Chapter 47 New rich man?

In Wen Yue's opinion, there is no need to give face to a company parasite like Chen Jikang. It is best to report him to court.

But Wen Rongsheng is a scumbag in his private life, but he is very loyal to his brothers.

Even though Chen Jikang, the major shareholder of the United Group, has been causing trouble for him every now and then in recent years, and the brotherhood has been exhausted, he is still willing to give Chen Jikang a chance.

Wen Rongsheng took the evidence given by Wen Yue and went to find Chen Jikang privately, saying that as long as he resigned + sold his shares (only to Wen Rongsheng) + paid the embezzlement money, the company would not pursue it.

Obviously, Chen Jikang didn't appreciate it.

He did not think that Wen Rongsheng was being lenient by making such a choice, but felt that he was getting rid of the donkey after he had done his work.

When they first met, Wen Rongsheng had nothing but a small business with five or six employees. He followed Wen Rongsheng to build the business from small to large, and it was no exaggeration to say that he had made great contributions.

What was the result?

Just because he was not optimistic about Wen Rongsheng's involvement in real estate and did not follow his investment, he was blocked when he wanted to join the partnership later. Later, when Wen Rongsheng established the Li Rong Group, he was unwilling to give him shares and only used Li Rong Department Store to get rid of him.

But even in Li Rong Department Store, his shares were not many, only less than 8%, barely squeezed into the top three shareholders.

To outsiders, his share in Li Rong Department Store was not small. But you have to know that those who followed Wen Rongsheng to start the business, except for those who betrayed him and switched to others, or felt that they had made enough money and sold their shares, the others either had shares in the headquarters or were major shareholders of real estate companies or investment companies.

Although Li Rong Department Store is well-known in Hong Kong and is not an unknown company, it cannot be compared with real estate companies, not to mention those who hold group shares.

For example, the major shareholders of the group who have been very close to him in recent years have become famous wealthy people in Hong Kong just by relying on Li Rong’s shares, unlike him who is neither high nor low.

In Chen Jikang’s view, he worked hard for the company, but did not get much dividends at the end of the year. What’s wrong with being greedy? Why did Wen Rongsheng force him to resign and sell his shares?

Thinking that Wen Yue had just joined Lirong Department Store and Wen Rongsheng was about to force him to leave, Chen Jikang suspected that Wen Rongsheng wanted him to give Wen Yue a position.

But Wen Rongsheng's ability to become the richest man was not just based on loyalty. When he got ruthless, he would not care about so many feelings.

Seeing that he couldn't communicate with Chen Jikang, he decided not to talk anymore and was ready to leave after saying "see you in court". Chen Jikang was frightened by his tough attitude.

After all, Chen Jikang has been the president for so many years, so he is certainly not ignorant of the law.

You ask him why he would embezzle if he is not ignorant of the law?

Of course it is because of greed!

Just like a thief doesn't know that stealing is a crime? Doesn't a robber know that robbery is a crime?

In fact, they all knew it, but they were just lazy and wanted money, so they broke the law and went astray.

When Wen Rongsheng and Chen Jikang played the emotional card, he could talk nonsense and say how much he had done for the company, scolding Wen Rongsheng for being disloyal.

But when Wen Rongsheng didn't dare to play the emotional card, he admitted it faster than anyone else.

So before Wen Yue took office as president, Wen Rongsheng and Chen Jikang completed the share transaction. When she heard the news, she couldn't help but cursed: "Fuck!"

If she had known that Wen Rongsheng had set his eyes on Chen Jikang's shares, she should have held on to the position of president. Now, she has lost.

Although she was depressed, Wen Yue did not ask Wen Rongsheng for compensation. The business world is like a battlefield. This time, she was not as skilled as her opponent and it was not unfair for her to lose.

Losing is not terrible. She is still young and there will be plenty of opportunities to win back in the future. But it is not good to be shameless after losing

. Maybe Wen Rongsheng will compensate her for the sake of father and daughter, but he will also look down on her. The gain is not worth the loss.

...

Along with the notice of Chen Jikang's resignation, there was also a notice of Wen Yue's promotion to acting president.

Upon hearing the news, the employees of Lirong Department Store were very surprised, but thinking about it carefully, it didn't seem that surprising.

They were surprised because they didn't expect Chen Jikang to resign suddenly, but they thought that he had always been dissatisfied with the big boss, and Liang Jiaming was sent by Wen Rongsheng to restrain him.

In the struggle among the top management, there will always be someone who loses and leaves.

