Pokémon's Lord of Fear

Chapter 286 The Future Layout of Dewen Company

Although Teng Shu has become the current acting chairman of Dewen Company, Teng Shu's life has not changed much. If he has to say something, it is probably that Teng Shu's daily workload has increased and there are more documents to deal with.

However, Teng Shu was quite adaptable to this kind of life. After all, he had done some of these jobs before, but there were not so many documents and reports to look at at that time.

Although the old father went to mine to relax his body and mind, Dewen Company did not fall into trouble because of his departure. Instead, it operated normally.

"Chairman, do you mean to say that you want to research trams?" Kuroda asked Teng Shu, who was sitting in a chair looking at the list of projects that Devon Company had been developing during this period. The list was basically based on Devon Company's main projects, but there were still many projects under development, giving a feeling of casting a wide net.

"It's not an electric car, it's a clean energy car. After all, I have done market research before, and currently the most popular in various regions of the alliance are traditional gasoline cars." Teng Shu said with a smile. He had some ideas about the future development direction of Devon Company.

When he attended the Pokémon Conference before, Teng Shu realized that the Pokémon League was gradually promoting environmental protection plans, and it was very likely to develop into a situation where the environmental protection industry was vigorously promoted in the future, just like in his previous life, so Teng Shu decided to seize the market and be the first to launch clean energy vehicles.

At that time, on the one hand, it can cater to the environmental protection policy of the alliance, and on the other hand, it can also establish the image of Dewen Company. After all, the general environment of the alliance is still the harmonious coexistence of humans and Pokémon, and protecting the natural environment is in line with this point.

"Yes, according to last year's 'Alliance Industry Survey Data', gasoline vehicles are still basically the mainstream models, and other car companies have no intention of launching new energy vehicles for the time being." Kuroda answered subconsciously. Zoroark on the side looked at Kuroda with some surprise. It really didn't expect that Kuroda could even remember last year's industry survey data.

It had seen that thing before. It was a very thick book. After all, it recorded some situations and data of most of the public industries of the Alliance, so there were a lot of things in it, and Zoroark himself had not even read it.

"At the previous Baogao meeting, I saw that the alliance had the intention of developing in the field of environmental protection. Moreover, as cars are the most common means of transportation in the alliance, I think there is still a big market for them." Teng Shu said slowly, taking out several documents and handing them to Kuroda.

Although Kuroda is just a secretary, he has been following his old father for many years. So even though Teng Shu is now the acting chairman, it does not mean that Teng Shu can ignore Kuroda's opinions.

If I can convince Kuroda, it will be easier to report to my old father in the future.

"I understand." Kuroda looked at the document in his hand, and then his expression became more serious. Then he called the director of Devon's current R&D department - a Hu Di named Corona.

"So you want to research clean energy?" Corona looked at the document floating in front of her, and then a telepathic connection was immediately transmitted, and Teng Shu nodded.

"To be precise, it is clean energy that is cheap and easy to obtain. My initial intention is electricity." Teng Shu rubbed his hands excitedly.

Electric cars have proven their feasibility in previous lives. Although they have some drawbacks such as difficulty in charging, in the world of Pokémon, charging will not be a big problem. After all, there are some electric Pokémon in the Pokémon world. These electric Pokémon are very powerful. The lightning strikes emitted by some powerful Pokémon in an instant can even reach the intensity of natural lightning.

If there is a creature like Zapdos, it can easily provide electricity for a city. So if we study trams, then future trams only need to be developed so that Pokémon can charge them on their behalf, which can solve the problem of difficulty in charging trams.

It is very convenient.

Moreover, even if the alliance needs to set up external charging stations at that time, it will not require any special infrastructure. It will only require a few trained alliance employees to take electric Pokémon to work on duty, which is very convenient.

"Electricity is indeed a great energy source." Corona instantly understood what Teng Shu meant, and even guessed why Teng Shu did this. After all, even a Psychic-type Pokémon like her actually knows some Electric-type moves.

When you go out for a drive, you don’t need to worry about running out of gas. You can just use a lightning strike of 100,000 volts to charge it.

