this man is not calm

Chapter 449: Forced Alliance
Fate is something that cannot be explained clearly. Many times, it depends on human affairs, but also on destiny.

Given Wei Shuangping's conditions, it would certainly be difficult for her to find a satisfactory husband, especially in the late 1990s, when she was over 27 and had a child. If she did not significantly lower her requirements, it would be almost impossible for her to find a suitable husband.

I tried many times online and offline, and my parents also went to the blind date corner in the nearby park in their free time to see if there was a suitable one.

It's been so long, but I still haven't found anyone I like.

I didn’t expect that during my rare trip back to my hometown last year, I would make an unexpected discovery.

A close relative in the family was having an important event, and Wei Shuangping had to show up in person. Time was very tight, so Wei Shuangping planned to fly back and forth, but her parents were reluctant to let her go. They thought that with so many people and so many tickets, she wouldn't be able to earn that much money even if she worked on the land for a year.

I had no choice but to buy train tickets, but I had missed the best time and it was not easy to buy them. I had to ask for help from my acquaintances to get a few seat tickets. Sleeper tickets were not only expensive, but also sold out very early.

I had no choice but to spend more than ten hours on the train before I could get back.

Coincidentally, sitting opposite was a man who was also in a hurry to go back to take care of personal matters. They were from the same province but different city, and were a bit far away.

He is 28 years old, widowed and childless. After getting married early, his wife died of a serious illness. Since then, he has been busy with work and has no chance to remarry.

We met by chance and traveled together for more than ten hours, which was quite boring. We couldn't help but chat a little more. Unexpectedly, it was the beginning of a marriage.

"He is a technician at a coal research institute in the city. He is the type who buries himself in work and rarely socializes. He is a bit introverted, but after getting to know each other, he is not boring and is quite interested in new things. It's just that it's hard to find people to talk to in his social circle."

After listening to Wei Shuangping's brief introduction, Jin Shang nodded slightly without commenting.

Most of the new immigrants in big cities are those who came from rural areas to study and then stayed in the city to develop. Most of them have a simple quality. If they have some unsociable hobbies and habits, it will be even more difficult to expand their social circle. If they don’t like to smoke, drink, flatter, and read people’s expressions, they may not even have superficial drinking and eating friends.

"Anyway, congratulations in advance. It's May..."

"We have known each other for more than four months. We could have met earlier, but he seems to have a very important job recently. He has to be stationed in another place for a long time and will not be back until mid-April..."

"No need to explain too much. I didn't say I disagree with your request for leave. This is an employee's right..."

Gently waving his hand, Jin Shang said with a smile,
"It's been nearly three months. Please send me a copy of your work emails so that I can take over smoothly. During your vacation, I will also record the process and give it to you to avoid any mistakes..."

"it is good!"

With a long sigh, Wei Shuangping finally let go of the worry that had been weighing on her mind.

The work of Jinxi Mall is so important that the turnover it handles every month is at least 20 to 30 billion. There are several large subsidiaries and branches across the country, with a total of nearly 6,000 full-time and part-time employees, and the number is still expanding rapidly.

As someone who built such a huge company, Wei Shuangping naturally knows how difficult it is to manage this company.

Now I have taken leave for personal reasons and will be away from work for nearly a month. I don’t know how much time will be lost.

What's more troublesome is that no one in the company can replace her, except the equally talented boss in front of her.

It would be fine if she were to prepare for the marriage, but if she got pregnant and had children in the future, she would not be able to perform her duties for a longer period of time. It is hard to say what would happen then.

Talent is rare, but if it cannot be used, it is almost the same as having no talent.

What Wei Shuangping is most worried about is that her boss Jin Shang will remove her from the position of CEO of Jinxi Mall, causing her to retreat to the second line or be transferred elsewhere.

Wei Shuangping knew very well how much effort she had invested in Jinxi Mall over the past two years. E-commerce would be one of the core pillars of the group company in the future, and there were not many opportunities to gain the trust of the boss and to take charge of things on her own.

Even his fiancée was relegated to the position of supervisor of a second-level department and was not promoted to the core of the company. This shows how much Jin Shang values ​​the principle of separating public and private affairs.

Fortunately, Jin Shang made it clear that his trust in Wei Shuangping was not shaken because Wei Shuangping was distracted by family and personal matters.

