Chapter 923 Glorious Years
In late March, just as everyone at Sit was relieved by the surge in product sales and the company's No. 1 market share, an unexpected piece of news surprised everyone.
Sun Yaoliang, the group's vice president and general manager of the sales company, suddenly resigned from his position in the company and left Sit, retaining only the title of company director.
The company announced that Sun Yaoliang was going abroad for a period of time for work, but even if he was going abroad for a period of time, there was no need for him to resign. Many people in the company could not help but whisper about this incident, discussing what exactly happened. However, the top management was calm, whether it was the chairman Song Yuanchao, the general manager Ruth, the executive vice president Zheng Guoyuan, or the executive vice president Ying Annie, there was no ripple on this matter.
Moreover, when Sun Yaoliang left, the company headquarters held a high-level farewell reception for him. At the reception, Song Yuanchao affirmed Sun Yaoliang's contributions and achievements to the company over the years. Moreover, Sun Yaoliang still retained his position as a director after leaving this time, which made more people a little confused about what was going on.
Sun Yaoliang resigned and was replaced by Lu Baogang as general manager of the sales company, and Lu Baogang was replaced by department manager Xiao Qiang.
From this point, it can be seen that Zheng Guoyuan, as the executive vice president, will have more power in the future, and may even surpass the actual general manager Ruth.
Because everyone knows that although Lu Baogang took over Sun Yaoliang's position from deputy general manager to general manager, he is old after all, and he will have to retire in less than two years. In addition, everyone knows Lu Baogang's personality, ability and defects. To put it bluntly, he is an excessive general manager, and Xiao Qiang taking over as deputy general manager is completely different.
Xiao Qiang is now in his prime, which is the best time for a man to pursue his career. In addition, Xiao Qiang is Zheng Guoyuan's man, so everyone can see clearly what Xiao Qiang's promotion means.
In addition, He Xiao was transferred back to the company headquarters from the branch office in another city, replacing Xiao Qiang as the department manager. These were basically arranged according to Sun Yaoliang's suggestions before he left, and from this structure, it was the best configuration for Si Te and the current sales company.
But in the arrangement for He Xiao, Song Chaoyuan took a slightly bigger step than Sun Yaoliang suggested. Not only did he let He Xiao take over Xiao Qiang's previous position as department manager, he also specially set up a position of assistant to the general manager in the sales company.
This position was set up specifically for He Xiao. Its purpose was to train He Xiao and at the same time allow He Xiao to have a certain say within the sales company so that he could cooperate with the work of Lu Baogang and Xiao Qiang.
The day after Sun Yaoliang resigned, he and Ying Annie boarded a flight to the United States. The child was still young and it was inconvenient for long-distance travel, so Sun Yaoliang handed the child over to his parents to take care of for a while, and the couple left.
On the day of departure, Song Chaoyuan personally drove them to the airport. When they parted, the two grown men hugged each other affectionately, which made Ying Annie and Lin Yan, who were standing by, laugh and cry.
When Song Yuanchao saw them off, returned to the parking lot to get the car, and drove out of the airport, a plane took off and flew over their heads towards the distance.
Song Yuanchao subconsciously looked towards the plane, but he didn't know whether this was the plane that Sun Yaoliang and his friends were on.
"What's wrong?" Lin Yan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, couldn't help but ask.
"Nothing, just some emotion..." Song Yuanchao sighed, and said to Lin Yan: "I don't know whether it is right or wrong to let Yaoliang go to the United States this time. It's cool for him to leave like this, but when he left Si Te, my heart suddenly felt empty..."
Although Sun Yaoliang made his own decision to leave, and he made it clear to Song Yuanchao what his real purpose was, Song Yuanchao still felt reluctant to let him go, and even felt that if he hadn't said something too harsh, perhaps Sun Yaoliang wouldn't have had this idea.
"I understand Yaoliang's thoughts very well." Lin Yan said on the side.
Song Yuanchao subconsciously glanced at Lin Yan with a hint of surprise.
Lin Yan smiled and said, "You, you have known Yaoliang for so many years. Don't you realize that Yaoliang is a very strong-willed person? If he was an ordinary person who just muddled through life, he wouldn't have come to Jinling to seek refuge with you. Wouldn't it be better for him to live a stable life in a government agency?"
"That's why when Yaoliang suddenly discovered his shortcomings, and even when these shortcomings almost caused the company to make a wrong decision, what was he thinking? He didn't leave this time to escape. With his ability and contribution to the company, is it necessary to do this? So you don't have to worry about these. I believe he will be back soon, and when he comes back, he may even bring you a surprise."
