1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 53 Do you know Director Zhang?
A week had passed since the last meeting. Given Miss Mu's background, she naturally knew the content of the meeting first.

In fact, even if no one told her, she couldn't hide this from her - at the company's middle and senior management meeting yesterday, Director Zhang and others had already formally submitted the agenda. The whole day, the meeting room was noisy and lively, and it was impossible for her, a participant, not to know about it even if she wanted to.

However, although there was no final result until the end of the meeting, Mu Liya knew that it was likely that both sides would take a step back and make a small concession in the name of a pilot project to allow Director Zhang and others to give it a try.

In other words, by the beginning of spring at the latest, Yang Mo will be assigned a position at Xintai Management Company and begin assisting in the formal operation of the pilot project.

There's no way. Although everyone knows that this guy is playing the trick of supporting a bandit to protect himself, it has to be said that, except for him, the initiator, no one has the confidence to play that trick out... Or even if someone has the ability, they are not willing to stand up at this time.

Although it would be most appropriate and convenient to give him a position as deputy manager in Xintai Management Company, the problem is that even if Xintai Management Company has no presence, it is still a formal department after all, and to hold a position at the manager/deputy manager level, he must be promoted to the deputy section level.

State-owned enterprises have their own set of promotion rules. No matter how awesome Yang Mo is, it is impossible for him to be promoted to deputy section chief after only being employed for half a year.

Therefore, after much thought, it would be more appropriate to give him a supervisor-level position - after all, Xintai Management Company is just a stock-level department, and it is normal for a section clerk to concurrently hold a supervisor-level position.

So, this is why Miss Mu teased him "Manager Yang".

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Hearing Mu Liya making fun of him, Yang Mo was shocked: "Hey, hey, hey, Manager Mu, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say anything you want... I'm just an ordinary employee who has just joined the company. What if someone hears about Manager Yang or not?"

Gossip in state-owned enterprises is the most powerful weapon. Some things may seem like jokes in an office full of rookies, but if they are spread outside, it could be a disaster - you know, this matter has not been finalized yet. If Yang Mo does not end up serving as the director of Xintai Company, it would be fine. But if it really comes true, he will not be able to clear himself from the rumors even if he jumps into the Yellow River. If three more people make a tiger, he will have a little tail for no reason.

Hearing this, Mu Liya looked at him with a smile: "What are you afraid of? If you really can't do it, come to my team. If you are willing to come, I will immediately give you a deputy director position, and then follow me to recruit troops and show your talents... The deputy director here is much more valuable than the director of Xintai Management Company, right?"

This is the second time Mu Liya has extended an olive branch to Yang Mo.

Although there was an agreement in advance, she still couldn't help but want to win this guy over to her.

There was no other reason. In her opinion, the hedging method that this guy proposed, which used private enterprises as the underlying assets, was too subversive and expansive. If this method really worked, as long as there was a courageous leader backing it up, the core department responsible for operating this business would become a monster in three years at most.

Of course, as long as you understand the logic behind it, this way of playing is not that complicated. Apart from admiring Yang Mo, the initiator, for his active thinking, sharp vision, and ability to seize opportunities of the times, there is nothing else to say - just like those Party A who were stupid enough to fool around with the plan, after Party B submitted the plan, it has no value at all.

But again, none of the people who can hold middle and senior positions in state-owned enterprises are fools. The models and frameworks are easy to learn, but the real difficulty is how to put them into practice, make those state-owned enterprises profitable, and make this gameplay work - based on Mu Liya's understanding of this guy, if Yang Mo was not quite sure, he would never throw out this plan.

Anyone who has worked as a manager in a large company knows this.

Are people who understand technology/marketing considered talents?

They are talents, but in most cases they are not indispensable talents.

Are people with strategic thinking/understanding business models considered talents?
They are talents, and valuable talents at that, but in most cases they are not indispensable talents.

However, a person who understands both business models and technology/marketing is definitely a valuable talent that companies dream of - these people may even be able to help companies out of difficulties or create a second growth curve for the company under certain opportunities.

