Rekindle 2003

Chapter 764: Couldn’t it be the kid who killed a thousand swords who did it?

This made the four people in the office feel an unusual atmosphere. After all, although Lin Min still held the position of office director, after being promoted to general assistant, he rarely delivered documents in person.

Lin Min walked into the office, his steps seemed a little heavy, which was in sharp contrast to his usual calmness.

Clearing his throat, there was an imperceptible tremor in his voice, "Teacher, Uncle Qin, the results of last week's market share survey are out."

Zhiliu raised his head and motioned for Lin Min to continue speaking.

Lin Min took a deep breath and continued to report, "The survey report shows that our company's overall market share is 21%. Within the mainstream range of 4000-5000 yuan, our market share is zero."

These words were like a bomb that exploded in the office.

Everyone was stunned immediately, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

Zhiliu's pupils shrank suddenly, and a trace of uneasiness flashed in his heart.

His face instantly turned pale, his hands trembled slightly, and he managed to say, "Zero? How is this possible?"

Li Qin quickly snatched the report from Lin Min's hand and began to read it carefully.

He frowned and asked doubtfully: "Is there something wrong with the survey crowd? This is market research on the street. Could it be because our investigators did not enter the campus to conduct the investigation?"

Guo Wei's face also became extremely serious. He categorically denied Li Qin's guess, "Uncle Qin, this is impossible. It is true that most young people are concentrated in campus, but a large part of them have already entered social work.

Moreover, our investigation time has always been between 6 and 8 pm, which is the peak time for people flow. It is impossible not to encounter a young person on the street. "

Li Qin thought about the same reason. Their market research has always used 1000 people as the sample size, and the research locations also cover universities, office buildings, communities and other places.

Zhiliu's neck twitched, a trace of cruelty flashed in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Then there is only one possibility, the scalper... did not release the goods."

Even if only one person buys it, it should be 0.1%.

The atmosphere in the conference room became tense and silent.

This research report made everyone lose the ability to speak.

This market share is really counter-intuitive.

After a while, Li Qin hissed. The scalper's behavior puzzled him.
"Are they crazy?"

When all the brands in this market launch a price war targeting Fantasy Group's benchmark price, even if the scalper buys at a fair price to stock up on goods, it will still lose money.

Coupled with warehousing costs and labor, this loss figure will continue to increase as time goes by.

Therefore, the inevitable choice for scalpers is to ship goods quickly.

But now someone actually told them that the scalpers did not ship...

Yang Zhiyuan's heart was filled with complicated emotions at this moment. He was originally expecting Guo Wei's strategy to fail and wanted to watch a good show.

However, Guo Wei's strategy of letting scalpers ship goods to seize the market, as well as his own plan to sell products overseas, seemed to him to be an out-of-this-world move.

However, this sudden change made him feel uneasy, as if the development of things had exceeded his expectations and understanding.

He knows that now is not the time to care about personal gains and losses. He must put aside his grudges with Guo Wei and face this thorny issue together.

What he wants is the throne of chairman of the prosperous Fantasy Group, not the position of leader of the liquidation team of a bankrupt company.

Zhiliu's mind was spinning rapidly, and his heart was beating violently with his thoughts. His intuition told him that there must be a monster when something went wrong, but he could not immediately grasp the key to the problem.

He suddenly remembered Guo Wei's previous analysis.

Guo Wei once said that there must be a traitor in the group.

This sudden thought made his heart tighten.

He began to think about whether there was some connection between the strange market situation and the traitor, but for a while he couldn't find any clues.

There was a glint in his eyes, and he began to wonder if there was a bigger hand controlling the market behind all this.

"Isn't it the kid who killed a thousand swords who did it?"

Li Qin's words made his heart skip a beat.

Zhiliu shook his head slowly, "But what's the motive?"

Guo Wei blinked and said softly, "Teacher...at the press conference of Yanhuang Group, he said that he would take revenge on you."

Li Qin suddenly looked constipated when he heard this.

Thinking of Qing Yun, I wanted to say that Zhi Liu was also speechless and disgusted.

