America started its counterattack from the bum

Chapter 439 The crater under the buttocks
Finally adjusting his collar, Gru stared at the floor numbers on the elevator display panel.

Five, six, seven, eight, here we are.

The elevator door opened and two female employees were chatting outside the elevator. When they saw Gru coming, they hurriedly greeted him.

Lisa's dedicated secretary for Gru stood aside, bent down slightly, and handed over the materials related to today's meeting.

If Xinshi is regarded as a kingdom, then Xizhou is an independent vassal state in this kingdom. Vice President Gru is actually a vassal king. Especially because of his special professional background, his colleagues always feel pressured unconsciously when facing him.

Nodding to the two female white-collar workers, Gru took today's meeting materials from the full-time secretary assigned by the headquarters with a serious expression.

"Mr. Gru, of the four matters discussed today, two are related to our Xizhou. I put the relevant information in the front, but I have confirmed that these two matters are placed at the end of the meeting process."

"Um, sure. Are they all here?"

The people Gru was asking about were his colleagues and leaders, specifically, several senior executives of Xinshi.

"Lisa has arrived. The chairman doesn't seem to be coming. Chan and Benny seem to be in a meeting. You can go to the office and wait for a while." The secretary reminded considerately.

In New York, Gru had his own full-time secretary and an independent office, but he didn't care much about these formalities of respect.

What my brother wants is power.

"No, go to the conference room. Before the others arrive, tell me about the other two agenda items."

The full-time secretary nodded quickly and went straight to the conference room with his direct supervisor.

When the two passed by the public office area, the air in the office area was almost stagnant. After he left, it quickly became noisy again.

Gru is a bit of a 'geeky' executive in the New Times, but he doesn't really care.

When people without ability are called weirdos, they are being bullied. When people with ability are called weirdos, they can just laugh with disdain and even have the leisure to curl their lips.

However, when the full-time secretary pushed open the glass door of the conference room, he found that there was already someone inside.

When Sheriff Gru saw what was going on inside, he calmly signaled his secretary to leave as soon as possible, and then he quietly sat down next to Benny.

Well, it feels a bit like sitting in the back seat with a bad student who is late.

"what happened?"

Looking at Temir, who was sitting at the top with his arms folded and an expression that said 'I want everyone dead', Gru asked Benny quietly.

Benny raised his chin, pointed at Mr. Cheng and Lisa who were standing by the window and chatting in the distance, and shook his head.

Gru seemed to understand something, but also didn't quite understand. He chose to pick up today's meeting materials and began to study them carefully.

Benny didn't have the meeting materials on hand, so he grabbed a handful from Gru's hand, pulled it over and started to look at it.

Gru, Benny: Today is another day of hard work~
On the other hand, Mr. Cheng also gave his own solution.

“If you are willing to continue to be the general manager of New Century, I will support you, but if you are not happy here in the future, my Faraday Future will also need a new president.

You happen to like cars, and Faraday Future builds cars. You also know Lao Jia's situation. It's not convenient for him to come to China to give on-site guidance, so it's just right for you to go there."

Not all accidents in life come unexpectedly. Mr. Cheng had noticed the problems between Lisa and Temir a long time ago. The only thing he didn't expect was that Lisa could endure it until now before exploding.

This girl's rationality is simply terrible. In the world of Cthulhu, she can hardly look back on the past with rationality alone.

"What does she mean?" asked the blonde.

It is impossible to pass the message. The corresponding profession for passing messages between women is eunuch, Cheng Daiqi said helplessly.

"You should ask her yourself. Frank communication is the most effective. But no matter what, you don't have to feel too much psychological pressure. I had expected this.

Besides, it is normal for friends to have arguments, and this is more likely to happen when the friends are good friends.”

"Okay." Lisa turned around and glanced at Mi'er in the distance.

"What's your decision?"

Lisa smiled and replied meaningfully.

"Let's have a meeting first. You haven't paid enough attention to OC recently. She probably wants to embarrass us by using OC to attack us this time."

Seeing that Cheng Daiqi and Lisa, the couple, had finally finished their affair, Temir, who was sitting in the main seat, laughed and teased.