"During this period, you should make good work arrangements and designate people to handle the aftermath. For a large company, the most important thing is the execution of the management. As long as the general direction of the decision is correct, it won't be a big problem to change someone to take care of the important matters. Don't worry too much. After all, I am the founder of Jinxi Mall..."

"Well... excuse me. The group company has been so busy lately, and I need the boss to cover for me! Chief Executive, I intend to let Jiang Long take charge, what do you think?"

"He has some study tasks, right? Can he handle it?"

It is only the first year of MBA enrollment. Although you don’t need to stay on campus all the time like ordinary students, you still have to spend a lot of time on studying. The company has spent so much money on training, if you don’t learn anything in the end, it will be a big loss.

"Don't worry about that, Mr. Jin. I've looked into it carefully, and Vice President Jiang has also promised that it won't delay the work."

"Fine!"

Since his two capable subordinates have already made a promise, Jin Shang will not rashly deny the arrangement.

Asking for leave more than two months in advance shows that Wei Shuangping has seriously considered it and is willing to bear all consequences, and Jin Shang will not act rashly as a villain.

"There are many young people in the company, and many of them are getting married. There will be more and more such things in the future. We will do what needs to be done. The company's articles of association were formulated by President Wei, so I don't need to say more about the relevant regulations. Afterwards... just report to Secretary Huang and follow the normal procedures. I agree with this."

"Then... that's all for your work report. I won't bother you any more."

After Wei Shuangping politely left, the office became quiet.

"It's been four years since I started my business!"

Looking back on the journey I have taken since March 1995, it really seems like a dream.

The entrepreneurial process went much smoother than expected.

It’s not that Jin Shang is so powerful that no one can defeat him, nor is it that he is so lucky, but it is the result of the efforts of many parties.

The role of the "golden broom" is indispensable here. At the beginning, its power is not strong and the effect is not very obvious. But after the "snowball" starts rolling, its size becomes larger and larger, and a tiny increase can bring great benefits.

At this point, it is no longer possible for one or two people to control the situation. Although Wei Shuangping's ability plays a huge role, it is important, but it is not impossible to play without her. There is no great general in Shu, Liao Hua is the vanguard.

Jinxi Culture is generally very powerful. It does not need any clever tricks. It can defeat most of its competitors with its overwhelming momentum.

In this case, it is only a temporary vacancy and will not cause too serious consequences.

Although Wei Shuangping was not a Yuan Cong who followed from the beginning, his qualifications were quite advanced and his achievements were outstanding, so this small matter could still be accommodated.

Besides, at her level, if she uses up all the annual leave and other benefits, there are still many days left, so the stipulated benefits are quite a lot.

"At present, the senior executives have probably been trained, but... when unexpected things happen, Plan B is not sound enough."

Wei Shuangping is temporarily away from her job, and Jiang Long and Li Xuan will be unable to replace her for the time being. If Yang Qi leaves, neither Liu Yanqing nor Yin Feiyang, nor the acquired technical team, will be able to find talent who can fully handle technology and management.

"One aspect is to train reserve executives, and the other is to strengthen the role of remote work."

As the Internet becomes more and more popular, the company has gradually adapted to the paperless office and remote collaboration model after years of running-in.

If the disadvantages of using ERP management software outweighed the advantages in the past, its power is now gradually beginning to show.

The threat of leaving traces in internal emails has made many managers who are good at office culture but have little ability to get things done show their fear.

Jin Shang has a clear understanding of the processes of many important tasks that require the boss to make decisions or know about them. He can find out by just checking his emails every day. He usually doesn't ask about specific matters, but if he really wants to intervene, someone will definitely be in trouble.
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In the next few days, employees from all over the country gradually arrived at their posts, the operating efficiency of the entire company became higher and higher, and many things began to move forward.

At first, the employees were a little surprised about the cooperation with Fetion, but not too surprised.

Jinxi Chat and Fetion have always had many work-related connections, but in the past they were all superficial, with competition being the main focus and attracting customers being the priority.

However, the domestic market has been gradually developed to the point where it can only be passively increased through the natural growth of networked computers and Internet users. Everyone soon discovered that with only a million-plus users in total, there was not enough room for even one instant messaging software, let alone two companies to share it.

