Chapter 843: Chapter 352 Doomed? I Don’t Care If You Die

By the time Su Huai finally wrapped up most of his work, it was already June of 2017.

Time flew by like a white horse galloping through a crack, taking away the chill and spring breeze, and with it, the last traces of youthful immaturity in him.

Countless things happened throughout the process, some big, some small, some insignificant, and some profoundly impactful for the entire company.

The three most important events were undoubtedly the spring recruitment, the preliminary construction of the supply chain, and preparations for the software’s expansion overseas.

As for male and female top influencers, they didn’t rank high in overall planning.

In mid-March, Xingyu leveraged the constant trending of Yuji’s hot searches to kick off the spring recruitment, heading straight for the elite universities.

Compared to internet giants, Xingyu’s offers were evidently less attractive in terms of status, but the people they wanted were very specific.

They didn’t aim to compete with the big companies for popular majors; as long as you graduated from Qingbei and were willing to join, you were welcome.

Additionally, for majors like psychology, law, marketing, journalism, and management from 985 universities–fields notoriously difficult for finding relevant jobs–Xingyu welcomed everyone without hesitation.

Su Huai’s thinking was, “I want your capacity to learn and your ambition to achieve something great. Once you’re here, everything can be cultivated gradually!”

We must acknowledge the objective reality: middle schoolers constantly hanging out online might be sharp, but they’re limited in their scope, while even the least prepared students from Qingbei can pick up industry knowledge and flexibly adapt.

Setting aside rare exceptions, most high-quality talent comes from outstanding schools.

After wrapping up this round of spring recruitment, Xingyu added over 700 employees. While it still couldn’t alleviate the frantic overtime situation, the structure Su Huai initially envisioned was finally close to taking shape.

Namely: a four-tier system combining agents and operations.

The agent advancement system included: classroom homeroom teacher, multi-role assistant, team supervisor, and full external representative.

The operations advancement system included: specialized instructor, data analyst, strategist, and advisor.

Agents’ roles gradually expanded outward, while operations’ roles moved inward. Once both reached the S-level, they became support roles, serving the influencers’ intentions directly.

This model was highly systematic, but it also set extremely high demands for the employees.

Over 700 graduates from 985 universities entered, most starting from the C-level. It remained uncertain how many would rise through the ranks to reach the S-level.

Su Huai couldn’t control this; he had given them everything they needed–it was up to their talent and drive now.

After the spring recruitment, Xingyu experienced a brief period of chaos but quickly adjusted, ready to embark on its next journey.

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The second major event was the preliminary construction of the supply chain.

Liu Zhongliang had been working tirelessly on this for over half a year, and there were finally some results.

The term “supply chain” has always evaded a definitive explanation–even in later years–remaining more of a conceptual framework, far more than just supplier integration.

Su Huai’s approach to building the supply chain was goal-oriented.

In essence: What did Xingyu aim to achieve with the supply chain?

Initial goal: Help Zhang Dayi sell women’s clothing more effectively.

Intermediate goal: Enhance the sales capabilities, reach, and value of e-commerce influencers like Li Jiaqi.

Advanced goal: Assist influencers like Li Ziqi in creating their own brands, enabling precise sales, targeted marketing, and efficient management.

Ultimate goal: Launch Xingyu Select, with proprietary brands at its core, incorporating agricultural products and offering a spectrum of low, mid, and high-tier items for online sales. From product selection to delivery, storage, shipping, and after-sales service–the entire cycle would be seamless.

Reversing the approach from these four-level objectives clarified the supply chain construction: self-owned factories were obviously unfeasible, and self-owned logistics weren’t necessary for now.

Thus, the current achievements could roughly be summarized as follows–

1. Some 700+ brands and 400+ OEM factories were shortlisted, establishing Xingyu’s supplier partnership directory.

2. Partnerships were formed with several warehousing and logistics companies, allowing all company influencers to benefit from discounts.

3. A comprehensive product inspection department was set up to supervise and perform quality checks on selected items.

4. An independent customer service department was established, operated in-house rather than outsourced, handling all external inquiries and complaints for Xingyu.

5. Supply chain management software was developed, enabling seamless oversight of the full process.

As a result, Zhang Dayi’s clothing business became remarkably streamlined. No matter what type of clothing she wanted to produce, she could simply swipe through her tablet and immediately know the best materials, hardware, the most suitable factory, optimal shipping channels, and increased or maximum production capacity…

Li Jiaqi was now gaining popularity–still far from his peak, but his name was known.

Primarily focused on beauty products, he wasn’t limited to collaborations with L’Oreal; all external brands were vetted by the company, drastically reducing his workload.

Li Ziqi was still a work in progress. She was rather popular abroad, but not to the point where she could immediately drive product sales.

Her video output was too low, so there was no rush. For now, the company had dispatched people to assist her in conducting formula experiments for three products.

These included spicy noodles, snail noodles, and rice noodles.

All were fast-moving consumer goods, with modest aspirations and no hurry–she worked steadily on adjusting flavor profiles for broader appeal and cost evaluations.

Meanwhile, the process itself was recorded on video. Ziqi stated, “If it takes a year to get it right, then we’ll take a year. If it doesn’t work in a year, then two or three years. Once it’s ready and everyone is satisfied, we’ll release it.”

She had never been one for rushing to exploit trends. Despite the setback caused by Weini, which dealt a heavy blow to her, she hadn’t abandoned her patient approach to work.

Another noteworthy update: Quanquan had finally been granted permission to start filming videos.