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Chapter 337 A Clever Scheme (6k views, please subscribe)

When the executive chairman of the Shangnan Chamber of Commerce told Lü Yao about his resignation, Li Daimin's face turned ashen.

In Chinese chess, this move is called "King against King". Lü Yao's decision to resign directly put Li Daimin in a difficult position, leaving him stuck in mid-air with no way out.

The current situation is that if he doesn't agree to compromise, rumors will spread that he has been aggressive since taking office; after all, Mr. Lü is not an unknown figure in Shangnan. If you treat him like this, what are the others supposed to do?
Will other people face the same humiliating treatment if they encounter you, Li Daimin, in the future? Everyone here has status and position, and they still care about their reputation.

But if he agrees to compromise...

Even just dealing with Lü Yao's resignation was difficult for him. It wasn't that he couldn't bear the consequences of Lü Yao's resignation; in fact, if it were just Lü Yao resigning, Li Daimin could handle it.

Even though Lü Yao is an important figure in a certain force in Shangnan, in the end, he is just an individual. His resignation as honorary president of the Shangnan Chamber of Commerce will not cause a big fuss, and the impact will be within an acceptable range.

But the question is, is it possible that Lü Yao will resign on his own?
Li Daimin had investigated Lü Yao and knew that he was planning something very important. At this critical juncture, how could Lü Yao possibly resign and cut himself off from the Shangnan Chamber of Commerce? If the outside world found out, what would the investors think?
But since Lü Yao dared to say that, it meant he dared to do it.

So how can Lü Yao achieve the goal of embarrassing the Shangnan Chamber of Commerce while minimizing the impact on himself?
The answer is simple.

All it would take is for a significant portion of the influential members of the Shangnan Chamber of Commerce to withdraw from the Chamber.

If only Lü Yao resigns from the Chamber of Commerce, people will speculate that there is something wrong with him, which is why he uses the more subtle method of "resigning". But if a large group of people in the Shangnan Chamber of Commerce resign with Lü Yao, what will be the impact of this on the outside world?
At that point, it naturally wouldn't be Lü Yao's problem anymore, but rather the Shangnan Chamber of Commerce's problem. Regardless of whether it was the Shangnan Chamber of Commerce's problem or not, that's what the outside world would think.

Lü Yao was spared in this matter, but Li Daimin's situation became very ugly. His superior was the third-ranking official in Shangnan, who was in charge of the execution level. Moreover, the third-ranking official had only recently taken office, and this situation had already occurred. What kind of talk would that make?

Oh, how come the Shangnan Chamber of Commerce, which was doing so well before, has encountered such a big problem as soon as you took office? Is it because your management skills are lacking? If this kind of thing is recorded, how will you be able to get promoted in the future?

Therefore, Li Daimin's face turned pale, and his heart sank to the bottom.

At the senior management meeting of the Shangnan Chamber of Commerce, the atmosphere was suffocating, like a swamp. In this suffocating and heavy atmosphere, Li Daimin's mind was racing, trying to think of a proper way to resolve the incident.

A long, long time later, just five minutes before the end of the workday.

Li Daimin finally made a decision. His eyes were calm and his tone was firm: "Okay, I'll wait for his resignation letter."

Upon hearing Li Daimin's words, Dai Guocheng, the executive chairman of the Shangnan Chamber of Commerce, maintained his faint smile, but his eyes narrowed.

Li Daimin's performance today was too resolute and determined, which was quite different from his previous reputation. Moreover, for a newcomer to be so bold, Dai Guocheng realized that there were other schemes behind it.

So how will things develop from here?

No one who has managed to reach this position is simple-minded. It's easy to imagine that Lü Yao will inevitably use the tactic of mass resignation to retaliate against Li Daimin.

If they could all think of it, there was no way Li Daimin couldn't have thought of it.

But Li Daimin still resolutely did so.

That means there must be other developments in this matter.

As experienced as Dai Guocheng was, he anticipated the possible developments within a minute. Li Daimin was very good at using feints and leveraging others' strengths. This meeting of senior executives seemed to be targeting Lü Yao, but in reality, it was targeting Dai Guocheng and other veterans in the chamber of commerce.

Dai Guocheng's move to "shift the blame" led Lü Yao to employ the "general-commander confrontation" strategy, which significantly altered the situation. However, Li Daimin did not back down but instead chose to confront the issue head-on. This suggests that Li Daimin was likely trying to shift the blame for this problem directly to the person behind him.

As for how to deal with the people behind him... that will really test their abilities.

In the five minutes leading up to the end of the workday, Dai Guocheng's mind was racing, countless brain cells converging into storms that swirled and raged in his head.

Now that Li Daimin has taken the next step, how should he respond?
Was it to advise Li Daimin that everyone should take a step back and let the matter drop?

