Hu Wenkai opened his eyes and rolled over on the two-meter-wide bed. Last night's wine made his head hurt, and it was already 10 o'clock when he looked at the watch on his wrist, and it was estimated that James was already downstairs in the living room with Ivanov waiting for Sunday lunch.

It was inconvenient to have no bathroom upstairs, so Hu Wenkai went downstairs in his pajamas to wash up and saw these two people enjoying his cigars. After washing up, changing clothes and talking to them about last night's conversation, James analyzed that the relationship between Apleev and Wilton is extraordinary, if you can buy a stake in the company, then the plot on Nanjing Road can be operated with peace of mind. Hu Wenkai believes that Apleev will take a stake in the company, but should not stay in Shanghai, and will let his son come to Shanghai to participate in the company's operation. Ivanov nodded and thought that Apleev would not stay in Shanghai for long, and James smacked his lips regretfully.

After lunch, the three of them were discussing the issue of increasing the company's manpower, the company's business volume is large, and full-time accountants and office clerks are needed, Hu Wenkai plans to recruit three accountants, one is the chief accountant to manage the company's finances, one is responsible for the establishment of current accounts, and one is responsible for paying salaries and paying the company's operating funds. James and Ivanov simply admired Hu Wenkai's obedience, Hu Wenkai's keen business vision, usual elegant manners and good conversation deeply impressed the two with the passage of time, making these two forget Hu Wenkai's age and think that Hu Wenkai should be like this.

The company's business needs to expand Hu Wenkai set the tone, not just focus on the sale of land plots, the company's next step will be to set up a real estate consulting department, the first purchase of seven or eight sets of Shikumen such houses, after the acquisition of simple renovation and then sell to the outside world.

James asked, "Hu, who's going to be in charge of this business?" ”

Ivanov said: "This is easy to do, the five people recruited in the early stage will be transferred to the consulting department collectively, and when all the acquired properties are sold out, whoever has good performance will be the head of the consulting department, and the remaining four people will be transferred back to the company." ”

Hu Wenkai nodded in agreement, it seems that Ivanov still has two brushes to be the general manager. At three o'clock in the afternoon, the first secretary of Dewey's French consulate came to visit, and Hu Wenkai was a little caught off guard by the visit without a telephone appointment. Fortunately, it only took half an hour to convey that Apleev was willing to take a stake in Xingye Industrial, and inadvertently revealed that Consul Wilton and Apleev had been friends for many years, and left a business card saying that if there was any difficulty, contact him at any time, and the consulate would be appropriately concerned. Hu Wenkai asked Ivanov to carry a box of wine and a box of cigars to Dewey's car, and the three of them watched Dewey leave.

After Apulev bought 200,000 silver into a 10% stake in Xingye Industrial, Ivanov and his gang successively acquired several plots of land at the junction of Nanjing Road and Jiujiang Road, and with the purchase of the last grocery store in early August, 17 acres of land were connected.

Dewey, the first secretary, did not break his promise and came forward to visit Xingye Industrial when it was most difficult to buy a plot. Not only did he personally attend the reception dinner of Xingye Industrial, but he also called Paesa of the Board of Directors and the head of the patrol room to attend the banquet together, and the discerning people knew that the consulate supported Xingye Industrial, and soon after, the companies and individuals who were ready to make a fortune left with interest.

When the company completed the 60% of the land transaction, the ruffians jumped out, saying that they had a previous purchase agreement with the homeowner, and demanded that Henyep Industrial compensate them for their losses. Intimidating the owners of the houses who had not yet made the deal to stop the transaction, some companies thought that Hu Wenkai had no background in the background and asked the French Concession personnel to make things difficult and prepared to forcibly buy the land from Xingye Industrial at a low price. After being refused, all the windows on the second floor of the company were smashed that night, and the company's employees were beaten for no reason after work.

Hu Wenkai asked Ivanov to go to Marshal Apleev to explain the situation, and Dewey came to the company in the afternoon. The next day, the patrol room arrested some thugs, and the board of directors met with several company leaders to warn them tactfully, and Xingye Industrial was labeled as a French consulate in Shanghai.

Hu Wenkai said to Ivanov that if you use a little less favor, you can't be stingy, and you must cultivate your own power, otherwise the more business will be annoying. The price of this land will appreciate sharply in two months, Hu Wenkai's information shows that in 1920, the land price of Nanjing Road rose by 150%, and he decided to cover it for two months.

The business of the Industrial Real Estate Consulting Department is surprisingly prosperous, the eight residences purchased in the early stage were sold out in a few days, and the purchase of six sets was sold out in a few days. Not only do customers who need houses take the initiative to pay a deposit in advance and queue up to buy a house, but also homeowners who take the initiative to entrust the owner to sell the house to hand over the house to the company in advance.

When Hu Wenkai demolished the old house in June, he rented a remote place to store the wooden beams, door panels, and old-style furniture of the demolished house. More than a dozen carpenters were hired to make some sets of furniture according to Hu Wenkai's drawings, and the furniture factory was put into operation for a small fee. Knowing that Chinese people are accustomed to using new furniture after buying houses, as long as the old furniture is shipped to the furniture factory for renovation and resale after purchasing the house, the most critical part of sales is to bring customers to the furniture factory to choose furniture.

Sun Daming was appointed as the manager of Industrial Real Estate in the performance of five people selling houses, Chen Yongcheng was appointed as the manager of the furniture sales company, the company recruited 15 people at one time in August, and the German Schroeder was poached by James from Hong Kong High-tech. Hu Wenkai attaches great importance to financial work, and whether a company can develop safely depends on whether it is financially healthy. Twenty-seven-year-old Schroeder worked for Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong, where there was little banking business and low wages, compared to Shanghai, which was equivalent to exile, Hu Wenkai gave him double his salary in Hong Kong, hired him as the company's financial director, and assigned him two assistants.

On the first day of work, Schroeder began to take stock of the company's assets, and came up with the total value of the assets, which shocked Ivanov, and in just two months, the company's assets have been one hundred and eighty taels of silver like the rhythm of grabbing money, but the liquidity is only about 300,000. There are too many fixed assets in hand, and it is no wonder that land prices have soared during this period of time, and they are reluctant to let go of one price a day. Schroeder suggested getting rid of some sporadic plots of land and pooling funds to buy patches of land.