Winner Takes It All, Resurrection 2009

"Some are busy."

Sun Tongyu took down the specially made electronic equipment for the meeting and put it away, then said to Liang Xiaolong, the head of Qingyun Agriculture, "The boss is so anxious to engage in foreign trade, which obviously shows that he is not optimistic about the future.

However, the shipping resources available now, especially oil and gas tankers, have limited tonnage, and we also have to take into account the final window period. There is no need to rush to transport because the prices are too high.

Even if we wait for the futures spot prices to fall, there may not be enough time to stockpile. It's difficult. Every time I think I am adequately prepared, but when trouble really comes, it is always not enough.

By the way, what do you think of Wang Chenglin? "

Liang Xiaolong smiled and said, "You want to bring up the issue of Qingyun Trading again? That's fine. Wang Chenglin finally came back from Singapore and is indeed suitable for this business. But are you sure that Mr. Yang is willing to let him go?"

"How do you know if you don't try? Anyway, the last time there was a problem with the copper inventory, I was scolded by my boss and learned my lesson. People can't be busy with so many things. It's better to have Wang Chenglin help keep an eye on it than for me to worry about everything."

Sun Tongyu wrote an application in a few words on his mobile phone and sent it to Yang Zhichao who was thousands of miles away.

The latter was currently busy dealing with the project establishment work for the vital transportation artery of South America. After all, it involved a major issue regarding the future division of interests in South America between the two economies, and he had to keep an eye on it personally to feel at ease.

As soon as he saw the message from Sun Tongyu, he was instantly furious and called to question, "Boss Sun, it's a bit too much, you just can't stand seeing me doing well.

I finally have a capable assistant who can help me, but you want to poach him away. I am still waiting for him to come back and preside over the construction of the South American transportation artery."

"But he can't be your vice president of the global business group forever, right? Now that there's an opportunity, why not let him take over and give it a try?"

Sun Tongyu had no choice but to explain the matter and said, "Besides, why not let him take on the responsibility of the South American Business Group concurrently? Isn't strategic material procurement also a part of trade? It's just right for those who are capable to do more work.

Besides, it is still a question of when the big plan can be implemented. You can't just leave him idle forever, right?"

Yang Zhichao thought about it and said, "You can ask Wang Chenglin for his own opinion. As long as he is willing, I will definitely not hinder his progress."

Sun Tongyu finally felt relieved and immediately discussed with Liang Xiaolong, "Why don't you write a report to the boss together?"

The latter waved his hands repeatedly, "I don't need it. Aren't you responsible for the trade?"

"It only looks more serious when you submit the application together. Do you remember Liu Fugen? It seems like you two are from the same region for promotion."

Sun Tong's allusion was meaningful, and Liang Xiaolong was also a smart man. He immediately heard the digression and asked, "What are you planning to do?"

"I'm not doing anything. I'm just thinking for the boss. Don't you think there are too many outsiders in the middle and upper management circles now? If we don't find some old brothers to look after us, there's no guarantee that one day in the future, you and I will be replaced."

Sun Tongyu simply made it clear, "Runhua recommended another person in charge of the new retail business. I checked and found that he was the former assistant to the general manager of their head office. What does this mean?

You should understand that they are going for the IKEA product chain, Xiaoyao Cola, Burger King and other resources. As for Qin Lang, no one knows what he is doing. He has not expressed his position and his attitude is very ambiguous.

I think it would be better to recommend one of our own rather than letting an outsider come up. Mr. Yu has no objection to this either. What do you think?"

Qingyun's various businesses are developing very rapidly, with new subsidiaries being established almost every month. Some of them are considered to be promising potentials by outsiders, and they dream of getting a hand in them.

This made the old people in Qingyun's original system very uneasy. They didn't want to see outsiders occupy important positions in the huge empire they had fought so hard for.

Especially since each of these outsiders represents a powerful group, it is inevitable that they will squeeze out existing resources after their arrival.

Liang Xiaolong thought about it and simply took him to find Gu Shijie. After all, the group’s personnel were in his hands, and the latter was also worried about this matter.

Hearing this, he frowned and said, "Even if you didn't mention it, I was going to discuss it with you. Now the two most important positions in Qingyun Retail and Manufacturing Group are vacant, and everyone is coming to us for help.

