Chapter 206 The strongest fortress often collapses from within
Yang Ruoqian, who had just finalized the next project with Shao Yiqi, was refreshed and showed his best side to the new employees.
"Everyone is here, right? Let's have a meeting in the conference room."
After saying that, Yang Ruoqian pushed the door and walked into the meeting room.
The others hurriedly stopped what they were doing, stood up, lined up one by one, and followed Huang Wei, not daring to make any noise.
As veterans in the workplace, they are well aware of the fact that the first tree to stick its head out gets shot, so they all keep their heads down as much as possible, and find a seat in the meeting room quietly and quickly to avoid being noticed by the new boss.
When I was in my old company, everyone had the same attitude and behaved very obediently when being reprimanded by the old leader.
Anyway, everyone knows that the company is a broken ship and will sink soon, so it is better to close your ears and eyes and survive if you can for one month.
In that kind of environment, let alone trying hard, even if you really created a miracle, it would not help the overall situation.
Now I have just changed my workplace and my boss. I still do what I should do, there is not much difference.
The only hope is that the new boss won't interfere too much in the company's affairs...
If we can achieve some results or improve our performance, the company may be able to survive.
Huang Wei was the last one to walk into the conference room. Seeing the numb and pessimistic expressions on his colleagues' faces, he felt very uncomfortable.
When I visited the new company’s work environment before, everyone was quite excited. It turned out that they were just watching with the mentality of an outsider watching the fun...
Given the company's current situation, it really doesn't have much confidence to keep the existing things.
But since we finally have an opportunity, we should at least try to make the most of it, right?
"Okay, everyone sit down quietly and listen to what Mr. Yang has to say!" At this time, the old leader took out a cup of tea from somewhere, handed the tea to Yang Ruoqian with a smile on his face, and scolded the employees fiercely.
Being able to switch between two faces seamlessly in a short period of time is really a skill.
He certainly had his own reasons for doing this - in the former Spark Group, he was the fourth in command.
The three at the head are naturally the three old shareholders.
Now that the company has been acquired, the shareholders have taken the money and left, and they have also resigned from the company voluntarily. He, the fourth in command, has become the head of Spark Records! Although his position has not changed yet, who else can take up the vacant positions? If he pleases his boss now, his path to promotion will be secure.
Yang Ruoqian quietly moved several times on his newly bought seat, trying to find a more comfortable sitting position. He was almost startled when he suddenly heard such a roar.
What's wrong with you? Why are you so jumpy?
Are all music production companies of this style?
Seeing this man named Fu Yingxiang being arrogant towards his employees and showing off in his own territory, Yang Ruoqian immediately felt displeased.
Now these people are my employees, they are my treasures that have caused me to lose money, I can't bear to scold them, who are you, why do you scold me? ! And you even pretended to pass me tea, do you really think I am a fool? Being arrogant at first and respectful later, it makes people laugh when thinking about it.
In front of so many people, Yang Ruoqian still maintained the demeanor of a large group president and did not lose his temper on the spot. He said calmly: "Everyone sit down. I am short of time. I will just say a few words."
At the same time, he pretended to reply to two messages on his mobile phone, and then glanced at the watch on his wrist, completing the whole trick.
Since the awakening system, Yang Ruoqian's acting skills have improved day by day.
But in fact, he had nothing important to deal with today. Whether it was the matters of the e-sports club, the filming of the movie, or the pilot work of the profit-making project, he was currently unable to take care of them.
Either the dust has settled, or the work on my side has been completed, or it is still in its infancy.
In short, Mr. Yang is actually very idle.
But after get off work today, some of Yang Ruoqian's most familiar college classmates made an appointment with him, saying that they wanted to have a challenge to watch some bad movies to see who could not hold back first. It sounded very interesting, so Yang Ruoqian agreed.
Of course, the list of invitees also included Shao Yiqi and Chang Zhiqing.
Fu Yingxiang frowned again and scolded: "The leader gave the order, and you all just sit there doing nothing? Hurry up and open the memo. Don't be like a donkey that moves only when it is urged!"
You have too many dramas...
