Reborn, back to a small county town to become a wealthy family

Chapter 815 Even Bosses Make Mistakes
After a long night of hard work, Luo Yang arrived at the company almost an hour late the next day.

Wen Wan saw that her boss looked tired and even had dark circles under his eyes, and hesitated to speak several times.

"I forgot to remind you last night."

Luo Yang didn't give his assistant any room to maneuver. After sitting down, he went straight to business, saying, "Tighten up the schedule this week. I'm going to Jinling on Thursday and won't be back until next Monday or Tuesday."

He and Jiang Yuanshan had already arranged to go to the provincial capital this Thursday with Fu Bin to discuss cooperation on the new energy vehicle industrial park with the Jiangning Development Zone. If the registration of the company, named Tianqi New Energy Vehicle Technology Co., Ltd., could be completed this week, they would sign a framework cooperation agreement with the development zone during this trip.

“I’ve already taken that into account for you; Friday wasn’t originally scheduled.”

Luo Yang didn't go back to his hometown this weekend. According to past practice, he would definitely go back a day or two earlier this week. So Wen Wan made preparations in advance. Not only did she not arrange any schedules for her boss on Friday, but she also freed up Thursday afternoon.

"Well, go ahead."

Luo Yang nodded in satisfaction, signaling Wen Wan to continue.

"According to the Enterprise Law, the board members of a private enterprise shall be elected by all shareholders of the company."

Wen Wan opened her notebook and began her work report: "From the perspective of the company's equity structure, Ling Shi Gong Group is controlled by an overseas investment company, and this overseas company called Blackstone Investment is wholly owned by you. Therefore, it can be considered that you have 100% control of Ling Shi Gong Group."

The implication is clear: Luo Yang can directly appoint the members of the group's board of directors.

Is this matter urgent?

Luo Yang frowned slightly. Although there were candidates before, it was only a preliminary plan and had not been finalized.

"Boss, you have finalized the list of members at last week's meeting."

Wen Wan further explained, "The restructuring team sent a letter last weekend urging you to finalize the member list as soon as possible so that the group level can draft the company's articles of association and make the necessary business registration changes."

The formation of the new group definitely needs to be expedited, otherwise it will affect the operation of the entire group.

This is no joke; in fact, the group's operations have already encountered some procedural flaws.

For example, Kunpeng Technology, although it has been separated from Lingshigong Group in the company's internal documents, still needs the approval of the group's board of directors if it wants to start major projects or use funds exceeding the current year's budget, because the company's articles of association have not been changed.

Although the Berlin Air Show in September has not yet started, Kunpeng Technology has already formulated a plan to expand into the European market. This costly plan needs to be reviewed by the group's board of directors.

In addition, a cooperation agreement was signed.

On Tuesday, district leader Lü Lin will lead a team to Kunpeng Technology for research and development, and at the same time promote the signing of a technology cooperation and research and development agreement between the company and a research institute in Shanghai. The signing of this agreement also needs to be reviewed by the group's board of directors.

In principle, Luo Yang could convene the existing board members to review these urgent issues and complete the necessary procedures.

However, due to organizational restructuring, the group has already issued a document stating that Kunpeng Technology was spun off a week ago.

The transition between the old and new groups was not seamless, and when emergencies arose, conflicts arose, which was quite embarrassing and troublesome.

The best solution now is to complete the business registration change as soon as possible, so that the newly formed group company is legally sound.

In this way, Kunpeng Technology can be considered to have legally and legitimately separated from the group. Regarding the two troublesome issues mentioned earlier, they can be decided directly by Kunpeng Technology's board of directors without having to go through the process with the group's board of directors again.

"This kind of trouble shouldn't exist in the first place."

Luo Yang frowned and asked, "Doesn't the restructuring team prepare contingency plans?"

Wen Wan hesitated for a moment.

"Is there anything bad to say?"

Luo Yang noticed his assistant's hesitation and asked directly, "Is there some hidden story behind this?"

"The restructuring team highlighted the potential risks when submitting the application to establish a new group company in the OA system, and requested that you finalize the board members of the new group company and amend the company's articles of association as soon as possible."

