Chapter 970
The fire is officially lit.
As it turned out, Meng Wenxian's concerns were not unfounded.
He even gave a special reminder.
However, his advice was completely ignored.
Lu Yang stayed at home for less than three days. He didn't go to the company and spent his time with his mother Ye Qiuyu, Meng Wenxian, and his younger sister Meng Tiantian, exploring almost the entire city of Shenzhen.
Even her younger sister, Meng Tiantian, excitedly shouted that she wanted to go and see the other side of Hong Kong when she climbed to the top of Wutong Mountain and looked across the river.
"Brother, I've never been to Hong Kong. I heard that celebrities there, who are usually out of reach for ordinary people, are just like everyone else and you can bump into them anywhere on the street. I want to have a chance encounter with one, brother, is that okay?"
Lu Yang's bones felt like they were melting at that moment.
Without even thinking about it.
She raised her hand and flicked him on the forehead. "Fine, I'll go. Give me your ID card, and I'll have someone get you a pass. But let me make this clear: next time, you can't be so tactless, understand?"
Meng Tiantian was in pain.
But she laughed happily and made a face at her brother.
Then she ran towards her parents, "Mom and Dad, come quick! My brother bullied me! Look, my forehead is all red! Waaah, it hurts so much!!"
Lu Yang stood behind her, dumbfounded.
what! ?
Is this the oldest whimpering monster? Is she really my sister, Lu Yang's sister? Are you sure she hasn't been possessed?
Closer to home!
Lu Yang and his family spent two days in Shenzhen, and another day in Hong Kong. On the fourth day, at noon, they went to Shenzhen.
I just finished a Western meal.
When preparing to return home.
The phone rang.
It's Lu Yang's private mobile phone number.
Not many people know about it.
When Lu Yang took it out, he was surprised to find that it was actually a call from Wei Shu, the group's president, who had personally called.
"Sister Wei Shu, is something the matter?"
Lu Yang pressed the answer button.
"I'm sorry to have disturbed your vacation, boss. Something has come up that might require your personal return to handle."
Wei Shu spoke very casually on the phone.
But Lu Yang understood.
If something requires him to personally return to the company to oversee it, it is definitely not a trivial matter.
So he frowned.
"Ok!"
He grunted "Mmm" into the phone. "I'll head out now and try to get to the company before 3 p.m. Tell all the senior executives to put down their work and meet in the company conference room promptly after 3 p.m.
Say it!
He hung up the phone immediately and got up.
This demonstrated his decisive and efficient side.
Meng Wenxian had been observing him the whole time. He noticed that Lu Yang had barely eaten two bites of his meal when he got up to grab his coat after answering a phone call.
So he hurriedly asked, "Has something happened? Is it related to that thing I mentioned to you last time?"
He was worried that the reckless Director Liu had already made his move.
Lu Yang forced a smile and said to Meng Wenxian and Ye Qiuyu, who had put down their knives and forks when her husband asked, "It's nothing, Uncle Meng. Ah, you two continue eating. I'm going back to the company. After you've finished eating, I'll have Xiao Jiu drive you home."
Yin Mingyue then put down her knife and fork.
He wiped his mouth, stood up, and said, "Why don't we go together?"
The family had come out to have fun, but now her husband was leaving them alone to go back first, and she felt a little uneasy.
I had no desire to finish the meal.
She looked at Lu Yang across from her with eyes full of worry.
Lu Yang felt a little soft-hearted when she looked at him like that, so he said, "Alright then, you guys eat a couple more bites quickly. I'll go say a few words to Xiao Jiu and ask him to bring our car over first. We'll go downstairs and get in the car after we finish eating."
Upon hearing this, everyone agreed that it made sense, and so they all sat down again.
Lu Yang walked to a corner and whispered a few words to Xiao Jiu, who had already finished eating.
He then took out his phone.
This time, he called Du Lingling, the woman he had placed in the port city.
The call connected...
"it's me."
“I’m in Hong Kong right now. I was planning to come see you, but I have to go back now.”
"Is your son there? Yes, he is. My good son, can you hear your father? Call out 'Daddy' twice and let me hear you."
"Good boy, my good son."
"Is everything going smoothly?"
"That's good. If you encounter any trouble, be sure to tell me. Hong Kong is not like the mainland. Family capital here has fully developed and has bypassed all aspects of social resources. The real estate industry is especially important. We are currently mainly targeting the high-end market, so there is not much friction with local real estate companies. But if you want to enter the ordinary real estate industry in the future, you will have to be more careful."
