Chapter 947
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Half an hour later, the conference room door was opened.
Lu Yang was the first to come out.
Behind him followed Lu Nini, the secretary, who was carrying documents in her arms.
Next up is President Wei Shu.
Wei Shu frowned slightly as she looked at Lu Yang's back as he walked ahead.
After a moment of contemplation.
He turned to the president's secretary beside him and said, "You stay here and wait for Ms. Niu from the branch office to come to my office."
Niu Lili was someone she personally promoted.
She is a very capable female member.
Back when I was at the group headquarters, I rose to the position of deputy director of the marketing and public relations department in less than a year thanks to my outstanding abilities.
then.
And at the very beginning of the establishment of Xiao Shentong.
During Wei Shu's brief tenure as president of Little Prodigy.
He was personally seconded there.
In name only, Niu Lili was her president's assistant, but in reality, while she was busy with work at the group headquarters, Niu Lili handled all the affairs of the little prodigy.
There have been no mishaps.
This clearly demonstrates that his abilities are indeed outstanding.
At the time, I had promised that if the time was right and Little Prodigy was on the right track, I would ask President Lu for a permanent position so that she could rightfully take charge of the company.
However, some unexpected events occurred later.
This resulted in him being unable to fulfill his promise.
This made Niu Lili have some reservations about her boss, and over the years, apart from work-related matters, they no longer had the same close relationship as before.
And now...
"Mr. Lu, he probably...didn't bring Niu Lili up on purpose, did he?"
Back in his office, Wei Shu had barely sat down when he couldn't help but mutter to himself.
This was once the subordinate he valued most.
She felt somewhat ashamed.
However, she did not think the other party was qualified to take over the CEO of a company that was a merger of three core assets under the group, and which was bound to become a unicorn company with a scale of hundreds of billions in the future.
She originally thought...
Lu Yang will likely follow his usual practice of having the group president take over as president of each new subsidiary for a period of time before selecting a suitable successor once the subsidiary has stabilized.
But now...
Lu Yang did not do this for the first time, which made her wonder.
……
"Dong dong dong."
Just then, there was a knock on the office door.
Her president's assistant pushed open the door and came in, whispering, "President, President Niu has arrived. Shall we call her in now?"
Wei Shu put down the document she had just picked up.
She nodded slightly and said, "Let her in."
Immediately after receiving her approval, the secretary pushed open the office door, which had only been partially opened before.
He stepped aside to make way for her.
He bowed slightly and extended his hand, saying, "Please, Mr. Niu. Our Mr. Wei happens to have some time."
Niu Lili nodded expressionlessly.
She raised her head and walked in, ordering, "Go get me a cup of coffee. Oh, and I don't like sweet coffee, I can only drink bitter ones, so don't add sugar, just plain."
The female secretary was taken aback upon hearing this.
His gaze fell upon Wei Shu inside the room.
Wei Shu noticed the female secretary's gaze, frowned slightly, and coldly reprimanded, "What are you looking at? Boss Niu wants you to go, so hurry up and go!"
The female secretary was so frightened that she immediately bowed.
Close the door quickly.
When only Niu Lili, who had just walked in and hadn't yet found a seat, and Wei Shu, who was behind the desk, remained in the office.
Wei Shu's face was just gloomy.
She immediately changed her expression, stood up, and said, "You were implying something just now. What, are you still angry with me?"
As he spoke, he placed his hands on Niu Lili's shoulders, who was standing ramrod straight and stiff as a board, and personally pressed her down onto the leather sofa in front of the desk.
Niu Lili's face stiffened, and she lowered her head, only saying two words, "I dare not."
Wei Shu laughed and said, "Why wouldn't I dare? It was indeed my fault for not doing well back then. I didn't fulfill my promises, and I kept you, Niu Lili, stuck in the subsidiary, unable to get promoted to the head office. You wasted several more years. All these years, you've been a powerful but nameless assistant to the president, helping that Mr. Xiao, the young master. It must have been very hard for you. I really should formally apologize to you..."
As he spoke, he actually took two steps back, put his legs together, leaned forward slightly, and bent his waist.
He hasn't even offered an apology yet.
Niu Lili had already dodged away.
