Chapter 628 Sanmao's Thoughts
Listening to Song Yuanchao's words, Gu Jie showed bitterness on his face. He smiled and shook his head, picked up the red wine glass in front of him, raised his hand and drank the remaining half glass of red wine in the glass, then picked up the bottle next to him and filled it up.
"Brother Yuanchao, do you remember when Daqi introduced me to you?"
"I remember. How could I not remember?" The scene of that year suddenly flashed through Song Yuanchao's mind. It was not long after he returned to Shanghai. At that time, Song Yuanchao and Li Daqi were two poor boys with no money and didn't even have a job.
At that time, Song Yuanchao happened to meet Jiang Dongliang on his way back from visiting the graves in Suzhou. It was this chance encounter that made him see a business opportunity.
In order to do this business, Song Yuanchao found Li Daqi as a partner and told Li Daqi the required conditions. Li Daqi was not vague and found Gu Jie on the same day. This led to the later acquaintance of Song Yuanchao and Gu Jie.
Gu Jie was very important in the original clothes hanger transaction. If it weren't for Gu Jie's help, they would not have been able to find such a suitable venue. Moreover, Gu Jie initially wanted to waive the venue fee directly to Song Yuanchao. Later, Song Yuanchao did not accept this kindness due to Gu Jie's father. But in the end, the rent was still very cheap, and Gu Jie used his connections to let Song Yuanchao and his friends use the venue first and settle the bill later.
Afterwards, Gu Jie directly joined Song Yuanchao's team and started doing clothes hanger business with Song Yuanchao and Li Daqi.
In this deal, Gu Jie earned the first money in his life from his own business, and this money was considered a large sum of money at the time. This made Gu Jie, who had just returned to the city and was also unemployed, particularly grateful to Song Yuanchao.
Later, because Zhang Bin and Wang Jianjun became greedy and secretly pulled people out to work on their own, Gu Jie had no intention of leaving Song Yuanchao, and was extremely annoyed with these two guys who betrayed everyone.
When Song Yuanchao was ready to quit this industry, he directly handed over the remaining business to Gu Jie. At that time, the business was actually accepted by Gu Jie, but Gu Jie still remembered Song Yuanchao's kindness and still regarded Song Yuanchao as his elder brother.
This is also the reason why Gu Jie was the first person Song Yuanchao thought of when he went to the school-run factory and Qin Zhengguo came to Shanghai and several others started the college entrance examination review materials business. In Song Yuanchao's view, Gu Jie is a very trustworthy person, and as a partner, Gu Jie is impeccable, so he is relieved to bring Gu Jie into the partnership.
In this way, Gu Jie gradually became a member of Song Yuanchao's core team, from Shanghai to Guangzhou, from Guangzhou to Hong Kong, and from Hong Kong to Nanjing.
Although Gu Jie does not have the business talent like Qin Zhengguo, nor the natural management and operation ability like Li Daqi, he has always done a good job in specific work, and from this point of view he is a very good executor.
It was for this reason that when Si Te Company was established, taking into account Gu Jie's strengths, Song Yuanchao specially transferred Gu Jie, who was originally to be sent to Pengcheng to assist Li Daqi, to Jinling to serve as the director and deputy general manager of Si Te Company as Shenghua Group's major shareholder.
From last year to this year, for more than a year, Gu Jie has been very competent in this position. Although he is not as important as Sun Yaoliang in Sit Company, and does not control the specific operations like General Manager Ruth, but as a director and deputy, he has done everything he should do very well, which makes Song Yuanchao very satisfied.
But now Gu Jie suddenly said that he wanted to resign, which really surprised Song Yuanchao. Why did he resign for no reason? It shouldn't be the case!
Memories appeared on Gu Jie's face, and he seemed to be thinking about the past just like Song Yuanchao.
Gu Jie sighed, "Time flies so fast. So many years have passed in the blink of an eye. If I, Gu Sanmao, hadn't met you and Daqi, I might have been as mediocre as most ordinary people."
"If you're lucky, you can find a decent job, go to work, go home, and get a salary of a few dozen yuan a month. You may even argue with your boss for a raise, not to mention a share of housing. If you're not lucky, you may end up like most people, racking your brains to find connections, but in the end you end up waiting for several years with nothing..."
"What about now? All of this is no longer a problem. I have made a lot of money over the years. To put it bluntly, even if I start to lose income now, the money in the bank can support me for a lifetime just by the interest. As for houses, let alone things like that, I bought houses for myself and my family in Shanghai, and they are Western-style houses. I also have a building in Yangcheng, and I asked Zhengguo to help me buy two houses in Hong Kong. Although they are not good houses in Mid-Levels, they are still very good."
"I have everything I should have, and I also have everything I shouldn't have. What regrets do I have in this life? Brother Yuan Chao, you have brought me all of this. If it weren't for you, there would be no Gu Sanmao today!"
"Sanmao, why are you saying all this? And you're saying it so sentimentally?" Song Yuanchao looked at him and couldn't help asking, "Are you sick? Or is there something else going on? These words sound like you're explaining your last wishes?"
