Chapter 769: Great Purge

President Wu, Chen Yang won't buy Dragon Soaring Electronics Factory for eighty million; he insists on giving a hundred million. Is this preparing to curry favor with you?

Heh, that kid has always been wary of us; how could he possibly take the initiative to curry favor?

If it's not to curry favor, then what exactly is he selling in his gourd?

I'd guess eight or nine times out of ten that he has a big project underway and doesn't want Long Hua, that idiot, to delay things.

That doesn't make sense either! Long Hua actively lowered his quote to eighty million; there's no need for him to give away twenty million for free. Unless there's some treasure inside Dragon Soaring Electronics that Long Hua doesn't know about...

Well... I'm not sure about that. I'm more concerned about what Chen Yang is actually trying to do...

I guess he probably wants to make his own phone. Otherwise, he couldn't have secretly reached a cooperation with the Liu Clan Group and then spent a hundred million to buy Dragon Soaring Electronics Factory.

Hmm, that makes sense. You still have eyes inside Dragon Soaring Electronics Factory, right? Pay more attention to the dynamics there. Based on my understanding of Chen Yang, it won't be long before he makes a big move.

Don't worry, I've already instructed Long Hua to leave more people inside to keep an eye on Chen Yang.

All right. I'll go set up a bottom position first, so when that kid starts acting, I can just sit back and count the money.

Heh, I'll also set up a bottom position. Following President Wu in stock trading is just easy living.

President Tang, keep a low profile; whatever you do, don't let that woman find out.

Don't worry, as long as we don't provoke Chen Yang, that crazy woman won't make a move.

All right.

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In the General Manager's Office of the Modu Branch of the Old Hundreds Agricultural Products Trading Company, Chen Yang carefully examined the personnel files of Dragon Soaring Electronics Factory sent by Xia Ye. He soon discovered many problems.

First, some executives have long service records, but their files are very new—clearly someone tampered with them.

Second, since his first contact with Long Hua, Dragon Soaring Electronics Factory suddenly gained over a hundred new employees. These people are distributed across various departments, hold low positions, but all signed ten-year contracts.

This created a dilemma for Chen Yang, because he doesn't know how many of these people are problematic—or whether all of them are.

If he deals with it, it might affect subsequent negotiations with the Fruit Company; if he doesn't, he'll keep dwelling on it, which is also quite unpleasant.

After careful consideration, Chen Yang still decided to cut the Gordian knot.

"Xia Ye, fire all the newly hired employees. Let them go to Long Hua for any compensation issues."

"As for those veteran executives, wait for Director Luo to come over and have her screen them first. Those with problems must absolutely not be kept; those without problems should still be secretly observed for a while."

Xia Ye said with a hint of worry: "Director Chen, such a major personnel change will probably affect the factory's normal operations!"

"No problem!" Chen Yang said calmly to him: "Even if the factory workers don't work for several months, I can still pay their wages. The most important thing now is to eradicate Long Hua's core lineage. This guy has ill intentions; pulling all these stunts surely hides some ulterior motive."

Xia Ye said, bewildered: "Director Chen, if you know he's ill-intentioned, why acquire Dragon Soaring Electronics Factory at all? We could just move the production line from Deep City over here."

Chen Yang explained with a smile: "We don't have ready-made factories and dormitories in Modu; even if we moved Deep City's production over, it would take half a year to stabilize. That conflicts greatly with my upcoming plan."

"I see, then I'll get back to work." Although Xia Ye was curious about Chen Yang's plan, he still suppressed his curiosity. He knew very well that the deeper one wants to go into the core, the harder one must work to achieve results.

Three days later, Chen Yang picked up the late-arriving HR Director Luo Xue at Modu Airport.

"Boss, for a tiny electronics factory, as long as the technology and equipment are there, we can just replace all the personnel. Why make it so complicated?" Luo Xue was busy at headquarters to the point she had no time for dating. After finally being introduced by a friend to someone she liked, she hadn't even met them a few times before Chen Yang conscripted her. Her mood right now isn't great.

Chen Yang had already heard from Shen Anna about Luo Xue's dating, and he said with a smile: "Director Luo, this project is very important for the company's future development. If we can settle it, I'll personally send you a deluxe couple's package for a seven-day trip to Sanya."

Upon hearing this, Luo Xue's face instantly flickered with a barely noticeable joy.

"Boss, you're really stingy. After working so hard for you, running around, I at least deserve an overseas seven-day trip."

Facing Luo Xue's complaint, Chen Yang merely gave a faint smile. If Luo Xue really went abroad for vacation, Shen Anna would surely get anxious with him.

Because domestically, any matter can be reached at any time; but overseas, even if you can get in touch, rushing back to put out a fire isn't that easy.

Luo Xue is not only the HR Director but also handles the Corporate Secretary's work. If it weren't for Chen Yang's insistence, Shen Anna would literally be unable to leave her side for a moment.

And after receiving the commendation, Luo Xue's work efficiency indeed improved dramatically. In just two days, she rooted out all the problematic executives.

Chen Yang also didn't hesitate, directly paying liquidated damages to send those people away.

Just as Luo Xue said, as long as there are machines and technology, nobody is irreplaceable.

Moreover, Dragon Soaring Electronics Factory does contract manufacturing for Nokia phones, which differs greatly in craftsmanship from the upcoming Fruit Company phone.

Once we obtain the phone contract manufacturing business from the Fruit Company, many machines and technologies will need adjustment, and employees will have to be retrained for their posts. If we replaced everyone with new hires, the effect might actually be better.

However, Chen Yang never expected that this personnel purge would spread online. Quite a few financial experts are analyzing the possibility of him establishing an independent phone brand.

Due to the fermentation of these news, the stocks of the Old Hundreds Agricultural Products Trading Company and the Liu Clan Group directly hit the daily limit.

Moreover, the stocks of many electronics technology companies related to the Old Hundreds Agricultural Products Trading Company and the Liu Clan Group also surged.

This situation made Luo Xue, who was about to go on vacation, so angry that she swore outright. Almost filled with strong resentment, she posted a clarification statement on the Old Hundreds' official website.

And Chen Yang also explained on the Old Hundreds Financial Investment Company's official website the personnel changes of its subsidiary Dragon Soaring Electronics Factory, indicating that the factory's financial situation is not optimistic, and the personnel adjustments are merely to cut costs and avoid falling into an unnecessary financial crisis.

Under the joint statement of the two companies, market sentiment finally came under control.

However, Chen Yang's worries were far from over. In the following days, phone calls kept coming in asking whether he had the idea of creating his own phone brand.

Moreover, a representative of Nokia Company even directly sent a lawyer's letter to Dragon Soaring Electronics Factory demanding termination of the contract manufacturing agreement.