Mr. Qin Xiangli, the general manager of Runhua, personally met with me and wanted to recommend some professional talents to help. But it would be difficult to refuse, after all, the boss also said that he wanted to absorb talents from all sides.

But it is not easy to let outsiders into such an important business. Not to mention that they already have the resources for this, the most important thing is that there are stakeholders behind it, and there might be conflicts in the future.

Whose interests come first? This question cannot be ignored in all aspects.”

Liang Xiaolong was speechless, "It's because Qin Lang quit recently. Chimo's various businesses are already on track, and there haven't been any problems with the restaurant chain construction.

He didn't do anything serious, but went to talk to Sun Hongbin about Qingyun Real Estate and commercial real estate, not catering or retail, which made people want to grab the opportunity. "

"Haha, they are just trying to avoid suspicion."

Sun Tongyu could see it clearly, "I don't know where this evil trend came from, many people are privately talking about Mr. Yang going abroad and Mr. Liu taking over, there may be some tricks involved.

Since Wang Chenglin came back, the promotion and operation department was temporarily split into several major parts. Jiang Yi from Great Eastern Insurance took away a part, and Mr. Wang from Douyin Interactive Entertainment also took a part.

The rest have been dismantled, no wonder Mr. Liu is under so much pressure that he doesn’t even dare to investigate the source of the rumors.”

Gu Shijie also understood, and seeing that it was brought up, he simply didn't hide it and said, "Old Liu has been under a lot of pressure recently, and his old friend in Southeast Asia came to him, wanting him to help him out.

When these partners at home saw the benefits of micropayments and Southeast Asia, they all wanted to pocket the excess profits on the spot. It was all because of the three people he brought with him in the first place.

Now they all hold high positions, and happen to be in the most core positions. Xiao Chengdong became the president of Micropayment, Wei Kejian became the president of the Southeast Asia Business Group, and the only one left is who specializes in technology.

He also became the general manager of Hong Kong Future Science and Technology City and concurrently held the title of head of semiconductor business R&D, both of which were enough to attract attention.

In addition, Qin Lang and his junior brothers and sisters who graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University occupy many important mid-level positions in the group, but none of them have a strong background. It would be strange if they were not targeted. "

Sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing for a group to develop too well. No one dares to touch Li Zehua, and naturally no one will touch his direct lineage.

It's normal for the rest to be targeted by the Raiders.

Liu Zijie and Qin Lang have no deep background, but one is in charge of the group's supervision and compliance department, and the other is in charge of the group's original business, same-city delivery.

The former is an offensive job. Whenever there is embezzlement or other violations, Liu Zijie's department will come forward to make the punishment decision. However, he is a selfless person who does not give in to others.

If that were all, even though everyone would have complaints, they might not be willing to spend a lot of money to give it a try. However, micropayments and huge profits of hundreds of billions in Southeast Asia are in their hands.

Who can bear this?
So they tried every possible way to throw dirty water on the two of them, laying mines both overtly and covertly, in an attempt to force them to compromise.

As for Li Zehua, he didn't care and looked like he was happy to see the outcome, which led many people to misjudge that he was equally dissatisfied with Liu Zijie, so some people became even more excited.

Qin Lang just couldn't bear the pressure, so he chose to quit halfway. Fortunately, he did a good job in his main job and was not held accountable.

The big groups outside also understand that anyone who dares to touch Li Zehua's founding team, including Yang Zhichao, Yu Li, Liang Xiaolong, Liu Xiaobo, and Hao Junjie, will anger him.

Lin Wenhui and Wu Yibin, who are in charge of another core business, are backed by the core Southeast Asian groups. Any move against them will definitely trigger a backlash from many groups including Temasek.

As for Sun Tongyu and Wang Xing, who are engaged in e-commerce and new online retail, I'm sorry to say that they have their own core team, and they are all their own people from top to bottom, such as the more than 300 people Sun Tongyu brought out from Ali.

Now he is present in all important management positions of Pinduoduo. With the tacit approval of Li Zehua, he and Yang Zhichao, the core personnel of the promotion and operation department, firmly control Pinduoduo.

Not to mention Wang Xing, it doesn't matter whether the future of group buying websites is good or bad. Qingyun has no plans to continue maintaining this business anyway and is currently preparing to cash out at a high price.

