Chapter 163: Comprehensive Reform

All the employees in the conference room immediately focused their attention upon hearing this.

Chen Mo gently tapped the table and spoke calmly.

“After observing for the past few days, I’ve realized that because the Canteen, Dormitory, Office Building, and Workshop are somewhat scattered, it’s inconvenient for people to move between them. Therefore, I’ve decided to purchase a batch of electric bikes and place them at the entrances of each Workshop to make it easier for workers to travel between different work locations.”

“Also, since all the office staff have moved to the new Office Building and the new employees have moved to the new Workshop, there will definitely be some things that are not fully prepared yet.”

“Additionally, with the finance and other personnel coming to the company to work, it would be too inconvenient for them to take taxis for business trips. Therefore, we need to purchase four business cars, with a budget of around 60.”

“Li Shen, you’ll be in charge of all these tasks. If there’s anything missing in the Workshops or offices, have them submit it to you.”

“Understood, President Chen.”

Li Shen quickly nodded and hastily began recording Chen Mo’s instructions in his notebook.

“Next, let’s talk about the Canteen. Given the increase in the number of workers, the few chefs we currently have will definitely be overwhelmed, so we need to increase the number of head chefs and assistants. Of course, we also need to add more cleaning staff.”

“As for the number of people to add, just double the current workforce.”

“One more thing, since the company has adopted more than ten dogs, and they’ve been taken care of by the Canteen’s cleaning staff, it’s not ideal. We’ll need dedicated staff to take care of them, including bathing, feeding, deworming, etc. We’ll hire three people for this.”

“Wang Maonian, if you know any chefs, feel free to bring them in. If not, send the job vacancies and required numbers to Human Resources and have them recruit online.”

Chen Mo turned his head to look at Wang Maonian.

Wang Maonian, noticing Chen Mo’s gaze, hurriedly nodded.

After handling these two matters, Chen Mo turned to Jiang Cheng.

“Next, the Workshop. Now that the Workshop has expanded and the staff has increased, the hygiene needs to be enhanced. But since the workers are busy with their tasks, they definitely can’t be expected to clean themselves.”

“Therefore, the Workshop will need dedicated cleaning staff. Jiang Cheng, you’ll need to calculate how many cleaning staff are needed, then report it to Human Resources for online recruitment.”

“Also, the new Workshop has started production, and the Clothing Designers have also arrived to work at the company. I’m sure the Sample Garments will be ready soon. Coordinate well with the Design Department.”

“Understood, President Chen.”

Jiang Cheng responded and then asked:

“President Chen, how many sets of each design should we make for the Sample Garments?”

Now that the Workshop has begun production, but there are still no agents recruited, he is worried that making too many clothes might lead to inventory buildup.

Without hesitation, Chen Mo answered:

“Make as many as you can, as long as the Workshop operates normally.”

At this point, it’s obviously better to make more. If the clothes can’t be sold and accumulate in the warehouse, it’s inevitable that they’ll lose money.

The more clothes they make, the more fabric and materials are consumed, and the greater the loss.

He expanded and transformed the Clothing Factory for this very moment.

From today, the Clothing Factory officially enters the money-burning stage.

“I understand, President Chen.”

Jiang Cheng lowered his head in silence. Although he had some doubts about Chen Mo’s approach, he believed that Chen Mo must have his reasons. What he needed to do was to strictly manage the Workshop staff and ensure that every garment produced was flawless.

“Alright, that’s about it for now. If anyone has any further questions, feel free to raise them.”

Chen Mo finished speaking and looked around at the people in the conference room.

The room became quiet in an instant, and no one spoke.

“Since no one has…”

“Chen… President Chen, I have a question.”

Chen Mo stopped speaking halfway and turned to look toward the source of the voice. He saw Xu Yaning raising her hand nervously, looking at him with a worried expression.

“What’s your question? You can speak up.”

Seeing that President Chen was looking at her, Xu Yaning became even more nervous. She had been at the company for a month, and had only met President Chen once. The rest of the people in the room were strangers to her.

They had directly asked her to attend this meeting, which made her even more anxious.

Taking a deep breath, she tried to calm herself and slowly said:

“President Chen, now that it’s already autumn, should the Design Department produce Sample Garments for winter or for autumn?”

This was a key issue. Since it was already autumn, if they produced Sample Garments for autumn, by the time they went into production and were shipped out, it would be almost time to sell winter clothes, and the autumn garments might not sell for long.

“You can discuss it with Director Jiang. Just make sure the workers in the Workshop have clothes to make.”

Chen Mo thought for a moment. Since he wasn’t planning on selling the clothes anyway, it didn’t matter which season’s clothes they produced. It wouldn’t affect his plan to lose money.

“Understood, President Chen.”

Xu Yaning let out a sigh of relief and sat back down in her chair.

Seeing that Xu Yaning wasn’t asking any more questions, Chen Mo spoke again.

“Does anyone else have any questions?”

“President Chen, I’d like to request something.”

Tang Qiu adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses and spoke slowly.

Chen Mo noticed that it was Lawyer Tang speaking and was a bit startled. Recently, she had been calling him frequently, always asking if there were other tasks for her to handle.

But there were only so many things at the company—there couldn’t possibly be that many tasks for her.

“Lawyer Tang, what’s the matter?”

“President Chen, since we are creating branded clothing, we need to pay attention to the copyright of the clothes produced in our factory. I would like to apply for copyright registration for all the clothing designs created by our designers.”

Tang Qiu said, her face full of anticipation. Over the past period, she had conducted two Legal Awareness Campaigns for Cangxue Games, and then one for the Clothing Factory, after which there hadn’t been any other tasks.

Every time she called Chen Mo, she was just asked to prepare for the next Legal Awareness Campaign. But such campaigns were too simple, and any lawyer could do them.

She had been doing such simple tasks while earning a six-figure salary, and she felt that something wasn’t quite right.

This time, she finally found an opportunity.

Since the Clothing Factory is making branded clothing, the copyright of the designs is extremely important. After all, once a Clothing Factory designer creates a popular piece of clothing that becomes loved by the public, if copyright protection isn’t applied, many counterfeiters will soon appear.

The clothes made by these counterfeiters are usually of poor quality, but they are priced very cheaply and will directly steal a large number of customers who would have bought the original design.

However, once copyright is applied, things will be different. Even if those counterfeiters want to replicate the design, they will have to make more or less some changes.

After all, if the counterfeits are identical, she could use this opportunity to sue for infringement and obtain compensation.