Chapter 733: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 733: Manager Chen, Don't Rush Yet

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

The investor in Xiao Du Technology this time is Zhonghai Group, and Fang Dayong, General Manager Fang, is responsible for liaison.

Fang Dayong is indeed a smart man; after hanging up Du Xiaojuan's call, he pondered for a moment and understood Du Xiaojuan's meaning.

"The snipe and the clam grapple, and the fisherman profits—this is a good thing."

Fang Dayong smiled faintly.

In the blink of an eye it was time for the group's early meeting, and Fang Dayong reported to the group's other executives the specific details of this investment in Xiao Du Technology.

After finishing the report, Fang Dayong said:

"According to the investment contract, we need to transfer the investment funds into Xiao Du Technology's account in batches within this month; the finance side must expedite the process."

"Understood, General Manager Fang; our finance team will follow up immediately."

The executive in charge of finance immediately agreed.

Fang Dayong then added:

"Once the first batch of funds is transferred, Zhonghai Group will be one of Xiao Du Technology's major shareholders, but we still do not fully control Xiao Du Technology's decision-making authority. Based on the current situation, the biggest obstacle to controlling Xiao Du Technology is not Du Xiaojuan, but Chen Qiang, Xiao Du Technology's second-in-command. He is the most troublesome. His reason for actively bringing in our Zhonghai Group is nothing more than wanting to use us to check Du Xiaojuan, thereby achieving his goal of holding the big flag himself. His wolfish ambition is not to be underestimated."

Saying this, Fang Dayong said to everyone:

"Everyone, speak your minds and see if we can come up with a plan to remove Chen Qiang from Xiao Du Technology."

At this time, Ceng Shun, Zhonghai Group's actuary and vice president, said:

"As far as I know, although Chen Qiang is a partner of Xiao Du Technology, his shares are not many, meaning his decision-making power is not high. As long as we persuade Du Xiaojuan, it should be easy to kick him out."

Everyone nodded, feeling that what Ceng Shun said made some sense.

At this time, Huang Xiaomin, another vice president in charge of market expansion, said:

"I have a concern: if Chen Qiang is ousted, wouldn't Xiao Du Technology be dominated by Du Xiaojuan alone? By then, can we really get Xiao Du Technology's decision-making authority?"

Fang Dayong laughed: "General Manager Huang, you're overthinking. The betting agreement our Zhonghai Group signed with Du Xiaojuan clearly stipulates in black and white that three years later, regardless of whether Xiao Du Technology can go public, Du Xiaojuan will gradually hand over management authority. She absolutely has no possibility of defaulting; otherwise she will pay a huge price."

All the executives nodded, feeling that what Fang Dayong said was reasonable.

At this time Ceng Shun said:

"Given the current situation, it is easy to oust Chen Qiang, but Xiao Du Technology internally has many of his people. How to kick him out without causing a shock to the company is the most critical. If Chen Qiang's ousting takes away a large number of talents from within the company, causing problems in Xiao Du Technology's operations, that would be more loss than gain."

Everyone nodded; Ceng Shun indeed lived up to being a senior actuary, thinking problems through very thoroughly.

Fang Dayong said:

"Then we can use a gentler method: first marginalize Chen Qiang, then gradually remove his people. What do you all think?"

"How to marginalize him?" Huang Xiaomin asked.

"When Xiao Du Technology holds its board meeting next Monday, I will propose at the meeting that General Manager Ceng be assigned to handle Xiao Du Technology's market strategic planning, and also propose transferring Chen Qiang to manage finance and Zhang Yong to manage after-sales."

Fang Dayong's move was very clever.

Chen Qiang originally managed the market; now transferring him to manage finance, making him manage what he is not good at, he will definitely be uncomfortable. This lays the groundwork for further adjustments to Chen Qiang later.

Most importantly, once Chen Qiang goes to finance, Zhang Yong, who originally managed finance, will also have to accept a transfer. Zhang Yong managing after-sales, a marginal department, is equivalent to directly cutting off one of Chen Qiang's arms.

But since finance is the top priority of a company, Chen Qiang taking charge of finance is equivalent to Zhonghai Group's trust in him; he definitely cannot refuse to speak up.

After the meeting ended, Fang Dayong called Du Xiaojuan and told her Zhonghai Group's decision in advance. Du Xiaojuan understood perfectly and replied with a smile:

"I'll follow General Manager Fang's arrangement. At next week's board meeting, I will take the lead in standing on General Manager Fang's side."

In the blink of an eye it was next Monday.

Xiao Du Technology held its regular weekly board meeting.

This board meeting was different from previous ones because this time, Zhonghai Group sent two people: Fang Dayong and Ceng Shun.

Du Xiaojuan first introduced Fang Dayong and Ceng Shun to the executives, then officially entered the meeting.

Each executive took turns reporting on the status of the business they managed.

After this process was finished, Du Xiaojuan said to Fang Dayong:

"General Manager Fang, that's roughly the situation of the company. What are your thoughts on this?"

Fang Dayong smiled faintly and said politely:

"Xiao Du Technology belongs to you; our Zhonghai Group is merely an investor. An investor naturally comes for the return on investment, so what I'm about to say might offend people, but I still have to say it. After all, our Zhonghai Group has just invested in Xiao Du Technology; we can't just watch the money be thrown in and go to waste. To put it this way, I think your market side is not detailed enough, the planning is not clear enough, and lacks strategic vision. This is not what a big company should look like. However, I don't blame you; after all, Xiao Du Technology now can hardly be called a big company."

Chen Qiang's expression looked somewhat unpleasant, because he was the main person in charge of developing Xiao Du Technology's market. Fang Dayong said in front of so many executives that the market side was not done well enough—wasn't that criticizing him?

Du Xiaojuan asked:

"Then General Manager Fang, do you have any opinions or suggestions?"

Fang Dayong said:

"The reason our Zhonghai Group has become so big is because we have professional actuaries. Whether it's the general direction of market expansion or the small details facing customers at the front end, every major and minor matter will have an actuary conduct rigorous simulation calculations before a decision is made. This General Manager Ceng is one of Zhonghai Group's actuaries. He is now in charge of Zhonghai Group's market strategy side and reports directly to Zhonghai Group's top leader. His rank can be said to be quite high. Letting General Manager Ceng serve as Xiao Du Technology's chief market strategy officer to optimize Xiao Du Technology's market operation plan—what do you all think?"

As soon as Fang Dayong finished speaking, Chen Qiang darkened his face and was displeased:

"General Manager Fang, isn't this personnel arrangement too rash? To put it bluntly, you let your people manage Xiao Du Technology's market, so what do I manage? The toilets?"

Fang Dayong chuckled and said:

"Manager Chen, don't rush yet; first listen to everyone's opinions. Manager Du, as the founder of Xiao Du Technology, you speak first about your thoughts."

Everyone's gaze turned to Du Xiaojuan.

Chen Qiang also looked at Du Xiaojuan, hoping she would speak up for him.

He, Chen Qiang, was at least one of Xiao Du Technology's own people internally, while Ceng Shun belonged to Zhonghai Group. Letting him manage Xiao Du Technology's market was equivalent to inviting a wolf into the house.

However, Du Xiaojuan's response poured a bucket of cold water on Chen Qiang:

"I think General Manager Fang's proposal is quite good. Our Xiao Du Technology indeed lacks a strategic plan in the market. General Manager Zeng's joining will surely make Xiao Du Technology better."

Chen Qiang immediately looked astonished:

"Xiao Juan, are you serious?"

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