Over the phone, Wei Yandan told Lu Feng that the agreement for the lithography machine had been signed, the money had been transferred, and it had been loaded onto a cargo ship yesterday. It would arrive at the port in Thailand in a month.
The third phase of the Tianjin factory project was also officially completed, and the headquarters building officially began interior decoration. Everything was going smoothly. The only ripple was that Sony, Toshiba, and Philips joined forces to sue the DVD division, mainly targeting the three areas of copyright infringement: decoders, VCD compatible systems, and drives.
However, Jiafeng has its own independent R&D path. According to Liu Cheng, it's just that everyone has the same ideas and is following the same path. Jiafeng's domestic patent registration time was several days earlier than theirs.
The mobile phone sales were quite good, with monthly sales stabilizing at around three thousand units. However, some minor problems arose, including encountering a counterfeit-hunting individual named Wang Hai who sued Jiaxun Mobile. He had bought a Jiaxun phone but was told that free calls were only available for another Jiaxun phone, leading him to sue Jiaxun for false advertising.
Lu Feng listened to the report for half an hour. Su Yourong, who was sitting next to him, had already finished a cigarette and said impatiently, "Can't you go back to work tomorrow?"
"Okay, that's all for now. I'll talk about the internal situation when I get back. I have some urgent matters to deal with here first." Lu Feng hung up the phone after saying that.
The next morning, Lu Feng ate a simple breakfast, packed his things, and called Feng Zhiyao before getting into the car to warn him again not to tell anyone about his father's situation. On the way, he also called Feng Zhicheng and Li Zhaoji to let them know that he had left.
As the plane took off, Lu Feng leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes to rest.
The distance was short, and the descent began in less than half an hour. At 10 a.m., Lu Feng got off the plane and took a car straight to the company. When he arrived at the company, the receptionist greeted him hurriedly, and people coming and going also greeted him. He entered the elevator, and just as the elevator was about to close the door, it suddenly opened again.
A man in his forties strode in, his gaze sweeping over Lu Feng's face. He stood there without saying a word and pressed the button for the sixth floor.
"Which department are you in?" Lu Feng asked.
The man turned around, glanced at the table, and replied casually, "Business!"
"What are you doing on the sixth floor? Isn't your office on the fourth floor?" Lu Feng asked.
"Go to the president's office to handle some matters." The man still spoke in a nonchalant tone.
"What's your position? I've never seen you before!" Lu Feng continued to ask.
"Second-level department, Business Manager." After saying that, the elevator doors opened, and he walked out without looking back.
The Business Department is a secondary department under the Marketing Department and is under Zhu Lidong's management. Logically, such a middle-level manager should take the initiative to greet Lu Feng, but now he is neither warm nor cold. Lu Feng's intuition tells him that there may be a problem with the company's middle-level management.
Upon reaching the seventh floor, Lu Feng paused at the door of his office and instructed the executive director's office next door, "Bring President Wei and the HR manager over."
A dozen minutes later, a middle-aged man knocked on the door and came in. He exchanged many polite words with Lu Feng and sat down cautiously on the opposite sofa. A little while later, Wei Yandan knocked on the door and came in. Seeing Lu Feng, she said in surprise, "You're back so early?"
"I'll be back once I've finished dealing with things. Have a seat." Lu Feng waved to the secretary in the president's office who was standing at the door, who brought in a few cups of tea, then closed the door and left.
Wei Yandan originally thought Lu Feng wanted to ask about the two lawsuits, but seeing that the HR manager was sitting next to her, she felt that something was wrong.
"I'd like to ask about someone in HR. How have our middle management been doing these past few months?" Lu Feng asked.
The HR manager was dumbfounded when he heard this. What did "state" mean? He had no idea what the boss wanted to ask. He looked at General Manager Wei, hoping that his superior could help him out of the predicament.
"What aspect of their status? Their work status is quite good. Our quarterly turnover rate for middle-level managers is still quite high," Wei Yandan replied.
"Mental state, attitude towards the company."
Wei Yandan pondered for a moment. She keenly sensed what Lu Feng had seen when he entered the company. In addition, she had recently noticed that Goodley was getting too close to many middle managers and had also heard a lot of rumors.
"Manager Hu, how much do you know about Goodley's recent activities?" Wei Yandan asked.
“I’ve spoken with a few people in management, and it seems they have a circle of friends. Goodley really enjoys throwing parties, and he also has a certain Western flair, so many people are willing to associate with him because they think he’s sophisticated,” Manager Hu said.
Goodley used habits related to dressing, eating Western food, holding parties, photography, and traveling to win over the management team. It is said that he also gave speeches at various events about the company's model and the board of directors system.
After listening, Lu Feng sat there without saying a word. In this era, wearing a suit and eating Western food is the most fashionable thing and the most bourgeois sentiment. Add a foreigner to the mix, and you'll definitely be beaming with pride.
You know, in this day and age, if a foreigner appears on the street, they'll be surrounded like a monkey. Even ten years later, when mobile phones had camera functions, people would want to take a picture with any foreigner they saw.
Lu Feng even suspected that Goodley had become Su Yourong's apprentice. She had done so well in Hong Kong in just a few years thanks to the banquets she hosted every now and then, which brought together all sorts of people. How could she not have a wide network of connections?
"Alright, you can go back to your work now," Lu Feng said to Manager Hu.
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