In addition, after Chen Jikang resigned and sold his shares, he returned more than 10 million to the company account... It seems not difficult to understand that he would resign honestly. However,

the company's employees always thought that after Chen Jikang lost the fight, Liang Jiaming would take the position, because he is Wen Rongsheng's direct descendant. In the end, it was Wen Yue who took the position.

But thinking that Wen Yue is the big boss's biological daughter, well, they can understand it again.

In short, after the notice came down, the company's employees each had a brainstorm, and quickly adjusted their status. They tacitly changed the way they addressed Wen Yue, and their attitude towards her was visibly more enthusiastic.

In fact, after the thief king was arrested, Wen Yue's popularity in the company has always been high, but there is always more enthusiasm above enthusiasm.

Wen Yue's visitors also increased significantly, and the small office was often crowded.

Normally, after receiving the promotion notice, Wen Yue could pack up her things and move into the spacious and bright president's office with higher-end furniture.

But there are always unexpected things.

Although Chen Jikang compromised and resigned, he may not be happy in his heart. He has not come to the company to pack up his things after resigning. He

has a lot of things in the president's office. In addition to office supplies, there are also his spare clothes in the closet in the lounge, and the bedding and pillows on the bed are also what he often uses.

The office is okay, but Wen Yue feels uncomfortable when she thinks that the things in the lounge are all used by Chen Jikang.

She planned to give Chen Jikang three days. If he didn't come to collect the things, she would ask the administration to collect his personal belongings, renovate the bathroom in the lounge, and replace the bed in the room.

Originally, Chen Jikang didn't want to go to the company to pack up his things. Although he achieved financial freedom by selling his shares, as the loser in the struggle, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

But when he heard that Wen Yue was going to convene a staff meeting, Chen Jikang changed his mind.

So when Wen Yue was holding a meeting that day, Chen Jikang broke in, accompanied by a colleague from the administration department who felt guilty for not being able to stop the person.

Wen Yue didn't want to make things difficult for the worker, so she gave her a slightly soothing look before asking her assistant to give it to the security captain.

"Why did you call the security guard?" Chen Jikang walked into the conference room and said, "After all, I am the former president of your company. Is there anything I cannot listen to?"

Wen Yue asked back: "Since you know that you are the former president, don't you know what you should not hear?"

Chen Jikang didn't think much of the words "former president" when he said them himself, but he felt humiliated when he heard Wen Yue say it. He pointed at her and cursed: "Don't think you are so great! The reason you can sit in your current position is not because you are very capable, but because you are lucky to have a good father!"

"Yes, I don't have much ability, but as you said, who made me reincarnate into Wen Rongsheng's daughter?" Wen Yue was not angry at all, and said calmly, "You must be jealous and envious in your heart, and you can't wait to recognize Wen Rongsheng as your father, right? But what can I do, he doesn't want to recognize you as his son!"

"Don't be so complacent, you bastard!" Chen Jikang was completely enraged, and rushed forward to hit Wen Yue, but was stopped by the bodyguards before he got close. He could only yell, "Do you think it's easy to be the president? You have no ability at all, do you think you can keep the position? Sooner or later, you will end up like me!"

"I don't know if I can keep the position of president, but I have always been law-abiding. I will never embezzle public funds like you and have to rely on other people's kindness to avoid jail." Wen Yue sneered, "Take him to pack his things. After he leaves the company, don't let him come up again." Upon

hearing this, the security captain quickly asked his men to drag Chen Jikang away.

As soon as they left, Wen Yue said to the employees sitting below: "The meeting continues."

...

From the day Wen Yue stepped into the headquarters of Lirong Department Store, the whole company was waiting for her

to make a big move. Who would have thought that she would just go to work today after joining the company. At that time, many people in the company thought that she was just here to get by. After the thief king was caught, everyone's opinion of her changed a little, thinking that she would take action, but still didn't, and many people in the company were disappointed.

So Chen Jikang resigned, and Wen Yue took over as acting president. There were not many people in the company who thought that she was promoted by her ability, and they just thought that the crown princess had an easy job.

Until this plenary meeting.

Originally, everyone thought that the theme of this meeting just sounded high-sounding, but in fact it had only one purpose, which was to announce to employees that the president had been replaced.

As a result, Wen Yue did not come for nothing and proposed a new employee evaluation system right away.

Because Lirong Department Store was established early, most of the employees in the headquarters are old employees, and the relationships are complicated. Therefore, when employees are promoted, seniority and relationships play a large role, resulting in those who can get ahead are either old hands in the workplace or people with connections, and their abilities and work passion are not high.

