Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2914 Loyalty

Yan Guangming was very satisfied with this arrangement.

It can be said that it solved all his work troubles in the past period of time in one fell swoop.

Just as his daughter had told Zhou Buqi before, Lao Yan had not been doing well at work over the past year. He would often go out drinking at night and would not return home until two or three in the morning.

Such troubles are not really due to his lack of power in the company.

It's not because the company has been formalized and its importance has declined, which has caused the feeling of emptiness.

On the contrary, he never minded it.

He is one of the founders of Astar, and he only wants to do something that is beneficial to the company. The better the company develops, the more it will be in line with his personal interests.

The reason why I am worried...

Because he is a gangster.

He is so loyal.

In the past few years, the domestic copycat mobile phone industry developed very well, and Yan Guangming's old friends all did well in their careers.

Some of his friends are suppliers, some are second-hand dealers between suppliers and manufacturers, some collude with insiders to transfer spare parts from OEM factories, and some are actually engaged in the production of counterfeit mobile phones.

Because of the existence of the copycat mobile phone industry, a large number of products from low-end suppliers and some things from gray channels can be absorbed.

It’s no longer possible now, the situation has changed suddenly.

The copycat mobile phone industry can no longer survive.

Many gray industries in the mobile phone industry have also encountered severe survival challenges.

Every day is getting harder and harder.

Many people are going bankrupt.

Why do these friends in the underworld fall into survival difficulties?

This is too obvious, because the smartphone industry brought about by Astar, and the industry rectification led by Astar and Xiaomi, which caused the smartphone prices to plummet...

This is very embarrassing.

  Old Yan turned out to be the culprit who caused these old friends to fall into the trough of life!

When his friends encountered difficulties, they went to him for help, but he was unable to help at all. Aisda has now developed in a formal and institutionalized manner. The supply chain management is all digital operation, and the communication with the upstream supply chain is the most direct and honest. There is no gangster style anymore.

That's a bit ironic.

Lao Yan has become a well-known boss in the industry, with a net worth of tens of billions, and has been on the Hurun Rich List, becoming a well-known rich man in China. His old friends who worked with him when he was running the electronics factory and drank and talked together have all fallen into crisis, and it was all because of him.

If it were an ordinary person, it would be fine.

That's how the market works.

Survival of the fittest.

But Lao Yan is a man of the world, very loyal, and he really can't let go of those old friends. Many of them even helped him in the early days of Astar, and helped him build Astar's supply chain system... Now that Astar is in its heyday, the supply chain system has been institutionalized and improved, and it no longer needs the participation of some people of the world.

It's really a bit like killing the donkey after it has done its work.

This made Lao Yan feel very ashamed.

I feel sorry for them.

However, from the perspective of the company, it is right to get rid of the donkey after it has served its purpose.

An international technology giant like Astar must operate in an upright manner and cut ties with some shady people. Even if it has engaged in some gray or even black business operations in the early stages of its business, it must quickly sort out the relationships, cut off contacts, and cleanse itself.

Yan Guangming was caught in the middle and felt like he was neither a human nor a human.

it's good now!

Boss Zhou pointed out a clear path for him and assigned him a new mission, asking him to integrate the domestic copycat mobile phone industry... To put it bluntly, it was actually to integrate the underground world of the domestic mobile phone industry.

Integrate the underground forces in the mobile phone industry, stop doing shady things, get an official identity from the government, and then form a powerful low-end mobile phone force to plunder overseas markets.

Now Yan Guangming is at most the nominal leader of this underground martial arts world.

This made him ashamed.

Because he did almost nothing, didn't help, but because of the success of Estar, he accelerated the demise of this underground world. Now it's different.

If he could really integrate those domestic copycat phone manufacturers that are on the verge of being eliminated in the industry into a powerful force to impact overseas markets, it would mean that Yan Guangming would become a true and genuine leader of the martial arts world!

Therefore, this matter is of vital importance to Yan Guangming.

It's not about money at all.

This is his code of conduct, his belief in life, and the values ​​he upholds!

The Green Gang and the Red Gang were both righteous men who "fought against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty" in the early years.

Even if it is the gray area of ​​the underground world, there is a code of conduct for stealing!

Yan Guangming's face flushed, as if he had drunk half a catty of wine, and he said excitedly: "It should be like this! Lao Zhou, this new project you mentioned is simply my lifelong dream! I don't want a penny, this must be done!"

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "You can't refuse it. This is a new company and the founding shares must be distributed according to the rules and regulations."

