Rebirth of the Rich Second Generation's Growth Diary

Chapter 196, Act One Ends
Manager Cai gently knocked on Xu Liang's office door.

A moment later, a voice called "Come in" came from inside, and Manager Cai pushed open the door and entered.

Xu Liang was smoking at the moment. He forcefully stubbed out the half-burnt cigarette in the ashtray. Smoke billowed around him, and he casually fanned away the mist, saying, "What is it?"

Manager Cai hesitated for a moment before walking over and saying, "President Xu, it seems that President Li plans to audit our finance department's accounts."

Xu Liang raised an eyebrow slightly and asked, "Where did you get this information?"

Manager Cai said, "He reported to the group headquarters and asked them to send internal auditors over."

Hearing this, Xu Liang paused for a moment, then shook his head: "The audit is something that can't be stopped. Just be prepared."

Manager Cai hesitated for a moment, then said, "But..."

Xu Liang waved his hand: "You came to me about this?" Xu Liang's face was expressionless.

Manager Cai paused for a moment, then shook his head: "That's all."

Xu Liang smiled calmly: "If an audit is really necessary, let's wait until the audit team arrives. Just treat them well."

Manager Cai didn't get the answer he wanted from Xu Liang, so he stood up and nodded: "Okay, then I'll go and get back to work."

After Manager Cai left, Xu Liang's expression turned serious. His eyes narrowed slowly as he muttered to himself, "An audit, huh..."

……

Li Xu's plan went very smoothly.

The headhunting firms he contacted were very experienced, and within a week, Jinsha and several others submitted their resignation letters.

If you're going to put on an act, you have to go all the way. Li Xu only tried to persuade the old hands to stay briefly; but with Jin Sha, he tried to persuade her to stay repeatedly and made promises.

He knew the conditions offered by other companies, and each time the conditions were just below Jinsha's psychological threshold.

Upon learning that Li Xu was still trying his best to retain Jinsha, the company that had attempted to poach her naturally had even more faith in her abilities and unsurprisingly increased their stakes.

This matter became the talk of the company. After all, the company was large, and most employees had never met the new president, Li Xu, but only recognized his name. Therefore, even the slightest news about Li Xu became gossip fodder, and the related rumors became increasingly outrageous.

"You all know the new CEO, right? He graduated from Tsinghua and Peking Universities, is the chairman of the group, a true second-generation rich kid, and very handsome too. But look, as soon as he joined our company, several top salespeople resigned."

"Oh, Jinsha who resigned? I know her! Last time, she won a project that the whole group had given up on entirely through her own abilities. She was really amazing. Such a talented person, why didn't she stay?"

"You guys don't know, our President Li personally tried to persuade them to stay, but they wouldn't listen! It seems you don't know the inside story. I've actually heard some inside information. Do you know why those sales staff resigned en masse? It's related to the new compensation plan! That compensation plan is going to reduce the total salary of the marketing department's sales staff, and our new President Li is actually taking the blame. The plan has been under discussion for a long time; it was going through the process when President Liu was still in charge. I suspect our new president signed it without even fully understanding the situation."

"Sigh, has our General Manager Li already run into such bad luck so soon after joining the company?"

Discussions like these rose and fell. But Li Xu, at the center of the storm, remained completely unconcerned. Don't think that private discussions wouldn't reach his ears; he listened with interest to Huang Lingling's report on the rumors circulating in the company, and couldn't help but chuckle: "Lingling, what do you think about this?"

After spending some time with Li Xu, Huang Lingling had a general idea of ​​his temperament and knew that he was not a rigid or serious person. She found him easy to get along with and said with a smile, "When I was working at the front desk, I always thought that the people above me were silly and were being deceived by those below. Now I realize that truly capable people see everything clearly."

Li Xu smiled without saying a word.

At this moment, Cai, the finance manager, was also discussing Li Xu with the ordinary employees. He had overheard these rumors while having a casual meal with a few close confidants, and merely smiled without offering much comment, but inwardly he was sneering. Although Li Xu had embarrassed him from a professional standpoint in a meeting, making him realize that there are always people more capable than him, Cai felt that Li Xu had misjudged the situation. In his view, financial reports were merely tools; if the direction remained unchanged, adjusting the tools themselves wouldn't alter the outcome. Clearly, while this young president possessed strong professional skills, he hadn't grasped the fundamental issue of direction; in retrospect, Cai realized he had been overthinking things.

Meanwhile, Manager Pan from the marketing department was in a bad mood. He'd been working overtime every day for the past few days, busy with the Jinfeng Bank project. The bidding for Jinfeng Bank was due in a month, but there was still no substantial progress. Then, Jinsha resigned. Manager Pan wasn't too concerned about the resignations of several other seasoned veterans, but Jinsha's departure had a significant impact on the marketing department. What was even harder to accept was that Jinsha had joined their biggest competitor, Shunke, which was the strongest contender for the Jinfeng Bank project.