Or should we let things drift and allow the situation to continue to escalate in a potentially worse direction?
In less than a minute, Dai Guocheng made a quick decision. He said, "Chairman Li, why bother? I'll say it again: President Lü has made a great contribution to the economic development of Shangnan. It's better to resolve our differences than to let them fester."

Others also joined in the admonition, hoping that Chairman Li would not act impulsively.

However, Li Daimin insisted on his opinion. He said to Dai Guocheng, "I don't know what kind of relationship you have with this General Manager Lü, but this General Manager Lü does have a very bad influence in society. Even his business is very unclear. Our chamber of commerce must resolutely eliminate such a person."

After saying that, Li Daimin stood up and said, "Please ask Executive Chairman Dai to tell President Lü that I am waiting for his resignation letter."

After saying this, Li Daimin glanced at the time and smiled, "It's time to leave work, everyone, let's go home."

Watching Li Daimin's resolute departure, Dai Guocheng narrowed his eyes, waved to let everyone else go home, and gradually, only Dai Guocheng remained in the room.

The spacious conference room was eerily quiet; Dai Guocheng could even clearly hear his own breathing and heartbeat.

After a long time.

Dai Guocheng sighed, "That old fox, Li Daimin!"

Every crisis may seem fraught with danger, but in reality, it hides tremendous opportunities. Li Daimin clearly wanted to use a strategy of "turning danger into safety" and "turning misfortune into good fortune."

Dai Guocheng was naturally unhappy to see this happen, but he couldn't resort to underhanded tactics; that would be too low-class.

The best course of action for him now is to tell Lü Yao the truth about this matter, and then subtly hint at his position, hoping that Lü Yao will understand his stance.

So Dai Guocheng dialed Lü Yao's number again. After the call connected, Dai Guocheng laughed and said, "Oh, Mr. Lü, I'm sorry to bother you again. Ah, no, no, it's nothing serious. We just finished our management meeting. Our newly appointed Chairman Li has a terrible temper. He said he's waiting for your resignation letter. I remember Chairman Li grew up in Huizhou. How come he has such a fiery temper?"

On the other end of the phone, listening to Dai Guocheng's seemingly cheerful words, Lü Yao couldn't help but shake his head.

This group of people really has nothing better to do than scheme and plot against each other. Dai Guocheng's apparent visit to inform Lü Yao was actually a way of reminding himself that Li Daimin was an outsider.

It seems Dai Guocheng has finally figured out why Li Daimin is being so assertive.

Li Daimin's boldness was actually unexpected by Lü Yao, because although Lü Yao was in Shangnan and had cultivated a deep presence there, his core base was not actually in Shangnan, so he was not afraid to resign.

But Li Daimin is different. He manages the Shangnan Chamber of Commerce. He has just taken office and has already caused so many big problems, which has a very bad influence.

After all, it's impossible for Lü Yao to resign alone.

Now Dai Guocheng is subtly reminding him again, which is quite interesting.

So after talking to Dai Guocheng, Lü Yao roughly understood why Li Daimin did what he did, and then Lü Yao called Rong Nianqing again.

After the call connected, Rong Nianqing asked, "What is it?"

After briefly recounting what had happened, Lü Yao continued, "My current guess is that Li Daimin is deliberately trying to escalate the situation so that his backer will personally intervene, or send someone else, to act as a peacemaker, creating a 'no fight, no friendship' scenario."

After a moment of silence, Rong Nianqing said, "But they are from the Huizhou faction."

Lu Yao asked, "What happened to the Huizhou faction?"

Rong Nianqing said, "Although the situation in my family has stabilized for the time being, especially my branch, you know that the stability of our circle can change in an instant. So it's best if we don't get too close to any other circles, it's not good."

Lü Yao laughed and said, "President Rong, you've been too hesitant for too long, you're being a bit conservative. Why don't you think about why someone from Huizhou was able to be assigned to a position in Shangnan?"

In 2016, the saying that Shangnan was the same as Huijing was not very popular. It wasn't until later, when Shangnan extended its subway lines to Wuhu, Ma'anshan and Chuzhou, that the status of Shangnan as "Brother Nan" became increasingly unconvincing.

Then.

Why does Shangnan want to expand its metropolitan area into other people's territory?

One issue is that the underlings in their own territory are not obedient.

On the other hand, this is actually a deliberate choice in terms of development direction.

A well-organized province is one that is not too fragmented, which is why Shangnan is building a cross-regional metropolitan area. In the future, more and more people from other places will appear in the key locations of Shangnan.

This is the trend.

Therefore, Lü Yao advised, "Why don't we make a small test, and I will be the one to do it?"

Lu Yao's meaning was clear: if any problems arose, he wanted to distance himself from me and take full responsibility.