Yang Ruoqian coughed lightly and said, "Fu Yingxiang, please sit down first. Everyone, put away your phones. You don't need to take notes. I am only an amateur at listening to songs. When it comes to professional matters like music production, you are definitely more knowledgeable than me."
"What I want to talk about today has nothing to do with music production. It's just some personnel adjustments and some requirements for you personally."
The Sparks Company employees who were originally planning to just pretend and take down some nonsense raised their eyes and looked at the young boss sitting on the first seat in surprise.
How could such words come out of the mouth of a boss?
Many times, even small leaders dare to take trivial matters as orders, pretend to know things they do not understand, and give orders with a completely layman's mindset.
For example, a certain Qie novel made a top industry joke by using a 188 yuan red envelope to poach a certain platinum author. (True story, it was a big deal recently, it made me laugh to death, I guess they think that in a place with a population of 1.3 billion, a few tens of thousands of subscriptions are nothing) It's obvious that this is an amateur giving blind advice.
Fu Yingxiang is a typical leader who likes to give blind instructions.
After all, he is a leader, a person in a high position. If he doesn't give proper guidance to his subordinates, how can he show his status and superiority? But the young CEO Yang has no such problem at all. He can even openly admit that he knows nothing and tell his employees that he can only make administrative adjustments at most and will not direct internal business? !
A certain light flashed in the eyes of these employees who were originally prepared to continue to play badly.
Many times, leaders who understand their employees' thoughts, speak out their own shortcomings openly, and work with everyone to overcome difficulties will be more respected than those who only give orders.
The more a person lacks something, the more eager he wants to express his strength in that aspect.
Being like Mr. Yang is actually a sign of confidence.
Suddenly I feel like there is something to be gained from following a boss like this...
Yang Ruoqian didn't know what the people below were thinking. He flipped through the roster and said casually, "I believe you have all seen the company's Employee Code of Conduct. Don't doubt the content above. Just follow it."
After saying that, Yang Ruoqian turned to the last page of the roster and looked around at the employees.
"Um...Huang Wei, who is Huang Wei?"
In fact, he already knew who Huang Wei was, but in the first meeting of the new company, it was better for him to pretend that he didn't know anyone.
Huang Wei's heart skipped a beat when his name was called.
What happened?! I was called out by my boss on my first day at work at a new company?!
Was it a good thing or a bad thing? Huang Wei did not dare to neglect it. He stood up from his chair and reported loudly: "Here we are!"
"Sit down, sit down... Don't be so nervous." Mr. Yang, who was used to working with his own employees, was extremely uncomfortable with the various workplace bad habits rampant at Sparks. He frowned and waved his hand, "The group focuses on efficiency and doesn't engage in these empty talk."
"The group has decided to appoint you as the project director of Spark Records from today onwards, responsible for coordinating all affairs within the company."
"In other words, you will be the head of the record company from now on. You will be in charge of all decisions of the company. For non-major situations or emergencies, do not disturb the group headquarters too much. Just report to the group finance department how much money you need. Do you understand?"
"Fu Yingxiang, I've looked at your resume. From now on, you will take over Huang Wei's position."
"Others, please cooperate with Director Huang's work."
After Yang Ruoqian announced the first personnel appointment, he quietly observed the reactions of other Spark Records employees.
Huang Wei, who had just sat down and straightened his chair, was completely stunned.
After putting down the hot tea, Fu Yingxiang, who was rude at first but respectful later, was also confused.
Fu Yingxiang originally expected that after the company was merged into the group, the group would promote him, the de facto head of the company, to the real head.
If the group wants to parachute in a new leadership team, he can also be the second-in-command.
At the very least, the position of third in command is within reach.
The current situation is that there is indeed no new leadership from the group, but the person who was promoted to the top position is not Fu Yingxiang, but a grassroots employee? !
A grassroots employee directly completed multiple levels and became a branch director?
If it were just that, it would be fine, but the problem is that Fu Yingxiang didn't even keep his original position, and was directly demoted from the top of the company to the lowest level employee? !
The gap between expectations and reality is so huge that no one can accept it at the first time.
"Boss Yang, I...you..."
Seeing the incompetent expressions on the faces of the two parties involved, Mr. Yang was secretly proud of himself.