As for the alliance's policy to promote environmental protection, Corona did not consider it, nor did she care. She only cared about technical issues.

"Is this problem easy to solve?" Teng Shu rubbed his hands. Teng Shu had seen before that Devon Company did not have any automobile industry. If it could be developed, then in the future Devon Company would be able to get a share of the automobile field. Although this might cause dissatisfaction among others, Devon Company would not care.

Devon has grown from a large company in the Hoenn region to a very famous super enterprise in the alliance. It has offended countless people along the way, but as long as they don't go crazy and insist on joining some dark organization and go against the alliance, the alliance will not do anything to Devon.

Of course there will definitely be some restrictions.

However, for now, there are not many restrictions. The reason is that above Devin Company is a Silver Company, which is the real leading company in the alliance. It is very powerful. Poké Balls are all products of their company, which shows the influence of this company in the alliance.

"I don't know about this. We need to study it." Corona shook the spoon. Teng Shu was not in a hurry. Instead, he asked Corona and the others to go and study it and solve the problem as soon as possible. He would give money and resources if they wanted. Anyway, all these development costs would be spread over the products and let consumers bear it.

This is also the inevitable path for basically all companies. After all, if you keep using your own profits for development, then once something goes wrong it will easily lead to the demise of the company. So now most companies’ products will evenly spread the research and development funds, and the more they sell, the faster they will get their money back.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, Corona." Teng Shu smiled.

"By the way, Mr. Chairman, I heard that Code is also working under you?" Corona looked at Teng Shu and asked a question. Teng Shu paused for a moment, then nodded subconsciously.

Chapter 287 Setbacks Encountered by Charitable Foundations

Code was indeed working for Teng Shu. Teng Shu asked Code to manage the charity foundation to sponsor poor families who had no money for medical treatment. Apart from making transfers from time to time, Teng Shu didn't pay much attention to it and would not interfere.

But he still reads the monthly report.

Over the past few months, the charity foundation has gradually received donations from the society. It has to be said that charity really requires the power of everyone. Although Teng Shu is rich, he cannot afford too much spending. With the help of everyone in the alliance, it has become much easier.

During this period, the charity foundation has been on the right track and has received more and more donations. Last month, it received 100 million yuan in donations.

However, the corresponding result is more tedious work and longer relief lists and information to facilitate donors' inquiries.

So Code was very busy during this period, and he recruited several employees to help. Teng Shu also paid them salaries and let these employees join the ghost business.

Also because of this charity foundation, Ghost Business currently has a very good reputation on the Internet. This is the added value that charity brings to a company's products. Although it cannot be seen or touched, it actually exists.

However, if the charity sector is exposed for fraud or something else, it will lead to an even larger collapse.

"Yes, Code is me and you," Teng Shu answered subconsciously, but when he said the name, Teng Shu paused. The names of the two Alakazams both start with "Code". Are these two Alakazams related? Thinking of this, Teng Shu couldn't help but ask one more question.

"Code is my good friend." Corona was very calm, without any unusual emotional fluctuations. Teng Shu nodded, then looked at Corona who had fallen silent, and Kuroda who was standing beside him, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

So what else is going on now? Why don't you leave after finishing the question? Fortunately, my friend, I'm afraid there is some hidden secret here?

"Code is now the chairman of my Love Charity Foundation and is responsible for handling the foundation's affairs. Do you want to meet him?" Teng Shu looked at Corona in front of him and asked tentatively.

"Chairman, if you ask me to do so, I have no objection." Corona was still very calm. Teng Shu felt helpless. Wasn't this guy obviously just saying one thing and doing another? He didn't say anything, but he was very happy in his heart.

Teng Shu didn't say much, but called Code. Fortunately, Code was still in Kanaz City at that time, so he would be able to come over soon.

After a while, Teng Shu met Code in the office. He was still the same, but his eyes seemed to have become a little older. This made Teng Shu a little confused. He now felt that when facing Code, it was like facing an old man. This was too outrageous.

