Chapter 1048: Speaking Up for Justice
"Zhu Weizhou, you...you want to rebel?" Zheng Guoyuan was so angry that his face turned blue. He never thought that Zhu Weizhou would dare to do this.
He is the former general manager of Si Te, and now he still holds the title of consultant. He is also Zhu Weizhuo's mentor and it was he who promoted Zhu Weizhuo back then.
But now, not only did Zhu Weizhuo not give him face, he also called the security guards to forcibly carry him and Lao Tang out of the meeting room, which made him so angry that he was about to explode.
Zhu Weizhuo didn't even look at Zheng Guoyuan, but looked to the other side, as if he didn't take Zheng Guoyuan and others seriously at all.
At this time, the vice president who had said that the air conditioner was too hot stood up impatiently and ran behind Zheng Guoyuan like a lackey, while the four security guards also came up from the left and right, stretched out their hands and half grabbed and half supported the arms of Zheng Guoyuan and Lao Tang, and pulled the two men up from their seats with force.
"Two old leaders, your health is important. President Zhu is concerned about you two. You should go to the lounge and have a rest." The deputy general manager smiled and winked at the security messenger.
"You are lawless! Let go! Let me go!" Zheng Guoyuan struggled hard, but how could he, who was already over 60 years old, have the strength of a young man? The two security guards holding him were young and strong, and they looked like they had been trained. Not to mention Zheng Guoyuan's current age, even if he was 20 years younger, he would not be a match.
"Oh no, Mr. Zheng really has heatstroke. He's already talking nonsense. What are you guys still standing there for? Why don't you help Mr. Zheng down?"
Lao Tang didn't struggle, he saw and heard everything. When the security guard held his arm, Lao Tang stood up and put on a gesture of letting it go.
Seeing Zheng Guoyuan's face turn blue with anger in his eyes, Lao Tang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Old Zheng had been shrewd all his life, but in the end he made a mistake and regarded an ungrateful person as a treasure and actually recommended Zhu Weizhuo to be his successor.
Zhu Weizhou is no longer the same Zhu Weizhou as before. Two years is enough for Zhu Weizhou to sit firmly in the position of general manager. Moreover, after Zheng Guoyuan left, the old staff of that year almost reached the age of retirement. Zhu Weizhou took this opportunity to place his confidants in positions. His people almost occupied all the important departments of Si Te.
At the same time, Zhu Weizhou eliminated dissidents and cracked down on those who did not obey him. He frequently used such means as making things difficult for others and marginalizing them, including Tao Tao. This move of killing the chicken to scare the monkey also prompted the original department leaders of the company to join Zhu Weizhou. In addition, he was good at using small favors, and he won over many people and turned Si Te into his "kingdom".
"What do you want to do? Let go!" Suddenly, a voice sounded in the conference room. The person who spoke stood up and walked a few steps to the two security guards who were almost controlling Zheng Guoyuan and sternly asked: "Mr. Zheng is our old leader and a consultant of the group company. What you are doing is clearly restricting his personal freedom. Who gave you the courage? Let go!"
The man's eyes widened, and he reached out and slapped the vice president's hand that was on Zheng Guoyuan's arm. Then he turned around and asked Zhu Weizhou, "Boss Zhu! It's true that you are the company's boss, but the company also has its own rules. Not to mention that Boss Zheng is our old leader, he has the authority to supervise the company just as Boss Zheng's consultant. In addition, I also understood what Director Tao said just now. It's a good opportunity to ask while everyone is here, is there any adjustment to the company's product formula?"
Lao Tang looked carefully and found that he knew the person who was speaking. It was He Xiao, the general manager of the sales company.
He Xiao is a veteran of the sales company. He is the third child of He Maoyong, a veteran employee of the first branch. He Maoyong is not only a veteran of the first branch, but also a model worker of the first branch.
He Xiao and his brother He Wei were both educated youth who returned to the city. When they returned to the city, they could not find jobs. He Maoyong had many children and lived in difficulty, so he asked Jia Fan, the head of the first branch factory at that time, for help. Jia Fan took into account the situation of He Maoyong's family and arranged temporary jobs for his two children in the factory.
Although this job was not a formal one, it was very hard-won for the brothers He Wei and He Xiao, and they cherished this job very much. But who would have thought that not long after they started working, they lost their job because someone in a branch factory was implicated in stealing products.
After losing his job, He Maoyong once again shamelessly went to Jia Fan to beg him for help, hoping that Jia Fan would recruit his two sons back for his sake. Although Jia Fan said nice things back then, he was actually powerless. Moreover, the efficiency of the branch factory was very poor at that time, and the regular employees had no money to pay, so it was impossible for the main factory to approve their employment as temporary workers.
Helplessly, the two brothers became unemployed youths again. Just when they were lost and lost, Song Chaoyuan came to the first branch. After learning about the situation of the brothers He Wei and He Xiao, Song Chaoyuan, who was just about to let Sun Yaoliang set up a sales company, thought of them and found He Maoyong to ask He Wei and He Xiao to come for an interview. In this way, the two brothers returned to the first branch again and became the first batch of employees of the sales company and Sun Yaoliang's subordinates.
Compared with his brother He Wei, He Xiao is smarter and more capable. He does very well in the sales company. With his hard work and achievements, he is gradually promoted from an ordinary salesperson to a sales manager. After that, when Si Te Company was established, He Xiao became more independent.