Very good, all the scripts are going according to his ideas.
Fu Yingxiang, who had just become the top leader, was demoted to the bottom. He was shocked, angry and puzzled, and then he begged for mercy from the emperor.
There are several reasons why Yang Ruoqian did this. First, after several days of observation and investigation, he believed that Fu Yingxiang, a man who could not even find any shining points even with a lantern, was not qualified and did not have the character to be the director of the branch.
Although Lin Cao had some bad workplace habits, he was very capable, sincere, and had a good reputation and character, so everyone respected him.
Second, the relationship between the leaders and employees of Spark Records was already very tense. Now that the top and bottom positions have been swapped, what kind of palace fighting drama will be staged by these two groups with deep contradictions? Will the company be in chaos? Need I say more?
The conflict intensified instantly. On one side, new and old grudges were being settled, while on the other side, cliques were formed and factions were undermining the leadership. With internal fighting going on, how could the company make a profit?
Third, Fu Yingxiang has been the company leader for such a long time, his influence must be quite high, and he must have a few trusted subordinates. These people were demoted without any reason or warning, and they must be resentful of the group.
How can a branch that is alienated from the group make a profit?
The atmosphere in the conference room became tense.
Yang Ruoqian raised his hand to stop Fu Yingxiang's plea, indicating that the matter was not negotiable.
Of course there is no room for negotiation.
Because all of this is a perfect plan, a perfect layout.
Just by relocating a few positions, he turned Sparks Company into a mess and lost the morale of the employees. Yang Ruoqian couldn't help but admire his own intelligence.
Tsk tsk, look at the expressions of these employees... Yes, that’s so true.
Fight me hard.
The fight is fierce and life-and-death, and it would be best if it could be turned into a modern version of a workplace palace fighting drama.
The strongest fortress can be breached from the inside, let alone a house that is already crumbling?
While he was looking forward to it, Yang Ruoqian was also a little worried.
Wouldn’t personnel adjustments alone be enough? Huang Wei is a veteran, and he has been a low-level employee for so long, so we know that he is definitely not someone who is good at fighting.
Even if you become a director, you may not be able to compete with the talented people who have worked in the company for many years, and you may be sidelined soon.
Besides, these people have been colleagues for so many years and are considered old acquaintances. It is not certain that they will really fall out.
Huang Wei must be given a limited but extremely powerful authority to check and balance Fu Yingxiang's power.
Yang Ruoqian tapped the table with his fingers: "Huang Wei, as the director of the branch, you naturally enjoy all the powers of the director."
"First, you have an opportunity every two months to fire employees you deem unqualified without reporting to the group."
"You can make internal personnel appointments by yourself and then submit a report to the group. If you want to recruit more people, that's fine too. Just give the HR department a heads up and they will send you the materials for the entrance exam."
"You are the person in charge of any decision, and you can veto everything."
Huang Wei, who had never been a low-level employee since he entered the workplace, now looked pale.
What happened? What did I do to be promoted directly from an employee to a director? !
Hey, hey, hey, what are you old-timers looking at me with? What do you mean? I really didn’t give the boss any wine!!!
Huang Wei felt that he was totally unqualified for the position, but he also discovered with sadness that he couldn't clear himself even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
One vote veto, unconditional dismissal of employees without reporting, arbitrary expansion of staff...
Can such authority be appointed to an outsider?
That must be Mr. Yang’s confidant.
Yang Ruoqian looked at the various eye contacts and changing facial expressions among the employees in the conference room, and was convinced that his goal had been initially achieved.
A technical veteran employee who is not good at managing interpersonal relationships and was suppressed by the old leader is promoted to the top position. He holds great power and will definitely retaliate against the previous old leader. Anyone who dares to disobey or who dares to obey in public will be directly fired.
The old leadership group with deep roots was suppressed by Huang Wei and was powerless to fight back. Morale was low and gradually the company turned into a huge mess.
Yang Ruoqian, who has been studying workplace psychology for several days, feels that Spark Records will most likely follow this script. Even if there are slight deviations, they will not be much.