"I don't want it, I don't want it, I'll give it all to you." Yan Guangming shook his head repeatedly, not joking at all, "I'm already on the rich list, and when Asda goes public, the stocks I hold may be worth 100 billion US dollars! These are all given to me by you, I can't ask for more, this time..."

"Let's put things in perspective." Zhou Buqi waved his hand and interrupted him. "This new project is not for you alone. I will send Chen Guohuan, the vice president of Ziweixing Group, over here. He came from a formal background and can handle the management. At that time, you will be the chairman and he will be the CEO. You need to be clear about the division of responsibilities."

Yan Guangming laughed and said, "Of course, I should! I am a rough guy, but I know my own limitations. At most, I have some connections in the domestic mobile phone industry, so I can get some weapons that the government army disdains at the lowest cost and through the most channels. After getting the weapons, I won't rebel, but go to foreign countries to grab territory. Is that what you mean?"

"What kind of metaphor is that?" Zhou Buqi couldn't help but laugh. "But that's about it. If you integrate this world, there are two benefits. You can manage it in a formal way, so that the domestic mobile phone industry will get better and better and reduce the gray market. You can also make full use of this force that should have been eliminated by the government, so that it can stop causing trouble at home and go abroad to show its value."

What Yan Guangming cares more about is that he can participate in this underworld again, give an account to those old friends, and help them through the difficulties. He said slowly: "However, gray industries are gray industries, and it is difficult to eradicate them. Apart from other things, I have no way to deal with the notorious Huaqiangbei, and the background is strong."

"Those are just minor incidents and won't affect the overall situation."

Zhou Buqi's perspective was high enough that when he looked down at the earth from such a high angle, even the tall buildings became spots, not to mention those small grains of sand.

Yan Guangming was very excited, "Old Zhou, your new project is so exciting!"

Zhou Buqi thought of something and was both angry and amused. "Hey, Old Zhou. We are buddies. Why did you send Gege here? I'm hiring a secretary. She didn't even finish high school. How can she be a secretary?"

Yan Guangming said: "As a female secretary, it is enough for her to be able to warm the bed."

"What did you say?"

Zhou Buqi had a black line on his forehead.

I've never seen a father like this.

Feeling even more out of touch than his own father, his younger sister Zhou Nan had a boyfriend who was a director and Zhou Buqi couldn't do anything about her, so he reported it to his father. His father, who had never hit his younger sister, immediately flew back from his trip to the southwest after hearing about it, and threatened to beat her up.

Yan Guangming said nonchalantly: "It's already agreed, the princess will follow you from now on."

"Who said that?" Zhou Buqi refused to agree. "I never agreed to that. We are all brothers. I treat Gege as a junior."

Yan Guangming said: "What seniority? Let's talk about our own affairs! Hey, don't be polite to me. You gave me my hundreds of billions of wealth. I am just..."

Zhou Buqi interrupted him, "You are worth tens of billions, and your daughter is also a super rich second-generation, what kind of good man can't you find?"

"Good man?" Yan Guangming raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but sneered, "I have lived for most of my life and have seen all kinds of people in society, but there is one kind of person I have never seen, and that is a 'good man'!"

"Depend on!"

Zhou Buqi felt like he was being scolded.

Yan Guangming smiled and said, "You are the best. I think it is the best outcome to let her follow you."

Zhou Buqi said angrily, "I'm already married, you know that. Let her find someone who loves her wholeheartedly, get married and have a child, how great is that?"

"Good? What's good about it?" Although Yan Guangming is a rough man, he has a lot of experience and knowledge. "Those bastards are pretending and acting, teaching the common people that they can't do this or that, but what about them? They are both this and that! I can't let my daughter be an ordinary person who takes care of her husband and children. I have met so many people in my life, and you are the most reliable!"

Zhou Buqi felt that Lao Yan might not understand the situation well enough, so he said tactfully: "We may need to recruit more than a dozen female secretaries this time."

"Of course! Of course!" Yan Guangming looked very happy. "With so many places, you can give one to my daughter, right? If you don't give her any, then you are too disrespectful!"

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Don't pretend to be ignorant when you know the truth!"

"Who's playing dumb?" Yan Guangming didn't care at all. "Oh, it's just a mistress. Who doesn't have a mistress? I'm over 50 years old, and I still have seven or eight mistresses outside. I just met a female college student from the music college two days ago. I won her over after meeting her twice. Whose daughter is not a daughter? Other people's daughters can be mistresses, but my daughter is an exception? I'm not that unaware! We're brothers, and I don't even have this little bit of loyalty?"

Zhou Buqi was so shocked that he was speechless.