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The self-operated factory is ready for the time being. Ms. Green plans to start production before the summer, and gradually produce new clothing accessories. After the previous cooperation orders are completed, all clothing production will be transferred to the self-operated factory.

As for lifestyle products, under the arrangement of Ms. Green, in addition to referring to the information provided by various manufacturers, Caroline also investigated some of their cooperation history and current cooperation partners in advance, and finally decided to continue to cooperate with the original supplier. At the same time Also signed a new production order with a new partner.

As for the footwear production, after Caroline discussed with Ms. Green and submitted the list of candidate manufacturers, in order to avoid suspicion, she did not personally participate in the final manufacturer selection.

However, after learning more about the product style and target customer groups of Youyou Store, Andrew finally won the cooperation order from Meisi, a major customer, for the next year by relying on the product design, quality and factory completeness of his shoe factory.

At the same time, in order to adapt to the future development of Meisi Best Store, Meisi is also planning to set up two new departments.

One is the product design department, which is responsible for flexibly cooperating with manufacturers to design products with Meisi characteristics according to market needs in the future; the other is the staff training department, which is convenient for the early training of branch employees.

From clothing and fashion to daily necessities in daily life, what the customers of Max Best Store look forward to is not only high-quality and affordable products, but also a kind of "comparable and different" feeling.

When the new preferred store breaks away from the advantage of being adjacent to Max, the products "designed and produced" by Max can make it easier for customers to continue this preference.

Moreover, this method can strengthen the communication between Meisi and manufacturers, and it also facilitates Meisi to control the product channel, so as to prevent future manufacturers from playing around and privately providing the products selected by Meisi to other merchants at the same time.

Staff training is an integral part of setting up a branch.

Although Ms. Green hopes to expand the influence of Meisi.But in her opinion, the branches are more refined than many.If you open a branch quickly, other aspects cannot keep up, and it will affect the reputation of Meisi.

In this regard, Caroline put forward a concept similar to that of "Guan Peisheng" in later generations.

Future managers from each branch can be sent to Meisi to directly contact and learn the daily operation mode of Meisi Best Store.At the same time, Meisi will put forward feasible suggestions according to the situation in the area where the store is located.

When such a method develops and matures, Meisi can guarantee to provide comprehensive business guidance and staff training guidance for the branches, and promises to bring the complete Meisi preferred store model to every branch in the future.

Ms Green, however, has reservations about the suggestion.

After all the details of the preferred store cooperation method have been finalized, Ms. Green has also made a preliminary decision on the choice of the branch.

There are currently two established branches.

Different from the original plan, Ms. Green decided to set the first branch in Chicago. The specific location is in the South District of Chicago, where Meisi currently has less influence, and decided to adopt the direct sales method of Meisi.

The second branch is located in the urban area of ​​Milwaukee, the largest city in the neighboring state. Mr. Klein, the cooperative franchisee, is an old acquaintance with Ms. Green.

Because Mr. Klein originally had a suitable business location in Milwaukee, he and Ms. Green planned that the branch is expected to open before the end of this year.

"You don't understand why I made such a choice?"

In the office, Ms. Green asked Caroline with a smile, stroked the yellow rose in the vase, and pulled off a petal that was a little withered at the edge.

She already knew Caroline very well. Even if she didn't speak, Ms. Green could see Caroline's thoughts during this time from the details of her expression.

"It would be a good idea to make a safer choice when you first try a new method." Caroline stood not far behind Ms. Green, holding the cooperation agreement that Ms. Green had just signed with Mr. Klein , thought for a while to answer.

"It's not that I think franchising is not a good way, but after talking with so many people, I think most of their ambitions are not just to join the Best Store, but to own a branch. If the franchisee who cooperates with us cannot abide by our regulations business rules, it will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble in the future.”

"But, haven't we already made very detailed regulations in the contract? Once the operation of the preferred store is violated, the franchisee will face high liquidated damages." Caroline said softly.

She understands the reason for Ms. Green's caution, but from Ms. Green's point of view, is she not planning to expand the scope of joining in a short time?

"Stupid child, the rules are always written for those who obey the rules." Ms. Green opened the window and threw the petals in her hand,

"Do you know how much the premium store's profit has been in the past six months?"

