pertwk Chapter 282: A Trade is Like a Mountain
Chapter 282: A Trade is Like a Mountain
During the meal, the group ran into Zhang Yun, which was quite normal, since the second floor was originally the teachers' canteen, but a section had been converted into a small restaurant that specializes in stir-fries and other dishes.
Zhang Yun glanced at Huang Xiaochuan and the other two, then gave Huang Xiaochuan a meaningful smile before going to get her lunch with another female teacher.
Most of the teachers who eat in the teachers' canteen are single teachers. Those with families go home for lunch. Most single teachers are too lazy to cook for themselves, and besides, the food in the teachers' canteen is not bad.
When Ding saw Zhang Yun smiling at Huang Xiaochuan, he thought of the Hong Kong incident. He nudged Huang Xiaochuan with his elbow and winked at him.
Huang Xiaochuan understood what this guy meant and immediately retorted.
"Alright! Stop squeezing your beady eyes. They're already small, and if you keep squeezing them, they'll disappear!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhe glanced at Ding Yi's face and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Ding Yi, enraged, retorted, "You son of a bitch, what do you know? My eyesight is 20 because I have such focused vision. If I weren't afraid of heights, I would have already become a pilot."
"Since bragging doesn't cost you anything, go ahead and brag!"
Ding Yi: "
Ding Yi really wanted to pin Huang Xiaochuan to the ground and beat him up to vent his anger, but unfortunately, Huang Xiaochuan was tall and strong, so he definitely couldn't beat him in a fight. What was most infuriating was his sharp tongue; if you said one thing to him, he could retort with ten.
After thinking for a long time, Ding Yi decided to eat more at noon, turning his grief and anger into appetite, and eat that bastard Huang Xiaochuan out of house and home.
After dinner, the three of them went to the library. After the start of this semester, they stopped going to their old dormitory.
Chen Zhe would come to the library to read at noon, and when he got tired, he would lie down and take a nap. Following his example, Huang Xiaochuan and Ding Yi also took a nap in the library with Chen Zhe.
Chen Zhe buried himself in his books as usual, and Huang Xiaochuan and Ding Yi went to chat in a quiet corner so as not to disturb him or the others.
"Old Ding, where's your Huan-jie? I haven't seen her since school started. What's wrong? Did Huan-jie dump you?"
"Ugh! You jinx! Are you doing this on purpose? Don't you know my Huan-jie is doing an internship?"
"Oh yeah! I almost forgot about that. Your sister Huan is graduating in three months, right? What happened with the job assignments?"
"Originally, her family planned for her to return to Hangzhou, but I wanted her to stay in Shanghai. Anyway, there are still a few months until her graduation, so there's no rush."
"Is your daughter Huan preparing for the CPA exam? Do you think she'll pass it before graduation?"
When Ding Yi heard Huang Xiaochuan ask this, he immediately put on a proud and arrogant expression.
"Absolutely! Don't you know who my Huan-jie is? It's just a CPA exam! It's nothing!"
In the 1990s and into the early 2000s, the CPA exam wasn't actually that difficult. You can tell from the thickness of the textbooks at the time. The CPA exam textbooks for tax law and accounting in the 1990s were only about one-third the thickness of those in later years. The CPA exam in the 1990s only had 5 subjects, and you were done once you passed all 5. After 2000, it gradually became 6+1, with the textbooks getting thicker and the difficulty increasing, and of course, the value of the certificate also increasing.
Furthermore, back in the 1990s, senior undergraduates could apply to take the CPA exam, so Qi Huan, being a top student, and some of her classmates naturally signed up. However, this was quite demanding, as she had to prepare her graduation thesis, work on her internship, and in her spare time, study for the CPA exam, enjoy reading novels, and keep up with the latest chapters—she had never felt so carefree. No wonder Ding Yi and Qi Huan hadn't been inseparable since the start of this semester.
Ding Yi himself is quite busy, as he has to keep an eye on Hong Kong stocks and also keep up with his studies. He has no intention of following Bill Gates and has no idea of dropping out of school.
According to him, China has always valued education above all else. The social hierarchy of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants is that scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, with scholars being the first to be ranked. This is because only scholars could become officials, and the same applies today.
Although Ding Yi had no intention of entering officialdom, in a society like China that values academic qualifications, a bachelor's degree is always better than a high school diploma, right?
The saying "One converses with learned scholars and has no dealings with uncultured people" illustrates this point.
If he hadn't gone to university, would Ding Yi have been able to meet classmates like Huang Xiaochuan? Would he have achieved what he has today?
Huang Xiaochuan nodded and said, "If your Huan-jie can pass the CPA exam, foreign companies and the Big Four accounting firms will be vying for her. You won't need to worry about her job at all."
"I know, that's why I'm not in a hurry."
In fact, Huang Xiaochuan had a plan: to establish a separate financial audit department. As his company's business grows, he will definitely be unable to manage it all himself, so he will have to hire a professional manager to run the company.
Although Huang Xiaochuan now requires Cao Charlie to hire the Big Four accounting firms for auditing every year, it would be more cost-effective to set up an independent auditing department. This way, any abnormalities in the company can be audited at any time, especially in the supermarket sector in the future. It should be noted that purchasing is the department most prone to problems, and bribery and extortion are common practices in supermarket purchasing in the future.
But now that Huang Xiaochuan is doing this, we have to tighten the reins on procurement and use some supervision and appropriate systems to eliminate this phenomenon. Of course, the money has to be paid properly. If I pay you a high salary and you still cause trouble, Huang Xiaochuan will be quick to retaliate and send you straight to jail. Let them all go inside and work on sewing machines!
In addition, the internal audit and risk control positions that will be established in the future will all require professionals with CAP certification.
Ding Yi then brought up the matter of the store on Huaihai East Road with Huang Xiaochuan.
"I'm going to the auction next week. I've asked around, and none of the other participants are very powerful. It'll be as easy for me to take them all."
Huang Xiaochuan smiled. Ding Yi's words were exaggerated, but they were also true. The corrupt officials in state-owned enterprises were busy eating fatty meat, and they didn't care about things like soupy dishes in the shops!
Ding Yi urged Huang Xiaochuan again: "Hurry up and arrange for someone to come and take a look at the shop, so I can rent it to you as soon as possible and recoup my investment sooner."
"It's already arranged. The expansion department will send someone to assess the market first, and then the partner company will arrange for a designer to conduct an on-site survey and design."
Ding Yi frowned: "Why is it so complicated?"
"Company operation is a science. Even if you open a small shop, you have to consider how many people live in the neighborhood, how many have stable incomes, how many receive retirement pensions, how many are underage children, and calculate their spending power. Otherwise, if you open it rashly, there is a high probability that you will lose money."
Ding Yi was amused by Huang Xiaochuan's words: "Bullshit, what kind of convenience store owner would bother to do market research? That's just asking for trouble!"
"You don't know anything. Blindly launching a business will result in a very high probability of failure. Haven't you seen many small shops that have closed down after a while? You have to be even more careful with an internationally renowned clothing brand. Either don't open it, or if you do, you have to make money, otherwise you'll ruin the brand. It's not easy to build brand awareness, but it's very easy to ruin it."
As the saying goes, "every profession has its own secrets." Ding Yi is good at finance and securities, but he knows nothing about the operation and management of brand companies and fast-moving consumer goods. His reaction is quite normal.