Chapter 407 You Are Too Far Away From the General Public

As Zhou Hong said, there are indeed very few people on the sixth floor.

The floor area of ​​their building is not large. In addition to an office lobby, there are only seven or eight single rooms on the sixth floor.

Judging from the area of ​​a single floor, it should be less than one-third of Zhou Yan’s music studio.

When they arrived on the sixth floor, there were only three people in the entire hall, all young men.

Zhou Hong did not inform them of his coming in advance, so the three young men were quite surprised to see Zhou Hong, because usually Zhou Hong would not appear on the sixth floor.

But then they saw Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian following Zhou Hong. The young man closest to the door opened his mouth, "Zhou..."

The young man didn't know how to say hello for a moment.

Zhou Hong smiled and pressed his hand, "You guys get busy, I'll bring Teacher Zhou and Teacher Wang to visit. Is Niu Ruchang here?"

"Mr. Niu is in the office," the young man said.

"Yes." Zhou Hong nodded and took Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian to an office in the back.

The three young people looked at the backs of Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian, and they were all very excited. Although Zhou Entertainment is involved in the film and television industry and they have met celebrities, the popularity of Wang Zuxian and Zhou Yan is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

When he arrived at the office door, Zhou Yan looked up at the door sign: Deputy General Manager.

The general manager of Zhou Entertainment is Xu Junrong. Zhou Yan usually deals with Xu Junrong, but he has never had contact with the vice president Niu Ruchang.

Zhou Hong knocked on the door, and a voice came from inside, "Come in."

When Zhou Hong pushed the door open and walked in, Niu Ruchang stood up in surprise, "Mr. Zhou, you are here..."

Before he finished speaking, the surprise in his eyes became even more intense.

As the vice president of Zhou Entertainment, it is impossible for Niu Ruchang not to know Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian.

But in reality, this was the first time he saw Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian in person. Before, he had only seen them on TV and in newspapers.

"Mr. Niu, I'll bring Teacher Zhou and Teacher Wang to have a look. If Xu Junrong isn't here, I'll come find you." Zhou Hong said.

"Sit, sit, sit."

Niu Ruchang walked around to the front enthusiastically, "I told you why I heard magpies calling when I went out this morning. It turns out that someone noble is coming. Teacher Zhou and Miss Wang, I am so happy to see you two."

Privately, Niu Ruchang and others actually call Zhou Yan the second boss, because they only know that Zhou Entertainment is controlled by the two brothers Zhou Hong and Zhou Yan, and they don't know their family's ranking.

Now in front of Zhou Hong, Niu Ruchang could only follow Zhou Hong and call Zhou Yan "Teacher Zhou".

Zhou Yan was also surprised when he heard Niu Ruchang's words.

Niu Ruchang's accent sounds like a native of Pengcheng, but his tone of voice is a bit like a northerner.

His height is also the same. He is almost as tall as Zhou Yan, and he is very fat. He is estimated to weigh two hundred kilograms.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Speaking of which, it is also my fault. Zhou Entertainment has been established for a long time, but this is my first time here."

Hearing this, Niu Ruchang glanced at Zhou Hong secretly and thought to himself that the second boss wanted to declare sovereignty when he came up. Could it be that this trip had any special significance?

Niu Ruchang knew a lot about their second boss. After all, Zhou Yan was a famous person and he could often be seen in news reports.

Niu Ruchang had always believed that one of the two brothers of the Zhou family was "in charge of the inside" and the other was "in charge of the outside world." They were completely in harmony with each other.

The path Zhou Yan took made a lot of money, so he might not come back to split the family business with Zhou Hong.

But now it seems that in this wealthy family, it is probably inevitable for brothers to fight for family property.

However, Niu Ruchang is still more optimistic about Zhou Hong. He has more contact with Zhou Hong and understands Zhou Hong's skills. Although Zhou Hong usually looks like a stone Buddha, his methods are very sharp.

This second boss has been in the literary and art circles all year round. Can he outsmart the big boss in his tricks?

Besides, Zhou's entertainment offices are all on Zhou Hong's territory, so Zhou Yan can't compete with Zhou Hong.

In just a few seconds, countless pieces of information flashed through Niu Ruchang's mind, and he finally decided to wait and see.

If you don't want to take sides, try not to take sides. If you really want to take sides, then you have to side with the big boss Zhou Hong.

Zhou Yan never expected that his simple words would make Niu Ruchang think of so many things.