Wen Wan bit her lower lip and said, "At that time, you had just returned from the United States and went to Yang City the next day. The OA system shows that you reviewed and approved the process at 2:30 pm on Wednesday. The offline paper version of the process was also signed the day after you returned to Shanghai last week."

After hearing this explanation, Luo Yang was stunned.

The problem actually stemmed from myself?

There's no need to go through the approval process in the OA system to verify its authenticity now. Wen Wan is always meticulous, and if she can say this under pressure, it must be true.

He suddenly understood the content of the final stage report of the meeting last Friday.

It was already strange that during a break, when he went back to his office to smoke, he asked Wen Wan about why the restructuring team dared to proactively inquire about the information of the group's board members.

In retrospect, the restructuring team was actually using this method to remind their boss that they hoped Luo Yang could finalize the board members as soon as possible.

Moreover, they probably guessed that Luo Yang either overlooked the reminder during the approval process or forgot about it afterward. In either case, it was not appropriate for them to point out the boss's mistake to his face, so they could only remind him in a tactful way.

"Boss, although it's a special time right now, the purpose of setting up a dual-approval process is to prevent some mistakes. As the board office, we should first organize all the paper-based processes, mark all the important parts of the processes, and remind you of them when we send them to you for approval."

Wen Wan stood tall and looked directly at Luo Yang, saying in a sincere tone, "The busyness of the past few days is no excuse. A mistake is a mistake. It was the Board Office that failed to do its job properly. As the director of the Board Office, I request that you criticize me and punish me."

"Do you still have the list I asked you to write down last time?"

The board office bears some responsibility in this matter, but Luo Yang's negligence is also a major contributing factor, since he was the first person to review the online approvals.

At this point, assigning responsibility is secondary; what we need to do now is make up for lost time as quickly as possible.

"Here I am."

Wen Wan was surprised that Luo Yang did not criticize her, but instead began to make amends.

She quickly composed herself, flipped through her notebook, and found the minutes of last week's meeting.

"As you explained at the last meeting, the group's board of directors will have one chairman, who will be yourself, one vice chairman, who will be Song Wan, and eight directors, namely, Yu Haiping, the group's vice president; Zhao Pengcheng, the executive president of Gray Rhino Capital; Qiao Zhiyuan, the chairman of Jiangxiaobai Liquor Industry; Liang Wanying, the executive president of Pinduoduo; Wei Yuchen, the executive president of C-Station; Zhong Qiming, the general manager of Guangfan Wind Power; Xiao Wei, the executive vice president of Edifier Technology; and An Ying, the executive president of Luoshengtang." She reported according to the notes: "At the group level, there will be a board secretary, who will be Wen Wan. In addition, a supervisory board will be set up at the group level, with one chairman and two supervisors. The specific personnel have not yet been determined. It is not mandatory for subsidiaries to set up supervisory boards."

"It's too late for HR to start recruiting now."

Luo Yang thought for a moment and said, "In order to finalize the company's articles of association and complete the business registration change as soon as possible, we will temporarily not set up a board of supervisors at the group level. However, in order to improve the supervision mechanism, we will still add a supervisory department at the group level, which will be directly under the management of the board of directors. The recruitment requirements on the human resources side will follow this, and it will not affect the work of the restructuring team."

"Okay, boss."

Wen Wan readily agreed and offered, "I'll draft an appointment document in the name of the group's chairman later, using the language I just reported to you."

Within the company, this appointment document is equivalent to the No. 1 document after the new group was formed.

"Okay, coordinate with the restructuring team."

Luo Yang nodded and said, "We can spend more money on expenses, even if it only makes up for one more day of lost time, it's worth it."

This statement is tantamount to admitting his mistake.

After Wenwan agreed, she began to report on the next task.

"At 2:30 this afternoon, the Group's Investment Department will be holding an investment project discussion in Conference Room 2. Vice President Song has invited you to attend."

"Yes, remember to remind me before the meeting starts."

After the atmosphere calmed down, Luo Yang lit a cigarette to relax.

Wen Wan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the previous mistake had been forgotten by the boss, so she continued to report.

"Pinduoduo's CEO, Mr. Liang, has scheduled an appointment with you for Tuesday morning after 10:00 AM."

"Pinduoduo? Mr. Liang?"

Luo Yang was smoking when he heard Wen Wan's report and almost choked. After coughing twice, he immediately asked, "When did she arrive in Shanghai? Did she say what she wanted to discuss?"

