Chapter 1045 The Back Wave
What Zhu Weizhuo said was impeccable, and there was no problem with it from the perspective of company procedures.
The previous secretary Xiao Wang was at the supervisor level, but now he has been demoted to the factory below to be the deputy director, which is equivalent to the deputy manager level. In this sense, Xiao Wang has been promoted half a level.
But in fact, this half level is not the same thing at all. Although the level of the general manager's secretary is not high, the power in his hands is not possessed by ordinary supervisors. Let alone ordinary middle-level managers, even executives at the director level have to be polite in front of the general manager's secretary.
He could be transferred to the factory as deputy director. To use an old saying, a staff officer cannot even fart without a chief. In addition to the director, a factory usually has at least two or three deputy directors, each with a clear division of labor. Xiao Wang became the director's assistant, and his rank went up, but his power plummeted. Moreover, the so-called training and then returning to the headquarters sounded good, but how would the reality turn out? It all depended on what Zhu Weizhou said.
Zhu Weizhou said with a smile, took out a cigarette and toasted Zheng Guoyuan and Lao Tang, then said: "Don't underestimate these new secretaries because they are young. They are all graduates of famous universities. They are well-educated and have good looks. From the perspective of the company's development, if the company wants to develop better in the future, it must cultivate more young people with potential. We leaders should set an example and give these young people some opportunities. What do you think, two old leaders?"
Zheng Guoyuan laughed and turned to Lao Tang and said, "Listen, Wei Zhou is really capable and considers things carefully. We old guys are out of date and can't keep up with the situation."
"It's a good thing for young people to have ideas. There's a saying that goes, 'The waves in front push the waves behind.' We were the waves in the past, and they, the young people, are the waves now. Our era has passed, and the future depends on them." Lao Tang had an expression of emotion.
"Yeah, you're right." Zheng Guoyuan agreed, and then asked about Zhu Weizhuo's company with a smile. As an old leader, it was understandable that he was concerned about the company's current situation, not to mention that the two old guys still held the title of company consultants.
Zhu Weizhuo was also not vague. He opened his mouth and started talking. Numbers popped out of his mouth without hesitation. He gave a brief introduction and report on the current situation of Si Te.
It sounds like, on the surface, that under Zhu Weizhou's management, Si Te is not doing well, but doing very well. Not only has the market and output expanded a lot, but also the production cost and management cost have been further improved through scientific measures, thus achieving good optimization results.
Especially the various data, Zhu Weizhou talked about them without stopping. If they had come here without any preparation today and just decided to sit down, both Zheng Guoyuan and Lao Tang might have been fooled and believed Zhu Weizhou's boasting.
But Zhu Weizhuo didn't know that Zheng Guoyuan and Lao Tang had already found out about Si Te's current situation through other channels. The data in Zhu Weizhuo's words could not be false, but the smart Zhu Weizhuo only said some things that could be said, and deliberately concealed all the problems when he spoke. Even the data was only part of it, without mentioning any key words.
Back then, Zheng Guoyuan valued Zhu Weizhuo and promoted him step by step from an ordinary employee to executive vice president. He eventually recommended him to take over his job because he felt that Zhu Weizhuo was a man with a quick mind, ideas and abilities. Now, listening to his story, Zheng Guoyuan's face was full of smiles, but his heart was sinking.
Who is Zheng Guoyuan? Having been the director of a collective factory for many years, and later working his way up from vice president to executive vice president to the top leader of Si Te, he knows more about the internal affairs of enterprises, including Si Te, than most people.
Moreover, he had been managing Si Te for so many years and was particularly sensitive to many issues. Especially after he felt that Zhu Weizhou only reported good news but not bad news, and that there were many unsaid data behind his words, how could such a clever trick be hidden from him? For a moment, his anger became even worse.
However, Zheng Guoyuan did not get angry. Lao Tang next to him interrupted and said a few words with a smile. Although his words were an acknowledgement of Zhu Weizhuo, he was actually reminding Zheng Guoyuan.
Zheng Guoyuan clenched his fists and suppressed his anger, but the smile on his face did not change at all.
After chatting for a while, it was around ten o'clock in a blink of an eye. At this time, the office door was knocked open by Zhu Weizhuo's secretary.
The secretary came to tell Zhu Weizhou that the meeting time was about to start. Zhu Weizhou nodded and said he understood, and sent the secretary away. Then he gestured to Zheng Guoyuan and Lao Tang with apology, and then said: "Two old leaders, it's really unfortunate. I have a meeting here soon. What do you think...?"
"Oh, there is a meeting? What meeting?"
"Haha, the company's regular meetings are mainly attended by the heads of various departments of the company."
"Is that so?" Zheng Guoyuan thought for a moment and nodded, then stood up with Lao Tang. Just when Zhu Weizhou thought they were going to leave, Zheng Guoyuan said, "Since it's such a coincidence, why don't we go and take a look together? We two old guys haven't attended the company's meetings for a long time, and the title of consultant and the consulting fee are a bit incompetent."
"What Old Zheng said is right. Since you are here, you might as well listen. By the way, Mr. Zhu, I hope I don't disturb you, do you?" Old Tang took over the conversation and asked Zhu Weizhuo.
