Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 841 Two Topics of the Meeting

Lu Shaohua did not rush to the meeting room immediately, but took Lu Jiahui to his office to sit down first. The reason was that there were still more than ten minutes before the meeting time, so there was no need to go so early. After all, Lu Shaohua was a big shot, and big shots always appear last.

Of course, Lu Shaohua had his reasons for coming to the office first, and that reason was none other than to notify people to come to the conference room for a meeting. The people to be notified included Liu Mingzhang, the deputy executive president of Phoenix Group, Li Yunqing, the general manager of Phoenix Finance, the general manager of Phoenix Shipping, and Chen Darong, the general manager of Phoenix Entertainment. These people were all senior managers of Phoenix Group and were also involved in the meeting, so Lu Shaohua had to get them present one by one.

A phone call came to Qin Sichen's office, asking Qin Sichen to ask his secretary to notify the people who needed to be notified. Lu Shaohua then sat in the office and smoked a cigarette with Lu Jiahui, and finally slowly went downstairs to the conference room on the 29th floor.

When they arrived at the conference room, everyone was there, including Qin Sichen and Chu Lei. They were already sitting inside, whispering to each other. No one knew what they were talking about. But when they saw Lu Shaohua come in, everyone automatically shut their mouths and stood up to welcome Lu Shaohua.

Lu Shaohua looked at everyone, smiled gently, pressed his hand, and motioned everyone to sit down. Then Lu Shaohua pointed to an empty seat and asked Lu Jiahui to sit down as well. Then he sat down in the main seat in the conference room.

Everyone had arrived and taken their seats. Lu Shaohua no longer needed to give any instructions as the management staff distributed the printed documents to everyone.

The document was sent out, and the people below naturally wanted to read it. Lu Shaohua did not stop them and gave them some time to read the document. Fortunately, the document was only two pages long and the number of words was not large. It only took about ten minutes to read it.

Naturally, people read documents at different speeds. Some people read faster, while others read slower. As for who reads faster and who reads slower, Lu Shaohua doesn't mind. He is waiting, waiting for everyone to finish reading the document.

"Have you all finished reading it?" Lu Shaohua asked, and then without waiting for anyone to speak, he continued, "Well, let's start the meeting."

Lu Shaohua waved his hand, with a serious look between his eyebrows, paused, and said, "Today's meeting mainly has two topics. One is about Phoenix Computer and Phoenix Operating System. Originally, these are two industries of Phoenix Group and should be separated, but there is an inevitable connection between the two, so I merged them together."

"According to statistics, Phoenix Computer has a 50% global market share. Well, to put it more vulgarly, it has occupied half of the market, which is a bit like half of the country." At this point, Lu Shaohua deliberately paused, his eyes swept across everyone's faces, and then continued. "Half of the market share seems to be a lot, and it is indeed a lot. After all, there are several brands in the world, but we are the Phoenix Group, the Phoenix Group that must be high-quality. We can't be satisfied with occupying 50% of the market share. We should find ways to expand our share."

"Advertisements, first of all, although we often advertise, sometimes the effect decreases after a period of suspension, so the next advertising cycle should be extended, and the continuous broadcast should not be less than three months. Well, Mr. Chen is responsible for this." After a pause, Lu Shaohua looked at Chen Darong and gave another instruction. "In a word, the advertisements must be innovative."

"Okay." Chen Darong nodded heavily to indicate that he understood, and then fell silent.

Lu Shaohua did not rush to speak, but nodded as a response to Chen Darong, and then looked at Chu Lei and said, "I don't need to say much about the Phoenix Base. Prepare to produce a large amount of goods. Well, the time may be a bit tight, but it should be no problem. After all, the production line has been expanded some time ago. As long as the workers work overtime, it can be completed. Mr. Chu needs to arrange this."

"I'll arrange it." Chu Lei nodded heavily and replied.

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua responded, then looked at the general manager of Phoenix Shipping and said, "Phoenix Base will increase its output. I don't need to say more about Phoenix Shipping. You should know what to do."

"Yes." The general manager of Phoenix Shipping also nodded and said.

"That's good." Lu Shaohua smiled, very satisfied with the performance of his subordinates. After a moment's silence, he changed the subject and said, "Mr. Xu, I'll leave it to you next. Tell me about the agency rights."

Two days ago, Lu Shaohua told Xu Jiarui to discuss with Qin Sichen to come up with a feasible plan and clarify the levels of agency issues, so that the plan could be presented during the meeting for everyone to discuss.

Xu Jiarui did not disappoint Lu Shaohua. He nodded to Lu Shaohua and then began to speak.

……

……

"This is my plan. What needs to be emphasized is that if this plan is carried out, we will have a lot more agents. With more agents, they will definitely help increase our product market share." Xu Jiarui said this at the end, appearing very confident.

