According to the introduced Western company structure, the chairman of the board of directors has the power to convene a board of directors and can remove anyone within the company from their duties, except directors and supervisors, because directors and supervisors are not employees of the company, but are the owners and arbitrators of the company.
Major shareholders can convene a general meeting of shareholders to elect board members.
The chairman of the board of directors is elected by the board of directors and must obtain the consent of half of the directors.
In general, the general meeting of shareholders determines the board of directors, and the board of directors has the decision-making power of the company. The number of shares determines the right to speak in the general meeting of shareholders. The more shares, the greater the risk, so the greater the right to speak.
Sometimes, the major shareholder will personally serve as the chairman of the board of directors, thereby controlling the shareholders' meeting and the board of directors, giving people the illusion that the chairman of the board of directors is the most powerful.
To use an inappropriate analogy, this situation is as if the great sect master controls the Golden Tower, such as the great sect leader of the fifth generation, and no one dares to disobey him in the slightest. If the great sect leader does not control the Golden Tower, such as the great sect leader of the sixth generation, then
It's rather uncomfortable.
In fact, if the chief executive of the board of directors is not a major shareholder, then he is far from being able to keep his word.
The major shareholder of Nanyang United Trading Company is the Borneo Taoist Government. According to Zhang Yuelu, the Taoist government sent a Taoist priest as the chief of the board of directors to directly participate in the decision-making and management of the company. This means that the major shareholder serves as the chief of the board of directors, and he sticks to his word.
However, Qi Xuansu held different opinions, and the two finally reached a compromise. Daofu, the major shareholder, did not personally participate in management, but exercised supervisory power, mainly appointing people to form a board of supervisors to restrict the board of directors. According to procedures, the board of supervisors is also elected by the shareholders' meeting.
However, Qi Xuansu also partially agreed with Zhang Yuelu's idea, that is, the board of directors must be under the control of the Taoist government, and the appointment of board members must be carefully considered.
Among the foreshadowings laid by Qi Xuansu, the Borneo Prefectural Government controls 30% of the equity, Fenglin Company controls 20% of the equity, and Du Yuhua controls 1% of the equity. With 51% of the shares, she already has absolute control. And Qi Muyu, Ziwei
Tang and others will not openly oppose Qi Xuansu. With 10% of the shares, Qi Xuansu will have an absolute advantage.
This is also the key to Qiniang’s shareholding in the company. Pei Xiaoyun and Fanji only hold shares in Fenglin Company, and do not directly hold shares in Nanyang United Trading Company. Strictly speaking, they are not shareholders of Nanyang United Trading Company.
They have no right to speak. In Fenglin Company, they are only small shareholders. Qiniang is the major shareholder of Fenglin Company and has control over Fenglin Company. Only Qiniang can represent Fenglin Company’s shareholders in Nanyang United Trading Company
Exercise the voice of the second largest shareholder in the general meeting.
In other words, although Qi Xuansu does not have any shares, he represents the Borneo Province, and with the support of Qiniang, he has taken control of the shareholders' meeting and has absolute control of Nanyang United Trading Company. Who does he want to be on the board?
, anyone can get in, and whoever he doesn’t want to get in will definitely not be able to get in.
If you say you can do it, you can do it, and if you don’t, you can do it. If you say you can’t, you can’t do it, and if you do, you can’t do it. If you don’t accept it, you can’t do it.
It sounds absurd that a person without even half of the shares has the highest power in the company, but this is the fact.
Everyone criticized Yi Yantang, but when they became the masters of their own affairs, they all liked Yi Yantang.
Qi Xuansu is not a person without desires and needs. Now Qi Xuansu is not interested in money, nor women, nor men, so what is he interested in?
Now that the shareholders' meeting has been reorganized, the next step is to re-elect the board of directors. Its members are tentatively set at thirteen.
It is worth mentioning that the supervisors of the board of supervisors are not members of the board of directors. Qi Xuansu has arranged this separately and will not discuss it for the time being.
In addition to the chief executive, the board of directors is divided into independent directors and executive directors.
Executive directors are the opposite of non-executive directors.
The so-called executive director participates in the management of the company as a director.
Independent directors have no relationship with the company and can independently express their own views and opinions on the company's board of directors decisions, including some major issues. Their status is relatively aloof and will not be too involved by the interests of internal factions.
Generally speaking, the number of independent directors cannot be less than one-third of the total number of board members.
In other words, five independent directors are required.
These five independent directors are not involved in the management and operation of Nanyang United Trading Company.
Qi Xuansu already has three candidates, namely Qiniang, Qi Muyu, and Du Yuhua. However, Qiniang is too busy and wears many hats to come forward in person, so Pei Xiaoyun and Huan Ji are the representatives of Fenglin Company.
To serve as an independent director, there are four quotas. There is only one quota left. Qi Xuansu decided to appoint the president of the Lion City Chamber of Commerce. This person’s business is not the largest in the Lion City, but it is the most respected. He often serves as a mediator and middleman.
For characters, speaking is more effective.
These are minutiae. These independent directors mainly play a role in major decisions. The key lies in the selection of the leader of the board of directors, which is the top priority.
If Nanyang United Trading Company is regarded as a big ship, then the chairman of the board of directors is the helmsman of the ship. A good helmsman can avoid the reefs and survive the stormy waves. Otherwise, it is easy to capsize the big ship and cause immeasurable losses.
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In the past, Sun Jiaofeng was the chief of the board of directors and knew the most secrets. This is why he burned himself to death in a fire.
Who will succeed Sun Jiaofeng now? He must be both capable and reliable.
