Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 68 Agency Rights Finalized

"Wake up Sachiko for breakfast."

The next day, everyone got up, washed up, and sat in the dining room to eat breakfast, but Sachiko hadn't come yet. The old woman told Ayao to go and call her, saying that at worst, she could sleep after eating.

"She's unhappy and said she doesn't want to eat anymore." A Yao said listlessly.

The second brother was puzzled and asked, "Why are you unhappy so early in the morning? What did you do this morning?"

A Yao was not in the mood to eat breakfast. He said depressedly, "It's all because of the electronic piano. She was not happy after I bought it and asked me to exchange the shopping card for cash. What can I do?"

"Sell it to others at a discount. They can use it to hire people or buy things." Kang Qirui suggested as he served Zhu Wanling a bowl of porridge. The second brother's eyes lit up when he heard Kang Qirui's words.

Seeing Er Lao's excitement, A Yao said, "Er Lao, how about I sell you the electronic keyboard?"

"Ah?" Er Lao was stunned. This was totally different from what he thought. "Why sell it to me?"

"You can provide quality education to Tianxiu." A Yao explained.

The second elder glanced at A Yao and said, "Quality-oriented education doesn't necessarily require money. Just buy a flute and play it."

"Second brother, playing the flute is so old-fashioned. Western musical instruments are popular now." A Yao continued to lobby the second brother.

The second brother was unmoved and had his own reason: "Wrong! When others play Western instruments, we must play folk music. When others play folk music, we must play Western music. This is the same as stock speculation. We must think in reverse. Do you understand?" It has to be said that the second brother's ideas are very advanced, and even the old lady laughed when she heard it.

Seeing that Er Lao was very determined, A Yao had no choice but to change his target. "Sister-in-law, how about I sell you the electronic piano?"

"Huh? Sell it to me?" The sister-in-law was also surprised.

"No, no, I don't have that much money." The sister-in-law declined. Kang Qirui knew that the sister-in-law earned quite a lot every month, with a base salary plus commission of more than 4,000 yuan. However, in the sister-in-law's opinion, money that should not be spent should not be spent, and money should be saved.

A Yao didn't want to give up easily, "Your clothing store should be doing very well, and the benefits should be pretty good."

The eldest sister-in-law glanced at the two bosses, Kang Qirui and Er Lao. She was too embarrassed to lie, so she lowered her head and said, "Okay, but I want to wait a little longer. I'm short of money."

"Sister-in-law, no matter how tight the situation is, we cannot cut back on teachers, and no matter how poor we are, we cannot cut back on education." A Yao said, "Think about it, you must invest in the training of the next generation, so that a system can be formed and this education can be gradually extended."

"Okay, Third Brother. My sister-in-law doesn't even have a child yet, what's the point of talking about education?" Kang Qirui felt that A Yao was really talking nonsense. He thought this was their unit. What's the difference between selling children's education to Xianglan and selling combs to monks?
A Yao sighed and started to drink the porridge. He couldn't sell the electronic piano today. At this time, Er Lao suddenly said, "A friend in need is a friend indeed. Let Er Lao help you."

"Second brother, are you willing to help me? Buy my electronic keyboard?" A Yao quickly put down the bowl and said excitedly, "I bought that electronic keyboard for 3,800 yuan. Now I will charge you 3,500 yuan."

"I'm sorry, I'm not interested in your electronic piano. I want to buy your shopping card." Er Lao explained.

A Yao thought about it and decided, "Shopping card? That's fine too. I have 4,000 yuan here, do you want all of it?"

The second brother also put down his bowl and chopsticks and started to get into battle mode, "If you want it, then take it. It just depends on how you sell it. You can get discounts when you go to the market." When A Yao heard about the discount, he hesitated and said he would ask his wife first, and then went back to the room.

Kang Qirui couldn't help but shake his head. He had to ask his wife about such a thing. He was in the late stage of being henpecked. After a while, A Yao came back and said excitedly, "Second brother, no problem, 9.9% off." Kang Qirui laughed out loud this time, and Zhu Wanling quickly signaled him to be more restrained.

"No sincerity." The second brother certainly disagreed. 4,000 yuan is only 40 yuan cheaper. A Yao went back and forth twice and finally got a 9.7% discount, and said he could not bargain anymore.

"Ayao, you have to understand that I am helping you now." Er Lao emphasized.

A Yao nodded, "I know." "That's all." Er Lao spread his hands and said, "How can I buy it for 9.7?"

A Yao didn't want to talk anymore, so he asked directly: "How much discount do you want, brother?" The brother stretched out his hand, and A Yao thought he didn't want to buy it, but he said it was 50% off. A Yao was shocked and said: "Brother, are you helping me or are you ripping me off?"

The second brother shrugged, ate his breakfast, and said to himself: "I don't care, it's up to you whether to sell it or not."

Finally, A Yao sold the shopping card in his hand to Er Lao at a 50% discount. Er Lao was very excited. No one gave him a shopping card, but he could buy a shopping card at a 50% discount. When Kang Qirui returned home in the evening, Zhu Wanling told him that many people came to Er Lao to buy shopping cards in the evening. Er Lao sold all of them at a 10% discount, and made 1,600 yuan in total.

"Who comes to buy?" Kang Qirui asked while lying on the bed.

Zhu Wanling recalled and said, "Director Chen, Uncle Liang, Aunt Ba and others, my mother also wanted to buy it."

