Shocking! This student is phenomenal!

"understood."

Ouyang Zhen picked up the cup and took a sip of tea.

He got up, picked up a folder in front of him, and followed the secretary to a large conference room.

The conference room was already quite full of people.

Some of them are familiar faces.

There were also some new faces who rarely came.

After Ouyang Zhen entered, everyone's eyes were on him.

"Ouyang, how about it? Just tell us the data for this year."

The man sitting in the main seat was of Mediterranean descent.

He wasn't the one who sat in that position before; he only recently took it.

Upon seeing Ouyang Zhen, he anxiously inquired about the matter even before Ouyang Zhen had sat down.

This person's name is Zheng Rong.

"Okay, Mr. Zheng."

Ouyang Zhen sighed inwardly.

Faced with these bosses, Ouyang Zhen had no choice but to obey.

He didn't even sit down before taking a USB drive out of his pocket.

Hand it to the conference staff member on the side.

The USB drive contained only one file: the company's financial statements up to the present day.

The conference organizer glanced at Ouyang Zhen, and with Ouyang Zhen's permission, he opened the document.

Immediately, a series of numbers appeared on the projection screen.

Those present were all used to such scenes.

The densely packed numbers meant nothing to them.

Soon, they found the key information points from a pile of data.

That is, all the data are declining.

All of Hengsheng Group's data is declining, with sales revenue being the most severely affected.

It was like he came right up and slashed hard right away.

We almost lost money.

"What?! How could this happen?!"

"No way, Hengsheng Group's performance was really good in the past few years, and the annual dividends were quite substantial. How did it turn out like this this year?"

"I was even thinking of using the dividends from Hengsheng Group this year to cover the losses of my other companies!"

"Forget it, at this rate, we'll probably have to pay out of our own pockets to come in this year!"

"What's going on? Ouyang Zhen, explain yourself! What's going on here? How can you be the general manager?"

When the shareholders saw this, they were all in an uproar.

After all, this is closely related to their money.

If their interests are threatened, their wallets will be empty; who wouldn't be anxious?

These shareholders rely on these year-end dividends.

I generally don't sell stocks.

Because if the dividends are high, who would be willing to sell their shares? They'd be raking in dividends! But if the dividends are low, can they sell at a high price? Most would probably lose money.

So, in summary, these shareholders, after making their investments, will only invest in very urgent situations.

The rest of the time, they were counting on making money through the company's stock dividends.

Now they are all basically pointing their fingers at Ouyang Zhen.

"Bosses, managers, please don't be anxious."

"It's perfectly normal for a company's performance to fluctuate. You can't expect a company to make more money year after year."

"There isn't a single company like that in the world. Unless it has a state-owned enterprise backing."

Ouyang Zhen wasn't in a hurry to point the finger at the sales director.

Instead, they first tried to calm everyone down.

Because if the conflict is directed at the sales director, the problem will be further escalated.

The situation will be difficult to control at that point.

"Ouyang, you can't say that."

One of the shareholders immediately retorted.

"It's normal for it to decrease. Last year we had 50 million per person, but this year it's down to 40 million. We can understand that."

"Is this what you call normal fluctuation?"

"However, it's a bit unreasonable to say that we've gone from tens of millions last year to having to pay out of our own pockets this year."

"There needs to be an explanation for this, to see exactly where the problem occurred."

The shareholder's words were supported by everyone present.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

I think that's how it should be.

He was being pressured relentlessly by everyone.

Ouyang Zhen had no choice.

I had no choice but to take out a laser pointer.

It started swiping across the screen.

"Look here, sales revenue has decreased by nearly 200%, only one-third of what it used to be."

"Then sales expenses increased by nearly 200 percent."

"In the end, we not only spent more money on sales, but we also lost money."

"And here's the situation: the company's accounts receivable have increased by nearly 50%. Do you think the dividends can still be high under these circumstances?"

Upon seeing the data that Ouyang Zhen specifically pointed out, everyone quickly realized that the problem lay in sales.

Sales are also the core of the company's main development. If something goes wrong in sales, then no matter how much cost-saving or salary reduction is done, it will be useless for other departments.

"How have you managed sales this year? We all elected you before precisely because you have a special advantage in sales and can bring more profits to the company, right? And now, is this how you've managed it?"

"You've disappointed us so much!"

All shareholders once again turned their anger towards Ouyang Zhen.

They felt it was all Ouyang Zhen's fault.

Only Zheng Rong's expression changed.

Because he knew that the sales director was someone he had placed there.

He installed a sales director at the time in order to control this most important piece of the pie.

As long as the business is in your own hands, you can easily find business when you start a new business later.

After all, he was very reluctant to give away so much dividend.

They could have earned this money themselves, so why share it with those guys? Why let it fall into their hands?

That's why he assigned one of his own people to the sales department to control sales operations.

Zheng Rong was no pushover either. Since he knew the problem would eventually fall on him, he might as well prepare in advance and redirect the issue back to Ouyang Zhen later.

Anyway, Ouyang Zhen was just an ordinary person and had no connection with any of the shareholders in the company.

The reason everyone elected him was simply to prevent others from taking advantage of the situation, so they chose someone who had no connection with anyone else to take the position.

Now, it is most appropriate to make Ouyang Zhen take the blame.

"The sales department got a new director this year."

Ouyang Zhen had no choice but to tell the truth.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to explain himself today.

"Now that you've changed directors, you think you can just stop managing things as general manager?"

"Just because you've changed directors, does that mean you can let the company lose money?"

"You're the company's general manager! How can you say such irresponsible things? I think your time as general manager is over."

Before Ouyang Zhen could finish speaking, Zheng Rong slammed his fist on the table and began to curse angrily.

"Are you implying that I recommended this sales director, so the responsibility falls on me, Zheng Rong?"

His words effectively shut down all of Ouyang Zhen's words.