"Boss, this is the foundation's report for this month." Code first handed the information to Teng Shu, and then saw Corona standing aside. Corona was very calm throughout, as if she didn't care about Code at all. When Code saw Corona, she smiled and greeted her, and Corona also greeted Code.

Teng Shu looked at the document in his hand.

The above are the donations received by the foundation this month. Although there are still a few days until the end of the month, generally speaking there won’t be any significant changes.

"One hundred and twenty-three, two hundred and one hundred and fifty-nine yuan and fifty cents? Are the numbers so precise?" Teng Shu looked at the report in his hand. The amount of donation was a little more than last month. Teng Shu was quite satisfied. The more money he had, the more people he could help.

And there were indeed a lot of beneficiaries, but as he looked at it, Teng Shu paused. He looked at the documents in his hand with some surprise. Although Kuroda on the side was very curious, he did not come over to look. Although he was a high-ranking secretary, he was also very clear about his position and never boasted.

"The employees of the foundation were attacked? What happened?" Teng Shu couldn't help but look up at Code and asked. If he hadn't seen this document, Teng Shu wouldn't have known that the employees of the foundation were attacked and were hospitalized.

"Because a family who came to seek help at that time felt that we did not help them, so they attacked Hualan in anger." Code's mental state was not very good. Teng Shu could understand Code's emotions. After all, if it were him, Teng Shu would not feel so good either.

The foundation’s help is not unlimited. It is impossible to help everyone. That is not a human being, but a god.

Therefore, there is a set of strict regulations within the foundation, and all employees must choose the families to be rescued in accordance with the regulations to ensure that these poor people are helped to the greatest extent. But even so, there are some people who think, "Why should it be used to help others and not to help me?" and then angrily attack the foundation and even spread slander and rumors.

In this kind of situation, if the foundation is really corrupt and does not behave like a human being, then it is understandable that these people are so angry. However, Teng Shu is very clear that his foundation is doing its work in a serious manner. However, it is really heartbreaking that it is attacked by people seeking help and has to be hospitalized.

"The hospitalization fees and nutrition expenses will be put into the ghost company's public account, and then the most elite team of lawyers will be sent to send those idiots to jail. At the same time, this matter will be handled publicly to let everyone know that our Love Charity Foundation is doing good things, but this kindness cannot be a reason to attack us." Teng Shu's face looked ugly.

He didn't care what kind of people who came to him for help were like, or what tragic stories they had. If they did something wrong, they would be punished. He couldn't let them go unpunished just because they were pitiful, right? That would set a very bad precedent, and the foundation would have no business to do, and would just be threatened with knives every day.

"Okay." Code smiled.

The boss is a sensible man, which is good.

If this matter is not dealt with seriously, people in the foundation will become uneasy and it will be hard to say how future work will proceed.

"At the same time, we should make the process of handling this matter, the reasons and causes of our choice public, so that the public will know why we did not help that family," Teng Shu added.

If it is not made public, there will be many conspiracy theories. Although there will be doubts if it is made public, the doubts will be much smaller, and it will be relatively safer.

"Chairman, do you need Minister Shirai to handle this?" Kuroda asked.

Chapter 288 What? Public Relations Department?

"I understand what you mean, Chairman. Our legal department will follow up on this matter." Shirai pushed her glasses and then with a gentle smile on her face, Teng Shu nodded, and then his eyes fell on the director of the public relations department of Devon Company.

There are many departments within Dewen Company, including the Public Relations Department, an important department responsible for handling the company's crisis affairs, promoting cooperation, etc. After all, Dewen Company is a large company, so it is inevitable that there will be some people who make malicious attacks and slanders. In such cases, the Public Relations Department is needed to deal with it. They are professionals.

Devin Company currently has a good reputation in various regions of the alliance, thanks to the help of these public relations department members.

"Chairman, I've taken a look at what you said. The only trouble at the moment may be that some netizens will sympathize with the family who needs a kidney transplant because of uremia. But we will handle this matter." The director of the public relations department is a man, a handsome-looking man, and he said this with confidence.

"Just handle it well and pay attention to public opinion. I know that netizens generally have sympathy for the disadvantaged, but how to solve this problem is your business." Teng Shu said calmly. Dewen Company is so big that it is not meant to be a decoration.

