Chapter 731

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wanjia Commodity Co., Ltd. was thus established, with Wang Dashan and Du Xiaojuan, the couple, holding a total of 51% of shares, and Hu Wanjia holding 49%, mainly engaged in commodity supply, docking with Xiao Du Technology.

After finalizing this matter with Hu Wanjia, Du Xiaojuan immediately went to work on the next thing without stopping—

Making Wanjia Commodities the upstream supplier of Xiao Du Technology.

At the meeting this day, Du Xiaojuan brought up this matter.

Facing Du Xiaojuan's proposal, many members of the Board of Directors revealed surprise, looking at each other in dismay.

"Sister Juan, right now is the critical stage of the company's financing; changing the upstream supplier at this time, I'm afraid it's not too good, we still need to make the financial statements look good, and changing suppliers requires cost."

Most members of the Board of Directors dared not speak; it was still Zhang Yong who took the lead in expressing an opinion.

He comes from a finance background.

As everyone knows, executives from a finance background all care very much about financial statement data; they care more about whether the numbers on the statements look beautiful, rather than the company's long-term development.

To put it bluntly, management from a finance background generally lack long-term strategic vision.

So the investment circle has a saying revered as a golden rule for investment criteria: to see how a company's development prospects will be in the next ten years, just look at whether its top leader is from a finance background; if the top leader is from a finance background, within the next ten years, even if the company doesn't die, it will go on a serious downhill slide.

"Changing suppliers is for cost reduction and efficiency enhancement; the current supplier not only has high prices, but also has cumbersome processes and low efficiency, and has long been unsuitable for the short, flat, and fast development rhythm of the e-commerce industry."

Du Xiaojuan explained thus; she had long anticipated someone would object, so these talking points, she had long prepared.

"The current supplier's prices are a bit high, but their quality is guaranteed; I'm worried that after switching, quality problems will appear, and then one move affects the whole situation; this isn't something trivial."

Chen Qiang expressed his stance at this time.

It was very obvious he was also opposed.

The upstream supplier Xiao Du Technology stands on actually has Chen Qiang's background behind it; after he initially invested in Xiao Du Technology and became a partner, he manipulated the supply chain, and now the upstream supplier side is full of his people.

So if he didn't oppose, that would be the strange thing.

Du Xiaojuan showed no great surprise at Chen Qiang and Zhang Yong's opposition; she only said indifferently to all members of the Board of Directors:

"How about we decide by voting?"

If decided by voting, without a doubt, Du Xiaojuan would definitely win, because the Board of Directors has thirteen votes total; she alone holds six, Chen Qiang holds two, and Zhang Yong and other members each hold one vote.

That is to say, among the people in the conference room, as long as one person stands on her side, her vote count can exceed half, and the proposed plan will be passed.

"Sister Juan, if you put it that way, then there's no need for discussion; just do it according to your wishes."

Zhang Yong laughed "hehe" at this time and said thus.

Because he knew, this voting decision process was completely just a formality.

Du Xiaojuan's weight is too high; proposals brought to the table, whether they pass or are vetoed, depend entirely on whether she agrees or opposes.

"Zhang Yong, don't say that; we are a proper company, the necessary procedures must still be followed; this conforms to the temperament of a proper company."

Du Xiaojuan swept her gaze over everyone at this time and said:

"I propose changing Xiao Du Technology's upstream supplier from the original partner to Wanjia Commodity Co., Ltd.; who agrees, who opposes?"

Du Xiaojuan naturally knew, this vote was just going through the motions, and would not have too great an impact on the final decision.

The reason she insisted on completing the process was not adding unnecessary details, but rather taking the opportunity to clearly see the faction alignment of the other Board members.

Those voting yes show they are still of one mind with her; those voting no show they have already been bought by Chen Qiang.

This would let her see the situation clearly at once.

However, what Du Xiaojuan didn't expect was, after she proposed voting decision, except for Zhao Xinyi, the leader in charge of operations, who quickly cast a yes vote for her, the other executives all looked at each other in dismay, none daring to vote lightly, seemingly all watching Chen Qiang and Zhang Yong's expressions.

"I agree."

At this time, Chen Qiang spoke; he actually cast a yes vote.

Seeing this, Zhang Yong couldn't help but stare blankly, a trace of surprise on his face; although puzzled, he also hurriedly followed suit and expressed his stance:

"I also agree."

Seeing this, the executives all began to express their stances one after another.

"I also agree."

"I also agree."

The result was an extremely absurd scene; this proposal to change the supply chain, which originally had very great controversy, and any clear-eyed person could see the interest circle represented by Chen Qiang and Zhang Yong was opposed, but in the end it actually passed with a unanimous yes vote.

Facing this situation, Du Xiaojuan slightly frowned, but didn't say anything.

After all, she ultimately got the result she wanted.

After the meeting ended, Zhang Yong privately found Chen Qiang and voiced his puzzlement:

"How could you cast a yes vote for Du Xiaojuan on such an important decision?"

He truly couldn't understand, feeling Chen Qiang's move was simply inexplicable.

"For a result that cannot be changed, why bother casting a no vote?" Chen Qiang said thus.

But Zhang Yong said:

"But you at least have to show an attitude; otherwise, what will the people below think when they see it?"

Chen Qiang laughed it off, then suddenly said:

"Zhao Gao pointing at a deer and calling it a horse before Qin Er Shi—you should have heard this allusion, right?"

"What does this have to do with pointing at a deer and calling it a horse?"

Zhang Yong didn't understand.

"Du Xiaojuan's behavior today is the same in essence as Zhao Gao pointing at a deer and calling a horse thousands of years ago." Chen Qiang said thus.

"How is it the same?" Zhang Yong said, speechless.

"What is the essence of calling a deer a horse? It is a struggle for power. What is its purpose? To see how those below align themselves."

Chen Qiang's expression remained calm as he continued:

"Today Du Xiaojuan wants everyone to vote—isn't it to see the faction alignment of the other executives? Once she understands the situation, she will surely formulate corresponding strategies to deal with us. And I took the lead in voting in favor to muddy the waters, so she can't see the situation clearly or distinguish friend from foe, making it hard for her to easily take action against our people below. After all, inside the Board of Directors, not only are there our people and Du Xiaojuan's people, but several others are neutral."

Hearing this, Zhang Yong suddenly realized.

Admitting the truth, Chen Qiang still had some skill.

If it were him, Zhang Yong, he wouldn't have considered these things.

Chen Qiang sighed at this moment:

"Du Xiaojuan should have already realized, guessed that we wanted to kick her out, which is why she made this move to change suppliers. Next we must urgently finalize the financing, otherwise once Du Xiaojuan fully controls the situation behind the scenes, our efforts will all come to nothing."

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