After walking aside, she turned away and said, "No need. This isn't your fault. Besides, you're the group president, and I'm just the president of a branch office. If you bow to me, wouldn't I be utterly ashamed? If word gets out, people will think I'm a person who loves to be disrespectful to superiors. Who would dare to hire me, Niu Lili, in the future?"
Wei Shu straightened up from her slight bend and then slowly straightened up again.
His expression changed slightly.
A glint of light flashed in his eyes.
Then she smiled and said, "That's right. If I were to force myself to apologize to you, it would seem like I'm trying to hurt you again. Never mind."
With that, he stepped back to his CEO seat and slowly sat down.
With his hands crossed on the desk, he said, "Alright, have a seat. I called you here because I have something to ask you. Regarding the restructuring plan for Century Electronics, do you have any other adjustments that need to be made? Also, could you share your thoughts on the mobile phone business?"
This is what it means to handle business strictly by official procedures.
Seeing Wei Shu's expression change so quickly, Niu Lili pulled up a stool and sat down.
He tapped his fingers twice on the desk and said, "The lab's progress is a bit slow and needs to be sped up. There are also some instruments and equipment that need to be imported from Europe and America. I will contact General Manager Chen later and have him make a list so that we can submit it to the group headquarters for procurement as soon as possible. We can handle the money ourselves, but we need the headquarters' help with connections and the channels for purchasing instruments."
Wei Shu nodded slightly, glanced at the other person, and said, "Anything else?"
Upon hearing this, Niu Lili did not rush to answer.
Instead, he turned his head to look behind him.
Just then, there was a knock on the office door, and the president's female assistant, carrying a tray of coffee, swayed her hips and walked in on her high heels.
"President, your coffee."
"Mr. Niu, this is your portion. As you instructed, no sugar was added."
Put down two cups of coffee.
The female secretary bowed to the two men, then quickly turned and slowly retreated.
Niu Lili picked up her coffee, took a small sip, and frowned at the bitterness. It tasted like she was drinking Chinese medicine.
But she gritted her teeth and drank the rest of her coffee in one gulp.
After putting it down, she said with lingering relish, "It's so bitter, but it tastes pretty good. You should try it sometime, Mr. President."
Wei Shu shook her head.
She was also holding a coffee cup, sipping it slowly.
This is her favorite cappuccino, with milk and sugar added, which is her usual way of drinking it.
As for pure black coffee without sugar and milk?
Haha, you're just going to force yourself to suffer, aren't you?
Setting down her coffee cup, she looked at Niu Lili, whose face was still somewhat contorted, and chuckled, "You really are used to hardship. But it's good this way. I imagine that after the new company is established, especially in the initial period, there will be many tedious things that you, as the president, will need to handle personally."
He paused as he spoke.
He narrowed his eyes and said, "I hope you won't let Chairman Lu down. Do a good job and don't disappoint him. I'll be keeping an eye on you at headquarters. If you don't do a good job, don't blame me. I'll tell Chairman Lu to replace you, the newly appointed president."
Niu Lili said calmly, "Then thank you for your concern, President Wei. I must work hard and achieve results, otherwise I would be letting down President Lu's expectations. Besides, my goal has always been to return to the group headquarters."
She stared into Wei Shu's eyes, speaking slowly and deliberately, with a smile, "President, you should know me. I'm a very ambitious person. The branch office president position isn't what I really want. What I've always wanted is something you can't give me, President Wei."
As she spoke, she glanced at the chair beneath Wei Shu.
He got up and walked outside.
As he walked, he said, "I'm sorry, the mobile phone solution I have is just a suggestion and has not yet been fully developed. I didn't expect it to impress President Lu in the meeting room. It seems that great minds think alike."
I opened the office door.
She chuckled twice, then turned her head and said, "How about this, when I get back, I'll go back and discuss it with someone, and come up with a complete plan. If the group headquarters needs it, I'll prepare a written document and have someone submit it."
Wei Shu's face turned ugly.
She watched coldly as Niu Lili walked out, then watched as Niu Lili opened the door and turned to say these words to her, words that showed she didn't take her, the CEO, seriously.
"boom!"
The door slammed shut.
This effectively isolates the office from the outside world.