It can be said that as long as all conditions are right, companies are even willing to recruit such talents at all costs.

In Mu Liya's opinion, Yang Mo is very likely such a talent. For this reason, she did not hesitate to use the position of deputy supervisor as bait - this position also requires the deputy section level. It is conceivable how difficult it is to forcibly promote a junior clerk who has just joined the company for half a year.

Although the matter has not been concluded yet, no matter what, the cost of taking action first is always much lower than that of taking action later. If Yang Mo really manages to revitalize the place and wants to win him over, the position of a deputy director will not be very attractive.

Yang Mo just smiled at Miss Mu's bait, which was obviously a bit over the line, and suddenly changed the topic: "Oh my, so Director Mu gave me the sofa as a bribe... Eh? I think that table is pretty good, is it made of ash?"

Seeing this guy acting crazy, Mu Liya's mouth twitched: "It's jujube wood... If you like it, I can leave it to you!" Yang Mo blinked his eyes: "How can I do that... Thank you, Director Mu... Hey? That set of teapots with handles is nice, made in Jingdezhen?"

Mu Liya took a deep breath and said, "No, that's Longquan porcelain. This set of teapots with handles are export products. They were originally exported to Southeast Asia. If you like it... I'll leave it to you."

Yang Mo blushed, "Oh my, so it's an export product. It must be worth a lot of money... Eh? Manager Mu, you actually have a tea tray? Look at it... Is it made of green sandalwood?"

The corners of Mu Liya's eyes twitched violently: "..."

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Half an hour later, Miss Mu's heart was bleeding as she saw that 1/4 of the furniture was missing from the back of the van.

Yang Mo has a very sharp eye. Although the items he targeted were small items that seemed insignificant at first glance and were not valued at the moment, in fact, the value of these items was higher than the furniture and appliances in the car combined.

However, although this trip was a huge loss, Miss Mu was able to feel half relieved.

People like them would never ask for things easily. Although Yang Mo's greedy behavior caused Miss Mu to suffer heavy losses, it was undoubtedly telling her - I treat you as my own. If it were someone else, I would not even accept the gift.

Although I don’t know how credible this guy’s statement is, no matter what, Miss Mu still has to establish her own personality.

Seeing that all the furniture was tied tightly, Mu Liya turned around and looked at Yang Mo: "Yang Mo, I know that Director Zhang thinks highly of you now. It is not reasonable for you to come to my side, and even the original agreement can be invalidated;"

"But what I want to say is... we will meet again in the future. When the time comes, don't forget that my door is always open for you."

Yang Mo, who was originally smiling, frowned upon hearing this: "Manager Mu, I don't quite understand what you are saying."

Mu Liya grinned: "It's okay, at most in another year, you will understand."

Yang Mo frowned even more fiercely: "Manager Mu, if you have anything to say, just say it!"

Seeing this guy's expression, Mu Liya felt inexplicably relieved, and then suddenly asked an irrelevant question: "Do you know... about Director Zhang's past?"

???

Yang Mo looked at her in confusion.

He only knew that the fat guy was a veteran employee of the drilling company. He came when the great oil campaign broke out in 72, was transferred to the Southwest Petroleum Bureau for a few years, and was transferred back last year. This kind of resume is very normal in oil units. At least half of all middle and senior leaders have been transferred before.

Seeing that he was slow to speak and just stared at her, Mu Liya sighed with some regret and said, "Well, I can only tell you now... Director Zhang is from Guizhou and studied at Southwest Petroleum University... As for the rest, you will slowly experience it in the future!"

Experience?

Hearing this obviously unusual wording, Yang Mo's heart was filled with alarm.

But with just this piece of information, which was so basic that it couldn't be more basic, he really couldn't figure out more information.

Seeing this guy standing there thinking hard like a goose, Mu Liya felt that she had never felt so happy in the past two months. After a light laugh, she got on the passenger seat of the van and drove away...

(End of this chapter)