"Mr. President and Ms. General Manager, do you have any opinions about me as the chairman? Why can't you say it publicly? I welcome your suggestions to me."

Mr. Cheng chose to ignore this yin and yang and go straight into the work process.

The internal struggle never stops. If you don’t do anything because of conflicts, you will never get anything done.

"No, it's just communication work. Now that everyone is here, let's start, Mi'er."

The black-haired wealthy woman snorted coldly, and the two vice presidents who were looking at the documents read more seriously without even raising their heads.

"Oh, Lisa, you host it. I'll just be a listener today."

Lisa didn't hesitate. She asked the executive who was the general manager of OC but was nominally the vice president of Xinshi to talk about OC first.

"Under Chan's suggestion and Ms. Lisa's promotion, OC began to shift its marketing half a year ago, and so far, this shift has achieved very good results.

only"

Who are Benny and Gru?

They are all old foxes with such a sharp nose that they can smell dog shit ten miles away.

When things developed to this point, they all realized that the three major forces of the new era had begun to fight among themselves!

"In general, the left-leaning marketing strategy combined with short video media has achieved good results, with significant results in diversifying the user base, but the profit margin is lower than the industry average. This trend must be taken seriously."

The OC general manager finished his report and sat down expressionlessly, seemingly still worried about this trend.

In fact, people are all made of flesh and blood, and he is not a masochist. If he had a choice, he would of course choose Lisa.

But when you are in the world, when will you have a choice?
Temir had no intention of personally joining the fight. He just looked at Lisa provocatively, waiting for the blonde to take the blame.

Lisa was the one who led OC's special marketing to the LGBT community, and now she should be blamed.

But Mr. Cheng spoke first.

“Well, I remember that OC’s diversification has two dimensions. One is to diversify customer base based on marketing and marketing, and the other is to expand into the cosmeceutical field based on products.

The data you just mentioned seems to be only in the field of perfume. How is OC's cosmeceuticals project going now? "

Mi'er, you want to use the decline of OC's expansion to attack us, which seems unlikely, right?

You are also aware of the competitive landscape of the perfume industry itself, so what's the point of talking about perfume?
Hearing Mr. Cheng’s question, OC’s general manager quickly responded.

"The data for the first quarter is not very optimistic, and the data for the second quarter has not yet been collated."

Lisa interjected.

"Not very optimistic? That's not right. I remember the loss was over 30 million, wasn't it?"

After saying that, she looked at Mier provocatively.

Sister, you like to use the poor performance of the perfume business to attack my original strategy, but this is not enough. You should also bring up the issue of horizontal diversification and expansion, so that you will be more aggressive.

The atmosphere in the meeting suddenly became quiet. Gru put down the documents, pretended to be listening carefully, picked up a pen and started working.

"It is normal to incur losses. There will be no output without input. As for the profit margin of the traditional perfume business, this should be related to the increase in customer acquisition costs. Are there any data in this regard?" said Mr. Cheng.

Temir, Lisa and Mr. Cheng are all serious about crossing over to the field of cosmeceuticals. However, everyone knows that if the initial investment is slightly higher, the project will appear to be a huge loss.

Lisa was dancing with the sword, but Mr. Cheng chose to hold the sword down.

“Yes, in the first half of the year ending in April, our user growth increased by 46% compared with the same period last year, which is more than double the industry average.

Mier, high-cost promotion is effective. The value of expanding the pan-user customer base cannot be judged only by profit margins, but more attention should be paid to the long-tail effect of marketing. "

Lisa: I just want to draw my sword and kill!

Sister, if you want to get on the scale, don’t blame me for weighing it out in real weight!

“The long tail effect? ​​It’s the kind that first destroys the brand image, and then presents the ridiculous profit margin report to the shareholders: Are we really the long tail effect of a non-profit organization?
I can accept this result, but I am afraid the shareholders will not accept it!"

Benny doesn't have a pen. He is a more casual person, otherwise he wouldn't have so many bad friends.

Therefore, he could only sit upright in his seat and hold on, controlling his expression at all times.

