After being unable to do top-ups, Chen Pingsheng didn't plan to give up his fruit business.
The main reason was that he had already figured out this business.
Even if he couldn't make huge profits through random multiplication in the future, he could still make profits through a steady stream.
However, plans couldn't keep up with changes.
After stopping the top-up activity, the previously decided management share allocation plan had to be changed.
This was actually quite normal; his previous decision to give management 49% of shares for free was based on the situation after the top-up activity.
Perhaps this is difficult to understand, but it will be easy to understand from another perspective.
It's like a store he invested one million in.
Within three months, from opening and attracting customers to top-ups.
He completed three million in cash top-ups.
This three million, in addition to recovering costs, also included a large portion of profit.
And this store, because it received several million in advance payments from customers, essentially had two to three million in debt.
For a store that had recovered costs and had several million in debt, he could certainly give management shares for free.
If there were no such debt, there was no doubt that the store's profit would be countless times higher.
Cost recovery would also be much slower.
In this situation, management could still enjoy 49% of the shares.
They just needed to purchase them at the original investment price.
For this, Chen Pingsheng even held a large meeting to announce it.
Stores that had already completed top-ups would not change.
Fruit stores opened in the future would no longer have top-ups, and management would need to purchase shares at the original investment cost.
However, he considered that most of the management was still very young, and their family conditions weren't particularly good, making it difficult to come up with so much money all at once.
It could be deducted from their salaries in advance.
This meant that management could pay half first and enjoy their full dividend.
The remaining half would be deducted from their salaries.
This was already the biggest discount condition he could offer his employees.
Opening stores couldn't stop; once it stopped, the employees' upward mobility would also disappear.
This greatly affected employee motivation.
The speed of opening stores in the future would not be so fast, probably increasing by five to eight stores each month.
Based on the experience they had accumulated in the fruit industry, the stores opened in the future were highly likely not to lose money.
The goal for the next year was to gradually expand from the Fourth Ring Road to the Second Ring Road.
If the fruit stores were opened to one or two hundred in Beijing, not only would he accumulate more management experience.
Even the annual profit of Tengsheng Fruit would not be less than a small target per year.
He was still slowly working towards this goal.
Everything else remained unchanged; it was as it was.
From now on, he would probably take out three million from his own pocket to open stores every month.
The other shareholders at the Headquarters would also contribute three million, and the store management would contribute about the same.
This money would likely be used to continuously open stores.
The reason for not using profits to open stores was, firstly, it was too slow.
Secondly, his wife Song Yanxi would not be able to receive profits from Tengsheng Fruit for a long time.
Although the money wasn't a lot, it could easily affect her mood.
That wouldn't be good.
So he thought about it and decided to pay out of his own pocket.
If a fruit supermarket was run well, it could operate continuously for decades.
If nothing unexpected happened in the future, it might even be passed down to Chen Anan.
After settling the matters of Tengsheng Fruit, Chen Pingsheng decided to officially establish Tengying Entertainment Investment Company in the Second Ring Road.
Investing in the Entertainment Circle had a golden finger, so it would definitely be more profitable than fruit that couldn't do top-ups.
He was essentially going wherever the money was.
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october 25th.
After finishing the matters of Tengsheng Fruit, Chen Pingsheng officially drove to the Second Ring Road.
Beijing had forty to fifty large and small film and television production bases, including the famous August First Film Studio, Hengdian World Studios, Putuo Film City, etc.
As for the largest film and television production base in China, Hengdian World Studios, it was in Zhejiang.
This time, he also specifically accepted a ride-sharing order.
If you had to talk about the hottest startup project now, it would still be the Internet.
Valuations could reach tens of billions after just a few years.
Unfortunately, he couldn't even figure out how to use a computer, let alone start a business on the Internet.
However, to avoid being left behind, it was still best to try to interact with it more.
He had switched back to the Mercedes-Benz Brabus for his daily commute, the big van.
The main reason was to take care of his pregnant wife, and besides, this was a two-million-plus MPV, and the driving experience was also very good.