After checking the time, he found that the agreed time for the Bad Movie Challenge was very close, so Yang Ruoqian gave up the idea of watching everyone's wonderful expressions.
"The group has only two simple requests of you."
"First, the group sometimes has some music production needs, and then it will be handed over to you to execute. If you encounter this situation, you must put the group's needs first, turn down all other orders, concentrate all your efforts, handle the group's affairs, and then do other things."
"Any costs incurred, such as breach of contract costs, will be borne by the group and will not be included in the performance."
“Second, produce quality music.”
"Good music will definitely have people listening to it, and if people listen to it, it will definitely make money. So you don't have to be too obsessed with making money, as long as you make good music, you will definitely make money, understand?"
"Good music needs to be cultivated. Don't rush for quick success. The group will give you the greatest support. In the early stages, if you make a loss, you make a loss. Don't bring pressure to your music. Do you understand?"
After Yang Ruoqian finished his twisted reasoning, he glanced around and asked, "If anyone has any questions, please raise them now."
The head of Spark Records, Project Director Huang Wei, raised his hand without even thinking, obviously having a lot of questions.
Yang Ruoqian said dissatisfiedly: "I have explained it in such detail. If you still have questions, think about them during working hours. The meeting is adjourned!"
How could this person be so short-sighted? No wonder he is still a clerk after working here for so long.
After complaining in his heart, Yang Ruoqian stood up and walked out of the meeting room, leaving only a tall, bright and mysterious back to everyone.
Only the director was left standing there awkwardly with his right hand raised.
The other employees also looked at each other blankly, as if they were in a dream.
Not to mention that such an important meeting was so short, the content of this meeting alone was enough for everyone to digest for more than three hours.
In fact, Huang Wei raised his hand because he wanted to discuss with Yang Ruoqian and ask him to revoke his decision and give the position of director to a more suitable person.
As long as a person doesn't deceive himself, he tends to be more aware of his own abilities.
A music production company actually includes many technical personnel, including the most well-known lyricists, composers, arrangers, producers, etc.
It also includes a lot of post-production, such as cover design, harmony group, harmony editing, melody checking, recording and mixing engineering, marriage mastering, mixing close-ups…
Huang Wei can perform his tasks excellently in his position, but that doesn't mean he can perfectly integrate and coordinate so many things in an orderly manner.
Now such a heavy burden has been thrown on his shoulders, he simply can't handle it!
However, Mr. Yang didn't even give him a chance to speak and just left...
Huang Wei himself was not good at the twists and turns of the workplace, so how could he dare to ask further questions?
After confirming that the new boss had left, the old employees with strange eyes started to speak: "Old Huang... No, Brother Huang, I didn't expect that. When did you get in touch with the boss of the group?"
"I guess it was Brother Lin who arranged it. Tsk tsk, it's good to have someone protecting you from above. I'm so envious."
Only a few people know the relationship between Huang Wei and Lin Cao.
However, now that Huang Wei has become the company's director and holds real power, it doesn't matter if he speaks out.
"Now that you've been promoted and made a fortune, when will you treat us to a meal?"
“Brother Huang, oh no, Master Huang, take me flying!”
Listening to these harmless sarcastic remarks, Huang Wei wanted to cry but had no tears: "You have known me for so many years, would I be that kind of person? Also, don't make up stories about Brother Lin like this, if others hear it, we might get into trouble!"
"Is it stressful to become a director directly?"
Huang Wei sighed and said, "Stop making sarcastic remarks and help me think of a solution... I contacted Lao Du before. Is there any follow-up?"
"Lao Du said he would come in two days, but he is not sure whether he will come back. I guess he is too disappointed with the previous environment."
Just come back and take a look...
Now that the working environment has been renovated and the leadership team has been replaced, there is no need to worry about not being able to regain these old employees.
The only problem is that the leadership team was replaced too drastically, and now there are signs of paralysis.
Huang Wei took a deep breath and flipped through the address book while calling on everyone to contact their former colleagues: "Where are the old leaders? Have you contacted them? Hurry up and ask them to come back. You all know my level. If I mess around, the company will be kicked out of the group in two months."
"Didn't Old Wu offend Ma Yuan and get fired? I remember he was driving an online taxi in Jinhai. Let me contact him!"
