Chapter 931 Annual Meeting (1)

……

Liu Dong of Richemont once knew that this is a luxury group with dozens of luxury brands such as Vacheron Constantin, Cartier, Piaget, Van Cleef & Arpels, Dunhill, etc., second only to Louis Vuitton!

Looking at Wang Qiang's sworn appearance, it is obvious that she is very confident in this acquisition!

Seeing this, Liu Dong didn't say anything more, and left it to Wang Qiang to operate, and he just took care of it in the back!

After Wang Qiang finished speaking, there was no need for Liu Dong to name him, Yang Ke had already stood up by himself!

Among Liu Dong's many companies, Agarwood Pavilion is the third company he operates!

"Now Agarwood Pavilion boutique wood company is mainly engaged in Agarwood Pavilion and Luban two brands, of which the Agarwood Pavilion brand is mainly engaged in the low-end market, and Luban is a high-end wood brand, as of the end of this year, Luban has a total of six branches in the first-tier cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, as well as Quancheng and Island City, with an annual turnover of 358 million and a profit of 183 million! Agarwood Pavilion has 4 first-tier cities in the country, 8 second-tier cities in the north, and 28 branches in 11 third-tier cities, with an annual turnover of 434 million yuan and a profit of 122 million yuan!"

Hearing this, Liu Dong couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, Luban is only the number of six branches, but the turnover is directly catching up with the Agarwood Pavilion, which has 28 branches, and has surpassed the other party in terms of profits, combined with the business situation of Rose Jewelry in front, Liu Dong also understands that the potential of China's luxury industry is getting bigger and bigger!

“…… Next year, the Luban brand store will add two more stores in Shenyang and Wuhan, and the Agarwood Pavilion brand store will open four branches in Hangzhou-Zhou, Ning-Bo, Dong-Dongguan and Wen-Zhou! Expansion of stone and brick carving business. If it works well. We will also open carving businesses such as ivory carving, clay carving, bamboo carving and bone carving!"

After nodding, Liu Dong said: "I have no objection to you opening a new business, but all the things sold in Taiyi Pavilion must be real handicrafts, and there can be no machine carving, let alone shoddy!"

From the establishment of Taiyi Pavilion to the present, we have not stopped recruiting and training handicraft masters, except for the lack of high-end talents. Now the company's reserve of low-end handicraft talents can fully meet the company's expansion!"

There is no shortage of high-end talents in that industry, not to mention the hand-carved carving that belongs to a niche industry!

However, there is a shortage of talents, and we can't help but find a way to solve it!

After thinking for a while, Liu Dong said: "Whether it is rose jewelry, or agarwood pavilion and Taiyi pavilion, the core value is reflected in the number of talents, especially senior handicraft talents, so my suggestion is to take the lead of the Dongchao Group and apply to the education department of Dongshan Provincial Government to set up a vocational school specializing in cultivating all kinds of carving, antique appreciation, calligraphy and painting, jewelry design, inlay, ceramic production and other handicraft categories, and then merge all the training departments of various companies into it! What do you think?"

"That's no problem, and the development of the school can also solve our dilemma of talent shortage, but the education industry is too special. If we follow the conventional vocational school, then the students trained in the past three years will not be able to meet the company's requirements!" Wang Qiang worried.

Although she studied at a university abroad. However, it is also clear that too much time is wasted on subjects that are unnecessary in English, politics, and even useless for employment, or are of little use, coupled with the unreasonable distribution of courses, too much spare time, and so on, resulting in a significant decline in the quality of many college students, and unemployment after graduation, which is no longer an empty word! Universities are like this, let alone vocational schools!

So what Wang Qiang is worried about is that the company invested money and spent energy, but in the end, it was useless!

And Wang Qiang's worries are not unreasonable, Liu Dong thought about it, "In this way, when the school is established, the cultural classes will only be Chinese and history, and all other messy things will not be handed in!"

Teaching language is to let Chinese understand the literature of their country, and a real master of craftsmanship must also be a master of literature, and teaching history is also because many times historical allusions can bring inspiration to designers, such as porcelain, many patterns are famous allusions in history.

In addition, as a Chinese, it is ridiculous if you do not know the history of your own country!

“…… Except for these two things, all the time is spent practicing majors, and the graduation time has been extended from three years to five years! Closed teaching, militarized management, half a day off every Sunday, and one day off in a month, in short, you can teach how the high school education comes!" Liu Dong said directly.