Since their frank conversation in the US, he and Liang Wanying have made things perfectly clear. The only obstacle preventing them from being together now is Miss Liang's pride, because she cannot accept the outcome of being a mistress.

But it was precisely because the two of them had made things clear that Liang Wanying became increasingly "arrogant" in front of Luo Yang, constantly teasing him and acting without regard for consequences, clearly seeing through Luo Yang's weakness of not daring to cross the final line.

To be honest, Luo Yang is now a little "afraid" of spending time with Liang Wanying in private.

"President Liang didn't mention when she would arrive, but I reckon she'll probably stay overnight in Shanghai."

Wen Wan was unaware of these details and replied logically, "As for what we need to discuss, President Liang did mention it on the phone, saying that he had arranged to meet with two suppliers to discuss cooperation."

"Supplier cooperation matters?"

Luo Yang muttered to himself, "Could it be a strategic framework cooperation agreement?"

During his time in the United States some time ago, Luo Yang revealed his upcoming plans to Liang Wanying. He clearly stated that he would inject funds into Pinduoduo around October to begin Pinduoduo's expansion.

Is Liang Wanying quietly making preliminary preparations?

Normally, negotiations with ordinary suppliers wouldn't need to go through Luo Yang at all. Now that he's brought to the group headquarters for negotiations, it must be for a large-scale commodity supplier covering the entire country. In order to reduce costs, the negotiation partner must be the source manufacturer of the commodity.

Such cooperation agreements, with annual supply volumes potentially reaching billions or even tens of billions, fully qualify as strategic cooperation agreements.

"Has no information been sent over from Guangzhou?"

Now that he had a preliminary guess, Luo Yang naturally had to take it seriously: "They invited the partners to the headquarters for negotiations, but I still don't know anything about them. What is Liang Wanying trying to do?"

No one else would dare to do that.

After all, the existing industries were all founded by Luo Yang, and at this moment, his prestige within the entire group is still quite high, with very few people daring to disobey him.

"Pinduoduo's president's office has contacted us and said that the relevant information will be sent over before noon today."

Wen Wan immediately explained, "The reason it was a little late is that they explained that when we were looking for source suppliers, it was Pinduoduo that took the initiative. President Liang often visited the other company before the company had even collected all the information about them. This was the case with these two companies as well."

With such a reason, what else can be said?
Luo Yang could only purse his lips.

"Alright, after the documents are sent over, the board office will organize them and show them to me this afternoon. You can continue."

"On Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, Lu Lin, a leader from the MH district, led a team to the Science and Technology Innovation Park for research."

Wen Wan reported, "Since we are unsure whether you will invite your clients to lunch after tomorrow's meeting, we suggest that you arrange your business restaurant reservation for tomorrow near Kunpeng Science and Technology Park so that you can arrive at Kunpeng Technology in the afternoon."

"Even if you invite them to dinner, it's just a business meal and won't take long."

Wen Wan's suggestion reminded Luo Yang, and he thought for a moment and said, "Let's see how the negotiations go tomorrow. If conditions allow, we can have dinner earlier and don't necessarily have to wait until after 12 o'clock to leave the company. Also, your suggestion to book a restaurant near the Science and Technology Park is a good idea."

"Boss, this is the schedule for tomorrow afternoon's research activity."

Wen Wan did not show her joy at the boss's praise. She remained focused on her work and pulled a piece of paper from the pages of her notebook, handing it to Luo Yang.

"Since the research started at 2:30, according to the schedule sent by the government office, the research activities will likely end at around 4:30. If we chat for a while, it will be quite late."

"Regardless of whether the leaders accept the invitation or not, we will take it as an acceptance and begin preparations."

Luo Yang thought for a moment and said, "Moreover, I think the leaders will give me face, because I just wanted to talk to them about Kunpeng Technology building a production line in Minhang Development Zone. I believe the district will be very interested."

Investment in high-tech industries can also bring jobs and tax revenue; which local government wouldn't welcome that?
Of course, Luo Yang wanted to talk about more than just that.

Shared bikes are about to leave campuses and be promoted in cities. Most of Luoyang's industries are located in the MH district. How can we not give them some support?
(End of this chapter)