Chapter 922 Resignation
"Aiding Korea, how long do you plan to carry out this activity?" Sun Yaoliang asked while gnawing on a duck wing.
"It is better to pursue the enemy with your remaining courage than to seek fame by imitating the tyrant!" Song Yuanchao was confident and said a line of poetry: "Since this activity is effective, let's continue it. Let's do it for half a year and see if it works. If it works, I plan to do it until the Spring Festival next year."
Sun Yaoliang nodded. It seemed that Song Yuanchao had the same idea as him. However, he still reminded him: "Although the activity is good, the feedback from below shows that there are more and more counterfeit bottle caps out there. The cost of the activity has begun to exceed the budget. I even suspect that some colleagues are playing tricks in it."
"What do you think? Stop the event early?" Song Yuanchao asked back.
Sun Yaoliang shook his head and said, "Since the campaign is effective and our peers have taken action privately, it means that we have hit their weak spot. So I think your judgment is correct. This campaign can continue, but the means of redeeming the prizes can be appropriately changed."
This aroused Song Yuanchao's interest, and he asked Sun Yaoliang how to change it.
Sun Yaoliang did not beat around the bush and directly said that the next activity could stop the bottle cap redemption prize, that is, the bottle cap prize-winning method of getting another bottle would no longer be carried out in subsequent products. Of course, there needs to be a time limit in the operation, which is a transitional period, allowing consumers to redeem prizes within a certain period of time.
Once this deadline has passed, the method of redeeming another bottle in exchange for the bottle cap will be invalidated. This will catch some people who counterfeit bottle caps, including those who do small tricks privately, off guard.
At the same time, efforts are made on product packaging, that is, an anti-counterfeiting scratch-off coating is applied directly on the outer packaging of the bottle. This coating can be deliberately applied on the inner layer of the packaging to prevent the product from being scratched directly during circulation.
If you want to scratch the lottery, you have to open the package. The scratch lottery redemption mode will be similar to the previous "another bottle", and other methods can also be used to redeem.
Although this method cannot completely eliminate the forgery of winning prizes, it can effectively prevent this situation within a certain period of time. Sun Yaoliang's idea is good. Song Yuanchao thought about it and agreed to it. He asked the sales company and the marketing department to be responsible for this matter and coordinate with the factory and other departments as soon as possible to improve it.
"This is not difficult. With the experience of the previous bottle, now we just need to work on the packaging. It can be done easily." Sun Yaoliang said confidently.
"Okay, let's do this as soon as possible. I think it would be better to change the lottery mode every quarter."
"I thought so too." Sun Yaoliang nodded, then glanced at Song Yuanchao and hesitated before saying, "But Yuanchao, you have to find someone else to arrange the work in the future. I'm afraid I can't handle this matter anymore..."
Song Yuanchao, who was picking up food with chopsticks, was stunned. He stopped what he was doing and looked at Sun Yaoliang with an inquiring look.
Sun Yaoliang smiled and said calmly, "I came to you today to discuss something with you privately. I am going to resign from the position of general manager of the sales company."
"Why?" Song Chaoyuan asked. He seemed to have thought of something as soon as he said this: "Yaoliang, you are not still blaming me for speaking too harshly to you last time, are you? If that's the case, I apologize to you..."
"Of course not!" Sun Yaoliang waved his hands quickly: "You underestimate me, I'm not that stingy. Besides, what you said was right at the beginning, and your criticism was correct!"
"So you...?"
"Yuan Chao, I have been reflecting on this because I think your criticism is correct. The effect of this promotion is also obvious. I was thinking a few days ago, if you had not insisted and listened to my advice and did not carry out this activity, would the company have achieved the results it has today?"
At this point, Sun Yaoliang shook his head, picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it all. Putting the glass down, he sighed, "Of course the answer is no. In this case, we have missed the best opportunity."
"In these years in the sales company, I always felt that I did a good job. The scale of the company today is inseparable from me..." Sun Yaoliang smiled bitterly: "But what about the reality? Maybe there are some achievements, but not as big as expected. Isn't there a saying that goes, "No one on this earth can't live without anyone else. The earth will still turn without anyone!"
"I've thought it through thoroughly. It's not good for either the company or myself if I continue to stay in this position. I've been doing similar work over the years. Over time, my horizons have become limited, and my way of thinking about problems has become outdated. More importantly, the attitude here is different." Sun Yaoliang pointed to his heart and said sincerely.
"Yaoliang, it's enough that you can figure this out, but there's no need to resign!" Song Yuanchao didn't know what to say for a moment. He has known Sun Yaoliang for so many years and knows his character and temper very well. When Sun Yaoliang discussed this matter with him calmly, Song Yuanchao already knew that Sun Yaoliang must have made this decision after careful consideration.
"Don't you say that if you take a step back, the world will be brighter?" Sun Yaoliang laughed. "Don't try to persuade me about this matter. I am definitely not doing this on a whim. To tell you the truth, Annie and I have already discussed this privately."
