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Chapter 543 Don’t worry about scarcity but inequality
Not only the parking spaces at the Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters were packed today, but even the streets near the Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters were full of parked vehicles.

This kind of scene only occurred during the year-end meeting last year. In the past, it was impossible for the senior executives of Dongling Hi-Tech’s headquarters to stay at the headquarters every day. They basically flew around the world to major cities in China and even abroad to handle the affairs of various departments of Dongling Hi-Tech.

But today, all the senior executives above the manager level in the Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters flew back to the headquarters. Today was Li Dongling's first meeting after returning to Pingyang, and no senior executive from the headquarters dared to miss it. They put eye drops on Li Dongling and made him wonder if someone wanted to create a confrontation within Dongling Hi-Tech.

"Mr. Li!"

When Li Dongling arrived at the headquarters, Li Dongling's chief assistant Su Chicheng was waiting there with several people from the assistant department. "President Ren, Manager Hu, and managers of various departments have all arrived at the conference room!"

Nodding, Li Dongling looked at Su Chicheng, patted his shoulder, and said to him, "Thank you for your hard work during this period!"

This time, Su Chicheng did not go to America with Li Dongling, but stayed at the Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters to handle some matters.

Everyone knows who Su Chicheng belongs to. As long as he is still in Dongling Hi-Tech, he will naturally be labeled as Li Dongling's confidant, and it is impossible for him to change his allegiance.

With Su Chicheng around, even if Li Dongling is not at Dongling Hi-Tech, things happening at the headquarters will not be isolated from the inside and outside.

This does not mean that we do not trust Ren Yuefeng, Hu Zixian and others who are now in power in Dongling Hi-Tech, but we still have to take the necessary measures, just in case. It is better than a real situation and a scene of falling out.

Li Dongling didn't want to play the trick of cooking the running dogs and hiding the good bows after the birds were all gone. Many companies had experienced scenes where the founders fought with the veterans and senior managers for power and profit. Li Dongling didn't want that scene to happen inside Dongling Hi-Tech.

We still hope that in the future, Dongling Hi-Tech, Ren Yuefeng, Hu Zixian, Zhang Ao, Gao Peng and others can have a good relationship with the Li family, and when they retire, they can go fishing together in Yuhe Leisure Resort, instead of becoming enemies and fighting in the media.

But for Su Chicheng, these days in Dongling Hi-Tech were not easy. Everyone knew that he had been acting as Li Dongling's "spy" during this period, which was equivalent to the Jinyiwei in ancient times. He reported the situation of Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters and its branches to Li Dongling.

No one knows whether Su Chicheng will take the opportunity to report some negative information or not. As a result, all the senior executives at Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters have kept their distance from Su Chicheng during this period. This is a nice way of putting it. To put it bluntly, people are disgusted by him and are afraid that Su Chicheng will tell Li Dongling some dirty things about themselves.

Su Chicheng laughed helplessly, but he also knew that Li Dongling put him in this position because he would always need him to do things and it was impossible for him to be a mascot.

During this period, Su Chicheng played the role of Samsung Secretariat. His position was not high, but he was very powerful. Samsung Secretariat was later renamed Samsung Future Strategy Office, a typical low-ranking but powerful department. It collected intelligence and provided advice for Samsung Lee family, just like a hawk and dog, helping Samsung Lee family strengthen its control over its various departments and branches.

For Su Chicheng, during the time when Li Dongling was away, he represented Li Dongling to a certain extent, which greatly increased his power in Dongling Hi-Tech. There were some things on Ren Yuefeng and Hu Zixian's side that needed to be discussed with Su Chicheng.

Li Dongling walked towards the Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters. It was still the familiar facilities, but after not being there for a while, Li Dongling saw that there were some new and unfamiliar faces in the Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters.

As long as the employees who join Dongling Hi-Tech’s headquarters are capable, they will be easily discovered and promoted quickly. In addition, Dongling Hi-Tech is constantly expanding its branches, so these outstanding employees can easily be promoted after being transferred to other places.

If you are willing to work for an overseas company, you will be promoted faster and your salary will be much higher than in China.

But whether it is a domestic branch or an overseas branch, it is easy to leave, but it is not so easy to be transferred back to the headquarters. Many employees of Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters do not want to be transferred. After all, there are definitely more opportunities at the headquarters. It is easy to be an official in front of the emperor, and you can be reported to the emperor if you have made some achievements.

"Which department do you want to go to, stay at the headquarters or go out to the field?"

When going upstairs, Li Dongling asked Su Chicheng, which made Su Chicheng visibly stunned.

As Li Dongling's chief assistant, Su Chicheng will be transferred to other departments sooner or later. No matter how powerful the assistant department is, the position is there. If he wants to become a real executive, he must be transferred to other departments.

Su Chicheng fell into deep thought for a moment. Given his background, if he left the assistant department and went to another place, he could become the deputy general manager of Dongling Hi-Tech in a certain province and it would not be difficult to become a regular employee in a year or two.

If you stay at the headquarters, it would not be difficult to serve as deputy manager of a department, or to work as a senior executive in a company under Dongling Hi-Tech.

Seeing Su Chicheng still in deep thought, Li Dongling asked him, "Budget Review Committee, are you interested?"

