Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 800 - 430 Everyone Needs to Learn

Chapter 800: Chapter 430 Everyone Needs to Learn

Yan Sanfen, who became obsessed with learning foreign languages, soon lost the chance to show off his language skills—once he entered the cattle ranch, he got busy with all sorts of trivial matters that weren’t worth discussing over the phone. Although they were minor issues, he still had to hear out his employees’ opinions as the boss.

Also, he wasn’t at ease with the new cows that had been brought to the ranch recently until he could see them for himself. So, it was non-stop until dinner time, and even while eating, they were still talking business...

There were many issues, but most of them only required a sentence or two to resolve.

With a heap of trivial matters piling up, it was almost bedtime when Heizi started to go through recent cattle purchases with Yan Fei, who finally lost his patience, "Weren’t you handling these things yourself before? Just keeping track of expenditures, and now we have accountants; just hand it over to them. Are you becoming timid after getting married, Heizi? It seems you need to run everything by me again. Are you jealous that I went to Hong Kong and didn’t take you along?"

"And as for Brother Fa’s business selling beef jerky, it’s fine whether we lose money or make money. We don’t have much beef left anyway, making jerky is just for practice. Soon, we’ll be making more and more beef jerky, and in two or three months, we’ll be busy with that as well."

"All these things at the ranch are things you guys can do on your own. You know what to do; what’s with everyone suddenly changing their tune and needing to report everything to me upon my return? What’s really going on?"

Yan Fei was right; it wasn’t his first time being away, but he never felt bombarded with issues like this time. The staff kept growing, so why did it seem like there was more for him to do?

Seeing everyone quiet, Heizi braved a response, "Isn’t our Cow Flower Company getting bigger? We thought we needed some rules for everything; we can’t just be casual about it, can we?"

"Cow Flower Company? It’s still just us, and the main thing we do hasn’t changed—it’s still the cattle ranch. Other than having more cattle, what’s the difference?" Yan Fei was utterly frustrated. "When the company grows, you should be dealing with more, not me. So, what, if we need a new branch because the ranch isn’t enough, am I expected to start it up too?"

He was just short of saying, "If I do everything, then what do I need you for?"

Seeing that he was getting frustrated, the others fell silent. Xu Xiaoyan, who had not said a word so far, simply tugged at him, "Let’s talk about this later! Everyone just do as before, and think it over tonight. We’ll discuss any new ideas later."

After she spoke, she took him back to his room in the polytunnel.

It was also a bit of a fluke; the cattle ranch had been rapidly developing, and everyone had started feeling the pressure unintentionally. Plus, with his trip to Hong Kong, it didn’t help that two people had come snooping around the ranch—luckily everyone still thought the Japanese visitor was a fugitive, otherwise, the psychological pressure would have been even greater.

When he was around before, he’d deal with problems directly and quickly. He was absent for just a few days this time, and it just so happened that problems arose. That the others managed to handle it was partly luck. Consequently, everyone felt that the boss was still the boss, and without him, they were indeed lost.

The main issue was that none of them had dealt with big scenes and lacked experience. The ranch had now grown to the point where even the deputy mayor of the city took notice, making headlines and TV news. They feared messing up—adding unnecessary pressure on themselves. They had all started out at the cattle ranch with just a handful of cows; the only thing that changed was the numbers on the books.

But larger numbers were intimidating. Take Heizi as an example: he used to buy a few cattle at a time, pay off the account, and then wash his hands of it. Now, he bought more and more cattle. Being away for a little over a week, Yan Fei found out that, after doing the sums one evening with his wife, he was shocked to see they had spent a substantial amount—nearly two or three hundred thousand...

Pang Fa was also under great stress, managing the production of beef jerky. With limited beef available, selling the jerky was a loss, and it was more profitable to sell the meat directly on the street.

Lin Yumei was no exception; she was responsible for recording the cattle’s movements in and out of the ranch. She was stressed, seeing the small record book already filling up in just a short time.

Not only them, but even Xiang Rui was under pressure, though she had already gone home that evening. Otherwise, she too would have shown her accounts to Yan Fei. If Heizi alone handled such an amount of money, imagine the other expenses—Xiang Rui, the accountant, would be afraid of making errors.

The reason Yan Fei was annoyed was because he saw the cattle ranch grow step by step with everyone’s help. The tasks that needed handling were still the same; seemingly larger in scope, but essentially the same. It’s still about the ranch, with no real change.

He had no idea that everyone was feeling pressured now, particularly as his operation kept expanding. Even sneaking away to Hong Kong with his wife put people under pressure—in Sancha River, few had ever set foot in a big city. Someone who had spent days in a big city and returned would feel superior. Not only did the person who traveled feel that way, but so did the people around them, subconsciously.

Moreover, the city Yan Fei was heading to was an international metropolis that most people had only ever seen on TV or in the movies.