When Si Te was conquering the country, the sales company also began to set up branches in various places, and He Xiao had the opportunity to serve as a branch manager. After careful consideration, He Xiao was transferred from the headquarters to work in the branch. During the years as a branch manager, He Xiao showed his outstanding ability and was recognized by Sun Yaoliang and the company.
Before leaving, Sun Yaoliang recommended He Xiao to Song Chaoyuan. However, considering that He Xiao was too young, he was afraid that he could not be controlled, so He Xiao was eventually transferred from the branch manager back to the headquarters to serve as the vice president of the sales company, partnering with Lao Lu, who succeeded Sun Yaoliang.
During Zheng Guoyuan's time, He Xiao also won Zheng Guoyuan's recognition for his outstanding abilities. After Lao Lu retired, Zheng Guoyuan promoted He Xiao from the level of vice president of the sales company to general manager, who was fully responsible for the business of the sales company .
However, compared to when Sun Yaoliang was in charge of the sales company, Sun Yaoliang's power in Sit is much greater than He Xiao's, because Sun Yaoliang is not only the general manager of the sales company, but also the deputy general manager of the company. In addition, he and Ying Annie are a family. More importantly, Song Chaoyuan trusts Sun Yaoliang. Sun Yaoliang is undoubtedly the real power in the entire Sit.
Sun Yaoliang and Song Chaoyuan said something that year, that is, there are three factions within Si Te, one of which is the foreign capital faction, which is led by the general manager Ruth. The other faction is Zheng Guoyuan's faction, which is called the local faction. Zheng Guoyuan is the executive vice president, and with the support of the main factory, Yanjing, and Suzhou branches, although he is slightly weaker than Ruth, he also has considerable say within the company.
As for the third faction, it is Sun Yaoliang's faction. Since Sun Yaoliang was originally a member of a branch factory and had a close relationship with Song Chaoyuan, this faction was internally called the Conglong faction. Among them, Lao Tang also belonged to this faction because of Nando. This faction had considerable power in the Si Te, and it could be said that it was a three-way competition with the first two factions.
Ruth returned to the United States for personal reasons and resigned as the general manager of Sit. At that time, there were two people who were most suitable to succeed Ruth and take full control of Sit, one was Zheng Guoyuan and the other was Sun Yaoliang.
Moreover, judging from his qualifications and influence in Sit and his relationship with Song Chaoyuan, Sun Yaoliang had a slightly higher chance than Zheng Guoyuan. However, after leaving Sit, Sun Yaoliang went to Europe and the United States for a while. When he came back, he had the idea of starting his own business and voluntarily gave up the opportunity to serve as Sit's general manager. Therefore, Zheng Guoyuan was eventually promoted to general manager from the position of executive vice president, which marked the beginning of Zheng Guoyuan's era in Sit.
After Zheng Guoyuan took the position of general manager, he began his era at Sit. At that time, the foreign capital faction had become a force to be reckoned with with the departure of Ruth, and the Dragon faction also lost its core members due to the departure of Sun Yaoliang. As a director and vice president of the company, Ying Annie did not actually intervene much in the actual operation of the company. In addition, she and Sun Yaoliang were husband and wife, so after Sun Yaoliang left, Ying Annie also put more energy into other places.
Zheng Guoyuan, who was in power, naturally had to make adjustments within the company to further weaken the influence of the foreign capital faction and the dragon faction. He did this for selfish reasons, but Song Chaoyuan didn't care about it, because Song Chaoyuan knew that Zheng Guoyuan did this to better manage the company and reduce internal friction.
After all, Zheng Guoyuan is not Song Chaoyuan, and he does not have the influence of Song Chaoyuan in Si Te. When Song Chaoyuan gradually transferred the power of Si Te to Zheng Guoyuan, Zheng Guoyuan had to consider his own control over the company and the strength of management.
During the Song Dynasty, the three factions had no impact on the decision-making and management of the company, because Song Chaoyuan was the pillar of support. But when Song Chaoyuan gave up power and handed it over to Zheng Guoyuan, Zheng Guoyuan could not do what Song Chaoyuan did, and he did not have the prestige of Song Chaoyuan, so his move to adjust and weaken the influence of the other two factions was understandable.
For this reason, when He Xiao replaced Lao Lu as the general manager of the sales company, Zheng Guoyuan did not let He Xiao serve as the deputy general manager of the group company at the same time. In this way, the level of the sales company seemed to have not changed on the surface, but in fact, when He Xiao became the general manager, it was far inferior to that of Sun Yaoliang and even Lao Lu before him.
Without the position of deputy general manager, He Xiao, the general manager of the sales company, is only at the director level of the group, which means that he is no different from other management such as Liu Fei. Moreover, this arrangement will help Zheng Guoyuan better control the sales company and prevent it from becoming an independent kingdom that he cannot control.
Zheng Guoyuan also achieved this. During his era, the authority of the sales company was weakened a lot, and the headquarters' control over the sales company was also strengthened, which was conducive to his overall planning and management of the entire company.
But Zheng Guoyuan never expected that Zhu Weizhuo, whom he had always been optimistic about and actively recommended to be his successor, would actually treat him in this way, and even did such unimaginable things in the company in the short two years since he left.
On the contrary, in this situation, it was He Xiao who stood up to speak for himself. Seeing He Xiao's angry look, Zheng Guoyuan couldn't help feeling guilty, because it was because of him that He Xiao was forced not to serve as the group's vice president during his tenure. Logically, He Xiao should have resented him. He didn't expect that He Xiao would stand up for him today.