Without waiting for Zhu Weizhou to answer, Zheng Guoyuan immediately said with a smile: "What kind of interruption is this? Isn't it normal for consultants to attend meetings as observers? Weizhou, don't worry, we are just going to observe the meeting, and you will still be the host of the meeting. We are all retired old guys, and we will not delay the normal progress of your meeting. We just came back to get a feel for it, hahahaha, what do you think?"
"Haha, old leader, look at what you said, of course I won't disturb you. It's a great honor for you to come to the meeting and guide our work." How could Zhu Weizhou refuse? After all, Zheng Guoyuan and Lao Tang were his old leaders, and as Zheng Guoyuan said, they were qualified to sit in on the company's meetings as consultants. This was the rule set by the board of directors.
Nodding with a smile, Zheng Guoyuan asked where the meeting was held. Zhu Weizhuo replied that it was the large conference room before. Zheng Guoyuan said "oh" and said nothing. He and Lao Tang waited for Zhu Weizhuo to leave. Zhu Weizhuo was not vague and asked them to wait. He returned to his desk, took out a notebook from the drawer, and left the office with Zheng Guoyuan and the others.
The company's conference room is on the floor below the general manager's office. There are several conference rooms here. The sizes of the conference rooms vary according to different needs.
The largest and most luxurious is naturally the conference room where today's meeting is held. This conference room can accommodate 50 people attending the meeting at the same time. Of course, the number of people who are usually qualified to attend the meeting will not exceed too many. All the participants are people at the level of managers and above from the Sit headquarters, including the two major product divisions.
There were already quite a few people sitting in the conference room. The center position of the long table near the door was empty. This was Zhu Weizhuo's seat.
The personnel from various departments attending the meeting had all arrived and were whispering and chatting with each other. After a while, when footsteps were heard outside the corridor, the meeting room suddenly became quiet. Everyone subconsciously sat up straight and looked towards the door of the meeting room.
The door of the conference room opened and Zhu Weizhuo appeared at the door. But what surprised everyone was that it was not only Zhu Weizhuo who came, but there were actually two old men following behind. Half of the people attending the meeting knew these two old men. Aren’t they the retired general manager Zheng Guoyuan and the vice president Tang who was in charge of personnel and administration?
After entering the conference room, Zhu Weizhou glanced around and nodded slightly when he saw that everyone was present. Then he turned to Zheng Guoyuan and Lao Tang and said, "Wait a moment, two senior leaders. I will arrange seats for you..."
"No need. We are here to listen in today, so there is no need to arrange seats specially. Let's sit over there." Zheng Guoyuan pointed to the side. In addition to the seats surrounding the large conference table, there was another circle outside the conference room, and several chairs near the wall were empty.
"How can this be possible? You two are our old leaders. How can we let you and Mr. Tang sit in the corner?" Zhu Weizhuo said with a frown.
"Okay, Weizhou, the meeting is important. The seating arrangement has been arranged, and it would not be appropriate to disrupt it for us. How about this, bring two chairs over, and Lao Zheng and I will squeeze next to you. Is that okay with you?" Lao Tang interrupted with a smile, and at the same time stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of Zhu Weizhou's seat.
Zhu Weizhou was stunned for a moment, then he laughed: "Sure, of course, that's fine. Well, you still have you, why are you still standing there? Why don't you bring two chairs over for President Zheng and President Tang, and put them next to my seat ."
Zhu Weizhuo casually pointed at the two people attending the meeting. The two people quickly agreed, stood up, ran to the corner, moved two chairs over, and then placed them on the left and right sides of Zhu Weizhuo's seat.
Zhu Weizhuo's seat was at the head of the conference table, which took up the largest space, so even with two chairs placed on the side, it would definitely not be crowded.
The chairs were placed, and Zheng Guoyuan and Lao Tang sat down with smiles on their faces. Zhu Weizhuo sat in the middle. At this time, a tactful staff member from the administrative department brought over two cups of tea and placed them in front of Zheng Guoyuan and Lao Tang one by one.
Zheng Guoyuan nodded and thanked them, but his eyes swept across the members present. It had only been two years since he left Si Te, and he didn't even recognize nearly half of the people present.
The lowest-ranking person attending the meeting today is the department manager of the headquarters, and the higher-ranking ones are directors and vice presidents. Nearly half of these people have held these positions since he retired, and many familiar faces are no longer among them.
"There have been major changes in the management of our company. Haha, I don't recognize you all anymore after only being away for two years." Zheng Guoyuan picked up the teacup in front of him, opened the lid and blew on it, then said to Zhu Weizhuo lightly.
"It is indeed very large. During the period before and after you left, many of the company's seniors retired, so we naturally need fresh blood to replenish them. In addition, our company's future development direction is to become a multinational group enterprise. From a long-term perspective, we need more high-quality and high-level managers to enrich our management team..."
"Wei Zhou, don't get me wrong, I'm just expressing my feelings. People tend to reminisce when they get old. You'll understand when you reach my age. Okay, okay, we're here to listen today. We're just ears, not mouths. You can have your meeting, just pretend we don't exist." Zheng Guoyuan said with a smile, then took a sip of tea, put the teacup back on the table, closed his eyes slightly, and looked leisurely and contented.
