Chapter 159: Her Connections?

Gu Yechen was currently in a high-level meeting at the company, where the topic had also been raised; the company's decision now was very clear — based on recent operating conditions, only by successfully securing this collaboration with Bai Shi Group could Gu Group's year-end operating report look reasonably good.

After all, the overall market in recent years had not been great, and the business environment was worrying, so Gu Group had encountered many unprecedented challenges in its development.

As the company's current president, Gu Yechen was about to gradually take over the entire company's affairs; under these circumstances, the year-end report had to be good enough.

Otherwise, the other shareholders and investors would question his efforts over the past year.

Most companies, after developing to a certain stage, would enter a bottleneck period, during which the company's growth would also encounter many problems.

Gu Group was still considered relatively well off; the problems, truthfully, were not too significant — it was just that many of their previous partners had cut their investment budgets over the past year.

Under these circumstances, Gu Group's profits this year had noticeably decreased compared to the same period, so Gu Yechen placed great importance on this collaboration with Bai Shi Group.

Including recently, after handing over the company's management tasks to Gu Yechen, Gu Jue — the chairman of Gu Group, who had begun to adapt early to retirement life — had already come to the company, precisely to discuss the upcoming collaboration plans with the employees.

One could see just how seriously they took this.

"I will next hold meetings with each department, requiring them to submit specific proposals for collaborating with Bai Shi Group as soon as possible, to participate in the public bidding opportunity Bai Shi Group is offering… If we can win it, then Gu Group's development report for this year will be nothing to worry about — everything will go smoothly."

Gu Jue also nodded: "I'll leave this matter entirely to you to handle."

"Understood, Chairman, don't worry."

After the meeting, Gu Yechen immediately conveyed his thoughts to the other departments of the company, including the Marketing Department — all of them were very important collaboration departments for this occasion.

They too had to be able to provide corresponding collaboration proposals.

At this moment, the Marketing Department was also holding an internal meeting to discuss it, and the director of the Marketing Department asked directly: "What ideas does everyone have now? You can put forward your thoughts — any good suggestions you have, you can tell me."

Everyone whispered among themselves, discussing privately, but none had quite figured out how exactly to approach this matter.

Especially since once they put forward an opinion, they had to ensure the subsequent collaboration could proceed smoothly; if it ended up being their own responsibility and their proposed ideas couldn't be realized, it would displease the higher-ups.

So everyone was very cautious, not daring to speak up carelessly.

It was at this moment that Gu Mianmian deliberately brought it up: "I think, Sister, you should have some ideas, right? Didn't you also say before that you had some thoughts? Why don't you share them with everyone now — I think you should have the ability."

So eager to toss this hot potato to her, wanting her to take charge of the related matters… How could Gu Wenyan not know that Gu Mianmian was deliberately using this method to influence her?

But, was Gu Mianmian the only one who could do this?

Gu Wenyan could just as well use the same method to deal with her.

Gu Wenyan curved her lips into a smile: "Don't just talk about me — I think you're pretty impressive too, Sister. Haven't you signed several collaborations these past few days?"

"Since you could even sign those collaborations, and you also knew quite a bit of information about this collaboration with Bai Shi Group in advance, with more preparation time than the rest of us, you should have some ideas too, right?"

Gu Wenyan said softly: "You go first. After you speak, I might be able to get a bit of inspiration from you."

She didn't mind admitting she was not as capable as Gu Mianmian.

After all, admitting she was not as capable as Gu Mianmian could also catch Gu Mianmian off guard with her bluntness.

Sure enough, Gu Mianmian's expression changed slightly because of it: "Sister… I still think you should go first. I feel you're more capable than me."

"I'm not as capable as you. Look, everyone knows that since I came to the Marketing Department, after all this time I haven't been able to sign important contracts like you have, nor have I earned much money or brought particularly significant benefits to the company. I really don't think I'm much good, so I concede — you're more capable than me."

"Sister, why must you…"

"Alright, Director, let's just listen to Gu Mianmian speak first. She should have plenty of ideas — she's so capable, after all, how could she not know how to win the collaboration with Bai Shi Group?"

Gu Mianmian gritted her teeth: "Fine, then I'll share my thoughts. I've already gotten in touch with an employee working at Bai Shi Group, and I'll be in early contact with them. At this point, as long as we communicate with Bai Shi Group first… and get some of their internal information, we might be able to get ahead of the other companies."

The Marketing Department director nodded: "That is indeed an opportunity. Since you have resources on the Bai Shi Group side, make use of them — communicate with their people first, see what their thoughts are, and then we'll craft our proposal based on their expectations."

Gu Wenyan smiled faintly: "But, Gu Mianmian, have you thought of one issue? Besides you, there should be many others who also know employees at Bai Shi Group."

"If you're going to take this shortcut at this point, do you think the other companies don't know to use this method too? Wouldn't they hurry to communicate with Bai Shi Group as well? Perhaps the people they can reach have even deeper qualifications and status than yours, and can obtain even more insider information?"

Gu Mianmian said indignantly: "Sister, that's not necessarily true. Even if they have a chance, we still have to try, right? Otherwise… what do you suggest we do at the early stage to have an advantage?"

"Besides, there's another very obvious problem — Bai Shi Group is now the client; they're the ones paying. If we want to work with them, we have to court them! Are you suggesting we go straight to making demands?"

"But on what basis would they choose our Gu Group? There are so many companies in the country competing with Gu Group, and plenty that can beat us. Even if we make an attempt, we might not necessarily get a chance!"

After hearing Gu Mianmian finish, Gu Wenyan nodded: "Fair point. So, who is the person you're trying to reach? Is this person definitely reliable?"

"Of course I can't say now — their identity must be kept confidential."

"Oh? It needs to be kept confidential? It seems this person's identity is even more extraordinary than I imagined?"

Gu Mianmian was slightly smug: "Of course. I've been preparing for this connection for a very long time!"