Chapter 15: Andy's Report
"Cooper has announced that our Cedric II has been on sale in San Francisco since six days ago, and so far, 29 units have been sold, making a total profit of $5,655."
"According to Quincy's forecast, if nothing else, Cedric II. should sell well."
"When the time comes......"
In the study, Andy is next to Jack to report on the sales of Cedric II.
After listening to Andy's report, the heart that had been hanging was finally completely put in my stomach.
"You've worked hard all this time!"
I have to say that although Jack has authorized Andy to handle the company's affairs, it is obvious that Andy is not completely serious, and he naturally will not trouble Jack for some small things, but when it comes to important matters, he will still ask Jack for instructions before making decisions.
Regarding Andy's behavior, Jack is noncommittal.
However, he still had the idea of reusing Andy.
As long as the Cedric II can get the big sales he expected, the assembled cars will definitely not be able to meet the shipments in this one factory area alone.
Therefore, the company will definitely expand and then continue to build new factories.
However, building a new factory is certainly not just a random place to build a new factory, and in Jack's vision, if a new factory is built, he probably thinks about it from the two aspects of marketing and logistics.
Now, California already has a factory, so the second factory will definitely not be built in California, and after excluding California, he will most likely prefer to build it in Texas.
Once the new factory was established in Texas, the distance between California and Texas was so far away that it was natural to send someone to take charge of it.
Andy, on the other hand, is the person he wants to send to Texas.
And in Jack's mind, if Andy can do a good job in the future, he doesn't mind training him well, and when everything is on track with Cedric's company, let him take over his current position as president of Cedric's company.
As for Jack himself, since he has traveled to this golden age, he has no idea of living a lifetime with Cedric's company.
Andy naturally didn't know Jack's future work arrangements for him, and after listening to Jack praise them for their hard work, although he did think that they had worked hard during this time, he still shook his head and said; "Compared with the previous blind busyness without direction, although this period of time is indeed a bit hard, but after seeing the results of the busyness, I think the hard work is worth it."
After a pause, Andy added, "By the way, Quincy came with news from Oregon this morning that Fox Corporation, the largest car dealer in Oregon, was willing to add our Cedric II to their catalog. ”
At this point, Andy became speechless.
"What's the problem?" Jack looked at Andy.
Seeing Jack's question, Andy said, "Fox wants us to give them the dealerships in Oregon, Washington, and Iowa. ”
"Does Fox have a sales network in Washington and Iowa?" Jack asked.
"Quincy said that Fox does have a sales network in Washington and Iowa, but ......" Andy thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "There is no difference between Fox's distribution network in Washington and Iowa. ”
After listening to Andy's answer, Jack almost understood Fox's plan, as the largest car dealership in Oregon, Fox should not be willing to be trapped in Oregon, so he saved the plan to use the Cedric II., which is much cheaper than the Ford Model T, to expand the distribution network in Washington and Iowa.
Jack thought about it, since Focus planned to use the Cedric II to develop a dealership channel, then Focus would definitely find a way to promote its own Cedric II car.
If you do the math, it's not bad to give Fox the dealerships in Oregon, Washington, and Iowa.
So, Jack nodded and agreed: "When you go back, contact Quincy and give them the distribution rights in the three states of Oregon, Washington, and Iowa." ”
"Okay, boss." Andy nodded in remembrance.
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When Andy said goodbye and left, Jack glanced at the time and found that it was about three o'clock in the afternoon, and then he suddenly remembered that he had promised Ruth last night to take him to Chinatown for a Chinese meal.
Jack came out of the study and found Ruth in the bedroom who was reading a book he didn't know what he didn't know, and asked, "Ruth, are you ready?" ”
"You're done." After hearing Jack's voice, Ruth put down the book, then looked up, and when she saw Jack who had already come to her, she replied with hindsight, "I can go at any time." ”
The thought of waiting for her to go to Chinatown and eat what Jack called the best Chinese food in the world made his mouth water.
"Then let's go."
Jack, who has never eaten Chinese food since crossing into this world, is also a little nostalgic for the taste of Chinese food, so he immediately took Ruth out of the room, and then went to the garage to drive the Cedric II produced by his own company, and drove towards Chinatown with Ruth.
In this era, due to the "Chinese Exclusion Act" and the prevalence of white supremacy, most Chinese people in the United States are actually not having a good time.
As for why it is the majority of Chinese, not all Chinese, it is naturally because some Chinese have made a fortune in the United States, become rich people, and then find a way to integrate into the United States.
After driving to Chinatown, Jack saw along the way, although the Chinese in Chinatown were not as insensitive as the Chinese of the late Qing Dynasty he had seen, but he could not see much in their eyes the name of hope.
"Alas......"
Jack sighed, at this moment, he really wanted to help these people improve their living environment.
"Perhaps, I can remind Albert that when we expand the recruitment of workers, we can recruit some Chinese to come in."
"How about we go to this house for dinner." Just as Jack was making his decision, Ruth's voice came to his ears, and Jack followed the direction of Ruth's hand to see a restaurant standing there.
"Li Shun Restaurant."
"Let's go inside." Jack parked the car next to the restaurant and walked with Ruth towards the Lishun Restaurant.
"Welcome, sir, ma'am." A waiter immediately greeted him, first glanced at the car parked next to the restaurant, and took Jack and Ruth to the private room on the second floor with great insight.
"Sir, ma'am, what do you want to eat?" After Jack and Ruth sat down in the private room, the waiter took out a menu and handed it to Jack.
After taking the menu handed over by the waiter, Jack roughly scanned it, it should be because the Chinese immigrants of this era are mainly from the Fujian and Guangzhou regions, so the dishes on the menu are mainly Cantonese and Fujian cuisine, as for other cuisines, some of the dishes on the menu are also relatively light dishes.
"Give us a ......"
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