Chapter 733: Public Pass Offline Payment Business

With Cheng Xiao Xiao watching, the number of connections seeking to enter Public Pass Payment Co., Ltd. indeed decreased a lot. But the trouble did not therefore stay away from Chen Yang.

Three days later, Director Huo Yunyan of the Provincial State-owned Assets Commission personally appeared in Chen Yang's office.

Seeing Huo Yunyan's displeased expression, Chen Yang immediately rose to greet her. "Director Huo, if there's anything, just give me a call; why bother coming in person?"

These past few days, Huo Yunyan had arranged for several of her confidants to enter Public Pass Payment Co., Ltd., but Cheng Xiao Xiao turned them all away on the grounds of mismatched expertise, leaving her fuming. At this moment, she had no pleasant expression for Chen Yang.

"Chairman Chen, Kong Qiming has no financial management experience at all, yet you directly transferred him to be manager of the Market Department. The Board of Directors has strong objections, and they've all complained to me."

Chen Yang had already heard that Huo Yunyan had been turned away by Cheng Xiao Xiao, and upon hearing this, he immediately guessed she was making an issue out of nothing. He spoke gently and smiled: "Director Huo, although Kong Manager lacks financial management experience, he participated in the preliminary work when Public Pass applied for its payment license, and he is quite familiar with the company's current senior management."

"Let him temporarily serve as Market Department Manager, mainly to help General Manager Cheng become familiar with the company more quickly."

Huo Yunyan frowned even more upon hearing this, and said displeasedly: "The Provincial State-owned Assets Commission and the four major banks invested sixty billion yuan, yet you let two people with no management experience serve as CEO and Market Department Manager—isn't that a bit childish?"

Seeing her deep resentment toward Cheng Xiao Xiao, Chen Yang deliberately lowered his voice and said: "Director Huo, I have reported this matter to Secretary Cheng and Governor Liu, and they had no objections."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yunyan's expression instantly became complicated. If Secretary Cheng really wanted to arrange a CEO position for his own niece, she wouldn't dare to oppose it even if she had ten times the courage!

"Since Secretary Cheng is willing to give young people a chance, I have no objection. But the investment in Public Pass is of great importance; as Chairman, you absolutely cannot remain a hands-off manager. If something goes wrong, don't blame just me—Secretary Cheng would be implicated too!" Seeing that she couldn't get through to Cheng Xiao Xiao, Huo Yunyan turned her focus to Chen Yang.

Chen Yang immediately assured her: "Director Huo, if General Manager Cheng and Kong Manager's work is unsatisfactory and fails to meet the directors' requirements, even without your reminder I will convene the Board of Directors to vote and elect a more suitable candidate."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yunyan's emotions eased somewhat.

Seeing the situation, Chen Yang seized the moment to say: "Director Huo, the company is still in the early stages of restructuring, its internal structure is not yet mature, and in some aspects it may still be unable to meet the directors' requirements. Once the Old Hundreds Financial Building is officially put into use, the company will also move to new office premises. By then, we will further refine the division of responsibilities within the management department. We also hope the directors will recommend capable individuals without avoidance of relatives, and strongly support participation in the company's future development."

"Alright, then I'll give you one year. If after a year there are no results, don't blame me for acting by the book." Seeing that she had an excuse, Huo Yunyan no longer dwelled on Chen Yang's personnel decisions.

This time, the Provincial State-owned Assets Commission and the four major banks invested in Public Pass Payment Co., Ltd. because of Chen Yang's investment ability. If they had opposed it from the start, that would be slapping themselves in the face.

Therefore, even if she was unhappy inside, she had to endure it for now.

Out of respect, Chen Yang still accompanied Huo Yunyan on a tour of the various departments, and meanwhile introduced Kong Qiming to her.

Huo Yunyan asked Kong Qiming several professional questions, and upon seeing that he could answer fluently, she felt a bit surprised.

Bear in mind, before coming she had conducted a thorough investigation, confirming that Kong Qiming had been temporarily transferred from a matchmaking website to the Market Department, and only then used that as an excuse to find fault with Chen Yang. Who would have thought that in just a few days he would already have entered work mode?

At this moment, she actually felt a bit relieved that Chen Yang had not confronted her head-on. If things blew up, even the Party Secretary of Qingshui City, who acts very principled, would probably not give her a pleasant face either.

Qingshui City's economic development speed over the past two years has been very fast, already ranking among the top three in the province. If this pace continues, Kong Jie, even without a promotion, would have the chance to be elevated to a provincial Party Standing Committee member.

She would have to be out of her mind to want to make such an enemy for herself.

To ease the embarrassment, Huo Yunyan quickly found an excuse and left.

After seeing her off, Chen Yang immediately summoned Kong Qiming to his office.

"Kong Manager, I plan to launch the Public Pass offline payment service at the offline chain stores of Old Hundreds Agricultural Products Trading Company and Tianqi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Please coordinate with the Technical Department to produce a batch of recharge cards, then carry out market promotion and sales at all the chain stores."

Kong Qiming looked at Chen Yang with some hesitation and said: "Boss, Public Pass provides online third-party payment services; suddenly shifting to offline payment may require some technical time. Moreover, for such a major transformation, has the Board of Directors been informed? Would they oppose it?"

Chen Yang told him: "First go conduct a market survey, then write a detailed report. As long as you can convince the Board of Directors to agree to this plan, technical support will naturally come from the four major banks."

Saying this, Chen Yang's attitude became stern. He reminded Kong Qiming: "The future of Public Pass payment is not just online payment services; it is comprehensive, multi-layered financial services. Your vision must be as far-reaching as possible."

"Boss, rest assured, I will certainly strive to complete the task." Kong Qiming actually did not understand the meaning behind Chen Yang's words. Merely, before taking office, Kong Jie had specifically reminded him that whenever Chen Yang gave an instruction, he should not rush to question it, but wait until after execution to draw conclusions.

Seeing Kong Qiming's proactive work attitude, Chen Yang felt a great sense of relief.

Public Pass offline payment business—he had not originally planned to launch it this early. After all, the online payment market is not yet fully stable, and there are still many areas needing improvement. Adding offline business would require more manpower and material resources.

The reason for launching it early was to give Kong Qiming a stage to demonstrate his abilities.

Because the Old Hundreds E-commerce Platform supports it, the company's online payment business is already quite mature, needing only improvements in technology and service. As Market Department Manager, Kong Qiming actually has few opportunities to showcase himself.

But if offline business were increased, the scope for display would be much larger. Besides the two listed companies under Chen Yang's name, Kong Qiming could also use his personal network to establish cooperative relationships with other merchants in Dongjiangsheng, such as supermarkets, restaurants, and local public transport companies.

Chen Yang's ultimate goal is to have Public Pass offline recharge cards enter the majority of consumption venues in Dongjiangsheng. Moreover, bringing the Provincial State-owned Assets Commission and the four major banks on board is also intended to reduce the obstacles encountered when implementing this plan.

Because this plan itself is about seizing part of the profits of the four major banks. If we don't let them profit as well, we will encounter many unpredictable obstacles later on.