"By the way, I have a question for you. Do you remember Liu Rong? Is he a bit reckless?"
"Offended me? No, he's not worthy of it. It's just that I heard he's a bit of a suicidal guy."
"Alright, since he has nothing to do with you and you don't know him well, I won't bother you anymore. I'll hang up now; we're about to get on the bus and leave."
hang up the phone.
Lu Yang pondered for a moment, then took out a cigarette and lit it for himself.
Until the cigarette is finished.
Looking down through the glass windows of the second-floor restaurant, the convoy below was already in position.
Lu Yang stubbed out the cigarette that had burned down to the end.
I turned around and walked over to meet up with the family who had almost finished eating.
I went downstairs!!!
"Boom!"
With a burst of car exhaust fumes.
A convoy led by a pure black luxury Maybach slowly started, drove away from the hotel entrance, and sped away!
3 PM sharp!
Century Building, 81st floor, the group's senior management conference room. Lu Yang, dressed in a suit and tie, was already seated in the main seat.
On either side are Wei Shu, CEO of the Group; Niu Lili, Vice President of the Group and President of its subsidiary Century Electronics; Liu Guangnan, Chief Technology Officer and CTO of the Group; Chen Guanjun, Vice President and Head of R&D at Century Electronics; and Lu Youyi, Vice President and Head of Sales at Century Electronics…
All of the above are related to today's emergency closed-door meeting, and are people whom President Wei Shu determined in advance that it was necessary for him to attend.
Lu Yang glanced around at everyone present.
I immediately understood.
"really……"
"It seems the problem lies with the former Little Genius Company, now Century Electronics Baoqing Branch..."
Lu Yang sneered inwardly.
He opened a document on the table, one that Wei Shu had prepared long ago.
While engrossed in reading, he asked, "Tell me, what exactly happened?"
They actually called him back in a great hurry.
He wanted to see who was behind this.
Those of us attending the meeting looked at each other.
Finally, we turned our attention to President Wei Shu once again.
Aside from Lu Yang, she's the most senior person here, so even if we're going to speak freely, she should be the one to initiate it.
Wei Shu cleared her throat.
He seemed to have already planned it all out, casually taking a document from his secretary.
He opened the first page, glanced at it, and said, "According to our statistics over the past three days, as well as the information reported by the head of our subsidiary Century Electronics' Baoqing branch, as many as nine local law enforcement departments have come to our door, including tax, fire, civil air defense, and environmental protection departments. Without exception, they all demanded rectification and imposed fines of varying amounts. The factory has been shut down since yesterday, and the workers have been given a three-day holiday. As for why there is a blank space instead of a specific number of days, I'm sure you can all guess. That's right, they require that after the rectification is completed, multiple departments must jointly approve it before we can resume work."
He paused for a moment.
She turned to the second page and said, "According to statistics, Baoqing Factory has a total of 3059 workshop workers. The lost wages for the three-day holiday are about 30 to 50 yuan. Adding product damage and order defaults, the total loss is expected to be nearly one million yuan. This does not include the subsequent impact. If the shutdown continues, the loss will increase by 30 to 50 yuan every day and gradually expand, eventually forming a domino effect until all product orders are lost and customers turn to other partners."
After saying all this, she paused for a moment.
He glanced at everyone present again.
Everyone present remained silent, their eyes following Wei Shu's shifting gaze to Lu Yang, who sat in the main seat.
Lu Yang was also looking at the same document that Wei Shu had.
After he finishes reading it.
He casually tossed the document aside.
With his hands resting on the desk, he looked down at everyone present, his gaze sweeping over them one by one. "What do you think? Is it necessary to respond? Or... let it fester for a few more days?"
No one took the serious consequences described in the document seriously.
Didn't I just say that?
Even if the factory is shut down for three days, the total loss will not exceed 1 million yuan. Even if the shutdown continues for a month, three months, or half a year, or even if the factory is simply closed down, the maximum loss will not exceed 100 million yuan.
For such a large corporation, what is one hundred million?
Lu Youyi was once the head of Little Genius.
Even the current person in charge was nominated by himself after he was transferred to the newly established Century Electronics as vice president, and was promoted only after verification and approval by the headquarters.
They were considered his people.
Now that his people are in trouble, he is naturally the most qualified to speak on the matter.
