Chapter 2064: Controversy

The morning sunlight, like a mischievous child, quietly slipped into the room through the gaps in the heavy curtains, afraid of waking the person sleeping on the bed.

Although the light was faint, it was full of warmth and intimacy, just like a friendly greeting from the distant sky. It was also like a magical paintbrush, gently outlining every detail and contour in the room, dyeing everything in the darkness with a faint golden radiance.

The dust particles originally immersed in the darkness were awakened at this moment, clearly visible under the illumination of that beam of pale golden light.

As time passed, the sun gradually rose, and the sunlight through the gaps in the curtains became brighter and brighter. The dust also changed its dance posture with the change of light, jumping in the air.

Zhou Andong's eyeballs moved. After a hangover, he felt a bit thirsty. He reached out in a daze, felt half a bottle of Very Cola on the bedside table, unscrewed it, and poured it into his stomach in one breath.

"Hiccup!"

Zhou Andong hiccuped, threw the empty bottle aside, then slowly opened his eyes, stared at the ceiling for a while, then found a cigarette and lit it.

He hadn't felt this hangover for a long time, just thinking about that group of guys last night, one after another toasting him, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Originally, those singers from Future Culture were still very cautious, but under Wu Huilin's leadership, they quickly let go and looked for various reasons to toast him.

"This woman is really narrow-minded. It's just scaring your man, is it necessary?"

"Hoo!"

Zhou Andong exhaled a long puff of smoke, looked at his watch, it was almost ten o'clock. He pressed the half-smoked cigarette into the ashtray, then got dressed, brushed his teeth, washed his face, and left the room.

Returning to Jingcheng today, I guess they are all up and waiting for him.

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Fuxingmen Inner Street, Xicheng District, the location of the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives. In later generations, it is a grand building, but now it is a courtyard facing south, with bungalows on the east, west, and north sides.

At this time, the room with the conference room sign hanging on the east side was full of people, almost everyone with a cigarette in their hand, including two women. The room was full of smoke, and the four windows were open, so you could clearly see the smoke running out.

The layout of the conference room was similar to a school classroom. In front, on a low podium, there were two long tables, and five people sat behind them.

In the middle was a little old man with gray hair, wearing a Zhongshan suit and black-rimmed glasses, who was Ma Hongshan, the director of the Supply and Marketing General Cooperative. On both sides were four people, three deputy directors and one party group discipline inspection team leader.

And the people in this conference room were the entire team when the Supply and Marketing General Cooperative was restored more than a month ago.

Zhou Andong acquired the national stores and sales channels of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. They had been holding this meeting for several days.

No one doubted Zhou Andong's management ability and financial strength. In more than two years, he developed a local winery into a group company. They considered themselves unable to do such ability.

Another is funds. On the first day, someone did raise an objection: Does Zhou Andong have the ability to acquire the national supply and marketing cooperative stores and sales channels?

You know, just the supply and marketing cooperative stores alone number more than 360,000. If you add the wholesale, processing, storage and transportation, etc., spread across the country's urban and rural areas, the total assets definitely exceed 20 billion.

But immediately after, Zhou Andong donated 1 billion US dollars and acquired Sony shares for 4.2 billion US dollars, so the voice of doubt disappeared completely.

The biggest controversy now is management rights. Isn't the core of the supply and marketing cooperative the stores and sales channels?

No matter how many shares you Zhou Andong want, if you don't give me management rights, isn't my supply and marketing general cooperative an empty shell? Is there any need to restore it?

It's better to take advantage of the fact that the work has just started and not too much energy has been invested, and just break up. Go back to your own home, find your own mother, and go back to the unit you were transferred from.

"Dong dong dong..."

Ma Hongshan tapped the table in front of him with his fingers, picked up a cigarette and lit it, then scanned the circle.

"This meeting has been held for several days. The higher-ups have no patience and have called me several times to ask. No matter what, there must be a result today."

A young man pressed the cigarette into the ashtray, then took a deep breath and said: "Director, actually there is nothing to study. No matter how many shares Zhou Andong takes, we must have a say, otherwise does this supply and marketing general cooperative still have a need to exist?"

"I agree with Little Li's words." A middle-aged woman nodded: "We can give up part of the say, but we can't have none."

"I think." A middle-aged man pushed the glasses on his nose: "Management rights, either hand them all over, or take them all into your hands."

"If both of us take a part, it is very difficult to grind, and it will definitely form constraints, which is not good for the development of the supply and marketing cooperative."

Besides, everyone knows in their hearts that the supply and marketing cooperatives in each province and city act independently, and the internal problems are particularly serious. Even if the head office has been restored now, how much confidence does everyone have that within three years, they can solve the existing serious problems, carry out reforms, implement marketization, and turn losses into profits?"

"I think Old Liu is right." Another middle-aged man picked up a cigarette and lit it: "Everyone should know that management rights are the only requirement put forward by Zhou Andong."

"This also shows that people know the problems inside the supply and marketing cooperative. If they can't get all the management rights, and throw billions in, that's not a businessman, but a fool."

This middle-aged man smoked a cigarette, and a smile appeared on his face: "Do you think Zhou Andong is a fool?"

"There is one more point." A woman who was thirty-two or thirty-three years old, wearing a dress and long wavy hair, said: "Regarding Zhou Andong's acquisition of supply and marketing cooperative stores and sales channels, the higher-ups did give us the right to decide independently."

"However, there is a premise here, that is, we must completely solve the internal problems within three years, succeed in restructuring, push to the market, and turn losses into profits."

"If we don't do it, the accountability from the higher-ups will come down, and none of us can run away, including the director."

The woman paused and continued: "Our supply and marketing cooperative is a big piece of fat meat, and many people must be staring at it. But do you believe that Zhou Andong definitely doesn't crave this piece of fat meat?"

Everyone was silent. Indeed, for Zhou Andong, does this piece of fat meat of the supply and marketing cooperative have attraction? Definitely, but it won't be very big.

Mainly because people have money, your stores and sales channels, people can also smash them out with money, it's just a matter of time, there is no need to take billions and run to the supply and marketing cooperative to wade into muddy water. ===== CHAPTER 2065 =====