He also has a future destination, which is Qingyun Medical. No one is more suitable for dealing with Minnan capital than Wang Xing, as he is part of the capital. The future development potential of medical drugs, precision instruments, and life health can be imagined. Even if the group company only has one Fuxing Pharmaceutical, it can still become a world giant by making generic drugs.

While completing his last shift at the group-buying website, Wang Xing has gradually shifted his work focus to the blessed state, where he plans to jointly establish the largest private medical industry cluster in Dongda with the Minnan capital that controls medical resources.

With such a broad development prospect, everyone is praising Wang Xing so much that no one would have the time to touch him.

As for Wang Xin's Douyin Interactive Entertainment, there are also Wang Tao's Dajiang Technology, Qingyun AutoNavi Map, and Guo Xinyi's Qingyun Electronic Technology (Hua Ban Chengdong has been transferred to the position of president of Panda Technology, and Guo is now responsible for the lithography machine chip semiconductor business).

He Li's Roewe Electronics, Fu Yujie's Chaoxu Electronics, Wang Fei's Qingyun Power Technology, and Zeng Yumin's Times New Energy are all national key strategic industries.

Even if they resign, they still have to go through layers of approval, so it's not that easy to get it done.

Qin Xiangli only dared to hint at it indirectly, trying to find a way to cut off a piece of the Qingyun retail business that Qin Lang was in charge of.

In fact, many large groups are waiting to see the results. If possible, they also want to interfere in Qingyun’s internal affairs through the shares held by Qingyun Industrial Fund.

However, Gu Shijie now has many big shots in Shanghai standing behind him, so it is almost impossible for outsiders to bypass him and interfere in the personnel arrangements of the group.

The reason why Li Zehua placed him in this position is to solve problems at critical moments.

After thinking this through, Gu Shijie said, "Since President Qin is not going to continue to manage the retail business, why not let Liu Fugen come over? He is a reliable person, and although his diploma is a little low, he rarely makes mistakes in the business he is in charge of.

As for the trading business, should Wang Chenglin be more cautious?
If I remember correctly, he is now the executive vice president of the global business group. Mr. Yang has just submitted a report to let him serve concurrently as the president of the South American business group, and if he is given the title of general manager of Qingyun Trading.

Will it be out of control?"

Sun Tongyu told him the result of the communication with Yang Zhichao. Gu Shijie listened and thought it made sense, "Okay, since the business in South America won't improve much for the time being, let him take charge of it first.

However, the manufacturing group cannot be delayed. The boss means to include the textile industry, electrolytic aluminum, electrolytic copper, and photovoltaic industries, and establish a group holding company for unified management.

What I mean is that we should get Lu Fei out of Dajiang Technology Group. After all, he also comes from southern Fujian capital and has some influence with those people outside. The most important thing is that a large part of these production capacities will be used for export in the future.

The development of Dajiang Technology has proved that its capabilities are absolutely no problem. In many cross-border mergers and acquisitions, Mr. Lu has well maintained the core interests of Dajiang, coupled with his special background.

I am fully qualified for this position. Of course, this is just my personal opinion. The specific arrangement still needs the boss’s signature.”

As he spoke, he asked his assistant to draft a document, and finally said, "I forgot to mention that the boss wants Zhang Defa, the deputy director of the office, to concurrently serve as the vice president of Qingyun Big Data Center. Do you have any objections?"

These matters all need to be voted on and approved by the Strategic Decision-making Committee. Several people present are members, so it is very important to obtain their consent in advance.

"I have no opinion."

"I don't have any objection either."

Liang Xiaolong and Sun Tongyu had no objections. Qingyun Big Data Center was the core brain of Qingyun Group. Almost all operating data generated by the group's businesses were summarized here.

It has the largest hardware R&D and procurement funds in the group, the largest number of network maintenance and programming engineers, and the most advanced Internet technology. Even technical giants such as Zhou Anquan and Feng Mingcheng are employed there.

The president of the company is also the boss himself. He wants to appoint his assistant as the vice president in charge of daily affairs. Who would refuse?
Sun Tongyu was puzzled: "I remember Zhang Defa, he seemed to be a food delivery man before, right? Liu Ziliang was a software architecture engineer, so why isn't Director Liu the vice president?"

Gu Shijie spread his hands and said, "Ask me, I don't know either. The boss's opinions are always unpredictable.

