to facilitate the management of the store, I personally think that you can subscribe for more shares. As for the final number of shares to be subscribed, you can listen to other people's opinions first.

If everyone thinks the second method is better and wants to subscribe for shares, we can then consider how to distribute them. "

Yue Wenxuan's eyes swept over the others. "We are all employees of the store. We are all qualified to express our opinions. You can each express your thoughts."

In the past, Yue Wenxuan had the final say and everyone else just followed his orders. They were a little uncomfortable with the current situation and no one spoke for a while.

In the end, Yue Wenxuan could only call out their names one by one and ask for everyone's opinions.

Since joining Red Star Department Store, under Yue Wenxuan's management, Red Star Department Store has been doing prosperously. Everyone is optimistic about the future of the store and is naturally willing to subscribe for shares.

Lu Songlin, Wen Xiaoqing and Yue Wenxuan will all go to graduate school after the new semester starts, and they have all clearly stated that they will not subscribe for shares.

In this way, there were only six employees left in the store, including Chen Xiaoliang.

Of the remaining six people, only Chen Xiaoliang is a truly wealthy man. Since he started working, he has kept all his wages by himself. The other people don't have much money, so even if they want to buy shares, they can't take it out in a short time.

Tan Hongsheng and Chen Xiaoliang's second brother had just started working and had not saved much money yet. Mou Keyong, Chi Xingmao and Cai Youliang all handed their money over to their families and had only a little pocket money in their hands.

After discussion among the few people, Tan Hongsheng, Chen Xiaoliang's second brother, Mou Keyong, Chi Xingmao, and Cai Youliang all planned to purchase 10% of the shares, which means a total of 50% of the shares.

In this case, there are still 50% of the shares left. Chen Xiaoliang has the ability to buy them all, but he thinks it is a bit too much. After thinking about it, he said:
"Wenxuan, even if you leave the store, I think you can keep some shares. After all, you founded the Red Star Department Store. Even if you don't work in the store, we are willing to pay you a salary every month.

And with you giving us advice, we all have a backbone, and we don't have to worry even if the store encounters difficulties in the future."

Yue Wenxuan shook his head firmly and said, "I'm going to study for a master's degree, so I won't get involved in the decision-making of the store. I feel relieved to leave the store to you.

If the store encounters difficulties in the future, I can still give you advice. As for the store's shares, I will not keep them. "