He took a deep breath, then shook his head, "It's not like that!

Since his computer won't be able to be accessed for a while, for Qing Yun, there is no need for him to..."

Before he finished speaking, a deafening and uniform shout suddenly came from outside the window.
"Zhiliu! Liar!"

"Fantasy! Liar!"

The four people in the office were startled by the shouts coming from the window and stood up.

They looked at each other with shock and confusion written on their faces.

What's going on? Why are you suddenly involved in a liar?

What's happening here? "Li Qin's voice was trembling. He quickly walked to the window and opened the curtains to see clearly what was happening outside.

Outside the office building, a group of excited old men and women were holding banners and shouting slogans through loudspeakers.

Anger was written on their faces, and the leaflets they were waving in their hands were flying in the wind, like flying snowflakes.

The security guards and some employees at the door formed a human wall to keep the crowd out.

Zhiliu, who walked to the window, was confused when he saw the scene downstairs.

Well, even if he is a liar, he has nothing to do with these elderly people who look like they are seventy or eighty years old.

Is it medicine?

Suddenly, Zhi Liu was sweating.

Could it be that there was something wrong with the medicine?
He turned around and said to Lin Min, "Quick! Go and find out what's going on."

Lin Min didn't hesitate and ran outside.

Looking at Zhiliu who was hiding behind the curtains and not daring to peek his head, Guo Wei raised his eyebrows.

As soon as Lin Min left the house, Financial Director Ma Xuezheng entered the room and asked directly what was going on.

"I don't know. Lin Min went down to inquire about the situation."

Zhiliu answered calmly, closed the window, turned back to his seat and sat down.

Since Ma Xuezheng was alarmed and came to ask him face to face, other senior executives would also follow him to his office.

Inquiring about the situation is one thing. If something happens to the big leader, would the subordinates dare to show up?

As he expected, his office was filled with people in a short time. Zhiliu was helpless when he saw this, and asked everyone to go to the conference room next to him for a meeting.

As soon as he sat down, while Zhiliu was still thinking about how to comfort people with his opening remarks, Lin Min walked in with a flyer and a strange look on his face.

“I don’t know who the bastard came from, saying that our Fantasy Group, in order to give back to the consumers in Beijing, and also to celebrate the chairman’s retirement at the age of 60 in advance, is giving away 60 eggs for free. Everyone in attendance will receive 60 eggs. First come first served.”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, with surprise and confusion written on their faces.

Where the hell is this?
They are all senior executives of the Fantasy Group and are well aware of the group's marketing strategies and public relations activities, but they have never heard of free eggs.

Li Qin frowned, with a hint of solemnity in his voice: "It seems that someone is trying to cause trouble."

Guo Wei looked disdainful and responded to Li Qin with a sneer, "Uncle Qin, you said a very correct nonsense.

Besides that little bastard, who else would use such childish tactics? Normal people can't do it. "

When Li Qin heard this, he rolled his eyes at him and threw a cigarette, "I see you are a child too!"

This gag brought everyone back to their senses, and they quickly complained about the despicable methods of the Yanhuang Group.

Guo Wei knocked the butt of his cigarette on the table and said lightly, "Although the method is childish, it also shows one thing. The Yanhuang Group's counterattack has begun."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

They are all veterans in the business world, and naturally understand that behind such sudden changes, there are often unknown conspiracies.

Strictly speaking, they had been the ones taking action all along, and the Yanhuang Group did not take the initiative to fight back.

To put it even more outrageously, the current predicament of the Fantasy Group, in hindsight, was all caused by their overreaction.

Chief Financial Officer Ma Xuezheng frowned and said with a confused expression, "Speaking of which, I do have a situation here.

I don’t know what’s going on recently, but there are rumors that our company is going to raise wages and employee benefits will be in line with those of the Yanhuang Group..."

Li Qin frowned when he heard this and interrupted her, "Didn't you explain it some time ago?"

In fact, when the welfare benefits of Yanhuang Group were made public, there were various rumors within Fantasy.

All employees will be jealous.

Naturally, the gossip continues.

There is a very dramatic situation in China. Rumors sometimes become true.

