Chapter 717 Lost Contact
When he found out how much his wife's dowry was, even though Zhang Yong was well-informed, he felt dizzy for a moment.
Compared with Yuka, the money I have is nothing. After all this fuss, I am the real poor one !
Afraid that Zhang Yong would feel uncomfortable knowing that her dowry was so generous, the considerate Youxiang told Zhang Yong not to worry about it. It was just the good intentions of the elders. As long as they loved each other, what did material possessions matter? Besides, she was Zhang Yong's wife, so didn't her things belong to him? Besides, she didn't know how to run a business, but Zhang Yong had a great talent for business, so it was more appropriate for him to hand over these businesses to him.
Seeing Yuxiang's careful explanation, Zhang Yong couldn't help but smile. He gently put his arm around his wife's shoulders and told her that he was just a little surprised and didn't have any other thoughts, and that these were not bad things for them, right? Although he was a man and had a man's dignity, as Yuxiang's husband, Zhang Yong was not a fragile person. He had seen all the ups and downs before. Even without these dowries, Zhang Yong was confident that Yuxiang could live a good life. It was just that these dowries were just icing on the cake.
Hearing Zhang Yong's answer, Youxiang felt relieved and a happy smile appeared on her face.
After getting married, they still lived in the original apartment. Firstly, they were used to living here and would feel uncomfortable if they moved away. Secondly, Yuxiang's parents and Fan Baoguo also lived here, so it would be easier to take care of them if they lived close together.
Of course, Zhang Yong and Youxiang moved to a new house and let Fan Baoguo and his family live in the original house. After all, they are married and have a family, so they can't continue to live with their brothers.
Don’t think that Westerners don’t value family. In fact, Westerners also attach great importance to family. What’s more, Yuka’s father is a second-generation Japanese immigrant.
Westerners have a traditional concept of family, especially Spanish and Italian people. Many Westerners live together as a whole family. Even if they live separately, they will get together during festivals or birthdays just like the Chinese.
Even in the United States, there is such a situation. Those rumors that children are raised to be kicked out of the house and become independent at the age of 18 are basically rumors. Even if there are any, they are isolated cases. Generally speaking, the family concept of Westerners is not much different from that of Easterners.
Youxiang was not interested in business, her hobbies were painting and art. Since he had taken over the industry, it was impossible to leave it alone, so Zhang Yong discussed with Youxiang and decided that he would formally take over the mining company, and the original clothing and department store business would be handed over to Fan Baoguo and Xie Zhengliang. Anyway, they were all veterans in this industry and had been familiar with it for more than half a year. Zhang Yong was relieved to have them in charge.
Although they are husband and wife, their property is still clearly divided here. The ownership of the mining company and the real estate belongs to Youxiang, and Zhang Yong is just running the business on her behalf as her husband.
There was no need to worry about the real estate and the farm, the main thing was the mining company. After their honeymoon, Zhang Yong and Youxiang went to the mining company and convened a board meeting of shareholders.
At the board meeting, Youxiang, as the current largest shareholder, serves as the company's chairman, while Zhang Yong takes over as general manager.
The shareholders and management of the mining company had no objection to this result, because they had received notices from Yuxiang's uncle and mother before and had prepared themselves mentally in advance.
After taking office as general manager, Zhang Yong officially started working in the mining company. However, he was a complete layman in all these things, so he did not make any adjustments to the company at the beginning of his tenure. He just acted as a clay Buddha and continued the previous structure.
However, Zhang Yong did not just sit in the office. After entering the mining company, he began to work hard to learn the knowledge in this area and how to manage the company.
Zhang Yong is indeed very smart, and he has a ruthlessness in his bones that ordinary people do not have. It didn't take long him to understand the inside and outside situation of the mining company. In addition, Zhang Yong would go to the mine site whenever he had free time on weekdays, mingle with the people below, and learn a lot of useful things from the on-site workers and technicians.
During this process, Zhang Yong gradually discovered several talents from the grassroots level and used his position as general manager to promote a group of low-level managers of the company. At the same time, he also helped grassroots workers solve some problems in terms of safety, treatment, etc., and won their favor.
Half a year later, when everyone thought that the company would continue to operate smoothly and Zhang Yong, as the general manager, was just a figurehead, Zhang Yong convened a board meeting in the name of the chairman's agent and suddenly attacked the company's executives and shareholders. In one day, he dismissed five executives, including the company's vice president. He also used the power of Yuxiang's uncle to force the original two shareholders to sell their shares at a low price and leave the mining company sadly.
Zhang Yong's swift and drastic measures stunned everyone in the company and stunned those who had originally looked down on Zhang Yong.
