Chapter 226 Malicious Illegal
"Huh, is this your answer to me?"
President Jia snorted coldly, his face full of displeasure, and his voice was filled with deep anger.
"You think that the head office will punish you for not meeting the targets. You have been repeating the same old things from the beginning of the year to now, such as the financial crisis, corporate bankruptcy, and people not saving money. Will the head office leaders buy into these excuses?"
A vice president of the head office is about to retire at the end of the year. He originally had great hopes of being promoted, but the performance of the Peking branch is currently so poor that the people above him are reluctant to speak up for him.
Vice President Jiang, who was in charge of market development and line operations, saw that the boss was angry. He looked up at Liu Xiaochen who was busy writing and drawing, and decided to step in to smooth things over:
"The current economic environment is not good, and time is tight. Relying on the scattered funds of small and medium-sized customers is like a drop in the bucket. We can only think of ways to get help from large customers."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present understood what Vice President Jiang meant. However, there were some things that no one was willing to say out loud because saying them out loud would mean lowering one's posture and asking for favors from others, which would make one lose momentum.
President Jia felt helpless. Vice Presidents Zhang and Li were playing badly, but he still wanted to make progress, so he could only take the initiative to speak and bring up the topic: "Liu Xing, I heard that the chairman of Tengda Group is your relative?"
Liu Xiaochen was calm, his relationship with Song Ci was an open secret in the industry, and now that the top leader asked him, he pretended to be calm:
"Yes, Song Ci is my nephew. If everyone wants to discuss Tengda Group and the principle of family avoidance is involved, should I go out?"
After saying this, he prepared to get up and leave the meeting room.
Vice President Jiang couldn't help but roll his eyes, thinking to himself: Why didn't I realize that this little brother is so good at acting before!
Why didn't they avoid talking about it when introducing ICBC Capital's investment in Tengda, and why didn't they avoid talking about it when approving the loan? Now my awareness has suddenly risen.
President Jia coughed lightly, waved his hand quickly, and forced a smile: "No, no, it's all for business development. You are in charge of risk compliance, so it's okay to stay and listen.
Now is a special period of financial crisis, and the whole bank should listen more to the opinions of the risk control department. "
Liu Xiaochen knew that he should not overdo the drama, so he went with the flow: "Since you say so, I'll listen."
The deputies were all very smart people, and President Jia was too lazy to beat around the bush with them and just went straight to the point:
"Zhang Xing, Tengda has always been a major client of yours. I saw a trending search on Weibo yesterday that Tengda actually has 2.3 billion deposited in Huaguo Bank. Did you know about this?"
Facing the majesty of the top leader, Vice President Zhang responded in a low voice: "I just found out about it yesterday too!"
President Jia was furious and rebuked him harshly: "You are derelict of duty! Is this how you protect your important clients?
I won't pursue the past. Now that you know about it, has the corporate customer department come up with a plan to win the 2.3 billion and meet the head office's target?"
Vice President Zhang looked embarrassed, hesitant, and could not answer for a while.
This is 2.3 billion, not 230,000. Even if Tengda Group wants to transfer the money, Bank of China will make excuses.
Besides, it was obvious that the money was for someone's promotion, and he had no say in it.
President Jia shook his head and looked at Liu Xiaochen. Not wanting to waste any more time, he decided to confront his opponent directly:
"Liu Xing, since Song Ci is your nephew, can you come forward to coordinate and transfer 1 billion from the Hua Bank account to help the bank meet the third quarter targets?"
Liu Xiaochen showed an embarrassment on his face: "I can only try my best. My nephew has always been very opinionated."
This sounded ambiguous and uncertain. President Jia knew that Liu Xiaochen would not release the eagle until he saw the rabbit. After a little thought, he said earnestly:
"Liu Xing, the court and government offices at all levels are promoting the rejuvenation of cadres, and ICBC is no exception. You are the youngest among those present here. You must be brave enough to shoulder the responsibility and contribute more to the bank."
When President Jia said this, he was almost telling the vice presidents that if Liu Xiaochen could help with Tengda's affairs and improve the performance of the Peking branch, he would recommend Liu Xiaochen to take over if he could be promoted.
Although the other three deputy presidents are unwilling and also want to grab the position of president, the situation is stronger than them now. Not only do they have the resources of their parents, but their younger generations are even better than them. They can only take one step at a time.
Liu Xiaochen was secretly delighted. He and his nephew had been planning for the old man's birthday party for a long time. Wasn't it all for the position of the head of the ICBC's Peking branch?
However, he also knew that getting the recommendation from President Jia was only the first step towards success. Until the final moment is settled, variables may arise at any time.
His face was calm and expressionless: "Since you said so, I will definitely get this batch of funds to help the bank meet the head office's target."