For business managers, should such rumors be refuted, or should they not be refuted?
Dilemma.

Fortunately, Fantasy Group is a state-owned enterprise after all, and its salary and benefits are subject to a performance-related system, similar to the NBA's salary cap.

Therefore, it makes sense for managers to explain and communicate well.

Ma Xuezheng shook his head, "I mean, this rumor is gone, but another rumor has come."

She cleared her throat and continued, "The current version is that the company has suffered huge losses, and it is said that the company's leadership is considering salary cuts for all employees, and even layoffs are also being considered.

It is said that the leadership will take the lead in reducing the number of employees by 50%, the employees will reduce the number by 20%, and the layoffs will be 30%. "

After all, it is a state-owned enterprise, and Fantasy Group has no shortage of the shortcomings that state-owned enterprises should have.

So regarding reports, profits, etc., employees may not know the specific numbers, but they know the general direction.

And anyone with a discerning eye can also see that this price war is a sure thing.

At this sensitive moment, such news is undoubtedly a bombshell, enough to destabilize people within the group.

'Loss - salary reduction and layoffs' and 'profit - salary increase bonus' are generally fixed combinations.

Zhiliu was stunned for a moment when he heard this and looked at everyone, "You didn't refute the rumor?"

But as soon as he finished speaking, he himself reacted.

They can't really disprove this rumor.

At least, it's useless for others to say it. He has to say it to calm people's hearts.

Zhiliu took off his glasses and kneaded his brows.

There will be no layoffs for the time being, but salary cuts are indeed an upcoming measure in his mind.

One is to reduce expenses, which will somewhat reduce the profit in the annual report.

The second is that he needs to make a gesture to the state-owned assets. The leadership taking the lead in cutting salaries is a gesture of fighting against the odds.

He was originally planning to lay the groundwork in the past few days.

For example, first release the news of layoffs to make all employees nervous.

Then they said they would get through the difficult times and said there would be no layoffs. The leadership took the lead in cutting salaries to protect everyone's jobs. In this way, employees would even happily agree to the final salary cut of only 20%.

But now that we say it like this, without any foreshadowing, it’s a bad idea.

Another characteristic of state-owned enterprises has emerged, especially the group of veteran employees who are not contract workers but are established...

This is a special group formed in a special era. Unlike employees under the employment system, this group of people with institutional status dare to cause trouble.

And the most important thing is that if the senior executives in front of him are not ventilated one by one in advance and then let others set the pace, he will not be able to convince them.

Zhiliu, who was cursing his mother in his heart, glared, "This is pure nonsense! If there is a problem with the company's management, I am entirely responsible. How can I reduce employees' wages and lay off employees?"

The most ridiculous thing in the world! The office used my words to draft a letter to all employees, explaining the company's plight. Now is the time when everyone needs to work together.

I hope employees understand that the company will take measures to reduce costs and increase efficiency, but the company promises that it will never resort to layoffs or salary cuts! "

There was a burst of warm applause in the conference room.

Zhiliu, who was smiling, felt as if his heart was being twisted.

But before he could catch his breath and prepare a counterattack plan, Human Resources Director Xue Lan also spoke,

"Chairman, as you said, now is the time when everyone needs to work together, so should all logistics support departments restrict employees' requests for leave?

Last week, the company's logistics vacation rate exceeded 15%, and this week it reached 35%, which is outrageous!
There are even vacancies for many positions AB at the same time!
I only discovered it when I couldn't find it by searching the archives!

I would like to ask, now is the time when we need to work hard. Why do the backend departments take so much time off? "

The HR department is a back-office department, but the HR director is not.

A qualified human resources director, like a financial director, will not position himself as a member of the middle and back offices.

Industry and wealth are one, and people are one.

She is a senior executive and an important member of the core decision-making team. Her position is more front-office because she focuses on solving front-office problems.

When Zhiliu heard this, the anger he had been holding back suddenly burst out, and he slammed the table hard.
"You are going to rebel, right! What? I, Zhiliu, have treated you badly, right? There is a war on the front line! You! This!"

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(End of this chapter)