British 1986

It has been clearly explained and emphasized that there are still people who are not afraid of death. If the situation is true, then Allen is not going to be polite. Before they make such money, they have to think clearly whether they can earn it back with their lives. Is there a life flower?

"The day after tomorrow is Christmas. After the investigation, we will arrange it on Christmas night. You will send people to visit the house in person and find them one by one. I will hang them all at the door of their house and let their wives, children, relatives and friends Take a look, and don’t leave any of those who cooperated with them. After Christmas, let our TV station report it, saying that the two escaped murderers are back again, and security will be strengthened recently!"

Now that he has a perfect blame-shifter, Allen is even more unscrupulous in his actions. He has long said that anyone who makes him unhappy with anything related to this party will regret it for the rest of his life!

I believe that being hanged in front of one's own house on Christmas Eve will leave a deep impression on their families, relatives and friends. This can be regarded as a Christmas gift from Mr. Allen to these families. I hope they like it.

"Master, there is one more thing. His Highness sent this just now. He said it was a Christmas gift for you."

Shao Shitou didn't leave in a hurry. He waited until Allen finished explaining, then handed the small box in his hand to Allen.

"Oh? The Christmas gift His Highness gave me?"

Allen took the box and blinked. This was not easy. He actually received a Christmas gift. It must be that the Christmas party was held to the satisfaction of Boss Cha, so he got the Christmas gift.

Thomas sat obediently in front of the tea table. He had just heard the fate of those people. He was a little frightened at the moment and did not dare to say anything. He saw the little stone handing the gift to Allen, which attracted Allen's attention. Thomas breathed a heavy sigh of relief. He didn't know why. Anyway, in the past few years, in front of Allen, this Excellency had put more and more pressure on him. It was a bit like power. Yes, this is the feeling. As the This Excellency has slowly emerged on stage over the years, and his actions have gradually brought him more power than before.

Seeing Allen opening the gift box in front of him, Thomas straightened up slightly curiously and took a look.

There is a watch in the box. I can’t see the brand clearly. But just looking at the shape, it seems to be an Audemars Piguet watch, the famous Royal Oak series.

Officers in the British Navy like to wear this thing. His series of watches were originally designed with reference to the Royal Oak. It is said that the octagonal dial was designed with reference to the hanging windows of the battleship at that time. The warship element is very strong.

The famous Duke of Kent is a loyal fan of this brand of watches.

But the color of the watch that Allen is holding now seems different from the traditional Royal Oak series. In the past, the ones Thomas had seen in newspapers were all gold, but the color of the watch in Allen’s hand seems to be different. This one is silver and looks like it's made of steel.

Thinking about His Highness's handwriting, the gift he gave to Allen should not be cheap.

Allen looked at the Christmas gift in his hand and grinned slightly. He knew this watch. It was said to be the new Royal Oak Offshore series released this year.

This offshore refers to the fact that it is highly waterproof and can be dived. It is considered the benchmark among luxury sports watches.

And it’s the latest model this year. It seems that Boss Cha thought very carefully. Knowing that he often likes sports, he actually gave him this.

After playing with it for a moment, Allen took off the old watch and took the new watch given by Boss Cha.

This Audemars Piguet watch looks very tough, and Allen also likes the color. He doesn’t like to wear gold watches that are very popular now, as it would look too exaggerated. In the past, he always wore watches from niche brands. , for example, like his title, the brand is a watch called Piaget.

After moving his wrist and looking at the new watch in his hand, Allen looked up and saw Thomas looking at him eagerly.

"Huh?"

I thought Thomas had left, but I didn't expect that he would be sitting here so honestly after such a long time.

Thinking that Thomas had been honest and obedient in recent years, Allen picked up his old watch and handed it to Thomas and said: "Now, His Highness gave me a new watch. I will give you this old watch as a Christmas gift." .”

"ah?!"

The surprise came so suddenly. Thomas subconsciously took the watch from Allen. He was stunned when the watch was already in his hand.

He lowered his gaze slightly and looked at the watch in his hand.

Can the noble lord's old things really be considered old things?