Caroline nodded. Currently, the Best Store is already profitable. It is predicted that by the middle of this year, the monthly net profit of the Best Store will reach one-third of that of Meisi Department Store.

"In the past six months, the Select Store has attracted the attention of countless people and businessmen, just like the membership system and membership activities of Max's Department Store."

"When Max Department Store's membership was only implemented for a few months, some people in shopping malls as far away as New York had already started to imitate it; Run the store. But none of them succeeded, or at least as successfully as we did.”

"Because they can't get the core of our Meisi: our products and our services."

"But when we set up a branch store, we have to teach our partners everything from the products to the business model. You said that if you violate the business rules, you will face liquidated damages, but if there is no one of our own,

How do we know how a branch hundreds of miles away is doing business? "

"When the plan is just an idea, it doesn't matter how many holes it has. But if we can't close those holes until it's almost implemented, it means we have to slow down for a while."

Caroline thought for a long time, and refined the meaning of Ms. Green's words, "So what you mean is that you plan to suspend the branch and franchise plan, unless you meet a partner like Mr. Klein that you can trust, otherwise, Would you prefer to develop slowly by establishing directly-operated stores one by one?"

"That's about it."

Ms. Green sat behind the desk, reached out to take the agreement document handed over by Caroline, browsed through it again, put it in the drawer and locked it, looked up at her assistant with a serious face, shook her head and said with a smile,

"Now, the factory is almost ready, and the cooperation that needs to be discussed has also been negotiated. There is still a period of time before the preparation period for our branch. Do you want to consider relaxing yourself? Don't make your life too tight. too tight."

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"Is my life too tense?" In the carriage, Caroline asked Francis with her head tilted.

She feels that although her life is busy, it is not just work.She meets Frances for dinner once a week and goes to her sister Minnie's once every two weeks.As for the gatherings with friends, although Vivienne's marriage is not as frequent as before, at least a few of them will get together every month.

Francis looked at Caroline's thoughtful expression, blinked,

"Do you want to hear the truth?"

Caroline imitated the appearance in the comic, shrugged exaggeratedly, and dragged her voice to ask, "You-say-?"

Francis stretched his arms and leaned against the back of the seat in the carriage, "The time we meet most is in the carriage—on the way I will take you home; every time after dinner I ask you if you want to go to the theater or take a walk together, Eight times out of ten you need to go home and get on with work."

"You think I'm boring like this?"

"I think you will never be bored no matter what you are," Francis leaned in front of Caroline and said, "You don't know, I have followed your footsteps to work and study every day for the past two months, and Uncle Andrew said that I have made rapid progress."

"But if I can spend more time with you, I will be happier." Francis made a face.

Caroline squeezed the boy's chin that was close to her, his gray-blue eyes smiled into the shape of half crescents,

"That's good. Tomorrow Saturday, I will leave work early. Then we will have dinner together, and then we will go to the Chicago Grand Theater to watch the latest play? I heard that a touring troupe has come here recently."

Francis immediately sat up straight, and bowed to her in a gentlemanly way, "Good Miss Mibble, this is my honor."

After returning home, Caroline reflected on her work thoughts and status, and what Ms. Green said to her today.

In fact, she has always known the difference between Meisi and Ms. Green.

For herself, Meisi is her first platform, and it is also the best platform she can almost meet in this era.

Ms. Green respected and affirmed most of her ideas, and was willing to improve them after reference and give awards after implementation.Because of this, Caroline was able to get everything she has now in three years.

But to Ms. Green, as she once said to Caroline, "Max is very important to her, very important."

So those seemingly easy decisions were actually made by her after thinking twice.

Because profit is not the core factor in every decision of Ms. Green, Meisi itself is.

And in terms of relaxing life, Caroline really felt that it was necessary for her to improve her lifestyle.

She didn't pay much attention to it at first, but today she was mentioned by Ms. Green and Francis.She found that in addition to lack of entertainment, she also had a big problem with her lifestyle.

Apart from stretching or taking a walk occasionally, Caroline has no habit of exercising. Coupled with the two years of high-intensity work and often irregular diet, she is very worried about whether her body will appear those 21 All kinds of problems that the senior overtime dogs of the century have.

Otherwise, I'm going to learn a sport?Caroline lay in bed thinking before going to sleep.