Chapter 786: Retreat at the Peak
Qin Zhengguo was stunned and subconsciously looked at Xu Hui beside him.
Xu Hui thought for a moment and asked, "Mr. Song, if we hold the annual meeting in this way, can we also announce the company's strategy and requirements for the next year at the annual meeting?"
Song Yuanchao glanced at Xu Hui with appreciation: "You are right. We at Shenghua can disclose some information to the outside world according to the model of the annual meeting and guide them appropriately."
"I agree with Mr. Song's opinion." Xu Hui agreed without hesitation.
Qin Zhengguo nodded without comment: "Since you all think it's okay, let's do it this way. It's just that time is a bit tight, and I don't know if it will be in time or not."
"It doesn't matter. If it's too late before the Spring Festival, we can just hold the annual meeting after the Spring Festival. Who stipulates that the annual meeting must be held before the Spring Festival? This is a company annual meeting, not a New Year's Eve party. All work must be done in advance. By the way, Zhengguo, you, as the chairman of the board, will have to give a speech at that time. You have to think about what to say in advance."
Qin Zhengguo scratched his head with his hand, looking helpless: "It's so troublesome, can't you just let Sister Hui go on stage? Why do you have to drag me along?"
"How could it be possible that you don't go on stage? You are the chairman of the board of directors, not Sister Hui. Sister Hui has her own speech and you have yours. But you are the big boss of Shenghua!" Song Yuanchao said seriously.
Qin Zhengguo rolled his eyes at him and raised his middle finger in protest. It was obvious that you, Song Yuanchao, were the big boss of Shenghua, but this time you hid behind the scenes and pushed yourself out as a shield. This was not the first time that this had happened.
"You can't always be like this. You can't ask me to do it for you every time, right?" Qin Zhengguo said dissatisfiedly.
"Hold on a little longer, wait until next year, maybe it will be better next year." Song Yuanchao gave him an apologetic look and made a promise at the same time.
"It will be fine next year? What? Will you be able to expose it openly at next year's annual meeting?" Qin Zhengguo had already had enough of the empty promises Song Yuanchao had given him and couldn't help but complain.
"Haha, it's not impossible..." Song Yuanchao suddenly said this.
Qin Zhengguo was stunned for a moment, and looked at Song Yuanchao in confusion. Then he turned to Xu Hui and said, "Sister Hui, please contact a professional company as soon as possible regarding the annual meeting."
Xu Hui immediately understood and stood up, saying to Song Yuanchao and Qin Zhengguo, "I'll arrange this right away, you guys talk first, I have something else to do so I'll go first."
After saying that, Xu Hui quickly left Qin Zhengguo's office. After Xu Hui left and the door of the office was closed again, Qin Zhengguo lowered his voice and couldn't wait to ask Song Yuanchao: "What do you mean by that sentence just now?"
"What did you say? What do you mean?" Song Yuanchao asked back.
"Don't play dumb, kid!" Qin Zhengguo said seriously, "You said it could be exposed next year. What happened? Or do you have any new ideas?"
"I just mentioned it casually. Why are you in such a hurry for something that hasn't been decided yet?" Song Yuanchao said with a smile.
"Stop talking nonsense. There's no outsider here. What? Are you still on guard against me?" Qin Zhengguo said dissatisfiedly.
Song Yuanchao glanced at him, lit up a cigarette and took a puff, then thought for a moment before saying, "It's actually nothing serious. My father-in-law is almost arriving, and if nothing goes wrong he'll be coming down next year. Once he comes down, I won't have to keep hiding things, and I'll have fewer concerns when doing some things."
Qin Zhengguo was stunned. He was a little surprised that this was the case after all the fuss.
But if you think about it carefully, what Song Yuanchao said is not wrong. The reason why Song Yuanchao has not publicly announced his identity in Shenghua is because of Lin Daoyuan.
Although Shenghua had nothing to do with Lin Daoyuan from its initial establishment to its development, some things cannot be viewed that way. After all, Lin Daoyuan's identity and status are there, and Song Yuanchao is Lin Daoyuan's son-in-law. Once it is publicly announced that Song Yuanchao is the real boss of Shenghua and owns such a high proportion of shares, then this will be explosive news.
Before Shenghua went public, all of Song Yuanchao's shares in Shenghua were held through Shenghua Capital, and the shares in Shenghua Capital were held through several offshore companies. The cross-shareholding was very complicated, and outsiders could not find out that the ultimate real holder was Song Yuanchao.
The real reason why Song Yuanchao was so cautious and took such a long detour to deal with his shares was that he was worried that his identity would be completely exposed and cause unnecessary trouble.
Firstly, Lin Daoyun is still in his position. As Lin Daoyuan's son-in-law, he has suddenly transformed into a big capitalist in Hong Kong. The impact is too great. At least before Lin Daoyuan officially retires, Song Yuanchao's identity in Shenghua cannot be made public.
Secondly, Song Yuanchao is now the chairman of Si Te Company. Although Si Te Company is a joint venture, half of its shares are state-owned, and he, as the chairman, is actually a state-owned capital employee, not a foreign capital employee.
Until now, Song Yuanchao still holds an administrative position, and it is not a low position. If he suddenly becomes the boss of a listed company in Hong Kong, there will definitely be a lot of trouble.
