Chapter 442: Big personnel earthquake, Zhang Shuo wants to retire early?
Friday, February 28th.
On the last day of February, which was also the last day of Lu Qi’s term as rotating president, Zhang Shuo personally presided over the senior management meeting of Sprout Group.
Participants in the meeting included the group’s rotating presidents Lu Qi and Lu Kai, executive vice president Jiang Yue, senior vice president Gu Mingzhang, vice president Zhao Mingchuan, Fertile Land Research Institute chief scientist Tan Yunsong, group human resources director Wu Sheyuan, financial director Cai Feijuan, and operations director Liu Xiaohui.
Waiting for headquarters executives.
There are also group directors Olivia, independent directors Zhang Wei and Zhai Sheng.
In addition, executives such as Lin Zhengdong, president of Daosui Group, Du Qingqing, president of Pinxixi Group, Tang Xiang, president of Mango Group, Pei Weiping, chairman of Qingcheng Group, and Guan Zai, general manager of Nebula Technology, also attended the meeting online.
The specifications are very rare.
It also reflects the importance of this meeting from the side.
Sure enough, as soon as the meeting began, Zhang Shuo announced a major decision——
Terminate the rotating president system.
"Two and a half years ago, in order to provide the group's executives with a higher experience platform and to select the right leader, the group established a rotating president system."
During this period, Gu Mingzhang, Lu Kai, and Lu Qi all participated in the rotation of rotating presidents.
Gu Mingzhang was the first to exit.
"Today, after internal competition, as well as the inspection and evaluation of the board of directors, it was finally decided that Lu Kai, the executive director of the group, will officially assume the position of president of the group. He will be fully responsible for the daily operating affairs of the Germination Group and report directly to me.
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It is said that it is an inspection and evaluation by the board of directors, but it is actually a reflection of Zhang Shuo's personal will.
In addition to the group president, Lu Kai also serves as the president of Weizhong Group. He will also continue to serve as a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Strategy and Investment Committee of the Board of Directors of Sprout Group.
"Bah bang bang!!!"
As soon as Zhang Shuo finished speaking, bursts of applause rang out in the conference room, everyone congratulating Lu Kai.
It can be seen that this appointment is still very popular.
In fact, the competition for the position of president of Sprout Group began to emerge as early as three years ago, and it has finally come to an end today.
Jiang Yue, who was the first to join the industry and had the best chance of rising to the top, had limited self-control, so he quit first and became the executive vice president, firmly occupying the third position in the group.
It can be said to be extremely smart.
Later, Gu Mingzhang, Lu Qi and others appeared one after another, and then left one after another.
In the end, Lu Kai had the last laugh.
"Thank you, thank you to the chairman for your trust, thank you to the board of directors for your trust, and thank you to all my colleagues for their support." Lu Kai suppressed his excitement and stood up to pay his respects.
Although I had received Zhang Shuo's commitment years ago, I was still very excited when the appointment actually came to fruition.
After taking on the role of president of Sprout Group, according to the president responsibility system, from now on, human resources director Wu Sheyuan, operations director Liu Xiaohui, financial director Cai Feijuan, etc. will all report directly to Lu Kai.
It greatly reduced Zhang Shuo’s work burden.
If Zhang Shuo is willing, he can even accept a separate report from Lu Kai. Others, such as Executive Vice President Jiang Yue, Senior Vice President Gu Mingzhang, etc., can report to Lu Kai instead.
The subsidiaries under the group communicate and negotiate through the president's joint meeting.
Of course, in actual work, because Zhang Shuo also serves as CO of the Germination Group and has not really stepped down from the front line, Jiang Yue, Gu Mingzhang, Lu Qi and others will still report to him.
The group's major decisions and important personnel adjustments still have to be made by Zhang Shuo.
But there is no doubt that with the termination of the rotating president system and after officially assuming the position of group president, Lu Kai's authority has been further improved, truly under one person.
It can be considered as a realization of my long-cherished wish to join Sprout.
In addition to the appointment of Lu Kai, the group's board of directors has also made corresponding arrangements for Lu Qi. Lu Qi will be transferred to the position of director and senior vice president of Sprout Group and will still be in charge of the group's Internet business.
at the same time.
Lu Qi also serves as the president of Qinghe Group.
