Chapter 297: Making Money and Spending It
After explaining Martha's team, Link said to Snappon, "Teresa?"
"We divide the world into several major markets. "Snapton didn't talk a bit of nonsense. "At the heart of it is the United States, and although the competition is fierce, the Blue Lagoon wines are significantly more competitive. And unless there is a repetition of Prohibition, there will be no political interference. ”
"The second is the market, which is Europe. Europe and the United States have relatively close relations and fewer trade policy variables. There is a much larger market there than in the United States. All of our wines compete with the region's wines. ”
"Third, it's Southeast Asia. Because of the climate, there are no local competitors in Southeast Asia. Moreover, the political power in the United States is relatively strong, and the economic development there is relatively fast. The market will get bigger and bigger. ”
"The fourth is East Asia, but two of the five countries in East Asia are almost unconsidered, and South Korea also has no local competitors. But if we want to go in, we need to pay a relatively large price. Chicken plate also has no local competition, mainly to compete with their sake, and there is not much conflict. It's just that the largest markets, China and the United States, have considerable policy variables, and trade conflicts are intensifying. We expect to sell more than five million bottles in China next year. But this requires policy stability, which is beyond our control. ”
"The fifth is South America. However, the domestic competition in South America is quite strong. This competition is not just a competition for brands, and it is foreseeable that local brands will be supported by protectionism in their own countries. At the same time, the average person in the South American country prefers beer. Because they love football. We don't have too much hope for the South American market. ”
"The sixth is South Asia, which has a large population and a high poverty rate, but there is still something to be hoped for. ”
"The seventh is Africa. At this, she paused. "All we can say there is a lot of work. ”
"And finally, Russia. There we can only resign ourselves to fate. Hopefully, the current agents will have enough power in their country. ”
"We will make a specific plan and send it to you as soon as possible. ”
Link waited for her to finish and asked, "How much do you expect to sell next year?"
"Based on the sales situation in the past few months of the year, the sales volume has increased quite quickly. As long as the brand effect is guaranteed at the source, we hope to hit the sales of 50 million bottles. ”
Fifty million bottles seem to be a lot sold. Although it is stressful to do it all over the world, it is not impossible to do it as long as the marketing is done well. If he can sell 50 million bottles, Link will have at least three billion net income. If he sells more mid-to-high-end wines, he will make a higher profit.
"You know, this year's wine production is higher," he said. Some of the low-end wines will be available in September next year. So you need to work harder. ”
"We will. ”
Link clapped his palms and smiled and said to everyone, "OK." I think you've done a great job over the past six months. As a boss, I can't be stingy. Teresa, every member of your team, including you. At the time of the Chinese New Year, you can get an extra eight weeks of paycheck. You can personally get an additional two million in rewards. Others can get a total of six million dollars in additional prizes, which you can divide up!"
"oo~ I think they're going crazy. Snathorn said with a smile. Her team, including her, has only six core members, six million dollars, and the other five people will each receive at least a million dollars in bonuses, even if they don't split evenly.
"And Martha, you guys, too, get an extra eight weeks of pay. In addition, Martha, as the head of the team, can receive an additional two million dollars in bonuses, and Dill and Miller can each receive one million two hundred thousand dollars after working for one more month. Catherine and Morris, a million dollars each of you. Any comments?"
As is usually the case, he should have paid the bonuses to the staff privately, but he wasn't going to be so secretive. For Martha's team, he can't say who contributed more and who did more.
Martha: Of course, they did not express an opinion. This is less than half a year, more than $200,000 a month, what are they not satisfied with. In particular, Link's appointment of Catherine as president of West Hollywood Media also gave them greater expectations for their future careers. As for the inconsistency in the amount of personal bonuses, Link also made it clear that no one had a problem with the close amount he received.
Martha's team has calculated much more revenue than Snapton's marketing team. But in reality, those gains, they do not account for the main credit. Their job is only to help with management, and so far the clerical work has not created a new point of wealth growth for Link. On the contrary, Snapton's team generated only half a billion dollars in sales. But their work did directly create wealth for Link.
So Martha, they won't be unhappy with the prize money that Snapton's team has won.
Link said again: "Catherine, from the end of the New Year, you go to work. I wanted to be able to separate the advocacy work from the team. In the future, you will be responsible for the promotion of all my causes. At the same time, it needs to cooperate with the marketing team and Martha's promotional needs. When necessary, you are the communications consultant for their team. Questions?"
"Of course not!"
