Chapter 113: Technical Consultant, CTO

Monday, May 8, 2023. Sunny, 12~26°C.

Linjin Building, Jinxi Trading, Human Resources & Administration Office.

"Yes, Chairman Ren! Tang Song himself explicitly refused our invitation. I have already raised the annual salary to the limit. I also mentioned stock option incentives, but he is completely uninterested."

"The layoffs at that time... were decided after Director Chen communicated with President Li. Of course, after all, he was just an ordinary developer, so I agreed."

"It is indeed my problem; I don't understand the situation of the employees in the technical department."

"Okay, I understand."

Xu Lin hung up the phone, her face very ugly.

Originally, she thought that this matter would end with Tang Song's repeated refusals.

At most, those involved in this matter would take some blame, and they would re-select a CTO, and it would soon subside.

She didn't expect the board of directors to be so concerned.

Last Friday, a working group was established, and they had talks with all the employees of the Technical Support Department.

On the first day of work this week, CEO Feng Zhongping and Chairman Ren Huining called her one after another, their tones very serious.

Some previous problems had been exposed one after another, such as the development of the SCM system, Tang Song's technical level, and the unfair treatment he encountered.

Xu Lin licked her dry lips, her face turning pale; she had an intuition that something might really happen.

Smile Capital is not a little lamb, but a real fierce tiger. They might not have plans to replace people in the two important departments of personnel and finance.

Now that there was such a good excuse, she was the first to bear the brunt.

Tian Jing, sitting in the corner, stuck out her tongue, feeling a bit disappointed.

Tang Song is really something; how good it would be to return to the company as CTO.

Since the holiday, the company had changed a lot and was a mess.

As the compensation supervisor, she was busy to death every day and was even working overtime yesterday; she had no time to find Tang Song to learn guitar.

However, she did buy one specially. Later, when no one was home, she could let him come to her house to play and teach her fingerstyle.

Thinking of this, she bit her lip, feeling itchy in her heart.

She shook her head and threw those messy thoughts away.

Tian Jing picked up her phone and opened WeChat.

She first sent a message to Tang Song, telling him about the current situation of the Technical Support Department.

Then she opened the lively "Secondary Beauty" group chat.

Big Boss Qingqing was telling everyone about her recent dynamics.

In the process of providing legal aid to that clothing company, she was harassed and pursued by the company's executives. The woman hiding behind it was that woman, and she even took a few photos of them eating and drinking together.

Her president lover was furious and directly acquired the shares of that clothing company, becoming the major shareholder, making that executive kneel and beg for mercy.

However, in this process, they also had a fierce quarrel...

The president even threatened to make her law firm go bankrupt and make Qingqing obediently be his pet alone.

Seeing such a tortuous and bizarre experience, Tian Jing's eyes were sparkling.

She began to offer advice in the group.

Although she was a rookie in terms of emotions, she loved to join in on such excitement.

"Knock knock knock—" The office door was knocked.

Tian Jing quickly sat upright and looked at the Excel file on the computer meticulously.

Immediately after, the chairman's assistant walked in and said: "Director Xu, a leadership meeting will be held at 10:00 AM in the large conference room. Please be sure to attend."

Xu Lin's heart jumped, and she immediately said: "Okay, I'll prepare."

"Vroom vroom vroom—" The phone vibrated crazily.

Tang Song signaled to his colleagues and turned to walk out of the conference room.

He answered the call.

A somewhat familiar middle-aged male voice came from the other side, his tone very enthusiastic: "Hello, is this Tang Song? Haha, I am Feng Zhongping."

"Hello, President Feng." Tang Song's eyes widened, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

He had a very good impression of this CEO of Jinxi Trading.

A master's degree holder who returned from overseas in his 40s, he had many years of overseas work experience, was energetic every day, a true workaholic, and the good benefits of Jinxi Trading were only established after he took office.

With an excellent reputation, he was a very competent president.

Feng Zhongping said cordially: "Tang Song, I have already understood the situation regarding the previous SCM system and Chen Yunqiang. I am very sorry that you were treated so unfairly. The company will handle this matter well. I also want to say sorry to you on behalf of the company."

"Thank you, President Feng. Jinxi Trading is a good company, and I have always been grateful." He personally had no opinion on Jinxi Trading.

Humanized management, stable work, good salary and benefits.

"That's good. I called you this time actually because I want to invite you to serve as the company's technical consultant and part-time CTO, with the salary executed according to formal employees." Feng Zhongping paused, waiting for Tang Song to digest his words, and continued: "Chen Yunqiang violated the company's rules and regulations and is currently going through the resignation process. We will recruit a new director for the Technical Support Business Department, and you only need to be responsible for controlling the general direction."

Tang Song was stunned; another part-time job?

However, this so-called technical consultant was obviously just a title, after all, there was a dedicated director responsible for specific business.

Such good benefits and such outrageous conditions were 100% the result of Smile Capital exerting force, forcing the board of directors to make compromises.

Maybe it was even instructed by Secretary Jin.

After thinking about it, Tang Song said: "Okay, President Feng, I agree to serve as the company's technical consultant."