Manager Pan felt a surge of resentment. The repercussions of Jinsha's resignation were still spreading. After all, even such a talented person had left; it was hard to say whether others would have similar thoughts. If Jinsha's departure were to affect Xia Rui and cause him to resign as well, then the Jinfeng Bank project would be completely hopeless. Thinking of this, Manager Pan leaned back in his office and sighed deeply.

However, this situation didn't last long. Huang Lingling called: "Manager Pan, General Manager Li is hosting an administrative meeting. Please attend at 10:00 AM." Manager Pan responded and lazily got up to go to the meeting.

10: 00.

Everyone in the meeting room was seated.

Li Xu spoke directly: "Today's meeting has three main agenda items. The first item is about auditing the company's finances. Of course, it's not that I don't trust the finance department, but according to regulations, it must be done once every quarter. Last quarter, everyone was busy with business, and the group didn't send anyone down. We must stick to this system. I think we should schedule it for the end of this month."

Li Xu looked at everyone and asked, "Does anyone have any objections?"

At this moment, Manager Cai spoke first. He frowned and said, "We're about to prepare our semi-annual report this quarter. Aside from the year-end financial statements, this month is the busiest. Conducting an audit at this time," he said gravely, pausing for a moment, "won't there be some conflicts?"

Li Xu smiled and asked, "Then what time do you think would be more suitable, Manager Cai?" Manager Cai looked up and tentatively said, "How about next month? We won't be as busy next month, and we can free up our time to cooperate with the audit."

Li Xu did not answer. Seeing that no one else had any objections, he said, "Okay, everyone, please think about it first. Let's talk about the second agenda item first."

Li Xu laid out the salary plan and financial analysis report issued by the finance and human resources departments. "The previous salary plan has been revised four times. I think it's about right now. Take a look and if there are no objections, we will officially approve this version of the salary system."

This version of the salary system hasn't even been reviewed by the finance and human resources departments yet; it was personally revised by Li Xu after the last submission. Huang Lingling distributed a copy to everyone, and several less important departments readily expressed their no objections.

Xu Liang opened the salary system, looked at it carefully for a while, his eyes flickered a few times, revealing a meaningful look. He glanced at Li Xu, but did not make any comments.

Manager Cai was the first to spot the core issue in the report. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Is it appropriate to base the marketing department's salaries on a fixed total amount, not on a per-person basis?"

Li Xu calmly looked at Manager Cai: "All systems must keep pace with the times and be adjusted according to the actual situation. This salary system is in line with the group's policy of streamlining personnel, improving efficiency, and rewarding the capable. Of course, if anyone has a better solution, please feel free to bring it up for discussion."

Manager Cai hesitated for a moment, then said with a forced smile, "We might need to put it into the model and calculate it carefully again."

Li Xu immediately laughed: "Manager Cai, you've been so busy lately and you still have to design models, isn't that a bit too much work?"

These words created a tense atmosphere. Everyone fell silent, glancing at Li Xu and then at Manager Cai, whose expression was awkward. Earlier, when Li Xu brought up the audit, Manager Cai had said he was busy; now that Li Xu insisted on this salary scheme, Manager Cai was contradicting him. Everyone present keenly sensed that something was amiss.

Li Xu's tone instantly turned cold: "Alright, this salary plan is settled then." He looked meaningfully at Manager Meng of the Human Resources Department, "Manager Meng, do you have any questions?" Manager Meng naturally had no objections. The plan he had drafted was basically unchanged, and his own little tricks in the report had been taken into account, so he nodded repeatedly: "I have no objections."

Li Xu then looked at Xu Liang: "Mr. Xu, what do you think?"

Xu Liang smiled and said, "I have no objection either, so let's just pass it like this."

Manager Cai was filled with regret at this point and quickly said, "I have no objection either."

Li Xu nodded: "Okay, then we've approved this proposal."

After the meeting, Manager Pan suddenly realized that the people who had resigned earlier had actually made room for salary increases for the next employees. If the total salary budget remained the same, even with seven fewer people, including one supervisor, the salaries of the remaining employees could be significantly improved even if two new sales staff were hired.

Moreover, those who remained were undoubtedly more reliable in terms of loyalty, and those who left were all people he had previously reported to Li Xu on and whose importance was relatively low. Having figured this out, Manager Pan was both excited and filled with immense awe for Li Xu.

It turned out that Li Xu had already quietly considered everything carefully, and now he was even more confident about the upcoming Jinfeng Bank project.

Xu Liang returned to his office and opened the office system. The new salary system had been submitted to the group for review.

Looking at the contents, Xu Liang remained expressionless and sighed softly. He was still quite surprised that Li Xu had solved the first problem so easily. It seemed that this chairman's son was far more capable than he had imagined.

However, there's still a long way to go, and Li Xu is the primary person responsible for the Jinfeng Bank project.

(End of this chapter)