Therefore, if Song Yuanchao wants to be exposed, it can only be possible after Lin Daoyuan completely retires and has no worries, and then resigns from his public office in the Si Te State.
The key also lies in Lin Daoyuan. Lin Daoyuan is about to arrive at his destination. Some time ago, when Si Te acquired Youmin Factory, Lin Daoyuan told Song Yuanchao about this matter and told him that if there are no accidents, Lin Daoyuan will officially arrive at his destination next year, around May 1988.
In fact, once this year is over, Lin Daoyuan will start handing over his work one after another, and the final time of his official arrival is just a procedure. It is for this reason that Lin Daoyuan asked Song Yuanchao about his thoughts, whether he planned to continue working in the enterprise or to transfer from the enterprise to the local government like Lin Yuhang. If it is the latter, Lin Daoyuan can still help.
It has to be said that Lin Daoyuan's consideration was for Song Yuanchao's sake. As Song Yuanchao's father-in-law, he was very clear about his son-in-law's abilities and skills.
Moreover, a long time ago, Lin Daoyuan hoped that Song Yuanchao could make achievements under the system. It was also because of this consideration that before Song Yuanchao officially graduated, he was arranged to work in Nandu on the grounds of the test promise he and Lin Yan made in their marriage.
Lin Daoyuan had some selfish motives in letting Song Yuanchao go to work in Nandu. Not only did he hope that Song Yuanchao could make achievements in the system and go further, but also because Lin Daoyuan already knew that he would go to work in Nanjing, he hoped that his son-in-law would go first to open up the situation and become his right-hand man.
Although Song Yuanchao's work and achievements in Nandu were somewhat different from Lin Daoyuan's ideas, and Song Yuanchao did not go too deep into the system, he took advantage of the opportunity at the time to propose a joint venture for a branch factory, which led to the birth of Si Te Company.
But no matter what, the birth of Si Te Company and its subsequent series of developments and changes have given a significant boost to Lin Daoyuan's economic reforms including the entire Jiangsu Province and Jinling. Song Yuanchao has also become a unique young entrepreneur in the system because of Si Te's success.
Last year's trade fair was also deliberately arranged by Lin Daoyuan, and Song Yuanchao knew all of this. But Song Yuanchao still had no intention of continuing to work in the system. In his previous life, he had been in the system for almost his entire life and had long lost interest in working in the system. When Lin Daoyuan asked him about his future plans, Song Yuanchao also told Lin Daoyuan his thoughts clearly.
Although he regretted Song Yuanchao's decision, Lin Daoyuan still respected it and did not continue to try to change it as before.
Lin Daoyuan knew that if he could change, Song Yuanchao would have been changed by him over the years and would not have waited until now. It didn't work then, and it will not work in the future, not to mention that he will arrive at his destination soon. A forced melon is not sweet, so let Song Yuanchao go by himself.
That day, Lin Daoyuan and Song Yuanchao talked for a long time, and Song Yuanchao also shared his thoughts and plans.
Song Yuanchao told Lin Daoyun that next year, that is, in early 1988, he would resign from the position of chairman of the board of directors of Si Te Company, get out of the system and then publicly announce his entry into the business world.
After leaving Sit, Song Yuanchao will nominally no longer have any relationship with Sit, but half of Sit's controlling stake is still in the hands of foreign parties, or in Shenghua. From this point of view, Song Yuanchao will continue to pay attention to Sit's development through Shenghua and will not stand idly by.
This promise made Lin Daoyuan very relieved. At least Song Yuanchao's departure would not have any impact on Si Te's business.
SitEr was established during Lin Daoyuan's tenure and is one of Lin Daoyuan's political achievements. Even after he retires, he hopes that SitEr will continue to grow and become a leader in the domestic beverage and food industry.
But in Song Yuanchao's heart, such an arrangement was certainly made to reassure Lin Daoyuan. In fact, Song Yuanchao had other plans, but some things were difficult to tell Lin Daoyuan. At least before Lin Daoyuan officially arrived, these were just Song Yuanchao's plans.
"After retiring, do you plan to return to Yanjing or go to Shanghai?"
"Yanjing," Song Yuanchao said, "After all, they are more familiar with Yanjing. I will often travel between Yanjing, Shanghai and Hong Kong in the future. It will be more convenient for us young people if they live in Yanjing."
"So you plan to announce that you will take over Shenghua after the old man retires?"
"That's not certain yet, we'll talk about it when the time comes." Song Yuanchao smiled and said, "You still have to continue to be the chairman of the board. Don't think I can take over right away. The more capable you are, the more work you should do. You can't be lazy. But it shouldn't be a problem to announce that you will be a member of Shenghua's board of directors. When the time comes, just create a position for me in Shenghua Capital, and we can talk about the rest later."
At this point, Song Yuanchao suddenly remembered something and asked Qin Zhengguo, "How is the Chaoxian incident I told you about last time?"
"How can I not pay attention to what you told me to do?" Qin Zhengguo rolled his eyes at him, stood up and walked to the side, took out a stack of documents from the filing cabinet and handed them to Song Yuanchao: "Take a look at these, they are all in there. If you think there is any problem, tell me."
