The news that Phoenix Fund and Handong signed a contract quickly spread throughout the country, which was equivalent to the last shoe falling.
Magic City.
On Friday morning, the atmosphere in Xinghan Technology’s office was a little weird. The heads of each department received notification emails early in the morning and went to the large conference room for a meeting. Galaxy Group headquarters sent someone over.
More than two dozen senior executives came to the conference room, each of them still confused, asking each other for information.
"Old Wu, what's going on?"
"I don't know. I sent a message to Mr. Ren, but he didn't reply. Alas..."
"The company will delay the payment of wages this month. Is there really going to be a problem?"
Xinghan Technology rents a building in Zhangjiang Science and Technology Park in Shanghai. Their businesses are mainly divided into two areas: Internet (big data, AI, autonomous driving) and electronic manufacturing (radar, instruments and electronic special equipment). The annual output value is about two to three hundred million.
The Internet business is not yet profitable, and R&D expenses have been decentralized from the group headquarters in the past two years.
While talking, Director He of Galaxy Group's human resources walked in accompanied by Ren Zhi and a tall beauty.
Ren Zhi is still the same, fair and clean, very quiet. But he did not sit at the main seat in the conference room, but sat at the side. After making a brief introduction, he said calmly: "Mr. He, come and announce it!"
Director He nodded and said with a solemn expression: "Good morning, everyone. I came to Xinghan Technology today to announce a personnel appointment. In view of the fact that Mr. Ren Zhi, CEO of Xinghan Company, lost approximately US$1 billion on the Didi project, the group headquarters decided Remove him from his post and appoint someone else."
I go!
There was an uproar in the large conference room. There are still news channels for their executives. Who doesn’t know that Xiao Ren is always the eldest son of Mr. Ren, the founder of the group? He was actually removed from his position and took responsibility for this incident.
Director He waited for the noise to subside a little, and then said: "The group headquarters has decided to appoint Ms. Hua Shan as the CEO of Xinghan Technology. I hope everyone will cooperate with her work. Everyone welcomes her."
"Bah bang bang."
More than two dozen executives applauded, each with their own doubts. Can this tall and pretty girl take on the heavy responsibility of Xinghan Technology?
The meeting ended in thirty minutes. Ren Zhi took Hua Shan to his office to hand over the work.
Ren Zhi's office is not very big, about fifty square meters. There are desks, bookcases and other furniture on display, and green plants are placed in the corners.
Hua Shan waved her hand and sent out the assistant who was waiting to report her work. She was wearing a LV workplace skirt, light makeup, delicate eyebrows, and was very beautiful. I walked to the window with long legs and looked at the scenery outside the window.
She was 1.76 meters tall, and she was wearing high heels. For Ren Zhi, girls like Hua Shan are really impactful.
"Ren Zhi, your job adjustment is just a routine matter, otherwise you won't be able to convince the public. There must be an explanation for the huge losses. But, you don't really think that I, daddy, want to punish you, do you?"
Ren Zhi smiled bitterly, showing a helpless look, "No. My dad talked to me. I will continue to take over Xinghan Technology's Internet business in an entrepreneurial way. I am very familiar with big data, AI, and autonomous driving. This field is still very promising.”
Of course there is responsibility. However, with his father in charge, he can continue to start a business and make a comeback.
Hua Shan clapped her hands and said, "So, you see, I'm just here to help you. The work handover is not important at all. Let's go out and find a place to have a cup of coffee."
Ren Zhi nodded.
He is about to start a new journey in his life. Looking around at the office where he had worked for two or three years, he felt a sense of reluctance and emotion in his heart.
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It started to rain lightly in Beijing on Saturday. People were hurriedly walking on the streets, and the chill was even worse, adding to people’s sorrow for separation.
In a street tavern not far from Didi's headquarters, Cheng Wei and Liu Qing came by car to drink.
The two of them had just met with Ali's Xie Shihuang. He extended the invitation on behalf of Ali. But the two just wanted to drink alone and chat about Didi’s past.
Just a week ago, Liu Zhen, the president of their old rival Uber, came to the Didi Building with his troops to announce the merger of the two companies. Moreover, a speech was given entirely in English, which made Didi employees so angry that they vomited blood.
Cheng Wei and Liu Qing had decided to resign, and they logged into Didi's office system on their mobile phones at noon and submitted their resignation applications.
Although Phoenix Fund still promises to provide a three-month buffer period. But if you don't leave, are you waiting to humiliate Liu Zhen?
There was some fog on the glass windows of the tavern. Facing the street, Cheng Wei and Liu Qing drank wine and reached out to wipe the moisture on the glass window. "Liu Qing, you are a top student. There is water mist on the inside and outside of the glass window. Have you ever done this physics question?" When I was in junior high school, I often got this physics question wrong."
Liu Qing was thirty-nine years old, with an ordinary appearance, a few years older than Cheng Wei. He just smiled and said: "Why didn't I do this question in high school in China? Let's have a drink."
The two are working partners who trust each other and get along well. But I don’t know much about their respective lives, only the resume part. This is the norm in most workplaces. Work and life need to be separated.
Cheng Wei raised the beer bottle and drank half of it in one gulp, feeling melancholy and asking, "What are your plans for the future? Will you go back to work at Lenovo?"
"Haha, how is that possible?" Liu Qing shook his head, "My dad has made a rule long ago that he is not allowed to join Lenovo even for internships. As the only child, my brother made an exception and interned at Lenovo. What about you?"
Only then did Cheng Wei find out that Liu Qing had an older brother. It was obvious that this brother Liu was not good enough. She has not become famous and is far inferior to her sister. "Me? Now Uber is in full swing, but I firmly believe that an online ride-hailing company cannot cover the national market. I will also look for opportunities in the field of Internet travel."
Liu Qing said with admiration: "Mr. Cheng, I really admire you. So you are an entrepreneur! I am just a financier and manager. I should go to the United States to stay for a while. I am still a little weak in investment banking. name."
Cheng Wei shook his head, raised the wine bottle, and touched Liu Qing's glass lightly, "I did not start Didi alone. You must take at least 50% of the credit. Liu Qing, I respect you!"
Liu Qing grinned and drank, "I just thought of Didi being acquired by Uber..." As he said this, tears fell down.
Cheng Wei lowered his head, his eyes slightly red.
Two entrepreneurial stars and leaders in the business world who were once all-powerful in 2015 and 2016, drunkenly supported each other and walked out of the small bar an hour later. The assistants quickly came forward to support the two of them. When they were about to part ways, both of them were filled with unspeakable emotions and thousands of words, but in the end they only condensed into two words: "Goodbye!"
The world is far away, but we will meet again someday. I hope you will take it seriously.
The scene belonging to Cheng Wei and Liu Qing in the arena has ended. There is no place for them on the stage.