"Ah? Why did mom buy a shopping card?" Kang Qirui was about to get up and take a shower, but when he heard that Mrs. Zhu also bought one, he asked again.

"She has had appendicitis pain from time to time recently and said she wanted to have it removed, so I thought of giving the doctor a shopping card. She said she was afraid that the anesthesiologist would just give her some anesthetic and it would hurt her to death." Zhu Wanling shook her head helplessly, "She is really something. I have worked in the hospital for so long, and she doesn't even have this little favor."

Kang Qirui also thought it was a little funny. Why should she be afraid of her daughter working in the hospital? However, he still excused his mother-in-law, "Mom is just too concerned. Let's see when she wants to go for the operation. I'll go with her then." Then he went to take a shower.

Two days later, on the weekend, Kang Qirui took Mrs. Zhu to the hospital for an appendectomy. They needed to stay in the hospital for three days. Kang Qirui stayed with them until 9pm and then went home. Zhu Wanling stayed in the hospital overnight, but it was inconvenient for him as a man, so he stayed with them during the day. When he got home, he saw his second brother and his wife staring at a pile of shopping cards.

"Huh? Why are there so many shopping cards again?" Kang Qirui asked puzzledly.

The second brother sighed and said, "Shopping cards are banned. Now those people have returned the cards to me." The second sister-in-law also said in a low voice, "That's right, it's banned. No returns or exchanges are allowed after the goods leave the store."

Kang Qirui knew that this thing could not be banned, and here is a simple example: JD.com card. He comforted him and said, "Second brother and second sister-in-law, you are not losing out. You bought it at a 50% discount. You can buy something worth 4,000 yuan at the supermarket with 2,000 yuan."

"But there are so many people in the supermarket now, and with so much money, how long will it take to buy it?" Er Lao complained. Four thousand yuan is half a year's salary for the small worker he hired in the hardware store. How much stuff do you have to buy in the supermarket? How tiring.

"Just buy something big. I used my shopping card to buy a cell phone. I think you two should also buy one so that we can keep in touch if anything happens in the future." Kang Qirui suggested.

After he finished speaking, he was about to go back to the room, but suddenly he remembered something and said to the second brother: "By the way, remember to go to the first store for a meeting tomorrow. We have to decide whether to take down the agent." The second brother responded, and Kang Qirui went back. After the second brother and his wife discussed it, they decided to adopt Kang Qirui's idea and buy a mobile phone.

"Fortunately, I listened to A Rui. When I went to the mall just now, there were so many people that I had to wait in line for two hours to check out." The next day, Er Lao came to the office of the first store and sighed as soon as he entered the door. He went to buy a mobile phone in the morning, and it took him two minutes to choose a mobile phone and two hours to check out. This was an expensive item he bought, and many shelves were crowded with people.

Kang Qirui saw that the second brother had arrived and everyone was present. He said, "Let's talk about the agency right. I've thought about it for two days and I think it can be done. It will take three years to get back the investment based on the current scale. But I think our brand can still be expanded. There are so many cities in Guangdong and Guangxi, but we only have five stores now. It won't be too much to have 50 stores in the future. By then, we will make a lot of money." In fact, with the capacity of Guangdong and Guangxi, 500 stores is normal.

The second brother actually wanted to do it, even if there was no development or expansion, he thought it could be done, and he could get his investment back in three years. "I have no problem with that, but what about the money?" Zhang Yongfang also agreed, and was also worried about the money issue.

"Loan. With our two stores, we have such a large monthly turnover. It's easy to get a loan of 200,000 or 300,000 yuan from the bank. Add the funds from the store, and one million yuan is enough." Kang Qirui decided to take out a loan to solve the funding problem. How can you start a business without borrowing money? How can a company not be in debt?

"Okay, then leave this to me. I go to the bank to deposit money every month and I'm familiar with the manager. I'll go and negotiate." Zhang Yongfang was a capable person and took the initiative to take over the bank loan. He then said, "Who will manage the company? I'm not qualified."

Kang Qirui looked at the second brother, wanting to hear his opinion. The second brother immediately waved his hand and said, "I am not as good as Ah Zhong." When it comes to hardware, ten Zhang Yongfangs can't beat the second brother, but this is a clothing business, and the second brother can't beat Zhang Yongfang.

"Actually, there is no need to think so complicatedly. Brother Chen transfers the company to us, and we can keep all the original employees. They just need to continue to be responsible for the current affairs. We can just send a general manager to take over the company. I have a candidate, and she should be able to do the job." Kang Qirui said.

Zhang Yongfang and Er Lao were curious and asked who it was. "Xingzi." Kang Qirui gave the answer, "Xingzi works in insurance and is first-rate in dealing with people. She also received two months of training in management skills and is now a manager-level person with management capabilities. Isn't this the person we need now who can handle all kinds of matters at the headquarters and franchise stores and has certain management capabilities?"

"Okay. Then ask Sachiko if she's willing." Er Lao and Zhang Yongfang both agreed. Kang Qirui took over the matter. If Sachiko could come, she probably wouldn't want to go to Japan anymore, right?
Apart from this selfish motive, Sachiko is indeed the most suitable person that Kang Qirui can find to manage the company. Kang Qirui is not at ease with other people, no matter how capable they are, if they are unknown to him.

(End of this chapter)