"Good!" Link said to the others with a smile. "Starting tomorrow and ending January 3rd. It's your holiday. Snapton, you're up to you on your vacation. But I don't want to hear about wine sales going wrong during the holidays. I think you understand what to do!"
"Understood!"
"If nothing else, then disperse!"
After the meeting, he left the studio, got into the car, and said to Ari, "Go to Hans Farm." "He's not just two teams.
When he returned to Hans's farm, Benjamin received a report from the janitor as soon as possible.
Link got out of the car and laughed, "Christmas was okay!"
Benjamin smiled and said, "Good!" "Great!" before becoming a bodyguard for the farm manager, bringing his family to the community near the farm or living in Las Vegas. It's convenient for them to want to go home and spend the holidays with their families.
Link smiled and said, "I heard that there are quite a few wells coming out?"
"It's forty-three, and another one came out of the water at noon today. Optimistically, this batch of wells should be able to drill water. The first wells to be drilled are already being installed with hydroelectric generating units. ”
"Oh, show me around!" These wells have a lot of artesian water pressure, but to use them to generate electricity, you need to design new generator sets. Start the installation now, it's still very fast.
But that's probably because it's just a small generator set that's going to be installed. Both design and manufacture are relatively easy.
Benjamin drove him to the well where the generator set was being installed. Link saw a large round blue painted metal hood placed near the well. At the wellhead of a well, some workers dressed like deep-water divers directed an engineering truck to install a cylinder with a diameter that could not be found at the wellhead to the wellhead.
Benjamin told him: "The top of these wells is filled with metal walls more than 30 meters deep, and this is the top section. It is used to connect the turbine blade water inlet. He pointed to an already installed unit not far away and said. "After installing the tube, install the generator set first, and then cover the hood. The generator set is left outside from the hole above. It is said to be convenient for future maintenance. ”
Link also saw a generator set not far away, and he walked over and took a turn, and the situation inside the generator set could not be seen. However, it can see the design of the blades. This design allows the water to flow out to the side, which then rotates the blades. When the metal cover, which is more than 10 meters in diameter, is closed, the water can be blocked and all the water flows out of the canal below, and the water does not directly impact the generator.
He walked over to another generator set that had already been installed and asked Benjamin, "Is this unit generating electricity?"
"Yes, electricity has already been generated and connected to the grid, along with the installed wind power to supply power to Las Vegas. ”
Link nodded and said, "You'd better learn something about power grids in the future." I'll leave everything to you about Hans's farm. ”
In fact, the sale of Hans Farm's products does not need to be considered by Benjamin. Link had already made the arrangements, he just needed to take care of the day-to-day work on the farm. But he used to do agriculture, and now there is more electricity production, and he has more people to manage. What he should know, he still has to know.
"I understand. And I've already looked for workers, listened to their feedback on the training of the unit manufacturer, and was very dedicated. In the future, the maintenance of wind turbines will be jointly carried out by Chinese engineers and our farm workers. For water and electricity, our own workers are responsible. If you have any questions, you can call and ask someone to send them. ”
Workers have already installed the pipes at the wellhead and built a metal shelf around the well. Link watched as they secured the metal shelves to the screws on the ground.
A construction truck starts hoisting that generator set.
It's a bit of a difficult job. The cantilever of the engineering vehicle holds the unit in place, slowly moving the generator set above the water column. The water rushed to the shell of the generator set, and the splash was tens of meters away. However, the arm strength of the engineering vehicle seems to be very sufficient. Soon, the water inlet under the unit and the wellhead were docked, and the generator set was also erected on the metal frame.
The water jetted out from all around the blades, causing the blades to rotate, and the water spun like a high-pressure water cannon dozens of meters away. However, the workers were very experienced, dressed in deep water suits, and rolled from the ground through the range of the current, then crouched to the interface of the two pipes, and secured them.
Then exit the water flow range. Then it's time to hoist the cover. Once the hood is in place, the flow of water is confined to the inside by the hood. That is, the water flow hits the cover wall, and the noise is relatively large.
However, it took more than an hour to install a generator set, which did surprise him.
Benjamin said: "The construction team already had some experience. And the main difficulty of this work is how to drive the pipe wall into the well. The impact of the water flow is too great, and it is not easy to drive the wall into the well and hold it in place. As long as the metal pipe of the well wall is installed, the installation of the ground becomes very simple. However, after installation, it seemed that their engineers had to do a lot of debugging work. And they only sent two units this time. ”