Ride-sharing, as the name suggests, was all about going in the same direction.
It was deeply loved by young people and was much cheaper than regular taxis.
From Shijing Mountain to Dongcheng District in the Second Ring Road, it was over twenty kilometers.
A normal taxi ride would cost at least seventy to eighty yuan, and if there was traffic, it could easily exceed a hundred.
Ride-sharing was different; the price was fixed at twenty-five yuan.
DiDi was still in the promotion phase, and the platform had various subsidies.
It would only cost a little over ten yuan after calculation.
Chen Pingsheng had also taken a few orders before and understood these rules.
When he arrived at the passenger's destination, he didn't see the young girl with a shoulder bag and proactively called her.
"Hello, I'm here, where are you?"
"I'm right under the tree, I don't see your car."
Her voice was quite pleasant; she was probably a young girl.
"It's a black car with a B logo, it's quite noticeable, how could you not see it?"
"Ah~ are you the big black car with its hazard lights on?"
Bai Xin was stunned for a moment; she wasn't some young girl who had just entered society.
On the contrary, she was a top student at the Beijing Film Academy.
How could this kind of car be used for picking up people? A Brabus V-Class was usually the dedicated nanny car for top stars.
She saw through it at a glance; this must be a luxury car driver secretly doing private jobs.
She just didn't know who his Boss was?
Bai Xin lived up to her name, being both fair and beautiful.
She wore a pair of tight green jeans and a white jacket on top.
The temperature in Beijing was in the teens now, so people usually wore jackets when going out.
She didn't sit in the front passenger seat but in the second row.
Chen Pingsheng asked her, "Girl, are you going to the film studio to shoot a movie?"
"Yes, Uncle, I already know you're a driver."
Bai Xin said, blinking her beautiful eyes; her eyelashes were quite long, and blinking made her look quite cute.
The meaning was clear: don't try to strike up a conversation with me; I won't fall for a driver Uncle.
Chen Pingsheng was awkward: "Girl, don't misunderstand, I'm also half an entertainment worker, maybe we're in the same line of work."
"You're also in the Entertainment Circle?"
Bai Xin's eyes lit up, "Is your Boss a big star?"
"Zhao Liying, heard of her?"
"Her?" Bai Xin was surprised: "Your Boss is Zhao Liying? That doesn't make sense. She's been a background actor for several years, and it seems she only found a backer this year to invest in her as the lead. However, the low-budget TV series she filmed before was very successful after being aired on a local channel."
"It's a pity, that local channel's influence is still too small. If it were aired in Beijing, or on a high-rated TV station like Mango TV, maybe she would have become an instant hit. But now she's filming the female-led drama lu zhen legend."
She was indeed also in the Entertainment Circle.
"Uncle, since you're her driver, you should know the backer behind her, right?"
Bai Xin asked curiously, Chen Pingsheng smiled faintly: "Why, do you also want him to invest?"
"How could I? I just heard that her backer is an outsider and his investment reputation is quite good, at least he doesn't sleep with the female lead just because he invests money, unlike others."
Chen Pingsheng asked curiously: "In your industry, is it true that as long as you invest money, you can sleep with them?"
Bai Xin shook her head: "Not necessarily, at least some are not allowed. Those are the ones who can guarantee viewership. For ordinary ones that can't guarantee making money, if they don't give up something, why should they be the lead?"
"Uncle, although there are many beautiful women in the Entertainment Circle, don't be envious, it's not that easy to get by."
This girl Bai Xin looked a bit cold, but once she started talking, she was like a chatterbox.
She could talk to you about everything under the sun.
Since she was at the Beijing Film Academy, she heard more gossip about the Entertainment Circle.
In the Entertainment Circle, it wasn't just beautiful women who were subjected to unspoken rules; those very handsome male stars were also the same.
The main reason was that the orientation of many big shots in the circle was somewhat niche.
With the resources thrown at them by those big shots, many male stars couldn't avoid their backdoors being invaded.
Chen Pingsheng's butt tightened as he listened, secretly sighing that the water in the Entertainment Circle was very deep.