President Jia nodded and said, "Okay! I'll wait for your good news. Once the target is met, I'll ask the head office for credit for you."
Comrades, please take this as a warning. Obviously, there are still some shortcomings in the bank’s work. After the meeting, please review your customers.
In the third quarter, Liu Xing came forward to ask Tengda to solve the problem. What about the closing indicators for the fourth quarter? Work carefully and practically! The meeting is adjourned. "
After saying that, he picked up his notebook and teacup and strode out of the meeting room.
Liu Xiaochen grabbed the notebook and quickly followed, approaching the leader: "Jia Xing, I have something to report."
Jia Xing didn't even turn his head and nodded slightly: "Let's talk in my office."
The two men left the meeting room first, leaving the three vice presidents, Li, Zhang and Jiang, staring at each other.
Vice President Zhang slowly stood up, shook his head helplessly, and muttered: "This is such a pathetic meeting!"
Vice President Jiang stepped forward and patted his colleague on the shoulder, saying, "Mr. Zhang, take it easy. We can forget about this position at the Peking Branch.
However, if a tree is moved, it will die, and if a person is moved, it will live. Liu Xingtian worked hard to complete the target, and it is also everyone's credit, isn't it? With the results, he can still strive for the position of president of another province!"
He is the oldest among the deputy presidents and will retire in two years. He knows that there is no possibility of promotion, so he gives advice to his colleagues in the lower team and makes some good friends.
Zhang and Li's eyes lit up and their minds became active. They could not compete for the position of president of the Peking branch, but with their qualifications, it was not impossible for them to consider being transferred to other provinces.
On the other side, Liu Xiaochen followed President Jia to the office and told him and his nephew the second step of their plan.
President Jia was holding the teacup and just took a sip. After listening to the report, he was shocked and almost spit out the tea in his mouth: "Ahem! How much? One billion US dollars!"
"Yes, at least $1 billion."
President Jia's eyes widened in disbelief: "Your nephew earns so much in the United States!"
Liu Xiaochen looked very proud. In order to win the trust of the president, he revealed a little information: "He studied finance at Peking University, and his professional level is not low. He made a lot of money by shorting US stocks some time ago!"
"I see! We must fight for this 1 billion US dollars and never let Hua Bank snatch it away!"
President Jia looked determined and resolute. If he could win the huge amount of foreign exchange of 1 billion US dollars from Song Ci, his promotion would be a sure thing.
"That's what I thought, so I'll report to you right away."
President Jia stood up and paced back and forth in the office. After thinking for a moment, he discussed:
"That's right. Let's put it this way, Liu Xing, you talk to Song Ci first, and then I'll ask the head office leader to visit again, and make sure this matter is finalized."
"Okay, I'll do it right away and report to you as soon as I have any news."
After Liu Xiaochen left the office, President Jia couldn't wait to take out his mobile phone from his pocket and dialed a number. The call was quickly connected.
"Boss, I'm Xiao Jia from the Beiping branch. I have an important business to report to you. Is it convenient for you now?"
On the other side, Liu Xiaochen returned to his office and also called Song Ci.
"Yuan Dan, you want to transfer such a large amount of funds to ICBC. Will Bank of China agree?"
Although Liu Xiaochen cares about his own progress, he is also worried about his nephew's plan. After all, the people over at Huaxing are not easy to deal with.
"Don't worry, uncle! I have already reached an agreement with Bank of China. I promise to give them 1 billion US dollars in foreign exchange next month."
Liu Xiaochen took a deep breath and said, "Another billion dollars. How much did you make from the US subprime mortgage crisis?"
"Just a little bit!"
Liu Xiaochen knew that his nephew would not tell the truth, so he did not ask any more questions: "It's not so easy to get the American money, just manage it well!"
"I know the importance of this matter! President Liu, I'm looking forward to attending your promotion banquet!"
Liu Xiaochen couldn't help but smile, but he still modestly reminded his nephew: "Don't be too frivolous. The head office has a process for promoting cadres."
Song Ci chuckled and said jokingly, "I understand! It's about the people's cooking and centralization! Uncle, you have enough votes, right? With the two votes from Jia Xing and the person behind him after he was promoted, it should be more than enough."
Liu Xiaochen nodded his chin and said, "In fact, the key lies in the opinion of the president of the head office. Now that he is willing to promote me, everything will be easy.
Everything we do now is to reduce variables. If no one else nominates me at the president's meeting, it would be a loss for the president to attend in person. The right thing to do is to unite all the forces that can be united."
"Yes, yes, you are right. Let's implement it according to the plan, step by step!"
"You are such a young kid, but you speak like an old man. I will go to your company tomorrow, New Year's Day, and I will do the whole show!"
"Welcome President Liu."
Time flies. In the blink of an eye, a few days have passed and the golden autumn of September is about to come to an end.