Xu Jiarui is very confident in his plan, and so is Lu Shaohua, because this is a plan that Qin Sichen thought up and was confirmed by Lu Shaohua. It is also a model that will be established in the next few years. How can Lu Shaohua not be confident?

It turned out that the plan was 100% feasible. All the people attending the meeting nodded in agreement after thinking for a while. No one raised any objection, let alone pointed out any loopholes in the plan.

In this way, a plan for agency rights was passed and implemented by Phoenix Sales.

"Okay, next is the second topic. I believe everyone has seen this topic in the document. It is about Phoenix Supermarket's entry into overseas markets." After speaking, Lu Shaohua paused for a few seconds before continuing. "But at the same time, I want to talk about the Hong Kong market. With the strength of our Phoenix Group, it seems that it is not difficult to build a few large supermarkets in Hong Kong. And Hong Kong has never had our Phoenix Supermarket. Therefore, the first stop for entering the overseas market is Hong Kong."

In the end, Lu Shaohua has only talked about the general direction, and the document does not mention how to implement it. Well, it’s not that Lu Shaohua doesn’t want to write the implementation method into the document, but Lu Shaohua really doesn’t have any way to implement it. It’s just a rough plan.

"The next thing we want to talk about is how to enter the overseas market. You can speak freely." Lu Shaohua added at the end.

The Phoenix supermarket chain is very large, but not just within China. It has hundreds of branches all over the country, especially in Guangdong Province, where there are as many as 32 Phoenix supermarket branches, meaning there are branches in almost every city, and some cities even have several branches.

However, that is only the case in China. As for overseas markets, Phoenix Supermarket has never entered them. Well, let alone overseas markets, even in Hong Kong, a city that is already part of China, there is no Phoenix Supermarket.

It is precisely because there is no Phoenix Supermarket in Hong Kong, and Hong Kong has a developed economy, high per capita consumption level and a fairly developed retail industry, that Lu Shaohua set his sights on Hong Kong, and also positioned Hong Kong as the first stop for entering overseas markets.

As we all know, it is true that Hong Kong is Chinese territory, but it is after all a "one country, two systems" policy. Part of Hong Kong is capitalist. It can be said that Hong Kong is half Chinese and half Western culture, and cannot truly be considered a Chinese city.

If this is the case, why doesn't Lu Shaohua use Hong Kong as a test field? As long as he opens a Phoenix supermarket in Hong Kong first and accumulates experience, I believe that when Lu Shaohua orders to enter the overseas market, he will not be at a loss.

"Let me say a few words first," said Xu Jiarui. "There are many differences between foreign culture and Chinese culture, and their business models are also very different from ours. So, I think it is necessary to open a branch in Hong Kong first to accumulate experience. Another question is about the sales of goods. Should they be shipped from abroad or picked up locally? This is an issue that deserves attention."

Xu Jiarui is the general manager of Phoenix Sales. He has been traveling in Europe for many years and also conducts economic research in the market. He has a say in all aspects. Moreover, if Phoenix Supermarket wants to enter the overseas market, it must go through Phoenix Sales.

In this way, Xu Jiarui will have more say and more power to ask questions.

Lu Shaohua also thought about the question raised by Xu Jiarui and made a decision. "My idea is to import from China if possible, and pick up goods locally if not. Of course, the goods imported from China must be dry goods and must be salable after investigation, otherwise they cannot be exported."

"This method is feasible." Xu Jiarui said after thinking about it.

Lu Shaohua's words hit the nail on the head and also answered his question. Xu Jiarui thought to himself that this method was good and of course he agreed.

The same thing happened to the others, who all nodded in agreement.

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua nodded, then waved his hand and said, "If you have any other questions, you can raise them so that we can discuss them."

"I don't think we can find the problem now. Let's wait until the branch in Hong Kong opens before looking for something." Qin Sichen said this lightly.

In fact, Qin Sichen also thought about finding some problems first, but Phoenix Supermarket has not yet entered the Hong Kong market, and the people who came to the meeting, except Chu Lei and Lu Jiahui, are all Hong Kong people. As the saying goes, there is no right to speak without investigation, so how can everyone find out the problems? At least we have to wait until the Hong Kong branch is opened before everyone can notice it.

It's true, what Qin Sili said touched Lu Shaohua's heart. "If that's the case, let's wait until the Hong Kong branch opens. Well, that's it for today's meeting."

Just like that, with Lu Shaohua's words, the meeting ended and everyone dispersed immediately. However, when Liu Mingzhang and Li Yunqing were about to leave, they were stopped by Lu Shaohua. As for Chu Lei and Lu Jiahui, Lu Shaohua signaled them with his eyes to stay. His intention was obvious, he had something to tell them.

……