"It's time to eat!"

With Nina's greeting, the three brothers and sisters finally stopped their childish play and walked towards the restaurant together.

Breakfast wasn't extra rich because of Colin's return, it was still the usual one.

In the same way, there has been no change in the itinerary of each person. After breakfast, those who should go to work go out and get on the official bus, and those who should go to school either go to the bus or get into Nina's car.

Soon, only Evan and Colin in the living room were left in the mansion for the time being.

Each of them sat on a couch with a Rubik's cube in his hand.

Evan held the Rubik's Cube in one hand, turned it casually, and asked, "Colin, do you have any arrangements for today?"

Colin replied as he turned the Rubik's Cube, "Originally, I was going to go through some formalities, but Earl said that he would let people do them, so I don't seem to have any special arrangements now." ”

Evan asked, "You just came back and aren't you going to meet your friends? Well, I mean the women's ......."

Colin thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Forget it, I don't even know where they are now." ”

Is this disconnected?

In this way, none of those people are his true love.

Or conversely, none of those people really loved him.

Evan expressed deep sympathy.

"So, why don't we go out for a walk?"

He looked at the Rubik's Cube in Colin's hand, which showed no signs of recovery at all, and asked, "Or, do you want to see how the Rubik's Cube was made?"

Colin froze in his hands, looked up and said, "It's okay." ”

Half an hour later, Evan's Ford appeared outside the gate of the North Sacramento Magic Seven factory, a railing blocking the way.

As soon as the doorman saw the license plate and the driver's face, he raised the railing.

Evan didn't rush to start the car, but introduced to Colin who was sitting in the passenger seat: "This is the factory, it has more than 100,000 square meters, divided into three factory areas, two warehouse logistics areas, and one office and living area. The whole factory area is closed, there are several entrances and exits, and this entrance leads directly to the office and living area. ”

The car moved slowly, "The three factory areas correspond to different products, and one of them is the one that produces the Rubik's Cube. It is also the one with the largest footprint. ”

"Let's go to the office building first and get some preparations. There are examples to follow for factory visits, I am the boss, and it is not good to break the rules. ”

Colin has no objection to this, as a professional soldier, or a former soldier, he naturally understands how important the discipline of an organization is.

The car ended up in a parking lot in front of an office building.

Before they got out of the car, a group of people came out of the office building to greet them.

Apparently the doorman had reported the news.

After getting out of the car, Evan gave Colin a briefing.

Only then did Colin know that the leader of the people who came out to greet him was a manager named Jean Léon.

Not a general manager.

When it was known that Colin was Evan's older brother, Jean Leon was extraordinarily respectful.

"Wait a minute, I'll take Colin on a tour of the factory, and you can help with the formalities. ”

After sending Leon and the others away with a word, Evan took Colin into the office building.

"This Leon is a bit eventful. ”

On the way, Colin suddenly came out of his mouth with this sentence.

Evan glanced at him and didn't comment much.

There's an office here that belongs to Evan, though he barely needs it.

Today is a rare start, not long after sitting in the office, General Manager Davidson and R&D Director Rona came together.

It was just over nine o'clock, and they had only been at work for a short time, so they should be having a morning meeting. I heard that Evan was coming, and it is estimated that the morning meeting ended hastily.

After some introductions and pleasantries, Jean Léon walked in with his badge.

"BOSS, the formalities are done. ”

Evan looked at Colin and asked for his opinion, "So let's go now?"

Colin nodded, "Yes." ”

Evan stood up and commanded, "Davidson, you go and do your business, you don't have to accompany us." ”

"Leon, Rona, you too. ”

Rona and Leon nodded, but didn't leave immediately.

Davidson said, "Evan, I'll take a walk with you, there is something I want to discuss with you." ”

Evan looked at Davidson, saw his insistent look, and said, "Okay." ”

"Let's go. ”

The three of them left the office building and walked towards the Rubik's Cube factory.

On the way, Davidson couldn't wait to say, "Evan, I think we need to open a branch factory on the East Coast." ”

"Open a branch?" Evan was a little surprised: "Why?

"I spent almost an afternoon in your office yesterday, why didn't you say it at the time?"

Davidson explained: "I'm sorry, I didn't think it through at the time. ”

"There are three reasons for this: first, the company's production capacity needs to be expanded, but the local labor force is almost saturated, second, Sacramento is too far away from the main market, and transportation costs have remained high for a long time; third, it is still a transportation problem, although Sacramento is a transportation hub, the pace of shipments is often out of control. ”

Davidson's rhetoric is succinct and powerful, but Evan is not someone to be persuaded so easily. He thought for a moment and asked one by one: "First of all, on the question of capacity expansion, how much will we expand in the next few years, do you have reliable data? Second, if there is a shortage of labor, is there any other solution than to build factories elsewhere; finally, I know how much the cost of transportation affects the company's profitability, but since we decided to set up a factory in Sacramento at that time, it means that it is not something that cannot be ignored......

"Anyway, about the branch, I want you to think about it again. ”

"Of course, just because I say that doesn't mean I don't agree with it. ”

"I know what the benefits of opening a branch factory are, but I hope that you can make this decision with more rigorous certification and detailed data behind it. ”

"Okay, I see. ”

An hour later, the brothers were in the Ford and slowly drove out of the factory.

This time, it was Colin who acted as the driver.

This short visit was a big lesson for Colin. The harvest was not in the factory's assembly line, but in the exchange between Evan and Davidson.

Colin understands that Evan can have his current net worth, and the talent to invent and create is not the most important, but the ability to control, recognize people and manage is equally important.

"Evan, Earl said you don't want to go into politics and are going to build a consortium?"

As the car drove over the bridge over the American River, Colin suddenly asked.

"Yes!"

Evan admits calmly.

"Ambitious. ”

Colin complimented.

Without waiting for Evan to show a shy expression, Colin continued: "I'll go back to school in the second half of the year, continue to study law, and find me a job in the middle of the months......8)