Chapter 111 Dealer Conference
On the day of the dealer conference, Chen Yan surprisingly didn't send flowers, and she wouldn't contact him about it.
Over the years, many men have pursued her, and she has seen many of their tricks, such as those who would keep sending her gifts, then suddenly stop one day, just to make her come to them.
Xu Qingmin knew that Song Yilin had seen too many tricks, so he didn't care at all whether Chen Yan kept sending flowers to Song Yilin.
Chen Yan sent flowers to sow discord between them; the more he cared, the more it played into his hands.
The dealer conference was held at a hotel, and Chen Yuanyuan was waiting in the VIP lounge prepared by the hotel.
Yang Lan is currently checking the reports with all the general managers of the old Xin'ao Group's 4S stores, while Shi Chen only needs to check with the new energy company.
When they were almost done, Xiao Zhang knocked on the door and came in.
"Mr. Song, they are ready. You may enter now."
Song Yilin got up, tidied herself up in the mirror, and exhaled.
"Let's go."
Today was a closed-door internal meeting. When Song Yilin entered, everyone except the general managers of each store had to leave the room. Assistants or sales directors who came with the general managers of the dealerships also had to leave.
Only Xiao Zhang stayed inside to chair the meeting and take notes.
When Song Yilin entered, everyone stood up in unison.
Song Yilin smiled kindly: "Please sit down, everyone. There's no need to be so nervous. This is your first dealer conference. Consider it an opportunity for you to get to know each other. Some of you are old friends of mine, some I've met before, and some are new friends. You can all get to know each other."
Yang Lan immediately understood and asked everyone present to introduce themselves.
The meeting then began, with each city giving a report in turn, ranked by city.
After each presentation, Yang Lan would offer a brief comment.
Then ask Song Yilin if she has any opinions. If Song Yilin has no questions, then proceed to the next store to give a report.
Song Yilin usually doesn't point out minor issues.
Yang Lan can also spot big problems. Her role is that of the righteous one and the lenient one, just like with Shi Chen.
She is the president of Xin'ao Group. Even if she dislikes someone, she will still act very kind and benevolent.
Yang Lan does bad things, but she doesn't.
Although everyone says it was her idea, we can't let the employees hate her.
Current corporate management models are generally like this.
The second position was used to suppress the discontent of some employees during the new reforms.
If there are many dissatisfied employees, the boss can give the second-in-command a perfunctory reprimand and rescind the policy. If it seems feasible, then continue implementing it.
She's working well with Yang Lan now, but she's still a bit behind Shi Chen. Shi Chen needs more time to hone his skills.
We've been working on it all morning, and we're only halfway through.
Song Yilin checked the time: "Let's stop here for today. Have some lunch and get some rest. We'll continue in the afternoon. Try to keep the general manager's report to us concise and short in time this afternoon."
When these general managers gave their first presentations to Song Yilin, they all pulled out all the stops and talked about their most important secrets.
Similar to Song Yilin's previous ideas when giving reports, she needed to make sure the group's leaders saw it.
Being a general manager of a 4S dealership is a high-risk position; if the data is poor, you can easily be replaced.
Therefore, everyone used all their skills.
Song Yilin, Yang Lan, Shi Chen, and Xiao Zhang were dining in a private room, while the other general managers were having a buffet in the main hall.
Song Yilin watched the general managers chatting with each other in the lobby. It was quite harmonious, with no barriers between them. At least, there was no situation of forming cliques, which she had worried about.
"Xiao Zhang, what is the per-person meal allowance for them?"
Yang Lan usually makes the decisions in these situations, so Song Yilin is sometimes unaware of them.
Xiao Zhang turned on his computer to check and said, "It's 150 per person at noon and 450 in the evening. The party tonight will be a bit more expensive."
"We need to find out the meal standards of other branches and distributors of the Xu Group. We can't be higher or lower than other companies."
Song Yilin went to attend a conference of other branch companies with Xu Qingmin. They were eating better than the general managers who were there today. She couldn't let her subordinates eat worse than others.
"OK."
Looking at the people outside, Song Yilin asked Yang Lan, "President Yang, who do you think is the best candidate for general manager when we open a new energy vehicle store?"
Yang Lan pretended to be unhappy and said, "President Song, you're going to take all my people to work on new energy again? If they go to new energy, we'll have to train new ones. It's exhausting."
Song Yilin knew that Yang Lan wouldn't really be angry. This was the company's development strategy. Although it was hard work for her to train people, she would obey.
The company's success is also good for her career development; someone in this position can't do it without a broad perspective.
Shichen was also observing carefully.
Yang Lan thought for a moment and said, "I think Shao Min is good. When Zhou Jian was around, he wanted to fire Shao Min, but I always disagreed."
Song Yilin refused without hesitation: "Shao Min won't do, but Shao Min can stay under your name."
Even Xiao Zhang couldn't understand why Song Yilin rejected Yang Lan's suggestion so quickly.
There was a hint of evasion in Shi Chen's eyes, but Song Yilin smiled and said, "Because someone likes Shao Min."
Yang Lan and Xiao Zhang looked at the time with gossipy expressions.
Shi Chen suddenly said a little embarrassedly, "I can't let my own interests interfere with other people's careers."
Most workplaces prohibit office romances because employees in similar positions are not allowed to have them. For example, sales and finance, accountant and cashier, or even employees in the same brand are not allowed to have them. If two people are dating and working in the same group, it would be unfair to other employees.
There is also the possibility of cover-ups.
Song Yilin shook her head: "I believe you can catch up."
The God of Time sighed dejectedly: "I hope so."
It seems that the trip back from Binzhou that day didn't go so smoothly.
"Keep it up!"
These two have feelings for each other, and regardless of whether it works out or not, Song Yilin would never put them in the same group again.
"Mr. Yang, take a look and find a few more candidates. Are there any suitable replacements for the after-sales director and sales director in the gasoline vehicle sector? If not, then we can't transfer their general manager to the new energy vehicle sector."
Yang Lan made an OK sign: "Understood."
Song Yilin went back to her room to lie down for a while, and before she could even doze off, Xiao Zhang came over to call her to the conference room.
She's been too busy these past few days; she should get some rest once this period is over.
Song Yilin calmed herself down and composed herself.
Xiao Zhang handed her her makeup bag.
Song Yilin simply applied some loose powder.
Xiao Zhang said curiously, "President Song, would you like to try a bright red lipstick? It should look really cool."
Song Yilin shook her head: "No need, let's go."
Once you reach a certain level, your presence comes from your own temperament, not from lipstick. Overly red lipstick is a bit unnecessary.
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