King of Technology: A Fresh Start in 1983

"Even if there's no other way, we have to find a way to control things! Otherwise, everything will fall into chaos."

Chen Jianghe continued, "None of the three of us will sleep tonight."

"Each person is responsible for a group of agents, and they need to call each of them to find the person in charge and clearly tell them about the current grim situation within Tiangong."

"They need to understand that Zhao Xiaobo's actions violated the rules of the Heavenly Craftsmanship and were illegal."

"If they insist on going down this path with Zhao Xiaobo, they will have to bear all the consequences themselves!"

Looking at the two bewildered individuals, Chen Jianghe continued, "Don't think I'm exaggerating. This is a life-or-death struggle, a struggle that concerns the very survival of Tiangong!"

"If Zhao Xiaobo takes on this batch of machines under the name of Tiangong, he will likely be stuck with them for a long time, and the losses will be substantial!"

"Even if off-the-books funds were used, Tiangong is still involved."

"Even if these machines manage to sell, our next strategic move to aggressively promote the new [Xuanyuan 486] model will be severely impacted, or even completely ruined!"

"Today is an unprecedentedly crucial moment since the founding of Tiangong. We must understand this issue from an unprecedented perspective."

"No matter what obstacles we encounter, we must adhere to our principles and never harbor any侥幸心理 (a sense of wishful thinking or taking chances)."

"I'll call Wei Chen and the others over right now; the three of us aren't enough. Also, I'll print out the list of distributors for you right away."

After Zhang Wei finished speaking, he got up and walked towards his office.

A moment later, he walked into Chen Jianghe's office with a list of agents in his hand.

Chen Jianghe took the list of agents, pondered for a moment, and said, "Zhang Wei, there are two more things that require your personal attention immediately."

With a grave expression, Chen Jianghe ordered, "First, call the police immediately!"

"Zhao Xiaobo is suspected of engaging in private transactions without the company's knowledge. We request the police's assistance in preventing the situation from escalating further and minimizing our losses."

"Second, immediately publish a notice in the newspaper announcing that, effective immediately, Zhao Xiaobo will no longer perform the duties of the executive vice president of Tiangong Group, and his subsequent actions will be unrelated to the company."

"Thirdly, immediately have someone change the locks on the company doors. From now on, Zhao Xiaobo must not be allowed to enter the company again."

Zhang Wei and Lao Ding were both stunned!

Eyes wide open!

The two looked at each other, their faces filled with doubt and confusion.

Chen Jianghe's three decisions are not only unbelievable, but even hard to believe!

Zhang Wei couldn't help but blurt out, "President Chen, our most crucial task right now is to avoid any potential losses as a result."

"If we can persuade all the distributors not to participate in the sale of these machines, we can prevent and contain the situation from escalating."

"If Mr. Zhao's more than ten million yuan has nothing to do with Tiangong, it will not cause any further losses to Tiangong."

"But once these three things are done, how will General Manager Zhao continue his work at Tiangong?"

"childish!"

Chen Jianghe slammed his fist on the table and angrily rebuked, "If there's even the slightest possibility of letting him continue working at Tiangong, he should be right here right now."

"Zhang Wei, do you think that's possible? Let me tell you, not only is it impossible, but he's already turned against us!"

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Zhao simply has a different opinion; he would never go against Tiangong. Why don't you give Mr. Zhao a call first?"

"Stop talking!"

Chen Jianghe's face was filled with murderous intent. "From today onwards, Tiangong Group will no longer have a General Manager Zhao Xiaobo!"

...

That night, Zhang Wei first went to the police station to report the crime.

Police stated that there was insufficient evidence to assist in the operation.

I suggest you contact the newly established Economic Crime Investigation Department of the Municipal Public Security Bureau to discuss solutions.

Zhang Wei immediately contacted Chen Jianghe.

Chen Jianghe said, "Forget it! You just need to get a formal police report."

Zhang Wei then called Lin Yidan's home, briefly explained the whole situation, and asked how to publish a statement in the newspaper.

"What? A published statement? Chen Jianghe has lost his mind, he's gone mad!"

In her shock, Lin Yidan raised a question from a public relations perspective: "Zhang Wei, you should have told Chen Jianghe to calm down."

"You should discuss countermeasures with some of your company's senior executives... instead of acting impulsively!"

"Is it really a good idea to expose a sudden incident that Tiangong has not yet fully investigated to the public eye, in order to calm the situation and even damage Tiangong's image?"

After calming down and thinking it over, Zhang Wei realized that Lin Yidan's analysis made sense, so he immediately contacted Chen Jianghe again and repeated what Lin Yidan had said.

After a long pause on the phone, Chen Jianghe said, "Let's put it on hold for now."

...

After a series of phone calls, more than a dozen agents that Zhao Xiaobo had contacted swore that they would never take on that batch of AST.

Of the three tasks assigned by Chen Jianghe, Zhang Wei only completed one: changing the lock.

...

Everything was peaceful during the two-day New Year's Day holiday.

To Zhang Wei's utter bewilderment, Zhao Xiaobo, whose sales channels were blocked, remained completely silent.

Is Zhao Xiaobo busy finding alternative distribution channels? Or is he trying to return this batch of goods...?

During the holiday, several groups of employees from Tiangong Technology Department paged Zhang Wei.

They were all there to work overtime, but were kept out by the newly installed lock.

Zhang Wei realized that their situation wasn't extremely urgent, so he persuaded them all to go back home.

On the surface, everything seemed peaceful, but Zhang Wei felt even more uneasy.

I feel that a storm is about to break out within Tiangong!

On the first day back to work after New Year's Day in 1993, Zhang Wei was the first to arrive at the company and open the door.

Not long after the door opened, Wei Chen and several other people from the planning and channel departments arrived.

Wei Chen immediately pulled Zhang Wei aside and whispered, "President Zhao already knows the company changed the locks!"

This news was not unexpected for Zhang Wei.

Since the establishment of Tiangong Company, Zhao Xiaobo has made half of the contributions. How could he end up without even a tip-off?

He asked Wei Chen, "Did President Zhao guess that this was aimed at him?"

Wei Chen nodded silently.

Zhang Wei glanced at his subordinates and then said to Wei Chen, "We don't have enough manpower, and I don't want this matter to cause conflict among Tiangong employees."

"Contact the building's security personnel immediately and have them come here to follow my instructions."

"Tell them that each person will receive three hundred dollars as a service fee, and the more the better."

Wei Chen turned to leave, but Zhang Wei called him back, intending to change his mind and say that two hundred yuan would be enough.

But then he thought, at this critical moment, how could he care about such things? So he waved his hand and told Wei Chen to go quickly.

Then, one by one, some employees came to work, and they all clearly felt that the atmosphere in the company was strange.

Zhang Wei didn't want to explain, nor did he know how to explain it to them.

All I could do was pray that Zhao Xiaobo wouldn't arrive at this time.