If he knew what Niu Ruchang was thinking, he would definitely laugh it off.

He didn't want the Zhou family's property, and even Zhou's entertainment, as long as Zhou Hong wanted it, he could give it up.

The money he earns is enough for him to live on.

Zhou Hong glanced at Niu Ruchang with a smile. He knew that Niu Ruchang was very thoughtful, but he didn't say anything.

After so many years of struggling in society, Zhou Hong has long realized that it is difficult to control other people's thoughts, and the most important thing is to be yourself.

They themselves knew what happened between the two brothers, but when others stood outside the door and saw only the Zhou family, a wealthy family, and two brothers, it was normal for them to have some unreliable thoughts.

Niu Ruchang is a smart man. As long as he doesn't cause trouble, it doesn't matter what he thinks.

Zhou Hong only cares about what others do, regardless of what others think.

"President Zhou, Teacher Zhou, Miss Wang, please sit down and I'll pour you tea."

Zhou Hong waved his hand and said, "I won't drink any more tea. Please show us around the sixth floor."

"Okay, I'll take you out now to have a look."

…

In fact, there is nothing to visit. There are only fourteen employees on the entire sixth floor, including general manager Xu Junrong and deputy general manager Niu Ruchang.

The company's system is not perfect, and human resources management, finance, and logistics are all in a managed state. These few areas alone save a lot of people.

Xu Junrong usually spends most of his time traveling around the country, leaving Niu Ruchang to stay at the base camp. In most cases, there are only five or six people in the company.

"The company's business is scattered. For example, we have a Huanyin company in Taiwan, and Huanyin is basically responsible for the business there. Speaking of serious business, Huanyin is already better than ours. There are many sides. In the mainland, a lot of business is handled by the Yanjing office.”

Niu Ruchang briefly introduced the company's business model to Zhou Yan.

In fact, Niu Ruchang didn't need to introduce him. Zhou Yan knew Zhou's Entertainment model very well, because most of Zhou's Entertainment's business was related to him.

The artists signed by the company are basically those chosen by Zhou Yan.

Zhou Hong didn't want Zhou Yan to waste his time on the sixth floor. After Niu Ruchang took them around the sixth floor, he said, "Come on, I'll take you to the other floors."

Then Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian, led by Zhou Hong, started walking around the building.

Zhou Hong didn't just want to go through the motions. Every time he went to a floor, he asked the person in charge to introduce their business to Zhou Yan.

As a result, their visit became very slow.

In the morning, in addition to the sixth floor, they visited the seventh and eighth floors.

At half past eleven, Zhou Hong looked at his watch and said, "Let's go, have a meal, and visit the remaining floors in the afternoon."

Zhou Yan nodded and asked, "Where to eat?"

"Go to my office. There is a small restaurant in my office."

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows. There was also a restaurant in the office, which was really elegant. However, this is also in line with Zhou Hong's style. He has always paid attention to pomp and circumstance.

In fact, Zhou Yan wanted to visit the factory canteen. Since he was here, he also wanted to know the living environment of the employees.

It's just that he didn't come alone today, and he also brought Wang Zuxian with him. If the two of them appeared in the cafeteria together, they would probably be recognized and cause chaos on the scene.

However, Wang Zuxian smiled and said, "Second brother, is there a canteen in our park?"

"Of course there is a canteen." Zhou Hong nodded.

"How about we go to the cafeteria to eat and experience life?" Wang Zuxian suggested.

"The cafeteria is not as good as you think, and if you are recognized, it may be more troublesome."

"It doesn't matter, I just wear a hat."

Seeing that Wang Zuxian wanted to go to the canteen, Zhou Hong nodded, "Okay, then go to the canteen and I'll ask someone to make arrangements."

Zhou Yan smiled and waved his hand, "No need to arrange it, we will just be ordinary employees today."

"Then I have to ask for meal tickets."

After that, Zhou Hong went to ask the people in the logistics department for some meal tickets. The people in the logistics department couldn't believe it when they heard Zhou Hong asked for the meal tickets.

Zhou Hong has not eaten in the cafeteria for so many years.

Many bosses like to be very down-to-earth, and some even occasionally eat and live with their employees.

But Mr. Zhou never does such things. Instead, he keeps a certain distance from his employees and travels in a very grand manner.

Mr. Zhou has never been an approachable boss.