"Anyway, you are in charge of personnel matters now, so quickly bring them all back!"
“…”
The employees were extremely excited, discussing with each other, full of hope for the company's future, completely forgetting that just a short while ago they had walked into the meeting room with a mentality of giving up.
It was like a pot of hot oil was suddenly poured into a pool of stagnant water, and it began to boil instantly.
It is said that once people's hearts are scattered, the team can no longer be led.
But Yang Ruoqian only needed one short meeting, a few short words, and two simple personnel appointments to actually gather the scattered hearts of the people together again.
Unlike those old employees who focused on technology and paid little attention to people's hearts, Fu Yingxiang, who rose to the fourth-in-command and then suddenly fell from fourth-in-command to an ordinary employee, sees things more clearly than anyone else.
This young Mr. Yang seemed to have made some ridiculous decisions and seemed to be acting on impulse, but in fact, he was very purposeful and his methods were extremely clever and natural.
He first promoted Huang Wei, a low-level employee, to imply that everyone has the opportunity to be promoted. Then he killed his own chicken, giving all employees a very good impression and using his actions to indicate that he is on the side of the employees...
Finally, he added, "Good music needs to be cultivated. Don't be too eager for quick success or always think about profit."
This statement really hit the heart of these music producers! Compared with Mr. Yang, his own tricks that were not worthy of being on the stage... Haha, I can only say that they were a whole level behind.
Never mind.
Fu Yingxiang, who was isolated on the side, felt a little depressed. He began to pack his things silently, intending to be decent and consciously face his fate.
But life has to go on, and work has to be found. Otherwise, who will take care of the wife and children at home, and how will the huge pile of mortgages and car loans be paid? If it weren't for the pressure of life, who would be willing to beg and curry favor with others...
However, I was indeed a bit harsh to my employees, and now they are retaliating against me. I deserve this fate and cannot blame anyone else.
"Old Fu." Suddenly, Huang Wei's voice came from beside him, "Are you qualified for the job I have? Do you want me to hand it over to you so that you can get used to it?"
In fact, Huang Wei was not a saint, and he had been unhappy with Fu Yingxiang for a long time.
But now, at the critical juncture of the company's revival, he, as the director, should take the lead in letting go of past grudges, stop internal fighting and bring everyone together.
Compared to his own petty grievances, the most important goal is how to rebuild this broken business.
Everything else can be put aside for the time being.
Moreover, the treatment has plummeted from heaven to earth, with wages cut by almost 70% to 80%. Such a punishment is actually painful enough.
From the top leader to the lowest employee, and the person standing above him is the one he just reprimanded not long ago... Isn't this much more painful than being fired directly? Of course, if he still doesn't repent, Huang Wei will not be stingy with the power of firing, and will just put an end to it.
Fu Yingxiang turned around in astonishment, staring at Huang Wei in disbelief. After a long moment, he murmured, "Ah, then, I'll have to trouble Director Huang..."
"It's a small matter." Huang Wei patted Fu Yingxiang's shoulder and walked out of the meeting room. "Come over here, I'll help you get familiar with it..."
“…”
Seeing the company thriving overnight, many old employees suddenly felt blurry for some reason.
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In the evening, Yang Ruoqian, who was so disgusted by the bad movie "The Fortress" that he almost vomited, was the first to lose in the bad movie competition and returned home.
"It's not fair, I demand a rematch!" Yang Ruoqian complained while frantically watching videos on Bilibili, trying to cleanse his devastated eyes with some good-looking videos.
Suddenly, he saw a familiar up-host.
He is the film critic Xiao Liu who madly complained about "Thunder Warriors" and "The Fortress of Demon City" and madly praised "Dragon Son-in-law".
Just a few minutes ago, the up-host in this film review section posted another video.
The video title was concise and clear, but it hit Yang Ruoqian's head like a thunderbolt.
"Based on the trailer, analyze the new movie "The Black Robe Inspection Team" jointly launched by Cheng Yu and Kui Guang. Can it meet the audience's eager expectations?"
No, what kind of crappy movie did I make? Why are the audiences looking forward to it?! (End of this chapter)
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