Today's Smile Capital is a shareholder of the company, and it can barely be considered his own enterprise, so it doesn't matter if he takes advantage of it.

Feng Zhongping didn't seem surprised by this and said warmly: "Then let's do that. Come to the company to sign the contract when you are free."

"Also, regarding the candidate for the new director, we have already entrusted Deju Renhe to recruit."

"Your corporate email has been reactivated, and candidate information will be sent to your email synchronously. You can put forward your opinions at any time."

"Okay, thank you, President Feng, goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Hanging up the phone, Tang Song shook his head and smiled, turning back to the conference room: "Come on, let's continue the meeting."

Gao Mengting turned the PPT to the next page and said: "Livestreaming assistant He Liting, 23 years old this year, has two years of work experience, her figure and appearance conditions are very good, occasionally appears as a deputy streamer, has strong reaction ability, and is good at adjusting the livestreaming atmosphere..."

After introducing the last candidate, Gao Mengting said: "The above 6 people are all the members of the women's clothing category group of Changyun Media. Currently, Bocai Yingrui has reached an agreement with them, and they are confirmed to join."

Tang Song looked at the team list and smiled: "They are all very good. With such a mature sales team, our livestreaming should soon be on the right track."

Gao Mengting said with some worry: "The only problem now is the resignation time. Except for operations Liu Renjie who has already resigned, others may be dragged by Changyun Media."

Directly poaching someone's entire team, the company leadership will definitely have a temper, and it might drag on for 1 month before letting people go.

"It doesn't matter, believe in Bocai Yingrui!" Tang Song said firmly: "They said they can recruit fully this week, so there is absolutely no problem."

Looking at Tang Song's confident appearance, Gao Mengting also breathed a sigh of relief; she trusted her partner 100%.

Jinxi Trading.

After the senior management meeting, 3 notices appeared in the employees' corporate emails.

Former Human Resources Director Xu Lin was transferred to the position of Supervisor of Human Resources Planning and Development Department, and the new director would take office tomorrow.

Former Technical Support Department Director Chen Yunqiang had resigned, and the new Technical Support Business Department Manager would take office next week...

Tang Song officially served as the company's technical consultant and concurrently as CTO, fully responsible for the company's technical team.

Human Resources & Administration Office.

Xu Lin sat at her workstation in a daze, feeling that she had become a discarded pawn in the game of capital, encountering an undeserved disaster.

Liu Huihui's eyes flickered, and she quickly sent a WeChat message to Tang Song, congratulating him on his promotion and salary increase, and becoming CTO.

Tian Jing tried her best not to laugh "haha" out loud, her brain already unable to stop running wild.

The office area where the Technical Support Department was located.

Du Shaokai was grinning and sitting uneasily, feeling like he had been screwed over; he never expected things to develop to this point.

At this point, he could only resign or transfer.

If he continued to stay in the Technical Support Department, maybe tomorrow "duang~", he would receive a new requirement to independently develop a Taobao website.

Now that Jinxi Trading was about to take off, many shareholders and executives wanted to stuff people in, and there was Tian Jing, the rich beauty, waiting for him to pursue; he was really unwilling to resign.

The only thing left was to transfer. His uncle was the Vice President in charge of channel business, and his position was one level higher than Tang Song, the part-time CTO. As long as he transferred to the Channel Business Department, he thought he wouldn't be able to do anything to him.

Hu Mingli's face was flushed, and she was trembling with excitement, as if she had reached some peak.

She directly raised her phone, took a picture of her colleagues' reactions, and shared it with Tang Song: "President Tang, as your absolute confidant, I will help you supervise the entire team. Also, regarding Wen Ruan, don't worry, I will share any intelligence with you immediately."

After sending the message, she also took a screenshot of the email to her best friend group.

She left a message: "@Zhuangzhuang, Tang Song is amazing! Now he has become the CTO of our company, my big leader, with an annual salary starting at 500,000."

Although she knew Tang Song had money at home, drove a 400,000 BMW, and started his own business, the shock was far less than that of a 25-year-old company executive.

Jinxi Trading is the leader in Yancheng's clothing industry. With the addition of Smile Capital, Tang Song's future is limitless.

[Zhang Ziqi: "A 25-year-old CTO, with good family conditions, tall and handsome, this is already the ceiling for ordinary people. @Zhuangzhuang, you really have dog shit luck, I'm so sour."]

[Zhang Ziqi: "Don't forget me when you get rich, the sister's future depends on you covering me."]

Hu Mingli gritted her teeth and replied: "Zhuangzhuang, don't forget, he was introduced to you by me! You have to be responsible for me!"

At almost 28, she was just at the age for marriage and childbearing, and she was still in a bottom-level technical position; it would be particularly difficult to find a job in the future.

And she didn't have the ability or connections to transfer to a management position, so she had always been anxious.

Equally anxious were her two best friends, Wen Ruan and Zhang Ziqi, who were about the same age.

Now that hope was in sight, how could they not be excited.

"Ding-dong—"

[Wen Ruan: "I'm going home to change clothes."]