Outside the door, Niu Lili strode arrogantly, not even glancing at her colleagues who were terrified by the sound of her closing the door. She only walked to the president's office, to the workstation of the female secretary who had just brought her coffee.
She gently tapped the table. "Remember my face. Next time I want bitter coffee, don't get it wrong, little sister."
The female secretary was so overwhelmed by her aura that she couldn't even utter a word.
He could only lower his head and bury it in his chest.
Until the figure in front of the workstation disappeared.
Only then did she dare to raise her head, watch the other person's departing figure, and let out a long sigh.
Who is this person?
One of the college student interns who had just started their internship said.
"I heard it's from below; they recently restructured a subsidiary of the group and appointed a new president."
Someone nearby heard the sound and immediately answered.
"Why is the president of a mere subsidiary so arrogant?"
Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers.
This refers to these college student interns who have just stepped out of the ivory tower.
A company that once went public on NASDAQ in North America, although it has now been privatized and delisted, can still maintain a scale of at least tens of billions after integrating the resources of two companies in the same industry, Xiaotiancai and Wanyan Electronics. The president of such a company was so casually described by these college student interns as nothing special.
"Yeah, judging from her demeanor, it seems like she doesn't get along with our CEO."
Even the most observant new employees couldn't resist gossiping and stepped forward to offer their comments.
"Wait a minute, isn't she Niu Lili?"
A long-time employee finally recognized Niu Lili.
"I heard she was the president's right-hand woman, handpicked by him. Before you new employees even joined the company, she was already the deputy director of the marketing and public relations department at the group headquarters. She was originally expected to be promoted directly to director, but then for some reason, she was suddenly transferred to a subsidiary of the group. After all these years, she has finally made it."
Saying these words is like eating a lemon.
"Envious?"
"Brother Zhang, why don't you learn from him? Transfer to a subsidiary company for a few years of experience. Maybe if you're lucky, in a few years, we'll all be calling you 'leader.' What do you say?"
"Don't forget about us then."
"Hahaha……"
Seeing Zhang Ge, a veteran employee who had worked there for nearly 10 years, being teased, the others couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Go away, stop talking nonsense. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll get angry with you. I'm telling you."
This Brother Zhang looks like someone who's used to lying down and doesn't have any great ambitions.
Seeing someone making fun of him, she hurriedly stepped forward to cover her mouth with her hand, afraid that if the leader heard her, he would really transfer her to a lower-level position to suffer, under the guise of giving her some experience.
What a load of rubbish!
He doesn't want to go through any trials.
As Lu Xun once said, "If you don't have the skills, don't take on the job."
Hey, he has that much self-awareness.
"Alright, alright, stop talking. When Boss Niu left just now, she was walking with her head held high, acting like a queen. If you didn't know better, you'd think she was our boss."
"Little girl, remember my face. I'll be drinking bitter coffee again next time, so don't get it wrong."
A boy was speaking in a high-pitched voice, imitating Niu Lili.
This immediately amused a group of people.
"Pah! Tomboy!"
"Exactly, she looks neither male nor female, yet she dares to give our CEO a hard time. Everyone knows that our CEO is the most valued by our chairman. This woman should take a good look at herself in the mirror and know her own worth. She can't even tell the difference between a king and a queen. I think she'll fall sooner or later."
"Shh, keep your voice down, do you guys want to quit?"
"What business is it of yours to interfere in the feuds between important figures? Shut up and don't drag us into this."
The voice just fell.
"Don't want to work here anymore?"
The office door opened, and Wei Shu walked out with a cold face, calling out the female secretary who had just been intimidated by Niu Lili's aura.
"You, write down the names of all the people who just spoke, notify finance to deduct their performance bonus for this month, and give them a major demerit. If they do it again, they will be fired."
For a moment, you could hear a pin drop on the entire floor.
Silence reigned.
The veteran employee, with a bitter expression, silently sat down and continued working.
The new employees, including interns, were all panicked. They had only been with the company for a short time and were not well-off. Moreover, they had only worked for a few months and had already received a major demerit, which would inevitably affect their future promotion and evaluation. Who wouldn't be upset to hear that?
Even if they had a lot of courage, they wouldn't dare to stand up at this time and defend themselves in front of Wei Shu.
In case the explanation fails.
He angered the CEO again and got fired? (End of Chapter)