After the rough battery safety tests, the managers returned to their respective posts.
Only Ji Shenghai, head of the Sales Department, was summoned alone to Xu Yifan's office at the factory.
Xu Yifan invited him to sit down, then took his own seat behind the desk.
Xu Yifan turned to Lin Wanxia and said, "Please bring us two cups of tea."
Only after his secretary had trotted off to get the tea did Xu Yifan turn back and begin the conversation.
"Tell me how preparations are going for the Jiuzhou Automobile direct-sales stores."
Ji Shenghai answered earnestly, "As you instructed, I took the thirty-two sales staff from our Jiuzhou Stores in Jiangzhou and two nearby cities and, using the store manager list you provided, organized them into teams of one manager and three experienced salespeople.
"They've been assigned across eight cities in Xichuan Province, including the provincial capital, Chengdu, to establish new Jiuzhou Automobile Factory direct-sales stores.
"Except in Baiyun City, we've found parking areas and driving practice lots in all the cities and finished the preliminary preparations. We're ready to begin sales as soon as the Jiuzhou Mini arrives.
"We've now completed most of the initial preparations for opening the stores and done some basic renovations. Including the Jiuzhou Stores and the stores in the two nearby cities, we'll have twelve stores after the New Year, covering the larger cities in Xichuan Province."
The pretty secretary brought in two cups of hot tea. Xu Yifan turned to her and said, "All right, go take a break, and please close the door behind you."
After the secretary left, Xu Yifan fell into thought.
Then he continued speaking to Ji Shenghai. "Good. Follow up with Baiyun City. If it comes to it, sorry for the trouble, but you may have to