Chapter 1301

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Erhai never expected that he had simply come to cast a vote, yet Zhang Sheng pushed him into the position of Chief Executive Officer.

He was completely in a daze.

So much so that at the meeting, he only made a token refusal a few times before refusing no more.

After the meeting ended, the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was off.

Leaving aside whether Zhang Sheng's decision harbored ill intent, just based on his own ability, could he do a good job as Liguo Mountain's Chief Executive Officer?

The Chief Executive Officer, also commonly known as the CEO or President, is the company's highest responsible person, bearing full responsibility for the company's overall survival, direction, and results.

It requires making strategic decisions for the company, managing operations, and organizing and managing teams.

Externally, he represents the entire company; internally, he needs to report work to the Board of Directors and execute the Board's resolutions.

This is equivalent to Zhang Sheng pressing all of Liguo Mountain's vital lifelines onto Wang Erhai!

Wang Erhai had already lived in the township for a period of time and was completely unprepared psychologically for high-intensity work; to tell the truth, he really had no confidence in being able to do this job well.

So after thinking it over, he decided to go find Zhang Sheng and decline the position.

He arrived at Zhang Sheng's office.

"President Zhang, how about you still take this Chief Executive Officer position yourself."

Wang Erhai said this sentence directly to Zhang Sheng.

Zhang Sheng smiled:

"Erhai, you're wrong there. I've already put the opportunity in your hands; could it be you don't even have the courage to give it a try?"

"It's not a matter of trying it out; I simply never thought about it at all." Wang Erhai smiled bitterly.

Zhang Sheng then said:

"In this life, many things are like this — you're never fully prepared, you just have to brace yourself and go for it. If you wait until you're prepared before going, then it'll never be your turn. Take a baby learning to walk, for example — it's always learning while walking; stumbling and bumping doesn't matter. The main thing is daring to walk, not waiting until later to walk. If you wait until later to walk, you'll never learn to walk well. Do you understand what I mean?"

Wang Erhai thought about it, and it was indeed this principle.

When he originally returned to the county town to open the Mountain-Sea Real Estate Branch Company, didn't he also lack experience as the top person in charge? Later he explored while doing it, and didn't he also achieve some results?

Before partnering to open the Li Guoshan Decoration Company, he had never run a renovation company either, yet he still learned while doing.

No one is born knowing everything.

Since the opportunity has landed in your hands, you must seize it well.

Even if you can't do it, you still have to go up; once you're up there, you'll slowly get the hang of it.

If you don't go up, you'll never be able to do it.

Zhang Sheng then said again:

"Besides, even if you do a bad job, at worst you resign; you don't need to bear that much consequence, after all you only hold 4% of Liguo Mountain's shares."

Wang Erhai felt Zhang Sheng's words were very reasonable; he only had 4% of the shares and wasn't the company's Legal Representative, so even if the company operated at a loss and went bankrupt, he wouldn't be the one suffering the greatest loss.

The ones suffering the greatest loss would be Zhang Sheng and Wu Moli, who held the most shares.

"It's just that I don't quite understand, President Zhang, why you think so highly of me?"

Wang Erhai voiced the puzzlement in his heart.

He didn't believe Zhang Sheng would be so benevolent as to hand over such a large piece of meat to Wang Erhai on a silver platter.

Zhang Sheng's face revealed a kindly, amiable smile:

"Erhai, I won't hide it from you — I'm very optimistic about you, this young man. I feel you have great potential and can bring a positive influence to the company, even lead the company to entirely new heights. That's why I overruled objections and pushed you into the Chief Executive Officer position."

Wang Erhai still found it somewhat hard to believe; at this moment Wu Moli walked in with a dark face.

Wang Erhai couldn't say anything more.

Zhang Sheng then said to Wang Erhai:

"Erhai, you go back and get your farm sorted out; in two days, formally come to the company for work."

Wang Erhai thought for a moment, then finally nodded in agreement:

"Alright, then I'll go. President Zhang, goodbye!"

Wang Erhai then turned and left, glancing at Wu Moli.

Wu Moli also looked at her once.

Only her gaze was completely different from Wang Erhai's gaze.

Wang Erhai's gaze carried politeness and courtesy, while her gaze carried resentment and coldness.

After Wang Erhai left the office, Wu Moli finally spoke:

"President Zhang, what do you mean by this? The Chief Executive Officer position is so important — if you're not taking it yourself, you could give it to me. Why give it to an outsider like Wang Erhai?"

Facing Wu Moli's such emotions, Zhang Sheng did not get angry.

Instead he smiled and placated:

"Don't be so angry; me doing this naturally has my own plans."

"Then tell me, what plans do you have?" Wu Moli asked impatiently, still complaining: "This old lady has followed you for so long and hasn't gotten a taste of this sweet benefit. In the end, am I your woman, or is Wang Erhai your woman?"

Zhang Sheng laughed:

"Look at you — once emotions flare up, it's easy to misspeak. Words like these, you can just say them to me in private; don't go saying them in public settings."

Wu Moli threw a tantrum:

"Don't change the subject; you hurry up and answer my question!"

Zhang Sheng said:

"The reason I chose Wang Erhai as Chief Executive Officer is very simple. The company has just gone through a major upheaval. Although Huo Guoqiang was brought down by us, the force behind Huo Guoqiang is still entirely inside the company. Right now, whoever takes the Chief Executive Officer position will have to bear their anger, and will have to endure them outwardly complying but secretly opposing, secretly making things difficult in the work. Do you think you can handle these things?"

"This..." Wu Moli thought carefully and also felt this was a difficult problem. If she became Chief Executive Officer, and the strategies she formulated were outwardly complied with but secretly opposed and not executed by subordinates, then her power would be hollowed out. At that time she would only be riding a tiger and finding it hard to get off, becoming a laughingstock to the people below.

As for why not take this opportunity to fire all of Huo Guoqiang's remnant forces at once — such a childish question, a woman as clever as Wu Moli naturally would not ask it.

The senior management aligned with Huo Guoqiang accounted for at least half. If they were all fired at once, Liguo Mountain would immediately fall into a state of paralysis, and even the company's daily operations would fall into difficulty!

This isn't a TV drama business war; how could so many executives be fired at once?

Even if they are to be fired, it still needs to be done gradually, to avoid the company producing even more violent upheaval.

Zhang Sheng spoke again at this time:

"Making Wang Erhai Chief Executive Officer, on the surface is giving Wang Erhai an opportunity, but in reality is letting Wang Erhai help us attract firepower. After Huo Guoqiang was squeezed out, his remnant old subordinates will definitely need to vent their emotions. Once they have vented all these emotions onto Wang Erhai, and Wang Erhai messes up the work, we'll find another opportunity to make Wang Erhai resign. At that time, I'll let you be Chief Executive Officer. Then naturally, whether it's our own people or Huo Guoqiang's old forces, they will all support you wholeheartedly!"

Zhang Sheng's face revealed a meaningful smile, and he continued:

"Remember, if you want to open a window, you cannot directly propose opening a window. You have to say you want to tear off the roof. Once the roof is torn off, the whole house leaks wind and rain, and they will naturally agree to open the window, and will even take the initiative to help you patch the roof properly. This is human nature."

And Wang Erhai is very obviously a tool Zhang Sheng uses to tear off Liguo Mountain's roof.

He actually doesn't believe at all that Wang Erhai, with no preparation whatsoever, can do a good job as Liguo Mountain's Chief Executive Officer.