Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 66 Shopping Card

"Oh, they hid the antenna again. How are we going to watch TV tonight?"

The eldest brother Guang, the second brother and A Yao sat in the dining room depressed. A Zu said: "It's not that there is no way, the key is that you have to work hard."

"How do you work hard?" A Yao asked.

A-Zu came over and sat down. "First, train your wives to become fans. Then everyone will be on the same side. Then you will have something to talk about, right? You can watch the game together."

"How many women like football? How to cultivate them?" The boss thought this method didn't work.

The second brother thought this method was feasible, "No, big brother, the girl in my family didn't play mahjong with me before, but later I took her to play twice. Look at her now? She plays mahjong whenever she has time."

The eldest brother thought about it and felt that it made sense. Several brothers also became interested and discussed how to negotiate. Kang Qirui happened to come back from get off work and passed by the dining room and heard it. He raised an objection: "Be careful, brothers."

"First of all, I don't care. I have no problem cooking and washing clothes, but can you do it? The key is, can you do it? If you train four fans, you will lose four chefs, four nannies, four cleaners, and four washing machines. You have to think clearly."

Kang Qirui didn't think it was natural for women to do housework, he just didn't trust his four brothers. If they were to do this, there would be no peace in the family, so he had to cut it off before it even started.

"What should we do? It's so boring without football." The second brother complained.

"That's easy. Aren't you planning to take on the housework? Let's change it and do the housework together. If we get the real work done, they won't really stop us from watching TV." Kang Qirui suggested.

The eldest brother looked at the second brother, the second brother looked at A Yao, and A Yao looked at the eldest brother. The three nodded in agreement and decided to do it. Use actions to influence your wife. In the following days, the Kang brothers would help with housework when they were free, doing things within their ability to reduce the burden on their wives. Seeing that the brothers were sincere, they returned the antenna to everyone. After getting the antenna, the brothers did not slack off. They still watched TV after finishing housework with their wives, because football was played at night anyway.

Soon it was Labor Day, and Kang Qirui received many shopping cards, some from the labor union, some from the department, and many from other people. Some time ago, Kang Qirui's book received a good response, and many people were saying that Kang Qirui would be promoted to associate professor, so many people wanted to make friends with him.

"Can't go up? Go downhill and there's another sign saying can't go down? There's also a sign in the middle saying Wolf's Den?" As soon as Kang Qirui entered the house, he saw A Yao making a phone call, talking nonsense. Sachiko on the side looked anxious: "What are you talking about? What do you mean you can't go up or down?" Then she hung up the phone for A Yao.

"What should I do? These cards have to be replaced. There are so many of them left here." A Yao also looked helpless.

Kang Qirui asked curiously, "What card do you want to exchange? A shopping card?" A Yao was excited when he heard it. He turned to look at Kang Qirui and said, "Yes, A Rui, your school should also have a shopping card, right? Do you want to exchange it?"

Kang Qirui took out a bunch of shopping cards from his bag, counted them and said, "My cards are also in a mess, including Dayun Supermarket, Huaxia Trade Mall, Xinda Mall, and Jiuming Building."

"That's perfect, we're looking for someone to replace you, A Rui, you can come too." A Yao invited. "It's your third brother, he called for a long time but couldn't tell me where to replace him." Sachiko complained.

Kang Qirui pulled out a card from Fenglaiyi Restaurant from the pile of cards and said, "I have a restaurant card here. Third brother, you can invite those who have the card to have morning tea together tomorrow. 300 yuan on this card should be enough."

"That's a good idea. Master Rui is really smart. I'll call now." A Yao changed his previous depressed look and became sunny. Kang Qirui shook his head and said that he would go out at 8 o'clock tomorrow and went back to his room.

The next day, Kang Qirui went out with A Yao to Feng Lai Yi Restaurant. Others also arrived one after another. They drank morning tea and exchanged cards. After exchanging cards, A Yao found that his card was missing, so he asked, "Oh, my shopping card is missing 300 yuan. Who has more?"

Kang Qirui looked around and saw no one spoke. He shook his head helplessly and said, "Third brother, I have an extra three hundred yuan here, give it to you." Anyway, they were all given by others, Kang Qirui didn't care much. It was better to have less trouble than more.

After changing the cards, Kang Qirui and Ayao parted ways. Ayao went back to discuss what to buy with Sachiko, while Kang Qirui went to the Friendship Store and bought two mobile phones, Nokia classic 8250. The two phones with cassette packages added up to more than the shopping cards Kang Qirui had, so he had to pay more than yuan. After buying the phones, he went to the store to find Zhang Yongfang.

"Yongfang, I heard from my second sister-in-law that you were looking for me? What's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?" Kang Qirui asked. Last night, his second sister-in-law came back and told him that Zhang Yongfang asked him to come to the store today.

Zhang Yongfang took Kang Qirui to a small office upstairs, closed the door and said, "Mr. Chen is going abroad, and he plans to give up this provincial agency for one million. He asked me to ask you if you are interested."

One million, now the full amount can buy two houses. Kang Qirui really couldn't decide whether to take it or not. He said, "Let's make an appointment with Mr. Chen and talk first." Chen Wei was also anxious about going abroad. After receiving Zhang Yongfang's call, he said that he would go to Lefu Tea House at 3 pm to talk in person.

Kang Qirui called the second brother, and the three of them booked a private room at Lefu Tea House in advance. Chen Wei arrived on time. "Mr. Chen, congratulations. Enjoy your life abroad." Kang Qirui was not in a hurry and congratulated him first.

Chen Wei sat down carelessly and said with a smile: "Well, what are you enjoying? My son is studying abroad and won't come back, so we have to go with him."