However, Rong Nianqing was unhappy to hear Lü Yao say that, and said in a rather serious tone, "What kind of talk is that? You are very important, extremely important. Let someone else handle this matter, I will make the arrangements."

Rong Nianqing has been deeply involved in Shangnan for so long, and her team has grown stronger day by day.

Rong Nianqing was unwilling to easily part with someone as crucial as Lü Yao, who had a strong strategic impact on the future.

Hearing Rong Nianqing say that, Lü Yao felt a warm glow in his heart.

He sees himself as a daring and fearless "Jia Xu" in Rong Nianqing's eyes, so Lü Yao has never thought about protecting himself, or rather, it is far from the time for him to protect himself. Therefore, Lü Yao always thinks about being the first to rush to the front in any situation.

This is how his value is demonstrated.

But no matter how much he charged into battle, Lü Yao still hoped that he would be remembered. No one really wants to be turned into a tool and used ruthlessly and without appreciation.

Rong Nianqing had already grasped the situation quite well, so she said, "I'll take care of the rest. You don't need to lift a finger; just focus on your own tasks." Lü Yao smiled and said, "Okay."

……

That very night, many unpleasant rumors began to circulate in Shangnan's business community.

"The Shangnan Chamber of Commerce has gone too far this time. Is President Lü someone who can be fired so easily? If even President Lü can be fired so easily, what are we small business owners supposed to do?"

"Shouldn't chambers of commerce be platforms for promoting cooperation, sharing, and economic development? When did they become so chaotic and corrupt?"

"I can't stand this! It's just resigning! I'll resign!"

These rumors spread rapidly through group chats and conversations among relevant individuals. Soon, the news reached the ears of the person behind Li Daimin, who then quickly summoned Li Daimin to meet him.

After leaving the executive meeting room, Li Daimin remained in his office, waiting for that person's call.

When the call came in, Li Daimin answered almost instantly: "Hello, boss, you wanted to see me?"

A deep, refined voice, tinged with a faint smile, came from the phone: "If I don't contact you, don't you know to take the initiative to come to me and tell me about this? You've put me in a bit of a passive position now, Xiao Li."

Li Daimin chuckled and said, "With your intelligence and wisdom, you must have been able to guess what I was thinking. Besides, you are so busy and have so many things to handle. It would be too inappropriate for me to bother you with such a small matter."

The person on the phone laughed and said, "There's a lot of discontent in the business community in Shangnan right now. This is no small matter. I'm in charge of economic development, and it's not good for things to turn out like this."

Li Daimin then began to reveal his true feelings: "Sometimes, being too concerned about saving face can prevent you from doing things well. The business community in Shangnan is in an uproar right now, which is the perfect opportunity for you to show your skills and turn the tide. Once this matter is accomplished, things will be much easier for you to do here in the future."

As for who should take the blame for such a terrible impact... well, that would naturally be Li Daimin.

He had made such preparations when he came to Shangnan.

This battle of wits may seem like Li Daimin has lost badly, but in reality, as long as the person who called him remains calm, Li Daimin will never lose.

The person who called Li Daimin naturally understood Li Daimin's determination, which is why he was willing to mentor Li Daimin and bring him over from outside. He is truly a person of great responsibility.

So the person on the phone said, "Xiao Li, you're great. Don't worry, once my work here goes smoothly and I can get started, I'll definitely transfer you back as soon as possible."

Li Daimin laughed heartily and said, "Wherever I am, I will be your soldier!"

The person on the phone chuckled with satisfaction, "Okay, so who do you think would be a good replacement for you?"

Although Li Daimin knew that his old superior must have already chosen someone, he still spoke earnestly and firmly, saying, "I think Lü Yao is very good. Although he is young, he is very capable."

The person on the phone said, "You really think so?"

Li Daimin smiled and said, "That's right."

The person on the phone said, "Okay, I'll give it a try."

After hanging up the phone, the smile on Li Daimin's face gradually faded.

The current development is not what Li Daimin truly wanted. If things had gone according to plan, Dai Guocheng should have backed down, then acted as a go-between, giving Lü Yao a way out, and then both sides could continue to push forward with their work through the power struggle.

But that old fox Dai Guocheng didn't want things to go so smoothly for him, and Lü Yao also chose to fight them head-on.

Since they're all so eager to be heroes, let heroes take charge of heroes, and good men take charge of good men!

Because this incident caused such a big stir, the Shangnan Chamber of Commerce and all the relevant people in charge of economic development in Shangnan mobilized overnight to go and talk to the people in the Chamber of Commerce.

Originally, Lü Yao did not want to get involved in these matters anymore, and Rong Nianqing had arranged everything behind the scenes. However, Lü Yao and Rong Nianqing wanted to avoid trouble, but the root cause of this matter did not want to be involved. He directly sent his secretary to the villa where Lü Yao was currently living and rang the doorbell.