"Hahaha, Brother Yuanchao, you're going to make me laugh to death!" Gu Jie was stunned and burst into laughter. When he said those words just now, Gu Jie was indeed sad in his heart, but this emotion was broken by Song Yuanchao's words as soon as he came up, making him unable to help laughing.
"Damn it, you scared me to death. I really thought you were going to make arrangements for your funeral. You looked so miserable. How old are you? You are thirty and have no brothers. Can you stop acting like a man in his seventies or eighties?"
Song Yuanchao patted Gu Jie's shoulder and scolded him with a smile. Actually, he did it on purpose. He could see that Gu Jie was a little depressed when he said those words just now, so he talked nonsense deliberately. Now it seems that the effect is good.
"You're right, I was overthinking it." Gu Jie nodded and smiled, "But what I just said was also the truth, you should know this, Brother Yuan Chao."
"You, you just like to act on your emotions. Are we friends? Are we brothers? What's more, we are partners! You think I helped you with these things, but I think you helped me as well! Over the years, I have seen your efforts and contributions. Zhengguo and Daqi are not fools. They won't understand?"
"Sanmao, haha, I remember not calling you like this for a long time." Song Yuanchao said earnestly, "I don't know how you came up with the idea of resigning, and I don't know what you think. I want to tell you that to me, you will always be a part of us!"
"I understand, thank you Brother Yuanchao." Gu Jie nodded vigorously, his expression full of emotion.
" But Brother Yuan Chao, I still plan to resign."
"Why are you just..."
"Don't be angry, listen to me, Brother Yuanchao. Can you just listen to me first?" Seeing that Song Yuanchao raised his eyebrows and was about to lose his temper, Gu Jie said hurriedly.
"Tell me what you have to say. I want to see what you can say!" Song Yuanchao waved his hands angrily.
Gu Jie picked up the wine glass in front of him, toasted Song Yuanchao, and then took a big sip.
Because he drank too quickly, he almost choked. He coughed twice and wiped his mouth with his hand. Then he said, "I have actually been thinking about resigning for a long time. To be honest, I don't play a big role in Si Te Company. My main job is to serve as a director and deputy general manager."
"The former is the representative of Shenghua Group, and the latter is to assist General Manager Ruth, or actually supervise her work." At this point, Gu Jie glanced at Song Yuanchao. Song Yuanchao did not speak, but his expression told Gu Jie the answer, he was right.
Site Company is a joint venture, and its corporate structure includes foreign and domestic capital. The domestic capital mainly consists of the shares held by the former branch and Nandu. Of course, this part of the shares belongs to Nandu now, but the specific shares are in the hands of relevant departments in the city.
This is basically the case with domestic capital. In addition, domestic directors do not participate in the operation of enterprises except for the important board of directors. They are no different from decorations. Of course, the reason for this is inseparable from Lin Daoyuan. Sit Company was a joint venture decided by Lin Daoyuan. As the first joint venture in Jinling after Lin Daoyuan took office, it is natural to give preferential treatment in terms of policy. In addition, many aspects are also provided with convenience without violating the policy.
The foreign investment structure is more complicated. On the surface, the foreign investment part of Si Te Company is invested by Ying Annie's company, but behind the scenes, Ying Annie's company has long been participated by several capitals, the largest of which is Xiangjiang Shenghua Group.
Xiangjiang Shenghua Group is the real behind-the-scenes boss of Si Te Company. From this point of view, Song Yuanchao, the Chinese chairman, actually plays a dual role as both the Chinese side and the investor, and is undoubtedly the real boss of Si Te Company.
Xiangjiang Shenghua has adopted a cross-holding model in the company that controls Ying Anni, which effectively hides the real equity of Shenghua Group. In addition, Zhang Jianguo's logistics and warehousing company and Luo Yang's company have also invested, making the structure of the foreign capital side even more complicated.
However, although these may seem complicated to people who don’t understand the situation, they are no secret to Gu Jie.
Gu Jie is one of the shareholders of Shenghua Group, and he knows the true situation of Si Te Company very well.
"Over the past year, the company has gradually become more regular, and my role has become smaller and smaller. I am a shareholder but in fact a supervisor. Most of the work I do every day is work I am not good at. Although I can do these jobs, to be honest, I don't think I do them very well."
"Brother Yuanchao, you know best what kind of person I am and how capable I am. Do you think I can handle this position? Think carefully and answer me. Don't say anything against your will because of our relationship."
Song Yuanchao didn't expect Gu Jie to ask this. He hesitated and said, "Sanmao, you are right, but from my point of view, you may not be the most suitable person, but you are the most suitable person for this position. What I said may sound a bit contradictory, but you should understand the reason."
"I understand, of course I understand." Gu Jie nodded and said, "That's why I'm talking to you about this now. In fact, I don't think this position is suitable for me. I've been working very hard over the past year. Maybe it's because I'm not capable enough and I've disappointed you. But after thinking about it carefully, I think it's more suitable for me to do some work within my ability, such as the clothes hanger business we did together, and later selling college entrance examination review materials, and doing clothing wholesale in Yangcheng. I'm very good at doing these and I'm happier doing them..."