Song Yuanchao was speechless. Sun Yaoliang and Ying Annie had already discussed this matter. In addition, he had talked about this matter with him when they had a drink together today, which showed that he was determined.
Looking at Sun Yaoliang, Song Yuanchao didn't know how to persuade him for a moment. After thinking for a while, he sighed and said, "How about this, the Chaoxian Food Factory is in need of people, why don't you go to Chaoxian and be the general manager?"
"Chao County?" Sun Yaoliang was slightly stunned, thought for a moment and shook his head, "No need, Yuan Chao, I want to ask you a question, you have to tell me the truth!"
"you say."
"Are you planning to merge the three companies of Si Te, Nandu and Chaoxian next?" Sun Yaoliang asked, looking into Song Yuanchao's eyes.
Song Yuanchao sighed and said, "How did you guess that?"
"Don't worry about it. I've known you for so many years. If you still can't guess this, then I've known you for nothing." Sun Yaoliang said with a smile, "Since the three companies are going to merge in the future, there's no point for me to go to Chao County now. And even if I go to Chao County, most of the work I do is no different from what I do in Si Te. I've thought about it carefully, and I plan to go out and see the world after I resign. But don't worry, I will come back to Si Te. Don't forget that I am still a shareholder of the company, and so is Annie."
"After I leave the sales company, Lao Lu can temporarily take over the position of general manager of the sales company. However, Lao Lu is more conservative than enterprising, and he is not young anymore. He will retire in a few years." Sun Yaoliang talked about his arrangements after he left.
The Old Lu he was referring to was Lu Baogang, who was recommended to Song Yuanchao by Gu Changjun. Later, Jiang Dahai and Gu Ping were planning to interfere in the sales company. At this time, Gu Changjun helped Song Yuanchao and transferred Lu Baogang to be the deputy manager of the sales company.
Later, after the establishment of Sitter Company, the sales company expanded in scale and Lu Baogang was appointed as the vice president of the sales company and has been working there until now.
Lu Baogang has plenty of experience, after all, he used to be a supply and marketing veteran, and he is very steady, especially good at coordinating internal and external work. But as Sun Yaoliang said, Lu Baogang is more of a conservative person than an aggressive one, and he is more than capable of being a deputy, but he is far from being able to take charge of his own affairs.
"Xiao Qiang is now the department manager. He is an old subordinate of Lao Zheng. He is very capable and trustworthy. He can be promoted to the position of deputy general manager to partner with Lao Lu. Also, do you remember He Xiao?"
"This name sounds familiar..." Song Yuanchao frowned and thought for a moment, then asked, "Is he one of the young men who came in when the sales company was first established? He also has an older brother named He Wei? Is he the son of Mr. He from the former branch factory?"
"Haha, that's him!" Sun Yaoliang nodded with a smile: "He Xiao is now the person in charge of the branch. He has done a very good job in the branch in the past few years. I originally planned to transfer him back to the headquarters this year. Now I am ready to leave. I suggest that He Xiao come back to take over Xiao Qiang's position after Xiao Qiang takes over as deputy general manager. This young man has a lot of ideas at work. If he trains himself well, he will be able to take charge of things on his own in a few years."
Song Chaoyuan said there was no problem. Although Sun Yaoliang was preparing to leave, he still arranged the later work of the sales company in an orderly manner before leaving, which was enough to show Sun Yaoliang's professional quality.
"Of course, these are my suggestions. The specific decision still has to be made by the company. In addition, I don't mind if there is a more suitable person to take on the position of general manager of the sales company, as long as that person is competent." Perhaps because he was afraid that Song Yuanchao would misunderstand that he left the sales company and deliberately placed his own people there, Sun Yaoliang explained this.
"There's no need to say more about this. If I can't trust others, how can I not trust you?" Song Yuanchao waved his hand.
Then he asked, "By the way, where are you going after you leave? How about I arrange it for you?"
"No need. I've already contacted my eldest brother-in-law and will go directly to the United States." Sun Yaoliang said, "My father-in-law is in poor health, and Annie hasn't had much time to go back to visit him in the past few years. After I resign, Annie and I will go to the United States to visit him. Annie will stay there for a few days and then come back. I will stay there temporarily and visit my eldest brother-in-law's company first. Then maybe I will go around there... Haha, it is said that the United States is the most advanced and developed country in the world. I haven't been there yet, so going there will be a wish come true."
"How about this, you continue to hold the position of director concurrently. Since you are going to the United States, please help me keep an eye on the situation of the American company. This can also be considered a job." Song Yuanchao suggested after thinking about it.
"this……"
Without waiting for Sun Yaoliang to finish his words, Song Yuanchao said in a firm tone: "It's settled! It would be disrespectful of you to refuse! Forget it, it's arranged this way."
"You, you, I've already resigned but you still treat me like a beast of burden, is that interesting?"
"I'm happy to! Objection is useless!" Song Yuanchao glared at Sun Yaoliang, then couldn't help laughing. Sun Yaoliang looked at his shameless appearance, raised his hand to scratch his head, smiled bitterly and shook his head.
