afternoon.
Zhang Wanyi drove her Bentley alone to find Mulanqing.
The two companies are not far away from each other. If you don’t count the time spent in traffic jams, it’s just a matter of a few steps on the accelerator.
After much thought, she decided to change into casual clothes and dress casually.
She is already forty-five years old, and no matter how she dresses up, there will still be traces of time on her face.
He looks to be in his early thirties.
After Chen Pingsheng treated several new members of the group to dinner, he quickly arranged new jobs for them. Ye Qi and Li Yuxin went to shoot a short drama, while Yue Yuting had to wait for some time.
Unless an actor is extremely famous, it is impossible for him to have movies to shoot every day.
When Zhang Wanyi came over, Mulanqing was already waiting downstairs. She was still a little nervous. In the past, if she wanted to see Zhang Wanyi, she had to make an appointment several days in advance.
Now seeing her coming to the appointment so leisurely, as if she doesn't have work, I feel so surprised.
Zhang Wanyi parked her car downstairs and asked the security guard to find a parking space for her. She was also wearing a pair of big sunglasses.
"Is Uncle Chen still upstairs?"
"Mr. Chen is upstairs, writing a script. Mr. Zhang, do you think he needs to work in a small company like ours with his current status?" Mulan Qing asked curiously.
"You are not him, so you naturally don't understand what he is thinking." Zhang Wanyi and Mulanqing took the elevator upstairs together.
Chen Pingsheng is actually writing a script. He also wants to write a super inspirational script based on his wife.
The drama describes that his wife is a beautiful woman who married an ordinary man without any disgust. Her love for him was like a spark of romance, and she became a famous gigolo in China.
Zhang Wanyi quietly walked over and asked softly, "Uncle Chen, what are you writing?"
"I'll write about my wife's story, how she overcame all obstacles along the way and became an inspiration to thousands of women in China."
"If Mr. Song saw this, he would definitely be very happy."
"That's natural. Even when you're old, you shouldn't forget to make your wife happy."
Chen Pingsheng put down the editing work in his hands. He was not a fast typist and could only type about two thousand words in an hour at most.
"Wanyi, you've become the queen of media now. Our Xiao Mu wants to create an inspirational novel based on you, and she wants me to ask for your opinion."
"Uncle Chen has always had the final say on my opinion."
Zhang Wanyi asked him, "Uncle Chen, what do you want to take me to eat today?"
"There's a small Hunan restaurant downstairs. The food is pretty good."
Chen Pingsheng stood up and went down with them. This time the meal was very casual. There was no need to find a high-end restaurant. It could just be an ordinary family dinner.
After finding a seat by the window and ordering his food, Chen Pingsheng asked, "Wanyi, are your two children pretty obedient?"
Zhang Wanyi got married late, almost when she was 30 years old. Now her eldest son is still in high school and her youngest daughter is in the third year of junior high school.
As for the child’s father, he is also a well-known local entrepreneur in Guangdong.
It is normal for the strong to join forces, but for the strong and the weak to join forces, that is a short story.
Zhang Wanyi shook her head. "My daughter is quite willful. She won't be happy unless she spends over a million dollars a month. As for my older daughter, she even got into a fight with a classmate in class last week."
After putting down his chopsticks, Chen Pingsheng asked seriously, "Have you ever thought about what they will do in the future?"
Zhang Wanyi was shocked. This was not an easy statement. Although Tengyou Media was founded by Chen Pingsheng, it was also the place where Zhang Wanyi had worked for over twenty years.
She has been the president of this place for twenty years. It can be said that more than 90% of the senior executives were promoted by her, and these people only recognize her as the chairman and executive president.
When a group is in the hands of one person for a long time, it is inevitable that he will have other ideas.
Zhang Wanyi naturally has some as well. She is not a saint, so it is impossible for her to just ignore Tengyou Media, which has a market value of trillions of dollars.