After Lü Yao opened the door, the secretary, dressed in a business suit, smiled and said, "Mr. Lü, are you ready to talk?"

As for who she's with, it's certainly not him.

Lu Yao's gaze passed over the secretary in front of him and fell on a low-key Audi parked behind him. As Lu Yao looked over, the rear window of the Audi slowly rolled down, revealing the person sitting inside.

Even at night, Lü Yao could still vaguely make out the person in the back seat of the car through the lights in front of the villa.

He was a man with slicked-back hair, black hair occasionally streaked with gray, wearing black-rimmed glasses, and a square face that made him look exceptionally kind and refined.

Lu Yao knew who the real person in charge of Shangnan was at the moment, so he recognized him immediately. He was the newly appointed third seat of Shangnan.

Lu Yao was somewhat surprised by this person's appearance.

Unexpectedly, the other party came to visit in person.

So Lü Yao nodded to the secretary, and then followed the secretary into the back seat of the car.

The secretary drove the car from the driver's seat.

As soon as Lü Yao got into the car, he praised, "Oh my, I didn't expect you to come in person. You are much more refined and lively than you look in the photos."

The person in the back seat laughed and said, "I never expected that the most brilliant and outstanding entrepreneur in Shangnan would be so young. He is truly a force to be reckoned with."

Lü Yao laughed and said, "You flatter me too much."

The person in the back seat continued, "I've learned about what happened in the business community in Shangnan these past two days. Xiao Lü, you have indeed suffered some injustice. This was a mistake on our part. We should have given more care and help to such an outstanding young entrepreneur like you. It's really our fault that these things happened."

"I will handle this matter to your satisfaction. Do you have any other requests?"

Lu Yao raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself, "So direct and frank?"
Although the other party was indeed of high rank and great power, and even the aura emanating from him suppressed Lü Yao and made his thinking less sluggish, Lü Yao still said, "I do have a few small requests."

The person in the back seat laughed and said, "Okay, tell me what you think."

Lu Yao said, "I think that Director Li Huisheng, who was transferred to the Shangnan Chamber of Commerce this time, is really not capable of handling the work within the chamber."

The man in the back seat laughed and said, "Okay, I completely agree. Anything else?"

Lu Yao continued, "I hope that Li Huisheng will not only leave the Chamber of Commerce, but also leave the country."

As for when he would return, Lü Yao did not say.

The person in the back seat pondered for two seconds, then nodded and smiled, "Home is nice, but the wider world outside is also more challenging. That's good. Nothing else?"

Lü Yao nodded and said, "That's all."

They've come all this way in person, and to still make so many unreasonable demands is just incredibly disrespectful.

But the person in the back seat said, "I don't think that's enough. My thought is this: Li Daimin still has quite a bit of influence in Huizhou. He made things so ugly, he definitely has to show some support. It's not enough to just send someone abroad to settle things."

“Before I came, Li Daimin told me that he was willing to give you shares in several electrical appliance companies in Huizhou, as well as investment shares in BOE, as a token of his apology.”

Upon hearing this, Lü Yao showed a surprised expression.

That expression wasn't an act.

Instead, he was genuinely surprised by the generosity of this person. However, these things, which seemed like compensation, were actually traps wrapped in sugar, so Lü Yao waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No, no, it's not a big deal."

But the person in the back seat smiled kindly and said, "You can't say that. Economic development is no small matter. We shouldn't say anything that is detrimental to unity, and we shouldn't do anything that is detrimental to unity. Besides that, I have a small request. I hope you can do me a favor, Xiao Lü."

Lu Yao felt increasingly pressured: "You're too kind. My abilities are really not much to help you."

But the person in the back seat smiled earnestly and firmly, saying, "Xiao Lü, you've come a long way, it's been a difficult journey, and you've encountered many setbacks. I believe you can do it. I've decided to remove Li Daimin from his position and appoint you as the president of the Shangnan Chamber of Commerce."

Dry!!

Lu Yao couldn't help but curse under his breath.

When the person in the back seat said that, it was as if a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in Lü Yao's mind, splitting through layers of chaos.

No wonder Li Daimin sent that greenhorn Li Huisheng to do things, and no wonder Li Daimin was so assertive this time... In fact, all of this was already part of the plan of the person in the back seat of the car.

If Li Daimin handles things well, he can remain behind the scenes, not showing off, but all the credit will go to him.

If the situation in Shangnan is more difficult than imagined, then Li Daimin's side can be replaced at any time, and then this sincere and earnest "apology" can be used to coerce the more capable people in Shangnan to take over and help them carry out the follow-up work.

After Lü Yao figured these things out, he realized that these plans must have been made before the person in the back seat of the car came to Shangnan to take up his post.

And Lü Yao was the one he chose.

(End of this chapter)