Chapter Seventy-Three: Not A Fruitless Journey

  I'd like to ask the incoming friends to use their little fingers to click on the collection position a few more times, only after collecting it will be more convenient. Your labor is just giving old Yan a timely help in snow, and old Yan bows here to thank you!

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  Lu Zhengdong pointed out to Yang Lu that the path is not complicated. The seasonal sales of fertilizers are too strong, and Yang Lu's multi-operational department is not a professional fertilizer dealer. Putting all his energy into this, for most of the year, personnel are idle, it's better to free up funds and energy to do a perennial product.

  As for what to do now, it's time to take advantage of the upcoming spring plowing season when fertilizer is in high demand and quickly organize goods directly to rural areas, then move on to other more profitable goods.

  There are no roads for diversified operations, and you need to create your own path. To do this, you need to think more and come up with other methods. Lu Zhengdong suggested that she focus on improving her service by adopting a door-to-door delivery approach that others have not yet started doing. Although this will incur costs, as long as it is convenient for customers and the price increase is reasonable, the funds can be recovered quickly. Additionally, since the current sales model is based on credit, making timely payments to suppliers will build credibility, which in turn will lead to a higher credit limit from suppliers. This will ensure sufficient liquidity of funds and improve their utilization rate, ultimately increasing both the scale and profitability of the business.

  As long as the right products are chosen and the relationship with the tobacco company is established, the losses can be quickly made up for. Even if Yang Lu's cooperation with the tobacco company falls through, her multi-operational department will not be left without a way out.

  "After all, you're doing multiple businesses, so don't be limited to just production materials, think more openly and the road will be wider, and you won't be stuck like now when one problem arises. Moreover, even if your unit doesn't contract multi-business operations to you anymore, you have factories above and channels below, you still have a way... actually, there are many ways, no need to hang yourself on this one tree..."

  Lu Zhengdong casually finished expressing his idea, glanced at Yang Lü who was deep in thought. His approach was a traditional one, a proper way of doing business, and making money would definitely not be as quick or easy as it would be after establishing various connections. Moreover, Yang Lü had lost tens of thousands of yuan and had her own physical capital to consider, so she might not listen to his suggestion. However, he had spoken his mind, and that was all he could do. He wouldn't care about what Yang Lü did next as long as she didn't bother him again with the tobacco company's affairs...

  Yang Lu didn't expect that Lu Zhengdong would be more familiar with business matters than she was, despite her years of experience. Just by listening to her briefly explain the management situation, he seemed to have a thorough understanding of it, and the solutions he came up with were almost tailor-made for her management department.

  Yang Lu had always wanted to get along with Lu Zhengdong, but in her heart, she still looked down on him a bit, thinking that he was just someone who had read a few more years of books and happened to be in the right place at the right time. If it were really about ability, he might not necessarily be stronger than her. Moreover, Lu Zhengdong worked in the countryside, so his vision must also be limited. However, after this conversation, she gained a brand new understanding of Lu Zhengdong.

  "Brother Lu is really the nobleman in my life, I was about to be at a dead end, but unexpectedly meeting you made everything clear... Brother Lu, from now on you must guide me more often, as the saying goes 'save people to the end' and 'send Buddha to the west'..."

  Yang Lu said, with a flirtatious look in her eyes, and spoke in a soft voice. Her arm lightly touched his shoulder, this woman really knew how to get close to people and handle things, no matter what she did in the future, at least it made the person involved feel very comfortable, this relationship was preserved, even if it wasn't useful this time, maybe next time there would be another opportunity...

  "You're the expert when it comes to doing business, I'm just throwing out a brick to attract jade..."

  Lu Zhengdong naturally wouldn't take Yang Lu's words to heart, calmly declining her advances. This beautiful and charming woman was like a butterfly flitting about, and he didn't want to get too entangled with women. He changed the subject, asking sideways questions about some people and things at the tobacco company.

  Lu Zhengdong also knew some things about the tobacco company, but not as deeply as Yang Lu, who had dealings with the tobacco company. However, he did manage to get some secrets out of Yang Lu's mouth. Yang Lu was quite tight-lipped and didn't mention anything about who in the tobacco company loved taking bribes, but instead brought up Director Tang Xingan's romantic affairs. It turned out that female employees who wanted to be transferred to the tobacco company had to undergo a "physical examination" by Director Tang himself if they didn't have solid connections. He even arranged for a young actress from the county cultural center, Gan Baolu, to be transferred to the tobacco company as vice chairman of the trade union under the pretext of "enriching the company's cultural life", but in reality, she was his full-time mistress. Moreover, he had long-term improper relationships with several female employees of the tobacco company, and these women got along harmoniously with each other.

  Lu Zhengdong knew that Yang Lu's words were definitely not unfounded.

  The famous "Tobacco Gate Incident" is known to everyone in the country. Now, in Yanghe County, entering a tobacco company is far more desirable than entering government departments, and it's even more lucrative than it was over ten years ago.

  At present, the salary of government departments is very low. Coupled with the tight finances in the county, bonuses and so on are often just accounts receivable, making income even more limited.

  The high salaries and benefits of state-owned monopolies were not created later, units like tobacco companies that are now flooded with financial resources have bonuses and benefits far higher than government departments, it can be said that they are bursting their brains to get in.

  So Director Tan, who holds the power of life and death over tobacco companies, "examines" new employees, and "comforts" female colleagues in the company, which is not surprising.

  Lu Zhengdong was also thinking in his heart, this time he strongly suppressed the tobacco company, Director Tang Xingan must also hate him, maybe he would find an opportunity to deal with him, so he had to prepare more countermeasures. However, as long as he hadn't been caught red-handed and it didn't cause a big stir, generally it would just be ignored. Moreover, the county was currently facing financial difficulties, someone like Tang Xingan who could contribute a large amount of financial income to the county, the county wouldn't easily touch him.

  In addition to the tobacco company's good performance in recent years, it is certain that they have not been stingy with their generosity towards the county leaders, and during holidays and festivals, they must have given gifts, helped deal with some difficult-to-handle bills, and entertained relevant departments. They have definitely woven a large network of relationships, making it not easy to trip him up over this matter; The tobacco company has been prosperous in recent years, and Tan Xingan must have also made a lot of money. It's even more difficult to bring down Tan Xingan economically.

  But anyway, he also knew a lot of things about the tobacco company and Tan Xing'an that he didn't know before, so this trip was not in vain...