"But in this way, wouldn't it wear out their spirituality?" Yang Ke couldn't help but say.

He has also experienced Chinese high school education, and Yang Ke has a deep understanding of the irritability and pain of facing textbooks every day!

"Spirituality is thinking rather than action, as long as you give students the space to play, there is no problem of rigid thinking, and I am also a carving, I know that any apprentice is through tedious and painful repeated carving to make their skills a little bit better, five years for them to lay a good foundation, if even the foundation is not good, no matter how good the inspiration, no matter how good the design scheme can not be expressed, the design can not be converted into products, it is all in vain!" Liu Dong said bluntly.

How can you succeed without paying the price, think that when he was learning carving under Uncle Long, he never had a day off, from morning to night like an ascetic monk every day facing carving knives, wood and jade, only to practice a solid wood carving and jade carving skills, even without the help of Relic Yuanguang, Liu Dong will still become a real jade carving master with the help of Uncle Long!

"For the time being, let's do what I just said, if it doesn't work, we'll adjust!" Liu Dong understands that these people who have undergone foreign higher education do not think much of the chronic diseases in Chinese education, but Liu Dong has his own considerations, of course, he takes care of the face of Yang Ke and others, and he doesn't say anything to death!

And after Liu Dong made a decision, everyone didn't say more, after all, he was the boss!

Next, according to the establishment time, it should be the many companies under the Jiahua Group to make reports, but considering the ownership of the group, Wenrui Gallery and Puhua Red Star Auction House, which belong to the Dongchao Group, were named by Liu Dong in turn!

Although the PwC Red Star Auction House was established late, thanks to the strong support of Liu Dong behind it, coupled with the inheritance of the assets of the original Red Star Auction House, the current office has basically opened all over the major provinces in China, and the company's total turnover exceeded 600 million last year! However, compared with the low profit of the auction industry in other industries, the annual profit is only 98 million, although it is a little close, but after all, it still does not exceed 100 million!

However, compared to Wenrui Gallery, the profit of the auction house is still high, because when Liu Dong founded this gallery, it was not to make much money, but to provide an opportunity for his students to get ahead, so the commission ratio set is the lowest in the industry, plus there are not too many painters and sculptors who have signed contracts with him, and Liu Dong has not made any major changes after mastering the company, so the profit of Wenrui Gallery has not reached 20 million this year!

As for the development plans of the two companies, compared to several majestic brother companies, they did not acquire or expand, but more wanted to maintain and improve the company's reputation!

In the auction industry and the gallery industry, fame is always more important than size!

A reputable auction house and gallery is only able to be recognized by buyers and painters!

In general, the branches of the Dongchao Group, including Wenrui Gallery and Puhua Red Star Auction House, which joined later, as well as Taiyi Pavilion and Agarwood Pavilion in the mainland, have developed well in the past year!

Although there is no company with total assets of more than 1 billion yuan except for the Rose Jewelry Company, the particularity of the industry determines the degree of development of their own, but Liu Dong also believes that as the domestic economy continues to develop, the potential of arts and crafts, especially luxury goods, is still very much to be tapped!

After that, the Dongchao Group is next, and the next thing is the Jiahua Group that later joined Liu Dong's subordinates!

However, the difference between Jiahua Group and Dongchao Group is that it has always been under the direct jurisdiction of Liu Dong, and when Liu Dong did not have enough time, most of the government affairs of Jiahua Group were approved by Lin Ling!

However, with the rapid development of Jiahua Group, the abilities of Shao Tiejun and Guo Hongtian, the two old courtiers of Jiahua Group, have also been displayed in an all-round way, and Liu Dong has a bottom in his heart about who will control Jiahua Group!

“…… By the end of this year, the number of branches of K. Wah Travel Service has reached 102, covering the major provinces north of the Yangtze River, as well as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong provinces, with 4,500 employees, a turnover of 840 million yuan and a profit of 400 million Chinese dollars! In the next year, we will expand the number of branches of K. Wah Travel to 145, covering all scenic spots in major cities in major provinces in China, purchase 200 new tourist buses, improve the quality of comprehensive services, and strive to double the company's turnover to 1.5 billion Huaxia dollars by the end of next year!"

Guo Hongtian's slightly formulaic introduction, with a strong self-confidence in his tone, satisfied Liu Dong and won a lot of applause!

As a competitor, Shao Tiejun is not to be outdone, and compared with K. Wah Travel Service, his K. Wah Hotel Group has obviously achieved greater achievements and has more capital......!