And those newcomers with abilities and passion, because they have no connections, can't get ahead for a long time, and either stay silent or jump to other companies.

Ultimately, Lirong Department Store has redundant internal staff, with few people doing work and many people eating for free.

Before, Wen Yue had a low position and little power. As long as it didn't delay her work, she didn't care whether these people were capable or not, whether they were people who worked or just eating for free.

After becoming the president, Wen Yue was very upset with those people who were just eating and drinking. She was the crown princess and she didn't lie down and get paid for nothing. What right did these people have?

But she had just taken office, and it was definitely not right to lay off a large number of employees without any achievements.

Moreover, some of these slackers were not completely incompetent, so Wen Yue decided to give them a chance, which led to the new assessment standards.

The assessment standards were not strict. Departments with performance requirements set a minimum threshold based on past performance. Those who were in the bottom three for three consecutive months and did not pass the threshold would be dismissed.

However, those with good performance also received corresponding rewards. Only with rewards and punishments can everyone's work enthusiasm be improved.

Once this set of standards came out, those who had ability but no connections were of course very happy, but those who had connections but no ability were dissatisfied. Because of the outdated promotion system of Lirong Department Store, the former were mostly low-level employees, while the latter were mostly middle-level employees.

These people objected on the spot.

Wen Yue was not afraid. In terms of connections, who in the company could compare with her? In addition, she had a system golden finger, and she knew clearly who had dirt on those who jumped out to oppose her.

Since they jumped out to oppose her, she didn't need to save their face. She tore off their fig leaves one by one, and made them speechless. No one dared to jump out to oppose.

After solving the personnel problem of the company headquarters, Wen Yue began to point her sword at major shopping malls.

Considering that reforms that take too big a step forward can easily backfire, it is best to do it step by step. Therefore, Wen Yue did not throw out all of his plans, but planned to start with improving services.

When Wen Yue named this plan, he directly copied the common "Service Star" in later generations. He planned to set service standards for each store in the mall, conduct service training, and add complaint service desks.

At the end of the month, the store with the least complaints will be awarded a Service Star certificate, and will be given rewards including rent discounts and outdoor advertising. The fines for the most complaints will be directly refunded to those who refuse to change after repeated warnings.

As soon as this plan was proposed, the person in charge of the mall complained, saying that there is fierce competition in the mall now, and it is not easy for them to rent out. If Wen Yue does this, how can merchants move into their company's mall?

Well, the one who complained was the person in charge of the shopping malls in remote areas. The shopping malls under their management did have the problem of difficulty in finding tenants.

There was also a shopping mall manager who supported Wen Yue's willingness to give it a try. Wen Yue also knew this person, and he was Manager Hu, the person in charge of the Lai Wing Department Store in Causeway Bay.

In addition to her, there were two other shopping mall managers who were willing to give it a try. These two shopping malls were located in Tsim Sha Tsui and Central respectively, both of which were crowded with people and had no shortage of customer flow.

Correspondingly, they were also stronger in front of the merchants.

After consideration, Wen Yue decided to let these three stores serve as pilots, and then promote them on a large scale if the results were good.

Although Wen Yue was not autocratic and had made concessions on the issue of shopping mall reform, none of the employees attending the meeting thought she was weak and easy to talk to.

So after a meeting, the employees of Lirong Department Store quickly changed their perception of Wen Yue from a lucky princess to a powerful and seemingly capable female president.

...

While busy with Lirong Department Store, Wen Yue did not neglect Dongjiang Newspaper.

But the newspaper business was easy to deal with. Wen Yue was definitely the big boss and did not need to compete for performance. She proposed the general development direction and left the specific implementation to Huang Zhihao.

When I first met Huang Zhihao, he was still a down-and-out middle-aged man. Although he was the editor-in-chief, he was obviously not doing a good job.

If there was no one else available at the time, and if she thought that he could do that for his daughter in the original book, he should be a conscientious person, Wen Yue would not let him continue to be the editor-in-chief.

Unexpectedly, after a few months, he did a pretty good job. It's impossible to say that he didn't make any mistakes, but so far he didn't make any irreparable mistakes.

In addition, the newspaper company was developing well, and Huang Zhihao also recruited several management talents, and the company's development was more stable.

Wen Yue took time to go to Dongjiang Newspaper, mainly to care about the preparation of the new newspaper.

Well, Dongjiang Newspaper is going to publish a new newspaper.

As early as when he poached Xu Zhenli, Wen Yue asked Huang Zhihao to promise that he would add a current affairs newspaper.