But for someone who flew across two provinces just to plant a few trees in the yard, this trip didn’t really make him feel any ’taller.’ It was purely because others insisted on seeing him that way; he himself didn’t feel it at all.

Miss Xu Xiaoyan didn’t see this issue either. After returning, she said to Yan Fei, "Do you think the incident just now was because there are more and more people at the cattle farm, and you haven’t clearly assigned them duties?"

"Assign what duties?" Yan Fei was a bit puzzled. "Everyone has their own tasks. Who does what has always been the same, and aside from Brother Fa taking over a new bunch of matters, isn’t everything else pretty clear?"

Xu Xiaoyan explained to him, "You need to say it out loud. The company was small before, but now that it’s growing, things must be made clear. For example, Heizi often handles external affairs; anything to do with selling cattle is under his control. You let him run around for various things, so you should clearly tell everyone. And then there’s Ma Chao in charge of brewing, Aunt Yu Mei responsible for registration; we know these things, but others don’t!"

"So what do you suggest we do? Write it on a piece of paper and put it up?" Yan Fei was a little confused.

"Are you dense? Have you forgotten that you’ve received a business card? What was written on it? If you want to clarify everyone’s duties, just give them a title. Most of these people are now managing things. We can divide them into departments; for Old Ou, who drives, you can give him the title of manager for the transportation department. If ever we run out of vehicles in the future and buy new ones, the drivers who come will be under his management. Brother Fa, Heizi, Ma Chao, and Aunt Yu Mei, it’s not too much to give them each a manager’s title, is it?"

Xu Xiaoyan had thought things through quite extensively. After all, she had attended school outside, and even if she didn’t deal with these matters, she had been exposed to them. She knew what she was talking about, "There’s also accounting and finance. Your aunt is the head of the finance department, and if one accountant isn’t enough in the future, she’ll manage any new ones directly. With such division, everyone will know their responsibilities, and won’t you have nothing to do?"

After hearing this, Yan Fei finally understood and quickly found some paper and pen to start writing.

The two of them discussed the matter, and before long, the cattle farm had produced a group of managers. In fact, this should have been done a while ago; it was just that no one had brought it up, and everyone had been muddling through as they worked.

After writing it all down, the young lady made another suggestion: "I think you need to increase their enthusiasm, encourage them to read more books, and grasp more cultural knowledge. I feel that they always come to you for everything because they lack confidence. If you let them learn more, it would not only benefit them but also be good for the cattle farm. It’s a win-win situation..."

"Do you think this group of people would really have the mindset to study?" Yan Fei thought that this was just the young lady’s wild fantasy.

"Move them with emotion, convince them with reason, tempt them with benefits," replied the young lady with experience; that’s what she did with Yan Fei, except she usually didn’t tempt with benefits but with charm. "And the last resort is, learning can be forgiven, but not being willing to learn at all cannot. Those who don’t even try, you punish. They’re not illiterate, and we’re not asking them to just cram for class; we’re allowing them to work and learn theory on the side, which is much easier than rote learning in a classroom..."

"So what do you think they should learn?" Yan Fei was speechless about the young lady’s suggestion.

"Economics, management, human resources, law, trade, cattle farming knowledge—anything can be learned. If all else fails, get some self-study or adult education textbooks; it’s not mainly about gaining that little bit of knowledge, but about broadening everyone’s perspective. The more books they read, the broader their perspective becomes. What they lack is not practical experience; as the company grows, they’ll encounter all sorts of issues. Learning some theory now won’t be a waste at all."

"Alright then, we can’t expect them to get any degree, but at least they could read a few more books. It wouldn’t be bad if they didn’t swear all the time or get abusive at the slightest provocation; it really isn’t proper." Before, Yan Fei hadn’t noticed, but now, after stepping out and seeing how other companies’ employees worked compared to his own people, it felt like comparing scholars to bandits!

"You’re thinking the right way now. People need pressure to be motivated, and they also need incentives. You have to provide them with motivation. Anyway, take your time to think about it, that’s all from me. You’re better at dealing with them than I am, there’s nothing else I can do!" The young lady said and went off to wash up and sleep, leaving Yan Fei alone to ponder deeply.

That night, Yan Fei truly exhausted a lot of brain cells. Even while entering the dinosaur world to hunt dinosaurs and stew their meat, while feeding the tigers, while eating— he thought about it all, truly investing a lot of effort for these people.

After all, personality decides. He had never considered hiring some educated people once the business grew, letting his current crew just keep going as they were.

Everyone had started out with him, working day after day without a word of complaint, doing their best whether they were skilled or not, whether they did well or poorly. In the future, even if their abilities proved too limited to handle things independently, he still hoped they could become little managers, at least not remaining as cow dung shovelers when most people had become leaders.

It was only when lying in bed that Yan Fei remembered he should at least learn a few more phrases of Japanese consistently—for the big picture, it was something to persist with...