Chapter 26 Double Contracting
Chapter 26 Double Contracting
In the following period of time, Zhao Liming and others continued to do their own work and serve the 12 warehouses.
Yang Wendong continued to try to find new customers. Relying on the agreements signed with other warehouses and letters of introduction from two of the warehouses, Yang Wendong successfully won the services of 9 more warehouses.
Of course, there were many failures, as many as forty or fifty. Many people did not take Yang Wendong's request seriously at all, or Yang Wendong did not even have the opportunity to meet their leaders.
This is how business is done. Yang Wendong's success rate of nearly 20% is actually considered high. This is because rat infestation is a problem for everyone.
On the other hand, I learned from Elena that several companies with connections to the Hong Kong government have directly established rat extermination companies.
However, Elena didn’t know the other party’s specific information.
Until one day, Zhao Liming came to him and said, "Brother Dong, someone found me and wanted to pay me HK$80 a month to exterminate rats."
"Oh, I found you so quickly?" Yang Wendong was delighted and asked with a smile.
Zhao Liming said: "Yes, a man, about 30 years old, came directly to the door of Henry's warehouse, blocked me, and negotiated with me, wanting me to go to their company. I ignored him."
"Well, it seems that they have also discovered that it is not easy to be professional in catching mice." Yang Wendong said with a smile.
In an era without the Internet, everyone knew nothing about anything unfamiliar. Even for something as simple as cooking, a newbie would not know how to start or how to control the heat and time.
Without the guidance of a master, in many industries, it would take an incredibly long time to progress from a novice to an experienced worker, or it might even be impossible.
Everyone has access to tools for catching mice. Anyone with money can buy them. Whether it is a mousecage, a mousetrap, or the mousetrap tube made by Yang Wendong, there is actually not much difference. Many of these things have existed in ancient times thousands of years ago.
But from ancient times to the present, countless warehouses and homes have been troubled by rats. Mobilizing manpower to catch rats can only suppress them in the short term. Once the intensity decreases, rats will inevitably make a comeback.
Zhao Liming said: "There will definitely be no problem for me, Yiyi and Haoyu, but it is not certain for the others. The other party offers a lot of money, it would be strange if they are not tempted.
Although I listen to you and don't teach them much, they can learn a lot from watching us do things every day if they are really smart."
Yang Wendong said with a smile: "You can't stop this kind of thing. If they really want to learn, even if they can't get 100 points, 60 points is still okay. We also need manpower, otherwise we can't build so many warehouses.
The other party is definitely richer than us, so we can’t stop them, but we don’t need to stop them either.”
"What do you mean? Brother Dong?" Zhao Liming asked puzzledly.
Yang Wendong said: "Did the person who was looking for you today give you his contact information?"
Zhao Liming quickly took out a business card from his pocket, handed it to Yang Wendong, and said, "Brother Dong, this is the business card he gave me, asking me to think it over and call him, but I don't have a phone."
Yang Wendong took the business card, looked at it, and said with a smile: "Let's go out and find a public telephone booth to make a call."
Telephones were still a luxury in this era. Usually only companies installed telephones. Ordinary people could just go to a telephone booth to make a call. Even to answer a call, they had to make an appointment in advance and then wait.
When Yang Wendong arrived at the phone booth and waited in line for a while, he discovered that this phone was actually the kind of rotary dial phone seen in TV dramas during the Republic of China. It took him a while to learn how to use it.
"Beep, beep, beep~~~" After the phone rang a few times, the other party answered and Yang Wendong said, "Hello, I would like to see Mr. Wang Zhixian."
"Okay, wait a moment." After the girl on the other end of the phone finished speaking, a male voice came after a while: "Who is this?"
Yang Wendong said with a smile: "Today, you met with my colleague, and you wanted to invite him to work for your company." "Oh." The other party smiled and said: "Then why did you call me? Where is he? Wait, you are his colleague?"
"To be precise, it's the boss." Yang Wendong replied.
"." The other end of the phone was silent for a while, and then a voice came: "Then why are you calling?"
Yang Wendong said: "I want to meet your boss?"
"With our boss?" The person on the other end of the phone said, "That's impossible. I'm the person in charge of the company. If you tell me what you want, I might be able to meet you, but it's impossible for the boss."
"That's fine. I think we can cooperate." Yang Wendong said.
"Cooperation?" The voice on the other end of the line had a hint of doubt, and after a while, he said, "Okay, then you can arrange a local time."
Yang Wendong said: "Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, there is a Yunduo Tea Restaurant on Yinghua Road in Tsim Sha Tsui. We will meet there."
"Okay." The person on the other end of the phone said and hung up.
Zhao Liming beside him asked in confusion: "Brother Dong, he is our competitor, right? Why did you ask him to meet?"
"Of course there is business to be done." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "I have learned well recently. I can even say the word 'competitor'. I need to continue. Don't slack off in studying just because you have some money."
"Well, okay, Brother Dong." Zhao Liming nodded and agreed.
The next day at 10am, Yunduo Tea Restaurant:
Yang Wendong and Zhao Liming had been waiting here for a long time. After a while, Wang Zhixian, whom they were waiting for, also arrived.
"Hello, Mr. Wang." Yang Wendong said formally.
His financial income was much better during this period, so he bought some better clothes for himself and those around him. They were not very expensive, but at least they were not old or worn, just for possible business meetings in the future.
This situation will happen sooner or later as his career grows.
Wang Zhixian smiled and shook hands with him, saying, "Yang Wendong? I found some information about you. I have to say that I admire you for being able to create such a career in an environment like a dormitory."
"Thank you for the compliment." Yang Wendong smiled. In any society, generally speaking, people tend to admire those who have made their own achievements from scratch. In later life, he also admired Lei Jun and the other Dong Ge.
After Wang Zhixian sat down, he asked, "We are competitors, so it's not a good idea to meet each other. If you have anything to say, just speak directly."
Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Okay, I want to cooperate with you."
Wang Zhixian asked: "How do we cooperate?"
Yang Wendong said: “You have connections, I have abilities, we work together, it’s a perfect match.
If we don’t cooperate, it will be hard for you to deal with the rats in the warehouse, and it will be hard for me to expand my business. It will be a lose-lose situation.”
Wang Zhixian thought for a moment and asked, "So, you want to take over the warehouse we have already contracted?"
(End of this chapter)