It’s not like jail, but it’s worse than jail.

Watching Gru writing furiously and trying hard to fool people, Benny suddenly realized that if he wanted to get further in the workplace, he needed to learn more from Sheriff Gru.

Pretending to have clear information before the meeting is the basis, and drawing a turtle with a pen is a must during the meeting - at least it looks more professional and can save you from going to jail.

“What kind of brand image do you want?”

Cheng Daqi watched Lisa and Temir quarreling in silence, as if he was lost in thought. "It's not what I want, it's what the market needs!"

Lisa wanted to laugh but held it back.

“Oh, then user growth is the answer. The market made the choice.”

"Short video marketing cannot last long. The change in marketing model will burst this growth bubble. Don't tell me you don't understand this, my general manager."

“The existence of effectiveness is objective. Denying the positive status quo is actually a lack of confidence. As for what the future will be like, you may believe that your marketing department has the ability to at least reach the average level. - My dear chairman.”

The two sides were on the verge of a fierce battle, and President Cheng chose to put aside the dispute and return to the facts.

"Okay, since everyone has different opinions on some of the OC situations, let Xinshi and OC make relevant plans respectively. The day after tomorrow we will hold a special meeting to carefully review it. Now let's discuss the second thing, Benny!"

My goodness, President Cheng called out his name, which scared Benny so much that he started to report in a rambling manner.

Lisa and Temir felt that their opponents were difficult to deal with so they chose to remain silent for the time being and wait until the day after tomorrow to fight again.
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"Chan, do you think I'm being unreasonable?"

Temir kept chasing after Mr. Cheng, got into his car, and tried to get an answer.

"No, the judgment of being unreasonable should not exist in the minds of decision-makers. Everyone has his or her own position. You have your own ideas, and I respect you very much."

Lill, who was driving, tried hard to suppress the disdain on his lips.

Not only did he think that Themir was being unreasonable, he also thought she was a crazy woman.

"So what are you going to do with Lisa?" The rich black-haired woman just wanted a clear answer.

The question of whether to choose her or me may seem naive, but it is essentially the ultimate reflection of the focus of interests, and its result is very important.

"If she wants to leave, let her leave. But Mi'er, Lisa has made great efforts for the success of OC and New Time. No matter what her final decision is, we should respect her - just like I do to you."

Cheng Daiqi was not sure whether this kind of persuasion would be useful, but even if the result was bad, he could handle it.

The larger the interest group, the more significant the conflicts within it will be. This requires the interest group to expand constantly so as to use external interests to quell internal conflicts.

After the expansion, the interest groups became larger and their internal contradictions became more pronounced - the bigger the fish, the smaller the fish.

Lisa's cutting off of unhealthy friendships is itself a product of her gradual economic independence. The process of her achieving financial freedom with the help of Mr. Cheng is itself a reflection of her personal gains from the expansion of interest groups.

Therefore, in addition to interests, ideological identification and consensus become important, which requires large organizations to have strict organizational order.

And Temir is like a difficult-to-deal-with 'founding father'. She is unwilling to be managed by the organizational order, and is also qualified to say no to Mr. Cheng who is in charge of organizational construction.

Many interest group leaders have faced this problem.

For this kind of people, Liu Bang chose to share the profits first, and then wanted to kill them after they woke up. Zhu Yuanzhang chose to kill them in waves, and the brother of the Donkey Cart God of War chose to release his military power over a cup of wine.

But Mr. Cheng is not the emperor, and Mi'er is not a small character, so this is not easy to deal with.

If she were brought into Liu Bang's script, she would be Empress Lu at least - it's just that the alliance form of marriage is not very necessary in the postmodern business society, so Cheng did not choose it.

"If she resigns, what will you do with her?"

Temir asked with an unchanging expression.

"How do you want me to deal with it?" Cheng Daiqi put down his phone and looked at Mi'er.

The black-haired rich woman blinked her eyes and finally spoke.

"I'm asking you, don't answer a question with a question."

What makes Temir most helpless is that she knows very well that Lisa is a good person, otherwise she would not like this blonde and white girl friend so much.

