King of Capital

The clouds are like lead and the dusk is getting darker.

Bai Yongxiang was unable to open his eyes due to the swirling smoke. He looked out the window at the gloomy weather and thought that it would probably rain soon.

"Old White, have you decided to waste time with me?"

Huang Zhang sat nearby and crumpled up the empty cigarette box and threw the paper cup filled with cigarette butts into the trash can, seemingly breaking the silence in a leisurely and calm manner.

In the morning, Yang Yan threatened to resign. Bai Yongxiang and Li Nan learned the news one after another and rushed into his office to strongly oppose it.

Therefore, no meeting was held in the afternoon to drive away Alibaba's resident team. Huang Zhang wanted to see clearly whether the three executives whom he had trained and promoted thought they had grown strong enough and thought that they could threaten the company by forming cliques and working together.

Bai Yongxiang was wasting time arguing with him in the office, while Li Nan said that he was going to persuade Yang Yan. They had been there from morning till night for a whole day, so if there was any conspiracy, they should have discussed a countermeasure.

So that's it, time for a showdown.

Huang Zhang thought he had maintained enough patience and rationality, and urged: "Say something, Lao Bai, say whatever you want to say. Keeping it to yourself is not a solution. We have to solve the problem."

"Mr. Huang, Yang Yan cannot leave. Even if the relationship between us has run out and she has to leave, she can at least hold on until the new phone is released next month." Bai Yongxiang gave his attitude simply and straightforwardly.

Huang Zhang did not comment and asked again: "How will the Ali team deal with it?"

"Let's go. There's no point in keeping them together if they don't match. I support you!"

"Xie Jingxing is occupying the position but not doing any work. I plan to let you take over as CEO."

Huang Zhang casually threw out the key point, and Bai Yongxiang remained silent, feeling powerless.

Kick-ing out the Alibaba team means a complete break-up and abandoning the strategy of cooperating to develop self-developed mobile phone systems, which can barely be considered as official business.

But getting rid of the person in charge of the operating system development at the critical moment of the countdown to the release of the new model was completely a narrow-minded selfishness. He was even afraid that he would form a group with Yang Yan and use the CEO position to play a political game of division and attraction.

As for taking advantage of the situation to squeeze Xie Jingxing, Bai Yongxiang really didn't know what to make of this.

Yang Yan attributed the problem with the system version 5.0 update to the strategic differences between the company and Alibaba, but Huang Zhang was only concerned about the suspected changes in the company's management rights. Why did the former compromise with Alibaba and forcibly update the system, and why did he dare not listen to his orders and honestly change the system back.

Bai Yongxiang knows this person too well, as they have worked together for many years. After all, three years ago, when the Spring Festival was approaching, the company could not even pay the employees' salaries. It was only after the executives collectively forced the company to compromise and promised to introduce strategic financing and issue options to employees.

So when facing the furious Huang Zhang today, he didn't want to bring up the sensitive issue of personnel management rights, so he just discussed the facts and appeased him in advance. Any petty theft and personal gain calculations would be discussed after the new model was released.

But no matter how much we talk, he just won't listen and insists on fighting among himself to the point of either you or me.

Is Meizu mine or yours?
Huang Zhang described the various benefits of the CEO position leisurely. Bai Yongxiang inexplicably relaxed his clenched fists, slowly exhaled and closed his eyes: "I will report to President Xie right away."

"..."

"Mr. Huang, I still say the same thing. The new model is about to be released and we should put the overall situation first. I say this to everyone." Bai Yongxiang sat up straight and impartially.

"Old Bai, Xie Jingxing has been away from the company for a long time. What's the point of you reporting to him?"

Huang Zhang's face changed and he forced out an awkward smile. He stood up and walked to the window, saying lightly, "Think about it carefully first."

With a bang, the office door was pushed open and someone walked straight in. His secretary chased after him and tried to stop him.

"Chairman, Mr. Bai."

The visitor asked hello in a panic, and seeing Huang Zhang standing by the window with his back to the room and his expression invisible, he looked back and forth quickly. Finally, he gritted his teeth and rushed to the president who was directly responsible for the supply chain business, and reported the situation in a low voice.

After explaining the seriousness of the problem in a few words, Bai Yongxiang stood up with a frown on his face: "I have something to deal with. I'll go take care of it."

"What's wrong?" Huang Zhang asked in a light tone.

Bai Yongxiang put on his suit jacket and stood up and walked out: "The supplier is coming..."

"Let him say it!"

Huang Zhang suddenly turned around with a ferocious face, veins visible on his neck, and gnashed his teeth as he said, "Are you fucking blind and don't you recognize me?"

"Who pays you and whose job are you working for?! A bunch of ungrateful wolves with consciences eaten by dogs, get out of Meizu!" He spoke incoherently and yelled like a madman.

"Ali's HRBP drove away the Sony technical team who came to the company for a meeting. Manager Chen chased them and apologized."

The visitor was so frightened that his legs went limp. He said with a deflated grin, "Then our employees started fighting with Alibaba's HRBP. They knocked down several people. When I came, they were rolling on the ground and I couldn't get them away!"

"...Fuck your mother."

Huang Zhang was silent for several seconds, squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, and almost ran out of the office.

Bai Yongxiang lost sight of the other person in a moment of distraction, so he ran after him and pressed the elevator button frantically. With anger in his throat, he punched the elevator door fiercely, then turned and ran towards the fire escape and took the stairs.