This was not a lie, but at that time, "Dongjiang Entertainment Daily" had just been published, and the company was short of staff and could not spare so many people to be in charge of the new newspaper. In addition, the sales of the newspaper were not stable, and there was a shortage of funds, so they could only make plans for Xu Zhenli, but the specific preparation time was uncertain.

Now that the sales of "Dongjiang Entertainment Daily" have gradually stabilized, the company has poached many people, and the staff has more than doubled. Finally, there is enough energy to prepare for a new newspaper, and Wen Yue thinks that this matter can be put on the agenda.

Of course, the reason for preparing a new newspaper is not only manpower, but also related to funds. After acquiring the printing factory, there is still some money left from the 10 million that Yi Huai gave her.

Wen Yue also has several million in her hands. She has low expenses and currently has no other investment direction. She simply withdraws a sum of money to invest in Dongjiang Newspapers to prevent the newspaper company from being trapped by funds and having to develop in a shabby manner.

And up to now, among the gossips she has exposed, only the serial murder case and the return of the thief king are pure criminal news. Wen Yue earned nearly 4.7 million gossip points for the former, and even if she deducts the gossip points for buying the Golden Bell Cover and Wing Chun, she still earned nearly 3.7 million gossip points for the latter.

The third most profitable melon was the one about the transfer couple, but it was actually two melons, earning a total of about 2.7 million.

The other entertainment-oriented melons didn’t earn much, with Wen Jiadong’s marriage fraud earning less than 700,000 melons. The real and fake young masters earned a little over 1 million, but they also involved criminal cases, such as Lin Yongkang who was imprisoned. Wen Rongsheng’s cuckolding was not to be mentioned, and for the first melon, Wen Yue was inexperienced and only earned more than 300,000 melons.

Judging from the melon value alone, Wen Yue felt that it was obvious what type of news Hong Kong citizens prefer to watch.

The word "love to watch" may not be very accurate. There are many reasons why Hong Kong citizens pay more attention to criminal news. First, the government attaches more importance to it, and the corresponding mainstream news broadcast intensity will be greater, so more citizens will see the relevant news;

second, everyone is worried about their own safety, so they will naturally pay more attention to criminal news, fearing that they will become innocent ghosts without knowing anything.

This is not to say that entertainment newspapers have no room for survival, but that Dongjiang Newspapers already has two entertainment newspapers, and what needs to be supplemented now is the shortcomings in serious news.

The above are the main reasons why Wen Yue decided to issue a new newspaper.

The new newspaper is a comprehensive type, similar to the common morning and evening newspapers, with columns such as international news, local life, entertainment gossip, sports, etc.

Oh, Wen Yue even specially asked them to open a novel column. There were many great writers in Hong Kong in the 1980s and 1990s, and it would be a waste not to take advantage of this popularity.

However, running a newspaper in Hong Kong is not cheap in all aspects. Even if Wen Yue spent a lot of money, it would be a bit difficult to invite popular authors to be the chief writer, so Wen Yue chose to open the system plug-in to pick up leaks.

Having said that, the team headed by Huang Zhihao has already organized a newspaper once. Although the type of newspaper to be prepared this time is different, the process is similar.

Wen Yue just explained this matter a week ago, and now the progress has exceeded one-third. If everything goes well, it is estimated that the newspaper will be available in early August.

After checking the work of her own company, Wen Yue strolled to Yisheng.

Although the two companies are upstairs and downstairs, Wen Yue didn't come here very often. When she came, she didn't walk around randomly. She always followed Yi Huai's assistant to his office.

Wen Yue came at an unfortunate time. Yi Huai was still in a meeting. She was bored after entering the office. She randomly found a book on the bookshelf and sat on the sofa to read it.

About 20 minutes later, Yi Huai came back, followed by several executives, explaining the work while walking inside.

Yi Huai was sent down to Guangdong Province with his parents when he was a few years old, and came to Hong Kong when he was ten years old. He has lived in this city for 20 years and can speak Cantonese very well.

But his speech is still a little different from that of native Hong Kong people. It may be that he is too deeply influenced by Western culture. Many young people in Hong Kong, especially the workplace elites, like to mix English when speaking.

Yi Huai is different. He never mixes English in his speech. If he can't think of Cantonese, he will use Mandarin instead.

For this reason, many people attack him for being unsophisticated, thinking that he doesn't speak English because he comes from the mainland, has never been to school and has no culture. Until now, there are still many people in the circle of Hong Kong's second-generation rich who look down on Yi Huai.

But it is obvious that Yi Huai himself does not care about the opinions of outsiders. No matter how the outside world attacks him, he still goes his own way.