Er Lao and Chen Wei are old friends. After chatting about parenting for a while, Chen Wei got to the point. Kang Qirui then asked, "We have an idea, but we still want to know some things about the agency rights."

"Okay, then I'll tell you about it." Chen Wei said, "This agency is in the form of a joint venture with the headquarters to establish Guangzhou Metersbonwe Garment Co., Ltd. The company's income mainly comes from the franchise fees of the franchise stores in Guangdong and Guangxi and the price difference of the goods every year. For a piece of clothing worth 200, your franchise stores get 160, the company gets 140, and the company's space is 10%. The expenses are mainly warehouse rent and labor costs." "If you get this agency, you will hold 40% of the shares and the headquarters will hold 60%. You are responsible for management, and the headquarters will only review the finances and will not participate in other things."

Kang Qirui frowned and said, "In other words, this provincial agency is actually a sales director with a 4% commission for two regions."

Chen Wei laughed when he heard this, "You can understand it that way. That's why I only offered 100 million for the equity transfer fee. Otherwise, why do you think I offered it so cheaply?"

Kang Qirui thought for a while and said, "Mr. Chen, can you give us a week to think about it?" Chen Wei agreed, but only gave Kang Qirui a week because he was going abroad at the end of the month and didn't have much time.

When Kang Qirui and his friends returned to the store's office, the second boss couldn't wait to say, "One million is too much. We need 25 million to make back our investment. How long will it take?"

"Not only that, we also have to pay rent for the warehouse and salaries to our employees. We need at least 30 million in sales to get one million. And this is before tax," Zhang Yongfang corrected.

Kang Qirui pulled out a piece of paper and began to calculate: "Our two stores have the best business, plus the other franchise stores, there are five in total, and the total sales are estimated to be around 10 million per month, which is million per year. The company takes %, which is million."

"The rent of the company's office and warehouse plus water and electricity is 40 yuan a year, and other costs are yuan. At most, it is million. In other words, the company's annual profit is at most million. We own % of the shares, which is yuan. After deducting taxes, we will get about yuan. It will pay back in three years."

The second brother didn't want to do it at first, but when he saw Kang Qirui calculated that it would take at most three years to get his money back, he became hesitant. "If it takes three years to get a payback, then it's not impossible to do it, but we don't have that much money, right?"

Kang Qirui looked at Zhang Yongfang, "How much money can the store take out?"

Zhang Yongfang used a calculator to calculate for a while and said, "800,000. That's the maximum. Any more will affect the operation of the store. With this 800,000, we have to be able to get by without any problems for the next few months."

"Then let's think about it again. There's still a week left. Let's meet again the day after tomorrow." Kang Qirui couldn't make up his mind. After all, there were many other things besides money, such as who would manage the company? He was the bridge between the headquarters and the franchise stores, and he had to handle both ends. There were a lot of things to manage and coordinate, such as the supply of goods and allocation. There were too many things to handle and coordinate, and Er Lao and Zhang Yongfang were not good enough, so it was okay to let them look after a small store.

After the three-person meeting, Kang Qirui said goodbye and went home. When he reached the street corner, he saw A Yao and his friends carrying an electronic keyboard out of the car. Kang Qirui hurried forward to help, "Third brother is buying an electronic keyboard. I'll help you get it, so don't do it, sister-in-law."

However, Sachiko and Ayao's faces were not looking good. "What's wrong? Are you not happy with free shopping?" Kang Qirui asked puzzledly.

"It's all his fault. We agreed to use a shopping card, but he was afraid of this and that, and ended up paying in cash. The bill was three thousand eight hundred." Sachiko scolded angrily.

Kang Qirui was stunned. He didn't bother to keep up with A Yao's pace. He almost dropped the piano to the ground. He quickly adjusted it and asked in confusion, "Are you not allowed to use shopping cards?"

"Oh, I met the head of the finance department next door when I was paying the bill. What if he finds out that I used a shopping card and he reports me?" A Yao explained.

"Oh, so that's how it is." Kang Qirui immediately understood A Yao's concerns. Although the shopping cards could not be considered as embezzlement, it would have a bad impact if others knew about it.

"Hmph." Sachiko became angrier and angrier as she thought about it. She snorted and walked back into her room. A Yao smiled awkwardly, and Kang Qirui helped carry the piano to the door of their room before returning to his own room.

At nine o'clock in the evening, when Zhu Wanling came back from get off work, Kang Qirui didn't see Xingzi walk out of her room. It seemed that A Yao was in trouble today. Seeing his wife coming back, Kang Qirui took out the mobile phone he bought today and said, "Wife, I have a gift for you."

"Cellphone?" Zhu Wanling happily opened the box, but soon frowned and said, "Oh, why buy such an expensive thing? It's not a necessity."

"Uh" Kang Qirui was speechless for a moment. Mobile phones are really not a necessity these days. They don't have any functions. Now is the era of pagers. "It's free. It's a shopping card given by someone during the holidays." Kang Qirui had to explain it from another angle.

"No charge? That's great, then I can call you later." Zhu Wanling asked.

Kang Qirui quickly took out his own cell phone, "Of course, I bought one too. The shopping card is just enough to buy two. We each have one, and we can make calls anytime in the future."

Zhu Wanling was amused, her eyes turned, and she said, "Have you taken a shower?"

"Ah? No." Kang Qirui didn't understand why they suddenly talked about whether he had taken a shower or not.

"Go wash quickly." Zhu Wanling lowered her head and spoke in a very low voice. Kang Qirui almost didn't hear it.

"Hey, okay." Kang Qirui naturally understood what he heard.

(End of this chapter)