Thomas might not recognize other things, but he happened to recognize this old watch that Alan gave him!

Because the shape of this thing is very recognizable, it is Piaget’s ultra-thin watch. Piaget’s watches are famous for their ultra-thin and diamond-encrusted watches.

Whenever you see a very thin dial, it is most likely a watch from the Piaget brand. If the dial is very thin and studded with diamonds, it is definitely a watch from their brand!

This ultra-thin watch studded with diamonds cost tens of thousands of pounds back then. If you add in Allen's fame, the current value of this thing is hard to estimate.

Now Alan gives this to him as a gift. If Thomas takes it out in the future, it will be a source of conversation when others ask!

If the relationship is not good, who would send this kind of thing out? !

This is a sign that he is Lord Allen's confidant!

"Thank you, Your Excellency! This is truly the best Christmas gift I have ever received in my life!"

Thomas held the watch and was stunned for a long time before thanking him excitedly.

"Okay, go and do your work. Go back and pay more attention to the affairs of the parliament. If anything happens, let me know."

"Yes! Your Excellency, I will go back first."

"Um!"

Little Stone and Thomas left together, leaving Allen alone in the sun room and the musicians in the distance.

Sighing and moving the pile of documents next to him onto his lap, Allen opened the top one and started reading slowly.

This is this year's financial report, and he has been busy until now.

The first is overseas business.

Australia's steel mills continue to make profits, and their main business is canned packaging and other products. This stuff is not only used by other factories under Allen's name, but also sold to takeaways.

This investment was considered a good one at the time. Now, about 60% of the products of this steel factory are sold internally, and the rest that cannot be used are sold outside.

Among all the industries in Allen, Australia, apart from the steel factory, there is also an ingredient package production plant and canning production plant, and the efficiency in recent years has been moderate.

In addition to these factories, there are also seven smaller local media. These media

Allen wasn't even planning to read it, but just as he was about to put the file down, he suddenly remembered.

It seems that I will go to Australia with Boss Cha in a few days. Then, can I mobilize the media power of these companies to follow and report on myself throughout the process?

In this way, it not only increased the visibility of the visit, but also exercised its own media team.

Um.

Taking out a pen, Allen wrote a line of notes on the page about these media introductions. They would read this again when the secretary took it back in the evening.

The business on the island country is also very simple. The Salia restaurant chain has made good profits this year and is expanding rapidly. They don't need Allen to worry about it. Looking at the financial report on the document, Allen nodded with satisfaction. .

I still make a lot of money, but all I make is pass-through money. If I make money here, I will use it to continue to expand the store without paying dividends. Looking at the introduction on the document, with the 15th of this month, the island country will The last store was completed, and Salia's stores now cover all counties and cities in the island country.

Looking at the plans for next year, it is said that we will march west to China and continue to open stores.

Allen sighed. Many of his industries are like this. Are they not profitable?

They did make money, but the money they earned had to be used for expansion. With this expansion, the money that ended up in his hands was basically gone.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable that Allen has been crying about being poor in the past two years. His net worth and assets are increasing day by day, but he does not have much living money on hand. He can only wait for the day when he can no longer expand completely before he can think of making some money. money.

Allen felt a little headache looking at the remaining trivial matters on Sony's side. As the "burden" on him became heavier and heavier, how long had it been since he had made a serious movie?

If he doesn't make movies, he won't be able to make money from Sony.

He doesn't make money, so the communication between the two parties has become less, and now the relationship seems to be much more disconnected.

How is this possible?

Allen is always a little reluctant when thinking about Sony's big fat guy.

Even if he lost money in business, it would not be more painful for Allen than not losing money from Sony.

But now, Allen was holding a pen in his hand and hesitated for a moment. He was really busy recently and couldn't care about it at all. He could only wait and see if there were any big projects on Cameron's side in the future. .

Putting down the financial report of the island country, I picked up the year-end financial report of China and looked at the instant noodle factory, radio factory and the hospital in Shanghai.

These two factories have long been profitable, especially the instant noodle factory. Now its products are sold overseas. It is Allen's leading company, with sales doubling year after year.

