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Chapter 612: Chapter 612: Express Delivery
Tong Yao pondered: "After my parents went to the breeding farm, I became quite busy, and didn’t have much time to come over, sometimes only coming to check the accounts every two or three months. I suppose she saw how lax my management was and started to harbor ill intentions. Added to the fact that those two girls are somewhat naive, she began seeing herself as the boss."
If Xue Yumei had simply done her job without causing all this trouble, Tong Yao would naturally keep employing her. She had even planned to give Xue Yumei a bonus at the end of the year. Now, with this mess, it was a stroke of luck that Xue Yumei wasn’t in the police station.
Guo Jinnian remarked: "The way she carries herself, she thinks she’s the boss. Strangely bitter when you come over as if you are interrupting her work. If I hadn’t held my temper, I would have fired her on the spot."
Tong Yao laughed playfully: "Once she started harboring ill intentions, she’s definitely not worth keeping. But if we let her go now, the accounts will be a mess and we’d have no way to check them with her. Furthermore, Miaomiao isn’t ready yet. We’ll tolerate her for a few days, until Miaomiao learns the ropes."
As Guo Miaomiao understood Tong Yao’s intention, she started to worry, "Sister Yaoyao, I haven’t gone past fifth grade. I’m afraid I won’t be able to keep the books."
Tong Yao, however, had full faith in her, "Don’t worry, fifth grade is more than enough. The accounts aren’t complicated, they’re easy to calculate. Wenwen will teach you when the time comes. You have to believe in yourself."
Guo Miaomiao was young and could learn quickly at this age. Xue Yumei had even less education, she only made it to third grade.
However, Xue Yumei was a bit more assertive. She enjoyed showing off and suppressing others.
Like a good brother, Guo Jinnian slapped Guo Miaomiao on the shoulder, "Yaoyao trusts you so much. I trust you too. You also need to trust yourself."
Guo Miaomiao meekly nodded her head, feeling very uneasy in her heart. She was worried that she would not learn well, but she was also determined to give her best.
After a tiring day, they returned to their dwelling. Gu Hongwei had finished his meal and was working on his plans in the living room. He was so focused that he didn’t notice when Tong Yao and the others entered the living room.
Just as Guo Jinnian was about to speak, Tong Yao gestured him to stop. She walked over and saw Gu Hongwei intently focused. He seemed to be hitting a bottleneck in his thought process, he didn’t even notice Tong Yao approaching.
Tong Yao looked at the planning scheme that Gu Hongwei had laid out on the table and was stunned. She hadn’t expected Gu Hongwei to have already come up with so many plans on his own by this time.
Just as Tong Yao was staring in astonishment, Gu Hongwei noticed that they had returned. He stood up, "Did you guys just get back? Have you had lunch?"
Tong Yao shook her head, "Yes, we’ve had lunch, Wenwen and I ate at the restaurant."
Guo Jinnian seeing he could finally talk, curiously picked up the documents on the table and asked: "What are all these? Hongwei, why are you working on so many things?"
Gu Hongwei answered candidly: "These are some planning schemes for the future. They’re not of much use to us right now."
Tong Yao also picked up a few and started browsing. Her eyes lit up as she did so, "Who says these aren’t of use? I think these plans you’ve written are really good."
If she recalls correctly, it was also during these two years that Gu Hongwei started his courier business in his past life. When it first started, it faced some challenges and barely managed to survive. By the early 90s, it started to trend upwards, and it ended up going public within a few years.
After that, business was booming, and Gu Hongwei invested in many other industries, becoming a leading enterprise in the Fortune 500.
Having received Tong Yao’s approval, Gu Hongwei was even more energized. He candidly admitted: "Some of these are suggestions from Chen Ge, not all were my own ideas."
Knowing that Tong Yao was quite clever, Gu Hongwei continued: "Yaoyao, do you have any good suggestions?"
Tong Yao didn’t stand on ceremony. She pulled over a chair and sat down. After looking at Gu Hongwei’s planning scheme, she pointed out a few key points and spoke of developments in the next two to three decades.
She said seriously: "The current courier business model is modeled after the post office. I think if we want to create a new mode of transport, we need to have some advantages."
"We could start by providing transportation between well-developed cities. Then, in each designated area, set up a collection point and notify people by phone to pick up their items there. This saves manpower and can reduce a lot of expenditure in the early stages."
"Once the operating model is stable, we can implement door-to-door delivery by staff. Then gradually expand the scale and extend to all cities where we can deliver to the doorstep, and even to villages and towns..."
Gu Hongwei wasn’t expected Tong Yao to have already thought of the developments in the next two to three decades. He was incredibly excited by what Tong Yao had just said and laughed: "Yaoyao, to be honest, I had the same idea before. But I thought that if I mentioned it, people might think I was crazy, dreaming of utopia. I didn’t expect that you would have the same idea."
Tong Yao laughed, "How is this dreaming of utopia? You have seen the current economic development, it’s changing every day. If you don’t seize this opportunity, someone else will."
Gu Hongwei nodded, sighing: "I have considered that as well. However, starting this business isn’t simple."
Even if the breeding farm paid him dividends of one hundred or eighty thousand yuan, in term of the courier business model, it would still be a drop in the ocean. Even if Tong Yao wanted to invest two or three hundred thousand yuan, it wouldn’t make much of a splash.
Guo Jinnian chimed in: "Why so pessimistic! Having an idea is a good thing. I’ll fully support you when the time comes as long as you let me be a shareholder."
Guo Jinnian had also heard what Tong Yao had said earlier, but he didn’t understand it very well. The only thing he understood was that Gu Hongwei seemed to want to start a business that required a lot of money.
Anyway, Guo Jinnian didn’t have any decent investments. As Tong Yao said, the business of importing overstock couldn’t last forever. Guo Jinnian wasn’t sure what business to get into next, so investing with Gu Hongwei seemed like a good idea.
Gu Hongwei shook his head, "It’s not as simple as you think."
Guo Jinnian didn’t quite understand many things, Gu Hongwei knew that. But he didn’t belittle her, he just didn’t want to scare Guo Jinnian by revealing everything.
Guo Jinnian was very curious, "How hard can it be?"
Tong Yao understood Gu Hongwei’s thoughts well. She equally didn’t have money to invest at the moment. Empty promises would sound fake, so she suggested: "Hongwei, since you have this idea, why not perfect your scheme for the time being? Maybe we’ll have the money by next year?"
Next year they would definitely receive the compensation for the demolition of their family’s home. Of course, this money wouldn’t be enough for investment, Tong Yao was sure of this.
She was not in a hurry either. Judging from the current progress in Kyoto, her grandfather’s house would likely be demolished pretty soon as well.