As for the opinions of these second-generation rich, Yi Huai doesn't take them to heart. To put it bluntly, he doesn't have these people in his eyes at all. He usually deals with their parents.

According to the system, as Yi Huai's ranking in the rich list continues to rise, such attacks will gradually dissipate. When he becomes the richest man, even if he doesn't mix English in his speech, he will become a benchmark in people's hearts.

After explaining the work, Yi Huai asked everyone else to go out, and he walked to Wen Yue, bent down, kissed her lips and asked: "Why are you here today?"

"The shopping malls in Central and Causeway Bay are conducting service star training, so I came to take a look. After I was done, I went to the newspaper company when I had time." After inspecting Dongjiang Newspapers, Wen Yue saw that it was not too early or too late and was too lazy to go back to the company headquarters, so she came up to find him.

Although he was ranked last, Yi Huai was quite satisfied and asked: "Shall we find a restaurant nearby to eat together?" As he said this, he walked towards the desk, ready to pack up and leave.

Wen Yue said: "We can have a meal together, but I'm afraid it won't work to find a restaurant nearby."

"Huh?" Yi Huai, who was standing behind the desk, raised his head.

Wen Yue helplessly spread her hands: "Wen Jiaqi has a boyfriend, and he is here today. Daddy called me and asked me to take you home for dinner."

Yes, that's right. During the time when Wen Yue was busy with work, Wen Jiaqi was not idle at all and went to have a love affair.

It is said that the man's ancestors were Chinese who went to Southeast Asia to dig for gold. They had a hard time at first, but soon their fortunes turned and they became rich. However, the man's family is relatively low-key, and not many people know about them. He has been studying abroad for many years, and even fewer people know him.

It was not until this time when he came to Hong Kong and spent millions to buy a racehorse that he got to know a rich second generation and was then introduced into the second generation circle in Hong Kong.

After divorcing Lin Yongkang, Wen Jiaqi always wanted to remarry.

After marrying a fake young master and becoming a joke in the circle, Wen Jiaqi has been holding back a grudge. She doesn't like ordinary men and only wants to find a genuine rich heir.

But her own conditions are average, so divorce is not a big deal. The main reason is that she is not smart and has a bad temper, so she is a bit neither high nor low in marriage and has never found a suitable partner.

After Wen Jiadong's accident, Wen Jiaqi once saw the hope of competing for the family property and temporarily gave up the idea of ​​remarriage.

However, reality is cruel.

After all, Wen Jiaqi grew up in such a complicated family as the Wen family. No matter how dumb she is, she can tell from Wen Rongsheng's completely different attitudes towards her and Wen Yue that her father doesn't think highly of her and doesn't intend to train her.

With no hope of becoming an heir, Wen Jiaqi had to put her hope on getting married again.

After careful selection, she started dating her current boyfriend, and their relationship progressed rapidly. They will meet each

other's parents in less than half a month. Wen Rongsheng had never met Wen Jiaqi's new boyfriend before, but he made quite a fuss after coming to Hong Kong. He had vaguely heard of his name and knew that his family was quite wealthy.

In addition, he really hoped that Wen Jiaqi could get married soon, so he attached great importance to this meeting and even called Wen Yue to come back for dinner.

Upon hearing this, Yi Huai looked at Wen Yue with a little surprise.

If it were an ordinary family, when someone was dating and brought their boyfriend to meet their parents, it would be difficult for the brothers and sisters to be absent. But the Wen family is not an ordinary family. Wen Yue and Wen Jiaqi are not born of the same mother, and their relationship is not good. In fact, they can go or not to such occasions.

Guessing what Yi Huai meant, Wen Yue coughed and said calmly: "We are all family."

This was of course false. Wen Yue was willing to take Yi Huai home for dinner, not for the sake of family. Her first reaction after receiving the call was to refuse.

But when she was about to say this, she heard Wen Rongsheng say that although Wen Jiaqi's new boyfriend was not the eldest son of the family, he was very capable and discovered a gold mine in a small country in Africa last year.

He is a generous person and is willing to bring his friends to make money together. Many rich second-generations he met after coming to Hong Kong have invested in his gold mine and can get dividends every month.

Wen Rongsheng was quite interested, but also a little strange. He hoped that Yi Huai would come over to listen and exchange opinions to see if the project was worth investing in.

Wen Yue didn't know whether the project was worth investing in, but she felt that the model of the project sounded familiar. With the Internet shell, it was definitely a P2P platform.

Wen Yue was immediately interested and decisively agreed to go back for dinner.