What Little Ma was thinking was that the guy who was the director of the investment department was probably close to being promoted to vice president of the group.
This is a good opportunity to test Chen Lei's abilities. If he can revive Lashou.com, then he can be given the position of investment director.
So, Chen Lei happily took a plane to the capital to take up his new post, thinking that it was just a matter of moving up one rank, how easy was that? President Ma was just paving the way for him.
Mr. Ma is truly my mentor!
But when he entered Lashou.com, he found the entire workplace in chaos, with some playing cards and others watching variety shows.
He clapped his hands vigorously.
Everyone looked over, and a young man nearby thought it was a merchant coming to settle the bill.
He took off his headphones, which he was listening to music with, and replied, "The finance department isn't here today, so we can't settle the accounts."
Chen Lei was taken aback, but then he realized that no one here knew him.
So he introduced himself loudly.
"Everyone, I am Chen Lei, the newly appointed CEO of Lashou.com by the group. I am here to succeed General Manager Wu Bo. Who is the vice president here?"
The young man who had just spoken was so startled when he heard that it was the new boss that he dropped his headphones.
He quickly replied, "The vice president...the vice president has also resigned."
"So, who holds the highest position here right now?"
"It must be the CFO."
"And what about the CFO?"
"Didn't I just say that the CFO isn't here today?"
"..."
Chen Lei was so angry he couldn't say a word; Lashou.com was absolutely awful.
He snorted and walked straight to the CEO's office.
The office manager quickly came forward: "Mr. Chen, the office hasn't been cleaned yet. Would you like to sit in the conference room for a while?"
Chen Lei was completely puzzled: "Wasn't Wu Bo absent for several days? Why hasn't his office been cleaned yet?"
The office manager thought to himself, "With a bunch of senior executives running away, I thought Lashou.com was going to go bankrupt. How can I possibly have the mind to clean the office?"
However, he said, "I've been quite busy lately, so I haven't had time yet. I'll arrange for someone to sort it out right away."
He turned around and said, "Hey you, hurry up and tidy up Mr. Chen's office. Hurry up."
That person immediately stood up and ran to tidy up the office.
Seeing this, Chen Lei didn't say anything, walked into the conference room, the office director made a cup of tea and then prepared to leave.
"Wait a minute, what should I call you?"
"Mr. Chen, my name is Ma Ming."
"Director Ma, come, sit down. You can tell me about the current situation of the company. I just arrived today and I'm completely clueless."
"Oh, this isn't appropriate. I'm just a lowly office manager."
"What's inappropriate about it? Although you're an office manager now, things might change after I arrive, right?"
Ma Ming understood the meaning behind Chen Lei's words and was overjoyed, never expecting that he would finally have his day in the sun.
"Ahem, Mr. Chen, let me give you a brief report."
Previously, we were engaged in a subsidy war with Taobao Group Buying, and it was a back-and-forth battle. Suddenly, we received a notification from Tencent headquarters that the subsidies were gone.
Having no other option, Mr. Wu went to TX headquarters in person to demand the money, but for some reason, he not only failed to get the money, but also resigned.
Lashou.com was originally founded by Mr. Wu, and his sudden departure was a huge blow to everyone.
But a few days later, several senior executives also resigned one after another, saying that they felt it was meaningless to stay.
So the company has become what it is now. The CFO said that Mr. Wu specifically told him to keep the employees' salaries and bonuses safe and not use them as subsidies, which is why we are barely making ends meet here.
I estimate that many employees will leave once this month's salaries are paid.
Chen Lei panicked as soon as he heard this. This wouldn't do. He had just taken office and a wave of resignations had already occurred. No one would believe that this had nothing to do with him.
But damn it, this really has nothing to do with me. I'm so wronged.
Then he asked, "How is the company doing now?"
"The business is just sitting there doing nothing. The big merchants who don't have to worry about customers are all attracted by the platform through subsidies. Now that the subsidies are gone, many of them have left. The remaining merchants don't have much customer traffic and are only kept going by Lashou.com's huge user base."
Once the high-quality merchants have all left, the number of users will naturally decrease. With fewer users, the average merchants will also close down, leading to a slow and inevitable demise.
It must be said that the office director's summary was quite accurate, and Chen Lei understood it immediately.
The more he understood, the more anxious he became.
He grabbed Ma Ming's hand: "Director Ma, is there any way?"
Ma Ming looked at him with a puzzled expression, as if to say, "Headquarters sent you here to solve this problem, why are you asking me?"
Chen Lei: No, Mr. Ma, what happened to paving the way? What happened to the easy difficulty? How come it's hellish right from the start? What a mess! And we've risen to second place in six months? It's a miracle the company hasn't gone bankrupt in six months. This is outrageous!
Just then, someone pushed open the door and walked into the conference room, saying, "Director Ma, please tidy up General Manager Chen's office..."
Suddenly he stopped talking, and his expression became interesting because he saw that Chen Lei was holding Ma Ming's hand tightly.
Two grown men...
Eh...
He seems to have discovered some big secret. Will he be silenced by the shrimp?
I'm so scared!
No, I have to spread this secret. But who should I tell first? Nana or Xiaomei?
Ma Ming immediately realized what was happening, quickly pulled his hand away, and even wiped it off outside his clothes in a disgusted manner.
"Ahem, Mr. Chen, the office is all tidied up. Shall we go to the office?"
Chen Lei stood up, looking utterly lifeless, and walked toward the CEO's office, a stark contrast to his demeanor when he first arrived.
Back in his office, Chen Lei lay on his executive chair, his eyes vacant.
Heavens above, earth below, which angel sister would have mercy and kill me with a single sword?
After thinking for a long time, Chen Lei felt that the root of the problem was still the subsidy, and he had to ask the headquarters for the subsidy.
So he dialed Little Ma's number.
"Mr. Ma, it's me, Chen Lei!"
"Oh, Chen Lei, you've taken up your new job at Lashou.com, right? Is there something you need?"
"Mr. Ma, the situation here is not optimistic. Could you provide Lashou.com with a few months' worth of subsidies to help them through this difficult time?"
Little Ma asked in confusion, "Chen Lei, I know subsidies can solve the problem, but if I had money to subsidize Lashou.com, why would I send you there?"
Chen Lei felt that Little Ma's next sentence was:
I sent you to take the blame...
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