Moreover, Zhang Yong planned carefully before taking action and had already made preparations for the aftermath. While removing these senior executives from their positions, he also appointed suitable successors. These people included middle-level managers whom he had favored within the company, professional managers hired from outside, and even a team leader who was promoted from the grassroots level and was directly placed in the position of department manager by Zhang Yong.
After Zhang Yong's reorganization, his authority within the company was established immediately, and many important positions were replaced by people promoted by Zhang Yong, thus strengthening Zhang Yong's control over the company.
Youxiang didn't care about Zhang Yong's big move at all. She was just a little woman, a simple woman who was satisfied to be able to accompany Zhang Yong to live a happy life.
But Yuxiang's uncle Raymondo was particularly pleased with Zhang Yong's move. When Yuxiang decided to marry Zhang Yong, Raymondo did not object to the marriage, but he did not support it too much either. Because in Raymondo's view, this was just his niece's choice, and as an uncle, he would naturally respect her choice.
Now, Zhang Yong's ability and decisive measures have impressed Raymondo . At a family gathering, Raymondo agreed with Zhang Yong's actions for the first time. He also praised Youxiang for finding a very good husband in front of her parents and said that his niece really has good vision.
After officially taking control of the company, Zhang Yong, with the support of the Raimondo family, began drastic reforms of the company. He redefined the company's charter, spent a large amount of money to replace the currently outdated mining equipment, and also paid special attention to mineral sales and changes in the international market.
These reforms brought great changes to the mining company. By 1986, the next year, the output value of the mining company had more than doubled. In addition, Zhang Yong's keen business sense took advantage of the fluctuations in the international mineral market to make a very beautiful business operation, which earned the company huge profits. At the same time, he also suppressed several competing peers and took advantage of their mistakes in decision-making. He swallowed up three small and medium-sized mining companies in one go, which made the company even bigger...
Zhang Yong's business empire began to take off and his future prospects are limitless.
In the far Far East, Song Yuanchao suddenly received a call from Xu Hui in Hong Kong. After listening to the call, Song Yuanchao hung up the phone with an uncertain expression.
Xu Hui told Song Yuanchao on the phone that something suddenly happened in Da Liu's company.
Just yesterday, Liu publicly announced that he would withdraw from the management of the company, no longer serve as chairman of the board of directors, and resign from all other positions. This means that Liu not only lost control of the company he founded, but was also directly excluded and left in disgrace.
The news came very suddenly, without any signs before, and caught Shenghua off guard.
Since Qin Zhengguo is still in the United States, Xu Hui, who received the news, directly called Song Yuanchao to report to him.
Although Liu's withdrawal from the company does not have much impact on Shenghua at present, because even though the two parties have signed a cooperation agreement before, the agreement has not come into effect so quickly.
The other party's Pengcheng factory has not yet been fully put into production. According to the agreement, it must wait until the Pengcheng factory is put into production before it can start. However, the problem is that Shenghua has already made preparations for the follow-up cooperation. Now that Liu has left the company directly, the subsequent cooperation may change. After all, the cooperation was signed in the name of Liu. Liu is no longer the chairman of the board of directors. Can his successor continue the cooperation smoothly? Will the basis of cooperation change? Will the price of OEM fluctuate? These are all things that Shenghua must consider.
Once these changes occur, it will have a great impact on Shenghua's future strategy. You should know that Li Daqi has already fully launched cooperation with the postal and telecommunications (telephone) departments of various provinces and cities, and a large number of orders will come in like pieces of paper.
Because there was an agreement before, Shenghua did not consider other cooperative companies and had already made plans. In addition, they began to intentionally control the number of outsourcing of current cooperative companies. But now such a thing suddenly popped up, and Shenghua had to make a backup plan immediately.
Song Yuanchao instructed Xu Hui on the phone to contact the other company as soon as possible to inquire about the status of the follow-up agreement and to negotiate cooperation with other factories at the same time to ensure that Shenghua Telecom would not be affected in the event that the previous agreement could not be continued.
After hanging up the phone, Song Yuanchao frowned. This surprised him. As a partner, Liu Da did not communicate with Shenghua in advance. Does this guy still take Shenghua seriously?
Suddenly, an idea flashed through Song Yuanchao's mind. When Liu Da took the initiative to invite them to discuss cooperation, Song Yuanchao felt that it was not as simple as cooperation. Could it be that Liu Da had other ideas about this matter? Or was he planning something? For a moment, Song Yuanchao was a little confused.
I waited patiently for Xu Hui's reply. Time passed by minute by minute. More than two hours later, Xu Hui finally called again.
After listening to what Xu Hui said on the phone, Song Yuanchao's doubts were not eliminated but became even worse. After thinking about it, he took out the business card that Liu had given him and called. However, he did not expect that no one answered the phone that was said to be answered 24 hours a day, and he could not contact Liu at all.