When Su Chicheng heard about this department, his face suddenly turned bitter. He felt that Li Dongling wanted him to become a "lone minister" of Dongling Hi-Tech.

The Budget Review Committee, since its establishment, has become increasingly important within Dongling Hi-Tech. The funding for each department, branch, and major project of Dongling Hi-Tech needs to be approved by the Budget Review Committee every year before they can get the funding. This is one of the most powerful departments in Dongling Hi-Tech, and of course, it is also the most criticized. It has always been a problem that inequality is more of a problem than a lack of funding. Who in each department of Dongling Hi-Tech doesn't want to get more funding?
This results in the Budget Review Committee being very powerful, but also receiving the most criticism. The only thing the person in charge of this department can rely on within Dongling Hi-Tech is the support of Li Dongling and the board of directors.

The relationship with other departments is not very good. Only a lone minister, an iron-faced and ruthless person can sit firmly in this position. If you are biased towards any department, you will be rumored to be forming a clique for personal gain and will be kicked out every other day.

"I……"

Su Chicheng knew that this was an opportunity. As the head of the Budget Review Committee, he would become another powerful figure in Dongling Hi-Tech, but he might also fail.

When approaching the door of the conference room, Su Chicheng took a deep breath and said to Li Dongling, "Boss Li and the board of directors, I will go to whichever department they need me to go to. I will never let the board of directors down!"

Li Dongling stopped and nodded to Su Chicheng, "Today, I will propose that you join the Budget Review Committee and serve as Lao Hu's deputy!"

The current head of the Budget Review Committee is Hu Zixian. After Su Chicheng joins the committee, he will serve as Hu Zixian's deputy. After he becomes familiar with the Budget Review Committee, he will take over the department.

The conference room at the Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters was basically full at this moment. The heads of the most important departments of Dongling Hi-Tech, General Manager Ren Yuefeng, Financial Director and part-time head of the Budget Review Committee Hu Zixian, General Manager of the Marketing Department Zhang Ao, Technical Department Chen Tao, Production Department Manager Duan Youli, Logistics Department Gao Peng, Legal Department Manager, and several other department managers, including branch managers, were also seated there.

"Feiyan Technology, I heard it will be listed on NASDAQ at the end of the year?"

The atmosphere in the conference room was very heated at the moment, and the most discussed topic was Feiyan Technology's listing, which was related to the net worth of Dongling Hi-Tech's senior executives.

People like Ren Yuefeng, Zhang Ao, Hu Zixian and others all received option rewards from Feiyan Technology at last year's year-end meeting. Once Feiyan Technology goes public, their net worth will also skyrocket, and it is not impossible for them to become multi-millionaires or even billionaires.

"In two months, in November this year, Feiyan Technology will start its global roadshow and complete its listing in December!"

Ren Yuefeng also had a smile on his face as he spoke to Hu Zixian, Zhang Ao and others who were sitting on his left and right.

Gao Peng also said at this time, "Boss Li brought back a lot of big projects from America this time!"

Speaking of this, Hu Zixian, who was in charge of the purse, began to frown, "They are all big projects that cost money. The cost of a Dongxin chip production base alone is..."

The news that Doxin Semiconductor has started planning to build an 8-inch wafer factory has already been reported to the headquarters. The construction cost of more than million US dollars is enough to make Hu Zixian shudder.

"There are other projects, such as the digital video recording equipment and Internet set-top box. They are quite innovative. The projects proposed by Mr. Li have never failed!" Chen Tao, manager of the technical department, also spoke up.

While Ren Yuefeng, Hu Zixian and others were discussing, the door of the conference room was pushed open. When they saw Li Dongling coming in, everyone in the conference room stood up immediately and looked at Li Dongling with burning eyes.

Li Dongling's trip to America can be said to have turned all his previous boasting into reality.

When Dongling Hi-Tech bought the Feiyan brand, no one could have imagined that this brand could be reestablished, let alone that it could become a well-known brand in Hanxi, or even a well-known domestic trademark. Now it has become the first technology company in Hanxi and even in the inland area to be listed on NASDAQ. Feiyan has set too many new records.

After Li Dongling sat down at the main seat, he pressed his hand and asked everyone to sit down. "Thank you all for your hard work during this period. All of you will be remembered by everyone at Dongling Hi-Tech!"

“In the first half of this year, Dongling Hi-Tech’s performance was in line with expectations. In the first half of the year, all business lines increased by 27%, and overall revenue exceeded US$42 billion. However, profits increased by 44%, mainly due to the further reduction in production costs of products such as PHS mobile phones and Shenzhou USB flash drives.

Revenues in the third quarter may increase further, but there are also some risks. Competition in the domestic market for PHS phones is already quite fierce, with price wars continuing among major brands and profits continuing to decline.

Dongling Hi-Tech's PHS is currently growing rapidly mainly in overseas markets. In Brazil, Colombia, Siam and other places, PHS sales have generally increased by more than 50% or even doubled..."

As the general manager, Ren Yuefeng was the first to report the current situation of Dongling Hi-Tech to Li Dongling. The biggest change was the Xiaolingtong mobile phone. If Li Dongling had not insisted on exploring overseas markets last year, Dongling Hi-Tech might have been caught up in a mobile phone price war.

(End of this chapter)