"Do you know that a new model will be released next month? Right now, the factory has stopped the production line and is running 24 hours a day, and you ended up offending the supplier?! Do you know how much loss the company will suffer if there is a shortage of parts for one day?" "Don't pull me, call the police and have her arrested. I want her to be sentenced!"

"The results of a year's hard work by everyone in the company have been ruined by such an idiot. I, Huang Zhang, swear I will not be a human being if I don't get rid of you bunch of rubbish!"

Bai Yongxiang ran to the third floor out of breath. From a distance he heard Huang Zhang standing at the door of the conference room and yelling in rage. Li Nan and his men blocked the door. The corridor was filled with Meizu employees, all of whom were indifferent.

He came closer, breathing heavily. There were two groups of people standing clearly in the conference room. A young male employee had scratches on his face. Alibaba's human resources director Kailang had a messy hairstyle and twisted her head. The corners of her mouth were vaguely swollen and blue.

"I have called the police. The employees gathered to intimidate and illegally detained me. Let's see who will be sentenced in the end!"

Kailang Jie listed all the charges but didn't mention the punch she received: "Huang Zhang, watch your mouth. It's because of you that Meizu is such a rubbish."

"Why are you yelling like a child in incompetent rage? You even want to hit a woman? You don't respect your employees but instead you lick the boots of your suppliers. You will eventually perish if you do too much evil. Meizu will go bankrupt sooner or later!"

Seeing Bai Yongxiang arrive, her panic eased a little. Feeling the gazes from all around, she reached out to push away Yang Yan who was blocking her way, and yelled back without showing any weakness, "Are you going to force me to accompany that Japanese guy to drink before this is over?"

"You are spineless and weak-kneed and can only vent your anger on women. Do you dare to let the public see your ugly face that insults women and suppresses female employees?"

As Kailang scolded, she became more and more relaxed. Suddenly, she showed her extraordinary ability. The noise stopped abruptly and everyone in the room fell silent. She herself also felt something was wrong. The Alibaba colleagues beside her moved away from her.

"Boom."

The glass door of the conference room exploded and blew up to the ground. Huang Zhang's skinny body crushed several employees. He struggled to stand up from the crowd, supporting himself with the glass shards with his arms, his palms covered in blood.

Bai Yongxiang looked at the farce in front of him, feeling so exhausted that he didn't even have the strength to open his mouth. He just wanted to sit down and rest for a while. He accidentally made eye contact with Li Nan, who relaxed his tense expression slightly.

…………

In June in the capital, the days are long and the nights are short.

At eight o'clock in the evening, when it was almost dark, Chen Xi hurried into the courtyard. Lanterns were hung under the wind and rain corridor, emitting warm yellow light, and they looked exquisite and beautiful.

"Sister An Li, is Mr. Xie here?" She had no intention of appreciating the scenery and walked straight through the main hall with a heavy heart.

Song Anli was sitting in the yard drinking a little and asked casually, "What's the matter?"

"Huang Zhang had a fight with his employees, so Mr. Xie might need to go to Zhuhai immediately." Chen Xi did not hide anything.

Song Anli hesitated and said, "There's nothing we can do if we fight. There are no flights at this time. Let's go tomorrow morning."

"Huang Zhang had a fight with the HRBP assigned by Alibaba to Meizu. He is now in the hospital. The HRBP is a woman."

Chen Xi paused for a moment before revealing further details: "Huang Zhang wants to buy back Alibaba shares, Alibaba agrees to withdraw its shares, and Wu Minzhi from the e-commerce business group will go to Zhuhai tomorrow to sign the contract."

"You said fighting means physical attack and mutual beating?" Song Anli opened her slightly moist red lips in surprise and reeked of alcohol.

Chen Xi thought, "The incident happened suddenly and the business jet couldn't apply for a flight route. I booked the last flight to Shanghai today and then transferred to Zhuhai."

"Hmm." Song Anli hummed with a nasal tone.

Chen Xi could only bite the bullet and continue to emphasize: "The flight leaves at 9:35, and there is a traffic jam outside right now."

"I know. Just wait."

Song Anli rolled her eyes in annoyance, drank the osmanthus wine in the glass, thought for a while and asked: "Send me the flight number."

I don't know who she called, but she told the flight number and asked the other party to help ask the plane to wait for half an hour. Then she just drank by herself and didn't return to the room until 8:30, twisting her slender waist.

With the help of the warm light from the lantern, Chen Xi saw that the wooden sign hanging on the doorpost seemed to have words engraved on it. Before he could make out the words clearly from a distance, his boss pushed the door open with an expressionless face, busy tucking the hem of his shirt into his waistband.

Hey, the joke about being an ED in the financial industry is really true. I hope this shit happens a few more times...

So why did Huang Zhang and others, who were living a good life, insist on committing suicide? Chen Xi was puzzled and sighed silently.

"Li Nan is in the hospital taking care of Huang Zhang, Bai Yongxiang is at the company cleaning up the mess, and Yang Yan has disappeared and won't answer anyone's calls. President Su is on a business trip to the northwest to oversee an agricultural and livestock vaccine project and won't be back in time."

On the way to the airport, she summarized the key points of the report. She was careful not to tell Song Anli that Meizu was actually on the verge of collapse, and Alibaba's withdrawal of shares was secondary.

Xie Jingxing jumped out of the car and boarded the plane: "Find the contact information of the leader in charge of the economy in Zhuhai."

"Do you want to go through Gree?"

"Shameful."

The flight attendant closed the cabin door amid the passengers' nagging and the flight, which was delayed for half an hour for no reason, soared into the sky. (End of this chapter)