Anyway, I asked Liu Ziliang, and he seemed quite happy, with no unusual reaction at all."

Little did people know that what Li Zehua valued was Zhang Defa's determination to fight. Qingyun Big Data Center is currently focusing on core computing resources to lay the foundation for future artificial intelligence.

This is the future core of all manufacturing industries and the development of Internet technology. Who wouldn’t be jealous of Qingyun’s control of most of the Internet information content and technology?
There were too many people who wanted to get their hands on something, and even if Zhang Defa took over (he usually spent most of his time in the chairman's office), it would be difficult for anyone to save face.

"Lao Sun, you heard the boss's speech today. The overseas expansion strategy has been fully launched. The focus of the next stage of work will be overseas. The boss is not at home most of the time.

You have to be aware of some things, but don't let someone with ulterior motives take advantage of the opportunity to sneak in and cause trouble."

Facing Gu Shijie's hint, before Sun Tongyu had figured out how to respond, Liang Xiaolong couldn't sit still anymore, "It's not that mysterious, there are still a lot of benefits now, you can just go out and eat as much as you want.

They will have meat to eat, so why would they attack us?"

"That may not be the case. After all, it's dark outside and there are risks. But we can grab meat from the group and grab the ready-made market.

But you don't have to worry. Qingyun Agriculture is likely to suffer a record loss of 10 billion US dollars this year. My goodness, Mr. Ning from COFCO came to visit the day before yesterday and was frightened by you. "

Gu Shijie laughed and said, "Such a big bag, no one would want it even if I gave it away. Who would attack an agricultural company?"

Liang Xiaolong looked depressed. "It's okay if it's not that much. I haven't even taken into account the transfer subsidies that will come in February or March next year. If we take all of them into account, this year's loss should not be more than last year's."

Liang Xiaolong felt helpless when talking about this. As the chairman of Qingyun Agriculture, the only company in the group that has been making losses for many years and has no hope of making profits in the next ten years, he wants to bang his head against the wall.

It would be fine if we were losing money domestically, but now we have to bear the burden of the farming pit in Africa. The initial investment is huge, but the returns in the later stage are pitifully low. Food is the most important thing for people.

Without grain, livestock meat, fruits, sugars, and vegetables, how can there be a huge industrial system for the Qingyun Group? If farmers don’t make money, where will the internal vitality of the economic cycle come from?

Coupled with the new projects that are about to be launched in South America, he is worried, "Next year will be the real challenge, with an investment scale of 280 billion US dollars, it really gives me a headache.

Now, when Mr. Zheng from the China Development Bank sees me, he feels like he has seen the plague god. He runs away at the mere smell of me from three kilometers away.”

"If it doesn't work in China, then we can go abroad. There are always companies willing to provide loans, such as Bank of America. After all, buying agricultural land in Samba and Peru is also a very profitable return.

The more they lend, the less likely they are to run into problems in the future. Otherwise, if problems arise, Bank of America’s loans will be the first to go down the drain.”

Sun Tongyu gave him some advice, but Liang Xiaolong didn't appreciate it. "Forget it. We have contacted Bank of America, and they want a guarantee from the domestic head office. We are still discussing it, and we haven't come up with the specific details yet."

As he was speaking, the boss's reply arrived. He basically accepted all of the instructions, but added one more thing: Ning Tao, who came from BYD Company, was officially appointed as the vice president of Qingyun Power Technology Group and concurrently the president of Mercedes-Benz New Energy.

"Oh my! Another upstart is stepping up to the front. The boss is planning a big game. Mercedes-Benz New Energy may one day swallow up the old boss in one gulp."

Seeing that his proposal was basically passed, Gu Shijie was in a good mood, so he called Xie Bin in and instructed him, "Add these topics to tomorrow's decision-making committee meeting.

Besides, if you work hard, the company will have new arrangements for you."

Xie Bin's eyes lit up, "Really?"

Gu Shijie nodded and said, "The boss wants you to set up the West Asia and North Africa business group, and focus on the chemical energy sector in the future. But before that, you still have to prove your ability on the Yunnan-Myanmar issue.

How is it? Do you have confidence? "

Xie Bin was laughing at first, but when he heard the end, he smiled bitterly and said helplessly, "Okay."

He knew about Yunnan-Burma, but many people would die next... (End of this chapter)