My old father has always been particular about the principle that "only those who can get things done can be promoted", so the atmosphere within the entire Dewen company is very good, and many employees are willing to demonstrate their abilities. Since the man in front of him can stand out among so many people in the public relations department, there is no doubt that his abilities are also outstanding.

Although this matter is a little troublesome, Teng Shu believes that the other party can handle it.

"Okay, Chairman." The head of the public relations department didn't say anything, but he looked very confident. After all, in this kind of matter, reason is essentially on their side.

The whole matter is very simple to sort out. When faced with multiple people seeking help, the chairman's charity foundation chose to help the one with the most serious illness. As a result, another family attacked the foundation employee, stabbed him three times and he was hospitalized.

Although the family was indeed very pitiful, they had no money, and their breadwinner had uremia and needed dialysis every month. Although they could get a kidney transplant, they had no money, so they sought help from a charity foundation that had gained some fame in recent times.

However, according to the foundation's internal regulations, Hua Lan judged that the other family, whose child had congenital heart disease and was in critical condition, needed help more, so she added the other family to the waiting list.

As a result, the angry family felt that the foundation didn't want to care about their family's life or death, so they stabbed Hua Lan three times.

His stomach was damaged by the stab wound and he is still lying in the hospital, crying every day.

"This incident has also given us some warnings, Code. I hope that all employees of the foundation can be equipped with some basic security to prevent excited family members from doing anything. It's a blessing in disguise that Hualan didn't die this time, but what if something happens in the future?" Teng Shu said seriously.

He didn't want the entire foundation to be in a panic at that time. They were here to do good things, not to live in fear.

"I understand, boss." Code, who was sitting with Corona, nodded seriously.

There is no need to worry about Pokémon employees. After all, most Pokémon are not something that ordinary humans can deal with. Not to mention that those recruited by Code are super-powerful Pokémon employees, so there is no need to worry at all.

It’s just that Pokémon’s salary is relatively higher, so in order to save expenses for the boss, Code also hired some very caring human employees.

Hua Lan is one of the employees who originally joined the company as a volunteer.

Teng Shu nodded. Now that the matter had been handled, the foundation's issues were also temporarily resolved.

"This month I will still donate 50 million in my personal name." Teng Shu added.

He donates money to the foundation every month. After all, he has a lot of money. Even if he doesn't need to use Dewen Company's money, the money from Ghost Pictures alone is enough for Teng Shu to do a lot of things. Now Ghost Pictures' monthly net profit is over tens of millions, sometimes even over 100 million.

The reason is the IP licensing income which comes at absolutely no cost. Tom and Jerry, Sherlock Holmes and others have become big IPs under Teng Shu, constantly generating huge profits for Teng Shu.

"Okay, boss." Code nodded. Teng Shu donated money almost every month, sometimes hundreds of millions, sometimes as little as ten million. This gave the foundation more money to save more people.

"Then the foundation's matter has been resolved. Next..." Teng Shu looked at his watch. It was almost noon.

"Chairman, you need to attend a cooperation meeting this afternoon." Hei Tian interrupted, and Teng Shu's mouth twitched. He was planning to let everyone go for lunch and take a break, and then leave work early, but he didn't expect to be caught by Kuroda.

Teng Shu glanced at Kuroda.

His deepest impression of Kuroda was that when he was young, his old father ran away from home to be lazy, and was then found by Kuroda's secretary and forcibly taken back to handle company business.

Even Mu Jin's father said that "Kuroda is a very serious person at work", so this is probably the reason why the old father is willing to give Kuroda Dewen Company one thousandth of the dividends.

It may not seem like much, but in fact, according to Dewen's current market value, it is already an astronomical figure.

Teng Shu even knew that his old father planned to give 1% of the shares held by their Zifuchi family to Kuroda as a reward for Kuroda's hard work over the years.

"Okay, I got it." Teng Shu sighed. There was nothing he could do. His old father and his brother were now digging stones. Teng Shu could only take over the responsibility of Dewen Company.