The next day, in the old factory's conference room.
"Mr. Gao!"
"Director Gao!"
"Boss!"
As Gao Fei walked into the conference room, the heads of various departments immediately stood up, but their forms of address were not yet standardized.
"Please sit down!"
After he sat down, everyone took their seats according to rank.
This was the first meeting Gao Fei had convened since acquiring the factory. All department heads were present except for the head of the security department.
Among the more than ten department heads, except for key departments such as accounting, raw materials, and marketing, which had newly hired personnel, the rest of the department heads were old employees from the previous factory.
At the initial stage of the cosmetics factory, although there were risks with old employees, they were much more beneficial to use than new ones.
Risks and benefits coexisted. Under normal circumstances, Gao Fei would have cut ties and hired all new personnel.
However, he could not afford to discard them now. Most of the old employees present were from Chengnan District.
If he were to dismiss everyone, setting aside the trouble Feng Laodeng might cause, these local toughs would likely retaliate fiercely.
Therefore, he could only keep them for now and find ways to phase them out later.
The main purpose of Gao Fei's meeting today was to discuss the resumption of production at the new factory and, most importantly, the production of new perfume products.
After concluding the first half of the meeting, he took out two small glass bottles from his bag and placed them on the table.
"The contents of these bottles are the latest perfumes developed by the R&D department according to my requirements.
They were also developed using all the raw materials currently available in the factory. Please take turns and give your evaluations!"
Gao Fei handed the bottles to Vice Director Ding Yao on his left and Product Department head Wan Liping on his right, asking them to evaluate and then distribute them.
In Ding Yao's opinion, Mr. Gao was a master in anything related to the entertainment industry, such as writing songs and making movies.
However, regarding cosmetics, as a woman, she somewhat doubted that Mr. Gao could develop any good new perfumes.
Wan Liping from the Product Department, sitting opposite, shared the same sentiment as Ding Yao.
She was skeptical about the new perfumes Mr. Gao had led the R&D department to create across different fields.
The two female leaders, half-believing and half-doubting, unscrewed the caps. As soon as they brought their noses closer, their bodies stiffened, and they froze in hesitation.
Ding Yao, holding the bottle, slowly came to her senses and looked at Gao Fei with astonishment, "Boss, did you really lead the R&D department to create this new perfume?
I can hardly believe my nose."
Wan Liping on the right also recovered from her surprise, dripped some perfume onto her hand, and sniffed it again with great concentration.
After careful sniffing and evaluation, her eyes lit up as she looked at Gao Fei and said, "Previous perfumes had a predominant lavender scent.
But this new perfume, not only does it not have any lavender fragrance, but it has a fresh lily scent instead.
Mr. Gao, I can confirm that there is absolutely no such fragrance in any perfume on the market."
The evaluations from the two female leaders caused the other department heads in the back to stare.
Is it really as miraculous as Vice Director Ding and the others described?
Everyone was filled with doubt.
The deputy heads of various departments at the back of the conference table exchanged glances, clearly not quite believing the evaluations of the two female leaders.
Some were even whispering below their breath.
"Isn't Minister Wan exaggerating a bit? Aren't most perfumes on the market based on lavender scent?"
"Vice Director Ding is even more exaggerated. Look at her expression, as if she's never seen the world. It looks a bit ridiculous!"
"In my opinion, the two female leaders are just trying to flatter Mr. Gao. Otherwise, why make such a fuss over a new perfume?"
The deputy heads of the various departments were all old employees of the factory, with only two or three newly hired.
Therefore, these people were very bold when they spoke in hushed tones, showing no respect for the two female leaders at all.
Vice Director Ding Yao and Minister Wan Liping, upon faintly hearing the comments of their subordinates, frowned slightly but did not immediately reprimand them.
They both passed the bottles in their hands down, waiting to see how things would unfold.
The department heads in the back received the bottles handed over by Ding Yao and Wan Liping. As soon as they brought their noses close, a refreshing fragrance immediately wafted into their nostrils.
Everyone who smelled the new perfume had the same expression: first a moment of surprise, followed by astonishment.
By the time the two bottles had circulated throughout the entire conference room, the voices of doubt and skepticism were immediately replaced by exclamations of shock and disbelief.
"There really is no lavender scent. Minister Wan wasn't lying; it's truly a lily scent."
"I underestimated it, I really did. I was too narrow-minded and the one who hadn't seen the world. It's truly a lily scent. I doubt even abroad there are many like this, let alone on the Chinese market."
"I thought Vice Director Ding and the others were just flattering Mr. Gao, but I didn't expect it to be exactly as they said. Moreover, a light lily-scented perfume is absolutely unique on the market."
The deputy heads who had just mocked the two female leaders for flattering the boss were now slapped in the face by the new perfume developed by the R&D department.
Even some of the more thick-skinned old employees chided themselves for their lack of insight, never expecting the factory's R&D department to develop such a distinctive new perfume.
Gao Fei, seated at the head of the table, thoroughly enjoyed seeing everyone's surprised reactions.
A simple innovative perfume could astonish everyone present. If he were to introduce some of the perfumes from his previous life, it would likely leave them all stunned.
After a chorus of surprised exclamations, the conference room gradually returned to quiet.
Ding Yao took back the glass bottle and carefully placed it in front of Gao Fei, asking, "Mr. Gao, how long does the new perfume's fragrance last? Has the R&D department tested it?"
Now that it involved core data, Gao Fei did not immediately answer. Instead, he looked at the deputy heads on both sides.
Noticing the factory director's gaze, everyone understood and stood up, taking their notebooks, and left the conference room.
After everyone had left, Gao Fei took out two documents and placed them on the table, saying, "The data is all here. Please distribute them and review them yourselves."
The more than ten heads present read the data on the documents and were once again stunned, their eyes filled with disbelief.
The documents clearly stated that according to tests by the R&D department, the new light fragrance perfume lasted for five hours.
This was unprecedented data for any new product in any cosmetics company.
With this data, the new perfume could be put into production, requiring only raw materials and distribution channels.
After the meeting, Ding Yao brought Gao Fei some breaking news.
The raw material supplier, Huo Dongcheng, for some unknown reason, would be arriving in the capital tomorrow and had requested a meeting with him.
Upon hearing this news, Gao Fei chuckled inwardly.
The man named Huo could no longer sit still. As long as he came to the capital, it would be his home turf, and Huo would have no choice but to agree to any terms.
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Xinboli Cosmetics Factory.
Feng Kunlin, who had resigned as factory director and resumed his position as deputy director, looked at the documents on the table, first in shock, then deep in thought.
He picked up the document he had read three or four times and murmured, "What is Gao Fei's mind filled with? He developed a new perfume in just a few days.
And he led the effort. This Gao has terrifying capabilities..."