Si Meng's series of questions left Yu Fei a little confused. She had prepared an explanation for the number of people in the orphanage, but she hadn't expected the number of students in the academy. Could it be that having too many students was also a mistake?
Hearing Si Meng's questions, Ye Chen was slightly taken aback. He did feel that something was wrong with the academy and the orphanage, but without historical data to compare, he couldn't see things clearly. Now, after hearing her words, he understood where the real problem lay.
The welfare home has too few people. Even if it only helps a hundred orphans every year, there should be a thousand orphans in ten years, right? But after Lanxing Duobao has been operating it for so many years, there are only a little over three hundred orphans? Is this normal? It's very abnormal.
There's also the academy. Si Meng's original intention in building this academy was to make it a talent incubator for the Duobao Group and provide sufficient talent reserves for the development of the Duobao Group. But now there are only a few children of Duobao Group members studying there.
"As for welfare homes, although there are new additions every year, there are also orphans who grow up and leave, or are sent to various positions. These kinds of cases are not included in the statistics."
"As for the academy, we currently have about three hundred students from our own family. Although most of them are recruited from outside, they have to pay high tuition fees. These tuition fees will be used for the construction of the school and the development of the entire Blue Star Treasure. In addition..."
"Did I say that Blue Star Treasure needs to make profits through welfare homes and academies?" Before Yufei could finish speaking, Si Meng interrupted her.
"More than 8,000 students, but only 300 of them are our own people. What? Is this an official public school? Is it supplying talent to the entire planet and all of humanity?"
Under Si Meng's questioning, Yu Fei's forehead was covered in a thin layer of sweat. Not to mention her, Guo Chong and Liu Xueyi, who were sitting below, were also very nervous. They were the direct persons in charge of the welfare home and the academy. They had just been tested by Ye Chen a few days ago, and now they were being questioned by Si Meng at the shareholders' meeting. Their hearts sank.
“When I first established the welfare home and the academy, I made it very clear to you that these two places are the talent incubators for the entire Duobao Group and the future of the entire Duobao Group. I am not afraid of investing, you must make sure to really get them up and running.”
"But now? Is this your answer to me?"
"Let's not even talk about the employees. I got you such a large area of land, and after two or three decades of development, all you've done is produce over 30,000 employees? How many descendants will they have? How many lords will they produce? How many lords and awakened individuals have you sent into space over the years? Why don't you dare report these figures?"
She slammed the folder on the table. Yufei and the other executives of Blue Star Treasure didn't dare to utter a sound. No one dared to touch the furious Si Meng, as this was the authority she had built up in the group over the years.
Ye Chen, Fatty, and the other lords and awakened ones remained silent and did not speak up to help them. Even Fatty did not intend to comfort Si Meng, but instead quietly watched everyone in the conference room.
Having been lords for many years, they knew very well what to do and when to do it, and in such formal meetings, it was still necessary to establish the necessary authority.
"Alright, we can discuss your matters later. Today is the first formal shareholders' meeting, especially for Ye Chen and Pang. Wang Sicong is here for the first time. Let's finish reporting on the assets and operations first. Think carefully about how to handle this matter." After giving a stern reprimand, seeing that Yu Fei and the others dared not speak, Si Meng knew that she had done her job. So she was relieved for the time being and gestured to the girls who had returned with her to continue the group's report.
"Hello everyone, I am Qiao Siyu, the CEO of Duobao Group in Blue Star and nearby planes. I am mainly responsible for the operation of Duobao Group in Blue Star and nearby planes, and I am also the main person in charge of related matters!"
"Currently, the Duobao Group in the near-Blue Star plane region has a total of 120 lords and 1,530 awakened individuals, with low-level lords and low-level awakened individuals making up the majority. Low-level lords account for 103, of whom 50 were recruited within the last three years..."
"In addition, the total assets are worth one trillion merit points, mainly consisting of unsold goods, raw materials, and customer deposits, with working capital of one quadrillion, which is sufficient to cope with various emergencies."
"Last year, total revenue reached 410 trillion points, a year-on-year increase of 120%, and net profit reached 20 trillion points, a year-on-year increase of 118%..."
Compared to Yufei, Qiao Siyu's data was even more shocking to Ye Chen and Fatty. Such a huge harvest of profits was something they might not be able to make even if they cleared several planes; it was simply outrageous.
Not only them, but also the Blue Star lords like Yufei were learning about the true profitability of the Duobao Group for the first time. And this was only within the near-Blue Star plane. Who knows how many planes there are in the myriad worlds? If it were to flourish everywhere, how much profit could the Duobao Group generate in a day? Just thinking about it is enough to make one dizzy.
At this moment, Yufei and other high-ranking officials of Blue Star finally realized just how ridiculous their actions had been!
Si Meng didn't care about the profits on Blue Star at all. Their combined profits over three years couldn't even compare to a fraction of Qiao Siyu's annual profits. What Si Meng wanted them to do was simply maintain Blue Star as their rear base and provide them with a continuous supply of talent.
But what is the actual situation? How many lords and awakened individuals can they send to Si Meng each year? Qiao Siyu's more than one hundred lords and more than one thousand five hundred awakened individuals were almost all recruited by her herself.
If Duobao were to cultivate this talent on its own, how strong would its cohesion and loyalty be? And how fast would the Duobao Group's development speed be?
Following Qiao Siyu, several other girls spoke up one after another. They were all the main persons in charge of the Duobao Group in various planes. Although the assets and income they reported were not as exaggerated as Qiao Siyu's, they were far beyond what Blue Star Duobao could compare to. The lord's active range was ultimately still within the plane starry sky.
For the first time, Ye Chen and Fatty truly realized the immense wealth that Si Meng had created for them—resources they might not have been able to accumulate even after centuries of fighting in the Maya Plane.
The reporting session lasted all day, and it wasn't until nightfall that everyone's reports came to an end, and Si Meng finally let everyone leave.
Of course, this does not mean the meeting is over, it is just a break. Tomorrow, Yufei and others will face their trial.
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