Chapter Ninety-Nine: Late
On the slow international train, Duchamp holds a copy of the Reich daily newspaper and passes the time at the slowest reading speed.
In fact, he was so anxious that today was the opening day of the Luley Technical University, and he was still on the international train.
The newspapers are tracking the latest news about the Imperial Railroad program. I heard that the railway to Lulei will be opened to traffic soon, and it will only take seven or eight hours to reach the imperial capital from Lulei to the imperial capital. Thinking about it this way, the prime minister is not without merit.
It took two days for Duchamp to rush back to Rouray. After getting out of the car, he first went to the square to see the sales of green leaf household appliances, and saw that the promotional booth in the square had been cancelled, and the ranking of the Lulei City Cooking Contest had also been decided.
Duchamp shook his head, if you want to say that you are not tired here, no one really believes it.
Walking to the door of the office, Duchamp imagined Madame Serta's anger for a moment, prepared himself, and walked inside.
Emma saw it and cheered loudly, "Director, you're finally back." ”
In Serta's absence, Duchamp passed smoothly.
Other new employees in the office also came out to greet their bosses. The firm mainly added two supervisors, one named Hermi Stova, the technical director recommended by Serta's father, and the other named Yuri Benz, the marketing director sent by Irina, and the assistant director mentioned by Duchamp did not even have a shadow.
The two new directors couldn't help but be stunned when they saw that the big boss was so young. Duchamp saw it in his heart, greeted him a little, took the two large boxes, and opened them one by one.
In the box are large and small conductive products, all purchased from Chase. Duchamp asked all the staff of the firm to gather around and introduce them one by one.
"This is the general guide drive developed by Chase Central Workshop, within the scope of the drive, can be hooked up many small products, now Chase City is powered by this kind of drive as a research and development workshop, can be hooked up a lot of things, from agriculture to food threshing and processing machinery, to industrial repair and processing, of course, large industries with this power is not good. Chase's technology has developed and spread at an astonishing rate. ”
"At present, with the strength of our firm, it is not enough to support a professional R&D team, but it is a little bit to be able to accumulate a little strength. This money has Mr. Laustova. ”
Giving the samples purchased on this trip to Stova, Duchamp asked the marketing executive about the sales of green leaf appliances.
"The current momentum is still good, and it is still in short supply, but there are some questions that I want to raise with you now." Mr. Benz said cautiously, still observing the young boss's personality and abilities.
"First of all, the product is sold, how we will repair it in the future, it is impossible to sell it alone, and the second is the specification of the product, which is too single at present, and it seems that consumers do not have a variety of price gaps in the product to choose from, especially the stove. Finally, I personally recommend that the stove and stove be produced separately and sold, so that it seems to be half cheaper, consumers have more choice, and our profit margins are higher. ”
Duchamp understood what he meant, and at first, in order to make the product as perfect as possible, the design of the stove had too many functions, and the price was naturally high. In later generations, there were many such overly complex designs, and as a result, the market response was not as good as that of single-function designs.
"The design of the stove separates the oven, the stove and the smoker," he decisively says. It is necessary to keep the refrigerator in two layers of refrigeration, so you don't need to modify it, but you need to add different sizes and appearances of different products. As for the follow-up repair of the product, we immediately create an easy-to-understand maintenance manual, and then contact the repair shop near each point of sale, and the manufacturer will provide replacement parts for the parts that are easily damaged. These tasks should be done immediately, preferably before the first broken product appears on the market. ”
After dealing with the technical and marketing executives, Emma took a checklist to report on sales and earnings. These accounts, which were supposed to be the responsibility of Ms. Serta, had to be reported to Duchamp.
After listening to Duchamp, he couldn't help but make a comparison, a total of more than 2,000 products were sold in these two months, if it was placed in China in the future, this performance would definitely be on the street, the company was waiting for closure, but in Emma's report, it was full of words like "surprise" and "widely anticipated".
Knowing that his business was doing well, Duchamp nodded reassuringly in encouragement.
Duchamp asked about the movements of the rest of the people who were not in the office, and Emma explained that Goode had reported to the Ruley Technical University yesterday, and had heard that the school was a boarding school, and he could only come back on weekends. And Serta, I heard that it was because I was too busy some time ago and didn't have a good rest, so I took my family to recuperate for two days while the office was gradually on the right track.
"As Goode was leaving, he repeatedly reminded you to report to school as soon as you returned. This is the letter of acceptance and the uniform mailed by the school. Emma explained.
Seeing Emma so meticulous, Duchamp nodded with satisfaction, there are many more people in the office, and it is not good to find someone familiar to watch. Duchamp suddenly had an idea, and said to Emma: "In the future, you will be paid another 1,000 meters more per month, and you will be promoted to assistant director, and the increased responsibility will be to report to me every Sunday morning when I return to the office." ”
Emma's eyes lit up and she replied 'yes' in a loud voice.
The next day, when the sky was slightly bright, Duchamp hurriedly got up, put on the school uniform with gold trim on a white background, combed his hair vigorously, dressed himself handsomely, picked up the packed luggage, and hurried to the Lulei University of Technology on foot.
The Ruley University of Technology has two campuses in the city and in the eastern suburbs, and the campus in the city is near the Lane Ford Club building, where mainly some research institutes are located, and it is said that only researchers and students studying for master's and doctoral degrees can enter. And the suburbs are the campuses where real students go to school, and they are also Duchamp's destination.
At the entrance of the school, compared with the previous visits, there were a few more colored flags, as well as the words "Welcome new students to Lulei University of Technology", Duchamp saw this scene, and suddenly remembered the scene of going to the university in his previous life, and his heart couldn't help but feel a nostalgic sweetness and longing.
Today is March 17th, Duchamp has been late for two days, the school guard saw a student walking in from outside the school during school time, thought it was skipping class, and glared at Duchamp fiercely, which made Duchamp feel a little heartbeat.
"That security uncle's eyes are really sharp!" While thinking, Duchamp walked into the school, he looked left and right, and found that the signs in the school that indicated the admission of new students were gone, and turned back to look for the sharp uncle for help: "That, may I ask how to go to the guidance department." ”
Knowing that Duchamp was a freshman who delayed the enrollment, the uncle's face became even more gloomy: "How can you be late and delay such a major event as enrollment!" "After teaching the old man for a long time, he showed him the way.
Duchamp finally escaped the clutches of his uncle's sound attack, and while fleeing quickly, he sighed: "Every school guard is a school uniform nemesis, and he still can't escape this law in vain." ”