Fortunately, the current Internet information is still relatively scarce, there are not so many interesting websites, and there are not many netizens who can chat with you. Everyone is just entertaining themselves in a small circle. In this case, most netizens who like to chat basically use both Jinxi Chat and Fetion.

This is just like in the PC era of the past, when netizens had several QQ accounts at the same time. Who doesn’t have several aliases when surfing the Internet?
Therefore, everyone can clearly realize that the competition model between Jinxi Chat and Fetion, where the two do not interfere with each other, is actually not the best choice.

If the two can communicate with each other, even if it is only limited, it will be enough.

To put it bluntly, the level of development is still not enough, and the efficiency of self-development in each circle is too low.

As for who can stand out and take the initiative after information sharing, it all depends on their ability.

Of course, this is terrible bad news for other chat apps that imitate the two. It was supposed to be a pioneering period where many players were vying for supremacy, but now that the top two players who stand out from the crowd have joined forces, what do the other guys have to do?

Watching everyone's noisy discussions in the meeting, Jin Shang couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Although there are practical pressures behind making this decision, it is also an inevitable choice for the business model.

It is not 20 years later, but the beginning of 1998. Internet companies... every single one of them is basically unprofitable. Even email, browsers, and the extremely popular BBS have not found a profit model. Comprehensive portals can only survive by relying on various data, and there is little hope of making a profit by placing advertisements.

E-commerce seems to be increasingly showing the trend of being the "correct answer", but there is the even more despairing Jinxi Mall in that industry, and other second-rate platforms cannot find the opportunity to overtake. How can small and medium-sized entrepreneurs have the possibility to stand out?
Most people don't think about e-commerce where "big players" are rampant and portal websites that seem to have some hope. The niche field of instant messaging did not attract much attention originally, but after seeing that Jinxi Culture regards it as an absolute core, other people don't think too much about it and just copy it, regardless of whether it is a smooth road or not. Even if there are pitfalls, Jinxi Culture, which has invested heavily, will be the first to suffer the biggest loss.

After discussing for a while, Yang Qi maintained order and asked everyone to be quiet. Then he asked Jin Shang:
"What's Fetion's opinion?"

"I'm glad to see it happen! There is some information that you may not know, so I will just briefly tell you."

After a pause, Jin Shang explained,

"Originally, Fetion was born and rose rapidly because of the support of mobile phone users. Everyone should know this. However, now that the basic operators have been restructured and operated separately, the situation has changed..."

There is no doubt that Fetion is a serious Internet application and naturally belongs to China Telecom, which controls fixed-line telephones and the Internet.

Not to mention mobile phone users, who are completely under the jurisdiction of mobile networks.

Originally, the two were one and the same. Mobile text messaging and Fetion were indistinguishable from each other and they were one and the same, so naturally the cooperation was smooth.

But now, it is not so legitimate.

Who will collect the SMS fee?

If Fetion continues to operate, will it be a favor to others?
When Jin Shang and Hao Qilian talked about this matter, the information he got from each other shocked Jin Shang, who was prepared.

Indeed, Fetion, which was originally supposed to be an Internet application, was established and developed by China Mobile in its previous life, but eventually died out quietly.

What it all comes down to is the lack of harmony and unity between rights and responsibilities, and between rights and interests.

In this life, Jin Shang's existence has caused a huge impact.

Instant messaging, which has always been a "sewer" that has received little attention and concern, grew in size prematurely and caused a huge impact, causing the basic operators that did not yet have a split system to go out of business.

When we were working together to grow bigger and stronger, everything was fine, but now that we've separated, we have to figure out everything.

The main business has been almost handled, but what should I do with the secondary business?
Even though Fetion itself does not make money, text messages do. This was especially true during the Spring Festival this year when Xiaolingtong and Jinxi Chat grossed 2 billion in one night, which stimulated many people.

If we don’t fight now, when will we fight?

"If Fetion and mobile SMS are separated, it will not be a simple matter. So, the current stalemate is not that there is no room for negotiation, but that there is no room for maneuver. If a third party comes forward to integrate and regulate the market, it will actually be a good time."

If there are only two parties who are both at loggerheads and cannot come to an agreement, with the help of Jinxi Culture, a friendly company that both parties are familiar with and have a basis for cooperation with, the two strong forces can be turned into a three-way confrontation, and the situation can be stabilized.

(End of this chapter)