"I."
"I agree."
"I agree..."
After learning that Ye Chen alone held a staggering 54% of the group's shares, the previously neutral directors unanimously agreed with Ye Chen's opinion.
"I urge everyone to think about this carefully."
Antonio made one last desperate attempt to threaten the crowd.
I disagree.
Antonio made his stance clear.
I agree.
"Count me in too..."
The remaining hesitant directors also nodded in agreement, and even some who were originally dependent on Antonio agreed.
Now that things have come to this, there's nothing they can do to stop it.
Ultimately, more than two-thirds of the audience agreed to remove Antonio from his position as CEO of Kering.
"Since everyone agrees."
"As the largest shareholder of Kering Group, I hereby declare that, effective immediately, Antonio is hereby removed from all positions within the group!!!"
Ye Chen made the final decision.
As soon as Ye Chen finished speaking, Antonio completely deflated and lost his spirit.
Antonio walked outside, looking dejected. Things had happened so fast that he couldn't quite process it.
In the morning, he finally accepted that he couldn't beat Ye Chen and couldn't keep his position as CEO of the group.
So he wanted to take advantage of his position as CEO to make some money for himself.
As a result, in the afternoon, Ye Chen convened an extraordinary board meeting and dismissed himself from the position of CEO, not even giving himself time to make money.
“Antonio is no longer the group’s CEO, but the CEO position cannot remain vacant indefinitely. Therefore, I propose that our esteemed largest shareholder, Mr. Ye Chen, serve as the CEO of Kering Group. What do you all think?”
After Antonio left, one of Ye Chen's directors cleverly stood up and suggested that Ye Chen become the group's CEO.
"That's a good idea."
"President Ye is young and promising, and is just right to lead us. I agree."
"I think the position of CEO of the group was reserved specifically for President Ye..."
After the director finished speaking, the others immediately echoed his words.
Ye Chen has successfully become the new CEO of Kering Group!
Now, Ye Chen's business card will have to be changed again.
Ye Chen has finally secured the CEO position at Kering Group, the world's third-largest conglomerate.
Ye Chen said a few words, and the board meeting concluded.
Although the board meeting ended, Ye Chen had no intention of leaving.
Ye Chen gathered several trusted senior executives of Kaiyun Group and brought them to a small conference room.
As the saying goes, a new broom sweeps clean.
Ye Chen has just become the CEO of Kaiyun Group, and naturally he plans to make some big moves. Ye Chen is going to start by setting things off!
Ye Chen intends to seize this opportunity to fire all of Antonio's trusted confidants within the Kering Group, leaving no one alive!
It's better to end it quickly than to suffer for a long time. If we keep these Antonio confidants around, who knows what trouble they might cause Ye Chen at any time?
Although these people are unlikely to cause any major trouble, their occasional minor antics against Ye Chen are still troublesome and a headache.
Therefore, Ye Chen wanted to strike before they made a move.
Now that Ye Chen is the CEO and largest shareholder of Kaiyun Group, firing them would be very easy.
The only problem is what to do with the positions that are vacated after they are fired.
Antonio has quite a few confidants, after all, he has been running the company for so many years.
Ye Chen had done similar things before, but those were all in small companies with assets of several hundred billion. Ye Chen could simply transfer some people from his other industries.
But Kering Group is not an option.
As a large conglomerate with a market value of hundreds of billions, these positions must be filled by professionals.
If this position is handed over to those who are not experts, and mistakes are made, it will have a great impact on Kering Group.
Ye Chen had just taken over Kaiyun Group and didn't want its market value to drop, because he would be the one who suffered the most.
Ye Chen could temporarily transfer some people from Prada, Patek Philippe, etc., but the number would be very limited. After all, Prada and Patek Philippe also need to operate normally, and Ye Chen cannot give them up.
"Mr. Ye, I have a solution."
Ye Chen shared his thoughts with these trusted executives, and suddenly, one of them had an idea.
"Mr. Ye, we may not be able to find such a person; we don't have the resources. But those headhunting companies can."
This high-ranking official suggested to Ye Chen:
"Mr. Ye, you can contact top headhunting firms to find suitable senior executives."
In layman's terms, headhunting firms are "talent intermediaries" that help companies find suitable high-end talent.
Everyone has their own area of expertise, and top-tier headhunting firms certainly have a lot of resources.
"That's a really good idea."
Ye Chen nodded; it was indeed a pretty good idea.
Do you know any top-tier headhunting firms?
Ye Chen asked the others, intending to give it a try.
"Mr. Ye, I know people at Nicholson International Consulting. They definitely have the capability."
Another high-level recommendation.
Nicholson International, one of the world's top ten executive search firms and one of Europe's leading executive search firms, possesses an incredible network of contacts.
Contacting them will be absolutely no problem, and their CEO is also in Paris.
"Okay, you can go and make the contact."
Ye Chen gave the instructions.
"Um...Mr. Ye...it's not that we're making excuses, but I simply can't do this."
The executive said helplessly to Ye Chen.
"Can't it be done?"
Ye Chen countered with a question.
Upon seeing this, the executive immediately began to explain to Ye Chen.
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