…

Zhou Yan's first impression of the park cafeteria was good because the hygiene was very good and the floors and tabletops were clean.

In addition to good hygiene, the order is also very good. In front of each window, the employees queue up very consciously, and there is no queue jumping.

There were not many windows, but there were not too many people queuing up. After Zhou Hong explained, Zhou Yan learned that it turned out that the canteen got off work in batches, allowing employees to eat at staggered times to improve efficiency.

When Zhou Yan and the others arrived, they should be the first batch of employees coming off work to eat, and there were quite a lot of dishes.

However, Zhou Yan was disappointed with the dishes at those windows. Of the many windows, only two windows had meat dishes. The other windows were basically vegetarian dishes, at most half meat and half vegetarian dishes like potatoes and shredded pork.

Moreover, the vegetarian dishes are not particularly well prepared and the color is average.

After finishing their meal, the three of them found a place to sit down.

As soon as Zhou Yan took a bite of shredded potatoes and pork, he frowned because it was a bit salty.

The taste here in Pengcheng is on the lighter side, but the shredded potato and pork dish he just ate was very salty.

Seeing Zhou Yan's expression, Zhou Hong smiled and said, "Salty, right?"

"Well, a little bit." Zhou Yan nodded.

"Only serve food when it's salty." Zhou Hong didn't move his chopsticks, but looked at Zhou Yan with a smile, "Don't you think it's a lot worse than the canteen in your studio?"

Zhou Yan shook his head, "I never thought about comparing it to the studio canteen."

"There is a quota for workers' meal subsidy. If the canteen is too expensive, they cannot afford it, but if we ask us to increase the meal subsidy, the operating costs will rise significantly. There are several factories here with a total of more than 5,000 people. Increasing the meal subsidy by one yuan per person per day will increase the daily cost by more than 5,000 yuan, which will increase the cost by more than 150,000 yuan a month, and nearly 200,000 yuan a year.”

In fact, Zhou Yan thinks that an increase of 200,000 yuan in costs a year is completely acceptable. After all, the profits that more than 5,000 employees can bring to them are also very considerable.

And 200,000 yuan a year may not be enough for Zhou Hong to go on two business trips.

However, Zhou Yan had no experience in running a factory, so he didn't comment.

Zhou Hong wanted to say a few more words, "After you started working, the circle you came into contact with was actually very small, and you didn't know much about the lives of the general public. The treatment of these factories in our family is already quite good. Although it can't be said to be top-notch, it is also above average."

Zhou Yan couldn't refute this, because his life has been relatively good since he started working.

The most difficult time should be when he went to Qiao's Courtyard to shoot "Raise the Red Lantern", but even in Qiao's Courtyard, the food was pretty good.

The conditions were also quite difficult when "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was filmed, but Zhou Yan brought a lot of supplies every time he went, so he didn't feel it.

Besides, the current actors' difficult conditions are also compared with the actors in later generations. However, compared with most ordinary people, the welfare benefits of actors are still much higher.

As for the average level of factories in Pengcheng, Zhou Yan has not conducted a survey, so he has no right to speak.

And Zhou Hong's words also made Zhou Yan realize a problem, that he is indeed getting further and further away from the lives of the general public.

The life in the past few years even gave him the illusion that everyone's life in this era is also good.

Zhou Yan lowered his head and ate another bite of potato and pork shreds. This time he picked up a little more rice and put it in his mouth, which felt much better.

Then he looked up and looked around. He found that most of the employees ate very fragrantly. These meals, which he thought had no quality, made the employees feel delicious.

Zhou Yan never thought of himself as an idealist before, but today he found that he was really a bit idealistic.

He knew that in fact, the workers who could work in Pengcheng were not bad looking at the whole country.

Nowadays, most rural areas in China are very backward. Let alone eating meat, many people can't even eat rice.

People who come out to work are likely to be rich when they return to their villages.

If he and Zhou Hong exchanged positions and he was in charge of the family's industry, it might not take long for their family to lose all their money.

After that, Zhou Yan didn't say anything else, but just quietly finished the meal he had made.

Zhou Hongze had been observing Zhou Yan. The reason why he said a few more words just now was actually to make Zhou Yan more realistic. If he came back to manage the family business in the future, he would be able to get started faster.

But he didn't expect that his words would make Zhou Yan completely give up the idea of ​​taking over the family business.

Because Zhou Yan realized that he would never be able to do what Zhou Hong did. (End of this chapter)