Fortunately, in the nearly one month since Xu Fei arrived in the capital, while the business hadn’t expanded at all, his network of contacts had grown significantly.
What he lacked now was just a specific figure or number.
Ordering a coffee at the viewing platform, Xu Fei sipped it quietly while waiting for the general manager.
About an hour later, the general manager arrived, sweating profusely, holding several reports.
“Mr. Xu, here’s the summary report I put together as per your request!”
Though the general manager had clearly put effort into the report, Xu Fei skimmed through it quickly, focusing only on the final paragraph.
“To put it in numbers, the branch would need to achieve an annual profit of around 100 million to possibly satisfy Ms. Lin at headquarters, but we’re still far off!”
Xu Fei glanced at the report again. Indeed, in the month he’d left the branch to operate independently, the best-case annual profit projection was only about 10 million, roughly ten times short of the target.
Luckily, Xu Fei wasn’t a conventional businessman. If he had to tackle this issue with traditional business methods, it would likely take months to see his wife and child.
“Alright, I got it. You can go now.”
Xu Fei dismissed the general manager and then called Wang Qiang and Su Hong.
These two were valuable connections Xu Fei had painstakingly made in the capital, and he was on good terms with both.
On the phone, Xu Fei explained his current situation to Wang Qiang and Su Hong.
After hearing him out, both chuckled lightly, finding the issue easy to resolve, and acted with generous decisiveness.
Wang Qiang and Su Hong immediately decided to each transfer a medium-sized real estate company and a medium-sized jewellery mall to Xu Fei’s name.
Once the transfer agreements were signed, the combined profits of these two companies, merged under Xu Fei’s capital branch, pushed the projected annual profit to a staggering 300 million!
“No beating around the bush, I owe you both big time for this. Let’s have dinner sometime soon!”
After chatting a bit more with Wang Qiang and Su Hong on the phone, Xu Fei confidently dialled Lin Qingxue’s number.
“Hey, darling, it’s been a while. Miss me?”
Lin Qingxue, as steadfast as ever at her office desk after a decade, was naturally delighted to receive Xu Fei’s call.
“Of course I miss you! But you don’t call, and I don’t want to bother you. How’s things in the capital?”
Hearing Lin Qingxue’s understanding tone, Xu Fei couldn’t help but feel deeply touched, unaware that his wife was equally moved.
Lin Qingxue knew better than anyone how remarkable her husband had become.
Though she was a renowned beauty and CEO in Jiangbei, she couldn’t compare to younger women, especially now as a mother and wife, with a different status altogether.