Lin Yan's words made Song Yuanchao feel much better. In fact, he also knew this truth, but it sounded different when the words came out of Lin Yan's mouth.
Nodding, Song Yuanchao let out a breath, and his mood suddenly became better.
At this time, a song came from the car radio. It was Beyond's "Glory Days", a new song that was released just last year.
Compared with Tong Ange, the most popular singer in mainland China two years ago and last year, Song Yuanchao prefers Beyond, especially the song "Glorious Years", which sings about the ups and downs of life and the firm belief in the future.
When the last line of the lyrics sounded: After a lifetime of hesitation and struggle, self-confidence can change the future, Song Yuanchao couldn't help but think of his past life, and also thought of Sun Yaoliang who had just left, and his heart was filled with emotion.
A few days after seeing off Sun Yaoliang and Ying Annie, Song Chaoyuan stayed in Shanghai. The real estate companies in Shanghai had begun to merge, and the new Shenghua Real Estate was officially listed. The development of the was already underway, and the land in Tianlin had also been officially acquired, and the work of three connections and one leveling was now being done.
As for the lane where Song Yuanchao used to live, a resettlement plan has already come out. In order to avoid trouble, few people know that Song Yuanchao is the boss of Shenghua. Except for Zhang Jianguo's family, the other neighbors have no idea that Song Yuanchao is the boss of this company.
During the communication and negotiation process, Song Chaoyuan required the company's staff to strictly follow his plan, but he himself did not show up to avoid suspicion. Because Song Yuanchao's plan was very detailed, and his renovation was not for profit, he gave many concessions and discounts to the local neighbors.
But some things are not as simple as imagined. As the saying goes, people are all different, let alone something as big as a house. Some of the neighbors, including their families and children, happily accepted the plan and signed it readily.
But some people thought differently. They seemed to regard Shenghua as a piece of fat meat. Not only did they not approve of such good conditions, but they also proposed some very excessive conditions. When the people below reported this situation to Song Yuanchao, his face turned black as soon as he heard it.
Song Yuanchao wanted to do something good for his neighbors. After all, the Song family had lived here since his grandfather's generation, and he himself grew up here and had deep feelings for this place.
In the previous life, this area was demolished around 1995. After the demolition, everything here was leveled, and all traces of history were completely erased, replaced by two majestic high-rise buildings.
Although high-rise buildings represent the modernization of the city, they lack the original traces of history. In addition, there are many residents in this area, with more than 2,000 households, and a population of nearly 10,000 people.
Coupled with the subsequent demolitions in nearby areas, the total number of relocated households reached hundreds of thousands in just a few years. With so many people being relocated at once, the popularity of this area dropped to the extreme. In the next nearly 20 years, the popularity here has never recovered, and the bustle of the past is gone forever.
The demolition at that time, both in terms of conditions and the location of resettlement, was far inferior to the plan Song Yuanchao had specified now, but wasn't everything demolished in the end? But now, Song Yuanchao believed that his plan was the most generous in Shanghai, and he could also accept the preferential treatment of using money to make up for the difference in price for on-site resettlement. However, Song Yuanchao still didn't expect that human greed is endless and such a thing would still happen.
Song Yuanchao did not tolerate this and took a tough attitude. On the one hand, he contacted the district and asked the district to help coordinate this work. On the other hand, he did not give in to the situation of excessive demands and absolutely could not set this precedent.
Although the progress is slower than he expected, it is still proceeding step by step. In addition, Song Yuanchao is not too anxious about this matter. Sometimes time can change people's minds. After the new houses are built over there and the first batch of relocated residents move in, those people will become a minority and the initiative will no longer be in their hands.
Julaida Road is a quiet street. It belonged to the International Settlement in the early years. It is somewhat similar to Song Chaoyuan’s home in Shanghai. It also has stylish houses. However, due to its proximity to the downtown area, the area and gardens of the houses are not that large, and many of them are home to government agencies.
A few years ago, Song Chaoyuan bought a house here, but never moved in, mainly as an investment. After Shenghua Real Estate was established this time, Song Chaoyuan temporarily placed Shenghua Real Estate's headquarters in Shanghai here, and moved there after the commercial building in Jiangdong was completed.
With his arms folded, Song Chaoyuan stood in front of a large sand table, looking at the buildings on the sand table, listening to the explanations of several designers beside him, and nodding slightly from time to time.
The sand table shows the architectural style of the lane community where Song Yuanchao lived before after it was renovated. For this project, Song Yuanchao not only invited professional designers from Hong Kong, but also invited several well-known domestic designers from the Shanghai Architectural Design Institute. The two sides joined forces to create this project.