In the past few days, the 3.8 billion yuan of Song Ci has attracted the attention of many people. Various forces have come on stage one after another, and it has been very lively for a while.
Seeing that Tenda Group showed its strong strength and promised to increase salaries next year, many excellent programmers from other Internet companies were dissatisfied with the layoffs and salary cuts in their own companies, so they simply resigned and jumped to Tenda.
Those who dare to resign and apply for jobs at Tengda are basically some backbone elites with technical skills and experience in the industry. As long as they pass the professional assessment, Tengda Group will accept them all.
This has made several major Internet companies such as Penguin and Alibaba very anxious. Tenda's aggressive recruitment of talents has attracted away talented programmers, which is shaking the foundation of the company. They cannot swallow this.
So Alibaba's Ma Jieke took the lead and, on several occasions in public, sharply accused Song Ci of "maliciously raising salaries" and disrupting the order of the domestic Internet industry.
Penguin Maberly also followed suit, denouncing the various "evil deeds" of the Tenda Group, which were eroding the healthy development of the Internet industry's ecology with "illegally high salaries."
Before Songci and Tengda Group could respond, netizens were furious. The internet was filled with ridicule, pushing the two new words to the top of the trending searches.
"Show! It's really show! Malicious salary increase and illegal high salary. The two Ma CEOs are really business geniuses. They created two shocking new business terms."
"I'm shocked. Their own company is not doing well and can't provide good treatment to their employees, but they actually accuse their peers of being malicious and illegal. It's ridiculous."
"Mm, all the stuff I bought on Taobao are fake. Majestic, you should worry more about the company when you have time. Whether the company raises salaries or not has nothing to do with you."
"The employees are not sold to Alibaba and Penguin. People go to higher places and water flows to lower places. It is human nature to change to a better-paid job. The ugly faces of the two Ma capitalists are disgusting."
Fortunately, Ma Jieke and Ma Boli did not register a Weibo account, otherwise Song Ci’s millions of wife fans would have scolded them to death.
Even when maliciously slandered, Song Ci was not a soft persimmon that could be manipulated and would not fight back.
Today, Tengda ranks first in terms of revenue and profit among all Internet companies. He, Song, is the leader of the Internet industry!
Although he did not directly fight back against Ma Jieke and Ma Boli, Song Ci had his own tricks, posting a very interesting picture with a caption on Weibo.
The picture is taken from a scene in the TV series Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in which the famous scholar Sima Hui recommends talented people to Liu Bei, saying that if he could get one of them, he could pacify the world.
The content of the accompanying text is even more mysterious: if you have both, you can entrust your son to the care of others in Baidi City.
The meaningful captions and pictures sparked a lot of discussion among netizens, who all flocked to Song Ci's Weibo to ask what the post meant.
"Boss Song, what does this mean? Praising the two as Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick?"
"The first of the two can bring peace to the world, and the second of the two can be entrusted with the care of the orphan in Baidi City. It is obvious that Song Ci is mocking that even if Ma Jieke and Ma Boli join forces, they will not be able to achieve anything."
"It's still the big guys who know how to do it. The two CEOs Ma created new words, malicious salary increase and illegal high salary. Today, Boss Song used the past to satirize the present. I feel that the titles of Sleeping Dragon and Phoenix Chick are a bit out of place in the future."
Faced with the one-sided public opinion online, the two Mr. Ma were helpless. They had no channels to speak out, nor did they dare to speak out. They could only passively endure the scolding in frustration.
"Song Ci, you are bullying me too much!"
At the Alibaba Group headquarters in Hangzhou, Ma Jieke stared at the screen as netizens hurled insults and sarcasm at him, burning with rage.
CFO Cai Zhongxin, who was sitting opposite him, advised: "Jack, I have long advised you not to provoke Song Ci. There is no conflict between Alibaba and Tengda in business. We may even cooperate in the future. They are just a few programmers. There is no need to get too excited."
Ma Jie Ke tried to calm himself down after hearing this and said, "I didn't think it through. This matter ends here."
Cai Zhongxin nodded. One of Ma Jieke's great strengths is that he listens to advice and can correct problems in a timely manner.
"Jack, I have found out about that matter. The central bank does plan to issue third-party payment licenses next year."
Upon hearing this, Ma Jieke clenched his fists excitedly and said, "Okay, okay, Ali must get a license no matter what."
Cai Zhongxin frowned, looking worried: "Jack, don't be too optimistic. The competition is fierce. Foreign investors hold too much of Alibaba shares. If we don't handle the Alipay issue properly, we may not be able to get the license."
After listening to this, Ma Jieke fell into deep thought. After a long while, he slowly spoke: "I will go talk to Masayoshi Son and convince him to separate Alipay, no matter what the cost."
(End of this chapter)
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