As for the radio factory, sales have declined in recent years. The current plan is to cut off some of the production tasks of luxury models and change it to mainly produce some low-end models and take overseas routes to expand sales in Africa.

The remaining hospitals have not yet been completely built, but the equipment is all ready. It will take almost April or May next year to complete all the preliminary preparations.

Looking at the financial report about China, Allen nodded with satisfaction and moved his eyes downward to see the last separate explanation about the New Year's red envelope.

Looking at the amount of the red envelope on the document, even Allen, who had always been very sinister, couldn't bear the amount.

Allen has always had the tradition of giving out red envelopes during the Chinese New Year. Instead of just giving more money individually, he actually had people produce a batch of red envelopes, take the cash and put them in and distribute them to employees. It was a ritual!

This trick is very easy to use. The wages of the companies under his name are generally a little higher than those of the outside world. The various welfare systems are in accordance with the formal standards. Coupled with the endorsement of his own reputation, the overall situation is still considered a "well-known company".

As for the annual red envelopes, most employees give them the same amount. The earliest was a few hundred pounds, and later it was increased to a thousand pounds.

But China is the only exception.

The labor costs here are so low, so low that the monthly salary of workers here used to be only more than 100 yuan, but Allen took the initiative to double it to nearly 300 yuan.

These more than 300 yuan are in Chinese dollars, not pounds!

Converted into pounds, their monthly salary is just over thirty pounds.

Although such a direct conversion is obviously unreasonable, their income is very low in Allen's opinion. This is a fact.

If they were given New Year red envelopes in the same amount as other company employees under his name, Allen would be afraid of scaring them.

But now, seeing these people working diligently to make money for him, but the benefits they enjoyed were far different from those of employees in other regions, Allen felt somewhat sorry.

"Next year, the wages of employees and leaders of instant noodle factories and radio factories will increase by 50%, and red envelope bonuses will be doubled at the end of the year."

After thinking about it for a while, Allen wrote a line of small words at the end of the document, "Let's leave it at that for now. This increase is not worth mentioning to him, but for these employees, it should be considered good news, right?"

In addition to all the financial reports from overseas, Allen seems to have an even bigger headache when it comes to the domestic ones. For the sake of insurance, he used to divide all the industries very scattered. It felt a bit like a hammer in one place and a stick in the other. There was no coordination between various enterprises. , they all do their own thing.

The advantage of this, of course, is that it has a strong ability to resist risks. Even if others want to target him, it is troublesome to target so many unrelated companies. Even if some companies are really in trouble, there are other companies that can support him. The main business is a "cunning rabbit with three holes" ", but the disadvantage is that it is a bit troublesome and time-consuming to manage.

Fortunately, flat management has been implemented from the beginning. The actual person in charge of each enterprise is more like a housekeeper. He oversees the operation of the enterprise for him, and the actual enterprise decisions are reported to the secretariat and finally sent to Allen.

This kind of efficiency and innovation ability are a bit weak. It means that the people below do what he says, which is more traditional and moderate.

Looking at the financial reports of takeaway companies and French restaurant chains, Allen was ready to make some small innovations and integrate them.

For example, both of them are engaged in catering. Can we integrate the two similar places of the French restaurant chain in Salia on the island and the French restaurant chain in Great Britain, overlap and streamline the management, and then improve the mechanism of the central kitchen? Build a large central kitchen for global distribution mechanism.

In this way, not only can we save costs, but we can also seize the lifeblood of these stores and centralize power, which is also more worry-free.

Moreover, the central kitchen is centralized. With Allen's relationship, he can find the main origin of various raw materials, obtain the goods at a lower price than the market, and distribute them uniformly. Isn't this a disguised cost savings?

On the one hand, it saves costs, and on the other hand, it gives these two chain catering companies a more secure collar.

Well. Allen scratched his chin. The first step is to build a large central kitchen. The next step is to build a large supermarket after gaining experience. This is considered to be a way to explore the road first, and wait until the supply of goods is available. , the supply routes of supermarkets and supermarkets are naturally integrated.