In terms of actual power, Lu Qi has not been weakened, but unfortunately, he lost to the more superior Lu Kai in the CEO competition, so he could only settle for second best.
This is also a better destination for Lu Qi.
After all, the current scale of Qinghe Group alone, both in terms of revenue and future development potential, is comparable to any of the three giants Ali, Tengda, and Qiandu.
Not to mention, Lu Qi also manages Qingcheng Group and Pinxixi Group.
No matter in terms of momentum or power, Lu Qi's choice in this life is much stronger than joining Qiandu in the original time and space. The key is that he will not be suspected or abandoned.
What else is there to be dissatisfied with?
In addition to the heavyweight appointments of Lu Kai and Lu Qi, Zhang Shuo finally relented and promoted Dai Yutong to the post of director of the President's Office.
The promotion of Dai Yutong is not only a recognition of Dai Yutong's ability, but also considering that after Lu Kai becomes the group president, the President's Office will play a more important communication and coordination role between Zhang Shuo and Lu Kai.
In a sense, Dai Yutong is Zhang Shuo's spokesperson.
"Thank you, thank you, Chairman, for your trust!"
Dai Yutong, who was taking the minutes of the meeting himself, had not received any news in advance, so he seemed a little surprised when he heard the news.
I can't even speak anymore.
After her mood calmed down a little, she felt a little dazed again, and she finally stood at the level of Sister Xiaowan.
Although the latter has been away for more than a year.
In addition to promoting Dai Yutong, Zhang Shuo also announced that Luo Changan, the former general manager of the investment and M&A department of the group, was promoted to the investment director of the sprout group and the general manager of sprout investment, in charge of the group's investment and financing division.
Previously, this piece was actually handled by Lu Kai himself.
Luo Chang'an, as Lu Kai's right-hand man, has played a backbone role in the previous investments and mergers of the Budding Group. His performance has always been remarkable and he has won Zhang Shuo's trust.
This promotion was also expected.
After all, after Lu Kai became the president of the group, he also held the position of president of Weizhong Group. It was really difficult for him to handle the group's investment business personally.
It's not like he has three heads and six arms.
From then on, Luo Changan, the investment director, and Zhao Mingchuan, the president of the overseas business unit, will share the specific investment business and overseas business for Lu Kai.
This allows Lu Kai to coordinate and manage the business of Sprout Group from an overall perspective.
Truly fulfill the responsibilities of the group president.
Otherwise, if after Lu Kai is promoted to the group president, he will still be mainly responsible for the group's investment and financing business and overseas business, what is the difference from his previous role?
It also does not conform to Zhang Shuo's personnel layout.
This personnel adjustment can be said to be the most significant since the establishment of Sprout, but it did not cause any setbacks and everything seemed to fall into place naturally.
Because before this, Zhang Shuo had already had private conversations with Lu Kai and Lu Qi.
Among the senior executives, those with a keen sense of smell, such as Jiang Yue, were planning to establish Qinghe Group years ago, and then Lu Qi concurrently served as the president of Qinghe Group, and then stepped down as chairman of Qingcheng Group.
Then, although Zhao Mingchuan succeeded Lu Kai as the group's vice president, president of the overseas business unit and president of Jiaoyang Holdings, he still reported to Lu Kai.
All signs indicate that the winner between Lu Kai and Lu Qi has been decided.
That's why it seems so "calm".
After announcing the personnel adjustments, Zhang Shuo delivered a brief speech.
"First of all, the first point is, of course, I hope that you will support Mr. Lu Kai's work, report anything to Mr. Lu in advance, discuss it with him, and try not to bring trouble to me. I still want to retire early."
"Hahaha"
All the executives smiled in agreement, but obviously didn't take it seriously.
Because Zhang Shuo is too young, he is only 28 years old this year. Even in the environment of Internet entrepreneurship, he is still at his most energetic stage.
It's really ridiculous to talk about retirement at this time.
"Don't laugh, I'm serious."
Zhang Shuo actually planned this, explaining, "My plan is to step down from the position of CEO of the group within the next three to five years and truly withdraw from the day-to-day management of Sprout."
In the original time and space, Lao Zhang was only 38 years old when he left office. There was no reason for him to fall behind.
Five years later, Zhang Shuo was actually thirty-three years old, and he was old enough to "retire". He didn't want to work until he was fifty or sixty like the second master, and still do everything himself in the co position.