He is also the person who cares most about the outcome; if the problem is not handled well, the final result may not be what he wants.
Moreover, he has developed a deep affection for Little Genius after managing it for so many years.
So after Lu Yang finished asking his questions...
Seeing that no one had spoken yet, he considered his words for a moment before saying:
"Before I came here, I made a phone call and asked some old friends. I have a pretty good idea of the specific reasons. It should be from a man surnamed Liu who is the newly appointed head of the Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau."
This guy used to be the second-in-command of the city's investment promotion bureau, and we had some connections. He was only recently transferred there. He's a bit impatient, probably eager to get results. I think we should take the initiative to contact him and see what he needs. If we can resolve this issue peacefully..."
He hadn't finished speaking.
He noticed that his cousin Lu Yang's gaze was strange.
So he gave an awkward laugh.
Then he closed his mouth again.
Everyone exchanged glances, and suddenly it became clear that the boss probably didn't want to communicate with this troublemaker.
That's right!
By doing this, bringing in so many departments to block your path and stop your production, they are clearly threatening you.
You need to be willing to communicate!
They'd be more than happy to oblige. When the time comes and they present their conditions, will you accept or refuse?
In short, whether you agree or not, you're bound to lose face.
Another silence followed.
At this moment, Liu Guangnan, the group's CTO and head of the group's chip and semiconductor laboratory, spoke up:
"In my opinion, we should just abandon the Baoqing factory altogether. There's nothing to miss anyway. All employees can be transferred to the factory in Pengcheng. Those who want to come will have their travel expenses covered and an extra month's salary as a resettlement allowance. Those who don't want to come will also receive a severance package. Let's part amicably and not make things too ugly."
His suggestion is a bit radical.
However, this was also considered from a technical perspective and from the perspective of the group's development interests.
As for why he was able to attend this meeting today, it all started with the Little Genius Product Laboratory that was shut down. This laboratory, located in Baoqing City, an inland mountainous city, had a total of 56 technical and research personnel. More than 40 of them joined the newly established Century Electronics Product Laboratory after passing the group's second interview. The rest were all exceptionally recruited and entered the chip and semiconductor laboratory under the group's headquarters. The head of the laboratory was none other than Liu Guangnan.
Lu Youyi said somewhat agitatedly, "Old Liu, isn't it a bit too irresponsible of you to talk like that? That's a factory with nearly 3000 workers, not a lump of dough that can be moved around as we please. Besides, it's only been shut down for three days, and we're already reacting so drastically. Isn't that a bit too much of an emergency response?"
As he spoke, he looked at Lu Yang and said, "Chairman, you're also from Baoqing. We can't just withdraw our investment over such a small matter, can we? If this gets out of hand, people will gossip about us."
That's not wrong!
Lu Yang nodded. "Things haven't gotten to that point yet."
Then, he looked at Chen Guanjun, who was standing silently beside him, and said, "For the past few years, it's been you and my cousin working together to manage this factory. Now my cousin has expressed his opinion. What about you? What do you think?"
Chen Guanjun stared blankly at Lu Yang!
He's been spacing out.
Now that he'd come to his senses, he swallowed hard and stammered, "How about a compromise? Such a large corporation can't possibly back down. But withdrawing investment is too aggressive. Let's put it on hold for now and see how things develop. As for the orders and penalties, what about Little Genius Tong? His products were already similar to Little Genius Tong's, so they were competitors. Why don't we transfer all the orders here, and then return them to his factory once it resumes operations?"
As Chen Guanjun spoke, even he himself brightened up, thinking the idea was good. So he looked at Lu Yang expectantly, "Chairman, what do you think?"
Lu Yang remained noncommittal, his gaze first sweeping over the crowd. "What about you? Do you have any other ideas?"
The others exchanged glances and shook their heads.
Lu Yang stood up, propped his hands on the desk, and looked down at everyone. "It seems that everyone thinks President Chen's idea is good. Okay, let's do it according to President Chen's opinion. Let's put it aside for now and ignore them. The workers will continue to be on holiday. We will compensate for the losses that need to be compensated. If any customers are willing to sign a transfer contract, we will pay them a certain amount of liquidated damages first, and then transfer the production to the original factory of Little Prodigy to be responsible for overtime production."
Meeting adjourned!!!
After saying that, Lu Yang pointed at Lu Youyi, "Cousin, can you stay for a moment?" (End of Chapter)