Having recruited Wang Qidong during the day, he then brought a group of relatives on board that night. Wu Jun’s team was expanding rapidly.
Wu Jun also informed everyone of his plan to form his own transport team. He mentioned he already had a suitable person in charge and would start recruiting in the next few days to ensure timely deliveries.
For the current market size, Wang Qidong could handle it alone. But after tonight, the sales team had ballooned from just Wu Jun to the entire Ma family. Even if he had three heads and six arms, he wouldn’t be able to manage everything. Recruiting delivery staff was now imperative.
Bian Xuedao suggested, "With more and more people, we can’t just be a disorganized mess like we are now. Cousin Wu Jun, have you thought about starting a company?"
Starting a company wasn’t a simple matter. It required an office space, a business license, an organization code certificate, a trademark registration certificate, proof of assets from a bank, and all sorts of other documents.
Wu Jun had been working solo on the road lately and was incredibly busy. He couldn’t even manage his small supermarket, leaving it all for Xu Fei to handle. The delivery guys from the logistics companies had all started assuming she was the boss’s wife.
He had plans to start a company but lacked the energy to put them into action.
After tonight, he wasn’t alone anymore. It was time to put starting a company on the agenda.
"I’ll find someone to handle the company registration tomorrow, and I’ll rent a space as soon as possible." Speaking of registering the company, Wu Jun thought of someone: Chen Lin.
Ever since they watched that movie together, he’d been buried in a pile of problems, both in real life and in the game, so they hadn’t been in touch much.
Chen Lin’s company specialized in handling these exact services, and she was very competent. ’Should I try to poach her, too?’ Wu Jun wondered.
He’d been selling rice for a while now, but all he had was a trademark. He hadn’t gotten around to getting the various certifications.
In today’s world, you could never have too many certifications. Things like organic certification, trace element analysis, pesticide residue testing, heavy metal testing, PONY testing, and so on. With these certificates, customers would feel more at ease buying his product, and he’d also be prepared for any inspections.
He could hand over the entire certification process to Chen Lin. It was her area of expertise.
A company needed more than just a sales team; it needed a full support staff. Someone had to attend all the various meetings held by the local administrative committee to stay on top of their directives.
Wu Jun had no intention of personally handling minor tasks like taking orders and arranging deliveries forever. Once the company was established, he would definitely create the necessary departments and delegate those responsibilities, becoming a hands-off boss.
All in all, starting a company was no simple matter.
"Have you thought of a name for the company yet?" Ma Siyu asked curiously.
Wu Jun said, "I’m not telling you. I’m afraid you’ll go and register it first."
"Tch, as if I’d care. Even if I went through all the trouble of registering it, I’d just have to let you use it anyway. It’d be a thankless task." Ma Siyu rolled her eyes and picked up her chopsticks to eat.
Wu Jun had ordered a total of 28 dishes for tonight’s meal, including all her favorites. ’At least he has some conscience,’ she thought.
"Let her eat. Now, let’s continue with the market analysis." Wu Jun went on, "Besides restaurants of all sizes, we can also expand into markets like the cafeterias of large enterprises and public institutions, schools, guesthouses, and so on..."
Although Wu Jun hadn’t done much of this yet, he had thought about it a lot. He held nothing back from his relatives, sharing all the ideas he hadn’t had time to implement.
The group dove into a lively discussion, with everyone chiming in. Although Ma Siyu wasn’t joining Wu Jun’s venture, she occasionally contributed, offering several very constructive suggestions.
After discussing the business matters, Wu Jun assigned territories to everyone.
Shimen City might be a bit rundown, but it was still a low-tier second-tier city. It had four main urban districts and over a dozen subordinate districts and counties. For now, Wu Jun was focusing on the four main urban districts, planning to devour this large cake first.
Through a drawing of lots, his eldest aunt’s family got Chang’an District. They would be responsible for business development there, with his eldest uncle-in-law, Chen Xuehai, being promoted from the owner of a small breakfast stall to the Chang’an District Marketing Manager.
His second aunt’s family drew Qiaoxi District, and they internally nominated his cousin-in-law, Bian Xuedao, to be in charge.
His youngest uncle drew Yu Hua District, becoming Manager Ma.
Even though none of them had a single subordinate, they all held the title of "Manager." It was a leadership position, no matter how small. The group was full of ambition, ready to make their mark. For the first time, Bian Xuedao felt like he truly belonged to the large Ma Family.
