Zhang Fan returned to Shanghai urgently. Sitting in the car, Zhang Fan looked gloomy.
"Lawyer Zhang, what will happen if you file a lawsuit against these people based on the non-competition agreement?"
Zhang Fan looked at the lawyer beside him and asked in a low voice.
"Chairman, I'm afraid this is embarrassing at the moment. According to our country's current non-competition agreement regulations, you can only claim ten times liquidated damages at most. But Zhao Zhiguo and the others have just joined the company and only received one month's salary from the company..."
The lawyer's words silenced Zhang Fan. The timing of iFlytek's download this time was too harsh. The establishment time was very short, and Zhao Zhiguo and the others only received one month's salary, and the second month's salary has not been paid yet.
Even if ten times the remuneration is breached, it is only a small amount of money. iFlytek does not care about this money at all. This is why iFlytek dares to take action. If Zhao Zhiguo stays at Qidian for a few years, iFlytek must definitely consider taking action, because
Liquidated damages in a non-competition agreement are calculated based on the labor income obtained by the agreement holder in a certain company.
For example, if someone works for a company for ten years and receives a total of one million yuan in remuneration for ten years, if he violates the non-competition agreement, he will need to compensate up to ten million yuan.
Now Zhao Zhiguo and the others are very embarrassed. With just one month's salary, ten times the liquidated damages are nothing. Not to mention the editors, some of whom are even still interns.
Zhang Fan took out his cell phone and dialed Zhao Zhiguo's number. After a while, the call was connected.
"Zhao Zhiguo, can you tell me the reason?"
Zhang Fan asked in a low voice.
"Mr. Zhang, I'm sorry. I admit that you are very kind to us, but everyone has his own ambitions. I don't want to be an executor all the time. Mr. Zhang, I know there are some things you may not want to hear. But I still want to say, don't you think you
Are you overbearing in the company? In the company, we are completely robots that execute orders. We have to do what you say. Even if we have opinions, we will be overruled by you. Yes, I admit that you are very talented.
, but sometimes don’t you think you are a little too self-righteous..."
Until he hung up the phone, Zhao Zhiguo's voice kept echoing in Zhang Fan's mind. Looking back on his experience during this period, it seemed that Zhao Zhiguo didn't say anything wrong.
Zhao Zhiguo proposed a scaled-down plan for the original Qidian Rising Stars Project. Because Qidian's foundation was not stable, we could first implement the National Writing Project, and then start slowly when the foundation was solid.
Similarly, there were such voices in iQiyi and Yangfan Entertainment. However, Zhang Fan did not listen and thought everything was fine.
Now, I have finally reaped the consequences. The unstable foundation caused the building to fall down at the slightest touch. If we take our time, the foundation is solid, and the editorial team grows, even if Zhao Zhiguo and the others change jobs, it will not have a big impact on the company.
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"call……"
Zhang Fan took a deep breath and slowly sat up.
"Chairman, are you okay?"
The lawyer next to me couldn't help but ask.
"I'm fine. When you return to the company, you prepare the materials and prosecute those who changed jobs."
Zhang Fan said in a low voice, although the liquidated damages are not large, this matter must be done, and others must see this action, otherwise similar things will happen in the future.
The car entered the parking lot and Zhang Fan got out of the car. Looking at the building, Zhang Fan took a deep breath.
"Chairman..."
After entering the company, those who stayed quickly stood up. Zhang Fan's companies were all gathered together. It was very lively last time here, but this time it was much deserted.
"You continue your work and inform the remaining senior officials to hold a meeting."
Zhang Fan said hello and walked directly into the conference room. A few minutes later, the remaining senior executives came to the conference room. Seeing these only remaining senior executives, Zhang Fan took a deep breath.
The remaining senior management is less than one-third of the original number. In particular, there are only four editors left in the entire editorial department, two contract editors and two editors-in-charge.
Less than one-third of the people from Longteng Comics and Longteng Games were gone, and almost half of the people from iQiyi were gone. Yangfan Entertainment was not bad. Originally, Yangfan Entertainment didn’t have many people. Wang Ru only took away a few of the recently signed people.
Just a potential newcomer.
"I believe everyone already knows the matter. I don't deny that the company is facing a huge crisis now. If anyone sitting here wants to leave, you can say it now. I, Zhang Fan, will not force anyone to stay who is unwilling to stay...
"
Zhang Fan looked at the people below and said.
"Mr. Zhang, I'm sorry, this is my resignation letter. I'm getting married soon, and my girlfriend wants me to go to Yanjing..."
A young man from Longteng Comics stood up with a guilty look on his face.
"It's okay. Congratulations. You and your girlfriend will have a good time in the future. I approved your resignation. Go ahead and go to the finance department to collect three months' salary..."
Zhang Fan smiled slightly.
"Thank you Mr. Zhang..."
The young man nodded, put down his resignation letter and left the conference room. Some people took the lead, and some others stood up. Zhang Fan did not make things difficult for them. It is considered good that they can stay until now.
"Any more?"
Seeing that no one stood up again, Zhang Fan asked again.
"Okay, since you choose to stay, I, Zhang Fan, welcome you. From now on, as long as I, Zhang Fan, have something to eat, I guarantee that you will have something to eat. Now let's have a meeting..."
Zhang Fan's words made the remaining people sit up straight. The people left behind were all people who had great confidence in Zhang Fan.
"Director Yu, first tell us about our financial situation?"
Zhang Fan looked at Financial Director Yu Hui and said, Yu Hui nodded and stood up.
"Chairman, our Longteng Group currently owes a total of 2.86 billion bank loans. The earliest bank loan is due in four days, and the latest one is due on the 10th of next month."
Yu Hui's words made Zhang Fan frown.
"Where is this money currently being spent? How much can we spare now?"
Zhang Fan asked again.
"Yangfan Entertainment's "The Most Powerful Brain" project has used 500 million, and so far it has used 340 million..."
"Anti-Japanese drama project worth 30 million yuan, which has basically been used up..."
"The "Legend of the Condor Heroes" TV series project has 300 million yuan, which has not been used yet..."
"The "Legend of the Condor Heroes" online game project cost 300 million, and currently 2 million has been spent..."
"The "Legend of the Condor Heroes" comic and animation project occupies 100 million, and currently uses 4 million..."
"Original Rising Star Project..."
Data was reported one by one. After listening to the data, Zhang Fan took a deep breath.
"If we stop all projects now, we can spare about 1.25 billion, but there will still be a gap of 1.6 billion..."
After hearing this data, everyone took a breath. 1.6 billion, this is a very scary number.
"Notify Shenghuang Entertainment and ask them to pay me my share within three days..."
"Inform all major channel providers to settle the album payment as soon as possible. Those who find reasons to delay will be directly blacklisted..."
"Let the publishing house withdraw funds as soon as possible..."
"Cancel the TV series and online game project of Condor Shooting..."
Zhang Fan began to make arrangements one by one. The biggest crisis for the group now is bank loans. If the bank loans are not repaid, the future crisis will be more serious.