That’s so tiring!
In addition, after five years, Zhang Shuo's prophetic vision of rebirth has basically come to an end, so it is even more important to prepare for a rainy day and no longer dictate the daily affairs of the group.
Retreating bravely from the rapids is the right path.
"Uh, this..."
Seeing the big boss speaking so seriously, the executives were dumbfounded.
"Chairman, you are still so young, and Germination is still so young. Isn't it too early to talk about this matter now?" Lu Kai was the first to stand up and "admonish".
Although it is said that Zhang Shuo really wants to step down from his position as CO of the group, Lu Kai is the natural candidate to succeed him.
Therefore, they will also be the biggest beneficiaries.
But precisely because of this, Lu Kai had to be the first to stand up and remonstrate, to show that he had no ambition to covet the position of CEO of the group and to completely draw a clear line.
This is just the most superficial layer.
More importantly, Zhang Shuo has been the undoubted and indispensable soul and helmsman of the company from the founding of the company to the foreseeable future.
As the president of the group and working under the leadership of Zhang Shuo, Lu Kai is still confident.
But if Zhang Shuo, the big boss, really wants to step down from his position as CEO and really let go, to be honest, Lu Kai is still a little panicked and has no confidence in his heart.
So from the bottom of his heart, Lu Kai was in no rush to take over.
It’s great to enjoy the shade under the big tree!
Not to mention, with Zhang Shuo's popularity on the Chinese Internet and even the global Internet, his existence itself is a living sign for Germination.
Within the group, it also plays the role of a stabilizing force.
"Yes, we are still a few months away from the fourth anniversary of the founding of Sprout. The group is now at its most vibrant and developing stage, and you are indispensable to take charge of the overall situation."
Seeing this, Gu Mingzhang, Jiang Yue and others also followed suit and "persuaded them to come in."
"Don't try to persuade me, I've made up my mind."
Zhang Shuo wasn't just a hot-headed person, so how could he change his mind easily? But in order to convince the executives present, he had to patiently explain -
"You may think that I am doing this to be lazy and enjoy life in advance, but that is not the case."
"I have mentioned before that one of the major future business strategy adjustments for the headquarters of Sprout Group is to gradually transform into the role of asset manager. The real focus of business management will be placed at the subsidiary level."
"In other words, the day-to-day management of the group actually depends most on neither Lu Kai, the group president, nor me, the group CEO, but Mr. Lin, Mr. Du and other high-ranking officials in the border areas."
As soon as these words came out, Lin Zhengdong, Du Qingqing and other subsidiary executives in the video all had different expressions.
Because this is almost the highest compliment for them.
"Chairman, we are your small soldiers. We are only responsible for execution. The real strategizing depends on you as the helmsman and the support of the group headquarters." Lin Zhengdong quickly expressed his position.
"Chairman, you are not praising me. You are trying to treat us like cattle and horses."
Du Qingqing couldn't help but complain.
It made everyone else smile knowingly, which slightly eased the awkward atmosphere in the venue.
"You're humble, aren't you?"
Zhang Shuo also shook his head in amusement, "Whether it is the group headquarters or the subsidiaries of the group, the president responsibility system is implemented. To say that you are all feudal officials is not a derogation, but a compliment."
"Of course, the group headquarters also has the responsibilities of the group headquarters, which is to take charge of the overall situation. At the same time, it must perform supervision and supervisory responsibilities of the subsidiaries, and at the same time do a good job in business and personnel coordination between subsidiaries."
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"It is precisely for this reason that I proposed to step down from the position of CEO of the group within the next three to five years, so that I can focus more on thinking about the group's long-term strategy."
Of course, it is impossible to be lazy. Zhang Shuo is not the kind of person who is addicted to material enjoyment.
No matter how good the wine is, no matter how good the food is, no matter how beautiful the beauties are, once you have eaten them and seen them many times, they are just like that and can easily drain a person's fighting spirit.
But power, the satisfaction of having accomplished something, will never go out of style.
That is the most intoxicating wine!!!
Although Zhang Shuo is not a layman, he is definitely not a saint. Of course, it is impossible for him to give up his control over Germination, and he will not really become an idle cloud and wild crane at such a young age.
Wouldn’t that be useless?