Wu Jun had been working the Xinhua District for the past few days. He had originally planned to assign it to Ma Siyu, along with the clients he had already secured. But since that rascal wouldn’t join him, the district was now vacant.
After settling all the business, the meal came to an end. The six men had finished three bottles of liquor, so Wu Jun gave each of the three families one of the remaining three bottles to take home.
Wu Jun paid the bill. By the time they left the Shimen Grand Hotel, it was already past ten at night. After agreeing to meet at the warehouse in Xiao’anshe the next day, the group said their goodbyes downstairs.
Of the three bottles drunk, Wu Jun had finished one himself. "If you drink, don’t drive." He remembered the cautionary tale of Xu Penghui, so he left his pickup truck in the parking lot and took a taxi back to Tianyuan Estate.
When he reached the supermarket entrance and fumbled in his pocket, Wu Jun realized he’d forgotten his keys when he changed his clothes.
’Good thing Xu Fei moved in,’ he thought, ’or else I’d have to call a locksmith.’
Wu Jun raised his hand and knocked. After nearly a minute, footsteps sounded from inside the supermarket.
The supermarket door opened. Xu Fei stood just inside, dressed in pajamas and slippers, holding a damp towel to her dripping hair. Her little face was flushed red, looking very alluring...
"Brother Wu, you’re back," Xu Fei greeted him, her face blushing. She had just been in the shower and had scrambled to get dressed and open the door when she heard his knock.
"Sorry, I forgot my keys..." Seeing how Xu Fei was dressed, Wu Jun realized what she had been doing and said awkwardly.
"Come on in, Brother Wu. I’ll go make some soup to help you sober up." Xu Fei stepped aside to let him in, then turned and headed for the kitchen.
Wu Jun quickly said, "Don’t trouble yourself, Xu Fei. You go finish your shower. I’ll take a quick shower later, and the alcohol will wear off. I didn’t drink much."
"It’s no trouble, it’ll be quick," Xu Fei said before heading into the kitchen.
Since he couldn’t dissuade her, Wu Jun had no choice but to sit in the boss’s chair behind the cash register and wait for her sober-up soup.
Xu Fei busied herself in the kitchen for about ten minutes before bringing out a bowl of thick rice congee for Wu Jun.
Thick congee can help with sobering up and is also easy on the stomach. Since the store had Hongyun Rice, the congee she made was even more effective.
After drinking it, Wu Jun felt a warmth spread through his stomach, and his whole body felt hot.
"Thanks for the trouble, Xu Fei. I’m going to lie down in my room for a bit. I’ll come out to wash up later." After finishing the congee, Wu Jun stood up to wash the bowl in the kitchen, but Xu Fei snatched it from him.
Wu Jun shook his head and smiled. ’Now even my right to wash dishes has been taken away.’ He turned helplessly and walked toward the room where he slept.
This room was used to store daily necessities and had to be open for business during the day. When Wu Jun got up in the morning, he would roll up his bedding and put it under a shelf. But when he entered the room now, he saw that his bed had already been made.
’Well, now I’m really turning into Young Master Wu, who has his clothes laid out and meals served to him.’
He lifted his hand to check the time. It was almost eleven at night, which meant the game’s production had already been calculated.
Wu Jun was still thinking about the rare-quality paddy field he’d been awarded the previous night. He locked the door, pulled the phone linked to [Resource Tycoon] out of his pocket.
He unlocked it with his fingerprint, opened the game interface, and went to the inventory page.
Wu Jun saw two piles of rice in his inventory. One was 23 tons, labeled "Regular Rice."
The other pile was only 1 ton, labeled "Premium Rice."
’This Premium Rice... could it be even higher quality than Hongyun Rice?’
His heart pounding with excitement, Wu Jun tapped "Withdraw Premium Rice," entered "1 bag" for the quantity, and aimed the phone’s camera at the floor.
WHOOSH! A bag of rice appeared on the floor.
"What was that, Brother Wu? Are you okay?" Xu Fei had just finished washing the dishes in the kitchen. Hearing a noise from Wu Jun’s room as she passed by, she called out with a worried expression.
Wu Jun replied awkwardly through the door, "I’m fine... I was bored lying here, so I practiced a ’salted fish flip’."
"Oh, okay then..." Xu Fei turned and walked toward the bathroom, looking completely bewildered.
’Isn’t it a ’carp flip’? Why did he say ’salted fish’?’
’I must have remembered it wrong. If Brother Wu says it’s ’salted fish,’ then ’salted fish’ it is.’