There are many capable people, and there are also many reliable people, but not many people meet these two conditions at the same time. According to the rules of the Taoist sect, it is not allowed for wandering Taoist priests, but Taoist priests with official positions are not allowed to hold two jobs.
, which eliminates many candidates.
Qi Xuansu had several in-depth discussions with Xu Jiaorong, Xie Jiaofeng, Hu Fuli from Taiping Bank and others for this purpose. Finally, Hu Fuli recommended someone to Qi Xuansu.
This person's name is Chen Shuwen. As you can tell from his name, he is of the same generation as Chen Shuhua, Chen Shuzhen and others. However, the Chen family has been rooted in Borneo for many years and has spread its branches, just like the Lin family in Lingnan. Not to mention five, ten servers.
.So Chen Shuwen has nothing to do with Chen Shuhua and others, and does not interact with them on weekdays. Even Chen Shuwen cannot be regarded as a clan member, and has long been no different from ordinary people.
However, Chen Shuwen cannot be regarded as an ordinary citizen, because this man is very capable and talented. In his early years, he traveled to Western countries with the support of an elder of the Chen family, and was very familiar with various Western systems. Later, the Western company system
After being introduced to the East, the Sun family and the Wang family established the Nanyang United Trading Company. They also hired Chen Shuwen as the chief shopkeeper, which Westerners called the chief manager. Later, Chen Shuwen resigned due to differences in ideas.
This person is capable and familiar with Nanyang United Trading Company. It is more suitable for him to serve as the chairman of the board of directors.
Qi Xuansu did not understand business and preferred to let professional people be responsible for professional matters, so he rejected the proposal of the Taoist government to take over the Nanyang United Trading Company. However, he also agreed that Nanyang United Trading Company should be in the hands of the Taoist government.
From this point of view, Chen Shuwen is not a shareholder, but he can serve as the chairman of the board of directors as the representative of the major shareholder Borneo Province. ??
If Chen Shuwen is strong enough, Qi Xuansu wouldn't mind letting him shoulder the responsibility of being the chairman of the board of directors and the chief manager.
The key is whether Chen Shuwen is reliable, but Qi Xuansu then thought about what the purpose of setting up a board of supervisors is. As long as the board of supervisors is well controlled and not allowed to collude with the board of directors, then whether it is reliable or not can be guaranteed by external forces.
Before making the final decision, Qi Xuansu of course wanted to meet Chen Shuwen and asked Chen Jianchou to arrange the matter.
The result was somewhat beyond Qi Xuansu's expectation. Chen Shuwen refused to meet, claiming that he was used to the leisurely clouds and wild cranes and did not want to work hard anymore.
Qi Xuansu still didn't understand. There were only two possibilities. One was that Chen Shuwen really didn't want to leave the mountain, and the other was that Chen Shuwen was showing off his aloofness and asked Qi Xuansu to take the initiative to ask for help.
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A capable person's temper is nothing.
Qi Xuansu didn't mind lowering his profile, treating the virtuous corporal, and even paying a visit to the thatched cottage. The key was whether it was worth it.
If Chen Shuwen can support the Nanyang United Trading Company, it will naturally be good for you, me, and everyone. But if you put on a high profile and then fail, it will not be so easy to talk about.
In the end, Qi Xuansu decided to pay a visit in person, without much fuss, just bringing Xiao Yin and Chen Jianchou with him.
Chen Shuwen lives in Lion City. People with great ability are generally not short of money, so Chen Shuwen's mansion is quite nice.
Chen Jianchou had already been in contact with Chen Shuwen, so he was familiar with it. After informing the concierge, Chen Shuwen did not ask Qi Xuansu to visit the thatched cottage three times, but went out to greet him personally.
This is an old man about sixty years old, with gray hair on his temples, energetic and sharp eyes.
Qi Xuansu did not put on airs and took the initiative to salute.
Chen Shuwen returned the courtesy, "I have heard the name of Master Qi for a long time, and I am now polite."
After paying a brief courtesy, the group came to the main hall and sat down separately.
Chen Shuwen said, "I already know everything about the purpose of Master Qi's coming. I can agree to Master Qi, but I have one request. If Master Qi doesn't agree, then I will not be able to obey my order. It's not that I'm pretending to be noble, but I'm just too ambitious but not strong enough."
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Qi Xuansu said, "Mr. Chen, please speak."
Chen Shuwen said, "The Nanyang United Trading Company is undoubtedly a giant, almost like a small independent kingdom. Looking through the history, the so-called rise and fall actually revolves around the land. After experiencing the turbulent times at the end of the dynasty, the population dropped sharply.
, a lot of land became ownerless, so in the early days of the dynasty, people did not need to fight, they only needed to open up wasteland. With the encouragement of the court's policies, they could also get more land. This was the period of the rise of the dynasty."
"When the land is divided, the dynasty enters its mid-term, and land annexation begins to take shape. At this time, it makes sense, and it is nothing more than survival of the fittest, which is in line with the law. Then land annexation intensifies, and it is no longer about survival of the fittest, but out of control of power.
It is not in line with the rules. Then, the reformists, reformists, reformists, etc. came on stage one after another. It was just a final struggle, and it only lasted for a few decades. Because it was hard to recover, the disease entered the bone marrow."
"In the end, there are too many people but too little land, and there is a financial deficit. As long as natural disasters and man-made disasters occur, the dynasty will immediately die and enter another chaotic world."
Qi Xuansu asked, "Mr. Chen thinks that today's Nanyang United Trading Company is also in trouble."
Chen Shuwen changed the subject and said, "It's not."