But now, Lisa took the initiative to cut ties with her, and she felt uncomfortable.

When Mi'er asked this, President Cheng understood her intention - sister, it turns out you also have a weak spot.

Lisa has fallen out with you, but you still want to prevent her from suffering any harm.

People are just mean!

I didn’t cherish others before, but now that I’m rejected, I think about the good things about others.

"Faraday Future needs a reliable person to run the new things. You can step forward, Mi'er. I believe you can do a great job."

This arrangement essentially means that President Cheng's power is expanding fast enough, and the cake inside is enough for these core figures to eat their fill.

Lisa likes cars, and Mr. Cheng gave her a car company. There couldn't be a better arrangement than this.

Temir was worried that President Cheng would be biased, so President Cheng directly gave her the power of the new era - don't worry, Mi'er.

Seeing that Temir did not directly object, President Cheng lobbied further.

"If you stay away from her, it will help you both remember the good things about each other. It's normal for friends to have arguments. After a few months, maybe you can reconcile again."

"Who wants to make peace with her?"

Mr. Cheng chose to pretend he didn't hear it.

"I'm going to meet Wolfe, do you want to come with me?"

"That guy is so disgusting, he's obviously gay, but he still wants to get married.

Bah, vile! "
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Whether it was despicable or not, Wolfe didn't know.

He considers himself not mean.

Morality is a tool. For people like Wolfe, how can one be bound by tools?
"Chan, I have reached an agreement with Mr. Barak, but something unexpected happened."

Every visit to the Wolfe family was Cheng's only chance to practice golf.

He was talking to Wolfe as he kept hoeing the ground with his club.

"What accident?"

Wolfe replied, looking at the small hole dug by Cheng Zong with some heartache.

"That old guy wants to get me to sponsor his people. You know, they never have enough campaign funds."

Man, someone is trying to win me over, understand?

What Wolfe expects is that President Cheng can give him more profits or political benefits. In short, he wants to use Barak's enticement as a bargaining chip to get more from President Cheng.

The nastiness between Gru and Eris is because they have alternative ecological niches and compete in functions.

The outbreak of the conflict between Lisa and Temir was the result of a long-lurking mine exploding after the situation was temporarily stabilized. It was an expected and inevitable link.

Wolfe, the boss of another faction within the group, chose to demand a price in order to win over outsiders. This was an inevitable behavior based on his own strength and status.

That's just a problem for a few main members. In the future, when Lao Li and Lao Jia become stronger, and even Fidel Lopez and the golden-haired veteran Scott gradually come to the fore, these small characters today will also have their own problems.

It is actually very difficult for the leader, Mr. Cheng, to sit in this position.

If someone else comes, what lies under his butt is not a rebellious companion, but a series of craters.

With a 'bang', Mr. Cheng helped Wolfe hoe the lawn of the golf course again.

He put away the pole with regret and sighed.

"So why did he mess with our people? Just to threaten them so he could get money?"

"Our People" - specifically Eris.

Buddy, we are all in the same boat, don’t jump around!
You haven't figured out the other party's intentions yet, and you want to jump off the boat. Is Dracula's passive skill jumping off the boat?

Wolfe pondered over what Mr. Cheng said and replied.

"I have a guess. It might be Nancy. You were too harsh on Niu Sen."

He likes to be friends with people like Mr. Cheng. It feels so good. Every time he communicates with Mr. Cheng, he feels like he is beating a high-level BOSS on Earth ONLINE.

Smart, sharp, greedy and ruthless, how could Wolfe not like such a partner who is both an enemy and a friend?
"Okay, back to the beginning, so what did you and him agree on?"

"The matter of Eris is over. We just need to provide some campaign funds to his people. Also, there is a speech at the Joel Dracula Institute tonight. He will come in person. Do you want to come?"

"No, I don't want to meet this kind of person. It's too difficult."

"That's not like you, Chan."

"As long as the money is there, it's fine. I don't plan to go into politics."

I dug another hole, Mr. Cheng replied angrily.

Wolfe didn't mind Mr. Cheng's attitude, he even wanted to laugh.

Bro, you are such a wimp!
(End of this chapter)