This is also the reason why the Group's Economic Research Institute, including the Advisory Group, has tried several times to transfer her to take charge of other large enterprises but has been unsuccessful.
You should know that as early as 2020, Chen Pingsheng prevented the problem of excessive concentration of power in the group president, and proposed that the position of executive president should be transferred every four years.
After he retired, this policy was gradually overturned.
It’s simply because these presidents don’t want to leave their comfort zone, that is, the mountain of power.
"Uncle Chen, I didn't think about it."
"You're lying."
Chen Pingsheng wiped his mouth with a tissue, but Mulanqing was extremely nervous. She felt that topics of this level were not something that a small CEO like her should listen to.
"You're not the only one lying. Yang Qian, Chu Qiuyan, and the others are lying too."
Chen Pingsheng said, "I remember your daughter often went to Tengyou Media. People there called her the little princess. She was even more famous than An An and Er Ya."
"Uncle Chen, I..." Zhang Wanyi wanted to explain, but she didn't know where to start, because she knew that any word she said would be a lie.
"I don't need your explanation, and I'm not calling you out to criticize you. I'm not as stubborn as you think."
Chen Pingsheng said: "Power is something that can easily lead people astray once they get it. It's normal for people like you to have selfish motives. It would be strange if they didn't. Whether it's your son or daughter, if they want to sit in your position in the future, they can only rely on their own abilities, not your promotion or direct appointment.
"In fact, you understand the reason very well. Whether it's your two children or my son Chen Lu, if they are allowed to sit in the position their fathers once sat in without any competition, not to mention that the group will quickly disappear in the long river of history due to the decline of senior management's ability from generation to generation.
"From a public perspective, you have over a million employees at Tengyou Media, and many of them rely on Tengyou for their livelihoods. If we allow unsuitable or even extremely mediocre people to sit in senior positions, Wanyi, you were once an intern too, wouldn't you hate it if this happened?"
"Uncle Chen, material desires are so blinding that I didn't realize how deeply I've fallen into them all these years!"
Zhang Wanyi is very frank, and she can't help but be frank.
Chen Pingsheng is the person she respects most in this world, no doubt about it.
He had also made a promise that if his children were not capable, he would never let them inherit the group.
And they ignored the feelings of these old ministers of the group.
Now he has done it, and she herself has fallen into this vicious circle of selfish desires.
"Ten years ago, Tengyou Media's market capitalization exceeded one trillion yuan. Just look at how much it will be worth ten years from now."
Tengyou is not only influential in short videos, short dramas and internet celebrity circles.
It also has its own large shopping app and has warehouses and logistics facilities all over the country.
Annual sales far exceed 500 billion.
If all its sectors were combined, Tengyou Media’s actual assets could not be less than 1.5 trillion.
And now its market value is only 1.08 trillion.
A 35% decrease from five years ago.
In other words, not only did it not increase in five years, it actually decreased by one third.
This is the result of staying in a position for too long. People's abilities are limited, and there is no such thing as a truly perfect saint in this society who can continue to make rapid progress.
For most people like them, the best outcome is to fly with the group for a while.
If it goes on for a long time, not to mention the negative impact that personal desire for expansion will have on the group.
That is, people's thinking and abilities will be exhausted during the best period of time.
All that remains is to go down the downhill path of your own fixed thinking.
They all need to learn to give way to better latecomers so that the group can continue to progress.
It was precisely because of Chen Pingsheng's complete concession that the group was able to quickly attract a large number of more outstanding followers.
Now that he has been retired for a long time, many people want to occupy that position and not move.
In fact, they are all financially independent and have no shortage of money. No matter how they spend it, they will never be short of money in their lifetime.
However, he still couldn't let go of the supreme group power in his hands.
Chen Pingsheng also has to fulfill his responsibility and obligation to remind people at this time.
Everyone has shares in the group and should look to the more distant future.
(End of this chapter)
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