In addition to thinking about the long-term strategic development of Meiya, as the soul and leader of Meiya, Zhang Shuo also needs to think more about how to make Meiya better fulfill corporate social responsibilities.
think--
"Where will the sprout eventually go? And how will it end?"
"..."
After listening to Zhang Shuo's explanation, Lu Kai and others fell silent again. Apparently they were somewhat convinced, mainly because Zhang Shuo's speech gave everyone a reassurance——
His so-called retirement does not mean that he no longer cares about the sprouts, but just changes his approach.
This is enough!!!
"Well, the scope of the speech I just made is limited to everyone present. Anyway, it will take a long time, and there is still enough time to complete such a transition." Zhang Shuo made the final summary.
Obviously I don't want to put too much pressure on the senior executives.
"During this transition period, the first change is that starting from next week, I will start working from 1 to 3 to 5. At other times, if there is nothing important, I will no longer squat in the office."
The library of Eastern University of Science and Technology has been completed and put into use, and Zhang Shuo has somewhere to go.
"..."
Lu Kai and other senior executives collectively became petrified and suddenly became envious. What happened?
Fortunately, Zhang Shuo actually did this when he was a graduate student. Therefore, although they were envious, Lu Kai and others accepted this fact at the first opportunity.
No further objections were raised.
………
After the meeting, the Germinal President Office issued an internal letter announcing relevant personnel adjustments.
Because the level of adjustment was too high, it did not arouse much discussion.
In the eyes of the lower-level employees at the grassroots level, personnel adjustments at this level are just for fun. They cannot see through the mystery behind it and have nothing to do with their own work.
In the end, all that was left was pure envy.
Especially those in the same class as Dai Yutong, as the first large-scale recruitment of elites from the Germination Department, many people have indeed become the backbone of Germination, and have been promoted to level 1 or even level 2.
But compared with Dai Yutong’s 8, it’s nothing.
It’s true that people with the same fate have different fates.
Think about it, it was a bit of luck that Dai Yutong was selected by Chen Xiaowan to become Zhang Shuo's full-time secretary, and he achieved a great leap.
And Chen Xiaowan's sudden resignation is even more of a small probability event.
otherwise.
According to the normal trajectory, as long as Chen Xiaowan is still alive, Dai Yutong will always be a child.
Isn’t he the chosen one?
………
Soon, the news that Lu Kai became the president of Sprout Group also spread on the Internet, becoming a hot news item that day and being talked about by netizens.
After all, Germination is a star company, and its heavyweight personnel adjustments always attract the attention of all parties.
This is especially true in the industry.
"bud……"
On the top floor of Tengda Building, the second master was slightly startled after receiving the news. He soon realized that this was a very critical adjustment within Sprout.
This means that the budding succession battle has come to an end for the time being.
This is undoubtedly a good thing for Su Ya, as it allows Lu Kai to take full responsibility for the group's affairs more legitimately, without having to be distracted by internal personnel competition.
It will also make sprouting decisions more efficient.
"Should I also consider stepping down as CEO?"
The second master suddenly felt emotional.
Before, after the uncle stepped down as CEO of Ali, the second uncle had been tempted, but in the end he gave up because Tengda was in a critical transformation period at that time.
To this day.
Tenda has initially completed the transformation and internal business reorganization. What needs to be done has been done. All that is left is to wait for these new businesses to bear fruit and become Tenda's new growth point.
It is not impossible to retreat at this time.
………
March is coming soon.
Whether it is the spin-off of Qingcheng Taxi or the negotiation of strategic cooperation with the relevant departments of Lingnan Province, they are all carried out quietly in private without any fanfare.
So it didn't attract anyone's attention.
On the contrary, it was Lu Kai's "ascension" that caused some waves in the industry. Lu Kai also became a top professional manager on par with Ren Xiaoyao, Lu Jian, Gong Juren and others.
In a sense, it even surpasses these people.
After all, with the current size and growth potential of Sprout Group, Tengda, Ahri, and Qiandu combined may not be able to match it.
If we really want to make a comparison, it seems more appropriate to compare Lu Qi with Ren Xiaoyao.
Some even jokingly called it——
"Lu Kai's promotion almost means reaching the top in the circle of Chinese professional managers."
This is no exaggeration at all!
And just when everything seemed calm, a storm suddenly came quietly.