Shen Boyao did not adopt the usual policy of being conservative for a period of time for the sake of filial piety when a new emperor ascended the throne, but instead adopted the more radical policy of "three major changes for a new official upon taking office."
Since ancient times, reforms have always affected the interests of some people and will be resisted by some people. Why was Shang Yang torn into pieces by five horses? It was because he affected the interests of the Qin nobles.
When Shen Boyao wanted to reform, the interests of Vice President Gao, a "key official left over from the previous dynasty", would be affected the most.
Vice President Gao has been in Shen's for more than ten years. He has worked on many key projects, and many are still in progress. Shen Boyao's reform directly cut off half of his projects. Not only projects, but also a lot of people were moved.
Shen Boyao had no intention of targeting anyone, it just happened that most of the things that needed to be done were in Vice President Gao's hands.
Vice President Gao doesn't think that the new president is targeting the matter rather than the person. What he is thinking is, I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice, so why do you want to attack me right away?
Today, either I am here to teach you how to behave on your behalf, or I am not as skilled as you and will be defeated by you.
In short, if you mess with me, either you die or I die.
When Shen Boyao proposed the specific details of the reform, Vice President Gao confronted him in a very disrespectful manner.
The general meaning is that "governing a big country is like cooking a small fish" and you can't stir things up randomly. Shen Boyao's current mess will ruin the company's future.
The criticism wasn't that harsh, but Shen Boyao had just taken office and his prestige was already low. If he tolerated it this time, everyone would dare to point at his nose and curse him next time.
Then why is he still hanging around in Shen's? He can just pack up and go home to live out his retirement as a rich young master.
It's not a matter of face for him, the eldest young master, but human nature is to admire the strong and bully the weak. If he gives in,
Not only will employees ignore you in the future, but more people will follow your example and do the same whenever something goes wrong.
Then there is no need to worry about Shen’s bankruptcy.
Therefore, getting rid of Vice President Gao is something that must be done.
But he is an important official after all. If he gets rid of him as soon as he comes to power, it will easily discourage others.
More importantly, important ministers are very popular in the court, and if they are not handled properly, it will easily lead to a collective resignation.
It’s no big deal if everyone gives up their responsibilities. There is no one in this world who cannot be replaced. It just takes time.
Shen Boyao didn't have time, because once these three fires were extinguished, it would be difficult to reignite them.
Shen Boyao couldn't be the bad guy who killed Vice President Gao, but he had to do it. Fortunately, Vice President He saw through his thoughts and took the initiative to have a friction and dispute with Vice President Gao, and even brought it to Shen Boyao.
It is known that Vice President Gao has a bad temper, so Shen Boyue used the two tactics of "giving each of them fifty lashes" and "practicing Tai Chi" to deal with the situation.
Vice President Gao could suppress his temper and endure it once or twice, but after so many times, he couldn't stand it anymore.
But there's nothing he can do even if he can't stand it, because the frictions are all trivial matters, and arguing about them in detail will only make people think he is fussy and narrow-minded.
Vice President Gao gradually came to his senses and realized that it was Shen Boyao and Vice President He who had teamed up to target him.
Vice President Gao, who couldn't stand these hypocritical things, was so angry that he pulled out his work badge on the spot, pointed at Shen Boyao and cursed him.
"If you keep going on like this, the Shen family will be finished sooner or later. You guys will be finished, I won't accompany you any more."
After saying that, he packed up and left.
From the employees' perspective, the president didn't take it to heart when Vice President Gao retorted to the president last time. Not only that, during the dispute with Vice President He, he even sided with Vice President Gao from time to time.
So throughout the whole thing, Shen Boyue was just deceived by the eloquent Vice President He.
In addition, Vice President Gao’s temper was very explosive, so leaving was inevitable. However, the fault did not lie with Shen Boyao, but with Vice President He.
The departure of Vice President Gao has put those employees who used to follow his lead in a dilemma.
If they had discussed it beforehand and thought they could find a good place to go after leaving Shen's, they would have gone.
Now even Vice President Gao himself left so suddenly, and we don’t know where his next job will be. If you follow him, the most likely scenario is that you will be unemployed at home.
Being unemployed is the nightmare of young people who live paycheck to paycheck. If they are not careful, they may end up on the streets and become beggars.
Moreover, Shen’s salary and benefits are quite good.
If they didn't leave, they would feel like they were not being loyal enough, after all, Vice President Gao was very nice to them.
After weighing the pros and cons, I still feel that it is more important to keep my job first.
But even if I stayed, I would still feel a little guilty. Since I couldn't go with Vice President Gao, I could at least avenge him!
This is why many things are difficult for Vice President He, who "fought" Vice President Gao away.
So even though Vice President He gave a sincere reply, everyone still looked dissatisfied.
“Nowadays, companies are competing fiercely, competing for technology and time. Whoever launches the product first will occupy the market.
Vice President He, you think one week is a short time, but a product can only be competitive if it is released one week in advance.
If the release is delayed by a week, then we will just be cannon fodder.
If it is released a week in advance, regardless of how much profit it will bring, at least the initial investment can be recovered.
It is also possible to obtain market feedback data in advance to promote the next generation of products.
Only in this way, by being faster than others, can we occupy the market faster, lead the trend, set standards, and allow the company to enter a virtuous circle.
The current situation is that we are already one or two steps behind other companies. We cannot afford to delay even one or two days, let alone a week."
"Yes! The project we are working on has reached the most critical part, and Vice President Gao's technical team has almost finished it.
These days have been delayed. If we don’t recruit enough technical personnel, we will just have to wait to be overtaken by others.”
"It's not the point that others surpass us. The point is that if Vice President Gao takes the technicians he has brought with him to join the competitor company, then there will be no need for us to continue our current project.
The initial investment will be wasted.”
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Everyone was talking at once, but the main idea was that Vice President He was not as good as Vice President Gao, and that keeping Vice President He and replacing Vice President Gao would be a wrong move.
The employees made accusations, but the middle-level leaders did not think so.
Director He, who is in charge of the business in South China, said with a bad look on his face: "Do you have the qualifications to complain?
Why is it that work can't proceed as soon as Vice President Gao leaves? Don't you know the reason?
None of you can do your job well, for example, you! You are paid as a technical backbone, but don’t you know what the product will be like? Can you complete the work independently?
If so, is there still a need to recruit technical talents?
And you, the head salesperson in the sales department, are you doing your business with all your heart? Are you meeting clients every day? Do you have any potential clients in hand?
And you, the production manager, have you done a good job in management? Have you provided adequate training on operation techniques? Can you keep up with the production schedule? Is the monthly scrap within a controllable range?
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